How many languages do multi-lingual people dream in?
I don’t think I dream in a language. Maybe I remember the dreams in a language, in the morning. I think it’s more like finding the right words to put in the context what I dreamt. Dreams are not memories. They are just chaos to which we give an order when we are awake and we “remember” them, but we are actually building them up, the same way as we can build an entire image out of only a few details. (And that is actually what we always do, every second of our life) Language is just a way to give a name and a meaning to things, that is culturally and linguistically determined. A chair has a meaning for us, but for indigenous populations of the Amazon river it probably means nothing. I think that dreams are pre-linguistic, so to speak. At least for me. They are just pure experiences, therefore they don’t have a language, yet. Until I remember them, at least. Then I give them a language. But that happens randomly.
Do you dream in your native language or...?
I live in Singapore, where we learn English and Chinese(I'm Singaporean Chinese). I learn Japanese too, in my own time, at a casual pace. I have dreamt in all three languages before, but one at a time. It won't mix in my dreams like it does in my daily life.
I spoke in a different language in my dream, and I don't speak it at all. I understood everything in my dream, but now I don't, what does this mean?
Your dream is telling you how friendly you are in real life and how easily you “connect” with others. That “connect” will appear in your dreams as you speaking in a foreign language, or in codes, like the “coded messages” we use to speak with our friends with, that frequently send the message better.(NOTE: FLS - or Foreign Language Syndrome - is real, but that isn’t your question. FLSs aren’t about dreams.)
Son speaks different languages in his sleep!!?
About a month ago, my wife and I started getting woken up by our son talking in his sleep. Funny things is it's in a different language. No idea which one, but our son is only 5 and whatever language he's speaks in his sleep is far more advanced the way he talks in English when he is awake. How can I find out what's going on, and how can I find out what language it might be. It's not even babble, whatever he's saying is something I've never seen a child even make up.
Does anyone speak another language while sleeping?
In addition to the experiences that the previous responses mentioned, I know a friend who speaks what seems to be gibberish, in his sleep. Now he cannot reproduce that language when awake and because it seems gibberish it is hard to say if it is a language even (in the sense of “does he say the same gibberish syllables to indicate, say a car”?). But it is possible to speak a ‘language’ that is not even a language. NOTE: This is different from mumbling in the sleep. My grandmother had slurry, whiny version of the language she spoke, so if you listen carefully they’re actually words. But in the case of my friends that isn’t the case.
Would you marry someone who speaks your language as a second language and why?
I did. In fact, I married someone who speaks my native language (English) as a second language not especially proficiently. I speak English with my son, but I rarely speak English with my husband. That’s because I speak his native language (Japanese) much better than he speaks English, and we live in Japan.I don’t feel like we have communication issues beyond what most couples have. There are times I wish he were more open and talkative, and there are times I’m sure he wishes I’d give him more space to process and think before trying to talk things out. That comes down to personality more than it does to language or even cultural differences.I married my husband because I believe we’re compatible as a couple. We love and support each other and have a lot of fun together.To be clear, I think we would encounter problems if we had no shared language we both felt comfortable in. But there was no reason that shared language had to be my native language. I also improved my Japanese quite a lot since the time we first met, and that has been crucial.
What is it like being fluent in another language?
I'm decent at Japanese, but I recognize that I am far from being fluent. But, what's it like being fluent in another language? I was speaking to a Korean exchange student and she said that after several years of living in a predominately English speaking country that it's as easy as Korean for her. Do you think in your native language and translate to the other, or think in the other without having to translate? Do you ever dream in the other language?
Speaking tongues in sleep?
Believe it or not people who "speak and tongues" aren't actually speaking a language at all. It is entirely possible to vocalize speech like syllables and have them mean nothing. People in the past and even today have for some reason felt compulsed to "speak in tongues" and convince others and even themselves that they are speaking a language they don't know. If you truely believe "speaking in tongues" is an actual or extinct language, then ask yourself how could in possibly work? How could he possibly know a language he doesn't? There is no explanation for it unless you believe in a god who for some reason says "Im going to make that guy speak in a language he doesn't know", or an energy or spirit that possess you and likewise says "I'm going to make this guy speak a language he doesn't know," then ask yourself why would a god or spirit make a person do this?? Inventing random syllables as you go is entirely possible and it is possible to convince gullible people it is real. But he is talking in his sleep... Talking in sleep is also easily explainable, people are capable of talking, walking, going outside, making food, and lots of other things while they are asleep. It is very explainable there is a chemical that normally keeps your body paralyzed while you sleep, so that while you're dreaming you don't actually move your body. Sometimes this chemical isn't working, maybe due to stress, and people sleep walk or talk. And the last part of your question, answering in english is explainable as well, he already knows english and he can hear you in his sleep, but he is also dreaming and his answers to you may have something to do with what he is dreaming. His drawing a cross on his chest, is explainable as well... I know you might think the only explanation is that he is possessed or somethings supernatural is happening. Ask yourself does he really seem possessed or are you seeing what you want to see? people want to see supernatural things. You have heard stories and watched movies similar to what you are wanting to see with your boyfriend, now you are using these bizarre explanations to rationalize your own situation. You should use rationalizations based on science first. I don't doubt he's sleep talking and moving in his sleep. But all of it can be explained and these explanations are more likely.