Clegane wrote:
My boyfriend and me are fighting because I said I grew up bilingualÂ
which I did, because from when I was 11 I lived in the US for several years and was young enough to pick up the language as a native speaker without actively having to learn itÂ
I mean even nowadays my sisters and me talk in english, I watch movies in english, I browse the web in english etc
English is exactly like German in my brain, as in I don't have to translate thingsÂ
It's just instantly there without thinking about it Â
but his opinion is that you have to have a parent that speaks that 2nd language for it to count as growing up bilingual and that those years aren't enough to count as growing up bilingualÂ
What are your thoughts?
My boyfriend and me are fighting because I said I grew up bilingualÂ
which I did, because from when I was 11 I lived in the US for several years and was young enough to pick up the language as a native speaker without actively having to learn itÂ
I mean even nowadays my sisters and me talk in english, I watch movies in english, I browse the web in english etc
English is exactly like German in my brain, as in I don't have to translate thingsÂ
It's just instantly there without thinking about it Â
but his opinion is that you have to have a parent that speaks that 2nd language for it to count as growing up bilingual and that those years aren't enough to count as growing up bilingualÂ
What are your thoughts?