getting the words out they may also have trouble understanding what you're saying so when you're talking to them it sounds like you're talking a foreign language so that if you ask them to do something like close their eyes or lift up their arm they won't because they can't understand what you're saying so different language areas in different parts of the left hemisphere can affect the patient differently so it could be very mild where there having trouble finding the right word or saying a few nonsense words all the way