When I was in practice enough with my German that I could think and speak directly in German (rather than putting the thought together in English and then translating it), there were a couple of times when I noticed concepts coming together in ways they wouldn't have if I'd been thinking in English.
Can't think of specific examples right now because it's past my bedtime and my brain's a little fried, but I know there were a few.
I also rather like listening to music that's in English, but written by non-native speakers of English. They come up with some really cool phrasings and ways of expressing concepts or thoughts that a native English speaker never would have used.
I find that thinking in another language does influence the way I perceive or describe things. To a lesser effect this also happens if I just spend a lot of time working with a particular language.
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Date: 2011-08-08 05:51 am (UTC)Can't think of specific examples right now because it's past my bedtime and my brain's a little fried, but I know there were a few.
I also rather like listening to music that's in English, but written by non-native speakers of English. They come up with some really cool phrasings and ways of expressing concepts or thoughts that a native English speaker never would have used.
Yes...
Date: 2011-08-08 09:35 pm (UTC)