How I Learn Any Language in 24 Hours
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- I make lots of videos surprising people with my "perfect" Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, and Fuzhounese) and because lots of people have been asking about it, I wanted to make a video discussing my language learning methods, particularly how I rapidly acquire the ability to have a basic conversation in pretty much any language (in yes, 24 hours or less). This definitely isn't fluency but it's a great building block to becoming fluent and an excellent way to start your language learning journey.
If you want to skip ahead to the part where I talk about how to learn any language in 24 hours (avoiding my Mandarin-learning backstory in China), click to go ahead to 3:42.
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I knew a guy who picked up languages really quickly and he told me his secret was to think in the language as much as possible.
cody baggett I learned to speak German, french, italian, catalan and portuguese by pretty much exclusively doing that so yes, I would agree
I would like your comment, but your last name is baggett, and that reminds me of baguettes, AND I HATE THE FRENCH.
As someone who is currently on exchange learning a new language, that is something I do a lot. I try to repeat thoughts as well, so if I’ve said/ thought it in my first language or English, I try again in my target language
Aidan Baldwin why?
cody baggett 🤯 so simple
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education" ~ Mark Twain
My senior quote
"my mother interrupted my education to send me to school"
Oscar Wilde
That's why school makes you dumber
@Colette Marie Del Carmen MaitaNovelist and essayist Grant Allen wrote it before Twain did.
SoCalFreelance Grant Allen wrote that several years before Twain did.
In short: don't approach like an academic, learn it like you're gonna use it. Think of conversations you're going to have. Observe native speakers. Brilliant
I'm sure you've never learned a language.
Yeah, but 24 hours is clearly a click bait scam, a lie and also being cheap.
@@mcmerry2846 it’s none of those things. He’s speaking about his own methods for going out and having basic conversations. Can’t be a clickbait scam if he’s clearly done it himself multiple times, and is clearly talking about HIMSELF. It’s gonna be a different experience for everybody. Either way, he’s right, and so is the person who made the original comment :)
Idk if learning just to know is a really great reason to learn. it's not like I'm missing out on anything anyways.
@@mcmerry2846 u have to be trolling
*TL;DR: reject adulthood, return to baby.*
Reject human, return to monke
@@vbnmorbus reject monke, return to fish
@@arandompharaoh5549 reject monke, return to cell
@@dumbvideosfactory2218 reject cell return to atom particle
@@ericaclay4746 reject atom particle, return to....wait
"you can definitely learn how to have a basic conversation in any language in 24 hours..." still haven't mastered this in my native language in over 24 years but ok
hence the word "basic"
Don’t beat yourself up about it. Everyone knows Americans have problems with speaking and writing in English properly 😂
@@MariaKonieczna me being hispanic and able to write, speak, and read properly in English 😌😌😌😌
@@MariaKonieczna haha too true. Alas, I’m from a commonwealth country so can’t even use that as an excuse!
@@willz6997 yeah, I got that. Sadly, my point still stands 🤙
So basically what you’re saying is I need friends 🤦🏻♀️
There are some apps and websites that set you up with foreign "pin pals" for language exchange. And you can talk/video chat with eachother to learn.
get tandem or hellotalk. you can talk to whoever you want to in your target language for free. you can do voice calls video calls or just text. theres probably a lot more of these apps but these are the ones i use.
RIP
@@scrub_lord me and my gf got together through such a language app. We just started out with correcting each others little essays we wrote in each others language and after a few months we said "hey maybe lets meet up in real life" (she lived one year in my country)
Add ig I need study buddy to learn Korean Nazuqueen_
I pick up languages quickly and the thing the helps me the most is becoming a native speaker in my head. My personality changes depending on what language I'm thinking in. To anybody that wants to learn a language: Learn at your own pace,Watch TV listen to music in target language, learn the basics, and learn words and verbs that are the most useful for you. If you like food then learn about food and all the things that connect to it. This way you will have fun learning the language because you're learning how to express yourself about something you already enjoy.
What languages did you pick up already?
@@zoe-jj6jc spanish,italian, Portuguese and a little Swahili
@@neptuneamaru5649 wow, that's impressive. Well then, keep going ig
Same for me
It's how I learned French, Russian, and Arabic. I learned Spanish by dating Puerto Rican women lol.
Same here. I often create sentences in my head and then sort of talk to myself. At the same time, I watch movies or read "easy" books (e.g. Harry Potter) that I have already seen or read in my native language.
My experience with this method is, that in time, the brain reaches a certain point at which it doesn't have to consciently translate what is heard or read anymore.
When this happens, fluency is reached and the language skills will remain at that level without deterioration.
I’m a French teacher in a public middle school and you are SO right: we have language education so wrong in the US! I use a method known as Comprehensible Input with lots of talking, storytelling and repetition. Those texts have to go! And more students stay in French than any other language at my school.
The system for teaching languages in our schools doesn't work because the true way of learning how to speak a language cannot be quantified, measured, tested and graded.
The system doesn't like real world learning, they want metrics, numbers, and control. Until learning to speak a language is more important than their structure (the written form, grammar, writing things on paper, reading books- things you can control) Americans will continue to be largely monolingual.
@Stone Basic?
@Stone Ok I see
If you think that it's bad in the US, so you probably haven't seen it in Brazil.
Some of English teachers don't even speak properly English.
Lloydsof Rochester, totally agree. Grades suck the joy out of learning, especially a language.
I was totally fired up to learn a new language - until he said I need a friend.
You kinda don’t need one
Hope he finds an exploit or a unpatched workaround for this
I’m learning without one. It’s hard bit I’m keeping going.
@@pianoten there is, it’s called immersion
😂
4:50
“Hello I can speak Korean”
“Oh how do you know Korean?”
“Well, I learned it yesterday”
😂😂😂😂
Ezz boi 😂😂😂
Talson heh abo qasem
Jaja te pasas! 🤣👍
JAJAJAJAJA
Casual, lo aprendí ayer JAJAJ
When I was in high school, I attended a summer camp in Switzerland where I was surrounded by Japanese kids.
As they were pretty much the only kids my age, I started asking them how to say this or that (full sentences in their respective context) , then writing everything down on my phone along with their translation. I remember spending entire nights just going through basics sentences with my Japanese roommate, and once I could recognize them in a sentence, it was way easier to focus on the part of the sentence I didn't know yet, and learn it.
By speaking with them everyday in only Japanese for a little over 6 weeks, I could pretty easily have a basic conversation with them in their language, and at the same level as another language I had been learning the traditional school way for years!
That's awesome bro! I was surrounded by Pakistani classmates throughout middle and highschool, but I never really cared about learning their language. I should've took my opportunity and put some effort into exchanging languages with them; I would've been a polyglot by now haha (I know 3 languages right now, 4 makes a polyglot I believe). I definitely do plan on learning Portuguese/Spanish/Japanese soon enough after I'm done mastering my third language (German).
