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Ebony’s daughter first surprised her parents by saying “agua” for water at just 9 months old

A TikTok of the toddler following her teacher’s Spanish instructions went viral with praise from viewers

Inspired by their daughter, her parents are now learning Spanish too

From the moment Ebony’s daughter could babble, her words carried the rhythms of more than one language. At just 9 months old, she reached for water not with “water,” but with “agua."

“I started noticing, around 9 months, she was saying ‘agua’ instead of water,” Ebony tells PEOPLE, recalling the moment that surprised her. “And to this day she still calls water ‘agua.’ ”

The discovery came at daycare, where one teacher spoke mostly Portuguese and another almost entirely Spanish. “Then she moved to a different c

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