Emma's answer for the question of what she would like to get from our family members who are going to visit us from Hungary, soon:
Bilingual kids can sometimes create sentences mixing words from different languages. I created this blog to capture some that I thought shows very well how creative a young mind can be sometimes.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
kifigurálni vs figure out
From Peter Bulyaki via Facebook: I remember for one from the children of Hungarian-American parents: kifigurálni (instead of "figure out")
Sunday, August 14, 2011
It csöpped into my eye!
Emma at the end of taking a shower, she looked up to the shower head when water dropped onto her head...
Remark: here the Hungarian word itself is mixed as well => Hungarian verb with English past tense. :-)
Remark: here the Hungarian word itself is mixed as well => Hungarian verb with English past tense. :-)
I am eating mag.
Emma was eating sunflower seeds and when I asked her what she was eating, she answered:
I am eating mag.
Emma napraforgó magot evett, amikor megkérdeztem tőle, hogy mit eszik…
Can you pakol those?
Emma asked help to clean up her desk:
Can you pakol those?
Emma segítséget kért az asztaláról elpakoláshoz…
Friday, August 12, 2011
Can I get my kupak back?
Emma was looking for the cap of her bottle:
Can I have my kupak back?
Emma az üvegének a kupakját kereste…
I need káposzta.
Karina asking for some cabbage during dinner:
I need káposzta .
Karina vacsora közben…
Don't csavar that on!
Emma, after I wanted to put the cap back onto his drink:
Don't csavar that on!
Emma, miután megpróbáltam visszacsavarni az üvegére a kupakot…
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Daddy, can I csúsz down?
Asking permission to go down on one of the slides at a local playground:
Daddy, can I csúsz down?
Engedélyt kért, hogy lecsúszhasson a csúszdán az egyik helyi játszótéren…
I don't need sok!
Emma asked for some water earlier today and while we poured some, she wanted to make sure she will not get too much, so she said:
I don't need sok!
Napközben Emma vizet kért és amíg töltöttünk neki, meg akart róla bizonyosodni, hogy nem töltünk túl sokat a poharába. Erre Ő...
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Ouch! Don’t húz on my eye!
While taking Emma to summer camp, I recognized, that her hair was covering one of her eyes. When I wanted to help it, I accidentally touched her face, so she said:
Ouch! Don’t húz on my eye!
Your phone is csöng!
While walking with Emma, my cell phone beeped as I received a message. When she heard it, she said:
Your phone is csöng!
Monday, August 1, 2011
Can I put it in the szekrény?
While helping cleaning up in the kitchen:
"Can I put it in the szekrény?"
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