Comment by codedokode
10 days ago
My experience is that sometimes, for example, when I watch a lecture in a foreign language, there could be some terms for which I don't know the correct translation so I cannot think about or mention them in my native language, while I understand what they mean.
I was more focused on the experience of monolinguals (where this kind of explanation is impossible), but yes I also experience this fairly often as someone who speaks more than one language.