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Ndinabadwira ku United States koma ndinasamukira ku Mexico ndili wamng’ono kwambiri. Pokhala kuti amayi ndi agogo anga, omwe anandithandiza kundilera, amalankhula Chispanya monga chinenero chawo, ichi chinakhalanso chinenero changa chachibadwa kapena “mayi”. Ndimalankhula, kuwerenga komanso kulemba bwino. Chilankhulo cha amayi, mwa kutanthauzira, ndi chilankhulo chomwe mumakumana nacho kuyambira pakubadwa. Ndinakulira m’tauni ina yaing’ono ku Mexico sindinkadziŵa kwenikweni chinenero cha Tarahumara. Chiyankhulo cha Tarahumara ndi chilankhulo cha ku Mexico cha chilankhulo cha Uto-Aztecan cholankhulidwa ndi anthu pafupifupi 70,000 a Tarahumara m'chigawo cha Chihuahua, dera lomwe ndinakulira. Ndinkadziwanso Chingerezi pamene azisuweni anga ankatichezera kuchokera ku States. Ndikhoza kutsanzira ndikudziyesa kuti ndilankhulenso Chingerezi mwa kunena mobwerezabwereza zinthu monga shua shua shua (chinenero changa chodzipangira), chifukwa izo zinkamveka ngati Chingerezi kwa ine. Sanandidzudzule, zomwe ndimakhulupirira.

Ndinali ndi zaka 11 pamene mayi anga anandichotsa ine ndi mng’ono wanga ku Sierra Madre ku Chihuahua n’kupita ku Colorado. Ndinali wotsutsa kwambiri izi, chifukwa ndikanasowa anzanga ndi agogo anga, komanso ndinali wokondwa kuphunzira Chingerezi ndikuwona malo atsopano. Tinakwera basi yonunkhira kwambiri ndipo maola 16 pambuyo pake tinafika ku Denver, nyumba yathu yatsopano.

Mayi anga anatiletsa kwa chaka chimodzi kusukulu kuti tiphunzire kulankhula Chingelezi mwamsanga.

Chaka chotsatira kuchokera ku chithandizo cha mphunzitsi wokoma, wokoma mtima wa ESL (Chingelezi monga chinenero chachiwiri) ndi aardvark wansangala pa PBS, ine ndi mlongo wanga tinali kulankhula Chingelezi bwino. Mphunzitsi wa ESL anavutika nane pang’ono. Ndinapitiriza kutchula molakwika chilembo cha v; mwachiwonekere mukuyenera kuchita chinachake ndi mano ndi pakamwa nthawi imodzi kuti zisamveke ngati chilembo b. Kufikira lerolino ndimavutika kunena chilembo cha v molondola, ngakhale kuti kaŵirikaŵiri ndimatsutsidwa kuti nditchule dzina langa, mwamsanga ndimati, “v, monga mu Victor,” ndikuusa moyo, ndikukumbukira mwachifundo mphunzitsi wanga wa ESL.

Inenso sindingathe, kwa moyo wanga, kunena charcuterie, koma ndi kukambirana kwa nthawi ina.

Ndine woyamikira kwambiri mwayi wolankhula zinenero ziwiri bwino kwambiri. Ngakhale pamene ubongo wanga nthawi zambiri umavutika kuti ndisinthe kuchoka ku chimodzi kupita ku china kuchititsa kuti ndilankhule Spanglish, zakhala zothandiza kwambiri. Kupeza mpumulo kwa munthu m'sitolo kapena pafoni kumamva ndikanena kuti ndimalankhula Chisipanishi ndizosangalatsa kwambiri. Kukumana ndi munthu m'chinenero chawo kulinso kugwirizana kwapadera. Zochuluka kwambiri za chikhalidwe zimachokera pofunsa wina momwe akuchitira m'chinenero chawo. Zomwe ndimakonda kwambiri ndi momwe munthu ameneyo amandifunsa mwachangu komwe ndikuchokera ndiyeno zokambirana zimachoka pamenepo.

Kulankhula zinenero zina kupatulapo Chingelezi ku United States sikumakhala kosangalatsa nthaŵi zonse. Sindingathe kuwerengera nthawi zomwe anzanga ndipo ndakhala patebulo la chakudya chamasana ndikukambirana zomwe zikuchitika m'miyoyo yathu munyimbo yathu yaku Spain yongokumana ndi mlendo, kapena nthawi zina wina ndi mnzake. wantchito kunena kuti “musalankhule zachabechabe apa, sindikukumvani, nanga mukunena za ine?” Ndikhulupirireni ndikanena, sitikunena za inu. Mwina tikunena zina za tsitsi lathu, kapena chakudya chomwe timakonda kudya, zinthu zambirimbiri, koma osati inu. Osachepera muzochitika zanga.

Tili ndi mwayi wodziwa zilankhulo zingapo kuno kudera la metro la Denver. Mwachitsanzo, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Spanish, ndi Nepali. Ndizosangalatsa kuti anthu olankhula chinenero chimodzi asonkhane ndi kuyankhulana, ndikukhala iwo okha. Chilankhulo ndi njira imodzi yosonyezera umunthu wathu.

Chifukwa chake lero, ndikukupemphani kuti mukhalebe achidwi ndikusaka njira zosungira zomwe zili zachilendo kwa inu m'chinenero chanu. Pali zilankhulo zoposa 6,000 zomwe zimalankhulidwa padziko lonse lapansi; khalani ndi chidwi, bwenzi langa. Tiyenera kuphunzira kulemekeza zilankhulo zathu zenizeni. Kudziwa chilankhulo changa kumandipatsa ulemu ndi nzeru kuchokera kwa makolo anga. Kudziwa chimodzi mwa zilankhulo zanga ndi njira imodzi yodziwira ndekha komanso kumene ndikuchokera. Zilankhulo zachibadwidwe ndi zopatulika ndipo zimakhala ndi chidziwitso ndi mphamvu za makolo athu. Kusunga chinenero chathu ndiko kusunga chikhalidwe ndi mbiri.