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[quote=Anonymous]It would not bother me, but it maybe worth understanding why it bothers you. I see two scenarios: (1) You are bothered when she is speaking a language you do not understand. (2) You feel like she is not getting the most out of her time here in the US. For (1), you could say something casually when her friends are over or when you are taking them to soccer, etc: "Hey, your conversation sounds really exciting! We want to participate." Hopefully, they will get it as a clue. However, I think that South Americans are worse than other countries. I have a bunch of colleagues from South America and they ALWAYS speak Spanish when there is a big gathering. Even though half of us do not understand it. For (2), I would let it go. They get a lot out of being in the states for a year, even if they don't speak English all the time. [/quote]
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