Oh well, it is what it is :D
@@tubax926 i was in the same situation as you regarding Pakistani classmates. I only had a little knowledge of urdu despite not being Pakistani but as the Pakistani kids made inside jokes in their language, i fired back in urdu as well with my little experience with it and my skill got better at it everytime i did it. 4 years went by like this in highschool and now I can say that my urdu is good enough to trick someone into thinking I'm Pakistani lol. btw, i think it's very impressive that you know 3 languages already and i wish u luck on learning more languages. I also want to learn more and now am focusing on improving my Arabic and learning a bit more Japanese than the basic of the basics ik. from another aspiring polygot, good luck in ur journey :)
This video makes a real lot of sense. I am 86 and have just decided to give Tagalog a go.
How's it goin? Im filipino😄. Kamusta po! Nag-aaral po ako ng french,spanish at chinese 😅.
Good luck! Remember its NEVER too late!
Are you still alive, old man ?
@@itscominoutayaya lmao
✊✊good luck sir
This dude: speak with native speakers
The language I'm learning: Esperanto
Oof
Stop wasting your time haha
@@anthonycanales7922 I've made several friends while learning it, and have traveled to several different countries that I otherwise wouldn't have if not for Pasporta Servo. But sure, I should stop wasting my time because a single yt comment told me to
I've never heard of someone learning it ... (because obviously, it's not very popular) and I was wondering why you want to learn it? I'm always interested in people's reasons for learning what language they want to
@@kosyn7324 Oh several reasons.
1. I believe in the cause. Sure you could argue that it's pointless because only 2 million people speak it (that number is now more but there haven't been recent estimates), however that's the only reason I actually see people not willing to learn it. A good comparison I can make is an election. Candidate A is as favoured as candidate B. However, people who prefer candidate A are less likely to vote at all so candidate B wins 3:1, and because of that less people are willing to vote for candidate A because they think A will lose.
2. It's an easy and fun language to learn. Simple grammar, rules and vocabulary, it makes Esperanto very charming.
3. I like learning languages most people rather not. Sure I *could* learn Spanish but that's never been appealing to me so I never bothered. I've learned french in the past because I'm Canadian, and I hated it. The best thing about it was helping me with Esperanto. Outside of esperanto the languages I'm most infatuated with are Romanian and Norwegian.
4. Esperanto makes other languages easier to learn. Even if you're learning a language that doesn't share a single root or word from esperanto, Esperanto still puts you in that mindset of language learning, and gives you the tools to find out which methods of learning suck and which ones are effective.
5. The community. The community (for the most part) is so open and accepting. Maybe it could link to the yearning for a global language that's not english haha. It's a safe spot for LGBTQ+ folk (like me) or anyone who sees themselves as different. I haven't seen any examples of discrimination against race, or sexism, and I've only seen one dude being homophobic. However, one out of potentially hundreds of esperantists I've met.
6. Pasporta Servo! Pasporta Servo is a service that lets you go to any user's house and stay there for free, on the condition that you try to use as much esperanto as possible. And this applies to anywhere in the world. I've been to Japan, the US, France, Germany, (plus a bunch of other European countries) and South Korea because of Pasporta Servo. Many times the host will take you to cool places, and act as a translator for places you may go (like to a store or restaurant) and I think it's such a cool system that I really don't know what I'd do without it.
7. It's fun to speak to someone in public in esperanto and have someone else ask what language you're speaking. It's one thing if you say something like Bulgarian but most people will understand what that is, most people don't know esperanto so you get to talk with them about esperanto, and I've had a few people willing to learn it.
8. The history of esperanto. Realistically if not for Hitler and Stalin, esperanto would've been far more dominant. The tragic story of L.L. Zamenhof's Family, the Ido language, and just so many nuanced branches of history are just so unique and fascinating!
9. The growing learning base. Duolingo has more than 240k users for esperanto in english alone,and from my experience you're far more likely to stick with esperanto than other languages on Duolingo. Lernu.net imo is better than Duolingo, but the Duolingo course is surprisingly solid, and is a great start for anyone willing to try out the language.
I’ve also noticed trying to learn a language as a child would is a lot easier than reading out of a textbook. Great video.
It is possible, but one major difference is that the plasticity of the brain in kids to age 6-7 is still fully present making it natural for them to absorb all these new phonemes. This is why it's impossible to develop absolute pitch or harder to learn a new language when you are growing older.
I'm a child and i am doing it
@@forkless true. Ima stick to my way through duo. I find you can do both these things using duo. Not that its enough, you have to use other things of.
@@lezandstuff And of course you can! It's just easier when you grow up with it as a child younger than age 7 :)
True
My daughter taught herself Mandarin when she was 7 years old. I have yet to figure out how she did it, but her Mandarin was good enough for her to carry on conversation with Chinese locals.
Damnnnn she’s good as hell then, Mandarin is really complex
Nice
When I was that age I learnt Russian. 🇷🇺.
I’m amazed at how you brought up learning “the baby way” because that’s exactly how I try to explain to people what learning a language is truly like! I’ve always more so thought about it in terms of pronunciation (like how as babies and toddlers we move our mouths, trying to mimic the sounds we hear until we get it right) but I’m finally glad to see someone who disagrees with how languages are normally “taught” because it’s so inaccurate as to how humans actually pick up languages the best.
Not true: ua-cam.com/video/ygZpkP6QCQI/v-deo.html
Yup
If i spoke to the locals in china with my broken mandarin, i’d be escorted out of the country
might not be a bad thing right now
@@RockDavid 💀💀💀
@Pk_Lo is that Sana in your profile pic
David Rock lmfao it’s true tho
David Rock hahahahahaha
Him: you need a friend that speaks the native language.
Me an introvert: well shit
I’ve never felt something so much before💀🖐🏾
introverts: friends, what dat?
lol soooo I will never be able to do this 😔
same..... I don't know if I should laugh because I can relate or cry because I can relate
I mean like I'm an introvert too. How bout we be friends? :v
Yes, this is true, I went on holiday to tenerife with my family a couple years ago and I spent 1 week learning Spanish (few hours a day) I was able to ask for things, order some food/drinks. The only problem was I wasn’t too good at understand what they were saying. But, that was just with a week of learning.
@@red_rage1442 I don't think there is a trick to understand as easily as you speak. When you speak you can just memorize exactly what you wanna say and rely in the other person's ability to understand you, when listening, you can try to memorize some possible answers, but you can not be 100% sure the other person will give a reply you have planned to receive. So speaking is essentially easier.
