>>>>>>>>>>>Mamma why can’t I have some of that drink?? ;-)<<<<<<<<<<<
This is the post I intended to put up but then my ' Internet Woes’ took precedence! For all the mommies who get here to my space this weekend Happy Mother's Day!:-) and I'm glad I'm putting up this post this weekend coz' my baby's the reason I'm a mommy and he gives me so many reasons to smile:-)... I love him lotssss!!!!
Please note: This post will need people to know basic Hindi. If you don’t, well, you’ll just miss the humor! Sorry Keshi…the humor will be lost in translation :-(
There are no more cartoon shows in English it seems…every thing’s been dubbed in Hindi! And Vedant has picked up some pretty fancy Hindi words. All thanks to Cartoon Network, Pogo, Hungama, and Disney…etc. It’s Hindi alright with maybe a smattering of words from Urdu? Anyway what I mean to say is that it’s not exactly the way we speak Hindi in day to day life!
To give an example, the other day we were at local shopping area and we passed by the place where fish was being sold and Vedant screws up his lil nose and remarks – “Mummy kitna badbudaar nazaara hai na? Main yaha se jaane ke liye betaab hoon!” hmmmm!!!
Another time he watched from the balcony while it rained outside and he sighed…”mummy kitna suhaanaa mausam hai na…” :-)
My favorite is when he says stuff like … “mummy tum kitni pyaari lag rahi ho!” or “ye kitna khoobsoorat dress hai na mummy!” lolzz.
And once while watching a scary movie, he hid in Rajiv’s arms and said “ye toh bahot khaufnaak jagah hai papa!”…
Other words he uses include ‘bekaboo’, ‘namumkin’, ‘viksit’, ‘prakat’! (I think the last two words are Sanskrit based!)
At 4 & 1/2 yrs I hardly knew these words existed in Hindi!
A lot of people in our family have started speaking ‘pukitalk’! (Puki is Vedant’s nickname!)…for instance people now say “tumka” instead of “tum” (your/you) or “humka” instead of “hum” (mine/ours)!! I wonder how it would sound if he were to say “maika” instead of “mai” (me)!!!
I for one am totally fascinated by his talks and sometimes I initiate a conversation just to hear him talk like this! I love it :-)
Other parents tell me that this is not an isolated incident with Vedant and that their kids also use such words in their normal conversation…looks like we parent’s need to brush up our Hindi language skills. Maybe cartoon network could publish a dictionary for parents to brush up on "cnhindi" (cartoonnetworkhindi!)…!!!
Well, in a few days time he’s leaving with my parents for Tripura and I will see him again in the first week of June. And initially I felt this would be nice welcome break for me but now as the day of his leaving nears…I feel I’m going to miss him so much! And I’m going to hate being alone at home without having him run to me every 5 minutes…I’m going to miss ‘pukitalk’ and I’m even going to miss all the naughty stuff he does! The latest being his attempt to clean the AC remote last night by dumping it in a dish full of water! (And what do u know, it still works!) :-)
Please note: This post will need people to know basic Hindi. If you don’t, well, you’ll just miss the humor! Sorry Keshi…the humor will be lost in translation :-(
There are no more cartoon shows in English it seems…every thing’s been dubbed in Hindi! And Vedant has picked up some pretty fancy Hindi words. All thanks to Cartoon Network, Pogo, Hungama, and Disney…etc. It’s Hindi alright with maybe a smattering of words from Urdu? Anyway what I mean to say is that it’s not exactly the way we speak Hindi in day to day life!
To give an example, the other day we were at local shopping area and we passed by the place where fish was being sold and Vedant screws up his lil nose and remarks – “Mummy kitna badbudaar nazaara hai na? Main yaha se jaane ke liye betaab hoon!” hmmmm!!!
Another time he watched from the balcony while it rained outside and he sighed…”mummy kitna suhaanaa mausam hai na…” :-)
My favorite is when he says stuff like … “mummy tum kitni pyaari lag rahi ho!” or “ye kitna khoobsoorat dress hai na mummy!” lolzz.
And once while watching a scary movie, he hid in Rajiv’s arms and said “ye toh bahot khaufnaak jagah hai papa!”…
Other words he uses include ‘bekaboo’, ‘namumkin’, ‘viksit’, ‘prakat’! (I think the last two words are Sanskrit based!)
At 4 & 1/2 yrs I hardly knew these words existed in Hindi!
A lot of people in our family have started speaking ‘pukitalk’! (Puki is Vedant’s nickname!)…for instance people now say “tumka” instead of “tum” (your/you) or “humka” instead of “hum” (mine/ours)!! I wonder how it would sound if he were to say “maika” instead of “mai” (me)!!!
I for one am totally fascinated by his talks and sometimes I initiate a conversation just to hear him talk like this! I love it :-)
Other parents tell me that this is not an isolated incident with Vedant and that their kids also use such words in their normal conversation…looks like we parent’s need to brush up our Hindi language skills. Maybe cartoon network could publish a dictionary for parents to brush up on "cnhindi" (cartoonnetworkhindi!)…!!!
Well, in a few days time he’s leaving with my parents for Tripura and I will see him again in the first week of June. And initially I felt this would be nice welcome break for me but now as the day of his leaving nears…I feel I’m going to miss him so much! And I’m going to hate being alone at home without having him run to me every 5 minutes…I’m going to miss ‘pukitalk’ and I’m even going to miss all the naughty stuff he does! The latest being his attempt to clean the AC remote last night by dumping it in a dish full of water! (And what do u know, it still works!) :-)
Adding a link below to a home video of Vedant reciting a poem:-)...not a very clear video coz it was taken on my cell fone! (hope the link works)
Last but not the least, a song dedication for my mother(s):-)... "Because you loved me..." - Celine Dion...>HAPPY MOTHER's DAY Mummy & mamma!<...happy listening!
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