English Learning Podcast Conversation Episode 115 ( Intermediate Level )
Summary
TLDRIn this English learning podcast, hosts Marco and Erica explore the playful language of baby talk, introducing listeners to common but non-standard English words used by parents when speaking to infants. Key vocabulary includes 'diaper' for a baby's cloth nappy, 'Nana' as an informal term for grandmother, and baby talk expressions like 'Whittle baby', 'doodo' for defecating, 'icky' or 'yucky' for something unpleasant, 'jammies' for pajamas, and 'tinkle' or 'wee' for urinating. The dialogue showcases new parents using these terms, and the hosts discuss the cultural debate on whether babies should sleep in the same room as their parents or in a separate space.
Takeaways
- 😀 The podcast episode focuses on 'baby talk,' exploring the unique language used by native English speakers when communicating with infants.
- 👶 The vocabulary preview introduces two key terms: 'diaper,' a cloth or material worn by babies to manage bodily functions, and 'Nana,' an informal term for grandmother.
- 🌟 The dialogue in the podcast presents a scenario where new parents use baby talk to comfort and interact with their crying baby, utilizing words like 'wiow baby' and 'doooo' to describe the baby's actions.
- 💬 The term 'Whittle baby' is a baby talk expression for 'little baby,' showcasing the affectionate and simplified language used when speaking to young children.
- 🚼 'Doooo' is used to describe when a baby has a bowel movement, while 'icky diaper' and 'yucky' are playful ways to express something unpleasant or dirty.
- 👕 'Jammies' is a colloquial term for pajamas, the comfortable clothes worn for sleeping, as mentioned when the father offers to change the baby into Mickey Mouse pajamas.
- 💧 Words like 'tinkle' and 'wee wee' are cute, child-friendly terms for urination, used by the parents in the dialogue to discuss the baby's bathroom habits.
- 👵 The phrase 'I could just eat him up' is a figure of speech indicating extreme cuteness or endearment, not to be taken literally.
- 🛌 The dialogue touches on the debate over whether babies should sleep in the same bed as their parents or in a separate room, reflecting cultural differences in childcare practices.
- 📢 The podcast concludes with an invitation for listeners to share their opinions on baby sleep arrangements and to engage with the podcast's community for language-related inquiries.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the podcast episode?
-The main topic of the podcast episode is 'Baby Talk', focusing on words and phrases commonly used by native English speakers when talking to babies.
What does the term 'diaper' refer to in the context of the podcast?
-In the podcast, 'diaper' refers to a piece of cloth or material that is put around a baby so that the baby can go to the bathroom without making a mess.
What is the informal name for a grandmother mentioned in the podcast?
-The informal name for a grandmother mentioned in the podcast is 'Nana'.
Why are the words 'Whittle baby' used in the dialogue?
-The words 'Whittle baby' are used as a baby talk way of saying 'little baby', which is a term of endearment when talking to a baby.
What does the term 'doodo' signify in the context of the dialogue?
-The term 'doodo' signifies when a baby has a bowel movement or 'defecates' in their diaper.
What do the words 'icky' and 'yucky' mean when used in baby talk?
-In baby talk, 'icky' and 'yucky' mean something is disgusting or not nice, often used to describe a dirty diaper.
What is the term used for pajamas in the dialogue?
-The term 'jammies' is used for pajamas in the dialogue, which refers to the clothes people wear to bed.
What does the phrase 'I could just eat him up' imply when said by the grandmother in the dialogue?
-The phrase 'I could just eat him up' implies that the grandmother finds the baby extremely cute and wants to express affection, not literally wanting to eat the baby.
What are the two phrases discussed in the 'Fluency Builder' section of the podcast?
-The two phrases discussed are 'it's your turn' and 'I could just eat him up', which are used to express taking turns in a responsibility and expressing great affection towards something or someone, respectively.
What is the debate mentioned in the podcast regarding where babies should sleep?
-The debate mentioned in the podcast is whether babies should sleep in the same bed as their parents or in their own room, with different opinions on the matter based on the baby's safety, independence, and potential for becoming spoiled.
Outlines
👶 Introduction to Baby Talk
In this podcast episode, hosts Marco and Erica introduce the topic of 'baby talk' in English. They explain that while there are no strict rules for creating baby words in English, native speakers often use specific words and phrases when communicating with infants. The hosts preview vocabulary words like 'diaper' and 'Nana', which are used in the dialogue to follow. The dialogue showcases new parents using baby talk with their child, including words like 'Whittle baby', 'dooo' (referring to a baby's bowel movement), 'icky', and 'yucky'. The hosts also discuss the cultural aspect of baby talk and the importance of learning these expressions for English learners.
