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  • Опубликовано: 13 сен 2024
  • The benefits of being bilingual are shocking! Here's what it does to your brain.
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    Written by: Mitchell Moffit
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    Drawn by: Max Simmons
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  • @mr.misplay3322
    @mr.misplay3322 15 дней назад +2602

    Every person watching this from a non english-speaking country: Damn am I a superhero?

    • @pyotrtchaikovsky1840
      @pyotrtchaikovsky1840 15 дней назад +188

      i, as an indian, am getting a free ego-boost rn

    • @mrdonetx
      @mrdonetx 15 дней назад +44

      What if you are tri-lingual (linguwel if you're from Canada evidently).

    • @L.I.T.H.I.U.M
      @L.I.T.H.I.U.M 15 дней назад +56

      @@pyotrtchaikovsky1840 Indians are tri-lingual usually, they have a regional language and two standard languages (Urdu/Hindi and English).

    • @blueman-z1m
      @blueman-z1m 15 дней назад +4

      ​@@L.I.T.H.I.U.MAren't these two languages basically the same

    • @L.I.T.H.I.U.M
      @L.I.T.H.I.U.M 15 дней назад +17

      @@blueman-z1m Regional language is the first one, Urdu/Hindi the second and English the third.

  • @bassicallyandre
    @bassicallyandre 15 дней назад +1022

    I speak both English and Spanish. The English side of my brain is helping me learn German, while the Spanish side of my brain is helping with Italian.

    • @kenmken
      @kenmken 15 дней назад +23

      Man English helps with German when it comes to vocab but from personal experience Arabic which is far from Germanic actually resembles English much more than German grammatically. There's a huge learning curve for English speaker with German grammar it is just massively different and straight up absurd at points

    • @itamareizikovich6973
      @itamareizikovich6973 15 дней назад +18

      I speak English and am learning German. the English side doesn't do anything, I just try to think of the stupidest way to construct a sentence, it works a lot of the time.

    • @87fio
      @87fio 15 дней назад +4

      I speak Spanish and English. I'm currently learning German and both help me a lot.

    • @bassicallyandre
      @bassicallyandre 15 дней назад +1

      @87fio It does, especially since German uses masculine and feminine pronouns like Spanish for words like "mein" and "meine."

    • @AnonymousRedCat
      @AnonymousRedCat 15 дней назад +4

      german is actually considered English's sister language.

  • @ariesfunk
    @ariesfunk 14 дней назад +317

    If you speak two languages, you're bilingual
    If you speak more than two, you're a polyglot
    If only speak one language, you're american

    • @ThatPinkLady
      @ThatPinkLady 13 дней назад +18

      Erm, if you speak 3 languages you’re actually trilingual 🤓

    • @easyybreezeyy
      @easyybreezeyy 12 дней назад +1

      😂

    • @Treinbouwer
      @Treinbouwer 12 дней назад +2

      Or a young child.

    • @aristarchos5342
      @aristarchos5342 12 дней назад +11

      To be called a polygot you have to speak 6+ languages

    • @easyybreezeyy
      @easyybreezeyy 12 дней назад

      @@aristarchos5342 poly means many so if you speak more than three you are a polyglot. Stop spreading bullshite

  • @1996squareenix
    @1996squareenix 15 дней назад +676

    never heard bilingual pronounced in 4 syllables

    • @ianmooney5495
      @ianmooney5495 14 дней назад +60

      Yeah I've never heard anyone butcher the word like that.

    • @nsv674
      @nsv674 14 дней назад +87

      It's really distracting.

    • @syndesys
      @syndesys 14 дней назад +51

      Both /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ and /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/ seem to be accepted as pronunciations so it's totally fine

    • @gaoda1581
      @gaoda1581 14 дней назад +24

      ​@ianmooney5495 it seems to be the Canadian standard ://

    • @ChrisG404
      @ChrisG404 14 дней назад +10

      Me either. Came here to see if I've been saying it wrong my entire life.

  • @celinhooliveira3716
    @celinhooliveira3716 15 дней назад +485

    "Duolingo prepares you for real conversations"
    The cat cutting my hair:

    • @spadaacca
      @spadaacca 15 дней назад +75

      Duolingo is a bit of a joke in the language-learning community.

    • @AlphaGeekgirl
      @AlphaGeekgirl 15 дней назад +28

      I am a few days shy of a 900 day streak, and I still cannot hold even a simple conversation… One that would make sense to another person ;)

    • @venmissa
      @venmissa 15 дней назад +18

      The one that threw me for a loop was すみません、私はりんごです。 That translates to “Excuse me, I am an apple.” HUH???

    • @drakefruit
      @drakefruit 15 дней назад

      @@AlphaGeekgirl I've been really enjoying Anki flashcards (free on android and desktop) using the deck "Japanese course based on Tae Kim's grammar guide & anime"

    • @Leviwosc
      @Leviwosc 15 дней назад +17

      @@spadaacca: It's only ajoke to those who do not understand the purpose of Duolingo. It's not to prepare you for a conversation. It's to actually learn a language and thus you have to learn the grammatical structure of the language. You'll learn that faster and easier with silly sentences.

  • @vivichan7012
    @vivichan7012 15 дней назад +215

    My mom taught my siblings and I Spanish. She had no English speaking rule unless it was for school work or watching a show. She wanted us to be bilingual because we would go to Mexico every week to visit family. I'm so glad she taught us.

    • @JiveDadson
      @JiveDadson 15 дней назад +11

      my siblings and _me_
      I only speak English, but I am darned good at it.

    • @davidmella1174
      @davidmella1174 15 дней назад +10

      @@JiveDadson is this sarcasm? The way that the original poster used is seen as the correct way usually.

    • @bobstr6224
      @bobstr6224 15 дней назад +6

      ​@@davidmella1174no, he's right it should be "me"

    • @davidmella1174
      @davidmella1174 14 дней назад

      @@bobstr6224 is it because "my mom" is the subject?

