What language do you think in?

I have a complete inability to speak in any language other than English, so naturally, I have a complete inability to think in any language other than English.
 
Well, that depends on which language I'm using at the time. My native language is Danish, so while at school and stuff, I mostly do think in Danish, but while on PC, and most other places on the internet, I mostly do think in English, since I'm exposed to the language so much. I guess it jumps around a bit as well, and honestly, I think I may be beginning to think more in English, as weird as that is, BUT YEAH. English and Danish.
 
I am bilingual. Dutch is my native language, but I've been speaking English almost just as long. I really only think in English nowadays, I dream in English, I mumble to myself in English. I only use Dutch when it's really necessary nowadays, like in classes and with my family. Even when speaking Dutch I think in English. It's something I just can't turn off. It creates really awkward situations where I get stuck translating my thoughts from English to Dutch, then fall silent for like 5 seconds and reluctantly say the English word instead. Worst that happened was when I completely forgot the Dutch translation of "You're urged to attend but it is not compulsory" while speaking in an audience of around a hundred of my peers, and I went on to give a very rich description of the word instead of just saying it that eventually ended up going "It's not that you must but you sorta must but it's not that it must that it must." (Except it was in Dutch.)
 
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I always think in English, with a bit of Spanish and Tagalog mixed in.
 
Mainly Arabic as it's my tongue sometimes English and also sometimes cats language..if it's count of course! lol
 
Usually English haha, though occasionally with a different accent than my own.
 
I think in English of course :3 Sometimes I think in jibberish when im confused.
 
Mainly Polish, my native language. Even though most things I read during the day are in English I don't 'think' in that language often because I don't speak it much.
 
I think almost entirely in English because it's the only language I'm fluent in. (I used to be good enough at French to switch my thoughts over to it occasionally but I've since let it go, oops.)

Some phrases or words come up in Japanese, though, since it's the only language I'm studying right now.
 
English, plain old boring English. When I was learning French I hoped to get to the point where I'd start dreaming in French, but it never happened. I did think in French for a bit, everything people would say my mind would be like "oh I'll translate that into French for you" but that's long gone now.
 
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