New Year Resolution videos are some of my favourite things to watch on UA-cam, but you usually only get to hear people talk about this stuff before and after the fact! This part-way-through update was amaaaaazing! I am looking forward to your halfway video too. I love this open discussion of goals, checking in, giving yourself a kick in the butt where needed, and making adjustments where you have to. This is how goals get accomplisheedddd!! (Also I am in love with your editing these daysss)
Thank you brønk!!1!!!!1 Agreed, it's always nice to see people making progress (or being honest about not making progress) about their goals. I see the polyglot community on YT moving towards a lot of clickbait videos and I wanna make sure we still make content that's being really honest about our processes to make it transparent and accessible for everyone. (ALSO THANKS I am enjoying exploring new editing styles!!)
I am Chinese and can speak fluent English and German. I am studying Japanese and Korean now... Really admire your enthusiasm in languages! Keep progressing together!
@@diogosouza575 There are so many sources out there to study German though... Right now I'm reading a book in German it's pretty hard but you learn all kinds of idioms and other stuff. I would recommend this site to you bs.to/ to learn german. This site has hundreds of series you can watch. They have shows dubbed in German or shows with German subtitles. They even have Anime with German subtitles which I also use. I'd recommend to watch a show you've already watched before but dubbed in German or with German subtitles because you're already familiar with the dialogue it will be easier to understand.
Good job on updating us on these and being honest. Honestly, you can choose one language and aim to become like Matt Bonder in that language, but then people will tell you that you should be learning new things, or you can choose 2 languages (like me) and people will tell you to just focus on one, or you choose 12 which are all at different levels and have different motivations behind them, and people will tell you that you should just do 2. The takeaway: Do something worthwhile for you that won't burn you out.
You're basically right! That's the truth! I mean, go with something you feel comfortable with... not having the goal to surprise someone or just to show off! People will never recognize 100% of your efforts most of the time...
You need to wait until one language is completed. Because you don't know the method. After that, you can choose just focusing on one or many languages at the time, I think.
I love how honest, realistic thorough you are!! I think people forget that goals are there as motivation, and not something to feel bad about if you have to move or change them depending on your situation and time! You've been absolutely killing it, ADD OIL
Congrats on your progress Lindie! I recently decided to write down my language goals: 1) Pass the DELF B2 exam in French next year 2) Finish the 2nd genki book by the end of the year (almost finished with the first) 3) Maintain my Spanish level by finding more people to talk to You're a great inspiration! Thank you! ありがとうございます! ¡Muchas gracias! Merci ben gros! 🙏🏻
Hi I'm a native Spanish speaker, I speak English and French and I'm currently learning Korean. If you want to pactice your Spanish skills, I am here to help! ^_^
Don't worry, my language goals are lacking too! I'm actually picking back up for Spanish and Korean, and I just found some good vlogs if you wanna practice Spanish some more! One also has Spanish and Japanese!
People like you inspired me to start my own channel on language learning as well! I'm learning Korean, French, German and Yoruba rn but can I just say that, having watched so many of your videos, you're such a great role model for me! Like, your motivation, consistency and ability is actually one in a million. Keep doing what you're doing, I love your channel!
From your talk I understand that being passionate is the key to set and achieve language goal. Thank you so much for making such videos and keeping me motivated. ❤️
Since your 12 language goal video I am very happy to say my Japanese improved a lot. It’s really fulfilling to see how far you’ve come. Just a week ago I thought my progress was trash, but after going throw my Japanese notebook where I was learning the kana it started to hit me how much I’ve learnt. It might not seem much but at the time thinking of making my own sentence was such a dream! I’m really grateful and happy and it’s giving me so much motivation. Keep going guys you can do ittt💪🏻 and please don’t be hard on yourself, the journey is never or rarely perfect but always always beautiful
awesome update! I'm really looking foward to see your improvement in spanish, I'm from Mexico 🤘🏼 I believe that at least for the rest of the year things will get rough here(COVID), so I think its best to postpone your trip like you said. I started learning english since kindergarden and I'm really proud of the level I have achieved. Desde hace tiempo me llamaba la atención aprender otros idiomas, pero fue cuando recientemente encontré tus vídeos que me propuse como meta hacer algo al respecto. Ya estoy empezando a aprender coreano, (hasta me compré un libro para estudiar XD) me has motivado y espero que para este año pueda al menos leerlo y entenderlo. Love your videos! keep up with the good content, and let's crush those 2020 goals!
I have such a soft spot for goal setting and updating videos. I loved getting to hear what you've been working on! Also completely unrelated... but I absolutely adore your handwriting (in all the languages)
I love what you do You inspired me and I decided 4 months ago to start learning Japanese and Chinese plus Korean and Russian I already speak Arabic french English Spanish fluently German and Italian I'm at respectively at level A2+ and A1+ I am a mother of three 13, 5 and 1.5 years old It's a loooot of work but having new goals are refreshing and helped me focus on ME as a woman I only study like 2 hours per day 1h the mornings and 1h nights 2 languages per day each twice a week It takes time but I'm fine with it. I'm from Morocco 10000 kisses and good luck to you too
Amazing truly.. Keep up with your positive attitude and amazing work. Your comment is an encouragement for me to keep up with learning Spanish. I am an Arabic native speaker and native like in English. And beginner in Korean.
Loved the sincerity about being on Tinder. Girl, this passport option they opened for not subscribed people was absolutely great for me. Been seeing people all over the world and, most importantly, practicing my other languages WHILE I'm flirting. My two favorite things in one process!
