Mix Languages

[Beardo]

Do you ever mix languages when you speak?

Like for example, instead of sayign "Im drinking water" I sometimes say "I'm drinking Panee"

And sometimes, I also add an -ed or -ing to words of other languages. Am I the only silly goose?

[Tilmeez]

Well, in Urdu speaking people they normaly mix English. Some times its natural like main yeh Point Miss kar giya tha (I missed this point). And some times its just to show off:

Someone says "Happy Birthday to Mera (Pakistani actress).
Mera: Thank you gee, Same to you. :X

[Rabi'ya]

:sl:

Even I do it and im not even an urdu speaker!! lol. I said "jee" to this white person the other day!!! lol

[Insaanah]

:sl:

Ooh yes.

And sometimes, I also add an -ed or -ing to words of other languages. Am I the only silly goose?

Nope.

Once my Urdu teacher said to a pupil "baulo to sahee" (say something) and the pupil replied, "I am bauling" !!!!!

That's not different language words in a sentence, but one word composed of two different languages!

:sl:

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[Beardo]

:sl:

Ooh yes.



Nope.

Once my Urdu teacher said to a pupil "baulo to sahee" (say something) and the pupil replied, "I am bauling" !!!!!

That's not different language words in a sentence, but one word composed of two different languages!

:sl:

At first, when I read your post, I started laughing.

...then I realized, I do it too. :phew

[Hayaa]

:sl:

I think it's pretty normal if you grew up in a Western country or if you speak a lot of English at home.

[cat eyes]

:sl: English is my mother tongue and i have learnt some urdu but i could only speak basic simple questions that ud ask some one i do find myself messing sometimes and adding urdu words to everything

[Muslim Woman]

:sl:

Do you ever mix languages when you speak?

I try not to do this. Sadly in my country , many people love to mix English with Bangla. They speak in such a language ...u may say it's neither bangla nor English.

Our ex- Home Minister was famous for his mixed languages. I remember one of his famous comments : We are looking for ' Shotrus' ( enemies ).

:sl:

Happens when you are good at more than one language :ermm:

I think , some people want to show others that they know English better than others. Also it's a kind of status symbol how good u are in English .

Those who can speak English fluently normallay get good job , good salary in my country. So , parents encourage kids to learn English. Some parents proudly tell others that how thier kids are so fluent in English and they don't know their mother tongue. I found this attitude very shameful and pathetic.

:wa:

:sl:

..."baulo to sahee" (say something) and the pupil replied, "I am bauling" !!!!!

Rashad

At first, when I read your post, I started laughing.

...then I realized, I do it too

[Re.TiReD]

Friend: Chup kar kuriye!

Me: I am chup kar-ing! <_<

Yah I totally get it, I'm as mad as you (That's scary) :><:

[catalzzy]

i think its funny...

cos in malaysian.... they mix it a bit and tends to be funny.

like... bodoh= stupid..

so they go like, you bodoh la..

[Innocent Soul]

lol
You started to say this. :giggling:
Its very normal.

[waqas maqsood]

I mix urdu/punjabi with bit of english and french!

[GuestFellow]

I speak Punjabi and English.

I learning Arabic now and Farsi...

[Raaina]

:sl:

Even I do it and im not even an urdu speaker!! lol. I said "jee" to this white person the other day!!! lol

I've done that :statisfie it was to my parent's and because I wasn't really listening to what they said, just sat in the back of the car lol, i'm not even sure they noticed. :p

[syilla]

We have it too... we called it Bahasa Rojak (Rojak language) - the word of rojak came from the word of a 'mamak' dish which the ingredients are mixed together...hmm...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Rojak

At home me n my family do it everyday :hiding:

[Myself]

my friend, a mum of a three year old was sweeping her garage when suddenly the daughter disappeared from her sight. so the mum asked what she was doing to which she replied, 'ma, i'm bet-hing down.' (betho = sit) she was sitting down...

[shuraimfan4lyf]

One time my moroccan friend said something to me and I said "KYAA":hiding:? and he was like :uuh:

[tw009]

yep all the time

:sl:

Even I do it and im not even an urdu speaker!! lol. I said "jee" to this white person the other day!!! lol

haha I said that once to my teacher. She was just like :S

[CosmicPathos]

I actually dont like it when people mix English in Urdu. They start with English and end the sentence with Urdu. I hate it. They have ruined the language. this is not to say that there are no English words in Urdu. There are. But ONLY WHEN THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE IN THE URDU LANGUAGE. For example "technology" and "programme" is used in Urdu.

But for God's sake dont mix the sentences. Ghalib would be crumbling in his grave when you do that. English is not worthy enough to flower Urdu. Its a different story when Persian is used to beautify Urdu. Persian is in a league of its own and has close ties with Urdu. But English? When did that happen? Cant let the slavery of Britishers permeate my language.

[CosmicPathos]

One time my moroccan friend said something to me and I said "KYAA":hiding:? and he was like :uuh:

I thought you are from yemen? Do you speak urdu?

[shuraimfan4lyf]

I thought you are from yemen? Do you speak urdu?

Originally as in great grandpa moved to india from yemen and married a yemeni origin woman(great grandma)..i mostly speak urdu and english.

