Language learning

E has acquired this interesting way of asking me questions. He would go :

E " Water is ?"
Me " Water is "shui" " (shui means water in Mandarin)

E " Cup is ?"
Me " Cup is " bei" (bei means cup in Mandarin)

Conversely, he would go :

E " "Mao" is ?"
Me " "Mao" is cat"

etc etc

At times, he would "annoy" me by giving me the wrong match when I ask him for an answer just the way he has asked me.

Me " Sleeping is ? "
E " Sleeping is me. I want to sleep"

etc etc

It sounds a little odd but I find that this helps him in mastering Mandarin at a quicker pace as he is able to relate a word in both English and Mandarin.