your language? - Page 6

@Mayadi ... a sweet appelation for a sweet person. I make friends and relations very easily, but to give up on them is very hard for me. I hope you don't mind my forwardness in assuming calling you "di" would be fine 😳

@Vinit - You've made some very excelent points. I agree 100% that it is typically a household to household, individual decision.

Call me old fashioned, unsensible, or whatever else you might like to. The fact is, as a child when we moved to the US, I never chose to leave behind my culture. For me, that culture, that language, and the traditions are all part of my identity. I also believe it will be the identity of my children (distant future😆). And so I fully intend to pass on the values, traditions and culture I was brought up in. This includes speaking in Hindi.

My mother tongue (and why do we call it "mother tongue" when our families are traditionally patriarchal!?) is Bhojpuri. Yet circumstances (army family) led to me learning Hindi and English simultaneously and picking up Punjabi as a 3rd language for the most part (good old Patiala).
My Bhojpuri is pathetically weak. And not having had the presence of dada-dadi in our lives, we never did pick it up.

So I suppose, by default, Hindi has become my "mother tongue."

Originally posted by: Dabulls23

. Poor baby has so much confusion but she is handling it fine with no stresss 😆

Your GD is in best age of learning language ......I am not language expert ..but I think child of this age learn all languages at a time considering all as a single language .. (plz anyone expert of the field do correct me if m wrong)....

Originally posted by: Dabulls23

MJ, you mentioned abt your aunt can't remember some words. Dear I have been in US for almost 32 yrs and don't feel comfortable writing letter in Gujarati and sometimes draw blank on some words too. Prefer writing in english. So it depends the environment one was exposed to when they came to US or any country other IMHO.

thats the point DB..........she can hardly speak english but likes to put on this act that she can't speak punjabi that well either! i've known her for a while....i know what she's like.......its all an act. she thinks its cool to act like your all westernized. 😕

Originally posted by: Morning_Dew

Your GD is in best age of learning language ......I am not language expert ..but I think child of this age learn all languages at a time considering all as a single language .. (plz anyone expert of the field do correct me if m wrong)....

no your right dewey. DB your granddaughter is one lucky baby to be exposed to so many languages. she will have no problem picking all of them up.

Originally posted by: s.priya

Its actually Aamchi Maati Aamchi MANAS... but these days, the shiv sena is popularising the useage of the word Manoos instead of the old Manas...😆😆

I have seen a few episodes of the show, in those days, the television shows would start at 7.00 p.m. with this show on doordarshan, the sole channel, followed by Chayya Geet.... and on a rainy day, one had no other entertainment but television and this was a "time pass"... or as my father would say, its a good place to start learning and understanding Marathi 😆😆

I have heard Madhuri speak a few sentences in Marathi for a college function, it was ok.. .but that was a looooong time back.

I thought Madhuri was a newsreader on doordarshan Marathi(or was it Mrunal Deo😆)

Originally posted by: mittijalebi

thats the point DB..........she can hardly speak english but likes to put on this act that she can't speak punjabi that well either! i've known her for a while....i know what she's like.......its all an act. she thinks its cool to act like your all westernized. 😕

Some dont live in US, yet they like to appear all "hip hop" in their opinion...

My neighbour who cant speak English if her life depended on it, would insist on speaking in English to us, whereas all of us would talk to her in Hindi... I just dont understand why people shy away from speaking in Hindi, when it is one of the most beautiful languages spoken... English can seem a bit stilted, but the warmth in Hindi is so endearing, makes me wonder why people dont want to speak it...

Originally posted by: sareg

I thought Madhuri was a newsreader on doordarshan Marathi(or was it Mrunal Deo😆)

Doordarshan 😲

They never had such hot newsreaders 😆😆😆

It was Mrunal Deo... and she was pretty 😃

Originally posted by: Morning_Dew

Your GD is in best age of learning language ......I am not language expert ..but I think child of this age learn all languages at a time consideringall as a single language .. (plz anyone expert of the field do correct me if m wrong)....

no you are right, i am not an expert in this field but i have encountered people speaking 3-4 languages at one time just becoz their parents come from different background,therefore, they speak all those languages fluently and the best part is that those kids have inspiration to learn more about their culture and languages.

Originally posted by: s.priya

Some dont live in US, yet they like to appear all "hip hop" in their opinion...My neighbour who cant speak English if her life depended on it, would insist on speaking in English to us, whereas all of us would talk to her in Hindi... I just dont understand why people shy away from speaking in Hindi, when it is one of the most beautiful languages spoken... English can seem a bit stilted, but the warmth in Hindi is so endearing, makes me wonder why people dont want to speak it...

reminds of this situation and i would like to ask you guys, how many of you have experienced a desi talking to you in your language in a non desi setting and as soon as a desi sits by you or you are in a desi setting such as resturant or a certain place, the person with you pretends that he/she doesnt know hindi at all and tries to speak english or nothing at all 😡