What Do Singaporeans Think About Their Mother Tongues? | Word On The Street
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- We all know it's compulsory for all us Singaporeans to study their mother tongues in school but to what extent are we proficient in them? So, we took to the streets to find out if Singaporeans are indeed losing touch with their second languages.
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0:39 when he says "Tamil" with an Indian accent
ikr hahaah when he hesitates at mandarin but got the indian accent on point lmao
Frosty Ace eh thanks ah appreciate it
Yeah ! He say correcly
OMG!I love the editor!When you asked smile to the boy,he smiled and 'Hard Carry' from Got7 song played!Ofc,the rest of the video was really enjoyable!!!
yesssss omg
haha,ahgase?
IKR! and twice and joongki? it was so fast haha
SO PROUD OF BEING AN IGOT7!!😭😭😭
Lmao this is exactly what Lee Kuan Yew feared. Despite the implementation of compulsory Mother Tongue classes, this video shows that the objective isn't achieved yet. I think it is mainly contributed by home/family environment. Great job, TSL!
L. Hasna Singaporeans back then used to speak many languages; my Cantonese grandfather used to speak Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew, English, and Malay fluently!
Considering how easily his son and fellow politicians dropped it all to be "inclusive" and "globally connected", I'm glad he's rolling in his grave.
OMG HARD CARRY
YES
YESSSSS
sorry but when hard carry came out, damnnnnnnn
vOMGGGG IKR
I speak English, Chinese and Spanish and a little bit of conversational Malay and I'm a bit surprised that a lot of these Singaporeans don't really speak their MT?
Hypocrite
oml 95% of the comments are just talking about hard carry HAHAHA
i was so shook when hard carry came out,bless me.
i relate with the malay guy that talked about learning speaking mandarin bc tbh its hARD to communicate sometimes 😂
thank you editor😊 for the part of GOT7 Hard Carry love TSL videos 🙆💕👍
ILYSM TSL (hard carry😏)
WHERE ARE MY BABY BIRDSSS/AHGASAE/아가새??
Fauzi's shirt looks like one of those worn in Nazi concentration camps
Indeed. Good spot
Kudos to the video editor~!!
The interview become more fun to watch with that edits.. xDD
when hard carry came out i laughed too hard HAHAHAHA
IGOT7 WHERE DAFUQ R U
HEREE WOO!
astro fan too😂😂😂
im eunwoo biased
me too!!! #leedongmin
YES AROHAS
Do you find weird that most of Chinese in Singapore refer Mandarin as “mother tongue” instead of “2nd/vernacular language”? And refer their real heritage languages just as dialects?
that random hard carry in the background!! I'm curious abt who in tsl likes kpop considering that it's a recent song
THAT HARD CARRY PART FKING GOT ME
the malay guy on the right cute leh
hard carry해 ! so sudden😁
👦👍 #HardCarry2ndWin
THE SUDDEN MOMENT YOU HEAR HARD CARRY "Am I Dreaming?"
get that recognition GOT7
i think parents should speak their mother tongue to their child and their dialects as well cause they will speak english in school
fauzi looked so impressed with their answers HAHA but good video!
I literally speak my mother tongue like my mother's language and dialect which is Mandarin and Hakka but my dad's language (Kadazan) not so. But I think the environment one live in will shape their proficiency
oho oubat no
TVXQ? No? Only Me? Ok.. #FanOfTVXQ
the sad reality when our second languages are slowly diminishing
i wish i can speak hokkein / cantonese but my chinese alr cmi so...
My mother tongue skills have been reduced to basal conversational mother tongue but I've always been into anime and Japanese songs and all of that good stuff, so sometimes I can find words to express myself in Japanese, but not Chinese.
Smh.
As a non-Singaporean I would say it is crucial for you to learn your mother tongue, since your mother tongue is your actual native language. English should be just used as a medium of communication with other ethnic groups but not as a language you speak within your family or community. Singaporeans should be proud of their real roots and stop getting westernized, Westerners will never accept you as native English speakers anyway.
omggggg got7 !! love the editor !!
Sad to see Malay kids in Singapore dont know how to speak bahasa melayu...
Mandarin not MT for spore chi except newly arrive mainland
I guess I wasn't the only one that started singing when hardcarry song came out. HAHAHHA
Waa the last advice actually quite useful!
We will lose our roots in Singapore soon.
I feel sosad tbh . Thts y I trying to inprove my Chinese . Even though not bad for me
usually it's either you're good at English or your mother tongue. rarely both.
damn, who are those two Sg Hunks at 0:36! would love to get their numbers!
Early squad where you at! Legend has it that if you're early, TheSmartLocal will reply.
