I knew a family, husband Hungarian, wife Greek, who brought up their kids in Alexandria then moved out here. Their common language was French. My sister and I were best friends with the children and we spent a lot of time around at their place and they'd mix up English, French, and Arabic seemingly randomly in the same sentence. I suspect they just used the words which came most readily.
Not quite the same thing, but I lived in Germany for four years and thought and dreamed in it, and when I had to speak English, I often couldn't find the word I wanted and was also told my sentence structure was a little foreign.
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on 2012-05-04 10:50 pm (UTC)Not quite the same thing, but I lived in Germany for four years and thought and dreamed in it, and when I had to speak English, I often couldn't find the word I wanted and was also told my sentence structure was a little foreign.
I am so looking forward to reading this novel.
How does Eva know German?