Tips On RAISING CHILDREN In DIFFERENT LANGUAGES (Spanish, Polish, English)

We have learned so much the last couple of years since our son was born, nutrition wise, health wise, but we have also learned a lot about communication!
We are a trilingual family, and Vigo has been raised trilingual. I speak exclusively Spanish to him, mom speaks only Polish and she and I speak English in the household (plus we live in the UK which is an English speaking country). We discover new things everyday, about his development, his speech, his listening and comprehension.
We have created a list of tips that we wanted to share with you in case you find yourself in a similar situation, with a little one that will share languages between parents and the language being spoken in school by his friends. Of course this video is not created exclusively for people with children, if you don't have any yet, or simply are interested in the topic, hopefully we provided some information you found valuable!
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[@TurdusConcept]

Wow the kapcie intermission was hilarious 😂

[@VigosDad]

😂❤️

[@miriamzajfman4305]

Z doswiadczenia wiem ze jest to najlatwiej zrobic kiedy dzieci sa male , na poczatku beda te jezyki mieszac . Tylko jedna z moich corek zaczela mowic pozniej ( majac 2 lata , jej siostry mowily zdaniami majac tylko 1,5 ) Pomiedzy rodzina , znajomymi , sasiadami slyszaly 5 jezykow Lol 🤭. Wasze porady co do nauki sa wspaniale 👍 Zyje w Kanadzie mam trzy dorosle corki ,ktore plynnie mowia 4 jezykami . Dzis ucza swoje dzieci jezykow , gdyz jest to wielkim Bogactwem ! . Ja sama wladam 7 , no ale zylam w czrerech roznych krajach . Bylam w Dominican Republic -wspaniali ludzie (mowie tez po hiszpansku) . Jest to jeden z jezykow bardzo latwych do nauki i bardzo piekny ! . Jestescie fajna para ,zycze wam duzo szczescia i pociechy z dzieci , zapewne bedzie ich wiecej 😘P.S. Przepraszam za bledy ,ale juz 50 lat jak opuscilam kraj bedac tylko dzieckiem i tutaj w mojej rodzinie niestety nie ma Polakow 😪

[@Immigrantwriter]

Polski piekny! a wielojezycznosc Waszej rodziny godna podziwu! dziekujemy i pozdrawiamy! :)

[@miriamzajfman4305]

@@Immigrantwriter Nasz jezk ojczysty zawsze bedzie dla nas najpiekniejszym !💗 Choc nie jest on latwy do nauki A co do jezykow to po prostu przypadek , duzo czlowiek wloczyl sie po swiecie i prawde mowjac latwo mi to przychodzilo . Studiowalam sie w czterech jezykach . No ale pozniej stalo sie to moja pasja , a obecnie doceniam wartosc tego . Latwjej poznac swiat , zwlaszcza ludzi mogac sie z nimi porozumiec w ich ojczystym jezyku . Ciekawostka jedna z moich corek mowi plynnie Mandarin, wykladala na Uniwersytecie w Chinach , nie wierzylam ze jest to mozliwe🤷‍♀️ . Druga wlada po hebrajsku, alfabet jest inny ,ale jezyk nie trudny do nauki Pozdrawiam z Montrealu 🙋‍♀️💌

[@Immigrantwriter]

@@miriamzajfman4305 piekne historie i wspomnienia, pozdrawiamy serdecznie!

[@szobione]

My son is trilingual and now at 15 he speaks Polish, Hungarian and English. We always have trilingual discussions at the dinner table, I speak Polish with him, he speaks Hungarian with his mom and when I speak with my wife in English he joins in English. Funny thing is how he learnt English without us teaching him even once. He just listened to our conversations for 9 years and one day when he was 9 he suddenly started to speak fluently English. He has some accent, but his vocabulary in English is on par with his two native languages. Kids are amazing how easily they pick a language without even teaching them, just by listening.

[@VigosDad]

Amazing! He just started speaking English without any lessons? Incredible! Smart boy you got there!

