Tough one. Vietnamese is definitely a unique language for me, it's the one I spoke at home growing up, with my parents, with my family. Not sure about writing a song or a poem however, for that it might not be the best, as my vocabulary can be a bit limited sometimes.
But yeah, in a family setting, it's definitely the one, and hearing Vietnamese randomly from time to time makes me happy instantly.
Hey,
I was thinking about this earlier, thank you for making this post.
I had a lot of the same questions in my mid-20s. I had graduated university, started working, made some money, so I could afford going back to Vietnam two times for around a month each time. It was great. Being in a place where everyone looks like you, speaks the language you speak at home, eats the food you eat at home. It's a very unique experience, only immigrants understand what it is.
I liked it so much I even considered living in Vietnam for a few years. I started looking at visas, jobs, etc. I had a few leads. Then COVID happened and stopped all of that. A few years passed.
Post-COVID, I was almost 30, and decided that being closer to my family and friends in Europe was more important than living in Vietnam. I still moved to a much bigger city to have a more multicultural environment, met my girlfriend there, we've been together for a few years now, we are happy together.
She's not Vietnamese, and that's fine. I came to terms with the idea of marrying a second generation Vietnamese when I decided to stay in Europe. It's a numbers game in the end, and the Vietnamese population is just not large enough in Europe for it to happen. Not really something I can change at my level, and I'm happy with that anyway. I still speak Vietnamese to my parents, I visit them every few months. They are aging, and they are also happier to have me in Europe rather that all the way over there in Vietnam.
The whole thing is terrifying.
Impressive level of Vietnamese, that's the result of years of practice.
It definitely depends on your relationships with your parents. I have a good one with mine, and I have a small altar with my grandparents in my home, but if I had a bad relationship with them it would probably not be a thing.
Chào bạn!
Wow, thật tuyệt khi được gặp một người "thế hệ thứ hai Việt Nam" và có thể nói tiếng Việt!
Gặp lại sau nhé, tôi chắc chắn chúng ta sẽ có nhiều điều để nói chuyện!
Unexpected RRRrrrr clip ha ha
Thank you for sharing!
Yes, the coffee/pizza ordering can be quite wild sometimes ha ha.
Indeed, things are better now than 20 years ago for sure!
Yeah I remember he got attacked for that. Quite sad to see
Thank you for sharing
Maybe not the best example to follow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tuxedo
Also, as we're on the Asian diaspora community, are you of Asian descent?