As Jasmin develops her speech, I have often noticed that she likes to repeat a certain sound to create a word. Despite her inventiveness, we (the adults in the family) usually understand what she wants. And what she cannot say with words she will make up for with amazingly clear and creative body language.
The repeating syllable examples
Fofon - means cucumber (MELAFEFON in Hebrew) but...
but... HALLO means Telephone (actually my cellular phone)
Zezer mean carrot (GEZER in Hebrew)
Niaiya means tomato (AGVANIA in Hebrew)
Babu or Bu means bottle (BAKBUK in Hebrew)
Sabobon means soap (SABON in Hebrew)
Tata means Grandma (SAVTA in Hebrew)
Mama measn mommy (by now Jasmin says the proper word in Hebrew IMMA)
Body language
Wiyoo means to spin (I should lift her and spin or she makes her skirt fly during a spin), to show me which of the two options she refers to she either turns her waist to indicate the spinning dress or skirt, or she takes my hands and starts to dance in a circle with me, and even lifts her feet to hand from my hands, in the hope that I speed up and she will end up flying around.
Yer *along with finger showing a drawing motion on the other hand* means to draw (LETZAYER n Hebrew) usually in the context of my tablet app.
Other pearls
Lash means milk (CHALAV is Hebrew). This is her favorite drink. She even has a doll in the shape of a milk carton (Tnuva, the main dairy Israeli brand) that has been dubbed "Lash". Recently Lash is slowly disappearing to be replaced by the more mature and exact version Chalaf (only the end is still not exact). We are confident she will say is properly soon, she has use of it often enough.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
The tone makes the music...Der Ton Macht der Musik
in German there is a saying "the tone makes the music", it means that the tone one uses when one speaks determines the true meaning of the said words. Jasmin can recognize the tone, but she can not yet always get the music right.
These days my husband is watching the "Mondial" football championship, when he watches a football game, he can get enthusiastic and even screams when a good goal is shot. When Jasmin hears these cries she responds by scolding my husband! waving finger (no no no...) and all, not to mention the correct tone (even though her words are still gibberish at most) - because she thinks he is screaming and one must not raise one's voice...
These days my husband is watching the "Mondial" football championship, when he watches a football game, he can get enthusiastic and even screams when a good goal is shot. When Jasmin hears these cries she responds by scolding my husband! waving finger (no no no...) and all, not to mention the correct tone (even though her words are still gibberish at most) - because she thinks he is screaming and one must not raise one's voice...
Monday, June 9, 2014
Pattern Recognition
Jasmin knows her patterns. she also knows where each design belongs. As she recently demonstrated with a very vigilant comment about my new glasses.
As a homage to my husband, and admittedly maybe as a bit of a joke, I has eye glasses made in a similar pattern to the ones my husband usually wears. My husband is a stickler about his glasses and his favorite pattern of frame is a 1980's RayBan look with a half frame in thick black on the top and thin gold at the bottom.
When I first met my husband, I used to hate the glasses.I thought they were old fashioned and ugly. I have gotten used to them on him by now. The glasses were always an issue between us because he had the frame he was wearing a good 20 years and could not find a replacement in the first few years of our acquaintance and marriage. In addition, he finally lost them one night (close to Jonathan;s birth) after a long night watching a football match... In recent years RayBan decided to bring the pattern back and finally my husband got to replace his long lost pair.
As this pattern returned to the shops, it was also made in different sizes and thus became also available to women. It soon became obvious to my husband and to me that we could finally find this pattern not only in his extra large head size (14" glasses) but also in my miniature head width. and so, I had a pair of glasses made in homage to my husbands taste. I do not wear them often because of two reasons:
1 - because of the thick top black frame, they hurt my ears.
2 - despite the small size, I still think they are too big for me
my husband thinks I look really cool with them, creative and stylish. I can tolerate them only when I have really big hair (to compensate for the narrow width of my head and the large size of the lenses).
The serve thus as my replacement pair of glasses when the main ones I have need to be repaired.
Yesterday, I had to give my regular glasses for repair. I put the alternative homage glasses on. Jasmin noticed the change immediately. She demanded to know what is going on by asking MA ZE? ("what is this" in Hebrew). I explained that mommy has new glasses. Jasmin answered immediately - NO, it's daddy's (LO, ZE ABBA in Hebrew) indicating that she is used to seeing such glasses on my husbands nose...
It is a pity one cannot demonstrate the tone of voice she used when making these tow short declarations, the music of Jasmin's speech is adorable in general and amazingly perceptive and imitating of her surroundings.
This time her tones indicated surprise and even protest. After all mommy should not be wearing daddy's glasses, everything has its place. Order must be kept (in German the saying goes ORDNUNG MUSS SEIN and its a staple of the German culture!).
I thought that her remark was an indicator if great wisdom...but we know she is really smart and worldly...
As a homage to my husband, and admittedly maybe as a bit of a joke, I has eye glasses made in a similar pattern to the ones my husband usually wears. My husband is a stickler about his glasses and his favorite pattern of frame is a 1980's RayBan look with a half frame in thick black on the top and thin gold at the bottom.
