@sophiasmithgaler: I wish I knew this growing up 😊 #languages #linguistics #LearnOnTikTok

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vancouvergirl11
Coco 🍁 :
It’s from being criticized if you don’t sound authentic, so your brain shuts it down to protect yourself.
2025-11-06 16:23:20
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blacksheepexperience.com
BLACK SHEEP EXPERIENCE 🖤🐑 :
Yesss the safe environment for practicing! My extended / immediate fam always make fun of me when I say things incorrectly and it’s so embarrassing
2021-04-01 14:23:00
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caestecker136
… :
Me with urdu and punjabi 😭 it’s so embarrassing when people realise I can’t even speak my own language but I can understand it
2021-03-31 20:54:20
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almamazzarello
Almamazzarello :
My dad speaking Spanish to me all day for years and me understanding every word but just barely being able to say "Sí, Claro..." 😂😂😂
2021-03-31 23:15:29
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prchica07
PR Chica 🇵🇷🇨🇺🇺🇸 :
Yup. I grew up understanding Spanish but I wasnt fluent until like 5 years ago. I am now fully fluent. And yes I had to speak to native speakers only in Spanish. After 6 months of speaking to native speakers daily, i became bilingual
2025-12-02 01:21:11
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marnimooonskitchen
marnimoon :
Oh my goodness. This explains so much ❤️
2021-03-31 16:12:21
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udkme918
Rahhhh :
Me with Arabic
2021-03-31 18:15:13
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scottsreve
ScoTTs Revelations :
Very Interesting 🧐 I’ve experienced this.
2021-03-31 14:56:07
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useranj7q80ovt
用户8256396041117 :
FINALLY SOMEONE ADRESSED THIS 🥳 I’m the same and it’s so hard to prove I understand the language as well😅
2021-04-01 07:23:33
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indigenous_baddie
michelle chubb :
Yesss! Me with Cree
2021-04-01 01:03:53
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goldengully
Bilal Bhatti :
the struggles 😭😭
2021-04-01 16:46:24
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joweria100
user4704210354774 :
thank you people don't believe me when I say I cannot speak the language I can only hear it.
2021-03-31 17:18:43
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dalekmatt
Matt :
That’s my kids! I found that out by accident when their mom and I were talking about taking them somewhere and they protested 😂😂
2021-03-31 18:06:08
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jess__bil
Jessica :
Omg finally someone explains it!! I always wondered why I could understand my family speaking Hungarian but can’t speak it
2021-04-01 02:32:23
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fluffywhitemeow
potato 🐹 :
Thank you Lavender 😂😳
2021-04-28 23:05:22
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quasi.una.fantasia
Viola (Cordelia’s Version) :
Ho questo problema con il dialetto Bergamasco
2021-06-15 12:00:05
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kittercats
JustALittleLate :
Yup! Grew up in Taiwan and this is a thing for me
2021-04-01 17:25:48
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roaming_stds
mayonnaise :
Sending this to all my tios tias abuelos abuelas vecinos mamá papá el perro el gato 😭😭😭
2021-04-02 08:07:14
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_red.dot
🧿 :
a me succede con il dialetto, lo capisco perfettamente, ma non riesco a parlarlo
2021-04-01 08:54:51
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lumosblade
Marty Marras :
Stessa cosa col dialetto: mia nonna parlava solo quello, io la capivo perfettamente, ma non sono mai riuscita a fare intere conversazioni in dialetto
2021-06-20 07:54:26
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thelbamuna
ATM :
yes!!!! Going to Palestine last year my cousins kept making fun me bc I couldn't speak Arabic, but I 'understand' it. No immersion, no hablo.
2021-04-01 14:39:07
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dseanjackson
Sean Jackson :
E adesso? Com'è il tuo italiano?
2021-03-31 15:55:07
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bmbb1992
Bri M :
so is this proof that animals can understand us?? it really feels like they can sometimes 😬😳
2021-04-01 16:28:58
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winela.world
Winela World :
I disagree that you need cultural immersion to learn a language! Many linguists are self taught, this gets easier every day as more resources are made
2021-04-01 03:44:31
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iix_cocoii
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Same! But my parents are Filipino. Whenever I tell people that, they expect me to know Tagalog when I don’t speak it 😂
2021-04-01 16:26:32
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