Hugo's language and speech seem to be improving every day despite slow beginnings. It gives us some insight into his funny little brain and quite a few giggles too. Here is a non-exhaustive phonetic list of the words that make up his very own language, a mixture of predominently English, a little bit of French and his own special inventions.
As I write this, I realise how unique each child's early language is. Who could possibly understand all of its nuances other than us? It feels like he has had a slow start and we are trying not to worry about the mispronunciation of most words, the fact that they are all mostly one syllable long and still quite disjointed. He is making progress everyday and there are already so many words and phrases that I have missed in this list. Many sentences are starting to take shape and his vocabulary includes adjectives and verbs, as well as nouns. It will only become more impossible to record but at least this sort of marks a point in time, until he can write for himself.
Friends and Family
Mama
Dada
Baby & Bebe for Eloise
(no word for Hugo yet)
Baba: his paternal grandfather
Lolo: Maternal bonus grandfather
Fishfi: Maternal grandfather (because of the shark puppet he often shows on Skype)
Meek: our friend Mick
Chie: Mick & Jess' son Archie
Chak: his friend Jack
Nor: his friend Elinor
(All grandmothers are left out... sorry)
Food
Kiz: Cheese
Lo: L'eau for water
Mu: milk
Ju: French pronunciation of juice
Pa: Bread (pain)
Be: Banana
Be: Peanut butter
Milam milam milam: Miam (French for yum)
O: orange
Riwri: Kiwi
Games/toys
Knock knock: knocking on doors, on sand buckets and anything else that needs a knock.
Tick the ball
Bump bump: bounce on the big gym ball
Bike: for his scooter and tricycle
Ball
Car
Trac: for tractor
B-loc: blocks
P-lane for his planes
Paah: the dreaded ipad
Pu: computer
Bla: umbrella
Bubble
Sligh: slide
Animals/natural things
Po-neigh: horse/pony
Duck duck
Peepee: chicken (apparently based on the sound they make)
rawr: lion, tiger, dinosaur, bear...
Rrrr: Pig
Mooo: cow
Seep: sheep
Gra: Giraffe
Fishfi: fish
Do: dog
Cat: sound is Melow
Bird
Colours
Biu: blue
Pi: pink
O: orange
Gween
Blak
Puple
Vehicles
Bu: bus
Car
P-lane
T-rain
Bike
Boat
Clothes
Pant
Shoe
Chau-sson
Pu: pull (sweater)
Sok
boot
Body:
Eyes
No: nose
fee: feet
Arm
Verbs
Eee: eat
Cloh: close
Ree: read
Walk
Tik: kick
Ki: kiss
Change
As I write this, I realise how unique each child's early language is. Who could possibly understand all of its nuances other than us? It feels like he has had a slow start and we are trying not to worry about the mispronunciation of most words, the fact that they are all mostly one syllable long and still quite disjointed. He is making progress everyday and there are already so many words and phrases that I have missed in this list. Many sentences are starting to take shape and his vocabulary includes adjectives and verbs, as well as nouns. It will only become more impossible to record but at least this sort of marks a point in time, until he can write for himself.
Friends and Family
Mama
Dada
Baby & Bebe for Eloise
(no word for Hugo yet)
Baba: his paternal grandfather
Lolo: Maternal bonus grandfather
Fishfi: Maternal grandfather (because of the shark puppet he often shows on Skype)
Meek: our friend Mick
Chie: Mick & Jess' son Archie
Chak: his friend Jack
Nor: his friend Elinor
(All grandmothers are left out... sorry)
Food
Kiz: Cheese
Lo: L'eau for water
Mu: milk
Ju: French pronunciation of juice
Pa: Bread (pain)
Be: Banana
Be: Peanut butter
Milam milam milam: Miam (French for yum)
O: orange
Riwri: Kiwi
Games/toys
Knock knock: knocking on doors, on sand buckets and anything else that needs a knock.
Tick the ball
Bump bump: bounce on the big gym ball
Bike: for his scooter and tricycle
Ball
Car
Trac: for tractor
B-loc: blocks
P-lane for his planes
Paah: the dreaded ipad
Pu: computer
Bla: umbrella
Bubble
Sligh: slide
Animals/natural things
Po-neigh: horse/pony
Duck duck
Peepee: chicken (apparently based on the sound they make)
rawr: lion, tiger, dinosaur, bear...
Rrrr: Pig
Mooo: cow
Seep: sheep
Gra: Giraffe
Fishfi: fish
Do: dog
Cat: sound is Melow
Bird
Tree
Flow: flower
Tik: stick
Tutle
Fro: frog
Owl
Cloud
Moon
Star
Rain
Colours
Biu: blue
Pi: pink
O: orange
Gween
Blak
Puple
Vehicles
Bu: bus
Car
P-lane
T-rain
Bike
Boat
Clothes
Pant
Shoe
Chau-sson
Pu: pull (sweater)
Sok
boot
Body:
Eyes
No: nose
fee: feet
Arm
Verbs
Eee: eat
Cloh: close
Ree: read
Walk
Tik: kick
Ki: kiss
Change
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