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People who can understand multiple languages, or have moved to another country, or otherwise traveled abroad; Do you feel like you experience existence from a PoV that nobody else can understand? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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And people who aren't part of any of these, do you think you are "missing" something?

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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Learning a second language sorta unlocked a new 'personality' for me, it's kinda weird and was pretty huge. My third language didn't seem to change much? Though it might be because it was german and I don't feel like I will ever truly master it

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    I’ve studied Spanish (I’m basically fluent), a bit of Japanese on my own in high school along with a bunch of random false starts in other languages like German (and a stint learning Esperanto).

    It wasn’t until my 30’s when I started learning Mandarin that my brain was like “holy shit, this is different!”

    I tend to prefer Asian languages because they make more sense to me — all the conjugating and irregularities in European languages just make me crazy.

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