ahlam1399
12-06-2017, 07:03 PM
https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/LgoT4Z9H7iGLac4ICgbboUfKGmM/fit-in/160x160/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2016/06/29/001/n/37139775/7e981ee3_edit_img_cover_file_41818346_1467237082_t umblr_inline_nm06hcEfPA1t2kp90.gif (https://www.popsugar.com/latina/Bilingual-People-Problems-41818346)I speak 2.5 languages. I'm fluent in Spanish (my birth language (https://www.popsugar.com/latina/Why-I-Became-American-Citizen-Essay-41755040)) and English, and I know enough Italian to help a lost tourist in the subway. Though being able to communicate in more than one tongue has its serious benefits - there are more jobs available to me, I have an easier time when traveling abroad, some studies even say we're smarter (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/the-benefits-of-bilingualism.html?_r=0) (tooting my own horn here) - there are struggles. Boy, are there struggles.
More than once, I have spoken Spanish to someone who has no idea what I'm saying, and words have come out of my mouth in a total jumble of Spanglish that not even I understand. Minor issues, sure, but if you're bilingual, you know it doesn't end there. Keep reading for a list of the everyday situations you probably also face - bilinguals, unite!
أكثر... (https://www.popsugar.com/latina/Bilingual-People-Problems-41818346)
More than once, I have spoken Spanish to someone who has no idea what I'm saying, and words have come out of my mouth in a total jumble of Spanglish that not even I understand. Minor issues, sure, but if you're bilingual, you know it doesn't end there. Keep reading for a list of the everyday situations you probably also face - bilinguals, unite!
أكثر... (https://www.popsugar.com/latina/Bilingual-People-Problems-41818346)