On Wednesday night we had a break through as far as language is concerned.
I was in the kitchen making supper and she came in to check everything out
and reached for the stove.
I yelled "no! Hot!!" (sheer panic as it was on)
and ran and googled 'hot' in russian
then came back to her and said the word.
She instantly put her arms at her sides and nodded that she understood
and the light went on.
"hot?" she asked me
"Yes. Da. Hot."
Click.
The words mama uses actually mean something.
She grabbed a stick out of a nearby flower arrangement and began pointing to everything she could see.
"Eta?" (This is?)
Wall
Cupboard
Stove
Floor
She took it all in enjoying this new game of naming things.
In the bathroom here our toilet paper has little dogs printed on it
and when she's in there she points them out to me
"sobachka, mama"
"da. Sobachka. Dog."
"Dog?"
"Yes! Dog. Sobachka. Dog."
"Dog."
she smiles.
We have 4 words now.
OK
Hot
Up
Dog
Its really cool to see her figuring this out.
Smart little cookie.
6 comments:
We are SO lucky to have this little person in our family! Nan made me laugh today. She said Zenya is probably getting so frustrated trying to get you to learn Russian that she is giving up and learning English! haha mm xoxo
That is the BEST!!!!!
Oh Nan!! That's totally true though!! Way to go Z!! Huge breakthrough.
So happy it's coming along so nicely. Watching kids learn language is amazing and fun :)
xo
I love this!
Good one, Nan
8D
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So cute!!
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