What Ezri Says

So, here’s some of Ezri active vocabulary.
I am including what she says with what a translation of what it means.

Animals
Su – Sushi
Ma-chee – Manchi
Eh-ee – Ellie
duh – duck
kaaa – Cat
twee twee – bird
moo – what a cow says
buuk-buuk – what a chicken says
doh – dog

Items
baa – Ball
Baa-ahh – Bottle
Eesy Beh – let’s sing Itsy bitsy spider now
nitta needa- Knitting Needle (I show her these just to get her to say it, because it is so cute)
baby – baby
shoe – shoe
buh – book (note that bottle, book, and ball take some context to tell apart)
saahwing – swing
toe – toe
haa – hair
beh ee – belly
eye – eye

Other
ahhh duhn – all done
no – no
maaah – more
up – pick me up
dowwwn – put me down, an item has fallen down, I would like to go downstairs to the basement, I would like that cat to get down off that chair so I can use it (use context clues to determine the meaning)
hung (usually with hand to mouth) – hungry
Uh-Oh – Uh-Oh (It is now on the floor)
Whee – whee (or I see a slide)
tih to – tick tock (as in turn me upside down and swing me back n’ forth or turn my baby doll upside down and swing her)
nah! nah! (with fist tapping on wall or door) – knock knock
nay id – naked
happy – let’s sing if you’re happy and you know it
ruh-ruh – roll, roll sugarbabies

People
Daa (or lately sometimes Daa-Dee) – Dad
Maama – Mom
Ahmee – Amy (aunt)
Gaahm – generically refers to any grandparent
Jinee – Jenny (babysitter)
Meguh – Meghan (babysitter)
Jew – Julia (2 yr. old friend)
Shaa – Charlotte (2 yr. old friend)

Food
cheee! – cheese
gee bee – green bean
staaahbe eh – strawberry
gray – grape
cahkah – cracker

I know she understands many many more words. It seems like she’s pulling new ones out each and every day. She mimics more and more of what is said around her.

3 comments ↓

#1 Sarah on 06.07.10 at 12:02 pm

What an impressive list. Way to verbalize, Ezri!

#2 meghan on 06.08.10 at 9:42 pm

one of my personal favorites is ‘twink’ when she sees the star on the planet mural at the library and wants you to sing the song :D.

#3 eric on 06.09.10 at 9:38 am

Yeah, “twinka twinka” or “stahh” are usually both in recognition of seeing a star, and a request for the song. One thing she’s been doing in the past couple of days is to say “happy” in increasingly demanding tones until you sing “If you’re happy and you know it”, at which point she gets very happy and claps.

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