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Toddoba

7 (seven)

tod-DO-ba
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Meaning

Toddoba is the number seven, with a doubled dd held slightly longer. A week, toddobaad, is literally "a seven", and seventy is toddobaatan.

Tip: Toddobaad, the word for week, hides the number seven inside it.

Example sentences

Toddoba maalmood ayaa toddobaadka ku jira.There are seven days in the week.
Waxaan jiraa toddoba sano.I am seven years old.

Using Toddoba at home

Point at the real thing and say "Toddoba" 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, Toddoba is taught with a picture, tested in the Numbers quiz and practised in Market Day and Number Match.

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