Oh, same here! I hope you're having a good experience! Actually I'm not a native speaker, but I've been watching japanese teachers for english students. So, I guess I'm trying to nail both languages or more specifically, learning japanese while improving my english. Once you put your mind on it, it's not that difficult~ (*´﹀`*) If you want to give it a try, I'm pretty sure you're capable of! がんばってください！！
ayy, i am also learning Japanese... as well as Italian. but when quarantine ends, i might just focus on Japanese aaa. anywho, goodluck to y'all who are also learning !!
Same ! I'm learning Chinese and improving my English and Spanish, but I tried to start another language at the same time and it seemed impossible… I aim to reach the HSK三 (B1 level) this year so I will be able to start German and Flemish next summer.
I try to do 15 minutes of vocab learning of both the languages every day and I make sure that I do some grammar practice/ speaking practice throughout the week, I don’t have any German or french friends to practice with though ;(((
With thai and korean, I only spend about half an hour to an hour per week actively studying, because my level in them is upper intermediate/ lower advanced, so it’s more beneficial to me personally to just use a lot of immersion. With french and Japanese, I am not as good in them as the first two, so i spend a few hours per week on them, especially french because it’s my favourite language atm 😂 and then Vietnamese I spend probably about two hours per week but because I’m so new to it I also spend a lot of time consuming media so it doesn’t feel so foreign. I’m thinking of taking up mandarin but the only problem is that when lockdown is over I probably won’t have enough time
I'm about 4 hours of each per week (Japanese, Italian and Norwegian) but I have plenty of time on my own, since I don't go to school because of covid. I try to do every field of learning even though I'm way better at reading lol I try to get a look at pure grammar lessons, but I also have bought some books in my target language and I got some news apps to train myself to read orally and in my head 😊🌟
I believe I may have mentioned this in one of your previous videos, but a trick that I have used for learning multiple languages at the beginners level is to take my notes for the languages in different colored pens. When I can, I also like to associate a certain area in my home and/or time of day to each specific language. I’m a very visual person, so this has worked for me quite well to keep the languages from meshing together in my head. I’m sure there are other similar ways to use this technique if you aren’t a visual learner, such as chewing a certain flavor of gum, lighting a scented candle, or even using one of those custom sleep sound apps or non lyrical music to have playing softly in the background. The areas in your mind that control your senses and newly acquired information are very close to one another in your brain, so being able to link a language to a certain sound, smell, etc. should not only help prevent you from mixing up different languages, but it will also speed up your learning as well. I hope this helps somebody, and I would love to know if other people have used methods similar to this.
I also do this. I use different coloured pens for a few different languages, for example Mandarin Chinese is purple, German is green, Italian is orange and Hindi is pink.
I can't agree more. Even at an intermediate level in Italian, I gave up learning Spanish because it's too similar to Italian. French, on the other hand, seems to be okay. My brain somehow is able to consider the two languages totally different ones while enjoying similarities in grammar and vocabulary. I never have similar problems with Chinese as it's totally different as you said.
I'm learning five languages at the same time. All of them with different proficiency levels. Even I'm doing specializations on two of them: Mandarin Chinese and Russian. My strategy lies in my method to learn that is called Mind Palace. Awesome video, by the way. As Steve Kaufmann claims, the most important thing in the language learning path is always have FUN. Greetings from Mexico. I'm already a faithful subscriber.
@@dibujodecroquis1684 Un palacio por cada idioma. Empieza pequeño y se va expandiendo. Así no das oportunidad a que se confundan entre sí porque cada uno tendrá su propio lugar.
@@GalaSalv Hi paisana!! I'm learning Korean, French and Tagalog. I love Asian languages and that's the reason only French is the only one of romance languages. And you? What languages are you learning?
Do you guys learn a language using more than one langue to learn it. For example learn Russian using English and Portuguese resources to learn Russian (also to maintain Portuguese )
@@d.j7370 I feel like you need a very strong grasp on the foreign language to be able to use it to lean other languages - I'm not at a level in either of the languages I study where I could learn a language through one of them
This tip really helps me a lot. I already knew Filipino (my mother tongue), English and a little Spanish (my elective course in my university). I am currently studying French while preparing for my bar exams (an examination to become a lawyer) but will study both French, Spanish and Korean after I take my exams. Take care. Greetings and love from the Philippines.
I like the language Filipino Me too my mother tongue is Spanish I already know Portuguese, German and a little English But I want to learn french or Russian
wow cool !! omg i really want to go to the Philippines !! that is my dream country !! I also speak Spanish and french !! if u want to chat in Spanish or french lets connect on insta ( @galasalv )
Apart from practical matters of time, energy, and money, I absolutely agree that the choice is one of personal preference. It is like reading a single book at the time or reading more than one at the same time. I'd like to add that the choice is also between depth and breadth of learning. We may want to become more advanced in one or two languages or we may want to develop some knowledge and communication skills in more languages. I personally find very useful to distinguish between the languages that I am very advanced in, those that I am still at an elementary level, and those that I explore, just out of curiosity and fun.
id suggest to push japanese to advenced beginner level (a bit before intermediate) then you can learn mandarin/cantonese and korean at the same time. you will se lots of similarity with Japanese as a bridge ,
yeah go upto n3 level with Japanese you'll able to grasp Korean grammar faster then once youre comfy with both especially with kanji and Korean vocabulary then chose Mandarin or Cantonese or Taiwanese any other language
I agree with the other suggestions. If you are going to add 1 at a time, I would recommend Chinese first. (Though I'm sure others may disagree with that suggestion.) The Chinese practice will help improve your recognition of Japanese words and the pronunciations of characters are either the same or different enough that it isn't hard to keep them apart in your head. (Also the grammar is closer to English, which you seem to already know, so you are pulling from a bit of both). I think learning Korean may be a bit more difficult if you don't have a solid grasp on the Japanese vocab, because of how similar they are. There is enough vocabulary that is very similar but still different enough that you can start second-guessing yourself of which language you are reaching for. But once you are secure if your Japanese, that knowledge will definitely help with Korean.
I self study Korean and Japanese. Korean is my main language and I study it Monday to Friday for about 1 hour (a bit more if I can). I have reached lower intermediate level now. Yay!! I only study Japanese at the weekend and I am a beginner who is still learning kana. When I reach upper intermediate level in Korean, I will study it for 4 days and spend 3 days on Japanese. When studying 2 languages, you have to be flexible, give priority to one language while the other one is still on the backburner, and adjust your study time according to your progress. As you get better in your main language, things will get easier and you will have more time to devote to the other one.
What I've heard from linguistic studies is to keep six months (to a year) between starting to learn two new languages and from experience I'd agree. I have studied up to four languages at the same time at university which was manageable, but two to three are best for me (also adding up with her criteria). Pretty much fully agree with her!
You’re an inspiration I have been studying Chinese for one year and began losing motivation thanks to your channel I feel empowered to continue. I’m currently intermediate in Chinese and studying Spanish and Japanese at beginner level. Thank you 🙏🏿 😙
I'm learning Japanese , Korean, and Spanish. I have a book for learning for each. I practice in a seperate notebook until I become tired or bored. This may be five minutes, or even over an hour. Depends on attention span. I do something else for a while, then I switch languages. I try to look at something from at least one of the languages each day.
Estoy aprendiendo italiano y ruso al mismo tiempo, ambos son tan diferentes que por el momento no he tenido confusiones gramaticales 🙏 gracias por compartir tus estrategias de estudio! excelentes videos 😌
In my opinion yes,but if u have time ... Learn 2 languages is more better,u can learn in the internet or UA-cam... because is more easy,polyglot can work in the best business! U are the best!❤❤
Indeed, I believe that someone who achieve an intermediate level could start other language study even more to avoid the frustration of the intermediate plateau... as a beginner level improves so much faster in a conscious way, learning, or more precisely, acquiring is such unconscious at intermediate level.
