Has learning languages unlocked other languages for anyone else?
Some background, my family is half Malaysian Indian, half English. Thought I was born and live in the UK, we've been going back to Malaysia since I was 2 years old. Now the funny thing is they all left Malaysia to live in other countries.
Right now I have family in 6 different countries (that I know of). I've been lucky enough to visit, seen a few places and learned the basics of a few different languages: German, Spanish, French, Malay, some Tamil. Mostly just going with the flow though, nodding and smiling often pretending to understand.
Even got Spanish lessons as a kid from my mothers friend. Now I'm learning Spanish an adult, But it's not Spanish that's coming back to me. It's memories of holidays abroad and other languages I tried to learned. Walking through Kuala Lumpur with my sister trying to buy stuff in broken Malay, hoping not to get ripped off.
It's this weird soup of culture, language and experiences that has somehow been unlocked. You learn one thing but it remember another? Right now I'm not sure if I'm eating bread, roti, brot or pan.
Anyone else had similar experiences?
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