Why Your Personality Changes When Speaking Another Language

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If you speak another language (or more than one), you've probably noticed that you feel different than you do when speaking your native language. This is actually a phenomenon shared by most language learners, and even by polyglots like Language Simp, plus a few of my own Spanish students. Here you can hear their perspectives on this personality shift and gain some knowledge about why this occurs when speaking a language other than your own. Thank you for watching, you're awesome :) New videos every Saturday.
👋 Hola, I'm Nate. I used to not know any Spanish at all, and I had no interest in learning the language. I thought learning Spanish would be boring, a waste of time, and would provide no value to my life. Then I started taking Spanish classes in high school and everything changed for me. I struggled with learning the language a lot at first, but thanks to my teachers and my Spanish speaking friends, they helped make the learning process fun. Within a few months, I had gotten to a conversational level, but more important, I had become a more confident person. The real win for me, though, was the friendships I made and strengthened. I discovered that not only did I have higher self esteem, but being out in the real world with people, whether old friends or new ones I met, made me feel more alive and connected with the world around me. Now it's my goal to create videos that make you smile and inspire you to learn Spanish or another language!
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0:00 Intro
0:33 - Language Simp!
0:50 - My Experience
2:00 - My Student's Perspective
2:20 - Friedrich Wilhelm
3:00 - Introverts vs. Extroverts
3:45 - Cultural Influence
5:50 - Linguistic Nuance
6:50 - Communication Styles
7:20 - Proficiency
7:43 - Social Contexts
8:05 - Cognitive Load
9:26 SpanishWithNate.com!
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  • @SpanishWithNate.
    @SpanishWithNate.2 ай бұрын

    Learn Spanish with me or Language Simp will come find you spanishwithnate.com/

  • @aldozilli1293

    @aldozilli1293

    2 ай бұрын

    Nate I love you're trending on the use of 'oftentimes' but isn't 'often' just easier? I don't know why this is becoming such a trend now 🤦

  • @liambyrne591

    @liambyrne591

    2 ай бұрын

    The only reason you smile in Spanish is because you are thinking of her arse

  • @ossiep9396
    @ossiep93962 ай бұрын

    When ever I speak Spanish with my family a notice that I am a more calm a quiet person but with my friends when I speak English I am impatient and loud. This is just something interest about life

  • @smalls5001

    @smalls5001

    2 ай бұрын

    what is your native language i am curious

  • @destinyberg0903

    @destinyberg0903

    2 ай бұрын

    Yess that is me so me

  • @ossiep9396

    @ossiep9396

    2 ай бұрын

    @@smalls5001 sorry for responding a little late but it is Spanish I am not from the USA I am from Mexico

  • @ossiep9396

    @ossiep9396

    2 ай бұрын

    @@destinyberg0903you are not me because I am Batman and there is only one Batman

  • @Gunner98

    @Gunner98

    2 ай бұрын

    For me it is the complete opposite

  • @nicg9904
    @nicg99042 ай бұрын

    That's because you embraced the culture, bud!

  • @marco2771

    @marco2771

    2 ай бұрын

    What if I like the language, but i give a damn about the culture?

  • @godfearing4661

    @godfearing4661

    2 ай бұрын

    @@marco2771 Good question I like it

  • @ThyFilthyCasual

    @ThyFilthyCasual

    Ай бұрын

    ​@marco2771 it's lame

  • @victor_.
    @victor_.2 ай бұрын

    One weird thing that happens to me is when I speak english, my voice pitch is significantly deeper compared to when I speak my mother tongue (portuguese) and I dont know why

  • @axo_lolt4083

    @axo_lolt4083

    2 ай бұрын

    same as a french

  • @hectormejia7757

    @hectormejia7757

    2 ай бұрын

    Listen to Nate, the same thing happens to him haha I think that depending on the language you use certain parts of your throat more or something

  • @_big_man_69_

    @_big_man_69_

    2 ай бұрын

    Because you subconsciously would prefer to have a deeper voice. When you learn to pronounce the sounds of a foreign language, you've got a blank slate to train your voice how you'd like it.

  • @user-dv7qs6ec7k
    @user-dv7qs6ec7k2 ай бұрын

    Hola, estoy aquí por Language Simp. 😊

  • @feliperios3496
    @feliperios34962 ай бұрын

    I honestly feel the same person in both languages And l certainly don't feel more romantic when speaking spanish So I think that depends on how you perceive yourself.

