Another spontaneous story in Mandarin from Chip. I was working on my laptop when he started muttering to himself. So got him to repeat the first two lines.
I haven't bothered to correct his sentence structures when he created them (except for one sentence, I think the rest are pretty good for a 4 y.o). But I read them back to him after he finished with his story-telling and told him how to improve them.
突然， 着火了 (Suddenly, a fire broke out)
它的书本被火烧了 (His book was on fire)
然后， 它变成小猪 (Then, it became a pig)
小猪去河边 (The pig went to the river)
它看见一条小鱼 (It saw a fish)
小鱼游过来，游过去 (The fish swam around)
它也看到一只大龙 (The pig saw a dragon)
小猪很怕，可是它很聪明 (The pig was scared, but it was very clever)
小猪跑很快， 它跳进龙的耳朵里 (The pig ran very fast, it jumped into the dragon's ear)
它用它的口做很多声音 (The pig used its mouth to make a lot of noise)
龙很怕， 飞来飞去 (The dragon was scared, it flew around)
It is so rewarding to watch how he interacts with my mum these days.
Before, it was only M who could speak Mandarin to her whenever she came over. While Chip could understand her, he could barely have a proper conversation with her. It was only a smattering of phrases accompanied by lots of gestures.
Over the Mother's Day weekend, I noticed his improved ability to converse with her. He asked her questions and even shared his thoughts and opinions with her. The boys watched some Channel 8 and U programmes (all Chinese programmes) together and they even commented on what they saw with her.
Chip was overheard saying ...
我不喜欢那个黑人 (I don't like the black man)
我不怕他， 可是我不喜欢他 (I'm not afraid of him, but I don't like him)
为什么他这样坏 (Why is he so bad)
这里有很多美丽的花 (There are so many pretty flowers here)
那么多蝴碟飞来飞去 (So many butterflies flying about)
你要和我一起去花园吗 (You want to go to the garden with me)
我最喜欢去沙滩了 (I like to go to the beach the most)
我可以在沙滩上睡觉 和玩沙 (I can sleep on the beach and play sand)
Ah Ma, 你也喜欢去沙滩上玩吗 (Ah Ma, do you like to play at the beach too)
I was grinning from ear to ear when I heard his little chats with Ah Ma. How encouraging!
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