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Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.75,0:00:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So about two years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.52,0:00:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was featured in\Na New York Times article called,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.02,0:00:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Adventures of a teenage polyglot,"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.76,0:00:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which featured my passion\Nfor learning foreign languages,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.84,0:00:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this peculiar hobby that I had.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.25,0:00:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And at first I thought it was great.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.26,0:00:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I loved the fact that language learning\Nwas getting more attention
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.38,0:00:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that it wouldn't always
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.74,0:00:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,seem like an isolating hobby
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.12,0:00:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was suddenly putting me into contact\Nwith people all around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.70,0:00:52.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as I spent more time\Nin the media spotlight,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.40,0:00:54.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the focus of my story began to shift.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.56,0:00:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So whereas I've always been interested\Nin talking about the why and the how,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.26,0:01:02.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why I was learning foreign languages,\Nhow I did it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.17,0:01:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead, it turned into a bit of a circus,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.51,0:01:08.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which media shows wanted\Nto sensationalize my story.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.66,0:01:12.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it would go a little something\Nlike this,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.11,0:01:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hello, I'm here today with\N17-year-old Timothy Doner
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.88,0:01:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's fluent in 20 languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.05,0:01:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I'm sorry.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.06,0:01:20.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He actually can insult you in 25 languages
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.52,0:01:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's fluent in another ten.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.57,0:01:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim, how about you tell our audience\N'Good morning'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.24,0:01:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 'Thank you for watching', in Muslim?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.77,0:01:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.00,0:01:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Er... Arabic."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.26,0:01:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Arabic)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.76,0:01:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Great Tim. Now can we get you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.31,0:01:42.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to introduce yourself and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.87,0:01:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'I'm fluent in 23 languages' in German."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.90,0:01:46.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's not really true. But..."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.74,0:01:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, no, just tell the audience."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.52,0:01:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(German)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.78,0:01:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Perfect. Now how about
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.14,0:02:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a tongue twister in Chinese?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.76,0:02:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.25,0:02:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, we could talk about Chinese,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.77,0:02:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, a lot more Americans\Nare learning Chinese these days,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.79,0:02:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think there's\Na lot of value in that."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.98,0:02:12.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, no, no. \NJust give us a tongue twister."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.13,0:02:12.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.99,0:02:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chinese)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.44,0:02:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This guy! Tim, how about
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.78,0:02:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another tongue twister in Chinese?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.75,0:02:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I will prefer not to, but you know
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.43,0:02:25.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could talk about China.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.11,0:02:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a lot you can gain\Nby learning a language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.55,0:02:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh Tim, I'm sorry,\NThat's all the time we have."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.90,0:02:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.43,0:02:33.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.51,0:02:39.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Now why don't you to tell our audience
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.51,0:02:40.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Goodbye' in Turkish
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.67,0:02:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we will be over here?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.25,0:02:44.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know we haven't talk\Nabout anything substantive."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.91,0:02:46.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But Turkish please."\N
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.61,0:02:51.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Turkish)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.77,0:02:53.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How about that kid, right,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.09,0:02:54.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wonder if he gets any girls...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.94,0:02:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.50,0:03:01.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now stay with us because up next,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.02,0:03:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a skateboarding bulldog\Nin a bathing suit."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.26,0:03:05.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.25,0:03:10.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.74,0:03:13.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, as funny as that was,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.100,0:03:16.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it highlighted two pretty major problems\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.08,0:03:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the way my story was covered.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.70,0:03:19.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On a personal level,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.16,0:03:24.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt that language learning was now \Nbecoming like a bit of a task, almost.