Not speaking in Portuguese despite being in Portuguese country (the struggle and trying to accept)

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As someone who was born here in MZ but because of being introverted and not going much outside to socialize. My whole life i loved speaking in English because i was studying in English school and later i did studied in Portuguese too much i never feel the connection with Portuguese as much as i love English.

I don't hate but don't love PT either. I tried many things to like back and even try to speak but i can only fully understand and speak little bit the basic things.

I feel ashamed of not speaking in Portuguese, what people would think? Or how will i keep functioning here without speaking fluently? I wish English was widely spoken in this country and become second national language if that's possible...

Does anyone feels same?

Posted Sep 12, 2026, 8:42 AM UTC

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