Multiparenting Cayen & Cayson

I'm impressed. I don't even know the lyrics to this song .. Except the first phrase as popularised by Stephanie Sun. YouTube Video - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Cayen's repertoire has increased a lot over the last few months .. Here's his newly acquired Hokkien  Bo2 Lang2: nobody  This is used when you asked if grandpa has any friends, he will reply Bo2 Lang2. Bo2 Liao4: no more This is used when something is finished.  Buay4 You2: apply oil  This is used when he is having wind or Pain in stomach and requests for us to apply ruyi oil.  Wu3: have (有） If we tell him no more orange juice or biscuits, he will say Wu3. Giap4: pincer grasp (夾） He will use his leg to Giap4 his bolster or his Ah Pa. Ai3: want (要）  That's if you ask him if he wants something or not .. (Ai3 Mai3?)  Suo1 Suo1: hot hot (烧）  This is said when his food is hot.  Ba4 ba4: meat  He wants this every meal. And I think he has influenced his friends in school. At the last mid autumn celebration involving parents, some kid was saying he wants ba4 ba4 to his parents who looked completely puzzled by the request. They don't know what Is...

That day , we were in the car with Z and as usual Cayen was fidgety. So in order to entertain him, we asked him to say 1 to 10 in English, Chinese, Japanese and Cantonese. Z (4 year old) was quite surprised and asked me with big innocent eyes, "is he Singaporean?" To which, we all laughed. Today Cayen was in good form so we asked him to perform again. He actually did and threw in a 小白兔 repertoire too. Haha. YouTube Video - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

I am going to try list down all the Hokkien words that Cayen has mastered and in order of sequence as far as possible. Will use hanyu pinyin format or nearest sounding word to describe the sounds  :  1. Mai3 (买）：No (this is his all time favourite word , and what led to his teacher thinking that he only understand Hokkien)  2. Bo2: Don't have (usually pronounced as Mo2 by cayen for some reason ... Usually used when he can't find something or see the moon or fireworks)  3. Ah Bur4: Not yet (usually mimicking us when we say we haven't done this and that)  4. Jiak4: Eat  5. Giak4: Michievious (what he gleefully retorts when he's labelled Giak4)  6. Swa4 : So be it! (this is useful for adults when faced with many Mai3 from Cayen. And usually he will retort swa4 too)  7. Ai3: want (strange how yes always takes much longer than no, in every language)  8. Ai3 jing2 (爱情): love (this is from the sitcom theme song) ...