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Do you still speak Polish? I've tried and failed a few times trying to learn, have some ancestors from the area. Now not directed at you, the age ranges in you
by pests 3y ago
Do you still speak Polish? I've tried and failed a few times trying to learn, have some ancestors from the area.
Now not directed at you, the age ranges in your post did make me do some research. Apparently being a "native speaker" is not so well defined. Learned in childhood yes, but what's the age cutoff? Saw some references to before 5. Any thoughts on this? Seeing as you've lost the German with similar exposure.
Just curious, ignorant single language American here.
- gambiting 3y agoI do speak Polish, as does my wife :-) And I'm not sure - our son is 3 and speaks both English and Polish without any trouble. I myself only started learning English and German at 6 and 8 respectively, which I do think is too late to be trully and completely bilingual - like I'm fluent in English and after years of living in the UK I don't think I have much of an accent left, but I don't think I can ever be as good as someone who learnt English from birth.