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I also mentioned my parents divorced when I was young, and that they were very dysfunctional people. I'm not exactly "attached" to my Italian identity.

However, yes, I can understand enough Italian to small talk with my grandparents, and wish them merry Christmas.

Quebec is a bilingual province, with most of its English people centered in Montreal. If you go to a business in Montreal, you are legally required to be served in your language of choice (English or French). Otherwise the business can get sued by the language police.

If you go to a hospital, you have the legal right to request a doctor who speaks either English or French (depending on your comfort). Otherwise, they can get sued.

If you go to university in Montreal, you have the right to submit your assignments in either English or French (even in a graduate maths program). If you are refused this, the prof can get in trouble. McGill needs TAs that are French fluent, for every course, for this reason.

My girlfriend is also French Canadian.

I therefore had a lot of incentive to learn English and French to college-level fluency.

My Persian is conversational at best, but improving weekly.

I understand some Italian and Portuguese, if spoken very slowly to me. But I cannot formulate a response.