My family is Trilinguale we speak french spanish and english! The best way to learn your child to get a grip to french is just the TV shows she watches make sure they are in french just like you said that's the way I learn english. I am now 18 and have a little brother that is 8 he is leaning the same way as I did and don't forget French is one of the hardest to learn!
What you're doing is perfect by speaking french all the time and constantly surrounding her with that. I think the most important part of that is just keeping up with it over the years!
... it may come to a "double semilingualism". However, it is proven that children will definitely profit from bilinguism .. Did you know that it delays dementia for about 5 years?
This may be late, however, I still hope you'll read this :): I actually just learn some aspects of bilingual teaching in my recent class (I was raised bilingual myself, German and Finnish). The most important thing is that you stick to one language and your partner to the other or otherwise the child will get confused. I don't know about your current relationship status, but you definitely have to make sure that the child continuously and intensively deals with both languages, or...
My parents always spoke english but also signed everything they said. So all three of my sisters know sign language as well as english. My parents just thought doing it with us would be a good way for them to learn so as something to do while my mom was pregnant together they would go to sign language class at night. 9 months later they could sign almost anything. Then they just used us for practice :)
Cou cou Miya! I hope you see this. i was wondering your thoughts. I'm american was fluent in French (during college and a bit after) and now my french is okay..rusty..and i can speak way better then write. Do you think WHEN I have children it would be good to speak in french, (although not perfect) and have my children watch everything in French so they get a grasp..even though again my french is not perfect. English is my first language. merci bcp miya!
Its is much easier for a child to grasp both languages if one parent always communicates in french and the other in english so sounds like you`re doing just that! :) I find french is much harder to learn than english, especially in an english environment, luckily I live in a bilingual province in Canada and got to go to french schools and university, which made the difference for me! My french wouldn`t be the same if i had gone to english schools...and LOVED Passe-Partout! ;)
I am a first generation Filipino Canadian and what my family did is what you do. Since she is going to go to an English school at like 4, she'll sponge it in and in public places too where people speak English. I think it's good you're doing this Miya, great job!
My family speaks english & spanish and since were living in Spain we have our tv in english all the time but theres a downfall since I watch so many things in english my spanish isn't as fluent as it is in english and it's a bit harder for me in school..lol I'm a much cooler person when I can speak in english ._.
I'M FROM QUEBEC!!!!!!!! <3 :D i love you! Tu est vraiement inspirrante, jespere avoir autant de succes en tant que mere. I'm bilinguel and personally i think you're doing a great job :)
I'm planning on moving to France and I'm gonna make sure my kids someday speak both french and english... merci pour la vidéo :3 jpense que c'est très utilise d'être bilingue.
I live in Belgium, which is a bilingual country, here we have Dutch and French. I live in the Dutch part so my main language is Dutch but at school we learn French. So I can speak French but not so well. In the 2nd year of High school (here it's 6 years) we learn English, which I speak much better then French. You also have the option to learn German and Spanish, but I don't do those two. I think it's important to speak several language, so you can express yourself all around the world.
I only realized you spoke French after hearing you talk about how to say "tightrope" in French but not English. Very cool. I'm actually from Belgium but grew up in both the US (where I am now) and in Belgium so I think your approach to teaching your daughter French is excellent. I don't have any children yet but I do teach French myself actually and I think also "Dorothee" would be excellent if you can find a Region 1 dvd. Last but not least I'm curious how you made it to LA. Merci.
If she lives in a English speaking country she will eventually be fluent in English but she wants her to be bilingual so the only way for her to do that is to learn when she's really young due to the fact they are like sponges.
I think it depends on where you raise your child. If you raise your daughter in the US then I suggest start making English a priority. Don't make her an outcast when she starts kindergarten and all the English speaking kids make fun of her "foreign" language. If anything, teach her Spanish as well since you live in SoCal
I grew up in a strict, chinese speaking household in which my first words were in chinese, the first friends I made in school were chinese, and I was rolled in chinese classes. Being a young adult now and really realizing the importance of bilingualism, I wish someone had made it enjoyable for me to learn my mother tongue, that someone had told me the importance of bilingualism and that perhaps I was shown the importance of being able to do so.
but i don't understand when she's older she's going to grow up around people who don't speak french (assuming she stays in the U.S.)- did you say your husband speaks english to her? i might have missed that part :)
My family's from China, and my parents pretty much speak Chinese to me all the time, but I speak english back to them. well, chinglish dominated by english. I feel like i used to be a lot better at Chinese, especially when my grandma still lived in the US with us, but as I got older, i used a lot more english, and my chinese speaking skill have regressed a lot. i used to go to chinese school until second grade, but i stopped after that, and now i can't read or write chinese.
@Tracster13 damn that sucks. i always assumed that if someone was taught a language as a baby they would know it for life even if they moved somewhere else where a different language was prominent but i see thats not the case.
@SocaTrain well i guess it depends on what age they start their other language. once i started school, i had to speak english. if someone moved later, they would probably retain both languages very well.
Je n'aurai jamais pensé que l'anglais était ta deuxième langue! I am French-speaking girl living in the UK and I know that whenever I have kids, I will speak French to them too...I think it's really great that you do that for your daughter, especially finding CDs and DVDs in French...C'est une richesse de pouvoir parler plusieurs langues alors keep it up! :))
@MIYA im bilingual im not good in french or english LOL i live in Ontario 45 minutes from Quebec my last name is Quenneville. oui je suis francais , ma mere nee Faubert. Mon pere a perdu son francais quand mon grandpere est mort a 32 ans son mere etait anglais . Excuse ma spelling LOL :))
My dad is half Canadian half Greek and he spoke English to me since day 1.Whenever someone was visiting us my dad would only speak English to me whereas my mom would speak Greek to me and my dad would tell me he didn't understand what I was telling him when I spoke Greek. That way I was forced to speak 2 languages which turned out to be a plus for me.I now speak English and Greek fluently and I also know German.
I grew up speaking English & German from the beginning....the rule at home was that when it was just mom & I (or when I visited my grandparents) we spoke only German....when my dad was home (or people who didn't speak German) it was back to English. My husband & I plan on teaching our baby (due in Aug 2012) to speak both English & Spanish (he's Mexican)......I'm also hoping to teach baby a little German too!
Salut Miya! Je suis francophone, ma mère est Algerienne et mon père est Egyptien. Donc on parle aussi Arabe, mais avec mon frère je parle anglais. Malheureusement, j'ai fait toutes mes ètudes en anglais et je remarque que je commence a perdre mon français. La bonne chose est que je vie à Ottawa, donc j'ai beaucoup d'opportunité de pratiquer la langue :)
hey Miya, i was raised as a half asian/ half australian child. My mum was asain and she decided that i should learn english first, after my english was fluent. she immediately switched to chinese she sent me to a chinese school (1 week everday school for the holidays) and my chinese drastically imporved, i think what you are doing it right but after she can speak french make sure you teach her english!
Je viens de Montréal ma mère est britanique et mon père est québecois. L'idée de lui parler suelement en français c'est très bien c'est ce que ma mère faisais pour que mon frère est moi devenions bilingue puisqu'on parlait majoritairement français. À ce jour quand je parle a mon père c'est en français mais je ne parle qu'anglais avec ma mère et je suis parfaitement bilingue. C'est peut-être un idée aussi de l'envoyé dans un camp de vacance régulier au québec. Genre un camp musical :) good luck
I was raised in Spain but my dad talked to me in English. Now I live in France with my French speaking partner and I'm trilingual. I thank my dad everyday for teaching me a second language, it opened my mind to other sounds and made it easier for me to learn other languages.
I went to english school in Quebec, like you my parents spoke french at home and my mom read to us in french and then later bought us books in french only.
It's normally possible to learn 3 languages at the same tim when you're still young. I'm trilingual (English, French, Dutch), and it makes it easier to learn more languages thereafter (I can understand and speak some German, Spanish and Italian, and a bit of Portugese). Great job Miya!!