Declan, I don't have to imagine it :) I have seen it happen many times. "Where do you come from?" "Manchester" "But where do you come from originally?" In 2020 some people can't seem to understand that non-white people can have spent their whole life in a European country...
Love this. I am currently at level B1 in Korean and I want to reach B2 by the end of the year. I joined a language school but we had to shut down last month. We are now moving to zoom after a month of not meeting so I have to refocus. I did join a weekend Korean meetup online. 🥰 For Spanish I am consistently studying on iTalki for 2 hours a week. I have a lot of vocabulary and grammar to learn. I have barely touched Bulgarian this year. It is such a beautiful language so I need to try again.
Awesome! that language-goal vid was the thing sparked my interest in language learning and motivated me to start learning Mandarin, so it's really cool to see the update on that! Good luck with your goals and life in general XD
This video is very inspiring! You sound like you’re achieving a lot and happy for your progress. Since this is language goals I’ll type my goals too and come back here later. I’m around intermediate in Japanese and just finished my college semester so I have 4 months off. My goals for the summer is to raise my Arabic and French to B1 level. Right now I can have decent conversations in French but speaking not good so plan to call. My Arabic I can have short conversations but I want to explain myself and talk about life. So I’ll practice speaking with my arab friends online :) and make lots of calls. Thanks for the video and your methods are very effective
I noticed that the goals that had a level attached to it (A1 B1) were not achieved. The same has happened to me. But, when you set something more specific, such as a conversation on a particular topic or talking to a particular person, those seemed to be more achievable
The fact that you can listen to language content while working on your design stuff... A goal I never thought of but maybe that's one little bonus I can think about as I try to transition from engineer to designer. ☺️
You are so right. Goals are not there to put yourseld under pressure. They are set up to remind and motivate you that language learning is nice and full of challenges. They are also set up to don't get confused by a ton of languages and their goals. Thanks for this video Lindie.
I really like what you said about the goals. At the beginning of the year I finally got my Genki books for beginner Japanese and I was craaazy excited about them. But because of numerous reasons I couldn't focus on it like I want too. I was feeling like a failure (dramatic much maybe?) and then the pandemic came and everything went south. And parallel to that, I'm doing a course trough the company I work with, working full time... But finally I realized, the goals I set myself could change, and that is ok! They are for myself and myself only, I am not being paid to learn that and I have my whole life to learn. I am really interested in languages in general, if I had more time I would study a lot more, it fascinates me! Cheers from a Brazilian living in New Zealand.
I love how your goals are smart, i.e. specific, measurable, timely etc. I like the idea of recording exchange conversations. I had my first Italki lesson in Kurdish yesterday and I got a lot out of looking back over the lesson. Lots of great tips in this video. Inspiring and motivating as usual. Thank you 😆🌈😆🌈😆
I love when you put all those language together When you learn them and show your progress and updates and how it going on, I like your honest when you tell ther is some of them maybe can't talk it of the end of this year, you really work hard to manage them, I hope i can do the same without losing my focus or feel I'm under pressure Thanks for sharing your experience it's inspired 💕
I felt so happy to know that you had mostly progressed in your language goals ! Your statement about flexible goals was amazing 💜 Keep going 🙌 next quarter progress!
Thank you so much to show us that program that you use to refresh your Arabic. It is really useful and funny. Nagyon szépen köszönöm, hogy megmutattad nekünk a programot, amit arra használsz, hogy felfrissítsd az arab tudásod. Igazán hasznos és vicces! :)
I'm studying italian, and I following a lot of your advice to improve and lear lenguages! :') Te deseo muchos éxitos en tus metas Lindie - Abrazos desde Argentina
I love that your language goals aren't just "Get to this level" it's things like "have a 30-minute conversation in this language" or "be able to read an article and understand it." It seems like a much better way to track your progress.
Aw don't give up on your Hungarian goal. It's not that hard! For me I'm in the middle of learning Korean. Still at a very modest level but Japanese is accomplished with N1.
Hi Lindie, great to hear an update! What I'd like to know is how you do all this study whilst also working. Have you already done a video on that? I would just love to hear your daily routine and whatnot. Have a great day! xoxo
You are doing amazing no matter what, a great inspiration for most of us :) also the video quality, colour and everything in this video is superb! The natural light and window :O tepak!
You represent the kind of person I wanna be! Although I have another set of languages I adore: Gaeilge (love at first sight), Deutsch, Suomi, Français, Español, Italiano, Yorùbá, Korean, Chinese, more of English I need to set my goals properly by your example, thank for the video!
Being a Filipino, I've been bilingual since English and Filipino (Tagalog) are our main languages. Because of this, I gained quite an interest in language-learning. My goal in life is to learn at least 10 languages. Currently, I'm learning Japanese and plan to take the JLPT N3 by December. I've learned the basics but I really struggle with pushing forward. I told myself to reach N5 by April but ultimately failed. So, I plan to push myself in May until December. Hopefully, I get to the level I want!
You're an inspiration to many of us! Keep up the good work, do not hesitate to reach out if you need any help with arabic! I am a native speaker and a language teacher. I've been pracricing my Turkish and Italian thr past two months and it's been a bit hard to stick to a schedule but with DuoLingo's daily reminders I am practicing at least a minute a day! Best!
