NATURAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS (akar-eser / eser-eger) EĞER-ISE = (EVEN-IF) (su AKAR- yel ESER) = water flows - wind blows İSE-EĞER = (IF-EVER) (yel ESER- ekin EĞER)= the wind blows and bows the crops EĞER-ISE and İSE-EĞER constructs are used to specify "conditions" and are often used interchangeably. İSE-EĞER: means "If ever" and indicates a condition that is more likely to occur. "If ever you need any help, just let me know." (Yardıma ihtiyacın olursa eğer, sadece haberim olsun) or (Herhangi bir yardıma ihtiyaç duyarsan, bana haber vermen yeterli) “If I'm not tired, we can visit them in the evening.” = “Yorgun değilsem eğer, akşamleyin onları ziyaret edebiliriz” EĞER-ISE: means "Even if" and indicates a condition that is less likely to occur. "Even if it rains tomorrow, I will go for a walk." (Yarın yürüyüşe çıkacağım, eğer yağmur yağıyor olsa da ) or (Yarın yağmur yağsa bile yürüyüşe çıkacağım.) “Why should i go to work, (even) if I'm not getting my salary” = Eğer maaşımı alamıyorsam, neden işe gideyim ki.
English is not my native language. When i first started learning english, i thought "She is very childish" meant a woman who could give birth to a lot of children. Lmao. I have come a long way since then.
Dude..I had a similar experience, I was listening to night changes for the first time and I thought the lyrics "We are only getting Older, baby" meant that the children they gave birth to were teenagers...
I'm an introvert and have some social anxiety too, so your comments about group classes over tutors really resonated with me. Even though 1:1 classes = more speaking time and therefore "better value for money", the mental energy I need to expend to attend a 1:1 lesson means it's not sustainable for me long term. I'm much more consistent with group classes. Only discovered this recently and I'm 31!
I learn whole sentences saying them aloud. 5 days - 300 repetitions per day at least. Later I don't need to translate. I know the meaning of words straight away like in my native language. And also I remember the meaning longer than by learning separate words. This method is called: chunking. It was a real game changer in my learning process and communication skills in English and other languages.😊😊
With LingQ and reading for beginners has a free limited option. For book lovers there is Anylang for reading. The free option has limited word checks and only 5 langs are available. Also Gutenbergorg has reading for uncopyrighted material, even literature from 100s yrs ago.
Now for the free membership just 5 languages are available??, and what about the mini stories are all 60 stories available for the free membership? Thanks for your comment
I really enjoyed hearing about your language learning goals outside of speaking. As a quiet person without a real interest in speaking a foreign language verbally it is difficult to find people that have similar goals to me as more of a written or content consumption focus. There are some good ideas in here I'm excited to try out! I'm glad to have found your channel!
When I tell people I’m learning a language but have no plans to travel there to talk to people they look at me like I’m crazy 😂 what’s wrong with learning a language to read and listen to audiobooks etc.?
@@Celestina0 especially if there is a lot of native content from that country. Translations to English will often differ a little from the original, so being able to actually understand the original work is very nice
9:31 The reason why children, or specifically people who grows up in a community that speaks that language learns faster than others is because they have the chance to actively learning the language. People correct them if they're wrong, they witness others using the language correctly (or at least what's considered to be the norm there, in terms of accent, vocabulary usage, and such) I really recommend any language learner to move somewhere or to find a community where they can actively learning the language they're learning, if you can
Yeah Can't agree more. Something else I notice about kids in the 16 month range is that they pattern hardcore AND they seem to listen in for stuff they understand and try to make guesses about how to respond based on that!!!
Thank you, this was SO helpful. I'm autistic so social situations even in my native language are difficult and stressful and sometimes even trigger a full on autistic shutdown. It always feels like everyone else was given a guide on how facial expressions and subtle emotional cues in tone work but I was absent that day or something. So when everyone's main advice on learning languages is to go out and speak to people on day 1 even though you don't really know anything yet It felt like being multilingual was an impossible dream. It's nice to know there are other people who have successfully learned languages in a more introverted way. It was also cool to hear about shadowing. One trait of autism I'm very familiar with is echolalia (repeating words or phrases in the exact way you heard them repeatedly). It's helped me over the years build scripts to more easily interact with other people without messing up or letting on I'm autistic. It's also how I've gotten good at mimicking other English accents so it makes a lot of sense to use it to better my target language's pronunciation.
Same!!! I have social phobia and a lot of complexes, so I mostly even interact with people only online... So I don't feel comfortable talking to people when something makes me feel insecure (that's why I don't like talking irl with the people I don't know well yet). I mean, I feel quite a huge insecurity when having a low level in a language as well. That's why I prefer having some kind of communication in a foreign language only starting with B1 level. Before reaching it I can ask some native speaker for a feedback about my language skills to make sure I don't mislearn something (I learn languages on my own), but I usually do it in English. I take learning languages as just a hobby and I think at least your hobby should be comfortable for you - the most important thing is that you have a progress in it;) So yeah, I don't find this «talk to people since the first day of learning» thing too. Practicing speech is important, but I'd prefer doing it alone until I feel confident and comfortable enough to talk to the real people in some language...
You are learning Polish! So great to see these materials in your video :) Thank you for including this part of your learning process! Polish is my native lg.
I am an introvert ( and also with social anxiety). I am 15,Senegalese and I speak 6 languages ( Wolof, pulaar, French, English, Korean,spanish ) I am also trynna learn ASL. The first three languages I picked it growing up I think almost everyone in senegal is bilingual at least French is our official language and we have a lot of national dialects and languages. We learn sometimes English and Spanish starting middle school but it’s not nearly enough so I taught it myself, same for Korean I don’t have any books any teacher or whatsoever but I try to speak it as much using lingbe or hilokal etc…I am so glad that I decided to learn as many things as I could thank you for this video definitely helping us more !!!
I feel like I can relate to you a lot on this. I'm a lazy introvert with ADD, I can't for the life of me think of speaking a language I want to speak from the beginning. Thank you for the advice you gave in this video, I'll do my best. :)
Anxious introvert here. Thank you for sharing your methods and thought process, it’s super helpful. I’m trying to learn two languages atm, one with a lot of resources and one with relatively few. Looking forward to trying out your tips!
hi! i just wanted to say that i used to have horrible anxiety too, to the point of feeling sick, but now i am an outgoing person! i’m not saying this to brag, but because i know you can overcome your anxiety too! ❤ i promise it gets better! God actually helped me
Your English is 💯 percent pronounced correctly, even though you did not strive to sound like a native speaker. Gives me hope that I can one day sound authentically Latina, which I am. (My heritage is Cuban, Puerto Rican & Spanish, but was not encouraged to use Spanish at home.)
