The benefits of a bilingual brain - Mia Nacamulli 

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Lets be honest. One of the greatest advantages of being bilingual is getting YT videos praising you😂

Things that bilinguals do: Forget the word they trying to say in one language so they say it in another expecting that the other person understand.

as a person, who knows 3 languages (and English isn't my first language) I can say that when I started to learn languages as a hobbie it changed my life a lot now, when I angry or sad I just start to think in English or French. it really helps to relax and think more clearly

As an English Teacher, I can honestly say that learning a second language can help the learner in so many ways. Many students have reported to me that improving their second language has also improved his native one.

The worst thing is sometimes, people think that you’re showing off but actually you just forget the word in the language your speaking

when bilinguals starts to lose vocabulary in both languages BYE LINGUAL

My first language is Japanese and I started learning English when I was 15. Even though it's been more than 3 years, I have no idea how bilingual people could speak as fast and as smooth as native English speakers.

My parents are both from Mexico and only speak Spanish, growing up the main language I knew was Spanish until I started school, I’m so lucky my school had bilingual classes and I was in them until 3rd grade. Which helped with not forgetting my Spanish, but at the same time I have no choice because I still have to speak Spanish to my parents since they can’t understand English. One thing I struggle with is not knowing how to translate very professional complicated English forms and Spanish forms. ☹️ which sucks because I can’t help my parents with translating letter in the mail for them 😭 A funny thing for me in knowing two languages is how some things I can only understand in Spanish and other things I can only understand in English 🤣

the worst part is when people ask you to translate stuff and you forget what it means and then you start panicking because you forgot :/

YOU watched this video while English isn't your first language... good job.

I live in Azerbaijan. Here it's a common thing to know 4 languages. Most people (usually the young generation) know Azerbaijani as their native language, Turkish because it has some similarity with our language, Russian, because the country was a part of the USSR, and English as must known language (because of its internationality). Being bilingual is great and helps to absorb Information from different sources.

I lived in Singapore so I had a massive advantage. Local schools offer 4 different language classes: Mandarin, Malay, Tamil and Hindi while classes are in English. If you don’t pick any of those, you have to take an additional language outside of school. Singapore is also very multicultural and most people speak 3 language normally so you get a lot of practice outside of school too. I now live in japan and speak Japanese with my mom, take Chinese at school while other classes are in English, and learn Korean via zoom.

the benefit of a bilingual brain is to understand different *memes* in different languages

The downside of being multilingual: when you can't remember a word in a certain language. It's horrible when you're taking an exam or having a conversation with someone that doesn't know the language that you actually remember the word in.

Very interesting! My native language is Spanish, and I think I'm not bilingual yet but I'm learning every day. It's cool to know that learning a new language has social benefits but also physical or specifically brains benefits. I would like to have a childhood like Gabriela and to have a compund bilingual, but I am like Gabriela's parents and I am doing subordinate bilingual, for me it is a challenge and I am learning much more and beter than when I was younger. It is crazy that there is technology that shows the physical differences of a bilingual brain with other that is not, and it is crazier than before some scientists said learn two lenguages at the same time is bad for the kids

I think the emotional connection you have with your native language and other you learned later as an L2 that was mentioned in the video is indeed real. I can easily say "I love you" but I can barely say "eu amo-te". English feels more emotionally detached whilst portuguese comes off as very personal and strong

When you are learning a language and someone asks you to say something in that language, but you forgot EVERY word of the language so you’re like .__.

Cons of being bilingual : You forget how to say a word in one language but not the other. You mix up words and create a new language

I'm multilingual 😁 I was born in a family which speaks English, Portuguese and Italian. And during my life I've learnt 6 languages more. I love to meet new people from different cultures and learn their languages My son is 5 years old and I constantly put him to face listening to Portuguese, English and Italian as well. I think it'll be good to him!

My two children can speak Japanese and English quite fluently and they are Korean. . While I paid much attention to their acquiring English, I had no idea that they could speak Japanese quite well until recently. They said they come to acquire Japanese through early exposure to the language from the media. In fact, I am a big fan of Detective Conan and have watched the anime since I was single. . Didn't expect this to happen.. I was busy reading subtitles while they were acquiring the language.

The point is: you feel satisfied of understanding another language without translation

Sometimes l suddenly forgot a word in my native language but l know it in English or another language lol

I really felt so fine after seeing this video ! I'm also a multilingual but never felt this special or anything good, i never realized that. Thanks again!

