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We're raising our son trilingual (English, Japanese, Mandarin), living in Okinawa, Japan.

My wife and I speak Japanese and English with each other, 2yo speaks Japanese at daycare, English with me, and Mandarin with Mom and Grandma.

Definitely took longer than other kids to start, but It somehow seems to be working.

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this is amazing. our little one is just about to start and I would love her to speak fluently in English and Spanish. Mom is Italian so maybe we go trilingual as well but needs to be set into practice how you have done it here. So cool

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my brother has a daughter with a German woman. mara speaks on German. my brother speaks to her in spanish. she understands everything, but somehow only speaks German

this makes me think that for them to learn properly they need to have *a specific place* (can be whatever) where they actually practice training the non-common language

yeah the double up with mom and grandma really helps at his age. As he gets older, I'm guessing we'll spend time in Taiwan or China, but tbd

No real idea how things will turn out, but it's fun to watch for now

makes sense yea that’s really cool too. Will need to have someone focused on each language with her.