House · Guriga

Jiko

Kitchen

JI-ko · Two short vowels; j is as in the English word jam.
Jiko (Kitchen): illustration from the Luuqad House lesson

Meaning

Jiko is the kitchen. It is feminine: the kitchen is jikada, and the plural is jikooyin. Jikada tag, go to the kitchen, is one of the first commands children follow, because something good is usually waiting there.

Example sentences

Jikada tag.Go to the kitchen.
Hooyo jikada ayay joogtaa.Mom is in the kitchen.

Using Jiko at home

Point at the real thing and say "Jiko" 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, Jiko is taught with a picture, tested in the House quiz and practised in Heritage Hunt and Drag & Learn.

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