'Black English': How AAVE Developed From Slave Resistance & African Dialects | The Breakdown

[@mikeaskme3530]

This is the type of programing that BET should put on, not everyday but at least once a week, enough of the garbage being seen by to many young people on that station.

[@CeeCheles]

So true! I've been stopped watching that bastardized station a long time ago. I can't relate to anything like I used to back in the day.

[@NoName-gh5mq]

This is still PROPAGANDA, we are NOT AFRIKKNS

[@henryteague7490]

@@CeeCheles Back in the day it was Black owned and operated.

[@NoName-gh5mq]

@General Grievous they're inaccurate, you have to do your FAMILIES HISTORY, all my ancestors were changed from INDIAN to "neggro"

[@learntospellpeople]

specifically what 'garbage' do you mean?

[@thinadlamini4671]

🥺❤... As a continental African I'm really fascinated by African American people.

[@joeyp.8501]

Thanks , Sister . As an African American, I appreciate that and I am very fascinated by y'all Continental African Sisters and Brothers too. 💯💯💯💯✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾🖤

[@NW-pt8zz]

@@joeyp.8501 thank you. We are very much fascinated by y’all too.

[@RoyHoy]

Lucky. I wish I was Black.

[@shaelee5673]

As we are by you girl!! I wish we had more knowledge of our African culture, but African American culture is my culture too!! A lot of us are torn between who we should have been and who we are.

[@JAIELOMARI]

Why are you fascinated by your own people?

[@javionriley8739]

Glade everyone world wide (all non black Americans) are realizing that this is an actual language 🖤🇺🇸🇺🇸, love my black American people/culture/ history

[@littlegothgirl8869]

Same bro. 😊

[@k.c.5426]

We do not need others approval to be who we are. ✊

[@char08fal]

I agree, BUT I wish we could still keep it in our community. Everyone is trying to use it and steal it.

[@kaydod3190]

I know your trying to make yourself feel better about the situation and speaking this way, but sorry to tell you it’s not a language or even a dialect. It’s just ghetto uneducated speech

[@char08fal]

@@kaydod3190 Sorry to tell you, but you sound tone deaf. Why would come into the comment section after they LITERALLY explained the origin of the AAVE dialect, AND have the audacity to call it ghetto? Well, I guess all American English is also just ghetto, uneducated speech because nothing said in the US matches the Queen's English. Also, you might want to double check the grammar in your first sentence :)

[@jahniquemills9926]

As an African- Caribbean person I feel so proud and it's not even my history being taught in this video.

[@ebaby365tv8]

Oh but it is, we all the same.. we just got dropped off in different places🤷🏾‍♂️ Respectfully

[@queenschannel768]

We all black, we family , we were just separated from the same places . ❤️🖤💚💛🙌🏾💯🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@tyce7956]

still black lol,

[@jahniquemills9926]

@@tyce7956 I know that am just saying that because even though we're all black, we have different heritage.

[@SunShine-zt1ge]

You still a member of the HOME 🏡 💙 😌

[@justkibet1125]

This is an eye opener. As an African(Kenyan) living in Europe, I now understand why African Americans speak kind of "differently" from the white/Caucasian Americans. It runs deep!!

[@jimmypaterson478]

they couldnt erase everything..

[@autobotdiva9268]

We are black americans. Charlize Theron is african american.

[@mmmhmmm_7]

@@autobotdiva9268 Actually she is Afrikaner. Dutch Africans from South Africa.

[@autobotdiva9268]

@@mmmhmmm_7 oh dear colonizer. Thats not how that worked

[@LICKMYNYNE]

we even suck our teeth like Africans lol

[@TerryJulianLive]

I love how this video just oooozes with blackness. Give the editor a raise. background music is 100000%

[@BROOKLYNprince27]

“Spoken Soul” - I love that!

[@SanJose408Alex]

I’m not black but I’m fascinated by language and how it evolves over time. This is so dope & you’d be lying to yourself if you said aave isn’t influential asf

[@TheBlueThird]

Naturally. Just like our music, art and dress.

[@1sharonbarrett]

We are not Black, we are Brown indigenous people, black means dead...this is the reason this title was given too Brown people, been called Black's , is not recognised by white supremacy populations, as a human term. They hold know value to black, they know it means dead, as they called our people that ,hence renamed Brown people, given this terminology. Spiritual Retribution is coming as the lies told have dishonored and destroyed 😳 our cultural communities, causing damage, disturbance and unnecessary stressful consequences of confusion and psychological issues to this day...Diabolical, the colonisers, white supremacy population, didn't work alone, hence, the reason for people from their ancestral legacy, remains unresolved with their cultural identity. Truth is coming back as this is Spiritual war far now.

[@m.o.b.5011]

@@TheBlueThird my bro. I'm African, I be tryna pick up your accents. That's my dream English, but i still struggle, what can I do?.

[@lucazani2730]

​@@TheBlueThirdafroamerican music and latinoamerican music are so important in the history of modern american music someone could argue they had a greater impact than traditional european music like celtic music. Without the mix of different cultures, America wouldn't be the music capital of the world. Yet some idiots claim rock music as part of the white culture and use it to promote white supremacy...

[@Deerych]

"Just the way Black folks talk." Aye! Love it. I'm bilingual...I speak Ebonics.

[@justicejoycetv]

Did you mean AAVE? 🥰

[@Cng215]

AAVE

[@kaydod3190]

That’s something your proud of?

[@Deerych]

@@kaydod3190 Do you mean "you're?"

