Why Do You Understand Language?

Have you ever wondered why you can understand the words other people say? How is it possible that our brains can turn noise into language?

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[AlltimeConspiracies]

Great work guys. A really interesting topic.

[scavshere]

I want to speak chicken
To tell chickens that they will become

Presidents of moon


And some will become mic nuggets

[aquaslicer]

here is my story: i was like 8 years old, my native language is Estonia and i couldn't say anything in English. then i start to play computer games, watch youtube and stuff, now i'm 11 and i understand everything in English.... I watch a movie in English and i know what they are talking in the movie, then when i realize i understand everything i be like OMG i didn't even translate it in my brain, it came naturally basically i understand English now without even thinking and without translating the words to Estonia..

[toxic-L]

my native language is not English
and I really want to improve it

[cammythings]

I want to learn German because of my German heritage, Korean because I would like to visit Korea and also be able to understand Kdramas and Kpop, and Chinese because it's the most spoken language in the world so it would be very beneficial.

[arthurkal]

I seriously got an ad about learning a new language in 1hour

[feminazi]

I was fluent in 3 (estonian, english and russian if youre wondering) languages by the age of 11 lol but i mean i would like to learn more.. japanese is interesting but its complicated as fuck lmao

[MeepChangeling]

I would like to learn absolutely any language humans agree to use exclusively from now on so we can all talk to one another just fine.

[hashly]

I would love to learn Spanish, but it is way too hard. Especially with feminine and macular words.

[jcdenton]

0:55 best of life noggin "red bottle brushes hairy sky"

[TheSurrealTV]

I am italian and I live in England. I don't know why but my accent looks like Indian and I really want to change it. Can you do a video about accents?

[bshivam]

I speak so fast, I can't even get time to form proper sentences before speaking and tend to stammer a lot when I start paying attention to the words I speak just as I speak them. Anyone else with a similar problem?

[wolffgang]

I speak English and German, being fluent in both, but can understand French because on my moms side of the family speak French. I never really picked it up to where I spoke it, but with some context I can understand what is being said. Now being in my early 20s I started to make myself speak French.

[Sav-.]

I want to speak London...

London is good country




Just a joke xD

[owokosohna]

I would love to learn spanish, italian, german, and etc

[andreaorioste]

Answer: Because you are comfortable to listen to certain sounds that you are able to translate

I love BTS (Kpop) and every time I sing, my friends say, "You never know what you say do you?" And I am like.. "-__-"

[PinkKittyOwO]

French
Because my spanish teacher sucks

[liana-gao]

*My native language was Cantonese, but then I learned English, and now I am fluent in English. I am currently learning Spanish* *and Mandarin! :D*

[TheCerealMilker]

Blocko, could you explain to me "mother's intuition" or that "gut feeling" that something isn't right according to your unconscious. I'd like to know :)

[miro-sbrp]

I want to learn Russian so I can understand those Russian people who play CS:GO