  • @lionegberts
    @lionegberts2 ай бұрын

    I have this as a Dutch speaker with Japanese. I became more 'accurate' then I already was in my personality. When I studied 🇧🇷 Portuguese for a bit I became more open and was really enjoying speaking the language.

  • @Sophine
    @Sophine2 ай бұрын

    I'm B2 for Spanish and French. The people I'm around who speak Spanish are mainly Cuban. And maybe it's because we joke about stuff in English, it's funnier in Spanish. I learned a word off of Netflix and asked about it. It's. Running joke everytime I see them at my acupuncture appointment is for us to yell to each other que carajo haciendo aquí?! 🤣 And I've heard French people are very proper but I'm learning French so I can speak with locals in Sénégal, Benin and Togo. And their culture is still respect but way more outgoing and social. My music teacher was telling me stories about her travels there in college and how she was invited to people's homes and let in on so many things because she knew French and was genuinely interested.

  • @Languagebeta
    @LanguagebetaАй бұрын

    I feel way more emotional when speaking Mandarin or listening to Chinese music.... I cry everytime I listen to 我好想好想你, a song about someone's significant other dying, my first time hearing this song was the day my stepmom died, and when I hear this song, all those feelings come up, and I cry everytime I hear it... I love this song. When I just need to let some tears out, I listen to it. I don't get like this with any other song in any other language. Also, the first things I learned in Chinese were 孤独的(lonly), 快乐(happy)哭(cry) and 爱(love) so because of this, this is my favorite language, Mandarin is also the language I go to when I'm going through a tough time.

  • @calvino3595
    @calvino35952 ай бұрын

    Maestra lanz sounds incredible

  • @SpanishWithNate.

    @SpanishWithNate.

    2 ай бұрын

    She’s the greatest

  • @i_gor_shumov
    @i_gor_shumov2 ай бұрын

    Great topic! My native language is Russian, second I learned was English. But now I’m living in Serbia, so I started learning Serbian. Never been so extravert before, in any other language or in general. Because people around communicate that way, and even you don’t want, you obtain their traits, such as speaking loud and fast, smiling, in general being more relaxed. I suppose it’s because culture influences language, and you receive whole history of society, but the way people communicate. Or maybe because lots of significants events in life somewhat connected to new language I learn meantime. Truly magnificent topic you brought up, many thanks!

  • @stevedailey2029
    @stevedailey20292 ай бұрын

    Wow! I had suspected that I had a different personality when I’m speaking Spanish but this confirmed it. I’m 70 and I’ve been studying Spanish with Duolingo for around 8 years. ( I wouldn’t recommend it. You are not given a multiple choice test when you try to communicate with somebody) However, I have visited the DR with friends whose native language is Spanish and I have made many friends there despite my poor language skills. ( none of my DR friends speak English or if they do it is as rudimentary as was my Spanish) I think it’s because I lose my fear of being a fool because I have no other choice. I think I become a more fun person as a result .

  • @Nelson_504
    @Nelson_5042 ай бұрын

    This is such an interesting topic. I have an androgynous kinda high-pitched voice, and I feel more free to speak with my natural voice when I use my second language, which is English. Due to my life experiences, I've always associated English to queer/LGBT-friendly spaces, and I guess that's why I have this positive bias towards this language.

  • @Marvel_0731
    @Marvel_07312 ай бұрын

    MAESTRA LANZ!. I also feel like I act different when I speak spanish.

  • @Bizarro69
    @Bizarro692 ай бұрын

    i love the energy i feel when i speak (and listen) to spanish.

  • @Neto-jx1wq
    @Neto-jx1wq2 ай бұрын

    Saludos desde Aguascalientes!

  • @carterdoseua

    @carterdoseua

    2 ай бұрын

    Saludos desde Iowa en los Estados Unidos🇺🇸🤝🏻🇲🇽

  • @user-ro4df4bg9c
    @user-ro4df4bg9c2 ай бұрын

    I'm Russian, and I f***n happy to speak English!!!! I love English more than Russin. To your surprise, English is more emotional for me than Russian. Yes, no joke. And I feel myself super extravert person when I speaking English. ENGLIIIIIISH!!!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! GOD BLESS AMERICAN ACCENT

  • @andersensplob9082

    @andersensplob9082

    2 ай бұрын

    Love you brother !!😀😀😀

  • @programister42

    @programister42

    2 ай бұрын

    😄

  • @start9749

    @start9749

    2 ай бұрын

    Why do you feel yourself?

