Just interview me! I'll tell you what the difference in verb retention and noun retention is. It's called muscle memory. Like when I dance ballet, I count in French. I'm neither a native or heritage speaker of French. I grew up with Spanish and English. I'm a heritage speaker of Spanish. But the muscle memory thing I've noticed even when I'm acquiring a language. I retain things that are paired with action and demand a physical reaction. 🤷🏾♀️ I can't recall the word for spatula in most of the languages I speak, but I can remember the word "to cook" , bc (1) necessity is the mother of retention, and (2) nouns are easier to remember only when they match in multiple languages, which often they do not. For me, it's a lot easier to remember words in multiple languages when they are similar. So in German you'll often hear me use the Latinized verb vs a Germanic verb, z.B. telefonieren vs anrufen. Same for French and Spanish. I just like patterns that make my life easier. The brain is a machine designed for efficiency. No brain is going to go out of its way to work harder to get the same thing accomplished. 🤷🏾♀️ Oh god and gender in nouns is the worrrrst. I hate noun declension. It ruins all the fun and efficiency in a language. That's my two cents. 🤣 I love this video. Randomly came across it, but wow, it sounds like exciting work. I am very jealous of the team that gets to work on this. I am rooting you on!
@ulugbeknur
6 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome explanation: illustrative, to the point and with lots of examples. Thank you!
@ElfinaAzul
9 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!!
@rozannagarcia8827
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think I would consider myself an overhearer because I grew up hearing Spanish, but struggle speaking it, and can only understand some phrases. Hope to eventually learn Spanish though.
@ProfessorBorax
5 жыл бұрын
often is an adverb, hmm...
@havefunbesafe
Жыл бұрын
“When they count or when they’re scared”.?.explain….?
@FenixFavaretto
8 ай бұрын
I think this is "if you ask them to count or something scares them, the language they are using is the dominant one"
@leslieratliff-f7y
Жыл бұрын
So no studying of Native American language speakers...odd and biased
@lennutrajektoor
4 жыл бұрын
Poor husbands.
@leslieratliff-f7y
Жыл бұрын
"The perfect husbnd"...completely unnecessary comment
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