I think it explains my delinquent teenage years...hhmmm...lol

DalSingh ji has great sense of humor. LOL...BTW the chappal pic is good

I don't need to run......... but shout a lot to stop them from running after eachother over and around the furniture.......

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i am almost tired of repeating myself "punjabi please",

Now that was not in Punjabi either. It should perhaps have been “ Punjabi wich bolo” or “Tusin ki keha? Mainu samaj nahi laggi– Punjabi wich bolo”

"duara ton bolo" = “Dobara bolo” keep an eye on your pronunciation. Kids will also say it incorrectly.

The best way is to be ignorant of their demands unless spoken in Punjabi. But you must also watch your own self that you are not making khitchedi of your punglish.

Perhaps take them to visit our older generation who do not speak a word of English or forbid them if they do so. As the elders to communicate with them in Punjabi, I am sure they will find this a challenge.

My two pence worth.

Ekmusafir_ajnabii

Ekmusafir_ajnabii, thank you 'Please' and 'thank you' are allowed. I will be glad the day I know that they are 'making effort'......it is just when reminded again and again .....and Pujabi still vanishes suddenly.

Thanks for the suggestion to watch myself....last week we were in a Gurmat Youth Camp...which was english prominent (for the youth).....I am finding myself speaking english again........I agree it is hard to switch; but reminders should work.

Okay, two more weeks of summer...I still have time to try new things.

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Well all the above mentioned theories are GOOD and may work in certain cases and may not in other cases. Let me REMIND that there shall never be a fool-proof method which may prompt children of this age to accept your VERDICT or should I say DICTAT.
To my mind TO BEGIN WITH those children should be on vacation in Punjab with a purely Punjabi MAHAUL these children should be motivated by their counter-parts in Punjab. Assin Punjabi where ever we are ENGLISH SPEAKING comes as a So-called STATUS SYMBOL, secondly in Punjab even HINDI SPEAKING is considered SO-called STATUS SYMBOL..... Elders naal Punjabi wich gal karna changa lagda hai.
Once these children begin Punjabi speaking in Punjab encourage them with many points discussed very necely above.Outside India when children speak little bit Punjabi here and there ....Unless there is a continuity....they are likely to loose interest....... TRY and always talk about children and their friends in Punjabi deliberately in front of the children in the family at home.....Once there appears to be regular progress in Punjabi Speaking.....they can be prompted to reading/writing Gurmukhi.......Bring home an English-Punjabi Dictionary with Roman-Punjabi......This might help.....Punjabi songs cd/dvd s etc just to develop childrens' interest so on and so forth....

I should have said this before. I had a cousin who years ago refused to speak Punjabi (he was only like 5!). No matter what anyone did, (including thapparh) he refused. Wouldn't even say one word although he understood what was being spoken to him. Then he went to holiday with his mum to Punjab for 4 weeks. When he got back he was speaking it fluently and has been able to ever since.

Thank you Veer jio. I did not expect such wonderful support thinking it was just my problem and people either have their chidlren speak punjabi from childhood or they don't care. But I find every one here is lover of our Punjabi boli........I am sure this little bit of our effort with our children will go a long way as soon as they get the chance to speak with those who know only Punjabi.
In nutshell, we all agree that Punjabi environment is utmost important to keep it going. I will definitely remember that and will make effort to take them to India next year although it seems like a big chore to arrange for India vacation...summer is too hot...winter is too short

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Prabhjyot ji why are you so worried about your children not speaking punjabi, is french that bad ?
-Anyways punjabi is getting a bad shape these days, becoming a language mostly to swear. Everything dies one day, language is no exception. Some new will evolve, why to worry !

All the Sikh scriptures are in gurmukhi script so its better for all sikhs to learn punjabi.so they can read it and understand it.also its better to be fluent in their mother tongue.

-Why is it better to be fluent in the mother tongue, anyways the kids are french now - if I'm not wrong, am I? And they will only rarely come to India, if at all they come.

-We don't talk in gurmukhi script, we just talk. Talking in punjabi and learning gurmukhi are totally different tasks. Do you think we used to speak this punjabi,when gurujis were alive, which we speak now. It had a totally different dimension.