“Emmi, päike läheb looja.”
“Päike läheb looja.”
“Emmi, miks päike läheb looja?”
Translation:
“Emmi, the sun is setting.”
“The sun is setting.”
“Emmi, why is the sun setting?”
This was K’s first “why” question and I though it was a great one. It also happened in Estonian which was also interesting.
Wednesday, August 6th was a tough day for me as I [...]
My parents and sister visited over the past 2 weeks and we had a lot of fun! As a mother, it’s always a HUGE help to have family in town to help corral the kids. As a mother of bilingual children, my family has been a significant boost to my oldest daughter K’s Estonian speaking [...]
I can’t help but wonder in what language A will speak when she starts talking. She’s 16 months old and saying a few words here and there along with a lot of phrases that I just don’t understand yet. She understands just about everything I tell her in Estonian which I continue to find amazing [...]
I speak in Estonian with K and A 100% of the time, but K answers mainly in English and I’d estimate speaks English about 95% of the time. This has happened since she started watching DVD’s. At first she was speaking in English when she was in fantasy play and Estonian with [...]
