What is a boy saying?
Dec 03rd 2009 13:13
Today's question is about French, not English. (^.^)
I like toddlers very much. A lot of parents put the photos and videos of their kids on their blog. I really love seeing them and there are several toddlers' sites in my bookmarks.
One of them is written in French and I use Google translate when I read it. So I can understand the articles, but unfortunately I have no idea what they are saying in the video. It's can't be helped.
Please take a look at the following video.
A boy takes out his stuffed pony named Paco (but he says Aco) from mother's bag, then put it on the table and tell it something. What is he saying? I guess he is often told by his parents the same thing, for example "be quiet" or something like that.
Actually I'm not sure he is speaking French. His father speaks French, his mother is probably a native English speaker, and he lives in Spain. I've heard he spoke Spanish in another video. So if it isn't French, I'm sorry.
I like toddlers very much. A lot of parents put the photos and videos of their kids on their blog. I really love seeing them and there are several toddlers' sites in my bookmarks.
One of them is written in French and I use Google translate when I read it. So I can understand the articles, but unfortunately I have no idea what they are saying in the video. It's can't be helped.
Please take a look at the following video.
A boy takes out his stuffed pony named Paco (but he says Aco) from mother's bag, then put it on the table and tell it something. What is he saying? I guess he is often told by his parents the same thing, for example "be quiet" or something like that.
Actually I'm not sure he is speaking French. His father speaks French, his mother is probably a native English speaker, and he lives in Spain. I've heard he spoke Spanish in another video. So if it isn't French, I'm sorry.
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What is this boy saying?
I like toddlers a lot.
A lot of parents post photos and videos of their kids on their blogs.
I really love seeing them. I have several toddlers' sites in my bookmarks.
It's can't be helped.
A boy takes out his stuffed pony named Paco (but he says Aco) from mother's bag, then puts it on the table and says something to it.
I guess he is often told by his parents the same thing repeatedly, for example to "be quiet" or something like that.
His father speaks French, and I think his mother probably speaks English. and They live in Spain.
I heard him speak(?) Spanish in another video.---> If you say "I've heard..." it makes it seem as though you heard this information from someone. This doesn't seem likely, so I changed the sentence to what I think you intended to say.
I think toddlers are very cute.
A lot of parents put photos and videos of their kids on their blogs.
I really love watching them and I have bookmarked several toddlers' sites.
One of them is written in French and I use Google translate when I want to read it.
Ah well, that's life. (This would be a better way to say しょうがない than "It can't be helped". If your at all curious the same expression is "C'est la vie" in French.)
A boy takes out his stuffed pony named Paco, he calls it Aco, from his mother's bag, then puts it on the table and talks to it.
I guess he is told by his parents the same things over and over again., For example "be quiet" or something like that.
I've heard him speak Spanish in another video.
Anyways, for the majority of the video the kid is just saying random babyish stuff and not really saying anything in particular.
At one point the kid says "I touch you!" or "Touche tu! " and his parents respond with ' Oui, Touche tu!" "Yes you touched him" or I might be hearing it wrong but that'd make sense to me seeing the context.
The only other non-gibberish thing the kid says is "Aco" which is the doll's name.
As far as the parents telling their kids to "Be Quiet", most of the time American's as well as French let their children babble on and on incessantly in public and sometimes it draws attention from other people otherwise called "Making a scene". The reason the parents don't tell them to be quiet is because it'll make them look bad in the eye of the public.
I'm curious though what do parents do in Asian Cultures? I mean from the way you said that sentence it makes it sound like my paragraph above might be an exact contrast of what Asian parents do...
Oh---!! "I've heard he spoke ---" implies that I heard it from someone. I see. It's good to know! Hmm... languages are really difficult.
Thank you for your corrections!
> デレック,
He says "Touche tu!" which means "I touch you"!! Oh, he doesn't point at Paco, he touches it with his finger. I see! I really wanted what he said. Thank you!
Japanese parents often scold their kids with saying "Be quiet!" in public. It's considered as a thoughtless behavior to let their kids be very noisy. These days, there are a lot of such thoughtless parents though.(^.^)
I'm surprised that you know French and Spanish too!
Thank you for your corrections and comment!
> mixmasterJ,
I also click "native nod" when I see good and natural corrections while I'm correcting someone's entries. I think it a great system too!
Thank you for your comment!
I like toddlers very much.I love toddlers. (note: in a colloquial speech like this, this is very expressive but not over-the-top).
One of them is written in French and I use Google translate when I read it.I used Google translate for one French-language site I visit.
So Athough I can understand the written text, but unfortunately I have no idea what they are saying in the video.
They say that in most language's a baby's first attempts at words sound like "da da".
Of course this is the sound of "daddy" in many European languages. How do the Japanese think a baby's first syllables sound?
In Japan, when it comes to baby's talk, it's 「ばぶばぶ」 or 「ばぶう」. For example, in manga or anime, babies always say it, or when people pretend to be a baby, they say it. haha.
I think what baby say for the first time which sounds a real word is 「まんま」. It sounds "mama", and it actually means "food" in baby words too.
Thank you for your corrections and comment!
"Touche tu" doesn't make any sense in French. Not only that, but I don't hear that at all.
You are kind enough to check other videos? Thank you!
I see, they speak French.
Thank you for your comment!