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

[LiquorLake]

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1. i am disturbed by this &
2. i am one of those youths in america who has lost my native language.

i know a bunch of filipino youths where i live that either don't understand tagalog or know how to speak it, OR both. and i think this is just pretty disappointing. granted, english is a national language of the philippines, but still...i came to the united states from the philippines when i was 5 years old and i knew how to speak tagalog. i'm 18 now, i've lost my ability to speak my language, i can understand it if it's spoken to me but even that's starting to fade away. i have no problem blaming my parents for letting this happen to me, and i guess it's up to me to attempt to learn how to speak it again. no matter how corny what i'm about to say may sound, i mean it with all my heart. by not knowing how to speak my native language, i feel like i've lost a sense of who i am, culture is something extremely important to me, i'm surrounded by it every single day living in new york city, i want to get it back and i feel like i can through learning how to speak tagalog again...

does anyone know how i'm feeling??...

[Zirv]

none

we are bisaya......

[labyrinthbw]

i gather that ur a tagalog..
well, tagalog or bisaya, i see ur concern..and it's about the Filipino youth in the States who no longer speak their native tongues...
we can't blame anyone for that...
it depends on the person if he/she really wants to learn and re-learn the language...
anyway, you go on reconnecting with your tagalog...and maybe you can try to learn cebuano hehehe..

[junmar4]

patagalogon lagi apil bisaya... paet...

[dexterdal]

patagalogon lagi apil bisaya... paet...

hehehee

[Streetcar]

I'm very fluent in tagalog. Sa Bisaya maglisud ko. Pero kung akong e compose or type sa Bisaya, dali ra but i also cannot really express myself well in Bisaya although i still know how sahay i stumble and think of the right word for something i want to say. But tagalog, i have no problem at all since ang akong exposure here in the States wala kaayo bisaya mostly tagalog. My kids do not understand Bisaya tagalog they do, they just can't speak tagalog pero they understand it when i talk to them in tagalog. Kung Bisaya akong sulti nila, magtanga lang na sila, lol.

[junmar4]

Mao jud na problema pud diha...magbinisaya ta sa usa ka bisaya diha tubagon ta ug tagalog... samot pa jud na magsige english then pareho mo bisdak para ingnon daw in... kalagot...

[labyrinthbw]

depende na jud na sa tao...
akong mga paryente kay kusog pa kaau mobinisaya..
and to think they've been in the States for 25-30 years!!

[quasimodo]

i really appreciate pinoys speaking their native tongues or even wish to speak it no matter where they are or how long they have lived in a particular foreign country. as in bow jud ko aning LiquorLake for her sentiments and for her desire in taking back what she lost.

sakto si labyrinthbw, it depends on the person. maka-relate ko kay akong mga pag-umangkon nga mga below 12 when they migrated to the US (the eldest was 8 years old then. it's been 7 years when they left). makasabot pa man ug bisaya & tagalog even if the place they're living kay gamay ra kaayo pinoy. although magkanga-kanga ug sulti but at least kasabot. ang paagi sa akong sister and her husband kay they don't speak english inside the house or when they meet other filipino families. either bisaya or tagalog ra jud. usahay man gud, OA ra sad ning atong uban nga mga pinoy nga bisag pinoy ilang kaistorya kay di jud mogamit sa native tongue. too bad. naa say ubang nga mga pinoy nga bisag mga mid-20's or more na ang edad nga nangadto sa states nga inig-uli mora na ug si kinsa nga di jud magbinisaya or tagalog. morag imposible man pod nga makalimot ka sa imong native tongue considering nga mga 20+ na ka niadto sa gawas. aw ambot lang sad but i doubt it.

[khymm]

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