That must be really difficult to deal with. Although I'm reasonably fluent in other languages, I only think in those languages for very simple words like dog, car and bath. For words like hedgerow, lightning conductor and ambivalence, I think in English and then do a mental lookup of the word (if I know it).
It must be harder for you because you've pretty much always had two competing languages.
Is it normal to speak in a language that isn't your mothertongue?
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That must be really difficult to deal with. Although I'm reasonably fluent in other languages, I only think in those languages for very simple words like dog, car and bath. For words like hedgerow, lightning conductor and ambivalence, I think in English and then do a mental lookup of the word (if I know it).
It must be harder for you because you've pretty much always had two competing languages.