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conuly
Ana and I were sitting at the table. Evangeline was napping. Few weeks ago.
I was cutting up an apple, and Ana was pretending she spoke Spanish (Spanish lessons for Christmas? Why yes, I think that's a fabulous idea if I can get her there and cadge the cash somehow!) and she actually came out with something that sounded a little like manzana, so I told her that manzana is Spanish for apple. She's so proud of her small Spanish vocabulary, so she told me that rojo means red.
Well, these apples were green. She didn't remember the word for green, so I gave it to her, and then, just to push things a teeny bit, told her that a green apple is a manzana verde.
And she jumped right ahead of me there! "And a red apple is a manzana rojo, Connie!"
I didn't have to go "LOOK! THE ADJECTIVE! IT'S PLACED DIFFERENTLY! YEAH!" at her! (I did have to explain about noun-adjective agreement, and I kinda lied and said that it has to do with whether it ends in a or not, which is true as far as it goes, but... yeah. I wasn't sure how to even begin with the subject of gender, frankly.)
I was cutting up an apple, and Ana was pretending she spoke Spanish (Spanish lessons for Christmas? Why yes, I think that's a fabulous idea if I can get her there and cadge the cash somehow!) and she actually came out with something that sounded a little like manzana, so I told her that manzana is Spanish for apple. She's so proud of her small Spanish vocabulary, so she told me that rojo means red.
Well, these apples were green. She didn't remember the word for green, so I gave it to her, and then, just to push things a teeny bit, told her that a green apple is a manzana verde.
And she jumped right ahead of me there! "And a red apple is a manzana rojo, Connie!"
I didn't have to go "LOOK! THE ADJECTIVE! IT'S PLACED DIFFERENTLY! YEAH!" at her! (I did have to explain about noun-adjective agreement, and I kinda lied and said that it has to do with whether it ends in a or not, which is true as far as it goes, but... yeah. I wasn't sure how to even begin with the subject of gender, frankly.)
