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Amazing interview Steve, it was amazing seeing the more serious side of LanguageSimp! As a fellow Vancouverite and language enthusiast, I would love to get in touch with you, feel free to check out our language channel and see if it peaks your interest :) All the best!
I have sent and replied to many polyglots. I have posted over many websites enough to fill a 300 page book. What have I written. The continuing failure of the clear majority of people to learn or acquire a new language. I failed over 13 years to be able to be conversationally fluent in Tagalog. I failed at a cost of $5,000 to learn through conventional tutoring. I then failed with 1,500 hours of storytelling though I keep have them read. After a few months nothing improved using LingQ. Of course the cost for storytelling and LingQ just ads to the disaster. I stopped speaking to those not helping here in Metro Manila. My 25 year relationship is also damaged. I stopped attending Filipino gatherings of any kind since it was extremely depressing ending up alone among others not translating or helping me learn or acquire. So what is the secret I am convinced exists that polyglots are not telling to help acquire a new language? I was not a math major but when I returned to college it struck me why others just were defeated and struggling with algebra. My discussion with them about personal feelings of math then teaching the most difficult concept simply solved the problem. But this language is a severe problem. I must state that I see the Tagalog language culture as severely broken. Engaging them in talk is impossible. They giggle and ridicule. So that is one factor encouraged by polyglots not possible here due to thus childish and rude action. It just creates humiliation and anxiety for me.
It was a pleasure meeting you Steve. Your Ancient Albanian Sign Language needs work, but you are truly the GOAT in this community. I am crying tears of joy right now.
We are going to add Ancient Albanian Sign Language to LingQ. Just waiting for someone to translate the mini stories and record them. Seriously, I was very impressed with your seriousness. Thank you for your enthusiasm.
Born too late to speak Sumerian, born too early to speak binary, born just in time to watch Steve Kaufman post a video with the words "gigachad" and "simp" in the title
I loved both interviews so much. Language Simp also has a TON of useful content in his Patreon. I suggest looking at it, too. He gets a bit more serious like in this interview!
@Ben-tn4qzYeah for sure, so it means in 5 years he must have studied a lot (in hours), but even then, being that good in so many languages seems quite incredible. We don't really see him having a real conversation very often so I wonder how he'd do with his language skills in those situations. In my opinion, that's probably the hardest part of any language learning process (speaking + listening at the same time).
14:22 I teach English as a foreign language and I can't tell you how many people who are only 30, 35 or 40 try to tell me they're too old to learn. Can't stand that excuse. A lot of people seem to believe the only people who can master a second language are 5 year olds and that if you haven't learned a second language by the time you're 10 you've lost your chance
I like how much he emphasized language learning as a hobby you can enjoy rather than some mission that you fail if you slip up on it or aren't totally fluent, we need more people with that sentiment. Also don't knock linguistics! xd
I had some Italian ladies laugh at me because I didn’t know how to ask where the atm was and just said dove el banco automatico. They burst into laughter and tears and so did I. It must have sounded ridiculous. I found out they just say atm. Lol.
I hope you didn't take offense from it.😅😅 they probably laughed because it sounds "cute". In Italian "banco Automatico" sounds a little bit weird even though spanish and Italian are similar, some words differ a lot. We usually call it "bancomat".
I was one of his first subscribers as I happen to come across one of his first videos he ever made. He's such a fun creator and inspires me to keep learning language a well.
I've been doing Greek for 3 months now and recently started dabbling in Japanese. Greek is definitely my main focus but I find it helpful to dabble in Japanese and slowly learn a kanji here and there so that when I am farther along in Greek I will already have a major head start in Japanese. Really enjoying language learning. It has replaced gaming for me. Same sense of achievement only I am getting so much out of it.
@@athensxv88 More actually. Gaming required me to be home on my playstation or at my computer. I even replaced my mobile games with Lingq and other language learning apps. Lingq is my main though. I am excited to play some games in my target languages when I am further along.
I am native Greek and learning Japanese. The funniest thing is that the ancient Greek I was taught in school actually helped me understand the て form in Japanese 😂 Good luck with your Greek journey! 🇬🇷 Καλή τύχη με τα ελληνικά!
@@tsakeboya Ευχαριστώ πολύ. Και ξέρεις η αγγλικά πάρα. I am jealous. It is funny that we are learning the same 3 languages in a different order. はじめまして
@@maceawilder oh thank you man! A couple of corrections I think you'll appreciate as a learner: In Greek, languages are neuter plural, so you should use "τα Αγγλικά". If you want to say "very well" you can't use just "πάρα" by itself, as this word is only used to modify "πολύ" if it's used to exaggerate. So you would say "...και ξέρεις τα αγγλικά πάρα πολύ καλά" Your Greek is at a very good level for just 3 months. Keep on and you'll understand the beauty of this language!
I saw your gig first on Language Simp's channel and came here to see your version. You are very encouraging. I'm 68 and learning my third language (French) on your LingQ site and loving it. Thanks for the great work you put into LingQ.
Really nice collab. It's nice to remind myself that learning languages is a hobby. I'm currently learning Norwegian as my fifth language, but it's been a couple weeks where I haven't really done much... I have an exam coming up this month that I can only take now that I'm in Norway, and I might never come back... But!! It's fine!! I started studying for fun, I signed up for the exam for fun... It should never be a source of stress.
A phoneme isn't quite a sound. For example, the 'a' in 'bath' is two different sounds when spoken by north British accents and by south British accents. But they are the same phoneme because the meaning is unchanged. But the vowel change between 'pitch' and 'peach' does change the meaning, so they are two phonemes.
One thing that give me hope and that I think many people forget is that most native speakers go to school for majority of their childhood and teenage years to learn their language and are still not masters of it. For example in the US we have english classes every year of school and often the first semester of college as well. So you shouldn't feel disheartened if you can't pick a new language in a few months or even a year or two. Everybody learns at different rates and you don't need to be near the level you would perceive you need to be to have a conversation or to read in another language.
