"Stop coughing me"
Ethan told us that he likes our cooking, and that: "Ethan like momma papa house." Very pleased with this, we told him thank you, and that it was "mama, papa, Ethan house". He beamed a big smile. I'm not entirely sure he understands yet that we're permanently his. Like many things in life, his general attitude is to enjoy what he has now.
He started talking a bit more about his experience at the baby house. He likes our food a lot more (he's said that several times). And he said that they had lots of toys, but no "race cars" and that he really likes "race cars". He talked about how one kid had been bitten by a spider, and another stung by a bee.
For a few days Ethan kept saying "stop coughing me". We tried to explain what coughing was by making "cough, cough" noises and that he must mean something else. Eventually we figured out he had misheard what that the other kids at school were telling him which was: "stop copying me". (He likes to repeat what people say, along with the way they say it and any accompanying face and hand movements. It was sort of cute when he was first learning English, but now it's just pretty annoying, although to be honest, he's an awfully good mimic of both voice and motion).
And in a case of reverse language acquisition, Ethan's teacher told me today that some of the other kids in his class are now saying the Kazak word "Atta", which Ethan uses to mean "look!" or "hey!".
He started talking a bit more about his experience at the baby house. He likes our food a lot more (he's said that several times). And he said that they had lots of toys, but no "race cars" and that he really likes "race cars". He talked about how one kid had been bitten by a spider, and another stung by a bee.
For a few days Ethan kept saying "stop coughing me". We tried to explain what coughing was by making "cough, cough" noises and that he must mean something else. Eventually we figured out he had misheard what that the other kids at school were telling him which was: "stop copying me". (He likes to repeat what people say, along with the way they say it and any accompanying face and hand movements. It was sort of cute when he was first learning English, but now it's just pretty annoying, although to be honest, he's an awfully good mimic of both voice and motion).
And in a case of reverse language acquisition, Ethan's teacher told me today that some of the other kids in his class are now saying the Kazak word "Atta", which Ethan uses to mean "look!" or "hey!".
posted by AttitudeAdopt | 10:12 AM
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On the way to the discovery museum, I pointed out some new home under construction and said something like 'That house is being built.' He repeated the phrase as we drove by the same house on the way back.
He also referred to a drawing of a clown fish as "Nemo" and called a stuffed penguin as "Happy Feet".
But interest in the penguin lasted only a fraction of a second before he wanted to find the whales.
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