An idea that stood out for me the most was the example of the vase accident, where English and Spanish express the same situation in different ways, in English it’s “He broke the vase” and in Spanish it’s “the vase broke”, but speakers of both languages still understand that it was an accident. As someone who speaks Arabic, English, and French, I found this especially interesting because it made me think about how languages can communicate the same idea differently, and how translating word-for-word does not always carry the same meaning for a native speaker.

Reference;

Boroditsky, L. (2017, April). How language shapes the way we think [Video]. TED Conferences. https://www.ted.com/talks/lera_boroditsky_how_language_shapes_the_way_we_think