I had to look at the video title several times and check the channel because I thought it was a trap or I had a mistake in my eyes. Excellent video. Thanks to both of you. Greetings from Colombia. 😊
IDK if anyone will read this comment, but hey there! I am one of the people that had struggled immensely with being strung out / stressed / upset about being imperfect, people switching to English, etc. After a few very emotionally difficult experiences, I had self-reflected a lot about the root causes of this stress, and for me it basically came down to feeling like I am unworthy unless I am perfect. I started feeling much better, and genuinely having fun learning, after accepting 2 truths: 1) I will be always be imperfect. Perfection is unattainable because it's a moving target. Instead I will aim for excellence. Excellence is not the absence of imperfection, but the addition of strengths. 2) I am worthy as a language learner and human despite my imperfections. It does not feel threatening when I make mistakes or others switch to English, because my self worth is not on the line. If you're reading this and struggling like I did, I hope that you can learn to be compassionate with yourself and have fun. You deserve it :)
I have 2 ideas which help me to relieve. 1: Concentrate on the IMPROVING not on the PERFECTION. 2: I don't need to be perfect. I'm a foreigner after all and have the right on mistake, moreover even a native speakers aren't perfect. They also make mistakes and have from time to time misunderstanding and troubles between each other. So, relax, stay calm and the let the language learning process be enjoyable for you. Don't chase a language. Go towards it
I loved this video, listening to Steve talking, so straight forward made me think how things used to be back then, no bs involved, no pretending, loved it, also I love seeing language simp out of character just excited to be talking to one of his inspirations, this video and the glossonauta collab with language are my favorites.
The word simp is NOT a Gen Z term. We been using it in black hoods since the early 90s maybe sooner than that. I’ve been been hearing it since I was a child. But anyways great video. My two favorite language related UA-camrs!
Thank you! White GenZ always steals words from Black Millennial, Black GenX, and Black GenZ culture and then claims they came up with it. It's so annoying and disingenuous. They need to learn to give credit where credit is due!
@@boristheviewbot6056 kinda. Because when you simp for someone you’re basically just being a tool for them but can’t see it because you’re so infatuated with them you’d do anything for them at the drop of a dime.
@@illhomemadetcg3218that’s actually very close to the current use of the word, just mr. Simp here simplified the meaning it for Steve. Thanks for sharing this as well, as I wasn’t aware either.
@@AutumnSwatches they have no idea it’s black slang. But yeah 90% of all slang that catches on with white people is taken from black culture, it’s been like that for at least 100 years. It’s like clockwork - if a term gets big in the black community, 10-20 years later white kids will find out about it and think they came up with it.
Every video with Simp is a comedian show! The way he talks,make jokes and at the same time teach us a new language is amazing! I love that guy videos! Thank you Steve for providing so much high-quality content!
It's difficult as an American to learn a language with the thought in your mind that you speak English and that English is all you'll ever need (NEED) being the key word. But when you realize that people from other countries see you as a smarter person because you speak something other than English.. it's a good feeling and you can develope good friends
I suppose people who dont speak English often get along pretty well in their communities. Most Japanese people can barely go beyond "Herro, Naisu to meet you", but they get jobs, make friends, have families, play games, watch movies and all that good stuff. Of course they're trapped in that language bubble, and to be fair, no Japanese person will ever get a chance to consume and absorb EVERY BIT of Japanese content, so that bubble is fine, but still they won't experience being outside the bubble without a crutch (subtitles/translators) We English speakers are also trapped in a (bigger) bubble and i think THAT is what i think of when the idea of need comes up. You enjoy watching gaming? Maybe u could settle for Markiplier but there is a Korean youtuber out there that is probably miles more entertaining. China seems like mysterious and incomprehensible country? Sure you could watch the news or you could talk to Chinese people themselves. The ones not affluent enough to speak English well and travel abroad. Maybe you just admire the Finns for some reason. You can pretend to Brazilian online to be part of the memes. The bubbles you're in get oh so bigger 😁. Which is why i need to reach fluency in Chinese to access that 1.4 billion people sized bubble 😂
I find it's very easy for our human brain to subconsciously convince us that we don't need another language, even if you speak a language other than English. It's perfectly possible to live your entire life only needing Spanish, Russian, Portuguese or any other widespread language. Heck, I know a fair few people who are totally fine living in a global world knowing only Finnish. All you need is to accidentally construct a bubble around yourself where you can get by in Finnish, English, Spanish or any other language and you won't even realise there's so much you're missing out on.
@@MrTtampk ❤️ from an American point of view (or my point of view at any rate) It's nothing when someone speaks English.. it just feels so normal you know.. but when I write to Brazilians they're like WOW.. a gringo learning my language!? 🥺 It's just not the same when someone learns English :/ It's especially cute when they ask if I live in Brazil and I tell them no, I'm in the states. And they're just like 😮 I don't believe you! 😂 I can't to go to Brazil and watch their eyes light up when I Converse with them in their native language and see them shocked 😊
I think the word 'need' is key here, as you already pointed out yourself. Imagine if we only spent our lives doing things that NEED to be done. Why bother learning an instrument, getting to know new people if you already have friends, or going to the cinema?
10:50 might be Jodie Foster but I have not heard her make gender mistakes in French. I only remember her speaking with an upper class accent and an amazing fluidity.
It's a bit of semantics but I think it's helpful to distinguish learning about a language and learning a language. Learn about a language can stop at any point without being a failure, any amount of grammar or words or expressions you learn constitutes learning a little more about the language than you knew before. Learning a language, and people looking for information about learning a language is a completely different ballgame and does have failure states, disappointments and stakes. Because on some level what it fundamentally means is acquiring a level of performance in the language that you can use it at the level of an adult. We can argue endlessly about what it means to use a language but everyone who wants to learn a language has a dream in their mind of getting close to native ability, especially in terms of ease of understanding and communication. Their dream is probably not asking directions or being competent in one very specific topic. I encourage anyone to start out just learning about a language, it's fun and interesting and not very time consuming. But if you do that long enough, eventually you probably will want to take it out of the glass case, and oh boy is it a commitment of your mental and emotional resources.