My mom is from Peru, never was encouraged to speak spanish, sucks now because my girlfriends mother is mexican and does not speak English, so now i’m learning it
I’m also that weirdo who loves grammar books and drills 😂 But at the same time I once got fluent in a language and only after that studied grammar and it worked miraculously. Thank you for the writing tips! I’ve only tried journaling
I'm so grateful for your channel :) Your learning style seems most similar to mine out of all the language learning UA-camrs I follow, so I always really appreciate hearing your perspective and advice
@@bluemoon4944good luck!!!! don't give up and omg i'm seriously surprised that a spanish person would want to learn our language:ooo i study spanish at school with teachers who are natives and seriously they don't seem to be very happy with studying polish cause for them it's too difficult so seriously good luck, it might be tough but i believe that if you're studying something just for fun, you're more likely to remember more^^
Thank you so much for the video! It is so cool to find someone who shares your passion for languages. I'm focused only on English and Italian. And I should mention that I've returned to English due to the Italian. I adore that language, culture, and everything about it. I discovered your channel about three or four days ago and have already watched all of your videos. It's good to know that there is someone who shares my anxiety about speaking not only in a foreign language but at all😄
Tanya, I've been watching you and your content for years. I am genuinely amazed at how wholesome you are as a person and the way it is reflected in your videos. I want to thank you for all masterpieces that you produced and wish you all the best!
Totally with you on preferring group classes for anything, from language to skiing, lol. I don’t think of myself of an introvert but I feel too much pressure with private classes. In a group class I have more time to process things and also learn from the other students. This video had a lot of great ideas.
This is some of the most sensible and useful language learning advice I have ever heard. Perhaps because I am also somewhat introverted and lazy! I love how you don't pressure yourself - there's enough pressure in life - who needs more? Why add it to something you choose to do for its own sake? (Of course, it's different if you have a deadline, or a specific purpose, such as work, in mind.) Pretty much all of this resonated with me. Things I like to do, that you didn't mention specifically: I take a correct sentence in the target language (from something I have read, or even from a textbook), and write it out many times, substituting vocabulary, changing the tense, adding complexity - one change at a time. I also enjoy making art that incorporates words and phrases from the TL, and collect sayings and proverbs, riddles and tongue-twisters - i.e. I do things that I find fun, in the target language. I keep a kind of diary - one sentence a day (or thereabouts, or when I feel like it). I've liked and subbed.
Hi! I just found you today, what a pleasant relaxed voice you have. I love falling asleep with earphones on listening to long videos of the language I’m learning, usually word or phrases but with a soothing voice. Sometimes they have these annoying background music or loud speaking which is not good for falling asleep.
I know there are tons of resources for people wanting to learn spanish but one of my favorites is SpanishDict or SpanishDictionary because there’s vocab (with a kinda spaced repetition method) as well as some grammar lessons.
This was great and makes me feel much better. I read and write my target language very well and think I know a lot of words, and I chat online a lot but I almost never speak to anyone - also social anxiety - so that's the struggle. Just trying out group classes now and you were spot on. Way less pressure also good to hear a mix of better and worse than me
I understand and relate to you! I am learning spanish and I'm scared to practice with others online. I have social anxiety as well and even giving my order at a resturaunt, I get nervous even in my native tongue. Speaking with my mexican family was very very hard, because I didn't understand spanish and im shy.
Well, I come from Brazil, and I am learning English with Duolingo's courses and some UA-cam videos, for an example, now I am watching your video, I've already done my lessons and, for me, English is getting easy to learn more, I hope that in a few years I can speak fluently and write, listen and read in a perfect way :D
Amazing video, love your content, one of the channels that has motivated me to get back into learning languages! -I gotta say that the r/learnjapanese joke was on point xd -Also i agree with the whole thing about textbooks being overwhelming at the beginning plus the issue of become a resource hoarder... (also watching tons of videos on how to learn a language or how to how to learn). -Personally i think that one should use apps (duo, lingodeer or whatever) as a way to test the waters! -for textbooks i think one should get ones that get up to B1 or the equivalent (with textbooks, audio, vids and all that) while using tools like lingQ, clozemaster or lingvist and also continuously listen to the TL to get used to the sounds of it. (you could go for the C2 but i feel like that would be too boring and tiring... so immersion would be better imho) -And the biggest thing is consistency -Also writing (again imho) is way better for remembering things if you focus on what you are writing down
Thank you so much for these tips! As a fellow language learner it's always nice to see different people's approach and how they structure their workflow. I am also not a big fan of flashcards, simply because they are boring, but whenever I hear a new word I note it and later I try to come up with few sentences using that word. After hearing and seeing it 2/3 more times in my podcasts/books, it will probably stick with me for a long time :) Pozdrowienia z Polski!
I like writing flashcards but I don't use them. It’s the writing that helps me learn! Usually I transcribe stories though once I get past the beginning stages of learning vocabulary/verbs/sentance structures.
Great video thank you so much! I really like the style of your videos, the calm voice you have and all the close shots. It really makes everything you talk about so relatable and human. I learn a lot from you. Keep doing such a great work!
Great tips! For me it’s really funny that when I learned English in elementary school I used to do most of those tips subconsciously without putting active effort into it and now it seems like the hardest thing to put my mind into 😂
I’m also a flash card skeptic… if you don’t encounter a word often enough that you remember it naturally, then it’s not a word that’s worth dedicating special time to remembering. So where do flash cards fit in? It’s always better to familiarise yourself with new words in their contexts, rather than in isolated cards
Thank you so much! I started to learn English four years ago and think I'm pretty good at reading and listening but writing and speaking are still a challenge for me. Now I'm trying to learn Chinese by myself and your advice is really helpful!
thank you so much for this video! i feel so inspired to improve my routine after this you've given me so many ideas! as always love your videos thank you for your constant creativity and generosity!
English is not my mother language, i start study language in school but I don't care for classes, so this is no more productive for me. I learn English for osmosis, I play games, sing musics, watch movies. It's works for me, my English is not the best, but i like him. Now I study Russian language, and omg, it's so hard, I don't know why the problem, but I don't understand thins like in the past. I feel like I'm going to cry and give up, but i make a beautiful smile and study more, more and more. Your video motivated me to try new things to improve my Russian
As an introvert I very much relate to this, even when I knew I could speak it It took me a long time to want to speak. My goal is to speak the languages I learn just because part of my goal is to speak the languages of the countries I visit frequently. I don't hear a lot of people who learn polish, I tried to search trough your youtube but couldn't find a specific video about you learning polish. Do you have any resources that you really like for polish? Specifically that main resource (that you like having in textbook format) as well as grammar book, and dictionary, shows and videos and audiobooks are easy enough to find though if you have some that you love id love to know still. But I find finding textbooks and more the typical "study" resources to be harder to find 😅. I just found your channel but uh I need to go trough your videos and see the way you use your iPad when studying languages its so aesthetic and just looks so satisfying!
