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Originally Posted by MoonlitSunshine
I gotta say, I understand their position. If a language isn't your native language, it's really a lot easier to switch into the other language if you need to have a quick conversation, or if it would be too difficult to try and explain it in a language everyone present would understand...
I had a gf that was fluent in german, and often when she was talking to her German friends, they'd lapse into german if they were having trouble with the conversation in english. I just stopped paying attention when they did :P
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Yeah, exactly. Sometimes though, my boyfriend will have a conversation with his parents (for example) in English, but it will eventually start transforming into Serbian (he likes to call this "Serblish" lol). Everyone in his family speaks excellent English, but they usually don't use it at home. If I'm with him at his parents house, he will often offer a translation in English so I can have some idea of what they're talking about.
I like to think that although my boyfriend speaks English nearly flawlessly, his MIND is still in Serbian. Like his thought processes and such. I've never actually asked him this, so I may get an interesting answer if I do.