Posts tagged Language

Um Pouco de Portugues

On the way to the Hobo Picnic yesterday, we listened to a Portuguese lesson. The talking in the car sounded something like this:

CD narrator: “now say ‘I speak a little Portuguese.’”

Larry and me: “Falo um pouco de Portugues.”

Coco (simultaneously): “I speak a little Portuguese.”

CD narrator: “say ‘a little.’”

Coco: “a little.”

Larry and me: “um pouco.”

This made us laugh so much that we couldn’t say the Portuguese part.

Occasionally, Coco did say the Portuguese words and she wasn’t half bad.

Those are my genes.

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Da Da… by Dad

I called home yesterday and had a pleasant chat with Susan who then passed me on to Coco. Coco typically tries to eat the phone cord when I chat with her so I had no great expectations. Today, however, I heard the sweetest little voice, soft, quiet and high pitched, say ‘Da Da’ several times. At first I thought it was Susan trying to teach Coco my name, which we’ve been trying to do lately, but then I realized it was actually Coco, actually saying my name. Mignon, mignon, mignon. That’s ‘cute, cute, cute’ in french.

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