Based on my own experience, you will pick up a language faster if you speak it as much as possible.

根据我自己的经验，如果你尽可能多地说一门语言，学习这门语言就更快。

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And we did it mostly in Mandarin - a language I speak poorly at best - with occasional forays into English when my comprehension skills failed.

我们大都说中文——我充其量说得不好——当我理解不了的时候，偶尔说一下英语。

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My wife and I don't speak the same language when it comes to art.

谈到艺术，我和我妻子就没有共同语言了。

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Regarding language barriers, I try to use as few words as possible, and most of the ideas are expressed with the visuals so my videos are clear to people no matter what language they speak, and it held true with the Games We Play video.

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