I was just sitting around in quarantine practicing my Spanish when I see Lindie posted! My goal was to get from an A2 to a B2 in Spanish this year and I can already see a huge improvement in my comprehension! My other goal is to get from an A0 to an A2 in French this year but I'm not sure if that is going to happen because I haven't been putting in very much time into French at all but who knows we have about 8 more months left of the year. Your videos are so inspiring we will reach our language goals together this year!
that Indonesian dude "but your skin is white" hahahahahhaha I'm dying, literally my life when I say my background is north african but I grew up in Brazil. I always get that "you're so pale though"
I think you did improve your languages for sure! Great review video Lindie! Of course, living in Japan we are always rooting for your Japanese. 頑張ってね！ ：）
Hey Lindie! I think being flexible (while challenging yourself, but staying realistic) is really important in language learning. I also recently re-thought my own study habits and goals and it helped me redirect my focus. In your videos you often speak about language partners and I'm curious about a lot of things: where do you find them, how do you manage to stay in touch with them, how do you study together etcetc. I've had a few language exchanges before, but they unfortunately didn't go very well, because either the other person lost motivation to study my language, or we didn't know how to study together well or such.. 😭 Thanks for the video 💕
Love the hair colour Lindie! Just started to learn tagalog 2 days ago after learning Japanese 6 years ago at Uni. Tagalog has few textbooks, no official proficientcy test etc (it has enough though). maybe a video of how to learn languages that are rare or with less resources may be useful :)
You're such a big inspiration, Lindie. The only languages I would say I know to some extent are spanish (my mother tongue) and english (been learning it on and off since I was 6, and recently been given the C2 certificate). 1 and 1/2 month ago, I decided to pick up japanese and study it properly, and it is quite difficult if I'm honest, haha. I wouldn't be able to keep up with so much work as you do, learning 1 language from scratch is hard enough. じゃあ、がんばって。
My language goals have slightly changed as well I had 2 ones, but now I have a few more. Those are: 1) Complete my intensive Italian CD Course and practise my writing to get me to a solid B1 level 2) Complete my 'Talk Portuguese' CD book with exercises, and learn more connectives to help link my sentences (These were 2 goals that I had set myself initially at the start of the year, however, my Italian was starting to have an unwelcome influence on both my Spanish speaking and writing, so I need to be as careful as I can with that one.) 3) Get to A2 level in Polish (A1 will do though) and learn at least 4 cases well 4) Learn to read, write and say all the Kanji (Kunyomi and Onyomi) from the 'Basic Kanji Book' and all vocabulary from 'Minna No Nihongo' textbook.
love it! I am planning on taking n3 and also I am learning basic german alongside. It may be counter intuitive but I find that learning two languages is so effective. When I am done with one, I can take a rest from it and then go on learning the other one. Languages are awesome!
What a coincidence! I watched that video again last night and was wondering how you were progressing given the global situation. Happy you're doing well ☺️
Hello Lindie Unnie. I'm a Filipino and I'm a beginner Korean learner but only self studying. I really like watching your videos because it gives me inspiration. And I hope you get fluent in speaking Tagalog. It's gonna be more easy because English is our 2nd language. Here's my Tagalog trans. to that: Kamusta ate Lindie. Pilipino ako at nagsisimula pa lang akong mag-aral ng Korean pero self study lang. Mahilig akong manood ng mga videos mo kasi nagbibigay ito sa akin ng inspirasyon. Sana maging fluent ka sa pagsasalita ng Tagalog. Mas madali nalang ang pag-aaral mo kasi Ingles ang pangalawa naming wika. Hope it helps. Thank you! (Sana makatulong yan. Salamat!)
I've never learned a language before and I just decided to start German. I gave myself 4 years to do it. I'm sure that sounds ridiculous, but I stay confident when I don't feel an exam is around the corner. I want to enjoy the learning process, and I recall material 5x better when I am having fun. Good luck with your language goals or adjustments: Du kannst es schaffen! 👍
Thank you for making this video, it is encouraging me to keep working hard.I'm trying to improve my levels in 4 languages Korean, Japanese, Mandarin and French. I didn't know about the audio clip app so thank you for telling us about it. Now I have another resource for language learning and audio books etc. I'm rooting for you Lindie, you got this!!!
You are such an inspiration, and you have my admiration for real. I love learning languages, and even though I'm not fluent on French or Japanese (yet) I can say you helped me to improve a lot during the last months. Also, it's wonderful to know you are learning my native language... Spanish. P.S: I'm glad you will come to Mexico! You are very welcome here :). If there is something I can help you with, feel free to ask!
I live in UAE. And I'm an Arab. I'm fluent in both Arabic and English. Right now I'm trying to learn Spanish and Korean. I'm diving deep, that's how it feels. And your videos honestly motivate me soo much. I have a bad habit of starting things really well, but then I have a hard time finishing or stick to it. I really dislike that. 😪 BUT I'm putting this out in the world, I. Will. Stick. To. Learning. Those. Two. Languages. 💪🏻
This year I striked out in Spainish and try to improve my English (level C1) I let spainish up during all my high school cursus.. In 3 months I gained a lot of vocabularies, in pronunciation etc.. keep going and you’ll see your progresses :) Ps : Love your videos 🙂 and kiss from France
Don't care about people commenting about your goals, because they are just YOUR goals. People saying that you can't do something is just weird. And if you reading this was one of those people, please, stop wasting your time telling others what to or not to do with their goals. Just set your goals too! Just changing topic... I like learning English and Spanish and this year I am going to focus more on the Spanish language. I like watching your videos because you're like a inspiration to me.
