Can You Learn All Languages or Will You Die Trying? [Explained]

[@peterbailey19]

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.

[@Leto85]

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.

[@ajaysinghrawat970]

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.

[@MaaZy_]

It turns out that old man has been dead for +40 years, and the language she learned was a language from ancient times

[@anak_kucing101]

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.

[@grapeshott]

Next, some videos on linguistics and psychology....

[@davea6314]

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.

[@SemiPolymath]

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!

[@sprouts]

Fascinating!

[@pedroribeiro3262]

In Indonesia "saya akan" is used as future tense. Actually, English doesn't have a future tense, an auxiliary verb is used

[@agniksen8507]

I am 18 and I speak English, Hindi and Bengali and I am learning French, German and Spanish. I know a bit about Italian, Japanese and Korean.

[@Leto85]

What a fun video. I speak Dutch and English fluently, can speak a bit of Spanish, and can read a bit of German, Spanish, and Italian.

[@CalebcKaukac]

BEST LEARNING CHANNEL VERY EDUCATIVE watching from Kenya Africa

[@hadiuzzaman]

Native - Bangla. Learned - English (mandatory in school). Learned - Arabic (mandatory for religious reason). Learned - Spanish (on my own)

[@sprouts]

Amazing!

[@Minorskillissue]

I struggle at my "native language", and speak English much better.

[@srilakshmidevanathan8334]

I agree 100 percent

[@Minorskillissue]

@@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.)

[@im_creative1]

From which country you belong ?​@@Minorskillissue

[@Minorskillissue]

@@im_creative1 Malta

[@goodmanmasemola293]

​@Minorskillissue, that is regarded as a "Subtractive bilingualism".

[@Phillia_crochet]

My mother tongue and native language is Vietnamese. English is my second language and mandatory at school from elementary to high school. English is the main language used in lessons and exams in the university I attended with compulsory French class. I enjoyed my French classes and did well but as I don't have much intrinsic motivation to continue learning and using this language everyday, it never got the the level of the other two. It's funny that I find myself more confident and open using English and now use it more everyday than my own mother tongue despite have yet travelled abroad once. My Vietnamese father who used to work as an interpreter for Japanese- Vietnamese and vice versa didn't teach me any Japanese to avoid ruining my English pronunciation according to his personal experience.

[@thejoker0123]

well i speak mostly english and some spanish and a little bit of greek but i mostly know the greek alphabet

[@esdinarose16]

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.

[@martinneumann7783]

I do understand English quite well and I can talk when warmed up. For pleasure I’m learning French with my KZbin teachers. I’m getting better every day and that’s really satisfying. 🇬🇧🥰🇫🇷🤩🇩🇪

[@Jaggerbush]

I get it. So the old man found a wormhole and the young child is a time traveler.... Was that the take away here?

[@shubham3756]

571 million people speak Hindi , it should be in the list just after Mandarin.

[@farmeda446]

I'm missing only one of the 5 most spoken languages, which I'm currently learning

[@imadsarrakhi8021]

That suggests that it is known how many words we need to know and be able to use to speak a particular anguage

[@rahulisgreat4911]

That story you used, was something else

[@kiden_naga]

LOTHA ,Tribal/Local language from Nagaland(read,write,speaks) in Community English(Read,Write,Speak),Hindi(Read,Speak).Schools/Institutions Nagamese(Speak). Geographically.

[@MyName-tb9oz]

How many languages are there really? = How long is the coast of England?

[@Justmeeeeeee12]

Languages are evolving fast as humans

[@Kanguruo]

I speak Esperanto and use it every day to communicate with my friends all over the world.

[@sprouts]

We got a Esperanto channel ;)

[@Kanguruo]

@@sprouts Great, it is through Esperanto that I got to know about the existence of your channel.

[@sprouts]

@@Kanguruo really?

[@Kanguruo]

@@sprouts I am a subscriber of the UEAviva Esperanto channel and there was a video called Ĉu Eblas Amuze Eduki ? which talked about Sprouts and so that's how I got to know about your channel.

[@lounaakkouche8607]

I’m from Algeria 🇩🇿 speak kabyle my native language and Arabic and French and i improving my English I love learning languages ❤❤❤

[@tawsifrezachowdhury7478]

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

[@TitularHeroine]

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.

[@StoryByte9999]

I feel like I earned my nerd card by knowing way more computer languages then human ones.

[@sprouts]

😆

[@Leto85]

6000+ languages in around 80 years... Ay caramba, ich kann dat toch nicht!

[@leonsantamaria9845]

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.....👋😄

[@HackHeadspace]

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.

[@goosebumps892]

i want to learn another language. i only can speak english and i don’t even know where to start :(

[@jonsmith20766]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Is the English flag. It is our language. Other Britons use it but they have their own languages.

[@Niki-kr4gg]

The most pointless video this channel has ever made

[@slaveofallah987]

urdu and hindi are same language, just different script. and i think it is the most spoken or understood language in the world (population)

[@sprouts]

Good point!

[@mrvincefox]

What was the moral of the story? I didnr get the ending

[@Dovith]

I am trying to learn the language of love.

[@hrafik31]

I can speak Arabic, English and French 😁

[@GerardoJaucian-k8j]

Best video ❤

[@GerardoJaucian-k8j]

More languages ❤

[@armanshirzad4409]

was expecting a better conclusion to learn a message. well didnt.

[@MS-cs7gt]

lol !! Hindi spoken by minimum 1 billion people

[@THAW212]

She lacked the "why'' and she forgot the real meaning and purpose of LANGUAGES WORDS AND SENTENCES..

[@Sofiaa.l9x]

I thought the same.why would I learn billions of words that I don't need when j could learn something more uselful😂

[@otako9171]

I drowned in the videos and story

[@Keith-tz2jy]

I can't learn a new language I learn to slow I don't even know basic math yet. And I'm 54m . I can barely read and write

[@GerardoJaucian-k8j]

Japanese language ❤

[@Eren-bp7uz]

so many many many numbers

[@슈카야_밥먹자]

그냥 다들 한국어 쓰는게 어떰?

[@pyeitme508]

WOW!

[@themdr00]

👍

[@bAa-xj3ut]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@allemalherhoren7460]

But of course you have t9 show maya with a headscarf thats the important part.

[@Typical.Anomaly]

Why does this bother you so much, kiddo? Did the smelly orange man tell you to hate certain people?

[@theuchihaalchemist7629]

If without a headscarf then with a giant bindi

[@hanaishaajourney]

Why?

[@theuchihaalchemist7629]

@@hanaishaajourney because they are stereotypes against Indians and with India I mean India the country.

[@theuchihaalchemist7629]

@@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

[@Hjahaiainai]

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[@hiranpeiris877]

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