@@Rubens_Witt yep I agree because learn 2 language at the same time is more recommended for people who have more time I recommend learn 1 language for the people have work
Do you guys learn a language using more than one language to learn it. For example I’m trying to learn Russian using Portuguese but there are few resources of Portuguese > Russian . I was thinking of using English to learn Russian , so a combo of Portuguese and English to lear Russian
21+ tenses in turkish language... Anatolian Turkish.verb conjugations A= To (towards /~for) (for the thick voiced words) E= To (towards /~for) (for the subtle voiced words) Okul=School U=(ou)=it= (it's that)>(I /U /i /ü=~about ) Git=Go Mak/Mek (emek)=exertion /process Git-mek=(verb)= to Go (the process of going= getmek =to get there now on ) Gel-mek= to Come 1 .present continuous tense (right now or soon, now on or later, currently or nowadays) Used to explain the current actions or planned events (for the specified times) YOR-mak =to tire ( to try , to deal with this) >Yor=~go over it (for the subtle and thick voiced words) A/E Yormak=(to arrive an idea/opinion onto what's this) I/U Yormak=(to arrive wholly over it) used as the suffix="Yor" (yaʊr) positive. Okula gidiyorsun ( you're going to school)= Okul-a Git-i-yor-u-Sen > School-to /Go-to-try /it's-You=(You try to Go to school) Evden geliyorum ( I'm coming from home) = Ev-de-en Gel-i-yor-u-Men > Home-at-then/ Come-to-try/ I-am=(from home I try to come) negative A)..Mã= Not B)Değil= it's not (the equivalent of)=(deŋi.le) examples A: Okula gitmiyorsun ( you're not going to school)= Okul-a Git-Ma-i-yor-u--Sen (School-to /Go-Not-it-try /it's-You) -(You don't try to-Go to school) B: Okula gidiyor değilsin ( you are not going to school)=Okul-a Git-i-yor değil-sen (You aren't try..to Go to School) Question sentence: Mã-u =Not-it =(is) Not it? Used as the suffixes ="Mı /Mu/Mi /Mü " Okula mı gidiyorsun? ( Are you going to school?)= Okul-a Ma-u Git-i-yor-u-sen ? (To-school/ Not-it / You-try-to-go)(~Towards the school or somewhere else are you going ?) Okula gidiyor musun? ( Do you go to school?)= Okul-a Git-i-yor Ma-u -sen ? (To school /Try-to-go /Not-it-you) (~You try to go to school (anymore) or not ?) (~Do you go to school ?( at some specific times) Okula sen mi gidiyorsun ? (~Are only you that going to school ?) 2 .simple wide tense ( it's used to explain our own thoughts about the topic) (everytime, always or at all, often,rarely, any time or sometimes, now on, soon or afterwards, inshallah/ possible to get a chance ) positive VAR-mak =~ to arrive (at) (to attain) .(for the thick voiced words) used as the suffixes >"Ar-ır-ur" ER-mek=~ to get (at) (to reach) (for the subtle voiced words) used as the suffixes >"Er-ir-ür" examples Okula gidersin ( You get to go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-er-sen > (I think) you have a chance to go to school Kuşlar gökyüzünde uçar ( The birds fly in the sky )=Kuş-lar gökyüzü-n-de uç-a-var ( The birds (get to fly) arrive at flying in the sky) Bunu görebilirler = (they can see this) = Bu-ne-u Gör-e-Bil-e-er-ler =(They-get-to-Know-to-See this-what-is)>They get at the knowledge to see about what's this Question sentence: in interrogative sentences it means : is not it so? or what do you think about this topic? Okula gider misin? (Do you get to go to school )= Okul-a Git-e-er Ma-u-Sen ?>You get to Go to School, Not it ?=(~What about you getting to go to school ?) negative Bas-mak =to dwell on/to tread on (bas git= ~leave and go > pas geç / vaz geç=give up) Ez-mek = to crush (ez geç= think nothing about / es geç=skip ) Mã= Not the suffix ="MAZ" Ma-bas=(No pass)=Na pas=(not to dwell on)>(to give up) (in the thick voiced words) the suffix ="MEZ" Ma-ez= (No crush) =does not>(to skip) (in the subtle voiced words) example Okula gitmezsin ( You don't/(won't) go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-ez-sen ((you skip of going to school) O bunu yapmaz (It/she/he doesn't do this)= Bunu yap-ma-bas= ( s/he don't dwell on to do this / s/he gives up doing this) Niçün buna bakmazsınız = (Why don't you look at this )=Ne-u-çün bu'n-a bak-ma-bas-sen-iz (2. plural)= what-that-factor you give up looking at this (one) A: Babam aslında uyurgezer değildir = My father isn't actually a sleepwalker B.Ürünlerimiz sugeçirmez değildir =Our products aren't waterproof (so you shouldn't wash them) 3.simple future tense (soon or later) Used to describe events that we are aiming for or think are in the future Çak-mak =~to fasten , ~to tack, ~to keep beside (for the thick voiced words) Çek-mek=~to attract , ~to take ,~to fetch , ~to keep close, ~to want ,~to will (for the subtle voiced words) the suffixes= ("CAK"-djäk) - ("CEK" -djek) positive.. Okula gideceksin ( you'll go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek-sen (~You fetch/take (in mind)-to-Go to school) Ali kapıyı açacak ( Ali is gonna open the door)= Ali Kapı-y-ı Aç-a-çak (~Ali keeps close to open the door) negative A. Okula gitmeyeceksin (you won't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-e-çek-sen (~you don't keep/fetch (in mind) to go to school) B. Okula gidecek değilsin (you aren't gonna go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek değil-sen (~you're not wanting (/wanted) to go to school) 4 . simple past tense (currently or before) Used to explain the completed events we're sure about Di = now on (anymore) Di-mek(demek) = ~ to deem , ~ to mean, ~ to think this way Used as the suffixes=.Dı /Di /Du/ Dü - (Tı /Ti /Tu /Tü) positive Okula gittin ( you went to school)= Okul-a Git-di-N Okula gittin mi ? (did you go to school ?)= Okul-a Git-di-N Ma-u ?( You went to school Not-it ?) Dün İstanbul'da kaldım (I stayed in Istanbul yesterday)= Dün İstanbul-da kal-dı-M negative Okula gitmedin ( you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-di-N Bugün hiç birşey yapmadık (We did nothing today) =Bugün hiç birşey yap-ma-dı-K Beni görmediler (They didn't see me) =Ben-i gör-me-di-Ler 5 .narrative past tense- (just now or before) Used to explain the completed events that we're unsure of MUŞ-mak = ~ to inform , (muşu=inform - notice /muşuş=mesaj=message /muştu=müjde=evangel) means... I'm informed about - I noticed that- I got it- I learned such - I heard that - they said...or it seems such (to me) used as the suffixes= (Mış-miş-muş-müş)
positive Okula gitmişsin ( I heard) you went to school)= Okul-a Git-miş-u-sen (I realized you've been to school) Yanlış Yapmışım=Yaŋlış Yap-muş-u-men (~Seems that I've made something wrong) /Yanılmışım (I noticed I fell in a mistake) negative A. Okula gitmemişsin (I heard) you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-miş-sen (I got it) you hadn't gone to school) B. Okula gitmiş değilsin =(I'm aware) you haven't been to school. Okul-a Git--miş değil-sen ( I learned you're not gone to school) in interrogative sentences it means .Do you have any inform about? have you heard?.are you aware?. or does it look like this? İbrahim bugün okula gitmiş mi? =(do you know /have you heard): Has Abraham gone to school today? 6.Okula varmak üzeresin =You're about to arrive at school 7.Okula gitmektesin (You're in (process of) going to school)= ~you have been going to school 8.Okula gitmekteydin =You had been going to school 9.Okula gitmekteymişsin =I learned/heard > you've been going to school 10.Okula gidiyordun (Okula git-e-yor er-di-n) = You were going to school 11.Okula gidiyormuşsun (Okula git-e-yor er-miş-sen) ( I heard that) You are going to school) (I learned you were going to school) 12.Okula gidecektin (Okula git-e-çek erdin) (You would go to school after/then)(.~I had thought you'll go to school)(~You've said about you're going to go to school) 13.Okula gidecekmişsin (Okula git-e-çek ermişsen) (I heard that you'd like to go to school then)(I learned that you'll go to school) 14.Okula giderdin ( Okula git-e-er erdin) (You used to go to school bf) ( you would go to school bf/then) 15.Okula gittiydin ( Okula git-di erdin) ( I had seen you went to school) (~I remember you've gone to school) 16.Okula gitmiştin ( Okula git-miş erdin) ( I know that > you had gone to school) 17.Okula gitmiş oldun( Okula git-miş ol-du-n) (you have been to school) Bu bir Elma = This is an apple Bu bir Kitap = This is a book Dur-mak=to keep to be present there Durur=it keeps to be present there used as the suffixes=(Dır- dir- dur- dür / Tır- tir-tur-tür) It's usually used on correspondences and literary language... (formal) Meaning in the formal conversations =(that keeps to be present there) Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= This is an apple (that keeps to be present there) Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= This is a book (that keeps to be present there) Meaning within everyday conversations as informal=( I think that /I guess that looks as..) Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= (I guess> this is an apple (that looks such) Bu bir elma gibi duruyor=Looks like an apple this is it( This looks like an apple) Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= (I think> this is a book (that looks such) Bu bir kitap gibi duruyor=This looks like a book 18.Okula gidiyordursun =(guess>likely) You were going to school 19.Okula gidiyorsundur =(I think that) you are going to school 20.Okula gidecektirim =(guess>likely) I would (have to) go to school 21.Okula gideceğimdir=(I think that) ~I'm going to go to school 21.Okula gideceklerdir=(I think that> they're going to go to school 22.Okula gitmiştirler =(guess>likely> they had gone to school) 23.Okula gitmişlerdir =(I think> they've gone to school) (informal) 23.Okula gitmişlerdir = They have been to school (officially) Anlayabilirim= Aŋı-la-y-a Bil-e-Er-Men = I Get-to-Know-to-Understand =(I get at the knowledge to understand)= I can understand Anlayamam = Aŋı-la-y-a Al-Ma-Men =I don't get (to have some things) to-Understand = I can not understand Aŋ= moment Aŋı= memory Aŋı-la=get via memory (save in memory= make it become a memory) Anlamak=to understand Hãtırã=keepsake/souvenir Yadigar=momento Hatır=sake /intangible value (in mind) Hatır-la =(get via the keepsake) hatırlamak/ yad etmek=to remember
After watching the whole video, I've realised that I'm learning 2 languages according to the last tips. I'm beginner of Korean and intermediate of English.
Thank you so much for the explanation! I'm currently switching on and off my Spanish learning because I'm focusing on getting better at Korean first, but since I've got more free time now I think I'll continue learning Spanish alongside with Korean :) I don't want to forget what I've learned so far in Spanish!! ㅎㅎ
I feel like i mixed up my spanish and french cause I’ve started them at a similar time then i was living for a while in turkey and i gained some of the Turkish language and all of this mixed up my languages and stopped me from learning properly i got stuck at the same level and even forgetting alot of spanish grammar. I want to focus on french at the moment but i’ve been having these thoughts of starting with Korean since a family member is learning it now i thought it would be fun if we learn it together. I kept asking and looking if it would be possible to learn french and koran at the same time. Mostly, i’ll try to go back to spanish after accomplishing A2 or B1 in French it will boost my motivation and self-esteem
I want to ask you if you are learning French and korean together until now what’s you’r level ?is it a good idea or you feel you have to drop one of them ??
@@haneefamuneer1908 Arabic and Spanish is not that hard for me due to my background. And i just started Korean, but it shoulndt be a struggle for me since i already know a lot of japanese vocabularies and grammar
Sali Abdulkadil can you tell me how to start? i want to learn Spanish and korean, but I don’t know where to start. For Spanish should I start learning the alpha bets or no? Also, how should I learn these? Do I just use DuoLingo?
