3 year-old bilingual child switching between English and Portuguese

[888marin888]

aw ful noisy sounds scratches on the microphone, too bad it's fun !

[NaomiIsSoAwesome98]

I'm half portuguese :D

[405manda]

My kids can do this too. Not that special when they are exposed to it from birth. Awfully cute kid. He does need a wet wipe for his face though.

[CmdrX3]

I always wonder when people learn several languages do they do a translation in their head from one to other first. For example see apple, think apple, think of translated word for apple, say translated word or does the image go straight to say translated word. Personally I would love to speak other languages, I've just never been very good at it and at 44, I doubt I'd have any hope now. I am genuinely jealous of those that can.

[littleaprilroses]

@CmdrX3 Haha, don't lose hope. You're never to old to learn a new language. :)

[zedasilva3]

ZOMG!

Onde vocês moram?

No Brasil ou fora?

[orllamas1]

Cumprimentos para os dois, o menino e a senhora. Nao permita que ele esqueca o Portugues. Ele ja tem dois linguas...qual vai ser a terceira?

[thelovelyratkitten]

The cuteness! Awwwww! Cutie pie!

[Imoniqe]

Jew cute

[animeloverjunostar]

I hope she had permission to tape this minor, sounds like a school

[levelojaune]

Snowstorm!!



[marcellin20a]

this is the norm. Anyone who speaks more than 2 languages will do this.

[miggmeetz45781]

awwww, 'bunny rabbit.' cute

[JuicyUnicorn]

I do this with german english. And french japanese XD

[lovelessheart27]

Very Smart little boy and adorable!! He loves bunny rabbits....how cute!!

[DAMMITPANDA]

Yea thats right buddy,English man ENRISH hahahahahaha!

[sam62097]

i think it's normal cause i speak in 3 languages at the same time LoL

[iltimate1]

this kid looks high......

[xTayy1]

He looks like a mini James Maslow!!! :D

[nyc212nyc212]

XD

[InTheMist03200]

A huge goal in my life is to learn as many languages as I can. Then, when I have children, teach them different languages as they grow up. They may not retain everything, but it'll be a huge stepping stone when they're older :)

[UmaEraVez]

Ohhh, ele é tão fofinho!! Mas fez-me confusão o sotaque Inglês misturado com sotaque do Brasil XD . Nunca tinha ouvido nada assim (tanto na senhora, como no rapaz) e achei muito engraçado :) . De qualquer maneira, o miúdo é fantástico por conseguir racionalizar pensamentos nas duas línguas, sem problemas em trocar de uma para a outra. Fantástico, sem dúvida.

(PT de PT; confusões linguísticas não são propositadas, se forem causadas de todo)

[Sappyspartan]

Best for kids to learn languages at this age. They're most efficient then

[chchchinita20]

This is wonderful! I wish my parents would have spoken to me more in Spanish growing up. I would have been completely fluent by now.

[Rikiya21]

I want my son to be like him... ^_^

[MsBrasilusa]

@Rikiya21 Start learning yourself a language and practice with him... It will increase the bond between you and your son and you both will learn another language!

[Rikiya21]

@MsBrasilusa Thanks for the advice ^_^ I'll never forget that one...

[Rikiya21]

He's too smart and handsome ^_^

[MsBrasilusa]

Children who have 1 parent (or both) speaking different languages will learn not only the languages, but also the culture of their parents! The boy’s first language is probably Portuguese, but TV is in English, most play dates are in English, other family/friends/neighbors do speak in English! So they’re in contact with both languages simultaneously! Researches show that if a child is immersed in several languages since very early age (and keep it) they’ll function in those languages effortless.

[velika5]

@MsBrasilusa research also suggests it has a positive impact on math performance.

[MsBrasilusa]

@velika5 Absolutelly! Learning is always good even if just for pleasure!

[FuaYua]

He is gonna be a HUNK when he grows up!! shoot kid, y rnt u 16????

[MsBrasilusa]

@FuaYua That's the Brazilian in him hahahahaha!

[Seasir777]

It is a pre school setting that makes sense and beautiful to hear children playing,God bless

[sheliescold]

this is wonderful! im not fluent in spanish but i want to teach my baby spanish as much as i know! she should be able to speak to her family on my side just like she can speak to everyone who speaks english :)

[MrJoseafer]

O love the way hi speaks but I didn't understand very much what he said in portuguese,maybe just because he lives in America. I have known children who could speak 4 different language and they switch from one to another without a blink. Amazing!!

[lpsareawesomeful]

sooooo cute

*_*

[KJ01O1]

I used to babysit a 3yo boy and 5yo girl who had a Russian dad and French Canadian mom, so they were fluent in English, Russian and French. It made me feel stupid when they switched back and forth between languages and I couldn't understand anything they were saying. xD I really hope that my future babies' daddy is bilingual so he can speak another language to them...it's such a huge advantage to grow up speaking more than one language like that!

[XxImprisonedAngelxX]

yes its not uncommon to learn multiple languages when you're younger (when you don't live in america)

[BreeBlissification]

so cuteee ;___; i want him

[Racingirl911]

His mom is right! He IS cute!! LOL!!