Thank you for sharing and your progress so far this year. I am sure you can achieve the goal of speaking Indonesian for 30 minutes without the use of English this year. My goal is to B1 to B2 level in Indonesian this year and A2 to B1 level in French Plus reach A1 levels of Japanese, Chinese, Russian and German. Plus to know some basic Korean and Spanish phrases as well.
This is amazing and you're amazing! Im Filipino and I'm learning only Korean but its actually so nice to see people learning Tagalog 🥺 its a weird language and honestly I wouldn't know how to teach it. I definitely need to study harder!!!
Damn you've undertaken on quite the challenge with all those difficult and different languages, very impressive to even attempt it. I'm here thinking it's a bit crazy to start with French whilst I'm already doing Russian and there you are doing 12 at once!
Another great video. Thank you. You have such a cute apartment. With the balcony. So sweet. You are doing so good with your languages and as you said, we all can have goals but nothing wrong with not achieving or changing them. We can change our mind every day if we feel like it. And you are great and for sure you don't need to proof anything to anybody. Keep going. I love your videos and find them very motivating. I would love to learn French next. But I am still very busy with Croatian and I am the person who like to concentrate 100% on just one language.
Have flexible goals! I really needed to see this video. Ever since I started my new job, my language (German) studies have dropped to the wayside but now is a good time as ever to pick it up.
Hey Lindie, a few questions for you: 1. Do you have any language textbook recommendations geared toward Japanese speakers? Looking to learn either Korean or Chinese after improving my Japanese and just want to plan ahead haha. 2. What camera and microphone do you use for recording? 3. What recommendations for pens and stationery do you like? I like the grid notebook and pens you use a lot.
I don't know if this was mentioned, but I would LOVE to see a video on the podcasts you use to learn some languages! That's an interesting aspect, that I hadn't thought about utilizing before. I would love to know which ones you use
Lindie, this video is incredibly motivating and came at the best time! I'm moving on from Spanish and onto starting Japanese, but have been finding it so tough to stay focused on improving every day, so your video is really keeping my accountable. I have a few quick questions - where do you find your language partners in Singapore and is it challenging to improve whilst not having a structured study schedule for each of your languages, since you're doing so many? I don't want to lose my Spanish progress after moving onto Jap, and def have to brush up on my Chinese haha. Thank you for everything! x
New Year Resolution videos are some of my favourite things to watch on UA-cam, but you usually only get to hear people talk about this stuff before and after the fact! This part-way-through update was amaaaaazing! I am looking forward to your halfway video too. I love this open discussion of goals, checking in, giving yourself a kick in the butt where needed, and making adjustments where you have to. This is how goals get accomplisheedddd!! (Also I am in love with your editing these daysss)
Thank you brønk!!1!!!!1 Agreed, it's always nice to see people making progress (or being honest about not making progress) about their goals. I see the polyglot community on YT moving towards a lot of clickbait videos and I wanna make sure we still make content that's being really honest about our processes to make it transparent and accessible for everyone. (ALSO THANKS I am enjoying exploring new editing styles!!)
@@ricky6540 I like Norwegian, Polish, and Japanese! You should try adding Norwegian and Polish and Japanese to yours!
Everyone should add Afrikaans tho 😜👌💯
Did someone say Norrrweeeegian?
Lindie Botes 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I am distracted by how gorgeous your apartment is
Leaholea ikrrr even lindie is gorgeous 🥺💕
IKR, look at that view
I can see green and buildings. That's my ideal place.
Me too
Me too
I am Chinese and can speak fluent English and German. I am studying Japanese and Korean now... Really admire your enthusiasm in languages! Keep progressing together!
What did you use to learn German?
Cool, das du Deutsch sprechen kannst!
Diogo Souza yes plzzzzz tell us
@@diogosouza575 There are so many sources out there to study German though... Right now I'm reading a book in German it's pretty hard but you learn all kinds of idioms and other stuff.
I would recommend this site to you bs.to/ to learn german. This site has hundreds of series you can watch. They have shows dubbed in German or shows with German subtitles. They even have Anime with German subtitles which I also use. I'd recommend to watch a show you've already watched before but dubbed in German or with German subtitles because you're already familiar with the dialogue it will be easier to understand.
Ich kann deutsch sprechen. Und ich lerne Chinesisch jetzt. Also mein deutsch ist nicht so gut und ich wünsche ein sprache freund.
Good job on updating us on these and being honest.
Honestly, you can choose one language and aim to become like Matt Bonder in that language, but then people will tell you that you should be learning new things, or you can choose 2 languages (like me) and people will tell you to just focus on one, or you choose 12 which are all at different levels and have different motivations behind them, and people will tell you that you should just do 2. The takeaway: Do something worthwhile for you that won't burn you out.
lol im still on one language
You're basically right! That's the truth! I mean, go with something you feel comfortable with... not having the goal to surprise someone or just to show off! People will never recognize 100% of your efforts most of the time...
You need to wait until one language is completed. Because you don't know the method. After that, you can choose just focusing on one or many languages at the time, I think.
I LOVE THE HAIR SISSS
I love how honest, realistic thorough you are!! I think people forget that goals are there as motivation, and not something to feel bad about if you have to move or change them depending on your situation and time! You've been absolutely killing it, ADD OIL
♥️😁
I really like the fact that you're open and honest and don't gloss over the fact that language learning takes time and effort.
