Saturday, June 2, 2012

Twin Talk to English Dictionary



Jimmy's mom (Ma-G) captured this video when they were here of Jonah and Silas' little personal language that they have between the two of them. 

They are surrounded by three languages: English, Spanish, and Kekchi. They use English the most, but respond a little to all of them. Their favorite language though is their twin talk that they invented themselves and have slowly taught us. At this rate I think Eden is going to speak in full sentences with words all from the same language before they do. 

This is our Twin Talk to English dictionary:
(you have to use Spanish pronunciations because I have forgotten how to spell phonetically in English.) 

Belá - what Silas calls Jonah (He is saying "brother" and knows that is not his real name, just a nickname.)
Baka - what Jonah uses for "brother".
Moní - what Jonah calls Silas (We think he is saying "Henry" which is Silas' middle name.) He uses this more than "brother".
kiki - candy, or Grandma Kiki depending on the context.
quá - time to trade toys and then they swap
yeah yeah - how Jonah says "yes" and he always uses 2 of them
cucu - water
cicu - any drink other than water
daa - please
gra gra - thank you
bop - poop
mon mon - monkey
wuu - dog
pica - peaches
blue - popsicle (this has to be because the first popsicle they ever had was a blue one)

These make a little more sense and are probably typical of 2 year olds:
Babi - Bible
Gaad - God
quack quack - duck
E - Eden
moe - more, or I want to watch the Veggie Tale about Moses.
two - means they want to watch Toy Story 1 or 2 (They cannot say "one" yet)
ca - car
choo choo - train
buu - balloon

Words that they pronounce and use correctly:
cheese & beans - their favorite foods
yuck - used for any other foods other than cheese and beans
tea
pop - they got this from their dad, we call everything Coke where I'm from. You can tell who gives them pop.
ball - football specifically

*They put an "a" in front of everything too for some reason
*If we ask Silas what his name is he says, "Me!" Jonah refuses to say his own name, he just giggles and covers his face with his hands.
*Silas calls me "Mom" and Jimmy "Dad".
*Jonah calls me "Momi" and Jimmy "Dada".
*If they don't know how to pronounce something they just call it a "this" even if it is far away.

*Also, I have no clue why they are spitting in this video. I'm not completely sure who taught them that, but I have my ideas...

6 comments:

  1. That's fascinating! I love to watch kid's languages develop.

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    1. You should know all about that! It will be interesting when Elias starts talking.

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  2. Precious! Modern technology is so awesome. You have this written down for them in later years and we get to share too.

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    1. Thanks! That is exactly why I wrote this post. I want to remember!

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  3. Re: *If they don't know how to pronounce something they just call it a "this" even if it is far away.

    When my brother was that age, he'd call such things a "tootch." We think it was because he wanted us to touch it, and make sure we understood what he was talking about. But, for years, any unknown object was a tootch.

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