One of the results of having to wait an extra 6 months for a court date is that Katie & I have learned bits of Russian. The following is a list of words and phrases that we have learned (for one reason or another). We are very proud of our accomplishment and think this will come in handy next month. (when we travel...hopefully)
NOTE: I'm only listing them in English. Although I know how to SAY these phrases in Russian, I can't really spell them.
Hello
Good-bye
How are you?
Good.
Please
Thank you
You're welcome
I love you.
I will always love you.
You are going to live with us
We will take good care of you.
Don't worry
Don't be afraid
I am your mom
I am your dad
You are my son
This is your sister
This is your brother
This is your cat
This is your grandma
This is your grandpa
Do you want a drink?
Do you want to eat?
Do you want a snack?
Do you want juice?
Do you want milk?
Do you want more?
Are you hot?
Are you cold?
Let's go.
Good Morning
Night Night.
One. Two. Three.
Let me know if you think we're missing any that we'll need for ABSOLUTE SURVIVAL.
7 comments:
Good for you!! I know you can't wait for that countdown clock to be at 0. We can't wait to see pictures of you with your little Zac!
One more I would suggest is "Are you okay/Where does it hurt?" He may not be able to tell you, but if he is sick he might be able to help you figure out what's wrong. Owen was sick on our way home and we had no idea what was wrong because he showed no signs of specific pain and didn't understand enough to point to show us. We found out at home he had an ear infection (which the doctor missed in Vladivostok) and an upper respiratory infection (which we suspected). Not sure if Zac will understand this in Russian or not, but it's worth a try! Better than relying on hand signals to communicate with a local Russian pharmacy worker like we did! ;o)
We're so excited for you!!!!!
Love your new picture by the way...
Great for you and Zac that you can do a bit of communicating in Russian while he, undoubtedly, will quickly learn English. I wonder if you might also need to understand some of what Zac says? It might help to have caretakers at the orphanage have him say a few things for you before you leave so you can understand a 2 year old's way of pronouncing a few essential Russian words - Zac may sound different than those adults on the Russian language CD. Perhaps understanding how he pronounces a word to say he is needing to use the bathroom or how he might pronounce eat, drink, etc. would be helpful. N
Other phrases to know:
Everything is Ok
Don't eat that.
Please Eat.
Don't hit
That is not a toy.
Not the happy positive phrases, but you would be surprised at how important they are.
Here's a couple I never thought to learn, but REALLY needed, and quickly learned:
Let's go! (now, please)
Be careful!
I have no advice, but I am VERY impressed that you have learned that much! I dropped out of a Russian class after the first night - it is a very difficult language to learn. Way to go!
WOW! That will be such an awesome tool for you guys. Jeez, compared to us you are practically fluent!
Another good one to know is "Come Here". It sounds like posh-lee. This was very useful with our son. When we got to know him better we would make a game out of it. He would walk in the other room and we would say posh-lee with our arms open. He would come running to us and give a big hug:)
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