@Hoss @dcc @sjw This is called the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, there is a strong and weak version of it that people believe. Strong is your language literally nearly prevents you from learning concepts you don't have words for, the weaker version where you are nudged toward and away from concepts by your language is more popular but some people don't think it's true at all. My experience with Japanese leads me to believe that different languages do make you think differently like you say but doesn't hard-prevent you from thinking anything. When I was a conversational Japanese speaker I tried to not translate in my brain but to think in Japanese and I noticed it made some things feel less, or more, natural.