Lately Dallin has been telling me that he is learning Spanish. It kinda cracks me up that he understands that there is a difference in languages. It also cracks me up because I have limited his computer and tv use to only 10-20 minutes a day. (with the exception of 1 movie if he does his chores). So, I didn't really think he was learning spanish.
The other day we were driving to our friends house for dinner and Dallin says "which way are we going to go? abajo?" Keep in mind I know very few spanish words, but I know what left & right are in spanish, so I told him, no, we are going left. And he kept telling me we were going abajo. We got to our friends house, who happen to all speak spanish, so I asked them what he was saying. Apparently he was saying we were going down. Which was correct, we were going down a hill. I was quite shocked.
Also, when we walked in to their house Dallin flashed his gang signs and said "Arriba!"
So this morning he was pretending to be a door, and wanted me to walk to him and say "abre" which apparently means "open".
Those are the only ones that I can remember, but he has been dropping random Spanish words left and right. I'm just trying to figure out where he's coming up with these. He must be remembering Dora episodes that he watched during my first trimester when I would turn the tv on for him and crash on the couch.
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ha ha ha ha ha ha! That was a good one! I'm still laughing! How the heck?
Ha! Yes, never underestimate the power of Dora. Those are all VERY Dora words. Tori calls "abajo" "a waffle."
OH I thought you knew, I call Dallin and give him Spanish classes...I didn't tell you? "lo siento amiga" :)
If your friends all speak Spanish, couldn't he be learning it from them? Regardless of where he's learning it though, that's pretty cool! I still remember all the Spanish words I learned in Kindergarten, as I was in a bi-lingual class. That's the age to learn!
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