Comments on: Growing Up Bilingual http://www.filipinasoul.com/2006/09/growing-up-bilingual/ Filipina Soul from b5media Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:32:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: DatuPanot http://www.filipinasoul.com/2006/09/growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-357 DatuPanot Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:17:37 +0000 http://www.filipinasoul.com/growing-up-bilingual/#comment-357 hi maricar, taglish has become one of my pet peeves.......but now it has come to that point that i have to accept it (taglish) and realize that it has become a part of mainstream filipino language. there is nothing i can do about it. i promise myself not to be ticked-off by taglish anymore. promise ! so long as they don't re-write the filipino constitition in taglish !! magandang day sa everybody ! dp hi maricar,

taglish has become one of my pet peeves…….but now it has come to that point that i have to accept it (taglish) and realize that it has become a part of mainstream filipino language. there is nothing i can do about it. i promise myself not to be ticked-off by taglish anymore. promise ! so long as they don’t re-write the filipino constitition in taglish !!

magandang day sa everybody !

dp

]]> By: Maricar http://www.filipinasoul.com/2006/09/growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Maricar Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:30:34 +0000 http://www.filipinasoul.com/growing-up-bilingual/#comment-355 I personally don't care for Taglish or Englitag. It's fine to insert an English word or two in a Tagalog sentence (eg., "Pakilagay sa table yung plato"). But to hear "Para shiny ang hair ko" like a line in a commercial I heard some time ago... that's not much better than "Mamang driver, make para na on the side". Sounds a little jarring to my ear. However, I may be guilty of it once in a while (and if you hear me, feel free to call me on it). I personally don’t care for Taglish or Englitag. It’s fine to insert an English word or two in a Tagalog sentence (eg., “Pakilagay sa table yung plato”). But to hear “Para shiny ang hair ko” like a line in a commercial I heard some time ago… that’s not much better than “Mamang driver, make para na on the side”. Sounds a little jarring to my ear. However, I may be guilty of it once in a while (and if you hear me, feel free to call me on it).

]]> By: DatuPanot http://www.filipinasoul.com/2006/09/growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-354 DatuPanot Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:20:18 +0000 http://www.filipinasoul.com/growing-up-bilingual/#comment-354 hi grace, i think the filipino language is still in the process of defining itself.....just like our identity. of course youare free to agree or disagree. salamat, dp hi grace,

i think the filipino language is still in the process of defining itself…..just like our identity. of course youare free to agree or disagree.

salamat,

dp

]]> By: Grace http://www.filipinasoul.com/2006/09/growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Grace Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:57:00 +0000 http://www.filipinasoul.com/growing-up-bilingual/#comment-346 I don't think we can escape Taglish as a form of conversation anymore, DatuPanot, although I think sociologists may not warm up to it being an accepted Filipino language, not yet anyway... remember, we used to have just the A-Ba-Ka-Da alphabet, and yet now we officially have more letters than the english alphabet of ABC! in fact, what really is a Filipino language? it's not just Tagalog isn't it. so even within our own nation our language is evolving and Tagalog words become integrated into the cebuano language or ilocano, and vice versa. all these i think help give the Filipinos our unique identity. don't you think? I don’t think we can escape Taglish as a form of conversation anymore, DatuPanot, although I think sociologists may not warm up to it being an accepted Filipino language, not yet anyway… remember, we used to have just the A-Ba-Ka-Da alphabet, and yet now we officially have more letters than the english alphabet of ABC! in fact, what really is a Filipino language? it’s not just Tagalog isn’t it. so even within our own nation our language is evolving and Tagalog words become integrated into the cebuano language or ilocano, and vice versa. all these i think help give the Filipinos our unique identity. don’t you think?

]]> By: DatuPanot http://www.filipinasoul.com/2006/09/growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-343 DatuPanot Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:10:09 +0000 http://www.filipinasoul.com/growing-up-bilingual/#comment-343 is "taglish" or "englitag" fast becoming an accepted language or dialect in the philippines just like chavacano was during the spanish colonial era? do hybrid languages such as "taglish" abolish one's cultural identity or help create a new one? do you feel that we should put the blame on ariel ureta who single handedly put "taglish" in the mainstream media and filipino pop culture? is “taglish” or “englitag” fast becoming an accepted language or dialect in the philippines just like chavacano was during the spanish colonial era? do hybrid languages such as “taglish” abolish one’s cultural identity or help create a new one?
do you feel that we should put the blame on ariel ureta who single handedly put “taglish” in the mainstream media and filipino pop culture?

