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| johnnyassez Tetraglot Newbie United States Joined 6723 days ago 7 posts - 7 votes Speaks: English*, French, German, Spanish | Message 1 of 18 16 May 2009 at 8:50am | IP Logged |
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I was speaking French in a dream last night, and I spoke it more fluently than I do in real life. And no, I wasn't speaking gibberish while merely imagining I was more fluent -- I remembered some of the sentences I said in my dream after I woke up and they were very well-formed grammatically. I was quite impressed with myself I must say.
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| Dark_Sunshine Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5767 days ago 340 posts - 357 votes  Speaks: English*, French | Message 2 of 18 16 May 2009 at 1:37pm | IP Logged |
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Yes. Sometimes I fall asleep in front of the TV (in French), and as I'm sleeping my brain attaches meaning to what I'm hearing, so I dream that I'm clearly understanding 100% of the rapid French dialogue- which is unfortunately not yet the case in my waking life. I haven't yet dreamt that I spoke with perfect fluency, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time.
I think it's a good sign, because it means that your brain is remembering and storing grammatical constructions that you've heard in real life, even if you're not quite confident in using them yet. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| fairyfountain Senior Member Zimbabwe Joined 6130 days ago 254 posts - 248 votes 5 sounds | Message 3 of 18 16 May 2009 at 3:04pm | IP Logged |
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I happens to me all the time. And each time I wake up, I wish I could still sound perfectly American LOL. Don't worry too much about that :) Edited by fairyfountain on 16 May 2009 at 3:04pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ChristopherB Triglot Senior Member New Zealand Joined 6318 days ago 851 posts - 1074 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English*, German, French | Message 4 of 18 16 May 2009 at 8:06pm | IP Logged |
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Yep it's happened to me, too. More recently in French, though I can no longer remember what I was saying. I remember what I'd said when I woke up, and it made sense. It's always a nice motivational booster that seems to show the language has made room for itself in your brain somewhere so that you can now start to use it subconsciously. I find this tends to happen once I reach the level where I can think in the language. Perhaps the more I think in it and hear it, the more likely I am to induce a dream in that particular language.
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| Eimii Groupie United States Joined 5834 days ago 44 posts - 47 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Russian, Polish | Message 5 of 18 16 May 2009 at 11:03pm | IP Logged |
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Yes, it has happened to me in Spanish.
I think it depends on the person because I have a Bulgarian friend and she's only had one dream in English that she can remember, and she speaks English perfectly. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| customic Tetraglot Groupie PolandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5882 days ago 44 posts - 66 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Polish*, English, German, Turkish Studies: Arabic (Written), Persian | Message 6 of 18 17 May 2009 at 1:01am | IP Logged |
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Well, I've never spoken German in my dreams, but I remember I had dreams when someone
was speaking German to me. But I can't be sure if that was German without any mistakes. Perhaps our subconsciousness learns foreign languages faster than we do? It's just a thought :-) Edited by customic on 17 May 2009 at 1:02am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Olympia Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5983 days ago 195 posts - 244 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Old English, French | Message 7 of 18 17 May 2009 at 1:52am | IP Logged |
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It's definitely happened to me. What happens more often is that sometimes I try to "think" in Spanish (that is, talk
to myself as I'm doing things in Spanish). I am usually way more fluent in my own head than aloud. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Afgjasmine16 Triglot Newbie United States Joined 6008 days ago 29 posts - 55 votes Speaks: Pashto*, English, Hindi Studies: Bengali, Tamil, Indonesian, Turkish | Message 8 of 18 17 May 2009 at 7:11am | IP Logged |
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Yes. This happen to me all the time.
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