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To: snarks_when_bored
The word "ema", for instance, translates as "mother"

Just as it does in Hebrew.

It would be interesting to do a study on children who are brought up to be multi-lingual. How do they know when to switch from one language to another, or is it all one language to them?

My grandchildren are being raised multi-lingual: English, Hebrew and Russian.

60 posted on 02/19/2005 8:17:19 PM PST by Alouette (Learned Mother of Zion)
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To: Alouette
My grandchildren are being raised multi-lingual: English, Hebrew and Russian.

Your grandkids will be thankful when they grow up.

65 posted on 02/19/2005 8:26:22 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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To: Alouette

All I know is, that I think in the language I happen to be speaking at the time.


127 posted on 02/19/2005 11:19:13 PM PST by rock58seg (The real enemy of good is perfect.)
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To: Alouette

"It would be interesting to do a study on children who are brought up to be multi-lingual. How do they know when to switch from one language to another, or is it all one language to them? "

I have worked with some engineers from the Nethertlands. My impression was that they were truly multi-lingual, some conversations they would switch between Dutch, English, German, and French, whichever language expressed the idea best. One good thing about the education there I would say, is that the kids are taught multiple languages at a young age, and become fluent in those languages, much unlike the so-called English as a second language that is presented in the US (where a child with a Spanish surname is automatically sent to a class taught in Spanish, even though the child had known only English).


218 posted on 05/15/2005 2:47:05 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (I live in Minnesota, I run a business in Minnesota, but I remain a TEXAN!)
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