Anyone else ever have dreams in a foreign language?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Whenever I remember a dream, it's pretty much always been in English, except last night. Last night I had a dream that I was in Spain working at some store and a guy basically came into the store wanting to return a cash register and confused the hell out of everyone because he would say he wanted a refund, but then also say he wanted to keep the item. This was at a store that provides merchant services incase anyone cares.

I've been studying Spanish for about 5 years now so it makes sense that it could have happened, but it's still odd because the whole dream was in Spanish and I didn't have any thoughts in English at all.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Whenever I remember a dream, it's pretty much always been in English, except last night. Last night I had a dream that I was in Spain working at some store and a guy basically came into the store wanting to return a cash register and confused the hell out of everyone because he would say he wanted a refund, but then also say he wanted to keep the item. This was at a store that provides merchant services incase anyone cares.

I've been studying Spanish for about 5 years now so it makes sense that it could have happened, but it's still odd because the whole dream was in Spanish and I didn't have any thoughts in English at all.

were there sub-titles, too?

 

[IceBergSLiM]

they say you are really beginning to grasp a language when you begin to have dreams in that language.

 

[zerocool1]

i have in two different languages, german and marathi

 

[Brentx]

I took German for 6 years starting when I was in middle school all the way through high school. When I was in my junior and senior years, I had about 1 dream a month in German. It was weird.. but then I thought wow! I can actually dream in German haha.

So yeah, once you start to get good at a language, and it become second nature to you, I'm sure that it is perfectly normal.

 

[animalia]

Means you are really thinking with great complexity in spanish.

 

[Dacalo]

I mostly dream in English but sometimes I would dream in Korean, depending on the setting and individuals involved.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I think I'll take those of you saying it's a good thing in the learning progress as compliments, thanks guys

 

[monk3y]

Yup I've had dreams in Tamil. It's always weird to have people that don't know Tamil speak it in my dreams.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: Dacalo
I mostly dream in English but sometimes I would dream in Korean, depending on the setting and individuals involved.

 

[BrokenVisage]

I dream in English but talk in my sleep in Spanish... go figure!

 

[homercles337]

I have date a few non-native english speakers and they all say that when they start dreaming in english is the point where they really start to feel comfortable with the language. However, i should add this occurs after being immersed in an english speaking environment. So, this may not be your case...

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Originally posted by: homercles337
I have date a few non-native english speakers and they all say that when they start dreaming in english is the point where they really start to feel comfortable with the language. However, i should add this occurs after being immersed in an english speaking environment. So, this may not be your case...

Yeah, I haven't been in something like that - I have however been thinking about studying abroad opportunities in a Spanish speaking country. At the same time, recently one of the songs I was listening to (techno) had some words in Spanish, for some reason it got me thinking about the topic a lot. I think the combination of those things might have triggered it.

In any case, I thought that the dream was really cool just because it wasn't in English

 

[jacob0401]

Yea sometimes I dream in Chinese, but mostly English...

 

[SagaLore]

My dreams are in the Jibberish language.

 

[dennilfloss]

Sometimes I dream in English instead of French.

 

[Imported]

Sometimes I'll dream in Chinese or Japanese.. kinda weird how I know more in my subconscious than I do while awake.

 

[LS20]

speak 3.5 languages but never dreamt in anything other than engrish...but actually dont remember many dreams actually involving languages... dreams are usually silent

 

[GTaudiophile]

Yes, in German. I was at the peak of my fluency after having studied in Düsseldorf for a semester.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: AgaBoogaBoo
Whenever I remember a dream, it's pretty much always been in English, except last night. Last night I had a dream that I was in Spain working at some store and a guy basically came into the store wanting to return a cash register and confused the hell out of everyone because he would say he wanted a refund, but then also say he wanted to keep the item. This was at a store that provides merchant services incase anyone cares.

I've been studying Spanish for about 5 years now so it makes sense that it could have happened, but it's still odd because the whole dream was in Spanish and I didn't have any thoughts in English at all.

were there sub-titles, too?

I hope so.

 

[Rogodin2]

I have some in Russian and Norwegian every few months.

Rogo

 

[Rogodin2]

ere there sub-titles, too?

She's like a goat-don't listen to her-she's not my wife.

Rogo