<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-gb"> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/app.php/feed/topic/57281" /> <title>Chinese languages</title> <subtitle>Chinese languages</subtitle> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/index.php" /> <updated>2013-07-11T02:04:24+00:00</updated> <author><name><![CDATA[Chinese languages]]></name></author> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/app.php/feed/topic/57281</id> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[pangkatnyin]]></name></author> <updated>2013-07-11T02:04:24+00:00</updated> <published>2013-07-11T02:04:24+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=86045#p86045</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=86045#p86045"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Are you teaching Hakka to your children?]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=86045#p86045"><![CDATA[ I think the process of leaving hakka unspoken should be called 脫客 | thot hak. During the process one generation is giving away their hakka identity in search of a new one. <br><br>pkn<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=10825">pangkatnyin</a> — Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:04 am</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[claire]]></name></author> <updated>2012-04-11T08:52:56+00:00</updated> <published>2012-04-11T08:52:56+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=84549#p84549</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=84549#p84549"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Are you teaching Hakka to your children?]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=84549#p84549"><![CDATA[ It is too hard for little children, and my kids don't want to speak Hakka, it is a pity. <img class="smilies" src="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/images/smilies/icon_cry.gif" width="15" height="15" alt=":cry:" title="Crying or Very sad"><p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=14898">claire</a> — Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:52 am</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[Ah-bin]]></name></author> <updated>2012-01-09T10:51:09+00:00</updated> <published>2012-01-09T10:51:09+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=84095#p84095</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=84095#p84095"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Re: Are you teaching Hakka to your children?]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=84095#p84095"><![CDATA[ Often Chinese books dealing with Hakka will quote a proverb:<br><br>寧賣祖宗田、莫忘祖宗言<br><br>"One would rather sell one's ancestor's fields than one's ancestor's language“<br><br>Considering what Hakkas all over the world are up to, it seems like some kind of sick joke now. I think the only places where they pass it on are remote places like East Timor, and even then I bet they would jump at the chance to learn English and Mandarin, and forget all their Hakka. <br><br>Don't know if you are from Malaysia or not but this is a very good paper about some of the attitudes you will have to face trying to teach any Chinese language apart from Mandarin.<br><br><a href="http://www.penanghokkienclass.com/why-chinese-malaysians-are-abandoning-their-mother-tongues/" class="postlink">http://www.penanghokkienclass.com/why-c ... r-tongues/</a><p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1174">Ah-bin</a> — Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:51 am</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> <entry> <author><name><![CDATA[pangkatnyin]]></name></author> <updated>2011-10-28T11:51:21+00:00</updated> <published>2011-10-28T11:51:21+00:00</published> <id>http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=83422#p83422</id> <link href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=83422#p83422"/> <title type="html"><![CDATA[Are you teaching Hakka to your children?]]></title> <content type="html" xml:base="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=83422#p83422"><![CDATA[ As our mother hakka is in the verge of extinction.<br>I want to hear about the pros and cons of teaching hakka to our future generations.<br>I was reluctant to teach before, but now I feel sure that I have to teach it anyway so the children can better identify themselves as hakka because they actually speak the language and can connect back to the root.<br><br>Cheers.<br>pkn<p>Statistics: Posted by <a href="http://chineselanguage.org/forums/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=10825">pangkatnyin</a> — Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:51 am</p><hr /> ]]></content> </entry> </feed>