Please, please put on your “chicken” when you go play outside!
Hand in hand going to David’s School
Me: David il faut vraiment mettre ton pull quand tu vas jouer dehors. Il fait froid aujourd’hui!
David (looking up): Quoi maman?
Me: J’ai dit tu mets ton pull quand tu joues dans la cours de l’école!
David: Quoi maman? Je mets mon poule? Comme, comme poulet?
Me (yanked his hand unintentionally, surprised): I didn’t say chicken, I said pull! You can’t wear chicken, can you now?
David: Ben, si maman t’as dit pull comme poulet! C’est pas ça heh?
Me: Ok, so how do you pronounce it?
David: Pull (pronouncing it so easily like a true French).
Me: Ok, pull (sounding like pyull)
David (laughing out loud): Non, c’est pull! Pas poule, pas pyul, mais pull! (pyl – according to a french dix)
Me: Ok, ok, stop lecturing me with the pull. I am telling you when you go play outside do not forget to put on your jacket! Ok, ok David?!
David: Oui maman… et tu parles pas français avec moi! T’es nulle! Tu parles English seulement!
My French language lesson is so fucking starting oooveer! This time with a pre-schooler teacher!
This is sooo funny, Lynn! Kids are really so amazing. Sometimes I’m so intimidated to speak to young kids with my forever accent because sometimes they really don’t understand me & they’re not afraid to tell you you’re “null”
I totally agree with Makis. A child actually told me I was nulle too (“Hahaha! T’es nulle!” were his exact words) while he was teaching me how to dive into the pool. I think he meant my French and my diving skills as well.
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hehehe i had the same problem with my niece two days ago..correcting my pronunciation
my little girl is not talking yet so im still spared of this cute stories like yours
David is such a clever boy. I think French children are more expressive than their British counterparts.
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I know this will happen to me too in few years! Right now, I still can’t figure out which language I should use to communicate to Zachary. I mostly talk to him in french. I wish I can teach him tagalog too, but it feels weird, j’arrive pas!
HAHAHA t’es pas la seule !!! My kids are correcting me but then again it would be an advantage for us Moms ! Learning French thru kids are exciting at least sila lang magsasabi ng nulle sa atin lol
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I didn’t understand what he said but he sure is expressive and chatty!
You are smart,only smart person can do such a smart job.
Your blog looks pretty good today.