Why do multi-lingual people seemingly, with no reason, switch between languages while talking to someone who is also multi-lingual? What benefit does it have over staying with the language they started the conversation with?

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Why do multi-lingual people seemingly, with no reason, switch between languages while talking to someone who is also multi-lingual? What benefit does it have over staying with the language they started the conversation with?

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Languages are not a 1:1 literal translation. Some words are better at representing a certain idea in one language vs another. They might literally mean the same thing, but figuratively one is more accurate.