For those that are fluent in more than 1 language

[compboyo]

When you speak in your non native language with people does it feel the same as your native language or do you still have to think more and not udnerstand everything 100%, like jokes etc...I mean say you are English and learn Spanish.

Now I put you in a bar with drunk Spainarids talking fast and drunken jibberish woulf you be clueless? Whereas talking with drunk people in English though still not making any sense lol you would understand them.

Ok that was a bad example, but anyway whats it like to be fluent in another language does it feel same as using enlgish to you or not as natural.

 

[compboyo]

Yep, it doesn't even take long before you start dreaming in the other language either. Assuming you move to the country that uses it.

what about like scandanaivan people or Dutch who learn there native language plus Englsih from a young age. I think they must be able to switch between the 2 langauges without much thought?

Whereas if soemone learns a new language after high school or starts in high school surely its always going to ab a case of converting the words back to there native tongue to make sense?