Malay is too hard for me bUT OMG HARD CARRY IM DEAD BYE THATS ONE OF MY CURRENT JAMS
Malay is hardddddddd carry hey xD okay bye
MusicMyLife 👏👏👏👏 I APPROVE 😂😂😂😂
Understanding that Boyanese felt like a gold star for me
wow... this is kinda sad but it's true that a lot of youngsters in this generation cannot speak their native languages anymore. :(
i flipped when i heard hard carry
GOT7 STANSS WHRE U ATT
rip i have this lowkey crush on that ' kpop dude ' HELLO NOTICE ME IF U SEE THIS WE'RE SO SIMILAR
same
Pui Yen b
do some food challenges.do more challenges plsss love u guys😚😚😘😘😙😗😗😍
HARDCARRY OMG😍😍
got7 hard carry!
THAT HARD CARRY
Love it!
OMG HARD CARRY HEH I LUV IT
i wish malaysia mandated studying our mother tongues in school. my biggest regret is not picking up tamil/malyalam/mandarin from either sides of my family
Supriya Sivabalan I thought primary school in Malaysia is in mother tongue?
@@omarali4590 It is not mandatory, only bahasa Melayu and English are mandatory at school
@@belle_pomme but there are chinese and tamil vernacular public schools
but I'm good at speaking when it comes to cantonese n I'm only 10
I’m Singaporean living in the UK and I can only speak English. Which is awkward because I clearly look Malay and people always expect me to speak the language.
ya itu benar
When gossiping... five stars answer.
What's the song at 1:59?
damn!!! Got7 Hard Carry omgg
time to reflect on ourselves
that microphone 😂😂😂😂😂
90% comments Got7 And hardcarry
10% this comment
"HARD,CARRY EH" //DABS//
the guy saying hokkien words
then say "hOkKiEn" with pride
HARD CARRY EHHHHH
HARD CARRY EH
Is it weird to listen to a lot of non-malay songs but you are Malay?Cuz I listen to some Chinese songs and Korean songs but never Malay...oml i feel bad
Aliah Ah me too
Lol me too
omg hard carry
The problem is that most SIngaporeans use English (or Singlish) as their primary language. Their English isn't that great. Even Lee Kwan Yew regretted his two language policy towards the end.
OMG TWICE 😂😂
many people hate chinese because they find it very hard to understand/learn and among my frens they know that poly dosent need to take chinese so they just totally give up in chinese and dont listen during chinese lessons
oh darn. im utter crap at mt, so much that i got exempt from mt:)
all them ahgases freaking out😂
That dude: Singlish is a mix of Chinese, English and everything else. Oh! well, gotcha, but not.
Wait so can fauzi speak malay??
Fauzi... 😲😲😲😱 you can speak france
HARD CARRY GOT7!!
0:49 ആരെങ്കിലും മലയാളം എന്നു പറഞ്ഞോ? 😁😁😁😁😁
Always filming at Orchard 😬
hARD CARRY HEY !
HARD HARD HARD CARRY CARRY
Lots of accents, sometimes I have problems to understand them. ^^°^^
hi fauzi
yo whats chengson' s insta... he cute
bahasa pasar, my mum calls it.
2:35 ohh wong Jowo rek?
iyo ee wong jobe tibak e
@@MutianiShawolMVP iya. Katanya ibunya dari pulau Bawean dan keluarganya dari Jawa. Jaman dulu banyak orang Pulau Bawean migrasi ke pulau Singapura
Hi
#hardcarry2ndwin
I would love to study japanese lol
GOT7 BGM THO
GG my teochew, korean and english better then my chinese my chinese CMI 😂😂😶😶#sorrynotsorry #busypaiseh
what i feel is that dialects are dying off not our mother tongue
I LOVE HOW THERE ARE SO MANY COMMENTS ABOUT HARY CARRY ey kpop stans
I don't do Chinese because I have Exemption and that I have Dyslexia
walau got leng girl in wan her insta
Full pledged Cantonese girl is d hottest in this video~
#brainMatters
lol my Chinese is second language and I hate MT lesson the most. So boring haha. Chinese usually I get B but also marks drop already. For other languages like cantonese and hokkien, my parents and grandparents and elders always speak it, so honestly I feel it's kinda cool and want to learn haha. But the languages I want to learn the most are Korean and Japanese. Otakus, Armies, and Exo-L's where you? 😂✋🏻
who even watches Suria channel...
Me lol
Amir Afiq Azmi i still do lol
Bonjour Ça va bien💕
Bonne nuit!
The singaporeans already forgetting their root, like a russian proverb said "чтобы расти, надо держаться корней".
Bahasa Jiwa Bangsa
Is that Megan...