Pros and Cons of Being Bilingual
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Date: 2023-08-20
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Andrea
I've heard Spanish is one of the hardest languages to learn. I am the kind of bilingual that grew up with both languages and then learned which words were from which. One of my biggest problems is literal translations of words that don't mean the same thing or don't exist. ie: sensitive (eng) = sensible (spa, or slipping up and saying a word in one language while speaking the other, with a thick accent = Tengo un primo que live en Cancun (something I've really said, would basically be I have a cousin that vive in Cancun)
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I've heard Spanish is one of the hardest languages to learn. I am the kind of bilingual that grew up with both languages and then learned which words were from which. One of my biggest problems is literal translations of words that don't mean the same thing or don't exist. ie: sensitive (eng) = sensible (spa, or slipping up and saying a word in one language while speaking the other, with a thick accent = Tengo un primo que live en Cancun (something I've really said, would basically be I have a cousin that vive in Cancun)
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3th3r3al
Can someone please help explain this? When I was a baby and toddler, my mom would teach me Sign Language and Spanish and Arabic and French and even though I haven't practiced these languages in a looong time (I know very few phrases and can understand a tiny bit of each of these) I mispronounce English words at times or have tip of the tongue moments. English is my first language lol so I don't get it, used to think it was a stuttering problem. I can also relate to the pros. Very interesting video, good job.
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Can someone please help explain this? When I was a baby and toddler, my mom would teach me Sign Language and Spanish and Arabic and French and even though I haven't practiced these languages in a looong time (I know very few phrases and can understand a tiny bit of each of these) I mispronounce English words at times or have tip of the tongue moments. English is my first language lol so I don't get it, used to think it was a stuttering problem. I can also relate to the pros. Very interesting video, good job.
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Unkown000
My native tounge is english and tagalog so yeah, our country is bilingual and i speak tagalog everyday but my thoughts are full english. And i'm currently learning spanish! It's easy because it has the same feautures, words, and even grammar in tagalog and english! I'm 20% latino, 30% chinese and 50% Filipino! Yeah, i have many ancestors coming from different countries. Goodluck learning a different language!
Ps: I'm also currently speaking pig latin.
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My native tounge is english and tagalog so yeah, our country is bilingual and i speak tagalog everyday but my thoughts are full english. And i'm currently learning spanish! It's easy because it has the same feautures, words, and even grammar in tagalog and english! I'm 20% latino, 30% chinese and 50% Filipino! Yeah, i have many ancestors coming from different countries. Goodluck learning a different language!
Ps: I'm also currently speaking pig latin.
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Call
Honestly, I think learning a second language improves your verbal skills, not worsen them. If you only spoke one language, all the problems you note STILL OCCUR. They just happen within the context of simply forgetting that one word anyway without having the second language for reference.
So the second language makes those same situations easier to deal with, thus improving your ability to verbalize the message in your brain you wish to communicate.
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Honestly, I think learning a second language improves your verbal skills, not worsen them. If you only spoke one language, all the problems you note STILL OCCUR. They just happen within the context of simply forgetting that one word anyway without having the second language for reference.
So the second language makes those same situations easier to deal with, thus improving your ability to verbalize the message in your brain you wish to communicate.
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Elle
well multitasking is one of my worst skills. I can speak both English n Chinese fluently even though I do prefer speaking in English. but sadly I still can't multi task. the tip of the toungue moments happen a lot but as everyone in Singapore is bilingual it is not that hard unless u r speaking to someone of another race n u only remember the word in Chinese, then u can just turn to people around u n ask cause most likely they would understand
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well multitasking is one of my worst skills. I can speak both English n Chinese fluently even though I do prefer speaking in English. but sadly I still can't multi task. the tip of the toungue moments happen a lot but as everyone in Singapore is bilingual it is not that hard unless u r speaking to someone of another race n u only remember the word in Chinese, then u can just turn to people around u n ask cause most likely they would understand
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Aaron
I can understand the part about learning another language being easier, because after learning a second, it's a bit easier to see the similar roots if they're related. I learned a bit of French when I was young and went to Paris (only verbally. I'm almost completely illiterate in French, and I noticed that Spanish words had a lot of similar roots to French words when I started taking Spanish in High school.
