What Do Singaporeans Think About Their Mother Tongues? | Word On The Street

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We all know it's compulsory for all us Singaporeans to study their mother tongues in school but to what extent are we proficient in them? So, we took to the streets to find out if Singaporeans are indeed losing touch with their second languages.
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6 окт 2016

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@frostyace 7 лет назад

0:39 when he says "Tamil" with an Indian accent

@puiyen94 7 лет назад

ikr hahaah when he hesitates at mandarin but got the indian accent on point lmao

@melvinyan97 7 лет назад

Frosty Ace eh thanks ah appreciate it

@thirumukilan3492 2 года назад

Yeah ! He say correcly

@edl9263 7 лет назад

OMG!I love the editor!When you asked smile to the boy,he smiled and 'Hard Carry' from Got7 song played!Ofc,the rest of the video was really enjoyable!!!

@dingdingding7480 7 лет назад

yesssss omg

@edl9263 7 лет назад

haha,ahgase?

@an.n 7 лет назад

IKR! and twice and joongki? it was so fast haha

@lishaa4914 7 лет назад

SO PROUD OF BEING AN IGOT7!!😭😭😭

@velvetyroses 7 лет назад

Lmao this is exactly what Lee Kuan Yew feared. Despite the implementation of compulsory Mother Tongue classes, this video shows that the objective isn't achieved yet. I think it is mainly contributed by home/family environment. Great job, TSL!

@platoze 7 лет назад

L. Hasna Singaporeans back then used to speak many languages; my Cantonese grandfather used to speak Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, Teochew, English, and Malay fluently!

@dannylamb456 2 года назад

Considering how easily his son and fellow politicians dropped it all to be "inclusive" and "globally connected", I'm glad he's rolling in his grave.

@uhhacaiberry6119 7 лет назад

OMG HARD CARRY

@dingdingding7480 7 лет назад

YES

@xinghui4470 7 лет назад

YESSSSS

@annatsukiya 7 лет назад

Kudos to the video editor~!! The interview become more fun to watch with that edits.. xDD

@flamingo9197 7 лет назад

oml 95% of the comments are just talking about hard carry HAHAHA

@jiayimemories9129 7 лет назад

thank you editor😊 for the part of GOT7 Hard Carry love TSL videos 🙆💕👍

@sugarcoatedlovee 7 лет назад

sorry but when hard carry came out, damnnnnnnn

@dingdingding7480 7 лет назад

vOMGGGG IKR

@kerrilynyong771 6 лет назад

omggggg got7 !! love the editor !!

@kpoptrashmuch6737 7 лет назад

i was so shook when hard carry came out,bless me.

@liliesandtulips91210 7 лет назад

fauzi looked so impressed with their answers HAHA but good video!

@janislim0925 7 лет назад

Waa the last advice actually quite useful!

@rizell2004 5 лет назад

Love it!

@meisjas 7 лет назад

i relate with the malay guy that talked about learning speaking mandarin bc tbh its hARD to communicate sometimes 😂

@chey4596 7 лет назад

I speak English, Chinese and Spanish and a little bit of conversational Malay and I'm a bit surprised that a lot of these Singaporeans don't really speak their MT?

@emmanuelsaga6826 3 года назад

Hypocrite

@jacksonismine5986 7 лет назад

THAT HARD CARRY PART FKING GOT ME

@jing6940 7 лет назад

ILYSM TSL (hard carry😏) WHERE ARE MY BABY BIRDSSS/AHGASAE/아가새??

@aidahcloudy5499 7 лет назад

when hard carry came out i laughed too hard HAHAHAHA

@ChloeCeption 7 лет назад

THE SUDDEN MOMENT YOU HEAR HARD CARRY "Am I Dreaming?"

@chickenricem9888 7 лет назад

Fauzi's shirt looks like one of those worn in Nazi concentration camps

@jimw8615 6 лет назад

Indeed. Good spot

@exosonyeo 7 лет назад

get that recognition GOT7

@NoyumiAo 7 лет назад

My mother tongue skills have been reduced to basal conversational mother tongue but I've always been into anime and Japanese songs and all of that good stuff, so sometimes I can find words to express myself in Japanese, but not Chinese. Smh.

@shannonlim6455 7 лет назад

that random hard carry in the background!! I'm curious abt who in tsl likes kpop considering that it's a recent song

@geoffreymosiol3961 7 лет назад

I literally speak my mother tongue like my mother's language and dialect which is Mandarin and Hakka but my dad's language (Kadazan) not so. But I think the environment one live in will shape their proficiency

@gasun1274 2 года назад

oho oubat no

@audreyrawrs 7 лет назад

OMG HARD CARRY HEH I LUV IT

@shabirahhisham6328 7 лет назад

I guess I wasn't the only one that started singing when hardcarry song came out. HAHAHHA

@joventjh9661 7 лет назад

IGOT7 WHERE DAFUQ R U

@kpoptrashmuch6737 7 лет назад

HEREE WOO!