Thank you, Steve, you did good - with a good collab video! For everyone who really wants to know: A phoneme is an abstract luguistics term that describes a class of sounds that differentiate meaning. If similar sounds don't differentiate the meaning, they are called allophones of the same phoneme. E.g., r and l are different phonemes in most "western" (indo-european) languages like English, i.e. "right" and "light" have different meanings. This is different for, say, Chinese, Japanese and Korean: People sometimes erroneously think that there is no "r" sound in Japanese. This is strictly speaking not true, rather, there is no difference in the meaning whether you use one sound or another. E.g., "raisu" and "laisu" would both be understood to mean the same thing: rice. As a consequence, the Japanese writing systems don't differentiate between those sounds although they exist, depending on their position in a word or even on different dialects. Now, this technical knowledge isn't important to a language learner, but the concept behind it can have consequences when the language you are learning has sounds that are different phonemes in that language but that don't make a difference in meaning in your own. In this case, you need to pay attention to your pronunciation in order not to cause confusion. For a Japanese learner of English, differentiating between r and l will be difficult in the beginning, but knowing this difference matters is important for them to get ahead.
“but in the case of languages even I'm not speaking the language well and I'm struggling, i can just have fun in any level you know. I don't need to be perfectly fluent. You don't need to be the best, you just have to have fun with it" I'll keep that in mind, instant sub to both channels.
Wow, great collab!! I'll have to check out Language Simp's channel. Hearing how Steve and Language Simp had experience learning multiple languages at once is encouraging. I need to work on my Japanese, but I also want to keep up with my Spanish and Russian. AND I kinda want to learn Korean, because I love BTS (I'm wondering if I can continue Japanese and start Korean at the same time, since their grammar is almost the same, and there are some common roots between the two). I'll have to give it a go!
Great to see you two in a video together! Can you please do a video where you talk about language interference, or perhaps show me a video where you have talked about that previously? I have been learning spanish for 5 years, until recently when I found out I was going to go as an exchange student to Italy, so I therefore started learning italian. Now I am in Italy, but I have spanish room mates. Whenever I try to speak spanish with them, I constantly find myself thinking in italian instead of spanish. It is as if all my spanish knowledge has been overwritten by italian.
Loved seeing you and Language Simp do a collab! Just one thing that's not that important, I don't think Danish has the largest phonemic inventory. I know some of the Caucasian and Khoisan languages have some of the most phonemes in the world, and English and Hindi have the same amount of phonemes as Danish if not a little more (depending on the accent of English).
Standard Danish, English and Hindi share a 4th place in the number of phonemes ranking according to wikipedia, along with Hamer and Wambule at 44 phonemes. Above them Nemi, Norman and Kosraean have 48, 48 and 47 respectively.
@@XGD5layer That's the list I looked at as well, but it doesn't feature that many languages. The Taa language doesn't have a commonly accepted number of phonemes but there are estimations of 20-31 vowels. I don't think Caucasian languages feature at all, which have a very large phoneme inventory (largest inventory without clicks). It really depends on how well known the language is, the dialect, and the amount of research, so you can't have precise numbers, but Danish does indeed have a serious amount of vowel phonemes.
phoneme, in linguistics, smallest unit of speech distinguishing one word (or word element) from another, as the element p in “tap,” which separates that word from “tab,” “tag,” and “tan.” No, a phoneme isn’t any sound.
Actually, the word “simp” DOES come from “simpleton” and traces back to the early 1900s. It became more popular in the 80s and 90s when it was used in rap songs and became hip-hop slang.
I'm working to learn 6 besides English. I love travel and want to be able to go to Europe with minimal English and/or translations. Realistically, I'm only trying to get them all to the A2-B1 area. That's enough to travel
Studying similar（Or languages that share a similar worldview,etc) languages at the same time is a great idea. My niece is on her final year at University where she is reading Arabic but she has also studied Farsi and Turkish and some other language I can’t remember. I have been studying Japanese for a few years and last year decided to start Mandaring and Koreann, which I always wanted to pursue but kept putting off because I thought I would get confused or would make me give up Japanese. On the contrary, this has turned out to be a great decision. I do not intend to get to a great level with Korean or mandarin, but it is certainly a lot of fun and it relieves the preassure to study Japanese every day, which remotivates me and helps me keep the learning experience fresh.
I watched both your channel & his & this was awesome! Thank you for blessing us with this. You were also such a good sport in playing along with Language Simp’s goofiness in his interview too😂
A phone is a sound. When two phonemes, for example /p/ and /b/, distinguish words that are otherwise the exact same (pan vs. ban), then they become phonemes. Sometimes a phone will be pronounced differently in a different environment (wife vs. wives, f -> v). Because this change in sound does not create a new word (what is important being the plural -es), /v/ is called an allophone of /f/ in this situation. In any case, distinct words such as 'fan' and 'van' differ only in /f/ and /v/, thus in most cases /f/ and /v/ are strictly distinct phonemes in English.
In all seriousness though, I think that while the idea of tackling two languages at once can be helpful, it should really be clarified that taking two similar ones at the same time is not a great idea. There’s so many language mixing phenomena such as Portunhol (one that I’ve experienced even just learning Portuguese directly after I learned Spanish) & Surzhyk that I would recommend at least making sure that they have significant degrees of separation, especially phonetically. For example, I think learning English & Portuguese at the same time could be fine, but maybe not Portuguese & Italian. But that’s just my experience and I submit to the Linguist on this one. Awesome vid & many blessings!
Wow, I loved that explanation of what a language simp was at the very beginning of the video. I actually never really thought about what it meant. You can never fail if you simp after languages. I love it!
Almost subscribed to LingQ but having read the numerous and ignored comments about dodgy/unscrupulous business practices I have had a "Buyer beware" moment.
Something about this was so... wholesome! God bless both of these incredible people. 🙌 P.S. Mr. Kaufmann is nearly at 900K subscribers!!! 🎉 Truly deserves much more, but that is amazing.
I am studying the bunch of languages at once, then often I get unmotivated and drop it to focus on one language I want to learn the most. But soon I miss other ones, because I really love different cultures, languages and places. It is kind of continuous struggle. Indeed, studying one language gives you focus and progress is quick. But you can get kind of demotivated, tired. Studying more languages means much less progress so fluency will come much later. Now I am again in the phase of studying a multilanguage packet. I picked up a few and said to myself, chill out, I do not need to learn them quickly, no one demands it from me. Progress will be slow but I like to do it on this way. I learn Russian, German, French, British English, Turkish, Japanese, Spanish, Flemish and Italian. Just one lesson of the language, then one lesson of the next one. I have some seasons to learn those particular languages, I think the list is long enough. I think I will be busy with them for 10 - 20 years. Perhaps I will add one or two more over the time. I will try not to quit this process.
