I had the opposite experience the other day. I believe learning a language has plenty of ups and down depending on the people around you.

I surely sounded incredibly like a newbie, but I was asked in English, and I managed to find words that made sense in the other language. I took it simply word by word, skipping grammatical correctness and not caring about how unnaturally the sentence was constructed, added a swear word as a substitute for a noun I didn't know, and it all worked out! I was understood, and I was even indirectly praised by one present who didn't speak English! That made me feel encouraged to learn more, so that I can continue to impress!

This is after a lot of demotivating events however, so that made the upswing just even more powerful!