Does anyone else speak a mix of their languages ever? (lemmings.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by blackwitch@lemmings.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Like I speak English and Portuguese, learning Dutch, and (not doing it for the sake of a primarily English-speaking community) but I will often switch between the two, like saying "Bom dia/Oi" to someone or "Tchau!"

I may also falar assim and I don't do it to show off, it's just comfortable pra mim. I will mix in a few português words. (Not exactly like this but YKWIM, maybe).

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[-] DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 weeks ago

Being English, I'm stubbornly monolingual (aside from some leftover schoolboy French), so when I was invited to a Sikh wedding I was genuinely amazed by all the guests just flowing between English and Punjabi as if they were the same language.

[-] pugnaciousfarter@literature.cafe 4 points 4 weeks ago

It's not just them, a lot of people across the world speak a mix of english and their native tongue.

Even seen philipino subs coming to the reddit front page? They usually start with an English phrase and end in tagalog.

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