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 meramarina Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5967 days ago 1341 posts - 2303 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Italian, French Personal Language Map | Message 17 of 26 18 April 2010 at 11:32pm | IP Logged |
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I have had a few of these dreams, but I typically don't remember many dreams on any subject, only a few. I suspect that there are innumerable foreign words coming and going through my mind when it is not fully awake. If I am half-asleep, conscious control of what comes into awareness is flimsy and uncertain, and without any identifiable trigger, I "hear" words and phrases that are just completely disconnected from anything I've really been thinking about. Sometimes this strange drowsy experience includes some foreign words, especially if I was studying just before falling asleep.
I know there's an actual psychological term for this--it might by hypnagogic hallucination but I'd need to look that up. And don't worry, it's normal, not a true hallucination; just the half-awake cerebral cortex spontaneously firing away in a manner you'd not notice when you're fully conscious. I did have one funny dream recently about NOT being able to speak a foreign language! It seems that I had to help Michaelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel, and I was so worried and distressed about messing the whole thing up, and I was trying to explain why I could not do it but I wasn't able to speak Italian! I think I tried several languages, but no one understood me! Edited by meramarina on 19 April 2010 at 1:13am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| MäcØSŸ Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5809 days ago 259 posts - 392 votes Speaks: Italian*, EnglishC2 Studies: German | Message 18 of 26 19 April 2010 at 7:38am | IP Logged |
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Tonight I dreamt I was in a bar overhearing a Hindi conversation between two african ladies and an indian guy.
As in normal life I didn’t understand 90% of what I heard, but since their conversation was still created by my mind I wonder whether it was real Hindi or just gibberish. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5334 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 19 of 26 19 April 2010 at 3:43pm | IP Logged |
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Whenever I am immersed in a country where they speak some of my strong languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian and German) it takes approximately 4-5 days before I start to think, swear, dream and talk in my sleep in that language. Sometimes I continue to do so for a short while after I come home too, which is why I have spoken French and Spanish in my sleep to my mother, right after coming home from France and Spain, and English to my daughter.
I will be very pleased indeed if I ever reach that level in Russian, which I am now struggling to learn. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Tenebrarum Groupie United States Joined 5406 days ago 84 posts - 115 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi | Message 20 of 26 19 April 2010 at 9:50pm | IP Logged |
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Last night was the first time I've ever had any other language than my own in my dream.
I was with my best friend from home and an Indian girl from high school I never actually met. I only spoke maybe 3 words, but I guess that's better than nothing! The girl was speaking too and it was at least correct in the dream... But otherwise it was a pretty short and uninteresting dream though I may just be forgetting things. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5556 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 21 of 26 20 April 2010 at 8:52am | IP Logged |
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Following an interesting evening recently, where I managed to speak German for 4+ hours straight, I not only dreamed in German all night, but woke up and carried on thinking in German for quite a while afterwards too. This isn't the first time this has happened, as it does occur quite inexplicably on occasion with German and even French sometimes, but it was certainly the most intense case of foreign-language dreaming I'd ever experienced. Edited by Teango on 20 April 2010 at 8:53am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| simonuk Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5352 days ago 5 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Thai | Message 22 of 26 20 April 2010 at 1:50pm | IP Logged |
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Dream ??? i dont have time for that ! Thats several hours of learning going to waste.
I think you all need to take a good, long, hard look at yourselves and question your dedication. Tut tut tut. ;-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| clang Groupie United States Joined 5339 days ago 54 posts - 82 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Italian | Message 23 of 26 21 April 2010 at 11:02am | IP Logged |
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I dream in Russian a lot, I think. The strange thing was that I had a dream in "English" last night in which I only
understood a few words. I think it had something to do with the fact that I've had such an intense Russian learning and immersion experience that my mind isn't sure what to make of it. I constantly have the feeling that I'm supposed to know everything about Russian (and am often expected to by others), even though I heard it for the first time about 9 months ago. The "English as a foreign language" motif was an interesting way for my subconscious to express a little frustration with such ridiculous expectations. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| xandreax Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5900 days ago 142 posts - 160 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Italian | Message 24 of 26 26 April 2010 at 6:38am | IP Logged |
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Interesting question - if I've had a dream at least partially in Spanish I don't remember it. I have a feeling that if I moved to a country where Spanish was spoken a lot more I'd start dreaming a LOT more in Spanish instead of English. My friend who moved here (to Canada) from Puerto Rico 2 years ago says that since moving he has had dreams much more often in English now than in his native Spanish. Edited by xandreax on 26 April 2010 at 6:39am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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