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It’s getting really interesting with Zaria, who starts to say words here and there based on her understanding of things and her perception of the world.<\/p>\n
She calls a banana, Nana<\/span> A cat to her is, Cat<\/span> (evolved from AO<\/span><\/a>). She calls every body except Jelly. When she wants milk, she calls for me, “Mummy”<\/span> (signs milk) and says “Milk”<\/span>(yes, perfect sounding),\u00c2\u00a0then she’ll proceed to lie down on the bed or point to the sofa where I normally feed her. She knows when to use Please. E.g. She likes to stroke people and says “Ah Yang”<\/span> (Sayang, Malay : Pat lovingly). Once we saw Zara snatching a toy from Zaria, while saying “This is Jiejie’s!”<\/span> and Zaria shouted back, “Meh-Mei!”<\/span> . I asked Daddy if these were a fluke shot, but Daddy said it can’t be, based on the way she interacts and communicate with us. She is doing as well as her sister in terms of language development at 1 year old<\/a>. Fun!<\/p>\n
\nAny type of fruits besides banana to her is Ah-Per<\/span> (as in Apple).<\/p>\n
\nA duck to her is Duck duck<\/span>
\nAny other furry animals besides a cat is Eh-bit<\/span> (as in Rabbit).
\nAny flying creatures, birds, bugs is Bird bird<\/span><\/p>\n
\nZawa<\/span> or Jeh-jeh<\/span> for Zara
\nPapa<\/span> for Daddy
\nMummy<\/span> for me
\nKakak<\/span> for Tuyam
\nYeh-Yeh<\/span> for FIL
\nAh-Ter<\/span> for older looking men and Kor kor<\/span> for younger looking boys.
\nBay-Bee<\/span> for toddlers and babies.
\nAnd she calls herself “Meh-mei”<\/span> for Mei-mei<\/p>\n
\nAfter feeding, she likes to press on my breast and cheekily says, “Pee Peet”<\/span> while flashing a smile.<\/p>\n
\nRequest for biscuit, “Ker Ker<\/span> (Biscuit), (points to the biscuit, and then to her palm which is “more” or “want” sign) “Pis”<\/span>
\nWants me to get her the doll, “Doh Doh!<\/span> (points to the doll, and then to her palm) Pis.”<\/span>
\nWants to go some where, “Go<\/span> (points to the location), pis.”<\/span><\/p>\n
\nShe likes to be held and walk about now, she says “Walk walk”<\/span> and holds out her hand to be assisted.
\nShe answers “K”<\/span> for OK or Yes. E.g. “Zaria wants to go upstairs”<\/span>; she’ll answer “K”<\/span> and smiles.
\nShe says NO by either saying “No”<\/span> or makes the sound “Ugh!”<\/span> while frowning.<\/p>\n
\nAnother time, Zara tried to replace a toy Zaria was holding with something less interesting, and Zaria shouted, “No!”<\/span>. Zara replied with a “Yes”<\/span>. And Zaria responded with another “No!”<\/span>. It was cute seeing them talk to each other like that (Maybe it won’t be so cute any more when the real verbal fight begins).
\nThen today, when Daddy showed her his pair of socks next to hers, and said, “Zaria, see, Daddy’s socks so BIG.”<\/span>. Instead, Zaria smiled and pointed at him “BIIIIG Papa!”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>