The bird likes to hear over and over the expressions it already knows, and as new words are introduced to the vocabulary already mastered they are eagerly tried out and repeated. If this special intimacy between bird and human remains undisturbed, the parakeet is most likely to learn the new words without getting distracted. The bird would like nothing better than to indulge in this intimate talk several times a day, but most bird lovers don't have this kind of time. I have solved the problem by resorting to a tape cassette. My parakeet could hardly get enough of listening to the entire repertoire on the tape while lying belly down on the small speaker.
Parakeets often use words and phrases correctly in an appropriate context.
One of my parakeets was inordinately timid at first and every time I had to blow my nose, I had to warn the bird so that it would not be too frightened. Later on the bird produced this sentence every time I reached for my handkerchief. My little sweetheart, my little sweetheart. When this male Parakeet later cooed with his mate, I would hear these words repeated every time. But I must admit that if your pet does not happen to have an exceptional gift the speech lessons require a lot of patience.