[@szobione]

@@VigosDad Yes, he did. We never taught him anything. One day he simply joined our conversation in English and started speaking fluently. It was a big shock to us too. This is when he made his first YT video (an intro to his channel) in English and he basically became fluent from day to day. He proceeded to record his first video of the Minecraft game where he spoke fluently for 20 mins or so. I remember standing there watching this in disbelief as he explained everything in English. Before that he never spoke a single word in English, so yeah, it came suddenly and he basically learnt from us and later YT. Now, he watches everything in English on YT. When we go to the cinema he listens to dialogs in English. Sometimes if he does not know a fancy word in Polish or Hungarian (like when we discuss world affairs or economics), he usually knows it in English and I also sometimes tell him words in English first in hopes he knows it before I explain them in Polish. It is quite amazing how well he taught himself English without us even trying. Your child lives in UK, so he will speak English native as well as Polish and Spanish, but you have to put attention to sending him to Polish and Spanish kindergarten (like we did), so he can speak his parents' languages every week with others.

[@gmiernik]

👋 mixing languages becomes a convenience (laziness) specially at home where everyone speaks in your case...3 languages. With my polish/English parents and with my English/French friends we often throw English into our conversations to reduce the number of syllables to roll off the tongue. When your around someone knowing they will understand you if you substitute certain annoying words to pronounce with another from a common language it became a habit for me. Now if I'm talking to someone unsure if they speak similar common languages than I make the effort not to substitute. My very common example is always " ma-mo ide na po-dwor-ok " it's easier to jump out with mom ide na yard. Less syllables to bother with. Vigo will deffinetly appreciate his fluency in 3 languages, specially into adulthood because everyone will agree there is something about a Latin language, or let's just confirm the language of Luv. Hehe. Pair that with having some Latin dance moves and well, he won't be single for long. Sorry for adding that just my way of smirking.

[@VigosDad]

Hahaha Vigo will be a half latin lover??

[@Zeewman]

But you just substituted then with than...

[@Anslade]

My son has favourite language per activity i.e. Lego in German, cars in English and puzzles in Polish :)

[@VigosDad]

It’s all a noodle soup of things isn’t it!? Haha

[@Anslade]

@@VigosDad well, his friends come from all over the world, so I am waiting when he starts speaking something like Chinese ;) Still it is cool seeing a small Chinese boy running around kindergarden in Austria and screaming "kwadrat!" :P

[@VigosDad]

I want Vigo to learn Mandarin too! I think it’s one of those “languages of the future” kind of thing.

[@kkahi5308]

Świetnie wyglądacie! W kolejnym świetnym filmie... Na tym świetnym kanale. Dzięki za dobrą energię na wieczór ❤️❤️

[@VigosDad]

thank you! Sending you a big hug to you today!

[@agnieszkamarchewska1338]

My kids are bilingual. They speak English and Polish. They used to mix words, they still do sometimes but less than before. I agree that it's very beneficial for the kids to be bilingual or multilingual

[@VigosDad]

fantastic! nothing like bilingual kids!

[@GyroballFlex]

Great video ❤️ I have a little one of 8 months old. Her name is Mila (dad - Colombian / mom - Polish) thank you for this amazing content 🙏🏽

[@VigosDad]

Aww lovely name! Thank you. Send the little one greetings from Vigo :D

[@Immigrantwriter]

lovely name! dziekujemy ❤️

[@kuraudiaz7923]

Love you guys!

[@sherrimacdonald2157]

I am Canadian living in Warsaw. I have 20 and 15 year old daughters. From the beginning- even when we lived in Canada, my husband spoke Polish my daughter and I spoke English. Now they are completely bilingual as well as the addition of Spanish and French. In our experience- there was no problems. It isn't a race. My youngest did take longer to read in Polish- but there was nothing to be worried about. We kind of have our own family language now that is a mix of Polish and English- I also think the slang/idioms is what makes a person fluent. Even though my Polish is really good- I don't have the knowledge of slang but my kids have the slang/idiom knowledge in both languages.

[@sherrimacdonald2157]

I also wanted to add that for a few years the Polish teachers were insisting my daughter was dyslexic because she was learning to read Polish slower than the other kids. She wasn't at all but there is a gap in the teaching methods for multilingual children.

[@VigosDad]

thank you for sharing your experience, very insightful! It is a reality that bilingual/trilingual children can start speaking a little later but they do develop perfectly fine!

