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[–] comrade_ouroboros 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I worked with a Brazilian woman who said that her internal monologue switched completely to English after 10 years of living in he US.

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[–] putoelquelolea 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The purpose of a fish trap is to catch fish, and when the fish is caught the trap is forgotten. The purpose of a rabbit snare is to catch rabbits, and when the rabbits are caught the snare is forgotten. The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I would like to talk to. Chuang-tzu, circa 369-286 BC

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[–] tagarouco 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Mostly in my native language (portuguese). I think in english or german when I am having a conversation in those languages, or reading/writing in them. I cant have two different languages in my mind at the same time. Even if is just the TV at the background, I tend to switch to the same language as it.

People who can do live translation baffles me. The quick switching back and forth between languages is impossible to me.

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[–] FSB 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Any one of them. Usually the one I spoke most recently, but if I think about an article I read in one language, then most of the time I think about it in that language. I speak German, French and English

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[–] Citron 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

It depends. My mother tongue is Arabic but I'm a fluent speaker of English and French. Most of the time I think in Arabic. However sometimes I'm playing games IRL, I think like everyone else. When for instance you're navigating a new premise, or imagining a scenario, that's when I switch to whichever language represents the character I'm imagining myself. I don't know if it makes sense.

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[–] sugoiuguu 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Depends on what I'm doing. Right now, since I'm browsing the internet, I'm thinking mostly in english; but when interacting with friends, I use my native language. One pattern I've noticed though, is that I mostly think in english when I'm trying to be logical.

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[–] Eunideen 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

My mother immigrated to the US from Ecuador and my dad has always been here. Growing up my mom spoke to my brother and I in spanish and my dad would speak to us in english so that we would learn both languages. I am fully fluent in both (I don't translate in my head, I just say it natrually) but my thoughts are mostly english with a fair amount of spanish words that can't be translated thrown in. It's a mix.

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[–] Feeling_my_goats 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Depends on the situation.

When I'm alone I think in my mother tongue, unless I am thinking about something that is culturally tied to a second language.

When out with friends speaking my native tongue, I think in my native tongue.

When out with a group of people speaking in a secondary language I know, I think in that language. Who has the time and energy to translate everything?

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