We were in a language exchange gathering yesterday in Austria... and there was a woman from the US, so I said "Hey listen, she is not allowed to speak English" and all started to laugh. There were people from Brasil Colombia (me) China Sudan Tanzania Ucraine Germany Italy Hungary Good Party 🎉 🌍🌎
Buen video! Estoy de acuerdo en que si tienes voluntad es una ventaja, pero a mí (y creo que a muchos) me falla un plan de estudio o exposición al lenguaje.
it was nice to get a bit more background on language simp, im not gen z but i do enjoy his silly behaviour that does kinda poke fun at what people think language learning is about
I was an ESL teacher (mostly in Asia) for 15 years. There were lots of moments when we laughed in the class. Sometimes I couldnt help smile or laugh at some of the mistakes students made and they often laughed at themselves. If something did make me giggle I always took the time to explain why it was funny. The atmosphere was always friendly and never mean spirited. I've also been on the other side living in other countries and speaking foreign languages and had many people laugh or smile when I completely messed up a sentence. Like in Indonesia when I needed a pee and said "Ada toilet khusus di sini?" instead of "Ada toilet umum di sini?" and the girls behind the counter just laughed out loud.
When I was learning English, even though I'm naturally a perfectionist, I never really put excessive amount of pressure on my skills with the language... Until I started to talk with natives and many of them expected me to sound like them. Sometimes a person gets so crazy about being perfect in a language based on experiences with it. Those situations I never lived them with Koreans, Italians, Bulgarians or Turkish people. Thankfully after some time I begun to meet natives who are not like that when it comes to my capability with the language.
Steve (like Luca and others) has 2 different abilities; [1] learning, and [2] teaching/analyzing. I learned this when I danced. I was a very good dancer, but not a good teacher. A teacher can figure out HOW and WHY, rather than just doing it. They can help others improve. Steve's videos help us understand and show us other methods. He isn't just a inspiration.
I really appreciate their take on languages just as a hobby. I have had people try to start arguments with me because I told people the same thing, to study more than one language if they want. Unless you have actual need for the language such as for work I think it is up to you what you study. It carries the same mindset as (Don't study rare languages because hardly anyone speaks it.) I will admit at times I wish I have devited more time to certain languages. But we are never done learning and had I continued I probably wouldn't have been satisfied with the level anyways. But by dabbling in multiple languages I have increased my knowledge of many languages, gave myself opportunities to connect with people, and gave my self nunerous starting points to pick up from if I choose.
Phonemes are the sounds you have to distinguish between. For example, there are several different ways that English speakers pronounce the letter "t" depending on dialect and context, but you don't have to be able to tell the difference because English only has one "t" phoneme (whereas Russian has two with hard and soft variants, Arabic has plane and emphatic variants, Hindi has four with aspirated and unaspirated retroflex and dental variants, etc.) In other words, Danish having lots of phonemes doesn't just mean Danes make a lot of sounds, it means you have to *distinguish* between lots of different sounds to understand Danish.
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Amazing interview Steve, it was amazing seeing the more serious side of LanguageSimp! As a fellow Vancouverite and language enthusiast, I would love to get in touch with you, feel free to check out our language channel and see if it peaks your interest :) All the best!
I kinda hate you both but i am just jealous of you. Super jealous.
Language simp is just disappointing. You are brilliant. So I hate you!
I have sent and replied to many polyglots. I have posted over many websites enough to fill a 300 page book. What have I written. The continuing failure of the clear majority of people to learn or acquire a new language. I failed over 13 years to be able to be conversationally fluent in Tagalog. I failed at a cost of $5,000 to learn through conventional tutoring. I then failed with 1,500 hours of storytelling though I keep have them read. After a few months nothing improved using LingQ. Of course the cost for storytelling and LingQ just ads to the disaster. I stopped speaking to those not helping here in Metro Manila. My 25 year relationship is also damaged. I stopped attending Filipino gatherings of any kind since it was extremely depressing ending up alone among others not translating or helping me learn or acquire. So what is the secret I am convinced exists that polyglots are not telling to help acquire a new language? I was not a math major but when I returned to college it struck me why others just were defeated and struggling with algebra. My discussion with them about personal feelings of math then teaching the most difficult concept simply solved the problem. But this language is a severe problem. I must state that I see the Tagalog language culture as severely broken. Engaging them in talk is impossible. They giggle and ridicule. So that is one factor encouraged by polyglots not possible here due to thus childish and rude action. It just creates humiliation and anxiety for me.
It was a pleasure meeting you Steve. Your Ancient Albanian Sign Language needs work, but you are truly the GOAT in this community. I am crying tears of joy right now.
You finally got him to respond after begging for years on ever Video 💀
For all of us non Gen Z people: GOAT=Greatest of all time 😃
blud achieved his goal!!!! bless language simp 🗣🗣🗣☝️🔥
We are going to add Ancient Albanian Sign Language to LingQ. Just waiting for someone to translate the mini stories and record them. Seriously, I was very impressed with your seriousness. Thank you for your enthusiasm.
@@atomix2-24lol
steve talking about simps was not what i was expecting but it was a pleasant surprise 😂
Only 1 reply!?
Simps and Gigachad, that is something :D
Hey Mike!! Didn't expect you here, you simp for languages too?
Mike and Steve collab (in Japanese) coming up next?
why are you here?
Just the fact that Steve wrote "Gigachad" has me dying. Thank you Steve, you've made my day :)
THEY DID IT. It is the collab of a century
Old language simp meets young language simp and they become language friends. What an event!
Born too late to speak Sumerian, born too early to speak binary, born just in time to watch Steve Kaufman post a video with the words "gigachad" and "simp" in the title
I learned Spanish at 19. At 50 I decided to learn French. Now I'm 69 and learning Mandarin. It is never too late.
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THIS IS A HISTORIC MOMENT!!!
How so? They're just speaking English instead of jamming in French, Spanish, Arabic and Russian.
I loved both interviews so much. Language Simp also has a TON of useful content in his Patreon. I suggest looking at it, too. He gets a bit more serious like in this interview!
