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Originally Posted by Sirk  I have the unpopular opinion on this one.
We're American, lived in Korea when I was little and both my parents were fluent so that was spoken, my Nana came over from Luthuania and that was spoken in her house.
As a kid it confused me. To this day I sometimes switch the order of words around because that would be proper in Other Language.
I waited till Lita was 4-5 to start introducing Hebrew beyond daily prayers. They still absorb it. She knows more than I do now.  |
Mixing the languages and grammatical structure is a well known issue for children living in a multi lingual environment. As with all things it affects different children in different ways, as illustrated in various posts. My own kids often use Mandarin grammatical order when they speak English but that is not much different to younger children speaking either "I want drink water" and will sort itself out.