While travelling to France this summer, I realized how easily one can forget a language when not using it all the time, even your mother tongue... a very sad realization. Anyway, my endearing daughter and myself decided to go to France, just the two of us, a girls expedition.
This may have been one of my most memorable and lovely trip I ever took. Two weeks I will cherish for the rest of my life. However, I noticed she was fairly quiet, and avoided any contact with the waiters, store clerks, our wonderful baker..... the list goes on. She speaks French, but not fluent, and English really is her mother tongue. Finally under much pressure, she was forced to talk to the clerk if she was ever going to buy that "must have" pair of shoes. Yes, mother would not help, knowing perfectly well if she got lost in Paris she would be able to find her way, so I sat at a coffee shop in front of the store, and waited.
The shoes fit perfectly, and suddenly the quiet teenager was chatty again, and her French improved dramatically. While in High School, she's planning to spend a year in Paris with my sister !
Today's 3 words are:
Daughter: Fille
Baker: Boulanger
Shoes: Chaussures
.........et voila!
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So sweet! I bet she will make amazing memories there. You are a great mother for sharing your (and her) heritage with her. =)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great story! I visited France with my family when I was in middle school and would love to go back. On another note, I love how you are sharing your 3 words of the day. It's a little refresher for me, since I took some French in high school and college. It's fun learning words in another language. Thanks!
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