Oh if it is my Mister Salas, bruh haven't seen you on comment box since the Collab with Infoprimates. Glad to know you're following Steve's uploads.
OMG, i didn't expect to see mr salas here waaaaa
Hey Mr. Salas!
Nice to see you here...greetings from a Chilean.
Language Simp started learning in 2019? I didn't know that. His language level is insane for only studying for almost 5 years... very impressive.
he's much younger than he looks
@@athensxv88how old is he???
@@ELXIXXX i thought he's still 23, he said in the video he's 25 apparently
@@athensxv88 he's still an adult, and he'd been an adult when he started learning, so the progress is still very impressive.
@Ben-tn4qzYeah for sure, so it means in 5 years he must have studied a lot (in hours), but even then, being that good in so many languages seems quite incredible. We don't really see him having a real conversation very often so I wonder how he'd do with his language skills in those situations. In my opinion, that's probably the hardest part of any language learning process (speaking + listening at the same time).
14:22 I teach English as a foreign language and I can't tell you how many people who are only 30, 35 or 40 try to tell me they're too old to learn. Can't stand that excuse. A lot of people seem to believe the only people who can master a second language are 5 year olds and that if you haven't learned a second language by the time you're 10 you've lost your chance
My two favorite language simps together at last.
Oh hey! I love your VR videos!
@@jenny4444js oh hayyyyy i love YOU
@@FitProVR Haha Thanks! You're awesome!
This is legendary. Language Simp is on a whole other level now🙏🏻
Best anime crossover period. Nothing can top this installment. Big fan of both of you guys!
Я вас обожаю. Спасибо за душевное видео) Очень помогаете не забрасывать обучение.
Hearing language simp talk without making joke every 3rd word is refreshing
"I'm a hyperpolygot gigachad alphamale" Steve Kaufmann 2023 Sep
So what I am getting is that Steve was a player and had a way with the ladies!!!!!! I am LOVING these interviews
Essentially a Canadian James Bond who had most of his missions in China and Japan with side quests in Sweden and Scandinavia.
Read about his escapades in France as a young man in his autobiography.
I like how much he emphasized language learning as a hobby you can enjoy rather than some mission that you fail if you slip up on it or aren't totally fluent, we need more people with that sentiment. Also don't knock linguistics! xd
How cool to see you guys together!! I did not know what "simp" meant, I feel old 🤣
I love your videos
You are amazing! I often listen to your Catalan podcasts, you've been a huge help.
There must dozens of guys simping over you though. 😂
@@RogerRamos1993 ohohohohoho
I had some Italian ladies laugh at me because I didn’t know how to ask where the atm was and just said dove el banco automatico. They burst into laughter and tears and so did I. It must have sounded ridiculous. I found out they just say atm. Lol.
I hope you didn't take offense from it.😅😅 they probably laughed because it sounds "cute". In Italian "banco Automatico" sounds a little bit weird even though spanish and Italian are similar, some words differ a lot. We usually call it "bancomat".
I was one of his first subscribers as I happen to come across one of his first videos he ever made. He's such a fun creator and inspires me to keep learning language a well.
I've been doing Greek for 3 months now and recently started dabbling in Japanese. Greek is definitely my main focus but I find it helpful to dabble in Japanese and slowly learn a kanji here and there so that when I am farther along in Greek I will already have a major head start in Japanese. Really enjoying language learning. It has replaced gaming for me. Same sense of achievement only I am getting so much out of it.
do you spend as many hours a day learning languages as you did with gaming?
@@athensxv88 More actually. Gaming required me to be home on my playstation or at my computer. I even replaced my mobile games with Lingq and other language learning apps. Lingq is my main though. I am excited to play some games in my target languages when I am further along.
I am native Greek and learning Japanese. The funniest thing is that the ancient Greek I was taught in school actually helped me understand the て form in Japanese 😂
Good luck with your Greek journey! 🇬🇷 Καλή τύχη με τα ελληνικά!
@@tsakeboya Ευχαριστώ πολύ. Και ξέρεις η αγγλικά πάρα. I am jealous. It is funny that we are learning the same 3 languages in a different order. はじめまして
@@maceawilder oh thank you man! A couple of corrections I think you'll appreciate as a learner:
In Greek, languages are neuter plural, so you should use "τα Αγγλικά".
If you want to say "very well" you can't use just "πάρα" by itself, as this word is only used to modify "πολύ" if it's used to exaggerate.
So you would say "...και ξέρεις τα αγγλικά πάρα πολύ καλά"
Your Greek is at a very good level for just 3 months. Keep on and you'll understand the beauty of this language!
I saw your gig first on Language Simp's channel and came here to see your version. You are very encouraging. I'm 68 and learning my third language (French) on your LingQ site and loving it. Thanks for the great work you put into LingQ.
I’m so glad you guys did this collab. I’ve been hoping for this.
My God I never expected this. So excited to watch this!
Really nice collab. It's nice to remind myself that learning languages is a hobby. I'm currently learning Norwegian as my fifth language, but it's been a couple weeks where I haven't really done much... I have an exam coming up this month that I can only take now that I'm in Norway, and I might never come back... But!! It's fine!! I started studying for fun, I signed up for the exam for fun... It should never be a source of stress.
A phoneme isn't quite a sound.
For example, the 'a' in 'bath' is two different sounds when spoken by north British accents and by south British accents.
But they are the same phoneme because the meaning is unchanged.
But the vowel change between 'pitch' and 'peach' does change the meaning, so they are two phonemes.
One thing that give me hope and that I think many people forget is that most native speakers go to school for majority of their childhood and teenage years to learn their language and are still not masters of it. For example in the US we have english classes every year of school and often the first semester of college as well. So you shouldn't feel disheartened if you can't pick a new language in a few months or even a year or two. Everybody learns at different rates and you don't need to be near the level you would perceive you need to be to have a conversation or to read in another language.
Language Simp is very funny and he is the only man I've ever fancied - there is something just so irresistable about him
So true
All women...
And men
Even fake AI people
Well, as he himself says, he is attractive to every woman and.... man on the planet
Very happy to get an authentic side of Language Simp - it does happen, just not very often. Great interview!
Best collab of all time, thank you guys for that!
