Friday, December 14, 2018

Language through a 5-year-old's eyes

I was watching something on TV in Spanish, and the characters started laughing. Charlie noticed they were laughing, and here's the brief conversation we had.

Charlie: "Mom, how do people laugh in Spanish?"

Me: "The same way we do."

Charlie: "But laughing is in English."

Me: "No, it's not. Laughing is universal. People laugh in every language in the world."

Charlie then proceeded to try out a wide variety of laughs. When he was done, he said: "Mom, did I laugh in Spanish???"

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