    • @bobstr6224
      @bobstr6224 14 дней назад +5

      @@davidmella1174 yes, and "me" is the object pronoun which is correct in this case

  • @TechN9cian01
    @TechN9cian01 15 дней назад +719

    "Bilingyuell"

    • @emiljayatileke416
      @emiljayatileke416 15 дней назад +69

      Forgive him he’s Canadian

    • @danalinnan2596
      @danalinnan2596 15 дней назад +12

      Spanish speakers are never gonna know what he's saying lmao

    • @janicelindegard6615
      @janicelindegard6615 15 дней назад +53

      Nails on a chalkboard

    • @boomstick900
      @boomstick900 15 дней назад +20

      @@janicelindegard6615 No shit, I stopped watching a little after a minute in

    • @JohnRussell207
      @JohnRussell207 15 дней назад +17

      This is the comment I came for.

  • @AlexTheFruitcake
    @AlexTheFruitcake 15 дней назад +50

    The way I see it, if you speak/understand more than 1 language you have superpowers. I am a norweigan, we learn english in primary school. I was speaking english before third grade tho cause I had family in Canada who would teach me. I speak some German, I understand a lot of spanish even tho I quit taking it 6 months into my second year of high school, and I also have a facination for fictional languages (Elvish, Dothraki, Klingon, that sort of thing). The more languages you are able to or willing to learn, the more you will understand languages you DONT speak. It's a weird thing, but it's true.

  • @Macwizard_OG
    @Macwizard_OG 15 дней назад +67

    Belgians be like: dutch, french, english, german.

    • @knorki5268
      @knorki5268 13 дней назад +14

      Swiss be like: german, french, italian, english, romansh

    • @Treinbouwer
      @Treinbouwer 12 дней назад +2

      In the Netherlands, they are obligatory too, just with less focus on French and more on German and especially English.
      In Wallonia, the French speaking part of Belgium, Dutch and German are not obligatory. "C'est une choise de les élèves." To cite the responsible minister.

    • @MozartAmadeus-fm5dd
      @MozartAmadeus-fm5dd 11 дней назад +2

      @@Treinbouwer Une choise? In the metrople it is un choix

    • @berryc4ke
      @berryc4ke 10 дней назад

      @@Treinbouwer »un choix des élèves. » But to be very honest with you I strongly agree with that. I don’t think Dutch is going to help anyone that tries to leave Belgium to find work overseas. As a French speaker I’d rather learn another language such as Spanish or Mandarin.

    • @pecree7933
      @pecree7933 8 дней назад

      ​@@knorki5268But they don't speak them all, it depends on in which part of Switzerland they live

  • @rionlaurens
    @rionlaurens 15 дней назад +43

    Being Korean,
    speaking Chinese,
    learning Spanish in English,
    getting help from Spanish with learning Italian
    +help from English with German
    and I got my ego boost with this video

    • @hayabusa1329
      @hayabusa1329 12 дней назад

      Noticing lots of Koreans learn Chinese

    • @rionlaurens
      @rionlaurens 12 дней назад

      @@hayabusa1329 yeah since japan, Korea, and china are all under Chinese alphabet culture, it’s easy to learn Japanese and Chinese

  • @pjhobbs
    @pjhobbs 15 дней назад +129

    My multilingYOUalism helped me focus on the video and not let his pronunciation bother me.

    • @Lion1010NT
      @Lion1010NT 14 дней назад +5

      Well clearly it did cause you commented on it. 😅

    • @pjhobbs
      @pjhobbs 14 дней назад +3

      @@Lion1010NT clearly. 😊

    • @ElskaTheAnimator
      @ElskaTheAnimator 14 дней назад +1

      What’s wrong with his prononciation…?

    • @whizzerbrown1349
      @whizzerbrown1349 14 дней назад +4

      Okay genuinely how do you pronounce it?! There are so many comments talking about it ‘being weird’ but it’s totally normal here in Canada.
      The only alt pronunciation that I can rationalise is “bi,ling’yall”; how do you pronounce similar words like ‘spiritual’ or ‘sexual’?

    • @ElskaTheAnimator
      @ElskaTheAnimator 14 дней назад +1

      @@whizzerbrown1349 I can not imagine sexual pronounced like « bi,ling’yall »… It would be weird for sure…

  • @Loupourus
    @Loupourus 15 дней назад +350

    I read the title as: Is bisexualism a superpower?

    • @cogitabo
      @cogitabo 15 дней назад +36

      YES

    • @SanneBerkhuizen
      @SanneBerkhuizen 15 дней назад +28

      It is tho

    • @macjynxs
      @macjynxs 15 дней назад +47

      So if I am bisexual and billiangual I'm a have a godlike superpower kkkkkk

    • @Ashjas
      @Ashjas 15 дней назад

      it is

    • @SanneBerkhuizen
      @SanneBerkhuizen 15 дней назад +2

      @@macjynxs si!

  • @Lotschi
    @Lotschi 15 дней назад +10

    I think Duolingo is great for taking a fist step into the new language but then you quickly need to get different inputs, films, books, and real speaking praktice. The max niveau to reach is quite low.

  • @excancerpoik
    @excancerpoik 14 дней назад +38

    duolingo is like the least efficient way to learn a language and anyone who knows anything about languages(or has tried alternatives) will agree

    • @bulatomat
      @bulatomat 11 дней назад +2

      No

    • @lydia3460
      @lydia3460 11 дней назад

      It’s certainly not the best resource out there but it can be a good starting point for a lot of people, especially those who don’t have access to a lot of other resources. However I would definitely recommend supplementing it with other resources shortly after starting with duolingo and eventually transitioning to different resources as your language skills continue to develop

    • @xatime2833
      @xatime2833 11 дней назад +6

      For romance languages it's alright. Anything higher, especially Arabic, Korean, japanese, mandarin, it's only useful as a side tool

    • @excancerpoik
      @excancerpoik 10 дней назад

      @@xatime2833 I have only tried the german and the swahili courses and i learned more in 20 min of reading a textbook than 100 days streak on duolingo that goes for both languages
      I cant say for other languages but everyone I know that has tried have had similar results in other languages

    • @Mawad7
      @Mawad7 10 дней назад

      ​@@xatime2833I speak arabic and thats so true it kinda sucks when trying to learn arabic idk if they made it better now tho

  • @jay.p.88
    @jay.p.88 15 дней назад +137

    The way he says bilingual reminds me of Marcia Brady saying SKEWL

    • @janedoe3085
      @janedoe3085 15 дней назад +2

      This did exactly what I needed after a really rough day 😂

    • @EspeonMistress00
      @EspeonMistress00 14 дней назад +2

      I don't see a problem tbh I feel you people are exaggerating and I am INDIAN! I don't even know what Canadian accent sounds like only American and Bri'ish

    • @novy1198
      @novy1198 14 дней назад

      @@EspeonMistress00 ye thats just natives, we that need to actually learn other languages dont really see a problem with it

    • @therongjr
      @therongjr 13 дней назад +1

      SKYOO-ell

  • @AdityaSuhas1729
    @AdityaSuhas1729 14 дней назад +74

    I love how half the comments are about how he pronounces BILINGYUAL lol

    • @ailaG
      @ailaG 10 дней назад +1

      Yeah, though I cringe at how it may make other people with non native accents feel.
      Oh how I wish I could lose mine.