  • @user-ro4df4bg9c

    @user-ro4df4bg9c

    Ай бұрын

    @@start9749 because for me it's a very emotional, very kind and warm language. U.S. people look much happier than others and more friendly. I'm sorry if I said not very politically correct thing, but I'm strongly sure in that. I want to be a part of that happy civilization

  • @theymademepickaname1248
    @theymademepickaname12482 ай бұрын

    I'm a heterosexual man, but I find myself attracted to the gentleman at 0:31.

  • @andrewoid4711

    @andrewoid4711

    2 ай бұрын

    I dont think you are heterosexual

  • @Arauto_Kagnos

    @Arauto_Kagnos

    2 ай бұрын

    @@andrewoid4711 he clearly is. He just is enthralled by a hyperpolyglot gigachad.

  • @LanguageSimp

    @LanguageSimp

    2 ай бұрын

    me too

  • @Gemoraly-iv2fz

    @Gemoraly-iv2fz

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@LanguageSimpYou too

  • @H-DA

    @H-DA

    2 ай бұрын

    😂

  • @H-DA
    @H-DA2 ай бұрын

    It's absolutly normal and logic behaviour. We mirror people and environment by nature. Fitting in is important to survive. Also every language has got an own vocab, which is not translatable and that is used automaticly changing our expression. But what I really want to point out, intovert and extravert is not about being outgoing and it is not about being shy! It is about gathering energy. You feel energized by people or by being alone, that's it. And that does not change by language. A reserved language, a reserved comunity or little language skills will make you act reserved. Outgoing environment, great understanding and a family like culture, ... of course we will be more outgoing. But we won't become an "extravert" by that. Recently I read an article about how we percive the world depending on the language. They found out, that students learning several languages are more open minded. (Maybe that's why they signed up for several languages in the first place??) And that they descriped a picture different like "an elderly woman moving from a store to a parking" (native language) vs. "A woman walking" (foreign language). Maybe because they used simple speech and wouldn't know how to put it more specific?? That kind of research is damn usless. The better my language skills become, the better I will be able to express my opinion, because of more detailed information. It is true, we do percive the world or a situration different depending on the language, but it works different than many people seem to believe, I would say. *no native here btw

  • @SuperTommox
    @SuperTommox2 ай бұрын

    I always find English to be more romantic than my mother tongue, italian. When I think about love in English, I think about R. Kelly (yeah, I know about his crimes, but still his music is iconic), Marvin Gay and so on.

  • @ronalerquinigoagurto555
    @ronalerquinigoagurto5552 ай бұрын

    It depends on the cultural stereotypes, I am native spanish speaker from peru and I travels to brazil and learn portiguesse. When you comprehend the cultural background of the locals it becomes easier to communicate and learn the language by the way. Now I am practicing english but as i am older my personality is more fixed but it helps me to understand the personality of americans to understand english. I read that 90% is non verbal communication but I think it depends on the academic level of the language fluency, as you know more vocabulary you can find the exact words to express yourself. What I really find difficult is pronunciation and listening bit it comes with practice as you need to get familiar with common phonemas

  • @hasanhadpa2608
    @hasanhadpa26082 ай бұрын

    I totally agree with the concept of the changed personality while learning or speaking a language which is not our native language , Of course I feel different ( Free, Independent, more interactive , sociable , Last but not least Smart ) I'm so thankful for speaking another language and learning new cultures

  • @preciousypenguino
    @preciousypenguino2 ай бұрын

    It's like Buzz Lightyear and his Spanish mode ;)

  • @user-he9fk1is7m
    @user-he9fk1is7m2 ай бұрын

    Estoy aprendiendo inglés consumiendo algunos vídeos de tu canal. Soy de colombia, santa Marta, está ubicada en la COSTA CARIBE. Sería interesante que mires o investigues algo de esta región, te vas a reír como no sabes care monda😂😊

  • @LikeAGentlemanPlease
    @LikeAGentlemanPlease2 ай бұрын

    I’m not an A1 in Portuguese and I listen to the music and is studying in Brazil 🇧🇷. My perception has changed.

  • @kazhamo
    @kazhamo2 ай бұрын

    Great video. Concuerdo contigo.

  • @DEUTSCH-kurzundknackig
    @DEUTSCH-kurzundknackig2 ай бұрын

    Many people talk about this personality change, but I think I have never experienced that. I definitely think this is overrated but I agree it's a beautiful and perhaps motivating idea. If you live in another country you just adapt to the way people speak and live.

  • @spoudaois4535
    @spoudaois4535Ай бұрын

    Definitely true!