]]> By: Maricar http://www.filipinasoul.com/2006/09/growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Maricar Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:21:11 +0000 http://www.filipinasoul.com/growing-up-bilingual/#comment-335 Yo, sis, mana sa tita yan. Siyempre, sino ba'ng original na ganyan? Eh di A-KOH! :D Yo, sis, mana sa tita yan. Siyempre, sino ba’ng original na ganyan? Eh di A-KOH! :D

]]> By: Maricar http://www.filipinasoul.com/2006/09/growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Maricar Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:20:06 +0000 http://www.filipinasoul.com/growing-up-bilingual/#comment-334 Hi Stef, Thanks for the reminder that teaching my kids Tagalog is a long-term commitment. It's so easy to slip into English with them, especially as they're growing up. I would love to meet your kids someday! Hi Stef, Thanks for the reminder that teaching my kids Tagalog is a long-term commitment. It’s so easy to slip into English with them, especially as they’re growing up. I would love to meet your kids someday!

]]> By: Grace http://www.filipinasoul.com/2006/09/growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Grace Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:06:28 +0000 http://www.filipinasoul.com/growing-up-bilingual/#comment-331 I had this dilemna when my daughter was born. opinions and advice on both camps were confusing - "talk to her only in Tagalog or she'll forget her roots"... "talk to her in English because she'll be confused come school age"... until I heard this wisdom from the teacher of my friend's child. she says, "schools teach children languages, and in the US both English and Spanish are taught. why shouldn't you teach your child your native tongue?". so now I do and everyday converse to her in Tagalog. her favorite words at 18 months - "hala!" and "wala-na"... and responds "A-KOH" to questions like "sinong maganda?" or "sinong mabait?" and "sinong love ni daddy?" A-KOH! sweet. I had this dilemna when my daughter was born. opinions and advice on both camps were confusing – “talk to her only in Tagalog or she’ll forget her roots”… “talk to her in English because she’ll be confused come school age”… until I heard this wisdom from the teacher of my friend’s child. she says, “schools teach children languages, and in the US both English and Spanish are taught. why shouldn’t you teach your child your native tongue?”. so now I do and everyday converse to her in Tagalog. her favorite words at 18 months – “hala!” and “wala-na”… and responds “A-KOH” to questions like “sinong maganda?” or “sinong mabait?” and “sinong love ni daddy?” A-KOH! sweet.

]]> By: stef http://www.filipinasoul.com/2006/09/growing-up-bilingual/comment-page-1/#comment-329 stef Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:36:29 +0000 http://www.filipinasoul.com/growing-up-bilingual/#comment-329 My eldest (15) speaks fluent Tagalog. I attribute this to the fact that she grew up to age 7 right across the street from my parents. We ALL spoke Tagalog to and with her. However, she went to school for 5 years (before we homeschooled), and 3 of those years we had already moved away from my parents, and she started speaking English at home. She'd still speak Tagalog when asked to but constantly forgot to take the initiative -- and when she spoke in English, we'd respond in English without thinking about it, and we failed to enforce our original rule of "no English at home" -- which in the eldest's case, probably translated (no pun intended) to 25% English on a day-to-day basis. As a consequence, the kids who were babies and toddlers then were exposed to more English than Tagalog, and now they're re-learning Tagalog as a second language instead -- my youngers are 10, 7 and 4. I'm still kicking myself for not realizing just how much of an impact those early years would have. My eldest (15) speaks fluent Tagalog. I attribute this to the fact that she grew up to age 7 right across the street from my parents. We ALL spoke Tagalog to and with her. However, she went to school for 5 years (before we homeschooled), and 3 of those years we had already moved away from my parents, and she started speaking English at home. She’d still speak Tagalog when asked to but constantly forgot to take the initiative — and when she spoke in English, we’d respond in English without thinking about it, and we failed to enforce our original rule of “no English at home” — which in the eldest’s case, probably translated (no pun intended) to 25% English on a day-to-day basis. As a consequence, the kids who were babies and toddlers then were exposed to more English than Tagalog, and now they’re re-learning Tagalog as a second language instead — my youngers are 10, 7 and 4. I’m still kicking myself for not realizing just how much of an impact those early years would have.

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