{"id":227,"date":"2006-04-17T14:01:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-17T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=227"},"modified":"2011-02-17T18:43:07","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T10:43:07","slug":"%e6%88%91%e6%98%af%e4%b8%80%e5%8f%aa%e5%b0%8f%e5%b0%8f%e9%b8%9f-im-a-little-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=227","title":{"rendered":"\u6211\u662f\u4e00\u53ea\u5c0f\u5c0f\u5c0f\u5c0f\u9e1f I’m a little bird"},"content":{"rendered":"

(I have lots to update, but I’ll just do a short post because I have lots to do at work)<\/em><\/p>\n

Zara doesn’t speak Chinese, or rather nobody speaks to Zara in Chinese so she has not picked up any Chinese. I tried to do what Shiaulin<\/a> has taught me, to repeat each English phrase I say to her in chinese so she learns to associate the two. However, after a few attempts, I got lazy. It’s tiring when you have to talk to the kid and repeating everything (already, lots of repetition in English to get a massage across).<\/p>\n

Then I tried speaking to her just in Chinese, but she’ll say, “Don’t Want” when she hear non-English words coming out from me.
\nMe : Mummy \u548c\u4f60\u8bb2\u534e\u8bed\u597d\u5417 (Mummy speaks to you in Chinese ok?)
\n<\/span>Zara : Don’t want<\/span>
\nSometimes she even says : \u4e0d\u8981 (Chinese: Don’t want)<\/span>. Don’t know if she really know what it means.<\/p>\n

However, she likes this particular Chinese song which I sing (only the chorus) to her quite frequently. Here is her singing this together with me (I must say for someone who doesn’t speak Chinese, her pronunciation is quite good).<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to listen to her sing.<\/p>\n

\u6211\u662f\u4e00\u53ea\u5c0f\u5c0f\u5c0f\u5c0f\u9e1f<\/strong> – Translated based on my best knowledge<\/span><\/em>
\n<\/span>\u6211\u662f\u4e00\u53ea\u5c0f\u5c0f\u5c0f\u5c0f\u9e1f<\/u><\/span>
\n<\/span>Wo shi yi zhi xiao xiao xiao xiao niao<\/u> (I’m just a little bird)
\n\u60f3\u8981\u98de\u5440\u98de\u5374\u98de\u5440\u98de\u4e0d\u9ad8<\/u> <\/span>
\n<\/span>Xiang yao fei ya fei que fei ye fei bu gao<\/u> (Even when I attempt to fly, I can never fly too high)
\n\u6211\u5bfb\u5bfb\u89c5\u89c5\u5bfb\u5bfb\u89c5\u89c5\u4e00\u4e2a\u6e29\u6696\u7684\u6000\u62b1<\/u><\/u><\/u> <\/span>
\n<\/span>Wo xun xun mi mi<\/u> xun xun mi mi<\/u> yi ge wen nuan de huai bao<\/u> (I’d been searching for a warm embrace)
\n\u8fd9\u6837\u7684\u8981\u6c42\u7b97\u4e0d\u7b97\u592a\u9ad8<\/u><\/span>
\nZhe yang de yao qiu suan bu suan tai gao<\/u> (Is this a very difficult request?)<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n(The song sung by the original singer can be found here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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