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.47,0:03:29.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt like something that was suddenly\Nhad to be rigidly organized.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.36,0:03:32.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that had to be \Ncompartmentalized, rationalized,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.26,0:03:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expressed in a concrete number.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.93,0:03:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I speak X languages.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.92,0:03:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know Y languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.58,0:03:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As opposed to what I'd always done,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.52,0:03:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was just learning languages\Nfor the fun of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.98,0:03:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Learning to communicate with people,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.76,0:03:44.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learning about foreign cultures.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.46,0:03:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And on a bigger level, it's cheapened\Nwhat it meant to speak a language,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.96,0:03:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or to know a language.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.24,0:03:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now if I can impart you\Nwith anything today at TEDxTeen,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.04,0:03:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's that knowing a language
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.72,0:03:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a lot more than knowing\Na couple of words out of a dictionary.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.88,0:03:58.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lot more that being able\N
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.48,0:04:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask someone where the bathroom is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.36,0:04:02.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or telling them the time of day.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.07,0:04:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, I'm getting ahead of myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.94,0:04:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for those of you\Nwho aren't familiar with my story,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.68,0:04:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe a lot of you here\Ndon't know what the word polyglot is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.63,0:04:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's a pretty weird one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.50,0:04:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.75,0:04:19.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this little tot is me, circa 2001,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.74,0:04:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is the beginning\Nof my language learning journey.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.55,0:04:24.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I actually was a child actor \N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.15,0:04:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I'd learned any languages.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.88,0:04:28.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I always had a little bit of a gift\Nfor accent.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.51,0:04:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'm going to auditions\Nfor radio commercials,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.76,0:04:32.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or for TV commercials,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.06,0:04:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd do an Austin Powers impression.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.15,0:04:36.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to do one now.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.74,0:04:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.77,0:04:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe I would do \N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.20,0:04:42.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Apu from the Simpsons.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.62,0:04:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact there was actually\None time an audition
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.86,0:04:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I was asked to leave,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.30,0:04:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because they told me to speak\Nlike a little kid with a lisp,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.26,0:04:51.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I wanted to do\NDarth Vader in a French accent.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.82,0:04:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.50,0:04:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, that taught me the basics of
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.92,0:04:57.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how to breakdown sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.90,0:04:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How to pick up a foreign accent,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.82,0:05:01.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or foreign speech patterns,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.29,0:05:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and really live with it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.77,0:05:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now fast forward a little bit,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.24,0:05:06.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm now in about third grade,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.77,0:05:09.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've just started French\Nfor the first time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.11,0:05:10.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But six months into a year,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.52,0:05:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into even two years later,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.76,0:05:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't converse with anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.26,0:05:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,French is just another subject in school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.27,0:05:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even though I can tell you words \N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.26,0:05:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for elbow, knee bone, shoelace.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.51,0:05:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't really have\Na fluent conversation with anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.52,0:05:25.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fast forward a little bit more.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.51,0:05:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In seventh grade, I started Latin.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.20,0:05:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Latin of course is a dead language,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.02,0:05:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in learning Latin, you really learn
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.11,0:05:32.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to breakdown language,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.35,0:05:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to see language as a system
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.75,0:05:36.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with rules, and as a bit of a puzzle.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.13,0:05:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that was great,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.27,0:05:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I still didn't feel\Nlike language was for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.49,0:05:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, forward a little bit more.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.51,0:05:43.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,About 13,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.52,0:05:45.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've been interested in learning more \N
