Communication
Angu came to our door telling me something that he wanted. I asked him to repeat it about 5 times before I even could hear what he was saying, which was "jandamo". I was racking my brain trying to figure out what jandamo was. He couldn't find a better way to say it, he was being clear, and I, the dumb foreigner was the one with the communication problem. Finally it dawned on me that he wasn't using a Baka word, he was using the french word "gendarmes" which means policemen. I giggled, got out the bucket of toys and Angu was so content to line up all the cowboys and Indians -- a.k.a. gendarmes or jandamo!
posted by Laurel Conrod at
9:49 AM
2 Comments:
At least you finally figured it out. It's nice that the kids have so many playmates around. Mine lack them.
By
Jodie Mitchell, At
March 18, 2008 2:45 PM
Ha, good detective work. I'll add that word to my vocabulary for future reference. I am sure it will come in handy!! Cute pic of Angu. He's gotten a lot bigger:)
By
Jenn, At
March 19, 2008 4:23 PM
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