Bobo started to say "Mama Papa" when she was about 12 month old. Till few weeks ago, she was only able to speak single words. "S" and "X" seem to be one of those most difficult alphabets to pronounce. They are usually missing in the pronunciations. For example, word "Istu" (sit) becomes "itu"...
Linguist suggests in a dual language family, parents should ONLY speak their native languages in order to express their feelings well. It doesn't matter how well parents are able to speak a foreign language, it still could hinder while expressing their motions. Children intend to be lazy and unwilling to speak a language if it is not used frequently. We have agreed to follow linguist's commendation; that I only speak Mandarin Chinese (not Shanghai dialect), Tuomo speaks Finnish and we both speak English between us. Meanwhile, we can freely speak any languages while talking to a third party. Linguist also points out, a young child is able to learn 3 languages easily from their early age. However if a forth language is introduced too early, it may cause confusing in their language development. We hope Bobo can learn Finnish, Chinese and English through our daily conversation, then later on she can take 1 or 2 foreign languages, such as Swedish, Spanish, Germany or French :-).
Bobo learns Finnish at daycare and home. I have been trying to speak Chinese to her. To my surprise she understands quite much Chinese. Even though she speaks more Finnish than Chinese. One reason I believe is that Chinese is much harder to say, since one single word has 4 tones. Till now I speak quite many double tone words, such as "兔兔, 鸟鸟, 熊熊 etc." instead of "兔子, 狗熊".
Until 2, 3 weeks ago, Bobo started to say double words. And she started to speak triple words last week. Besides, she starts to express herself and copy more often what we say.
She is able to speak istumaan (to sit), nukkumaan (to sleep), bobo nalle (bobo teddy), kuppi riikki (cup broken) and so on. Last night she demanded us to sit next to her playing wooden blocks by saying "iskä istumaan, äiti istumaan" (daddy sit, mammy sit). She would even drag my hand, says "tule" (come) to draw my attention.
How fascinating children's language development is! I can not wait to start a proper conversation with Bobo. Hopefully, in near future she will be able to make sentences. As a result, she is able to express her feeling better.
Linguist suggests in a dual language family, parents should ONLY speak their native languages in order to express their feelings well. It doesn't matter how well parents are able to speak a foreign language, it still could hinder while expressing their motions. Children intend to be lazy and unwilling to speak a language if it is not used frequently. We have agreed to follow linguist's commendation; that I only speak Mandarin Chinese (not Shanghai dialect), Tuomo speaks Finnish and we both speak English between us. Meanwhile, we can freely speak any languages while talking to a third party. Linguist also points out, a young child is able to learn 3 languages easily from their early age. However if a forth language is introduced too early, it may cause confusing in their language development. We hope Bobo can learn Finnish, Chinese and English through our daily conversation, then later on she can take 1 or 2 foreign languages, such as Swedish, Spanish, Germany or French :-).
Bobo learns Finnish at daycare and home. I have been trying to speak Chinese to her. To my surprise she understands quite much Chinese. Even though she speaks more Finnish than Chinese. One reason I believe is that Chinese is much harder to say, since one single word has 4 tones. Till now I speak quite many double tone words, such as "兔兔, 鸟鸟, 熊熊 etc." instead of "兔子, 狗熊".
Until 2, 3 weeks ago, Bobo started to say double words. And she started to speak triple words last week. Besides, she starts to express herself and copy more often what we say.
She is able to speak istumaan (to sit), nukkumaan (to sleep), bobo nalle (bobo teddy), kuppi riikki (cup broken) and so on. Last night she demanded us to sit next to her playing wooden blocks by saying "iskä istumaan, äiti istumaan" (daddy sit, mammy sit). She would even drag my hand, says "tule" (come) to draw my attention.
How fascinating children's language development is! I can not wait to start a proper conversation with Bobo. Hopefully, in near future she will be able to make sentences. As a result, she is able to express her feeling better.
Today was another sunny day. We went to our lot and picked some blue berries. Later Bobo played bit sand, and made her own "stone sand cake" :-)
(Bobo helped to "pick" blue berries)
(what a great builder)
("Pisa" tower)
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