My son’s girlfriend grew up in a Puerto Rican family but speaks no Spanish. FWIW, the immigration/language pattern has been consistent over the past 300 years or so: immigrants struggle with the new country’s language (assuming it’s not their first language). Their children grow up bilingual, often acting as interpreters for the family. The third generation has a distant relationship with the “old country” language, often either not knowing it or only learning it in school. This played out exactly in our family — mother-in-law worked hard on her English but never mastered it, wife is beautifully bilingual, and son learned old language in high school foreign language class.
My wife and I are both multilingual. Our daughter minored in French in college. Our son has no interest in speaking anything other than English. His thumbs are very dexterous from videogaming, though.
Templo S.U.D. almost 3 years ago
El cielo es azul. (The sky is blue.)
KenTheCoffinDweller almost 3 years ago
Cielo mio, if it was his girlfriend speaking.
dlkrueger33 almost 3 years ago
Der Himmel ist blau. (But I remember the Spanish from HS).
gopher gofer almost 3 years ago
空は青です。
el cielo es mucho azul…
cdward almost 3 years ago
My son’s girlfriend grew up in a Puerto Rican family but speaks no Spanish. FWIW, the immigration/language pattern has been consistent over the past 300 years or so: immigrants struggle with the new country’s language (assuming it’s not their first language). Their children grow up bilingual, often acting as interpreters for the family. The third generation has a distant relationship with the “old country” language, often either not knowing it or only learning it in school. This played out exactly in our family — mother-in-law worked hard on her English but never mastered it, wife is beautifully bilingual, and son learned old language in high school foreign language class.
sheilag almost 3 years ago
I think this is true of anyone who has a parent (or parents) who speak another language.
I know it’s true of my situation… the words I know tend to be of the inappropriate words. ;-)
Robert Wilson Premium Member almost 3 years ago
My wife and I are both multilingual. Our daughter minored in French in college. Our son has no interest in speaking anything other than English. His thumbs are very dexterous from videogaming, though.
annqueue almost 3 years ago
En Montana, el cielo es grande.
kaycstamper almost 3 years ago
I know azul! And I used to know Spanish…this is what happens with getting old and disuse of it.
darcyandsimon almost 3 years ago
Hey, even I know that! He sure has forgotten a lot! I woulda thought Tia Carmen would speak Spanish with the kids.
locake almost 3 years ago
Are the 3 words he is familiar with Bad Words? Is that why they are blanked out?
dakyorlando almost 3 years ago
What’s with the black bars?
Norris66 almost 3 years ago
They cut the poop out of this comic ;)
Drbarb71 Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Wow! I learned the same amount Italian from my Dad!
RWill almost 3 years ago
El cielo es nuboso.
Shikamoo Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Azul. I don’t speak Spanish, but I recognize a colour when I see one. Azure is blue in English.
DaBump Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Azul!
pacplus1982 almost 3 years ago
Yo se’. “Dulce!” Yo gane’!