Oh my goodness, this is so helpful! I guess I should really focus on Spanish more than Korean right now because I interact with Spanish speakers daily. Korean is more to understand music and shows and stuff, so it’s not as pressing. Thank you! 💜
I’m aiming to learn korean, japanese and chinese. It might sounds greedy but I’m confident with it because I’ve been listening japanese and korean through tv dramas and programs for a few years so I’m very familiar with the listening and some beginner vocabulary. In korean, I’m more advanced than japanese so they’re not at the same level, and for the chinese i can say I’m learning from the scratch but I’m determined so wish me luck, my mindset is: if i could learn spanish (my mother tongue) and english, I’m able to learn a new language!
This is perfect! Im learning Korean and was considering reaching a certain level than starting Spanish or French since i only want to learn speaking French & Spanish, unlike Korean which im fully learning. Thanks a lot for your motivational content 💕
I’m learning Spanish and Korean at the same time! My Spanish is much better because I took it for years in school. It’s nice to have languages to bounce between when one gets too boring or too difficult. 😊 Do you have any tips for someone who feels like their losing their passion or interest in a language?
In the moment i am improving my emglish skills and I started study mandarin recently. But I really want study spanish too, because I am brazilian and this language is similar with mine
who else watches videos like this having already started learning multiple languages? i agree it's probably easier to learn one at a time…but i don't want to stop any of the ones i've picked up! speaking further though, i learn languages less aiming for fluency and more out of interest in the way languages work. over the last year i've worked on german, hungarian, vietnamese, korean, french, spanish, mandarin, cantonese, japanese…probably others i've forgotten! at this moment i would say i am lower intermediate in german and hungarian, upper beginner in vietnamese, and i'm currently a pretty early beginner but focusing on spanish and french. sometimes languages i study don't last long-i really enjoyed learning the korean alphabet and i can still more or less read it, but i just don't have the drive to actually learn korean. spending a couple of hours learning the alphabet was not really work toward learning a language, it was purely for fun. however, i'm sure i will come back to japanese because i've always wanted to learn it. right now i'm telling myself i'm waiting for higher fluency in the other languages because i want to focus harder on japanese when i study it…we'll see how that goes!
This lockdown is a golden time to study more languages and this video just showed the greatest advice I could ever stumble upon to after thinking of a strategy to learn more foreign languages at a very efficient way. Thank you for another great video, ma'am My Langs😁 Really a great help for a newbie like me❤
I wan only learning Korean for awhile, but I got really inspired to keep learning Spanish so I’m gonna try to fit in both 😄 I have a lot of free time at the moment so I think I can do it
Since I'm learning French and Spanish at school and my understanding of grammar has worsened a little, so I'm trying to go all out while we still have holidays. I've basically aquired most of my English through immersion (YT), thinking in english and commenting. Guess it'll work for the other languages too, then! Also, I'm getting into Hebrew right now. Since I've got a ton to do, but much more time than normal due to Covid19, I've just decided to study and immerse in Hebrew in the morning hours and in the afternoon, I'll focus on French and Spanish, alternating every other day.
Thank you for this helpful video. Your reasons for which situations to focus on just one language vs.focusing on multiple languages makes a lot of sense. I'm currently working on 3 languages: French, Spanish, and German. I needed to start learning each at a different period of my life and then had to stop learning each for one reason or another. Now they're all at an A2/B1 level, so I'm trying to get them to a B2 level where I can easily consume books and TV in those languages. I use a mix of easy language readers, TV shows with subtitles in the target language, and language learning apps for the grammar. I rotate these methods between my languages. For a couple months I'll use an easy reader for German, watch a French TV show and look up the words I don't know, and do Busuu grammar app exercises in Spanish. Then I'll rotate for another two months and choose an easy reader in French, etc. This way I don't get bored and am always learning new vocabulary and grammar for each language.
I'm actually learning two or more languages at the same time and honestly I am starting from the scratch😁I mean I'm still in a beginners level.First I study korean language while I learn some words of chinese and after that the japanese language.watching korean and chinese drama helps me a lot😊😁
i think keeping good notes on paper and coding stuff for each language is a good idea for managing learning 2 or more languages. personally i'm not learning any languages that are super similar to each other at once, but when i try to speak in spanish i do often mix in german for some reason? not sure why, since generally they aren't similar even pronunciation wise. i think it was the mistake of starting them both in the same level at the same time, so i'd recommend avoiding that.
I started with French, about a year ago, then I started with Japanese in January, Spanish in May and Korean in July. For me it really helps to do all, because I couldn't help feeling I was loosing time and would never learn all the languages I wanted. So now I can work better because I feel I'm doing progress in all the matters I wanted so badly, even if it is not the faster form. It also helped to start one at a time, I was able to get the very basic of the language and truly learn it before I have to study another basic concepts, the start are always the hardest for me. Now I am a B2 in French. Since my mother language is Portuguese and I grown so close from Spanish, culturally consuming it, I got a pretty vast vocabulary and the pronounce is also fine, I just need to learn by heart some grammar rules to be more confident about what I am speaking. It helps to not mess the spanish, french and also portuguese. My japanese is basic, I can have some daily conversations, maybe a small talk, but writing is THE THING, i struggle a lot with kanjis. Hiragana and Katakana are fine to use. Of Korean, I just got the writing system, learned some vocabulary and daily expressions. Not enough to talk. My advice would be to at least revise all the languages every day. Not actually study every day, just give a quick look, around 15 minutes, it won't let your brain cool down the information and when you actually sit to study, it will be a lot easier. Remember that grammar is important, not to decorate the rules, but make your brain automatically use then, it's essential especially if you're working with Latin languages that got lots of similarities. Also be sure to surround yourself with cultural media and try to find practice partners. I find mines on the internet. Just grammar is not enough. I consider learning a new language a big task, it has a lot of troubles, but it can be fun for sure and will make your experience in life be totally different, bigger. (oh, I learned English 5 years ago. Studied at home then went in an exchange program to Canada for 5 months. In 2015 the government paid it all for me)
Well, it all depends on what do you mean by the terms "study" or "learn". Of course, it's feasible and even suggested to learn two or three languages concurrently if by "learning" you do mean to acquire basic or at most intermediate communication or comprehension skills. This strategy is good for people who travel a lot and wish to be able to communicate in various countries, using the local language. BUT if your intention is to study for academic, scientific or even professional reasons then that's a wrong approach. Somewhere there between the B2 and C1 level you will collide upon a wall and you will experience a plateau. At that point, you really need to devote yourself to just ONE language for a long time and then start thinking about the second one. Then matters will be easier cause you will be already an accomplished learner, having mastered the right METHOD of HOW TO LEARN. Consequently, you may try out to learn two languages at the same time (but please not more than two at a time), preferably two very distinct and different ones. One of them should be the "easy" one (meaning closer to your native tongue's motives and characteristics) and the second one should be the distant and "difficult" one. But even then you will learn them VERY SLOWLY and GRADUALLY! Hastiness is the biggest enemy of language learning. And yes, to become an accomplished and real polyglot one definitely needs to reach a certain age unless he/she is so lucky to be born in a multilngual family or environment, so he speaks 2-3 "mother-tongues" from his/her early years. That's my humble opinion, based on my long and sometimes painful experience!
I'm now studying 2 languages, I tried to learn only one at the same time but I failed. but when I start to learn 2 languages I start to improve and feel the result.
I thought the same thing! :D I want to learn multiple languages at the same time but I thought it would be too confusing to start two languages both at begginer level, so I'm focusi'g on one new language for now, and I'll add the others when I'll reach a certain level! 😊
I agree, I would say if you can at least understand 75% of what is being spoken to you and what you hear in one language(or you're intermidiate to advance) than study another. For me I'm studying 3 languages but only because a lot of times I find that I get sick of looking at the same language over and over again for an extended period of time plus I don't really have any deadlines at the moment.
i am learning korean and thai at the same time now.. im in intermediate korean and beginner thai.. and im kind of struggling to keep the time balance especially now that my korean learning motivation is at its peak so there are days i forget to touch thai.. but hopefully soon i get back on it. Despite this i am enjoying! hehe! :)
Thanks for the tips, your videos are great! I'm brazilian and just started to learn japanese and korean this year, it's pretty hard but very pleasant too. Both have many similarities, it may be confusing, but actually helps me a lot. Thanks for sharing your experience.
The weird thing is, my school is in sets, and I'm in the top set. At my school, if you are in top set then for KS3 you are required to learn French and Latin (i chose to stick with Latin for my GCSEs as I find the school way of teaching other languages to be ineffectual) so if you could only learn one at a time they wouldn't do that. I am currently learning Latin and Japanese and am hoping to start another language as well so this vid is v helpful
I am learning Italian (B2), Japanese (B2) and Norwegian (A1). At the beginning, I thought I would take turn to study one of the three more heavily everyday, while doing lighter works for the other two. But gradually, I feel that my real passion lies on Italian, so basically I spend more time on Italian everyday. I don't mind focusing less on Japanese because I have already reached a fairly good level, but my progress in Norwegian is slower than expected. I may have to spend more time on Norwegian, but Italian is too hard to resist. So my Norwegian is still progressing very slowly.
Your videos are very professional especially when it comes to languages content. I really appreciate these advices. I am learning 2 at the same time although one of them is above beginners level and just started a new one😉😊
El español es mi idioma nativo. I'm learning English (B2) and Italian (from the scratch). No tengo problema entre ellos porque son diferentes pero a veces sí entre el italiano y el español. Aún no decido si estudiar después quechua o japonés, ambos me interesan. Encontré este canal hace poco y son muy útiles 👍
Just A Teenager I have already followed the idea of learning a language to b1 at least then starting another. I did that when I got to b2 in soanish and now in a2 Chinese
Markus Blue hey I just learned Portuguese and was planning learning Italian and Russian through Portuguese ( to maintain Portuguese and learn in the same ) but there are a few sources of learning Portuguese to Russian and Italian . Do u learn a language using more than one language? Like learn Russian and Italian through Portuguese and English in my example ?
