The question is , do you really need a language to think in, or you can just put things in the right place in your mind by associations and emotions?....and only then if you'd like to express that notion you may start trying to put that image in words.
I think it is the mother tounge most of the time for everyone.. but it really depends.. If I'm trying to put somthing profound into words for instance, I start with my mother tounge and often turn english mid-sentence because there are things that are less complex to formulate in english but are still sufficiently meaningful, somtimes even sounds better.
The one I'm speaking at the time :):)
My kids only spoke Afrikaans to me & only English to their Dad, learnt both languages from babies. Really was an advantage as they were excellent in languages, went to an Afrikaans school but later on an English college, very bright young men :):) Guests always were bemused at our conversations at the dinner table, but it worked for us! :-)
I have a Dutch father and a Colombian mother. I spoke Dutch with my dad and Spanish with my mom. Truly bilingual.
It really depends on which language I think. Depends on where I'm at and in which language I was talking at that moment.
that's wild
The question is , do you really need a language to think in, or you can just put things in the right place in your mind by associations and emotions?....and only then if you'd like to express that notion you may start trying to put that image in words.
so which language do you put the image into. The first language you learned or the one you speak most often (if it's not your original language)
I think it is the mother tounge most of the time for everyone.. but it really depends.. If I'm trying to put somthing profound into words for instance, I start with my mother tounge and often turn english mid-sentence because there are things that are less complex to formulate in english but are still sufficiently meaningful, somtimes even sounds better.
The one I'm speaking at the time :):)
My kids only spoke Afrikaans to me & only English to their Dad, learnt both languages from babies. Really was an advantage as they were excellent in languages, went to an Afrikaans school but later on an English college, very bright young men :):) Guests always were bemused at our conversations at the dinner table, but it worked for us! :-)
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I think in my first language, English. Afrikaans came later when I went to school