A way to easily generate flashcards is through obsidian with the flashcard plugin. The plugin tales input from your notes and generate automatically a flashcard. It goes well with exposure as when you search a word that you don’t know you create your own dictionary that can be synced between your computer and the mobile app so you always have with you your dictionary and at anytime add a new word in a few seconds.
I appreciate you making this kind of video. I am also finding out how I study and works best for me and gauging it against existing resources, methods, as well as other people's workflows, taking ideas or simply pondering why something doesn't quite work for me. Seeing someone else do the same helps me do this and helps me realize that my journey of self discovery is sort of going in the right direction, that is, in the direction I want it to take me.
I'm a lazy introvert as well so this really helped me, I could never talk to someone in another language I'd literally cry lmao. Thank you for this and I would also like to add that I admire you for learning polish, because as a native speaker this language even annoys me sometimes 😭
Great video. I can relate to wanting to learn a language in a lazy way. That's actually why I'm building an app that combines spaced repetition learning with Ai and documenting it on my UA-cam channel.
Thank you for sharing! For me, one of the resources that stand out to me when learning a new language is Immersive Translate. I use it to translate webpages and documents and even to watch my shows and movies on Netflix every day. This helps me integrate the language I’m learning into my every day life.
I remember when I was in early primary school I really struggled with English and so my parents sign me up for private classes. And I remember not having a huge progress over like first two years or something, but when I turned 13 I started to watch a lot of videos from English creators like PewDiePie. At first I didn’t understand it allegbut I understood a good amount of what they were saying. After couple months even my tutor noticed that I started to correct myself as I was speaking because I started to develop this „feell for the language. I started to have this realization that „oh wait, this doesn’t feel right in this sentence I made a mistake”. That’s why now that I know a good chunk of Norwegian vocab I start to surround myself with this kind of content again via twitch or UA-cam, stuff I enjoy in English (gameplay for example) but by norwegian creator. Also, hi from Poland, it was nice seeing someone learning polish!
I feel like I'm already doing a lot of things you mentioned in this video which reassures me that I'm on the right path! I definitely want to do more so I learned a lot from watching this. I especially love the idea of talking to yourself. I already do that a lot in my native language so I feel like it would be a useful switch to do it in the language I'm studying. Although, I have already been talking to my pets in the other language haha!😅 I find that to be a fun exercise too! 😊
To me is music and reading comics You know is interesting how sometimes u notice oh this word refer to this X action cuz u have seen it a couple times I don't like to put to much time in how construct an oration with a formula I try to watch different conversations But a some point u need some basics I like
I’m an introvert too except when I find someone easy to talk to. I like LingQ a lot also for the same reasons you mentioned. If you use their sentence by sentence reading view, along with the machine translation, you can start effectively reading anything from day 1 if you want. The only drawback is that you have to press the translate button for every sentence. There’s no setting to do it automatically. In addition to LingQ I like Anki a lot. Im always experimenting on how to make the best flash cards though 😂. But if I don’t use SRS and just rely on reading I won’t remember stuff as well. I'm just adding to my comment as I listen to the video. I'm terrible at small talk in my native language English. But small talk in a foreign language? No problem. Well, if I can speak it anyway. I love speaking foreign languages so I'll happy talk to you about curtains in my target language if you like curtains. I hate one on one classes unless I'm very conversational already and really want to speak a ton. A1/A2/B1 one on classes... hate them. But there are no group classes to found anywhere. I am signed up for a class at Flexi class and it's supposed to be a group class but there's not enough students and it's always just me. And the native speaker. I have a class tonight. I am doomed.
Hello! New subscriber. As a (somewhat) lazy introvert myself, I felt like a lot of your methods towards learning different aspects and skills of languages were similar to mine. Although I'm not quite advanced in any language (other than my native US English), I often took similar approaches while trying to learn many (European) languages. I like how you brought up the fact that many learning materials are set up for people travelling to a country where the language is spoken, which is something I noticed too in many resources I own or have looked into. I'm not in the best financial situation to travel often to a foreign country, so those sections in learning resources are often not useful. When it comes to learning, I too am in favor of a content based approach, while having a solid resource to practice other skills (like grammar) alongside whatever I'm learning from, whether that be a movie, tv series, podcast, song, etc.
I'm an introvert with social anxiety. I love to learn languages. They really help me take things off my mind. I speak English, Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Finnish and Swedish. I know some of the basics of over 20 languages, but these are the ones I'm currently learning. I'm learning these for travel and education. I started learning languages in July and I saw that I've made so much progress so far. My native language is English. In July, my Mom keeps on talking to me about countries and their languages. When I found out about those languages, I decided to try them out to see if they were easy or hard and I also found out that learning languages was easier than I thought. I learnt Spanish and French in school, so the other romance languages were easy for me. When I started learning Finnish and Swedish in July, it felt like they were a variation of Spanish and French. As an introvert, I really love learning languages and it's really fun. I don't have books or tutors, so I use many apps. I'm learning all the languages that I mentioned, but I'm mostly focused on Finnish.
Your English is amazing! I'm a Brazilian girl trying to learn Russian. I must say it's been quite a challenge, but I won't give up. I think it's a beautiful language.
I actually learn english in the same way as you did. I wasn't even trying to learn it but it comes out that I started to comprehend effortessly english by just consumming gaming yt videos. And the more I comprehend, the more I enjoy listenning to english! Moreover, I practice exactly my speaking way by speaking to myself precisely! But what i found out, is that english has so much content on youtube that it seems to be inevitable to consume them, but when I began study german, it is nothing like that. I wanted to try LingQ but it is useless with the free version... Nonetheless, thanks for the tips! I'll apply to my german's study :)
I feel the same way about Korean compare to Japanese. There are a lot of Korean videos, especially the entertainment and learning videos which really helps out. Plus most of the Korean videos have both English and Hangul wording at the bottom on the screen. However, I think the Japanese videos are popping up a little more now compared to back in the day.
I just started the video but i loved seeing that you were watching "Che dio ci aiuti" at the beginning❤i am italian so i immediately recognised it ahah
Hey I’m an introvert too! And I’m trying to learn some languages in order from what I want most to least its 1.Japanese 2.Mandarin/Chinese 3.Korean 4.Croatian
How do you learn so many languages at the same time? establish a schedule for each one? Aren't you confused? Or does it become frustrating not to understand something?
