#& I live in the whitest suburbs uve ever seen its so badddd so its not like I'm meeting any1 who can speak arabic at school
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every few weeks i think abt how i can speak 2 languages but im stupid in my 1st
#of course that 1 is my first language. because that makes such spectacular sense#I also have the reading & writing skills of 1st grader.#& ig its fine cause I was born in the us or whatever. like if i went to saudi every1 id meet would be like 'wow u can speak so well'#(i know this bc they made such a big deal out of my cousin who speaks shitty fus7a apparently)#but its still so embarrassing. like this is my FIRST LANGUAGE & i need to get a grip#it gets worse too cuz i cant really speak arabic at home cuz my siblings (esp my brother) can barely understand it#like the extent of the 'practice' or wtv I'm getting is my parents yelling at my brother & me translating. like that's it#& I live in the whitest suburbs uve ever seen its so badddd so its not like I'm meeting any1 who can speak arabic at school#& I have basically 0 life outside those 2 places like hellooo#it doesnt help that im not even arab like no one expects me to speak arabic#ive had tons of ppl assume im somali & talk 2 me in somali#actually which is so funny cause then i have to be like “no I'm a diff type of east african”#& then they ask what language I do speak & then i have to be like “it should be tigrinya. but actually arabic”#&its not that crazy for eritreans to have lived in saudi & learned arabic#but its stil so bad like i hate it. i cant speak the language i should be able to and the language i do speak. I'm dumb in#anyways this is why i write so well in english its cause im whitewashed AF ✌#nadia has a life#nadia rants
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