Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Bilingual boy

During the last few weeks Niklas vocabulary has grown dramatically. He has been able to say Mamma for quite some time, but now there seems to be a couple of new ones every week, both Norwegian ones and Czech ones. Here is the complete list at the age of 13 months:

 

Norwegian words How Niklas pronounces them if not according to the norm Meaning in English
Ha det Good bye
Lys [yss] Light
Borte Gone
Bade Bathe
Gakk-gakk [akk-akk] Duck
Ball [ba] Ball
Bil [ba] Car
Sebba [ba] Sebastian
     
Czech words    
Bac [baba] crash
Zabba [mabba] Frog
Pupik Belly button
Ne ne ne   No no no
     
International words    
Mamma Mummy
Pappa [Bappa] Daddy