[@Micky575]

I've watched almost all your films and I must say that the STAR is Vigo. I have a grandson about his age and these little people can learn languages fast. Due to the fact that my kids speak perfect english, we spent some time in the US where they went to school. My wife from Russia, so our kids speak russian and english. Now we want our grandkids to speak english and russian. Now thats not an easy task but slowly we are moving on ;)

[@dorotawitkowska4439]

Good video, we are borh polish parents leaving in UK. Our Daughter 4.5 years is mixing English and Polish all the time. Like "Mama, can I have bułka for śniadanko", "I like koteks" Yes she even adding s to polish word to create a plural. We are trying speak Polish at home, English outside, but she still speak more English than Polish . I have signed her to the local Saturday polish school. Hopefully she will start talk more in polish too. Thanks for sharing I feel I am not alone with language problems.

[@VigosDad]

hej hej Dorota, dziękuję! Vigo also will make such mistakes but eventually they all learn properly. Good call on the Saturday Polish school, we might do the same (in both English and Spanish!)

[@jae_lgcy]

This is my house. My kids are older so they’ve defaulted to English as your wife explained pero I speak to them in Spanish and my wife speaks to them in Polish. It became more difficult once they started school because they just wanted to speak in English like their friends. What we do here that may land close to what your wife explained when she mentioned language & location. We do language days & that helps us. So we have Spanish Saturdays and Polska Sundays. This has helped us all, including me, be more consistent with our learning to speak and hear more Polish. The wife and kids have taken to Spanish a lot easier than the kids and I have taken to Polish! Me tienes que decir como lo hiciste! ✌🏽

[@joseinoa9456]

This is currently our struggle. We both find it easier to speak just English to our son but we fear he will not be able to communicate with his polish family (like I cant). Its definitely a struggle. We will definitely have to try one parent one language!

[@VigosDad]

Hola Jose! Give it a try. One parent one language. It works incredibly well!

[@fuwamova]

Sorry, ale to głupie być Polakami i gadać do syna po angielsku ...........

[@katsumirey1814]

@@fuwamova ona napisała, że sama nie umie się porozumieć z polską rodziną, więc prawdopodobnie nie potrafi mówić po polsku

[@0101799]

Como tambien soy de la área de Lingüística, estoy de acuerdo con todo lo que Karolina dice en el vídeo, muchas gracias por haber compartido esta información tan útil! :)

[@PeterPanMan]

From this language-oriented video, I learned that Vigo has a hell of a head of hair! :) All joking aside, it's a great episode..

[@VigosDad]

Hahaha

[@Martusiak91k]

You are a bliss! Diversity, open mind, normal doesn't exist and vegan! My faith in humanity's restored. Thank you! Especially in this world that recently has been trying to go back to radical nationalism and all the isms and phobias - people like you are so important! Aaaaah

[@VigosDad]

Dziękujemy! Makes us happy you feel that way. We are the same. Can we be friends!? 😁

[@Immigrantwriter]

dziekujemy i sciskamy!!! ❤️

[@jansoltes971]

My words!! I could only add that we, humanity, would appreciate more kids from such parents as you guys are... Any plans on that? 😉😁👍

[@pamlacooper3288]

Thumbs up from a great grandma. You have a lovely family and Vigo will thrive under your guidance.

[@Immigrantwriter]

thank you so much 😍

[@VigosDad]

thank you! hugs!

[@holdmybeer3]

Wow Karolina is bringing us so much knowledge here!! Thank you! My parents bought me a full set of English teaching DVD by Disney (it’s quite expensive!) and my mom played for me everyday when I was 3~4, skipped for 1 year and I didn’t remember ANYTHING of it & started learning English literally from scratch. When you said that you need to interact with your kids in order to let them really learn a language, it makes so much sense (mind blown)!! Read and talk to them! You can save a lot of money on DVDs😂

[@Immigrantwriter]

hahaha thank you! 😊

[@VigosDad]

hey! thank you we're glad you found the episode useful! hugs!

[@MrFibbanacci]

It feels like there is truth in what u r saying. While clicking on this video I was like: meh this cannot work. But actually watching it, it changed my mind. WOW I feel thankfull. Thank you for uploading this video. :-) (Sorry for bad english, I am 'plackiem' in terms of english language" )

[@VigosDad]

This is one of the best compliments we have gotten especially because we put a big effort into having topics that are interesting, imo. Hugs!!

