Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Is this "normal"?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Malika" data-source="post: 475287" data-attributes="member: 11227"><p>When J got up I asked him how he says a few objects in French - some feminine nouns he got right, but some others he makes masculine... So we talked about putting it with an adjective "white" and then "big" and how that changes according to whether it is a "girl" or a "boy". He very quickly grasped the concept and when I asked him later, he remembered correctly. So maybe it is simply that it has never been explained? Actually, I remember that the speech therapist here also commented on it but remarked that it was normal because the first language he learnt was English, so he has no inbuilt sense of things being masculine or feminine... I guess the way in which he has learnt the two/three languages just is rather unusual. </p><p>Just from interest, I jotted down his chatter over breakfast (it is not quite Boswell recording Samuel Johnson, so it probably won't go down for posterity). Here are the profound thoughts of Jacob, aged four:</p><p></p><p>I want to have two eggs</p><p>Me I like eggs</p><p>I did drink (after drinking his milk)</p><p>What you doing? (seeing me writing down)</p><p>At V school (what we call the activity centre), I eat (ate) one of these</p><p>Chocolate takes the force (=strength in French) we've got off = chocolate takes our strength away</p><p>After, I'm going back to bed</p><p>Do you know why I want only one? Because I want to eat two in the night = in the evening (I have said he can have three of his huge Halloween sweet cache a day)</p><p>Can I have something to drink please?</p><p>(Putting his shoes on) I'm a big boy - I put shoes on all by myself. Big boys they put shoes on all by theyselves. (When he saw me smiling) Is true, Mummy!</p><p></p><p>So there you are, that's the way he speaks English. Not terrible but slightly "off" and limited in vocabulary.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malika, post: 475287, member: 11227"] When J got up I asked him how he says a few objects in French - some feminine nouns he got right, but some others he makes masculine... So we talked about putting it with an adjective "white" and then "big" and how that changes according to whether it is a "girl" or a "boy". He very quickly grasped the concept and when I asked him later, he remembered correctly. So maybe it is simply that it has never been explained? Actually, I remember that the speech therapist here also commented on it but remarked that it was normal because the first language he learnt was English, so he has no inbuilt sense of things being masculine or feminine... I guess the way in which he has learnt the two/three languages just is rather unusual. Just from interest, I jotted down his chatter over breakfast (it is not quite Boswell recording Samuel Johnson, so it probably won't go down for posterity). Here are the profound thoughts of Jacob, aged four: I want to have two eggs Me I like eggs I did drink (after drinking his milk) What you doing? (seeing me writing down) At V school (what we call the activity centre), I eat (ate) one of these Chocolate takes the force (=strength in French) we've got off = chocolate takes our strength away After, I'm going back to bed Do you know why I want only one? Because I want to eat two in the night = in the evening (I have said he can have three of his huge Halloween sweet cache a day) Can I have something to drink please? (Putting his shoes on) I'm a big boy - I put shoes on all by myself. Big boys they put shoes on all by theyselves. (When he saw me smiling) Is true, Mummy! So there you are, that's the way he speaks English. Not terrible but slightly "off" and limited in vocabulary. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
Is this "normal"?
Top