I had watched a YouTube video quite a while ago, and currently it has popped up on my recommendation page again, therefore today I would like to talk about it. The video is at the end of this post, but it is in Cantonese and English, sorry that if you could not understand the languages. And thanks [A] for having such a topic.
Staying in Australia nearly 4 years, and because of my degree and the church that I go to, I seldom meet people who speak in my language - Cantonese. I do have some of them speak in Cantonese, however I mostly speak English to them as well. In my mindset, when you stay in places which officially speak English, you should speak English, no matter where the person you are speaking with from, except they can barely speak English. Therefore, within this 4 years, I mostly speak in English. Moreover, I just SOMETIMES talk and text my parents, I actually feel like the Language Level of my Cantonese is decreasing, both writing and speaking.
Here is my situation:
Counting: Cantonese (MUST)
Thinking: Mostly English right now, except in-depth topics
Thinking bad things or ideas: Cantonese
Calculations: Cantonese
Reading: Read English articles more; seldom read in Chinese, however MUST read comics in Chinese
Writing: English
Texting: English, except to parents
Talking: English, except to parents and friends in Hong Kong
Talk to myself: 80% English; 20% Cantonese (while reading/seeing something in Chinese)
Now I better keep up with both language, otherwise I will look like an idiot lol
Love,
Vagrantgirl
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