Teaching Urdu

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Re: Teaching Urdu

@Spiral

Have to disagree with you here. My husband’s side of the family speaks a different language, when they talk to me I try my best to understand/reply to them but to be honest, I would prefer not talking to them. I don’t feel comfortable with the fact that I am not getting what they are saying and if I would say the appropriate thing. Yes language can be a problem… you may have your own experience but I am sure I wouldn’t understand what a Chinese person is saying because I dont’ understand that language.

I wouldn’t understand what Chinese say either but I try to learn same with my SOs parents language. Fortunately for me they speak English but I haven’t been to their house yet so I don’t know what will happen if I stay there for a month or more. They predominantly speak Urdu in their house so perhaps I’ll feel uncomfortable then not knowing what they are talking about and feeling left out but till then I’ll try my best to try to understand what my MIL is saying and keep on talking to her even if her english isn’t that good.