Hello Czarek, welcome to our forum. Yes, in this case I would say “Please get on the sofa” or even better “Please come and sit next to me, sweety”.
How about: “Please get back on the floor” although this might sound a bit harsh. It might be better say something like “Honey, would you like get back on the floor and play with me?”
I think it’s better to say “Please don’t touch this/that shoe.”
Yes, I think “leave it” would work here assuming that the child has already touched it. However, if you want the child to drop it you should say so because “leave it” is quite ambiguous.
No, you can only watch a film or movie. In your case I would say “the child loves looking at the pictures”.
It depends. Both can be correct. If it’s a lion in general you should say “It’s a lion”. If it’s a lion the child has seen before and you have described it in more detail you can say “It’s the lion you saw yesterday”…
Let me know if this makes sense. Maybe @Andrea, @Sumejja or @Tamar or any other of our forum members will share their thoughts too.
Hi @czarek1256! I would also agree with Torsten and Andrea. I also have some other options to offer, specifically for questions 2 and 3 (the questions about the floor and the dirt shoe):
When telling a child to go to the floor, you could also say “Come down to the floor.”; “Come sit with me on the floor.”; or “Go sit on the floor.”
When telling a child to leave a dirty object, such as a shoe, on the ground, you can also say “Please leave that shoe alone”, or if it’s more of a command, simply “Leave that shoe alone.”
Again, what Torsten already suggested is correct; I just wanted to add some additional phrases you could say as well.
Hi Tamar, thank you so much for answering this question and sharing your suggestions. They are very valuable. You are right course – the correct phase here is ‘leave it alone’ rather than just ‘leave it’. Stay safe over there across the ocean, we’ll soon start a new round of content production and are looking forward to working with you again.
Thank you Tamar and Torsten, I was just looking for something like “Leave it alone” because it’s quick and clear. “Come down to the floor” is also great.
I have recently discovered an expression" Do you want me to pick you up?" - it is great but can I just say shortly “pick you up”? and what about being back on the floor " pick you down?
Thank you for your help
Yes, you can say “Would you like me/do you want me to pick you up” and technically it would be possible to shorten the phrase to ‘pick you up’ but I would not use this form with a small child because I want my child to first learn complete and correct phrases and sentences rather than shortened ones. As for ‘pick you down’ – this wont’ work and should be replaced with ‘put you down’. Please let me know if this makes sense.
could you help me please in deciding what preposition should I use: You’ve got a beautiful butterfly on/in your T-shirt.
I’m pretty confused because in my language we use there “on” - I don’t want to do a loan translation.
Hello again,
I didn’t want to start a new topic because this one is still relevant in my case.
Could you be so helpful and confirm whether my sentences are right, if not, could you correct them? Additional comments are welcomed. Thanks in advanced
What can we do with “poppers” ? These “buttons” on clothes. Can we say :Let’s pop? or Can you … your poppers?
Can we say: Let’s hide under the duvet? or Get under the duvet, it’s bed time.
Is it right: You trapped your thumb between the door and the door’s frame.
What do we do with the curtains if we want to make darkness in the room at night?
Can we say: Put the sticker on the wall.
Game with throwing a ball, is it right:
Let’s throw the ball in the teddy.
Well done, teddy is down.
Try again, you miss!
It looks like a story of my daughter form past days If something is unclear or wrong with my post, let me know please.
Take care, Andrea
