Guys Nansi indaba 🤔

@S_Phola__ Increasing vocab is one thing, and is necessary for effective expression, but how you say the word isn't important as a 2nd language speaker. Whether you mean bed, bird or bad will be revealed by context.

Cook 😹

@S_Phola__ @Zettie909 “Cook” is all that you can say . You are not even going to pretend to sound “formal’nyana” , that lady just made a valid lesson and she gets “cook” as a response , yoooo ! Our communication and lack of “vocabulary” really does suck !

@S_Phola__ @Zettie909 At least he added a laughing emoji. That should could for something, surely?

@Native_chillld @S_Phola__ It's even a cat. Variety

@S_Phola__ @TheRealMkhwanaz What is so significant about speaking “best English “ …just speak to be understood, ungazifakeli pressure

@S_Phola__ ixhala lakhe nge English kum lisesiXhoseni. I really don't care about english. I speak enough english for my liking already.

@PostiveImpact89 I'm here tooe🤣

@S_Phola__ I thought english ihlula Mina ndedwa 😂🤣

@PostiveImpact89 Lutho 🤣

@S_Phola__ Her and I both, crazy that I have to constantly safe guard such moments and I end up being lost in my own words and triggering stuttering.. It is a circus in my brain during presentations..

@S_Phola__ This is really a personal thing, something that you can improve on when you see fit or something that you can totally ignore. It is not a group project.

Interesting 🤔

@S_Phola__ As you get older and you start making business deals around the world, English is not all that. Basic communication is sufficient, in out here learning French, Portuguese and Mandarin to communicate with business parents, English is just one leg.

@S_Phola__ English HL is basically a lot of literature, which means theres a lot of reading there which helps expands one’s vocabulary, whereas English FAL is more on the language side , like your grammar, punctuation,etc, this tends to limit the expansion of vocabulary.

@S_Phola__ No, you don’t have a problem; you just need confidence. We use English to communicate, and as long as they understand what you’re saying, there’s no need to stress. English is not our native language, and no amount of vocabulary will change that.

@S_Phola__ I don't know why you should even worry about that. Is this only a South African problem? Look at our brothers and sisters north of us. They don't seem to worry about such things. They speak to communicate. You speaking a language of people who most likely can't even speak yours.

@S_Phola__ Thought I was the only one. My English data have depleted. I just can’t construct sentences anymore. It’s becoming difficult by the day…

@S_Phola__ All languages get better with practice.......English included, schooling has very little to do with it Our moms spoke good English learned from working emakhishini

@S_Phola__ No, Zulus, Xhosas and Vendas have that thing of not switching from their language when they speak English, one can easily tell if a person is Zulu, Xhosa, Venda when speaking English. We were all taught and translated into our language but we switch unlike the 3

@S_Phola__ but the English you're speaking sounds quite good so maybe it's just the pronunciations here and there cause the tongue doesn't twist enough or somethin 😂 but you're quite good

@S_Phola__ Really now, English is a language just like isizulu or any other language, as an African i speak it to be understood, not to sound white. I sometimes say Ajay instead of Eyjay. Fuck it, he knows am calling him

@S_Phola__ I don’t think it has anything to do with where you went to school. Just a slip of the tongue. I’ve been in multiracial schools since I started school all the way to postgrad level. Now and then a word will come out very weird 😂😂😂😂😂 maybe it’s because we speak diff languages

@S_Phola__ Absolutely nothing wrong with improving your English vocabulary. Nami as a FAL learner I am currently actively teaching myself how to improve. I could careless about whether it's a foreign language or if it belongs to the 'oppressors', it's my choice!!!

@S_Phola__ What is English to us? Who cares how you pronounce English words? Surely not an African that is proud of being an African.

@S_Phola__ It’s not a problem at all. Lately in 🇿🇦 particularly in Gauteng we suddenly have American accents developed from watching too much 📺. 🇿🇦 is one of those countries you could tell which province a person is from based on their accent and that’s so unique.

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@S_Phola__ Omg I just experienced this in a debate recently. And no it's not only those who did English as FAL, I did English as my HL and my vocabulary was superb until recently.

@S_Phola__ A colleague of mine did the European tour. White people in Europe dont care about english, dont speak proper english, they speak their native languages. It’s only in Africa where people are concerned about English.

@S_Phola__ Guys she’s not projecting or anything - it’s just a realisation She might be in a dilemma where someone is correcting her pronunciation all the time and that is getting to her Pronunciations might not be a problem to you bcz As long as they know what you trying to say you’re ok

@S_Phola__ Italians speak bad English. Spaniards speak broken English. Chinese speak broken English. It's only black South Africans who worry about the quality of their English.

@S_Phola__ I made an interesting observation the other day: corporate is sounding a looooot more private school than when I started working 20 years ago. Thol’ukuthi in a meeting nguwe wedwa with a township accent. When you make a comment, one would rephrase it ngoba abezwanga kahle 😭.

@S_Phola__ During my first year at university, I faced a similar problem with language barriers. To avoid being judged, I proactively let others know that my English skills were limited, which helped me navigate the challenges and find support.

@S_Phola__ Nothing wrong with having an accent. As long as u have a legitimate reason to be in boardrooms; no reasonable person will an issue with ur accent.

@S_Phola__ This also happens with some Hoërskool Merchants, some white and Coloured folks speak crippled English(gebroke engels) But you know what as long as I understand you and you understand me, it's fine

@S_Phola__ My former white Afrikaans boss, hated how this white English guy kept correcting everyone’s English. He always said we “We are not English like you”

@S_Phola__ It’s true

@S_Phola__ It's because you don't exercise and extend your vocabulary on a regular basis. Khuluma nge vocab yakho. Language is like any other "muscle memory" skill, you've gotta utilize it to keep yourself sharp.