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Monday, May 14, 2012

mommy and tatci


andy is now 18 months.  she likes copying what everybody says, or even does (e.g., mommy crossing arms).  for the last couple of months andy's vocabulary hasn't improved that much.  however she can clearly say "mommy" and "tatci" (read: tatsi).  cool, right?!  don't be fooled though, as it turned out, they don't mean quite the way you think they should mean. :D

for a long time, andy kept saying mommy.  she would sometimes knock on the bathroom or toilet door and say, "mommy?"  as if looking for me when i'm right there by her side.  she calls me in the same tone all the time. as if always asking a question.  she would also come to me whenever she wants something or just plainly need some help with a toy she cannot operate saying, "mommy?!"  my heart was melting with happiness. until..... she started going to daddy and saying, "mommy?!" or to alex saying "mommy?!"

and so, we learned that "mommy" doesn't really refer to me but simply means she needs help with something. :D

this was reinforced when she started saying "tatci!"  she probably hears when alex and karol call their daddy "tatci", which means daddy in slovak.  so she started repeating this.  now, she says "tatci" with very strong emotion as if calling somebody from afar.  almost screaming, or sometimes really screaming.  she started saying this in front of daddy. so again we thought she meant daddy.

as with the word mommy, we learned that "tatci" could mean mommy or daddy.  she says this when she wants to call our attention, or whenever she hears her sibblings say tatci.  i learned this the hard way.  most of the time, it's just the two of us who are left home.  one time, she was a bit cranky and i had to run to the toilet.  she probably thought i went inside the bathroom, which is in a different room.  she then came running after me, went to the bathroom door knocking, and screaming her lungs out calling "tatci!!!" over and over again.  she stopped the moment i came out of the other door, almost laughing.

more words:
"mayl" - smile. says it whenever she pretends to take our photo.
"ma ma" - means she wants to eat.  comes from "mñam! mñam!" or "yumyum!"
"mao-mao" - referring to a cat.  comes from "meow! meow!" but could also mean other animals like dogs or horses :D
"wu-wu" - the sound that a dog makes
"a-play" - airplane

so far these are the standouts.  rest assured that there'll be more. ;)

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