Now and again when I’m talking in Nepali and cant think of the correct word for something and have to resort to an English word, I feel a sort of shame towards myself for not being able to express myself in my native tongue. Why are we, when growing up, taught to think of our own language as an inferior means of communication and actively discouraged from speaking in it, especially when we go to those coveted private english medium schools? I study abroad like a lot of Nepalis, and I was texting my friend back home while sitting next to a Chinese friend, who happened to see and ask why we were conversing in English/Latin rather than our own Nepali/Devanagari. I didn’t have a real answer for him, other than that we were made to speak in English at all times in school, and that we were punished if we spoke our native language. Its a shame that kids are taught this, it is a shame on our system and society that thinks this is a good thing. No other place outside of Nepal/North India has such a culture in private schools which expressly forbid us from speaking our own language. Go to any other country’s subreddit and you’ll see most of the posts and people conversing there will be in their own language, the minority of English language posts will come from tourists/immigrants.
P.S. I am not saying anything against learning english. English is a useful language and should be learned, but it can be learned without demeaning your own native tongue.
हुन त कुरा ठिकै हो, तर अंग्रेजी विरुद्दको rant अंग्रेजीमै गर्र्यौ त कान्छा !!!!!!
यो नेपालीमा टाइप गर्न नि कम्ता दुःख छ !
> have to resort to an English word, I feel a sort of shame towards myself
Eh it’s normal nowadays and noone should feel shameful. I find Nepali difficult (the complex words) but can talk in Nepali cuz obviously.
It’s a theory but I think schools teach us English and force us to say is because one of our main contributors to GDP is remittance so ig they gotta make sure that atleast kids know English. It’s just a theory tho, not based on facts or evidence.
Well, students hate Nepali since School. It is one of subjects where we are taught 85-90 is full marks no matter how well you do. If they just skim through book, they get around 65-70. If they study really well, they also get 75-80. So, the effort is wasted. Nepali is represented as hard subject where you get minimum return for studying it. Putting effort on other subjects is much more easier and beneficial for marks. And, students in school don’t really care about Language much.
The same reason you didn’t write this in Nepali.
Don’t feel ashamed.
Do you ever see American’s being protective of their culture. And yet it is the most influential in the world.
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I found this on YouTube. Its a shorts playlist of English vocabulary words. It explains words with examples and images.
English Vocabulary 10000: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIoEZ48EK1XgKIkbMSMMhzPko3R3zgoEH
समस्या समाज देखि शिक्षा सम्म छ। नेपाली पढाउने शिक्षकहरूको तरिका म पढ्दा पनि उहि थियो मेरा छोराछोरी पढ्दा पनि उस्तै छ। व्याख्या गरमा २ पेज तर्कसंगतमा डेड पेज लेख्नै पर्ने। साहित्यकारको बारे थाहा होस नहोस उत्तर लेख्दा प्रसंसा गर्नै पर्ने। ए बाबा मैले लक्ष्मिप्रसाद देवकोटाको एउटा पनि किताब पढेको छैन, मुनामदनको हातका मैला सुनका थैला र मानिस ठुलो दिलले हुन्छ जातले हुँदैन बाहेक केहि थाहा छैन अनि म उसलाई नेपाली साहित्यआकाशको महत्वपुर्ण नक्षत्र भनेर उत्तरमा किन लेखौँ।
नेपाली पाठ्यक्रममा राखिने सामाग्रीहरू पनि बालमैत्री छैनन्। कक्षा ८ मा एउटा निबन्ध थियो “मको हुँ” यस्तै शिर्षक भऽएको जिन्दगिमा त्यो जस्तो पट्यार लाग्दो निबन्ध मैले अहिले सम्म पढेको छैन। हामी ठुलालाई त वाक्क दिक्क प्याक्क लगाउने निबन्धले बच्चालाई कस्तो गर्ला। किताबमा हुने कथा कवीताहरू परिवेस मैत्री त बनाउन। दूध केले दिन्छ भनेर सोद्धा पसलको आन्टीले भन्ने बच्चालाई हाटबजारमा घुम्न गऽएका बच्चाहरूको कथा पढाएर के बुज्छ कि उस्लाई त्यो परिवेस वास्तविक जीवनमा नै देखाउनुपर्यो।
अनि बिद्यार्तथी र शिक्षक बिचको एजग्याप, नेपाली विषय पढाउने अदिकाङ्स शिक्षकहरू बुढाछन। उनीहरू बच्चालाई बुझ्ननै चाहाँदैनन् या सक्दैनन्। अरू विषयको शिक्षकसँग जस्तो बच्चाहरू नेपाली पढाउनेसँग हेलमेल भऽएको मैले अहिले सम्म देखेको छैन। बालसाहित्य त कुन कुनामा छ खै। नेपालमा साहित्यकारले केहि लेख्न नसकेपछी बालसाहित्य लेख्छन अनि त्यो ख्यासख्यासे लेखनले बालबच्चाहरूलाई नेपाली भाषामा कसरी मोहित गराउँछ। सबै बाल साहित्यमा नैतिक शिक्षा दिन नै जोडबल गरेको हुन्छ। अझ एउटा कथा थियो पहिले मुना पत्रिकामा छापियेको “तिम्रो चौकि भत्काइदिन्छु” भन्ने जुन पुरै क्रान्तिकारी प्रक्रितिको थियो। त्यो कथा बालकथा कसरी भयो र बालपत्रिकामा कसरी छापियो मैले अझै थाहा पाउन सकेको छैन। समाजले पनि बच्चा पढ्न गऽएपछी अङ्रेजि बोल्नैपर्छ भनेर तोकि दियेको छ। बाउआमाहरू छोराछोरीले दुइ चार ओटा अङ्रेजि शब्द फलाक्यो भने दङ्गै पर्छन। मेरो बच्चालाई नेपालीमा किन फेल गराइस भनेर शिक्षकलाई झम्टन जाने अभिभावक पनि छन। अनि यस्तो वातावरणबाट गुज्रियेको बच्चोले कसरी नेपालीमा सोच्न र कुरा गर्न सकोस।
Its ok. But I find it deeply annoying when people half of the sentence is in english and half in nepali.
Growing up there was no Nepali tying in cell and in other keyboards at all. Google was also late to bring up Nepali language into life. I think this unavailability early on has forced me and my generation into typing everything in English.
ABCD र कखगघ एकैचाेटि सिकेकाे भएर यस्ताे भाएकाे हाे ।