Bebek Kwek Kwek

Captured this video last week at Jardin Luxembourg in Paris. It was sunny bright autumn day so we went outside to enjoy the sun a little. He has been saying kwek kwek (Indonesian for quack quack) these days, though he says more like “kowk kowk”. I am very impressed with the progress he makes, especially [...]

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Language progress 19m/o: more words

Our little one is now 19 months old, he does not talk yet! The words he can say (and understand the meaning):

mama
papa
teta (for kereta the short for kereta api which means ‘train’)
nyeuh (for meow)

Recently, he added some more words like:

moo moo (like a cow)
woof woof (like a dog) but he does not say it much
aah [...]

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Café Bilingues

Recently, I joined an association called Café Bilingues, a network of bilingual familes.  The reason why I want to join this association is to meet other families that raise children bilingually or even multilingually. There are ups and downs to raise children this way. Especially how to keep the minority language exist in the family.
Last [...]

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Bilingual experience: first words

My 18 months old boy talk the more and more , or I should say it is a parentese to be exact.  He talk to us, to his himself, to his toys, to other children at the park, but not to strangers….
Of course when he talks, we (parents) do not understand what he talks about. [...]

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new word: lidah

One more Indonesian word that my little boy learnt yesterday. Lidah (En: tongue). It happened just like that,  he was sitting on his high chair and playing with his tongue. When I saw this, I just said “lidah” and  I kept saying it everytime he got his tongue out. I had big smile as we [...]

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Coucou!

Anakku senang sekali mainan “coucou” (Indonesia: ciluk ba). Dia mengerti kalau kita bilang “coucou” (bacanya: kuku). Tetapi nggak terlalu ngerti kalau aku bilang “ciluk-ba”. Kalau “Ba” saja, dia agak ngerti! Si Ayah lebih gila kalau sedang mainan dengan anaknya, maklum…
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My son loves to play “coucou” (English: peek-a-boo). He understands when we say “coucou” [...]

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Bilingual Baby

Pengalaman dan pengetahuanku tentang Bilingual Baby masih sedikit, karena anakku masih 11 bulan. Aku tidak kerja, jadi aku tinggal di rumah ngurus anak. Mungkin karena ini, si kecil lebih mengerti Bahasa Indonesia ketimbang bahasa Prancis (bahasa bapaknya). Sejak masih di dalam kandungan, aku suka ngomong sama bayiku. Selain itu juga, aku sering nyanyikan lagu anak-anak [...]

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Bahasa Indonesia, Français, or English??

Enakya pakek bahasa apa ya untuk nulis di sini?
Sebenarnya pakek bahasa Inggris enak juga sih, banyak yang ngerti, temen-temen dan saudara-saudara di mana pun mereka berada, orang Indonesia, orang Prancis, orang Amrik,orang sak dunia deh! pasti ngerti Inggris. Kalo pakek bahasa Indonesia lebih enak lagi karena bisa lebih ngrocos dan lebih sreg rasanya. Pengen juga nulis [...]

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