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i was lucky. my parents are both cantonese. they stressed our native language growing up. they both worked so they hired a hispanic woman to take care of us during the day. her name was josefina. she only spoke spanish. i learned two languages concurrently. it was awesome.

ironically, nobody taught me english. i didnt say a word up until 1st grade. my parents got called in, and i was a step away from "the short bus". they thought i was a special needs kid. anyways, i never shut up from that day forward. my cantonese and spanish have diminished, and i am trying to build them back up. my wife speaks taiwanese and mandarin, and she has given herself the challange of teaching me mandarin. once i learn it, i am telling off a portion of her family..hahaha. she yells at me in mandarin, when i do something stupid...i think it is HOT!