Hi! I'm Anna and I'm from Italy, I'm glad to see that you're learning Italian!😍 If you or someone else reading would like to have a little help in learning it, I'm available!
I have difficult to speaking even in my native language, so funny heard about this of other person. This always make me fell very insecure to speaking in other languages. Thank you.
I was taking English classes, but I prefer to learn by myself. I don't why, but I feel bored talking English classes :C I like to use Memrise to learn new vocabulary and Immerse to talk.
Really interesting! I wondered if you have any tips for understanding Italian? I'm a beginner (have been for years I don't put enough time in) and like you said passive immersion is so hard because I can't differentiate most of the words and also I just tune it out (feels pointless if I'm not even hearing it). Is it because I don't know enough vocab? Would reading more help? Would love to know your experience and your tips for learning Italian thank you
I will learn English grammar and vocabulary at school. And I will listen to English videos 30 minutes per day. After listening, I will practice reading for 15 minutes. Then, I will study for basic japanese for 30 minutes. After that, I will study german for 30 minutes. Finally, 7 days before my exam week, I will start to study for my exams hard. How is my plan?
do a video on how to use netflix to learn languages. I find watching movies really difficult because when I use native subtitles I usually end up reading in my native language and not listening to the target language. and when I use target language subtitle I find it very difficult because I cant understand most of it. Help needed
i am fascinated by languages and have tried multiple times to learn (spanish, japanese, german) i think what would motivate me the most if i tried again would be finding a practical reason to learn it. please let me know if you have a suggestion !
honestly I've also been trying to learn Japanese and Spanish. for Japanese i have a passion for being able to understand anime as well as read Japanese literature ( i love authors like haruki Murakami, yoko ogawa, etc.). i think for Spanish a practical reason could be that you might live in the US and there is a lot of Spanish speakers there
Hi Tanya! Your Philosophy of languages and learning really helps me. Your channel is one of my favourite polyglot/language channels in the language learning community :) I'm curious to know what languages are you currently studying and learning? What is your native language? Thank you always for your help and advice!
Hi! My mother tongue is Russian, and my target languages are Italian (intermediate), Polish, Japanese, and Greek (beginner) and Spanish (advanced), but atm I'm focusing only on Spanish and Greek
I like this mix of resources. I am interested in learning Italian. I have some Spanish background which makes the learning easier. Can you recommend Italian resources? Thank you!
I want to learn Japanese. French and Italian often speak fluent japanese. I'm so envious of them. if you could master of japanese, it means you're real genious.
Απ' ότι είδα μαθαίνεις και ελληνικά. Συγχαρητήρια και καλή τύχη μιας και τα ελληνικά είναι από τις πιο δύσκολες γλώσσες. Και εγώ προσπαθώ τώρα να μάθω ιαπωνικά που ίσως να είναι και πιο δύσκολα από τα ελληνικά 😂
I can speak 7 languages: Sindhi, English, Memoni, Kutchi, Urdu, Hindi, and Korean. Whats my secret? Firstly i was raised with my parents who spoke sindhi, its my mother tongue. Secondly, i went to the uk and learnt english naturally at the age of 6 but i used to watch many english cartoons which helped a lot. Thirdly AND fourthly, those two languges are extremely similar to my mother tongue, thats why its natural to know them (this is why u should look at what languages people know instead of being shocked that they know 10 or smth) fithly and sixthly, i learnt urdu in 2 years from scrap after comjnf back to pakistan after uk, IT WAS TOUGH. And my urdu still isn’t perfect but i can understand and speak very well and hindi is basically the same. Finally the last language, korean. I’m not perfectly fluent but i can create sentences while speaking and i can also read, i can talk but im not the best at understanding thats because I learnt it in one day. Literally, i watched many kdramas so i ahd the grasp before but i just learnt all verbs and now i want to expand my vocabulary. Theres no secret! I used ChatGpt and Papago for help!!
I had to put it on pause because Greek requires too much energy right now, but once I get to B1 or so in Greek, I'll start focusing on Polish - it's definitely one of my favorite languages!
This video features footage from as far as 2020, so I'm definitely not using all those things at the same time 😅 Plus, I don't focus on more than 2-3 languages at a time and that also helps to remember where things are
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NATURAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
(akar-eser / eser-eger)
EĞER-ISE = (EVEN-IF)
(su AKAR- yel ESER) = water flows - wind blows
İSE-EĞER = (IF-EVER)
(yel ESER- ekin EĞER)= the wind blows and bows the crops
EĞER-ISE and İSE-EĞER constructs are used to specify "conditions" and are often used interchangeably.
İSE-EĞER: means "If ever" and indicates a condition that is more likely to occur.
"If ever you need any help, just let me know." (Yardıma ihtiyacın olursa eğer, sadece haberim olsun) or (Herhangi bir yardıma ihtiyaç duyarsan, bana haber vermen yeterli)
“If I'm not tired, we can visit them in the evening.” = “Yorgun değilsem eğer, akşamleyin onları ziyaret edebiliriz”
EĞER-ISE: means "Even if" and indicates a condition that is less likely to occur.
"Even if it rains tomorrow, I will go for a walk." (Yarın yürüyüşe çıkacağım, eğer yağmur yağıyor olsa da ) or (Yarın yağmur yağsa bile yürüyüşe çıkacağım.)
“Why should i go to work, (even) if I'm not getting my salary” = Eğer maaşımı alamıyorsam, neden işe gideyim ki.
English is not my native language. When i first started learning english, i thought "She is very childish" meant a woman who could give birth to a lot of children. Lmao. I have come a long way since then.
😂 good for you!
@@bangtanarmy6845 Lol. Your profile picture is hilarious btw.
@@nonexistent944 lol thanks
I am a native English speaker and now I really wish that was what the phrase “she is very childish” meant. Our language would be so much more fun😂
Dude..I had a similar experience, I was listening to night changes for the first time and I thought the lyrics "We are only getting Older, baby" meant that the children they gave birth to were teenagers...
I'm an introvert and have some social anxiety too, so your comments about group classes over tutors really resonated with me. Even though 1:1 classes = more speaking time and therefore "better value for money", the mental energy I need to expend to attend a 1:1 lesson means it's not sustainable for me long term. I'm much more consistent with group classes. Only discovered this recently and I'm 31!
I find doing 30min 1-on-1 instead of an hour also helps with this!
same!!
What resonated:
The learnjapanese reddit being unfriendly 😂
It’s so refreshing to hear someone not focus on speaking speaking speaking. So true.
