Jon Secada Quotes

Well, my first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.

I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish that I spoke more languages than I do.

I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.

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 don't speak Filipino or Spanish, but I've sung in both.

I'm pretty good with languages. I know a bit of French and actually want to live in France some day so that I can get fluent. I think it'd be tragic to go through life only knowing one language.

I think it's important if you're American to have a second language, and Spanish is the language to have.

French was my first language.

My parents are both Belgian-born, and so am I, actually. I'm bilingual, so I had experience with French.

I didn't move to Miami to live in a Spanish-speaking province.

The idea of Homo monolinguis - one-languaged man - the idea of children having to grow into one system before we confuse them with another mental system, is an idea with which, unfortunately, many people are brought up now.

Most of my family doesn't speak English. It's so important for the baby. He's going to know all his American roots, but he also needs to know about his Brazilian side.

All the kids are learning different languages. I asked them what languages they wanted to learn, and Shi is learning Khmai, which is a Cambodian language; Pax is focusing on Vietnamese, Mad has taken to German and Russian, Z is speaking French, Vivienne really wanted to learn Arabic, and Knox is learning sign language.

Fluency in even one other language would be fantastic.

Since I grew up in Palakkad, I am comfortable speaking both Tamil and Malayalam.

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.

Hindi has never been a trouble. In fact, Hindi is the only language I can speak and write apart from Malayalam and English.

I talk bilingual.

Language has never been a barrier for me. I grew up learning Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil.

I wish I knew more languages.

Neither of my parents had English as a first language.

My Finnish, it never really happened, but I'm good in Swedish.

Spanish is my first language.

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.

I speak English, so I am no longer cute. My tongue itches for French.