I absolutely loved this talk! I find it interesting how Russians have a distinction between light vs dark blue, and English has the same situation with red and light red (pink)!

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Both of us autistic brother

Don't!! It is just practice, practice, practice! You can do it too!

It doesn‘t matter,you can do it too

I was like that too belive me. Meditating helped a ton you should try it

I hope this comment keeps that image because it's made my night

Sometimes when I don't use the english for nothing, I tend to forget it, even I can't speak it so I have to turn on my brain into the language to return it and that is really weird, I say that our minds works like this, it respond with differents behaviors to every languge because for learning any language you need to acquaint to the language that you are learning that's why we our reactions are difference in differents language.

Johnny Daller wow!

Waaaw!

Johnny Daller I think that's called ”classical conditioning”.

Johnny Daller superb dude

Like German, interesting. And similarly patient nd categorical people..?

Very funny but very logical. It really makes sense!

Fascinating! Thank you for sharing your experience.

Or do a pact with the devil. "Your soul belongs to me" "Ok, the english, spanish, german, arabic or the japanese one?"

Oh, that’s true

Unfortunately, this has not been my experience. I learned English first, and later in life learned some French and German. I never reached the point of fluency in my secondary languages, mind you. My thoughts in French and German are simply as they can be translated into English thoughts. My mother, on the other hand(a German immigrant at age 9), can be spoken to in either English or German, and sometimes does not realize which language she is being spoken to her or which language she is speaking. She will hear some German occasionally and not realize it's not English. Very interesting, I find.

Do you confuse languages? I have learned sign language, some French, and am learning Spanish. Trying to dig up a Spanish word, I will often find myself signing the word that I need or saying the French word. My Spanish teacher laughs at me all the time.

@@juliessignlanguageclass7739 It makes sense to me that you would associate, and even confuse, the two languages as they're both latin-based, and there is a lot of shared nomenclature. But I'm the furthest thing from an expert in the field.

Is it even possible to discover something without the necessary language tools or are we going to have to rely on other cultures to teach us?

Good questions, but it is not like that. Some word exist in some languages because they were needed. The number 0 was invented in India because they needed at that time, whyle other population din't and the arab useat after and spreadet to others. So, we have the word teleportation but noboby invented it yeat. I dont agree that a languages is shaping so much..... a languages is reflecting the culture, ideas, needs of a population /tribe. I find realy fascinating that humans are so capable of creating languages, speaked or by signing like for the def people.

Tristan Möller It's not that they can't discover algebra because of their language, they just don't even have what's called mathematics because they don't need it at all for their activities. Basically when a group of humans has a new necesity and therefore begins to do certain activities that they did not even imagine before, they adapt their language to it. That's what happend with computer vocabulary for example, nobody knew the word "internet" back in the 70s for instance. That did not mean that we could not discover the internet because it was missing in our languages, we just discovered it and adapted the languages to it in a short period of time. Basically, there's nothing missing in our languages, it is missing in our minds and we have yet to discover those new posibilities, and then adapt the languages we speak to the new situation. It couldn't work vice versa, you just can't adapt the language to something that doesn't exist yet.

I think this does happen. I have a severe language disability, and so I experience sometime the translation of my thoughts into words more slowly than the average person. But this leaves me mostly not translating my thoughts into language unless I have to (it's hard work), so I have had many ideas I would not be able to put to words, be cause the words do not exist. I think as discovery happens we create new words to share the new ideas (I love the other posters example of internet vocabulary). Deep thoughts!

@@antoniosarosi1161 Beautiful.

yeah, European Spanish is very different than all the Latin American countries, and even within a same country there's regional variations and accents that give a completely different meaning to words / phrases, etc

I agree! 👌🤍

@@hristinastoiliva8995 I hardly understand what you mean. please learn the english grammer more

@@hristinastoiliva8995 Totally understand what you mean) 💯

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I'm spaniard and I sense how my voice changes when I speak english

Do you sound native in both Portuguese and English?

this is so beautiful

@@iamjust1normalgirlfromindi446 My original language is Spanish, and Portuguese is somewhat similar, so I was able to adapt to the language easily. I also learned English since I was a child, so if I have an accent, it is almost not noticeable. Most people don’t realize.

True. My voice also becomes different when I switch from Chinese to English.

The amount of "research" you mean.

@ wat? she is literally using a bunch of empirical data

I agree, but that does not change my mind that her thesis is misguided. ukposts.info/have/v-deo/sYhzhaixlpher5s.html

Would respect it more had she acknowledged that no linguist holds that language shapes the way a human being thinks in any significant way.