  • @carnivoreisvegan
    @carnivoreisvegan2 ай бұрын

    I'm absolutely not funny at all in my native English language, but I am funny in Spanish even though I'm barely a B1 level.

  • @rafaelspud5805
    @rafaelspud58052 ай бұрын

    My mother language is portuguese, but i am way more talktive when i speak english. ( and also i'd rather read a book in english than in portuguese)

  • @oscar170
    @oscar1702 ай бұрын

    goede video man, learning italian but found the whole social linguistical part interesting.

  • @apurplekiwi2239
    @apurplekiwi22392 ай бұрын

    I definitely think there is some sustenance to this, the cultures we grow up in and choose to be around has an impact on our personalities. Anthropologists study the way we are influenced by the world around us, ive read some super interesting books about this

  • @muri_puri
    @muri_puri2 ай бұрын

    I noticed most of the things you mentioned in the vd too. For me , English is my second language and I have been learning it for almost two years now. I'm kinda quiet in my native language since I think about the emotional impact of each word I am using but in English I don't care about it that much. So I am way more talkative in English but as a result I became rambling and talking :/

  • @jpkpieper
    @jpkpieper2 ай бұрын

    Maestra Lanz 👏🏽

  • @martingray6275
    @martingray62752 ай бұрын

    Spot On !!! Excellent observation and well presented (I am about 80 fluent in Central-American Spanish... and always noted how I felt like I was and could be another person... mind you, I was living over there for 6_ years and avoiding most gringos, and living on the bones of my ass, so I guess my lifestyle and day to day 'me-ness' was different from when home in NZ anyway !!! Muy muy interesante. Gracias por compartirlo! PD: I can get away with certain behaviours too, which are just a bit more regular in Latino environments (being a bit more macho, not so new agey !!!! for eg!!) PPS: I am quite sure there is an emotional, non-language component to this: As Spanish is not my native language, and only started learning in my 50s, I have NON of the emotional hooks and triggers which I have in English... so when someone calls me a hijo de puta.. pues, no me toca nada, jajaja !!!

  • @surfinairwaves9284
    @surfinairwaves92842 ай бұрын

    I like that Selena shirt! Su música es muy bien!

  • @shi_no_kurai_kage
    @shi_no_kurai_kage2 ай бұрын

    ディスクレーマー: 私を見せびらかしだと誤解しないでください Me: Malay: awkward English: loudass 日本語: ヤンキー or 関西弁 한국어: ??? Suomi: monotone Svenska: ↗️↘️↗️↘️(sorry) Русский: cs:go Íslenska: why do I sound mysterious? Norsk: ↘️↗️↘️↗️↘️↗️↘️↗️(sorry)

  • @Gooseyplayz
    @Gooseyplayz2 ай бұрын

    yeah I'm learning Swedish and I feel very shy when I try telling my friend a learned something new sense she's a native speaker. I feel often bashful to tell them, but I'm starting to come out of my shell and be a lil more open not only in Swedish but in English as well

  • @languagelearningdabbler
    @languagelearningdabbler2 ай бұрын

    I’m not even fluent in my target languages but I feel more carefree in Spanish, bold in Russian, and reserved in Chinese 🤔 Interesting that you also used the term carefree!

  • @Kermaster
    @Kermaster2 ай бұрын

    Maestra lanz best teacher frfr

  • @jonathankaiel9123
    @jonathankaiel91232 ай бұрын

    I agree that it may not be the language so much as the culture that is tied to said language. Culture and language are both equally important and are often inseparable. Being a Mexican-American, I was raised to be “extroverted”, like greeting every person you see, etc., but as I learned English I noticed you cannot be so extroverted as is possible in Spanish.

  • @jezreel.chesed
    @jezreel.chesed2 ай бұрын

    💯 for the Selenaaas shirt my boy👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @RinaNewhouse
    @RinaNewhouse2 ай бұрын

    MAESTRA LANZZZZ!!!!!🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

  • @shakenbacon-vm4eu
    @shakenbacon-vm4eu2 ай бұрын

    I’m more assertive and bossy in Spanish. I learned from my Latina wife. Makes sense

  • @jezreel.chesed

    @jezreel.chesed

    2 ай бұрын

    Omg this is so true…especially as a parent speaking to your kid

  • @shakenbacon-vm4eu

    @shakenbacon-vm4eu

    2 ай бұрын

    @@jezreel.chesedyes, 100%! Although I’ve never spoken to my kids in English, feels weird not to use Spanish.

