It is fun being bilingual Spanish and English
June 19, 2009
When you are bilingual, you have the opportunity to think, dream, pray, reflect, sing, discuss, swear, in either language. I often find myself praying, pondering, and reflecting in Spanish, but expressing criticism, anger, and song in English. I go back and forth as the moment dictates, and I am receptive to either one or the other language at that instant.
It give me so much pleasure to listen to how native Spanish speakers use one of many speech forms, and how emotion, desire, and sweetness is expressed in the different forms. There is not one way to speak any language, since language is simply a roof, and ceiling, under which there are many speech manifestations of the bigger language. Usually these manifestations of speech are physically localized to a region. This make learning Spanish thrilling, but confusing and frustrating for some. However, English also has the same characteristics.
Let’s use the language we know, and have joy with learning other languages, and other speech forms withing the languages. I am fluent in Spanish, but still want to know and perfect speech forms in Spanish, just as I am always trying to improve my English. I feel proud to be a bilingual American, when so many in my country are lazy or uninterested in other languages or cultures. I am on a mission to promote the Spanish language, since it is the language I know, but I encourage other languages as well. Let’s have a multi-lingual world, in which we all learn metaphors, expressions, words, syntax from each other, and in our various languages.
Vamos a hablar el castellano? Dimelo!
Vivo en Tallahassee, la capital de Florida, pero, conozco muchos lugares del mundo, y he vivido en Paraguay, Mexico, y mas. Tengo mis experiences y cuentos como tu tienes los tuyo.
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