@@red_rage1442 this ever was my biggest problem with the English language, but I've started to watch series only in English and it's working. I don't have anyone to talk in English so this is my only way to train, and what shows that I'm the right way, is the fact i was able to understand almost everything in this video. Hope some day to become fluent 🇧🇷
you seem fluent wow!@@wallissondhonatan9156
I am also a polyglot and what he has described is exactly the methods I have been using for over 50 years.
What he doesn't mention is another aspect that gives him a major edge: he is principally auditory. I am as well.
2/3 of adults are principally visual however; that is their strength. For them, reading and writing work better since they tend to have an "eye" for languages, rather than an "ear" for languages...
Yeah exactly. I can learn to read and write way faster than I can learn to speak and hear. I'm still excellent at listening and speaking, but that just goes to show how fast I can learn to read and write. I can also remember words, meanings and sounds very easily but not in their auditory form; that takes a while for me to be able to pick them out while listening. Really glad he talked about this, I thought I was just spending too much time on reading and writing instead of focusing on listening and speaking (well that's true anyways, but I'm spending about the same amount of time on both).
I recall reading about the whole ‘learning types’ stuff all being myth
There's no such thing as "visual" or "auditory": that theory has been debunked a long time ago. If 2/3 of adults are "principally visual", then how did they learn to speak their native languages as toddlers? lol. Also, memory has been shown to be linked to EMOTIONS, much more than senses. In fact, do you remember anything your teacher said or showed to the class if you were bored stiff throughout the lesson? lol I can guarantee the only things you remember are the things that triggered an emotional response in you. Have fun USING the language, interacting with people, just living in that language (as the guy in the video rightly says) and you'll absorb that language with minimal effort.
I'm primarily visual but still pick up languages quickly. I use flashcards for important phrases and words like "I, you, go, come, do, say," etc. The trick is to read the card aloud though.
That hits the nail right on its head - I learned English basically by reading books or subtitles.
When I started learning Korean I started watching children shows to memories sentences. The child/baby perspective of learning a language is indeed very important
I’m a few weeks into learning Korean. Do you have any show recommendations? Sounds like a great idea.
Watching Pororo was helpful for me when learning Korean.
if you only watch children shows youll get burnt out on the language, try to listen to podcast or songs too get a feel of the actual way they speak
The Return Of Superman lets you hear many levels of Hangugeo. The kids in their simplicity, the parents to the kids and each other, and the commentators repeat, observe, and explain. (Culture learning too)
Just watch TV shows not made for children, much better, and you’ll probably get bored less often.
4:30 is when he actually starts explaining
Amelia Ruzek Klein thank u 🤧😫
@@pho8894 if you read the description, you wouldn't need this comment.
Rishi Bappanad 😳👉🏼👈🏼🤧🥺
Thank you
Or should I say 谢谢
I have autism and I have have trouble speaking with people in my native English. You have a communication super power, must be amazing to be able to speak to so many people.
you can turn autism into a super power
@@ghostrider-be9ek what you wrote is beautiful, it made me cry
Make a "disability" an ability. Anything is possible with hard work and dedication!
@@mariadh4168 hi, sorry! did not mean to - but its true - but takes work and determination.
Have faith man !! Just keep putting yourself out there Sam
I took 6 years of spanish but barely could speak. I then went and lived in Montevideo Uruguay for 3 months and by the time I left I was basically fluent. The only limiting factor was vocabulary. Total immersion is the best method because it forces you to learn. Sink or swim.
Did you go to school in Uruguay.
This exactly. Similar situation for myself in Seoul, Korea.
I think you need to come up with a language learning program. I've honestly tried learning so many languages throughout the years and it's been so difficult - but your approach is so practical. Please do this for us. We need you.
More suggestions to add:
-important sentences
-activities are like giving a sentence example and a grammar point and a couple of words and then make ppl construct their own sentence
-repetition
think in the language everytime you see a door think of the word for it, put words in the language around your house maybe your wall paper you think of the language you cant just study a language some a day and think youll get it, listen to podcats or music in the language doing tasks your going to do anyway and think and reply with your thoughts in that language
Ikennaa is literally doing that...
@@sudhanvakashyap297 yeah, but it's still not finished though
i recommend pimsleur? its helped me with my French SO MUCH it’s ridiculous
I can’t remember what I ate last night let alone memorize a language.
😂
ME
Its quite easy tho, its just a matter of taking the 1st step, when you begin to watch videos, read books, listen to music or even play games in that language you slowly start to pick up random words on that language that you had no idea the meaning of before.
Take me for an example, I for sure didn't knew "Alors" meant "So" and "D'abord" meant "First" in french just an hour ago but after watching a video and doing a quick questioning to my uncle (google) I just memorized 2 new words (and actually those weren't the only words even)
mindless tasks you undergo everyday are forgotten
Me!
Xiaoman seems to take for granted the ability to quickly and easily memorize words, phrases, sounds and meanings. I still remember the French and Italian I learned in my teens and twenties. Of the Russian I learned in my thirties, and the Dutch I learned in my forties, I retain much less. Now I’m 73 and I can study something every day for a week, and forget it in a month. Make hay while the sun shines.
Any tips for me...starting Dutch/Flemish language school On Monday...dankivel
UR 73?? THATS SO OLD
@@irumamiu At least he is still kicking after all this time
@@irumamiu just hope you have the fortitude to stay as committed to education when you’re 73
@@MsOmgnowai2 No I'm gonna off myself at age 16
Yessss the pattern of speaking! That's exactly how I would try teaching English to my korean students! 1 base sentence with ~10 examples and then had them fill in their own examples. It goes much better and helps so much more than memorizing where you don't know how else to use it and gets overwhelming. Great language tips 💖
So in other words my parents should have spoken to me in Chinese as a baby? They’re 47 years too late! 😭 😭 😭
Same for me but with Korean haha
Doesn’t work that way, my parents and teachers spoke chinese to me for 14 years and I still can’t do it lol.
@@NormalSpeedGamer okay..
@@NormalSpeedGamer it mostly works. Idk about you but my parents speak arabic and I automatically learned it
@@NormalSpeedGamer actually it does my mum watched a lot of Hindi serial when I was a kid so I can't read it but I can speak Hindi
This the traditional way of learning Languages. One we all used before but forgot
Yep. Comprehensible input is key.
@エービーヤテス how is comprehensible input wrong? If I outright speak in my native tongue to a foreigner who has no clue what i am saying, they wont even understand a single percentage of it unless they know a few words. But if i include actions, point to images and such while saying these words and repeating the noun/adjective/verb whilst pointing....the foreigner will understand a much higher percentage of what I am saying. If you combine this with our adult brain which is better at learning and pair it with grammatical practice as well as vocab, you will understand the language better and have a higher chance at retaining the information.
