When Nidhi hears/sees something she doesn't understand, u can trust her to use her imagination to come up with some explanation. Most often, hilarious.
This happened a couple of years ago. We were at a Petrol-bunk in Bangalore. Santosh speaks beautiful(at least to my ears) Kannada, of which i know a few words, Nidhi none at all. He handed over the money to the attendant and said 'Thagoli'(Take). At once, Nidhi turns to me, crunches up her face beautifully and says 'ennadu, thakkaliya?' (what, tomato?) :-)
Hindi in school started only from Std I. Until then, she knew hardly any words in Hindi. When i was watching a TV-soap on *+, one lady was being called Kaaki (aunty) by others. Nidhi started laughing 'ennadu, Kaakaya? Oh.. kaakai ki chaadam podu!' (Kaakay in Tamil means crow. Kaakai ki chadam podu is 'feed the crows' - usually said and done by my Mom in chennai.)
Now, Nidhi knows a lot more of Hindi, but still she never misses an opportunity to make us laugh. Last week, at a restaurant, i ordered kulcha. Nidhi pounced on me 'Amma, kulchaacha?'(Amma, have u taken bath?)
And a couple of days ago, Nidhi heard me speaking Telugu with our maid. I happened to use the word 'matalaadu' in my conversation. (matalaadu means talk). Few seconds later, Nidhi starts singing 'Maatalaadu bigad gaya, maatalaadu bigad gaya' (Maa ka laadla bigad gaya - song from Dostana).
Never a dull moment in our lives with Nidhi arnd! :-)
This happened a couple of years ago. We were at a Petrol-bunk in Bangalore. Santosh speaks beautiful(at least to my ears) Kannada, of which i know a few words, Nidhi none at all. He handed over the money to the attendant and said 'Thagoli'(Take). At once, Nidhi turns to me, crunches up her face beautifully and says 'ennadu, thakkaliya?' (what, tomato?) :-)
Hindi in school started only from Std I. Until then, she knew hardly any words in Hindi. When i was watching a TV-soap on *+, one lady was being called Kaaki (aunty) by others. Nidhi started laughing 'ennadu, Kaakaya? Oh.. kaakai ki chaadam podu!' (Kaakay in Tamil means crow. Kaakai ki chadam podu is 'feed the crows' - usually said and done by my Mom in chennai.)
Now, Nidhi knows a lot more of Hindi, but still she never misses an opportunity to make us laugh. Last week, at a restaurant, i ordered kulcha. Nidhi pounced on me 'Amma, kulchaacha?'(Amma, have u taken bath?)
And a couple of days ago, Nidhi heard me speaking Telugu with our maid. I happened to use the word 'matalaadu' in my conversation. (matalaadu means talk). Few seconds later, Nidhi starts singing 'Maatalaadu bigad gaya, maatalaadu bigad gaya' (Maa ka laadla bigad gaya - song from Dostana).
Never a dull moment in our lives with Nidhi arnd! :-)
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