Today Daddy remarked to me, “She’s talking really well,” after another full sentence from our girl. I couldn’t help but sigh “If only she did it in German.” Whereupon Daddy turned to her and said, “Tu parles en allemand à maman ?” (You speak German with Mommy?) Her answer: “Non.” Daddy: “Pourquoi pas ?” (Why […]
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We’re entering the stage of the strange/funny statements. Here’s what our little girl said today (the photo is from January though): It left us ??? If you have an explanation, I’d love to hear it.
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I thought that maybe it was time to give a little overview (from memory) of some notable grammar aspects of my little girl’s speech at this point. So here we go: She uses “moi” instead of “je”: “Moi veux” (I want) or “Moi vois pas” (I don’t see). She mostly uses the infinitive form of […]
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Our little girl recognises her first letters on her way to learning to write her name. These are the ones she picks out : P for papa, M for mama, and her own initial. For some reason, the P has taken centre stage. When she looks at some writing and finds any of those three […]
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Entre la maison et le square, il y a un lycée avec un beau portail. Pour des raisons que j’ignore, ma fille adore monter les trois marches, se positionner, et tenir un discours. L’autre jour, j’avais pris l’appareil photo pour aller au square, et j’en ai profité au retour pour capter son ou plutôt ses […]
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A week ago, we were having supper together. The “main course” (followed by cheese and dessert) was over, and Daddy was taking the plates into the kitchen. We were ready to get on with the cheese, but there was something missing on the table. “Papa, Messer couper fromage!”
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