What language do bilingual people think in?

Answer #1

I dont know if i’m considered “bilingual”. I speak some spanish and german, but not fluently. English is the language I think in. Everybody’s first language is probably what they think in. This is such an interesting question. I could never imagine thinking everything in german or spanish. Hmmm.

Answer #2

Sprechst du deutsch??!

Answer #3

Sometimes when I am speaking spanish, I will think in German. When I speak German, I think in English. When I speak Portugese I think in Spanish lol

Answer #4

I speak English and Vietnamese.

Answer #5

Ja logo ja. :D

Answer #6

My first language was Russian, and I’m still fluent in it now, but I most definitely think in English.

Answer #7

When i’m mad or emotional I think in Italian but just in general usually english. Or broken english.

Answer #8

There is abstract thought that is in no language.

The only foreign language I have ever studied is French and only toward the end did I find myself thinking in French instead of translating to and from English. I imagine that people fluent in multiple languages would be able to think in any of them.

Answer #9

hmmm like satanheadbangstometal i speak mostly english and i kno some spanish but not fluently so i think in english … but my bf speaks both languages pretty fluently and i think hes told me tht even tho spanish was his 1st language he prefers english and thts wat he thinks in…(as a side note im always telling him how lucky he is to be bilingual cuz since im not i feel limited…but thts beside the point haha)

Answer #10

I would think it’s in the language they frist spoke and were raised to speak. I’m English therefor my first lagnuage is English. I’ll think in English but I sometimes think in Chinese, randomly x]

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