I learn whole sentences saying them aloud. 5 days - 300 repetitions per day at least. Later I don't need to translate. I know the meaning of words straight away like in my native language. And also I remember the meaning longer than by learning separate words. This method is called: chunking. It was a real game changer in my learning process and communication skills in English and other languages.😊😊
Hey can you please elaborate a little bit..i wanted to improve my spoken English..pls help🙏
And where did you find rhe sentences and how did you practicd them..means alot if you can guide🙂
@@focus1007online! Search for “most common English phrases”
Hello, I speak English, and I would like to help😃@@focus1007
@@focus1007 anki with audio
With LingQ and reading for beginners has a free limited option. For book lovers there is Anylang for reading. The free option has limited word checks and only 5 langs are available. Also Gutenbergorg has reading for uncopyrighted material, even literature from 100s yrs ago.
Now for the free membership just 5 languages are available??, and what about the mini stories are all 60 stories available for the free membership?
Thanks for your comment
For English, that wouldn’t be helpful because the meaning of phrases and the spelling has changed do much since then.
I really enjoyed hearing about your language learning goals outside of speaking. As a quiet person without a real interest in speaking a foreign language verbally it is difficult to find people that have similar goals to me as more of a written or content consumption focus. There are some good ideas in here I'm excited to try out! I'm glad to have found your channel!
When I tell people I’m learning a language but have no plans to travel there to talk to people they look at me like I’m crazy 😂 what’s wrong with learning a language to read and listen to audiobooks etc.?
@@Celestina0 especially if there is a lot of native content from that country. Translations to English will often differ a little from the original, so being able to actually understand the original work is very nice
9:31 The reason why children, or specifically people who grows up in a community that speaks that language learns faster than others is because they have the chance to actively learning the language. People correct them if they're wrong, they witness others using the language correctly (or at least what's considered to be the norm there, in terms of accent, vocabulary usage, and such)
I really recommend any language learner to move somewhere or to find a community where they can actively learning the language they're learning, if you can
Yeah Can't agree more. Something else I notice about kids in the 16 month range is that they pattern hardcore AND they seem to listen in for stuff they understand and try to make guesses about how to respond based on that!!!
Thank you, this was SO helpful. I'm autistic so social situations even in my native language are difficult and stressful and sometimes even trigger a full on autistic shutdown. It always feels like everyone else was given a guide on how facial expressions and subtle emotional cues in tone work but I was absent that day or something. So when everyone's main advice on learning languages is to go out and speak to people on day 1 even though you don't really know anything yet It felt like being multilingual was an impossible dream. It's nice to know there are other people who have successfully learned languages in a more introverted way.
It was also cool to hear about shadowing. One trait of autism I'm very familiar with is echolalia (repeating words or phrases in the exact way you heard them repeatedly). It's helped me over the years build scripts to more easily interact with other people without messing up or letting on I'm autistic. It's also how I've gotten good at mimicking other English accents so it makes a lot of sense to use it to better my target language's pronunciation.
Same!!!
I have social phobia and a lot of complexes, so I mostly even interact with people only online... So I don't feel comfortable talking to people when something makes me feel insecure (that's why I don't like talking irl with the people I don't know well yet). I mean, I feel quite a huge insecurity when having a low level in a language as well. That's why I prefer having some kind of communication in a foreign language only starting with B1 level. Before reaching it I can ask some native speaker for a feedback about my language skills to make sure I don't mislearn something (I learn languages on my own), but I usually do it in English. I take learning languages as just a hobby and I think at least your hobby should be comfortable for you - the most important thing is that you have a progress in it;) So yeah, I don't find this «talk to people since the first day of learning» thing too. Practicing speech is important, but I'd prefer doing it alone until I feel confident and comfortable enough to talk to the real people in some language...
You are learning Polish! So great to see these materials in your video :) Thank you for including this part of your learning process! Polish is my native lg.
Real and same
Difficult language to pronounce
I am an introvert ( and also with social anxiety). I am 15,Senegalese and I speak 6 languages ( Wolof, pulaar, French, English, Korean,spanish ) I am also trynna learn ASL. The first three languages I picked it growing up I think almost everyone in senegal is bilingual at least French is our official language and we have a lot of national dialects and languages. We learn sometimes English and Spanish starting middle school but it’s not nearly enough so I taught it myself, same for Korean I don’t have any books any teacher or whatsoever but I try to speak it as much using lingbe or hilokal etc…I am so glad that I decided to learn as many things as I could thank you for this video definitely helping us more !!!
How do you actually learn how to speak a language?🤔
hii! what’s your hilokal? i would love to chat in korean sometime with you!
I feel like I can relate to you a lot on this. I'm a lazy introvert with ADD, I can't for the life of me think of speaking a language I want to speak from the beginning. Thank you for the advice you gave in this video, I'll do my best. :)
I loved the joke about the "r/learnjapanese" community. I don't think you should be afraid of calling out that toxic community 😂😂
Anxious introvert here. Thank you for sharing your methods and thought process, it’s super helpful. I’m trying to learn two languages atm, one with a lot of resources and one with relatively few. Looking forward to trying out your tips!
hi! i just wanted to say that i used to have horrible anxiety too, to the point of feeling sick, but now i am an outgoing person! i’m not saying this to brag, but because i know you can overcome your anxiety too! ❤ i promise it gets better! God actually helped me
You are like me!! I too. Total introvert but still love to study language!
Awesome! u r not lazy at all! so hardworking. Anyway I am learning Korean by myself, your video is so inspiring!!!
Your English is 💯 percent pronounced correctly, even though you did not strive to sound like a native speaker. Gives me hope that I can one day sound authentically Latina, which I am. (My heritage is Cuban, Puerto Rican & Spanish, but was not encouraged to use Spanish at home.)
My mom is from Peru, never was encouraged to speak spanish, sucks now because my girlfriends mother is mexican and does not speak English, so now i’m learning it
I’m also that weirdo who loves grammar books and drills 😂 But at the same time I once got fluent in a language and only after that studied grammar and it worked miraculously.
Thank you for the writing tips! I’ve only tried journaling
I'm so grateful for your channel :) Your learning style seems most similar to mine out of all the language learning UA-camrs I follow, so I always really appreciate hearing your perspective and advice
as a native polish speaker i am so shocked that you decided to take up this language. it is reaaally hard, even for us. keep it up! loved the vid
I'd love to learn polish at some point of my life! i really like this language
I'm learning Polish just for fun! Your language is beautiful! But yes, it's hard indeed (I'm a Spanish native speaker)
@@bluemoon4944good luck!!!! don't give up and omg i'm seriously surprised that a spanish person would want to learn our language:ooo i study spanish at school with teachers who are natives and seriously they don't seem to be very happy with studying polish cause for them it's too difficult so seriously good luck, it might be tough but i believe that if you're studying something just for fun, you're more likely to remember more^^
Thank you so much for the video! It is so cool to find someone who shares your passion for languages.
