One thing I love about the Polish, Indian, Pakistani communities is that no matter how far their children are from their homeland - the parents almost ALWAYS teach the children the language. Having a language other than English is so important.
Also Arabs and Chinese (even if they don't teach them how to read much in their native language, they make sure their kids at least know how to speak it)
I think when a person can’t speak their native language fluently people tend to associate that with them not being proud of who they truly are. Which isn’t the case.
I think this is the struggle for almost all first generations. I know I don’t sound “right” when I speak Creole but we should be encouraged to try to speak out home languages or we’ll lose the language by the time we have kids. And that would be really sad
this is when I was trying learn twi...and my friends who were native speakers would laugh and I kept pushing!! now I can speak fluently with the accent.. I started at 19 btw
Omg I feel you, it the same in the Somali community the moment they hear my accent, the start laughing at us, I was born in Europe with a Somali background, so now I shut down I don’t speak my language around those I don’t know we’ll enough lol. Need your confidence 💕
Girl I swear we’ve all been there, sadly. I sincerely hope you get the confidence you need, be proud to know what you know and don’t let them get to you. All love💗
singlet is a vest. West African parents use big words in English. their grammar is so vast, more than most people from England so I'm not surprised her friends didn't know a singlet was a vest
My cousins in Nigeria cant even understand or speak Yoruba! I UNDERSTAND BETTER THAN THEM. American born and raised, like people try to clown but in Nigeria alot of the parents aren’t even pressing speaking Yoruba on their kids either! Im proud to understand what I understand and I want to learn more, but people be so judgemental
When I saw the video of the three of you speaking Yoruba I was so proud at the effort you made, warts and all. Growing up in Nigeria as a British returnee I was constantly tesed for trying to speak/learn Yoruba. Ironic right? The colonial mentality at the time cast disdain on speaking local languages. Then again I grew up in a University community (OAU) so they were pretty upity and they looked down on speaking Yoruba. Daft. While I did get my kicks out of the video I sent it to my daughter to encourage her to speak yoruba regardless of making mistakes with tonation and dialect. You should be bold to express yourself however you want. Yoruba Angels
A Singlet is English.... Just old English meaning Vest. Your mom might be calling it that because a lot of our parents who come from British Colonies... Still use old British words derived from that time.
So glad you guys mentioned this. Hand on heart I sopped speaking my language for years between 9 and 16/17 because whenever `i tried people would make fun especially some family members especially some "aunties." They made me feel so ashamed to the point I said to myself why bother? And I regret that to this day because my Ndebele suffered andI'm now behind and trying to catch up.
most kids who were born in america or the uk who are nigerian literally cannot speak their language. It’s weird cs other african countries can speak their lang fluently here in nyc
Its true..and I really dont want my generation to stop speaking the language.i have always wanted to learn and understand both my native language which is igbo and yoruba
Definitely on the women’s side here, at least they’re showing enthusiasm/love for speaking in their ‘mother tongue’. My family are from another country originally (or at least half of them) and I don’t speak a word! Everyone’s gotta complain about something these days.
I'm not even bothered about the people born and raised abroad that don't know how to speak their native language, what bothers me are the ones back home that can't speak it. Nowadays Nigerian children do not know how to speak their languages but are speaking English with an American or British accent and some parents are actually hiring teachers to teach their kids how speak like that and also hire teachers to teach their kids french ( which they literally have no business learning ) and the kids that don't have extra teachers their parents tell them to imitate the accents of the kids they watch on TH-cam and it is so weird 🤦🏾♀️
I went back to Zim was trying my best yall and got told i got an accent plus its not good. I lived there for a bit when I was young as well. Didn't mind the accent part as much as being told my Shona is s*. My lil cousin understands and tries to speak tho its broken. My lil sis understands like 90%. We all trying and we're all proud. Plus we want to pass down the language/culture to our kids one day.
