1) Do you speak any
dialect? (If no, what language do you speak mainly and SKIP QUESTION 2) (by speak, we mean ability to comprehend and articulate)
yes
2) If yes, to whom?
How do you rate your proficiency level? (comprehension only, or plus articulation)
Grandma. can understand can talk but not very well
3) Do you find that
Mandarin is replacing the role of dialects in places eg. home/market/hawker centre? If yes, has Mandarin "diluted" your dialect?
(eg. do you replace the words you can't say in dialect with Mandarin instead?)
Yes. mabbe cos only replace words when speaking to grandma, otherwise
can say dun speak the dialect almost at all
4) What is your opinion
of people who speak
dialects?
no particular opinion
5) Given a chance,
would you join classes provided
for the learning of your dialect?
mabbe not (sounds a bit ironic i know..)
6)
If you have children in the future, would you want them to learn your own (or any) dialect? Why and why not?
yeah, y not? knowing yr dialect somehow means u know ur roots, i
mean our forefathers came from different parts of china & each of them actually has its own dialect, therefore it's
something u shd at least know....
