Nothing? Not really. La clave aqui es no preocuparse por las confusiones. Lo ideal es proporcionarle al nino la mayor cantidad y variedad de situaciones en las que diferentes palabras, construcciones y significados difieren. Los ninos aprenden solo a discriminar los usos y los significados, de la misma manera que un nino bilingue (de verdad) aprende cuando y con que personas usar cada idioma.

I think they might actually have an advantage, growing up around Spanish speakers from many different countries instead of Spanish speakers from a single country, like I did. They’ve learned a lot from their Salvadorean nanny and use many words she’s taught them, like “grama” for grass, which I don’t use.

The title of this post made me laugh because it reminded me of when I interpreted at a hospital. I loved interpreting for patients who where about to undergo brain surgery or a liver transplant, but I absolutely dreaded interpreting for patients during their appointments with the dietitian. It was all about paltas and choclo and judías verdes and solomillo and pomelos and a million other things I’d never heard of. Food is complicated!

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