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**AdSuiteAdobe** · 09-08-2011, 05:47 AM

Yes, but lets say you are Latvian and you marry lets say one Estonian from this forum , your mother would not be able to talk to him, would she? Then if you decided to speak Estonian at home, your mom would not be able to speak to her grandchildren?

I know a few marriages like this but I did not ask to be honest, but maybe some people know deeper?

I would never forget my mother tongue and if I will have children, they are going to speak only in Latvian with me! (That's if their father is not going to be Latvian).

I have many examples like that, for example, my grandmother is 1/2 Russian and 1/2 Jewish, her mother tongue is Russian though she is completely Latvianized, she has never spoken to me in Russian, never, never, never.

My aunt, she is Latvian who married a Russian guy, she wasn't allowed to teach Latvian to her kids, she couldn't speak Latvian at all, that's how the Russian side decided and she was young and stupid enough to agree with that, now her two sons are Latvian hating Russians, though 1/2 Latvians.

09-08-2011, 05:47 AM	#8
AdSuiteAdobe Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 351 Senior Member	Yes, but lets say you are Latvian and you marry lets say one Estonian from this forum , your mother would not be able to talk to him, would she? Then if you decided to speak Estonian at home, your mom would not be able to speak to her grandchildren? I know a few marriages like this but I did not ask to be honest, but maybe some people know deeper? I would never forget my mother tongue and if I will have children, they are going to speak only in Latvian with me! (That's if their father is not going to be Latvian). I have many examples like that, for example, my grandmother is 1/2 Russian and 1/2 Jewish, her mother tongue is Russian though she is completely Latvianized, she has never spoken to me in Russian, never, never, never. My aunt, she is Latvian who married a Russian guy, she wasn't allowed to teach Latvian to her kids, she couldn't speak Latvian at all, that's how the Russian side decided and she was young and stupid enough to agree with that, now her two sons are Latvian hating Russians, though 1/2 Latvians.
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