Monday, November 16, 2009

Lost in Translation

Meet Yaya Ruby, Janna's official translator. At just 22 months, my niece has invented her own language. These consist of words that usually lack a syllable. Said sound shall then be repeated twice. 

formula:    2 syllable word - 1 syllable x 2 = Janna's new word
example:   Marco becomes coco; water becomes terter

However, even with the formula, i still need yaya to translate sometimes, as there have been deviations. On our way to the hospital to meet her new sibling...

Janna: Bikbik
Me: ha?
Janna: Bikbik
Me: Ano daw yaya?
Yaya: Bake daw
Me: Oi, Houston we have a problem...
translation: patay tayo pagnarinig yan ng nanay nya
 

3 comments:

  1. bake? as in bake a cake??

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  2. haha yes, is there any other way you can use the word bake?

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  3. i duno hahaha... naexcited ako.. but why sya patay sa nanay nya and why nya naisip sabihin yun?

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