Dear Daughter,
We have been reading lots of Dr. Seuss lately as you are in the early stages of reading and now see all the funny words that Papa used to read to you are now ones that you need to puzzle through.
And, English is not easy.
With Dutch, which we also read at times, there is a one-to-one equivalent of what a word looks like and how it sounds.
Unfortunately, and fortunately, my Daughter, you are bi-lingual with English and it is not always easy. We have puzzled through many words together and at times, you just look at me with exasperation and say, "Papa, how can this sound like this?!?"
I am sorry, there is no good rule for English, and it will just come down to practice.
One of the books we read was "One Fish, Two Fish...", but the second part could be written Edue Gheti.
If you take the -ed of a word like trick-ed, it sounds like "t", then add the "ue" from Tuesday and you get Edue. And then, the "gh" of enough added to the "e" of pen and the "ti" of the suffix "tion" you get Gheti, which could sound like Two Fish.
I know, my child, things are complicated, but luckily you have the sense of humor to see that sometimes things are just silly.
I Love You,
Papa
We have been reading lots of Dr. Seuss lately as you are in the early stages of reading and now see all the funny words that Papa used to read to you are now ones that you need to puzzle through.
And, English is not easy.
With Dutch, which we also read at times, there is a one-to-one equivalent of what a word looks like and how it sounds.
Unfortunately, and fortunately, my Daughter, you are bi-lingual with English and it is not always easy. We have puzzled through many words together and at times, you just look at me with exasperation and say, "Papa, how can this sound like this?!?"
I am sorry, there is no good rule for English, and it will just come down to practice.
One of the books we read was "One Fish, Two Fish...", but the second part could be written Edue Gheti.
If you take the -ed of a word like trick-ed, it sounds like "t", then add the "ue" from Tuesday and you get Edue. And then, the "gh" of enough added to the "e" of pen and the "ti" of the suffix "tion" you get Gheti, which could sound like Two Fish.
I know, my child, things are complicated, but luckily you have the sense of humor to see that sometimes things are just silly.
I Love You,
Papa
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