Well, it's been a while and a lot has happened... what I had originally intended to be a chronological account of Laniña's linguistic development will now I think become random observations as they occour to me - that should be easier, so I might blog more often!
This is from months ago, though, when she was 2 and a bit:
We noticed that Laniña had suddenly started to ask for treats (y'know - chocolate and such) by calling them "F'you!" Indeed, this was one of her first proper sentences - "I wan' f'you!"
F'you, of course, is "for you" and presumably someone at nursery (or who knows, maybe it was us) had given her something nice saying "That´s for you" or similar. So far so good; it's so cute that we still haven't thought to discourage it!
The interesting bit is that suddenly, when she wasn´t getting the appropriate response from my partner (already had enough choc for one day) Laniña turned straight to me and demanded "Papá, PA TI"
Pa tí is, of course, short for para tí, which means... guess what! That´s right - for you!
I find such spontaneous translation a very exciting development - she´s not just parroting what she hears, but has real control over it herself. Even if no-one outside our household will actually understand it!!!
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¡Hola! I am writing as Rocinante (not my real name - I'm shy!) and my daughter is Laniña - also not her real name! She's four now. I speak to her in Spanish, even though that´s not my own first language. We are just seeing how it goes, and that´s what this blog is about. Hope you find it interesting and encouraging if you are in a similar situation, or considering trying it out.
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