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That's subarashii! My haha only spoke nihongo with me, but since she nakunatta, I feel I have wasureta a lot of vocabulary. Tokidoki shaberu chances ga aru desu keredomo amari nihonjin are around here so I'm pretty heta at this point. (ใท_ _)ใท
I understand it until the 'but'.
First I wondered why you were laughing.
Ok yeah, here's a translation:
That's fabulous! My mother only spoke Japanese with me, but since she passed away, I feel I have forgotten a lot of vocabulary. Once in a while, I get chances to speak but there aren't a lot of Japanese around here so I'm pretty rusty at this point.
That sounded like those spanish speakers in American movies that have to place spanish words in their speech
I think this happens irl a lot when you have 1st, 2nd, and 3rd gen immigrants trying to communicate with each other and this kind of hybrid speak comes out of that? I'm 2nd gen so it sort of comes naturally to me.
I know some people from northern Ontario who speak a kind of English/French hybrid and it's more than just in the family though. They speak it fluently with each other, so it seems to have taken on a life of its own? I tried to google for an example, and the first hit I got was this tiktoker and he's exactly what I'm talking about. People really do speak like this!
I taught it was just a movie thing
Learnd something today, thank you !
ใใใใจใใๅซใ๏ผ
ใชใใใชใใใใใฎๅฟใๅฃใใฆใใใใฎ๏ผ
(Or alternatively, I didnโt know you sing for Monkey Majik!)