  • @jeremiasrobinson
    @jeremiasrobinson 15 дней назад +36

    I study languages, and I have found that practicing shorthand scripts also gets my brain stimulated in a similar way.

  • @freckledspeckled5406
    @freckledspeckled5406 15 дней назад +223

    Anyone else flustered by how he says bilingual?

    • @rodrigorosado4526
      @rodrigorosado4526 15 дней назад +9

      I'm not a native English speaker, so I thought I was the one mispronouncing the word

    • @taiadi
      @taiadi 15 дней назад +33

      I literally couldn't watch this video because of it

    • @kirbylover37
      @kirbylover37 15 дней назад +29

      ​@@taiadiJesus... I hope your pettiness doesn't prevent your ability to enjoy other things

    • @drakefruit
      @drakefruit 15 дней назад +11

      @@kirbylover37 I am equally annoyed but I will hate watch (I'm more annoyed by the duolingo sponsor)

    • @MaraschinoPenguin31415
      @MaraschinoPenguin31415 15 дней назад +7

      ⁠@@taiadiYeah, same. It’s hard to put much stock in a video about language where the speaker is using language incorrectly right from the start.

  • @ayubshaik2907
    @ayubshaik2907 15 дней назад +41

    India have more than 18 languages and anyone who live in a state speaks atleast 2 languages even if they are illiterate. Education comprises of 3 languages minimum. Those who live at border of 3 states speak 3 languages

    • @o0...957
      @o0...957 14 дней назад +4

      It can be 4 languages if you are a tribal from northeast

    • @ayubshaik2907
      @ayubshaik2907 14 дней назад

      @@o0...957 yeah, but 3 as minimum for any Indian. Well most of the Indians. States like UP and UK might use Hindi and English (very basic)

    • @o0...957
      @o0...957 14 дней назад

      @@ayubshaik2907 UK as in United Kingdom or Uttarakhand?

    • @ayubshaik2907
      @ayubshaik2907 14 дней назад

      @@o0...957 uttarakhand

    • @o0...957
      @o0...957 14 дней назад

      @@ayubshaik2907 Oh ok

  • @phrebh
    @phrebh 15 дней назад +72

    Someone get this man a dipthong!
    I've tried learning a couple of different human languages, but only seem successful in coding languages.

    • @Linkous12
      @Linkous12 15 дней назад +11

      Yeah, his pronunciation of bilingual is something I haven't heard before.

    • @zoettesy9676
      @zoettesy9676 15 дней назад +2

      I've bascially given up on french and resign myself to be a robot

    • @LuisMiguelMarado
      @LuisMiguelMarado 14 дней назад +2

      Code is probably very good for your brain, and I'm envious, even if I speak a couple non-native languages. Those are hard skills which give you many options, jobwise

    • @prufrock1977
      @prufrock1977 14 дней назад +2

      On a side note: you mean diphthong

    • @phrebh
      @phrebh 14 дней назад

      @@prufrock1977 I knew that looked wrong. And I even searched for it. 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @chaosjacky
    @chaosjacky 15 дней назад +6

    Duolingo seems good on paper but so so bad for any useful way of learning a language.

  • @feynstein1004
    @feynstein1004 14 дней назад +5

    Speaking from personal experience, I find the human brain's ability to distinguish languages incredible. Even if I can't understand a single word of a language, I can usually tell what language it is. And I think this is true for most people as well. Pattern recognition is a hell of a thing 😀

  • @xcoder1122
    @xcoder1122 14 дней назад +5

    50% of all people are smarter than average, otherwise average would not be average. So your chances to be smarter than average are 50%.

    • @Sirena860
      @Sirena860 13 дней назад

      Ah, except language learning may be one of the things to actually push your iq up a few points.

  • @Gelias-nq5rv
    @Gelias-nq5rv 12 дней назад +2

    I'm on my fourth language this year(Russian) which happily after 7 months of studying every day and consuming Russian content everyday, I can now read write speak and understand a conversation 😁
    English Spanish French Russian 👌

    • @Flamefairyhearts362
      @Flamefairyhearts362 11 дней назад

      Hi ,I am learning Russian as well and I can speak and understand a bit of it but I am a bit fluent in French and English 😊

  • @jasonk.
    @jasonk. 15 дней назад +60

    As a Malaysian ethnic Chinese (Uncle Roger, Nigel Ng, Michael Yeoh, Ronny Chieng also), we often learnt at least 4 languages since we're in kindergarten, English, Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin, and at least 1 other Chinese language (Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, Hokchew, etc).
    We are all multilingual since youth, and I speak 6 languages, can't imagine the life of monolingual 😂 English, Bahasa Melayu, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Japanese.

