MICHHAMMI DUKKDAM
14 years ago
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Funny Stories
Last night I read a story to three little spanish kiddos: Nacho, Carmina, and Africa. Nacho asked me why I'm not able to speak. "Why do you speak so strangely?", he asked. I explained that I'm from another country and that we speak English there. I started to read el cuento again and Nacho started trying to move my jaw with his hands as I read to help me speak Spanish better. It was one of the funniest things this three year old has ever done to me!! :)
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That's hillarious, kids are so fun. When Diego was about 4 or 5, we were at a party and one of my friends, a woman in her late forties, was trying to befriend him. She would ask him how you say this or that in Spanish, and each time he answered, and she would repeat the word in Spanish after him. All was well until he said "morado" (for purple), and I guess the "r" was a bit of a challenge for her, so she said it with a funny accent. Surprised, he repeated the word again (with greater emphasis this time), "MO-RA-DO!" and she tried once more, with the same result. They went back and forth this way over the next few minutes, and each time he said it louder and he became more frustrated (which we all found funny, poor thing)-- What was her deal? He simply could not understand why this woman could not say it the right way.
ReplyDeleteAnd one more anecdote- when we came to the U.S. (I think we were vacationing here when we lived in Caracas), all Diego could speak was Spanish and he had been told that people in the U.S. spoke English. So, the plane lands and we arrive in Miami, and after a few minutes, Diego turns to me, EXTREMELY disappointed, and says, Mom, you said everyone here speaks English, so why am I still speaking SPANISH! LOL! I burst out laughing, I had never considered that he would think this way, but it makes perfect sense, right? (Never mind that everyone in Miami speaks Spanish too, right?)
Anyway, cute story, thanks, and the best of New Years to you, Miss D! Wishing you continued happiness, love, laughter and health!
Elizabeth
When Nicholas was 3 ½, we were in Paris staying at my cousins apartment. We were all in the other room talking while he was in the family room watching TV. After a while, he came in and said, “Dad, you need to fix the TV. It’s not working.” I went in and he had found a Bugs Bunny cartoon dubbed in french. He couldn’t understand what they were saying so it must be broke.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year
Dave
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ReplyDeleteThose kiddos shold be amazing!! i really want to meet them!! jajajaa
ReplyDeleteAnother funny story! We went to Paris last month for a soccer tournament and one of our players, Claudia, injured her foot quite badly and had to go to the hospital. She hopped in a Parisian ambulance and...let the miscommunications begin! :)
ReplyDeleteSo, the paramedic touched her foot and asked her, "Is that sensitive?". She said, "no". He looked at her strangely and touched a different part of her foot. He asked again, "Is that sensitive?" As it was not sensitive, she replied again with a simple, "no". He seemed a bit worried and looked to his co-worker. This exchange of questions and answers resumed and he became quite worked up. Louise, a French speaking soccer player on our team, then began to laugh!! It turns out he was trying to say, "Can you feel this?". He was becoming hysterical - thinking Claudia had lost all feeling in her foot!