This is where I would like to be when it comes to passing on my mother tongue to the next generation. Appreciate you sharing this piece full of joy, tenderness and connection.
Loved this post.. Me & My partner are from different backgrounds- in terms of language, and its been a fun journey learning each others' language. Am tamil, he is part palaghat and part bengali.. but does speak some broken tamizh/malayalam..
Since moving to Bangalore, we are learning Spoken kannada & its been interesting talking to people, using words i've learnt, making sense of them and why some are used differently in certain context etc.. Keep asking questions.. loving the learning process...
This is where I would like to be when it comes to passing on my mother tongue to the next generation. Appreciate you sharing this piece full of joy, tenderness and connection.
Loved this post.. Me & My partner are from different backgrounds- in terms of language, and its been a fun journey learning each others' language. Am tamil, he is part palaghat and part bengali.. but does speak some broken tamizh/malayalam..
Since moving to Bangalore, we are learning Spoken kannada & its been interesting talking to people, using words i've learnt, making sense of them and why some are used differently in certain context etc.. Keep asking questions.. loving the learning process...
your post also made me miss my thatha a lot.. :)
Aww, such a cocktail of languages, Aarti! As a friend’s 7 yr old (of bilingual parents), told her mother - Amma I am not Tamilian, I am chameleon 😊