Haley says lots of really funny things. Part of this is simply because she is not even two and is learning to talk. Part of this is also because not only is she learning English but also Spanish, so many of her expressions are Spanglish
1. As she is swinging or on the slide she yells PEEEEEE. She thinks she is yelling WEEE!
2. When she holds her hand out and says MONEY PWEES MONEY she is not asking for MONEY, but for her GUMMY VITAMINS.
3. Whenever she is in the bathroom she holds up her hands and says ASH MANOS. This is one of her Spanglish combos. She is wanting to wash her hands, and MANO is the word for hand in Spanish.
4. She says a lot of words backwards, the most common is cup. When she wants her drink she says PUCK.
5. Her favorite songs are ITSY BITSY SPIDER, THE BUTTERFLY SONG, THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE, and PIGGIE TOES. She frequently says PIDER, BUF-Y, GITE, and PIGGY doing part of the motions to the songs indicating which she wants us to sing.
6. Every meal we hear MORE, MAS. MORE, MAS. MORE, MAS. Mas means more in Spanish. It surprises me still that she knows what they both mean.
7. The second Haley wakes up from her nap she comes to find us and says PARQUE (park in spanish).
8. Today we saw a commercial to which I responded was kinky then Haley began to yell KINKY KINKY KINKY. Maybe I should be more careful what I say.
9. If we ever mention COKE or CHOCOLATE she will say the corrosponding word until she gets it. It goes much like this - COKE, COKE, COKE PWEAS. COKE PWEAS. CHOCYAT MAS PWEAS, CHOCYAT PWEAS, MAS YA MAS CHOCYAT PWEAS. We hear these phrases many times for hours on end just because someone accidentally mentioned one of these words.
10. When we ask Haley her name she usually says LALA! (Since we call her Lili all the time). If she doesn't say LALA she will say CUK, or MIMI for Chuck and Mary. She loves them so much she even says that their names are hers sometimes. She knows she is being funny because after a couple rounds of this game she laughes and says LALA.
1 comment:
Isn't it so interesting that a little 2 year old can learn 2 different languages at one time and adults have so much trouble learning one new one. If a kid is smart it is very easy they say but when I worked with handicaped children I learned if there is a learning problem with the little ones it really confuses the way they can learn if there are 2 languages they hear together. It is not so easy for them . So proud little Haly is bright and is able to learn them both at the same time, what a blessing that will be for her for her whole life. linda
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