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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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Starting so early is fundamental. My kids are trilingual too (Japanese, English, Italian)  but we spent some years in Italy to increase the confidence. He will thank you once he grows up 🙌🏻

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that's super cool!

Who did your kids speak what language with?

English at school (international school) 
When we live in Italy we spoke Japanese at home. 
When we stay in Japan we speak Italian at home. 
Fortunately my wife can speak Italian and I can speak Japanese. They grew up like that.

I think at a certain point they don’t translate anymore, setting the language you speak at home at young age is the best way, now we skip from language to another without thinking too much. But now I’m the worst in English because I learned only in public school and my level can’t reach theirs. 😅

that makes sense, nice set up!

I spoke way more japanese with my son when we were living in new zealand. now mostly english

I do think it's valuable to be able to help him translate when he only knows words in one language