Individuals who are looking to learn another language often have the difficulty of trying to memorize all of the components that go into making a sentence. However, a new study suggests that people who learn languages are actually quite smart and able to get creative.

Research that was published for the Linguistic Society of America's (LSA) journal, Language, examined students that were learning different languages and found that even by giving them made-up adjectives, they were still able to avoid using it before the noun they modified, as though it was a real adjective.

The study's authors write that previous indications suggest that people learn the restrictions of using adjectives after nouns by picking up from the language they're currently studying. However, the study suggests that language students are careful to absorb the input they receive and that they only actually "learn" when they are told the input is informative.

The research was able to conclude that people do not learn a language simply by imitating other people they hear, but are able to immerse themselves in the process.

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