Both my parents migrated to America From Viet Nam and when I was growing up, I was only allowed to speak Vietnamese in the house, however, I was still allowed to watch kid cartoons in English as my parents wanted me to know all of the American culture for school (like nursery rhymes and stuff). I can speak and understand perfectly but, I did not learn how to read and write Vietnamese until I was older (high school) but now I am fully bilingual.
Heureusement, français est une langue fantastique. J'habite a belgique et je parle français et néerlandais et mes parents parle les deux langues aves moi
i was raised in a cuban household but since my city was miami, i also had to speak english. thank you for the video- please like and subscribe to me too. ! merci beacoup!
its kinda hard Miya, i was aided in a bilingual family arabic and english, my gf is bilingual too but russian and arabic. and we live in Germany. so for my daughter we actually had to choose what languages to talk to her. we decided to talk to her in arabic and russian. the social workers in school told us that she'll eventually learn german and english from school and preschool. the only thing i noticed is that she started speaking later than kids with only one language......
@waleedo0 ...... but now she knows to speak arabic to me and our arab friends and family or russian to the russian friends and family. I'm just hoping she'll learn german fast.
I'm russian and moved to Canada with my parents when I was only 3. My parents only spoke russian with me at home so I'm still pretty fluent in it now. I learned english easily in preschool and french since I was and still am in french immersion + i take spanish courses.
Miya, it's so great that you're enforcing multiple languages in your daughter's life! In my school, 90% of the honor roll kids are french immersion. She'll really thank you for it!
My uncle was born in Argentina, and moved to Montreal with his wife and no kids. He had twins in montreal and he only speaks to them in Spanish, and in school they learn French AND English. Trilingual. That's amazing.
I'm bilingual, but I learnt my second language (french) about 4 years ago. I was hard for me becuase my parents don't speak french so I had to rely on methods like you're doing with your daughter (tv shows, music and talking everyday). I found that it helped a lot to become more fluent. So I think you're on the right track with your daughter!
I was born and raised in the Philippines so tagalog has been my first language. Then my mom and I moved here in America when I was 9 and english became my secondary language. I didn't know how to speak FULLY in english, until I started school. If my mom and I are out in public or with Americans, we speak to each other in english, but when we're at home, we speak in tagalog. My mom doesn't want me to lose my native language which is very important to us.
Hey Miya, my mum is French and my dad is English and we live in the UK. My mum really made an effort to speak french to my brother and I when we were little but as we've got older things have slipped and now neither of us speak very well! We only see my french family every two years or so, and when we do my french comes back within a couple of days but I lose it so easily again! I'm 18 now and I really wish i was bilingual so I could absorb more French literature, culture ect. so DON'T GIVE UP!!
Bonjour Mya! Je crois que c'est une très bonne idée que ta fille apprend les 2 langues à son âge, ceci va être un très bon atout plus tard! Je demeure au Canada dans un village tout près d'Ottawa, ON dont la région est majoritairement francophone! Bien que ma famille parlons seulement le canadien-français entre nous, nous connaissons très bien l'anglais aussi! P.S. Passe-Partout c'est un classique! J'écoutais cela aussi quand j'étais toute petite! :)
Je ne savais pas que ta langue maternele était le français!! Et je trouve que c'est super de ne parler que français à ta fille, son niveau de langue lui permettra d'avoir PLEINS de facilités plus tard! Je suis moi même bilingue, mais j'ai appris l'anglais toute seule, mes parents ne parlent que le français (j'Habite en france) et j'aimerais apprendre l'anglais à mes enfants (lorsque j'en aurais) !
love your videos.i m was born in france and met my husband in us and i always told myself i will teach my 3 children french so they can talk as much to my family in france than my husband family in english ,but it got hard when my husband doesnt speak french at all he knows few words but not many,i teach them some words and they knows lot of french lullaby but i always go the easy way and speak english .we also moving back to france in june so i know they be billigual very soon .
I am from New Brunswick, and I am in the english program at school. When I was in 5th grade, my school district had a program or all english 5th graders called intensive french. I was also in a kick ass core french program when I lived in Halifax. I have spoken with French people, and they couldnt tell the difference.
Je suis bilingue: francais à la maison, néerlandais à l'école. J'ai bientôt 22 ans maintenant, et ca devient très difficile de parler les deux langues parfaitement (quand je ne trouve pas mes mots dans une langues, je les dit dans l'autre langue). Ca devient très frustrant, de ne plus trouver ses mots dans telle ou telle langue. Je ne sais pas trop comment éviter que cela arrive, à part interdire à ta fille de mélanger les langues, j'imagine. Bonne chance!:)
I grew up and still live in the Montreal area. My mother is bilingual and my dad only speaks french. From a young age, my dad spoke to me in French and my mother in English so I was always exposed to both languages in the home. I also lived in a very French sector so my friends would help me out when I made mistakes, etc. I think what you're doing is amazing and important. Keep it up, you're doing great!
my dad would speak english to us and my mom german. But my father would say to us if we anwsered in german, "what is that in english, i dont know what you are saying"
i say that when she's @ home always 100% french. BUT... if you really want her to have fluent french like ou, i suggest you spend a little more money and put her in a french school. then that way she will be speaking french during school time and after school. english is a really important time to so take her to an english camp during the summer. that's what my friend did.
I am 100% spanish but moved to Germany when I was 3 and I attended a school that followed an American system. So my 'mother tongues' were English and Spanish. But since I have grown up in Germany my second landuage in school is German. So I am fluent in all those three. But as my second foregin language I chose French and according to most people I am basically fluent in that. I'm only 15 and have a huge mostivation to learn Italian as it would be so easy for me cause it is similar to spanish.
@xxmariaabxx1 I envy you so much. My whole family is English-speaking only but, I've been trying to learn French since I was 12 y/o here in Canada. I don't know how close I am to fluency. I'm 18 now.
J'ai été élevé dans une famille bilingue en ontario. Ma mère nous parlait en français et mon père en anglais. On habitait dans une ville qui étais majoritairement anglophone, mais nous allions à une école francophone. Donc, je crois que c'étais assez facile pour nous d'apprendre les deux langues. Aujourd'hui à 22 ans, habitant la rive-nord de mtl, je suis trop contente d'être parfaitement bilingue ! C'est un grand avantage dans la vie.
Hey! where did u find the Passe Partout videos? I want to get them. Im from Ottawa and remember watching that show as a kid when I would visit my grandparents in Montreal. Help pls!
I grew up in America but my parents only spoke Spanish in the house (they didn't know much English either). It's so easy for kids to pick up both and will be a great advantage for her in the future. I'm glad you're teaching her your first language because I know a lot of parents that just speak to their children in one even though they themselves know two and it's harder to pick it up later on in life and you have to take classes, etc. so they usually just don't pursue it.
My little brother speaks Russian with my mom, brother and grandma and German with me and my dad. He speaks both languages really well. When I was 2 I moved from Russia to Germany and I spoke no German at all... but as soon as I went to kindergarten I started speaking German. The child will learn English anyways... Keep focusing on French and when your child is older you could send her to France for an exchange year... That's what I did when I was 16 and that's how I learned English. ;)
Hi Miya, In our family, we speak french at home but went to school in dutch. then we learned English at 9, so that was a lot of languages to learn, but it's definitely the best thing to do when she's younger. The hardest thing for us though, was make a full sentence in the same language!!! We would switch words and people who did not speak french and dutch had a hard time understanding. But make sure you teach her how to read and write in french! (french grammar is horrible!)
I'm sure you will send her to sunday school or something like that to read and write. What helped me was that, as well as being hooked on the music, the movies, and culture.
MIYA , when its about little kids there's more than watching shows in other language or speaking to them in foreign languages. Explain to them how much it means for you to be in touch with all of your roots and how many gates other languages will open for them in the near future, as you said they are sponges , so just try to teach them as much as you know before they reach and age where you cant not guide them any more.
I grew up in a bilingual home and I feel so fortunate. I don"t remember having difficulties with the conversion between the two languages and knowing when to use each. I just understood english was for school and macedonian was for interacting with family. I think what your doing for your daughter is great!! She will thank you later on:)
I grew up speaking Spanish and then ended up having some trouble when I began elementary school because my family focused too much on Spanish. In the long run I'm happy that can speak Spanish, but when I was little I did realize that being bilingual can possibly hold you back a bit since your forced to learn two accents. For example, words like "burrito" (lol) are pronounced differently in Spanish and English, thus have different accents to learn. Anyway, your daughter will thank you later.