📚 Language Takeaway: Baby Talk Vocabulary
This section delves into the vocabulary used in the dialogue, focusing on baby talk terms. The hosts explain that words like 'Whittle baby', 'dooo', 'icky', 'yucky', 'jammies', 'tinkle', and 'wee' are commonly used in baby talk. They provide the meanings and contexts for these words, emphasizing their informal and affectionate nature. The hosts also play the dialogue again, this time at a slower pace, to help listeners better understand and recognize the baby talk vocabulary.
👵 Cultural Insights and Sleep Arrangements for Babies
In this part, the hosts discuss cultural differences in baby care, particularly focusing on whether babies should sleep in the same room as their parents or in a separate room. They present two viewpoints: one advocating for co-sleeping for the sake of comfort and ease of care, and the other suggesting that separate sleeping arrangements can foster independence. The hosts invite listeners to share their opinions on this topic through their website. Additionally, they review phrases like 'it's your turn' and 'I could just eat him up', explaining their meanings and usage in context.
🎵 Audio Review and Practical Usage of Vocabulary
The final paragraph is an audio review that reinforces the vocabulary and phrases learned in the podcast. It includes a list of words and phrases with their definitions and examples of how to use them in sentences. The audio review helps listeners practice pronunciation and understand the practical application of the language discussed. Words like 'diaper', 'pajamas', 'tinkle', 'wee', 'icky', 'Nana', and 'your turn' are reiterated with sample sentences to demonstrate their usage in everyday conversations.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Diaper
💡Baby talk
💡Nana
💡Defecate
💡Jammies
💡Tinkle
💡Wee
💡Icky
💡Yucky
💡It's your turn
💡I could just eat him up
Highlights
Introduction to the podcast episode focusing on baby talk in English.
Explanation that baby talk words are not formal words and are used informally with babies.
Discussion on the lack of clear rules for creating baby talk words in English.
Vocabulary preview introducing the words 'diaper' and 'Nana'.
Definition of 'diaper' as a piece of cloth used by babies.
Description of 'Nana' as an informal name for a grandmother.
Dialogue featuring new parents talking to their baby using baby talk.
Use of the term 'Whittle baby' as baby talk for 'little baby'.
Explanation of 'doodo' as baby talk for when a baby poos.
Introduction of 'icky' and 'yucky' as words for something disgusting.
Clarification that 'jammies' is short for pajamas, used for sleeping clothes.
Discussion of 'tinkle' and 'wee' as baby talk for urinating.
Language takeaway segment summarizing the baby talk words used in the dialogue.
Phrase 'it's your turn' explained as a way to indicate it's someone's responsibility.
Phrase 'I could just eat him up' described as expressing great affection.
Debate on whether babies should sleep with parents or in their own room.
Invitation for listeners to share their opinions on baby sleeping arrangements.
Conclusion and sign-off, encouraging listeners to visit the website for more interaction.
Audio review segment practicing vocabulary in context.