That's great! My native language is Italian and my second one is English. I speak also a bit of Greek, Russian, French and Spanish. What I find amazing of bilingualism and multilingualism is the semantic richness one acquires and the ability of developing a deeper connection between language and creativity.

Me:*Bilingual* Also me:Still reads subtitles

Bilingual/Multilingual Problem: When someone asks you to translate something, you might suddenly forget how to accurately word it in the other language of your choice. You can comprehend the sentence, but the translation is at the tip of your tongue. It's like, "I understand what that sentence means, but I just can't remember the phrase for it in ." Dunno if that made sense, but it happens to me a lot lol.

I am Brazilian and I've been learning English since 2021, now I'm 20 and getting better little by little. Learning a language in schools here (mostly English) in Brazil are not good enough in general. We spend almost a decade studying it but we finish high school knowing not even the basics. But I've made my mind in 2021 and it's been great and I'm proud of myself to start to learn it and I am also proud of anyone who decided to leave your own bubble and started to learn new languages, you rock!

I'm from Brazil and this is my first time watching this channel, so nice

This is the amount of people that are bilingual or multilingual 👇🏽

Came here being very proudof knowing two languages .. *reads comments* Welp looks like everyone speaks 8+ languages here *self esteem -100

Well, I grew up in India, where I simultaneously learned English and hindi at the same time, and I don't have any issues switching between languages. I think it's important to note that if you've learned two languages at the same time, it's going to be way easier and almost an everyday function to switch between those languages.

Honestly learning a second language is like traveling to another world. Love it ❤

My favorite: "Look, I know what it means, but I can't tell u in words" I just kinda feel the meaning🤣

Being multilingual means: More music More films More series More memes More books More everything. I wonder why some people don't even try to take up a language.

I also believe that being bilingual enriches you with other cultures. I have studied English for a long time and I had not seen progress but now that I started with another language I feel that I am making more progress in both languages, I suppose it is due to the theory that the brain is more active

I'd say I understand 7 languages. I actively speak Indonesian (native language), English, and Spanish on a daily basis, followed by 4 languages that I can understand but passively use it: Sundanese, Javanese, Japanese (I can read and write), and Catalan. By learning Spanish, it opens more opportunities for me to learn and understand a bit of Italian, Portuguese, and French (I'm currently learning Italian). Using and thinking in those languages is such a great exercise for my brain, and it does help to improve my memory. I'm so glad that I have the ability to learn various languages. Hopefully, I still can understand and speak all of them when I'm older.

Who else watched this video for self-gratification?

As a student, one of the greatest benefits of being a bilingual is just translating the english essay for your essay on your native language subject.

It's very interesting that about the bilingual brain, because I only want to speak english, but I didn't see before that I'm changing my brain learning new words in another language, ways to showing my ideas or ways for descripting anything. Speak english It's hard for me, but I'm trying to speak with other people with my same language but in a second language and I'm not alone in this.

As a wise man once said, "if you know just one language, you know none". I'm a Russian man who speaks Russian, English, German and Esperanto (also I study Latin right now), and I'm fascinated by how many small things in your language you only start to notice when you learn another one. There are grammatical and lexical structures that can only be said in one language and can't be fully translated to another - as in, it's not like they cannot be translated at all, it's a misconception, but they are translated using different methods. As a Russian, I find it easier to think in English. It strips down all unnecessary grammatical elements. In English, there are no genders, no cases, no endings that change throughout the sentence every time you change the case. English is a clean, reliable language. I love it. Latin is a mess. As in, it's not really *that* messy, it has structure (no duh, all languages have a structure). But learning it is the same thing as learning Russian for the first time. Too many grammatical categories, too many things to keep track of. German is a perfect balance between simplicity and capacity. I don't know what else to say, German is my absolutely favourite language. I think my life would've been easier if German was the language I think in. If there are Germans who read this, know that I bow before you and your language that shows enough flexibility to convey all sorts of thoughts but doesn't have too many unnecessary details sewn to every single word.

The craziest thing is when you start to see dreams in the new language

Problem is... Sometimes i forget how to talk grammarly correct in my native language because i am also thinking in the second language... Struggle is real...

I started learning english in kindergarten, then I studied it at school as one of the subjects. I've discovered more of it thanks to extra classes and now I'm about to (hopefully) get accepted to a bilingual class in high school. I usually speak English in the internet and mostly use Polish in real life, but for some reason I'm just as likely to think in english as I am to think in my native language! Great video 😎

I’m an aspiring polyglot and i found this vid very interesting i love this channel so much. Don’t give up guys everything takes time, you can do it, find what’s best for you and helps you improve :’)

The biggest benefit of being bilingual is crying in different languages, right now I'm crying in Spanish

Benefit of being a bilingual: -Speak more than one language

This video makes me think about my experience as a bilingual person and how learning English unconsciously helped me think more complexly and strengthened my rationality and brain activity when using it.

