guy talk
it must be a guy thing, but hubby je could understand jecobie's "sentences"!
a few days ago, they were sitting on the floor mat sa family room when jecobie pointed at the ceiling fan and said something like "nana, tsukoy-tsukoy-tikoti-kot".
translation? "ceiling fan is off".
breakdown:
nana = wala na.
tikoti-kot = ikot-ikot
also a few days ago, he said the same thing when his toy uod's wheels stopped spinning. we went crazy when we realized what he was saying! hehehe!
then yesterday, at the park, we went to see the ducks sa man-made lake, and he kept saying "kakakak tukuy an dede".
translation? "may ducks sa tubig".
breakdown:
kakakak = duck
dede = anything liquid, ergo, tubig is counted.
it's weird that je understands it and can decrypt pistoy's sentences. i dunno where the extra words came from, maybe because we use complete sentences when talking to him. so this is his version of stringing together 2 words, may palabok sa gitna. hehehe! ano bang tawag sa ganon, linking verb ba?
alphabet
pistoy can identify letters A, B, C, D, F, H and I! nalilito sya sa E (says it's F), G (says "ata" for gitara, because the book has a picture of guitar for that letter), and J (sometimes says I). i bought a board book (The Alphabet Room) and we started going through it a month ago. every page has a flip-the-page part. we don't do that yet because it can get confusing for him. so we just flip through the regular pages, and he can identify almost all the pictures. of course buyoy pa rin. but he says things consistently naman, hehe!
he can identify and say the names of apple, bowl, dog, egg, fish, guitar (ata for gitara), hat, kite, moustache (tash! hahaha!), owl, painting (pe-te), quilt (ki), snake (ek), umbrella, (ana), violin (baoin), zebra (aba). i love that book, simple lang ng illustrations. and very colorful too. pistoy would sometimes point to the background of the pic and say the name of the color. hehe!
he can identify the other animals, but instead of saying their names, he mimics yung sinasabi nila, like meow for cat, and baaa for lamb.
inglisero
today, pistoy had a haircut, and it's the first time he cried. siguro natatakot sya dun sa hairstylist kasi salita nang salita ng english. eh pinoy na pinoy si pistoy. he gets confused pag puro english ang naririnig nya.
i'm worried na pag kinailangan na namin syang ipasok sa daycare or school, he will have a hard time adjusting. but i still refuse to teach him english, maybe just expose him to it some more. hay.
UPDATES:
i realized na i started this entry more than a month ago, pero di ko pala natapos.
as of pistoy's 22nd month, he can identify all the (uppercase) letters of the alphabet!!! i'm one proud momma! hehehe! i dunno how he looks at things, pero parang multi-dimentional nya narerecognize ang mga bagay. recently, he pointed to a small letter "b" and said "P!" *lol* kaya naman the first time he saw the alphabet train sa youtube, he called "W" an "M". that was before the time he can identify them all.
ang last letter na natutunan ni pistoy is "U". at tuwang tuwa kami sa "W" nya... "ba-du"! heheheh!
also, pistoy can identify the numbers 1-9! there's a certain font type na mas madali nyang marecognize yung numbers. of course, 6 and 9 are hit-or-miss most of the time. hehehe! i guess nagbunga ang madalas naming magpunta sa walmart at target, kasi ang lalaki ng mga price tags dun. =P
yesterday pala, nagsusulat sila ni papa sa driveway with a chalk. papa drew "3" and asked pistoy kung ano yon. jecobie said "M!" tawa kami ni papa! so binuhat sya ni papa para nakaharap sa number, but pistoy corrected himself "W!" *lol*
recently he's obsessed with trains and trucks. anything na pwedeng i-line up at itulak sunod-sunod, train na. =P hubby je taught him that. and it's actually nice kasi he's using his imagination. kaya we're refraining from buying him a toy train. well, more like hubby je is refraining. ako medyo gusto ko para pag nasa labas kami, pwede nyang bitbitin yung totoong train. ngayon yung toy truck nya ang lagi nyang bitbit.