Lucy idk if they were saying you were wrong I think they were saying that this isn’t necessarily the way we used to learn things, and they aren’t totally off, Language textbooks and guide books have been a thing for a long time
I like your videos :) you motivate me to make mine!
@Dakota You are just ignorant
8:58: "ma, ma, ma, ma!!" My son calls me all of those...had no idea he was calling me a horse...
Watching this was extremely helpful! It's overwhelming trying to pick up all the new concepts and stuff
"It's good to speak with a native speaker. You can do it online, but it's easier in person" Hah not right now! 😂😔
Online tutors are a thing
That line will become much more useful in a couple years 😭
Especially if you're learning Chinese 😝
FHDHDHDH the way this comment is still 100% relevant 9 months later 😭
Edit: 10 months still going strong
你很棒，加油，坚持就是胜利✌🏻我来自上海，I just started a channel to share Chinese culture, Chinese language and life in China. 相互学习，多多交流，谢谢。
Just came back from 24 hours ago, now I am fluent in every single language
its been 8 months since he commented this, he must be powerful now
@@justinmedeiros7503 yes very powerful
@Gwynbleidd who knows how powerful he is
@@JollyMacChiato he must be stronger than thanos at this point
you must now know more languages than there are languages
Very encouraging...thank you!
Am going to try this approach.
I think your way of learning languages removes a kind of internal barrier/overwhelm people often have.
My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
*Xiaoma walks into a classroom* 'f*uck this, we're going shopping'
hahhaha
@@Catbatday whoops!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You should do a video/series where you try to learn a new language
He did it yet but yep it would be funny to see next language :3
I can do it for you
1. Get paid more
2. Talk with more people
3. Its interesting
Nicole 808 I think he means learning a new language to speak fluently
He did one recently. Learned korean in 24 hr
@@mikem302 well unless so ^^
I must say I've studied multiple languages and have done it the wrong way (by text books) but your tips will save years of stress when I learn Chinese. I studied a few mouths back and fell out of my schedule but recently started again and I'll definitely use your tips.
Amen Xiaoma, I've experienced this first-hand living in Germany; got involved in the German culture before knowing any German, but started asking every day how to say this, that and everything and started practicing and listening every day. Then I came back to America and took German in college (completely backwards from most peoples' experience in language learning). - Noel LaChance
In 24 hours I only learned to count to 10 in 5 languages
If I did that I would forget them. Theres no need for me to know it so my mind would forget.
I learned how to count to 10 in chinese from my kids watching one episode of sesame street. 😂
@@shellbells339 haha cool way to learn. I doubt op will remember them in a months time. But fun ways like you say always help the best.
That's still good though
6sheds I learned all the cuss words in spanish when we lived in Arlington Tx. I was in the 6th grade. And we taught our spanish friends all the bad words in English. Bahahaha Ikr. We were naughty. But I still know those today, while i just barely remember how to carry on a casual greeting from high school Spanish. Haha
Text books are so bad, where you’re a kid you didn’t just sit as a baby and read a text book to learn the alphabet and colors, you hear people talking you mimic and you learn the meanings by asking your parents...
That's bullshit. As a kid you have no point of reference and can't read if you don't know how to speak the language. It takes years as a kid to develop fluency. As an adult you can use your native language as a point of reference to learn the basic structure of another language and develop fluency in less than a 1 year. In some cases you can develop fluency in roughly 6 months. I did it when I moved to the USA and now about 3 months into my studies I'm about an intermediate Italian speaker primarily using academic style learning. Before the digital age people had to use books to learn other languages and it worked fine. If you're too lazy to read a book that's a personal problem and not a fault of learning by reading.
@@MrSupernova111 I agree with you. Having a book is more like a point of reference to guide one in language learning so to expedite the learning process.
What Jykal Hel says makes sense too. Babies learn the conversational part of language before they learn how to read what they are saying.
I try to incorporate both methods of teaching.
So far, it's been working good for me
@@nicoleraheem1195 . Hi! You both have valid points and a good way to learn a language is to practice it. But there is nothing wrong with using books and other academic style resources to learn a language. My point is that without a point of reference on language structure learning by practice alone is neither enough nor efficient. I agree with you that both methods should be used. Thanks and best of luck to you!
But you are not a baby
@@user-nf4qd8wr1u We are like babies when learning a new skill or language.
We stumble, we stutter, our Target language vocabulary is limited and we fall until we learn more and become more proficient...in whatever NEW skill or language we learn
I think your approach to learning a language intuitively makes sense. You're basically starting out by imagining some situations in which you might find yourself, what you would say to others, how they might respond, what you might then say in return, etc. You're basically scoping your language learning to the most likely situations in which you might find yourself, which is a good predictor of the topics that might arise. And you can add new situations to expand your capacity. When studying new scenarios as "language packages," you will probably start to subconsciously pick up general patterns of syntax and grammar as well, which will make it that much easier to learn additional scenarios. Later on, memorizing words, reading about grammar, etc. will boost all of that knowledge you have obtained through conversation. In a way, you're turning the "traditional" language-learning model on its head by putting practice before theory. I see this as the pragmatic approach to learning a new language.
Thanks so much for sharing your approach! Really helpful for my new journey
First video I’ve ever seen where the person acknowledges and apologizes for the clickbait title
Then his explanation is actually satisfying 🤗
haha this man xiaoma is a good dude, incredibly honest. ill sound like a conceded weird guy but im a good judge of character, and watching his videos and seeing his actions = good guy im 96% sure (i saw the guy hit a up store for some water, bought an entire case and started handing it out to the hot and tired bystanders standing around) i hope he gets all the good things in life and doesn't have to experience much hardship. he's worthy of it. everyone is but ehh some aren't so lucky XD
*Xiaoma walks in*
laoshu: finally a worthy opponent
Xiaoma 100% better, I like laoshu though for the content. He does say a lot of the same sentences and phrases. Still better than me though haha
I need a crossover episode immediately
Owen Desocio Laoshu is fluent in mandarin and is at almost fluent or fluent in more than 10 languages and can make basic conversation in so many more . Don’t get me wrong, Xiaoma is smart but Laoshu is the definition of a genius
@@joelpalsson1391 Moses know Mandarin and Cantonese fairly well, but all the other languages seem to follow the same lines every time.
Hi I'm Moses let's have a chat
Wow your is really good, where did you learn?
I'm self taught
Self-taught?!?!
Yes I love learning languages therefore I'm studying
@@joelpalsson1391 I wouldn't say he is a genius. I personally can't appreciate his content after realizing he really doesn't know the languages. I heard him speak languages that I know and realized he never has a full grip on the ones he is presenting. And that's why you get better reactions from Xiaoma. He is far more fluent in the ones he knows, which makes it far more enjoyable than repeating basic phrases with horrible pronunciation as Laoshu does.
