Today Eliana spent a few hours with our friend Carol and her 7 year old daughter Luana. When I got home I heard the following report:
The amount of Spanish that I hear Eliana speak is not a fraction of what she will speak when alone with Spanish speakers. She passed the day without saying one word in English nor lacking in things to talk about. She even said one word that shocked Carol because it was quite a sophisticated word. The highlight was when Luana went up the stairs and Ellie, wanting her to continue playing, said in Spanish (with correct grammar), "Don't go upstairs, Luana...Don't go upstairs...HEY! I told you not to go upstairs!!!" To which she was responded with a reproachful look; and she corrected herself saying, "Okay, it's okay that you go up."
That may not sound like much, but to our language-learning ears we recognize that she used imperative, indicative and subjunctive forms CORRECTLY! Go Eliana!
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