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Are you bilingual?

Trilingual?

You might have a better brain than me, and you might live longer.

Hola hombres, esta tres.

That doesn't work.

That's my name is the number three.

Thanks, mom and dad.

What was I in Spanish class?

Manuel, I think?

Hola, me amo Manuel.

I don't like that either.

I think I'm just going to stick to English for now.

Thanks for tuning in to DNews, everybody it looks like bilingualism isn't just useful when you're traveling,

or when you're trying to order food at your favorite restaurant,

or if you're trying to figure out what those girls on the train are talking about across from you, and if it's your shoes.

No, it also could help you live longer.

They know this because when they tested English -speaking seniors, the ones that were bilingual answered quicker.

Without getting too deep into the technical and medical details, bilingual brains are better at switching between major tasks,

like languages, and simultaneously filtering out superfluous information.

Obviously, this is really beneficial throughout people's lives, but if you enroll children in a bilingual school, it will not only help them learn to learn,

but keep their brain agile throughout their life.

It's not the only way.

You can also exercise, do stimulating tasks, or even do the crosswords.

And they've all been shown to keep your brain spry.

Although this is the most fun, unless you want to know what 77 down is vacation destination for sandwich lovers.

Ooh, Delhi!

Ha!

You know, India, Delhi.

Now that you're all jazzed to learn Cantonese or whatever, let's have science stomp on your bilingual dreams for a minute.

After about 12 months, you begin to filter out sounds that aren't found in your language,

which is why my German friend Nina can't really do the sound very well, and I can't do the, you know, the U with the dots.

I can't do that.

They're just not part of our learning.

That being said, it is of course possible to learn new languages, but it's better to be exposed early, like before you're four years old.

If living longer isn't a good enough reason for you to learn a new language, then perhaps this will help.

Look, we're about to get real deep.

Words are just an outward expression of emotions and thoughts.

They don't really mean anything on their own unless we assign them meaning.

Design student Pei Ying Lin created this infographic of untranslatable emotions.

My favorite shortcoming in the English language is that chasm that exists between liking someone and loving someone.

You might really like them or whatever, you might adore them, but that's a little trite.

The infographic shows that Italian and Korean have a word for love that's specifically for friends, family, inanimate objects, and pets.

We have to use the same word to express romantic love to our wife

or our husband as we would express to our mom or our dog or a really nice painting.

That is insane.

Here are some other words that we don't have that show up in other cultures.

I'll probably pronounce some of them really badly.

In Japan they have a really weird one, bakushan, which has to do with a beautiful girl but only when viewed from behind.

This one is really good.

It's Filipino and it has to do with seeing something cute and wanting to pinch or squeeze it.

And it's called giggle.

In Mexican Spanish they have a word for when you feel embarrassed for watching someone else's humiliation.

That's pena ajena.

You get the picture.

So there are a lot of words that English just doesn't have that express these emotions.

So not only can you learn another language, maybe you can just learn these and that'll help you live longer.

I mean, probably not a lot longer, like a few hours.

But hey, at least you can express yourself better.

Have you ever made up a word?

I'm sure you have.

I know I do it all the time.

Leave your made up word down in the comments

and give a definition so that we can all start using your fake words and maybe they'll become real words.

So thanks for watching and ti voglio bene,

which is the Italian word for I really care about you but I don't love you like a romantic partner.

So it would be nice if we had a word in between like and love.

Thanks for watching.

I'm Trace.

See you later.

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Diese Sprechübung basiert auf dem Video „Bilingual Brains are Better“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: word, learn, language, bilingual, longer. Dieses Video enthält 69 Sätze und 756 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 3:59. Der Sprecher spricht schnell, etwa 190 Wörter pro Minute – rechne mit verbundenen und verkürzten Lauten. 83 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen.

Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video

15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

Wort	Aussprache	Bedeutung
bilingual Adjektiv	/baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/	zweisprachig, bilingual
emotion Substantiv	/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/	Gefühl, Empfindung f Emotion
romantic Adjektiv	/ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/	romantisch
filter Substantiv	/ˈfɪltɚ/	Filter
pet Substantiv	/pɛt/	Haustier, Heimtier
badly Adverb	/ˈbæd.li/	schlecht
insane Adjektiv	/ɪnˈseɪn/	wahnsinnig, verrückt
vacation Substantiv	/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/	Urlaub
jazz Substantiv	/d͡ʒæz/	Jazz
tune Substantiv	/tjuːn/	Melodie
lover Substantiv	/ˈlʌvɚ/	Geliebter, Geliebte
destination Substantiv	/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/	Reiseziel, Bestimmungsort
shoe Substantiv	/ˈʃu/	Schuh, Lackschuh
simultaneously Adverb	/ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/	gleichzeitig
beneficial Adjektiv	/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/	nützlich, vorteilhaft

Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst

Wort	Aussprache	Bedeutung
make up Verb	/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/	wiedergutmachen, kompensieren
figure out Verb		herausfinden

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Kurze, vollständige Sätze aus dem Video, die du im Alltag wiederverwenden kannst:

That's my name is the number three.
I don't like that either.
They're just not part of our learning.
Look, we're about to get real deep.
Have you ever made up a word?

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

Der Sprecher verwendet 26 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel you're, don't, can't. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.

Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, simultaneously /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, humiliation /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/, inanimate /ɪnˈænɪmət/

Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:

/w/ — mit runden Lippen, nicht wie das deutsche „w“ (/v/): bilingual /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, squeeze /skwiːz/, outward /ˈaʊt.wɚd/, crossword /ˈkɹɒswɜː(ɹ)d/
Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: jazz /d͡ʒæz/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, expose /ɪkˈspoʊz/, squeeze /skwiːz/, outward /ˈaʊt.wɚd/
/æ/ — offener als „ä“: romantic /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/, badly /ˈbæd.li/, jazz /d͡ʒæz/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/

So übst du mit diesem Video

Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
Beginne mit 0,75-facher Geschwindigkeit, sprich Satz für Satz nach und wechsle zur normalen Geschwindigkeit, sobald es leichtfällt.
Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie bilingual, emotion, romantic.

Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?

Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.

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