Keeping the Nepali language in our household has been difficult. Shreemati has picked up quite a bit of the language but it still is not at a point where we can converse at home. To be honest we have not made as much of an effort as we should. This year we tried making the time between my arrival from work and bed time as the official Nepali speaking time – but we had a few of Shreemati’s relatives come for a visit and that kind of fell by the way side.
Of course when we have Nepali people over we speak Nepali and last summer my parents were here so there was plenty of Nepali to go around. To compensate I show the girls some Nepali songs and music videos and keep Nepali books around. Quite interestingly the girls love the “Maiti Ghar” music video the most. Of course its a song about “the fathers house” being special to a girl once she marries and goes to live with her husband.