Well, I personally grew up in a family speaking three languages (english, french, swiss german)
And I think, even though I live in the german speaking part of Switzerland, I didn't learn german until I was about 3, I guess?
My mom pretty much always spoke to me in french, and I had a lot of french CDs . When everyone was together we spoke english, and I was only read english children's books, and only watched english TV. We also went to england at least once a year, and that's about it :)
The only thing I would say is, make sure to differentiate the languages very thoroughly. I grew up in an Italian family, and my mamma would speak both English and Italian to me, and when it was time for preschool, I went in speaking both languages interchangeably, as if it were one language. I had no idea I was speaking two, and when I found out, I was sooooooooo confused =P lol
I'm asian, and my parents friends speak english to their kids because they're scared they can't speak at school. But my mom only speaks indonesian to me, when i started school i knew english from the tv and if i spoke english at home my mom wouldn't answer. All my family speaks indonesian so it's important to my mom. And i can never forget english since I live in america and speak it everyday at school.
We speak Swiss-German at home and live in Ontario.. When your daughter is old enough to ask why she has to speak French to you make sure you tell her that she'll appreciate it when she's an adult
Quand j'étais petite, ma mère parlait le tagalog pour moi et maintenant je comprends la plupart everyhing, mais je ne le parle pas. Parfois, elle parle anglais pour que je puisse comprendre à la fois puisque nous langages de vivre en Amérique.
We speak Yiddish and German and English at my house. My parents only spoke German and Yiddish with me until I was 4, and then they taught me English so I was ready for school. I also went to a bilingual school, which helped.
L'anglais est facile à épeler et aussi à apprendre à parler puisque c'est partout (et particulièrement en Californie). Pour l'aider avec l'orthographe en français, des études ont démontré que des enfants qui se font souvent faire la lecture par leurs parents étant jeunes développent un goût naturel pour la lecture et donc, sont meilleurs en orthographe et en général à l'école aussi. Et dans mon cas, c'est totalement prouvé!!
Comme d'autres utilisateurs ont dit, le français parlé est super important mais celui écrit aussi. Si elle est bonne en orthographe en français, elle pourra avoir encore plus d'opportunités de carrière plus tard. Quelqu'un qui fait plein de fautes n'est pas intéressant pour un employeur. Pour ma part, j'ai commencé à apprendre l'anglais plus sérieusement en secondaire 3 et je ne fais pratiquement aucune faute en anglais écrit.
if she goes to american schools when she gets older, make sure you make her speak in French back to you. I grew up in America but my parents are both from Mexico, and when I started attending American schools I lost a lot of my ability to speak back even though I could understand everything. I regret not being forced to speak in spanish.
@MIYA Being bilingual early on from when I grew up, my parents made me go to chinese school.It's good to keep her talking to you only in French, and take her to French classes, so that way she will learn to write the language as well as speaking it. I found it easy to pick up English at school.
unfortunately my parents didn't teach me either of their languages. so now I only know english! I really really wish that they could have taught me when I was little.
i was brought up speaking french and english, my dad is french and i lived in france until i was three, so being surrounded by the language really does help a lot. so what you're doing is perfect. my mom spoke to me in english and everyone else spoke to me in french and i am bilingual because of it.
My daughters learned 3 languages at a young age. The only problem you may run into is they don't know or remember a word in one of the languages. Just have them say it in the one of the languages they know and then teach them that word in the other. They get sometimes confused especially when learning to read in a language. The school will call and say your child is having problems reading, just tell them that she is bilingual. I went through this with both of my daughters.
I'm American but I grew up in France. What my parents did was they spoke in English at home and we would watch either American movies or French TV or whatever. Didn't matter. But at school I spoke French and my friends were French. The only thing you should probably avoid is teaching her to read and write in both languages at the same time. That's when I got lost. It was really hard.
Mon chum est quebecois et moi je suis anglophone de Toronto. We speak English at home, but we are both bilingual and it will be important for our kids to speak both English & French, especially since my hubby's family is francophone. I grew up in a Cantonese speaking household and maintain my Chinese as well. I am glad to hear that you are ensuring that your daughter keeps up her French. It is important that she stay connected with her roots. She will be grateful for your efforts in the future!
At home you must speak ONLY french and outside ONLY english. She must never get the two languages mixed up. Make it clear to her that you will ONLY talk in french to her.
I actually come from Quebec too! My parents have always spoken to me in both English and French all my life! I really do believe that it's a gift that you give your children when you teach them a second language! I'm actually studying to be become an English as a second language teacher in Montreal so I get to experience first hand the learning process of acquiring a second language!
You are doing a great job Miya!
Lâche pas le beau travail, ta fille va te remercier plus tard :)
In my family, there is no English allowed in our house. When we talk to my mom it's only in Swedish. When we talk to my dad it's only in Spanish. Outside our home, we hear a lot of English and Spanish so naturally, our Spanish and English is better than our Swedish. To make up for that my mother makes sure that we do a lot of her Swedish traditions especially around the holidays. It's all about knowing who you are and where you come from. It sounds like you are doing an amazing job!
Je suis une française de 19 ans et j'ai vécu aux Etats-Unis pendant un moment. Mes deux parents nous parlaient français et je suivais des cours du CNED en français pour ne pas perdre mon niveau. Sinon, j'étais en école américaine et je parlais en anglais avec mon frère. Depuis que nous sommes rentrés en France je parle toujours anglais avec mon frère et ce qui m'aide a maintenir et améliorer mon niveau c'est les séries/films/chansons/livres, and of course YOUTUBE :). Hope this helps :)
Hey! My parents are canadian but live in Mexico and I was born there. My parents wanted their children to know both english and spanish so they always spoke to us in english at home but then we would speak spanish to our friends, etc. It also helped my brothers and I that we went to a bilingual school where we got as muc english as we did spanish. And now both my brothers and I speak english and spanish fluently.
i love to speak 2 languages(english+welsh)coz u can always curse at someone without them knowing for doing something bad i hope mila is understanding french keep it up :)
@superravmanrampage No worries there, she is perfectly bilingual as I'm the only one who speak Frenxh to her, everyone else speak English to her... ;-)
Hi guys, to answer your question, Mila is also fluent in English. She is bilingual. I'm the only one who speak French to her, everyone else around speak English:)
I'm half Japanese and half German but when I was 1 my family and I moved from Japan back to Germany and even though my mothers japanese, her german is really good so I spoke "fluently" japanese until I got to kindergarden.. :( even though my mother tried to teach me japanese through japanese childrens magazines and videos I just forgot everything :(
Wait, you live in America yet you are raising your child to speak French? Imagine how hard it is going to be for her at about age 5 or whenever she goes to school to then try and learn English when every other child is much new advanced. Besides at that age they will be unable to comprehend the fact that hello means bonjour and when to use which one
My first language was Spanish but as I got nearer into heading to Pre-school I started learning English and found it was easier to learn because I already knew another language, so I think it's important to teach them to be bilingual at a young age so the transition will be much easier and a lot smoother plus there's no accent, even though I wish I had one because I love yours.. I love you, Miya! Besos <3
My moms American and my dads from Egypt. When I was little I could speak Arabic fluently.. They got divorced and my dad moved back to Egypt when I was 12.. Now I can barely put together a few sentences in Arabic.. Make sure you stick with it Miya! I started studying Arabic again but it's hard now. I speak more Spanish than Arabic lol cuz its easier..
My moms American and my dads from Egypt. When I was little I could speak Arabic fluently.. They got divorced and my dad moved back to Egypt when I was 12.. Now I can barely put together a few sentences in Arabic.. Make sure you stick with it Miya! I started studying Arabic again but it's hard now. I speak more Spanish than Arabic lol cuz its easier..
My moms American and my dads from Egypt. When I was little I could speak Arabic fluently.. They got divorced and my dad moved back to Egypt when I was 12.. Now I can barely put together a few sentences in Arabic.. Make sure you stick with it Miya! I started studying Arabic again but it's hard now. I speak more Spanish than Arabic lol cuz its easier..
