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| cgammonsjr Newbie United States Joined 5880 days ago 9 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 6 04 November 2008 at 7:05pm | IP Logged |
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I noticed that lately instead of watching HOW I speak Spanish to people it has become WHO I speak Spanish too. I am doing my best to immerse myself in my target language(TV, Radio, Online Chatting With Native Speakers Only). But now besides the dreams in Spanish which I see from this forum are normal I am now accidentally answering and responding to people in Spanish. I find myself chatting online with old friends and typing "COMO ESTAS" or "HOLA" and they respond with "what are you talking about". Just the other day I was at the grocery story and the bagger asked if I wanted my milk in a bag and I said "SI". Que the blank stare. LOL. I know he wanted to ask "are you messing with me". But anyway has this happened to anyone else and is this another normal progression of learning a second language or am I losing more of my mind then I had planned.
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| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6951 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 2 of 6 05 November 2008 at 2:19am | IP Logged |
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Yes! You're not alone! When I was living in Spain I would always respond with si when chatting on line. It must have looked so pretentious! After a week long holiday in Andalucia recently I said gracias to a guy handing out free newspapers in London.
I think it's just a sign that sometimes it can be difficult for your brain to thoroughly shut off one language whilst you're using the other. I just like to think of it as a sign that the language is become really cemented in my brain, which can only be a good thing! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Felixelus Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6830 days ago 237 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 3 of 6 05 November 2008 at 3:37am | IP Logged |
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Hey me too!
I used to do that with Japanese. I once meant to say yes to a shopping assistant and "Hai" came out. She looked at me strangely mainly because it sounded like I said "Hi!" to a yes or no question. It's strange how our brains do this to us! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| TheElvenLord Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6072 days ago 915 posts - 927 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Cornish, English* Studies: Spanish, French, German Studies: Portuguese, Mandarin | Message 4 of 6 05 November 2008 at 10:20am | IP Logged |
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I can NEVER say YES or NO in the right language!!
In Cornish I will always say "Yes" or "No" In Spanish I say "Ya" and "Na" (Cornish) In French I have said "Si" and "No" before TEL 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6431 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 5 of 6 05 November 2008 at 10:39am | IP Logged |
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It's natural; it goes away with time and practice. It's something I essentially never get wrong at this point; a few years ago, I could really mix things up horribly. The worse I speak a language, and the more rapidly I'm switching between languages I'm very poor at, the more likely it is to happen.
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| Jaseur Groupie United Kingdom Joined 6071 days ago 50 posts - 51 votes Speaks: English* | Message 6 of 6 05 November 2008 at 3:51pm | IP Logged |
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On returning to England after living in Japan for several years I really had to fight not to say "excuse me" and "thank you" in Japanese.
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