Quoted By: >>190471189 >>190471591
>born to Italian American dad and Jewish American mom
>raised Jewish
>attended Hebrew "school"
>didn't learn anything beyond some prayers and what to recite during my bar mitzvah
>fast forward over a decade later and I can't even speak a sentence of Hebrew
>try learning Yiddish and Italian (my ancestral languages) on duolingo and memrise
>give up after a week
>try one last time to learn a language (this time Lithuanian since that's where my maternal grandparents were from)
>give up after a month
Any other diasporas know the feel of not being able to learn their native languages?
>raised Jewish
>attended Hebrew "school"
>didn't learn anything beyond some prayers and what to recite during my bar mitzvah
>fast forward over a decade later and I can't even speak a sentence of Hebrew
>try learning Yiddish and Italian (my ancestral languages) on duolingo and memrise
>give up after a week
>try one last time to learn a language (this time Lithuanian since that's where my maternal grandparents were from)
>give up after a month
Any other diasporas know the feel of not being able to learn their native languages?