[@kaydod3190]

@@Deerych Do you mean “ghetto uneducated speech “ and not “black talk and Ebonics?”

[@lovelydae7455]

My Cameroonian husband keeps telling me to teach him AAVE 🤣🤣 I just tell him to listen That's how I learned Pidgin English

[@atlmprof1]

😂 That's how I learned JA Patois when I was in exchange.

[@rhondarobinson4096]

This may ruffle some feathers, but christianity isn't our ancestors " original " religion

[@gregoryjosey7669]

True Rhonda Robinson! Christianity,Islam, and other religions were forced upon us to worship the deities of the nations. However, the very book(the Bible) that was used to oppress us, is the same book we can use to liberate ourselves and humankind. Learning and keeping the commandments of YAH(God) and embracing the inheritance of Hebrew Israelites will lead us to ultimate peace and absolute freedom from the current state of this world!

[@kaydod3190]

@@gregoryjosey7669 there is nothing wrong with that

[@asdfghjkl3003]

Our ancestors came from multiple African countries and practiced multiple religions. Which one do we pick?

[@MSILBB]

@@gregoryjosey7669 Sir, no, this Hebrew Israelite phenomenon has been a very popular attempt to cultivate a lost identity and to shore up any insecurities regarding self worth and self-esteem; nothing more than interpolation, reading into things that aren’t there. I hate to break it to you, but these are mythical stories from older civilizations mixed in with elaborate imagination, motifs and philosophies of their time. Dig into your history here in America and in Africa.

[@gregoryjosey7669]

@@MSILBB whether believe that the men and women in the Bible existed or not is one thing. You have a right to your opinion because neither one of us was for the events that took place. However, what I pay a great deal of attention to are always the outcomes that resulted from those events. The unfavorable conditions that are occurring in the so called African American community seems to consistently happen to us throughout our history aligned with the Bible in prophecy. This you will find uniquely attached to Blacks no matter what time in history that you won’t find plaguing other people in the world if you diligently do the research without any preconceived notions! YAH help you in your ultimate journey for TRUTH in HIS LAWS. No Religions!

[@mentalandfloss2550]

This is a great topic on our AAVE. Just like other Africans in the Diaspora, we have our own culture and language too. It's good to see we're beginning to embrace our African American Heritage.

[@NoName-gh5mq]

We are NOT AFRIKKNS, we are BLK NATIVES.

[@goddesswarrior760]

@@NoName-gh5mq What is the difference?

[@ilovesweets9720]

@@NoName-gh5mq you're everywhere. Stop trolling.

[@NoName-gh5mq]

@@ilovesweets9720 beat it u THIEF

[@NoName-gh5mq]

@@ilovesweets9720 until u hold your sellouts RESPONSIBLE, WE WILL

[@TheAlkebulanTrust]

What ever our people are given whether by force or by choice. We some how turn it into something spectacular. We always add an element of sauce because as history tells us the further back we go. Black People are the source of quite frankly *EVERYTHING*...facts or undeniable facts? (Fully respecting this series tho reminds us of BET during the early 90s.)

[@bigyella3666]

Well ssid

[@bigyella3666]

Well said

[@CeeCheles]

Absolute Truth!!! 💯💯💯

[@lilyofthevalley9853]

LOUDER!!!!

[@taharqakingofkings8832]

Look to the scripture of Yahuah and you will find the answer for your question. Black people add flavour to everything because they are the Salt of the Earth as the true Chosen People of Yah.

[@comva]

Mexico: The word taco comes from the Nahuatl word 'tlahco' which means “half or in the middle”,

[@fo4357]

That's what I'm thinking. There's a lot of bad research in these BET educational videos. What a shame cos there's some good content

[@s-p-man5271]

I agree

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

Nope, taco is a Spanish word. The world for tortilla in nahuatl Is Tlaxcalli and was used for the tortilla itself and as a taco

[@emaakira3352]

​@@fo4357 yeah fr they basically said English is a mixture of "German, french and Spanish". I was like WTF?? English originates from the languages of the Angles and the Saxons and a little bit of Frisian, which are all ingaevonic languages, the root of the "low German" (north of Germany). MODERN DAY GERMAN comes from the High German (south of Germany)!! Old English and Old High German were exactly at the same level, both originating from Proto-Germanic*, one didn't come from another!! with the french they were on point, since in England they spoke a language known as "Anglo-Norman" so french vocabulary is still very present in modern English. but Spanish? where the hell did that come from?? did they mistake Spanish from latin? because ofc latin had a huge impact on English.. but SPANISH? lmao they for sure know African-American history but please leave Germanic philology to the "average scholar"

[@carlitosgonzalez924]

I'm Puerto Rican and I'm totally agree with u compadre. Americans ignore about many of our daily words in Latin America got a native American roots instead Spanish.

[@TheCinderellaPrincess]

As a Afro-Jamaican-American I'm so proud of this. Our languages are amazing and tells a story that connects us all.

[@meekyhancock5419]

But it's lies

[@queenschannel768]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@babsjob8729]

@@meekyhancock5419 where is the lie?

[@kennardsmithwatson4192]

🇯🇲👏🏾

[@leehorst]

@@babsjob8729 That white people are to blame for everything

[@mosalethoba5267]

This is the best English in the whole world .It just flows nice here in South Africa 🇿🇦🇿🇦 we like it . Black Americans speaks nice English .

[@autobotdiva9268]

Lekker

[@jaxthewolf4572]

Thank you, as an black american, I am delighted by this comment. Love to you and Africa 😊

[@dutchceezweh8069]

You're crazy.We wouldn't approved this such bad grammar ,unless you're that hip hop airhead meek.

