Elizabeth's Linguistic Inventory

[velvetpage]

This is inspired by anidada's posts about the bunny's word count. The words are ones I am certain I have heard in a context where they made sense to her, and to one or more adults in the vicinity. Where she clearly knows both the English and the French, I have them together. I've typed them the way they are normally spelled rather than the way she pronounces them, since the two are often wildly different. They are in no particular order other than my very loose associations.



jingle bells
bell
way
come
stop that
sit
go away, run away
get up, wake up
lie down (all of these are in reference or command of Oma's dog Bell.)

balloon (10)
bubbles
moon
book
boots
shoes (chaussures)
socks (chaussettes)
slippers
diaper (couche) (21)
coat
hat (chapeau)
eyes (yeux)
nose (nez)
mouth (bouche) (30)
cheveux
orteils
hands
tickle
feet (pieds)

Dora
Swiper
Tico
Pooh (40)
Piglet
Tigger
Rabbit (lapin, though these are not used the same way)
owl (hibou - also in a different context)
coucou
Miffy
Wiggles
Mole (50)
Ours
Wumpa
Caillou

cow (vache)
moo
dog (chien)
woof
cat (chat) (61)
meow
ostrich
Peck
birdie (oiseau)
beep
lion (lion - French pronunciation and English are understood)
roar (70)
tiger (tigre)
grrr
duck
quack
chicken
bock bock
snowman
fox
Opa (meaning her grandfather and Santa Claus, indiscriminately) (80)
Oma
Krista
Anney
Maman
Daddy
Granddad
Grandma
Heather
Alanna
Craig (90)
Adam
Luke
go
ball
kick
block/blocks (blocque)

I wish (said as a unit)
I get it
dodo (beddybye, in French)
poopies (100)
peepee
star
danse
mange
brosse
marche
court (run, in French)
chasse

Numbers one to seven, in order, in English, un to quatre, in order in French - also huit and dix (129)
monte
up
down
thank you, merci
please
drink
bois
cheese
crackers (craquelins) (140)
apple
berries
Horse
neigh
backpack
map
tv
treehouse
house
bear (150)
crayons (crayons)
bain (bath)
light
Anna
baby (bébé)


Wow. It's been a long time since I stopped and counted. The benchmark for 18 months is 20 words. Now, admittedly, the vast majority of girls surpass that number by a wide margin, but still - she's done it eight times over, and I'm sure I missed some!

I'm glad I stopped to do this. I've already enjoyed looking back at past livejournals and seeing the stories the two of us have posted here. This is a nice record of her achievement up to this point.

She's so smart!!

Comments

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

Congrats to you both. Print it out too in a dead tree format..she'll be as embarrassed as hell when she's 21 and who knows what we'll be using then! I gave my niece some newspapers I'd kept from her birth date...
she's lost 'em I expect by now...

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

We have a few items like that, too. She was born around the time the war in Iraq began, so the news was interesting, to say the least. We are going to print it.

In the half-hour after posting this, we heard at least ten more words that we're sure she knew, and she sang along to two lullabies before going to sleep. That puts the count at two hundred words. This proud mommy could burst any minute now. . .

[sassy-fae.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's a lot!
The ones she likes to use with me: dice, box, and "no" for both yes and no :D

[velvetpage.livejournal.com]

I forgot dice!!! I also forgot yes, no, and oui, all of which she's proficient at (though usage is a bit shaky betimes.)

[r-caton.livejournal.com]

;-)