The English We Speak: 'Baby Talk'

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Education, Language Learning

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🗓️ 23 May 2011

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's phrase is 'baby talk'.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com
0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English We Speak From BBC Learning English.
0:17.0	Hello, hi, my name's William. I'm six years old and this is my best friend, Wong Fay.
0:30.0	Hello everybody. I feel sleepy. It's almost time for bed-byes.
0:40.0	William, why are you speaking so strangely?
0:45.0	I'm pretending that I'm six years old.
0:48.0	Six years old.
0:50.0	No wonder you sound more intelligent than normal.
0:53.0	Ah ha ha, very funny.
0:55.0	Well, the reason that I'm talking like a six-year-old
0:58.0	is that last Sunday, the 15th of May,
1:01.0	was International Day of the Family.
1:04.0	So I thought it might be nice to look at some language which is used by children and with children.
1:10.0	Hmm, so is the language used with the children special in some way?
1:15.0	Yeah, I think in English, like in any language, you wouldn't use difficult words when you
1:20.7	are talking to young children. And probably like in any other
1:24.8	language there are some special words that we tend to use only with children.
1:29.5	Mmm special words such as such as the phrase that I used a moment ago
1:36.2	bedibis what's this well if I say bedibis
1:42.0	that means time for bed.
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