I'm studying more than 2 languages at the same time, but I'm true beginner in only one of them. I study Swedish because I'm doing my master's thesis in Sweden, therefore it's one of my main study language and I try to study it at least 30min everyday, often when I wake up. Then, I'm studying Japanese, I'm trying to brush up my kanjis and my grammar, I tend to study it 30min also but mostly going through kanjis. I'm also studying Russian, I began to study less than one year ago, most of the days i would just review vocab with apps (at least 15min) and once a week I try to study it with a book. And finally I'm studying Khmer (Cambodian), I'm a complete beginner (even though it's a language that I've heard a lot) and I'm trying to give it 10min a day to get familiar with the writing system and basic words/sentences and I'm planning to buy a book to study it more seriously once I graduate :)
I am currently learning 2 forms of sign language at the same time, but I got through the beginner phases of both separately in university (followed by years of neglect after graduating and having to join the workforce). The cultural influence on sign language definitely helps differentiate a lot of the signs in my head, but there are definitely a few that always get mixed up either due to the signs being similar or due to sign not being culturally/linguistically influence by the country's spoken language. However, I think learning them at the same time is helpful because the focus on expression, body movement, and the like are also similar between the two. The one thing I had to train myself out of was accidentally thinking about the signs in a language other than that county's language. (For instance, signing in my home country's sign language but thinking about what I'm signing in a foreign language.)
I can´t avoid the confusion. I'm b1 or b2 in english and I get confused when I'm speaking french, if I don´t know how to say a word I just automatically think in english... "J´aime le cheese" xd
What's interesting is that I started learning French early on, like when I was a kid in French School in a Spanish speaking country. So I see French - Spanish cognates as completely different languages. But now as I am trying to learn Portuguese as an adult it's hard for me to take it seriously because the cognates sound like an accent of Spanish.
I think learning 3 languages at a time helps me stay on track. For example Korean is super hard for me. I got mad at it and started to do my French lessons instead. Because French is easier for me because I am a Spanish speaker. I take breaks from writing Kanji down by doing drops in either Korean or French. I take breaks from learning a language by interacting with my other languages hahahaha. My main target language is Japanese. But I am studying French, and recently started from scratch with Korean. No matter how busy I am, I do some interaction with one of these languages a day. Korean is so hard for me! So, I get frustrated often and watch Kdramas for listening skills. But with each passing week I noticed that I start to understand more words when watching Kdramas. It motivates me.
I am brazilian and finally managed to reach in both Japanese and English's intermediate level. So I can put some effort to learn Korean now. Although it might be a little difficult to maintain these 3 languages when I still need in focus on my last high school year, maybe I can successfully reach fluency and become a polyglot. Anyways, really thanks for the video, hope that I someday speak several languages like you.
I've been in Japanese class for school for 3 years and I feel like I really haven't learned much at all🤡🤡💀 And I've been learning korean for about a month and I swear I hear words I know more frequently in korean than japanese (although before i started jorean, for about 8 months I was listening to k pop and watch in korean shows and stuff but not that much I thought and I didn't understand any if it)
안녕하세요. 전에 영어, 스페인어, 일본어를 동시에 공부한다고 말했던 사람입니다. 명쾌하게 설명해 주셔서 정말 감사합니다. 저는 현재 코로나 바이러스때문에 회사에서 교대로 휴직을 하고 있거든요. 그래서 충분한 시간이 확보가 되서 외국어 공부를 할 절호의 기회라고 생각을 했습니다. 초보교재로 독학중이지만 이 유튜브안에서 외국인들의 댓글을 조금씩 이해할 수 있을때 큰 기쁨을 느낍니다. 열심히 해서 꼭 선생님처럼 되고 싶습니다. 감사합니다^^
I focused solely on Spanish for a year, and it made learning the basics of Latin, Italian and Portuguese so much easier. I'm teaching myself German and Dutch as they will be useful in my future job. I'm home educated so I can spend a lot of time learning each.
In my leisure time,I learn Japanese language to keep me motivation for all the languages,hope I could keep my passion for learning different things as I can do
You're very talented in language, you only need 1 year to get C1 in Spanish, that's crazy fast, I agree with you that we better stick to a language at one time, learning language is a lifetime project, but I have to spend at least 3 hours per day to learn Korean language, I learn Korean over 1 year but I am still fool in this language (Korean grammar is extremely tricky) I'm worried I can't even get Topik 4 until now. My job need to interact with lot of Korean tourists, I have a lot of oppotunities to pratice it but it still really really suck...
I need your opinion, this maybe sounds extreme, but I have a high will, and I'm willing to learn all these languages with all my heart, I plan to learn 7 languages at the same time which are: Chinese (Fluent) English (Upper-Intermediate) Korean (Elementary) Spanish (Elementary) French (Elementary) Japanese (Elementary) German (Beginner) So, could you help me to manage the study time in each day, please? Or maybe you have a strategy to learn so many languages at the same time? I would be very grateful 😁😁
Woooah! If you've got enough time and can put the certain study time constantly, why not?! Make a plan according to your schedule and just go for it!! Wish you the best👌🏻
I was studying Italian and Korean at the same time but I decided to focus only in Italian. I have no difficult in learning languages and after watching your video I will try learning Català, Français and Português among Italian >:3 ah y soy hablante nativo de español así que... ùwú
@@andrea0_o413 no te creas que mi inglés es perfecto xD pero sí te puedo decir que mientras más idiomas, más facilidades adquieres. En mi caso es porque me encantan los idiomas, y por tanto hay varios que me gustaría hablar. Al fin y al cabo cada quien tiene sus motivaciones personales.
I learn Spanish and Portuguese almost at the same time. I haven't got confused or mixed up, because both languages are very similar. The conjugation, spelling and tenses of both languages are very much alike. As my proficiency in both languages improved, I started to use Spanish-Portuguese dictionary and my thinking switches back and forth between both languages without confusion. If words in both languages have the same spelling, they tend to have the same meaning. Of course, not every word or gender is the same in both of them, such as naranja (sp) = laranja (pt); recuerdo (sp) = lambranca (pt); balcon (sp) = secada (pt). I do the same for Dutch and Afrikaans, and Bahasa Melayu-Indonesia.
@@dibujodecroquis1684 Yes I know about them La naranja = A Laranja. The way I write may confuse you. The word ending with je in Spanish = The word ending with gem in Portuguese with different genders. For example El viaje (sp) = A viagem (pt) I also know the rules about how to change Spanish to Portuguese words, but I can't explain here in full.
Keatkhamjorn Meekanon The rules are easy. J (between vowels, not always) to LH Hijo/filho Gajo/galho LL (between vowels, not always) to L Gallo/galo Callar/calar Etc. I know all of them, but it would take too many lines and examples to write them all.
@@dibujodecroquis1684 That is my problem, too. Lluvia = Chuva; Solo = So; llegar = chegar; Salida = Saida; Poner = Por; componer = compor; Ayudar = Ajudar; Passion = Paixao. When changing words from Spanish to Portuguese, L and N will be missing.
Yeah, I agree with learning 2 or 3 languages in the same time. But I want to know how I memorize well the vocabs of each language. Now, I am on the way of studying Japanese about N2/N1 level. As the same time, I also want to learn Korean and Vietnamese by self-taught. Now the level of Korean is just able to read all the sentenses and some of meaning. And Vietnamese is not working as I think, but I can read without knowing most of meanings.
Words!! Hmm We should admit that we need to input some time for the vocab.. and this is why I also find that it takes more time in improving my Vietnamese because of the words.. (Bc I can't make much time in learning it)
@@mylangs It's really thankful for your replying. I'm looking forward the best way of learning words in your coming upload. By the way, Korean is also not easy that much I think before. (Laughing）Because I'm still making mistakes in Writing all the time in even just beginner level .
As a Brazilian student, I speak natively Portuguese and my target language is Japanese... but I was watching a UA-cam video in English, right?! Maybe, for not English speakers, to learn both or more languages isn't a choice at all! Brilliant video. Thanks
@@Fabiano.Escobar.012 tenho minhas dúvidas. Por exemplo, eu busco uma bolsa de estudos no Japão, para mestrado. É uma grande oportunidade. Mas, eu poderia aprender qualquer outro idioma e buscar bolsas no nosso país (acho que é BR também rsrs). Achar um benefício para você no aprendizado de idiomas é um requisito para você iniciar um estudo de idiomas. Para estudar quatro idiomas, você precisa de quatro grandes motivos para correr uma maratona. Mas se você não gosta de maratonas, elas não são essenciais. Viu o Bong Joon-Ho falando inglês na cerimônia do Oscar? rsrsrs
@@Rubens_Witt eu n tô morando no Brasil agora,eu mora aqui na alemanha , eu tô terminado de aprender o alemão agora vou para inglês Eu acho(na minha opinião ☺)que vc deveria r pro Japão aprender o idioma e trabalhar o estudar Na verdade o nosso Brasil tbm tem coisas boas tambem☺ Só e difícil encontrar Rsrsrsrs
It all depends all your goals, but I believe that if you have never learned another language before (like me), you should stick with a single language until a fairly high level and then branch off into multiple languages. That way you can hone a method that works for you and repeat it once you know what works for you and what doesn’t.
Your video is really insightful for such a young person. You have captured the pros and cons perfectly. I am currently learning Chinese for 2 and half years and when I recently decided to learn Japanese too, I totally benefit from learning Chinese characters for Mandarin first, and I feel the Japanese is bringing some freshness into my daily routine and reinforcing my knowledge of characters too. But I am glad that I started learning Japanese only after investing around 2000 hours into Chinese. Starting both languages from scratch at the same time would be a recipe for disaster.