My moms American and my dads from Egypt. When I was little I could speak Arabic fluently.. They got divorced and my dad moved back to Egypt when I was 12.. Now I can barely put together a few sentences in Arabic.. Make sure you stick with it Miya! I started studying Arabic again but it's hard now. I speak more Spanish than Arabic lol cuz its easier..
i'm french american (french dad american mom) live in paris, but go to a french american school, where we do all the subjects in french, + litterature and history in english (although we also have those courses in french). i speak english at home
wow, thats torture for the baby, well, i guess its better then american english but i would hate having english as a second language when i live in an english speaking country.
@Korint91 you might want to be careful with what you say... i honestly take that personally, as being raised bilingual is one of the greatest gifts my parents gave me. it opens so many doors and gives me so many more opportunities :)
@evajmd you shouldnt take any youtube comments seriously. but i cant see how i was being offensive, basically i just said i dont like the french language. and i am entitled to my opninion, so i might want to say whatever i want. and i dont doubt that is has been good for you, knowing alot of languages can be useful.
@Korint91 Not if you have been taught it since you were born. If I was born into a french family I would probably find english as you say 'a pain in the ass'. I live in Canada and was in french from grade 3 to grade 9 and I HATED it! But I'm sure if I understood the language and I knew what I was saying I wouldn't of minded it. If someone can speak more than one language, more power to them.
Coucou! J'ai 20 ans et j'ai grandie dans le sud de la France juste à coté de la frontière italienne et avec une nounou italienne je suis quasiment bilingue, maintenant je pars à la conquête de l'anglais en partant vivre à Toronto! Je pense que c'est vraiment fantastique de parler plusieurs langues, et le faire dès l'enfance est vraiment un plus car c'est tellement plus facile, je sais qu'avec mes enfants je ferais tout pour qu'il sache autant parler français qu'anglais et pourquoi pas italien :)
Im 17 and I'm fluent in cantonese. I was born and raised in Washington. My parents had just always spoke it to me and it really is has no negatives. Its such a great opportunity for your daughter to know french as she grows up, I bet you're a great mother!
My parents always spoke to us in Spanish. All the time. They made sure we knew it. Once we started Elementary school I did have to have Kindergarten and 1st grade in Spanish & English, but I grasped English really well. I do now know English better than Spanish, but I'm fluent in both. From this day, my parents always talk to us in Spanish, hardly ever in English.
Growing up in a country where almost everyone is bilingual helped a lot. In my family, we combine English and malay when we speak, but usually more malay is used. In my opinion, its really good that you're speaking french with her at home because she will be able to learn English at school. Good luck :)
Couldn't agree more with the comment from Lasi746. Always keep it up at home. My mother spoke Finnish to be since birth (doing the same thing as you; watching Finnish programs and playing Finnish music). She would pretend she didn't understand me if I spoke English, which forced me to speak Finnish to her 24/7. When I went into first grade I didn't speak a word of English, but was quick to pick it up. Children are amazing and quick learners! I encourage you to keep it up. I know I'm v. grateful.
I love that you're talking about this! As a teacher and advocate of English learners, I wholeheartedly believe in the importance of a multilingual pre-school upbringing. She can pick up English in school, but French only at home so good for you! I wish my dad had spoken to us in Hindi, then I might identify with my Indian side more. But I bet you feel that way about your Japanese side too
My family is Trilinguale we speak french spanish and english! The best way to learn your child to get a grip to french is just the TV shows she watches make sure they are in french just like you said that's the way I learn english. I am now 18 and have a little brother that is 8 he is leaning the same way as I did and don't forget French is one of the hardest to learn!
L2FProduction 15 hours ago in playlist Uploaded videos
What you're doing is perfect by speaking french all the time and constantly surrounding her with that. I think the most important part of that is just keeping up with it over the years!
gotfunk8 2 days ago
PASSE PARTOU! aw yeah quebec montreal!
exotica45 2 days ago
... it may come to a "double semilingualism". However, it is proven that children will definitely profit from bilinguism .. Did you know that it delays dementia for about 5 years?
Anyways, loved this video, subscribed <3
JungleScooby 3 days ago
This may be late, however, I still hope you'll read this :): I actually just learn some aspects of bilingual teaching in my recent class (I was raised bilingual myself, German and Finnish). The most important thing is that you stick to one language and your partner to the other or otherwise the child will get confused. I don't know about your current relationship status, but you definitely have to make sure that the child continuously and intensively deals with both languages, or...
JungleScooby 3 days ago
@annalovesu412 Love that!
MIYA 1 week ago
My parents always spoke english but also signed everything they said. So all three of my sisters know sign language as well as english. My parents just thought doing it with us would be a good way for them to learn so as something to do while my mom was pregnant together they would go to sign language class at night. 9 months later they could sign almost anything. Then they just used us for practice :)
annalovesu412 1 week ago
MTL :)
thehappysunshine21 1 week ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Cou cou Miya! I hope you see this. i was wondering your thoughts. I'm american was fluent in French (during college and a bit after) and now my french is okay..rusty..and i can speak way better then write. Do you think WHEN I have children it would be good to speak in french, (although not perfect) and have my children watch everything in French so they get a grasp..even though again my french is not perfect. English is my first language. merci bcp miya!
stephmm2004 1 week ago
@stephmm2004 Yes definitely! But you would have to be very consistant. Even if not perfect, it would be good to learn another language...:)
MIYA 1 week ago
@MIYA WHY SUMMER SCHOOL, thats a little far.. :/
thecluelessone1 1 week ago
wow! It's amazing how much thought goes into your parenting :) it's great
bigbang1001 2 weeks ago
Its is much easier for a child to grasp both languages if one parent always communicates in french and the other in english so sounds like you`re doing just that! :) I find french is much harder to learn than english, especially in an english environment, luckily I live in a bilingual province in Canada and got to go to french schools and university, which made the difference for me! My french wouldn`t be the same if i had gone to english schools...and LOVED Passe-Partout! ;)
MissMelabear 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
OMG YOU ARE CANAdiAN!?!??!?!?!?!? same! thats amazing!! <3 i'm in french immersion!
lulugirl37 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@lulugirl37 yay Canada!
MIYA 1 week ago
I'm bilingual too, when I'll have kids, I'll raise them bilingual :)
OurBump 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I am a first generation Filipino Canadian and what my family did is what you do. Since she is going to go to an English school at like 4, she'll sponge it in and in public places too where people speak English. I think it's good you're doing this Miya, great job!
basicbooknerd 2 weeks ago
@basicbooknerd Thanks!
MIYA 1 week ago
@RadioStar673 It's Passe Partout
MIYA 2 weeks ago
sorry what was the show you watch called?
RadioStar673 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
My family speaks english & spanish and since were living in Spain we have our tv in english all the time but theres a downfall since I watch so many things in english my spanish isn't as fluent as it is in english and it's a bit harder for me in school..lol I'm a much cooler person when I can speak in english ._.
rockNickyXP 3 weeks ago
@TheKejjy Aww, merci!! Très gentil;)
MIYA 3 weeks ago
I'M FROM QUEBEC!!!!!!!! <3 :D i love you! Tu est vraiement inspirrante, jespere avoir autant de succes en tant que mere. I'm bilinguel and personally i think you're doing a great job :)
TheKejjy 3 weeks ago 2
I'm planning on moving to France and I'm gonna make sure my kids someday speak both french and english... merci pour la vidéo :3 jpense que c'est très utilise d'être bilingue.
XdisXesXwhyXimXhawtX 3 weeks ago
@LovePepino Agreed!
MIYA 3 weeks ago
I live in Belgium, which is a bilingual country, here we have Dutch and French. I live in the Dutch part so my main language is Dutch but at school we learn French. So I can speak French but not so well. In the 2nd year of High school (here it's 6 years) we learn English, which I speak much better then French. You also have the option to learn German and Spanish, but I don't do those two. I think it's important to speak several language, so you can express yourself all around the world.