[@zoey270]

Geate video! Together with my fiance, we will be teaching our kids 2 or maybe even 3 languages (polish, french and english). It was so nice to hear Karolina's linguistic background (I just graduated philology at university of Lodz). Językowe świry łączmy się!

[@VigosDad]

Dziękujemy! Yes please give them the gift of free languages! Cheers!

[@imthegest]

Very useful video, thank you

[@adammr7097]

Very energetic video!

[@someonelikeme6197]

Oh my goshhhh, it's my day ❤️❤️❤️ lova ya guys 😍 I'll wait for more of your videos ☺️🙆🏼‍♀️🙆🏼‍♀️❤️

[@VigosDad]

Ewelka! Hugs!!

[@Abc-og3kq]

Super kanał! Jesteście bardzo sympatyczni. Szkoda, że wcześniej na was nie trafiłam! 💕

[@VigosDad]

bardzo dziękuję! pozdrowienia!

[@Jolinhia]

Love you guys! Thank you for this video, very good content!

[@Immigrantwriter]

thank you! ❤️

[@VigosDad]

thank you Jola! cheers!

[@freilynpacheco5057]

Great video, I'm proud of you guys 😊

[@VigosDad]

Thank you Frei!

[@Immigrantwriter]

Thank you Freilyn! 😍

[@A123nn]

I think that at some point tv can help a lot. it was a case of my kids, I noticed that at the age of 11 and 7, they could speak Polish, but they didn't learn more vocabulary, just they were useing what they've learnt so far. I decided to get Polish tv (we live in Italy) and after that I've noticed that they've learnt a lot. This year they spent 20 days at summer camps in Poland it's helped a lot to become more fluent and not to repeat all the time" how to say it?" During the school year they do one-hour lesson on Saturday online with a teacher and she said that in one year the oldar son can pass Polish Exam b2 :)

[@grasylwka]

Hi. I'm married to Guatemalan guy, we have a daughter, I do speak Polish to hear, (sadly) my husband is bilingual and speaks English to her (or he is just leasy ;-) ). However from time she was born I'm introducing her to Spanish as much as I can. She does Spanish classes last 3 years (she is 7 now). Her Spanish is in minority, compare to English or Polish, but she still understands a lot. Regards from Bournemouth in UK.

[@locosinjuicio]

Moja sytuacja también está the same. Saludos z niemiec My Wife is Colombian I am Silesian (polish/german) Living in Germany You do better than we do. Thanks for your tips

[@andrewdodd1918]

What a great way of learning, I will have to try that when visiting Poland. My friends son for example was born in England but lives in Poland. So I will speak Polish and learn more. My colleagues here in England speak English but help me with some phrases in Polish. My local town prefers a more ancient version of English (Yorkshire dialect) and it can be confusing for all when translating in any language so I only use clear English.

[@cactusgamer2186]

Your son is blessed in learning all those languages. Spanish and English is pretty common throughout the World, also depends on where you travel.

[@Legionus149]

I love this by the way primo. I have some students who are trilingual and many of them did one parent one language and then moved to an environment that had exposed them to a third language.

[@VigosDad]

Yo cuz! Thank you my man. It does work! Btw when all this covid stuff ends you must come to London!

[@ngotri1995]

really helpful

[@il5899]

Czesc .mam dwie corki .Gdy przyjechalismy do USA starsza miala 5lat mlodsza 2. Wyslalismy je do polskiej szkoly(raz w tygodniu sobote). Nie chcialy chodzic .po 20 latach dostalam podziekowanie . Starsza miala sytuacje w pracy (troche nie przyjemna) .polacy mysleli ze jest hiszpanka i rozmawiali przy niej po polsku o niej.wyobrascie sobie ich miny kiedy corka powiedziala pelnym zdaniem "dziekuje bardzo zycze milego dnia"😁😁.przyszla do domu I mowi " mamo jak dobrze ze znam polski ".mozecie sobie wybrali moja mine. Pozdrawiam serdecznie😉👍👍👍

[@karolinatargosz7959]

Your boy is so cute omg ❤️megusta. Synek jest super uroczy😀❤️

[@kamilapigonska4211]

OMG, you are sooo great, natural, lovely and you give us very good vibes. W dobrym momencie i czasie znalazłam wasz kanał. Dzięki za waszą energię. Dobrze wiedzieć, że są pary podobne do mojej relacji 😉☺

[@RoloinPoland]

Y aquí tenéis ahora 2 suscriptores más ! Realmente estamos muy contentos de encontrar vídeos donde nos sentimos 100% identificados , nosotros también somos una pareja de mujer polaca y hombre latino de colombia y empezamos a vivir juntos en Polonia 🇵🇱 así que muy seguramente también les comentaremos en el futuro nuestras experiencias!

