"Where daddy eyes?"

Zoey's vocabulary has been expanding over the last few weeks. Mommy speaks to her in Cantonese and Daddy speaks English. Some friends even speak to her in Mandarin, so you can't blame her for getting a bit confused sometimes. (Zoey's cousin in Malaysia, Jonathan - three in October, is already conversing in four different languages: Mandarin, Cantonese, Malay and English!)

Last week, on an especially hectic morning, Philip came down to breakfast without his glasses on. Zoey was already at the table and looked at Philip with a puzzled expression: "Where daddy eyes?" It was just as well she noticed or else Philip might have left for work without them!

Below are a few more of Zoey's favourite sayings. Try to work out what they mean before scrolling down.

Zoey-speak

1. Where daddy eyes?
2. Boon
3. Sowee foam
   
4. Mommy, ish arwn!
   
5. Oupa eeshoo
   
6. Where bubby gone?
   
7. Watthis, Watthis? or Withat, Withat?
   
8. Aid
9. mmmmmmoi
10. joi jin

Translation

1. Where are Daddy's glasses?
2. Spoon
3. Zoey's phone (Daddy's old mobile)
4. Mommy, sit down!
   
5. Grandpa's tissue
   
6. Where has the baby gone?
7. What's this/that? (A million times a day!!)
   
8. Wait
9. No (Cantonese)
   
10. Goodbye (Cantonese)