I'm Vietnamese and I am so happy and quite proud when you are interested in learning Vietnamese. Now I am also trying to learn English. 😄
Congrats on your progress Lindie! I recently decided to write down my language goals:
1) Pass the DELF B2 exam in French next year
2) Finish the 2nd genki book by the end of the year (almost finished with the first)
3) Maintain my Spanish level by finding more people to talk to
You're a great inspiration! Thank you! ありがとうございます! ¡Muchas gracias! Merci ben gros! 🙏🏻
I plan to pass DELF too it’s so challenging 😭
It’s not ‘muchos’ it’s ‘muchas gracias’ 😊
Hi I'm a native Spanish speaker, I speak English and French and I'm currently learning Korean. If you want to pactice your Spanish skills, I am here to help! ^_^
@@Carlossilvas13, estudio español. I will be glad to be your companion. :)
@@tanyasinspirations i can help depending on what level
Don't worry, my language goals are lacking too! I'm actually picking back up for Spanish and Korean, and I just found some good vlogs if you wanna practice Spanish some more! One also has Spanish and Japanese!
I am Argentinian so my first language is Spanish, this 2020 I'm learning Korean and also trying to improve my English, we could be friends hahaha
Same here. Learning Korean and relearning Spanish this year. 😊
@@bnnfsh Argentinian spanish is mor beautiful than Colombian (I'm colombian). I really love the accent.
@@bnnfsh more*._.
@Kristen Cain can you give me the name of the vlogs? Plz and thank you🙄
People like you inspired me to start my own channel on language learning as well! I'm learning Korean, French, German and Yoruba rn but can I just say that, having watched so many of your videos, you're such a great role model for me! Like, your motivation, consistency and ability is actually one in a million.
Keep doing what you're doing, I love your channel!
I subbed to your channel since you’re learning all the languages I’m currently learning
@@davidmaxim ooh that's so cool, and thank you!
Oyinda Bello plus we’re both Nigerian so I did it for the culture
From your talk I understand that being passionate is the key to set and achieve language goal. Thank you so much for making such videos and keeping me motivated. ❤️
I loved it! And thank you for mentioning flexible goals! I think that’s so important, specially now. ¡Ánimo! 💓
Thank you!! 😊
Since your 12 language goal video I am very happy to say my Japanese improved a lot. It’s really fulfilling to see how far you’ve come. Just a week ago I thought my progress was trash, but after going throw my Japanese notebook where I was learning the kana it started to hit me how much I’ve learnt. It might not seem much but at the time thinking of making my own sentence was such a dream! I’m really grateful and happy and it’s giving me so much motivation. Keep going guys you can do ittt💪🏻 and please don’t be hard on yourself, the journey is never or rarely perfect but always always beautiful
awesome update! I'm really looking foward to see your improvement in spanish, I'm from Mexico 🤘🏼 I believe that at least for the rest of the year things will get rough here(COVID), so I think its best to postpone your trip like you said. I started learning english since kindergarden and I'm really proud of the level I have achieved. Desde hace tiempo me llamaba la atención aprender otros idiomas, pero fue cuando recientemente encontré tus vídeos que me propuse como meta hacer algo al respecto. Ya estoy empezando a aprender coreano, (hasta me compré un libro para estudiar XD) me has motivado y espero que para este año pueda al menos leerlo y entenderlo. Love your videos! keep up with the good content, and let's crush those 2020 goals!
I have such a soft spot for goal setting and updating videos. I loved getting to hear what you've been working on! Also completely unrelated... but I absolutely adore your handwriting (in all the languages)
I love what you do
You inspired me and I decided 4 months ago to start learning Japanese and Chinese plus Korean and Russian
I already speak Arabic french English Spanish fluently
German and Italian I'm at respectively at level A2+ and A1+
I am a mother of three 13, 5 and 1.5 years old
It's a loooot of work but having new goals are refreshing and helped me focus on ME as a woman
I only study like 2 hours per day
1h the mornings and 1h nights
2 languages per day each twice a week
It takes time but I'm fine with it.
I'm from Morocco
10000 kisses and good luck to you too
Amazing truly.. Keep up with your positive attitude and amazing work. Your comment is an encouragement for me to keep up with learning Spanish. I am an Arabic native speaker and native like in English. And beginner in Korean.
Oh, that's so admirable!! I'm half Finnish and half Moroccan :D Lol
*omg are a monsteeeer 😮😮*
You're such an inspiration!!! Keep up being this incredible woman that you are!
You can do it! We're here to help with Chinese too
Loved the sincerity about being on Tinder. Girl, this passport option they opened for not subscribed people was absolutely great for me. Been seeing people all over the world and, most importantly, practicing my other languages WHILE I'm flirting. My two favorite things in one process!
I love how honest you are!
"Im from africa"
"But your skin is white"
Imagine someone saying something like that to a black person from Europe haha
Same here.
I thought you were quoting Mean Girls until I got to that part of the video sdkhlsdh
Hahah
So I actually understood him correctly lol
Declan, I don't have to imagine it :) I have seen it happen many times. "Where do you come from?" "Manchester" "But where do you come from originally?" In 2020 some people can't seem to understand that non-white people can have spent their whole life in a European country...
Everytime I lose motivation to learn korean I watch your videos, it always helps me get that boost to keep going 😊
Love this. I am currently at level B1 in Korean and I want to reach B2 by the end of the year. I joined a language school but we had to shut down last month. We are now moving to zoom after a month of not meeting so I have to refocus. I did join a weekend Korean meetup online. 🥰
For Spanish I am consistently studying on iTalki for 2 hours a week. I have a lot of vocabulary and grammar to learn.