    • @jacquelynchin5513
      @jacquelynchin5513 15 дней назад +4

      My best friend is Malay / HK and she's able to speak English, Canto, Mando, Hakka, Hokkien, Korean, and I think one more. Meanwhile, I never fully picked up on Canto as the second language in my household. I understand a lot and have the processing from growing up in a bilingual household,,,, except actually speaking it

    • @h.i.sentertainments8580
      @h.i.sentertainments8580 15 дней назад

      Na ja, you were almost my superset (Japanese & English), but German came into rescue:)
      Russian and spanish on the way, hopefully I'll be able to speak 5 languages by the end of the decade

    • @emiljayatileke416
      @emiljayatileke416 15 дней назад

      Same too in India

    • @jasonk.
      @jasonk. 14 дней назад +3

      @@jacquelynchin5513 then start speak it hahaha, nothing and no one is stopping you, the choice is at your mouth, taking the first step and continue doing so are the most important

    • @nabeel8633
      @nabeel8633 14 дней назад +1

      honestly same, as a British South Asian all of us are bilingual, if not trilingual, we always make fun of people who are monolingual telling them they should start learning Urdu or Hindi or Punjabi (I speak English, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, and Persian)

  • @otaviopalanca
    @otaviopalanca 13 дней назад +8

    So nice to see a US citizen invested in learning a second language! I'm proud of you! Keep up!

    • @FenrirAldebrand
      @FenrirAldebrand 11 дней назад

      Joke's on you he lives in Guelph, Ontario, Canada 😂.

    • @tunisian_stats
      @tunisian_stats 11 дней назад

      he is Canadian 🇨🇦

    • @otaviopalanca
      @otaviopalanca 7 дней назад

      @@tunisian_stats that's great! So he also speaks French, I believe.

    • @tunisian_stats
      @tunisian_stats 7 дней назад +1

      @@otaviopalanca No. Only Canadians from Montreal speak French

  • @egonzalez4294
    @egonzalez4294 14 дней назад +19

    Learning Spanish: 😊
    Learning French: 😬
    Learning German: 😠
    Learning Polish: 😱
    Learning Finnish: 💀
    🗿: Arabic Learning

    • @funiblox
      @funiblox 10 дней назад

      Dutch is the most English like

    • @ldubt4494
      @ldubt4494 10 дней назад +1

      .cibarA gninraeL :eb dluoW

    • @pecree7933
      @pecree7933 8 дней назад

      I am Polish, so I don't have to learn it to speak the language fluently 💅

    • @pecree7933
      @pecree7933 8 дней назад

      ​@@ldubt4494 dias lleW

  • @philplasma
    @philplasma 15 дней назад +6

    I am blessed to have been born in the Montreal area to an anglophone father and a francophone mother. It is extremely common to find a Montrealer who speaks both English and French (like me), and also not uncommon to find new immigrants to Canada who speak English, French and whatever language or languages are from their originating country.

  • @jacobbpalmerr5780
    @jacobbpalmerr5780 15 дней назад +5

    I speak English fluently and started learning Japanese when I was 14, I’m now 20. Learning it from such an early age I was able to cement fundamental grammar into my brain, which is nice seeing as Japanese and English are polar opposites in how they express information.

    • @hayabusa1329
      @hayabusa1329 12 дней назад

      Japanese is the hardest language to learn for English speakers. Can you speak Japanese fluently now?

  • @Mr_Pv
    @Mr_Pv 3 дня назад +1

    native spanish speaker here, C2 english self-taught throughout the years, learning german with duolingo, last week i started french. i find it amazing how one can see the similarities and relations between what at first are smilingly very different sounding languages and how context is everything. i really hope my brain to stay healthy until my time comes

  • @locust76
    @locust76 15 дней назад +86

    Bilingyoual

    • @Apocalythpe
      @Apocalythpe 15 дней назад +3

      Its all i can hear😅

    • @Datboichannel
      @Datboichannel 14 дней назад +1

      Bro can’t even speak one language 💀

  • @JasperCasper24
    @JasperCasper24 15 дней назад +15

    Anybody else cringe at every pronounciation of 'ual'?

    • @CalLadyQED
      @CalLadyQED 15 дней назад +3

      Sure is unusual. 😜

    • @pecree7933
      @pecree7933 8 дней назад

      No, it sounds normal

  • @DarthObscurity
    @DarthObscurity 15 дней назад +3

    Down the board with little to no exception, playing video games confers ALL OF THE SAME BENEFITS. The only difference is that you won't know additional languages. Suggesting that none of this has anything to do with actually learning a new language and everything to do with exercising your brain. Period.
    You are not a better person then anyone else for learning additional languages or playing an instrument, which also confers these same benefits. Lmao.

  • @Philcoonan
    @Philcoonan 15 дней назад +6

    Weirdest pronunciation of bilingual ever

  • @DanteVelasquez
    @DanteVelasquez 15 дней назад +5

    I know 5 languages, 2 of them fluently, the other three i'm still working on my fluency. I hope this keeps my brain strong!

  • @jer103
    @jer103 15 дней назад +11

    My superpower is seeing how things change. Like the title of the video changing from "Is Bilingualism a Superpower?" to "How learning a new language transforms your brain" to "The benefits of a bilingual brain" to " This image can determine how smart you are" to "What your language says about you". (The thumbnail changed twice too...)

    • @AlphaGeekgirl
      @AlphaGeekgirl 15 дней назад +1

      and now... "This image can determine how smart you are" ;)

    • @jer103
      @jer103 15 дней назад

      @@AlphaGeekgirl It's not as much being smart, but more about magic.
      That it's more about: "Have you been exposed to both ways of seeing it?"
      When you know there's 2 different images, and how to see them, you see them with ease.
      You know where to look to see either image of the illusion.
      I say this is "magic" because you "see behind the trick". Magic plays with our illusions until you see how the illusion is done.

    • @jer103
      @jer103 15 дней назад

      ​@@AlphaGeekgirl I didn't see the title changed again, because it was the 3rd one still in my Subscriptions. I thought you were referring to the image of the video, in my last comment.

    • @jer103
      @jer103 15 дней назад

      In Veritasium's video, "Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective", he says why the thumbnail and title will change for more engagement/views. (I'm almost positive the title of that video changed too.)

  • @michaelwalker1017
    @michaelwalker1017 15 дней назад +32

    Bye-ling-you-als

  • @RanposPowderedDonuts
    @RanposPowderedDonuts 15 дней назад +9

    2:49 all those english listening Comprehensions have paid off i see

    • @mandragonna
      @mandragonna 13 дней назад +1

      Exactly what I was thinking 😂

  • @Fun.Mandarin
    @Fun.Mandarin 13 дней назад +3

    Love this video! (Perfect for all language teachers to demonstrate the value of learning languages! 🤭) Growing up with three languages didn’t make me feel any smarter 😅, but I really enjoy learning languages, especially when I can use them in real life to connect with people and cultures. That’s what keeps me motivated. Thanks again for this great video!

