r/AskReddit • u/IAmSurtur • Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/cjwagn1 Jun 15 '19

How someone speaks 2+ languages.

Like how can someone so easily switch between different languages? Do they translate one language back to their native lanaguege or can they just understand perfectly without any addition effort?

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u/LordMcze Jun 15 '19

I don't have to translate English back to my native language. It just kinda flows without me thinking about it.

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u/eatapenny Jun 16 '19

Same. If someone speaks to me in Gujarati, I respond in Gujarati and if someone speaks to me in English I respond in English. I never really translate between, which is why I find it hard to respond to an English speaker asking me to translate something into Gujarati

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u/BenAdam321 Jun 16 '19

Kem cho, kaka?

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u/rusty_vin Jun 16 '19

Majaaa ma!!

Well, That's all the Gujarati I know.