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Topic: In which language are you thinking? Posted: 18-Feb-2006 at 14:47 |
This question is maybe more interesting for forumers who are not living in their homelands. I am an Iranian forumer and live since 15 years in Germany. as i have arrived in germany i was 12 years old. Currently when i am thinking, all words which are going through my brain are german, and no more persian. Is this becouse i was very young as i came to Germany? and if i were older , 18 for example, would i think in persian now?
In which languages are you thinking?
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more interessting seems to be in which language are you dreaming. your
are thinking the whole day through ,i hope so , you will think in the
language you are just talking. but when you come down in the night , in
which language are your coloured dreams. the girl/man of your dreams
offers you an unforgettable expirience ,in which language will he/she
do it ? your teacher/boss is shouting in your nightmares ,which
language will he/she use ? i allways dream in german or icelandic but
never in english.sometimes ,while posting something at the forum i do
think in english but i think this is cause i have to translate it my
mind to find the right terms and words, not to mention the right
grammar.
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Posted: 18-Feb-2006 at 15:59 |
Even though my parents told me I was speaking
Armenian before English, I have always formulated my thoughts in
English.
A lot of times thoughts are formulated through feelings rather than words
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Think in english and swear in persian and english lol.
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Posted: 18-Feb-2006 at 16:19 |
Mostly(90%) in Estonian, but sometimes, when a thought is formulated in
English, it obtains a totally different meaning and coloration for
which i can't find a parallel in Estonian. That is a really good thing
when to think of it.
Every day i think in Russian too, very little, but i try to formulate
sentences in it, really fun to think in different languages.
But do thoughts(philosophical ideas) really have a language? When i
would think about the beauty of the forest i walk in, i use no
language, but pictures and feelings with much more meaning then words
go through my mind, which can't even be put into words, a sort of
"verbal clautostrophobia". I think real thoughts have no language in
your mind, thinking is much more to do with the mind and soul then with
any language. A real mental progress.
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When I am at the computer I mostyly think in English. Actually I find it annoying to find anything in Spanish or any other language I would be at ease with unless I have mentalized myself I am going to find that.
Out of the computer I usually think in Spanish or Basque.
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I do not always think using a language. In particular, when I do my work (engeneering) I often think by projecting and moving 3-D objects in my mind. Other times I think via pure concepts (I hope this can really communicate what I mean, I could not find a better wording)
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Posted: 18-Feb-2006 at 22:00 |
Originally posted by Serge L
I do not always think using a language. In particular, when I do my work (engeneering) I often think by projecting and moving 3-D objects in my mind. Other times I think via pure concepts (I hope this can really communicate what I mean, I could not find a better wording)
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but you use words in your mind, don't you ask yourself "what may i buy, the red wine or white wine?"
Btw, may i ask you what is your occupation? I am studying architecture and i have 3D objects in mind too.
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Think in english and swear in persian and english lol. |
Me too. Think in german and swear in german and persian![](smileys/smiley36.gif)
Originally posted by ulrich von hutten
more interessting seems to be in which language are you dreaming. your are thinking the whole day through ,i hope so , you will think in the language you are just talking. but when you come down in the night , in which language are your coloured dreams. the girl/man of your dreams offers you an unforgettable expirience ,in which language will he/she do it ? your teacher/boss is shouting in your nightmares ,which language will he/she use ? i allways dream in german or icelandic but never in english.sometimes ,while posting something at the forum i do think in english but i think this is cause i have to translate it my mind to find the right terms and words, not to mention the right grammar. |
Very interesting! i dream in both German and Persian, although i can't remember my dreams well.
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Guys thank you all for your insight. But no one has answered a quostion.
Originally posted by Maziar
all words which are going through my brain are german, and no more persian. Is this becouse i was very young as i came to Germany? and if i were older , 18 for example, would i think in persian now? |
This is very important for me to know. Could someone help me with this question?
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I think in Armenian, but I count in French. ![](smileys/smiley1.gif) I guess that's about to change...
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Most of the time I think in English, but after 20 years living here (and a lot of time in Europe before then) I easily switch to thinking in French/German when I'm in conversation, or reading a book.
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Posted: 19-Feb-2006 at 15:10 |
Originally posted by Maziar
Originally posted by Serge L
I do not always think using a language. In particular, when I do my work (engeneering) I often think by projecting and moving 3-D objects in my mind. Other times I think via pure concepts (I hope this can really communicate what I mean, I could not find a better wording)
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but you use words in your mind, don't you ask yourself "what may i buy, the red wine or white wine?" |
Sometimes, but not always, and not even often. I use the "inner speech" way of thinking when I need to focus on some language related idea. Otherwise, I think using pure, non-word-related ideas.
Btw, may i ask you what is your occupation? I am studying architecture and i have 3D objects in mind too.
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My occupation is that to design, project, have built and install new equipment for the chemical plant for which I work.
Yes, the 3D way of thinking is common (and very useful) for people like you and me, who needs to design objects as a job. Sorry, I cannot help you about your question concerning the languages you use to think. However, I read somewhere that when a multi-lingual person suffer of amnesia, (s)he usually remembers for first the language (s)he associates with the most important and / or pleasant feelings. Maybe your case is analogous.
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Posted: 19-Feb-2006 at 15:16 |
Definitely Arabic. It has a richer vocabulary, I think (and I may be wrong).
Not that I speak many languages, anyhow! I intend to learn
Persian in order to read Omar al-Khayyam's poetry in its original
language. That's enough a motivation for me.
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with no doubt Arabic,I intend to learn Persian too Mira but I don't know how.
Iranian members help please,show me the road step by step.
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I think Turkish but it's damn hard to express my feelings in other languages then Turkish
Somethimes i got real headache of trying to express me how i feel about something, and exspecially when i should write something in dutch, english and somethimes french...
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english. but i can think in persian also.
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Hellenic and English.
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I think that if u get used to speaking another language,u start thinking in this language. I m Greek and my mother tongue is Greek.When some months ago,i hosted a friend of mine from Poland,we were constantly speaking English. So although,she has just stayed for 4 days,i realised that i started thinking some phrases in English ! It seems like the brain to change mode of language,after some time of use.
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Originally posted by Digenis
I think that if u get used to speaking another language,u start thinking in this language. I m Greek and my mother tongue is Greek.When some months ago,i hosted a friend of mine from Poland,we were constantly speaking English. So although,she has just stayed for 4 days,i realised that i started thinking some phrases in English ! It seems like the brain to change mode of language,after some time of use.
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Very interesting in fact, i agree. Always i am reading the forum or writing a post i notice that i am thinking in English, although my English isn't that good.
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