Научная гипотеза
Едем из садика с детьми. Я вижу старинную машину и обращаю Алишкино внимание на нее. Т.к. когда забирала раннее машину у механика сегодня, и листала там книжку про старые машины, заодно комментирую что она, похоже 30х годов. Чтобы как-то поставить это в рамки понимания, добавляю что тогда мои родители только-только родились, а мужа родителей вовсе на свете еще не было. Алишка думает, думает, и медленно говорит: "значит бабушка В. и дедушка К. (ее прабабушка и прадедушка на самом деле)..." Тут пауза, и я думаю, ага, сейчас разберется что хотя ее бабушки еще не было, бабушкины родители были. Ха! Она на много шагов вперед забежала! "...бабушка В. и дедушка К. еще обезьянами были?"
Позвоню бабушке В. Интересно, она порадуется?
Driving home with the kids after daycare, I see an antique car and point it out to Ali. Since I just leafed through a book on antique cars while picking up mine at the mechanic's, I comment also that it's of the 1930's. So that she has some sort of reference point, I explain that my parents were just born then, and her daddy's parents didn't even exist yet. Ali's thinking for a while, and starts speaking slowly. "That means Grandma V. and Grandpa K. ..." (they're actually her great-grandparents, Grandma V is Grandma A.'s, who didn't exist yet, mother. I'm thinking, all right, she's figured out that even if Grandma A. did not exist, her parents did. Ha! She's several steps ahead of me, and finishes off, " Grandma V. and Grandpa K. were still apes?"
Позвоню бабушке В. Интересно, она порадуется?
Driving home with the kids after daycare, I see an antique car and point it out to Ali. Since I just leafed through a book on antique cars while picking up mine at the mechanic's, I comment also that it's of the 1930's. So that she has some sort of reference point, I explain that my parents were just born then, and her daddy's parents didn't even exist yet. Ali's thinking for a while, and starts speaking slowly. "That means Grandma V. and Grandpa K. ..." (they're actually her great-grandparents, Grandma V is Grandma A.'s, who didn't exist yet, mother. I'm thinking, all right, she's figured out that even if Grandma A. did not exist, her parents did. Ha! She's several steps ahead of me, and finishes off, " Grandma V. and Grandpa K. were still apes?"