Weird. I had a dream in fluent French last night.

[ThomCat]

and I don't speak French.

I've been to Montreal a half dozen times, and I hear French spoken here in NYC a lot, so I recognize French when I hear it, but that the extent of my familiarity with the language. But somehow I was speaking and being spoken to in French in this dream.

:shrug:

[rug]

1. Did you fall asleep wwatching Pepe LePew again?

[ThomCat]

3. Does he actually speak any French?

:rofl:

No, I don't watch tv. But that's a good guess. :P

[Critters2]

31. I've heard him say "Ma cherie", which is actually French.

But that's about it. I don't even know any Frenchman named Pepe'.

[LynzM]

2. Ooh, nice!

I love dreaming in languages I don't speak... :D

:hi:

[ThomCat]

4. This is my first time. It would be cool if it happens again.

:)

[jobycom]

5. I do that. French, Arabic, and even Latin. I've always wondered

if in that dream my comprehension was accurate, meaning I really know these languages (I've studied each, but never gotten fluent) but my brain gets in the way, or if I just think I know them in my dream.

[ThomCat]

6. I've always had a serious problem with languages.

But I'd love to learn another language or two. If this happens every so often and it's a sign that my mind is finally willing to start thinking outside of english I'll start studying other languages again.

I certainly have the time for it now.

Though Spanish would be the obvious language to start studying again here. I don't get to travel to Montreal nearly often enough to really get to practice French.

I wonder the same thing you do though. That's kind of weird. But when I woke up I definitely understood the gist of the conversation.

[jobycom]

20. I've studied several languages, and can't get past the translating stage.

Maybe I've just never been immersed enough to have to speak it, but I constantly translate in my head, rather than speaking. Too much OCD in my genes, I guess. I've tried French and Latin the most, but I've also studied Spanish and Arabic. For some reason, I did best at Arabic, maybe because it was the last one I tried to learn, or maybe because it was so different than English that I couldn't just translate as I went along. But I was forced to drop it, for time constraint reasons.

One of my strangest experiences was after leaving an Arabic course where we weren't allowed to speak English, and the professor only spoke Arabic. After a two hour class I was walking across campus trying to schedule the rest of my day, and having a dickens of a times getting my thoughts in order, until finally I realized I was doing it all in Arabic--I hadn't shifted back into English. Since I had almost no vocabulary in Arabic, I was having trouble organizing my plans. I realized then what I would need to do to really learn it, but unfortunately it was almost my last lesson. I got sick, missed two weeks of classes, and had to drop it to get back on track in my other classes, and never got it back on schedule.

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. I've done that in Spanish

Not exactly fluently, but better'n I know how to speak — or maybe I should say better'n I thought I knew. Makes me think maybe our brains remember more than we realize and we put up our own barriers to recalling and using it, like potential embarrassment at getting it wrong.

Once in awhile when I talk to my neighbor, Ramón, something'll come out of my mouth in Spanish that I'd forgotten I knew.



:shrug:

[ThomCat]

8. Wow. I guess this is not so unusual then.

Maybe I should be wondering why I never did this before. :shrug:

[Jamastiene]

9. I have had recurring dreams where I speak in Japanese.

My aunt was stationed there when she was in the Army and speaks Japanese to me. She always has, ever since I was a little kid. So, I know some Japanese. The thing is, though, in these dreams, I speak Japanese and speak it fluently. The dreams are always similar, but never exactly the same, except everyone, including me, speaks Japanese.

I love Asian stuff anyhow though. So, it could just be my mind taking me to a nice place in my dreams.

[ThomCat]

11. That sounds like a really beautiful experience.

:)

Have you mentioned this to your aunt? She might really appreciate hearing that.

[ogneopasno]

10. I'm fluent in Russian, and I often dream in Russian. What I think is a little more odd is that I

talk to myself in Russian.

