Monday, September 21, 2015

Speaking Hindanish

I have been contemplating the possible repercussions of allowing myself to speak Hindi and Spanish to my kids. That may sound all good in theory, I studied both languages for about four years and phrases come easily to my mind throughout the day. Here's my problem though. My brain has the two languages so "in-meshed" (is that a word?) that they come out mixed together. I have begun to call this language of mine, Hindanish. (And my autocorrect automatically spells it for me, so it must be a "thing").  ;) 
Sentences my mouth would indubitably spew out, with no filter, would be the following: 
To Kyla when she's crying. 
क्या हुा, chica? (What's wrong, girly?)
To Elias throughout the day. 
आ जा, Elías, rápido! (Come on, Elías, hurry)
Quieres खाना? (Want some food?)

So my question is: do I allow my mouth to speak the language my brain is forming? Or will I be scarring my children's language development for the rest of their life?

More than likely I will allow myself to begin this new language speaking with my kids for two reasons. 
1- I'm too tired these days to have much of a filter as to which language to pick (English, Hindi, Spanish).
2- I love these languages and enjoy the mental stimulation of speaking them. 

So...advice or no advice, I guess my mind is already made up.
 शायद estoy पागल.. (Maybe I'm crazy...)
....ओर शायद नहीं (...and maybe I'm not)

Hasta luego. (See ya later) 

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