Normal speech development for three year old?

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My dd was three in September, I have noticed her speech is somewhat behind some of her friends but not sure if it’s a cause for concern.
She still gets confused and refers to herself as “my” or “mine” but sometimes uses “I” correctly so will say “mine want a drink”. I have tried modelling it correctly but I don’t think it helps she refers to himself as daddy instead of I a lot.
She also will find it difficult to express herself when I ask questions such as “what did you have for lunch today?” Or “Who did you play with?”.
I should add she speaks English at home but another language at nursery as we live in Europe, I have heard bilingual children shouldn’t have speech delays but maybe speaking two languages takes longer to process everything.

I have heard bilingual children shouldn’t have speech delays but maybe speaking two languages takes longer to process everything.

I've got no experience but I'd heard the exact opposite. I'd maybe ask @MNHQ to amend the title of your thread to add in that she's bilingual. That way you might attract the attention of some MNers with experience

I've also only heard the exact opposite, even my two friends who are raising their babies bilingual said it themselves!

Thank you both. @teaandkittehs are your friends saying language acquisition is slower in their bilingual children?
I’m not sure if my dd’s language is delayed or a variation of normal to be honest. It really doesn’t help that her dad uses the wrong prefixes a lot of the time with her so 50% of the people she speaks English with don’t do so correctly ( he can speak English very well but for some strange reason always refers to himself in the third person with dd).
When we spend time in the UK with other English children her language seems to explode with the phrases the other children use so I’m not sure if it’s lack of exposure.

Yes that's what they are saying - their health visitors told them it is typical to take longer for language to take off. One of them is being raised trilingual!

My understanding is that their language development typically isn't slower, but it's split across their languages. So, at the stage where you're counting words, ten words might be 5 in English and 5 in French or 3 in English and 7 in French, and if they know both 'dog' and 'chien', that's two words, not one. And then at this stage, they've got two lots of grammar to sort out, so yes, it might take a bit longer, and they may mix English words and French grammar or vice versa at times.

I would also say that the type of questions you mention as a problem are questions that a lot of children don't really want to answer. What's the classic answer to 'What did you do at school today?' – 'Nothing'. How is she with similar questions that are a bit more motivating? What would you like for lunch today? What shall we do this afternoon?

I would also say that the type of questions you mention as a problem are questions that a lot of children don't really want to answer. What's the classic answer to 'What did you do at school today?' – 'Nothing'. How is she with similar questions that are a bit more motivating? What would you like for lunch today? What shall we do this afternoon?

I agree with this. Neither of mine liked to answer "what did you do today" or "what did you have for lunch" but if you said "what did you have for lunch? I bet it was worms in jelly for pudding again" they woukd often laugh and then tell me what they had eaten.

Thank you all, I think you are all absolutely right and she in fact does answer well to questions such as “what do you want to drink?” Etc. I think her speech development is probably fine but she definitely expresses less than her English friends who go to nursery in England and only have one language which I suppose is completely natural. I think I just had a moment of worry about her but I fact she is doing great for a bilingual child.