I have barely touched Bulgarian this year. It is such a beautiful language so I need to try again.
Thanks Lindie for sharing this video. It's always inspiring and encouraging to watch your vids. Best of luck in all your language goals.
I’d love to learn Hungarian because it’s a large part of my ethnicity (I’d also love to learn all of the languages of my ethnicity 😅)
What is your native language?
It's so great that you have such interesting heritage! Mine is super boring lmao
tl11316 My native language is English but I’m currently learning Korean and Spanish :)
Sergeant Altman I doubt your ethnicity is boring. Everybody is unique and everyone’s background is interesting 😊
what is your ethnicity ?
Awesome! that language-goal vid was the thing sparked my interest in language learning and motivated me to start learning Mandarin, so it's really cool to see the update on that! Good luck with your goals and life in general XD
You have such a lovely hand writing... and a very nice view! 😍
This video is very inspiring! You sound like you’re achieving a lot and happy for your progress. Since this is language goals I’ll type my goals too and come back here later. I’m around intermediate in Japanese and just finished my college semester so I have 4 months off. My goals for the summer is to raise my Arabic and French to B1 level. Right now I can have decent conversations in French but speaking not good so plan to call. My Arabic I can have short conversations but I want to explain myself and talk about life. So I’ll practice speaking with my arab friends online :) and make lots of calls. Thanks for the video and your methods are very effective
I noticed that the goals that had a level attached to it (A1 B1) were not achieved. The same has happened to me. But, when you set something more specific, such as a conversation on a particular topic or talking to a particular person, those seemed to be more achievable
Languages aside, sometimes I watch your videos to just relax. You have a very peaceful voice
Omg your view is AMAZING!
I also agree that flexible goals are super important.
Also, I'm still waiting on you possibly learning Italian!! :)
Same! Italian is a part of my learning goals for this year
와 진짜 대박이네요 남의 나라 언어를 10년정도 배우기 쉽지않은데... 진짜 너무 멋있으세요!! 한국어 구사하시는것도 진짜 그냥 한국인 그 자체에요ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
The fact that you can listen to language content while working on your design stuff... A goal I never thought of but maybe that's one little bonus I can think about as I try to transition from engineer to designer. ☺️
항상 린디님 영상을 보면서 열심히 살아야겠다고 다짐해요! 남은 2020년 한 해도 잘 보내시고 코로나 조심하시고 건강하세요💚 멋있어요 린디님ㅠㅜ
You are so right. Goals are not there to put yourseld under pressure. They are set up to remind and motivate you that language learning is nice and full of challenges. They are also set up to don't get confused by a ton of languages and their goals. Thanks for this video Lindie.
I really like what you said about the goals. At the beginning of the year I finally got my Genki books for beginner Japanese and I was craaazy excited about them. But because of numerous reasons I couldn't focus on it like I want too. I was feeling like a failure (dramatic much maybe?) and then the pandemic came and everything went south. And parallel to that, I'm doing a course trough the company I work with, working full time... But finally I realized, the goals I set myself could change, and that is ok! They are for myself and myself only, I am not being paid to learn that and I have my whole life to learn. I am really interested in languages in general, if I had more time I would study a lot more, it fascinates me! Cheers from a Brazilian living in New Zealand.
I love how your goals are smart, i.e. specific, measurable, timely etc.
I like the idea of recording exchange conversations. I had my first Italki lesson in Kurdish yesterday and I got a lot out of looking back over the lesson.
Lots of great tips in this video. Inspiring and motivating as usual. Thank you 😆🌈😆🌈😆
i love the frame in this video, あなたのアパートはすてきい :OO
I love when you put all those language together When you learn them and show your progress and updates and how it going on, I like your honest when you tell ther is some of them maybe can't talk it of the end of this year, you really work hard to manage them, I hope i can do the same without losing my focus or feel I'm under pressure
Thanks for sharing your experience it's inspired 💕
Nagyon ügyes vagy, csak így tovább! Szuperek a videók.
I felt so happy to know that you had mostly progressed in your language goals ! Your statement about flexible goals was amazing 💜 Keep going 🙌 next quarter progress!
Thank you so much to show us that program that you use to refresh your Arabic. It is really useful and funny.
Nagyon szépen köszönöm, hogy megmutattad nekünk a programot, amit arra használsz, hogy felfrissítsd az arab tudásod. Igazán hasznos és vicces! :)
I'm studying italian, and I following a lot of your advice to improve and lear lenguages! :')
Te deseo muchos éxitos en tus metas Lindie - Abrazos desde Argentina
I love that your language goals aren't just "Get to this level" it's things like "have a 30-minute conversation in this language" or "be able to read an article and understand it." It seems like a much better way to track your progress.
really appreciate the honesty, it really outs things in perspective and helps me not too feel too guilty myself, wishing you all the best!
Aw don't give up on your Hungarian goal. It's not that hard!
For me I'm in the middle of learning Korean. Still at a very modest level but Japanese is accomplished with N1.
Hi Lindie, great to hear an update! What I'd like to know is how you do all this study whilst also working. Have you already done a video on that? I would just love to hear your daily routine and whatnot. Have a great day! xoxo
You are doing amazing no matter what, a great inspiration for most of us :) also the video quality, colour and everything in this video is superb! The natural light and window :O tepak!
You represent the kind of person I wanna be!
Although I have another set of languages I adore: Gaeilge (love at first sight), Deutsch, Suomi, Français, Español, Italiano, Yorùbá, Korean, Chinese, more of English
I need to set my goals properly by your example, thank for the video!
