Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Sentence Construction

Within a span of about half a year, Ying Ying went from saying:

"CAR!" (noun)
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to
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"WHITE car!" (adjective + noun)
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to
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"White car...WHERE?" (adjective + noun + adverb of place)
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to
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"Where IS white car?" (adverb of place + singular verb + adjective + noun)

Isn't it amazing how children learn how to speak like adults? :)

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