@@chetrisaw6301 She's not saying that language completely changes one's worldview. She's merely stating that languages can have subtle influences or create biases on how speakers of different language think.

It's how you perceive what you see verstehen.

you do not think only with the language...

Luis Cantero Wow!

30 million words theory between rich and poor . More words more laughs

Luis Cantero

Indeed. As bilingual I kept telling myself for a long time that there's no difference between the way I present myself in English and in Finnish but it's not true. As my English has improved over the years due to daily use the differences have become smaller and smaller, but they're there. And then there are those moments when you realise that the exact expression you're looking for only exists in one of the languages and you feel weird because you can't convey it effectively to the other party. As an example of the kind of thing this video is about: to this day I occasionally mix up 'he' and 'she' when talking in English because Finnish doesn't use gendered pronouns so when I'm talking/thinking fast (and/or drunk) it's easy to slip as the usage of those classes is not part of my original programming.

SatanicBunny I have to know now if you don’t use he or she in Finnish what is used. Example She picked up her bag and walked to his car How would that sentence work. Keep in mind I do only speak English

My guess is that the Finnish personal pronoun is the equivalent of "they" as a singular form in English, in cases where gender is unknown or irrelevant.

Kansasforlife I think that’s a good guess

SatanicBunny I know exactly what you're talking about! It happens to me too; sometimes there are sayings and metaphors that perfectly describe a situation I'm in, in one language but just don't exist in other languages and it irks me that I can't use it because no one else speaks that language. Also your slip ups make sense! We revert to the language we're most comfortable in when we're quick thinking, drunk, or emotional. I know I bring out my mother tongue with dialect and all when I'm mad. It's very interesting.

My gf says that I speak with a deeper voice in English than in Spanish!

i personally notice that about myself as well. I speak 3 languages aside my mother tongue. Even thought my voice is the same in each of them, my pitch and intonation changes subconsciously.

@@andreeateodor8118 Yes, I was chatting with a Russian once (I just know a few words) and he asked who I'd learnt it from. He said I speak English like I'm gay and Russian like a complete thug.

@@Pabloparsil i've found that myself too (i'm Spanish). I've been actually wondering if English speakers use a deeper tone of voice

My wife says that my voice is different in English and Spanish.

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@@Mohammed-yd4uc Hmm lemme guess, you meant NERD women in general are not attractive right? Cause if you're generally talking about intelligent women or the woman in the video specifically, you might just be the stupidest person to ever walk this earth. Just saying!

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Beatiful, to be sure, but not much substance to her claims: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/sYhzhaixlpher5s.html

Carina . . . But it also includes a lot of idiosyncrasies . . . if you want to be honest ! ! !

@@hughmoore786 Oh, Hugh Moore, what do you mean?

@@carinacorrea1976 . . . Everyone brings something of themselves . . . Their past . . . if you prefer . . . into every situation or understanding . . . You (and I) are no exception . . . Ergo . . . idiosyncrasies abound

I'm somewhat tempted to title this talk as . . . language shapes and distorts the way . . .

I found something on my computer I still consider very amusing . . . A box in the various language categories which states . . . User Defined and all this time I thought this was the purpose of a computer . . . to bring clarity or definition to language ! ! ! Well I know what its like to be wrong sometimes . . . but I don't believe this is one of those times!

Yesss! I am personally experiencing a lot of healing as I pursue Spanish. It is my safe, happy place, untouched by sorrows of the past (because I choose to allow it to be that way), and I'm literally relearning how to live my life much more fully. I can credit language learning, conversing, and being welcomed and treated as a valuable person by others all over the world (especially through language exchanges) with successfully reversing a future with little hope for the better. I feel younger!