[@leehorst]

Yousa trollin' ma playa. Jus mad buggin us cracks.

[@thereformedrayray]

@@leehorst Not even close bro 😂

[@bgl9935]

I'm Japanese I love Black Americans🇺🇸

[@chosenone3527]

Japanese are innovative and creative. I love them

[@anna-mariadavis5914]

Thanks we love u back ❤️

[@ellisewalton8701]

私たちもあなたを愛しています 🇯🇵

[@BunbunSutton]

We love you too! ❤️

[@jaxthewolf4572]

And I love Japan and Japanese folk 😊

[@lud3269]

As a Brazilian who's learning English AAVE is my favorite English accent/dialect, the way the words are pronounced is music to my ears, also I admire the culture, shout out to all black folks in America.

[@thehelm658]

Please don’t try to speak like us in AAVE since you are not black- it’s disrespectful and isn’t to be shared. Thank you black culture is not intended to be shared. Sorry

[@pazamor9164]

I'm Brazilian too, man. I tryna learn English through hip hop lyrics. I reckon it's gonna help me better my listening comprehention of the language in terms of the real English that people speak on the street. I ain't gonna lie to you, I've been sufferin' the hell of it to understand black Englisn in rap music. Anyway, that's it. Cheers, man!

[@thehelm658]

@Gabriel SMFH You people are hilarious and I am sure you intend to mean well, however you are setting yourself up for failure- Start with traditional English ie Rosetta Stone and trained language English professionals-otherwise you are going to shortchange yourself anc make the process extremely confusion. For example the African American language in honestly black folks truly understand because of its deep rooted confusing and amb igious roots. For example there are a laundry list of words that AA use use which can be the same exact word and not only mean MULTIPLE items based on the tone of your voice (which is something that is an innate AA quality and CANT BE TAUGHT) but ALSO one word the exact same word can be used as a noun verb AND an adjetive. Super confusion and NOT worth your time. Continue to enjoyr our music but as far as "studying AAVE" as a means to learn "English"- no bueno my friend. Best wishes.

[@KaentukiTheFuki]

meanwhile im black american and still cant speak portuguese despite 7 years of study and 1 brazilian friend. my brasileiros, why is your language so harrd to understand? i can speak it pretty well, but i cant understand colloquial speech

[@Ty-dq5fi]

​@@KaentukiTheFuki I'm curious, what were your methods for learning, because although I've been learning Spanish for a year I feel like I massively improved.

[@carlamullen518]

This is so positive. Please do this type of story more often. Some of our people really need to hear more of this

[@unitedblackpeoples4499]

The perspective by which y'all are approaching these videos is what our culture needs. God bless Mother Africa and us all

[@Xchromosomerules]

God bless MOTHER EARTH period!

[@raphrobe-9896]

@@Xchromosomerules Shut your mouth.

[@raphrobe-9896]

@Rock Hard Ride Free Strive to make sense next time you open your mouth.

[@thekalenichannel1812]

@@Xchromosomerules and MOTHER AFRICA is that point on Earth from which we all originated

[@diopfifi4937]

This have absolutely no connection with africa. African American English came from Britain not africa. English didn't exist in africa when African Americans left africa. No African speak like that neither.

[@JohnSmith-ji7xt]

As a linguist, I state there is nothing wrong with Black English/Ebonic/AAVE. In fact, AAVE use of aspect is fascinating and much more diverse than Standard English's use of the grammatical category. I am not being woke or PC here. I am being truthful.

[@ems3832]

🤢

[@bratz2369]

@@ems3832 The face I make when I see you

[@tatttoon]

@@bratz2369 : thats an uncultured loser you’re speaking to. They get nauseous when they want to relate, BUT CANT!! That’s why they’re always in our spaces, tryna learn from us. They envy us because the narrative they crest for us, is idealized by their children and loved ones. No one want to be them, they want to be US!

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

There's nothing wrong with rampant illiteracy?

[@Mpfumo]

Black English is what makes America great 💯💯💯

[@Knowledgeseeker567]

Well if you want to get technical about ...YES !

[@littlegothgirl8869]

I love your pfp. 😂😭😂

[@kaydod3190]

😂😂😂 I hope your joking because that’s hilarious

[@MSILBB]

@@kaydod3190 instead of trolling, pick up a book called “White Kids” by Bucholtz.

[@ems3832]

It's what keeps many unemployed, THAT'S for sure!

[@commentsiguess1263]

This is really eye-opening. I've spent most of my life thinking that AAVE wasn't "proper' English, but it's actually a distinct form of English.

[@christianlendo7787]

It's recognized as a sub dialect of American English

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

@@christianlendo7787 a dialect of American English.

[@MSILBB]

It’s not even a dialect of English (but mainstream racist linguistics have taken root and so that's what's promoted). A language is based on its structure, not its vocabulary. AAL (African American Language) has its base in Niger Congo language structure, so it’s a Bantu dialect/language. What confuses people is that it uses words from the English language. The English language uses a mixed lexicon/vocabulary, it’s the SAME THING, this is why you will see “Latin” and many other origins for the words spoken in English. What makes English English is its English syntactical structure and what makes AAL Bantu is its African/Bantu syntactical structure. I’m glad people are becoming more aware it’s good. Just so you know in linguistics there is no “proper” way to speak English, it’s spoken differently everywhere. Walk with confidence knowing your culture and history is one of beauty and richness and sophistication. ❤️

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

@@MSILBB why do you say it’s not a dialect? The way you described it it what a dialect is. It’s AAVE. African American Vernacular English.

