Sunday, May 24, 2009

Bed? Bett? Bread?

So I'm running errands with O one day just around his nap time and he says to me:

"Bed!! Bett!"
[Bed]

"Bist Du müde  Möchtest Du schlafen gehen?"
[Are you tired  Do you want to go to sleep?]

"Mama! Bed!!!"

"Wir sind gleich wieder zu Hause, dann kannst Du ins Bett gehen, okay?"
[We'll be home soon, then you can go to sleep, okay?]

"Noooooooo!!!! Bed!"

Given that he's a toddler and doesn't speak all that clearly just yet, I'm beginning to think that maybe he's hungry and is saying 'bread' instead of 'bed', so I ask him:

"Bist Du müde oder hast Du Hunger? Möchtest Du schlafen oder möchtest Du was essen?"
[Are you tired or are you hungry? Do you want to sleep or do you want to eat?]

"Bed!!! I want bed!!!"

The confusion continues and I ensure him again that we'll be home soon and he can go to sleep. So he looks at me and very clearly says,

"Brot!"
[Bread]

Problem solved :)

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This post is part of the "Raising Bilingual Children Carnival", this time hosted by Blogging On Bilingualism.

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