About the essence of this video. There is too much epistemological non sense in some presupposition about how deep a linguist could explain sociology based on the facts of some specific grammar use versus another use in other grammar . For instance, in Portuguese, bridge is feminine and we have a big bridge here in my town. My wife (who is a female) says it is a beautiful bridge. I am a male and I call it a strong bridge. Are we considering the same bridge under different gender point of views because the bridge is feminine? Or just because the speakers using the same grammar are male and female? There is also a worse case against this video central thesis: if we (male and female native speakers) talk about that bridge, we can conclude that it is indeed beautiful and strong without any problems if it is indeed a really beautiful and strong bridge *to our perceptions* not to our common tongue and grammar. Apparently lady Boroditsky is implying that people do think someway differently because they speak differently. I disagree. They do speak differently because they think differently. Language is just only an innate competence. So if she implies that any specific grammar as performance is capable to establish specific concepts (like race or gender) I should say that she is only defending an ideology not science. Brazil

I'm not so sure you need language to change your thinking process. Understand the culture is also effective. My karate style was taught in the traditional Japanese way using Japanese reasons and concepts like sho shin, ren ma, juku and Bushido as well as the tradition such as proper bowing and the use of Osu. But while we used varied terms for punching, kicking and blocking (tsuki, geri, uke) I never studied Japanese itself, so they sounded completely different when I got to take a class is a Japanese dojo of the same style. And while I struggled a bit at first in that regard, I took to the Japanese dojo culture near perfect because of the 15 years of traditional cultural teaching.

@@KRYPTOS_K5 How many languages do you speak?

@@matthewbittenbender9191 So, you've never had a conversation with anyone in the Japanese language then?

Leopoldo Serraglio and second wife

No..human got limits..you can only have 1 soul..to add another kind of soul of different understanding, you'll have to sacrifice a part of your original soul subconciously..for example What is the endgame of a 10 years old russian boy who move to the US and live there for the rest of his life..he will look russian but will you feel like talking to a russian when you talk to him? I hope that my example make my point..if not too bad

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" Juliet

I believe this!

Get it on. Get it on Kid Charlemagne.

In your language, the same word is used for blue and for green - "màu xanh." When my Vietnamese wife took her citizenship interview, she was asked what colors are the American flag. She said, "red, white and green." I explained to the interviewer how color names work in Vietnamese.

@@rubiks6 no, in Vietnamese, green is "màu xanh lá" or "màu xanh lá cây", which means the color of the leaves, while blue is "màu xanh nước biển" or "màu xanh da trời", which means the color of the sea or the sky respectively. We have so very diverse words for colors.

@@ngocanhao3597 - That doesn't explain why my Vietnamese wife, who was born in and grew up in Trà Vinh, got "red, white, and blue" confused with "red, white, and green." Perhaps in everyday speech, "blue" and "green" both get shortened to "màu xanh" and "màu xanh." Perhaps it matters what part of the country you are from. Thanks for the lesson on the longer names of these colors.

⁠@@rubiks6 ​​⁠ Your wife probably didn’t answer the question correctly because of either her English or knowledge about the flag. It’s not Vietnamese that makes it hard to distinguish green or blue. Besides, when Vietnamese hear ‘màu xanh’, we’re more likely to get it blue, at least for me. For accuracy, we’ll make it clear which one it is.

@@nhuthaonguyen1610 - When my wife got her citizenship, she had already been in this country for 25 years. She knows the colors of the flag. She explained to me exactly what she was thinking when she said "red, white, and green." She was nervous and mixed up "màu xanh" with "màu xanh."

You'd need a lot of confidence to wear a dress like that.

갱미몬 I like the story she said. By the way your travel video it's so cool keep it!

i love her calmness :)

I agree!

She looks equally interesting... Half of what she speaks would have been meaningless without her good look... I'm afraid. C'est la vie... That's how the world works.

Right? So many of the more current TED talks do not live up to this standard.

So true! I was raised in Hong Kong and I moved to the UK too. When I was doing math, I was always doing the calculations in my mother tongue, Cantonese because I thought English words were too long and they took much more time for me to “say” them in my mind.

@@michelletse8995 That' way Asbergers from any language, I suppose, will like to live in Japan.

true, I have always thought so too that asians are smart because of the structure of their language and writing. I am not an expert to detail and explain why but I have always believed that.

Yes and it would look better on my bedpost! lol

@@aricburks6778 Fantasizing about the pretty teacher again, Aric?

@@marcuspi999 who wouldn't fantasize about her anyway? she's incredibly hot and gorgeous and above all of that, she's so intelligent and smart.

Agree, haha

@@ahmedmoataz11 I wouldn't, I'm gay

thanks for these, really helped me with researching the topic. you saved me a lot of time :)

thank you

Amazing technical skill. Can u share how do you do that? Thank you!

@@nuredin537 sure!, just type the time where u want the reminder and its comment next to it. Easy peasy 👌😎

@@Soulenergy31 🙏🙏🙏🙏

mV Castel nice. Being multilingual is a big talent. I wish you all the best with your research! #LifePodcast

I wish you all the best. Being multilingual is a bless. If I may ask which lancuages do you speak??