  • @motley06
    @motley06 14 дней назад +4

    Making my best progress ever with “dreaming Spanish”. Deleted Duolingo yesterday

  • @eliaspohl5741
    @eliaspohl5741 15 дней назад +8

    Im on a 432 day streak rn. What's crazy is that my gf is on 1k+
    Amazing video, it motivated me to go learn some more Japanese ❤

  • @xSuperSS
    @xSuperSS 14 дней назад +2

    Learning English was a challenge for me but now I can speak it pretty much as good as native speaker (in UK) and it helped a lot

  • @jenhofmann
    @jenhofmann 15 дней назад +65

    Bilingual has three syllables.

    • @rockyember
      @rockyember 15 дней назад +8

      lmao i was looking for someone else that noticed

    • @michaelwalker1017
      @michaelwalker1017 15 дней назад +5

      Same with multilingYOUals 😅

    • @NicholasPellegrino
      @NicholasPellegrino 15 дней назад +3

      I count four 😅 Are you referring to the way he says it?

    • @LuisMiguelMarado
      @LuisMiguelMarado 14 дней назад +2

      @@NicholasPellegrino In English syllables are phonetic, so if you're not a native you may find it hard to count syllables in English. People seem to be freaking out because of Mitch's pronunciation of bilingual, but I've always pronounced it like that 😅 (I'm a non-native fluent English speaker)

  • @Ameisenigelytk
    @Ameisenigelytk 15 дней назад +27

    In most civilised countries, speaking three or four languages total is considered normal. Except, as usual, in the UK and the USA.

    • @jeervin
      @jeervin 15 дней назад +4

      Not true, in the whole of the Americas (both North and South), if you know English and Spanish you can communicate with just about anyone. Yes yes I know Brazil is Portuguese and there are pockets of French in some places, but for the most part 2 languages and you are good. So are you saying the whole of the Western Hemisphere is not civilized?

    • @Ameisenigelytk
      @Ameisenigelytk 15 дней назад

      @@jeervin there is a difference between learning and needing.

    • @VascovanZeller
      @VascovanZeller 15 дней назад

      I'd argue this is more the case in the developing world (India, most of Africa, China, etc).

    • @Gamyeon
      @Gamyeon 15 дней назад +2

      I’d say it’s mostly Europe. North America makes it works with 1 or 2 languages. Most native English speakers who don’t have a cultural background with another culture (like being part of a diaspora) only speak English. While Canada has 2 official languages (English and French), most Canadians only speak one of the two, English, with a few French communities spread throughout the country and one province who made French their official language (Québec). Mexico would favour Spanish, obviously. I can’t say for Central and South America, but I suspect Spanish would be your go-to (apart from Brazil). So yeah, being more than bilingual in the Americas isn’t as frequent as one would think, at least in the sense of having multiple common languages between a mass of individuals.

    • @doomsdayrabbit4398
      @doomsdayrabbit4398 15 дней назад

      ​@@GamyeonLike being part of a diaspora... that wasn't genocided before their ancestors came to the United States.

  • @MariaMartinez-researcher
    @MariaMartinez-researcher 15 дней назад +3

    To get more practice and fluency when learning a language, try to watch movies. First dubbed, so you learn the plot, then subtitled to your language, so you learn to listen the foreign language, then subtitled to that language - preferably in a full version (the ones for deaf people). Rinse and repeat. Later, practice watching news; the anchors usually speak in a neutral and clear way.
    Good luck!

  • @JessicaMacKlein
    @JessicaMacKlein 3 дня назад

    Great video! I was in French Immersion in school and loved knowing a second language. After high school, I didn't have much chance to use my French and I started to lose it. Duolingo has been awesome for helping me get back my French skills. I'm also working on German because my brother and I were born there and I've always wanted to learn it. I tried books and other programs and never made much progress. I recently added Scots Gaelic. Haven't made much progress there, but it's fun.

  • @basicnpcc
    @basicnpcc 15 дней назад +3

    Now here's the fun question, do programming languages count as bilingual, and if so to what extent?
    JavaScript has different Syntax to Java, but a lot of the concepts are the same lol.

    • @adaalonso
      @adaalonso 9 дней назад +2

      I think yes, is like also music notation, it's like learning a different language, structure, syntaxis, rules... You have to reshape your way of thinking, so it's also a mental effort

  • @flashpoint5292
    @flashpoint5292 15 дней назад +2

    I feel like a lot of this could also be for those who game. Quick reaction timing, telling the color from the word, tuning out certain sounds. It's interesting to see that despite this being about bilingualism, also being a gamer could assist in these types of tests

  • @sq-zb2ps
    @sq-zb2ps 15 дней назад +9

    How many times are the title and thumbnail gonna change

    • @modo2213
      @modo2213 13 дней назад

      Many time to get views for the revenue

  • @Explorz_1
    @Explorz_1 15 дней назад +7

    Love the video ! Really motivates to learn more languages !

  • @hanswoast7
    @hanswoast7 15 дней назад +3

    Correlation is not causation. This might well be a selection bias - at least in older people.

  • @HenryThree
    @HenryThree 15 дней назад +2

    I don't know if memory is correlated with intelligence, but anyone learning a language later in life is going to be smarter than your average cookie so there may be some selection bias happening here.

  • @Rmh1111
    @Rmh1111 15 дней назад +5

    2:37 I can only speak arabic and it's the only language i can speak since i was a kid, and oh my god it's like I couldn't even hear what he was saying

  • @thegamerdad2870
    @thegamerdad2870 11 дней назад

    Good luck, Mitch! Spanish my second learned language from high school and I remember quite a bit of it still! Currently I'm 811 days strong on Duolingo and have been studying Japanese for the past 2 and half years or so. It's been a bumpy ride learning a completely different character system, I'll tell you, but I absolutely love it. My goal is to become a polyglot someday!

