Are you sometimes confused?
By Thelma
@thelme55 (77378)
Germany
July 12, 2022 2:19pm CST
I don’t know what is happening to my brain. It happened often times that I spoke to my husband or to my friends in many languages. I mean that is okay if I spoke in English, German, Tagalog or in Bisayan language in the whole sentence. But I have spoken in one sentence, in 2 or 3 different languages. 
Yesterday, I said to my husband, Don’t ißt/isst (eat in German language) it! See! I should have said, don’t eat it. I was shock at first and then was laughing about it. I normally speak or write in one language in a sentence or sentences, but lately not.
I think my brain is overworked especially now that I am learning Korean language. Sometimes
, I greeted my husband in Korean when he picked me up from work. The words just automatically came out from my mouth. Gladfully, he just smiled when something like this happened. He encouraged me to take a course so I will be fluent when travelling to Korea. If ever that happens in the future.
Do you think I am getting crazy?
Yesterday, I said to my husband, Don’t ißt/isst (eat in German language) it! See! I should have said, don’t eat it. I was shock at first and then was laughing about it. I normally speak or write in one language in a sentence or sentences, but lately not.
I think my brain is overworked especially now that I am learning Korean language. Sometimes, I greeted my husband in Korean when he picked me up from work. The words just automatically came out from my mouth. Gladfully, he just smiled when something like this happened. He encouraged me to take a course so I will be fluent when travelling to Korea. If ever that happens in the future.
Do you think I am getting crazy?29 people like this
29 responses
@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
12 Jul 22
Thank you @rebelann. I see. I can also understand a bit of Spanish as our Filipino language has many Spanish words it in. I have also studied 2 years Spanish in college as it was a must in my BSE course. If I have known then that I would be living in Europe in the future, I would have studied Spanish by heart.
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@Laurakemunto (13153)
• Kenya
13 Jul 22
@thelme55 I have had Spanish friends and they had difficulties communicating in English any reason as to why?
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
13 Jul 22
@Laurakemunto Maybe because they only have contacts with Spanish speaking people. If they practice their English often, they will improve their language conversation.
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@JudyEv (349239)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jul 22
I think it is hard for our brain sometimes when we start learning a new language. I am continuing to learn French on Duolingo but sometimes a German word pops into my head as I learnt German at school for a few years and tried to brush up on it when we went overseas.
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@Shiva49 (27022)
• Singapore
13 Jul 22
That reminds me of what my British colleague told me while we were in Indonesia.
I was teaching him conversational Indonesian. He said he was getting confused as he got mixed up with Greek language that he was not fluent to start with. He was in Greece for a few years earlier. We had to call a halt!
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@Laurakemunto (13153)
• Kenya
13 Jul 22
A good way to be creative and am convinced sometimes the combination comes out so sweet!
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@Vikingswest1 (6304)
• United States
12 Jul 22
If I said so, I'd be convicting myself too.
I was visiting my son and spoke in French, Spanish and English in the same sentence.
If you're crazy, I am too lol.
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@Vikingswest1 (6304)
• United States
12 Jul 22
@thelme55
Tu es raison.
Lo mejor es mantener una Mente Activa.
You're right.
It's good to keep an active mind 
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
13 Jul 22
@Vikingswest1 Having an active mind is good as long as it is not negative thoughts.
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
12 Jul 22
Really? I am glad I am not alone @Vikingswest1. Thank you.
I can relate to that although I did it in German, English and Tagalog 
I am sure we are not crazy. We keep our brains working.
I am sure we are not crazy. We keep our brains working.2 people like this
@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
13 Jul 22
I think so @Shiva49. I am so interested in learning languages that I try my best to make them right.
I live in Germany for 40 years and German is my daily language. Bisayan and Tagalog and English languages are my Filipino languages from birth and when I was in school there. I have not forgotten them as I use them talking to my relatives. English language is my daily online language. I think if I don’t use them every day, I will forget them. Thank you.
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
13 Jul 22
@Laurakemunto Yes, I agree with you. Sometimes, I watch Chinese movies, mostly historical ones. I think Mandarin language is more difficult that Korean language.
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@Laurakemunto (13153)
• Kenya
13 Jul 22
What comes out first is what the mind has grasped and mixing languages sometimes can cause confusion but it's all okay don't you agree? I hear mahandrin is a very difficult language I don't know any idea?
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@aninditasen (16901)
• Raurkela, India
13 Jul 22
You are not getting crazy but mixing up languages since you know quite a number of languages. The phrases in the picture what language are they in?
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@aninditasen (16901)
• Raurkela, India
14 Jul 22
@Laurakemunto Yes, that's true.
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
13 Jul 22
@aninditasen Besides the English language, they are Bisayan, Tagalog, German and Korean. Bisayan language is the language in the south and central parts of the Philippines while Tagalog is our national Filipino language. Thank you.
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@Laurakemunto (13153)
• Kenya
13 Jul 22
Yes she isn't it's just that she mixed words and phrases
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@allknowing (142868)
• India
13 Jul 22
If you have to speak to different people in different languages this happens. I speak to different people in 4 different languages and tend to mix up too Relax.
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
13 Jul 22
Thank you @allknowing. What 4 languages do you speak?
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
13 Jul 22
@Laurakemunto I am taking it easy. I was only wondering if I was only the only one getting confused.