You're amazingly enlightened on the subject. Thank you.
I just downloaded this Anki tool and Im looking forward to use it to learn italian! Thank you for advice in language learning. The most helpful thing from all of your video for me, was hear you say, that for the beginning its not so important to learn alphabet and grammar rules and stuff but just learn phrases that are helpful in a conversation!
People need to understand, language is one thing, dialect is a whole other story.
mrobinson256 Even the wee bairns canny deny that.
@@ObediahPolkinghornIII-cz5io She's turned the wee'ns against us!
timcritt Aye, he’s a bonny dog, wor chance. :)
Heres some Basic Finnish
I teach at a university in Japan, and one of the most common questions I get from students is "How can I improve my English?" and my answer is always the same - "Just use it as much as possible! Use it with your friends, with English speaking teachers, at home alone, anywhere and everywhere. Live in the language!" By the end of each semester, they have a pretty good grasp of it and can hold decent conversations!
I’m a Canadian looking to start up Japanese lessons, out of personal interest. Hoping to visit someday or potentially move for a year (or more) to get experience and work. What a dream!
Your tips are perfect! Thanks so much for sharing!!!
I think the interpersonal aspect is one of the biggest things people overlook in learning a language.
You are attempting to make ideas in your head into vibrations you send through the air to them which they hear and interpret into ideas in their head. You are connecting with other people. There's an emotional aspect to that that helps give stronger validation and hardening of neural circuitry. Without experiencing others understanding what you are saying to them in another language you don't build any strong sense of knowing how to say anything to them.
There's this beautiful sort of motivation and momentum that grows when others understand what you are saying to them in a language foreign to you. Those emotional bonds strengthen the memory of the spoken language. It's more than just a memory, its an embodied expression of ideas. Memorization is great in the short term, but the full expression and experience of the language better grounds the memory into long term memory.
I'm still trying to figure it out how I learned english to learn another language.
Same.
Me too
Same
Same here 😂
I'm Brazilian and I know how to speak portuguese, Italian, english, spanish and little bit of russian 😂
Niccolò Paganini даже русский? How?
i just notice he kinda sounds like the Rat from Ratatouille. (not to be taken as offensive, just noticed)
Omg... He's Remmy.. 😂
Oh wow 😂 he soooo does lol awesome 👍
Hahahah he really does! He could narrate the Chinese version of ratatouille if they ever make one.
Omg I can't unsee this now
You mean he sounds like Patton Oswalt (the voice actor for Remy) :D
These are excellent points you make about learning conversational language.
Thanks Ari, another great video. Kind regards, Danielle from New Zealand.
This is the first time someone gets real about learning languages. It's all true, I've tried it. It works as long as you are dedicated to learn and memorize.
I have a frustrating experience. Not knowing where to begin or hitting a plateau can feel demoralizing and make it hard to hit the books and study like you know you should…Having friends from other cultures makes me more creative. In fresh ways about space and how people create their own world and environment. It is best way to connect between creative thinking and cross-cultural relationships.
What I learned here:
This guy is smarter than me.
Great advice, really appreciated and just what I needed 🙏
I've been fortunate enough to be in situations where I've been able to struggle with learning languages and...I find that the best way is to just try doing it all the time. The native speakers are highly entertained and...almost always very helpful. It makes the whole experience SO much more memorable for everyone...and you learn SO much faster. Everyone else who was on the trip, who didn't try to be as courageous had WAY less fun.
This was such a good video!! Please Xiaoma, make more like this on how to learn languages or introductions to languages, I.E. common phrases to learn and/or starting points in the languages you know!
"there are 2 types of pepole, pepole who learn languages fast, and me."
Lol I’m the same way! Oh and by the way it’s spelled “people”
@@Sinnbad21 yeah he knows
Thanks you a lot! These are great tips. I'll try to test them in practice right away
I find it extremely helpful to have someone to have proper conversations with in that language such as say watching tons of videos in french while learning french
5:20 I do the same things you do with the new languages I learn. I write and learn sentences that I want to say - basic greetings, common phrases, as well as all of things that I need to say to describe who I am, for example: I am a polyglot. I love languages, I speak these languages, I am from the United States, I am a court interpreter, I enjoy doing this or that.
I also learn all of the phonemes in the language. When I learned Italian, I was able to have an hour-long conversation on Italki after one week of studying. I had studied as much grammar as I could (the most important verb tenses, conjugations, pronouns, vocabulary, singular nouns, plural nouns and stuff you'd find in a grammar book) and was able to actually form my own sentences and talk about everything I was interested in.
I told all of the teachers I spoke to I was a beginner and they said I was quite fluent and was by no means a beginner. I had just begun to learn the language, but I guess beginner is a level of proficiency and they thought I was beyond that. The fact that I am fluent in Spanish, French and Portuguese really helped. I learned as many cognates as I could and learned a ton of patterns that allowed me to guess the Italian word based on my knowledge of English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
With regard to phrases, I use them as the key to learning the language. That's how we learned our native language. We listened to the language for many years and memorized tons of sentences and patterns which allowed us to learn the grammar/structure of the language unconsciously. I use sentences to learn vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.
In fact, I call them "vocabulary phrases," "grammar phrases" and "pronunciation phrases." I form sentences with the grammatical structures I want to internalize. I also write phrases with words that I need to practice pronouncing (often words that I need to say together so that I am able to improve my connected speech). I also write paragraphs related to various topics with the vocabulary. For example, I may use computer jargon: click and drag this file and place it into another folder. Then copy and paste this word into this or that document. I try to learn all of the most frequent phrases I use on a daily basis.
I really like Quizlet for practicing my sentences. I always see if I can produce the sentence in the foreign language, instead of recognizing it. It's much easier to recognize than produce the sentence perfectly. I also use YouGlish to listen to all of the different pronunciations of certain words as well as the IPA symbols for the pronunciation. LingG is amazing because there is a ton of content with audio and text. I could go on and on. I blame you, lol. You're speaking my language (both literally and figuratively).
That was amazing. This inspires me!
@@Sinnbad21 it really was
I wish I wasn’t so lazy when I was younger and be able to learn a language as you do and have. I respect you for your hard work.
But you're not so lazy today, right?
...
RIGHT? :q
Bon Bon just life, too old.... I do enjoy the video’s
@@888records This is another myth repeated over and over. Age has nothing to do with the ability to learn languages (and new things in general). The only obstacle with older people is that they _don't want to learn_ because they think that they already know everything better. The more years they spent in public education system, the more they are convinced about that. And they are especially unwilling to learn from anyone younger than them. But once this obstacle gets thrown over board, they can learn just fine. I know, because I've seen that.
You were probably just passionate about different things.
