Martin’s figured out he can swap words around within a sentence and that doing so might provoke a different outcome.
Sometimes it doesn’t work.
I want not go outside
moments later…
I not want go outside
Besides testing his world with language, Martin has many phrases (often used in a socially unacceptable ways) that tend to get a chuckle.
We’ll often be on a busy bus headed home from a long day when Martin will point at someone and say:
I want that guy get off bus.
He enjoys when people get off the bus because the door opens and the floor/ceiling lights come on. Still, these moments make you blush. Last week he at least asked someone to sit next to us.
Along the “that guy” lines, there are a number of inquisitive phrases he uses with either males or females. The pattern is usually: (WH-word) "that guy" (verb)?
What that guy do/doing?
Where that guy go/going?
Martin also has a pretty direct approach to asking for stuff:
Hey mommy/daddy read this!
Hey mommy/daddy eat this!
Hey mommy/daddy play trains in my room!
It is a fun time to be a parent.