[@kudjoeadkins-battle2502]

@@MSILBB English like Latin is a Indo European language. English derived up to 60% of its vocabulary from Latin through the French Norman conquest of 1066.

[@GAZAMAN93X]

Jamaican Patois & AAVE are very similar in terms of our heavy usage of D & lack of TH lol.

[@MSILBB]

Yes, you’ll find that in nearly all languages the “th” sound doesn’t exist and so it gets replaced with the “f” or “d” or “t” sound. This is how it used to be in English as well. Just for us as a people we have a lot of language parallelism because we operate on a Niger Congo base. ❤️

[@vaimende]

Liberian English is more similar to AAVE

[@hasafienda]

Th actually exists is AAVE word initially

[@jahniquemills9926]

And Jamaicans patois doesn't pronounce the 'h' sound either.

[@GAZAMAN93X]

@@hasafienda in referring to words where it starts in the beginning.

[@jjcoll4088]

I'm not black and not native English speaker and I was given the idea that black English was uneducated. I always thought it sounded like a song, very fluid. I'm glad the Black pride is growing. Thank you for educating me about it.

[@kazimirthakhemist]

Your comment deserves more likes

[@kellieellerbusch6675]

That idea was created and perpetuated to uphold white supremacy.

[@diopfifi4937]

It's not black English. It's African American English.

[@barbiebear5036]

​@diopfifi4937 genuinely curious, why is it inappropriate to call it "black english"? Is it because it only has African Americans origins and no ties to black American islanders, etc?

[@davidmccarroll2280]

@@diopfifi4937 most the time it's called AAVE other times BAE and you might of heard it being called ebonics before

[@Afrometa]

There's countless words within Standard English that traces back to west and central African language groups. If you like reading and want to learn more here's a great book on the topic published in 1993 (Yes that long ago) The African Heritage of American English by Joseph E Holloway

[@conversationpeace2211]

Thank you for suggesting the book by Holloway.

[@mentalandfloss2550]

Thanks for that resource. 👍🏿

[@MSILBB]

Have you read his other book “Africanisms in American Culture?” That’s a great book too. Also Dr. Ernie Smith, mostly vids on KZbin, but he has some referenced material in “Ebonics, the Urban Debate.”

[@Afrometa]

@@MSILBB Yes I have and yes Dr.Smith did some excellent work

[@MSILBB]

@M Yes I love Dr. Ernie Smith. You can speak any language when you know how to use IPA 😂. Additionally a language is determined by its grammatical structure not its vocabulary. Gullah blacks have kept a lot of words of African origin, that’s because they were in isolation a lot and didn’t have to deal with “massa” lording over them like that to use their words 😂

[@shalondrabrown9310]

Dr. Hines-Gaither! I'm so proud to see her speaking in this interview. I truly admire her and I'm so glad they're talking about this!

[@krishaunahines-gaither3218]

Love you Shalondra!!!

[@shaelee5673]

“Don’t nobody don’t know Jesus can’t tell me nothin about Him” I shouted AMEN!! Lol like wow…that’s amazing cause I understood her perfectly.

[@ryrilo5078]

African sentence construction (The order of the words) is different to English. But African ppl that adopted English formed the sentences in the African grammatical order they spoke originally.

[@tufflikeLK]

as a Non-American African the only thing that I think of American 'culture' that is not of Blacks is the US military.

[@jaxthewolf4572]

Yep but even blacks in the military made a huge difference despite being downplayed.

[@virgomoonchild79]

Black people are the heart of this earth 🌎 ♥

[@thecharmradio]

We were everywhere first too

[@MSILBB]

@@thecharmradio yes but that does not mean you descend from those AFRICAN populations😂.

[@thecharmradio]

@@MSILBB yeah thousands apon thousands of years ago

[@peche184]

@@thecharmradio everywhere? You find bones of white peopIe everywhwre , not from blackS lol

[@thecharmradio]

@@peche184 where they at? Most European skulls are in Asia to be exact

[@yaheleazar1414]

The reason why we speak this way is because their is our original language on the inside of our soul but we don't know how to speak it because it was hidden from us. Therefore english can be a struggle.

[@THSLast]

💯💯💯 this a fact

[@kaydod3190]

No you people speak that way because your uneducated. English is not a complicated Language to grasp

[@quincy9908]

@@kaydod3190 You're not your.

[@quincy9908]

@@kaydod3190 English isn't hard to grasp. 😒

[@christianlendo7787]

@@kaydod3190 Nothing wrong with creating a sub dialect no matter the reason. Jamaicans, Australians, Americans created their own version of English By the way it would be hard to rap rhymes in proper English

[@hellobecky84]

This was so beautifully done; put a smile on my face. BET digital content keeps impressing me.

[@edgarposada7732]

This video was such a good educational piece. In high school, a white friend asked me why our black peers spoke different than him although we all grew up in the same city. He asked non-maliciously and out of genuine curiosity. I've always assumed it was due to black American's complex history but never found a well put together answer explained the way this video presents the subject.

[@awkwardblacktribe2100]

8:24 I understand the sistas point but we, as educators, still need to teach code-switching. There's a way to validate a black students native tongue while simultaneously informing the student that it isn't the language of the classroom.

[@christianlendo7787]

Agreed. Even White Cali surfers sub-culture folks code-switch. They know when to speak in Surf slang or proper English in a formal environment.