Bon Bon You make some really good points here but you're leaving a lot of room to the imagination, like, how do you know their life and cognitive ability? They might be bedridden and have a tube down their throat which keeps them from speaking and could really only use a newly learned language to text people for the next few months before they die. They might have dementia or Alzheimer's. They might have developed schizophrenia too intense for them to learn a language.
Edit: im just pointing out that age does indeed effect one's ability to learn a language. Maybe not everyone but certainly cognitive abilities dwindle with age for many people.
This is some of the best advice I've heard for language learning. I'd also say. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Those embarrassing moments will stick with you and help you learn even faster.
That’s amazing, I am still learning English even so I been learning over 20years🙈 and I am not great in memorise however after watching you, you gave me in courage to keep it going on. You doing great and I agree that friends does helps a lot in learning different languages. Good luck and thanks for the video 🤗
I think this guy got fluent by eating so much chinese food.
If that was true I’d be a Professor of Chinese Language Studies.
@@Fazman81 lol
@@Fazman81 realistically tho if every time you went and got takeout you tried speaking/ordering in chinese i bet tht shit would come easy with some time
If that’s the case I would’ve been “fluent” fluent in my native language.
I believe that you are as smart as William James Sidis in speaking a language in one day.
Im ACTUALLY ecstatic that someone knows who that is. Tragic that he wrote some of the most mundane things meanwhile he was...inCREDIBLY capable as a learner.
@@gengashaunt3322 I'm curious as to your approximate I.Q.?Sidis was reputed to be over 250!
This was insanely helpful. I learn exactly the way you are speaking of, and trying to learn things the way it's written in textbook is aggravating lol. Granted, I don't have friends who speak Chinese, so that does make it a little more research-y, but I have found some channels on here that do a good job teaching sentence structure. One thing I worry about is whether or not what I'm learning is old school and not something people actually say in this day and age. Also, the app Drops does a great job as far as teaching you stroke pattern for words, so I'm using that for the written part. Always a joy watching your vids!
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing your techniques.
I love how he entertains people with different languages, he also buys their products. Just love the way he makes people happy.
Hey, great tips ! When I started learning English, I did like you said: I had to attend a job interview, I wrote down the possible questions and the answers to them in my mother tonque, then I had them translated in English by someone who spoke English fluently. I memorized the heck out of them and 2 days later off I went to the job interview. Got in, pressed the "Play" button and let it all out. Half way through my by-heart learned speech, the interviewer stopped me and asked me where I had studied English; I said "at home, by myself" (I failed to let him know that "at home" meant mostly while sitting on my toilet), he went "wow".....and then it happened what I felt most dreadful about: he asked me a question I had not "prepared" in advance.......that heavy silence that followed afterwards ? I still carry it with me today....I felt like a fraud......oddly enough, the interviewer liked me so I got the job, but I said to myself that never ever would I put myself in a position to be, feel or look like a fraud again. I have since learned how to say: "no, I do not know that" (doesn't matter which "that") and learned no to be afraid of admitting that I do not know things, without feeling stupid. So in a way, what happened then needed some sort of psychological self-healing and the way to do it was to stay true to who I was and who I was not. And this is what I tought our 12 year daugther to do: not to pretend to be who is not. Happy to report that apart from her mother tongue she is also fluent in French and English.
Wow that is so motivational! Thank you for the tips and the beautiful story to be yourself!
This is so enlightening thank you!
you are an absolute legend this helped sooo much! youve earned a subscriber good sir!
Hi Xiaoma, I'd love to see your list of phrases you learn for a 24hr language.
Its probably amazing for 24h but he still cant "speak" it.
I have a cousin born and bred in Texas. Speaks fluent Vietnamese. When he was 6 he moved to a new neighborhood and his neighbors were vietnamese. 2 boys his age he played with them all the time and the brothers constantly talked to each other in their native language then one day my cousin started talking to them in Vietnamese like it was natural.
Wow that's cool
That's really cool.
The neurons in the brain of a young child are firing like spark plugs in a V8, be careful what you say around them, at that age their mind is like a very absorptive sponge.
Very cool
Born and Bred? 🤣
Spot on and very helpful for a "newbie hacker" of mandarin. Thanx maan!
xiaoma gracias por tus increíbles videos❤️
Thank you for making videos like these. As an aspiring language learner (7 so far) it's quite motivating to have an honest monolouge like this explaining plainly the easygoing attitude one should probably have when approaching a learning experience such as this. I think what limits and discourages most people is that you end up taking a too serious and rigid approach to it. You end up having no fun at all during the process, making it more like a chore which is ultimately counterproductive.
I have a French test tomorrow and I’m going to fail 😎
I cursed my french teacher out in 7th grade (in French) I got expelled from the langue program all up into now. I’m a senior with no language credits LMAO Goodluck bro
Bonne chance!!
I also have a French test tomorrow and I’m going to pass 😎
Je suis sûre que ça va aller. Le français n'est pas si difficile, c'est l'anglais qui l'est ^^ Je croise néanmoins les doigts pour vous.
Bonne chance XD te trompe pas avec "le" et "la" ^^
Thank you so much for that break down on language learning. I think it is spot on (when I heard you explaining I realized it was exactly how I learned Italian 20 years ago). I couldn't figure out why I was having such a hard time learning another language now. I thought it might just be that I'm older now and maybe my brain isn't as sharp as it used to be, but it's because I'm trying to use a stupid system so my progress is really slow and you're right this is not how people learn languages naturally. Thanks you're awesome!
Thank you so much ❤ I've never thought about 'learning language' in this way😭💜
Then there is me who can't even have a basic conversation on English.
What?
@@phillipsmith3431 I think you have the same problem
@@hallow7102 - What?
@@phillipsmith3431 Are you really so dumb?
