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Leszek
    08/29/08Reply with quote#4
Hi everyone... I live in US and am originally from Poland, my wife is American and only speaks English. Since birth I have spoke to our son exclusively in Polish. I am the only one that he hears the Polish language, everything else around him is of course in English, including daycare. He is currently 24 months and understands everything in both languages however does not speak Polish. He is getting really good with English, has a quite high vocabulary he can say, which is great, started to form full sentences, but does not do the same in Polish.
I always stick to Polish when talking to him but he does not return in back. He speaks few basic words in Polish back to me but does not speak the same level as he does in English. It's frustrating as i fear that he will not learn to speak the language and will only understand Polish.
Does anyone have any suggestions/ tips... Good luck to all...
   
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