Thursday, March 3, 2011
my home language
Something alot of people don't know about me is that i speak two languages fluently. English and Flemish. Flemish is the language spoken in northern Belgium. It is kind of a mix of German and French. My mothers grandparents are from belgium and they thought it would be a good idea to continue practicing the language inside my family. They also gave us a great recipe for waffles but thats irrelevant. My mom, me, my brother, and my sister all speak it. The only person who doesn't speak it in my family is my dad. A lot of questions I get about it is how to say certain things in Flemish "hi how are you" is "hei hovr er du." pronounced hey-hover-er-doo. we mainly speak English in my house because my dad doesn't like when he can't understand us, and we speak English much better. But sometimes just to practice we speak Flemish between the four of us. Were planning a trip to see family we have in Belgium and we need to communicate with them but that trip has never seemed to materialize. i hope now you know something about me you didn't know before. "se deg senere" which means talk to you later.
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Wow that's awesome! Have you spoken to Sarah? Does she know you speak Flemish? I speak Croatian but I've realized lately that I'm losing it and am very sorry for that. I can even "hear" my English accent when I speak Croatian. We taught our oldest daughter to speak a little and to understand it, but she spent a lot of time with my mom, dad and grandmother who spoke Croatian almost exclusively at home. But when Chris was born, my dad died soon after, and shortly after the twins were born, my grandmother died. So Candace has lost lots of it, Chris and Sirena understand virtually nothing, and Shelby is interested and wants to learn. Good for you and your mom for keeping it up.
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