I believe that Mia's position, to teach and present the importance of knowing another language, through the development of new active skills such as speaking and writing and passive skills such as listening and reading can open the way to endless adventures both emotionally and At a cerebral level, why is it more entertaining than being able to speak and understand another language that is not your native language? for me now it is the most fun

What people think being bilingual is like: Fully understanding both languages What being bilingual actually is like: How do I translate this other language to my native language

The moment you get confused with your own language, you become fluent in the language you're studying.

Being bilingual is very beneficial for our brain and self esteem. I found it very interesting that is also helps delay certain diseases. And you can also trasfer you knowledge to your family and help their brain too. I really liked the video and it is very educational. thanks!!!

Great video! It motivate me to continue to learn English as a second language. Thank you.

I feel so proud of myself until the narator say "So while bilingualism may not necessarily make you smarter," Noooooooooooooo

Speaking 4 languages here. In the Philippines, we learn English and Filipino in school. And for every local region, there is a specific language we all use, which is completely different with the national language, Filipino. Then, I was fortunate enough to work in a a Japanese company, so we had to learn Nihongo as well. Sometimes all the languages get mixed up when you're drunk! 😂

I loved the video, it is very interesting and has a very necessary information that generates awareness and motivation to learn other languages.

Am I the only one who thinks both in a foreign and in his native languege ? And sometimes knows how to express himself in his 2nd languege better than in his 1st one ?

i was scared when she said Gabriela from Peru because that's literally me.

I find this information very interesting, since it touches on very important topics, thank you for sharing it

My mother language is Portuguese, which help me to understand a few words in spanish too (actually, since I was younger, I love to watch TV series from Argentina and Mexico, so it brought some familiarity also). I started to learn English at school when I was fourteen; however it was just the basic one's. During the outbreak, I become more close to the idiom and right now I'm capable of understanding, reading, speaking, and writing english (I'm trying to improve the last two of those). It is incredible to see how the bilingual brain works, such an interesting video!

Anyone else feel like they have a different personality when speaking another language 😂

Benefit of being bilingual: You have more various options of RU-vid videos bcs you can watch videos that are not in your native language, which means you can get more information 👍

As a Mauritian, I feel so grateful that such videos have been made. People from other countries usually get confused about how we speak so many languages. My first main language was French, but also English. Both languages were introduced to me as a toddler. By the age of 5 I was completely fluent in them. I started learning hindi and Spanish in which I am also fluent. And since I as a little child, I was hearing creole everywhere and I am fluent in it too. Fun fact:our national written language is basically English but we speak French and creole. The school system is different, they explain in French n the books r in English BUT IT'S ACTUALLY EASIER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND 💀

That is absolutely fascinating. I am currently learning Hindi, and, the more I practice and listen to content in Hindi, the more I find myself naturally thinking and speaking it, sometimes, unintentionally.

I’m bilingual and I understand my native language but when I’m asked to translate it my brain stops working :/

Y'all, knowing to say a couple of sentences in 4+ languages doesn't count as being multilingual. Fluency matters.

Hearing about all the types of multilingual gives me this view of how we all learn and acquire a language, and what are the situations that led us to it, and how our brain changes when we learn a language, i found really Interesting the way this video explains the way our emotions and how we see the world gets affected by the time we learn other language

Every year for my birthday, I give myself two gifts: I drop a bad habit and learn a new skill. I've been speaking Spanish now for about seven years and I love the language so much. But what has surprised me most is how many other languages I can correctly guess now that I am intimate with two instead of just one. I can now look at Italian, Portuguese, French and do pretty well. And I can hear the similarities in other languages, like Arabic and Chinese. I've found myself fascinated with language, and it is a skill that has opened up new ways of seeing everything around me. ~THC

What do you call a person who only speaks 1 language?? - An American.

cons of being multilingual: *people automatically assume you will be their translator*

My first language is Portuguese, for some reason, I started learning English when I was like 7, and I can assure that it was one of the best things that ever happened to me, I learned it all by myself though, which the age probably explains why I learned so fast

That time when someone asks you to translate a word but there is no exact translation of that word...... *Cries in 4 languages

Cons: You don’t just forget words in one language, but both. More like byelingual

Thank you four this excellent episode. merci.