Transcripts
[Music]
hello English Learners welcome back to
another podcast here at englishpod my
name is Marco and I'm Erica and today we
have a fun dialogue that's right well
maybe the language in this lesson you
won't use every day but um it's it's fun
it's interesting and it's a little bit
on the Lighter Side that's right today
we're going to be looking at Baby talk
so we're going to see some of these
words that aren't really words they're
not real words that you can find in the
dictionary but uh native English
speakers use them when they're talking
to little babies yeah in many languages
there's there's a rule for how you make
baby talk words right right but in
English we don't have really clear rules
about how you make a word a baby word so
we're going to teach you a few of these
baby words exactly so uh before we
listen to the dialogue why don't we take
a look at vocabulary preview
vocabulary
preview okay we have two words here
we're going to hear in the dialogue um
and the first one is diaper diaper
diaper okay so a diaper a baby uses a
diaper that's right it's a it's a piece
of cloth or material that you put around
the baby so that it can go to the
bathroom and not make a mess okay at
diaper M now we also have another word
that we commonly use in the English
language it's Nana Nana Nana so Nana is
the name we call a grandmother right so
an informal name just like in Spanish we
would say something like AB or Abita or
in Italian you might say this is another
way that we can call a grandma or granny
Nana okay so Nana why don't we listen to
the dialogue for the first time let's
see how these new parents are talking to
their little baby using baby
[Music]
talk
honey the baby's up again it's your turn
I went last night
fine hello little
baby why are you crying wiow baby oh I
see you made a doooo
what's going on hun why is the baby
crying the little baby made a
doooo what a good boy let's get this
icky diaper off you look at what I have
here Mickey Mouse
jammies Oopsy Daisy did the Widow baby
just tinkle all over daddy yes he did
yes he did you just made a wee we all
over daddy hold still while I change his
yucky diaper
what's going on in here oh look it's
Nana say hi to
Nana he's so adorable I could just eat
him
up okay say bye to Nana time to go Betty
[Music]
bye okay well that was pretty cute
wasn't it a cute dialogue at the baby
seem to be cute and well everyone's
excited about the new baby mhm but they
use some really interesting little words
that are pretty unfamiliar so let's look
at them now in language takeaway all
right so as we mentioned before these
words aren't actually words they you
won't find them in the dictionary right
but you'll hear them commonly when
people are talking to babies and you
might see them in a movie or something
like that so why don't we get started
with the first one all right the first
word that may seem a little bit strange
uh the father said hello Whittle baby
Whittle baby okay Whittle so Whittle is
just um a baby talk way of saying little
little that's right now the father saw
that the baby was crying because he made
a dooo the baby made the doooo not the
father right the baby made a dooo mhm a
dooo okay so basically a doodo is uh
when the baby poos or poops in the
diaper Okay so so you know sometimes you
go to the bathroom and it might take a
little bit longer exactly that's because
of the dooo the dooo all right the
actual technical or maybe the proper
English word for this would be defecate
okay so make a doodo all right now our
third words are interesting because he
said icky diaper that's right an icky
diaper and then he also said yucky so
we've got two words here that mean the
same thing icky and yucky mhm and
basically means disgusting right
something that's really really not nice
uhhuh so you would say icky or yucky now
these words have other similar words we
might recognize ick or yuck right so you
would use ick or yuck if something is
disgusting but when you're kind of
talking to a baby you would say icky
yucky the adjective mhm now our next
word um the the father said he has some
Mickey Mouse jammies
jammies jammies okay so what are jammies
well the word Jamies is short for
pajamas okay pajam so the clothes that
you put on when you go to sleep mhm
jammies jammies all right and now for
our last two words they mean the same
thing as well the little baby tinkled
all over daddy so to tinkle and then his
mom said a wee wee all over daddy you
made a wee wee okay so Tink and we wee
basically also going to the bathroom but
this time to pee to pee exactly to
urinate M we we so the verb to tinkle
and the noun a we we mhm very good so
these are the words that we have for you
today in language takeaway as you can
see they're kind of cute and very common
when you're talking to babies and you
know you have to be a little bit nicer
mm all right so why don't we listen to
the dialogue another time a little bit
slower and you'll catch these words a
little bit
[Music]
easier
honey the baby's up again it's your turn
I went last night
fine hello wiow
baby why are you crying wiow baby oh IC
see you made a
doooo what's going on hun why is the
baby crying
the wiow baby made a
doooo what a good boy let's get this
icky diaper off you look at what I have
here Mickey Mouse
jammies Whoopsie Daisy did the Widow
baby just tinkle all over daddy yes he
did yes he did you just made a wee we
all over daddy hold still while I change
his yucky
diaper oh what's going on in here oh
look it's Nana say hi to Nana oh he's so
adorable I could just eat him
up okay say bye to Nana time to go Betty
[Music]
bye all right so now that we've seen
those great words let's take a look at