[MyDANIELZz]

when ho goes to school ebery girl is gonna get a crush on him

[eyeseechristian]

Some of the Portuguese words resemble Spanish words. I think I'm going to start taking portuguese. :) & being bilingual is not something uncommon, you just need practice. I think he is a smart little boy and is only going to get smarter.

[Jazzie646]

He is sooo frickin gorgeous.. My daughter wants to meet him and she's not even born yet! :)

[dearestjen]

@Jazzie646 shut up pregnant bitch,

[MrCherryBoii]

He's so adorable! I want one!

[Aresolar690]

I speak english and German, and I speak both to my baby son. I hope he will retain the language when he gets older. I'm only 18 and the parenting thing is new to me, so I'm hoping I'm doing right by speaking both languages to him.

[adrianafcr]

@Aresolar690 You are doing it so right! Keep on... His brain connections are developing in a bebeficial mode, and all the research confirms this. Speaking more than a language is a big advantage and now we know it delays for many years the development some diseases like alzheimer's. Much research is on the way, in fact the majority of world population is bilingual.

[Sk8ergirl144]

He is so adorable!!!

[HanABi77Hyuu]

Sometimes when I forget a word in Polish I start speaking English....It's WEIRD but actually helpful. Though...I'm much, much older than that kid XD

[adrianafcr]

@HanABi77Hyuu Don´t know how old you are, but you´re actually helping you brain!

[HanABi77Hyuu]

@adrianafcr

I'm 16...but what do you actually mean by helping my brain? xD 

[TeamWayfarer]

@HanABi77Hyuu I speak Polish and English too, and I do the same thing with my parents! They think it's so funny, especially because I'm twenty. :P :x

[HoSayLiaoLah]

@HanABi77Hyuu

Why don't u check the dictionary if u forgot a word?

[HanABi77Hyuu]

@HoSayLiaoLah

You think I carry a dictionary everywhere? O.o and If I forgot then I forgot on what letter it starts with so I wouldn't be able to find it anyway.

[JiJaolizmGaZeroNoDNA]

@HanABi77Hyuu same but Thai and German xD

[hop208]

The woman in the background sounds kind of pissed off when he initially said his favorite language was English and not Portuguese.

[adrianafcr]

@hop208  Thanks for the post. But not at all, it was just a no cut home video and sometimes the intonation in one language differs from another. But I´ll try to sound softer with my next interviews.

[fabiofloripa159]

@hop208 english is a way easier than portuguese... I spend my hole life studing and talking portuguese and I still dont know all the rules.. Learn english took me 4 months to comunicate with my co-workers and friends with no problems.. my cousin only speaks english even with his parents, and he was also educated in brazil until 7!

he's just making the natural choice i guess.

[Seasir777]

I wonder what is goin on in that place it sounds as if a girl is being tortured in the background. I wonde what is all the screaming about?

[adrianafcr]

@Seasir777 This video was taken in a pre-school setting. Kids noises are the fun part of it.

[trying2killsometime]

@globin3 My god you're stupid.

[crawfish35]

vocês são de qual parte do brasil? tô adivinhando rio mas também quero dizer algum parte do sul por causa do "tu"

[jdnieves]

My first two boys grew up speaking both English and Spanish. The third one understand most od Spanish, but unfortunately, once he started to go to school, he got "sandwiched" between an English speaking school system and his older brothers also speaking English. My wife did not supported me in teaching him the language, she loves to speak Spanglish. I wish I could teach them a third language, but I have no one to practice with. Perhaps they could get a Portuguese or Italian girlfriend...

[lovemyBIEBS]

the most adorable little boy i've ever seen

[DarkChoclatewithtop]

wow wish I had the "hability" to speak portuguese and switch between them simultaneously and be cute.

[hpept]

my son could do the same at this age between portuguese and italian. He's now 9 and speaks four languages. It only takes training, no skills at all.

[Madizzle90]

He's going to be a lady killer when he's older.

[allamerican65]

how cute is he!

[novelista14]

@kpopper222 I agree. It's called code switching. It is far rarer for a bilingual person not to do it. The kid is cute but I would hardly call it amazing.

[GAP4EVER]

My niece can do the same in English and Spanish. =)

[tubaplayer67]

someone's got good genes....

[CannibaIZombie]

He's going to be so sexy when he gets older.

[DOUGLA192]

Freaking cute! :D

[DOUGLA192]

@kpopper222 Lucky. I'm learning how to do that, but I'm not yet there. :)

[baller9598]

boss...

[Aug9nblick]

hes adorable :D

[Elizabeth13134]

CUTIE!!

[jizzy2k]

Earthquake?

[szepiz]

@globin3 everyone said this to me when i was 3 year old :(

[globin3]

@szepiz lmao I'm sorry. 

[LittleEdensRage]

if i ever have a son i hope he looks like him. he is so beautiful! :)

[trying2killsometime]

@LittleEdensRage He's 3 you freak.

[LittleEdensRage]

@trying2killsometime  oh c'mon lmao.

[luizotaviodarissi]

He's so cute. Ele é tão fofo!!!

[ninodanoite]

Intelligent Child!  Criança inteligente!

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