Maya knows the first four (out of six) of her names! If you ask her what her name is, she will say: Maya Meron Ruth Bababa!
OK, well, she does need a little prompting. The real conversation goes like this:
Me: What's your name?
Maya: Maya Meron!
Me: Maya Meron what?
Maya: Maya Meron Ruth!
Me: Right! Maya Meron Ruth what?
Maya: Maya Meron Ruth Bababa!
Me: Right! Good job!
And just to clarify, her fourth name is not Bababa, it is Abebe (pronounced: Ababa) which means flower in Amharic. But she says Bababa. And she thinks it is funny because it sounds like what a sheep says. But hey, as long as she learns it, that's OK with me. We can pin down the pronunciation later. Now all we have to do is teach her her two last names... But we are definitely making progress!
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