I definitely agree it depends upon the person and what their study habits and abilities are. Either way, learning one language at a time or learning 2+ languages at a time, you are learning a new language; which is already more than what most people can say. Personally I started off learning Japanese for 20 years, and that was the only language I studied. But, now I am learning Thai with a Thai tutor, who is teaching me Thai, but in Japanese. I even use Japanese resources, and textbooks. This helps reinforce my Japanese, while learning a knew language at the same time. Also for fun, I'm studying Italian as well (But in English)... At the end of the day, just do what is best and most comfortable for yourself... Learning a language isn't a competition.. :)
I'm learning French and Italian at the same time, and I'm scared that It will become confusing. The problem is that I'm learning French in college and Italian because I've always wanted to know it and I'm really keen on learning it, but I can't give up on French because I must learn it for college 😣😣
I'm planning to learn Korean. I'm an intermediate English learner, and considering that Korean is so different from my mother language, I am very confident that I won't be confused. However, I feel so insecure when it comes to learn another language while I am not fluent in English :(
I'm an spanish native speaker and i wanna learn chinese, korean japanese and thai... What would you start with? The two languages i reeeaally want to learn faster as possible are korean and chinese. But what would MyLangs do?
I’m learning 4 languages at the same time: French, Korean, Portuguese and Chinese. I get bored so easily so I can’t focus in just one. My first language is Spanish and I started learning English since middle school but I’m not good enough because I don’t practice, at least I can read and understand. For people like me who has enough time and love to learn languages is better to study 2+ at the same time. (Sorry if I made mistakes.)
Maybe sounds crazy, but I'm learning 10 languages at the same time: Korean, Greek, Russian, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Hebrew, Chinese and Italian What I do is to dedicate at least 15 minutes to each language, and i write notes. I separated with colors too. I really enjoy doing this cause languages are my passion. I only hope get fed up soon. PS : my first language is spanish and i know some english
언니가 언급한 단점, 장점 완전 동의해요!! 제가 동시에 3개국어 공부하는 경함 바탕으로 독학하는 경우엔 한 언어 실력을 중급으로 끌어올려야만 다른 언어 배우기 시작하면 될거같아요!! 저 같은 경우에는 대학에서 프랑스어랑 중국어 공부하니까 강의 듣고 숙제를 하면서 이 2개국어 공부할 시간이 따로따로 나눠있는거 같고 한국어도 공부하고 싶어서 자유 시간에 공부해요 근데 솔직히 말하면 언어마다 각자 공부할 시간이(?) 분명히 있어도 빨리 유창하게 하고 싶다면 동시에 3개국어 공부 추천ㄴㄴㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 글고 다른 제기하고 싶은 점은 polyglot이 돼도, 어떤 외국어 유창하게 할 수 있다 해도 결코 배우는거 멈추지 않다고 생각이 들어요 뭐 문법 그만 공부하고 단어장 그만 보고 그럴 수 있겠는데 일상에 현지인들이랑 대화하면서 어쩔 수 없이 새로운거 배우게 될거같아요 저 영어원어민인데 매일매일 새 영단 배우고 있거든여ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 나 그냥 영어 못하는건가..?ㅋㅋ큐ㅠ 암튼 오늘은 한국어 좀 이상해서 죄송해요ㅠ 원ㄹㅐ 잘한다는거 절대 아니지만 오늘은 특별히 이상하게 나와버리는거같아요 힝ㅠ 이번 영상도 잘 봤어용!! 다음 영상 기대하고 있을게여!!
MyLangs 헐 이런 좋은 말씀을 하셔서 기분이 괜히 좋아진거같아요ㅠㅠㅠ 감사합니다!! 근데 네 한국인 아니죠ㅎㅎ 그냥 한국 가본 적 없는 스코틀랜드에서 한국어 독학한지 4년쯤 된 외국인입니다!! 처음 공부했을때 진짜진짜 열심히 해서 (아직 부족한게 많아도) 여기까지 올수있은 거같아요!! Polyglot들 보면 거의 다 회화 주위(?)로 공부하시는거같은데 전 문법을 좋아해가지고 문법위주로 공부하고 언어교환 어플을 통해 한국인 친구들 몇명을 찾고 한국어 연습하고 그렇게 공부하게 됐어요 근데 최근에 난관에 부딪친 느낌이 좀 드네요 실력을 중급에서 고급으로 어떻게 레벨업시킬 수 있는지 잘 모르니까요...ㅠ 그래도 언니 영상 보며 더 열심히 할 마음 커지고 어느날 언니가 영어 잘하는 만큼 한국어 할 수 있는 날 오겠지? ㅎㅎ 또 감사합니다!!
THANK YOU. I never thought of learning languages like stair steps. I was wondering how I could learn multiple; I’ve been struggling with that for a year, just trying to manage time and everything. This helped so much!
I'm trying to learn chinese and spanish at the same time but I am improving more in spanish than chinese. Chinese is a complicated language because you need to follow the tone.
@@mylangs Yes, maybe you're right! Filipino is my mother tongue that's why spanish is easier to lear than chinese but i will still try my best to learn chinese.
I'm a native Spanish speaker, my second language is English, and I started learning French when I started high school this past school year. Since this is my last week of school I'll have a lot of free time now. SOOOO... I want to use summer break to start learning Korean since I've always found really interesting. I can distinguish it amongst other languages by writing and sound and I can read it but I don't understand it. I want to by the end of the summer know a few phrases and be able to understand and say VERY basic things. I also want to keep learning Italian which I started last summer. My French isn't very advanced yet but I know I'm at a point where I can understand a pretty good amount of it, because of Spanish and learning it for a year. I realized I don't get confused with Italian and French anymore, and that even though I have been studying French, Italian is easiest because of knowing Spanish. When I tried learning Italian and French on my own I stopped after about a month because I realized I was getting confused very easily but now watching Italian and French movies words aren't as easily scrambled in my brain. But when I started learning to read and write in Korean I never confused it with the other languages. So basically, for me, it is more convenient to learn 2 languages when they are really different. I am really excited for the day I can say I'm a polyglot since right now I'm bilingual, and an aspiring polyglot.
life is too short, it's better to learn many languages at the same time :-)
Sa Kura ¿sabes español?
@@santiagorappy71 un poco possible. empece a aprender espanol hace unos meses.
Sa Kura increíble, saludos! Yo estoy aprendiendo Chino y Alemán
@@santiagorappy71 Animo! Puedes hacerlo!
Yes, I agree
Little correction:
Study(🇬🇧) - Estudiar(🇪🇸) - Étudier(🇫🇷)
Learn(🇬🇧) - Aprender(🇪🇸) - Apprendre(🇫🇷)
Yep is correct
I was going to comment that
Lol , I felt embarrassed when I thought I didn't know the verb 'to study' in Spanish after studying it in highschool and college😂
Simón wey, yo estoy aprendiendo inglés pero esta re difícil weon xdd
Estudar(🇧🇷) Aprender (🇧🇷)
I'm studying Japanese and I couldn't imagine learning another language right now....respect to all who do!
The Sleepy Sensei once you are confident enough in Japanese, you will be ready for your next language, if that’s your goal anyway.
Oh, same here! I hope you're having a good experience!
Actually I'm not a native speaker, but I've been watching japanese teachers for english students. So, I guess I'm trying to nail both languages or more specifically, learning japanese while improving my english. Once you put your mind on it, it's not that difficult~ (*´﹀`*)
If you want to give it a try, I'm pretty sure you're capable of!
がんばってください！！
@@bephany7678 Maybe once my Japanese becomes fluent then I could consider another language. Cheers,
がんばってください！
ayy, i am also learning Japanese... as well as Italian. but when quarantine ends, i might just focus on Japanese aaa. anywho, goodluck to y'all who are also learning !!
Same ! I'm learning Chinese and improving my English and Spanish, but I tried to start another language at the same time and it seemed impossible… I aim to reach the HSK三 (B1 level) this year so I will be able to start German and Flemish next summer.
Anyone who is learning 2+ languages at the same time comment down your routine on how you balance 👇🏽👇🏽
I try to do 15 minutes of vocab learning of both the languages every day and I make sure that I do some grammar practice/ speaking practice throughout the week, I don’t have any German or french friends to practice with though ;(((
With thai and korean, I only spend about half an hour to an hour per week actively studying, because my level in them is upper intermediate/ lower advanced, so it’s more beneficial to me personally to just use a lot of immersion. With french and Japanese, I am not as good in them as the first two, so i spend a few hours per week on them, especially french because it’s my favourite language atm 😂 and then Vietnamese I spend probably about two hours per week but because I’m so new to it I also spend a lot of time consuming media so it doesn’t feel so foreign. I’m thinking of taking up mandarin but the only problem is that when lockdown is over I probably won’t have enough time
@@youwouldnotbelieveyoureyes6829 If you need, we can speak French together!
I'm about 4 hours of each per week (Japanese, Italian and Norwegian) but I have plenty of time on my own, since I don't go to school because of covid. I try to do every field of learning even though I'm way better at reading lol
I try to get a look at pure grammar lessons, but I also have bought some books in my target language and I got some news apps to train myself to read orally and in my head 😊🌟
Louvy really? That’s so sweet 💗💗💗 where can we discuss? Do you have any social media you’re comfortable talking on?
I speak 3 languages fluently but I'm getting a bit overwhelmed by learning more haha
I wanna to ask you if you are a student when you start to learn those languages and if you study them in the same time??
I studied italian, French and English at the same time, but have different level and do it in different days and hours
I believe I may have mentioned this in one of your previous videos, but a trick that I have used for learning multiple languages at the beginners level is to take my notes for the languages in different colored pens. When I can, I also like to associate a certain area in my home and/or time of day to each specific language. I’m a very visual person, so this has worked for me quite well to keep the languages from meshing together in my head. I’m sure there are other similar ways to use this technique if you aren’t a visual learner, such as chewing a certain flavor of gum, lighting a scented candle, or even using one of those custom sleep sound apps or non lyrical music to have playing softly in the background. The areas in your mind that control your senses and newly acquired information are very close to one another in your brain, so being able to link a language to a certain sound, smell, etc. should not only help prevent you from mixing up different languages, but it will also speed up your learning as well.
I hope this helps somebody, and I would love to know if other people have used methods similar to this.
I also do this. I use different coloured pens for a few different languages, for example Mandarin Chinese is purple, German is green, Italian is orange and Hindi is pink.
These are really great ideas!
