question about words and language

how do they learn words? I assumed that monosyllabic words would be the first to come, but apparently that is not the case with my kid.

he says a-gua, go-rra, da-da, ma-ma, ya-ya.

but not no or si (yes) which I thought would come much faster.

is it the rhythm of the words or something? or the difficulty of the first consonant?

I just have no idea what is supposed to happen.

I mean, the kid asks for water and to put on his hat, but doesn't say "up" when he wants to be picked up.

experts btd's or anyone, please school me.

tia

Re: question about words and language

i dont really have an answer, but my 18 mo can say ketchup, cheese, ices, cookie, horse, perfectly. he does NOT say mama or dada or any monosyllabillac owrds. go figure. espcially the ketchup.

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Kiera says things I would think are kind of difficult like cheese, gabba and grandpa but also wont say up, down, mama ????

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I think kids have an easier way of correlating words with pictures (visualizing)..

like mine say vaso (cup) but she knows when she sees the cup that's what it is..

same for agua (when she sees the bottle of water)

zapatos (shoes)

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Our speech teach ("WordGirl" as I call her) tells me that multi-syllabic words are actually easier for babies learning to talk. IIRC she said "closing" the word on a consonant is technically harder.
Mine stopped saying ma ma ma and dada dada very very early; he now says "ma-OM" and "da-AD" instead, but according to her he's quite young for that stage. And he says it with a slight whine so it's like having a very short teenager around the house.