Comments on: It just sounds bad in my mother tongue

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 09 May 2009 12:20:58 +0000

i asked a friend who knew deustch, english, and turkish, what language she thought in and she said that it was turkish because thats how she was raised. I think the language you learn at an early age are important, but can be lost so easily like dust in the wind. My friend kept using all the languages but had no trouble placing her master language. So for her it was her upbringing that paved the way for her communication skills. maybe for you, you shifted your language because you had to and just kind of put your mother tongue off to the side?

By: Dania

Dania — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:08:39 +0000

such an interestin topic ! translatin english texts into arabic is horrible most of the times ..u can’t seem to find the meanin especially wen u try translatin an arabic song ..that’s y i even uze english – english dictionaries .. anyhow i guess ur name in arabic means ÙØªØ§Ø© Ø¹Ø±Ø¨ÙŠØ© Ø«Ø§Ø¦Ø±Ù‡
lol cuz (motmuredah )is totally different as i believe .. n btw i dream in arabic n english

By: Gilang Ramadhan

Gilang Ramadhan — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:24:30 +0000

@Mona My dreams doesn't come true yet, yet still it need lots effort to reach my dreams so that coming true within this year...

By: Mona

Mona — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:44:04 +0000

Does anyone’s dreams come true though? Mine does!

By: Mrs.S

Mrs.S — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:59:38 +0000

I dream in Moroccan Arabic, but think in English. The crazy thing is since most of the Arabic speakers I’m around now are Palestinian, in my dreams I tell Moroccans that I can’t understand what they are saying. Itâ€™s even starting to happen in real life! I canâ€™t help it though; my husband canâ€™t understand my dialect so Iâ€™ve had to say everything with a Fellahi accent.Iâ€™m so self conscious about my Arabic now that I give one word answers and make minimal requests in shops.

By: Nithya

Nithya — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:14:27 +0000

I’ve become predominately english as well. I dream in english and when relatives talk to me in tamil I automatically translate to english in my head. This is so bad that when friends look confused I don’t know why they didn’t understand, it doesn’t even register that I heard tamil rather than english But since I’m still fluent in tamil I see no reason to worry why my psyche chosen’s to anglisise. I’m a huge reader and there’s just a better range of books in english so I’ve got a much more elegant english vocabukary and I can express myself far better. But tamil sounds like a very angry language with amazing expressions like “You arrogant street dog!” which makes it amazing for arguing in

By: Thaer

Thaer — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:52:22 +0000

I dream in Arabic, however … My mind thinks in English! when in a busines meeting or heated debate or an argument, my tongue switches to English which is annoying!

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Thu, 07 May 2009 00:56:05 +0000

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By: Sandi

Sandi — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:44:37 +0000

I wish I were bilingual…but unfortunately never had more than a semester of Spanish class…so I definitely dream in English. haha I never really thought of the possibility of someone who knows two languages dreaming in one or the other. Interesting.

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