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any other 2.8yo who doesn't make the difference between you and I ?

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PizPizPiz · 29/05/2007 18:48

dd's bilingual French/English and says either you or I when talking about herself, in both languages. Is it common for her age? I don't think it's particular to her being bilingual. Her nursery nurse seems to think it's normal but I've seen other kids of her age use them correctly.

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Twiglett · 29/05/2007 18:49

no its fairly normal even with single langugage children

also he/she and me/I

Othersideofthechannel · 30/05/2007 12:30

Is she your first Pizpizpiz? DS called himself you/tu for ages before figuring out I/je. DD didn't go through that phase at all, probably because DS doesn't let anyone get a word in edgeways and it's "me, me, mine, I this, I that" all the time.

Have you moved to Lille yet?

Anna8888 · 30/05/2007 12:42

My daughter (2.6) isn't very hot on correct use of I / you / he / she / it in either language yet. I'm not worried, as I can see where the confusion is coming from. She tends to call herself by her first name rather than refer to herself as "I", and refer to me as my first name rather than "you".

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PizPizPiz · 30/05/2007 17:49

yes she's my first. And we do the same as you Anna, we refer to ourselves as maman and daddy, so she refers to herself using her name too, logical. We've been trying to say 'I' instead but it's a hard habit to break. Not in the slightest worried, just curious, her speech has improved so much in the past weeks, she'll pick it up eventually.

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Oblomov · 30/05/2007 17:56

Ds(3.4) seems to have no comprehension.
Today he said, to my mum, re Peppa pig, to - "he is a girl sheep"

Yes lets all go said nana. Yes he said. Mummy , daddy, me and her - pointing to me.

I do, becasue I am a good girl. he said.
Jack and me.

= no comprehension of male / female, I /you or that he has already included either someone else (mummy) or himslef, in the group already.

francagoestohollywood · 30/05/2007 18:13

ds referred as himself as tu until he was around three.

loonyballoony · 30/05/2007 22:15

My dd (2.5) has always referred to herself as you (in Dutch) and only recently is using me (again in Dutch), so the penny is dropping. I suppose they will understand eventually.

Lio · 30/05/2007 22:17

ds is not bilingual, 3.6 and still refers to himself as 'you'. We have given up assuming that he is going to 'get it' and are coaching him. He refers to himself as 'I' voluntarily once or twice a day now

macmama73 · 30/05/2007 22:28

DS is still a bit mixed up. Sometimes he refers to himself using his name, but he is starting to get it right. DH says he is going through his "Ali G Phase" because he sometimes says, "I is hungry"

I don't think it is a bilingual thing, have heard lots of German children getting muddled up in the same way.

loonyballoony · 30/05/2007 22:31

LOL at Ali G phase!!

luckylady74 · 30/05/2007 22:46

not sure if to post this or not, but i would have wanted to know 2 years ago. i'm sure this isn't the case with your children, but i went to the hv with pronoun reversal concerns about my 3 1/2 yr old ds1 and now, adding in a lot of things that we noticed in retrospect, my son has been diagnosed with aspergers syndrome.
i'm aware that this isn't relevant to the op, but just in case someone looks at this thread that is in the same situation as i was.

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