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But I caught my elder daughter doing it the other night, first time in a long time ... and well, with me being me, the conversation just wasn't allowed to continue until she corrected herself.
I don't care which language they speak at the dinner table (English or Portuguese) but when they mix the two I see red.
| | | | Diana Arbiser 
United States
Local time: 01:39
English to Spanish
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I am very obsessed with not mixing up the languages, be it at home or anywhere else. I have two young daughters, and they tend to mix up all the time. I try to have them speak only in one language, and preferably Spanish, since we live in an English-speaking community, and they don't have many opportunities to speak Spanish outside of the house.
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- but I used to.
A long time ago, sharing a house with fellow students.
Two things annoyed me:
-speaking a language that not everybody present could understand
-mixing languages
Raising children in a multilingual environment is something entirely different of course.
I am looking forward to following the progress of my bilingual grandson
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John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 09:39
Spanish to English
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| Spanglish, Catalanish, Engalan? | Oct 18, 2007 |
I sure am glad I don’t live at Lawyer-Linguist’s house. If I did, my whole family and I would probably get a daily scolding
So far, I can see I'm in the minority but sentences at our house come out in a garbled trilingual mix that only we understand. For purists I suppose that’s not an ideal option, but we don’t seem to have problems communicating with each other and I’m sure my children understand the mix-a... See more I sure am glad I don’t live at Lawyer-Linguist’s house. If I did, my whole family and I would probably get a daily scolding
So far, I can see I'm in the minority but sentences at our house come out in a garbled trilingual mix that only we understand. For purists I suppose that’s not an ideal option, but we don’t seem to have problems communicating with each other and I’m sure my children understand the mix-and-match situation for what it is. It’s sort of a family language that we all know stays within the four walls of our house.
**WARNING!** The following sentences may offend some viewers.
The things we say often sound something like this:
Quiero popcorn, M’agrada aquell car, Could you hand me that libro?
The combinations are endless!!
PS: When we have company over we're very scrupulous about sticking to one language. ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Mixing is fun... | Oct 18, 2007 |
...but only if you do it intentionally, otherwise I feel a little bit sclerotic.
Me and my son sometimes play with words, transforming English word into an Italian sound, and it is really fun! You can still understand the English but in Italian it transforms into a different meaning and sometimes the result is really hilarious
But when my son starts talking in Italian translating from English in his mind,... See more ...but only if you do it intentionally, otherwise I feel a little bit sclerotic.
Me and my son sometimes play with words, transforming English word into an Italian sound, and it is really fun! You can still understand the English but in Italian it transforms into a different meaning and sometimes the result is really hilarious
But when my son starts talking in Italian translating from English in his mind, I can tell and I always correct him. He needs to think into 2 different languages, using, so to say, 2 different brain compartments. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Juan Jacob
Mexico
Local time: 01:39
French to Spanish
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| Yes... as John... and Giuseppina... | Oct 18, 2007 |
...and I think it's a good thing. Three sons, one daughter: we often play with words, mixing them. I think it raises their understanding of both, Spanish and French and, for the olders, English.
Don't you think languages are "plastic" material?
The other day, 4 year old Valentina asked me:
"¿Dónde está el "tapuchon" de la bouteille?"
That is: she invented a word between "tapón" and "bouchon". I was speachless.
5 year old Emilio asked... See more ...and I think it's a good thing. Three sons, one daughter: we often play with words, mixing them. I think it raises their understanding of both, Spanish and French and, for the olders, English.
Don't you think languages are "plastic" material?
The other day, 4 year old Valentina asked me:
"¿Dónde está el "tapuchon" de la bouteille?"
That is: she invented a word between "tapón" and "bouchon". I was speachless.
5 year old Emilio asked me:
-Papá, las mochilas sirven para poner regalos.
-No creo, hijo.
-¡Sí, porque son sa-cadeaux! (Here, you must undertand both languages, sorry).
This is a surprising play with words, I must say.
We'll continue mixing things, as John's childs.
[Of course, when they think in one language and speak in an other, corrections must be applied!]
[Editado a las 2007-10-18 18:46] ▲ Collapse
| | | | | multilingual home | Oct 18, 2007 |
At my place, there are four of us:
1. Native in Czech, perfect in Spanish, fluent in English
2. Native in Czech, fluent in English and German, beginner in Spanish
3. Native in German, fluent in English, beginner in Spanish
4. Me - bilingual in Polish and Spanish, fluent in English, Czech and Russian
We mix all these languages for fun and sometimes from necessity. Just imagine how our "normal" conversation usually is ... See more At my place, there are four of us:
1. Native in Czech, perfect in Spanish, fluent in English
2. Native in Czech, fluent in English and German, beginner in Spanish
3. Native in German, fluent in English, beginner in Spanish
4. Me - bilingual in Polish and Spanish, fluent in English, Czech and Russian
We mix all these languages for fun and sometimes from necessity. Just imagine how our "normal" conversation usually is
M.
[Edited at 2007-10-18 18:54] ▲ Collapse
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Here it's a mix of French and English, although I've been trying not to, for my 4 year old's sake. We have a funny way of counting, one two three quatorze ! My son knows we are mixing and thinks it's hilarious ! One of my favorite language bloopers was my son's invention : put on your panta-long !
| | | | | Has he been watching Dora ? ;-) | Oct 18, 2007 |
Juan Jacob wrote:
-Papá, las mochilas sirven para poner regalos.
-No creo, hijo.
-¡Sí, porque son sa-cadeaux! (Here, you must undertand both languages, sorry).
cute !
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Actually, the right answer for me was missing, it would have been more correct to answer "Yes, all the time"!
I know it's a shame... But we have no children yet, I know we'll have to correct this when we get children.
| | | | elen_d
Local time: 09:39
English to French
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| Trying Spanish with a Belgian roommate | Oct 18, 2007 |
I've lived in Spain for a few months with a Spanish girl and a French speaking Belgian girl.
At first the Belgian girl and I would talk Spanish since we were living in Spain and for the third rommate to understand but we eventually ended up talking French with some translations in Spanish when needed --we found out our Spanish was preparing to pass the DELF (degree in French)
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Clare Barnes
Sweden
Local time: 09:39
Swedish to English
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...we're really strict English speakers at home, despite excellent Swedish/English fluency. So much so that we had an agonising time when my son was learning about telling jokes and how you can't just translate (he wouldn't switch languages to tell the jokes). Scandinavians will get this one:
Mummy, what got legs but can't walk? A fish!!! Ha ha ha ha
| | | | Parrot
Spain
Local time: 09:39
Spanish to English
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| Not if, but WHEN | Oct 18, 2007 |
When I lived in a multilingual home I and all the others around me were always mixing. It didn't help that mixing languages was also standard in the street.
It took a school fine imposed on anyone unable to finish the same sentence in the language he began it in to correct the habit.
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We are 3 of us at home and speak English, Spanish and Dutch, but we never mix these languages. I speak in Spanish with my daughter, she and her father talk in Dutch and my husband and I use English. We all have "super" minds that can quickly change from one language to another
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