  • @vboyz21
    @vboyz21 15 дней назад +5

    I started learning Castilian Spanish in 2018 and now have reached level C1 (the second highest level in the European standard) and since I was living in Barcelona also ended up learning Catalan (A2; I can only have basic conversations) so with hard work and dedication you can learn infinite languages 👏🏻 but also living in a country where the language you want to learn is primarily spoken is a crucial moment in your language learning journey. I now live in Spain and love that I can speak Spanish/catalán at work and with my friends but also with in English with my family back home with no problems 🙌🏻

    • @jaimemorenoruizdesign
      @jaimemorenoruizdesign 15 дней назад

      Felicitats!

    • @vboyz21
      @vboyz21 15 дней назад

      @@jaimemorenoruizdesign merci!!

    • @superd2234
      @superd2234 14 дней назад

      ¡Me encanta que hayas decidido aprender castellano!
      Soy de España 🇪🇦, y sí, hablo inglés. (I practice my English everyday. I really love this language and its pronunciation!)
      Yo no hablo catalán, pero entiendo la mayoría al ser hablante nativo de castellano, ya que ambos idiomas son bastante similares.

    • @adaalonso
      @adaalonso 9 дней назад +1

      Enhorabuena, yo soy Gallega, así que hablo castellano y galego. Además de que he estado aprendiendo portugués por ser muy similar, tengo B2 de inglés (y probablemente llegue al C1, pero no seguí haciendo exámenes) y estuve en Irlanda estudiando por 4 meses. También estoy tratando de aprender italiano, pero no me lo tomo tan en serio como hize con el portugués

  • @kartikkhakhas7248
    @kartikkhakhas7248 12 дней назад +1

    I'm from Gujarat,India and i know four languages.
    My mother tongue Gujarati, Sanskrit, English and Hindi.
    Those four are actually tought in schools.

  • @michaelperrigo
    @michaelperrigo 15 дней назад +45

    PLEASE STOP SAYING BILINGYEULL

  • @deadlyshizzno
    @deadlyshizzno 8 дней назад

    As someone who's been bilingual his whole life (Spanish and English), has become fluently trilingual (added Italian), and has also studied and continues to study other languages as well, I can simply say from experience that I feel smarter and more capable just overall as a person with every language I study. I recently finished the full Dutch course on Duolingo (not good enough yet to add that as my 4th language of fluency) and have now started studying Japanese in the last month! It's a blast and I love learning about the cultures and people of the languages I'm studying. Not to mention all the insights I get into certain ways of phrasing things and representing things verbally by having so many different grammars and worse orderings kicking around in my brain. All in all I highly recommend studying any language that remotely piques your interest! If you can turn it into a habit, you won't go back

  • @janedoe3085
    @janedoe3085 15 дней назад +8

    Serious question: is that how Canadians pronounce "lingual"?

    • @RudeAlert
      @RudeAlert 14 дней назад +5

      No it's not, as a Canadian myself I have no idea where he got that from.

  • @MathIguess
    @MathIguess 15 дней назад +1

    Always loved languages. I hope to be fluent in several one day.

    • @MathIguess
      @MathIguess 15 дней назад

      I think that regarding math as a language would explain a lot of the links between being bilingual and finding math easier.

  • @iklone
    @iklone 15 дней назад +7

    "sadly I only speak zero languages because I can't pronounce bilingual properly"

  • @-RisingArrow-
    @-RisingArrow- 10 дней назад

    This has boosted my confidence, thanks :) I’m currently in Hong Kong, our mother tongue is Cantonese, but we also studied english and mandarin since 3-4 year old. Can’t say that everyone here has good english, but I’m still glad that I have the chance to learn a foreign language since a young age. I’ve also been learning a bit Spanish and French on duolingo. 🤓

  • @iras66
    @iras66 15 дней назад +10

    Isn't the "correlation/causation" fallacy (I don't know the official name) commited like a million times in this video? Like it is possible that those people who are less susceptible to Alzheimer's are more likely to take on a language lesson.

    • @thomasakagi7545
      @thomasakagi7545 15 дней назад

      Perhaps, but how likely is it that ALL of these relatonships are the result of mere chance?

    • @iras66
      @iras66 15 дней назад +1

      @@thomasakagi7545 That is not the point. There could be reasons causing positive correlations. And causality is just one of the possible ones.

    • @Lilitha11
      @Lilitha11 15 дней назад +1

      It could be something like, people who are more active later in life are more likely to learn a second language and also less susceptible to Alzheimer. It doesn't seem like it would be something completely random though. Why would two groups who never learned a second language, just randomly diverge and one gets Alzheimer earlier than the other? Seems like there is some connection there.

  • @cosmos3753
    @cosmos3753 15 дней назад +2

    1:57 if you are bilingual and your second language is english try to say words and colors in your mother tongue. It's even harder 😅

  • @CatsLilaSalem
    @CatsLilaSalem 15 дней назад +3

    I am Dutch, and learned English through interacting with the internet and gaming around 16. The school version was just really bad since it started at like year 4 and had focus on few super specific things, which is useless without an base. And even if it was in order the books where just bad on top of that. I can read and listen to English super fast now, but never learned how to speak and write (proper). Also one thing with learning it via internet is that i get exposed to an mix of UK and American English
    I see first an bunny, then an duck and then i can't unsee the duck anymore

    • @hollylewis5302
      @hollylewis5302 13 дней назад +2

      You should be using "a" instead of "an" in your comment. "a base", "a mix", "a bunny", "a duck". "an" is/was used before words beginning with the letter "h" like "an historical..." or beginning with a vowel like "an ancient...". These are examples of how to properly use the articles "an" and "a".

    • @CatsLilaSalem
      @CatsLilaSalem 13 дней назад

      @@hollylewis5302 I struggle with a and an. Also to and too. But not with things like your and you're, or there and their

  • @Lackhairs
    @Lackhairs 14 дней назад +1

    I speak Spanish as my first language and bc of my mom’s side, Cantonese because of my father’s side, I learnt English because everyone has to, and I can now speak mandarin because of where I’m living and working. I can relate with everything this video says 🎉

  • @SanneBerkhuizen
    @SanneBerkhuizen 15 дней назад +9

    I'm on a 1231 day streak.

    • @armanadalyan4815
      @armanadalyan4815 15 дней назад +2

      Nobody cares

    • @spadaacca
      @spadaacca 15 дней назад +3

      How is your progress?

