Each individual inside the U.S has its own Immigrant’s story. “In my case, my ancestors came from Germany” Albert said, who is a resident of Eau Claire. When I interviewed him at downtown, he didn’t know the exact date that his ancestors chose when they decided to come to America. However, he estimated the date somewhere between 1850 and 1890 to. “Danke” Albert said, “It is how we say (thank) in Germany” and he said “Even though I am originally from Germany, I know just some words in my old native language”. As a global issue, people when they start using another language, will start gradually to forget their primary language.
On the other hand, some of Albert’s relatives still live in Germany. Unfortunately, Albert’s family did lose contact with them several years ago. ”It might be not an ethical thing to do” Albert said, “but sometime, adults face challenges in their lives and they must decide what is good for them”. Even though Albert originally is from Germany, he didn’t know anything about his ancestor’s customs and traditions.
Finally, Albert raised an issue regarding how a person saves his/her origins. “My ancestors didn’t notice the important of keeping track of our origins” Albert said “As a result, we couldn’t know our origins , so we couldn’t pass this precious information to next generations”.
Now i know how to say thank you in German. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteIvan, I can give you more words in German. When someone say Danke Schön, you can reply it with Bitte Schön. I am sorry if I seem showing off I am just too excited since I am taking German class this semester.
ReplyDeleteNadar, did he mention whether he thinks that keeping track of origins is important or not? if it is yes, did he mention why?
It is true that every individual has its own immigration story and something really important is that most of them are really proud of their story.
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