Punjabi

My parents are constantly trying to make sure that I don't forget my native language punjabi. I always tell them that I know it, and I won't forget it. That's what I said again this weekend but they got the bright idea to test me. They told me that they were going to say some words in punjabi and I would have to describe the word in punjabi. I was a little annoyed but I wasn't doing anything so I let them ask me. I thought it would be kinda fun. In the beginning they asked simple words and knew all of them. I was proud and I began to think to myself "man I know more than I thought" but that feeling did not last long. They began asking me how to say the time, and told me to count to the highest number I could in punjabi. I was frozen, I always say the time in english, and I could only count up to thirty in punjabi. I had an embarrassing moment while my parents had a good laugh. So I think I'm going to ask them to teach me to write, and read in punjabi and this way I will learn more words. That way whenever I visit India I will be able to communicate well there and not look like a fool.