Cur? Lingua anglica facilis est
@Xiaomanyc come to Poland - we have good food. :)
Jeść - to eat (unfinished)
Zjeść - to eat (finished)
Jadać - to eat (unfinished + regularly for X peroid of time, "I like to eat at KFC")
Zjadać - to eat (finished + regulary, "I like to eat fish bones")
Jem - I eat
Zjem - I will eat
Jadam - I eat (unfinished + regularly for X peroid of time, "I eat at KFC")
Zjadam - I eat (finished + regulary, "I eat fish bones")
Jesz - you eat
Zjesz - you will eat
Jadasz - you eat (unfinished + regularly for X peroid of time, "You eat at KFC")
Zjadasz - you eat (finished + regulary, "You eat fish bones")
Je - he/she/it eats
Zje - he/she/it will eat
Jada - he/she/it eats (finished + regularly for X peroid of time, "He eats at KFC")
Zjada - he/she/it eats (finished + regulary, "He eats fish bones")
Jemy - we eat
Zjemy - we will eat
Jadamy - we eat (unfinished + regularly for X peroid of time, "We eat at KFC")
Zjadamy - we eat (finished + regularly, "We eat fish bones")
Jecie - you eat
Zjecie - you will eat
Jadacie - you eat (unfinished + regularly for X peroid of time, "You eat at KFC")
Zjadacie - you eat (finished + regularly, "You eat fish bones")
Jedzą - they eat
Zjedzą - they will eat
Jadają - they eat (unfinished for X peroid of time, "We eat in KFC")
Zjadają - they eat (finished + regularly, "We eat fish bones")
Jadłem - I [man] was eating (unfinished)
Jadłam - I [woman] was eating (unfinished)
Jadłeś - you [man] were eating (unfinished)
Jadłaś - you [woman] were eating (unfinished)
Zjadłem - I [man] ate (finished)
Zjadłam - I [woman] ate (finished)
Zjadłeś - you [man] ate (finished)
Zjadłaś - you [woman] ate (finished)
Jadałem - I [man] used to eat (unfinished + reguraly in the past (unfinished at the time) = I'm not doing it anymore, "I used to eat KFC")
Jadałam - I [woman] used to eat (reguraly in the past + unfinished at the time = I'm not doing it anymore, "I used to eat at KFC")
Zjadałem - I [man] used to eat (regularly in the past + finished at the time, "I used to eat fish bones")
Zjadałam - I [woman] used to eat (regularly in the past + finished at the time, "I used to eat fish bones")
Zjadałeś - You [man] used to eat (regularly in the past + finished at the time, "You used to eat fish bones")
Zjadałaś - You [woman] used to eat (regularly in the past + finished at the time, "You used to eat fish bones")
Jadł - he was eating (unfinished)
Jadła -she was eating (unfinished)
Jadło - it was eating (unfinished)
Zjadł - he ate (finished)
Zjadał - he used to eat (regularly in the past + finished at the time)
Zjadła - she ate (finished)
Zjadała - she used to eat (regularly in the past + finished at the time)
Zjadło - it ate (finished)
Zjadało - it used to eat (regularly in the past + finished at the time)
Jedliśmy - we [men] were eating (unfinished)
Jadłyśmy - we [women] were eating (unfinished)
Jadaliśmy - we [men] used to eat (regularly it the past for X peroid of time + unfinished at the time, "We used to it at KFC")
Jadałyśmy - we [women] used to it (regularly it the past for X peroid of time + unfinished at the time, "We used to it at KFC")
Zjadaliśmy - we [men] used to eat (regularly it the past + finished at the time, "We used to eat fish bones")
Zjadałyśmy - we [women] used to eat (regularly it the past + finished at the time, "We used to eat fish bones")
Jedliście - you [men] were eating (unfinished)
Jadłyście - you [women] were eating (unfinished)
Jadaliście - you [men] used to eat (unfinished at the time)
Jadałyście - you [women] used to eat (unfinished at the time)
Zjedliście - you [men] ate (finished)
Zjadłyście - you [women] ate (finished)
Jedli - they [men] were eating (unfinished)
Jadły - they [women] were eating (unfinished)
Jadali - they [men] used to eat (unfinished at the time)
Jadały - they [women] used to eat (unfinished at the time)
Zjedli - they [men] ate (finished)
Zjadły - they [women] ate (finished)
Zjadali - they [men] used to eat (unfinished at the time)
Zjadały - they [women] used to eat (unfinished at the time)
Jedzono - (there was) an eating (unfinished at the time), "There was a dinner. Eating vegan meals (unfinished)."
Zjedzono - (there was) an eating (finished at the time), "There was a dinner. Eating vegan meals (finished)."
Jadano - (there was) an eating (regularly + unfinished at the time), "In medival Europe there was no eating of potatos."
Zjadano - (there was) an eating (regularly + finished at the time), "In royal spheres there was no eating of fish bones."
Jedz - eat (unfinished){order}, "Keep eating"
Zjedz - eat (finished){order}, "Eat it"
Jadaj - eat (regularly and unfinished){order}, "Eat more vitamins."
Zjadaj - eat (regularly and finished){order}, "Eat whole meals." (in case of "eat" there is no difference here, but it can be for other verbs")
Jedzmy - let's eat (present, unfinished)
Zjedzmy - let's eat (present, finished), "Let's eat that pizza, don't order next one"
Jadajmy - let's eat (in future + regularly + unfinished), "Let's eat at KFC more often."
Zjadajmy - let's eat (in future + regularly + finished)
Jedzcie - you [plural] eat {order}, "Eat a soup now"
Zjedzcie - you [plural] eat (finished){order}
Jadajcie - you [plural] eat (regularly and unfinished {order}, "Eat more vitamins."
Zjadajcie - you [plural] eat (regularly and finished {order}
Jadłbym - I [man] would eat (unfinished = without specified intention)
Zjadłbym - I [man] would eat (finished = with intention to finish it)
Jadłabym - I [woman] would eat (unfinished)
Zjadłabym - I [woman] would eat (finished)
Jadłbyś - you [man] would eat (unfinished)
Jadłabyś - you [woman] would eat (unfinished)
Zjadłbyś - you [man] would eat (finished)
Zjadłabyś - you [woman] would eat (finished)
Jadłby - he would eat (unfinished)
Jadłaby - she would eat (unfinished)
Jadłoby - it would eat (unfinished)
Zjadłby - he would eat (finished)
Zjadłaby - she would eat (finished)
Zjadłoby - it would eat (finished)
Jadałbym - I [man] would eat (regularly + unfinished)
Jadłabym - I [woman] would eat (regularly + unfinished)
Zjadałbym - I [man] would eat (regularly + finished)
Zjadałabym - I [woman] would eat (regularly + finished)
Jadałbyś - you [man] would eat (regularly + unfinished)
Jadałabyś - you [woman] would eat (regularly + unfinished)
Zjadałbyś - you [man] would eat (regularly + finished)
Zjadałabyś - you [woman] would eat (regularly + finished)
Jadłby - he would eat (unfinished)
Zjadłby - he would eat (finished)
Jadałaby - she would eat (unfinished)
Zjadałaby - she would eat (finished)
Jadłoby - it would eat (unfinished)
Zjadłoby - it would eat (finished)
Jedlibyśmy - we [men] would eat (unfinished)
Jedłybyśmy - we [women] would eat (unfinished)
Zjedlibyśmy - we [men] would eat (finished)
Zjadłybyśmy - we [women] would eat (finished)
Jadalibyśmy - we [men] would eat (regularly + unfinished)
Jadałybyśmy - we [women] woule eat (regularly + unfinished)
Zjadalibyśmy - we [men] would eat (regularly + finished)
Zjadałybyśmy - we [women] would eat (regularly + finished)
Jedlibyście - you [men] would eat (unfinished)
Jedłybyście - you [women] would eat (unfinished)
Zjedlibyście - you [men] would eat (finished)
Zjadłybyście - you [women] would eat (finished)
Jadalibyście - you [men] would eat (regularly + unfinished)
Jadałybyście - you [women] would eat (regularly + unfinished)
Zjadalibyście - you [men] would eat (regularly + finished)
Zjadałybyście - you [women] would eat (regularly + finished)
Jedliby - they [men] would eat (unfinished)
Jadłyby - they [women] would eat (unfinished)
Zjedliby - they [men] would eat (finished)
Zjadłyby - they [women] would eat (finished)
Jadaliby - they [men] would eat (regularly + unfinished)
Jadałyby - they [women] would eat (regularly + unfinished)
Zjadaliby - they [men] would eat (regularly + finished)
Zjadałyby - they [women] would eat (regularly + finished)
Jedzony - being eaten (masculine)(unfinished), "This meal is being eaten."
