Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Interesting Grammar

As Ashlyn's language development continues, I've noticed that she comes up with some interesting verb conjugations.  (Leave it to me, the English major, to notice things like this...)  She handles regular verbs just fine, easily using the correct verb tense in pretty much every situation, but the irregular verbs still throw her off a bit most of the time.  My favorite word that she uses all the time lately is "sawn" which seems to be a form of the verb "to see."  I think it is a combination between the past tense, "saw," and the past perfect tense, "have seen."  She uses it in sentences all the time, sometimes as "sawn" and sometimes "have sawn."  For example, "Mommy, I sawn your book before -- it was on the couch."  Or, "I have sawn this episode of Word World before."  Obviously, I can't resist correcting her every time with the hope that eventually she'll understand that "sawn" isn't really a word...for now, when I correct her, she usually just gives me a completely confused look and continues talking about whatever it was that she was saying before I interrupted her to try give her a lesson in grammar that she's not interested in.

2 comments:

freddielyle said...

I really do marvel at that girl sometimes! :0) The difference between our kids' ages- about 4 months... the difference in their language skills- like two years worth!! Resist the urge to correct her, honey... just enjoy the cuteness of it all! I'm currently enjoying the fact that JJ sticks his tongue out when he says his ending -n sounds (like "buppon"- or button and "bolpin" or dolphin). I don't have a clue why he does it because he never did before. I know repeating the words the correct way will get him to eventually say them right, so I don't worry- he's talking more now than he ever has. And I know eventually he'll grow out of it all. It's all a stage...

Anonymous said...

Don't worry. My mom still corrects me at 26 and I still give her the "what are you talking about" look. (Granted she's correcting me on things a lot more complicated than "Sawn".) - Alicia