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By age 3 children should be able to carry on a conversation and understand most of what is being said. You should be able to give your child multiple requests at once (i.e. pick up your toys and put them in the basket) without them being confused.
The building blocks of language: Babies can learn basic words by age six months due to their exposure to what their parents and siblings might talk about. It was thought that children of that age could understand elements of the sound of their own native language but not connect the sounds to meanings.