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A comment on Ask HN: Anyone else understand a language but not able to speak it?.

Re:Ask HN: Anyone else understand a language but not able to... by aliukani on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @02:53PM (#2199037)
I'm a lot like the OP [Xtac]. I was born in Oklahoma and raised to speak English. I picked up Hindi off my parents, who are from India.

It's not difficult for me to speak Hindi, but it's not easy either. My limits are very basic Hindi, or phrasing answers that are very based on the question asked.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone else understand a language but not able to... by xtac on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @03:07PM (#2199096)
That's interesting, I also forgot to mention that my parents spoke punjabi, and I find myself understanding punjabi more so than hindi. While alike they are very different and often confusing.
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