michelle-isms part 1

Kids say the funniest things and my daughter is no exception. michelle began talking earlier than other kids. madami na sya nsasabi. Here is a list of some of the words she says. I will give periodic updates habang nadadagdagan ang sinasabi nya.

Wowo - lolo. Pretty standard language for kids her age.

Wa, Uwa – lola. Again pretty easy to understand.

Nina – no, not the singer but this is her version of ninang. Ninongs sometimes gets called nina also.

Pssss – not peas. She doesn’t like peas nor is it her word for urine. Psss is grapes

Apoy - apple

Epi – airplane

Enet - mainit

Doder – her favorite breakfast treat, yogurt

Papay - tinapay

Pampi – pampers

Uhm na! – (Game na!) ito ang tawag nya kay Edu Manzano and Game Ka Na Ba – her favorite game show. Marinig nya lang ang boses ni edu, kahit hindi nya nakikita ang tv, sasabihin nya, “Uhm na!”

Wowowee – Willy Revillame or the tv show

Uhm dada – (Eat Bulaga!) Joey de leon or Vic Sotto or kahit sino sa hosts ng eat bulaga

Taktak – Eat bulaga ulit

Uhm bee – jobie, charmagne’s pet Pomeranian

Ojens - orange

Dida – toothbrush. No matter how many times we tell her that it’s called tooth brush…she still calls it dida. Pag binagalan namin ang pag sabi to stress the syllables, she can say it. But as soon as she says it on her own and when she sees her toothbrush, it’s dida all over again.

Abadi – her favorite blanky/stuffed animal. She gave this name to her security blanket. We can NEVER leave home with it as she gets VERY UPSET when it’s away from her for long periods of time

Mamay – Mickey mouse. I don’t even know how she came up with mamay! Mickey was Iky when she first began speaking. Now it has transformed into Mamay! I really don’t know how!

Abadada – kutsara. When she eats at the dinner table, she will point to the rack where we keep the spoons and forks and yell, “abadada! Abadada!” she wont stop hanggat hindi mo binibigyan ng kutsara.

Baboon – lobo or balloon

Jigs – legs. Pag nakita nya ang legs ng kahit sino (which is rare dahil winter dito), she will say, ‘wow, jigs!” (wow legs!)

Haninaw – ang ginaw. With matching kinikilig kilig pa dahil giniginaw.

Tap! – stop! Pag kinikiliti mo, she will say, “tap!” to make you stop…then you do it all over again and she says it all over again.

Peeees – as opposed to pssss which has a longer s sound. Peees with the longer E sound is, please.

Marami pa syang nasasabi, she can say fish, draw, daddy, mommy, banana, dahan-dahan, baba, upo, shoes, socks, baby, nanay, tatay, car, at marami pang iba. She knows how to say ‘please’ and she says it in a very malambing way and cocks her head to the side for maximum effect. I found few adults who are able to resist when she says please. She knows how to say no, and answers most questions with no.

Sample:

“Michelle kain ka pa ng rice.” -- adults
“No!” – michelle

“Michelle cleaning time na. put away your toys.” -- adult
“No!” -- michelle

“baba! Baba!” (she wants to go down the stairs or down from her chair. I just remembered, baba is also taas sa kanya)-- michelle
“peeeees!” – michelle
“no!” – now it’s the adult’s turn to say no


Marami pa akong maidadagdag ditto as I remember kung ano ang mga sinasabi nya.