Hi.Can we chatting? I want improve my english?😊

Hello I want to be a interpreter, please help me

Heey can you share to us what research have you done from this topic!

i was gonna be a linguistics major, and in my first linguistics class i was told about this theory, but also told that it was most likely untrue. although i dont remember the professor's counterpoints anymore :/

@@mea2429 It was pretty much every single intro to linguistics class. Safir-Whorf hypothesis. Strong and weak versions.

@@scotch-wm6rr im aware

Yes, I agree! ❤️

Yes

Yusuf the less there are languages the better and convenient the world will be

There are also languages that do not use nouns thought she would mention those that would of been interesting to here more of.

I know! How many can you speak?

That sounds really interesting, is there somewhere I can find out about these?

Aria imo it wont. Languages while they are a barrier of communication, they are also other ways of thinking. Discoveries (more recently) are made by teams of people that speaks different languaged, of course they have toncommunicate using the same language but the way their minds think (like she explained) depends on their “mother” language. This alone increases the chance of people for finding solutions to problems some others cannot even think of it because their languade doesnt have the structure tu accomplish the target

Russian one ups Spanish on that note! Maybe you know already but ser and estar is essentially a distinction on verbal aspect. Many other things aside, every verb in Russian is a pair.

You say that it limits expression but not rigidly defining it can also add more depth to the word. Allowing a single word to create context that is beyond a solid definition.

I guess English can make the same differences, they just use a different resource. For example "es aburrido (he's boring)" vs. "está aburrido /he's bored)". In this case Spanish uses ser/estar to make the difference, whereas English uses -ing/-ed.

@@joangg If I say "She's beautiful!", does it means "es" or "esta"?

@@diogodearaujosgrillo8807 Without any more context, I understand "És bella/guapa". However in the following context: "She's not a pretty girl, but today, with such an ellegant dress and hairdo, she's beautiful" it would be "esta noche, con ese vestido y peinado tan elegante, ESTÀ bella/guapa". In this case we use ser vs. estar to express if the adjective is a normal vs. temporary situation.

We did not evolve. God created us in His image and gave us language. At the tower of Babel, God confused the people by giving them all different languages so they would spread out and populate the Earth as He had previously commanded. If evolution had occurred, it would have driven us all to one single language a long time ago, as we are moving toward one language today.

So true! I believe she stated over half of the world's languages will be extinct in 100 years. Also, John MacArthur states that there will be 10 main languages, with English being the primary language spoken by the majority of the world.@@rubiks6

​@@rubiks6 what are you talking about? Haha

@@muamarkhadafi8348 - Which word(s) did you not understand?

Which also means that those who only speak one language are powerless.

Hi.Can we chatting? I want improve my english?😊

@@elkhanhuseynov2119 Hi! Can we chat? I want to improve my English?* (sorry for my prescriptivism brother)

Da, cyka!

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. (Matt 5: 37( KJV)

Why everytime I watch some woman speaking to the people in TED or sth, there is always this type of comment: ''she is smart''. I don't get it, you make it feel like it's rare among women to be smart, or that a woman has to be smart in order to even speak out loud, which is not true, obviously.

I don't know, man. Maybe you are reading too much into it? Take a look at this screenshot that proves you wrong. imgur.com/WwOWfth

Actually, she is presenting other men's ideas of linguistic relativism and categorical perception (almost to a degree of presenting these ideas as if they were here own). But for what specific proposition?

Interestingly she's a SLAV.

Matt D that's why she knows about two blue colors in Russian

yeah, so true. I started understand Korean culture closer by their language. And also culture can help to understand some points in language, they are bonded.

also indicates you need to get exposure to another culture in order to learn that language

True point! One of the most respected multilinguals in my life said "You don't learn a language in a classroom: classes prepare you to learn it. You learn the language in the community of native speakers." He also had the philosophy of you haven't really experienced a country until you've been there for at least two weeks and one of those was a day sitting and listening to people in a cafe or restaurant.

​@@karimsonglin8841 I think it is just a popular misconception. The world doesn't stand still and the most widely spoken languages are no longer belong to native speakers. 'One language one culture' is no longer in. You can successfully learn a language without even bothering to learn about its culture. There are a lot of people out there who learn dead and made-up languages which don’t really have cultures.

