I met with Yahiyah on Tuesday at 12:00 P.M. We went over various materials such as Phrasal Verbs. We also discussed various slang terms and different dialects of African Americans such as the term “straight up.” I explained to him that it means the same as “truthfully.” He said that he found it difficult to understand blacks. I told him that this is ok. Black language is hard to understand. Sometimes black people talk fast and use slang, because they do not want people to eavesdrop on their conversations. I told him that slang changes every year with a new generation coming up. Yahiyah said that this was true for his country as well. Vocabulary changes every ten years with the coming of new youth, who use language vocabulary in a different way.
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