[ThomCat]

12. Actually, if Russian is not your primary language

that's very practical. That probably really reinforces your use of the language. That's very cool that you have a way to make yourself use the language every day even when you're alone. :)

[ogneopasno]

14. Well, it's usually just a few boring phrases, such as "Time to get going," "where the hell did I put

that," "now we're getting somewhere," "I don't get it" and so on. It's not exactly exercising much. But I do work on my accent. Sometimes I'll say something over and over again until I like the way it sounds. A small perk from working at home, I guess.

[Xipe Totec]

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Радиостанция ЭХО МОСКВЫ:

http://radio.echo.msk.ru:8000/listen.pls

[Genevieve]

13. I also dream in fluent French

But I used to be somewhat familiar with the language.
(I'm not anymore, so the dreams are a surprise.)

[ThomCat]

15. I used to hear that people who studied a language

would begin to dream in it, but that never happened to me. :(

Does it happen often?

[Genevieve]

30. Hardly anymore, though I wish it still did.

As a child though, quite often!

[MorningGlow]

16. Past life in France

:D

I have frequent dreams where I'm composing classical music, and to me that's like speaking a foreign language. I can't even do some decent blues jams on the guitar even though I took lessons. I try to remember the music when I wake up, but I'm never successful.

[ThomCat]

18. Probably just remembering my last trip to Montreal.

But, if I ever lived in France I hope it was a nice life? :)

Given history, what are the odds though. :(

[MorningGlow]

22. Could very well have been nice

How did you feel in your dream when you spoke French? Positive, warm, homey? If so, then yes.

I believe we've all had a healthy mix of happy lives, unhappy lives, and boring ones in between.

[Deja Q]

17. Fascinating, in all sincerity. I have read about people who claim to speak in tongues.

But to dream them?

[ThomCat]

19. The mind remembers a lot of things we don't consciously access.

:shrug:

[crimsonblue]

21. I've had numerous dreams in Spanish...

granted, I was taking a Spanish class at the same time, but I'm by no means fluent.

[ThomCat]

26. I remember classmates saying the same thing.

I never had those dreams. :(

[GoneOffShore]

23. C'est bon, ca!

Cet reve, est-il sexy?

[ThomCat]

25. No, not particularly.

It was in a restaurant, and it was interesting. But not particularly sexy. :P

[Parche]

24. we we!!

:hi: :hug:

[ThomCat]

27. Hi Parche!

:hi:

Why weren't you in that dream? It would have been even more interesting to post about. x(

:P

[fizzgig]

28. i used to dream in japanese sometimes

my boyfriend studied japanese in college and i'd sit with him during his study sessions. i know a few words and that's about it, but i used to dream in japanese. it was weird

[ThomCat]

29. That is very weird.

And you would have even less exposure to Japanese that I have to French. :wow:

I hope they were cool dreams.

[Critters2]

32. I was a French/history double major. So, I used to dream in French all the time.

Especially during finals week. I still do once in a while. You're fluent without studying it? Wow! My hat's off to you! :hi:

[ThomCat]

35. I was only fluent for a few minutes in one dream.

:P

It would be nice if I still was, or could be again. :)

I have always envied people who could speak seveal languages because I never could. I was late learning to write, and stuttered as a kid, so language was never a good subject of mine. I never mastered a second language.

:hi:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

33. Those are fun

You wake up literally going WTF? Or at least I kinda did. :P :hug: :hi:

[ThomCat]

36. That was exactly the experience this morning.

I was stunned and really did say :wtf:

:hi:

[Xipe Totec]

34. You truly don't know a language until you dream in it.

I look forward to the day when I start dreaming "на русском языке"

In the Russian language...

[ThomCat]

37. I hope that happens soon,

and then happens often thereafter. :)

:hi:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

39. I dream in two languages

English and Bad English.

:evilgrin:

[applegrove]

40. I sometimes dream that I am reading. And then I try and remember what my subconscious wrote

in my dream because I'm sure it would be some brilliant prose. But I can never remember when I wake up.