LovePepino 3 weeks ago
Half to 90% here in Southern California speak Spanish and I don't. I'm like you, half Asian/half White and I only speak English!
thehapagirl92 3 weeks ago
I only realized you spoke French after hearing you talk about how to say "tightrope" in French but not English. Very cool. I'm actually from Belgium but grew up in both the US (where I am now) and in Belgium so I think your approach to teaching your daughter French is excellent. I don't have any children yet but I do teach French myself actually and I think also "Dorothee" would be excellent if you can find a Region 1 dvd. Last but not least I'm curious how you made it to LA. Merci.
Belgoboy 3 weeks ago
If she lives in a English speaking country she will eventually be fluent in English but she wants her to be bilingual so the only way for her to do that is to learn when she's really young due to the fact they are like sponges.
gisela2328 3 weeks ago
does she speak english? at all ?
anchorslaceandlove 3 weeks ago
I think it depends on where you raise your child. If you raise your daughter in the US then I suggest start making English a priority. Don't make her an outcast when she starts kindergarten and all the English speaking kids make fun of her "foreign" language. If anything, teach her Spanish as well since you live in SoCal
IchiTrois 3 weeks ago
I grew up in a strict, chinese speaking household in which my first words were in chinese, the first friends I made in school were chinese, and I was rolled in chinese classes. Being a young adult now and really realizing the importance of bilingualism, I wish someone had made it enjoyable for me to learn my mother tongue, that someone had told me the importance of bilingualism and that perhaps I was shown the importance of being able to do so.
agirlnamedtiffany 3 weeks ago
but i don't understand when she's older she's going to grow up around people who don't speak french (assuming she stays in the U.S.)- did you say your husband speaks english to her? i might have missed that part :)
katty81690 3 weeks ago
My family's from China, and my parents pretty much speak Chinese to me all the time, but I speak english back to them. well, chinglish dominated by english. I feel like i used to be a lot better at Chinese, especially when my grandma still lived in the US with us, but as I got older, i used a lot more english, and my chinese speaking skill have regressed a lot. i used to go to chinese school until second grade, but i stopped after that, and now i can't read or write chinese.
Tracster13 3 weeks ago
@Tracster13 damn that sucks. i always assumed that if someone was taught a language as a baby they would know it for life even if they moved somewhere else where a different language was prominent but i see thats not the case.
SocaTrain 3 weeks ago in playlist More videos from MIYA
@SocaTrain well i guess it depends on what age they start their other language. once i started school, i had to speak english. if someone moved later, they would probably retain both languages very well.
Tracster13 3 weeks ago
Je n'aurai jamais pensé que l'anglais était ta deuxième langue! I am French-speaking girl living in the UK and I know that whenever I have kids, I will speak French to them too...I think it's really great that you do that for your daughter, especially finding CDs and DVDs in French...C'est une richesse de pouvoir parler plusieurs langues alors keep it up! :))
jesuisbambi 3 weeks ago
@MIYA im bilingual im not good in french or english LOL i live in Ontario 45 minutes from Quebec my last name is Quenneville. oui je suis francais , ma mere nee Faubert. Mon pere a perdu son francais quand mon grandpere est mort a 32 ans son mere etait anglais . Excuse ma spelling LOL :))
emmville 3 weeks ago
i use to watch pass partou
emmville 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
My dad is half Canadian half Greek and he spoke English to me since day 1.Whenever someone was visiting us my dad would only speak English to me whereas my mom would speak Greek to me and my dad would tell me he didn't understand what I was telling him when I spoke Greek. That way I was forced to speak 2 languages which turned out to be a plus for me.I now speak English and Greek fluently and I also know German.
ItsChristinaK 3 weeks ago in playlist More videos from MIYA
I grew up speaking English & German from the beginning....the rule at home was that when it was just mom & I (or when I visited my grandparents) we spoke only German....when my dad was home (or people who didn't speak German) it was back to English. My husband & I plan on teaching our baby (due in Aug 2012) to speak both English & Spanish (he's Mexican)......I'm also hoping to teach baby a little German too!
rigsyrn 4 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
AHH CAMPS D'ODYSSE oh quebec !!!! Meilleure camps du monde! est il y a des different camps pour chaque personne
supersarah513 4 weeks ago
i live in montreal! aha it's so cool to watch someone that i can relate to (:
nicolelaukit 4 weeks ago
Salut Miya! Je suis francophone, ma mère est Algerienne et mon père est Egyptien. Donc on parle aussi Arabe, mais avec mon frère je parle anglais. Malheureusement, j'ai fait toutes mes ètudes en anglais et je remarque que je commence a perdre mon français. La bonne chose est que je vie à Ottawa, donc j'ai beaucoup d'opportunité de pratiquer la langue :)
sukar120 4 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
hey Miya, i was raised as a half asian/ half australian child. My mum was asain and she decided that i should learn english first, after my english was fluent. she immediately switched to chinese she sent me to a chinese school (1 week everday school for the holidays) and my chinese drastically imporved, i think what you are doing it right but after she can speak french make sure you teach her english!
MrMuffin273 4 weeks ago
I loved Passepartout! You are doing a great thing! How many americans lost their native language!! It's such a big gift you are doing to her!
leilocasportuguesa 4 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I live in Vancouver, half the people here speak Cantonese
lextasy88 4 weeks ago
J'viens du Québec aussi! As if :)
Lildevil876 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Je viens de Montréal ma mère est britanique et mon père est québecois. L'idée de lui parler suelement en français c'est très bien c'est ce que ma mère faisais pour que mon frère est moi devenions bilingue puisqu'on parlait majoritairement français. À ce jour quand je parle a mon père c'est en français mais je ne parle qu'anglais avec ma mère et je suis parfaitement bilingue. C'est peut-être un idée aussi de l'envoyé dans un camp de vacance régulier au québec. Genre un camp musical :) good luck
exquisitemoments 1 month ago
I was raised in Spain but my dad talked to me in English. Now I live in France with my French speaking partner and I'm trilingual. I thank my dad everyday for teaching me a second language, it opened my mind to other sounds and made it easier for me to learn other languages.
bichitochachi 1 month ago
I went to english school in Quebec, like you my parents spoke french at home and my mom read to us in french and then later bought us books in french only.
ladybugs888 1 month ago
It's normally possible to learn 3 languages at the same tim when you're still young. I'm trilingual (English, French, Dutch), and it makes it easier to learn more languages thereafter (I can understand and speak some German, Spanish and Italian, and a bit of Portugese). Great job Miya!!
Aphrodite884 1 month ago
Both my parents migrated to America From Viet Nam and when I was growing up, I was only allowed to speak Vietnamese in the house, however, I was still allowed to watch kid cartoons in English as my parents wanted me to know all of the American culture for school (like nursery rhymes and stuff). I can speak and understand perfectly but, I did not learn how to read and write Vietnamese until I was older (high school) but now I am fully bilingual.
beyourselfth 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Heureusement, français est une langue fantastique. J'habite a belgique et je parle français et néerlandais et mes parents parle les deux langues aves moi
IsabeauDuBeaufogre 1 month ago
i was raised in a cuban household but since my city was miami, i also had to speak english. thank you for the video- please like and subscribe to me too. ! merci beacoup!
NotYourMomsVlog 1 month ago
its kinda hard Miya, i was aided in a bilingual family arabic and english, my gf is bilingual too but russian and arabic. and we live in Germany. so for my daughter we actually had to choose what languages to talk to her. we decided to talk to her in arabic and russian. the social workers in school told us that she'll eventually learn german and english from school and preschool. the only thing i noticed is that she started speaking later than kids with only one language......
waleedo0 1 month ago
@waleedo0 ...... but now she knows to speak arabic to me and our arab friends and family or russian to the russian friends and family. I'm just hoping she'll learn german fast.
waleedo0 1 month ago
@babinoo3 Anywhere on Ste-Catherine or St-Laurent should be fun! The old Montreal is fun too! Let me know how you liked it!
MIYA 1 month ago
im like quadruplingual lol
I'm russian and moved to Canada with my parents when I was only 3. My parents only spoke russian with me at home so I'm still pretty fluent in it now. I learned english easily in preschool and french since I was and still am in french immersion + i take spanish courses.
