I lived in France until I was 5. I spoke German at home and French in school. I was bilingual. Then when I was 5 I moved to the US, and I learned English. I forgot French but I can still speak German becasue we speak it at home. Now I am 15 and I want to know if there is any chance that I will remember French. I am taking French in High Schoool, but nothing is coming back so far.
2007-03-31 16:04:11 · 8 answers · asked by Lena 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
actually, i don't think too many memories from that age get imprinted in your brain as opposed to if you were a little older. you have to also take into account that you were not old enough to actually practice a lot of the grammatical aspects of the language, which is what they focus more on in class, so that might be why your brain isn't putting 2 & 2 together immediately. just keep studying and see if it will come back. i mean, that's all you can really do.
2007-03-31 16:07:59 · answer #1 · answered by Alex 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i think french as a pretty tough language. Look you are 15, its never too late to learn but it would be alot easier if you were younger.
The only way to truly re-learn french is to live in France. If you live in France, i'd bet your french skills will skyrocket, even if you live there for a couple of months. The reason is that you are living in a society where everybody speaks the same anguage. You are then forced to learn the language if you want to in a part of civilization. Every else speaks french so you will definitely be in the right environment.
You have to think in french and not in english or german. I took spanish in high school and every time i wanted to speak spanish i had to first translate what i had to say to english then say it in spanish. This is NOT the right way to learn it.
2007-03-31 23:18:24 · answer #2 · answered by rickjames 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, but you will have to practice it every day...preferably with a native speaker. It wont happen overnight, but you should start remembering it more and more the more you practice.
Keep in mind though, that since you moved when you were 5, you wil only remember as much as you knew (so you would speak at the level of a 5 year old)......but thats a start, and from that you can learn until your fluent.
2007-03-31 23:17:28 · answer #3 · answered by cognitively_dislocated 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You might have been a little young to retain it without practice.
Some people can, some people can't.
I hope as you continue to study, it will come back.
I wish I could give you a more definite answer but the human mind is fluid like that.
2007-03-31 23:08:52 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa the Pooh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will be easier for you to learn because they are words that you have already used. You already know two languages, and this helps too because you have an understanding of how languages work. (you have something to compare against)
I don't think that you will just wake up and remember french, but I do think that you will learn more rapidly than the other students.
2007-03-31 23:09:13 · answer #5 · answered by TiGeR 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I dont think you will remember it fully. I have a good friend who moved to the US from Nicaragua at apprx 9 and when I met him at 16 he couldn't remember any of it. Keep working at it though!
2007-03-31 23:08:23 · answer #6 · answered by Me 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You will remember French after you practice for a while. Its imprinted in your brain but you just haven't used it in a while. Start practicing and then you'll get the hang of it.
2007-03-31 23:07:12 · answer #7 · answered by sellatieeat 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Bien sûr que oui! ;)
2007-03-31 23:41:50 · answer #8 · answered by Tessa ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