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I've been seriously considering trying to raise a bilingual child (when I have kids or adopt... I'm male). Obviously it will be easier to do this from birth, but so far this is my plan: I will be the other language speaker in the family. Since I live in The United States, I'll speak another language...

Wow, Arnold doesn't have broken English. Maybe he can't say everything he wishes to say, but his English isn't broken. I only consider it broken when the people speaking must stop to think of how to complete the sentence.... not to think of how they want to say it. Yes, we're quick to criticize the ...

I'm a bit confused by what you wrote (by what I'm supposed to make clearer for them, but I'm trying regardless, :)): I agree with the previous post..... you use the 'not' form when you wish to be more stern, when you wish to emphasize the 'not'. Although really, I would say that you can use the 'n't...

Haha, breakfast - first meal of the day (generally in the morning) lunch - generally the second meal between 11-2 dinner - could be 'lunch' or could be 'supper; supper - the meal in the evening between 5-8 I use both dinner and supper for the evening meal, but we spoke of this in a linguistics class...

1)Well, I don't know if you should encourage it, but you definitely shouldn't discourage it.... I think that's the best way to answer the question. 2) You can overdo it, but I don't think you have to worry about that unless it's occurring in every sentence. Variety is always the best; it keeps the r...

Around, but I'm sure someone would say 'round (not to mention that they're so similar).

Kevin

Well, it can't be conditional (at least, as such) because there's no condition. It definitely has to do with the 'if' after negated 'pensare' verbs (or whatever they're called), verbs of talking/reporting.

Kevin

What's the date?

What date is it?

What day is it? (Of course, I use this one for the date and the day).

The date?

Today's date? Please.

Kevin

Well, "hasn't he a book?" is not the proper way to make a yes-no question in English. For that, an auxiliary (typically "do/does") is inserted before the main verb, and the auxiliary is then moved to the front of the sentence with the rest following in the same order as in the declarative sentence. ...

Well, it really is all relative as to what languages are easy to learn. For instance, if you know Italian, other Romance languages aren't so difficult. I do feel though that for most people Turkish is more logical and follows a stricter rule set. Of course, I also believe it's a lot easier to get go...