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What is your first language?

in particular people who don't have english as a first language

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Punjabi
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Original post by Taran001
Punjabi


How many languages do you speak fluently?
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inb4 "wat language do u fink in?!"
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fluent in english & arabic & arabic used to be my first language as a kid but now its eng :\
Original post by ho_ho_ho
How many languages do you speak fluently?


Punjabi, English, German (intermediate)
Strictly speaking 2 i guess
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Original post by Taran001
Punjabi, English, German (intermediate)
Strictly speaking 2 i guess


What language do you think in?
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Original post by gameofno
fluent in english & arabic & arabic used to be my first language as a kid but now its eng :\


What language do you think in?
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Original post by ho_ho_ho
What language do you think in?


english but if im speaking in arabic to somebody then i think in arabic! and sometimes if i think in english then there are some words that automatically come to me in arabic not english hahaha
Portuguese
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Original post by gameofno
english but if im speaking in arabic to somebody then i think in arabic! and sometimes if i think in english then there are some words that automatically come to me in arabic not english hahaha


can you choose to think in arabic instead of english when thinking on your own to yourself?
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Sign language
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Original post by kaylee_khalifa
Portuguese


What languages do you speak fluently?
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Original post by ho_ho_ho
can you choose to think in arabic instead of english when thinking on your own to yourself?


yesss :smile: but if i choose to think in arabic i have to make a concious effort, whereas thinking in english is automatic. i also speak a little spanish so sometimes that comes to mind. its good knowing a lot of languages because sometimes i say any random word in english like apple and it doesnt seem real so i say it to myself in arabic and spanish and then i feel okay again:')
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parsletongue
My first language is Tamil. I'm fluent in English and Tamil but I'm also trying to learn/have learned a little bit of in the past of a few other languages :smile:
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Original post by niv1234
My first language is Tamil. I'm fluent in English and Tamil but I'm also trying to learn/have learned a little bit of in the past of a few other languages :smile:


What language do you think in?
Original post by ho_ho_ho
What language do you think in?


It depends what I'm doing. If I'm speaking to/around English speaking people my brain would be in 'English mode' and its the same for Tamil. But I think I spend more time doing/thinking stuff in English because of school and general life. It's really complicated.
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Original post by niv1234
It depends what I'm doing. If I'm speaking to/around English speaking people my brain would be in 'English mode' and its the same for Tamil. But I think I spend more time doing/thinking stuff in English because of school and general life. It's really complicated.


Can you think in Tamil?

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