No smoking

pAdukA gets back from her first day at her summer camp.

pAdukA - ammA, you cannot smoke near me.Go away... smoke away from me!
ammA - uh?
pAdukA - My teacher has told me to tell mommy and daddy to smoke in a corner and not near me.
ammA - enna? (What?)
ammA - smoking na enna theriyumA? (Do you know what smoking is?)
pAdukA gesturing breathing says - idhu dhaan (This is it)
ammA - That's breathing.
ammA thinking to herself  - I thought I had a long time but I have to get ready in a hurry to answer many things starting with smoking!

Argue with me!

I was reading "beginning reader" books. I came across the word "SIGHT". ammA tells me the letters "G" and "H" are silent and I should not say their sound.
pAdukA - appo, yen G and H irukku. eduthudalAme? (then we can remove G and H)
ammA - G and H eduthuttA SIT aagum. ( If we remove G and H it will be SIT)
pAdukA - yes. adhunAla yenna? (so what?)
ammA - appo S,I,T na enna solluva? (then how will you pronounce S,I,T?)
padukA -  SIT
ammA - SIT vera SIGHT vera ( SIT and SIGHT are different)
pAdukA - SIT na okAradhu (SIT means to sit down)
pAdukA - SIGHT na enna?(What is the meaning of SIGHT)
ammA - enna pArkarayo adhu SIGHT (What you see is SIGHT)
pAdukA - appo G and H vendAm (then G and H are not needed)
ammA does not agree.
pAdukA (Exasperated) - SIT panna dhaan nanna (SIGHT )theriyum (only if you sit down you can see well) adhudhaan G and H vendaam nnu sollaren (that's why I am saying we don't need G and H)
ammA (thinking to herself) - good logic but what was the argument about?
                                 

(Pictures) May 2012

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