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Yeah, I don't even sound legit when I try to speak a tagalog sentence.
Yeah, I figured it's because of the parents but it's just so crazy to me. Kid is going into nursing as well and he's just so socially awkward on top of the choppy English. I can't imagine his bedside manner is very good.
I'm in the same boat as you. My parents spoke strictly Tagalog to my kuya until he hit kindergarten. Then they realized my brother was struggling with English so they cut the Tagalog real quick. But once I came along the made it a point to speak a mix of both English and Tagalog at home. I can force out some Tagalog but it's practically useless (IMO) since the majority of Filipinos have a pretty good grasp of English.
It would be nice if my daughter learned to understand tagalog from her grandparents...Because I know she isn't going to learn that from me and my wife doesn't speak it as much as she did as a kid lol.