…”ba-ba”. Listen to her here. This time I didn’t even look for German words starting with “ba-” since daddy just gave me “-teau” again. Now it won’t be long before she calls him “pa-pa” (“daddy” in both our languages). Sadly, the “m” sound is trickier 🙁

The other day, through a discussion on a networking site, I came across this: Speaking in tongues A mother in Lebanon tells of her children mixing three languages (English, French and Arabic) in a very peculiar way that has her and her husband scratching their heads. I’d be curious to know what has become of those kids […]

Does “gaga” count as a word? If so, our baby girl has started speaking. Listen to her! I tried to think of German words beginning with “ga-” that she might have been attempting to say. Here is what I came up with: Gartenschlauch Garage Garnitur Garmisch-Partenkirchen   Then I asked Daddy which French words began […]

Über eine Nachricht in einem Netzwerk kam ich zu diesem Post des Blogs “SprachenNetz”: Wie lernen Kleinkinder Fremdsprachen? Der Artikel beschreibt einen ähnlichen Versuch wie den, an dem wir teilgenommen haben: Im Forschungslabor „WortSchatzinsel“ am Georg-Elias-Müller Institut für Psychologie sehen die Kinder während des Versuchs auf einem großen Bildschirm Bilder und kurze Filme, gleichzeitig werden […]