My didn't be hungry
My son has an interesting grasp of the English language. He manages to communicate pretty well most of the time with people who know his language. His pronunciation is a little funky (especially with the two missing front teeth) but what makes it extra challenging to understand him is his grammar.
He doesn't really grasp pronouns yet. Any time he refers to himself it is "my". Any time he refers to a group that he's part of it is "us".
Which is how we get sentences like "us went to wall-e theater" (he's decided that movie theaters are wall-e theaters. Not too surprising since Wall-e is the only movie he has seen in a theater).
And my most recent favorite: "my didn't be hungry". This was in response to my question about why he hadn't eaten all of his lunch earlier in the day.
I try not to stress about it, try to reassure myself that he will figure it out one of these days.
In the meantime I just try not to laugh.
He doesn't really grasp pronouns yet. Any time he refers to himself it is "my". Any time he refers to a group that he's part of it is "us".
Which is how we get sentences like "us went to wall-e theater" (he's decided that movie theaters are wall-e theaters. Not too surprising since Wall-e is the only movie he has seen in a theater).
And my most recent favorite: "my didn't be hungry". This was in response to my question about why he hadn't eaten all of his lunch earlier in the day.
I try not to stress about it, try to reassure myself that he will figure it out one of these days.
In the meantime I just try not to laugh.
posted by Marie at 6:34 AM
1 Comments:
It all percolates eventually. There *is* a pretty standard progression of sounds learned, linked to the physical development of tongue, teeth, etc., but syntax seems to be keyed more to the inner wiring of the individual brain.
At one point I noticed DD using an odd sentence structure, and the next day I heard DH use the same one -- they're little sponges!
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