Even though their father spoke German to them in Taiwan, it was still a Chinese environment they were living in. Though they understood German, they were more comfortable using Chinese. Their spoken German was halting.
儘管爸爸在台灣時就是對小孩說德文，但因當時處在中文環境裡，小孩儘管聽得懂德文，還是習慣使用中文，對德文的聽與說總是「不輪轉」！