Miya, it's so great that you're enforcing multiple languages in your daughter's life! In my school, 90% of the honor roll kids are french immersion. She'll really thank you for it!
123nalchik 1 month ago
My uncle was born in Argentina, and moved to Montreal with his wife and no kids. He had twins in montreal and he only speaks to them in Spanish, and in school they learn French AND English. Trilingual. That's amazing.
GrandStudable 1 month ago
I'm bilingual, but I learnt my second language (french) about 4 years ago. I was hard for me becuase my parents don't speak french so I had to rely on methods like you're doing with your daughter (tv shows, music and talking everyday). I found that it helped a lot to become more fluent. So I think you're on the right track with your daughter!
014bee 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I was born and raised in the Philippines so tagalog has been my first language. Then my mom and I moved here in America when I was 9 and english became my secondary language. I didn't know how to speak FULLY in english, until I started school. If my mom and I are out in public or with Americans, we speak to each other in english, but when we're at home, we speak in tagalog. My mom doesn't want me to lose my native language which is very important to us.
milkywaymars08 1 month ago
Hey Miya, my mum is French and my dad is English and we live in the UK. My mum really made an effort to speak french to my brother and I when we were little but as we've got older things have slipped and now neither of us speak very well! We only see my french family every two years or so, and when we do my french comes back within a couple of days but I lose it so easily again! I'm 18 now and I really wish i was bilingual so I could absorb more French literature, culture ect. so DON'T GIVE UP!!
blueflamingo17 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Bonjour Mya! Je crois que c'est une très bonne idée que ta fille apprend les 2 langues à son âge, ceci va être un très bon atout plus tard! Je demeure au Canada dans un village tout près d'Ottawa, ON dont la région est majoritairement francophone! Bien que ma famille parlons seulement le canadien-français entre nous, nous connaissons très bien l'anglais aussi! P.S. Passe-Partout c'est un classique! J'écoutais cela aussi quand j'étais toute petite! :)
xMissVx 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Je ne savais pas que ta langue maternele était le français!! Et je trouve que c'est super de ne parler que français à ta fille, son niveau de langue lui permettra d'avoir PLEINS de facilités plus tard! Je suis moi même bilingue, mais j'ai appris l'anglais toute seule, mes parents ne parlent que le français (j'Habite en france) et j'aimerais apprendre l'anglais à mes enfants (lorsque j'en aurais) !
manounerockeuse 1 month ago in playlist More videos from MIYA
out of the subject but we going to montreal next saturday to meet my brother there any good friendly place do you advise to see?
babinoo3 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
love your videos.i m was born in france and met my husband in us and i always told myself i will teach my 3 children french so they can talk as much to my family in france than my husband family in english ,but it got hard when my husband doesnt speak french at all he knows few words but not many,i teach them some words and they knows lot of french lullaby but i always go the easy way and speak english .we also moving back to france in june so i know they be billigual very soon .
babinoo3 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Je suis bilingue aussi! J'habite au Canada!(: Je parle le francais et l'anglais:)
steph5504 1 month ago
I am from New Brunswick, and I am in the english program at school. When I was in 5th grade, my school district had a program or all english 5th graders called intensive french. I was also in a kick ass core french program when I lived in Halifax. I have spoken with French people, and they couldnt tell the difference.
supaloulou 1 month ago
Je suis bilingue: francais à la maison, néerlandais à l'école. J'ai bientôt 22 ans maintenant, et ca devient très difficile de parler les deux langues parfaitement (quand je ne trouve pas mes mots dans une langues, je les dit dans l'autre langue). Ca devient très frustrant, de ne plus trouver ses mots dans telle ou telle langue. Je ne sais pas trop comment éviter que cela arrive, à part interdire à ta fille de mélanger les langues, j'imagine. Bonne chance!:)
sammytchouw 1 month ago
I grew up and still live in the Montreal area. My mother is bilingual and my dad only speaks french. From a young age, my dad spoke to me in French and my mother in English so I was always exposed to both languages in the home. I also lived in a very French sector so my friends would help me out when I made mistakes, etc. I think what you're doing is amazing and important. Keep it up, you're doing great!
SirParachute 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
my dad would speak english to us and my mom german. But my father would say to us if we anwsered in german, "what is that in english, i dont know what you are saying"
christifycj 1 month ago
i say that when she's @ home always 100% french. BUT... if you really want her to have fluent french like ou, i suggest you spend a little more money and put her in a french school. then that way she will be speaking french during school time and after school. english is a really important time to so take her to an english camp during the summer. that's what my friend did.
ghostgirl091 1 month ago
I am 100% spanish but moved to Germany when I was 3 and I attended a school that followed an American system. So my 'mother tongues' were English and Spanish. But since I have grown up in Germany my second landuage in school is German. So I am fluent in all those three. But as my second foregin language I chose French and according to most people I am basically fluent in that. I'm only 15 and have a huge mostivation to learn Italian as it would be so easy for me cause it is similar to spanish.
xxmariaabxx1 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@xxmariaabxx1 I envy you so much. My whole family is English-speaking only but, I've been trying to learn French since I was 12 y/o here in Canada. I don't know how close I am to fluency. I'm 18 now.
ZeeJeff 1 month ago
J'ai été élevé dans une famille bilingue en ontario. Ma mère nous parlait en français et mon père en anglais. On habitait dans une ville qui étais majoritairement anglophone, mais nous allions à une école francophone. Donc, je crois que c'étais assez facile pour nous d'apprendre les deux langues. Aujourd'hui à 22 ans, habitant la rive-nord de mtl, je suis trop contente d'être parfaitement bilingue ! C'est un grand avantage dans la vie.
MTL REPRESENT ! <3
sushi2889 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
est-ce vous avez une chaîne française? :)
thegluebox 1 month ago
Hey! where did u find the Passe Partout videos? I want to get them. Im from Ottawa and remember watching that show as a kid when I would visit my grandparents in Montreal. Help pls!
TheCrystyles 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I grew up in America but my parents only spoke Spanish in the house (they didn't know much English either). It's so easy for kids to pick up both and will be a great advantage for her in the future. I'm glad you're teaching her your first language because I know a lot of parents that just speak to their children in one even though they themselves know two and it's harder to pick it up later on in life and you have to take classes, etc. so they usually just don't pursue it.
monacojojo 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
I love passpartout !!!!!
AmyCullen03 1 month ago
My little brother speaks Russian with my mom, brother and grandma and German with me and my dad. He speaks both languages really well. When I was 2 I moved from Russia to Germany and I spoke no German at all... but as soon as I went to kindergarten I started speaking German. The child will learn English anyways... Keep focusing on French and when your child is older you could send her to France for an exchange year... That's what I did when I was 16 and that's how I learned English. ;)
TheZimtMuffin 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Hi Miya, In our family, we speak french at home but went to school in dutch. then we learned English at 9, so that was a lot of languages to learn, but it's definitely the best thing to do when she's younger. The hardest thing for us though, was make a full sentence in the same language!!! We would switch words and people who did not speak french and dutch had a hard time understanding. But make sure you teach her how to read and write in french! (french grammar is horrible!)
BelgianFlygirl 1 month ago
I'm sure you will send her to sunday school or something like that to read and write. What helped me was that, as well as being hooked on the music, the movies, and culture.
dinh 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
That is getting even kind of interesting when we're past the "which diapers I use" topics.
brongracz 1 month ago
you should do a meetup when you're in canada :)
oliviakimberlee 1 month ago
MIYA , when its about little kids there's more than watching shows in other language or speaking to them in foreign languages. Explain to them how much it means for you to be in touch with all of your roots and how many gates other languages will open for them in the near future, as you said they are sponges , so just try to teach them as much as you know before they reach and age where you cant not guide them any more.
timby1990 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
That's so awesome!!
i'm going to school out here in montreal, and i hope my baby will grow up speaking both french and english!!!
alvc420 1 month ago
I grew up in a bilingual home and I feel so fortunate. I don"t remember having difficulties with the conversion between the two languages and knowing when to use each. I just understood english was for school and macedonian was for interacting with family. I think what your doing for your daughter is great!! She will thank you later on:)
Frolicsomedelight 1 month ago
I grew up speaking Spanish and then ended up having some trouble when I began elementary school because my family focused too much on Spanish. In the long run I'm happy that can speak Spanish, but when I was little I did realize that being bilingual can possibly hold you back a bit since your forced to learn two accents. For example, words like "burrito" (lol) are pronounced differently in Spanish and English, thus have different accents to learn. Anyway, your daughter will thank you later.
playerguz2 1 month ago
why would any one leave someone like her ? what a ball
Gutten111 1 month ago
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Gutten111 1 month ago
Quand j'etais petite, ma mere me parlait en arabe et en francais et mon pere en allemand :)
TheSuperSlima 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Well, I personally grew up in a family speaking three languages (english, french, swiss german)
And I think, even though I live in the german speaking part of Switzerland, I didn't learn german until I was about 3, I guess?