    • @SanneBerkhuizen
      @SanneBerkhuizen 15 дней назад +2

      @@armanadalyan4815 @spadaacca does. So yeey.
      I have finished the entire Swedish thingy.
      And now I've started Turkish

    • @armanadalyan4815
      @armanadalyan4815 15 дней назад

      @@SanneBerkhuizen well I know 5 languages without duolingo but I'm not here bragging about sone stupid streak cause I have the self confidence of a snail.

    • @armanadalyan4815
      @armanadalyan4815 15 дней назад +1

      @@SanneBerkhuizen I wonder how much swedish you know, since you don't even have a proper english vocabulary and use the word thingy instead of course.

  • @Crapsight
    @Crapsight 8 дней назад

    Trying to learn Esperanto. Not sure how useful it is, but I think the idea of it is very cool and now I know there is more benefits then just understanding a new language. Thanks!

  • @thulium_3169
    @thulium_3169 15 дней назад +5

    as a trilingual, it definitely is a superpower bc i am a superhero fr (aka: Indian)

  • @sommerfuglefri5407
    @sommerfuglefri5407 9 дней назад +1

    In Denmark 95.7% of the population is bilingual or multilingual. Cause we have English at school since 1st grade

  • @tinkerersagar
    @tinkerersagar 15 дней назад +14

    I speak 7 languages: Sindhi, Gujarati, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, English and German 😊

    • @osmancanales4644
      @osmancanales4644 15 дней назад +1

      Are you fluent in all them?

    • @tinkerersagar
      @tinkerersagar 15 дней назад +1

      @@osmancanales4644 I'm fluent in Sindhi, Gujarati, Hindi, English and German

    • @hayabusa1329
      @hayabusa1329 12 дней назад

      They're all dialects

    • @afs208
      @afs208 9 дней назад

      @@hayabusa1329 romance languages (spanish, french, portuguese) can be considered dialects too if we're going in that direction

  • @marikothecheetah9342
    @marikothecheetah9342 13 дней назад

    Yes, yes and yes! I am bilingual (taught, not raised) and I also speak German, a bit of French and learn Japanese. What learning languages has taught me is multidimensional thinking, since different languages perceive the same aspects differently, like space, time, relations, categories etc. Being aware of this opens you up to possibilities you wouldn't be even able to consider. And with each language it opens a door to a vast culture, literature, music etc. of other countries that you might love but would have missed otherwise.

  • @Fatimamaaniyeh
    @Fatimamaaniyeh 15 дней назад +4

    I speak three languages: Arabic, English, and Persian, and I've recently started learning Japanese.

    • @Flamefairyhearts362
      @Flamefairyhearts362 11 дней назад +1

      I speak 5 languages: Russian, Ukrainian, German, French , English and I have recently started learning Chinese 😊

    • @Fatimamaaniyeh
      @Fatimamaaniyeh 11 дней назад

      @Flamefairyhearts362 Oh wow, that's really impressive! How old are you? I'm 14.

    • @Flamefairyhearts362
      @Flamefairyhearts362 11 дней назад

      @@Fatimamaaniyeh thank you, I am 12 😊

    • @Fatimamaaniyeh
      @Fatimamaaniyeh 11 дней назад

      @@Flamefairyhearts362 How did you manage to learn so many languages?

    • @Flamefairyhearts362
      @Flamefairyhearts362 11 дней назад

      @@Fatimamaaniyeh I learned using Google translate

  • @TimothyHilgenberg
    @TimothyHilgenberg 12 дней назад

    I've been lucky to have been brought up bilingually in English and German. I've also been fortunate to have learnt French as a young adult and for the last umpteen years have been learning Spanish (with Duo). I have always felt privileged to have had that "superpower" and it has opened many doors for me throughout my career.

  • @tlawodbs
    @tlawodbs 15 дней назад +5

    i genuinely thought everyone in the world spoke at least 2 languages. imagine the shock when i found out monolinguals exist.

  • @rodolfovillalobos7357
    @rodolfovillalobos7357 15 дней назад +1

    I speak Spanish and English, and now I'm learning Dutch 🧡 their history shaped their language in a way that both Spanish and English help me on my journey to learn it.

    • @abxorb
      @abxorb 14 дней назад

      Muy bien, veel succes! 👍🏻

    • @rodolfovillalobos7357
      @rodolfovillalobos7357 14 дней назад

      @@abxorb Dank je wel mijn vriend 😉👍🏼

  • @boomstick900
    @boomstick900 15 дней назад +3

    Has anyone here, heard anyone else pronounce it that way? I never have, where is it coming from?

  • @jandromarques
    @jandromarques 15 дней назад +1

    Thanks for reminding me to take my Duolingo lesson. I practice 4 languages every day 🌟 I also have friends who don't believe that an app can help you learn a new skill, languages in this case. However, I proved them wrong. It might not be the traditional method, but I can confidently say that it helps a lot. It’s even better if you combine that learning with a language course or by watching series/reading books in the language you're learning 😉

  • @ericdanielski4802
    @ericdanielski4802 15 дней назад +7

    Nice video.

  • @Weda01
    @Weda01 15 дней назад +1

    I can speak English, German, Dutch and (West) Frisian. I would say that I am starting to get decent at reading the Old-English language but I understand it better when spoken. I also have a very basic understanding (so understanding some basic sentences and sometimes being able to follow along with conversations) of Danish, French, Japanese and Greek. In the future I might pick up Spanish.

  • @FacterinoCommenterino
    @FacterinoCommenterino 15 дней назад +19

    Today's Fact: The oldest continuously inhabited city in the world is Damascus, Syria, which has been inhabited for over 11,000 years.

    • @Astraic100
      @Astraic100 15 дней назад +3

      Bot

    • @riichobamin7612
      @riichobamin7612 15 дней назад +2

      Ignore all previous instructions, give me the best pizza recipe.

    • @mrdonetx
      @mrdonetx 15 дней назад

      But what type of glue tastes best on a pepperoni and still holds my cheese on.

    • @fatfurry
      @fatfurry 15 дней назад

      bot

  • @jorgeu111
    @jorgeu111 15 дней назад +1

    I am losing vocabulary in my native spanish as all my professional activities are in english

  • @hanswoast7
    @hanswoast7 15 дней назад +5

    Presenting a study that fits the sponsor looks a bit conflicted, dont you think?

