Dreaming in Spanish

[Zach]

Last night I had a dream with alot of Spanish conversation. Guess I'm studying it a bit hard! ;D

[Tomisimo]

I remember when I first started dreaming in Spanish. It was neat because about the same time I started being able to speak more fluently.

[Nix]

I can't wait untill I can dream in Spanish.

[matches]

To dream in any lanuage shouldn't necessarily be a goal, as all language in dream-state is basically the same. In dream-state I can understand any and all languages, even though I recognize them in the dream, as being French, Spanish, German, Egyptian, etc. etc.
It's merely genetic memory, a throwback to a time when all languages were one language and everyone understood each other, all dream-state language is the first tongue.


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[Zach]

Originally Posted by matches

To dream in any lanuage shouldn't necessarily be a goal, as all language in dream-state is basically the same. In dream-state I can understand any and all languages, even though I recognize them in the dream, as being French, Spanish, German, Egyptian, etc. etc.
It's merely genetic memory, a throwback to a time when all languages were one language and everyone understood each other, all dream-state language is the first tongue.

Erm...I'm not sure about that :P I only started dreaming Spanish phrases now that I'm learning the language. After all, dreams are just your brain's processing of events and thoughts that happened during the day, I think.

[Chorbdaddy]

I agree with Zach on this one.

[caliber1]

Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I was just thinking about how cool it would be to dream in Spanish. I have not yet, but I was about to post a thread asking about it when I remembered I could search key words for it. So. . . does anyone on a fairly regular basis dream in the language that is not native to them? Just curious. I am looking forward to what some people have to say.

[Rusty]

A lot of people believe that when you dream in a foreign language you have 'arrived'. I tend to agree. You are most likely to start dreaming in a foreign language after your brain has been exercised enough to work with your well of knowledge in that language.
I know a smattering of several languages, but I've only dreamed in two - the ones I've assimilated.
In my opinion, you have to tuck away enough words and grammar to form sentences and communicate ideas in the real world before you can dream in a foreign language. How else would you follow the conversation?

[chileno]

Three months after I arrived in the US, my mom told me that woke her up in the middle of the night with my loud voice. Apparently I was dreaming, and it seemed I was having some verbal argument with someone and I was talking in English in my sleep. I have no recollection of that dream, though.

[caliber1]

That's funny. My wife told me that I woke her up last night taking about verb conjugations in my sleep. I'm obsessed!!!