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@Laurakemunto (13153)
• Kenya
13 Jul 22
Yes she should just chill and take it easy
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@averygirl72 (38543)
• Philippines
13 Jul 22
I'm trying to learn to speak in Spanish but it is getting harder. I want not just two languages to know but 3. You are amazing learning some Korean too and I think German is hard language to learn already
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@averygirl72 (38543)
• Philippines
14 Jul 22
@thelme55 Do you use an app to learn languages
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
13 Jul 22
Spanish is of course hard to learn @averygirl72. It is a pity that Spanish is abolished in school in the Philippines. I still had to take it for 2 years as it was compulsory subject when I was still in college in the Philippines. My grandfather was still talking to me in Spanish when I was a child there.
I am fond of watching Korean dramas and I don’t like to read the subtitles forever and so this motivates me to learn Korean language. Yes, German is hard to learn. I had to learn it as I married a German and living in Germany for decades now.
@jobelbojel (36629)
• Philippines
16 Jul 22
Anneyong!
I think that your brain is thinking too much languages.
That happened during my first year in the call center business.
I said "Hello (customer name), may I know how many tablets of ano did you take?"
Ano? Hahaha. I am referring to the product.
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@jobelbojel (36629)
• Philippines
19 Jul 22
@thelme55 yes it is confusing. Sometimes I do that too. We are currently in Pampanga and sometimes I use Kapampanga and Pangasinan dialects over Filipino. The kids can also understand the dialects.
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
17 Jul 22
Annyeong @jobelbojel!
I think so. I keep on switching to 3 languages every day.
I see. Sometimes confusing, isn’t it?
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
30 Jul 22
@jobelbojel I have heard Kapangpangan and Pangasinan dialects from my Pinay friends here. The dialects sound good to hear.
@RasmaSandra (83438)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Jul 22
I think it can happen our brains go through a lot every day. I created a music list on YouTube and I listen to it now and then because I have songs in both English and Latvian, and since I have no one to speak to except my kittens, I listen to the change of language in the songs so I am sure I still understand Latvian and I say my prayers in Latvian. I remember in Latvia, my husband was always trying ti improve his English, but we spoke Latvian at home so I should also get my language confused and one day we were sitting down to eat, and I realized I did not have my cup. So I said to him in Latvian Man it jadabun mans cups. The funny thing is that I said I have to get my in Latvian but ended with cups in English, If one heard that and translated quickly it could mean that I said I have to get my grave lol because kaps in Latvian is grave.
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
14 Jul 22
That was very funny @RasmaSandra. Speaking in many languages can be confusing sometimes. Thank you.
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@Laurakemunto (13153)
• Kenya
13 Jul 22
Hahaha the end is funny yes it does happen to most people I have actually encounteree that several times
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@LindaOHio (185012)
• United States
13 Jul 22
No, you're not crazy. You are learning another language which is terrific! Good to see you here.
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@Laurakemunto (13153)
• Kenya
13 Jul 22
Agree with you no craziness ahead doing fine learning
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
14 Jul 22
I suppose so @LindaOHio. Thank you and have a nice day. I am trying to come on Mylot every day.
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@LindaOHio (185012)
• United States
16 Jul 22
@thelme55 That's good. You have been missed!
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
31 Jul 22
You're not. But speaking in different languages is a special skill not many people have. Is BTS perhaps your favorite band that's why you're learning Korean? Oh, I'm just guessing why you would want to learn Korean,
I can roughly understand now Korean dramas because I keep watching them because of BTS and with simple sentences I don't need to read the subtitles. It's fun learning that way. Anneong!
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
12 Jul 22
In Louisiana, they speak (along with English & whatever other languages immigrants brought in) a kind of French Creole---I hear-tell, never actually having been in Louisiana. They say it's a language the French-speaking slaves developed by adapting some of the words they heard their masters speak.
(I used to think Creole was an American invention; and THAT Creole is, but MOST languages are forms of Creole---a language from an enslaved population, changed by their adaptation of their masters' languages.)
Maybe that's what your mouth is doing ... adapting the language it hears from its master (your polyglot brain).
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
14 Jul 22
@thelme55 The first few months after my brain-injury, they say that I would babble on-&-on---totally unintelligible to anybody, but absolutely sure that I was saying "something."
(I guess that's kinda how it goes between toddlers & their mothers---the toddlers' babbling would be incoherent to any other person who heard it, but the mothers know exactly what the kids are saying they need.)
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
15 Jul 22
@mythociate That is good to know that you have overcome your brain injury.
I guess so. Most of the mothers know what their babies are babbling.
I guess so. Most of the mothers know what their babies are babbling.1 person likes this
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
29 Aug 22
not crazy at all - impressive - I know only my native language
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@RebeccasFarm (93181)
• United States
1 Aug 22
Yes you are getting smart crazy..I only know one language fluently but somehow I can understand others
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@dgobucks226 (36329)
•
17 Jul 22
Gee, I would think speaking multiple languages would benefit your brain muscles. Guess those neurons have got their signals crossed 
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
17 Jul 22
That is also whatI think @dgobucks226. It is the kind of mental exercise to avoid forgetfulness. Yes, they could me.
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@Laurakemunto (13153)
• Kenya
12 Jul 22
You not crazy its just that it happens you have alot going on in your head but it's normal
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@thelme55 (77378)
• Germany
13 Jul 22
Yes, you are right that I have a lot going on in my head @Laurakemunto. I am glad that I am normal. Thank you.
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