I had to look at the video title several times and check the channel because I thought it was a trap or I had a mistake in my eyes. Excellent video. Thanks to both of you. Greetings from Colombia. 😊
IDK if anyone will read this comment, but hey there! I am one of the people that had struggled immensely with being strung out / stressed / upset about being imperfect, people switching to English, etc. After a few very emotionally difficult experiences, I had self-reflected a lot about the root causes of this stress, and for me it basically came down to feeling like I am unworthy unless I am perfect. I started feeling much better, and genuinely having fun learning, after accepting 2 truths:
1) I will be always be imperfect. Perfection is unattainable because it's a moving target. Instead I will aim for excellence. Excellence is not the absence of imperfection, but the addition of strengths.
2) I am worthy as a language learner and human despite my imperfections. It does not feel threatening when I make mistakes or others switch to English, because my self worth is not on the line.
If you're reading this and struggling like I did, I hope that you can learn to be compassionate with yourself and have fun. You deserve it :)
I have 2 ideas which help me to relieve.
1: Concentrate on the IMPROVING not on the PERFECTION.
2: I don't need to be perfect. I'm a foreigner after all and have the right on mistake, moreover even a native speakers aren't perfect. They also make mistakes and have from time to time misunderstanding and troubles between each other. So, relax, stay calm and the let the language learning process be enjoyable for you. Don't chase a language. Go towards it
I loved this video, listening to Steve talking, so straight forward made me think how things used to be back then, no bs involved, no pretending, loved it, also I love seeing language simp out of character just excited to be talking to one of his inspirations, this video and the glossonauta collab with language are my favorites.
When he said he is at D1 level. I cannot hold my laugh anymore 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I love this collab 🎉❤ Happy holidays.
What a breath of fresh air listening to a conversation with these two gents who don't take themselves too seriously
The word simp is NOT a Gen Z term. We been using it in black hoods since the early 90s maybe sooner than that. I’ve been been hearing it since I was a child.
But anyways great video. My two favorite language related UA-camrs!
The meaning is the same too?
Thank you! White GenZ always steals words from Black Millennial, Black GenX, and Black GenZ culture and then claims they came up with it. It's so annoying and disingenuous. They need to learn to give credit where credit is due!
@@boristheviewbot6056 kinda. Because when you simp for someone you’re basically just being a tool for them but can’t see it because you’re so infatuated with them you’d do anything for them at the drop of a dime.
@@illhomemadetcg3218that’s actually very close to the current use of the word, just mr. Simp here simplified the meaning it for Steve. Thanks for sharing this as well, as I wasn’t aware either.
@@AutumnSwatches they have no idea it’s black slang. But yeah 90% of all slang that catches on with white people is taken from black culture, it’s been like that for at least 100 years. It’s like clockwork - if a term gets big in the black community, 10-20 years later white kids will find out about it and think they came up with it.
Enjoyed this good to have a light hearted conversation about languages.
I watch your channel to do listening pratice every day.
Every video with Simp is a comedian show! The way he talks,make jokes and at the same time teach us a new language is amazing! I love that guy videos! Thank you Steve for providing so much high-quality content!
I didn't expecting this collaboration but i needed it
2:28 dude this part where he says in the most serious tone "i gave up" had me dying 😂
I want to say that those videos was so inspiring, now I want to learn new language! And I guess I'm your new subscriber
It's difficult as an American to learn a language with the thought in your mind that you speak English and that English is all you'll ever need (NEED) being the key word. But when you realize that people from other countries see you as a smarter person because you speak something other than English.. it's a good feeling and you can develope good friends
I suppose people who dont speak English often get along pretty well in their communities. Most Japanese people can barely go beyond "Herro, Naisu to meet you", but they get jobs, make friends, have families, play games, watch movies and all that good stuff.
Of course they're trapped in that language bubble, and to be fair, no Japanese person will ever get a chance to consume and absorb EVERY BIT of Japanese content, so that bubble is fine, but still they won't experience being outside the bubble without a crutch (subtitles/translators)
We English speakers are also trapped in a (bigger) bubble and i think THAT is what i think of when the idea of need comes up.
You enjoy watching gaming? Maybe u could settle for Markiplier but there is a Korean youtuber out there that is probably miles more entertaining. China seems like mysterious and incomprehensible country? Sure you could watch the news or you could talk to Chinese people themselves. The ones not affluent enough to speak English well and travel abroad. Maybe you just admire the Finns for some reason. You can pretend to Brazilian online to be part of the memes. The bubbles you're in get oh so bigger 😁.
Which is why i need to reach fluency in Chinese to access that 1.4 billion people sized bubble 😂
I find it's very easy for our human brain to subconsciously convince us that we don't need another language, even if you speak a language other than English. It's perfectly possible to live your entire life only needing Spanish, Russian, Portuguese or any other widespread language. Heck, I know a fair few people who are totally fine living in a global world knowing only Finnish. All you need is to accidentally construct a bubble around yourself where you can get by in Finnish, English, Spanish or any other language and you won't even realise there's so much you're missing out on.
If you come to me and speak my language, I'll be so happy. Otherwise I'll answer politely in English but that's all
@@MrTtampk ❤️ from an American point of view (or my point of view at any rate) It's nothing when someone speaks English.. it just feels so normal you know.. but when I write to Brazilians they're like WOW.. a gringo learning my language!? 🥺 It's just not the same when someone learns English :/
It's especially cute when they ask if I live in Brazil and I tell them no, I'm in the states. And they're just like 😮 I don't believe you! 😂
I can't to go to Brazil and watch their eyes light up when I Converse with them in their native language and see them shocked 😊
I think the word 'need' is key here, as you already pointed out yourself. Imagine if we only spent our lives doing things that NEED to be done. Why bother learning an instrument, getting to know new people if you already have friends, or going to the cinema?
The bame of the video makes me smile. Collab of the year is here!
10:50 might be Jodie Foster but I have not heard her make gender mistakes in French.
I only remember her speaking with an upper class accent and an amazing fluidity.