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.54,0:05:47.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.45,0:05:48.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started studying Hebrew.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.87,0:05:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I had no way of doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.43,0:05:52.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had no idea\Nwhat I was supposed to be doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.65,0:05:54.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I listen to a lot of Rap music.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.48,0:05:57.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I memorize lyrics,\NI'd spit them back out,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.01,0:05:59.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would just try to chat\Nwith native speakers,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.48,0:06:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once a week, once a month,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.26,0:06:03.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've got that incrementally,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.01,0:06:04.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to understand a lot more.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.75,0:06:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I didn't sound like a native speaker,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.80,0:06:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't speak very articulately and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.76,0:06:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I certainly didn't know the grammar.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.71,0:06:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I had done what I'd never\Nmanaged to do in school,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.40,0:06:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was to pick up\Nthe basics of a language
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.55,0:06:16.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all on my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.83,0:06:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forward a little bit more.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.54,0:06:20.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started taking Arabic when I was 14 \N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.59,0:06:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a summer program going into 9th grade.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.61,0:06:23.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is summer of 2010.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.78,0:06:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a month I found\Nthat I could read and write
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.23,0:06:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.55,0:06:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd learned the basics \Nof the formal language
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.78,0:06:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and one of its major dialects.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.60,0:06:35.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it turned me onto the fact that I\Ncould really pursue languages as a hobby.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.47,0:06:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it finally came to March 24th 2011.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.52,0:06:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've pretty vicious insomnia,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.24,0:06:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as I was studying more languages\N
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.32,0:06:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,using grammar books or watching TV shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.87,0:06:49.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and let's say Arabic or Hebrew,\Nbecame one way of focusing my time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.42,0:06:56.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So on that night, while I was \Nawake till some ungodly hour,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.03,0:06:58.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I recorded myself speaking Arabic\Ninto my computer screen,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.74,0:06:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subtitled it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.75,0:07:01.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I uploaded it to YouTube
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.26,0:07:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under the title, "Tim speaks Arabic."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.20,0:07:05.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Arabic)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.04,0:07:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Next day I did the same thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.51,0:07:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(In Hebrew)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.52,0:07:08.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim speaks Hebrew.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.76,0:07:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the comments, when I trickled in,\Nwere fantastic.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.75,0:07:12.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got things like,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.75,0:07:15.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wow, I've never seen\Nan American speak Arabic before."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.90,0:07:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.98,0:07:21.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You blame them?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.69,0:07:24.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In addition to that I got things like,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.61,0:07:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wow, maybe you should \Nfix your vowels here."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.01,0:07:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or "maybe this word \Nis pronounced this way."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.23,0:07:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So suddenly language learning had gone\N
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.12,0:07:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the solitary pages of a book,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.90,0:07:34.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or my computer screen,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.53,0:07:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the wide world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.99,0:07:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After that I was hooked.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.50,0:07:40.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had a community of speakers\Nto interact with,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.52,0:07:43.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and essentially had a teacher \Nor conversation partners
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.25,0:07:45.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for any language that I wanted to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.23,0:07:47.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I'll show you a quick montage of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.95,0:07:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video: (Arabic) I started studying \NArabic roughly, 6 months ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.14,0:07:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Indonesian)\NThis started... one, two, three, four...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.76,0:08:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe four days ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.75,0:08:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Hebrew) I actually feel
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.10,0:08:06.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that reading and writing\Nare easier in Arabic
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.62,0:08:10.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Ojibwe)\NI certainly find Ojibwe difficult!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.42,0:08:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Swahili) But I came home\Nthe day before yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.54,0:08:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Pashto) How is my pronunciation?\NThanks so much!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.90,0:08:21.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have a great day. Goodbye!
