Máxima's Voice, Accent and Languages

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Princess Máxima speaking one of her first words Dutch at her engagement, after 4:30 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/koninklijkhui...13/0u7DVf9SUaY

Princess Máxima speaking Dutch about money after 2:15 minutes: Player omroep.nl

Princess Máxima speaking Dutch after 0:30 minutes: http://www.youtube.com/koninklijkhui.../6/le_nrDFH5SI

Princess Máxima spreaking English:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7PNY2b7CVA

[Fanvanmaxima]

You can hear her voice here:

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[DUCHESSSA]

Originally Posted by rosana

Henri, there are no schools in Argentina where English is the first language, in some expensive schools they give much importance to English and sometimes they learn some other language too, but i assure you that argentinian teens can barely speak Spanish. Maxima must have taken English lessons somewhere else, even when she was at the University.

Máxima went to Northlands HS....where the classes were in Spanish (mornings) and in English (afternoon). I didn't attend said HS...but my sister did.
BTW. English & French are mandatory subjects in the Argentinean Public School Sysyem. I know...I took both subjects.

Duchesssa

[ahtikavalentine]

I like her accent, is like a british-latin american one. Love it =D

I don't know if this has been posted but you can hear her voice in dutch, have no idea what she's talking about, hope you can do it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T-BFZizT3U

[IloveCP]

She speaks english very well.

[CeeW]

Originally Posted by rosana

Henri, there are no schools in Argentina where English is the first language, in some expensive schools they give much importance to English and sometimes they learn some other language too, but i assure you that argentinian teens can barely speak Spanish. Maxima must have taken English lessons somewhere else, even when she was at the University.

I know this is an old thread but I had to comment on some of the things being said.

I attended Northlands School from Kindergarten through Secondary School (in total, 14 years). It is not correct to say that there are no schools in Argentina in which English is the first language because I can assure you that at Northlands, it is. We are taught English and Spanish simultaneously from an early age, becoming fluent very early on. At Primary School, in order to comply with the National Curriculum, in the morning lessons were conducted in english; in the afternoon lessons were conducted in spanish.

At the age of 12 we moved on to Secondary School, where 12 out of 14 annual classes were taught in english (with the exception of Spanish Lit and Argentine History or Geography). This is because Northlands is not a Bilingual School but rather an English School. During recess we spoke in english. Even P.E. was conducted in english. By the time I was 15 I only had one class in Spanish. At 11 I was already bilingual to the point where I think in English and feel more comfortable expressing myself in that language. We take IGCSEs in Year 10 and IBOs in Year 12, another reason why English is taught as a First Language.

Someone said Northlands is all about sports... another wrongful judgement based on absolutely no knowledge of this School. At Northlands we were taught to aim high and succeed, and this involved Sports, Languages, Academics, Arts, Sciences, Music, etc. Interschool Sports Competitions are important, but Academics are even more so.

The reason why Maxima has no accent when speaking english, or why her vocabulary and command of the language is outstanding, is because of her school.

[AndreaLF]

Does anyone have any information with the exact years that Maxima attended Northlands?

I just recently realized that she may have been a classmate of mine or my sister, as we are the same age and I attended Northlands as well! I was there for only a few years, Kindergarten through 3rd grade, but we probably overlapped. I would be tickled to know we might have known each other!

And I agree with what the poster above said regarding the English instruction at Northlands. My memory of those years were that the days were divided in two, with instruction in English in the morning and then switching to Spanish in the afternoon. I very much remember that in the recess at mid-day we were even supposed to play on the playground speaking English among each other, and teachers would scold us if they caught us speaking Spanish! That was tough.

Anyway, just curious if anyone had any information on when she started at Northlands? I know she graduated in 1988, but I was long gone by then. Thanks!

[IloveCP]

Originally Posted by AndreaLF

Does anyone have any information with the exact years that Maxima attended Northlands?

I just recently realized that she may have been a classmate of mine or my sister, as we are the same age and I attended Northlands as well! I was there for only a few years, Kindergarten through 3rd grade, but we probably overlapped. I would be tickled to know we might have known each other!

And I agree with what the poster above said regarding the English instruction at Northlands. My memory of those years were that the days were divided in two, with instruction in English in the morning and then switching to Spanish in the afternoon. I very much remember that in the recess at mid-day we were even supposed to play on the playground speaking English among each other, and teachers would scold us if they caught us speaking Spanish! That was tough.

Anyway, just curious if anyone had any information on when she started at Northlands? I know she graduated in 1988, but I was long gone by then. Thanks!

On her wiki page, it says that she only attended Northlands school, so there is a chance may have attended that school her whole primary and secondary school years. If so, I think she started primary school in 1975 or 1976. So I think she attended Northlands from 1975/76-1988. I hope this helps.