As in casual conversation stuff…

My mom wants to talk to me, but my lexicon in my native language is not very vast lmao

  • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
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    18 seconds ago

    my lexicon in my native language is not very vast

    I’m just trying to think like a parent and that would be enough for me to encourage my rhetorical children to speak their native language more. The more languages you can communicate in and the better you get at it, the more ways you have of looking at the world and connecting to people.

    This isn’t to say I, the parent in this scenario, wouldn’t be working to also learn the second language, but I’m not going to judge someone if they don’t have the mental energy left to try to learn a new language after a hard day of work.

    I dunno, just trying to think it through.

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    This is a question built for me; my turkish has been deteriorating for 25+ years and I am trying to raise a bilingual (spanish/english) child.

    When you speak to your mother, you should speak her language (I assume cantonese?) don’t be afraid to mention words you lack in cantonese to her during the conversation so you can boost your vocabulary.

    If you also have a child that’s learning one language more than the other (because the primary language at school etc), communicate to them in your language, but understand what their needs are in their language, and reinforce it in your language (eg : Her : “Quiero agua” Me :“you want water? Ok, let’s go get you water. Here’s the water. Drink the water”)

  • Hoohoo@fedia.io
    81·
    1 day ago

    Inside is theirs, and you need to be less illiterate. Maybe do a course and put in time at home with mom.

    Outside is yours. Maybe your mom needs to take a few more courses. If not just abide the rule.

    Exceptions are when company clearly has a primary language.

  • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Personally I think the winning language is the language that’s most spoken in the country you both live in. I have been the family translator since I was 6 and I’m exhausted. My parents speak English but they don’t always get things and they’re insecure about it so they’ve always relied on me to translate. They’re also really bad with decision making because they’re afraid that they’ll misunderstand something. Throughout my life we’ve always had weird arguments because we don’t understand each other.