¡El lenguaje tiene alma! Esto es profundo. Mi idioma es el escocés y creo que de ahí vino el idioma inglés. Thank you for the video.🌱

I speak three, in addition to English. It's the same world in each language, and my world view (a very big thing, when you think about it) does not change.

@@chetrisaw6301 maybe it depends on which languages you speak. My native language is Dutch which is way too similar to English to notice any big differences. However, with French I feel that I do think slightly differently. And I've just started Mandarin Chinese which is just mind-blowing. So yeah, maybe if the languages are too closely related your way of thinking doesn't change. Or, your level is not high enough yet. It took me a very long time to actually be able to think in French..

I agree this, because I speak 4 languages, if I want to find some information, I can use 4 languages to search that.maybe that information is same but perhaps different culture will answer you different answer.

Learning a new language also helps keep your brain synapses healthy and fighting off diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

I'm Iranian, he phrases this even more dramatically actually. he says: "quick! say something fresh and new, so that both of the worlds (material & spiritual) become fresh and new.. and even (both worlds) transcend greater than the limits of the world, and become sizeless and limitless .. "

High

Very rare combination of beauty and brains. It usually has to be a "dumb blonde"

beauty of a dinner kind is a most important one...

About the essence of this video. There is too much epistemological non sense in some presupposition about how deep a linguist could explain sociology based on the facts of some specific grammar use versus another use in other grammar . For instance, in Portuguese, bridge is feminine and we have a big bridge here in my town. My wife (who is a female) says it is a beautiful bridge. I am a male and I call it a strong bridge. Are we considering the same bridge under different gender point of views because the bridge is feminine? Or just because the speakers using the same grammar are male and female? There is also a worse case against this video central thesis: if we (male and female native speakers) talk about that bridge, we can conclude that it is indeed beautiful and strong without any problems if it is indeed a really beautiful and strong bridge *to our perceptions* not to our common tongue and grammar. Apparently lady Boroditsky is implying that people do think someway differently because they speak differently. I disagree. They do speak differently because they think differently. Language is just only an innate competence. So if she implies that any specific grammar as performance is capable to establish specific concepts (like race or gender) I should say that she is only defending an ideology not science. Brazil

Can you make me understand sapair worhf hypothesis…

This is a very underrated comment haha

Yes the same with me as I speak a few languages growing in KL/Malaysia as a Chinese, a few dialects spoken at home way before going to school to learn 3 proper languages at the age of 7. Moved to USA and gotten the opportunity to learn Spanish and French offered by the company. My mind was working and jumping in a few directions to get what I wanted to convey to a colleague for simple task or direction. I was misunderstood for as long as 19 years working in that company but I am now working for myself as an artist and setting and creating a language from a brand new start. LOL Zen Jinnacrazyart

For the love of God, to anyone who finds this nonsense credible I would highly recommend: Plato's Cratylus dialogue or the linguist John McWhorter's highly competent invalidation of this unfortunately quite pervasive Sapir-Whorf sophistry.

Can you please answer this question

Mon P. Ese es un buen ejemplo, of how langueges shapes the way we think..

almost everybody speak in more high pitched voice, when they speak foreign language, because our vocal cord and brain get more "stressed" and we try to pronounce right and speak grammatically correct, we are more tense when we have to speak, read or listen foreign language.

+Olne76 So, then why did his voice get lower when he spoke French which is also a foreign language for him.

Thytos , I will assume because French is from the same group of Roman languages. French and Spanish are like cousins, but English is from German group, like a estranged neighbor and you need to concentrate more.

Mon P. The same is happening to me. When I speak french my voice changes, but interesting is that I haven't realised until a colleague told me.

Your english is not poor haha. I am learning Japanese and live in Japan. I also feel that. When I am speaking japanese (very poor), my mind changes a bit. I think Japanese and English is one of the best examples since they are so different.

daiki you are looking for compliments. Japanese is very hard

I totally agree with you. I speak both Japanese and English and the things I say and think changes a lot between the two languages.

I think english has become the main language because its the language of business. Its perfectly suited for that purpose. If you wanna make money, learn english

自卑的日本人

A mi que se pierden siempre digo, 'otra vez se me han perdido las llaves'

@@pml8256 Jaja! Y si las llaves lo pueden hacer pero ahun no sabemos como?

Correcto, o mejor aún "se le rompió el jarrón". Describe tanto quién fue culpable como el hecho de que fue un accidente. Esto hace al español un idioma superior y no inferior al ingles como lo retrató la señora...

El español lo siento muy agresivo comparándolo con el inglés, y sobretodo con idiomas asiáticos como el japonés o coreano. Soy española.

