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by loopbit 2532 days ago
I'm also multilingual and can confirm that at least some aspects of the languages mentioned that I know, are accurate.

For a few years I was also a language teacher and this article explains one of the things students have problems understanding.

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Indeed, but it’s not because they “experience time” differently, it’s because they express time differently.
Is it possible to know how another person experiences time? Or anything, for that matter?
By inference, I'd say yes.

I think that's what the entire article is about. Like, the whole point of it.