"Prettyful"

Tesla's language is growing leaps and bounds, and it is interesting to see how easily English comes to her, while Japanese definitely lags, understandably since she has much less input since it's just me. She definitely understands a lot, and uses the words that Dav uses too. But her Japanese is based on repetition and focused teaching, while she seems to breathe in English. I'm not worried; just fascinated in the difference, wondering if she even realizes mama uses "another" language.

Anyway, with English, she is starting the stage I've been looking forward to where she begins to expand her vocabulary using "rules" she has learned, but it just happens not to work all the time (highlights idiosyncrasies in the language). I plan to note as much as I can, but today was the first that inspired me to blog: she came up with her wooden doll and said, "prettyful."

Note the little potty in the background? We're working on it!

Comments

[E Jetmar]

I think little Tesla herself is about as prettyful as it gets!

That's a great word, btw -- I think you should have it added to the dictionary. Or, better still, get it trademarked and register the domain name so she can start her own fashion line when she's a little older!

She's a little genius! Us adults don't come up with new words as cool as this one.