About a boy in her daycare class:
How she asks for things:
Instead of using "tomorrow":
Sometimes it sounds like she's speaking English as a second language.
05 September 2007
Pint Sized Grammar
How she asks for things:
Instead of using "tomorrow":
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I adore the way kids phrase things. And Jack used to say number two!
English is an impossibly tough language -- I'm constantly surprised that kids learn it so easily, on the whole.
My youngest used to say things like, "I could eat chocolate cake ALL THE DAYS"...instead of All of the Time or All Day Long. I miss those days.
If all else fails, it's always worth throwing a "please" in there somewhere!
My daughter says "may you please ..." too. So funny -- I'll miss it when she outgrows it.
I guess she is, if you consider babbling to be the first language.
I love toddlerisms. I rarely correct them, which drives my husband crazy. They'll get it eventually...why hurry them along?
i love this. it's pint-sized sophistication!!
My son is six, and he STILL says "May you please..." about things. Oops. Being raised by wolves, he is. Oh well. But it is so cute! I love all that stuff they say before they turn 10 and know it all!
I love kid-isms. I love that age!
Bossy's son used to say "come here" with a french accent, "Mommy, Vee-air!"
I love pint-sized grammer! It's so endearing...
Mine too. Pronouns are a bugger for them, aren't they?
I love "the next day." So much more poetic than "tomorrow."
I agree with the others: I rather like the sound of it. It makes her sound like a European world traveler.
Connor uses Next Day too.
I love hearing pint size grammar.
(mine isn't too far off)
That is so cute! My daughter calls every time in the past "yesterday". So even if she ate toast an hour ago, she'll say, "I just had toast for breakfast yesterday." I'm going to be so bummed when she can actually speak properly.
Heh. Mimi sometimes calls tomorrow "next day" too.
I miss the days when she used to say "fut" instead of "put." Like, "Momma, will you help me fut on my coat?"
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