Dec has learnt to say dog and bird quite a few months back. other than bird, all other animals to him are "dog". Recently, even birds have become 'dog' to him. I kept correcting him but he still refers to cats and birds (especially) as dog.
His favorite verse at the moment is "No more" and he is quite fluent with that.
Other new words and verses he acquires are :
1)
na [Chinese pronunciation of the word 'take']. other than the verse 'no more', 'na' is his most frequently use word as this little itchy hand will say 'na' whenever he wants to touch or take something.
2)
ball - he calls a ball a ball but he also calls balloons and oranges 'ball ball'. So at this moment, anything which is round and smooth and bounces when u throw it is 'ball'.
3)
nei nei - means milk to him. Nowadays he has developed the habit of crawling towards his dad and shout 'nei nei' repeatedly into his ears around 3.00 - 4.00 a.m every night, until his dad drags himself up to make milk for him. *phew* he didn't choose to do that to me :p other than 'nei nei' all other food to him is "mum mum"
4)
night night - means gd night. He's not very fluent with this yet, one gotta strain a little to catch this.
5)
duck - refers to his yellow rubber ducky.
6)
hello - which sounds like 'ayo'. I think he learn this through imitating us on the phone.
7)
meimei - means little sister and refers to ethy. This came as quite a surprise. I've never hear him call out meimei until yesterday.
8)
momo - just heard kiat calling out to Dec and say :' baby ohh, momo momo!' "What's momo???" I asked. "ohh it means dark dark" replied kiat and Dec came stumbling back in mumbling :'momo momo' ............ This is a language which escapes me... Only the true blue Lims will understand..
9)
bao bei - not sure if he understands the meaning of bao bei (means precious in mandarin) and not sure who or what he is referring to, just heard him blurt that just now.
10)
or or - it means sleep.
11)
mai - means don't want in hokkien
12)
mama - refers to yours truely and sometimes he'll point to the cat downdstairs can call out mama.....
13)
papa - refers to none other than his dad
There are also some words and verses which he can't pronounce but when we say it, he understands. They are :
1)
handkerchief - he'll go pick up his hanky if u ask him to.
2)
blanket - he has got a comfort blanket and when we refer to his blanket he'll know we are referring to his comfort blanket.
3)
rubber ducky - he'll give pick up and show you his yellow rubber ducky.
4)
yes and ok - he'll nod his head to indicate yes and ok.
5)
comb hair - he'll take a comb and goes through his thin layer of hair.
6)
wash hair - he'll do the action of shampooing.
7)
brush teeth - he'll put his finger into his mouth and starts 'brushing'.
8)
close your eyes - he'll shut his eyes but only for a few short seconds before his eyelids spring open again
So much for now. He'll be 15 months tomorrow and I really hope he can differentiates between dogs, cats and birds soon.
