How do you say "poop"?
My eikaiwa class groaned when I pulled out some vocabulary worksheets. "Can't we just have free conversation today?"
So we talked about their weekends.
J-Lo: I... ahh... birds... birds, made a (how do you say "nest"?) okay, made a nest above my window.
Me: Aww, how cute!
J-Lo: [sheepishly] So I... I ... took it.
Me: You took it down?!
J-Lo: They were really noisy!
Conversation Dominator: At my house we have... (how do you say "bats"?) okay, we have bats, under the (how do you say "roof"?) okay, bats under the roof.
Me: Are they scary?
Conversaton Dominator: No, but ... problem because... (how do you say "poop"?)
Me: [writes "poop" on the board]
LA Princess: You can also say "poo", right?
Me: Yeah, how did you know that?
LA Princess: I ... got... I got a Pooh by, ahh... [mimes claw-machine] ... and he was he was in a cow costume and I said to my friends, "Look! Cow Pooh!"
So we talked about their weekends.
J-Lo: I... ahh... birds... birds, made a (how do you say "nest"?) okay, made a nest above my window.
Me: Aww, how cute!
J-Lo: [sheepishly] So I... I ... took it.
Me: You took it down?!
J-Lo: They were really noisy!
Conversation Dominator: At my house we have... (how do you say "bats"?) okay, we have bats, under the (how do you say "roof"?) okay, bats under the roof.
Me: Are they scary?
Conversaton Dominator: No, but ... problem because... (how do you say "poop"?)
Me: [writes "poop" on the board]
LA Princess: You can also say "poo", right?
Me: Yeah, how did you know that?
LA Princess: I ... got... I got a Pooh by, ahh... [mimes claw-machine] ... and he was he was in a cow costume and I said to my friends, "Look! Cow Pooh!"