Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Look Who's Talking

Reduplication
Mokoko = motorcycle
Bykoko = bicycle
Pikaka = police car
Abebe = ambulance
Shaballball = soccer ball
Baballball = basketball
Egogo = Go Diago Go

A few things only his parents understand:
Tem-per-ture = temperature
Ge-bab = get up
Pig-ow = playground
Shock-on = put socks on
Pussil = puzzle
Issa = Lisa
Jody = Jordy
Gemma = grandma
Table = put it on the table
Dowa = Dora the Explorer
Inna = in there
Lanner = (see you) later
Shish = fish
Cookie mon-ner = Cookie Monster
Doobid = stupid (guess where he learnt this one?)
Draket = jacket
Boon = spoon / balloon

English that anyone could understand:
Eat it
Want it
Take it
Put it there
Come on
Come here
Call daddy
Drive/driving
Wheel
Zebra
Monkey
Messy
Chair
Blankie

It's getting more and more difficult to keep up!! Mommy's gotta carry a little notepad around.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So smart to catalog these on your blog! I so wish I had written these down when my kids were little. So cute!