Do bilinguals think in their weaker language?

Hmmm never thought of it like that. I'd say we think in our stronger language. A question for other bilinguals, which language do you have dreams in? For me it's always English

Hmmm never thought of it like that. I'd say we think in our stronger language. A question for other bilinguals, which language do you have dreams in? For me it's always English

Hmmm never thought of it like that. I'd say we think in our stronger language. A question for other bilinguals, which language do you have dreams in? For me it's always English

I do think in both languages and I sometimes dream in English too (native Romanian speaker here). If I am super exposed for a period of time to one of the other languages I have a grasp of I do find myself thinking for a short while in that language as well.

So you can think in Romanian and English?

That is correct. Although by the logic ofexposure=more thinking I assume I'll be thinking a lot more in English once I come to the UK ^^

So you can think in 2 languages? Can you think in any other languages?

Hmmm never thought of it like that. I'd say we think in our stronger language. A question for other bilinguals, which language do you have dreams in? For me it's always English

I speak a bit of French but no I can't think in it

But you can think in Cantonese, right?

Yes

What about when thinking on your own?

What age do they teach English in Romania?

I dream and think mostly in English. But occasionally in my mother tongue, too.

I suppose it is the same as with legs/hands - there is just one dominant one.

Funnily enough, I still count in my mother tongue, because it feels infinitely more comfortable than counting in English. Probably because I learned counting in it, whereas when I learned English, I never really counted. But that is one curiosity I notice over and over again.

It depends, but mostly in the first year of school I think (6-7 years old), even though some may start earlier and some later. In my case though, I was exposed far earlier than that; I had a couple books in English and, like most of my generation which I'd say is generally good with English, got to watch cartoons that were mainly in this language. Anyway, since most of the media has increasingly contained English throughout the years, it's fair to say I've been in touch with it almost daily for years on end. So in short, it's been more of an organic process for me than a direct result of formal education (even though that certainly helped as well)