Postby OldBoring » 2014-06-10, 7:46
This morning before waking up, I had a really weird dream.
In the dream, I was home living with my parents. The water company advertised that who had shower that day would be rewarded with points. So I went to have shower, and my dad asked me what I was doing, in Qingtianese Wu, as normal.
I replied in Qingtianese, in code-switching with Italian, as it's normal in my house, and said:
该日汏浴,会给我人 punti 个。[gə neʔ da joʔ | ɦuə kʰa ŋu nəŋ 'punti kə]
Having shower today, they'll give us points.
I don't remember the rest of the weird dream. Now that I've been living alone for 5 years, I often dream about living with my family together.
In my dreams, while really weird things happen, language usage always matches the reality. So that I talk in Qingtianese (code-switch with Italian) to parents and family; Italian with my brother and Italian friends etc. and strangers I meet when the dream is set in Italy; Mandarin with my girlfriend and collegemates, and whoever I meet in China.
But it happens often that e.g. the dreams begins in China, and some scenes after, I'm in Italy...