Ivan's vocabulary

Over the last few months, I've jotted down some Ivanisms. While he's speech is getting better each day, and by now he speaks is full sentences, he still misprounces some words, etc.
So some highlights of the last few months include:

"We did it!" is his favorite exclamation, when he "helps" me do something.

"This gozings here" with gozings meaning going.

"That one don't works-king."

"I groped it," or "that groped" where "groped" stands "to knot" for the Croatian zagropat."


"I suck," for I'm stuck.

"Elibody," for everybody.

Zlicle.

"Nozes," which is adding English plural knives to the Croatian word for knife.
"Kremas" and "Kusingz," again adding the English plural to Croatian words for cream and pillow.

Examples of some recent conversations and observations:

"Where house going?" Ivan asked as after spinning around and making himself
dizzy.


Ivan: "Christmas. Buy new one,"
Andy: "Buy new one what, Ivan?"
Ivan: "Christmas. We need one. Dadda and II buy new Christmas."


"Need to keep the door closed zo that bunnies don't want to come in."

"Don't get me cold," after giving him a bath.

"I don't know who did dat."

And finally:

Nothing. Until a few months, when we'd ask him where he is and what he is doing, he'd respond with "I'm here." Then sometime in December, the response changed to "nothing." And now, the nothing has become a rather assertive and spirited "NOTHing."

So now we know when he says NOTHing, that he's up to something.