It is really interesting to listen to truly bilingual speakers -- those who are fluent in both languages. The students in my SUV on the trip were are Hmong, and almost all of their conversations were conducted in half of each language. It went like this (with "H" substituted for any clumsy attempt at representing the sound of the language):
1: Hey, when you were talking to John, HHHHHHH? HHH.
2: No, 'cause HHHH But then I said HHHHHH.
3: HHHH, yeah, and HHHH I was like "anyway."
2: Did you HHHHHH? HH after class on Tuesday. Then Mr. Corey HHHHHH.
3: Nuh Uh!! Ha ha ha ha! HHHH
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