anyway, i'm thinking maybe we could do a train-themed 2nd bday party. at least yung design sa cake and yung happy bday banner, train ang design. i don't know if we'll have goody bags for the kids. kung sa pinas sana, go ako dyan dahil nandyan lang ang baclaran, quiapo at divisoria. pero dito kasi parang namamahalan ako. or siguro kasi we're not doing well financially kaya mas highlighted na ang bawat $1. hehe!
malapit na pala! i better get something together, para makapag-invite na next month. gawd. malapit na rin umuwi si papa! =( tatapusin nya lang yung bday ni pistoy, tapos sibat na sya. hayyy. papano na kaya kami. papano na kaya si pistoy, sobrang attached na sya kay papa ngayon. =(
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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dati nung ka-age ni gavin si pistoy, tinatagalog ko rin siya.. nung nagday-care si gavin (sandali lang yun uh, 3 hours lang a day), narealize ko, na tagalog mga salita niya.. sabi nya sa teacher nya, "mamam" for water, "wiwi", "dede", kain, etc.. dun ako biglang nagswitch ng english..kasi pati mga teacher nya, english ang mga tanong sa kanya (with singaporean accent pa kaya mas nakakalito) kaya lang ngayon naman, hay ang hirap turuan ng tagalog.. tinatagalog ko na.. pero feeling ko madali lang siya matututong tagalog kasi asa pilipinas naman kami, nanonood siya lagi ng pinoy henyo tsaka tagalog usapan naming mag asawa. yugn ibang alam ko kasing pamilya, kahit TFC, wala, kaya hindi natuto ng tagalog mga bata.
ReplyDeleteang galing talaga ni pistoy. naiwanan na nya si binog :( .. ang alam lang ni binog eh ABC at U at O at Z.. lol. mahilig lang siya sa mga action songs.. naguiguilty nga ako kay binog kasi hindi ko siya natutukan.
sobrang worried nga ako sa tagalog-english ni pistoy eh. pero sabi ng tito humphrey ko, ok lang yon, mahihirapan at malilito sila sa simula but they will adjust by themselves, basta expose mo lang sa both languages. sila kasi tagalog talaga ang usapan sa bahay, kaya my cousins can understand tagalog really well, but can't speak it. ayoko talaga mawala ang tagalog kay pistoy, kasi madalas kaming umuwi sa pinas. tfc is a big help din, kaya kahit umuwi na si papa, we'll keep the subscription.
ReplyDeletekatawa nga si pistoy, pag eat bulaga na, sisigaw ng "wave, wave, wave! win, win, win!" *lol*
ang cute cute ni binog dun sa vid na in-upload mo! =) talagang bigay na bigay eh. hehe! but hey, don't feel guilty mare, gavin is a genius, pag sya ang ginawa mong sukatan ni binog, ikaw lang ang mape-pressure. hehe! kamusta naman ang working mom? =)
part time na ako ngayon, twice a week na lng so mas may time ako sa mga bata. okey rin kasi at least nakakaporma parin ako haha. tsaka ayaw ko magquit ng work, mahihirapan na naman ako maghanap ng work pag tumigil pa ulit ako.
Deletenakakapressure rin kasi promise, ganyang ganyan si gavin nung bata so i think it really helps na nakatutok ang magulang! katuwa si pistoy as in. sa akin naman feeling ko matuto at matuto sila gavin ng tagalog kasi asa pinas naman kami at tagalog usapan naming mag asawa diba?
ah that's good to hear, buti may nakuha kang part-time na programming job! dito mostly full time or contractual. mahirap ang contractual, walang medical insurance, mahirap magkasakit. hehe!
ReplyDeletetingin ko you don't have to worry about gavin learning tagalog. we're in the same boat, magkabaligtad lang. =) pistoy will learn english eventually dahil sa environment. ganon din si gavin, he will learn tagalog dahil nasa pinas naman kayo. tsaka there's nothing wrong with being english-speaking sa pinas, may advantage na agad sya sa school dahil maraming subjects in english di ba?
kamusta ang fashion-fashion? nice finds ha! i wish i'd start dressing my age. it doesn't help na everyday ay casual friday sa office. =P
sobrang casual din sa office namin noh lol. ako lang pumoporma dito hehe. kaya okey lng yun, nakakatuwa pero magastos haha!
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