  • @Warkery
    @Warkery2 ай бұрын

    I'm a C1 in the English language, and whenever i speak the language my voice gets low pitch but when i speak in my mother tounge(Turkish) i get a really high pitched voice

  • @thetipsygringo
    @thetipsygringo2 ай бұрын

    I’m completely different when I’m in “Spanish” mode lol this is so true. Rich vs Rico which one lol Me gusta Rico lol

  • @lightfeather7948
    @lightfeather79482 ай бұрын

    0:20 backstory i speak 3 languages and I do have different personality traits in each. Edit: In my mothertongue I am extremely shy and never want to talk if possible. In english I'm quite bold and extroverted. In Japanese, well... I try to be as polite as possible which is difficult since this is a more recent endeavour (2 years into making only)

  • @thecapitalg
    @thecapitalg27 күн бұрын

    Idk i never really noticed this when switching languages, but there are a lot of differences with me.

  • @julio_is_coolio
    @julio_is_coolio2 ай бұрын

    I speak Portuguese calmly and slowly, 'cause I live my real life in it. But, since I only speak English virtually, and most of my learning was through memes and social media in general, I'm mega talkative in English, and I talk faster and louder. So, yes, I think environment is the main factor for this "personality change".

  • @thecapitalg

    @thecapitalg

    27 күн бұрын

    I feel it's more about the environment/people than the actual language too

  • @EliasBac
    @EliasBac12 күн бұрын

    I’ve switched between French English and Moroccan Arabic (Darija which is substantially different from standard Arabic. I barely understand standard Arabic) my entire life. I’m completely schizophrenic I swear 😂 I feel like even my opinions can vary depending on which language is used (kinda)

  • @WineSippingCowboy
    @WineSippingCowboy2 ай бұрын

    I am loose when I speak Tagalog 🇵🇭 but more of a stiff when I speak German 🇩🇪. I am funnier 😅 when I speak Spanish 🇪🇸.

  • @Arauto_Kagnos
    @Arauto_Kagnos2 ай бұрын

    Some friends of mine mention how when I speak in English I sound very different than when I speak in my native language (Brazilian Portuguese).

  • @christinae.burlison936
    @christinae.burlison9362 ай бұрын

    La neta!

  • @Harley0303
    @Harley03032 ай бұрын

    I feel more happy talk with other people with my language portuguese

  • @israelvalenzuela2635
    @israelvalenzuela26352 ай бұрын

    Damn im an introvert in english and spanish

  • @Languagebeta
    @LanguagebetaАй бұрын

    My personality never changes... I'm the same loser in every language

  • @thecapitalg

    @thecapitalg

    27 күн бұрын

    💀

  • @russianfederationyoutube
    @russianfederationyoutube2 ай бұрын

    я здесь для язык симп!

  • @arnavthesceintist1149
    @arnavthesceintist11492 ай бұрын

    As a trilingual Indian I don't think my personality changes when I speak different languages.

  • @PATTY22805
    @PATTY228052 ай бұрын

    My mother speaks 03 languages Tahitian marquesan and french. I don't. Feel ashamed of not being like her and many others like her in Polynesia. She doesn't in particular act differently depending on the language used. maybe I didn't notice it. I am not like her then I can't tell.

  • @GigW
    @GigW2 ай бұрын

    Chinese stopped sounding angry to me when I stopped accepting the stereotype that westerners have of Chinese people. We tend to associate our prejudices to how people sound to us.

  • @onofre4390
    @onofre4390Ай бұрын

    El que expliques al video pot ser cert, però no crec que ho sigui per a tothom. Crec que estem influenciats per els estereotips culturals que tenim al lloc o pais on vivim, que aprenem des de petits per la tele, sèries o pelis. I doncs això, a tot arreu els estereotips d'un idioma canvien per la gent que hi viu. A un italià potser l'anglès li semblarà un idioma més "formal", i a un suec o danés li semblarà simplement un idioma més. Tot això no és per dir que el que dius no sigui cert, sinó que és cert per a la gent que primordialment és dels Estats Units, però sinó, no té perquè. Bon video! Força interessant

  • @Lee-tj8km
    @Lee-tj8km2 ай бұрын

    code switching

  • @Cozy-Cooking
    @Cozy-Cooking2 ай бұрын

    fake, i speak 2 languages and my personality is the same

  • @bleach8510

    @bleach8510

    2 ай бұрын

    Literally my voice doesnt change one bit when i speak french 😂

  • @hiya-peeps

    @hiya-peeps

    Ай бұрын

    He then ended up saying that your personality doesn’t change but the environment on where you’re at will change the way you sound at times.