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When he grows it'll be very difficult to learn, now is the time when a child can learn many languages very easily. Take the opportunity now! I speak to our todd
by jjav 9y ago
When he grows it'll be very difficult to learn, now is the time when a child can learn many languages very easily. Take the opportunity now! I speak to our toddler in a language my wife doesn't (Finnish) and she speaks to him in a language I don't understand (French). He is fully fluent in both, in addition to English (from daycare/friends).
- stevekemp 9y agoWe're trying to do the bi-lingual thing here, with a 13 month old child. My wife speaks Finnish exclusively, I speak English. As we're in Finland I assume that he'll have a Finnish accent when he gets a bit more proficient, but so far things seem to be working out. I expect he'll learn English pretty well, partly via me, but also via random conversations, TV, etc. One of the pleasant surprises were that his first two words were "Daddy" and "Äiti", respectively.
- luckydata 9y agohow do you deal with things that require your wife to understand too? Do you spend your time saying things twice?
- jjav 9y agoIt varies. Sometime saying twice, but most often he (son) will do the translating for us which is great practice. But we also have another shared language we can use (which our son also mostly understands).