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Can bilinguals think in both languages?

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English - all my life :tongue:

French - from the age of 6

German - from the age of 15

Quel temps fait-il aujourd'hui chez moi? Il y a du soleil! mais il fait froid.

But then you can think in French and English? The German must be very broken?

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Original post by rambapa

But then you can think in French and English? The German must be very broken?

I can think phrases in french. When I'm learning about something in french, I start to think in frecnh about that subject. The german is not as good as the french :smile:

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rambapa

Original post by Kyx

I can think phrases in french. When I'm learning about something in french, I start to think in frecnh about that subject. The german is not as good as the french :smile:

But how did you get to learn French at 6? Do you live in France?

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Kyx

Original post by rambapa

But how did you get to learn French at 6? Do you live in France?

No, it was in school. We started at 6, and I learned until 15, then started German.

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rambapa

Original post by Kyx

No, it was in school. We started at 6, and I learned until 15, then started German.

Damn that's early to start a language, you must be bilingual in French and English?

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Kyx

Original post by rambapa

Damn that's early to start a language, you must be bilingual in French and English?

I'm not fluent, I stopped learning, but I've recently started again.

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rambapa

Original post by Kyx

I'm not fluent, I stopped learning, but I've recently started again.

I think you have the potential to be fluent since you started learning French so early. No so much with German. But you could get your French to a level of your English pretty easily.

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Original post by rambapa

I think you have the potential to be fluent since you started learning French so early. No so much with German. But you could get your French to a level of your English pretty easily.

Thanks

I'm trying, mon petit chien :teehee:

Don't worry, you're not a little dog :tongue:

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rambapa

Original post by Kyx

Thanks

I'm trying, mon petit chien :teehee:

Don't worry, you're not a little dog :tongue:

Lol, did you ever do French at A-Level?

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Kyx

Original post by rambapa

Lol, did you ever do French at A-Level?

No, only GCSE. I got a B in French and German, and a C in English :redface:

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rambapa

Original post by Kyx

No, only GCSE. I got a B in French and German, and a C in English :redface:

Suprised about the French only being a B, I'm guessing you must have tried for it.

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Original post by rambapa

Suprised about the French only being a B, I'm guessing you must have tried for it.

Only did foundation. Got max marks in listening and reading. Same with German.

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rambapa

Original post by Kyx

Only did foundation. Got max marks in listening and reading. Same with German.

Why did you do foundation! I think you would have got A* in French easily.

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Kyx

Original post by rambapa

Why did you do foundation! I think you would have got A* in French easily.

Maybe. But I wasn't that interested in it at the time :redface:

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rambapa

Original post by Kyx

Maybe. But I wasn't that interested in it at the time :redface:

Yeah languages can be a pain to learn and they hardly stick after a certain age. I always tell people GCSE German/French/Spanish are the most time consuming subjects ever (other than Art/DT).

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Original post by rambapa

Yeah languages can be a pain to learn and they hardly stick after a certain age. I always tell people GCSE German/French/Spanish are the most time consuming subjects ever (other than Art/DT).

But I'm interested now, lol

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rambapa

Original post by Kyx

But I'm interested now, lol

You have hope with French, the neural circuits are already there in the brain. You could come in useful in France, though most of them there speak English either way.