70K Before Wacken 2013

[Quark]

So what? That´s the begining, said my aunt in Canada......and I startet with my cousins...4 and 10....

I do that with all my nephews/nieces in Belgium. They're all French speaking, but I refuse to speak French to them. EVERYTHING in Dutch.
Belgium, bilingual country, both FR as NL, so they'll have to recognise it anyways.

 

[Koldawne]

He wanted to sell people last night!

Hey if you can make a profit right!?

 

[Koldawne]

I do that with all my nephews/nieces in Belgium. They're all French speaking, but I refuse to speak French to them. EVERYTHING in Dutch.
Belgium, bilingual country, both FR as NL, so they'll have to recognise it anyways.

Any young kids who live in a bilingual country BETTER speak both languages. My 5yr old step son can switch without even blinking. He is perfectly bilingual - his French is better than mine!

I have no idea why a parent in a bilingual country wouldn't teach thier children both languages sucks that mine never forced me to speak French.

 

[Wacki10]

Any young kids who live in a bilingual country BETTER speak both languages. My 5yr old step son can switch without even blinking. He is perfectly bilingual - his French is better than mine!

I have no idea why a parent in a bilingual country wouldn't teach thier children both languages sucks that mine never forced me to speak French.

Because it can happen, that the child learns non of them right. Google it. It can be a real problem. But I can´t explaine it in english.

 

[Wacki10]

He wanted to sell people last night!

Maybe you?

 

[Quark]

Any young kids who live in a bilingual country BETTER speak both languages. My 5yr old step son can switch without even blinking. He is perfectly bilingual - his French is better than mine!

I have no idea why a parent in a bilingual country wouldn't teach thier children both languages sucks that mine never forced me to speak French.

Mine are/will be bilingual. I unfortunately didn't have that chance, but I come from a mono-lingual country.

Thank goodness I do speak 3 foreign languages.

 

[Quark]

Maybe you?

No. Schmuh.

 

[Quark]

Because it can happen, that the child learns non of them right. Google it. It can be a real problem. But I can´t explaine it in english.

Done that.

But as long as both parents can speak THEIR OWN native language, the child will adapt itself.

 

[Wacki10]

Done that.

But as long as both parents can speak THEIR OWN native language, the child will adapt itself.

I heard some diffrend here. A child can become a real problem with both languages. But I think, it is not often.

 

[Wacki10]

No. Schmuh.

 

[Koldawne]

Done that.

But as long as both parents can speak THEIR OWN native language, the child will adapt itself.

I am Italian - both parents came from Italy so that is the language we spoke at home growing up. I learned English at school but never managed to get good at French. I am not bilingual in Italian anymore though because no one here speaks it with me so once you no longer practice, you forget.

 

[Wacki10]

I am Italian - both parents came from Italy so that is the language we spoke at home growing up. I learned English at school but never managed to get good at French. I am not bilingual in Italian anymore though because no one here speaks it with me so once you no longer practice, you forget.

That´s right.

 

[Quark]

I am Italian - both parents came from Italy so that is the language we spoke at home growing up. I learned English at school but never managed to get good at French. I am not bilingual in Italian anymore though because no one here speaks it with me so once you no longer practice, you forget.

But that's because Canada is not bilnngual EN-IT, but EN-FR. (and that depends on the province in question, nonetheless), just like Belgium is bilingual (trilingual) NL-FR(-DE). The environment here doesn't adapt to Italophones.

 

[Koldawne]

But that's because Canada is not bilnngual EN-IT, but EN-FR. (and that depends on the province in question, nonetheless), just like Belgium is bilingual (trilingual) NL-FR(-DE). The environment here doesn't adapt to Italophones.

True. But saying that the children will adapt isn't always accurate if the parents native language is not one of the 'recognized' ones in the country. Maybe I should go to Italy - of course that would be useless right now given the economic situation there recently.

 

[Quark]

True. But saying that the children will adapt isn't always accurate if the parents native language is not one of the 'recognized' ones in the country. Maybe I should go to Italy - of course that would be useless right now given the economic situation there recently.

True.

But for NL-FR here in Belgium, that is the case. Both are national languages, just like EN-FR in Canada. If you teach your kid(s) those languages (here, both you and me), it can't hurt. And they'll need it anyways in a later life. Provided they won't make the same step as I did, which is move out of the country. of course.