Jedzona - being eaten (feminine)(unfinished), "This soup is being eaten."
Zjedzony - being eaten (masculine)(finished), "This meal has been eaten."
Zjedzona - being eaten (feminine)(finished), "This suop has been eaten."
Jedzeni - being eaten (plural masculine)(unfinished),
Jedzone - being eaten (plural feminine)(unfinished), "Apples are being eaten by worms."
Zjedzeni - being eaten (plural masculine)(finished),
Zjedzone - being eaten (plural feminine)(finished), "Apples have been eaten by worms."
Jadany - eaten (masculine)(unfinished), "That meal is often eaten in Spain"
Jadana - eaten (feminine)(unfinished), "Pizza is usually eaten with ketchup"
Jadani - eaten (prural masculine)(unfinished)
Jadane - eaten (plural feminine)(unfinished), "Slogs are eaten in France"
Zjadany - eaten (masculine)(finished)
Zjadana - eaten (feminine)(finished)
Zjadani - eaten (prural masculine)(finished)
Zjadane - eaten (plural feminine)(finished), "Corpses of dead animals are eaten by worms"
....
and many many more.... xD
@iFort
funny - in Polish We have so many varieties / times - and it's easy for me , but I still don't fully understand these few in English.
WHAAT
Cześć, I'm trying to learn POLSKI/POLISH to communicate with a Friend who can't speak English, How can I learn Polish efficiently?
As the polyglots mostly say just learn the first form/case of verb and conjuncate them by just learning the rule, when you are able to make basic sentences.
Please let me know if there is a simple tip to aquire POLISH language cases fast. It'll be really nice/appreciated if you share some knowledge.
@@syedzaighamali1913 How is it possible that he/she doesn't know English? - he/she must be over 50 years old. The easiest thing in Polish is that - you read what you see [
every letter] , two verbs are enough -
verbs for the form I /me[ja] and you [ty],
to ask a question you only add a question mark "?" with form you[ty] ... if you knew other Slavic languages it is very easy. I understand Russian in 99%, but I had it in school, Czech and Slovak in 60% - without learning .. Ukrainian also easy.
You have to learn words, I had Russian at school - and we had to learn 150-200 words per week / 1 word written wrong = down grade , [4 mistakes =the worst mark]. :)
@@dawidkujawski3340 Dziękuję bardzo, I'm really struggling and trying to learn how to conjugate verbs and nouns. Only if I can get a trick/logic of how cases work for Nouns, Adjectives and Verbs in Polish it's a child play to crack sentences. After that only thing left is to memorize 1000 most frequently used words and you are good to jump into conversation with a native speaker.
Is there any logic for cases how they change? Like most of English verbs change ''ed'' into 2nd or 3rd form.
Please let me know.
great explanation, thank you
u are totally right in my opinion, im italian and i obviusly started learning english at school with colors and numbers and i actually had no idea what i was learning until i start seeing youtube videos in english, i learned so much thanks to youtube video and now i think i can sustain a basic conversation or something more
So basically you guess how a basic conversation flows and then you build on the simple things. Smart 👍
Total immersion definitely helps. So does watching videos in the language, conversing with native speakers in that language - using it as much as possible all helps with learning & retaining what you’ve learned 😊
Very good advice thank you!
You are an inspirational human. Much respect to you and all that you give to us 👍🏻❤️
Having a child soon. She will learn English, and Spanish and ASL. And in high school I hope she decides to pick up Chinese and continue ASL. ❤️
Jem Rojas love this! You probably already know this, but if not, check out ‘baby sign’. My boys were able to communicate when they were hungry/wanted to nurse/needed a diaper change/etc all before they could talk (and then even continued to use sometimes when they were talking and emotional and needed to make clarification). It was amazing. 💕
Krista Regan yes! We learned about it in my asl class. It’s amazing. I’m so excited for my girl to come
¡Qué genial!. Saludos.
Jem Rojas ¡es bueno para ti! Puedo entender español. Pero, es como 50-60%.
I have known ASL and English for long time.
My first language was ASL. Because I am deaf. I learnt to sign with deaf students who know ASL when I was 5.
My family decided to send me to private school for deaf and hard of hearing. They only teach deaf students how to talk and hear since I got my first CI when I was 8 years old.
They have taught me how to learn English by hearing, talking, writing, and reading.
Until after my speech and hearing were getting better and my speech therapist wanted me to get 2nd CI. I accepted it because I wanted to have better social life with hearing people. My family started to teach me how to learn Spanish when I was 13 years old.
Until I started high school, I have found many Hispanic students that they mostly can speak Spanish and I thought why not to socialize them and it will improve my Spanish language level.
Until I saw many deaf students who know ASL but mostly they were taught how to talk and hear when they were younger. But they can sign ASL fluently than I do because I haven’t talked with someone who know ASL for long time. So instead of socialize Hispanic students, I focused on socializing deaf students and making friends with them. My ASL level became fluent for end year of sophomore.
I haven’t realized that my Spanish language level was depleted. Until my after graduation, my family were celebrating for my graduation but they were talking in Spanish and I immediately realized that I forgot Spanish and I had to tell them about it and they were embarrassed. So I had to relearn Spanish.
But I want to learn BSL, French, German, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
Krista Regan OMG thank you for posting this! I’m going to download that app for my 1 year old son
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7:00 once I realized this, I began making enormous strides learning Japanese and went from struggling to form sentences to being able to say basic things in about two days despite not studying grammar very much. Obviously I will need to study grammar but I can confirm that your method is very effective for learning how to speak
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This is really a trouble that I have had in my journey of learning languages. Thank u so much for advising us, now I know the way how to be a polyglot
very insightful. thank you
Bless your heart for sharing! Thanks 🙂