When I first met my husband, I used to hate the glasses.I thought they were old fashioned and ugly. I have gotten used to them on him by now. The glasses were always an issue between us because he had the frame he was wearing a good 20 years and could not find a replacement in the first few years of our acquaintance and marriage. In addition, he finally lost them one night (close to Jonathan;s birth) after a long night watching a football match... In recent years RayBan decided to bring the pattern back and finally my husband got to replace his long lost pair.
As this pattern returned to the shops, it was also made in different sizes and thus became also available to women. It soon became obvious to my husband and to me that we could finally find this pattern not only in his extra large head size (14" glasses) but also in my miniature head width. and so, I had a pair of glasses made in homage to my husbands taste. I do not wear them often because of two reasons:
1 - because of the thick top black frame, they hurt my ears.
2 - despite the small size, I still think they are too big for me
my husband thinks I look really cool with them, creative and stylish. I can tolerate them only when I have really big hair (to compensate for the narrow width of my head and the large size of the lenses).
The serve thus as my replacement pair of glasses when the main ones I have need to be repaired.
Yesterday, I had to give my regular glasses for repair. I put the alternative homage glasses on. Jasmin noticed the change immediately. She demanded to know what is going on by asking MA ZE? ("what is this" in Hebrew). I explained that mommy has new glasses. Jasmin answered immediately - NO, it's daddy's (LO, ZE ABBA in Hebrew) indicating that she is used to seeing such glasses on my husbands nose...
It is a pity one cannot demonstrate the tone of voice she used when making these tow short declarations, the music of Jasmin's speech is adorable in general and amazingly perceptive and imitating of her surroundings.
This time her tones indicated surprise and even protest. After all mommy should not be wearing daddy's glasses, everything has its place. Order must be kept (in German the saying goes ORDNUNG MUSS SEIN and its a staple of the German culture!).
I thought that her remark was an indicator if great wisdom...but we know she is really smart and worldly...
Notes for Blogging
I am changing my workplace and have to return the cell phone. here is what I fished out of the s memo app. my notes for the children blogs.
יסמין עושה פיפי בשירותים בתוך התחתונים. צעד בכיוון הנכון.
חוויות גמילה. יסמין לא אוהבת חיתול עם קקי ומפה הכל התחיל.... לאחר שמרחה עצמה פעמיים בגן הוחלט פה אחד להתחיל בגמילה גם אם היא רק בת שנתיים וחודש...
עושה קקי בעמידה ואומרת קקי אבל לא הולכת לשירותים . שאלתי אותה אם תלך פעם הבאה והיא אמרה "לא" החלטי.
יסמין עושה קקי במרפסת וקוראת לי לנקות. אמרתי שתבוא אלי לשירותים לפני שזה קורה אז בפעם הבאה עשר דקות אחר כך היא באה תוך כדי לקרוא לי...והמבין יבין. שאריות אחריה בכל הבית...
יסמין עושה פיפי בשירותים בתוך התחתונים. צעד בכיוון הנכון.
יסמין עושה בסיר כמו שצריך...חמש דקות אחר כך מפספת...
יסמין מצליחה להזהיר מפני הפיפי שבא בקניון ומספיקים לשירותים ואז בבית היא דוקא מפספת איפה שנח...
חוויות גמילה. יסמין לא אוהבת חיתול עם קקי ומפה הכל התחיל.... לאחר שמרחה עצמה פעמיים בגן הוחלט פה אחד להתחיל בגמילה גם אם היא רק בת שנתיים וחודש...
יסמין עוזרת כל פעם שאני מחזיקה מגב או מטאטא. היא צריכה גם... כרגיל.
כל מה שאני עושה או מחזיקה ביד או אוכלת, גם יסמין רוצה. כל מה שיונתן מחזיק או עושה, יסמין רוצה גם.
יסמין יושבת במגלשה בגינה. מושיטה יד לעומר (בן דוד) שיבוא לעזור. הוא בא. מחזיק לה היד והיא גולשת.
הם בכלל משחקים מקסים ביחד. המון צחוקים וחיבוקים ונישוקים. יש בינהם כולה 9 חודשים הפרש. מקסימים ומתוקים...
יסמין עוזרת לי לסחוב שקיות הביתה. לוקחת את החלב ויודעת שזה בשביל אבא.
עושה קקי בעמידה ואומרת קקי אבל לא הולכת לשירותים . שאלתי אותה אם תלך פעם הבאה והיא אמרה "לא" החלטי.
מזל שליסמין יש קקי מוצק, גם אם היא מפספסת בתחתונים זה לא בורח למכנסיים ברב הפעמים וקל מאוד לנקות את זה...
יסמין בהופעה.שרה לתלמידים של לוץ "קקי צא" ונהנית מתשומת הלב.
יסמין בהופעה.שרה לתלמידים של לוץ "קקי צא" ונהנית מתשומת הלב.
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