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Two languages at the same time I started to learn english when I was child, but really I never had a good level. When I finished the degree and I start to work, I didn't need to speak in English, so I didn't use it for a long time. Severals years ago I apply for a new job and I land it. Nowadays I must work with people from a lot of countries (China, France, Egypt,...) but more of them are Italian, so two years ago I started to learn Italian. All the time I tried to think in Italian, I saw italian films in VO, I listened a lot of podcast, Idid an intensive course and finally I found some partners on Italki. Actually my Italian's level isn't very high but I can make meetings without problems and I've reached to speak it without feel embarrasment. The best, I can think and speak in italian and don't make translation from spanish. I've just studied English again and when i speak, I don't feel embarrasment like I felt in the past. The problem is that when I try to speak English, usually speak Italian, and some times it's a problem which makes me feel nervous. Do you think this is normal? Thank you. R. Cano

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Two languages at the same time

I started to learn English when I was a child, but really I never had a good level. When I finished the degree and I started to work, I didn't need to speak in English, so I didn't use it for a long time. Several years ago I applied for a new job and I got it. Nowadays I must work with people from a lot of countries (China, France, Egypt,...) but most of them are Italian, so two years ago I started to learn Italian. All the time I tried to think in Italian, I saw italian films on VO, I listened to a lot of podcasts, I did an intensive course and finally I found some partners on Italki. Actually my Italian level isn't very high but I can be in meetings without problems and I've managed to speak it without feeling embarrasment. The best thing is I can think and speak in italian and don't translate from spanish.

I've just studied English again and when i speak, I don't feel embarrassed like I felt in the past. The problem is that when I try to speak English, I usually speak Italian, and sometimes it's a problem which makes me feel nervous. Do you think this is normal?

I think so, when you speak more than two languages, it's easy to mix things up. I speak German with a person from Germany that sometimes uses words in Spanish, which is a challenge sometimes! I feel like these two languages are in different parts of my brain.
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I think it's totally normal situation, just keep calm 👌

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