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Re:How to train your brain to flip to a new language by hammock on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @01:07PM (#2198503)
This. Subverbal thinking IS the switch. When you start to think in a language, or even dream in a language, that's when you know the switch has flipped.
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Re:How to train your brain to flip to a new language by deno on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @01:57PM (#2198766)
Do people dream in a specific language? I can think in more than one language, but my dreams are abstract, rather than verbal.
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Re:How to train your brain to flip to a new language by hackerblues on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @02:28PM (#2198924)
I have a bilingual friend who claims after spending few weeks in Australia or Japan his dreams switch to the local vocabulary.
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Re:How to train your brain to flip to a new language by hammock on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @03:32PM (#2199187)
When I was living in Spain I definitely started dreaming in Spanish (it's weird to describe... ) and I know foreign friends of mine have shared similar experiences where they started dreaming in English in the US.

Haven't flipped the switch on my Portuguese yet, but I'm trying..

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