[@MSILBB]

Really? Do you say this about Asians, Black immigrants, Hispanics, White immigrants etc who are ESL? I doubt it. Code-switching is for unsafe environments and until we can come out of it, it’s important to teach imo. In a Black environment it’d be just fine. Having your own economic base would remedy the need to code switch. It’s a survival mechanism. Just as a side note, speaking your native language does not equate to “no home training” or “bad enunciation” or “less education.” I feel a lot of times these things are conflated. Plenty of us with degrees and no degrees, low, mid and high income, speak our native language. It crosses class and educational attainment. We also have to have compassion for each other. We’ve been through and go through a lot and so the damage is deep. Nonetheless, the language deals with an African structure not vocabulary, although some vocabulary that seems “American” but isn’t “European” is of African origin. It’s not a defect. It’s a different language. I feel it should be kept amongst us however for a number of reasons, but that’s hard to do these days I suppose. Everyone loves stealing from us.

[@MSILBB]

@@christianlendo7787 Ebonics isn’t slang. That’s very different. Ebonics contains slang, but it’s not slang. There is no “proper” way to speak English. It’s spoken differently everywhere. What you have is an ideal that is used as an oppressive tactic.

[@christinagraham2915]

I agree

[@dennisthemenace855]

@@MSILBB thank you so much queen .. nobody says code switching to any other race but us it sucks

[@QRSTUVe]

My fave AAVE is "I can't stand y'all!!!" While laughing hysterically with my friends.

[@kfrancis1872]

"Boy u ain't s#!+", is an endearment to my 29 y/o son lol. Anytime he pretends to agree just to get me to move the conversation. We really do say the opposite of what we mean. That was pure survival.

[@roylle6346]

How would a southern white person say it?🤔

[@BlckgalAnointed]

I love being black, you better understand it's beyond a race. It's a lifestyle and an essence. You can not emulate black because it's God-given✨🤎

[@lwrncjms]

True story. It's a soulful thing

[@RoyHoy]

Lucky bastard :(

[@deebee2893]

VERY WELL PUT 🤗🥰😘

[@jeromebowers7510]

Exactly. We can tell the real no matter what skin tone. KAMELLA HARRIS.....🤦

[@e.m.p.3394]

Being black american is a culture. Thags the word you're looking for. We have a culture. At least the beginnings of one.

[@aypurcool]

More content like this BET

[@reginadavis8892]

Will somebody PLEASE show this video to Cynthia Erivo because she thinks African American vernacular is “ghetto”

[@KingofgraceSARA]

She got why peepo to please

[@florencesenya1506]

Africans have always done their own thing with English to suit their culture. Ebonics, Patoa and Pidgin English in West Africa are vivid examples. We just make the language our own.

[@ems3832]

Try using your ebonics at a job interview and see how far it gets you, flo.

[@engineeringworld4238]

I am Indian American and very fascinated by different syle of English..i.e African, Jamaican, Indian, Irish, Italian, Britsh, middle east and so many other worlds accent..

[@serioustalkwithbhudax]

As a South African person and a Xhosa by ethnicity. I am laughing at this cause it's all true and real. 😅

[@thinadlamini4671]

🇿🇦🇿🇦😂😂😂 mkhaya

[@serioustalkwithbhudax]

@@thinadlamini4671 Hello Mkhaya wam. 😅

[@autobotdiva9268]

They left out the real language but youd have to come from slavery to speak it. This is aave but not original. Lekker

[@virtuousAssassain]

Weird cause why would you be laughing

[@jaxthewolf4572]

@@virtuousAssassain He finds this entertaining in a good way, he's happy about it

[@KimchiiKnight]

For all the English classes I took growing up, none of them explored anything outside of traditional English. And barely any of us spoke traditional English. Thank you for this education and for giving me, and others, this opportunity to learn

[@karlosthejackel69]

Why would they?

[@mikethebike2456]

🏍️ Why should they ? Just learn English.

[@GeronFletcher]

Much love. It’s way more interesting than speaking like a robot from the Hamptons lol

[@kellieellerbusch6675]

@@mikethebike2456 Whose English? Mark Twain's and William Faulkner's and William Shakespear's and Maya Angelou's English are ALL DIFFERENT FORMS OF ENGLISH

[@mikethebike2456]

@@kellieellerbusch6675 🏍️ Then go ahead and use Twain's English at your next job interview. Say 'ere, anon, betwixt,axe'. If you're not at a Renaissance Fair, it might not be received well. 🎪

[@truthmagnificentcwiseintel892]

Ex: "assed out" mean ran out of money for nesseccities

[@antoniojorge68]

😆 good one

[@mpjproducer]

Dope series!!! We want mo'

[@snubcapri8691]

I love African American English! Huge fan even Jamaican Patwah too

[@chaosswa-ee-ty5911]

Is that something you can be a fan of? Lol

[@snubcapri8691]

@@chaosswa-ee-ty5911 well I like the accents.

[@Truth-Reality.]

Even the English word "thought" is actually an African word originated from the weh/kru people of ivory coast and Liberia. The original word is spelled Torh/Toh which mean wisdom or knowledge, a highly informed person.

[@LymLevolveon]

I am an indian and I love the way they speak, it's so cool!

[@jaxthewolf4572]

Aw thanks! 🙂

[@aaronflowers8881]

I love this so much. I always embrace our language and I'm not ashamed of it. I love us.

[@gabrielkopare]

love this for real;my black language and culture class brought me here lol....I be loving this course so much lol

[@TyTheeHistorian]

Love! The Gullah language is the foundation of AAVE. The “mixture of English and African languages” they spoke about is called Gullah aka Sea Island Creole.

