Non-native Bilingualism: Combining Syllables for the "Doggy"

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Combining Syllables for the "Doggy"

Kaya must have heard me doing all this analysis on her, and wanted to show me what she's really made of:

Today, she said "doggy."
Clear as day. Twice.
Of course, I wasn't there to hear it, but Gramms and Dada were.

YEEEEHAWWWWW!!!
New territory now! Just think--Blau (or blue), blind (or blind), blustery (ok, maybe down the road a bit), foggy, soggy, froggy!!

And this morning, as she was fascinated with the flowers on my shirt, she began saying "bl-bl-bl-bl-bl" after I told her they were called Blumen. She referenced my flowers later as such, as well.

Pretty soon here there's gonna be so much language development so quickly that I'm not gonna be able to get it all down here...esp. since she'll be walking one of these days here soon, too!

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ElizabethFebruary 25, 2010 at 5:21 PM
Yea!!! Now get your video camara ready!!
Felicidades!
Elizabeth
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UnknownFebruary 26, 2010 at 9:34 PM
Thanks for sharing in our joy, Elizabeth! You make a great point with the camera! We just bought more tapes last week...time to have it charged all the time. =)
Muchas gracias,
Tamara
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Welcome to Non-native Bilingualism, my blog dedicated to processing my thoughts and discoveries in raising our daughter bilingually. We are a family of three, living in the Pacific Northwest raising our daughter in both English and German. Both my husband, Geoff, and I were raised speaking English in the United States. Geoff speaks English with Kaya while I speak German with her. With each other, we speak English.

After studying German and Spanish, spending a few years in Germany, and multiple years teaching both languages, I was passionate about the idea of speaking only German with Kaya as a way of teaching her another language. That's what I have done since moment one, and despite the challenges and moments of doubt, have no regrets thus far. I've certainly had my fair share of doubts about being a non-native speaker of German, which is part of my motivation to start this blog. I know how much I benefit from writing about my process, particularly of my doubts. I also benefit immensely from reading and learning about others in my same non-native shoes, and thought I could provide another resource for those interested.

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German Equivalents to English Nursery Rhymes

It can be really challenging, as a non-native speaker, to learn a whole new set of nursery rhymes and songs to sing to your child. As another blogger reminded me, it's super helpful to find those rhyme and song equivalents with tunes already programmed in our brains. Thus, I've created a Google Document with a growing list of nursery rhyme and song equivalents between German and English. I've set it up so that ANYONE can edit it, so please add a song or two or three if you know any crossover songs that we can share as a community! Thanks!

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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Combining Syllables for the "Doggy"

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