[@VigosDad]

Bardzo bardzo dziekujemy Kamila! Muchos abrazos para ti y Juan David! Pónganse cómodos porque a penas estamos comenzando!

[@AlmostDon]

*"Kapcie!" HE...IS... *ADORABLE* !!!...LOL By the way, I agree, just expose them to a TV in a different language doesn't do anything. A misconception everyone belives as true, but totally wrong.

[@withpikachu2402]

Great tips in the video. Some multilingual parents leave out one language by not teaching it to children, in that way they can have "secret conversation" which children could not understand. I think it is not fair. Teaching all languages which you know well to child is better.

[@VigosDad]

We think it’s not fair too! Dzięki! Pozdrawiam!

[@gracezydor5856]

My daughter was growing up learning 3 lenguages ..was no problem at all ..some me speak 3 …and now learning one more !!!!!!!!

[@petrakorcok]

Amazing episode guys! Thank you! Aliyah speaks English and Czech, I’m thinking what other language to teach her! Probably Spanish too! 👏🏼😁 Well done!

[@VigosDad]

Děkuju Petra! Spanish is a great choice! Second most spoken language in the world :D btw which one is she responding to better, Czech or English at the moment?

[@Immigrantwriter]

thank you Petra! ❤️

[@petrakorcok]

She speaks more English, but she learns new Czech words, she mixes them together, it’s so cute! 😅

[@lady0shady]

Really good topic! I was very curious how to deal with that 😊

[@VigosDad]

Glad you enjoyed it Marta. ☺️

[@viktordudson9556]

Another great episode guys and very interesting topic. I was wondering how does it work in you family, as someone who grew up in bilingual household I can say that one parent one language definitely works but over time it just doesn’t matter anymore. Vigo will definitely appreciate one day being able to communicate in 3 languages. Waiting for another episode, how does it work with your family gatherings if you had any, what would be the language you would use ?

[@VigosDad]

Thank you Viktor! We will cover the topic of your question soon but I will just say that it is A LOT OF WORK, especially for Karolina since she speaks Polish, English, and Spanish so she is translating constantly.

[@javierloza3036]

Very good advises. I feel very near what you are saying. I met my wife (polish) in English, she learnt Spanish very fast (six months), I learnt Polish (more than 10 years) and we use the "one parent-one language" system. We strongly belieave this is the best way. Our children speak like natives both languages and they feel integrated in both countries. At the table they only need to turn the head to speak to my wife or to me to change they language they are using. It is amazing. From outside our conversations could look crazy, but we feel them very natural.

[@javierloza3036]

And the English is comming with the school, and they are really good on that too. No worries on that

[@VigosDad]

it is really incredible to hear them speak different languages to different people. Thank you for commenting!

[@cnmbnm174]

Our daughter speaks 3 languages too. We never did one parent one language although my husband spoke mostly in turkish. I would speak half the time in polish but also repeat some of the sentences in turkish and English. She never had any issues with mixing all 3 languages. She would speak in English with the neighbors, turkish with her dad and polish with my family. She also spoke polish on purpose around her dad when saying things she didn’t want him to understand 😂. She was fluent in all 3 languages (by fluent i mean she could bild 3-4 words sentences) by the age of 20 months

[@VigosDad]

Smart little girl! That’s so nice to hear. Thank you for Sharing your experience!

[@sebastianlubrecht]

Dzięki , Thank You , Gracciass ( sic )

[@VigosDad]

Proszę, you are welcome, de nada!