[@vaimende]

Sounds almost identical to liberian English

[@NoName-gh5mq]

We are not AFRIKKN, we are BLK NATIVES

[@NoName-gh5mq]

@Lemon Ice I have NONE in my DNA, not 1, I've checked my GENEAOLOGY

[@z7z766]

@@NoName-gh5mq then who is your ancestors, red Indian? ?

[@goddesswarrior760]

@@NoName-gh5mq Then who is your first ancestor then?

[@uptownslim84]

I’m a 37 yr old black man born and raised in backwoods Mississippi I approve this video 😂 I’ve lived in New York and now in Denver Colorado and I’ve always had people look sideways at me when I speak but most black folks eventually pick it up and your able to communicate and it’s all love but it’s definitely a different experience even when I go to Louisiana or other places it’s a noticeable difference but we understand each other enough to know what’s understood don’t have to be explained ya herd me 😉

[@mentlinc]

Im from NY but now im in MS. What area of MS you from

[@kingkevin442]

Amazing Mini- Docu!! My wife nd i binge on Tyler perry and OWN stuff. I can confidently say I understand 70% of Ebonics. African Americans are the Coolest black people in the World. Love from Kenya.👍👍

[@4-2fo-ou69]

I really agree strongly with what he said on how blacks put energy and feeling with the words they speak and how it transforms the consciousness, powerful in my opinion.

[@TheReCar1]

It’s so funny to see our people break down our slang for the masses. It’s like hood talk for dummy’s 😂😂

[@willcamick]

Hood talk for dummy's . . .

[@TheReCar1]

@@willcamick Yep 👍🏾

[@mannjones6267]

@@TheReCar1 yeah European talk for dummies also say Indo European language for dummies if you trying to say n*****

[@queenbbeaute2654]

Fr 🤣 that's a good book title 👌🏾💯

[@TheReCar1]

@@queenbbeaute2654 🤣🤣🤣 I would definitely read it

[@hexxikens]

No lie not speaking AAVE and having to have a more “professional vocabulary” at work is exhausting. ⚪️ ppl in the south see it as a type of ignorance, and I’m glad now it’s being know it’s an actual language. It is proper and professional. ✊🏿✨

[@shawnpreston1639]

That’s not true. What part of the south you’re from? What “people” are you referencing? I live in the south east where AAVE was mostly developed. Here, in SC near the coast, we speak Gullah. We learn it our school system which also includes the universities nearby. I took “Ebonics” in college at an HBCU in SC. It’s celebrated here. As a matter of fact, Gullah is the only official creole language of the United States, and people speak it fluently in these parts (look it up). So, please don’t put all of the south in the same box. Personal experiences are often times anecdotal.

[@ImAlwaysMe]

I be at work talking the same way 😭 they not finna correct nobody else accent so leave me and mine alone 🤗

[@ems3832]

Speaking normally and intelligently "exhausts" you??! Wow....SMH. Step your game up, hexxi.

[@Ty-dq5fi]

​@@ems3832 where do you think "step your game " comes from? Also there are many different versions of english so why are you upset about this one? Because you definitely don't speak Old english 😂.

[@dawdasonko2965]

There is also the Mandinka word from Gambia called “BANTABA” meaning a place of gathering that English speakers have also use.There is also the word “KUMBAYA” meaning big headed moment or the significant moment or a brilliant person in Mandinka.

[@magsbayou]

Fascinating view of history. Most interesting is how slaves buried private messages in language and songs. My mother forced us to speak "proper English" but one cannot resist adopting parts of the vernacular in mixed company. She simply wanted us to be able to find success in the professional world. At the beginning of my career, I would argue she was right. However, it took me awhile to realize I (many Black professionals) seamlessly turned the vernacular on or off depending on the setting and company. I will always remain in awe of how people were forced into slavery, into an unknown language and culture under the most brutal conditions. Yet they learned yet another language on top of the language(s) they already spoke (fyi, the average African person I have met speaks on average 3 languages including English), they invented and innovated without the benefit of education or educational resources and some literally created communities and economies from nothing post slavery. Might I add many did so without taking from others like we witness as WallStreet does. I will always remain in awe and use it as a source of inspiration.

[@mimiandy1683]

I’ve been doing an experiment for the couple of weeks by going to every KZbin video, which relates to African-American culture. And I’ve noticed just how much the racist trolls cannot hold in their commentary about “white superiority and Afr.-American inferiority”. It’s like they cannot stay away! 😆 The last time I’ve checked, when you hate something, you keep away from it. A certain conversation topic. You keep away from it. A restaurant that have shitty food… You keep away from it. A product company with faulty products… You keep away from it.

[@queenbbeaute2654]

Love my American heritage🇺🇸🇺🇸 # FBA for life

[@lindamccoy9543]

Yes sis!🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 our heritage is so rich!

[@KAN1911]

FBA I love my lineage, culture and heritage !

[@mentlinc]

Our culture is rich. We should all embrace who we are

[@TheReCar1]

I’m from the south(Arkansas to be exact) and we say “ion” meaning I don’t know “uh uh” meaning no “uh huh” meaning yes “ain’t” meaning I’m not going to or I don’t have and “umm hum” meaning whatever and “aite” meaning alright. I also forgot “wassup” meaning what’s up and “was hanninnn” meaning what has happened or used as a greeting.

[@TheReCar1]

@M Right we use “dem finna na ya a lot “as well

[@jimmypaterson478]

@M all of those are found in African languages, amazing..

