Bruce Willis and his wife, Emma Heming, communicate via their “own language” as he battles frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

Heming cried as she discussed their current dynamic with the Sunday Times in an interview published Saturday.

“Bruce and I now have our own language, our own way to be with each other,” she explained. “It’s just about sitting with him, walking with him, listening to him as he tries to verbalize in his own language.”

The 47-year-old said she is intentional about “hearing him [and] validating him.”

Heming went on to describe how Willis’ personality changed months ahead of his diagnosis with FTD , which is characterized by trouble using and understanding written and spoken language.

“It just wasn’t Bruce,” she recalled. “It just wasn’t the man that I married. It w

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