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Quote #1
Sunny was at an age where one mostly speaks in a series of unintelligible shrieks. Except when she used the few actual words in her vocabulary, like "bottle," "mommy," and "bite," most people had trouble understanding what it was that Sunny was saying. For instance, this morning she was saying "Gack!" over and over, which probably meant, "Look at that mysterious figure emerging from the fog!" (1.5)
Sunny might be a baby, but that doesn't mean she doesn't have her own way of communicating with and being understood by her siblings.
Quote #2
"'Perished,'" Mr. Poe said, "means 'killed.'"
"We know what the word 'perished' means," Klaus said, crossly. He did know what the word "perished" meant, but he was still having trouble understanding exactly what it was that Mr. Poe had said. It seemed to him that Mr. Poe must somehow have misspoken. (1.25-26)
Klaus is annoyed, not only that his parents have died, but because Mr. Poe is being rather condensing with his vocabulary. Just because they're children doesn't mean they don't have a good grasp of language. Yeesh.
Quote #3
"Yeeka!" Sunny shrieked, which appeared to mean "How interesting!" although of course there is no way that Sunny could understand what was being said.
Justice Strauss looked down at Sunny and laughed. "Yeeka indeed," she said, and reached down to pat the child on the head. Sunny took Justice Strauss's hand and bit it, gently.
"That means she likes you," Violet explained. "She bites very, very hard if she doesn't like you, or if you want to give her a bath." (3.27-29)
You'll probably notice that every time someone understands Sunny, it's because they're not a horrible evil-doer. Sunny communicates perfectly clearly to the people she likes.