I'm focused only on English and Italian. And I should mention that I've returned to English due to the Italian. I adore that language, culture, and everything about it.
I discovered your channel about three or four days ago and have already watched all of your videos.
It's good to know that there is someone who shares my anxiety about speaking not only in a foreign language but at all😄
Tanya, I've been watching you and your content for years. I am genuinely amazed at how wholesome you are as a person and the way it is reflected in your videos. I want to thank you for all masterpieces that you produced and wish you all the best!
Thank you! Reading this made my day 💜
Totally with you on preferring group classes for anything, from language to skiing, lol. I don’t think of myself of an introvert but I feel too much pressure with private classes. In a group class I have more time to process things and also learn from the other students. This video had a lot of great ideas.
This is some of the most sensible and useful language learning advice I have ever heard. Perhaps because I am also somewhat introverted and lazy! I love how you don't pressure yourself - there's enough pressure in life - who needs more? Why add it to something you choose to do for its own sake? (Of course, it's different if you have a deadline, or a specific purpose, such as work, in mind.) Pretty much all of this resonated with me. Things I like to do, that you didn't mention specifically: I take a correct sentence in the target language (from something I have read, or even from a textbook), and write it out many times, substituting vocabulary, changing the tense, adding complexity - one change at a time. I also enjoy making art that incorporates words and phrases from the TL, and collect sayings and proverbs, riddles and tongue-twisters - i.e. I do things that I find fun, in the target language. I keep a kind of diary - one sentence a day (or thereabouts, or when I feel like it). I've liked and subbed.
Hi! I just found you today, what a pleasant relaxed voice you have. I love falling asleep with earphones on listening to long videos of the language I’m learning, usually word or phrases but with a soothing voice. Sometimes they have these annoying background music or loud speaking which is not good for falling asleep.
As someone trying to learn Japanese I guarantee that the r/learnjapanese joke wasn't actually a joke :C
I know there are tons of resources for people wanting to learn spanish but one of my favorites is SpanishDict or SpanishDictionary because there’s vocab (with a kinda spaced repetition method) as well as some grammar lessons.
This was great and makes me feel much better. I read and write my target language very well and think I know a lot of words, and I chat online a lot but I almost never speak to anyone - also social anxiety - so that's the struggle. Just trying out group classes now and you were spot on. Way less pressure also good to hear a mix of better and worse than me
I understand and relate to you! I am learning spanish and I'm scared to practice with others online. I have social anxiety as well and even giving my order at a resturaunt, I get nervous even in my native tongue. Speaking with my mexican family was very very hard, because I didn't understand spanish and im shy.
Well, I come from Brazil, and I am learning English with Duolingo's courses and some UA-cam videos, for an example, now I am watching your video, I've already done my lessons and, for me, English is getting easy to learn more, I hope that in a few years I can speak fluently and write, listen and read in a perfect way :D
Amazing video, love your content, one of the channels that has motivated me to get back into learning languages!
-I gotta say that the r/learnjapanese joke was on point xd
-Also i agree with the whole thing about textbooks being overwhelming at the beginning plus the issue of become a resource hoarder... (also watching tons of videos on how to learn a language or how to how to learn).
-Personally i think that one should use apps (duo, lingodeer or whatever) as a way to test the waters!
-for textbooks i think one should get ones that get up to B1 or the equivalent (with textbooks, audio, vids and all that) while using tools like lingQ, clozemaster or lingvist and also continuously listen to the TL to get used to the sounds of it. (you could go for the C2 but i feel like that would be too boring and tiring... so immersion would be better imho)
-And the biggest thing is consistency
-Also writing (again imho) is way better for remembering things if you focus on what you are writing down
Thank you so much for these tips! As a fellow language learner it's always nice to see different people's approach and how they structure their workflow. I am also not a big fan of flashcards, simply because they are boring, but whenever I hear a new word I note it and later I try to come up with few sentences using that word. After hearing and seeing it 2/3 more times in my podcasts/books, it will probably stick with me for a long time :)
Pozdrowienia z Polski!
Glad to see you here! Thinking about going back to LingQ! Take care, hope you are doing well!
This is the best language learning video everrrr 💞💞💞 tyyyy
I like writing flashcards but I don't use them. It’s the writing that helps me learn! Usually I transcribe stories though once I get past the beginning stages of learning vocabulary/verbs/sentance structures.
Great video thank you so much! I really like the style of your videos, the calm voice you have and all the close shots. It really makes everything you talk about so relatable and human. I learn a lot from you.
Keep doing such a great work!
Great tips! For me it’s really funny that when I learned English in elementary school I used to do most of those tips subconsciously without putting active effort into it and now it seems like the hardest thing to put my mind into 😂
I’m also a flash card skeptic… if you don’t encounter a word often enough that you remember it naturally, then it’s not a word that’s worth dedicating special time to remembering. So where do flash cards fit in? It’s always better to familiarise yourself with new words in their contexts, rather than in isolated cards
Thank you so much! I started to learn English four years ago and think I'm pretty good at reading and listening but writing and speaking are still a challenge for me. Now I'm trying to learn Chinese by myself and your advice is really helpful!
thank you so much for this video! i feel so inspired to improve my routine after this you've given me so many ideas! as always love your videos thank you for your constant creativity and generosity!
English is not my mother language, i start study language in school but I don't care for classes, so this is no more productive for me. I learn English for osmosis, I play games, sing musics, watch movies. It's works for me, my English is not the best, but i like him. Now I study Russian language, and omg, it's so hard, I don't know why the problem, but I don't understand thins like in the past. I feel like I'm going to cry and give up, but i make a beautiful smile and study more, more and more. Your video motivated me to try new things to improve my Russian
As an introvert I very much relate to this, even when I knew I could speak it It took me a long time to want to speak. My goal is to speak the languages I learn just because part of my goal is to speak the languages of the countries I visit frequently. I don't hear a lot of people who learn polish, I tried to search trough your youtube but couldn't find a specific video about you learning polish. Do you have any resources that you really like for polish? Specifically that main resource (that you like having in textbook format) as well as grammar book, and dictionary, shows and videos and audiobooks are easy enough to find though if you have some that you love id love to know still. But I find finding textbooks and more the typical "study" resources to be harder to find 😅. I just found your channel but uh I need to go trough your videos and see the way you use your iPad when studying languages its so aesthetic and just looks so satisfying!