@@ftwan5277 por que agresivo?? cualquiera. me da bronca como los hispanohablantes odian su idioma siendo que es de los mejores que existen (y no lo digo por hablarlo). el ingles de los mas pobres

I'd say there are important nuances in english but in the US at least they are very dialect based. I've noticed this because in Detroit where I grew up certain dialect differences are much different than most of the US... Not in "slang" terms but in the way they language itself is used. Like how sarcasm is expressed. Metaphorical use... Negging language.. self negging etc. Other things like hypobole.... Are very common in Detroit... Though I had to make up that word to describe it... (As opposed to hyperbole which is also common in Detroit).

El inglés es un idioma directo, muy directo. Sé que es más fácil para mí expresarme en inglés que en mi idioma nativo, y realmente lo aprecio. También aprecio la complejidad y la belleza de mi lenguaje, especialmente en poesía y ficciones medievales. Es sorprendente cómo cambia la percepción de un idioma a otro, y solo he rasguñado la superficie.

Could i learning English from you? My native language is Mandarin.

I've been learning Swedish and the best example is the words for grandparents. My grandma's and grandpa's. So I'm talking to my grandma about my other grandma. In Swedish I would be speaking to my mormor (or my mom's mom) about my farmor (or my dad's mom)

I totally agree with you. Sometimes when writing in English I find myself being way too redundant and I've come to the conclusion that it is due to how I'm used to expressing myself in my native language, which is Spanish, and since I'm Mexican, I tend to be not straight forward at all. In fact, we use a lot of periphrases and try to soft our expressions to avoid as many problems as we can.

Watch “Arrival” if you already haven’t :3

@@senecakoos5563 heptopod

I'm not sure that that's the case. What I gathered was more a culture that orients at least its visual expression of chronology, relative to the Earth's polar bearings.

ME TOO!!!!!! I loved the east-west arrangement.

Nadia B. I see her dress matches the stage. Good choose.

Not only was she thinking in English, but she thought about it with a British accent. Great speech! Very interesting. My mother tongue is Portuguese, I speak English and I'm learning Spanish and German. Next I want to learn a more difficult language like Arabic. I'd like to speak at least 6 languages. Spanish is pretty easy for native Portuguese speakers. German has its challenges but it is more accessible than I thought. I find English the simplest language of all, of course. I think Portuguese can be harder than German depending on your linguistic background. I think Arabic will be a whole other challenge.

@@eu9234 I'm learning Hebrew, which belongs to the same language family of Arabic, and it's not really difficult. Once you learn the alphabet you can pick up easily its sounds. The biggest challenge for me is the language's completely different vocabulary from other languages I know

Russian!

I guess she was thinking in Russian that moment. As she said Russian people more sensitive to colors, so i think she was imagining how her dress would look on the stage, would it suit or not😁. And also there is another feature of Russian women to pay the great attention to the appearance. Idk what it is related to, maybe history and culture but everyone knows that Russian women like to dress up and stand by the crowd with style ☺️

Hi ! I speak arabic , English and French plus a dialect . I’m trying to learn german and I’m finding really difficult , can you offer me any advice?

Rima Ry get the Rosetta Stone computer program lol

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German is much more difficult than english if it isnt your Mothertoung. We have much more articles and so on. Our language has more grammar than the english do and we have mor vokabulary ^^ but i always find it interesting if someone lerns my language ^^ Greetings from germany

what do you mean by german as a descriptive language and what is a logical one?

About the essence of this video. There is too much epistemological non sense in some presupposition about how deep a linguist could explain sociology based on the facts of some specific grammar use versus another use in other grammar . For instance, in Portuguese, bridge is feminine and we have a big bridge here in my town. My wife (who is a female) says it is a beautiful bridge. I am a male and I call it a strong bridge. Are we considering the same bridge under different gender point of views because the bridge is feminine? Or just because the speakers using the same grammar are male and female? There is also a worse case against this video central thesis: if we (male and female native speakers) talk about that bridge, we can conclude that it is indeed beautiful and strong without any problems if it is indeed a really beautiful and strong bridge *to our perceptions* not to our common tongue and grammar. Apparently lady Boroditsky is implying that people do think someway differently because they speak differently. I disagree. They do speak differently because they think differently. Language is just only an innate competence. So if she implies that any specific grammar as performance is capable to establish specific concepts (like race or gender) I should say that she is only defending an ideology not science. Brazil