I think your English mind and your Romanian mouth do well together. :) It's funny being brought up with different languages but then speaking/writing another more.
I think in English, but when I count, it's mostly in Dutch...
And the first time I traveled outside of Mexico since we moved here, and I found myself using Spanish for the simpler things like saying 'Thank you' and please haha. It's weird how the mind works. And now I'm brushing up on my Malay, so it's going to be even more of a melting pot of languages in my mind.
Love you girl, and your words! Whichever language it is.
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You speak Malay? Cool! I'm sticking to you in Kuala Lumpur! xD (hopefully going. hopefully.)
And yeah, the mind is a fascinating, complex thing. It's interesting that you count in Dutch, still. I wonder why. Maybe because we learn maths, which has its specific language, order and alphabet, in our native tongue and tie to that still when we need to access it?
Maybe that's the case. It's funny, because when I need to calculate something or count when the kids are around, I do it flawlessly in English. But when it's something I need to do for work, or for myself, it's in Dutch. And often I don't even realize I'm doing it. I only just realized it recently when my daughter asked why I was counting in Dutch haha.
Do you mean out loud when they're around? Cause if so, maybe it's the primary language thing kicking in. Or maybe for work you need to be faster, more efficient, and the auto native thing kicks in? 🤔
Yeah, if I'm calculating things for work, or my hours, for instance (as I work in minutes and seconds at times), I often count out loud in Dutch. Usually they don't notice, but this time my daughter heard it and asked why I did it haha.
And yeah, I think it's more efficient somehow.
now i need a survey :D When you think of numbers do you think in Romanian or English?
If it is 3 of 3 there is something to it :D
Romanian. I mean if i start thinking consciously that I'm thinking of numbers like I did just now, it switches to English, but otherwise it's Romanian instinctively. You too?? That's so weird!
3 of 3 so case closed. Math and numbers work in native language :D
Well. "Work" is a relative term ;)))
You wouldn't have to worry about the language in Malaysia. One of the few good things that came out of British colonization is that pretty much everyone speaks English. :) But yes, I speak a little Malay. Only basics though. I started learning Bahasa Indonesia, which is in some ways very similar (and in others absolutely not haha). But it's a fun language. Simpler than most other languages.
interesting, maybe numbers work like that. numbers are in Serbian/Slovak even when i am thinking in English. (everything over 10 goes by default to Serbian/Slovak).
So do you just mix Serbian and Slovak? Or is there not much difference between the two? I still have a lot to learn! I think out of all places, the Balkans/Slavic region is one of the most interesting because of your intense history. And that's saying it mildly. I've only since recently truly checked into it more than just the surface, and I'm already breaking out in hives (not the good kind!). There's just SO much! And there was me thinking the Irish were one of the people who were f&^*$% over the most...Certainly not true.
I think maybe with numbers we tend to go where it's the easiest for us. I remember counting in French, and then gradually moving to Spanish haha. ALL the time! It'll be Un - deux - trois - quatre - cinco - seis - siete LOL. But counting in English has never been an issue for me. I guess it just makes more sense in Dutch sometimes. Especially when I'm calculating things.
i would say it is similar, people that don't speak one or another would look blank at me :D
Father speaks Serbian, Mam Slovak all the time. I often mix them in a sentence more or less consciously. Also often don't notice if i am reading Latin alphabet or Cyrillic if fonts are not weird.
But i did learn both from birth.
To be honest it is kinda located in the wrong place and what ever big empire wanted to go somewhere it was on it's path.
And people are stupid and manipulated the same as everywhere else.