i understand where your daughter is coming from….i speak ilongo fluently because i spent my childhood in bacolod (my dad is from manila but learned how to speak ilongo fluently) . when my family moved to the states, we spoke ilongo at home. as i grew up i learned to sing in tagalog and even […]
Written on Friday, July 11th, 2008 by majorsawyer :: 0 comments to this post
i understand where your daughter is coming from….i speak ilongo fluently because i spent my childhood in bacolod (my dad is from manila but learned how to speak ilongo fluently) . when my family moved to the states, we spoke ilongo at home. as i grew up i learned to sing in tagalog and even read in tagalog because of family friends who spoke tagalog that would come over. as hard as i tried, i couldn’t hold a conversation in tagalog. my syllables and words were jumbled and i was made fun of alot and i also got both ilongo and tagalog words mixed up. it’s so easy to learn a song because all i have to do is memorize it. reading in tagalog is also a breeze but to this day, as an adult, i still can’t hold a conversation in tagalog although i understand most of it. a lot of filipinos i come across, especially those older ones who just moved here from the philippines, frown upon the fact that i can’t speak tagalog even when i treat them with respect.
i suggest you still keep watching all the filipino shows with your daughter and always converse with her in tagalog. even when she responds in english, just be patient and continue on with it. maybe one day, she’ll catch on to it.
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