Do you THINK in the second language you speak?

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Its one thing I have been really curious about. For those of you who are bilingual--lets say your native language is French, and your second is English. When you speak to somebody in English, do you also THINK in English? Or do you instinctively turn back to French?


 
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They say you are what you eat, but I don't remember eating mYsELF
I dunno, I don't really notice. I mean, a lot of the time I don't think in coherent sentences or words.


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I dunno, I don't really notice. I mean, a lot of the time I don't think in coherent sentences or words.
I find myself thinking in actions or visual images, rather than sentences. The Waifu on the other hand, is all words.


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I've thought in English for as long as I can remember.


 
 
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I had this conversation with my japanese teacher 6-7 years ago, my friend brought it up with the question. She said that she thinks in English when talking to people in English but in her native tongue (Japanese) when thinking in general.

Which is something of the mirror for me, I always think in english except when I'm considering something in another language. So when I'm typing out moonrunes I'm thinking in runes. I'm not quite bilingual yet though, and only borderline fluent >_>

I expect there are a few people on here that are bilingual, mostly those from non anglophone countries >_>

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Hmm...
I'm only fluent in English, but I usually think in forms of...constructed memories, I guess. If I am thinking of going to the post office, I don't think "Maybe I should go to the post office." I visualize traveling and being at the post office instead, and then translate that into English to explain to someone else where I'm going.


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But his first language wasn't English...


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I think in English a lot of the time, even when I'm not talking, listening to, reading, or writing in English at the moment. I've just used it so much that it feels natural.


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Sometimes I think in german when thinking angry thoughts.


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No. I could not even think about cursing in English.


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I do it fairly often, yeah. Between English and German. But it's mainly because I'm not quite fluent in German, so thinking in it helps with the fluidity.


 
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This is not the greatest sig in the world, no. This is just a tribute.
I think in meme quite often, yes.


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I had this conversation with my japanese teacher 6-7 years ago, my friend brought it up with the question. She said that she thinks in English when talking to people in English but in her native tongue (Japanese) when thinking in general.

Which is something of the mirror for me, I always think in english except when I'm considering something in another language. So when I'm typing out moonrunes I'm thinking in runes. I'm not quite bilingual yet though, and only borderline fluent >_>

I expect there are a few people on here that are bilingual, mostly those from non anglophone countries >_>

^Bloody belgians putting the rest of us to shame <_<
Is your other language Weeabo language?


 
 
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I had this conversation with my japanese teacher 6-7 years ago, my friend brought it up with the question. She said that she thinks in English when talking to people in English but in her native tongue (Japanese) when thinking in general.

Which is something of the mirror for me, I always think in english except when I'm considering something in another language. So when I'm typing out moonrunes I'm thinking in runes. I'm not quite bilingual yet though, and only borderline fluent >_>

I expect there are a few people on here that are bilingual, mostly those from non anglophone countries >_>

^Bloody belgians putting the rest of us to shame <_<
Is your other language Weeabo language?
Yesu Desu

The languages I can speak go as follows
1. English
2. Japanese (But not at a very proficient level, kind of like middleschooler ability)
3. French (Been HonHonHoning since I was 5 but the last 4 years I haven't used it at all so atrophy)
4. Spanish (Did it for a few years at school, not much though)
5. German/Dutch Cognatefrenzy >.>


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no, even if i speak spanish, i always think in english. if i wanna say whats on my mind i just quickly translate


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I had this conversation with my japanese teacher 6-7 years ago, my friend brought it up with the question. She said that she thinks in English when talking to people in English but in her native tongue (Japanese) when thinking in general.

Which is something of the mirror for me, I always think in english except when I'm considering something in another language. So when I'm typing out moonrunes I'm thinking in runes. I'm not quite bilingual yet though, and only borderline fluent >_>

I expect there are a few people on here that are bilingual, mostly those from non anglophone countries >_>

^Bloody belgians putting the rest of us to shame <_<
Is your other language Weeabo language?
Yesu Desu

The languages I can speak go as follows
1. English
2. Japanese (But not at a very proficient level, kind of like middleschooler ability)
3. French (Been HonHonHoning since I was 5 but the last 4 years I haven't used it at all so atrophy)
4. Spanish (Did it for a few years at school, not much though)
5. German/Dutch Cognatefrenzy >.>
Cognatefrenzy?

wut


 
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I had this conversation with my japanese teacher 6-7 years ago, my friend brought it up with the question. She said that she thinks in English when talking to people in English but in her native tongue (Japanese) when thinking in general.

Which is something of the mirror for me, I always think in english except when I'm considering something in another language. So when I'm typing out moonrunes I'm thinking in runes. I'm not quite bilingual yet though, and only borderline fluent >_>

I expect there are a few people on here that are bilingual, mostly those from non anglophone countries >_>

^Bloody belgians putting the rest of us to shame <_<
Is your other language Weeabo language?
Yesu Desu

The languages I can speak go as follows
1. English
2. Japanese (But not at a very proficient level, kind of like middleschooler ability)
3. French (Been HonHonHoning since I was 5 but the last 4 years I haven't used it at all so atrophy)
4. Spanish (Did it for a few years at school, not much though)
5. German/Dutch Cognatefrenzy >.>
Cognatefrenzy?

wut
You know what cognates are right? <.<

Words that are similar across languages, so that you can get the meaning of them without speaking the language.

So for example

'I have a cat'
Eng - I have a cat
Dutch - Ik heb een kat
German - Ich habe eine Katze

The three languages are similar so the meaning can be obtained even if you don't speak the other ones.


 
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I speak a couple other languages but I think in English
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I speak a couple other languages but I think in English
fucking coon
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Yeah, which languages do you speak in?


 
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I speak a couple other languages but I think in English
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Yeah, which languages do you speak in?
English, Arabic, Shabaki (lol some shit minority language, like 60k people in iraq) and maybe Kurdish.

But yeah, other than Arabic and English the other two are pretty useless.


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I speak a couple other languages but I think in English
fucking coon
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Yeah, which languages do you speak in?
English, Arabic, Shabaki (lol some shit minority language, like 60k people in iraq) and maybe Kurdish.

But yeah, other than Arabic and English the other two are pretty useless.
Maybe Kurdish?

So like conversationally, or what?