Language interference works both ways

[pne]

The other day, while playing with Amy's little Fisher-Price family, she asked me, "Kanns du suchen für die Mami?".

That looks like a syntactic calque on "to look for" -- German doesn't require a preposition with "suchen".

Comments

[pthalo]

I think German might be a distant relation of Vulcan.

[pthalo]

(because Vulcan also lets you omit words that aren't needed because they are implied logically)

[anicca-anicca.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think that's what she did.
Reminded me of when my niece was about three and, instead of saying "das ist unfair!", would stamp her foot and exclaim "das ist ungefähr!".

[lavienverr.livejournal.com]

just to say "hi" and "I just friended you" :)

[pne.livejournal.com]

Hi!