My friend and I talked about what languages we use whenever the three of us are together.
I thought about it for a while and came up with this scheme
The two-way arrows are what we've been doing since Jo was born: Nico and I speak English to each other, Joseph and I speak Indonesian, Nico and Joseph speak French.
As he grows older, his English is getting active and often joins our chats. The two-way plus the dashed one-way arrows show the rather neurotic exchanges in our daily life.
Examples:
Actually, I didn't realize how tricky our chitchats are until some friends point it out to us :D.
And oh oh .. in what languages are Jo and Lu going to speak? Jo and Lu with me? Lu with me? Lu with Nico? Jo and Lu with Nico? Hah hah hah hah hah!!
Examples:
1. He joins and initiates an English conversation while Nico and I keep replying or repeating in our native languages.
Nico: Santi, would you like to have more butter?
Joseph: Mama, do you wanna have butter?
Santi: Tidak Joseph, terimakasih, mama tidak mau mentega
Joseph: Papa, mama tidak mau mentega
Nico: Oui, mama ne veut pas de beurre
Joseph: No butter, papa.. no butter
Nico: Oui .. pas de beurre
Joseph: More bread, please
Nico: Tu veux encore du pain?
Joseph: Oui, avec le miel s'il te plait
2. Nico and Joseph speak French, Joseph translates it into Indonesian or English for me.
Joseph: Regardez .... un petit mouche
Nico: Non .. il n'y a pas de mouche .. c'est une abeille
Joseph: Mama .. itu bukan lalat, itu lebah
Mama: Iya Jo .. itu lebah
Joseph: It's a bee, okey .. can you understand that?
Mama: Iya .. mama mengerti, itu lebah.
3. Joseph and I speak Indonesian, Joseph explains it to Nico in French and English
Mama: Ayo Jo... kita harus pergi sekarang. Pakai kaos kaki kamu.
Joseph: Allez papa ... chaussettes
Papa: Oui oui
Joseph: Let's go.... let's go ... we have to go
Mama: Iya kita harus pergi.
Papa: Allez Joseph ...tes chaussettes
Joseph: Yes .. my socks and shoes, please papa
Papa: Oui .. tes chaussettes et tes chaussures, allez
4. Joseph speaks English to both of us, and we answer in our native languages
Joseph: This is my police car, Mama
Santi: Ya ...itu mobil polisi punya kamu
Joseph: And this is my train and my truck
Santi: Ya .. itu kereta api dan truk punya kamu
Joseph: Papa ... I wanna have some cookies, please
Nico: Tu veux un gateau?
Joseph: Yes yes ...
Nico: Quel gateau?
Joseph: Gateau chocolat, s'il te plait
5. He speaks French to both of us, Nico replies in French and I in Indonesian
6. Speaks Indonesian to both of us, I answer in Indonesian, Nico in French
Nico: Santi, would you like to have more butter?
Joseph: Mama, do you wanna have butter?
Santi: Tidak Joseph, terimakasih, mama tidak mau mentega
Joseph: Papa, mama tidak mau mentega
Nico: Oui, mama ne veut pas de beurre
Joseph: No butter, papa.. no butter
Nico: Oui .. pas de beurre
Joseph: More bread, please
Nico: Tu veux encore du pain?
Joseph: Oui, avec le miel s'il te plait
2. Nico and Joseph speak French, Joseph translates it into Indonesian or English for me.
Joseph: Regardez .... un petit mouche
Nico: Non .. il n'y a pas de mouche .. c'est une abeille
Joseph: Mama .. itu bukan lalat, itu lebah
Mama: Iya Jo .. itu lebah
Joseph: It's a bee, okey .. can you understand that?
Mama: Iya .. mama mengerti, itu lebah.
3. Joseph and I speak Indonesian, Joseph explains it to Nico in French and English
Mama: Ayo Jo... kita harus pergi sekarang. Pakai kaos kaki kamu.
Joseph: Allez papa ... chaussettes
Papa: Oui oui
Joseph: Let's go.... let's go ... we have to go
Mama: Iya kita harus pergi.
Papa: Allez Joseph ...tes chaussettes
Joseph: Yes .. my socks and shoes, please papa
Papa: Oui .. tes chaussettes et tes chaussures, allez
4. Joseph speaks English to both of us, and we answer in our native languages
Joseph: This is my police car, Mama
Santi: Ya ...itu mobil polisi punya kamu
Joseph: And this is my train and my truck
Santi: Ya .. itu kereta api dan truk punya kamu
Joseph: Papa ... I wanna have some cookies, please
Nico: Tu veux un gateau?
Joseph: Yes yes ...
Nico: Quel gateau?
Joseph: Gateau chocolat, s'il te plait
5. He speaks French to both of us, Nico replies in French and I in Indonesian
6. Speaks Indonesian to both of us, I answer in Indonesian, Nico in French
Actually, I didn't realize how tricky our chitchats are until some friends point it out to us :D.
And oh oh .. in what languages are Jo and Lu going to speak? Jo and Lu with me? Lu with me? Lu with Nico? Jo and Lu with Nico? Hah hah hah hah hah!!
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Gak kebayang nanti gimana kl si Lu joins the force, hehehe.
Ambar
gw juga berencana sama kayak contoh kamu San, walaupun cuma pake 2 bahasa. CUma yang dodolnya, pengetahuan bhs Ind laki gue jongkok banget..bolak balik belajar, selalu lupa terus dosq..payah deh! gimana dia mau ngerti apa yang gue omongin ke Liv yah?
Asiknya Liv, ortunya tinggal di salah satu negeri mereka .. so kurang deh ribetnya. Eh sebenrnya yg ribet itu kita ortunya .. anak2 bilingualnya sih ngga masalah komunikasi kayak si Jo itu ..hehehe.
By the way, you're welcome to link my blog to yours! I couldn't get online for the past week or so, but I think I found a way around it. I'll link mine to yours too as well.
Jessica
www.thelocaldialect.blogspot.com
It'll be very interesting to see what language(s) Joseph will choose to speak with his baby sister.
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Kalo di Indonesia ini sedang banyak sekolah2 yang mengajarkan anak berbahasa ingris sejak dini yang menurut aku bagus. Banyak tuh aku ngeliat anak-anak di mol udah pada ngomong bahasa Ingris hanya sayang aja mereka sepertinya ngga bisa (nga mau) berbahasa Indonesia. Masa ngomong sama mbak-mbak di counter atau resto berbahasa inggris juga sih.
Menurutku sebagai orang Indonesia, anak harus bisa berkomunikasi dalam bahasa Indonesia terutama kalo mereka memang tinggal di Indonesia.
Erfi
Iya gw sependapat dgn elo Fi .. aneh aja ya ortu sama2 orang Ind, tinggal di Ind, tapi ngga bisa bahasa Ind ..hehehehe.
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Keep up the good work!
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