Today, my son pointed to the washine machine, and said: "Mama, Auto Tür auf!" (Mama, car door open!)
I didn't know what he was talking about, since he wasn't pointing at any cars. Then his dad, said in Russian,
"No, that's not a car ("mashina") "that's a stiralnaja mashina"
So basically our son had done a back-translation from Russian to German, and decided, since both cars and washing machines are types of "mashina" in Russian, that a washing machine was an "Auto."
Glad we managed to sort out this little misunderstanding ... :)
I am sure there are plenty more to come so keep reading!
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