Being an expat: Do you miss "it," home?

"Don’t ya miss it?”


My friend recently asked me this question. Then he waited, looking at me expectantly as I pondered the answer.

I, of course, realized that he was referring to my previous life in California and how it compares to living in Lima as an expatriate.

http://www.livinginperu.com/features-1116-general-being-an-expat-do-you-miss-it-home-

The Second Tongue: Communicating in a bilingual relationship

                                          

I haven’t a clue what you are saying.

Que me dijiste?

What did you say?

No te entiendo. Que dices?

I don’t understand. Please repeat.

That’s not what I meant at all.

These are parts of dialogues from couples suffering from “The Second Tongue.”

http://www.livinginperu.com/features-1105-art-culture-lifestyle-second-tongue-communicating-bilingual-relationship