When/If

April 3, 2008 | Category: Question of the day, Uncategorized

For bilingual people out there… when you - and if you actually do - think, what language do you usually think in?

13 Comments

  1. hamede
    on April 3rd, 2008
    1

    3arabi.

  2. Lulu
    on April 3rd, 2008
    2

    Hah!

    I was just talking to my brother about this yesterday. Yes, I think in Arabic first then speak in English.

  3. Ammar
    on April 3rd, 2008
    3

    It depends on the thought, if it’s an exotic thought I tend to use Hawaiian, Aloha Ahiahi!

  4. Hala
    on April 3rd, 2008
    4

    LOL @ Ammar :P

    Actually, I think I use both. I guess it depends on the thought itself. Sometimes it sounds better in Arabic, and other times it sounds better in English :D

    Lately though I noticed that I use English more often. To my surprise, when I faced an emergency the other day, I found myself speaking in English. I did not have time to think, I just started going like ‘Oh my God’ and mumbling stuff. It is interesting because I have always thought that people act most naturally when in emergencies and they tend to rely on what they learned from their -first- adopted culture whether it is a language, a tradition, or anything else.

  5. Summer
    on April 3rd, 2008
    5

    i think i use both languages…think and speak out both at the same time too!

  6. Simply Me
    on April 3rd, 2008
    6

    it depends on the place!
    No seriously I have no clue why is the way it is with me.. but it all depends on the place, and a little bit on the mood too!

  7. Hareega
    on April 4th, 2008
    7

    at work English even if I’m in Jordan
    otherwise, Arabic.
    If you wanna know what language you think in, see which language you cuss in and it would be the same

  8. mo
    on April 5th, 2008
    8

    3ankleezay

  9. za3tar
    on April 5th, 2008
    9

    For me it depends on what language i am currently speaking and on what topic.

  10. ArabianMonkey
    on April 9th, 2008
    10

    3arabizi with Italian swear words.

  11. Iman
    on April 9th, 2008
    11

    Thanks everyone!

    ArabianMonkey, teach us some Italian!

  12. ArabianMonkey
    on April 10th, 2008
    12

    Mannaggia - damn
    Vaffanculo - f off
    Che palle - pain in the butt
    Che cazzo - what a dick, WTF
    Sono incazzata/o - I’m pissed off (female/male)
    Non me ne frega - I don’t give a damn
    Merda - crap

    ;P

  13. HadeS
    on April 29th, 2008
    13

    sadly, english. and i express myself better at it as well..

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