@joventjh9661 7 лет назад

astro fan too😂😂😂

@joventjh9661 7 лет назад

im eunwoo biased

@lukiepookiex 7 лет назад

me too!!! #leedongmin

@victoriatang6746 7 лет назад

YES AROHAS

@teolishi 7 лет назад

hard carry해 ! so sudden😁 👦👍 #HardCarry2ndWin

@puiyen94 7 лет назад

the malay guy on the right cute leh

@selvams9412 7 лет назад

do some food challenges.do more challenges plsss love u guys😚😚😘😘😙😗😗😍

@leo3109 7 лет назад

Early squad where you at! Legend has it that if you're early, TheSmartLocal will reply.

@mitzilynn5612 7 лет назад

i wish i can speak hokkein / cantonese but my chinese alr cmi so...

@thelias91 Год назад

Do you find weird that most of Chinese in Singapore refer Mandarin as “mother tongue” instead of “2nd/vernacular language”? And refer their real heritage languages just as dialects?

@Iffah99 7 лет назад

i flipped when i heard hard carry

@puiyen94 7 лет назад

THAT HARD CARRY

@tanishkasingh4353 3 года назад

What's the song at 1:59?

@99charactersilike 7 лет назад

time to reflect on ourselves

@99charactersilike 7 лет назад

the sad reality when our second languages are slowly diminishing

@kelp2243 2 года назад

i think parents should speak their mother tongue to their child and their dialects as well cause they will speak english in school

@PixterBoyz 7 лет назад

damn, who are those two Sg Hunks at 0:36! would love to get their numbers!

@aidahrazali1512 4 года назад

Understanding that Boyanese felt like a gold star for me

@BeachBoi1000 3 года назад

When gossiping... five stars answer.

@veronicalee0255 7 лет назад

HARDCARRY OMG😍😍

@miramoo123 7 лет назад

that microphone 😂😂😂😂😂

@purpleluvmusic 7 лет назад

usually it's either you're good at English or your mother tongue. rarely both.

@syarh95 7 лет назад

TVXQ? No? Only Me? Ok.. #FanOfTVXQ

@rickken6823 2 года назад

Mandarin not MT for spore chi except newly arrive mainland

@nurulaqirah6811 7 лет назад

damn!!! Got7 Hard Carry omgg

@yuling3040 7 лет назад

HARD CARRY EHHHHH

@corlissgwee3111 7 лет назад

got7 hard carry!

@emily080596 7 лет назад

wow... this is kinda sad but it's true that a lot of youngsters in this generation cannot speak their native languages anymore. :(

@jimw8615 6 лет назад

We will lose our roots in Singapore soon.

@jianxiongRaven 6 лет назад

I feel sosad tbh . Thts y I trying to inprove my Chinese . Even though not bad for me

@sanhashine 7 лет назад

"HARD,CARRY EH" //DABS//

@shernel_ 3 года назад

the guy saying hokkien words then say "hOkKiEn" with pride

@Cappellano 2 года назад

I’m Singaporean living in the UK and I can only speak English. Which is awkward because I clearly look Malay and people always expect me to speak the language.

@Cappellano Год назад

ya itu benar

@estherrrr_r 7 лет назад

but I'm good at speaking when it comes to cantonese n I'm only 10

@hrhktaka 7 лет назад

oh darn. im utter crap at mt, so much that i got exempt from mt:)

@nattyb7507 7 лет назад

HARD CARRY EH

@damntwice9493 7 лет назад

OMG TWICE 😂😂

@atiqahayunir.3567 7 лет назад

GOT7 STANSS WHRE U ATT

@rachelquek9117 7 лет назад

Always filming at Orchard 😬

@titleyuchan7683 7 лет назад

Malay is too hard for me bUT OMG HARD CARRY IM DEAD BYE THATS ONE OF MY CURRENT JAMS

@musicmylife2298 7 лет назад

Malay is hardddddddd carry hey xD okay bye

@titleyuchan7683 7 лет назад

MusicMyLife 👏👏👏👏 I APPROVE 😂😂😂😂

@patriot4786 5 лет назад

Sad to see Malay kids in Singapore dont know how to speak bahasa melayu...

