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đSo⊠I understand at least three languages at a functional level, but Iâve always found it strange to label myself as âbilingualâ or âmultilingual.â because yeah MOST people are navigating complex language throughout their day - doing it in French + English + Afrikaans doesnât make me special or different.
To me, the idea of even âmasteringâ a language is a lie. Even your mother tongue slips, evolves, or reshapes itself depending on who youâre talking to, what youâre reading, or how long youâve been away. Fluency is fluid!!!!
Most of us already live in multilingual mindsets. Maybe not in terms of grammar and vocab, but in how we shift between registers, tones, and modes of speaking e.g. job interview voice vs texting your friends. Itâs all language. Itâs all translation.
To me, multilingualism is just about being open: to shifting, to listening, to learning different ways of speaking and being. people who say to me âwow its so impressive that you can speak French!!!â are more just prisoners of their own perception that monolingualism vs bilingualism is a thing that is real (I dont think it isâŠ).
To me, the idea of even âmasteringâ a language is a lie. Even your mother tongue slips, evolves, or reshapes itself depending on who youâre talking to, what youâre reading, or how long youâve been away. Fluency is fluid!!!!
Most of us already live in multilingual mindsets. Maybe not in terms of grammar and vocab, but in how we shift between registers, tones, and modes of speaking e.g. job interview voice vs texting your friends. Itâs all language. Itâs all translation.
To me, multilingualism is just about being open: to shifting, to listening, to learning different ways of speaking and being. people who say to me âwow its so impressive that you can speak French!!!â are more just prisoners of their own perception that monolingualism vs bilingualism is a thing that is real (I dont think it isâŠ).
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đŁKnowing another language is awesome. It gives you a slice of omnipotence. Once you become fluent in a language, thereâs no translation time in your mind- you donât have to hear the word and go âoh this means thisâ. The word just is- you hear it and it instantly registers. Itâs kind of like being able to be in two places at once in your head.
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just quit my new job i hate, over text message, four minutes before my shift.
hereâs to never seeing rachel again đ„
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đWe havenât known eachother for years but you still make an appearance in my dreams at least once a week
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đŹNo I donât want your socials. I donât want to know when youâre active and not replying, I donât want to know when youâre posting stories or who youâre following. I donât wanna know. Tell me in person, when we go on a date. I want you at complete face value with zero pre conceptions.
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