Comment on If you speak a second language better than your native language, would you describe your second language skill as "native" or "fluent"?

PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I speak four languages at native level, because I can change languages mid sentence and you wouldn’t know which one is my actual origin language (hint: it’s two).

I’m more than fluent. Fluent just means you can speak in complete coherent sentences without hesitation. You can do this but still have a strong accent - like many of the Indian tech wizards, for instance.

Native, to me, means that it’s practically indistinguishable from a person that grew up in that country, and you can’t tell that I didn’t actually grow up in that country.

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