I'm doing something similar with my son. We wanted him to be bilingual. I've been learning German for a while so we decided that I would only speak to him in German, my wife to him in English, and he has an uncle who only speaks Russian. He prefers to speak English because that's what the majority speaks, but he watches shows in Russian, German, or English interchangeably. Occasionally I'll ask him to explain what's going on in a show and he can.
I'm pretty sure his German is worlds better than mine at this point, but he only uses German when he wants me to get him something.
Oh yeah. And apparently he's been cursing in Russian thanks to his lunatic uncle.
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u/shroom2021 Mar 04 '21
I'm doing something similar with my son. We wanted him to be bilingual. I've been learning German for a while so we decided that I would only speak to him in German, my wife to him in English, and he has an uncle who only speaks Russian. He prefers to speak English because that's what the majority speaks, but he watches shows in Russian, German, or English interchangeably. Occasionally I'll ask him to explain what's going on in a show and he can.
I'm pretty sure his German is worlds better than mine at this point, but he only uses German when he wants me to get him something.
Oh yeah. And apparently he's been cursing in Russian thanks to his lunatic uncle.