I was literally just thinking this out loud earlier today. It’s so funny when people clown others abroad for not knowing how to speak Yoruba or their native tongue. When there’s bare people back home that don’t know how to speak it either. All my life I’ve been told that it was a shame that I don’t know how to speak it or it was my parents fault for allowing me to lose my culture while I’m in a “white mans land”…Whole time I have cousins back home that don’t know how to string a full sentence of Yoruba together 😂. I started to notice that this topic of who knows how to speak their native tongue and who doesn’t is only applied towards those outside of the country. I honestly feel like it’s just pure jealousy or maybe even projection honestly.
Is that something to be proud of? That means they're right. It is your parents fault and their parents fault. Might as well throw your identity away and become English if true.
i think its a matter of also having a talent for the language, Yoruba just like any language if you do not have the skills to understand how its constructed you might not be able to understand and speak it.The truth is , if all in all aspects of your life Yoruba isn't functional , you won't be able to use it properly.
What annoys me so much is when I’ll get asked, “s o le so Yoruba?” When I respond that “yes I can( in Yoruba) ”, they proceed to continue the rest of the conversation in English 🙄🤦🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
our parents will blame us for not learning...👀👀 BUT... SORRY DID U TEACH? So when Eastern Europeans and Asians and Arabs come here, ALL THEY DO IS SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE at home. Bro... teach us the flipping language then. 🙂 that is THEIR FAULT. What is wrong with them? They can never take accountability. THEY CAN NEVER ACCEPT REALITY. 😐 it's ridiculous
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I agree with them 100%. Its bad enough we don't speak our native language, but to make fun of people who are trying is pushing us further back
One thing I love about the Polish, Indian, Pakistani communities is that no matter how far their children are from their homeland - the parents almost ALWAYS teach the children the language. Having a language other than English is so important.
I agree
Greeks too
Also Arabs and Chinese (even if they don't teach them how to read much in their native language, they make sure their kids at least know how to speak it)
Africans are just full of self hate. (Coming from a Nigerian girl)
LITERALLY!!!! And our parents will blame us for not learning...👀👀 BUT... SORRY DID U TEACH?
I think when a person can’t speak their native language fluently people tend to associate that with them not being proud of who they truly are. Which isn’t the case.
Yessss!!! My parents speak two different languages and they just never taught me 😭
I think this is the struggle for almost all first generations. I know I don’t sound “right” when I speak Creole but we should be encouraged to try to speak out home languages or we’ll lose the language by the time we have kids. And that would be really sad
You guys did amazing ! I’m so proud of us being able to keep and embrace our heritage. All the haters get in the bin😂💜
this is when I was trying learn twi...and my friends who were native speakers would laugh and I kept pushing!! now I can speak fluently with the accent.. I started at 19 btw
Thank you for sharing!
How did you learn to become fluent??
Omg I feel you, it the same in the Somali community the moment they hear my accent, the start laughing at us, I was born in Europe with a Somali background, so now I shut down I don’t speak my language around those I don’t know we’ll enough lol. Need your confidence 💕
Girl I swear we’ve all been there, sadly. I sincerely hope you get the confidence you need, be proud to know what you know and don’t let them get to you. All love💗
try not to let that discourage you
Hope this conversation has helped give you confidence 💕
Adeola looks soo good. Her skin 😍😍
Was just thinking this! Such a stunning babe
I literally paused at 0:33 😍✨
singlet is a vest. West African parents use big words in English. their grammar is so vast, more than most people from England so I'm not surprised her friends didn't know a singlet was a vest
My cousins in Nigeria cant even understand or speak Yoruba! I UNDERSTAND BETTER THAN THEM. American born and raised, like people try to clown but in Nigeria alot of the parents aren’t even pressing speaking Yoruba on their kids either! Im proud to understand what I understand and I want to learn more, but people be so judgemental
When I saw the video of the three of you speaking Yoruba I was so proud at the effort you made, warts and all. Growing up in Nigeria as a British returnee I was constantly tesed for trying to speak/learn Yoruba. Ironic right? The colonial mentality at the time cast disdain on speaking local languages. Then again I grew up in a University community (OAU) so they were pretty upity and they looked down on speaking Yoruba. Daft. While I did get my kicks out of the video I sent it to my daughter to encourage her to speak yoruba regardless of making mistakes with tonation and dialect. You should be bold to express yourself however you want. Yoruba Angels
A Singlet is English.... Just old English meaning Vest. Your mom might be calling it that because a lot of our parents who come from British Colonies... Still use old British words derived from that time.
