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Qvoth

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Oct 26, 2017
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Hi y'all. Just wondering if anybody else been in the situation where you grew up speaking one language, then English replaced it, and now you can barely speak the old one any more? It's always bothered me to see how others can speak to their parents so easily while I'm struggling to form coherent sentences.

i studied in singapore for 10 years or so
after i graduated i returned to indonesia, at 1st i forgot quite a few phrases even though i still visit indonesia every year
it'll come back naturally
 
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The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
7,070
SoCal
Hey, did Meph ever join? Or is he too cool for us now?

He said he doesn't care enough to navigate the timed codes and PMs, but once open registration starts he's going to join.

What kind of party is a spider party?

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Jintor

Saw the truth behind the copied door
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Oct 25, 2017
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Mix some basmati in that them there rice.

I understand mostly Mando but I can't speak out for shit
 
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The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
7,070
SoCal
Potater - I literally started salivating when I saw that picture ;__;

I know how this feels. Unfortunately I was never great at speaking my language although I think I was actually better when I was really young. It's hard for me to have conversations with my parents because I can only speak in very simple terms. My wife on the other hand speaks our language fluently and has a really great relationship with my mom. I often joke to her that my mom may love me more, but she likes her more.

I do feel ashamed about it though. Part of that has to do with being one of the oldest of those born and raised in America. I'm not a kid or a teenager, I'm 34 and most of my peers can still speak it fluently or at least decently. I'd rate myself as 5/10 at best so I can barely get by and am pretty nervous when approached by an older person by myself at family stuff lol.

Your wife is like my husband! Granted, my Mandarin skills are a wee above "very simple" terms, but husband is totally fluent and my mom LOVES him.

Don't feel bad about your language skills. If you really want to brush up on them, though, there's a LOT of great, free apps for learning languages.
 

D65

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Oct 26, 2017
6,862
I'll post them here. I accidentally left the discord ;( actually can I get an inv?
 

Apoptomon

Member
Oct 25, 2017
645
Australia
I had some books of simple Chinese vocab when I was little (the language of my relatives), but then I went to school and the only foreign language was Japanese lol. I've forgotten a lot now, so my language knowledge is really mangled. E.g. I can only count "ee er san ser oo" (or at least, that's how the pronunciation sounds to me)
 

blurr

Member
Oct 26, 2017
793
Kon'nichi wa!

I don't know if there are any Indians here on Reset Era yet. They were on GAF.
 

Anthanes

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
142
Greetings! Southeast Asia represent! Never really posted here but lurked occasionally. Everyone here seems so friendly so I'm hoping to change that soon!
 

SecondNature

Member
Oct 25, 2017
15,154
I have a lot of cousins like this.


Tell us a bit more about yourself! Why do you feel this way?
Ha thanks everyone dont mean to be so dramatic

I guess Im just wishing I joined clubs and things with my peoples. I sort of do that with the family and we have family friends but Id like to meet more people, preserve my native language, etc

I dont want to say too much atm :P

Anywho, growing up in was just the case that my ethnicity wasnt really cool, but I grew up in a very diverse place so its mostly a mental thing.

Thanks for the warm welcome, posted a few times in GAF but this is a fresh start and all
 

SecondNature

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Oct 25, 2017
15,154
There's still time for that! Do you live in a decent-sized city?

I kind of wish I learned to read and write myself...
I do! Or at least close to one. Just have to find something and work up the motivation to go.

Keep in mind my thing is very specific and we'd be a minority even in my birth country lol. But there's a population here I think
 

Bluesteel

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Oct 25, 2017
245
Badabing badaboom. Feels good to be here!

If we're into posting recipes I'm down to share my beef noodle soup recipe.
 

RapidCancel

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Oct 26, 2017
35
Saw them make Mochi in person while in Japan one year, was awesome to see. They even gave hammers to us so we could try it out too.
 

havokex

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Oct 26, 2017
53
I'll start my first post in this thread with this amazing ramen I ate in Tokyo when I was there in September!

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ohkay

One Winged Slayer
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Oct 25, 2017
1,019
If I ever visit Japan, I think I'd end up eating nothing but ramen
 

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Oct 25, 2017
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I ate way more sushi than I did ramen in Japan. There was some really good ramen too, but some of it was super super salty.
 

ccbfan

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Oct 25, 2017
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I ate way more sushi than I did ramen in Japan. There was some really good ramen too, but some of it was super super salty.

Agreed.

There's comparable ramen in North America to Japan (my favorite ramen place is actually in Vancouver) but the sushis completely different in Japan than North America because of the different fishes. Even the tuna is really different since they use mostly blue fin there while here it's yellow fin.
 

Secret Fawful

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Oct 25, 2017
954
USA
Hola. I'm not Asian, but since this is an open community, I always wanted to participate and never got around to it. So I'm taking this fresh start as an opportunity to do that. (waves)