I'm german, my husband is english, we live in the Netherlands and expect a child... Of course first priority is the language of the country you live in. But how to handle the rest? just talk to him/ her in all three languages at once? Introduce another one every year? I have no idea, but I'm sure whatever way you go, there have to be some rules to it. Do you know them? I don't want to confuse the child.
Any help welcome! Thanks!
2007-02-03 07:05:57 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
1st choice mother language
then german and eng.
2007-02-03 07:16:47 · answer #1 · answered by kamal....Dil se.. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The important thing is that you ALWAYS speak German to the baby and your husband always English- otherwise it will confuse him or her- never mind if he answers in German when your husband speaks English or viceversa- I was brought up by a Scottish mother in English, Italian father speaking only Italian and living in Italy- Kids can learn easily up to 3 languages, but in order not to confuse them you must stick to one language-
I hope it help, best of luck! ;-)
2007-02-03 07:27:32 · answer #2 · answered by LNOC 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
talk to your child in german, have your husband speak english to him as much as you while teaching him the 3rd language! My parents did that to me, and by the 6th grade i was pretty much fluent in both languages (english and french) which allowed me to pick up spansih at school- your child will already have three languages by then which is an incredible advanatge! have vidoes, cartoons, games, books, songs/cds in all 3 languages... your child might get confused (i spoke a lot of fren-glish) but eventually he/she will know all 3 perfectly well! + the sooner you teach your child languages, the easier it will be for him or her to learn the language with the right accent! hope this helps!
2007-02-03 07:19:56 · answer #3 · answered by frenchie0916 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe you should speak to a child in the language that he/she will hear everyday when he/she goes to school. This will make it easier for the child to learn when they are with others, will help others understand them better, and teachers won't have trouble trying to understand a young child that may mix up the words from several languages. Good luck!
2007-02-03 07:14:56 · answer #4 · answered by Sue 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-28 09:13:30 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The language of the country i think leave it when your baby go to school but the second language must be the language that you and your husband talk in...the third language when she or he grow up let him or her know about it even a little of it...i wish that helped...good luck
2007-02-03 08:28:30 · answer #6 · answered by sarah5 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teach your child both German and English. Then you can move the child into Dutch. Both Dutch and German are closely related so the child should have no trouble in picking up Dutch eventually.
2007-02-03 07:15:44 · answer #7 · answered by daryavaush 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, speak to the child in all three, if he asks, explain..He will learn all three very easily and that complexity will make many other things easily learned. I often wished my mother only spoke to me in German as I would have become fluent iin two languages.
2007-02-03 07:11:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone i know had a similar situation, she's indonesian, her husband is italian, n they live in australia....what they do is, the mother speaks only indonesian to the baby, the father english n the grandmother italian.....by 2 years old the toddler understood all 3 languages well.....
this makes sense to me because if they don't stick to one language each, the kid might get confused as to which word belong to which language...
hope this helps, ur baby is so lucky to b multilingual since birth...
^^
2007-02-03 20:14:43 · answer #9 · answered by Pink Bubbles 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your kid is going to be very lucky to be able to learn three languages. There is a man I know from South Africa that spoke to his children in African and English and they learned both at the same time without any weird speech problems.
2007-02-03 07:09:05 · answer #10 · answered by Smeather 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hallo , first of all i would teach the child german and english ! As a priority ! the dutch will come by itself by listening to the other people and you .
Viel glueck mit der sprache und dem baby ! Ihr macht das schon richtig!
2007-02-03 07:10:42 · answer #11 · answered by silverearth1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