Sunday, July 06, 2014

The Vocabulary of Two Two-year-olds

Giraffe - "aff" or "ayaff"
Tiger - "kake" (alexa) and "ah-ger" (ariana)
Lion - "ah-yon"
Elephant - "fahn" or "ah-fahn"
Swimming - "fingin" (alexa) and "emming" (ariana)
Rice - "ice"
Bird - "buhd"
Water - "yapo" (alexa) and "eh-big" (ariana)
Hippo - "ah-poh"
Turtle - "tohtohl"
Pluto - (mickey's dog) "putoh"
Pampers - "pah-pehs"
Chicken joy - "seeken joy"
French fries - "fahfays"
Spaghetti - "etti"
Chocolate mallows - "soleyt mallows"
Apple - "ah-poy"
Blue - "boo"
Orange - "eh-range" or "ah reynds"
Yellow - "ah-yow"
Green - "geen"
Red - "red" (in fairness)
Pink - "pink"
Medicine - "mesidin" (alexa) and "ehsin" or "deh sin" (ariana)
Inside the room - "ih-side yoom"
Outside - "ah-side"
Chicken Nuggets - "Siken ah-gets"
Read books - "Yed buhks"
Mother Goose Club - "ah-lub"
Oo (yes) -"oh-oh"
Four - "foy"
ABC Song - "ey bee tsee di"
Nose - "nohs"
No more = "ahh mor"
biscuit = "ahh-kit"
kugos (to be carried) = "ah gos"
Barney = "mah nee"
Pororo = "po yo yo"
Pocoyo = "oh co yo"
Dora = "Do wah"
Egg = "eeg"
Drink water = "dink ah ter"

Inside room = "eeh side yoom"
Outside room = "aw side yoom"
Boom Panes = "boom payes" --- blame the TV
cereal = "ah yal"



They are crazy over Nursery Rhymes too! Here is how they ask me to sing the songs with them.

Baa baa black sheep - "baa baa ship"
Jack and Jill - "sac eh dil"
Old mcdonald had a farm - "moo moo dey"
Little Bo Peep - "ssheep ssheep"
Eensy Weensy Spider - "bahdeyr" (coupled with hand gestures of the spider climbing)


Other songs include:
Roar (Katy Perry)- *mumble mumble* "Yooow!" followed up with "oh oh oh oh-o-o-o"
Waka Waka - me: tsamina mina; Arabellas: "eh eh"; me: waka waka; A: "eh eh"; me: tasmina mina sanggalewa this time for...; A: AH-PIKA! (read: Africa)


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