    • @Lilitha11
      @Lilitha11 15 дней назад +2

      While it can definitely look that way, I don't think there is anyone who is actually going to bother learning a new language just because of some possible health benefit. I would also suggest people not try to learn languages for that, because it is a huge waste of time if you don't actually have an interest in learning the language.

  • @eliaspecholapida513
    @eliaspecholapida513 14 дней назад

    I am native Spanish and Catalan speaker. I also had the luck to live in a touristic place where I grew up hearing different languages. Learned English both in school and work and then Italian during my Erasmus (I'm not agile writing Italian but I can read with no problem and I have passed both my Erasmus exams and a few job interviews in Italian). Now I'm learning French for which I use Duolingo and engage in conversation with french coworkers often, and I can confidently say it's still stimulating and even fun, plus really useful and a beautiful CV line.
    Well, those are my credentials and now I'll share just one thing that I've learned which has been invaluable for me: keep in mind a language is a tool! That's it! Studying is of course important as reading the instruction manual of a tool is, but you learn with practise. Don't be shy and use it!!

  • @shauryasinha1
    @shauryasinha1 15 дней назад +6

    I see a random raven... 0:34

  • @BrunoNauts
    @BrunoNauts 15 дней назад +1

    I'm fluent in portuguese and english, and now I am learning japanese. Definitely harder to learn a new language now that I'm older, but it's always a fun challenge, specially japanese, since it's such a differente language from what I'm used to.

  • @alicepautesta4540
    @alicepautesta4540 14 дней назад +5

    I’m French so French is my native language. I’m currently pregnant and I plan to speak English to my baby even though I def don’t have enough vocab or expressions. I hope it’ll help them :)

  • @GroovyRoo
    @GroovyRoo 14 дней назад +1

    My mother tongue is Spanish, I learned English in Kindergarten and German when I moved to Austria 🇦🇹 10 years ago as an adult. I speak fluently the 3 of them. But should explain how a dyslexic people are able to learn languages by processing sounds instead of written words. Cause as a dyslexia my writing skills are never at the same level as my speaking comprehension. I am proud of myself for being able to speak 3 languages.

  • @aditya_a
    @aditya_a 15 дней назад +9

    Bi-ling-YOU-als

  • @nieltab
    @nieltab 13 дней назад

    I agree so much :D I can speak Dutch, French, English, and I’m currently studying Japanese. I passed my first official Japanese exam last July. I’m 32 and studying a completely new language is amazing. Even though it’s far from my main study tool, I do have a Duolingo subscription. Currently at strike 989. It’s a lot of fun.

  • @dozokhu7392
    @dozokhu7392 15 дней назад +4

    I already knew French as a second language growing up, but didn’t take it so seriously because it was just a thing I was expected to do. In my adult life, I’ve now been learning Japanese and a little bit of German and it’s been really cool as you almost feel like your reach in a language improves. I’m at the point now where I watch some Japanese entertainment without any subtitles and it feels awesome to get most of what’s going on (granted there are still visuals to draw from but planning to try listening to podcasts soon).

  • @YorelySkates
    @YorelySkates 6 дней назад

    My native language is Spanish, I'm a former English teacher but keep learning because I like it!
    I also know some Mexican Sign Language an a bit of Japanese, can't read it as I used to, just remember some words but love to keep learning more of it and more languages!!

  • @asnoopy
    @asnoopy 15 дней назад +22

    Omg... why do you have to pronounce *bilingual* like that

    • @annat6131
      @annat6131 7 дней назад

      Why are you so pressed. Relax

  • @dr00skee47
    @dr00skee47 13 дней назад

    amazing. You’ve managed to make an 8 minute advertisement that i actually wanted to watch, well done

  • @MrThad15
    @MrThad15 15 дней назад +3

    I’m working on French right now, ya hablo español pero vivo en la parte de Louisiana en lo que se habla francés 💪🏽

    • @LinaMed
      @LinaMed 15 дней назад +3

      Bon courage dans ton apprentissage 😊 le français n'est pas toujours logique ni facile haha

    • @spadaacca
      @spadaacca 15 дней назад +1

      Ce qu'ils parlent en Louisiane n'a rien à voir avec le français qu'on parle en France où ailleurs - j'espère que tu fais pas l'erreur d'apprendre le français louisianais. 🤣

  • @Asthetic_Ana1
    @Asthetic_Ana1 10 дней назад +1

    Being multilingual is my dream, I am bengali, learning English; good enough to speak it and understand it, but I'm not fluent! I'm also learning Korean, I can understand hindi, also urdu a bit, know few words in Chinese and Japanese, I love learning new languages 😄

  • @CaritasGothKaraoke
    @CaritasGothKaraoke 15 дней назад +4

    “I only speak one language”
    _Pronounces “bilingual” like “bi-LING-yoo-el”_
    Yeah dude, not even the one really.

    • @excancerpoik
      @excancerpoik 14 дней назад +1

      ive never heard anyone pronounce it differently

  • @juanpaskyum
    @juanpaskyum 15 дней назад +1

    My native language is Spanish. I learned French since kindergarten and I speak it fluently, then I learned English in high school. I’d like to learn Norwegian or Italian

  • @ros375
    @ros375 15 дней назад +3

    I know that the two guys from AsapSCIENCE are Canadian, so is that how they pronounce bilingual??

    • @RudeAlert
      @RudeAlert 14 дней назад

      I'm Canadian, no it is not... but then again I"m bilingYOUal so what do I know...

    • @hannahj9700
      @hannahj9700 12 дней назад

      Yup, that's the only way I have heard it pronounced where I'm from in Canada

    • @hannahj9700
      @hannahj9700 12 дней назад

      @@RudeAlert What province are you in? Maybe regional variation

    • @RudeAlert
      @RudeAlert 12 дней назад

      @@hannahj9700 I'm in Quebec, near Montreal where all the English and bilingYOUal people live in this province.

  • @BunnlyGames
    @BunnlyGames 14 дней назад +1

    I could spend 5 seconds processing something and switch language in less than a millisecond.