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I'm perfectly bilingual in English and Spanish and can think in both without a problem as well as transitioning instantly from one language to another.
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(Original post by Plantagenet Crown)
I'm perfectly bilingual in English and Spanish and can think in both without a problem as well as transitioning instantly from one language to another.
I'm perfectly bilingual in English and Spanish and can think in both without a problem as well as transitioning instantly from one language to another.
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welsh and french are very weak but i sometimes randomly say my thoughts then translate them subconsciously in my head
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#85
(Original post by frankielogue)
welsh and french are very weak but i sometimes randomly say my thoughts then translate them subconsciously in my head
welsh and french are very weak but i sometimes randomly say my thoughts then translate them subconsciously in my head
I sometimes play being a tanslator in my head and try to literally translate phrases to see how different languages express things. Sometimes it's weird and funny Posted from TSR Mobile
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(Original post by ihatePE)
I sometimes play being a tanslator in my head and try to literally translate phrases to see how different languages express things. Sometimes it's weird and funny
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I sometimes play being a tanslator in my head and try to literally translate phrases to see how different languages express things. Sometimes it's weird and funny Posted from TSR Mobile
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#87
(Original post by ImagineCats)
Yeah I think and count in German, and when I'm stressed I speak German
Yeah I think and count in German, and when I'm stressed I speak German
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#88
(Original post by maracatinca)
Counting! That's something I have to admit is quite a feat if it's your second language. For the life of me I cannot count in English or any other language than my native as naturally as I can think or talk in them. Fun fact, I was in this project with some international trainers, and even though they were all good at English and the sessions were in English, whenever they had to count something they always did in their native language. Interesting.
Counting! That's something I have to admit is quite a feat if it's your second language. For the life of me I cannot count in English or any other language than my native as naturally as I can think or talk in them. Fun fact, I was in this project with some international trainers, and even though they were all good at English and the sessions were in English, whenever they had to count something they always did in their native language. Interesting.
I did it when I was younger as a sort of 'boasting' thing to other people, but now its become a habit!
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(Original post by Plantagenet Crown)
I'm perfectly bilingual in English and Spanish and can think in both without a problem as well as transitioning instantly from one language to another.
I'm perfectly bilingual in English and Spanish and can think in both without a problem as well as transitioning instantly from one language to another.
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(Original post by momoneyme89)
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#93
(Original post by ImagineCats)
Woah really?
Woah really?
Once you start reading numbers in your target language tho you feel like youve made so much progress.
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#94
Yeah I do actually. I think more in English or a mixture of English and Korean, but there are also times when I think in Korean. Oh and when I'm Korea I tend to think more in Korean.
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(Original post by GKwon32)
Yeah I do actually. I think more in English or a mixture of English and Korean, but there are also times when I think in Korean. Oh and when I'm Korea I tend to think more in Korean.
Yeah I do actually. I think more in English or a mixture of English and Korean, but there are also times when I think in Korean. Oh and when I'm Korea I tend to think more in Korean.
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(Original post by GKwon32)
Yep
Yep
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#98
(Original post by Inexorably)
I have seen a lot of people say it is difficult to get into the habit of counting in a foreign language and I would greatly agree. I myself can just about do it with German, although certainly when it gets to bigger numbers I revert to English, but it is definitely not an easy thing to do.
Once you start reading numbers in your target language tho you feel like youve made so much progress.
I have seen a lot of people say it is difficult to get into the habit of counting in a foreign language and I would greatly agree. I myself can just about do it with German, although certainly when it gets to bigger numbers I revert to English, but it is definitely not an easy thing to do.
Once you start reading numbers in your target language tho you feel like youve made so much progress.
Being in the habit now is pretty annoying, especially in biology when dealing with statistic questions in an exam so I'm a tad panicky so I switch into German without thinking. Pretty sure I've written "daher" or "und" in geog essays too 
In my mocks I had so many red underlines in bio/geog from where I do my plans in German sometimes because I need to think fast 
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(Original post by Plantagenet Crown)
I'm perfectly bilingual in English and Spanish and can think in both without a problem as well as transitioning instantly from one language to another.
I'm perfectly bilingual in English and Spanish and can think in both without a problem as well as transitioning instantly from one language to another.
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