A way to easily generate flashcards is through obsidian with the flashcard plugin. The plugin tales input from your notes and generate automatically a flashcard. It goes well with exposure as when you search a word that you don’t know you create your own dictionary that can be synced between your computer and the mobile app so you always have with you your dictionary and at anytime add a new word in a few seconds.
I appreciate you making this kind of video. I am also finding out how I study and works best for me and gauging it against existing resources, methods, as well as other people's workflows, taking ideas or simply pondering why something doesn't quite work for me. Seeing someone else do the same helps me do this and helps me realize that my journey of self discovery is sort of going in the right direction, that is, in the direction I want it to take me.
I'm a lazy introvert as well so this really helped me, I could never talk to someone in another language I'd literally cry lmao. Thank you for this and I would also like to add that I admire you for learning polish, because as a native speaker this language even annoys me sometimes 😭
Great video. I can relate to wanting to learn a language in a lazy way. That's actually why I'm building an app that combines spaced repetition learning with Ai and documenting it on my UA-cam channel.
Thank you for sharing! For me, one of the resources that stand out to me when learning a new language is Immersive Translate. I use it to translate webpages and documents and even to watch my shows and movies on Netflix every day. This helps me integrate the language I’m learning into my every day life.
Wow, it sounds user-friendly! I will try it~
I remember when I was in early primary school I really struggled with English and so my parents sign me up for private classes. And I remember not having a huge progress over like first two years or something, but when I turned 13 I started to watch a lot of videos from English creators like PewDiePie. At first I didn’t understand it allegbut I understood a good amount of what they were saying. After couple months even my tutor noticed that I started to correct myself as I was speaking because I started to develop this „feell for the language. I started to have this realization that „oh wait, this doesn’t feel right in this sentence I made a mistake”. That’s why now that I know a good chunk of Norwegian vocab I start to surround myself with this kind of content again via twitch or UA-cam, stuff I enjoy in English (gameplay for example) but by norwegian creator. Also, hi from Poland, it was nice seeing someone learning polish!
Hi! It's cool to see you're learning polish 😄
I feel like I'm already doing a lot of things you mentioned in this video which reassures me that I'm on the right path! I definitely want to do more so I learned a lot from watching this. I especially love the idea of talking to yourself. I already do that a lot in my native language so I feel like it would be a useful switch to do it in the language I'm studying. Although, I have already been talking to my pets in the other language haha!😅 I find that to be a fun exercise too! 😊
❤Thank so much for sharing all this tips with us, your personal experience is really valuable and it inspire me 🙏🏻
Lots of good advice here, thank you. 😊
You speak really clear.
Thnks to shared ur Language learning method as an introvert I feel this method will work for me 💗🙏
I would have never expected for a foreigner to learn italian by the tv series "Che Dio ci aiuti"🤣❤️
Stavo cercando questo commento 😂😂
To me is music and reading comics
You know is interesting how sometimes u notice oh this word refer to this X action cuz u have seen it a couple times
I don't like to put to much time in how construct an oration with a formula I try to watch different conversations
But a some point u need some basics
I like
Hi from Poland! I love your content, thank u for this video it really helps to be more motivated abour learning languages.
Happy to hear that!
Я тоже , когда учила английский, любила повторять понравившиеся фразы с понравившейся интонацией снова и снова . В принципе, я и сейчас так делаю. 😅
Do you want me to teach you English, while you teach me Russian?
@@askaamersaadallah2989sounds good
@@askaamersaadallah2989Hey. If you need Russian I can help you if you want. Russian is my second language and I speak it fluently.
I’m an introvert too except when I find someone easy to talk to. I like LingQ a lot also for the same reasons you mentioned. If you use their sentence by sentence reading view, along with the machine translation, you can start effectively reading anything from day 1 if you want. The only drawback is that you have to press the translate button for every sentence. There’s no setting to do it automatically.
In addition to LingQ I like Anki a lot. Im always experimenting on how to make the best flash cards though 😂. But if I don’t use SRS and just rely on reading I won’t remember stuff as well.
I'm just adding to my comment as I listen to the video. I'm terrible at small talk in my native language English. But small talk in a foreign language? No problem. Well, if I can speak it anyway. I love speaking foreign languages so I'll happy talk to you about curtains in my target language if you like curtains.
I hate one on one classes unless I'm very conversational already and really want to speak a ton. A1/A2/B1 one on classes... hate them. But there are no group classes to found anywhere. I am signed up for a class at Flexi class and it's supposed to be a group class but there's not enough students and it's always just me. And the native speaker. I have a class tonight. I am doomed.
Hello! New subscriber. As a (somewhat) lazy introvert myself, I felt like a lot of your methods towards learning different aspects and skills of languages were similar to mine. Although I'm not quite advanced in any language (other than my native US English), I often took similar approaches while trying to learn many (European) languages. I like how you brought up the fact that many learning materials are set up for people travelling to a country where the language is spoken, which is something I noticed too in many resources I own or have looked into. I'm not in the best financial situation to travel often to a foreign country, so those sections in learning resources are often not useful. When it comes to learning, I too am in favor of a content based approach, while having a solid resource to practice other skills (like grammar) alongside whatever I'm learning from, whether that be a movie, tv series, podcast, song, etc.
I love it! Such a great video! 💛
I'm an introvert with social anxiety. I love to learn languages. They really help me take things off my mind. I speak English, Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Finnish and Swedish. I know some of the basics of over 20 languages, but these are the ones I'm currently learning. I'm learning these for travel and education. I started learning languages in July and I saw that I've made so much progress so far. My native language is English. In July, my Mom keeps on talking to me about countries and their languages. When I found out about those languages, I decided to try them out to see if they were easy or hard and I also found out that learning languages was easier than I thought. I learnt Spanish and French in school, so the other romance languages were easy for me. When I started learning Finnish and Swedish in July, it felt like they were a variation of Spanish and French. As an introvert, I really love learning languages and it's really fun. I don't have books or tutors, so I use many apps. I'm learning all the languages that I mentioned, but I'm mostly focused on Finnish.
Your English is amazing! I'm a Brazilian girl trying to learn Russian. I must say it's been quite a challenge, but I won't give up. I think it's a beautiful language.
You are amazing -- a real inspiration!
I actually learn english in the same way as you did. I wasn't even trying to learn it but it comes out that I started to comprehend effortessly english by just consumming gaming yt videos. And the more I comprehend, the more I enjoy listenning to english! Moreover, I practice exactly my speaking way by speaking to myself precisely!