This is the crossover I didn't know I needed! Steve, you're such a charismatic guy. Thank you for your work 👍💯
6:17 'Inglorious Bastards', for sure, that movie was my inspiration aswell
It's a bit of semantics but I think it's helpful to distinguish learning about a language and learning a language. Learn about a language can stop at any point without being a failure, any amount of grammar or words or expressions you learn constitutes learning a little more about the language than you knew before. Learning a language, and people looking for information about learning a language is a completely different ballgame and does have failure states, disappointments and stakes. Because on some level what it fundamentally means is acquiring a level of performance in the language that you can use it at the level of an adult. We can argue endlessly about what it means to use a language but everyone who wants to learn a language has a dream in their mind of getting close to native ability, especially in terms of ease of understanding and communication. Their dream is probably not asking directions or being competent in one very specific topic.
I encourage anyone to start out just learning about a language, it's fun and interesting and not very time consuming. But if you do that long enough, eventually you probably will want to take it out of the glass case, and oh boy is it a commitment of your mental and emotional resources.
I love this video,i must like the part when you said, "i use term, then i don't know what mean"
Thank you, Steve, you did good - with a good collab video!
For everyone who really wants to know: A phoneme is an abstract luguistics term that describes a class of sounds that differentiate meaning. If similar sounds don't differentiate the meaning, they are called allophones of the same phoneme.
E.g., r and l are different phonemes in most "western" (indo-european) languages like English, i.e. "right" and "light" have different meanings. This is different for, say, Chinese, Japanese and Korean: People sometimes erroneously think that there is no "r" sound in Japanese. This is strictly speaking not true, rather, there is no difference in the meaning whether you use one sound or another. E.g., "raisu" and "laisu" would both be understood to mean the same thing: rice. As a consequence, the Japanese writing systems don't differentiate between those sounds although they exist, depending on their position in a word or even on different dialects.
Now, this technical knowledge isn't important to a language learner, but the concept behind it can have consequences when the language you are learning has sounds that are different phonemes in that language but that don't make a difference in meaning in your own. In this case, you need to pay attention to your pronunciation in order not to cause confusion. For a Japanese learner of English, differentiating between r and l will be difficult in the beginning, but knowing this difference matters is important for them to get ahead.
What a duo
Duolingo
Thank you, Steve, and Simp
This is one of the most unexpected collabs of the year. Loving it!
Love the inspiration from @LanguageSimp 🤩
I did not realize how badly I needed this crossover.
So happy that this happened! Big props to you :)
“but in the case of languages even I'm not speaking the language well and I'm struggling, i can just have fun in any level you know. I don't need to be perfectly fluent. You don't need to be the best, you just have to have fun with it" I'll keep that in mind, instant sub to both channels.
Wow, great collab!! I'll have to check out Language Simp's channel.
Hearing how Steve and Language Simp had experience learning multiple languages at once is encouraging. I need to work on my Japanese, but I also want to keep up with my Spanish and Russian. AND I kinda want to learn Korean, because I love BTS (I'm wondering if I can continue Japanese and start Korean at the same time, since their grammar is almost the same, and there are some common roots between the two). I'll have to give it a go!
Great to see you two in a video together! Can you please do a video where you talk about language interference, or perhaps show me a video where you have talked about that previously? I have been learning spanish for 5 years, until recently when I found out I was going to go as an exchange student to Italy, so I therefore started learning italian. Now I am in Italy, but I have spanish room mates. Whenever I try to speak spanish with them, I constantly find myself thinking in italian instead of spanish. It is as if all my spanish knowledge has been overwritten by italian.
Steve i fully agree with the benign neglect and i have realised when i leave a language and start a new language i come back better
Loved seeing you and Language Simp do a collab!
Just one thing that's not that important, I don't think Danish has the largest phonemic inventory. I know some of the Caucasian and Khoisan languages have some of the most phonemes in the world, and English and Hindi have the same amount of phonemes as Danish if not a little more (depending on the accent of English).
Standard Danish, English and Hindi share a 4th place in the number of phonemes ranking according to wikipedia, along with Hamer and Wambule at 44 phonemes. Above them Nemi, Norman and Kosraean have 48, 48 and 47 respectively.
Danish has the highest amount of vowels, though. 26, the same as Enggano. Norman is third with 25.
@@XGD5layer That's the list I looked at as well, but it doesn't feature that many languages. The Taa language doesn't have a commonly accepted number of phonemes but there are estimations of 20-31 vowels. I don't think Caucasian languages feature at all, which have a very large phoneme inventory (largest inventory without clicks). It really depends on how well known the language is, the dialect, and the amount of research, so you can't have precise numbers, but Danish does indeed have a serious amount of vowel phonemes.
Ubykh has something like 82 consonants, which is the highest amount of any non-click language, but only 3 vowels, which is so funny to me
phoneme, in linguistics, smallest unit of speech distinguishing one word (or word element) from another, as the element p in “tap,” which separates that word from “tab,” “tag,” and “tan.”
No, a phoneme isn’t any sound.
Отличное видео, спасибо! люблю вас обоих!)
Very interesting! Two language legends demonstrating unique approaches and philosophies. 👌
Good video! It's amways interesting to listen polyglots talking about their methods, difficulties, etc. Thank you a lot !
this is probably the best video since the creation of youtube and I'd even dare to say that it's the best since the creation of times
Как люди умудряются выучить русский язык, для меня это до сих пор загадка. Kudos to the two polyglots, thank you for the inspiration ❤
You both are amazing 👏
I have to agree with you Steve. Language Simp can be real serious😮
Actually, the word “simp” DOES come from “simpleton” and traces back to the early 1900s. It became more popular in the 80s and 90s when it was used in rap songs and became hip-hop slang.
But what was asked there was the meaning of the word, wich nowdays has nothing to do with simpleton or whatever, but rather with what he said there.
@@rondonkulushe said he's not a linguini
@@rondonkuluslinguist*
I'm keeping this
@@theseanglethank you
Came here to say this, thanks :)
Lol. This is the weirdest team up I didn't know I needed. But it works 🤣😄. Steve is a legend.
I'm working to learn 6 besides English. I love travel and want to be able to go to Europe with minimal English and/or translations. Realistically, I'm only trying to get them all to the A2-B1 area. That's enough to travel
Studying similar（Or languages that share a similar worldview,etc) languages at the same time is a great idea. My niece is on her final year at University where she is reading Arabic but she has also studied Farsi and Turkish and some other language I can’t remember. I have been studying Japanese for a few years and last year decided to start Mandaring and Koreann, which I always wanted to pursue but kept putting off because I thought I would get confused or would make me give up Japanese. On the contrary, this has turned out to be a great decision. I do not intend to get to a great level with Korean or mandarin, but it is certainly a lot of fun and it relieves the preassure to study Japanese every day, which remotivates me and helps me keep the learning experience fresh.
