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Phrases for adoptive parents
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| Hi! | Draws-vee |
| I'm your mama | Ya teh-voy mama |
| You're my son | Tee moy seen |
| You're our daughter | Tee nash dochka |
| Our home is in America | Nosh dome f America |
| I love you | Ya loo-blue tibya |
| I love Alexi | Ya loo-blue Alexi |
| Everything is okay | Beh-see-yo |
| It's ok, don't worry | nee-chee voo |
| We're going home | Pie Dome |
| Let's go | Posh Lee |
| You are very great, good, etc | Tee ocean hah-roe-she |
| Good boy | hah-roe-she mall-check |
| good girl | hah-roe-she dee-vooch-ka |
| You are mine forever | Tee my-oh nahf-seeg-dah, nahf-seeg-dah |
| You are my sunshine | Tee my-oh sole-neeshka |
| This is our house | Eta nahsh dome |
| This is our car | Eta nahsh mah-chee-nah |
| This is our church | Eta nosh ser-cuff |
| Do you want a drink? | Teh hoe-chiss peet? (Or teh boo-dish peet?) |
| Do you want to eat? | Teh hoe-chis yest? (Or: teh boo-dish yest?) |
| Simple - eat? | Yest? |
| Simple - drink? | Peet? |
| Bread | kleb |
| juice | soak |
| apple | yah-blick-ka |
| banana | banan |
| candy | cone-fee-yeh-tee |
| water | vada |
| soup | soup |
| cookie | bisquit-tee |
| tea | chie |
| Toilet? | Too-ah-lyet? |
| Pee | peet-zit |
| BM | Kah-kits |
| Toilet paper | boom-ah-gah |
| soap | meel-lah |
| a nap | spot |
| Go to sleep | spee |
| goodnight | spah-koy-nih noche |
| Stay (in bed, in the stroller, etc) | stoy |
| good morning | doe-breh oo-trah |
| grandma | babooska |
| grandpa | dyah-dooshka |
| my brother | mean-ya braht |
| My sister | mean-ya see-estra |
| friend | droog |
| friends | droog-ee |
| our dog (cat) | nahsh sibaka(kotka) |
| God | bog (rhymes with 'vogue') |
| Jesus | ee-suess |
| priest | papa |
| No! | Nyet! Or: neel-zah |
| Yes | Dah |
| Wait! | Pah-stoy |
| Poison | eta yat |
| Come here! | Eedeesh-hoo-dah |
| Get down | lah-zheesh |
| Be careful | asta-roe-zhna |
| Stop | stope |
| Stay | stoy |
| Stay by me | stoy ree-add-em |
| Don't touch | nee troe-gee |
| It's not safe | eta ah-pahs-nah |
| Please share | nah-bee dih-leetza |
| Hush! | Tee-haa |
| Listen! | Slew-shit |
| That's not allowed | eta nee zyah |
| Calm down | oo spakoysa |
| Go to your room | ee-deet svie-ya komnetta |
| THAT'S BAD! | Ploe-haa! |
| Mama's here | Mama zz-dees |
| It's yours | eta tib-ya |
| I'm sorry | prass-tee minya |
| I forgive you | ya prahshoy tibya |
| Does you hurt? | Bah-leet? |
| Where is the hurt? | Koodah bahleet |
| Afraid? | Tib-yeh sh-seeya? |
| Good! | Haa-rah-show! Or Mall-lah-dee-ets |