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Sara and Roy and our San Francisco Adventures

Ari’s Words* October 14, 2009

sara @ 8:47 am

In order of appearance:

Abba (Dad, in Hebrew)
Bus (“Buh”), points at every bus that goes by
Dog (“Dah”), points at every dog that goes by
Agua
Bottle (“Bah”), points at bottle, which is now really a cup, but thats ok
Mama (very infrequently– more often he calls me Abba)
Ball (“Ba”), also applies to pumpkins, apparently
Apple, applied to both the fruit and the computer
Ana (our nanny)
Look (“Ook”)
Book (“Buk”)
Fish (“Peesh”), he spends a lot of time with the aquarium with Ana, his Spanish-speaking nanny, who pronounces “fish”, “feesh”
Brush (“Bush”, rhymes with rush)

11/11 update
Monkey (“Ma”), points at monkey
Ama, latest adaptation of mama/ima
Vroom vroom, while playing with wheeled things
Woof woof, when dogs are nearby

12/1 update
Star, “Ar”
Up
Down
Truck, “Tra”
Bird
Plane, “Bird”
Bagel
Ras(pberry)
Hi
Uh-oh
Bye-bye
Mwah (while blowing kisses)

*People count words differently. I count them when they are consistently used over a few days.

 

One Response to “Ari’s Words*”

  1. Shulamith Says:

    This entry is so inspiring in its simplicity and accuracy and so significant in terms of where Ari is, that I could not resist to say beautiful, Yoffi, a new word Ari will learn one of these days.


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