In which language do people who speak at least two languages as fluently as their native tongue speak in their dreams?

[capriVib]

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I asked someone who speaks two native languages, Hausa and English, and they explained that in their dreams, they speak Hausa when they see family or relatives and switch to English when they encounter anyone else. They mentioned there’s no definitive answer to this—it varies from person to person.

[SueShe]

I always speak my native language despite the fact that I am fluent in 3 different languages. I grew up bilingual and I learned another 2 languages during my school years.

My dreams are always (as far as I know) spoken in my native language. However, sometimes, I do dream that I speak different languages that are actually unfamiliar to me in real life but apparently, people seem to understand me in my dreams.

I believe that most people do dream in their native language and mostly elderly people that have always had a hard time adjusting to a new language once they emigrated.

[Kelly6]

@caprivib both

[capriVib]

Or it could be like this subtitles in English, speech in French 😂

[AviatorTom]

There is no one language where people are as fluent as in their native tongue.

People whose second language and native tongue are in the same root language class are often very fluent in both. Examples: Germanic languages: German, English; Latin-based languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese, Romanian

[strateguy632]

False good students in high school can, i met many. Also if they learned 2 languages both when a child both are "home languages ".

[AviatorTom]

@strateguy632 I respectfully disagree. A person may be very good in a second language, but their totally vocabulary and understanding pf idioms and slang is always better in their native tongue.

[AviatorTom]

Thanks for MHO

[capriVib]

"😉👍"

[strateguy632]

I dream in both languages, both fluent,

usually if i remembered each dream was consistent, same language, but rarely both languages in same dream! i wake surprised. Only once i recalled 3 languages in same dream but i am not fluent in 2 plus English. I guessed they dream using all 3!

[NathanDavis]

I was born and raised, grew up with two languages... Spanish and English, but, since I went to schools in Mexico... I did study Spanish but I've never studied English, I just parroted through life and didn't bother to ever actually study English as one should (because the lack of well established rules just pisses me off, lol) and so yes, I am much more fluent in Spanish than I could ever be in English and it just feel so much more natural to me, but besides some grammar/bad habits... my English is fluent enough

dreams though... as far as I remember, I would dream of both, but I would dream much more in Spanish, and when I recall specific dreams, it might be the case that I mostly dream in English with people who only speak English to me, while I could dream of either Spanish and English with the majority of people who also speak both languages...

[zagor]

My college roommate from Japan woke up one morning and said, rather concerned, "I'm starting to dream in English!".

[capriVib]

So why concerned If they've truly mastered the language, that’s something to celebrate

[Anonymous]

Probably both, depends on the dream.