[CosmicPathos]

Originally as in great grandpa moved to india from yemen and married a yemeni origin woman(great grandma)..i mostly speak urdu and english.

ooh wow, unique mix. mashAllah. Yemeni seem to be open minded then in giving their Arab daughters to us "Hindis." It is unheard of in Saudia :D

[Al-Indunisiy]

I often mix Latin, Arabic, English, Indonesian, Javanese, etc. in my speech.

I call my parents Mater, Pater (Latin) or Mutter, Vater (German) or Umm, Abb (Arabic) or Ma, Pa (Indonesian abbreviated).
Interjections I often use: Yalla!, Ya Waylatany! (Arabic) and Oy! (Yiddish).

I also sometimes write English and other foreign languages in modified Arabic characters.
And I love to speak in numerous accents.

[ardianto]

We have it too... we called it Bahasa Rojak (Rojak language) - the word of rojak came from the word of a 'mamak' dish which the ingredients are mixed together...hmm...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Rojak

At home me n my family do it everyday :hiding:

In Indonesia, we call mixed language like this as 'bahasa gado-gado' (gado-gado language).

Gado-gado itself is a dish which vegetables, egg, tahu(tofu), tempe, etc, are mixed together.

[almahdali]

ooh wow, unique mix. mashAllah. Yemeni seem to be open minded then in giving their Arab daughters to us "Hindis." It is unheard of in Saudia :D

salaam everyone,

i am among yemeni-indian community too but I'm not from India. I'm from South East Asia, Malaysia :statisfie

there are currently large Yemeni descents in South East Asia besides those in Southern India. we speak local languages but we still have few Arab customs being preserved and only marrying among ourselves before but nowadays this silly customs are not practiced anymore.

[ardianto]

salaam everyone,

i am among yemeni-indian community too but I'm not from India. I'm from South East Asia, Malaysia :statisfie

there are currently large Yemeni descents in South East Asia besides those in Southern India. we speak local languages but we still have few Arab customs being preserved and only marrying among ourselves before but nowadays this silly customs are not practiced anymore.

Salaam. Welcome to IslamicBoard, laah.

I don't know much about Arab people in Malaysia, but in Indonesia, majority of Arab people are descendants of Yemeni. Or in exactly, their ancestors were came from Hadramaut.

[$tr@wB3rRy]

:sl:

Even I do it and im not even an urdu speaker!! lol. I said "jee" to this white person the other day!!! lol

:wa:

LOL

just yesterday i said 'Yea i wil get bk to u, ek minute, sabr' to this english girl and she was all>>> :confused: haha

[Beardo]

Never speak without complete understanding.

Abdul: salaam
me: wasalaam
:D
kya baath hai
Abdul: bas chalrahi hai zindagi...bekaar!!!
me: lol
masha-Allah :P
Abdul: didnt get that? why masha allah?
me: lol no i didnt
xDDD
Abdul: I said my life is not intriguing anymore...
me: og
oh
omg
im so sorry
Abdul is typing…

[Myself]

haha, that was funny. i guess that's how we learn our lessons...lol.

['Abd Al-Maajid]

Never speak without complete understanding.

Abdul: salaam
me: wasalaam
:D
kya baath hai
Abdul: bas chalrahi hai zindagi...bekaar!!!
me: lol
masha-Allah :P
Abdul: didnt get that? why masha allah?
me: lol no i didnt
xDDD
Abdul: I said my life is not intriguing anymore...
me: og
oh
omg
im so sorry
Abdul is typing…

Hey that's me, 'abdul' lol.
I mix up urdu, english and arabic....And I hate It!!!!!

['Aleena]

Its very common in India. its officially called HINGLISH(a mixture of hindi and english).
pichle year mein:
me:why r u sitting here? lecture nahi attend karna h kya?
friend:nope. Last lecture he(our maths Prof.) threw me out of d class!
Me: Kyu? what did u do!!
friend: nothing much. u know na i dont like maths so i normally bunk his lecture. last lect was my first after term 1. he has asked me to bring my father. kya zabardasti h! if dont feel like attending his lecture then me nhi attend karungi!
(k it is a bit exaggerated)

[~Raindrop~]

English and Urdu isn't as bad as mixing Hinko with Urdu. As the majority of our family can only understand Urdu and not speak it well, the results are really quite amusing.

[Aisha20]

I do mix spanish with gujrati :) or gujrati with english!!

[Soulja Girl]

:sl:

Mum: Kaam kairu ke na..
Me: I'm kaam kar-ing amra..

:><:

:wa:

[Afifa]

another exmaple.. Mums says chu nai check kur ( check the tea [on the stove] )
and we'll reply: the chu is ukair-ing :hiding:

More commonly known as guj-lish :coolious:

[Beardo]

I speak Banglish quite often.

Oh, which reminds me of a funny conversation...

My Aunt: Can you speak Bangla?
My Cousin: Na, ami bangla bolthe pari na. (Translation: No, I can't speak Bangla.)

Do you get it? :P

[freezium]

we here speak punjabi and urdu..and now we are in habbit of using english words in our routines...sometimes it makes the situstion amusing and funny...

like once my sister and cousin got in argument and it was like

my sister :huh!!!!my foot

My cousion(cudn't pick for the instance and replied ):huh ..tay my v leg..........lolx(and my leg......)