Im 14 and I started learning english 8 months ago, its being very hard and I struggle a lot w pronnounce (especially when im talking to other people) but this video has made me feel better abt trying to learn a new idiom when youre not a child anymore.

Me: speaks more than 2 languages Also me: not fluent in any of those

Comments be like: I speak 1748 languages😏

I didn't know the benefits of being bilingual; that's so great. I'm currently studying English, and the video motivates me to learn more. Besides, I think being bilingual gives us other types of benefits, not only in the brain but also in our environment, such as hobbies, relationships, and job opportunities.

The part with 3 languages made me fall in love with it❤❤

A wise man once said: "If a person speaks in a horrible accent, prejudice will get you no where because they are the ones that know 2 languages and not you, don't mock them dummy" Edit: Grammar! Good luck in your language learning, and don't forget to always smile!

me after understanding what’s going on in an anime after looking away for a second:

My mom immigrated form Uzbekistan when my sister was 3. She Learned English from songs, and work because she was a hair stlyist and needed to communicate with others. On the other hand, my sister finished school in America so she speaks perfect English and no accent. My mom has a accent still, but it is much better then it was. Being a bilingual (English and Russian) is great for me as it allows me to speak to my grandma and non english family.

I'm fluently trilingual, and using all three languages on a daily basis and while it's a huge blessing to be able to talk in three languages, it's also always such a mess in my brain i feel like. I will often get words in another language in my head while talking in one language and it's so hard sometimes to translate on the spot. Or sometimes there just simply aren't any words for the one that i'm thinking of in the other language. Happy to know that it at least contributes to brain health because yeah, it really is brain gymnastics haha.

I realized that my mind was becoming bilingual when I forgot a word in my native language but knew it in English

If you forget a word don’t say “I forgot what that word is” Instead say “I forgot the English word for it” that way you seem smarter

As a native Mandarin speaker using English and Japanese on daily basis, I would say it exposes me to lots and lots of new stuff and definitely shapes my personality. And the best part of it is you get to date people from different backgrounds and it’s amazing:)

I'm a Korean, and I learned English since I was really young. Now, I'm twelve years old, and managed to perfectly read, write, and speak in two languages! It's really great when I watch netflix lol

benefits of a bilingual brain: you know the grammar of your first language better than your second language, but you know more words in your second language than your first language

Sometime ago i learned english on my own, but not because i had to move somewhere else, Because I didn't know how to change language in Minecraft

It started at pandemic, I got really bored so I learned another language which is French then I liked it it was fun for me so I thought "why not learn multiple languages?" next language I learned is Korean/Hangul, I learned how to write and read Hangul in just a very short time, that's when I realized God gifted me a talent, now I'm currently learning Mandarin,Japanese,Spanish,and German.

I'm finnish, but started learning English in the 3rd grade, Swedish in the 4th and German in the 8th. Despite 10 years of studying English I actually learned most of it online. Which is also why I still have very limited skills in the other two. I just never started using those languages outside the classroom, it's a shame. Though it was pretty cool to finish the best in my school in the English finals. These days I pretty much just use Finnish in real life and English online. I'm pretty proud of it, since the two are so very different too. Lol I'm even pretty sure I write faster in English most of the time

Saying an english word in your accent because you forgot the word

My first language is spanish, and I must say that it surprises me how naturally I understand videos in English without reading any subtitles. It's like my mind automagically traduces it and I understand everything as if it were in spanish

Very interesting information! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

English is a compulsory course for primary and high school students in China, some of us may choose to study abroad in universities in the future, like me. I always thought being a non-native speaker is nothing but a disadvantage, thank you for letting me know that there are so much benifits! You made me feel more confident.

I'm really glad that my parents taught me English as a kid but I wish my German grandmother had spoken German with me as well. If you can raise your kid to be bilingual, please do so, it's gonna help them so much

Me: Bilingual Also me: reads subtitles because It feels relaxing and more understanding

The video is interesting to me because it highlights the importance of language acquisition during childhood, yet it emphasizes that it's not impossible in adulthood. Constant learning is crucial for my personal growth and opens up opportunities in my work or studies abroad, such as specialization. I love it the content.

Thank you very much Your way in deliver information is wonderfull

My problem is that I have developed my English so much that in a normal conversation with my family (In Spanish) sometimes I don't know the Spanish word for something that I do know in English, so I spend the next few minutes explaining what the "thing" is until they tell me the word in Spanish.