Sumedhaa Uvaacha

Its really been quite a while since anything has been  posted about Mickey's diction. Not that there isn't enough to write but I am so engrossed in enjoying my time with her that there isn't enough time left in between my daily chores to update the blog.

'ENma Thare aan, lakle' 

'ENma Thare aan, lakle' ('8 heads are done, get up') to actually say 'ENma arE aan, lakle' ('its 8.30, get up') whatever may be the time. This is how Mickey wakes Shri up on any day she is up before Shri. 

'Amma, Appag nerothri. Paapa alla Appa'

I was whining about how the house was dirty and how it needed to be cleaned. Also I was asking him why he couldn't take up the initiative to clean up the house when Mickey said 'Appag nerothri, Paapa alla appa.'

'Please don't do that Amma'

Mickey slapped me very hard one day. Instead of asking her not to do that, I hit her on her leg. She was so insulted that she frowningly said 'Please don't do that Amma'.

'Sumedhaa Kannu Soola' (look at Sumedhaa's eyes)

If Shri or I don't do something that Mickey wants us to do, then this is what Mickey says.

'I am sorry Appa, nana ampuri. OR Ist ok Appa'

This is what Mickey says whenever she does something wrong, especially when she pees anywhere other than the bathroom.

'ari thinare aavanu, ari challare aavanu, sumedhaa Nerpe'

Mickey pulls rice out of the Rice container and eats it. She is yelled at for that. So one morning, Mickey gets up early in the morning walks to the kitchen and tells me 'ari thinare aavanu, ari challare aavanu, sumedhaa Nerpe' (One shouldn't eat rice or spill rice, Sumedhaa will yell at them).

'Ini Ammi maami barperu'

Its a routine for us to meet up with Shri's sister Mamta's family every weekend. On any Saturday morning after about 11.30 am, Mickey would say, 'Ini Ammi maami barperu' (Mamta Aunt will come home today) and we would wonder how she would know that Mamta would come home. Later we realized that she said this based on her biological clock. Any day if Mickey didn't go to school even after 10 am in the morning that was her weekend. :)

It's very funny to hear Mickey say a few things for the first time though it may not sound interesting for anybody else. It may be the way Mickey standing on the Shoe stand, behind the door, peeping through the peep hole and yelling - 'Amma, See here baakil (Door)' or it may be what she said when she first saw Shrinath's baby 'Shrinath maama g kinni baabu undu, avenu incha incha ampuve'. Or the way Mickey asked 'what happened amma?' in her regular tune that goes high and low. Or the way Mickey spoke to Adi on the phone and said 'Adi, Hello pann Sumedhaa g',

But a few things remain very funny. Like the Mickey says 'PuLi Juice' for sprite or 'Poo' for a flower and 'Poos' for flowers. 

Will post more of these when I get to hear more of these, that's it for now.