What Language Do You Think In?

Discussion in 'Chinese Chat' started by ralphrepo, Oct 28, 2006.

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What Language Do You Usually Think In?

  1. I think exclusively in Cantonese

    7 vote(s)
    6.9%
  2. I think exclusively in Mandarin

    1 vote(s)
    1.0%
  3. I think in a mix of Chinese and English

    73 vote(s)
    71.6%
  4. I think in a mix of Chinese and Another Non-English Language

    8 vote(s)
    7.8%
  5. I think exclusively in a Language other than Chinese

    13 vote(s)
    12.7%
  1. MC RaZaR

    MC RaZaR Member

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    I think in English because it is the language I am most comforatble with.
     
  2. smallrinilady

    smallrinilady Well-Known Member

    halarious that no one has yet to vote for mandarin

    but i guess if they are so fluent in chinese, than they probebly would be looking at the chinese written forums too
    instead of us ABC, CBC, BBC and who ever else there are
     
  3. gawain187

    gawain187 Well-Known Member

    I think it depends on what your hearing that counts. The more your exposed t oeach language, the more you will be fluent.
     
  4. seraphinxo

    seraphinxo Member

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    i think in a mix of mandarin and english bcuz im pretty much fluent in both languages
     
  5. saikira

    saikira Well-Known Member

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    when readin i tend to think in english, well both, when yellin at sum1, well chinese
     
  6. hanimous

    hanimous Member

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    I am not sure anymore.
    But i generally think in english
    while chinese kicks in every now and then.
     
  7. junsoo

    junsoo Member

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    i usually think in english, cuz it's my first language
    but when i needa speak mandarin, cantonese, toi san or some other language
    then i have to think of that language becuase i'm not fluent.
     
  8. ldodol

    ldodol Member

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    i blame the fact that i'm an ABC that i think in english :p if only i can read and write in chinese, then maybe i'll think more in chinese
     
  9. sp-lork

    sp-lork Well-Known Member

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    ahaha, its most likely english for me too. more fluent in it than chinese =P
     
  10. sakky101

    sakky101 Well-Known Member

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    I mostly think in Cantonese before I think in English for some reason. Stuff like phone numbers I remember it in my head in Canto then have to think before I can rap it back out in English >.<
     
  11. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    I am more biligual than I am ambidextrous. But thought process comes in all languages depending on the situation: think French when I need to speak it, Japanese when I am Jdorama-intoxicated, English in general, Chinese in general. But since my flat is occupied by people who all speaks Cantonese, but have a total of like 6+ languages going on (Cantonese, Mandarin, French, English, Japanese, Korean and some Chinese dialect), it's really difficult to say what lanugage I think it.
    Probably English or Cantonese, I think.
     
  12. nyckeion

    nyckeion ....Boo....

    english and chinese for me since its such a habit that its mostly chinese but very little english
     
  13. Kali

    Kali Active Member

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    think mainly in dutch and speak cantonese and dutch
     
  14. jameschanny

    jameschanny Active Member

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    depends on the situation
     
  15. porksi

    porksi Well-Known Member

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    Im abc, so i think in both ways, u get influenced by a variety of things that change your ways of thinking e.g HK movies, tvb series... you pick up ways of analysing situations. -rockon
     
  16. Jing.Tsui

    Jing.Tsui Member

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    I think in a mix of swedish and chinese xD
     
  17. ZetaStylez

    ZetaStylez Member

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    it depends i think :p
     
  18. awong04

    awong04 Well-Known Member

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    think mainly in english... sometimes in canto
     
  19. Chloee

    Chloee Well-Known Member

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    Very interesting question ^^ I would speak Cantonese with my parents and English to others, but I also think in English too lol

    However when I go back to visit my family in Guangzhou as I am always speaking Cantonese, I start to think in Cantonese lol XD
     
  20. dim8sum

    dim8sum ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪....

    I think in English like 90% of the time cause Ive lived in UK most of my life, but when Im with my canto friends and I speak a lot of canto, i begin to think in canto