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In What Language Do You Think by newgroom: 5:01am On Sep 19, 2010
It is a known fact human being may speak one language but think in a different one.

In what language do you think? As for me, I speak English language but think mostly in my native language.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by xreal: 6:38am On Sep 19, 2010
it's a psychological fact, all words either read or heard are been interpreted into one's mother tongue; and ideas are 'cooked' in one's mother tongue then translated into whatever secondary language - all these processes takes place in the brain by the brain in micro-seconds.

So when next you hear an hausa man say 'come lets go', it's a crude 'zo muje'; and a yoruba man may 'enter' his shoe and not 'put it on' - crude 'wo bata'. In such instance, the brain did it's job but -mother tongue is strong.
What a mystery the brain is.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by MissyB3(f): 11:16pm On Sep 19, 2010
I've never thought, in ma Mother tongue.

English and sometimes, Italian.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by tpiah: 6:54am On Sep 20, 2010
yoruba all the way.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by xreal: 7:42am On Sep 20, 2010
Missy ★ B:

I've never thought, in ma Mother tongue.

English and sometimes, Italian.

u sure?
Re: In What Language Do You Think by xreal: 7:45am On Sep 20, 2010
tpiah:

yoruba all the way.

ori e wa n'be.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by Nobody: 8:04am On Sep 20, 2010
I've never thought in any language, other than English.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by xreal: 8:27am On Sep 20, 2010
Siena:

I've never thought in any language, other than English.
which means english is your mother tongue, else, you wrong.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by Nobody: 8:42am On Sep 20, 2010
xreal:

which means english is your mother tongue, else, you wrong.

My friend, a question was asked, and I responded. Please don't speak for me, you can't impose your thoughts, opinions and beliefs on others.

My first language has always been English, never mind what tribe I come from, and / or what they speak.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by xreal: 9:24am On Sep 20, 2010
^^ no offence.
How's baby siena doing?
Re: In What Language Do You Think by Nobody: 9:36am On Sep 20, 2010
^^^ No offence taken, brother Xreal.

Sienna's doing fine, growing bigger by the day, and getting more demanding too.  smiley
Re: In What Language Do You Think by MissyB3(f): 9:56am On Sep 20, 2010
xreal:

u sure?
Cocksure.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by MaziUche0(m): 1:47pm On Sep 20, 2010
I really have paid much attention to it.

When I am angry and I think, it is in Igbo. . . I use vulgar Igbo language when I angry

When I am thinking about money. . . then it is in English.

When I am thinking about a woman. . . it is in Ibibio. grin
Re: In What Language Do You Think by Nobody: 6:51am On Sep 21, 2010
When I'm angry, I think in Ekiti ahah

When I think about money, it's in English

When I'm thinking about a man. . . . def in Yoruba tongue tongue
Re: In What Language Do You Think by MissyB3(f): 12:25pm On Sep 22, 2010
Excuse my ignorance.

Ekiti is a language? and is different from Yoruba? shocked
Re: In What Language Do You Think by Nobody: 2:15pm On Sep 22, 2010
Missy ★ B:

Excuse my ignorance.

Ekiti is a language? and is different from Yoruba? shocked
Yes, a Yoruba dialect.

Girl, what happened to your ID?
Re: In What Language Do You Think by MissyB3(f): 3:12pm On Sep 22, 2010
Ese gan tongue See me thinking Ekiti is the state and Yoruba is what they speak. embarassed grin

Was banned.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by ChinenyeN(m): 3:21pm On Sep 22, 2010
Generally, Ngwa-Igbo, with some mixture of Pidgin and English.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by beautyline(f): 3:25pm On Sep 22, 2010
Le francais.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by Nobody: 3:34pm On Sep 22, 2010
Missy ★ B:

Ese gan tongue See me thinking Ekiti is the state and Yoruba is what they speak. embarassed grin

Was banned.

Lol Ekiti is a state, a group of ppl, and a yoruba dialect. tongue
Re: In What Language Do You Think by ladygaga(f): 1:23am On Oct 15, 2010
very funny and interesting thread, thinking about it , i think in english most times
Re: In What Language Do You Think by iice(f): 5:13pm On Oct 16, 2010
Siena:

My friend, a question was asked, and I responded. Please don't speak for me, you can't impose your thoughts, opinions and beliefs on others.

My first language has always been English, never mind what tribe I come from, and / or what they speak.

Rofl. . .good one grin

@Topic,
English mostly
Re: In What Language Do You Think by bibs(f): 6:54pm On Oct 16, 2010
in English and at times WaSoBia grin
Re: In What Language Do You Think by babyme1(f): 5:58pm On Oct 17, 2010
I think in English, thanks to my English teacher in high school who said we MUST think that way.

Trust me,it affects the way i speak my mother tongue.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by bimbo16: 8:42pm On Jun 29, 2011
beautyline:

Le francais.



moi aussi
Re: In What Language Do You Think by Araboy(m): 10:07am On Jun 30, 2011
Most the time when I am writing or speaking  English which I consider my fourth language I think either in French or Arabic but few times also in Portuguese
Re: In What Language Do You Think by Rgp92: 11:48am On Jun 30, 2011
Most of the time, i think in Norwegian grin I cant even speak my mother tongue correctly anymore cry
Re: In What Language Do You Think by infolpf: 1:51pm On Jun 30, 2011
Ebonics. Why? No rules.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by sasimalia(f): 5:02pm On Jun 30, 2011
bimbo16:



moi aussi

pareil pour moi. French or rather what they call "franglais" or "frenglish"; a mix of french and english. Sometimes my mother tongue but very infrequently.
Re: In What Language Do You Think by Sinistami(m): 5:27pm On Sep 09, 2018
As a boy from the south I think In Pidgin mostly and sometimes English. pidgin is my first language before English still trying to grasp Izon or Epie.

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