If you are billingual what language do you dream in.?

Question

I myself am billingual to a certain extent and I dream all english (my original language). Let me give an example though, someone who immigrates from Mexico, is fairly fluent in english and uses well it every day through out the day, yet speaks his/her native tongue at home everyday also, do you still only speak spanish in your dreams?

Answer 1

It all depends upon when, and how one became bilingual, or a polyglot.

If one was fluent in two or more languages, prior to age five, they typically will dream in both languages.

If an individual is doing "immersion" language learning, it is not uncommon for dreams to be in the language they are studying, near the end of that period.

If an individual migrates somewhere, and uses their second language the vast majority of the time, they may start to dream in their new language. However, if they are afflicted with any diseases, they will revert to dreaming in their mother language.

It is not uncommon for patients with dementia, and similar diseases, to revert to speaking, and dreaming in the language that they used prior to age five --- even if they have not heard, or used that language in the decades since they were five.

Answer 2

I know I dream in both Spanish and English, but because they are dreams, it's usually indifferent. What I'm trying to say is I sense the meaning in my dream, rather than hearing the actual words in a particular language. However, when I was in a French immersion course in Quebec, I remember having a dream in French that I didn't understand. I woke up laughing because that's pretty ridiculous.

Answer 3

Very good question. I speak Spanish (mother tongue), English and French. I mostly dream in Spanish, but I've had lots of dreams in English too, and in French I sound so much better in dreams than in real life :) I even sing songs in French while dreaming, that's crazy.

Answer 4

I speak English and French, but English is my first language so I mostly dream in English. However, if I am somewhere where I am using French often, I dream in French as well.

Answer 5

It depends. My weirdest dreams have been talking to people I know in English, when I know they only speak Spanish or viceversa. When at the end of the day, I watch a French film and therefore I'm thinking in French, I dream in French.

Answer 6

I speak Farsi and English, but usually I speak english since I am in an english world, so most of the time I do dream in English.

Answer 7

According to my mother, she heard me saying stuff when I was dreaming and I said that I spoke in both English and Cantonese (my native tongue) in the same dream. I am originally from Hong Kong am living in the states

Answer 8

Neat Question,
I speak french and English I mainly dream in English but I have had the odd dream with French & English in it....some times in the same sentence....it was truly weird.
:)

Answer 9

Brilliant question! ;)

I speak a language other than English at home or with my parents, but when I dream, I dream mostly in images, but also only in English!

Answer 10

Since your a genius she says, i think ill make a genius book. but then again i dont know. i will have to say that you dream in pictures dude. dont you ever see pictures in your dreams. and tha is how you recall them , by what you seen. so yeah, by pictures. then if there was any talking , it is in whatever language you wanted to use right. or if you were talking to a mexiacan friend in your dream im sure you'd understand the importance of your dream if you spoke in english. my no brainer question is how do people who have no sight dream, if the only color they get close to seeing is sunlight and brightness as opposed to dark. and how do you explain to them what dark is if they have nothing to compare it to. i only did this for your benefit pal.