https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 14 May 2026 12:48:25 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-672293 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:15:23 +0000 blackbird 672293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is so cool--a friend of mine in high school used to tell me she would think in chinese and i just remember having my mind blown! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-672247 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:35:51 +0000 swedishfish 672247@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is a fascinating thread. I wish I spoke another language fluently! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-672245 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:33:36 +0000 MrsTiz 672245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm so glad people actually do think in other languages haha I hadn't considered dreams! This is so neat :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-672068 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:25:30 +0000 keiki_mama 672068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It depends what I'm thinking about... anything related to numbers I think in Chinese. Everything else is in English. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-672035 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:42:35 +0000 chopsuey 672035@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think mostly in English, but I think in Korean too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-672031 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:41:12 +0000 Penny Lane 672031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This probably isn't quite the same thing, but I have two aunts who grew up in NZ and moved to the US when they got married. They have serious american accents now, but they say when they dream or get angry they revert back to their kiwi accents. </p> <p>I studied linguistics at college so I love this kind of stuff! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-672019 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:29:40 +0000 teamjse 672019@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English, even though I'm Chinese, let's face it, my Chinese is rotten. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671972 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:00:19 +0000 Mrs. Cowgirl 671972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>english. which is why it's hard for me to keep up with Korean with lil' CB -- i have to quickly translate in my head!</p> <p>i asked my dad this (he came to the states when he was 14), and he said it's a mix: he thinks in english, counts and does math in korean, but dreams in both languages. so interesting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671926 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:29:00 +0000 pl0508 671926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is sooooo interesting to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671862 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:52:29 +0000 Shutterbug 671862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have lots of bi and trilingual co-workers and they've told me they think in the language they're speaking in (ie - English at work, Spanish/Chinese/Hebrew with family, etc) but they often dream in their first language. I always catch one co-worker counting under her breath in Spanish, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671771 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:43:43 +0000 Reese 671771@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: Ahhh exactly! Thank you for getting this. Many people think ASL is signs in English word order but it is not that AT ALL. It is an entirely different language with its own syntax and grammar . For Deaf people, English is very much a second language (generally speaking.. unless they were deafened later in life) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671744 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:33:19 +0000 Ra 671744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: Very interesting! Thanks!</p> <p>I am trying to learn ASL and it is difficult for me not to sign in complete sentences (English sentence structure). It made me think that for a hearing impaired person, it must be equally as difficult to grasp standard English sentence structure. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671714 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:21:50 +0000 prettylizy 671714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English here :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671701 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:18:12 +0000 Reese 671701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: @katiew92081: I think this depends when they lost their hearing, if they went to speech therapy as a child , what language they use(d) at home, and what residual hearing they have..etc etc.. From my experience - I would say depending on the person anywhere from full ASL a mix of ASL and English or fully in English. Some say they just "think" visually...</p> <p>@MrsTiz: to answer your question I think in English and sometimes ASL .. It depends what I am thinking about </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671691 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:11:48 +0000 Charm54 671691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>English is my first language, but once I've been speaking French for a while again I start to think in French. Once I'm out of the situation though - back to English! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671674 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:03:19 +0000 banana 671674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I speak Korean and English but I definitely think in English. I grew up only speaking Korean but once I started elementary school, everything switched to English, even though I was still speaking only Korean at home.</p> <p>My son is exposed to both languages at home. He gets 100% korean at daycare and 50% korean/ 50% English at home. But we just found out recently that he thinks in English! He started muttering some stuff under his breath and we noticed it was all in English. We also know that he thinks in English because whenever we say words in Korean like "Go shee" (which means pee in korean), he'll say "No! No peepee no peepee!". He translates korean to english but not the other way around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671658 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:53:13 +0000 MediaNaranja 671658@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do most of it in English, but I do sometimes catch myself thinking in Spanish (I am fluent in both &amp; exclusively speak Spanish at home with DH). When I was living in Latin America I did nearly all my thinking in Spanish. Just made things easier, ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671630 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:36:56 +0000 MrsTiz 671630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: is Chinese your first language? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671626 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:36:20 +0000 regberadaisy 671626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends! When I'm with family my brain automatically shifts to Chinese. </p> <p>But I always count in Chinese! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671615 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:29:03 +0000 Dandelion 671615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: I've wondered that, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671614 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:28:16 +0000 Beebug 671614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a french friend and asked him this once! French is his first language even though he "lives" in English now, but said he dreams and thinks in french and defaults to ranting in french when he's angry, I've seen that happen and I think that's why I asked what language he thought in! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671613 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:28:06 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 671613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would assume whatever someones first language is? I only speak English, so there's my answer :) But I've wondered this too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671609 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:24:33 +0000 Ra 671609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I often wonder this about people who are deaf/hearing impaired. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671608 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:24:20 +0000 Rubies 671608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm Korean but was born and raised in Canada so my first language is English...And that's the language I think in.</p> <p>But I totally know what you mean. I heard that whatever language you count in is your true first language. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671607 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:23:46 +0000 autumnlove 671607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I speak a little Chinese but I only think in English! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-language-do-you-think-in#post-671606 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:21:55 +0000 MrsTiz 671606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know this is probably a stupid question, and obviously it's aimed at those of you who speak another language.. but I've always wondered?</p> <p>I'll assume English is what you all speak most often, so when your thinking to yourself or if you are alone and say something out loud.. what language is it in? If you speak Korean and have been using Korean all day, do you think in Korean that day?</p> <p>Sorry if that's weird lol </p>