X is coming home with more and more to say that he only knows how to say in Swedish. Much of the time it's not only vocabulary but also structure.
When you ask if you're tired in English the reply restricted to "I'm not tired". While in Swedish you would reply that you are "energetic" or "spry" more akin to "alert"...pigg.
So my son isn't tired. He's pig.
Observations on the language development of my children. Native English mother, Native Swedish Father. Home language: English, school language: Swedish.
Monday, January 26, 2009
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