Door
Albaab is the door. It is masculine: the door is albaabka. The word came into Somali from Arabic al-baab, with the Arabic word for the built into it, which is why it starts with al. Albaabka xir, close the door, and albaabka fur, open the door, are said in every home a dozen times a day.
Tip: Albaabka garaac means knock on the door.
Point at the real thing and say "Albaab" whenever it comes up, then let your child hear the native recording and say it back. One word used ten times in a day beats ten words drilled once. In the Luuqad app, Albaab is taught with a picture, tested in the House quiz and practised in Heritage Hunt and Drag & Learn.
Guri, Albaab, Daaqad, Sariir, Kursi, Miis and more. Then take the quiz.