When I was learning English (thirty some years ago. Immigrated from Russia, legally, with not a lick of English under my belt) reading it was so confusing. I still to this day do not understand the pronunciation of “Colonel”.
So, so you process English through translation in your brain still? A friend once explained to me she hears the words in English, translates it into Spanish in her head, answers it in Spanish in her mind and then translates it back into English to speak. Ever since I’ve been in awe of multilingual people. Tried Spanish in high school, twice, same class. Failed miserably both times
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u/Adventurous-Bee4823 2d ago
When I was learning English (thirty some years ago. Immigrated from Russia, legally, with not a lick of English under my belt) reading it was so confusing. I still to this day do not understand the pronunciation of “Colonel”.