Word Play

I was about to blog on Hannah’s latest vocabulary development when I discovered that our friend Ann just did one on her nieces :D

Not all animals get to be called by their names. Apart from cat, dog dog, bear bear and bird bird, the rest are better known as ‘fii’, ‘whal’, ‘seep’, ‘mu mu’ and ‘ji ji’. (fish, whale, sheep, cow and mouse)

Although she could utter 2 different words now (e.g. ‘sit here’, ‘no more’, ‘all done’), some other words had undergone reinventing. The results are ‘ki-ki’, ‘carre’, ‘na-na-na-nA-NA-Na’, ‘aahm’, ‘wa’ and ‘blar’. These were formerly ‘kiwi’, ‘carry’, ‘banana’, ‘amen’, ‘watch’ and ‘brush’.

Her most impressive 2-syllable words are: ‘hannah’, ‘daddy’, ‘mommy’, ‘apple’ and ‘bubble’.

When it comes to the Chinese department, our girl only has a humble collection of words: ‘hua’, ‘ye-ye’, ‘nai-nai, ‘po-po’, ‘jie-jie’, ‘kor-kor’, ‘xie xie’ and ‘Xin-xin’.

And guess what  is my favourite word of all? :P