Fede is 10 and Nadia is 4 years old
Italian, English, Dutch and Indonesian
My husband is from northern Italy (Piedmont) and speaks Italian and English. I myself am from Indonesia, I speak English, Italian, Dutch and Indonesian.
We think it is important to pass on our own mother tongue to our kids. But because they were born and raised here, we chose a Dutch school.
During corona, we got a kitten. Fede was allowed to come up with the name. He could choose any name except 'cat'. After a few days of hard thinking, he cheerfully came to tell us that he had found a nice name, it became 'gato' (cat in Italian) ?
Yes absolutely. Because they learn another language without much effort. Even if they wouldn't use that language later, the basics remain. So we only see advantages.
Being consistent in language use. My husband only speaks Italian with the kids, in all situations no matter who we are with. If the kids want to ask or say something to their father, they automatically switch to Italian.
In the beginning, we received many comments that our children could not be understood. And that they didn't speak Dutch well enough. Hang in there and just continue with all the languages, at some point all the languages will fall into place. We do sometimes wish they would stop talking from time to time ?
Hi, I am Liana and have lived in the Netherlands for almost 20 years now. I am married to an Italian man and together we have 2 children, Fede and Nadia.
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