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.01,0:08:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.26,0:08:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tim Doner: That became my way
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.91,0:08:31.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of reaching out to the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.53,0:08:33.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But as I was learning all these languages,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.64,0:08:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I faced a number of obstacles.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.20,0:08:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So number one,\NI had no idea how to teach myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.56,0:08:39.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I'm sure many of you\Nif you were told
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.77,0:08:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to learn Pashto by next month,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.70,0:08:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you wouldn't know what to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.18,0:08:44.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I experimented.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.25,0:08:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's one thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.62,0:08:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in my Latin class, I read about\Nsomething that Cicero described,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.86,0:08:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called, "Method of Loci."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.52,0:08:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,technically Locurum.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.76,0:08:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's a technique \Nin which you take mnemonics.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.24,0:08:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's say you want to learn \N
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.80,0:08:58.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 vocabulary words on a list.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.33,0:08:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You take each of those words and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.91,0:09:01.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of memorizing them in blocks.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.74,0:09:04.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you integrate them\Ninto your spatial memory.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.07,0:09:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's what I mean.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.16,0:09:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Union Square.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.51,0:09:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a place I go every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.00,0:09:09.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I close my eyes\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.20,0:09:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can imagine it very, very vividly
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.08,0:09:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I imagine myself \Nwalking down Union Square,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.34,0:09:15.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in each spot in my mind\Nthat has resonance,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.66,0:09:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I associate it with a vocab word.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.08,0:09:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll show you right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.28,0:09:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm walking down Park Avenue,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.93,0:09:23.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Japanese "to walk" is "iku"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.63,0:09:25.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I go a little bit further, turn right,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.52,0:09:27.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sit on the stairs where I can "Suwaru".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.77,0:09:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Directly north of there\Nis a statue George Washington
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.28,0:09:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I used to think was a fountain,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.17,0:09:33.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that's "nomu", "to drink".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.75,0:09:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right next,\Nthere's a tree that you can "Kiru", "cut".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.38,0:09:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you want to go north\Nfor Barnes & Noble,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.43,0:09:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can "Yomu", "to read".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.85,0:09:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or if I'm hungry and I want to go\Nto my favorite Falafel place,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.86,0:09:45.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can go one block west of there,\Nso I can "Taberu", "to eat".
Dialogue: 0,0:09:45.87,0:09:46.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I missed one.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.85,0:09:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alright. So 8 out of 10!\NNot bad!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.52,0:09:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I found that most of the time\N
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.22,0:09:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by experimenting with methods like these,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.36,0:09:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it made language learning\Na much more interactive experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.29,0:09:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made it something\Nthat I can remember much better.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.84,0:10:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I had a lot of fun with.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.42,0:10:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe that's not for you.\N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.63,0:10:02.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's another one.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.75,0:10:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So a lot of people often ask me,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.38,0:10:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're studying so many languages\Nat the same time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.98,0:10:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do you not confuse them?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.42,0:10:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or how do you learn\Nso many vocabulary words?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.66,0:10:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Spanish I learn a word for table \N
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.42,0:10:14.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the word for book\Ngoes out the other ear.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.63,0:10:16.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I do is I embrace those.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.02,0:10:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.52,0:10:19.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take these three words in Indonesian.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.32,0:10:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These were actually among \Nthe first 50 words that I learned.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.27,0:10:23.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kepala", "Kabar", "Kantor".
Dialogue: 0,0:10:23.69,0:10:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lexically there're unrelated\Nto each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.70,0:10:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Kepala" is a head. "Kabar" is news.\N"Kantor" is an office.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.50,0:10:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they all sound similar "K", "A". \NRight?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.67,0:10:31.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what I would do,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.84,0:10:35.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is I would memorize vocab\Nin batches of sounds that were similar.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.07,0:10:37.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I hear the word "Kepala"\Nin Indonesian,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.29,0:10:39.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I automatically think \Nthe words "Kebar" and "Kentor".
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.92,0:10:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same in Arabic, "Iktissad", \N"Istiklal", "Sokot".
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.31,0:10:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These three words are unrelated.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.90,0:10:46.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is economy,\None is independence, one is downfall.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.38,0:10:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if I hear one, it triggers...\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.65,0:10:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.26,0:10:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it triggers the rest.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:53.49,0:10:54.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Same thing in Hebrew.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.54,0:10:56.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Hebrew)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.01,0:10:58.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even that those are \Nreturn, remember and to shine.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:58.52,0:11:01.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or in Farsi in which they are related.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.01,0:11:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for me if I hear the word "Pedar",
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.89,0:11:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which means father,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.97,0:11:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I automatically think in the words,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.69,0:11:07.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mada", "Barodar", "Dokhtar".