WOAH this is a really great and experimental tip. especially for those who have synesthesia
WOAH!! That's great advice, thanks, dude!!
Thx for the advice !!
I can't agree more. Even at an intermediate level in Italian, I gave up learning Spanish because it's too similar to Italian. French, on the other hand, seems to be okay. My brain somehow is able to consider the two languages totally different ones while enjoying similarities in grammar and vocabulary. I never have similar problems with Chinese as it's totally different as you said.
I’m learning Japanese and Portuguese. Fortunately they’re not similar at all haha.
I also want to learn them 🙋🏻♀️ they are really cool 😍😍
I'm learning Japanese too. It's so hard to learn katakana if i don't remember it's mean in English. Don't u?
Same for me here ! 👏🏼✨
same! should we form a group? :)
Sandra would definitely be a cool idea !
I'm learning five languages at the same time. All of them with different proficiency levels. Even I'm doing specializations on two of them: Mandarin Chinese and Russian. My strategy lies in my method to learn that is called Mind Palace. Awesome video, by the way. As Steve Kaufmann claims, the most important thing in the language learning path is always have FUN. Greetings from Mexico. I'm already a faithful subscriber.
Albert Loredo ¿Palacio mental?, ¿un idioma en cada estancia del palacio?, ¿como si cohabitasen varias familias reales?
hola !! yo naci en mexico !! wow ! what are the other languages you are learning ???
@@dibujodecroquis1684 Un palacio por cada idioma. Empieza pequeño y se va expandiendo. Así no das oportunidad a que se confundan entre sí porque cada uno tendrá su propio lugar.
@@GalaSalv Hi paisana!! I'm learning Korean, French and Tagalog. I love Asian languages and that's the reason only French is the only one of romance languages. And you? What languages are you learning?
Wow those are the 2 languages I want to learn aswell, Mandarin, and Russian
I love your prespective on language learning and these videos, they're great!
I like it
Do you guys learn a language using more than one langue to learn it. For example learn Russian using English and Portuguese resources to learn Russian (also to maintain Portuguese )
@@d.j7370 I feel like you need a very strong grasp on the foreign language to be able to use it to lean other languages - I'm not at a level in either of the languages I study where I could learn a language through one of them
I'm learning French and I'm about to start ASL (american sign language), luckily, I don't have to worry about mixing them up!
I can help you learn asl!,I been signing for 7 years :d
@@Servantofthelorddd Could you help my sister? She really wants to learn ASL
I don't know if you meant to be funny but I laughed at your comment. How's it going 2 years later?
This tip really helps me a lot. I already knew Filipino (my mother tongue), English and a little Spanish (my elective course in my university). I am currently studying French while preparing for my bar exams (an examination to become a lawyer) but will study both French, Spanish and Korean after I take my exams. Take care. Greetings and love from the Philippines.
I like the language Filipino
Me too my mother tongue is Spanish
I already know Portuguese, German and a little English
But I want to learn french or Russian
wow cool !! omg i really want to go to the Philippines !! that is my dream country !! I also speak Spanish and french !! if u want to chat in Spanish or french lets connect on insta ( @galasalv )
@@GalaSalv que bien!
Me he encontrado alguien que habla de mi lengua!☺😁
@@Fabiano.Escobar.012 cool !! i also speak speak spanish !! de adonde eres ?? if u want to practice your English lets connect on insta @galasalv !!
@@GalaSalv soy de españa pero vivo en Alemania gracias más tarde veré!☺
Apart from practical matters of time, energy, and money, I absolutely agree that the choice is one of personal preference. It is like reading a single book at the time or reading more than one at the same time.
I'd like to add that the choice is also between depth and breadth of learning. We may want to become more advanced in one or two languages or we may want to develop some knowledge and communication skills in more languages.
I personally find very useful to distinguish between the languages that I am very advanced in,
those that I am still at an elementary level,
and those that I explore, just out of curiosity and fun.
Ok, so I'm a beginner level Japanese learner, and I want to study Korean and Chinese eventually. Should I wait until I get to an intermediate level?
id suggest to push japanese to advenced beginner level (a bit before intermediate) then you can learn mandarin/cantonese and korean at the same time. you will se lots of similarity with Japanese as a bridge ,
yeah go upto n3 level with Japanese you'll able to grasp Korean grammar faster then once youre comfy with both especially with kanji and Korean vocabulary then chose Mandarin or Cantonese or Taiwanese any other language
I recommend you to bring Japanese to Intermediate level and then start Mandarin and Korean! You'll find it much easier to learn three of them!! 🙃
I agree with the other suggestions. If you are going to add 1 at a time, I would recommend Chinese first. (Though I'm sure others may disagree with that suggestion.) The Chinese practice will help improve your recognition of Japanese words and the pronunciations of characters are either the same or different enough that it isn't hard to keep them apart in your head. (Also the grammar is closer to English, which you seem to already know, so you are pulling from a bit of both).
I think learning Korean may be a bit more difficult if you don't have a solid grasp on the Japanese vocab, because of how similar they are. There is enough vocabulary that is very similar but still different enough that you can start second-guessing yourself of which language you are reaching for. But once you are secure if your Japanese, that knowledge will definitely help with Korean.
@@Kontinuosity I agree with you but the hard part is confusing kanji and Chinese characters :)
I'm pretty sure "aprender" means "to learn". "To study" is "estudiar", at least in spanish... I have no idea about french, though.
etudier et apprende, i'm not sure if i wrote right, i'm currently learning french
It is étudier
I self study Korean and Japanese. Korean is my main language and I study it Monday to Friday for about 1 hour (a bit more if I can). I have reached lower intermediate level now. Yay!! I only study Japanese at the weekend and I am a beginner who is still learning kana. When I reach upper intermediate level in Korean, I will study it for 4 days and spend 3 days on Japanese. When studying 2 languages, you have to be flexible, give priority to one language while the other one is still on the backburner, and adjust your study time according to your progress. As you get better in your main language, things will get easier and you will have more time to devote to the other one.
Exactly! Thanks for sharing!
What I've heard from linguistic studies is to keep six months (to a year) between starting to learn two new languages and from experience I'd agree. I have studied up to four languages at the same time at university which was manageable, but two to three are best for me (also adding up with her criteria).
Pretty much fully agree with her!
Thanks for sharing!👏🏻👏🏻
@@mylangs You're welcome; thanks for responding! :)
You’re an inspiration I have been studying Chinese for one year and began losing motivation thanks to your channel I feel empowered to continue. I’m currently intermediate in Chinese and studying Spanish and Japanese at beginner level. Thank you 🙏🏿 😙
I'm learning Japanese , Korean, and Spanish. I have a book for learning for each. I practice in a seperate notebook until I become tired or bored. This may be five minutes, or even over an hour. Depends on attention span. I do something else for a while, then I switch languages. I try to look at something from at least one of the languages each day.
Mylangs님 좋은영상감사합니다~~전 고등학생인데 언어에 욕심이많아서 구독하게됬어요 앞으로도 좋은영상 많이만들어주세요 그리고 대박나세요^^
Estoy aprendiendo italiano y ruso al mismo tiempo, ambos son tan diferentes que por el momento no he tenido confusiones gramaticales 🙏 gracias por compartir tus estrategias de estudio! excelentes videos 😌
@Hernán Fernández Hola Hernan! que crees ja ja dejé de estudiarlos pero pienso retomar el italiano :)!! así que si gustas podemos practicar juntos:)
I'm studying English, french and spanish
In my opinion yes,but if u have time ...
Learn 2 languages is more better,u can learn in the internet or UA-cam... because is more easy,polyglot can work in the best business!
U are the best!❤❤
Yea I want to learn French and german
Learn 2 language is more better I like it
I can work in the ONU with 4 languages XD
Indeed, I believe that someone who achieve an intermediate level could start other language study even more to avoid the frustration of the intermediate plateau... as a beginner level improves so much faster in a conscious way, learning, or more precisely, acquiring is such unconscious at intermediate level.
@@Rubens_Witt yep I agree because learn 2 language at the same time is more recommended for people who have more time
I recommend learn 1 language for the people have work
Do you guys learn a language using more than one language to learn it. For example I’m trying to learn Russian using Portuguese but there are few resources of Portuguese > Russian . I was thinking of using English to learn Russian , so a combo of Portuguese and English to lear Russian
This was sooo helpful! I'm learning French rn, almost done with absolute beginner level, n I'll start korean now asap! I'm so excited!!!
21+ tenses in turkish language...
Anatolian Turkish.verb conjugations
A= To (towards /~for) (for the thick voiced words)
E= To (towards /~for) (for the subtle voiced words)
Okul=School
U=(ou)=it= (it's that)>(I /U /i /ü=~about )
Git=Go
Mak/Mek (emek)=exertion /process
Git-mek=(verb)= to Go (the process of going= getmek =to get there now on )
Gel-mek= to Come
1 .present continuous tense (right now or soon, now on or later, currently or nowadays)
Used to explain the current actions or planned events (for the specified times)
YOR-mak =to tire ( to try , to deal with this) >Yor=~go over it (for the subtle and thick voiced words)
A/E Yormak=(to arrive an idea/opinion onto what's this)
I/U Yormak=(to arrive wholly over it)
used as the suffix="Yor"
(yaʊr)
positive.
Okula gidiyorsun ( you're going to school)= Okul-a Git-i-yor-u-Sen > School-to /Go-to-try /it's-You=(You try to Go to school)
Evden geliyorum ( I'm coming from home) = Ev-de-en Gel-i-yor-u-Men > Home-at-then/ Come-to-try/ I-am=(from home I try to come)
negative
A)..Mã= Not B)Değil= it's not (the equivalent of)=(deŋi.le)
examples
A: Okula gitmiyorsun ( you're not going to school)= Okul-a Git-Ma-i-yor-u--Sen (School-to /Go-Not-it-try /it's-You) -(You don't try to-Go to school)
B: Okula gidiyor değilsin ( you are not going to school)=Okul-a Git-i-yor değil-sen (You aren't try..to Go to School)
Question sentence:
Mã-u =Not-it =(is) Not it?