I watched both your channel & his & this was awesome! Thank you for blessing us with this. You were also such a good sport in playing along with Language Simp’s goofiness in his interview too😂
A phone is a sound. When two phonemes, for example /p/ and /b/, distinguish words that are otherwise the exact same (pan vs. ban), then they become phonemes. Sometimes a phone will be pronounced differently in a different environment (wife vs. wives, f -> v). Because this change in sound does not create a new word (what is important being the plural -es), /v/ is called an allophone of /f/ in this situation. In any case, distinct words such as 'fan' and 'van' differ only in /f/ and /v/, thus in most cases /f/ and /v/ are strictly distinct phonemes in English.
In all seriousness though, I think that while the idea of tackling two languages at once can be helpful, it should really be clarified that taking two similar ones at the same time is not a great idea. There’s so many language mixing phenomena such as Portunhol (one that I’ve experienced even just learning Portuguese directly after I learned Spanish) & Surzhyk that I would recommend at least making sure that they have significant degrees of separation, especially phonetically. For example, I think learning English & Portuguese at the same time could be fine, but maybe not Portuguese & Italian. But that’s just my experience and I submit to the Linguist on this one. Awesome vid & many blessings!
Wow, I loved that explanation of what a language simp was at the very beginning of the video. I actually never really thought about what it meant. You can never fail if you simp after languages. I love it!
Thanks for a fun video. Enjoyed it. Have a great 2024.
Two greatest people of all time! Humble and Goofy!
Love you Steve. Thank you.
Almost subscribed to LingQ but having read the numerous and ignored comments about dodgy/unscrupulous business practices I have had a "Buyer beware" moment.
his name is kevin
I wish this is like a podcast series
Something about this was so... wholesome! God bless both of these incredible people. 🙌
P.S. Mr. Kaufmann is nearly at 900K subscribers!!! 🎉 Truly deserves much more, but that is amazing.
I am studying the bunch of languages at once, then often I get unmotivated and drop it to focus on one language I want to learn the most. But soon I miss other ones, because I really love different cultures, languages and places. It is kind of continuous struggle. Indeed, studying one language gives you focus and progress is quick. But you can get kind of demotivated, tired. Studying more languages means much less progress so fluency will come much later. Now I am again in the phase of studying a multilanguage packet. I picked up a few and said to myself, chill out, I do not need to learn them quickly, no one demands it from me. Progress will be slow but I like to do it on this way. I learn Russian, German, French, British English, Turkish, Japanese, Spanish, Flemish and Italian. Just one lesson of the language, then one lesson of the next one. I have some seasons to learn those particular languages, I think the list is long enough. I think I will be busy with them for 10 - 20 years. Perhaps I will add one or two more over the time. I will try not to quit this process.
8:09 "Most insane thing ive ever heard"
As a Swede, I agree with you.
We were in a language exchange gathering yesterday in Austria... and there was a woman from the US, so I said "Hey listen, she is not allowed to speak English" and all started to laugh.
There were people from
Brasil
Colombia (me)
China
Sudan
Tanzania
Ucraine
Germany
Italy
Hungary
Good Party 🎉 🌍🌎
Buen video! Estoy de acuerdo en que si tienes voluntad es una ventaja, pero a mí (y creo que a muchos) me falla un plan de estudio o exposición al lenguaje.
it was nice to get a bit more background on language simp, im not gen z but i do enjoy his silly behaviour that does kinda poke fun at what people think language learning is about
I was an ESL teacher (mostly in Asia) for 15 years. There were lots of moments when we laughed in the class. Sometimes I couldnt help smile or laugh at some of the mistakes students made and they often laughed at themselves. If something did make me giggle I always took the time to explain why it was funny. The atmosphere was always friendly and never mean spirited.
I've also been on the other side living in other countries and speaking foreign languages and had many people laugh or smile when I completely messed up a sentence. Like in Indonesia when I needed a pee and said "Ada toilet khusus di sini?" instead of "Ada toilet umum di sini?" and the girls behind the counter just laughed out loud.
The legends have met!!!
This weekend I was sick and got so mad at not understanding and told people I NEED a break. That break was 1 or 2 days😂
Two Language Goats 🐐
When I was learning English, even though I'm naturally a perfectionist, I never really put excessive amount of pressure on my skills with the language... Until I started to talk with natives and many of them expected me to sound like them. Sometimes a person gets so crazy about being perfect in a language based on experiences with it. Those situations I never lived them with Koreans, Italians, Bulgarians or Turkish people. Thankfully after some time I begun to meet natives who are not like that when it comes to my capability with the language.
Steve (like Luca and others) has 2 different abilities; [1] learning, and [2] teaching/analyzing. I learned this when I danced. I was a very good dancer, but not a good teacher. A teacher can figure out HOW and WHY, rather than just doing it. They can help others improve. Steve's videos help us understand and show us other methods. He isn't just a inspiration.
I love watching him explain his name to Steve 😂
I really appreciate their take on languages just as a hobby. I have had people try to start arguments with me because I told people the same thing, to study more than one language if they want. Unless you have actual need for the language such as for work I think it is up to you what you study. It carries the same mindset as (Don't study rare languages because hardly anyone speaks it.) I will admit at times I wish I have devited more time to certain languages. But we are never done learning and had I continued I probably wouldn't have been satisfied with the level anyways. But by dabbling in multiple languages I have increased my knowledge of many languages, gave myself opportunities to connect with people, and gave my self nunerous starting points to pick up from if I choose.
Phonemes are the sounds you have to distinguish between. For example, there are several different ways that English speakers pronounce the letter "t" depending on dialect and context, but you don't have to be able to tell the difference because English only has one "t" phoneme (whereas Russian has two with hard and soft variants, Arabic has plane and emphatic variants, Hindi has four with aspirated and unaspirated retroflex and dental variants, etc.) In other words, Danish having lots of phonemes doesn't just mean Danes make a lot of sounds, it means you have to *distinguish* between lots of different sounds to understand Danish.