[@Purplecolors88]

Instead of saying kids. We say, chirren

[@TheReCar1]

@@Purplecolors88 We say that too. 😄

[@leehorst]

The evolution of the "language" seems to be the shortest or laziest form of the sentence.

[@susyflower3959]

As an English teacher this just helps me a lot to teach my students about "Black English", because a lot of movies, music , podcast use it and they always want to know about it due to that we usually teach very formal English.

[@mambo5476]

I love the fact that a black man doesn't lose the African tongue. God bless Africa and her children across the world. 🖤💪🏾🇿🇲

[@okaminess]

🙂

[@barbaramatthews4735]

I'm a white American. I sometimes catch myself using "Black English " normally in everyday speech. I grew up in a suberb of Detroit and have been around black people all of my life (mostly). I'm also a Navy veteran and been exposed to many different cultures and people from all over the place. On returning i livevin the Atlanta area for a long time and now i live near Nashville. I have a lot of sincere respect and admiration for the nlack community at large. It is hard to generalize because deep down wevare all people. I do recognize thatcthere are certain cultural differences thatcare important. I also believe that many wonderful black men nd women ive known personally have had a positive influence in my life by their love and acceptance. I don't try to emulate black people. I know I'm white but I can not ignore how the black influence in my community has made me the person I am today. I offer sincere respect and appreciation for that.

[@youcantberacisttowardswhit3917]

We don’t care bleach demon

[@Rio-uv1gs]

The amazing thing is that an enslaved people stripped of their language took on another language and are able to ryhme in that language better than anyone else on the planet....even the those that originated it.... crazy..

[@britnic5394]

you are aware the first slave traders were black.. just saying

[@Rio-uv1gs]

@@britnic5394 You aware you are mistaken and that the the word slave

[@britnic5394]

@@Rio-uv1gstype in who were the first slave traders...

[@Rio-uv1gs]

@@britnic5394 Chattel slavery was Arabs an Europeans...African slavery was different...no comparison

[@britnic5394]

@@Rio-uv1gs the first traders were from north africa, if you steal a pound or twenty pounds its still stealing...

[@jae6506]

Love This👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 A lot of us African-Americans feel that we have so few links to our African-born and enslaved ancestors yet our way of speaking was the greatest link all along. Look at God🙌🏾

[@jonnywuzhere5]

this is a great series!! Love to see it and very informative

[@YouAwakeYet]

As a Hispanic man growing up with my black brothers in NY....I grew up speaking AAVE. Funny thing is that I learned how to speak 3rd language and the #1 question i always get from foreigners is about ebonics. It blows their minds how we form sentences cause it completely destroys the rules of gramatical English, of what they've been taught haha...

[@ellisewalton8701]

We?

[@rocsteadyh.o.g4247]

@@ellisewalton8701 he’s from ny. A lot of them are mixed or Caribbean and the Spanish people talk like us mostly out there

[@ellisewalton8701]

@@rocsteadyh.o.g4247 I don’t care. If you’re not Black American you’re not one of us. Period.

[@rocsteadyh.o.g4247]

@@ellisewalton8701 I understand trust me

[@jaxthewolf4572]

@@ellisewalton8701 You can't blame him if he grew up around it, he'll naturally learn it

[@julandazachary2776]

SPOKEN SOUL❤️🖤💚🔥🔥🔥I FELT DAT!

[@jabbarinnewyork7778]

IF THIS IS SPOKEN "SOUL", WHY DIDNT JESUS TALK LIKE THAT? LETS WAKE UP AND STOP BELIEVING THESE LIES!

[@juliandawood8329]

@@jabbarinnewyork7778 Jesus wasn't white airhead, he's Arab weather you like it or not :)

[@znayJ]

For Real!

[@julandazachary2776]

@@jabbarinnewyork7778 wtf jesus got to do with it..lol..and Imma soft atheist..sooo

[@aaronflowers8881]

Me too

[@PhdMusic03]

More of this please.

[@Cng215]

Now millions of people speak in our AAVE lol

[@itakemytime1156]

They try but tend to fail...

[@hello_04]

Including Africans and African immigrant Americans like the host I see🙄

[@lilyofthevalley9853]

I am Europian and im actually fascinated at how African-americans have influenced the whole world, starting from language, MUSIC, CLOTHES. It is undeniable. If you know, you know ;)

[@raheli7155]

@@hello_04 didn’t you heard... AAVE also got words from Africa. So why annoyed about it?🤔 between Jamaican and many African countries (that speak English more), their English is really similar to AAVE. Like if you hear a Nigerian or Ghanaian speaking English, it’s kind of similar. But two different accents obviously.

[@ellisewalton8701]

@@raheli7155 But that isn’t cultural appropriation because we are of African descent. It’s different when they use our language because they aren’t from our specific lineage.

[@Super.Dario.daVibediver]

I love this, it's right up in there with my studies and aspirations, I'm in love with being Black all over again ✌🏾🖤🔥

[@leehorst]

I'm in love with being White all over again

[@ems3832]

Just be intelligent.....and SPEAK intelligently. Enough with the damn skin color.

[@monicalateacher]

Very good video. Now I understand why we don't understand Africanamericans. I've lived in the US for 6 years and I'm still struggling with that. Especially because I live in the Carolinas. Honestly, I think that doesn't help foreigners at all with understanding English because we are not taught that kind of English in our Academies or schools. But it's good to know all this info.