Used as the suffixes ="Mı /Mu/Mi /Mü
"
Okula mı gidiyorsun? ( Are you going to school?)= Okul-a Ma-u Git-i-yor-u-sen ? (To-school/ Not-it / You-try-to-go)(~Towards the school or somewhere else are you going ?)
Okula gidiyor musun? ( Do you go to school?)= Okul-a Git-i-yor Ma-u -sen ? (To school /Try-to-go /Not-it-you)
(~You try to go to school (anymore) or not ?) (~Do you go to school ?( at some specific times)
Okula sen mi gidiyorsun ? (~Are only you that going to school ?)
2 .simple wide tense ( it's used to explain our own thoughts about the topic)
(everytime, always or at all, often,rarely, any time or sometimes, now on, soon or afterwards, inshallah/ possible to get a chance )
positive
VAR-mak =~ to arrive (at) (to attain) .(for the thick voiced words)
used as the suffixes >"Ar-ır-ur"
ER-mek=~ to get (at) (to reach) (for the subtle voiced words)
used as the suffixes >"Er-ir-ür"
examples
Okula gidersin ( You get to go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-er-sen > (I think) you have a chance to go to school
Kuşlar gökyüzünde uçar ( The birds fly in the sky )=Kuş-lar gökyüzü-n-de uç-a-var ( The birds (get to fly) arrive at flying in the sky)
Bunu görebilirler = (they can see this) = Bu-ne-u Gör-e-Bil-e-er-ler =(They-get-to-Know-to-See this-what-is)>They get at the knowledge to see about what's this
Question sentence:
in interrogative sentences it means : is not it so? or what do you think about this topic?
Okula gider misin? (Do you get to go to school )= Okul-a Git-e-er Ma-u-Sen ?>You get to Go to School, Not it ?=(~What about you getting to go to school ?)
negative
Bas-mak =to dwell on/to tread on (bas git= ~leave and go > pas geç / vaz geç=give up)
Ez-mek = to crush (ez geç= think nothing about / es geç=skip )
Mã= Not
the suffix ="MAZ" Ma-bas=(No pass)=Na pas=(not to dwell on)>(to give up) (in the thick voiced words)
the suffix ="MEZ" Ma-ez= (No crush) =does not>(to skip) (in the subtle voiced words)
example
Okula gitmezsin ( You don't/(won't) go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-ez-sen ((you skip of going to school)
O bunu yapmaz (It/she/he doesn't do this)= Bunu yap-ma-bas= ( s/he don't dwell on to do this / s/he gives up doing this)
Niçün buna bakmazsınız
= (Why don't you look at this )=Ne-u-çün bu'n-a bak-ma-bas-sen-iz (2. plural)= what-that-factor you give up looking at this (one)
A: Babam aslında uyurgezer değildir = My father isn't actually a sleepwalker
B.Ürünlerimiz sugeçirmez değildir =Our products aren't waterproof (so you shouldn't wash them)
3.simple future tense (soon or later)
Used to describe events that we are aiming for or think are in the future
Çak-mak =~to fasten , ~to tack, ~to keep beside (for the thick voiced words)
Çek-mek=~to attract , ~to take ,~to fetch , ~to keep close, ~to want ,~to will (for the subtle voiced words)
the suffixes= ("CAK"-djäk) - ("CEK" -djek)
positive..
Okula gideceksin ( you'll go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek-sen (~You fetch/take (in mind)-to-Go to school)
Ali kapıyı açacak ( Ali is gonna open the door)= Ali Kapı-y-ı Aç-a-çak (~Ali keeps close to open the door)
negative
A. Okula gitmeyeceksin (you won't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-e-çek-sen (~you don't keep/fetch (in mind) to go to school)
B. Okula gidecek değilsin (you aren't gonna go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek değil-sen (~you're not wanting (/wanted) to go to school)
4 . simple past tense (currently or before)
Used to explain the completed events we're sure about
Di = now on (anymore) Di-mek(demek) = ~ to deem , ~ to mean, ~ to think this way
Used as the suffixes=.Dı /Di /Du/ Dü - (Tı /Ti /Tu /Tü)
positive
Okula gittin ( you went to school)= Okul-a Git-di-N
Okula gittin mi ? (did you go to school ?)= Okul-a Git-di-N
Ma-u ?( You went to school Not-it ?)
Dün İstanbul'da kaldım (I stayed in Istanbul yesterday)= Dün İstanbul-da kal-dı-M
negative
Okula gitmedin ( you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-di-N
Bugün hiç birşey yapmadık (We did nothing today) =Bugün hiç birşey yap-ma-dı-K
Beni görmediler (They didn't see me) =Ben-i gör-me-di-Ler
5 .narrative past tense- (just now or before)
Used to explain the completed events that we're unsure of
MUŞ-mak = ~ to inform ,
(muşu=inform - notice /muşuş=mesaj=message /muştu=müjde=evangel)
means... I'm informed about - I noticed that- I got it- I learned such - I heard that - they said...or it seems such (to me)
used as the suffixes= (Mış-miş-muş-müş)
positive
Okula gitmişsin ( I heard) you went to school)= Okul-a Git-miş-u-sen (I realized you've been to school)
Yanlış Yapmışım=Yaŋlış Yap-muş-u-men (~Seems that I've made something wrong) /Yanılmışım (I noticed I fell in a mistake)
negative
A. Okula gitmemişsin (I heard) you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-ma-miş-sen (I got it) you hadn't gone to school)
B. Okula gitmiş değilsin =(I'm aware) you haven't been to school. Okul-a Git--miş değil-sen ( I learned you're not gone to school)
in interrogative sentences it means .Do you have any inform about? have you heard?.are you aware?. or does it look like this?
İbrahim bugün okula gitmiş mi? =(do you know /have you heard): Has Abraham gone to school today?
6.Okula varmak üzeresin =You're about to arrive at school
7.Okula gitmektesin (You're in (process of) going to school)= ~you have been going to school
8.Okula gitmekteydin =You had been going to school
9.Okula gitmekteymişsin =I learned/heard > you've been going to school
10.Okula gidiyordun (Okula git-e-yor er-di-n) = You were going to school
11.Okula gidiyormuşsun (Okula git-e-yor er-miş-sen) ( I heard that) You are going to school) (I learned you were going to school)
12.Okula gidecektin (Okula git-e-çek erdin) (You would go to school after/then)(.~I had thought you'll go to school)(~You've said about you're going to go to school)
13.Okula gidecekmişsin (Okula git-e-çek ermişsen) (I heard that you'd like to go to school then)(I learned that you'll go to school)
14.Okula giderdin ( Okula git-e-er erdin) (You used to go to school bf) ( you would go to school bf/then)
15.Okula gittiydin ( Okula git-di erdin) ( I had seen you went to school) (~I remember you've gone to school)
16.Okula gitmiştin ( Okula git-miş erdin) ( I know that > you had gone to school)
17.Okula gitmiş oldun( Okula git-miş ol-du-n) (you have been to school)
Bu bir Elma = This is an apple
Bu bir Kitap = This is a book
Dur-mak=to keep to be present there
Durur=it keeps to be present there
used as the suffixes=(Dır- dir- dur- dür / Tır- tir-tur-tür)
It's usually used on correspondences and literary language...
(formal)
Meaning in the formal conversations =(that keeps to be present there)
Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= This is an apple (that keeps to be present there)
Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= This is a book (that keeps to be present there)
Meaning within everyday conversations as informal=( I think that /I guess that looks as..)
Bu bir Elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= (I guess> this is an apple (that looks such)
Bu bir elma gibi duruyor=Looks like an apple this is it( This looks like an apple)
Bu bir Kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= (I think> this is a book (that looks such)
Bu bir kitap gibi duruyor=This looks like a book
18.Okula gidiyordursun =(guess>likely) You were going to school
19.Okula gidiyorsundur =(I think that) you are going to school
20.Okula gidecektirim =(guess>likely) I would (have to) go to school
21.Okula gideceğimdir=(I think that) ~I'm going to go to school
21.Okula gideceklerdir=(I think that> they're going to go to school
22.Okula gitmiştirler =(guess>likely> they had gone to school)
23.Okula gitmişlerdir =(I think> they've gone to school) (informal)
23.Okula gitmişlerdir = They have been to school (officially)
Anlayabilirim= Aŋı-la-y-a Bil-e-Er-Men = I Get-to-Know-to-Understand =(I get at the knowledge to understand)= I can understand
Anlayamam = Aŋı-la-y-a Al-Ma-Men =I don't get (to have some things) to-Understand = I can not understand
Aŋ= moment
Aŋı= memory
Aŋı-la=get via memory
(save in memory= make it become a memory) Anlamak=to understand
Hãtırã=keepsake/souvenir Yadigar=momento
Hatır=sake /intangible value (in mind)
Hatır-la =(get via the keepsake) hatırlamak/ yad etmek=to remember
After watching the whole video, I've realised that I'm learning 2 languages according to the last tips. I'm beginner of Korean and intermediate of English.
Thank you so much for the explanation! I'm currently switching on and off my Spanish learning because I'm focusing on getting better at Korean first, but since I've got more free time now I think I'll continue learning Spanish alongside with Korean :) I don't want to forget what I've learned so far in Spanish!! ㅎㅎ
I feel like i mixed up my spanish and french cause I’ve started them at a similar time then i was living for a while in turkey and i gained some of the Turkish language and all of this mixed up my languages and stopped me from learning properly i got stuck at the same level and even forgetting alot of spanish grammar. I want to focus on french at the moment but i’ve been having these thoughts of starting with Korean since a family member is learning it now i thought it would be fun if we learn it together. I kept asking and looking if it would be possible to learn french and koran at the same time. Mostly, i’ll try to go back to spanish after accomplishing A2 or B1 in French it will boost my motivation and self-esteem
I want to ask you if you are learning French and korean together until now what’s you’r level ?is it a good idea or you feel you have to drop one of them ??
Im currently learning 4 languages at the same time.