My mom pretty much always spoke to me in french, and I had a lot of french CDs . When everyone was together we spoke english, and I was only read english children's books, and only watched english TV. We also went to england at least once a year, and that's about it :)
unFayemous 1 month ago
that's exactly what I would do... so awesome!!!
°Sara°
NerdishByNature 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
my mother is french but unfortunately she didn't speak french to me when I was little so I am unable to speak with me family in France =(
Glegend777 1 month ago
The only thing I would say is, make sure to differentiate the languages very thoroughly. I grew up in an Italian family, and my mamma would speak both English and Italian to me, and when it was time for preschool, I went in speaking both languages interchangeably, as if it were one language. I had no idea I was speaking two, and when I found out, I was sooooooooo confused =P lol
regoledenapoli 1 month ago
I'm asian, and my parents friends speak english to their kids because they're scared they can't speak at school. But my mom only speaks indonesian to me, when i started school i knew english from the tv and if i spoke english at home my mom wouldn't answer. All my family speaks indonesian so it's important to my mom. And i can never forget english since I live in america and speak it everyday at school.
FlannyLovesCandy 1 month ago in playlist More videos from MIYA
We speak Swiss-German at home and live in Ontario.. When your daughter is old enough to ask why she has to speak French to you make sure you tell her that she'll appreciate it when she's an adult
870MH 1 month ago
Quand j'étais petite, ma mère parlait le tagalog pour moi et maintenant je comprends la plupart everyhing, mais je ne le parle pas. Parfois, elle parle anglais pour que je puisse comprendre à la fois puisque nous langages de vivre en Amérique.
imsokleeenn 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Montreal ftw
Edwinyebrown45 1 month ago
We speak Yiddish and German and English at my house. My parents only spoke German and Yiddish with me until I was 4, and then they taught me English so I was ready for school. I also went to a bilingual school, which helped.
freakthepeachout 1 month ago
L'anglais est facile à épeler et aussi à apprendre à parler puisque c'est partout (et particulièrement en Californie). Pour l'aider avec l'orthographe en français, des études ont démontré que des enfants qui se font souvent faire la lecture par leurs parents étant jeunes développent un goût naturel pour la lecture et donc, sont meilleurs en orthographe et en général à l'école aussi. Et dans mon cas, c'est totalement prouvé!!
AnishinabeInnushkueu 1 month ago
Comme d'autres utilisateurs ont dit, le français parlé est super important mais celui écrit aussi. Si elle est bonne en orthographe en français, elle pourra avoir encore plus d'opportunités de carrière plus tard. Quelqu'un qui fait plein de fautes n'est pas intéressant pour un employeur. Pour ma part, j'ai commencé à apprendre l'anglais plus sérieusement en secondaire 3 et je ne fais pratiquement aucune faute en anglais écrit.
AnishinabeInnushkueu 1 month ago
Thumbs up pour Passe-Partout!! Meilleure chose au monde!!
AnishinabeInnushkueu 1 month ago
if she goes to american schools when she gets older, make sure you make her speak in French back to you. I grew up in America but my parents are both from Mexico, and when I started attending American schools I lost a lot of my ability to speak back even though I could understand everything. I regret not being forced to speak in spanish.
xcullenxluverx 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@MIYA Being bilingual early on from when I grew up, my parents made me go to chinese school.It's good to keep her talking to you only in French, and take her to French classes, so that way she will learn to write the language as well as speaking it. I found it easy to pick up English at school.
annalovesnz 1 month ago
You'll have an interesting time when she gets old enough for school...
DailyAlyssa 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
unfortunately my parents didn't teach me either of their languages. so now I only know english! I really really wish that they could have taught me when I was little.
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i was brought up speaking french and english, my dad is french and i lived in france until i was three, so being surrounded by the language really does help a lot. so what you're doing is perfect. my mom spoke to me in english and everyone else spoke to me in french and i am bilingual because of it.
JhUtChLoVa101292 1 month ago
My daughters learned 3 languages at a young age. The only problem you may run into is they don't know or remember a word in one of the languages. Just have them say it in the one of the languages they know and then teach them that word in the other. They get sometimes confused especially when learning to read in a language. The school will call and say your child is having problems reading, just tell them that she is bilingual. I went through this with both of my daughters.
mbarnatl 1 month ago
I'm American but I grew up in France. What my parents did was they spoke in English at home and we would watch either American movies or French TV or whatever. Didn't matter. But at school I spoke French and my friends were French. The only thing you should probably avoid is teaching her to read and write in both languages at the same time. That's when I got lost. It was really hard.
LifeOfAmlet 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
french is just the best language :) keep it up MIYA
laroche5555 1 month ago
Mon chum est quebecois et moi je suis anglophone de Toronto. We speak English at home, but we are both bilingual and it will be important for our kids to speak both English & French, especially since my hubby's family is francophone. I grew up in a Cantonese speaking household and maintain my Chinese as well. I am glad to hear that you are ensuring that your daughter keeps up her French. It is important that she stay connected with her roots. She will be grateful for your efforts in the future!
BambooStar8 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
At home you must speak ONLY french and outside ONLY english. She must never get the two languages mixed up. Make it clear to her that you will ONLY talk in french to her.
dimlivestrong 1 month ago
I actually come from Quebec too! My parents have always spoken to me in both English and French all my life! I really do believe that it's a gift that you give your children when you teach them a second language! I'm actually studying to be become an English as a second language teacher in Montreal so I get to experience first hand the learning process of acquiring a second language!
You are doing a great job Miya!
Lâche pas le beau travail, ta fille va te remercier plus tard :)
Spriiitz 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
In my family, there is no English allowed in our house. When we talk to my mom it's only in Swedish. When we talk to my dad it's only in Spanish. Outside our home, we hear a lot of English and Spanish so naturally, our Spanish and English is better than our Swedish. To make up for that my mother makes sure that we do a lot of her Swedish traditions especially around the holidays. It's all about knowing who you are and where you come from. It sounds like you are doing an amazing job!
MsHoanna 1 month ago
Salut :),
Je suis une française de 19 ans et j'ai vécu aux Etats-Unis pendant un moment. Mes deux parents nous parlaient français et je suivais des cours du CNED en français pour ne pas perdre mon niveau. Sinon, j'étais en école américaine et je parlais en anglais avec mon frère. Depuis que nous sommes rentrés en France je parle toujours anglais avec mon frère et ce qui m'aide a maintenir et améliorer mon niveau c'est les séries/films/chansons/livres, and of course YOUTUBE :). Hope this helps :)
carpediem4193 1 month ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Hey! My parents are canadian but live in Mexico and I was born there. My parents wanted their children to know both english and spanish so they always spoke to us in english at home but then we would speak spanish to our friends, etc. It also helped my brothers and I that we went to a bilingual school where we got as muc english as we did spanish. And now both my brothers and I speak english and spanish fluently.
123beca456 1 month ago
i love to speak 2 languages(english+welsh)coz u can always curse at someone without them knowing for doing something bad i hope mila is understanding french keep it up :)
JayHodgettsTV1 1 month ago
@Loubellx She's bilingual. Her dad speaks English with her...