So glad you guys mentioned this. Hand on heart I sopped speaking my language for years between 9 and 16/17 because whenever `i tried people would make fun especially some family members especially some "aunties." They made me feel so ashamed to the point I said to myself why bother? And I regret that to this day because my Ndebele suffered andI'm now behind and trying to catch up.
most kids who were born in america or the uk who are nigerian literally cannot speak their language. It’s weird cs other african countries can speak their lang fluently here in nyc
Lol it's not weird alot of people in African countries who haven't left it's borders can't speak either
Its true..and I really dont want my generation to stop speaking the language.i have always wanted to learn and understand both my native language which is igbo and yoruba
Definitely on the women’s side here, at least they’re showing enthusiasm/love for speaking in their ‘mother tongue’. My family are from another country originally (or at least half of them) and I don’t speak a word! Everyone’s gotta complain about something these days.
Thank you for this, I can totally agree ❤
I'm not even bothered about the people born and raised abroad that don't know how to speak their native language, what bothers me are the ones back home that can't speak it. Nowadays Nigerian children do not know how to speak their languages but are speaking English with an American or British accent and some parents are actually hiring teachers to teach their kids how speak like that and also hire teachers to teach their kids french ( which they literally have no business learning ) and the kids that don't have extra teachers their parents tell them to imitate the accents of the kids they watch on TH-cam and it is so weird 🤦🏾♀️
I went back to Zim was trying my best yall and got told i got an accent plus its not good. I lived there for a bit when I was young as well. Didn't mind the accent part as much as being told my Shona is s*. My lil cousin understands and tries to speak tho its broken. My lil sis understands like 90%. We all trying and we're all proud. Plus we want to pass down the language/culture to our kids one day.
Love these girls
I was literally just thinking this out loud earlier today. It’s so funny when people clown others abroad for not knowing how to speak Yoruba or their native tongue. When there’s bare people back home that don’t know how to speak it either. All my life I’ve been told that it was a shame that I don’t know how to speak it or it was my parents fault for allowing me to lose my culture while I’m in a “white mans land”…Whole time I have cousins back home that don’t know how to string a full sentence of Yoruba together 😂. I started to notice that this topic of who knows how to speak their native tongue and who doesn’t is only applied towards those outside of the country. I honestly feel like it’s just pure jealousy or maybe even projection honestly.
Speak on it!! 💯
Is that something to be proud of? That means they're right. It is your parents fault and their parents fault. Might as well throw your identity away and become English if true.
i think its a matter of also having a talent for the language, Yoruba just like any language if you do not have the skills to understand how its constructed you might not be able to understand and speak it.The truth is , if all in all aspects of your life Yoruba isn't functional , you won't be able to use it properly.
@@windsurfer8824 knowing or not knowing how to speak your native tongue doesn't make you more or less cultural. That mindset is sad.
What annoys me so much is when I’ll get asked, “s o le so Yoruba?” When I respond that “yes I can( in Yoruba) ”, they proceed to continue the rest of the conversation in English 🙄🤦🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️
You're right but they're also right at the same time.
Will you guys ever want to learn more of yoruba?
Keep on speaking your native language everyone is helps you improve.
our parents will blame us for not learning...👀👀 BUT... SORRY DID U TEACH? So when Eastern Europeans and Asians and Arabs come here, ALL THEY DO IS SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE at home. Bro... teach us the flipping language then. 🙂 that is THEIR FAULT. What is wrong with them? They can never take accountability. THEY CAN NEVER ACCEPT REALITY. 😐 it's ridiculous
Singlet is an English word😂
Classic second generation immigrant problems!
I've been away from the Uk for 20 years. If this is the BBC now I'm glad I'm not there. Garbage.
Bye!! 😊
Huh?
Don’t come back, we don’t need negative vibes anytime soon
You're just not the target audience it's that simple.
Toodles 😂