Paakabaa Letter Santa Thaathaa

Paaduka-speak	English
Helo Santa Thaathaa,	Hello Santa Claus Thaathaa,
you waan?	I want the following things this year:
phone batty No appa	a good phone and some batteries that when I take and play with, my appa will not say "No".
aaloo, beebaa, ausher, arnee, cookaa, colo	Elmo, Big Bird, Oscar, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Grover
sapatam, paper pichee	a pustakam (book) that I can happily tear (pikkaradhu) the papers from.
isheem, oshenj joosamma, paalu, nummy paal, shaapaa	Ice cream, Orange Juice, Water melon (pazham), yummy chocolate milk, Pasta
diapu shop	a diaper that can absorb everything away so it does not need to be changed everytime
sheenam, aanai, thoo jeejaa, py zeebaa, nama joojoo	Lion (singam), Elephant (yaanai), 2 Giraffes, Five Zebras, Nine (nava) Dogs (that you can say "joo joo" to call them)
pore canee, ten bikki	Four candies, Ten biscuits/cookies
(ammaulae paTToo, bumpee, come back)	(My amma is calling me "paTTu", "bumby"; I will check and come back)
Barney TV no shop	Play Barney non-stop on the TV
baloo poTTu no aaa ooo	a good balloon that I can throw around (poTTu) without breaking it, when I will say "Uh Oh"
peekayoo howayou?	Play Peekaboo with me and I will tell you "How are you?"
thaa, pees ok? ok? ok?	Will you please give (thaa) me these? Is it OK?
thaantoo, paakabaa	thank you, paaduka

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