Luke has already learned a lot of English in two and a half weeks. He definitely understands more than he speaks. So far the words he says are "ciao bye" (combined Amharic + English for goodbye), "hi," "pease" (please), "da," "more," "mama," "Ben." It's so funny because you can tell by his voice inflection that he's learning words from Ben. He says "Da" and "more" and "oo-ooh" just like Ben does. He signs "cheese," "chicken nugget," and "please." He still uses Amharic for water and milk- "weha" and "wetet." We love hearing him jabber away in Amharic though we feel badly that we can't understand what he's saying. Some phrases we hear often are "Effica," "Anjou," "Danya," "Shika."
Ben FINALLY started to say "Mama" right before we left for Ethiopia. He's even starting to say "Mary" and "Dave." Most of his signs are food related... (shocker!)
Cheese
Peanut butter
Cereal
Milk
Water
Bunnies
Crackers
All done
French fries
He can rattle off over a dozen animal sounds when you ask him "what does a ____ say?"
Horse
Cow
Monkey
Car
Elk
Lion
Bee
Dinosaur
Pig
Donkey
Duck
Dog
Bird
Fish
Bunny
Hyena
It's one of our favorite forms of entertainment! :)
1 comment:
Love reading your posts! Elijah STILL DOESNT SAY MAMA! So I'm jealous. I also remember taking a hilarious video of Esther when she was about Ben's age of her making a huge array of animal noises. The best entertainment. Elijah only makes car and dog noises as of yet. But he is a little entertainer and will do anything for a laugh. Kids are such fun! Love you guys!
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