English Vs. Chinese (Enoch)

Here's a summary of Enoch's vocabulary:


English Words

1. Mom
2. Dad
3. Bye
4. Ball
5. Dog (he often pronounces this "gog")
6. All done (usually said when he wants to take off his bib)
7. Amen
8. Uh oh
9. Oh no!
10. No no no no
11. Ouch
12. Poop (usually sounds like boop)
13. Yum yum

Chinese Words

1. Mom (the same as English)
2. Dad (pronounced "baba")
3. Light (pronounced "dung"; he probably thinks this means up. he always points up when he says it regardless if a light is present)
4. Aye oh (taken from English but everyone says it here to mean oh no)
5. Wei Wei (the name of Sharon's old dog)
6. Little brother (pronounced "dee dee"; he thinks this means stomach)

Enoch's Words

1. Geng geng geng (usually used to mean he wants to drink milk)

It looks like English is already dominating. It will be fun when he starts to make sentences; then we will start to see chinglish. When he learns a word in one language, he understandably gets confused when one of us starts saying that word in the other language. I can imagine he is thinking something like "what the heck, I thought that was a ball, not a qiu!"

Last, I figured everyone might enjoy seeing Enoch kicking the chiwawa. I like to rewatch the first few seconds over and over again. Not sure where he learned to do that (Sharon's counsin's bratty daughter?), but of course we're trying to get him to kick the habit (ha).