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.26,0:11:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mother, brother, daughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.51,0:11:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So again this is one method,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.27,0:11:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm not saying this will \Nmake you fluent in a language,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:13.30,0:11:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it has been one of my ways \N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:14.90,0:11:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of overcoming those obstacles.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.84,0:11:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you may be wondering,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.70,0:11:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the point in doing this?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:20.91,0:11:22.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why learn Pashto or Ojibwe\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.93,0:11:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you live in New York?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.34,0:11:26.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's a point to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.16,0:11:29.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact,\NI've lived in New York my entire life,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.51,0:11:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm always blown away\Nby the number of languages
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.03,0:11:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can hear on a given day.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.09,0:11:37.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walking at a street,\NI see billboards in Chinese or in Spanish.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.22,0:11:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I see Russian bookstores,\NIndian restaurants, Turkish bath houses.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.36,0:11:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yet for all that linguistic diversity,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.22,0:11:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mainstream American culture \N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.75,0:11:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,remains decidedly monolingual.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.37,0:11:47.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you don't think that's true,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.17,0:11:49.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,look at the reactions\Nto Coca-Cola Super Bowl video.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.02,0:11:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as I started to play around more\Nwith language learning,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.26,0:11:57.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I found that I had my own community\N
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.05,0:11:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of learners here in New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.50,0:12:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd go to outer boroughs,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:00.07,0:12:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for lack of a better word,\Nembarrass myself.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.46,0:12:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try to talk to people all day,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.12,0:12:05.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get their views on things,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:05.46,0:12:07.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and use my new found language skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.36,0:12:09.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Video: (Russian) What's your name?\N- Natan.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.72,0:12:10.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Natan.\N- Good day.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.94,0:12:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's your name?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.98,0:12:13.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Tim.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.15,0:12:15.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pleased to meet you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.61,0:12:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pleased to meet you.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.10,0:12:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are you from?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.39,0:12:20.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Urdu) This book is written by
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.14,0:12:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Qudratullah Shanab himself.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.74,0:12:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is 'nawist'?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:25.66,0:12:28.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It means the writer has written...
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.28,0:12:33.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh okay, Khod-Nawist (self-write).
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.04,0:12:34.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From khod-nevashtan in Persian!
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.73,0:12:36.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TD: So maybe you have to use\Na lot of English,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.91,0:12:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe you're not really\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.25,0:12:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that particularly interesting\Nwhen you talk,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.34,0:12:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the point is you're getting out there \N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.38,0:12:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're getting exposure.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.82,0:12:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I don't speak Urdu that well,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.44,0:12:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was kind of an awkward conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.38,0:12:50.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but just from that,\NI've learned a new word: "Khod-Nawist".
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.41,0:12:51.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not going to forget it now.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:51.98,0:12:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So moving on, you may wonder again \N
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.74,0:12:55.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what's the point in doing this?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.51,0:12:57.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I try to explain to people a lot
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.34,0:12:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what my various motivations are,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.99,0:13:01.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I often feel that this quote\Nfrom Nelson Mandela
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.49,0:13:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the best expression of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:03.10,0:13:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you talk to a man\Nin a language he understands,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.53,0:13:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that goes to his head.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.16,0:13:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you talk to him in his language\Nthat goes to his heart."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.00,0:13:11.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as I began to see,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.26,0:13:12.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's an enormous connection \N
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.72,0:13:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between language and culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.16,0:13:15.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language and thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.52,0:13:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And quite honestly\Nif you want to learn Persian for example,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:19.02,0:13:22.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you pick up a dictionary, you say,\N"I know how to say 'thank you',
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.22,0:13:24.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know how to say 'how much is this?',
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.09,0:13:25.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know how to say 'goodbye'.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.57,0:13:27.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I speak Persian."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.31,0:13:29.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably not, let's see actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.02,0:13:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, if you want to buy something\Nin a Persian bookstore,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.02,0:13:34.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might ask someone 'how much is this?'.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:34.07,0:13:35.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Generally, he will tell you this:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.73,0:13:37.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ghabeli nadaareh."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.01,0:13:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means, 'it's worthless'.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.60,0:13:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.78,0:13:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in fact this is an ingrained\Ncultural practice called, "Taaraf",
