"No one expects the
Spanish Inquisition!"
Spanish Inquisition!"
Tee hee, just had to throw that one in there. :o)
"How do you say 'thank you' in French? What is 'you're welcome' in German? How do you say 'happy' in Spanish?" My 6-year-old is very curious about other languages and loves to learn new words. "Wow, mom, 'hellifino' means three different things. Amazing!" Let's just say, it's a good thing I'm not teaching her.
Learning a new language was never my forte'. I took a class in 9th grade and then French in 10th, but I ended up dropping the French class after two weeks. Mostly because half the class was repeating it from flunking the previous term and frankly, the teacher scared me.
I love that Peri wants to learn new languages, and being so young, it'll be easier for her to pick them up. Spanish seems to be the most interesting to her. She has a couple of friends in her class, that wait at the bus stop with her, who come from a bilingual household. Every morning, the two girls wait at the bus stop with their mom/aunt, grandfather and their dog, Cosita. As soon as Peri learned the dogs' name, she couldn't stop saying it. She loves the way it sounds. Whenever she sees the girls she always exclaims, "Hola! Hola, girls! Hola means hello in Spanish."
The other day, we were all waiting at the bus stop and Peri was petting Cosita and repeating her
name over and over. Then she stopped, looked at Jasmine's mom and said, "Does Cosita bark in Spanish?" We all laughed and I just thought it was so cute. I guess you never know. After all, Cosita understands Spanish, so I guess she could bark in Spanish.In any case, as soon as a class is offered, I think I'll enroll Peri. Perhaps she can teach me a new language. I mean, if a dog can understand Spanish, there's hope for me yet.
What a sweet story - :)
ReplyDeleteAh, that's cool.
ReplyDeleteLanguage is a very interesting thing! I took a fancy to learning a bit of Italian a couple years ago.
Pretty simple with read-the-words way of sounding the words out...fascinating, really:)
hahaha, that is adorable!! Okay, so I know parrots only repeat things, but my friends mom had a parrot that used to say, "Would you like some strawberries?" with an English accent. Pretty funny.
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute blog header, the name! I love it here! And Cosita is pretty darn cute too.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, do enroll your child into a language class, you will have no choice but to learn along with her.
I bet she does bark in Spanish, and any other language you want her to - so long as there's a tasty biscuit waiting!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous picture!
CJ xx
Amelia knows bits and pieces of Spanish, Chinese and French. Most of it is thanks to Nick Jr, but the French, well I actually threw it in for good measure. I think knowing as many languages as possible is awesome! I have a feeling my dog barks with a North Dakota accent, since that's where she was born :)
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