Boys Playing in Russian
So this isn't really a full post, but I thought a few of you might think it's funny. The boys are starting (finally, after a whole year of going to kindergarten here) to pick up Russian. They mostly use it at school, though, so we don't get to hear them speaking it much at home.
The other day Bobbie noticed that they were playing in their room together and speaking in Russian, so I tried to get a video of it from around the corner, knowing if they saw the camera they'd stop. It's so cute to hear them speak it - it's like they've reverted to being toddlers again. They've only been learning it for a year or so, so it's not a surprise that they speak it almost like babies.
They kind of have that slurred only-parents-can-understand speech that 18-month olds do, but it's still funny (you can hear the word "samalyot" meaning "airplane" pretty clearly as they play with the toy plane):
Their pronunciation may be funny, but I could only get the intonation just perfect like that in my dreams!
Edit:
Just to pad this post out a bit, a "Russian Cars" bonus!
The other day Bobbie noticed that they were playing in their room together and speaking in Russian, so I tried to get a video of it from around the corner, knowing if they saw the camera they'd stop. It's so cute to hear them speak it - it's like they've reverted to being toddlers again. They've only been learning it for a year or so, so it's not a surprise that they speak it almost like babies.
They kind of have that slurred only-parents-can-understand speech that 18-month olds do, but it's still funny (you can hear the word "samalyot" meaning "airplane" pretty clearly as they play with the toy plane):
Their pronunciation may be funny, but I could only get the intonation just perfect like that in my dreams!
Edit:
Just to pad this post out a bit, a "Russian Cars" bonus!
