during the past week or so, nina started talking more and more. for now, she makes up her own version of words she wants to use, and does so using a very simple method: as she is unable to pronounce most words perfectly at this point, she takes just the first syllable, omits the rest, and adds (k)i, (k)a or ga to it.
this is what it looks like:
- mandarin (tangerine in hungarian) - maga or magi
- banán (banana in hungarian) - baga
- dot néni (our friend dot) - doki
- cipő (shoe in hungarian) - cipi
- kutya (dog) - kutyi
but, something interesting happened this morning, as she and arpi were standing at the window admiring the frost-covered trees, and arpi pointed to the trees and said their hungarian name: fák. nina got very excited, and exclaimed: fakiiiii!
being a child of 19 months and thankfully not yet aware of the fact that this word is quite obscene in english, she has spent the last few minutes running around the house, yelling this lovely word out :)
what can we do? well ... we smile and nod.
4 comments:
ANd where you live there are many fakiiiiiiiii so... I can't wait when she will scream that as you guys walk by some students on your way to lunch :)
i love these kinda things about kids:D
Oh, Laci, you are so nice.
Nem kell aggódni, Benjáminnak is egy ideig a "Frakk!" sorozat volt a kedvence, csakhogy az "r" betűt még nem tudta kimondani, így kiabálta a szót a lakásban. De kinőtte! Igaz, hogy azóta kevesebb angol nyelvű vendég látogat el hozzánk... :)
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