@lynntuan721 7 лет назад

rip i have this lowkey crush on that ' kpop dude ' HELLO NOTICE ME IF U SEE THIS WE'RE SO SIMILAR

@puiyen94 7 лет назад

same

@suetkoonlai6359 7 лет назад

Pui Yen b

@eve6880 5 лет назад

Wait so can fauzi speak malay??

@phy3039 7 лет назад

omg hard carry

@KONFUS3D 7 лет назад

Is it weird to listen to a lot of non-malay songs but you are Malay?Cuz I listen to some Chinese songs and Korean songs but never Malay...oml i feel bad

@fayye4748 6 лет назад

Aliah Ah me too

@azriena1008 5 лет назад

Lol me too

@kw9689 7 лет назад

HARD CARRY GOT7!!

@keijiproject5554 7 лет назад

Fauzi... 😲😲😲😱 you can speak france

@immashe 7 лет назад

all them ahgases freaking out😂

@undeniablypeachy 7 лет назад

bahasa pasar, my mum calls it.

@n_4444na 5 лет назад

yo whats chengson' s insta... he cute

@lish9zsw4g81 7 лет назад

hi fauzi

@ivanmendes9233 3 года назад

That dude: Singlish is a mix of Chinese, English and everything else. Oh! well, gotcha, but not.

@imsupriya1999 7 лет назад

i wish malaysia mandated studying our mother tongues in school. my biggest regret is not picking up tamil/malyalam/mandarin from either sides of my family

@omarali4590 7 лет назад

Supriya Sivabalan I thought primary school in Malaysia is in mother tongue?

@belle_pomme 2 года назад

@@omarali4590 It is not mandatory, only bahasa Melayu and English are mandatory at school

@omarali4590 2 года назад

@@belle_pomme but there are chinese and tamil vernacular public schools

@fayye4748 6 лет назад

I would love to study japanese lol

@SuSu-ql9tz 4 года назад

Lots of accents, sometimes I have problems to understand them. ^^°^^

@adrianohjr93 7 лет назад

what i feel is that dialects are dying off not our mother tongue

@josephhow8433 7 лет назад

walau got leng girl in wan her insta

@patriot4786 5 лет назад

2:35 ohh wong Jowo rek?

@MutianiShawolMVP 3 года назад

iyo ee wong jobe tibak e

@patriot4786 3 года назад

@@MutianiShawolMVP iya. Katanya ibunya dari pulau Bawean dan keluarganya dari Jawa. Jaman dulu banyak orang Pulau Bawean migrasi ke pulau Singapura

@yuennew3387 7 лет назад

many people hate chinese because they find it very hard to understand/learn and among my frens they know that poly dosent need to take chinese so they just totally give up in chinese and dont listen during chinese lessons

@glennchua9823 7 лет назад

@skyline4599 2 года назад

0:49 ആരെങ്കിലും മലയാളം എന്നു പറഞ്ഞോ? 😁😁😁😁😁

@kylielau4216 7 лет назад

hARD CARRY HEY !

@veryslayverynice2526 7 лет назад

HARD HARD HARD CARRY CARRY

@user-bv9ls4nd5l 7 лет назад

GOT7 BGM THO

@blabla1426 7 лет назад

lol my Chinese is second language and I hate MT lesson the most. So boring haha. Chinese usually I get B but also marks drop already. For other languages like cantonese and hokkien, my parents and grandparents and elders always speak it, so honestly I feel it's kinda cool and want to learn haha. But the languages I want to learn the most are Korean and Japanese. Otakus, Armies, and Exo-L's where you? 😂✋🏻

@ainidh2052 7 лет назад

Bonjour Ça va bien💕

@ainidh2052 7 лет назад

Bonne nuit!

@LoveTaylorSwift7 7 лет назад

I LOVE HOW THERE ARE SO MANY COMMENTS ABOUT HARY CARRY ey kpop stans

@arfahazieraarman 7 лет назад

#hardcarry2ndwin

@ameliachua7751 7 лет назад

I don't do Chinese because I have Exemption and that I have Dyslexia

@mikechan1894 7 лет назад

The problem is that most SIngaporeans use English (or Singlish) as their primary language. Their English isn't that great. Even Lee Kwan Yew regretted his two language policy towards the end.

@bariqi3565 7 лет назад

90% comments Got7 And hardcarry 10% this comment

@omarali4590 7 лет назад

As a non-Singaporean I would say it is crucial for you to learn your mother tongue, since your mother tongue is your actual native language. English should be just used as a medium of communication with other ethnic groups but not as a language you speak within your family or community. Singaporeans should be proud of their real roots and stop getting westernized, Westerners will never accept you as native English speakers anyway.