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Something strange. I (Spanish speaker having lived in an English speaking country for 15 years) still struggle with maths. It’s really difficult to understand n
by jaimebuelta 2y ago
Something strange. I (Spanish speaker having lived in an English speaking country for 15 years) still struggle with maths. It’s really difficult to understand numbers that are relatively high (hundreds and thousands) unless I can see them written.
And making calculation is almost impossible. I need to switch to Spanish and then translate it back
- missedthecue 2y agoI was just talking about this exact thing with a friend. Spoken English in everyday and professional settings is fluent but when it comes to math, we have to think the numbers in Spanish.
- AStonesThrow 2y agoMy Spanish is such that if I'm reciting a prepared script, it'll go fine until I try to read numbers as digits. So if I was preparing a script for myself I'd write them all out in words.