[@agatarczarny1464]

To super ciekawe!🙂

[@cherrybloosom89]

My partner is Polish but grew up the latter half of his life in the Netherlands. I am Latin-American and we met in NL so I wonder about how our children will identify since we speak English or Dutch (im learning Dutch atm) to his family and him Polish when I'm not around. I speak Spanish and English to my family in USA. I wonder if learning Polish will result in our kid being bullied. His father identifies more as Dutch despite his PL passport. And he also wonders if he should apply to become Dutch. WE both did not spend our childhood here so we have no idea what it is like for mixed kids born in NL . If we should put them in international or Dutch school. And do we abandon Spanish as the fourth language (Mom-english, dad-polish, school dutch) or I try to communicate it despite it being my 2nd language (learned from my parents so I'm C1ish) = (mom-spanish, dad-polish, mom&dad:english, school dutch)? Or put them in english international = mom-spanish, dad-dutch, grandma -polish).

[@martinf7637]

I've seen different videos about this topic but I'm still confused by the meaning of 'consistency ' when all 3 of you are spending time together. Does consistency here mean that when it's the 3 of you, you still stick to Spanish and Polish or do you then speak English also with the kid? Surely English then and you don't switch to Polish or Spanish? Do I understand that correctly? Basically my situation is similar: My expecting wife is German and will speak German with the kid. Im Polish and will speak Polish. Together we speak English with each other and we thought that whenever it's the 3 of us, we only use English- would such an approach make sense? Would appreciate an answer, thanks!

[@mojekonto9796]

Lubię Was so so much! :D Naprawdę, veramente si! :D

[@VigosDad]

o bardzo dziekuje! hugs!

[@mojekonto9796]

@@VigosDad proszę Was bardzo! :)

[@naikummada3822]

You know what I did? EVERYTHING wrong. My son could have been taught 3 languages at home: German (wife), Polish (me), Italian (my wife’s dad). Now he speaks one. Because my wife can’t speak Polish and only little Italian. I tried first - then I was afraid SHE couldn’t understand the mixed language you mentioned in your video. Ok, now at school my son has French and English but that’s not the same. You are doing it right.

[@VigosDad]

Thank you for this comment. Great advice based on your own experience. 🥃

[@olarosinska]

Great choice Vigo! Kapcie 4ever. We’ll have the same language mix in the future (I hope so hah) but living in EC so English won’t be that natural

[@VigosDad]

#Kapcie4ever ? nooooo 😂👍👍

[@danielkowalczyk1299]

Mam trochę inne doświadczenie z kreskówkami. Są bardzo fajnym dodatkiem i moja córka wzbogaciła słownictwo na kreskówkach. Oczywiście na samych kreskówkach nie nauczą się języka.

[@Samciona]

🌺🌼🌸🌺 Good advices: One parent /one language . What when the mother can speak 4 languages and the father 2?! 😅

[@VigosDad]

Hey Samira! Thank you. Well when we mean “one parent one language” is that the parent will speak in whichever language is the main one for the parent. So if you speak 4 languages for instance (congrats btw wow!) choose the one you are more natural in!

[@naphthylamine6231]

I work on a covered playground for kids and (I don't know what caused that BUT!) the kids that come there are often from mixed relationships. They usually come with one parent and there's often the situation when the parent is from abroad and he/she can't speak Polish and then the child translate for me what he's saying. Those kids are bilingual and I love it!

[@naphthylamine6231]

Once the guy came and started speaking German to me. I didn't understand anything and I asked him if he could speak English, but he didn't answer (I guess he didnt understand). His two little boys didn't tell me anything as well. Then I noticed they were speaking Arabic with their dad but German with each other, but also mixing it with some Polish words. That was funny

[@annavasileiou2351]

Our situation is: one has Greek language and the other has Arabic/French language (Arabic dominant). In the relationship we speak in English but we live in Germany 🙃 so what the kid will be talking?

[@maggiehawking927]

You are so into yourself that is too cute. Im jealous.

[@magdalenaskop1302]

We raise our son with four different languages. Unfortunately we went through a speach delay problem. Raising multilingual children consumes a lot of time and effort. Especially if you are the only source of language for your child.

