how language shapes the way we think
I'm also learning Spanish, and one thing that caught my attention is how the question “What do you work with?” is translated as “¿A qué te dedicas?”. It’s closer to “What do you dedicate yourself to?”, which feels like something you put effort and meaning into
how language shapes the way we think
I'm trilingual (Catalan, Spanish, English) & currently studying Swedish and I've found myself using all my languages to properly convey what I'm saying, which infuriates my family lol. It just expands my ability to say what I want to say without having to be restricted to one language.
how language shapes the way we think
i was going to comment what you said about "having sadness upon you" after i watched the video, its such an excellent example of an impermenant state rather than the permenant feel of english's "i am sad"