Jumble in my head!
Although , I speak , read & write English fluently, my basic education was done in Marathi, one of the many Indian languages . I learnt basic math,science, history & geography in Marathi. Somebody once told me that if & when you start dreaming in English, it is then that you have mastered that language. I believe I dream in English & I almost,always think in English( the fact that I am writing this blog in English is a proof of that ) however, when it comes to basic math facts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication or division, my brain automatically translates all the numbers in Marathi,I do the math in Marathi,translate the answer back in English & then answer ,all in a few seconds. I know my multiplication table up to 12 , but If you question me in English,I translate the numbers in Marathi, calculate, retranslate in English & then answer . I don’t know if any or all the people that speak more than one languages do this ...