E. turned 16 months on Monday and I am not exaggerating if I say she can use much more than 100 words in each language (Hungarian and English).

The calculation was done by D. He added up all the functional language (thanking, asking, giving, objecting, greetings etc.) and words of different topics we’ve been dealing with (see the collection bellow) and the sum must be over 100 words, getting closer to 200.

Now I’m collecting the ones that E. uses confidently in the right context (and not just parroting them or not the ones she understands because in this case there are a thousand words, I guess). Of course, these words and expressions are not 100 % clear. (She tends to pronounce the “k”  sound  “p”, the “g” sound “b” or the vowels sometimes melt into one another). Still, it’s her great achievement.

Now I’m trying to focus on her English only:

• Thank you
• Please
• Pick it up
• Here you are
• There (if she wants to go somewhere)
• Let’s go
• Come on
• Bye-bye
• Hi/Hello
• Don’t like it
• Like it
• Cheers (when drinking)
• Up
• Out (of the playpen or high chair)
• not comfy (on the potty)
• Oops (when something is fallen)
• Oh, no! (when something goes wrong)
• Peek-a-boo (when she hides behind the curtain)

Family members:

• mommy
• daddy
• granny
• papa (for grandpa)
• baby
• + names of our family members (7 people), our native nanny (A.) and my best friend (B.)

Animals: (if she doesn’t know the name of the animal she says the sounds they make)

• doggie
  

  Our poor mixed-breed

• froggie
• cat/kitty
• cow
• sheep
• kangaroo
• hippo
• bear
• mouse
• rat
• panda
• butterfly
• ladybird
• bee
• pig
• duck
• ant
• turtle
• whale
• dino

Fruit:

Window pictures

• apple
• pear
• grapes (a bunch of grapes)
• banana
• kiwi
• orange
• plum
• lemon
• cherries
• strawberries
• apricot
• peach
• tomato
• berry

Vegetable:

• aubergine
• onion
• potato
• broccoli
• mushroom
• pumpkin

Other foods:

water

• cheese
• bread
• salami
• sausage
• honey
• water
• milk
• mayonnaise
• ketchup
• butter
• yogurt
• coffee
• ice creme
• ricecake

Flowers:

• peony
• lilac
• begonia
• pansy
• daisy

Flag of Portugal – E.’s favourite right now

Countries/Flags/:

• Norway
• Belgium
• Portugal
• Hungary
• the European Union
• Turkey
• Italy

Colours: (the clearest utterances)

• • red
  • orange
  • yellow
  • green
  • blue
  • purple
  • pink
  • black
  • white
  • grey

Bubbles

• brown

Shapes:

• oval
• triangle
• heart
• star
• pentagon
• rectangle

Everyday object/Toys:

• spoon
• plate
• knife
• fork
• bottle
• kitchen
• teddy
• book
• playground
• sandpit
• bath
• colour pencil
  

  drawing a star

• crayon
• paper
• drawing
• nappy
• creme
• toothbrush
• man (a plastic figurine)
• clock
• high chair
• door
• playpen
  

  Sandpit

• video
• dummy
• potty
• poopy
• pee pee
• peg
• mill
• car
• choo-choo train
• ball
• puddle
• big
• bubbles
• bin
• balloon
• sun
• cloud

Hat and jeans

Clothes:

• jacket
• slippers
• hat
• trousers
• jeans
• shoes
• cardigan
• boots
• pyjamas
• socks

Body parts:

• head
• pinkie
• nose
• ear
• knee
• mouth
• toe
• eyes

Musical instruments: (she’s not so intereted in this topic although she is quite musical)

• drum
• piano

Breeds of dog: (I introduced some dog flashcards 3 days ago)

• Westie
• Shar-pei
• bulldog
• puli
• mixed breed

E. is making up more and more combinations, like big puddle, red pinkie (for polished fingernails), purple plum, pencil drawing, banana yogurt, black doggie etc.

If it goes like this, in two more months she’ll say sentences. She’s amazing, a little genius. Am I proud? Hard to say how much 🙂