your parent's native language, did they ever teach you? |
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 Oct 17 2004, 07:53 AM
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Yea my parents came from Ukraine/ used to be part of Russia. And they taught me Russian. I'm really glad that they did
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Aug 14 2005, 11:36 PM
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my family is from the same place i was born, but my mom knows spanish and does my spanish homework for me :]
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Aug 14 2005, 11:50 PM
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 A.K.A. Simplicityxx Group: Member Posts: 1,878 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 56,813 |
My dad is Chinese and my mom is vietnamese. Sadly, they never taught me.
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Aug 14 2005, 11:52 PM
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 skaters gonna skate. Group: Official Member Posts: 6,861 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 6,336 |
nah i learned most of the words myself.
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Aug 14 2005, 11:54 PM
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yes, my parents spoke to me mostly in cantonese when i was young so yea. they also taught me a bit of english before i started school. i was in bilingal (sp?) classes until 4th grade so it kinda stuck, but now i have this accent >.<
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Aug 15 2005, 12:06 AM
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my mom always spoke to me with a mix of tagalog & english & i take tagalog classes @ school so i know how to speak it almost fluently, but my dad barely spoke spanish to me so i dont know that much.
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Aug 15 2005, 12:10 AM
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My father's native language is Krioulu, but he didn't teach me because growing up he forgot a lot because it was considered shameful.
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Aug 15 2005, 12:53 AM
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well...my parents native languages are canto and mando and i spoke better canto wen i was 4 than i do now
took 5 years of mando school learned to say hi my name is blah blah blah but i cant believe i quit i wish i kept taking it so now i kinda speak a....chinglish half chinese half english cz i cant speak chinese properly |
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Aug 15 2005, 01:00 AM
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 潮州人 forever =) Group: Member Posts: 668 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 29,877 |
lessee...my mom is born in cambodia which makes cambodian..but thats not my moms native lang. shes chinese...(canton/mandarin/chiuchow[thats canton! its actually diojiu Oo;]) so i understand a BIT of canton (i uno how..lol) i took mandarin classes for 6 years but still dont understand and i can speak my chiu chow lang. =) my mom and dad taught me to speak chiuchow . well to speak at least.
now my DAD he was born in cambodia too...hes part cambodian but he can speak it to. but her never taught me. he can speak chiu chow but not canton or mand. hah thats my story. =) QUOTE(eternal*destiny @ Aug 15 2005, 12:53 AM) well...my parents native languages are canto and mando and i spoke better canto wen i was 4 than i do now took 5 years of mando school learned to say hi my name is blah blah blah but i cant believe i quit i wish i kept taking it so now i kinda speak a....chinglish half chinese half english cz i cant speak chinese properly  lol thats like me. i took mand for so long and i wish i never wuit. so regretful!! i felt like crying after i thought about it |
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Aug 15 2005, 01:02 AM
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 I come from East Oakland where the youngstas get hyphy! Group: Member Posts: 1,821 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 102,942 |
Nope my parents dont even know their own.
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Aug 15 2005, 12:03 PM
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haha i know canto, a bit, its crappy though haha i always mispronounced stuff but my bf finds it cute so
 haha~~ and i cant say some words at all.o yea i took like 5 years of manderin, but i like know how to say like....3 phrases (i want to eat) (i dont know/understand) (i want ____) haha yea... |
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Aug 15 2005, 12:06 PM
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my parents taught me how to speak chinese..and i also went to chinese school for 9 years..
i wanna quit soo much. its so boring. but my parents wont let me. 
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Aug 15 2005, 12:08 PM
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i think they have...not alot though
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Aug 15 2005, 12:39 PM
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my parents are from america, but my grandparents are always trying to teach me portuguese.
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Aug 15 2005, 01:49 PM
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Errr, Thai was my first language, but then I stopped using it when I entered Kindergarten...Now I suck at Thai, but I want to learn more. I can read it more than I can speak it.
 I don't like Thai school, it's madd boring.I'd like to learn Lao, my mom's famly can speak it. 
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Aug 15 2005, 03:16 PM
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-> Greek
yeah.. english was my first language.. but as i got older.. i wanted to learn greek seeing as how my dad was from greece and that stuff. So i went into Greek school. We don't speak it much around the house.. just me and my dad.. or when we ever go to greece i use it Hiya Pam ^^ |
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Aug 15 2005, 03:21 PM
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well, no. cus i was born in the philippines and stayed there until i was 7-ish so i learned the language pretty good.
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Aug 15 2005, 03:53 PM
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 mon cheri amour x Group: Member Posts: 2,349 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 168,530 |
QUOTE(`SWTWiNKLE3YES @ Aug 15 2005, 4:21 PM) well, no. cus i was born in the philippines and stayed there until i was 7-ish so i learned the language pretty good. yeah me too.. `cept i stayed there for about 10 years so yeah.. |
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Aug 15 2005, 03:57 PM
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my parents native language is mando but they also speak some kind of taiwanese that they don't teach because it's used when they don't want me + my siblings to understand.
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Aug 15 2005, 04:33 PM
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 I love you more than sex appeal. Group: Member Posts: 3,045 Joined: Oct 2004 Member No: 52,932 |
my parent's native language is vietnamese. they taught me some but shieeet, i barely speak it now and i dont even know if i said it the right way or anything. but im learining a lil bit from my friends
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Aug 15 2005, 04:37 PM
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yah, since i was born in the PI. so actually all the people i knew taught me.
1st lang -Ilocano 2nd - Tagalog 3rd - English |
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Aug 15 2005, 04:45 PM
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Yes they did. They're from Canton (Guangzhou) and they taught me Cantonese. They know how to speak Mandarin though.. I wish they'd taught me that too.
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Aug 15 2005, 05:58 PM
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They tried when I was younger... I guess I was too interested in playing with Barbie to care.
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Aug 15 2005, 05:59 PM
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Yeah both of my parents speak spanish and it was my first language. Im getting a tad bit rusty in it though :/
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Aug 15 2005, 06:05 PM
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im thinker than you smart i am. Group: Member Posts: 640 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 118,093 |
german. i wish they taught me. its so funny sounding, but i guess if your german american sounds funny too.
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