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Can bilinguals think in both of their languages?

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Reply 200

fg45344

Original post by undercxver

Ummm I don't think I do. How about you?

I know you don't, but can you make yourself?

I just speak English lol.

Reply 201

undercxver

Original post by fg45344

I know you don't, but can you make yourself?

I just speak English lol.

Well if I can speak English and Urdu (being more fluent in English) I can make myself think in Urdu but naturally I'd start thinking in English again. If I'm talking to someone in Urdu then thats different.

Reply 202

Sandtrooper

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I'm nowhere near fluent in Japanese but I do think in it sometimes.

Reply 203

Odium

yes i can think in a few languages :biggrin:

Reply 204

TeenRose29

I know how to speak them, but I don't think in both of the foreign languages. :smile:

Reply 205

fg45344

Original post by zanner

yes i can think in a few languages :biggrin:

Which are those, what age did you learn them?

Reply 206

fg45344

Original post by undercxver

So you can think in urdu when thinking on your own?

Reply 207

XxKingSniprxX

Original post by undercxver

Definitely English, I think I'm more fluent in English. How about you?

60/40 English and Arabic ... takes me time to actually think to speak in Urdu
even though I'm rubbish at it. :dontknow:

Reply 208

fg45344

Original post by XxKingSniprxX

60/40 English and Arabic ... takes me time to actually think to speak in Urdu
even though I'm rubbish at it. :dontknow:

So what languages can you think in and what age did you learn them?

Reply 209

XxKingSniprxX

Original post by fg45344

So what languages can you think in and what age did you learn them?

I can think in English + Arabic as it comes naturally to me @mother tongue so didn't really learn them.
I'm 1/2 Arab, 1/2 south Asian but rubbish at Urdu hardly speak it though I understand some basic stuff.

wbu? :smile:

(edited 7 years ago)

Reply 210

fg45344

Original post by XxKingSniprxX

I can think in English + Arabic because its my mother tongue so didn't really learn them. I'm 1/2 Arab, 1/2 south Asian but rubbish at Urdu hardly speak it though I understand some basic stuff.

wbu? :smile:

Just English.

So you can choose between thinking in English and thinking in Arabic?

Reply 211

usycool1

I tend to think in both English and Urdu, sometimes rarely in Arabic too :tongue:

Reply 212

fg45344

Original post by usycool1

I tend to think in both English and Urdu, sometimes rarely in Arabic too :tongue:

So what languages can you think in and what age did you learn those languages?

Reply 213

usycool1

Original post by fg45344

So what languages can you think in and what age did you learn those languages?

English and Urdu I've known since I was very young, can't remember when I learnt them. Arabic I started learning (and am still learning) a couple of years ago.

Reply 214

fg45344

Original post by usycool1

English and Urdu I've known since I was very young, can't remember when I learnt them. Arabic I started learning (and am still learning) a couple of years ago.