verbs

Benjamin's first definite sentence, complete with verb:

"Benja mange Cheerios."

First he did his S.O.V. thing — "Benja Cheerios mange" — but his mother modeled the correct order and he repeated her and stuck with that.

For completely correct French, he still needs an article: "Benja mange des Cheerios." But we're not worrying about articles or prepositions yet. I'm must happy to see verbs emerging.

- papa

PS Actually, he is starting to develop prepositions: he's gone from mo' (more) to plus (French for "more," pronounced "plooce") to plus de, as in "Plus de travail, Maman!" (Which means "More work, mom!" It's what I just overheard him telling his mother outside. Apparently he was pointing to a snow shovel.)