To people who were born speaking a language then moved to somewhere with a different language. Do you find your inner monologue speaking the new language or do you think natively and translate for speech?
To people who were born speaking a language then moved to somewhere with a different language. Do you find your inner monologue speaking the new language or do you think natively and translate for speech?
Born in China but immigrated to Canada as a kid. Most of my thoughts are in English since that’s the language I’m most comfortable with, but I always count in Mandarin. I learned to count in China and have always just instinctively done it in the language I learned it in. I can count in English, but I definitely find that there’s more mental overhead. Also English numbers have more syllables which even when thinking them in my mind slows me down.