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| jbbar Senior Member Belgium Joined 5797 days ago 192 posts - 210 votes  Speaks: English | Message 33 of 57 03 May 2009 at 10:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've had a dream quite recently in which I 'met' a person whom I know from the internet and I was talking to this person in English, though I felt rather awkward in this dream as I was meeting this person unexpectedly and the dialog was rather unnatural. Strangely enough, the other person's English was perfect and clearly a native speaker. It was a very vivid dream and I felt kind of 'bewildered' when I woke up. I don't remember what was actually said.
I vaguely remember having had dreams in other languages before (most likely in English, maybe French too) but I can't remember anything about them, unfortunately. Maybe I should start writing down whenever I remember dreaming something because you quickly forget your dreams. I've also had recurring dreams, things that I had dreamed years ago that would reappear. Dreaming may be natural but I still find it a mysterious phonemenon. I personally doubt science will ever be able to offer a satisfactory explanation. jbbar 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Siberiano Tetraglot Senior Member Russian Federation one-giant-leap.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6490 days ago 465 posts - 696 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, ItalianC1, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Serbian | Message 34 of 57 04 May 2009 at 9:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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Now when I listen to Spanish radio and study it with my girlfiend, sometimes talk to Italians and have to chat with American client, I stopped noticing dreaming in other languages. The most funny thing is that in the dreams I sometimes stop and think again if I had said that in correct Spanish, rather than in Itañol.
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| Tupiniquim Senior Member Brazil Joined 6080 days ago 184 posts - 217 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: English, Russian | Message 35 of 57 05 May 2009 at 8:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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| tron-dar Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5671 days ago 2 posts - 2 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: Taiwanese | Message 36 of 57 14 May 2009 at 8:33am | IP Logged | ||
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i had a dream a few months ago of a punk /emo girl speaking in japanese saying Konnchiwa o genki desu ka[hello how are you] and i replyed back with watashiwa genki desu arigato[i am fine thank you], then i woke up so can't remmeber the rest lol
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| Siberiano Tetraglot Senior Member Russian Federation one-giant-leap.Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6490 days ago 465 posts - 696 votes Speaks: Russian*, English, ItalianC1, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Serbian | Message 37 of 57 07 June 2009 at 8:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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Anybody had such a situation in a dream: you hear something you don't understand and ask for an explanation, or you're told about something you didn't know, but then suddenly realize it's just a dream -- I do sometimes without waking up. You understand it's unreal and there won't be an explanation, but you're still interested - it feels so dissapointing! :) (example: someone tells you an incomprehensible phrase and you ask for an explanation)
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| Rowena Newbie United Kingdom Joined 6576 days ago 21 posts - 26 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 38 of 57 08 June 2009 at 12:26am | IP Logged | ||
Well, maybe it's not the same, but a woman in my dream said something to me in German and pointed at something on the floor. I said, "Wie bitte?" (pardon?) She said it again but I didn't understand. Then I thought, "Oh, I think she said something about 'erreichen', to reach." I didn't actively know this word. But when I woke up, I realised I was right. That is what it means. O__O 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Halie Diglot Groupie United States Joined 6107 days ago 80 posts - 106 votes Speaks: English*, French | Message 39 of 57 11 June 2009 at 4:39am | IP Logged | ||
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I've heard it said that once you're dreaming in another language, you've become fluent.
But I once dreamed in Spanish, which I can somewhat communicate in but badly, and I couldn't even understand myself in my dream. And it took me a few years of studying French to dream in the language. I dreamed that I went to Quebec because I wanted to attend college there in my dream and so I was talking to the dean of admissions in French. I could understand myself that time :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Katie Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6715 days ago 495 posts - 599 votes Speaks: English*, Hungarian Studies: French, German | Message 40 of 57 11 June 2009 at 6:13am | IP Logged | ||
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I have had a number of dreams over time where I can just 'magically' speak in another language. I don't know how I'm saying what I'm saying, but everything that I'm 'saying' is getting perfectly across to the other party and everything that they are saying is getting perfectly across to me... but I always seem to start to wake up in these dreams and then I remember thinking "what on earth are you saying? you don't even know!" ... then I actually wake up... it's very strange.
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