WHO ELSE IS DISTURBED ABOUT THE LACK OF TAGALOG SPEAKING YOUTHS IN USA?

[thadzonline]

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Cebuano is a more-widely spoken toung in the philippines..so why bother with tagalog

[Mabix]

funny, I'm having problems speaking in fluent english. It's all in the company you keep...including your family.

[donki]

lisod gyud pag storya ug tagalog oi, labi na ug bisaya ta nga wala ta naanad ana nga pinulongan...Magsapid akong dila....

[Mr.Ho_chia]

Btaw, mag e-ninglis nalang ta kaysa tagalog. and besides those english speaking fil-americans can be understood here. so whats the problem? basta magkasinabtanay, mao nana. :mrgreen:

[digitalsuperman]

I'm not disturbed by it and i really don't care..

if i would have it my way, i want them to speak cebuano... :mrgreen:

[edgeknife]

well, why don't you have fellowship with our kababayans in the US to again learn to speak Tagalog?? This is one easy way learn back what is being lost.

watch lang ug TFC para maka-learn ka balik ug tagalog

khymm's right. watch TFC or any other Filipino channel.

[pnoize]

Do not make this another Bisaya vs. Tagalog thread. If you would kindly get your heads out of where the sun don't shine, his question actually applies to both languages. It's just that, I assume, he's parents are tagalog. There are very few filipino-americans who actually speak their native tongue even if their parents are pure tagalog or bisaya.

you could...

a. tell your parents to talk to you in your native tongue (tagalog, bisaya, panggalatok, chabacano, etc.)
b. tell your friends to help you practice speaking the language. (in essence, they too will be learning from it.)
c. watch a Filipino movie
d. watch TFC
e. talk to people in the Filipino community center about learning the language and how you could help propagate it.

[crinkle]

this is a thing about us Filipinos; once a culture is introduced to us, we're very good at adapting and adjusting and eventually neglecting our true culture. some of us even go to the extent of despising our roots.

but like what others here have mentioned, as long as we understand each other and are able to convey our messages clearly, whether in vernacular or not, it's ok. as long as we don't forget the good in our culture and the things that we have learned as Filipinos.


ako, wa ko blema ana'ng bisaya. kay bisa'g mag perfect American accent pa ko, BISDAK gihapon ko'g nawng!!! hahahaha!!!

[caspey]

i'm not really disturbed by it. maski kta gai dri sa cebu d man gai au ta kbaw mutagalog samot na kaha 2 cla did2.

[endlessknight]

Not really...