But what i found out, is that english has so much content on youtube that it seems to be inevitable to consume them, but when I began study german, it is nothing like that. I wanted to try LingQ but it is useless with the free version... Nonetheless, thanks for the tips! I'll apply to my german's study :)
btw I'm only 18 and started watch english videos at around 15yo
I feel the same way about Korean compare to Japanese. There are a lot of Korean videos, especially the entertainment and learning videos which really helps out. Plus most of the Korean videos have both English and Hangul wording at the bottom on the screen. However, I think the Japanese videos are popping up a little more now compared to back in the day.
Your voice is so calming... 😌
I just started the video but i loved seeing that you were watching "Che dio ci aiuti" at the beginning❤i am italian so i immediately recognised it ahah
you're so sweet - thanks for sharing!
Hey I’m an introvert too! And I’m trying to learn some languages in order from what I want most to least its
1.Japanese
2.Mandarin/Chinese
3.Korean
4.Croatian
Everything resonated with me.. lol you are awesome..
As soon as I read "lazy introvert"; I knew that I had to watch your video.
Great method overall! Btw, I talk to myself as well😊😊
How do you learn so many languages at the same time? establish a schedule for each one? Aren't you confused? Or does it become frustrating not to understand something?
I'm learning Japanese and 😂😂😂😂 on the reddit. But seriously, thanks for this video
Hi! I'm Anna and I'm from Italy, I'm glad to see that you're learning Italian!😍 If you or someone else reading would like to have a little help in learning it, I'm available!
thanks for new video) I am Russian native speaker ) I always watch your video and practice my listening skills also your videos are so motivating!
Keep up the good work👍🏻
I have difficult to speaking even in my native language, so funny heard about this of other person. This always make me fell very insecure to speaking in other languages. Thank you.
O uczysz się polskiego? Wow świetne polski to dosyć trudny język ale życzę ci powodzenia ❤
Greetings from Poland :)
I was taking English classes, but I prefer to learn by myself. I don't why, but I feel bored talking English classes :C
I like to use Memrise to learn new vocabulary and Immerse to talk.
Really interesting! I wondered if you have any tips for understanding Italian? I'm a beginner (have been for years I don't put enough time in) and like you said passive immersion is so hard because I can't differentiate most of the words and also I just tune it out (feels pointless if I'm not even hearing it). Is it because I don't know enough vocab? Would reading more help? Would love to know your experience and your tips for learning Italian thank you
I will learn English grammar and vocabulary at school. And I will listen to English videos 30 minutes per day. After listening, I will practice reading for 15 minutes. Then, I will study for basic japanese for 30 minutes. After that, I will study german for 30 minutes. Finally, 7 days before my exam week, I will start to study for my exams hard. How is my plan?
Great video.
do a video on how to use netflix to learn languages. I find watching movies really difficult because when I use native subtitles I usually end up reading in my native language and not listening to the target language. and when I use target language subtitle I find it very difficult because I cant understand most of it.
Help needed
brother you have to do it the other way round! the audio needs to be in your native language and the subtitles in the target language
i am fascinated by languages and have tried multiple times to learn (spanish, japanese, german) i think what would motivate me the most if i tried again would be finding a practical reason to learn it. please let me know if you have a suggestion !
honestly I've also been trying to learn Japanese and Spanish. for Japanese i have a passion for being able to understand anime as well as read Japanese literature ( i love authors like haruki Murakami, yoko ogawa, etc.).
i think for Spanish a practical reason could be that you might live in the US and there is a lot of Spanish speakers there
If you like Spanish music maybe to understand that
Pierwszy raz widzę jak ktoś pisze, że uczy się polskiego. Na co dzień to rzadko spotykane 😊❤
I'll never forgive my TLs don't seem to have discovered the graded reader market yet TAT
Hi Tanya! Your Philosophy of languages and learning really helps me. Your channel is one of my favourite polyglot/language channels in the language learning community :) I'm curious to know what languages are you currently studying and learning? What is your native language? Thank you always for your help and advice!
Hi! My mother tongue is Russian, and my target languages are Italian (intermediate), Polish, Japanese, and Greek (beginner) and Spanish (advanced), but atm I'm focusing only on Spanish and Greek
I like this mix of resources. I am interested in learning Italian. I have some Spanish background which makes the learning easier. Can you recommend Italian resources? Thank you!
@@michelleneuman579 I actually have a video about that: ua-cam.com/video/PwimnejvT2U/v-deo.htmlsi=0jPAIxcK81HaP-rl
I want to learn Japanese. French and Italian often speak fluent japanese. I'm so envious of them. if you could master of japanese, it means you're real genious.
This is me when i dont feel like interacting with people😂😂
Απ' ότι είδα μαθαίνεις και ελληνικά. Συγχαρητήρια και καλή τύχη μιας και τα ελληνικά είναι από τις πιο δύσκολες γλώσσες. Και εγώ προσπαθώ τώρα να μάθω ιαπωνικά που ίσως να είναι και πιο δύσκολα από τα ελληνικά 😂
I can speak 7 languages:
Sindhi, English, Memoni, Kutchi, Urdu, Hindi, and Korean.
Whats my secret?
Firstly i was raised with my parents who spoke sindhi, its my mother tongue. Secondly, i went to the uk and learnt english naturally at the age of 6 but i used to watch many english cartoons which helped a lot. Thirdly AND fourthly, those two languges are extremely similar to my mother tongue, thats why its natural to know them (this is why u should look at what languages people know instead of being shocked that they know 10 or smth) fithly and sixthly, i learnt urdu in 2 years from scrap after comjnf back to pakistan after uk, IT WAS TOUGH. And my urdu still isn’t perfect but i can understand and speak very well and hindi is basically the same. Finally the last language, korean. I’m not perfectly fluent but i can create sentences while speaking and i can also read, i can talk but im not the best at understanding thats because I learnt it in one day. Literally, i watched many kdramas so i ahd the grasp before but i just learnt all verbs and now i want to expand my vocabulary. Theres no secret! I used ChatGpt and Papago for help!!
Jeśli naprawdę uczysz się polskiego to gratuluje
Akka english clear ga artham ayindi
i'll come back in the first may
a little silly, but it is so sweet that you own a couple of Polish textbooks and try to learn my mother tongue :') I'm glad. How's it going?
I had to put it on pause because Greek requires too much energy right now, but once I get to B1 or so in Greek, I'll start focusing on Polish - it's definitely one of my favorite languages!
I noticed that most of the videos that they are talking about learning languages, their tips would be journaling , shadowing and speaking to yourself.
How do you manage so many notebooks, iPad notes, textbooks? Is having so much data spread out challenging when you need to look something up?
This video features footage from as far as 2020, so I'm definitely not using all those things at the same time 😅 Plus, I don't focus on more than 2-3 languages at a time and that also helps to remember where things are
When I was learning to drive I would channel my nervous energy by saying random things in French lol (I took 2 years in high school)