two phrases that we're going to look at
now INF fluency Builder
fluency Builder so the mother didn't
really want to get up and and um look
after the baby she said it's your turn
it's your turn it's your turn so when
she says it's your turn that means you
should do it now right so she's
basically saying now you have to do it I
did it last time so now you have to do
it mhm it's your turn that's right it's
your turn and well the Nana the
grandmother she was really of course she
really loves this little baby and she
said I could just eat him up I could
just eat him up I could just eat him up
now does she want to really eat him no
of course of course not so what's uh
what does she mean by this this is a
phrase we often Ed with very cute things
it just means oh my God he's so cute
okay he's so cute that I wish I could
just hug them and kiss him a lot yes we
might use this with babies or maybe with
puppies I could just eat them up all
right so great two phrases that we've
just taken a look at let's go back to
our dialogue for the last time and then
we'll come back and talk a little bit
more about these
babies
honey the baby's up again it's your turn
I went last night fine
hello little
baby why are you crying little baby oh I
see you made a
dooo what's going on hun why is the baby
crying the little baby made a
doooo what a good boy let's get this
icky diaper off you looky what I have
here Mickey Mouse
jammies oopsie Daisy did the Widow baby
just tinkle up all over daddy yes he did
yes he did you just made a wee we all
over daddy hold still while I change his
yucky
diaper what's going on in here oh look
it's Nana say hi to Nana oh he's so
adorable I could just eat him
up okay say bye to Nana time to go Betty
bye
[Music]
okay so they are obviously new parents
they've just had a baby so they're
excited about him waking up in they're
all excited about the baby and how he
wakes up and everything uh but an
interesting thing the baby was sleeping
in another room in English-speaking
countries people have sort of two
different opinions about how you should
um sleep with your baby you know some
people want to have the baby in the bed
with them right but some people think no
the baby should definitely sleep in its
own room okay in another room in a crib
yeah right I think this is a very
important issue because many people
consider that it's a good thing for the
baby to sleep with the parents and it
feels safe and you can make sure the
baby's okay and it's easier for you know
waking up to feed the baby and change
its diaper exactly and well if the baby
is sleeping with its parents it might
not wake up at much mhm but other people
think if you let the baby sleep with the
parents the baby will become kind of
spoiled and and not a very good baby
right it might become too dependent on
the parents and for example if you ever
want to go out or leave the baby with a
babysitter or when the baby starts maybe
preschool or kindergarten it might not
be really independent so why don't you
tell us what you think do you think it's
a good idea to allow a baby to sleep
with you or should it sleep in its own
room yeah you can tell us at our website
englishpod domcom where you can also ask
any questions you have about the
language in this dialogue all right guys
so we'll see you there and until next
time thanks for downloading and goodbye
[Music]
bye the English pod audio
review listen to the meaning then say
the vocabulary
word dinner
dinden
bottle
Papa Soother pacifier a thing you put in
a baby's mouth for it to
suck
Binky a small injury something that
hurts boo boo
toilet
potty gross
disgusting
icky
awake
up an opportunity or responsibility to
do
something your turn
little
whle Solid Waste discharged from
body
dooo a piece of cloth used as underwear
that holds body
waist
diaper
pajamas Jamies
to
urinate
tinkle
urine wee
wee don't
move hold
still gross
disgusting yucky
Grandma
Nana to enjoy something
greatly I could just eat
up go to
sleep Betty
by oops an informal interjection when a
mistake is
made let's try that
faster Soother pacifier a thing you put
in a baby's mouth for it to
suck
Binky gross
disgusting
yucky don't
move hold
still
awake up
a small injury something that
hurts boo
boo oops an informal interjection when a
mistake is
made
bottle
Papa
little
Whittle Solid Waste discharged from
body do
an opportunity or responsibility to do
something your
turn
toilet
potty gross
disgusting
icky to enjoy something
greatly I could just eat
up a piece of cloth used used as
underwear that holds body
waist
diaper to
urinate
tinkle
pajamas
jammies
urine wee
we go to
sleep Betty by
dinner
dinden
Grandma
Nana now say the word and hear it in a
sentence your
turn sweetheart it's your turn to go
check on the baby last time she cried I
got out of bed
your
turn is it your turn or my turn to
change the baby's
diaper your
turn Vanessa I did the dishes yesterday
now it's your
turn do
do does the baby have Little D dooo in
her
diaper
dooo honey please check to see if Little
Mikey made a
dooo
dooo I can't believe he went dooo three
times
today wee wee
Sarah always has to make a wee wee after
she drinks her
bottle wee
wee is there any wee wee in your diaper
baby
weee make sure you make a wee wee before
we leave to go to your grandma's
house icky
ew don't touch that that's
icky
icky Billy don't sit on the ground it's
icky
icky do not eat that gum off the floor
it's
icky I could just eat up
Carolyn is just so cute I could eat her
up I could just eat
up couldn't you just eat him up he's so
tiny I could just eat
up I could eat you up you look so
adorable
[Music]
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