Tanit Phoenix Quotes

I studied in American school, so yes, I grew up speaking English and Spanish. Obviously, Spanish is my first language.

I speak English. I dream in it. I cannot separate my English from my Shona; I see the world with those two languages.

Latinos are learning English. That doesn't mean that they should sacrifice their original language or that they should give up this in-betweeness that is Spanglish.

Neither of my parents had English as a first language.

I think in my mother tongue. That's Hindi.

I grew up, as many Indians do, in an archipelago of tongues. My maternal grandfather, who was a surgeon in the city of Madras, was fluent in at least four languages and used each of them daily.

I grew up speaking both languages, and for me that's really important.

Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French.

I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language.

I have a funny accent in every language.

I came here when I was almost 22. I'm perfectly bilingual, but I'm never going to sound like Sandra Bullock.

I speak French, and I grew up with French, so my English is Franglais.

I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.

My mom used to call me a parrot, because the way I spoke would change in every country we'd go to.

Talking in one language and talking in another, I think inevitably, produce two different personalities, as far as I've seen in other people. I assume it does the same for me.

I speak English with my dad and Swedish with my mom; it's quite schizophrenic.

It is asked of me that I give my first speech in this house in a language [English] other than my mother tongue [French.] …. Even if I knew English as intimately as I knew French, I would still give my first speech in the language of my French Canadian compatriots

I grew up with a grandmother from another country and having a different language in my house. That gave me an ear for accents.

Despite his South Indian connection, my husband Rohit doesn't have an accent at all.

I so want to be able to speak another language. I love the way my friends who are half Italian and half English break from one language into another without even pausing.

I can speak English, Portuguese, and a bit of Spanish, or Sportugal. It's a mix of Portuguese and Spanish. I understand French and Italian, but I can't speak them.

My mother tongue is Telugu. I was born and brought up in Tamil Nadu.

I grew up speaking Vietnamese - that was my first language because my parents didn't speak any English, and I didn't learn English until I started school.

It's really natural for me to write bilingually.

A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.