I BELIEVE IN YOU
Sino ang Crush mong artistang Pilipino? Ituloy mo ang pag-aaral ng wikang Filipino/Tagalog. Mabuhay. 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
Being a Filipino, I've been bilingual since English and Filipino (Tagalog) are our main languages. Because of this, I gained quite an interest in language-learning. My goal in life is to learn at least 10 languages. Currently, I'm learning Japanese and plan to take the JLPT N3 by December. I've learned the basics but I really struggle with pushing forward. I told myself to reach N5 by April but ultimately failed. So, I plan to push myself in May until December. Hopefully, I get to the level I want!
You're an inspiration to many of us! Keep up the good work, do not hesitate to reach out if you need any help with arabic! I am a native speaker and a language teacher. I've been pracricing my Turkish and Italian thr past two months and it's been a bit hard to stick to a schedule but with DuoLingo's daily reminders I am practicing at least a minute a day! Best!
I was just sitting around in quarantine practicing my Spanish when I see Lindie posted! My goal was to get from an A2 to a B2 in Spanish this year and I can already see a huge improvement in my comprehension! My other goal is to get from an A0 to an A2 in French this year but I'm not sure if that is going to happen because I haven't been putting in very much time into French at all but who knows we have about 8 more months left of the year. Your videos are so inspiring we will reach our language goals together this year!
that Indonesian dude "but your skin is white" hahahahahhaha I'm dying, literally my life when I say my background is north african but I grew up in Brazil. I always get that "you're so pale though"
Well, you may now, but North Africans are infact mostly white.
@@juanmanuelmoramontes3883 I am North African...
@@juanmanuelmoramontes3883 Not at all
@@juanmanuelmoramontes3883 yh. Because of Arabic influence. Most Northern Africans are more "pale" or white than black.
I think you did improve your languages for sure! Great review video Lindie! Of course, living in Japan we are always rooting for your Japanese. 頑張ってね！ ：）
Hey Lindie! I think being flexible (while challenging yourself, but staying realistic) is really important in language learning. I also recently re-thought my own study habits and goals and it helped me redirect my focus.
In your videos you often speak about language partners and I'm curious about a lot of things: where do you find them, how do you manage to stay in touch with them, how do you study together etcetc. I've had a few language exchanges before, but they unfortunately didn't go very well, because either the other person lost motivation to study my language, or we didn't know how to study together well or such.. 😭
Thanks for the video 💕
You're doing great! We are barely at a third of the year.. You have already accomplished a lot. Kudos and greetings from Argentina :)
Love the hair colour Lindie! Just started to learn tagalog 2 days ago after learning Japanese 6 years ago at Uni. Tagalog has few textbooks, no official proficientcy test etc (it has enough though). maybe a video of how to learn languages that are rare or with less resources may be useful :)
Lindie, you're my inspiration thanks to you I started learning languages. Thank you!
For a 4th of the year in i find it to be really impressive at the progress you've made. Still tons of time to get the other goals checked off as well!
You're such a big inspiration, Lindie. The only languages I would say I know to some extent are spanish (my mother tongue) and english (been learning it on and off since I was 6, and recently been given the C2 certificate). 1 and 1/2 month ago, I decided to pick up japanese and study it properly, and it is quite difficult if I'm honest, haha. I wouldn't be able to keep up with so much work as you do, learning 1 language from scratch is hard enough. じゃあ、がんばって。
I love her hair style so much❤️
Hearing your honest updates is actually super motivating! Keep it up Lindie
My language goals have slightly changed as well I had 2 ones, but now I have a few more. Those are:
1) Complete my intensive Italian CD Course and practise my writing to get me to a solid B1 level
2) Complete my 'Talk Portuguese' CD book with exercises, and learn more connectives to help link my sentences
(These were 2 goals that I had set myself initially at the start of the year, however, my Italian was starting to have an unwelcome influence on both my Spanish speaking and writing, so I need to be as careful as I can with that one.)
3) Get to A2 level in Polish (A1 will do though) and learn at least 4 cases well
4) Learn to read, write and say all the Kanji (Kunyomi and Onyomi) from the 'Basic Kanji Book' and all vocabulary from 'Minna No Nihongo' textbook.
love it! I am planning on taking n3 and also I am learning basic german alongside. It may be counter intuitive but I find that learning two languages is so effective. When I am done with one, I can take a rest from it and then go on learning the other one. Languages are awesome!
Very nice video to watch ! Thank you for your enthusiasm !
Hahaha Loved it! Sincerity is everything. Good work so far and good luck with all of your goals \o/
It would be great to see some more in depth videos on Spanish and how your structure your learning or another video in Spanish! Great video😁
*confronting past self*
"WHO AM I?!"
Same, girl. Same.
I am Jean Valjean!
What a coincidence! I watched that video again last night and was wondering how you were progressing given the global situation. Happy you're doing well ☺️
Hello Lindie Unnie. I'm a Filipino and I'm a beginner Korean learner but only self studying. I really like watching your videos because it gives me inspiration. And I hope you get fluent in speaking Tagalog. It's gonna be more easy because English is our 2nd language.
Here's my Tagalog trans. to that:
Kamusta ate Lindie. Pilipino ako at nagsisimula pa lang akong mag-aral ng Korean pero self study lang. Mahilig akong manood ng mga videos mo kasi nagbibigay ito sa akin ng inspirasyon.
