I live in a city and I work in a library. I work in the city. I'm from US and i know german. I travel on boat. I have 3 kids. I play flute. I have two dogs. I take my dogs to the library with me. I speak German to my dogs.  I'm not good at math.
I'm from Europe and i work on software. I'm living in US since 2004. I like to run and did a half marathon. I was in a band and I played drums. I'm burned out on being in a band. I have a black lab and a yellow lab. I didn't have a pet growing up. I would like to get more dogs. I think dogs are good listeners. My parents are from two different countries. I have lived in several different countries. I spent most of my time in France. I have attended university.
I overheard one of my kids telling the other two to lay down in German and guess what the dogs started doing! my guess is they laid down. it is no different than commands in english. i think that is great. do your kids speak english and german at home? I have taught them some words and phrases and occasionally I do speak German at home.  My hope is that they will have a good foundation in the language by the time they are old enough to take it in school. that is a great asset to have being bilingual. In the United States, it is great to speak english and spanish now. Do you think you will have them learn spanish as well? I think that would be a very good language for them to learn considering where we live, but I don't speak Spanish.  My husband however is fluent in the language and I have been encouraging him to teach them when he has time. what a wonderful household having many languages to learn from at you fingertip. With you working at a library they have plenty of resources to chose from. Yes, that certainly helps.  You yourself have lived in more than one country.  Do you have any foreign language skills yourself? Yes, I speak Spanish, English, and German. My parents are from Germany and Spain. Which language do you feel was the easiest for you to learn? Spanish is the easiest. I learned English in school before I came to the States and the two languages are similar in alot of ways. Hmm, maybe I should try to hone my own Spanish skills.  What language did your parents speak most often as you were growing up? My mother's language is Spanish. I grew up in Spain. We spoke mostly Spanish.