[@Basiasia]

No entiendo nada en inglés... ¿Podéis poner los subtítulos en español o polaco, por favor? 🙏

[@NoNameHuntress]

#teamkapcie haha

[@VigosDad]

😂

[@MsKrysienka]

We have got #teamkapciuszki 😂

[@tenno1981]

So dad speaks to Vigo in Spanish and mom in Polish. This is clear for me. But how it is when there are all three of you in the same place ?? (I assume you do the same home and outside? ) Does dad speak to mom in Spanish too in Vigo's presence? And mom answers dad in Polish? Does Vigo distinguish between Polish and Spanish and English? What about family situations with grandparents? What languages are used and by whom? What are your principles? Do you try to avoid situations (in Vigo's presence) where there is a subgroup of a group of people that use å language that the others do not understand or you try to always be maximally inclusive towards all present at the meeting/gathering? Many questions, I know, but we are curious here with my girlfriend Kasia :)

[@VigosDad]

OK so basically we really stick to one parent one language. Karolina and I speak English so we always speak in English but the moment we address him we switch to our respective mother tongue. Now, we live in England so at the nursery they speak English to him and we see his English speaking and understanding improve tremendously. I would say at this moment everything is pretty equal, with a slight disadvantage to Polish when it comes to Speaking because to be frank it’s very hard language to pronounce. His understanding of Polish though is right up there with Spanish and English. With family it’d basically the same, if the grandparents are Polish, they will speak polish to him, my parents will speak Spanish.

[@VigosDad]

We talk to him all the time and include him on everything. A child’s brain is astoundingly absorbing and you cannot imagine how can they compartmentalize all this but they do. Vigo switches languages when speaking to us depending on who he speaking to.

[@tenno1981]

@@VigosDad That was very interesting to read. Thank you and all the best to your family! Powodzenia! :)

[@rnh13]

Hi, i'm not married yet neither have kids😂 but i'm really interested in helping my future children become multilangual. I'm indonesian and i have egyptian bf who speaks arabic, we are planning to live in my bf's country after we get married InsyaAllah. I want my future children to speak indonesian, arabic and english. My bf and i speak english, i can't speak arabic so does my bf can't speak my native language which is Indonesian. What method do you think is work best for us?

[@VigosDad]

What we do and it’s what we read it’s best, is to have each parent speak to the child in their native language exclusively. If you and your partner speak english between you the child will also pick up english (also maybe have them study in a bilingual school if you can). all the best!

[@ex_deus4250]

My question is not related to topic of the video but to language itself. If i may ask Vigo's Dad - in what language do you swear ? :) (i do not believe there are people not swearing. Nobody will say "omg it hurts so much yada yada yada" if you hammer own finger (trying to nail the nail!) but ................ (muted).

[@VigosDad]

Hahaha awesome question. I sweat in all three languages! (Ask Vigo’s mum!). Saying KURW* is very satisfying! Hahaahhah

[@ex_deus4250]

@@VigosDad If you want to study dark magic of 'łacina" go google "the magic of polish profanity........". One word and dozens of meanings.

[@Xx_8s595a_xX]

i have 3 lanquages with my fiance 1.Polish(My lanquage) 2.Russland (my man lanquage) 3.Niderlands (where i live with my fiance) and than you to tell me how cuz im planning of having children but ye i had difficulty about with lanquage and how but thank you guys of sharing with us about that - btw sorry for bad eng

[@VigosDad]

your English is great. Good luck and remember ONE PARENT ONE LANGUAGE! :D

[@youwereinsideme]

echh..mlodzi starzy rodzice. (zazdrość.)

[@celinaduguay6484]

I'm learning Polish.

[@VigosDad]

It is HARD! But worth it!

[@celinaduguay6484]

@@VigosDad Yes

[@Immigrantwriter]

Jak idzie? ❤️

[@celinaduguay6484]

@@Immigrantwriter I can't have conversations in Polish yet.

[@Immigrantwriter]

@@celinaduguay6484 I wrote "how is it going?" anyways, good luck (powodzenia!) :)

[@kamilap7710]

Very interested video! We are raising 2year old in Polish, English and Turkish. My son started speaking sooner then single language children and he mixing lots now 😂

[@Immigrantwriter]

Read the constitution to know what’s up Vigo dear 😂🤦🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

[@TheTertus]

Actually, if you live in GB your child will be speak english. Period.

[@VigosDad]

It will become his main language but research shows that if you are consistent the other two languages will be almost equally strong to him. 😀