Body words are practical Somali. They come up at bath time, at the doctor, when a child falls over and needs to say where it hurts. They are also the easiest words to practise physically: point to your san (nose), wiggle your faro (fingers), stamp your cago (feet).
Tap a card for the meaning, examples and a native recording.
Most body parts in Somali are short, one- or two-syllable words, and many form their plural by a change inside the word rather than an ending, so il (eye) becomes indho (eyes) and gacan (hand) becomes gacmo (hands). We show the singular the app teaches and mention the plural where it is useful.
All fifteen words have native-speaker audio and illustrations from the app's Face & Body lesson.
15 entries in the Face & Body topic, each with a picture, native-speaker audio and a quiz in the app.
Yes. Every entry on this page plays a recording by a Somali speaker; nothing is synthesized.
Tap each word to hear it, say it back together, then take the Face & Body quiz in the Luuqad app and play Drag & Learn.
Madax, Waji, Il, Dhag, San, Af and more. Then take the quiz in the app.
