About a boy in her daycare class:
I love Owen, he's such a favorite boy for me.
How she asks for things:
May you please get me some milk?
Instead of using "tomorrow":
The next day, can I visit the children?
Sometimes it sounds like she's speaking English as a second language.
I adore the way kids phrase things. And Jack used to say number two!
ReplyDeleteEnglish 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.
ReplyDeleteIf all else fails, it's always worth throwing a "please" in there somewhere!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter says "may you please ..." too. So funny -- I'll miss it when she outgrows it.
ReplyDeleteI guess she is, if you consider babbling to be the first language.
ReplyDeleteI love toddlerisms. I rarely correct them, which drives my husband crazy. They'll get it eventually...why hurry them along?
ReplyDeletei love this. it's pint-sized sophistication!!
ReplyDeleteMy 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!
ReplyDeleteI love kid-isms. I love that age!
ReplyDeleteBossy's son used to say "come here" with a french accent, "Mommy, Vee-air!"
ReplyDeleteI love pint-sized grammer! It's so endearing...
ReplyDeleteMine too. Pronouns are a bugger for them, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteI love "the next day." So much more poetic than "tomorrow."
ReplyDeleteI agree with the others: I rather like the sound of it. It makes her sound like a European world traveler.
ReplyDeleteConnor uses Next Day too.
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteHeh. Mimi sometimes calls tomorrow "next day" too.
ReplyDeleteI miss the days when she used to say "fut" instead of "put." Like, "Momma, will you help me fut on my coat?"