I think more in english and where dere's a shocking moment I exclamate silently in mothertongue

If am hungry, i tnk in Igbo.
If am in xam hall/interview, i tnk in English.
If am chykn girl, i tnk in English
If am on NL, i tnk in pigin/ English.
If am angry, i tnk in all.

I think in any of d languages "ENGLISH,YORUBA,PIDGIN,ARABIC" depending on d situation

Ijogz K: Lol.. How do you think in your mother Tongue.. I think in a corporate manner.. Whats the point spending millions in school if you are still gonna think like a Yoruba or Igbo person. Wasted Investment!!!

wasted investment?! Na wa 4 u o. Info digested,processed n applied in d mother tongue are used wel. If mother tongue had bn used to teach our students and english were a compulsory corporate course,they'd perform better; a lot better!
Due ta multiethic nature of tha country,english is neccesary adopted,hence,the linguah francah. Abi u tink say u b whity? China,japan,korea,germany,russia educates their children in mother tongue....

Ijogz K: Lol.. How do you think in your mother Tongue.. I think in a corporate manner.. Whats the point spending millions in school if you are still gonna think like a Yoruba or Igbo person. Wasted Investment!!!

wasted investment?! Na wa 4 u o. Info digested,processed n applied in d mother tongue are used wel. If mother tongue had bn used to teach our students and english were a compulsory corporate course,they'd perform better; a lot better!
Due ta multiethic nature of tha country,english is neccesarily adopted,hence,the linguah francah. Abi u tink say u b whity? China,japan,korea,germany,russia educates their children in mother tongue....

Its quite unfortunate i think in English, i was very good in the Language of the Ogisos while growing up! I guess thats one of the disadvantage of migrating to states like lagos, and too much emphasis on grammer.. The unfortunate thing is that i cannot speak yoruba, speak english with a heavy accent and ever prone to different gbagaun been a non-native speaker, speaks in a corrupted tongue (pidgin a language for pigeon /fowl). Wahala dey oo!

Most times i think in Igbo. Except some things that require thinking in English like chicks matter, business and education.

I learnt english as a first language, then my native lauguage as my 2nd. I seem to process/analyse everything mentally in english 1st...

Ijogz K: Lol.. How do you think in your mother Tongue.. I think in a corporate manner.. Whats the point spending millions in school if you are still gonna think like a Yoruba or Igbo person. Wasted Investment!!!

Retardeen younger brother...WTF

Ijogz K: Lol.. How do you think in your mother Tongue.. I think in a corporate manner.. Whats the point spending millions in school if you are still gonna think like a Yoruba or Igbo person. Wasted Investment!!!

wasted investment?! Na wa 4 u o. Info digested,processed n applied in d mother tongue are used wel. If mother tongue had bn used to teach our students and english were sum compulsory corporate course,they'd perform better; a lot better!
Due ta multiethic nature of tha country,english is neccesarily adopted,hence,the linguah francah. Abi u tink say u b whity? China,japan,korea,germany,russia educates their children in mother tongue... I remember wen i jst got admited into j.s.1 lng ago,n we'r been taught 'subtractin bigger no 4rm smaller' e.g 3-12. D teacher explain ta us,i only undastood it a little. When she saw d expression on our faces, she explained it in mother tongue... That was it. I nvr missed it nomore!

What's so special about English self


i think in Chinese

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when I need in Money I think in Igbo
when am hungry I think in Hausa
when I wan spy or plan I think in Yoruba
When I wan Toilet, I think in all Languags
When I wanna write exams, I think in Englih......

Now I knw d source of my Headache....

I think in yoruba,i love my language to bits,once i think in yoruba its always deep thinking,full of wisdom then i voice it out in English or 'Engrish'

It depends on what am thinking, if am thinking about a logic issue or before meeting with my superiors I make my plans in good english but if am thinking randomly I use pidgin. Whenever am thinking about problem solving, I use my mother tongue.

Optimisticgondy: I once heard from a Yoruba elder that "Ede abinibi ni a fi n ronu", meaning "we think in our mother tongue". I agreed it's true for me because I think mostly in my mother tongue. But I still doubt it's true for everyone. Is it true for you? Do you reason in English language or your mother tongue?

I ruminate on things using pure english. I've never reasoned thing using my native tongue neither do I do using pidgin english...

Thoughts do not have language. Language only comes in when u are about to communicate such thoughts. Check urselves very well. As u read this, English is just what u wld use to absorb n communicate it because it is English Language.

I speak pidgen, write english but tink in moda tongue

In what language do deaf and dumb think?

What you guys call thinking in different languages are the product of your thoughts.

That is why you hear some people saying things like "I'm just thinking out loud".

Both then when am angry or confused I think in chinese.

I think in english and pidgin english

Optimisticgondy: I once heard from a Yoruba elder that "Ede abinibi ni a fi n ronu", meaning "we think in our mother tongue". I agreed it's true for me because I think mostly in my mother tongue. But I still doubt it's true for everyone. Is it true for you? Do you reason in English language or your mother tongue?

this is a tough and a brilliant question, i never noticed it untill now i saw this question,

i hardly speak my language,cos were i work we have few ibos and my seconadry school was in yoruba , 99% to 100% of my daily conversatin is in english, i aswell thinks in english

I speak and understand some delta languages, Igbo and Yoruba. But u would be right to say English is my mother tongue cos I think, dream and sleep in English. Learnt a little French but Neva think in French, also speak a little Dutch, Deutsch and Scandinavia have had dreams in these languages too. I think what someone is doing, where the person is at that point in time has an influence to what language he or she may be thinking or dreaming. The thing to ask, I believe is to differentiate between father and mother tongue. For me, my mother tongue is English since its the first language I learnt. Then my father tongue is my parents language..

About 15 yrs ago, I once asked my mum why she was always praying in Yoruba despite the fact that she's educated. She told me she prays in yoruba cos she thinks in yoruba. That we ought to always pray in the language we use for thought.

When we (the kids) told her we exclusively think in English. She was shocked !!! She thought we were joking but then its true. You naturally think in the language you are most fluent in and you use most often.

Its just like programming unless a platform is specified, your approach to solving programmatic problems will closely follow the structure of the language you are most versed in and you use most often

Ijogz K: Lol.. How do you think in your mother Tongue.. I think in a corporate manner.. Whats the point spending millions in school if you are still gonna think like a Yoruba or Igbo person. Wasted Investment!!!

what a shame!

I think mostly in my mother tongue yoruba. . .except if am doing an interview or exam i think in english ofcos

I think in Igbo most times. I think in Igbo mainly when in a womanic mood. Eg Nna lekwa Ukwu. Chai Lekwa ara nkea. Nwa nkea amaka.

People think in a combination of emotions, images, sounds and raw abstracts.
Language is the 'distilled' result.
You dont think in a language. You think in abstract and translate to a language.

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In English most of the time

Mother' tongue  point Ooº°˚˚°ºooo

Honestly,just thought of it now on seeing this topic on fp,i would'nt say that i think in any particular language,i just think