Speaking two languages means you get two ways to see every room. That’s not a gap. That’s a bonus level.

Two languages means two sets of jokes, two ways of naming a feeling, two rooms where you can hear what is really going on. Some of that never translates, which is exactly why it is worth having. People sometimes treat the second one as something that slows you down, when it is closer to extra equipment.

Notice this week where one language does something the other cannot, a word for a feeling, a way of greeting someone older. Use it on purpose in front of people instead of switching away from it.