Whats it like living in multi-lingual countries such as Belgium & Luxembourg!!!?
it’s confusing… lol… I am American and live in Brussels, which is primarily French-speaking but with pockets of Dutch communities. In the city center, you have to speak at least basic French to get by, because the French population is generally pretty bad at other languages (there are lots of exceptions, of course). In the Dutch communes, you can speak French, Dutch, or even English or German, as the Dutch seem to be much more proficient in the language department– in some Dutch neighborhoods, though, the shopkeepers will get upset if you try to speak French to them. Brussels is a very multi-cultural city, however, so English is also a very common language. My daughter is 8 and attends a Dutch-speaking school. Her class is already studying French as a second language, and that will continue through the end of middle school at least. The school is being VERY nice, and instead of making her study French, they give her private tutorials in Dutch while the class learns French, since D