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I can understand the part about learning another language being easier, because after learning a second, it's a bit easier to see the similar roots if they're related. I learned a bit of French when I was young and went to Paris (only verbally. I'm almost completely illiterate in French, and I noticed that Spanish words had a lot of similar roots to French words when I started taking Spanish in High school.
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Pomare
Just because people are bilingual doesn't always mean they can learn other languages easier. Personally I am bilingual, I can speak English and Italian to an advanced level. I am learning German, I find German very hard (yes it is a hard language to learn) but, relating Romance and Germanicor in your case Slavic and Romance aren't easy because they are two seperate language families.
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Just because people are bilingual doesn't always mean they can learn other languages easier. Personally I am bilingual, I can speak English and Italian to an advanced level. I am learning German, I find German very hard (yes it is a hard language to learn) but, relating Romance and Germanicor in your case Slavic and Romance aren't easy because they are two seperate language families.
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Tanya
i genuinely relate to the cons so much omg. I'm on exchange rn in france (can i be trilingual pls) and my host dad is an english teacher. I'm bilingual in hindi and english but i live in australia so my english is stronger. i keep slipping up with sentences etc. and he's like but you're 100% fluent in English how do you mess up? and I'm just like. i don't even know.
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i genuinely relate to the cons so much omg. I'm on exchange rn in france (can i be trilingual pls) and my host dad is an english teacher. I'm bilingual in hindi and english but i live in australia so my english is stronger. i keep slipping up with sentences etc. and he's like but you're 100% fluent in English how do you mess up? and I'm just like. i don't even know.
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cat
while I'm only fluent in American English I also know a little Japanese and Spanish. on more then a few occasions I have accidentally slipped in a Japanese word into a sentence. As far as Spanish it's mostly usless because most of the Spanish speakers in my area speak gutter roll. so if you talk in proper South American Spanish they have no idea what your saying.
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while I'm only fluent in American English I also know a little Japanese and Spanish. on more then a few occasions I have accidentally slipped in a Japanese word into a sentence. As far as Spanish it's mostly usless because most of the Spanish speakers in my area speak gutter roll. so if you talk in proper South American Spanish they have no idea what your saying.
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frufruJ
Sometimes I just can't remember a word in English (understandable, it's my second language, sometimes I can't remember a word in Czech (which is weird, because it's my mother language, but sometimes I get the tip of the tongue moment ACROSS all the languages.
Jeez, what's the word?
What is it in Czech?
I can't remember either. :D
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Sometimes I just can't remember a word in English (understandable, it's my second language, sometimes I can't remember a word in Czech (which is weird, because it's my mother language, but sometimes I get the tip of the tongue moment ACROSS all the languages.
Jeez, what's the word?
What is it in Czech?
I can't remember either. :D
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Chara
About Pro #3, I'm pretty sure that it means that knowing 2 languages might make it easier to learn other specific languages. For example, i'm fluent in both portuguese and english, and I've switched to a school that has spanish class, know both of those languages are kind of helping me in spanish because they have a few similarities.
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About Pro #3, I'm pretty sure that it means that knowing 2 languages might make it easier to learn other specific languages. For example, i'm fluent in both portuguese and english, and I've switched to a school that has spanish class, know both of those languages are kind of helping me in spanish because they have a few similarities.
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Daniel
I'm fluent both in Spanish and English. And I can relate to the tip of the tongue moments. Last week I forgot the Spanish word for intended (planeado/destinado) I know these words as I have used them many times before. But for some reason my brain just thinks in one language sometimes and completely forgets the other. Weird.
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I'm fluent both in Spanish and English. And I can relate to the tip of the tongue moments. Last week I forgot the Spanish word for intended (planeado/destinado) I know these words as I have used them many times before. But for some reason my brain just thinks in one language sometimes and completely forgets the other. Weird.
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Jonaida
Native Spanish speaker here! I'm from Puerto Rico and yes, Spanish is not that easy. It is very hard to learn an universal type of Spanish because we are a lot of countries with their very unique accent and lingo. So, I can understand the struggle. We have it too. This beautiful language has too many rules and exceptions
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Native Spanish speaker here! I'm from Puerto Rico and yes, Spanish is not that easy. It is very hard to learn an universal type of Spanish because we are a lot of countries with their very unique accent and lingo. So, I can understand the struggle. We have it too. This beautiful language has too many rules and exceptions
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DJ
I'm learning knowing Korean, Khmer, and Chinese and about one of the cons is true. Sometimes when I'm getting ready to do something (like a race or something) and i have to count in English I will forget how to say one in English. And I also slip up on my words A LOT but thats from my speech shit what ever you call it.
