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Wen
@shiwen
Raising our daughter bilingually has always been the default to me. Not because it’s more beneficial, but because it’s simply what’s natural to me and my family. There’s a difference between “learning” a language and “acquiring” a language. (掌握/身につける) No one feels like they “learned” their first language, because we all acquired it as we grew up. Things learned can be forgotten when not used. Skills acquired tend to stick for longer or come back easier. My hope for my child is not just about learning a certain number of Chinese characters or being able to hold conversations with grandparents. I hope it will be part of her life, and impact her life in a positive way, for as long as she lives. At the end of the day, my hopes are my hopes and her life is her life.
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Vinay Vasanji
@vinayvasanji.eth
I acquired both English and Gujarati growing up in Englqnd, but barely uttered the latter for another 25 years until I moved to India Somehow it all came back, bar a few grammatical faux pas That's how I'm certain that I acquired Gujarati On the other hand, languages I've learnt like Spanish, French, or Arabic need constant nurturing and currently only Spanish is just about holding up
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Vinay Vasanji
@vinayvasanji.eth
Forgot to add we only speak Gujarati at home, and with both mine and my partners parents, and our hope is our 14 month old acquires it
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Jason
@jachian
Cantonese was my first language. I continued speaking it on and off with grandma, but my parents stopped speaking it at home I’m now barely capable of ordering dim sum 🙃
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Wen
@shiwen
Kudos to all parents who are making the effort to raise multilingual children!
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