In case you come upon a four-way stop such as the one pictured, or if you're merely wanting to talk grown-up talk in front of your tots, learning Pig Latin is an important skill that everyone should master.

It's pretty easy once you get the hang of it, so here are a few of the most basic rules:

• For words that begin with a consonant, such as dog, transfer the first consonant (d) to the end of the word, then add 'ay.' The end result should be ogday.
• The same goes for words that begin with multiple consonants. Scram would become amscray, and the word flower would become owerflay.
• For one-syllable words that begin with a vowel, leave the word as-is, then add way to the end of the word. For example, the word am would become amway, and the word on would become onway.
• For compound words such as football and trashcan, it's best to split them up and follow the above rules for each word. Football would become ootfay allbay and trashcan would become ashtray ancay.

Some rules are much more intricate, but this is a good start.

To test yourself, see if you understand what I've written here: Ifway ouyay areway eadingray isthay, ouyay avehay away otlay ofway imetay onway ouryay andshay.

Once you get the hang of it, maybe you can be as good as the guy in the Video tab.