I'm going to be honest I mix languages ALL THE TIME. Everyday. However, I have never mixed languages while talking to someone who only speaks one of the languages (I have come close hahah but never actually done it), so I wouldn't worry. They are using they words they know. When they truly need to speak only one, they will.
That's really interesting. I wonder if there are scientific findings about this topic. Are people that mix the languages a lot capable of speaking fluently and precisely one language at a time when needed?
@@MultilingualFamily I'm just not good at code switching hahah. Some people who are better at it have no issues mixing languages. I think it's something you have or you don't. As long as I realize a word doesn't belong to the language I'm speaking before I say it, I will be fine. For example if I'm speaking Korean, as long as I realize that the word I was about to say was Chinese I can stop myself from saying it and just keep flowing in Korean conversation. It's only difficult when a word sounds like it could be from more than one language. The solution is just to know my vocabulary inside and out!
The same happens with me but i learnt the other languages after i mastered my native language but i wonder if that will be the same with my kids since i taught them 3 languages since birth
Lol me too! My dad is from Saudi Arabia and my mom is Japanese and we are currently living in England so I can speak 3 languages fluently. BUT when I speak to my mom or dad or even siblings I mix-up the languages. For example: carrotكيكを焼くつもりだよね
@@ジョウドなの筍 I just did an interview 2 days ago with Prof. Fred Genesee, who is a world authority on code-mixing / code-switching. And he says, there is NOTHING wrong with code-mixing. So keep mixing! ;) Here's the interview in case you're interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pkUtAJut1Bk.html
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Thanks for your question! Yes, I have a "day job" in clinical research. My wife is stay-at-home mom for 8 months of the year while we are in Canada, and then works as physician for the other 3-4 months when we go to Japan.
