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Being able to speak the same language as your parents
kochspostulates
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How do people end up not speaking the same language as their parents?
I'm not talking about people who have been adopted at birth but people who have grown up with their families.
I'm not talking about people who have been adopted at birth but people who have grown up with their families.
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My parents languages were English, so I did.
Same here.
From my own personal experience, being English and living in the Czech Republic, you can never really tell to what extent your children will pick up your language. My son is fluent in Czech and English, but my daughter, although she understands English, can't speak it. God knows why.
To me, it's a shame to waste the opportunity of being bilingual, but not everyone feels that way.
Becuase not everyone is equally skilled in picking up languages just as there is a range of abilities in every other subject. I guess that makes God and me who have worked this out.
She's still alive now, he's dead and if there is a hell I hope he rots in it. She speaks broken English and has a very difficult relationship with her 8 children.
Guess I could learn as an adult but I'm a bit lazy and there's no real call for it. Probably why she didn't bother.
It's the way forward. I know of a few schools that now teach some form of Chinese.
That way when I was young and naughty they could discuss the situation without me understanding. I did do German to 'O' Level as a token gesture, but I'm not keen on it anyway as a language. It sounds awful and harsh.
so its never been an issue-ooooooooooooooooooooo
I like the german language.
German is a sexy language and not much different to English.
*sexy*
:eek::eek::eek: where have you been? There is a HUGE call for bilingual Chinese-English speakers these days.
But as you're lazy (bu your own admission) and clearly a bit dozy you're probably too late to the party!
He's been in England ?
German is sexy, are you serious.
It may be grammatically and linguistically similarly to English, but most Germans sound like they're chewing a wasp when they are talking.
You'd be in a minority I'd imagine.
My parents also taught their grandkids (my nieces/nephews) Urdu, and will only communicate with them in Urdu, even though they can speak English. Which I think is great. I have a friend, who can speak Urdu. Yet their kids only learnt to speak English and very limited Urdu, which I think is a shame.
Nothing wrong in teaching kids more than one language. Kids are extremely bright and can pick things like languages up so easily.
You sure? I dont find it at all sexy...unless your into BDSM, then I can understand why you would think it was sexy. I have always found French and Italian to be quite sexy.