One line through four generations:
- My dad's mom's native language was Polish.
- My dad's native language is German.
- My native language is English.
- My son's native language is Japanese.
All four of us were born in the United States of America.
父方の祖母の母語はポーランド語でした。父の母語はドイツ語です。僕の母語は英語。息子の母語は日本語。全て4人は米国の生まれ。
My four grandparents all had different native languages: one each with Polish, German, French, and English.
Three were born in the USA; only the native English speaker, my maternal grandmother, was not (she was born in Canada).
僕の祖父母、4人はそれぞれ違う母語があって：ポーランド語、ドイツ語、フランス語、英語。一人以外は米国の生まれ。母語が英語の母方の祖母だけは別の国の生まれ。
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Hi Jeffrey
Is your father coming from “Sudetenland” My Wifes Grandma has also the Name Friedl. The lived near the city formerly called Karlsbad.
Klaus
I believe that my great grandparents on my dad’s side emigrated from Bavaria. I can check the details when I get home in a few days. —Jeffrey
Thanks for shareing.
My father is Welsh. My Mother was German. I was born in England. I live in Berlin. I have a British passport. My wife is Bulgarian. My son has a German passport. I’m a bilingual European. Brexit is stupid.
BTW: The spelling of Friedl sounds Bavarian or Austrian to me. In other parts of Germany it would more likely be written as Friedel. As to it’s etmyology it’s probably just means someone who’s fathers name was Friedrich.
Here my native language is English, wife unit’s Japanese and son unit, well when we were living in Japan, he spoke Japanese. While we lived in Japan I made it a point (and based on observation of others) not to speak to him in Japanese. So while his main, go-to language then was Japanese, from an old video recording made when he was pre-K, English lurked beneath the surface.
Now that we live in the U.S., English quickly became son unit’s go-to language. While he has good aural comprehension(thank to mother unit speaking to him only in Japanese) , his spoken Japanese now lags. Something though that would probably change if he spent a few years back in Japan.
Nice blog! I following you. 🙂 From Turkey
My dad’s native language is Italian.
My mom’s native language is Polish.
My parents spoke to each other in Alsatian.
My native language is French.
I learned German, the language of our neighbors,
living on the other side of the Rhine
I like your blog, following it since many years.
Happy new year, Jeffrey! Bonne et heureuse année!
Sincerely,
Serge