Kim's language acquisition

Kim has expanded her signing vocab from 38 signs to about 45 (colour, grape, strawberry, please, sorry, home). She is able to articulate more so she relies less on her signing to communicate.

She is also accurate referring to us when saying
Mama and Papa (she used to be confused!)
Ma-ma (Grandma in teochew)
T’oh t’oh (Gong-gong - Grandpa)
Ah Ho (Ah Foh - Grandma in Hainanese)

We have been trying to teach her proper manners for some time. And she’s been a sweet heart. She now says:-
Wear-we (Sorry) with the accompanying sign language
Te-tew (Thank you)
Pease (Please) with the accompanying sign language
Bye bye

She loves animals and can say:-
Bah (Giraffe)
Tider (Tiger)
Pis (Fish)
Turtle
Hor (Horse/Sea Horse)
Da diang (Elephant in chinese)
Dol (Dolphin)
Maa (Sheep - baaaa)
Duc (Duck)
Mao (Mouse)
K-at (Cat)
Dog
Ti-der (Spider)
Bee
B-ah (Butterfly)
Po-po (Hippopotamus)
Nyno (Rhino)

Her Chinese lags behind but she can say:-
Zin-zin (Xing xing - Star)
Jie jie (Xie xie – thank you)
Ze ze (Jie jie – big sister)
Zai Zian (Zai jian - Good bye)
Duo (Er duo - Ear)
Ba (Wei ba –tail , Zui ba - mouth)

She can also say
Poo-poo (You know!)
Wee-wee (Urine)
Pooot (Fart)
Ming (Swmming)
Poo (Pool)
Bor (Ball)
Bape (Grape)
Werk (work)
On
Orh (Off)
Bid (Bed)
Oos (Shoes)
Tock (Clock)
Bor (Bum)
Eye
Mao (Mouth)
Nec (Neck)
Toh (Toe)
Toh (Throw)
Um (Jump)
Wok (Walk)
Eeep (Sleep)
Bike
Sca’d (scared)
Bide (Bite)
Ti-kat (Biscuit)
Dirte (Dirty)
Pain
Ow (Ouch)
Shhhh (Quiet)
Ka (Kite)
Pane (Plane)
Tee (Tree)
Moon
Tar (Star)
Ah (water)
Bobble (Bottle)
Joo (Juice)
Bad (Bread)
Baby (baked beans)
On (Corn)
Ai (Fries)
Dop (drop)
Tuc (stuck)
Ty (cry)
It (sit)
Dooh (doll)
Peepee (pretty)
Nye (nice)
No wan (don't want)
Wear wee (carry)
Wee wee (TV)
Ain (rain)
Bog (box)
Mop
It (sit)
Ty (cry)
Og (frog)
Old (cold)
Tee (tree)
Ot (hot)
Keek (kick)
Jaijin (Raisin)
Mole
Pit (armpit)

She plays a game we call “song request”. She’ll request a song by doing an action and we guess and sing the song. The only songs she knows are:-
Who’s that?
If you’re happy and you know it….
Row, row, row your boat
Mr Sun
Love Somebody
Shou Zai Na Li
Da Xiang

She is also able to associate animals and the sounds that they can make.
Dog, cat, dolphin, duck, lion, tiger, bird & elephant

This is the list lovingly compiled by Peen just to document her language acquisition. I suspect we're not going to be able to keep track of this much longer.