Haha, that's quite a multitude of languages, nice. I think in a New Zealand accent, because, well, I'm a New Zealander

English and Cantonese. Takes a while for me to shift between the two sometimes.

I normally think in Finnish, but when I get scared or panicked or stressed I'll switch to English, which is interesting. Especially when something bad happens and I have to call out, it's always in English. I'm bi-lingual, I'm Finnish but lived in the States between the ages of 4-12.

English. Even when I'm speaking some other language, I think in English then translate. :shrug:

For me, I don't think in any languages.

But just before speaking, I will obviously 'vocalize' my thought. And that depends where I am and my physical condition. If I am not tired and I am with english, creole, greek or spanish locutors, I will think in one of these languages. I cannot think anymore in German because I lost too much. In Igbo or Yoruba, I am too novice.

When I am tired and/or with french people, I will reverse very quickly to french.

But once more, this happens just BEFORE I speak. If I am alone, I stay in english.

AFAIK that means you don't know the other language well enough (i.e. that you haven't used it enough).

My main language is Swedish but I mostly think in English.
I always think in English when I'm on the internet.

Most probably, yes. I've only learned French in school, and no one actually speaks it. So I only speak it very rarely..

I'm with Veeno on this. I only think in speech if I'm going over saying something or planning it out.

Which one?

Anyway, I'm gonna be boring and actually answer the question. I was taught both English and Spanish at the same time, though I use English mostly and we all speak English at home (contrary to what those shows about immigrant families display, we don't speak Spanglish) in my immediate family. As a result, I think in both at different times. I tend to think to myself before bed and I'll find myself occasionally drift into thinking in Spanish and getting a nice flow of words together. When I have to speak to people in Spanish, I'll start thinking in Spanish after a while, but start off speaking in English and having to do quick translations in my head. I asked my mom once and I think she said she thinks in both equally. She's more fluent in English than most Americans.

EDIT: I'll also think in the voice of Jeremy Clarkson after watching Top Gear. It's one of the best things...

IN THE WORLD.

English.

Simlish.

When there's a language involved it usually means I'm conciously 'talking to myself', or going over lines in my mind. The language is thus tied to the real world. While writing this post, for example, I was thinking about the lines in English. Likewise while reading other people's posts, I'm doing so and considering them in English.
If there's neither a source or a target involved, I usually revert to Frisian or English. Which might be strange, considering I speak Dutch most of the time.

Braille ... don't ask me how .... '_'



Nah in Spanish and English.

do you mean what language i think in or my "friend" in my head? sometimes, i dont understand his thoughts at all. :unsure:

Depends on what i'm doing. While browsing these forums or playing games, in english. Otherwise (mostly) in finnish.

:bowdown: That is deep


Well i speak five languages but i think that i "think" in Danish and English, it depends on what i have been speaking recently....

Native language is Icelandic and I think in a weird mix of Icelandic, English and Klingon.

In Maltese.

English is my main language, I know a bit of Spanish, but I really dont use it too much.

Alas, I lack foriegn language skills. I only speak English. Always interests me hearing people speaking in their native tongue, its may be a 'locked out' language in terms of my understanding, but I always find other languages fascinating.

Mutiple voices and they're all talking and screaming at me...IT'S DRIVING ME INSANE---MAKE IT STOP---MAKE IT END....Pizza roll anyone :ahhh: lol .

English. Despite my acute interest in other languages, and knowing a decent amount of German, I have not the aptitude to think properly in anything but English. A shame. I intend to take foreign language classes when I go to college eventually, particularly German to pick up where High School left off and Japanese because I am an unapologetic Japanophile. For other languages there is also the, how should we say, http://www.hongfire.com/cg/data/25/caramelldansen.swf.

The different note of express interest here is the idea that thought is changed by language. The idea that a language itself has a very strong factor in how you think and see the world, and even so far as particular fields of intelligence being affected by the native tongue.

So glad I only just remembered to read the url before clicking, my volume was on high.

I'm close to being tri-lingual now. Grown up and used to English and German, those two are obviously the most frequent in my head, and regularly mix with each other. Having learned to speak Japanese for eight years now, lived in the country for almost two during those, this one has joined the festivities in my brain.

It's not even the words that make it so strange, it's the grammar. It's rare, but sometimes a sentence with mixed German and English words and Japanese grammar slips into my conscious. That's probably how you could explain my dream speak...

In general though I tend to use English. Most used, longest time of my youth spent speaking it, and all around the most pleasant sound, what with the Southern Irish even in my head.