Kazakh Language
Yesterday was our 14th day of the bonding period! We are now all 'bonded', and they will submit our papers to court today. Hopefully our court date will be soon (please, please, please).
Ethan learns more English words each day, and we have learned to say a few more things in Kazakh. One thing that is very challenging being here is that we are never quite sure when people are speaking in Kazakh or in Russian. When the Soviets were in control, Russian was the official language. Now that they are gone, Kazakh (which never went away), is becoming more popular. Often conversations will alternate back and forth between Kazakh and Russian, with some Kazakh's speaking one language better than the other. Menus are typically printed in both Kazakh and Russian, and we often are not sure which is which since they are both written in the same alphabet. We are so confused!
Ethan was especially charming when we visited him yesterday. He told the interpreter that he wanted to come home with us (yeah!!). We bought him a couple of books that he loves going through and pointing to the words he knows in English. He especially seems to love dragons and dinosaurs. He also points to things in the book and makes the appropriate noises or expressions -- he salutes and looks serious after pointing to the policeman, he makes a growling noise and puts his fingers on his head to make horns when he points to the picture of the triceritops (sp?), and he makes the appropriate animal noises when he points to the pictures of them -- giggling at himself after each one. Yesterday he asked for an apple in English (we brought him two banannas and two apples, half a package of cookies, and some M&Ms yesterday, which he downed in minutes -- hungry boy!)
Ethan learns more English words each day, and we have learned to say a few more things in Kazakh. One thing that is very challenging being here is that we are never quite sure when people are speaking in Kazakh or in Russian. When the Soviets were in control, Russian was the official language. Now that they are gone, Kazakh (which never went away), is becoming more popular. Often conversations will alternate back and forth between Kazakh and Russian, with some Kazakh's speaking one language better than the other. Menus are typically printed in both Kazakh and Russian, and we often are not sure which is which since they are both written in the same alphabet. We are so confused!
Ethan was especially charming when we visited him yesterday. He told the interpreter that he wanted to come home with us (yeah!!). We bought him a couple of books that he loves going through and pointing to the words he knows in English. He especially seems to love dragons and dinosaurs. He also points to things in the book and makes the appropriate noises or expressions -- he salutes and looks serious after pointing to the policeman, he makes a growling noise and puts his fingers on his head to make horns when he points to the picture of the triceritops (sp?), and he makes the appropriate animal noises when he points to the pictures of them -- giggling at himself after each one. Yesterday he asked for an apple in English (we brought him two banannas and two apples, half a package of cookies, and some M&Ms yesterday, which he downed in minutes -- hungry boy!)
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