I'm in my fifties, and one of the most rewarding things I've ever done is learn more languages. Not only is it excellent brain exercise, and useful if you travel, but the differences and similarities between languages are fascinating. At first you indulge in a little pride at learning other European languages, then you look at something like Hindi, Arabic, Mandarin, or Japanese - and it's so alien that it actually forces your brain to structure thoughts differently. Then you realize that the world is full of four-year-old kids in Chennai, Cairo, Shanghai and Kyoto that speak those languages just fine (and they often learn English, which is just as alien to them). Just amazing.
Slightly off-topic here, but now you are bilingual, do you also see differences in art depending on the first language of the painter? El Sol and Die Sonne present the sun as masculine and feminine respectively for example.
I am from India. I studied three languages Hindi, English, Sanskrit and self-learned Tamil and Malayalam. I took lessons of Japanese too and can understand little bit of very simple Japanese too. I can understand well my native language Garhwali and other languages like Marwadi, Gujrati etc. India has such a rich heritage of languages but there are not many people who would like to treasure it because they all care about English. Learning English makes you feel superior. At one point in my life I was under the same illusion but now I am enlightened. During my journey of learning languages I realized how beautifully they bond with each other. About learning languages I would say, less is more. Learn languages like a child, don't try to be a scholar unless it is needed. Try to interact with people who cannot speak the language you know. Then we realize the value of every single word and gesture that makes sense. One more thing not everyone realizes is the power of our subconscious mind which learns passively. Love the language you are going to learn.
I'm from El Salvador, Spanish is my native language, I only speak English, but I'm learning Japanese. Later on, I'll probably learn Indonesian and Korean.
If you have any doubt about what language to speak then default to Klingon. I've been intending to watch the theater production of Hamlet spoken in Klingon.
@@srilakshmidevanathan8334 Me to, but to fair, more people know English in my country than my country's language, becuase of immigrants and children being taught my country's language after English if at all until school. (In my country we learn both English and my country's language from primary school.)
I've learned four languages and find it helps keep my brain working and wondering. For example, in Bahasa (spoken in Indonesia and Malaysia) a pretty girl is "manis," but a beautiful girl is "chantik." Manis connotes dark skin and chantik light skin. Is that a remnant of their colonial past or predate it because wealthy people don't have dark skin from working outdoors? Bahasa also lacks a future tense, so "I will" is translated to "saya hendek," which means I intend. Does that make it more accurate than English? If you only speak one language, I propose you owe it to yourself to learn more!
I do understand English quite well and I can talk when warmed up. For pleasure I’m learning French with my RU-vid teachers. I’m getting better every day and that’s really satisfying. 🇬🇧🥰🇫🇷🤩🇩🇪
LOTHA ,Tribal/Local language from Nagaland(read,write,speaks) in Community English(Read,Write,Speak),Hindi(Read,Speak).Schools/Institutions Nagamese(Speak). Geographically.
This is a brilliant video! However, aiming to learn such a large number of words in most cases is a waste of time. By learning only around 2,000 of the most commonly used words, you can achieve a B1 (intermediate) level in a language. Instead of focusing on just one language, you can learn multiple languages and still have decent conversations with natives.
I speak at least four languages. Although Dutch sign language is my native language (I am deaf), I grew up bilingual: Dutch and Dutch Sign Language. In addition, I am sufficiently proficient in English and German. I learned these subjects at my secondary school. I encounter English every day, German less so. In addition, I have an acquaintance with a handful of words from French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Flemish Sign Language and American Sign Language itself. I personally find language diversity so fascinating, that is why I want to learn and understand this language.
Is one human ...in the history....his name is... James William sides....he speak 40 language,...he go to the library and in just one day he learning Portuguese...im just English and sphanish.. little bit French...and Tagalog.....👋😄
Chatgaiya is my mother tongue...বাংলা is my national language.. I am fluent at bangla.. Also at intermediate level in English... Know a bit urdu (pretty reading, writing, listening... But not fluent in speaking )... In future i wanna learn sparanto, mandarin, German... Punjabi
I speak only English fluently, and have picked up random scant words and phrases from several languages. Oddly though, sometimes if I think of the name of an object in a different language, i often struggle to remember the English noun. It's a strange feeling and can be pretty disconcerting.
@@hanaishaajourney Maya is a Sanskrit word which means Illusion and it's usually dedicated to the Goddess Mahamaya which means great illusion or the one who controls illusion. Basically every Gods or Goddess of Hinduism is a part of that great illusion. It's also a very common name in India
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