MIYA 1 month ago 6
@superravmanrampage No worries there, she is perfectly bilingual as I'm the only one who speak Frenxh to her, everyone else speak English to her... ;-)
MIYA 1 month ago 6
@brooklyn3k English school during the yr, French school in the summer...
MIYA 1 month ago
@MIYA Yes! That's a great suggestion, I plan on it...
MIYA 1 month ago
@peatthetreat C'est vrai!
MIYA 1 month ago
@1975Sandust Wow! 5!!? that's amazing!!
MIYA 1 month ago
@BlueEyesJRN No but she is perfectly bilingual...
MIYA 1 month ago
@cathefeline Agreed!
MIYA 1 month ago
@Lasi746 Gives me hope:)
MIYA 1 month ago
@thesenselesswonder I wish I knew Japanese...
MIYA 1 month ago
@acceberful Sure will... ;)
MIYA 1 month ago
@amnilikesturtles Thank you!
MIYA 1 month ago
@chanccc117 Thank you;)
MIYA 1 month ago
@brookebrezzo Bonne chance a Toronto!!
MIYA 1 month ago
@Korint91 She is perfectly bilingual as I'm the only one speaking French to her. So no worries;)
MIYA 1 month ago
@MissParisSweetheart Love your profile name;)
MIYA 1 month ago
@goudz23 I will, thanks!
MIYA 1 month ago
@iLikeGiraffes42 I wish I didn't have an accent... Love u guys too!
MIYA 1 month ago
@JamesPlayDrum She actually is bilingual. Everyone else speak English to her...;)
MIYA 1 month ago
@lisachan95 Yay half Japanese! I'm sure you will learn quickly again living there! Would love to visit Japan!
MIYA 1 month ago
@ErinAlyssa15 ;) xoxo
MIYA 1 month ago
Hi guys, to answer your question, Mila is also fluent in English. She is bilingual. I'm the only one who speak French to her, everyone else around speak English:)
MIYA 1 month ago
@RanciDxSicknesS Quad lingual, wow! Impressive! Yes, she is fluent in English as well:)
MIYA 1 month ago
@MisaMisuMajide You're too cute! Thank you for watching;)
MIYA 1 month ago
I'm half Japanese and half German but when I was 1 my family and I moved from Japan back to Germany and even though my mothers japanese, her german is really good so I spoke "fluently" japanese until I got to kindergarden.. :( even though my mother tried to teach me japanese through japanese childrens magazines and videos I just forgot everything :(
which sucks cause now I live in Japan again :D
lisachan95 1 month ago
Wait, you live in America yet you are raising your child to speak French? Imagine how hard it is going to be for her at about age 5 or whenever she goes to school to then try and learn English when every other child is much new advanced. Besides at that age they will be unable to comprehend the fact that hello means bonjour and when to use which one
JamesPlayDrum 1 month ago
My first language was Spanish but as I got nearer into heading to Pre-school I started learning English and found it was easier to learn because I already knew another language, so I think it's important to teach them to be bilingual at a young age so the transition will be much easier and a lot smoother plus there's no accent, even though I wish I had one because I love yours.. I love you, Miya! Besos <3
iLikeGiraffes42 1 month ago
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My moms American and my dads from Egypt. When I was little I could speak Arabic fluently.. They got divorced and my dad moved back to Egypt when I was 12.. Now I can barely put together a few sentences in Arabic.. Make sure you stick with it Miya! I started studying Arabic again but it's hard now. I speak more Spanish than Arabic lol cuz its easier..
goudz23 1 month ago
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My moms American and my dads from Egypt. When I was little I could speak Arabic fluently.. They got divorced and my dad moved back to Egypt when I was 12.. Now I can barely put together a few sentences in Arabic.. Make sure you stick with it Miya! I started studying Arabic again but it's hard now. I speak more Spanish than Arabic lol cuz its easier..
goudz23 1 month ago
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My moms American and my dads from Egypt. When I was little I could speak Arabic fluently.. They got divorced and my dad moved back to Egypt when I was 12.. Now I can barely put together a few sentences in Arabic.. Make sure you stick with it Miya! I started studying Arabic again but it's hard now. I speak more Spanish than Arabic lol cuz its easier..
goudz23 1 month ago
My moms American and my dads from Egypt. When I was little I could speak Arabic fluently.. They got divorced and my dad moved back to Egypt when I was 12.. Now I can barely put together a few sentences in Arabic.. Make sure you stick with it Miya! I started studying Arabic again but it's hard now. I speak more Spanish than Arabic lol cuz its easier..
goudz23 1 month ago
i'm french american (french dad american mom) live in paris, but go to a french american school, where we do all the subjects in french, + litterature and history in english (although we also have those courses in french). i speak english at home
MissParisSweetheart 1 month ago
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MissParisSweetheart 1 month ago
wow, thats torture for the baby, well, i guess its better then american english but i would hate having english as a second language when i live in an english speaking country.
Korint91 1 month ago
@Korint91 she will speak both fluently lol..
goudz23 1 month ago
@goudz23 still, french is a pain in the ass :P i studied it for 6 years so i know :)
Korint91 1 month ago
@Korint91 you might want to be careful with what you say... i honestly take that personally, as being raised bilingual is one of the greatest gifts my parents gave me. it opens so many doors and gives me so many more opportunities :)
evajmd 1 month ago
@evajmd you shouldnt take any youtube comments seriously. but i cant see how i was being offensive, basically i just said i dont like the french language. and i am entitled to my opninion, so i might want to say whatever i want. and i dont doubt that is has been good for you, knowing alot of languages can be useful.
Korint91 1 month ago
@Korint91 Not if you have been taught it since you were born. If I was born into a french family I would probably find english as you say 'a pain in the ass'. I live in Canada and was in french from grade 3 to grade 9 and I HATED it! But I'm sure if I understood the language and I knew what I was saying I wouldn't of minded it. If someone can speak more than one language, more power to them.
Mikkixox9 1 month ago
Coucou! J'ai 20 ans et j'ai grandie dans le sud de la France juste à coté de la frontière italienne et avec une nounou italienne je suis quasiment bilingue, maintenant je pars à la conquête de l'anglais en partant vivre à Toronto! Je pense que c'est vraiment fantastique de parler plusieurs langues, et le faire dès l'enfance est vraiment un plus car c'est tellement plus facile, je sais qu'avec mes enfants je ferais tout pour qu'il sache autant parler français qu'anglais et pourquoi pas italien :)
brookebrezzo 1 month ago
Im 17 and I'm fluent in cantonese. I was born and raised in Washington. My parents had just always spoke it to me and it really is has no negatives. Its such a great opportunity for your daughter to know french as she grows up, I bet you're a great mother!
chanccc117 1 month ago
@chanccc117 She is an amazing mom!!
ErinAlyssa15 1 month ago
My parents always spoke to us in Spanish. All the time. They made sure we knew it. Once we started Elementary school I did have to have Kindergarten and 1st grade in Spanish & English, but I grasped English really well. I do now know English better than Spanish, but I'm fluent in both. From this day, my parents always talk to us in Spanish, hardly ever in English.
zebrax92 1 month ago
Growing up in a country where almost everyone is bilingual helped a lot. In my family, we combine English and malay when we speak, but usually more malay is used. In my opinion, its really good that you're speaking french with her at home because she will be able to learn English at school. Good luck :)
amnilikesturtles 1 month ago
Couldn't agree more with the comment from Lasi746. Always keep it up at home. My mother spoke Finnish to be since birth (doing the same thing as you; watching Finnish programs and playing Finnish music). She would pretend she didn't understand me if I spoke English, which forced me to speak Finnish to her 24/7. When I went into first grade I didn't speak a word of English, but was quick to pick it up. Children are amazing and quick learners! I encourage you to keep it up. I know I'm v. grateful.
acceberful 1 month ago
I love that you're talking about this! As a teacher and advocate of English learners, I wholeheartedly believe in the importance of a multilingual pre-school upbringing. She can pick up English in school, but French only at home so good for you! I wish my dad had spoken to us in Hindi, then I might identify with my Indian side more. But I bet you feel that way about your Japanese side too
thesenselesswonder 1 month ago
Native language at home, English Everywhere else..Worked for me)))
Lasi746 1 month ago