For those of you with parents of non-English speaking backgrounds...

[pi]

Can you ask them what language they think in?



I know its a weird question, but I'd be really interested to know how many people who are multilingual think in what language. I just asked my mum, and she says that she sometimes thinks in Hindi too.

[iamtom]

Stepdad thinks in Italian, step family thinks in either Italian or Spanish (depending on which step family). Keep in mind my stepdad was raised in Australia his whole life

[nisha]

My dad thinks in English, while my mum, Hindi

[TrueTears]

maii pairants fink innn duhhh chinrese

...literally.

[aes_999]

They think in Indo all the time.

[JinXi]

My parent thinks in Hakka while my mum thinks in Hokkien. They do speak reasonable english though. However, I simply can't utter a proper sentence in Hakka or Hokkien as I get it mixed up with Canto and Mandarin.... I do understand all the dialects though =P

[Fishyiscool]

My parents obbbbviously think in Sinhalese... Even I did as a kid LOL. I actually remember switching to English in about grade prep or one and thinking about how the switch happened. :s

[acinod]

I'm not even fob but i think in cantonese...

[blank]

my mum thinks in viet and english. i think in viet/eng/canto/mando...its a mess in my head and so i speak mega slooooowwly after i translate and rearrange the words into a sentence other ppl can understand :S

[aabattery]

both my parents used to think in their native languages - hokkien and greek, but now they think in english cos they came to Aus when they were young.

[just.joseph]

I don't even know what I think in.

My mum definitely thinks in Vietnamese though. She can't speak very good English although she is capable of understanding it quite well.

[s...]

Chin-glish

[xdecay]

My mum thinks in English, Hakka (dialect) and Indonesian under different circumstances (ie. numbers in Hakka). It's so weird because sometimes she'll blurt things out in different languages and I have to consciously keep up.

[paulsterio]

I think in English, when I'm talking in Vietnamese, however, I tend to think in Vietnamese

[Stick]

My mum (who is an Italian speaker) thinks in English when speaking in English and thinks in Italian when speaking in Italian.