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I'm learning knowing Korean, Khmer, and Chinese and about one of the cons is true. Sometimes when I'm getting ready to do something (like a race or something) and i have to count in English I will forget how to say one in English. And I also slip up on my words A LOT but thats from my speech shit what ever you call it.
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Jacob
Dude the tip of the tongue thing is SO real, I am getting to an intermediate stage with learning Japanese and I'll completely forget words that I should very well know in favor of my second language in an English conversation. It's happened a couple of times
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Dude the tip of the tongue thing is SO real, I am getting to an intermediate stage with learning Japanese and I'll completely forget words that I should very well know in favor of my second language in an English conversation. It's happened a couple of times
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Silvia
I speak English and my mother language is Spanish as my teacher used to say: you can not expect to remember all things in the other language and btw some words probably you only use it once. So my suggestion? Use a translator on your cell phone.
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I speak English and my mother language is Spanish as my teacher used to say: you can not expect to remember all things in the other language and btw some words probably you only use it once. So my suggestion? Use a translator on your cell phone.
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Silvia
I speak English and my mother language is Spanish as my teacher used to say: you can not expect to remember all things in the other language and btw some words probably you only use it once. So my suggestion? Use a translator on your cell phone.
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I speak English and my mother language is Spanish as my teacher used to say: you can not expect to remember all things in the other language and btw some words probably you only use it once. So my suggestion? Use a translator on your cell phone.
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Ancor3
I'm quadrilingual. Three languages fluently and one OK'ish. It's annoying. The internal confusion you get when you have to switch languages is real. Kinda wish I didn't know all of these languages. I need to somehow delete one of them.
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I'm quadrilingual. Three languages fluently and one OK'ish. It's annoying. The internal confusion you get when you have to switch languages is real. Kinda wish I didn't know all of these languages. I need to somehow delete one of them.
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Fernando
Thanks for this video, my native linguage is portuguese, i know english fluently, a intermediate spanish and learning italian. I have constantly a lack of words kkk. But is fantastic the access of information multlinguals have!
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Thanks for this video, my native linguage is portuguese, i know english fluently, a intermediate spanish and learning italian. I have constantly a lack of words kkk. But is fantastic the access of information multlinguals have!
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massie
I'm from the Philippines, English is my first language (which I'm fluent in, and TBH it's quite confusing which the native language is. (Some people are more comfortable with English, others with Filipino)
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I'm from the Philippines, English is my first language (which I'm fluent in, and TBH it's quite confusing which the native language is. (Some people are more comfortable with English, others with Filipino)
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ok
I'm a lame monolingual or whatever we're called. I'm so jealous of people who speak different languages natively, as one of my few goals in life is to be able to fluently speak at least three more languages.
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I'm a lame monolingual or whatever we're called. I'm so jealous of people who speak different languages natively, as one of my few goals in life is to be able to fluently speak at least three more languages.
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MsSexyAngel29
I speak three languages fluently and it's true sometimes I mix up my words but it's only because I feel that certain things or emotions are best expressed through the words from another language.
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I speak three languages fluently and it's true sometimes I mix up my words but it's only because I feel that certain things or emotions are best expressed through the words from another language.
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Vanilla
Haha this is so true, I speak Spanish and English. And I constantly forget what something is or mix up Spanish words with English words and start speaking Spanish to someone who speaks English.
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Haha this is so true, I speak Spanish and English. And I constantly forget what something is or mix up Spanish words with English words and start speaking Spanish to someone who speaks English.
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education
Most (55%-90%)South Indian students are tri lingual, some tetra lingual.
We know English, Hindi, our mother tongue.
It might even be true for a lot of students from north too.
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Most (55%-90%)South Indian students are tri lingual, some tetra lingual.
We know English, Hindi, our mother tongue.
It might even be true for a lot of students from north too.
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Oskar
Beeing bilingual = your attention AND knowledge is splitt between 2 languages. This implies, that you will learn other subjects less effectively than if you'd learn in one language.
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Beeing bilingual = your attention AND knowledge is splitt between 2 languages. This implies, that you will learn other subjects less effectively than if you'd learn in one language.
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