[@marcuscole1994]

What who can’t understand us

[@lucazani2730]

​@@marcuscole1994trust me, as an italian who is pretty fluent in english (I spent a year in Ireland), understanding standard american english is pretty easy, understanding british english is quite difficoult but understanding AAVE is straight up impossible. Italian is a language where you strongly pronunce basically every letter so standard american english is simple to understand. British english would be hell considering this parameter, but we are taught about british english pronounciation and language from primary school so we can manage to understand it. But AAVE is another story. It's a completely different way of interpreting the english language, with a strong different accent, a quite different vocabulary and grammar. I can imagine it's not difficoult for a natural english speaker to still understand it like a standard spanish speaker can mostly understand Catalan, but for a person whose first language wasn't english it's not as simple. English is a weird language where there litteraly is no rule on how to pronounce words and you just have to memorise them all. Imagine now that another language similar to english like AAVE changes the way you pronounce things...

[@ems3832]

We don't need to learn to "understand African Americans," damarys. THEY need to step up THEIR game.....

[@marzziiieh2477]

This was comforting

[@lisalewis4138]

I was thinking the same thing. Patois has the same mix up.

[@Skippy2k33]

I love how we can turn it on and off at the drop of a dime!

[@leehorst]

I guess some people will do anything for a dime.

[@irahayes1382]

HAPPY FRIDAY! BETNETWORKS!! FAM 2021

[@truthmagnificentcwiseintel892]

Ex: "shackin up" mean living with someone temporarily

[@mahasa7666]

No it's more of living with your mate unmarried... you're not shacking up with a guy who is your friend .. if you're a guy..

[@truthmagnificentcwiseintel892]

@@mahasa7666 yea it is more so living together unmarried

[@amberbug90]

It's cool the similarity between the hosts name being Klarity (clarity) and the show being named Breakdown (helps make some clear/clarity)

[@chancerealty8222]

What's even more dope about this is, where we go as Blacks in the US or even in the world and there are other Blacks there, we all fit language wise no matter the social status. So, out the gate you can spot a "wanna be or fake" ebonics speaker. I love our language!!!

[@ricojanthony]

Great to see Dr. Haines-Gaithersburg dropping knowledge. I heard her speak before at a foreign language conference.

[@QS0924]

ilearned about this in my Linguistics class while iwas obtaining my English Lang Lit degree in college.

[@kaydod3190]

What? They are teaching this in College now? What is this world coming to?

[@QS0924]

@@kaydod3190 AAV is a language just like the rest 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@GAZAMAN93X]

@@QS0924 Ignore him. Jamaican Patois & AAVE have alot or similarities.

[@JaneDoane]

@@QS0924 what AAVE mean, please ?

[@QS0924]

@@GAZAMAN93X right!

[@bluebear9228]

This and award shows is what keeping this network alive

[@rotorblade9508]

as an European I think the African American accent is a important for the English language and very interesting to listen.

[@raejraejrae]

love this so much, BET!

[@CrazyShawnTV]

it always amazes me how rich and thick African American culture is compared to other cultures that have existed for much longer.. people forget that slavery only ended a couple hundred years ago which is not very long if you compare it to some other cultures.. I love AAVE and I say who even has the right to tell someone how they talk is right or wrong as long as you can understand the person thats all that matters

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

Rich? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 What, of value, has it produced?

[@sharfazhameed6382]

Came across your channel and love it already

[@bluebear9228]

I hope they show more of this , not just in america but black history all over the world

[@reallive64]

This is deep. If you can control the way a person speaks you control the way they think

[@_CH_]

1:40 WOW! Is a 16th Century Scottish word.

[@amapparatistkwabena]

Been teaching this for years. Glad we’re finally getting our voices heard above the racist American consensus with regard to us. Can’t wait to do research on this further.

[@leehorst]

Teaching what?

[@jayo8506]

I was today years old when I found out I was actually bilingual!! Super lit

[@leehorst]

I was today years old when I found out I didn't even need to pass English class.

[@BashiyrDouglas]

We are Global African Indigenous people!! Love and Unity is the best key for us all together!!💯 Also Giving thanks to the Great Mother's/Goddesses and Great Father's/Gods and the Ancestors and Guardians!! Saying from Snefer aka Bashiyr!!🤴🏿👸🏿

[@kingkevin442]

I concurr👍👍

[@isaiahfrench2290]

@BETNeworks I am a researcher based in Japan looking to reference this video for a presentation on AAVE. Can you please set the video subtitle options to "automatic translation". As the title implies, viewers will have the option to watch this video with subtitles from various countries. I hope this message finds you well! Thank you.

[@LwandileMapuza]

Klarity providing clarity

[@lbanks1164]

"We gon get to allat" Me screaming to my laptop "OKAY?!"

[@gtgts]

So many images from Brazil were used and that makes total sense. The most African country outside our mother continent.

[@Xchromosomerules]

Black Americans invented things too. They are not only influenced by Africa, Africa is highly influenced by them also. Give yourselves some credit jheeze!

[@leehorst]

Too funny. Hating on their own too lol.

[@covertLLC]

Used to call it the "habitual be", because that's how we always be whether it's before, now, or then, and when. Because it's not "I ain't got no", it's "I don't have any". 😆 If you know, you just know how it be. .

[@stevendunn2501]

"It is more important now than ever before that African-Americans really understand the full story of who WE are and what OUR contribution has been to the world." 😒 Why did Klarity (who is a Jamaican-American) purposefully mis-identify himself as an actual African-American? 🤔 AAVE is an ADOS language that was birthed from our American experiences. I'm so tired of other Black ethnic groups trying to tether themselves to our culture, legacy and historical narrative.

[@enlighteningus905]

Exactly!!!

[@themindfulbreathyoga]

I love that his necklace also includes Madagascar too.