Sana maging fluent ka sa pagsasalita ng Tagalog. Mas madali nalang ang pag-aaral mo kasi Ingles ang pangalawa naming wika.
Hope it helps. Thank you! (Sana makatulong yan. Salamat!)
I've never learned a language before and I just decided to start German. I gave myself 4 years to do it. I'm sure that sounds ridiculous, but I stay confident when I don't feel an exam is around the corner. I want to enjoy the learning process, and I recall material 5x better when I am having fun. Good luck with your language goals or adjustments: Du kannst es schaffen! 👍
Awak beri inspirasi kepada ramai orang :) Teruskan usaha tersebut! (Malay)
Thank you for making this video, it is encouraging me to keep working hard.I'm trying to improve my levels in 4 languages Korean, Japanese, Mandarin and French. I didn't know about the audio clip app so thank you for telling us about it. Now I have another resource for language learning and audio books etc. I'm rooting for you Lindie, you got this!!!
You are such an inspiration, and you have my admiration for real. I love learning languages, and even though I'm not fluent on French or Japanese (yet) I can say you helped me to improve a lot during the last months. Also, it's wonderful to know you are learning my native language... Spanish.
P.S: I'm glad you will come to Mexico! You are very welcome here :). If there is something I can help you with, feel free to ask!
you have motivated to make this kind of goal list for me too!😇 you are truly amazing
Sweet inspiration always comes to me when I watch your videos Lindie! Lots of thanks!
I live in UAE. And I'm an Arab. I'm fluent in both Arabic and English.
Right now I'm trying to learn Spanish and Korean. I'm diving deep, that's how it feels. And your videos honestly motivate me soo much. I have a bad habit of starting things really well, but then I have a hard time finishing or stick to it. I really dislike that. 😪
BUT I'm putting this out in the world, I. Will. Stick. To. Learning. Those. Two. Languages. 💪🏻
This year I striked out in Spainish and try to improve my English (level C1) I let spainish up during all my high school cursus.. In 3 months I gained a lot of vocabularies, in pronunciation etc.. keep going and you’ll see your progresses :)
Ps : Love your videos 🙂 and kiss from France
I really love your honesty and you are really a big inspiration to me :) ありがとうございました! :)
Don't care about people commenting about your goals, because they are just YOUR goals. People saying that you can't do something is just weird. And if you reading this was one of those people, please, stop wasting your time telling others what to or not to do with their goals. Just set your goals too! Just changing topic... I like learning English and Spanish and this year I am going to focus more on the Spanish language. I like watching your videos because you're like a inspiration to me.
Your content are so informative, from your channel up to your website, everything is useful. 💖
I so needed this! I just stared a polyglot UA-cam channel and I was starting to feel embarrassed about being behind on my goals.
I love how your goals are really specific!
Thank you for sharing and your progress so far this year. I am sure you can achieve the goal of speaking Indonesian for 30 minutes without the use of English this year. My goal is to B1 to B2 level in Indonesian this year and A2 to B1 level in French Plus reach A1 levels of Japanese, Chinese, Russian and German. Plus to know some basic Korean and Spanish phrases as well.
Wooow such great tips!!! Can't wait to see you achieve your goals 😱😍
This is amazing and you're amazing! Im Filipino and I'm learning only Korean but its actually so nice to see people learning Tagalog 🥺 its a weird language and honestly I wouldn't know how to teach it. I definitely need to study harder!!!
¡Eres genial Lindie!
Damn you've undertaken on quite the challenge with all those difficult and different languages, very impressive to even attempt it. I'm here thinking it's a bit crazy to start with French whilst I'm already doing Russian and there you are doing 12 at once!
Another great video. Thank you. You have such a cute apartment. With the balcony. So sweet. You are doing so good with your languages and as you said, we all can have goals but nothing wrong with not achieving or changing them. We can change our mind every day if we feel like it. And you are great and for sure you don't need to proof anything to anybody. Keep going. I love your videos and find them very motivating. I would love to learn French next. But I am still very busy with Croatian and I am the person who like to concentrate 100% on just one language.
You're such an inspiring woman!
Desde México 🇲🇽 una lástima que no puedas venir, Puebla te extrañará. Gracias por compartir la actualización realista! :)
Have flexible goals! I really needed to see this video. Ever since I started my new job, my language (German) studies have dropped to the wayside but now is a good time as ever to pick it up.
I feel bad now, because I have only 2 languages to learn and I've done nothing. I really look up to you, you're just amazing
God Bless you Lindie
I completely love your sincerity
Hey Lindie, a few questions for you:
1. Do you have any language textbook recommendations geared toward Japanese speakers? Looking to learn either Korean or Chinese after improving my Japanese and just want to plan ahead haha.
2. What camera and microphone do you use for recording?
3. What recommendations for pens and stationery do you like? I like the grid notebook and pens you use a lot.
You really motivate me to keep learning languages, I currently learning and improving my french. You have very good content.
I don't know if this was mentioned, but I would LOVE to see a video on the podcasts you use to learn some languages! That's an interesting aspect, that I hadn't thought about utilizing before. I would love to know which ones you use
Lindie, this video is incredibly motivating and came at the best time! I'm moving on from Spanish and onto starting Japanese, but have been finding it so tough to stay focused on improving every day, so your video is really keeping my accountable. I have a few quick questions - where do you find your language partners in Singapore and is it challenging to improve whilst not having a structured study schedule for each of your languages, since you're doing so many? I don't want to lose my Spanish progress after moving onto Jap, and def have to brush up on my Chinese haha.
Thank you for everything! x