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i wonder what it would be like to be bilingual. to be fluent in another language or several different languages would be really cool. i'm currently taking my 3rd year of spanish at school and i'm no where near fluent in that. lol 3 yrs and i still haven't learned anything. lol well, i've learned something. i mean, that's an exaggeration...but...oh, u kno what i mean. well, i was thinking...for ppl who don't speak english....do they think in a different language? what would it be like to think in a different language? my parents are bilingual. so i asked them, "do u think in Igbo sometimes?" igbo is my native language. it's pronounced ee-bo w/ a long "o" and a silent "g". my mom said that when she's talking to someone in igbo she thinks in igbo and my dad just shrugged and said depends on what he's thinking about...i wasn't sure what that meant and it didn't really answer my question so i told him what my mom said and he agreed w/ her. so here's my question...for those of u that r bilingual...do u think in a language other than english sometimes?






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MilitaryHound
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commentCommented on: Fri Jan 12, 2007 @ 10:25pm
I speak spanish... not fluent in it but i can understand what ppl are tellin me... barely speak it... you probalby can speak more than i do. O_o Interesting question... i supposed most ppl talk in the language they speak most... but also like your mom, the think in the language they were just talking in... i suppose it depends on the person.


commentCommented on: Fri Jan 12, 2007 @ 10:35pm
yeah, i guess so...i wish i was bilingual...i originally wanted to take french cuz it's such a smooth romantic language but my dad was like "what r u doin taking french? we're not in canada anymore. take spanish. no one speaks french here. spanish is what u'll need."



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jr_4_lyf3
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commentCommented on: Tue Aug 21, 2007 @ 07:55pm
Lol im half mexican and alot of my friends r always clownin on me cause i dont know spanish but my mom never taught me which sux


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