So this week I have a couple new friends. They don't speak any Spanish.
Kudos to them for coming here anyway to learn! But it is SO HARD to remember to talk in English! I'm not saying that I always talk in Spanish, no. I have a few friends with whom I often speak Spanish. But to everyone else, in every other situation, Spanish is now natural. I greet people in Spanish, thank people in Spanish, introduce myself in Spanish, and in other way try to be friendly without even realizing that I'm speaking Spanish. It's great!
But when it come to my new friends, I get a lot of blank looks and clueless nods.
So yea, it's great that I speak Spanish so readily now, but now I have to start being conscious about which language I am speaking. I wonder if this is something that all bilinguals face? Will I always have to think about this for the rest of my life or will choosing become as natural as Spanish is becoming?
Of course I hope the latter. But I won't know until a ways down the road. I'm sure when I figure more out I'll have something to say about it on my blog tho. I just can't seem to keep all these questions, discoveries, experiences, and thoughts to myself...
Kudos to them for coming here anyway to learn! But it is SO HARD to remember to talk in English! I'm not saying that I always talk in Spanish, no. I have a few friends with whom I often speak Spanish. But to everyone else, in every other situation, Spanish is now natural. I greet people in Spanish, thank people in Spanish, introduce myself in Spanish, and in other way try to be friendly without even realizing that I'm speaking Spanish. It's great!
But when it come to my new friends, I get a lot of blank looks and clueless nods.
So yea, it's great that I speak Spanish so readily now, but now I have to start being conscious about which language I am speaking. I wonder if this is something that all bilinguals face? Will I always have to think about this for the rest of my life or will choosing become as natural as Spanish is becoming?
Of course I hope the latter. But I won't know until a ways down the road. I'm sure when I figure more out I'll have something to say about it on my blog tho. I just can't seem to keep all these questions, discoveries, experiences, and thoughts to myself...
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