Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Learning to rephrase to convey my thoughts

This morning, I said something to my Daddy and then immediately added that "Kavya joothu bole che" (meaning that Kavya is lying). My daddy didn't hear that properly and so asked me to repeat what I said. I figured that my dad just doesn't understand. So, I rephrased the sentence as "Kavya sachu nathi bolti" (meaning Kavya is not telling the truth). My dad then immediately realized what I had said earlier and how rephrased it to convey what I was trying to tell him. He was so impressed that I could do this that he has already told quite a few people about this incident.