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.15,0:13:45.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which two people having a conversation,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.39,0:13:47.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both try to behave\Nmore humble than the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.76,0:13:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if I go to buy a book,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.26,0:13:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's rude for that person to tell me\N'it's five bucks'.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.91,0:13:53.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has to say "it's worthless, please.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.85,0:13:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're so good-looking,\Nyou're so talented,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.92,0:13:56.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.74,0:13:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take it for free,\NI'm so humble, take it for free."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.22,0:14:00.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.77,0:14:04.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you might find something\Nlike this phrase:
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.28,0:14:05.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you want to thank somebody,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.75,0:14:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you want to show your gratitude\Ntowards them,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.03,0:14:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or say 'nice to meet you',
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.37,0:14:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could say, "Well,\NI know how to say 'thank you' in Farsi.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.23,0:14:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I speak Farsi."\NMaybe not though.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.74,0:14:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact I've often heard this phrase\Nwhen I talk with Iranians,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.78,0:14:17.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ghorbanet beram."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:17.85,0:14:18.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which literally means,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.91,0:14:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"May I sacrifice my life for you."\N(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.77,0:14:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So again, it's poetic,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.77,0:14:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you might call it melodramatic.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.83,0:14:31.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is something you really\Nhave to understand the culture to get.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.54,0:14:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to exona-size this,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.26,0:14:37.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because, think about it,\Nwe have this in English all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.27,0:14:39.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ask somebody 'how are you?',
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.01,0:14:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what you're expecting to hear?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.45,0:14:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'I'm fine'.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.21,0:14:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you tell me anything else,\NI'm not interested.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.54,0:14:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.90,0:14:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we do it anyway.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.04,0:14:47.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We say 'bless you',
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.22,0:14:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even though that has no real\Nreligious connotations now,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.87,0:14:51.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when people sneeze, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.53,0:14:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it's interesting we think\Nabout the fact
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.12,0:14:55.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that most linguists believe
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.53,0:14:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,language doesn't inherently\Naffect the way you think.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.50,0:15:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right. There's no language\Nthat will make you a math genius.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.44,0:15:03.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's no language that will make\N
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.15,0:15:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,logic problems impossible to understand.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:05.56,0:15:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's a real tie\Nbetween language and culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.03,0:15:09.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There're so much language can tell you\N
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.87,0:15:11.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about one culture's mindset.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.60,0:15:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in fact on planet Earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.08,0:15:16.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every two weeks, another language dies.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.23,0:15:17.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No more people are speaking it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.75,0:15:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of war, because of famine,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.77,0:15:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oftentimes just because of assimilation.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.73,0:15:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it easier for me\Nnot to speak my village language
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.48,0:15:26.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to speak, Arabic let's say.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.24,0:15:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe I'm from a tribe in the Amazon,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.76,0:15:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my habitat is cut down
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.07,0:15:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it just makes more sense for me\Nto learn Portuguese
Dialogue: 0,0:15:32.82,0:15:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lose my culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.87,0:15:36.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So think about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.06,0:15:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two months from today is April 1st.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:38.26,0:15:40.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For many of you that day maybe stressful\N
Dialogue: 0,0:15:40.35,0:15:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you have a paper due,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.86,0:15:42.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the rent is due.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.78,0:15:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for two groups of people\Naround the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.10,0:15:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for two cultures that means\Nthe death of their language.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.86,0:15:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The death of their mythology,\Ntheir history, their folklore.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.74,0:15:52.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Their understanding of the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:52.50,0:15:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now again, you,\Nbrushing up on your Spanish,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.68,0:15:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going to Japanese class,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.50,0:15:58.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not going to stop language death.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.23,0:16:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what is does do,\Nis begin to open up your mind to the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.77,0:16:05.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that language in its sense, in essence,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.52,0:16:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,represents a cultural world view.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.74,0:16:11.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I can impart you\Nwith anything today at TEDxTeen,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.49,0:16:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's this:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.00,0:16:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can translate words easily
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.98,0:16:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you can't quite translate meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.38,0:16:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.38,0:16:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)