Arabic
Spanish
Japanese
Korean
Good luck!!
I'm learning Arabic Spanish and Korean too. How are you juggling them all?
@@haneefamuneer1908 Arabic and Spanish is not that hard for me due to my background. And i just started Korean, but it shoulndt be a struggle for me since i already know a lot of japanese vocabularies and grammar
Sali Abdulkadil can you tell me how to start? i want to learn Spanish and korean, but I don’t know where to start. For Spanish should I start learning the alpha bets or no? Also, how should I learn these? Do I just use DuoLingo?
Hey, how do youlearn Arabic? I really want to learn it:)
Thank you!
Oh my goodness, this is so helpful! I guess I should really focus on Spanish more than Korean right now because I interact with Spanish speakers daily. Korean is more to understand music and shows and stuff, so it’s not as pressing. Thank you! 💜
I’m aiming to learn korean, japanese and chinese. It might sounds greedy but I’m confident with it because I’ve been listening japanese and korean through tv dramas and programs for a few years so I’m very familiar with the listening and some beginner vocabulary. In korean, I’m more advanced than japanese so they’re not at the same level, and for the chinese i can say I’m learning from the scratch but I’m determined so wish me luck, my mindset is: if i could learn spanish (my mother tongue) and english, I’m able to learn a new language!
It's been 2 years, how it's going?
This is perfect! Im learning Korean and was considering reaching a certain level than starting Spanish or French since i only want to learn speaking French & Spanish, unlike Korean which im fully learning. Thanks a lot for your motivational content 💕
제가 유창한 영어 실력이 아니여서 그런진 몰라도 미드나 해외유튜버 보다 듣기가 편해서 영어 듣기에 참 많이 도움이 되네요~ 완전 원어민 듣기 바로 전에 여기 컨텐츠로 공부하면 딱 좋을것 같아요~ 잘 보고갑니다.
I’m learning Spanish and Korean at the same time! My Spanish is much better because I took it for years in school. It’s nice to have languages to bounce between when one gets too boring or too difficult. 😊 Do you have any tips for someone who feels like their losing their passion or interest in a language?
For not losing interest in Spanish, I'd recommend listening to music in Spanish, mainly ballads and pop music.Forget about reggaeton.
In the moment i am improving my emglish skills and I started study mandarin recently. But I really want study spanish too, because I am brazilian and this language is similar with mine
Then Spanish will be so much easy for you! Start learning it when you have more free time! Never give up on English and Mandarin Chinese tho! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💪🏻
I want you to talk about the 2 essential languages to learn this 2020?
Let me think about it! Thank you😉
who else watches videos like this having already started learning multiple languages? i agree it's probably easier to learn one at a time…but i don't want to stop any of the ones i've picked up!
speaking further though, i learn languages less aiming for fluency and more out of interest in the way languages work. over the last year i've worked on german, hungarian, vietnamese, korean, french, spanish, mandarin, cantonese, japanese…probably others i've forgotten! at this moment i would say i am lower intermediate in german and hungarian, upper beginner in vietnamese, and i'm currently a pretty early beginner but focusing on spanish and french. sometimes languages i study don't last long-i really enjoyed learning the korean alphabet and i can still more or less read it, but i just don't have the drive to actually learn korean. spending a couple of hours learning the alphabet was not really work toward learning a language, it was purely for fun. however, i'm sure i will come back to japanese because i've always wanted to learn it. right now i'm telling myself i'm waiting for higher fluency in the other languages because i want to focus harder on japanese when i study it…we'll see how that goes!
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Let me just say learning language is a long-term practice,it means you have to make more practice to memorize it
What are your thoughts?😊😉
Totally agree!☺️
Thanks for your advice and recommendation.
This lockdown is a golden time to study more languages and this video just showed the greatest advice I could ever stumble upon to after thinking of a strategy to learn more foreign languages at a very efficient way. Thank you for another great video, ma'am My Langs😁 Really a great help for a newbie like me❤
I wan only learning Korean for awhile, but I got really inspired to keep learning Spanish so I’m gonna try to fit in both 😄 I have a lot of free time at the moment so I think I can do it
your videos are inspiring me so much to learn new languages🤓Thanks 💕💕
So glad! Thank you😍
Since I'm learning French and Spanish at school and my understanding of grammar has worsened a little, so I'm trying to go all out while we still have holidays. I've basically aquired most of my English through immersion (YT), thinking in english and commenting. Guess it'll work for the other languages too, then!
Also, I'm getting into Hebrew right now. Since I've got a ton to do, but much more time than normal due to Covid19, I've just decided to study and immerse in Hebrew in the morning hours and in the afternoon, I'll focus on French and Spanish, alternating every other day.
Thank you for this helpful video. Your reasons for which situations to focus on just one language vs.focusing on multiple languages makes a lot of sense. I'm currently working on 3 languages: French, Spanish, and German. I needed to start learning each at a different period of my life and then had to stop learning each for one reason or another. Now they're all at an A2/B1 level, so I'm trying to get them to a B2 level where I can easily consume books and TV in those languages.
I use a mix of easy language readers, TV shows with subtitles in the target language, and language learning apps for the grammar. I rotate these methods between my languages. For a couple months I'll use an easy reader for German, watch a French TV show and look up the words I don't know, and do Busuu grammar app exercises in Spanish. Then I'll rotate for another two months and choose an easy reader in French, etc. This way I don't get bored and am always learning new vocabulary and grammar for each language.
I'm actually learning two or more languages at the same time and honestly I am starting from the scratch😁I mean I'm still in a beginners level.First I study korean language while I learn some words of chinese and after that the japanese language.watching korean and chinese drama helps me a lot😊😁
i think keeping good notes on paper and coding stuff for each language is a good idea for managing learning 2 or more languages. personally i'm not learning any languages that are super similar to each other at once, but when i try to speak in spanish i do often mix in german for some reason? not sure why, since generally they aren't similar even pronunciation wise. i think it was the mistake of starting them both in the same level at the same time, so i'd recommend avoiding that.
Thanks for sharing your experience!☺️
I started with French, about a year ago, then I started with Japanese in January, Spanish in May and Korean in July. For me it really helps to do all, because I couldn't help feeling I was loosing time and would never learn all the languages I wanted. So now I can work better because I feel I'm doing progress in all the matters I wanted so badly, even if it is not the faster form. It also helped to start one at a time, I was able to get the very basic of the language and truly learn it before I have to study another basic concepts, the start are always the hardest for me. Now I am a B2 in French. Since my mother language is Portuguese and I grown so close from Spanish, culturally consuming it, I got a pretty vast vocabulary and the pronounce is also fine, I just need to learn by heart some grammar rules to be more confident about what I am speaking. It helps to not mess the spanish, french and also portuguese. My japanese is basic, I can have some daily conversations, maybe a small talk, but writing is THE THING, i struggle a lot with kanjis. Hiragana and Katakana are fine to use. Of Korean, I just got the writing system, learned some vocabulary and daily expressions. Not enough to talk. My advice would be to at least revise all the languages every day. Not actually study every day, just give a quick look, around 15 minutes, it won't let your brain cool down the information and when you actually sit to study, it will be a lot easier. Remember that grammar is important, not to decorate the rules, but make your brain automatically use then, it's essential especially if you're working with Latin languages that got lots of similarities. Also be sure to surround yourself with cultural media and try to find practice partners. I find mines on the internet. Just grammar is not enough. I consider learning a new language a big task, it has a lot of troubles, but it can be fun for sure and will make your experience in life be totally different, bigger. (oh, I learned English 5 years ago. Studied at home then went in an exchange program to Canada for 5 months. In 2015 the government paid it all for me)
Well, it all depends on what do you mean by the terms "study" or "learn". Of course, it's feasible and even suggested to learn two or three languages concurrently if by "learning" you do mean to acquire basic or at most intermediate communication or comprehension skills. This strategy is good for people who travel a lot and wish to be able to communicate in various countries, using the local language. BUT if your intention is to study for academic, scientific or even professional reasons then that's a wrong approach. Somewhere there between the B2 and C1 level you will collide upon a wall and you will experience a plateau. At that point, you really need to devote yourself to just ONE language for a long time and then start thinking about the second one. Then matters will be easier cause you will be already an accomplished learner, having mastered the right METHOD of HOW TO LEARN. Consequently, you may try out to learn two languages at the same time (but please not more than two at a time), preferably two very distinct and different ones. One of them should be the "easy" one (meaning closer to your native tongue's motives and characteristics) and the second one should be the distant and "difficult" one. But even then you will learn them VERY SLOWLY and GRADUALLY! Hastiness is the biggest enemy of language learning. And yes, to become an accomplished and real polyglot one definitely needs to reach a certain age unless he/she is so lucky to be born in a multilngual family or environment, so he speaks 2-3 "mother-tongues" from his/her early years. That's my humble opinion, based on my long and sometimes painful experience!
Thank you so much for sharing your valuable opinion!
Solid advice
Glad!☺️☺️
I'm now studying 2 languages, I tried to learn only one at the same time but I failed. but when I start to learn 2 languages I start to improve and feel the result.
That's interesting, would you mind explaining why you improve more with 2 languages?
I thought the same thing! :D I want to learn multiple languages at the same time but I thought it would be too confusing to start two languages both at begginer level, so I'm focusi'g on one new language for now, and I'll add the others when I'll reach a certain level! 😊
Hi, I'm Brazilian who try to learn english and German ( deutsch) language at same time. I love your Channel and your content.
Thank you!! 👍🏻
I agree, I would say if you can at least understand 75% of what is being spoken to you and what you hear in one language(or you're intermidiate to advance) than study another.
For me I'm studying 3 languages but only because a lot of times I find that I get sick of looking at the same language over and over again for an extended period of time plus I don't really have any deadlines at the moment.
i am learning korean and thai at the same time now.. im in intermediate korean and beginner thai.. and im kind of struggling to keep the time balance especially now that my korean learning motivation is at its peak so there are days i forget to touch thai.. but hopefully soon i get back on it. Despite this i am enjoying! hehe! :)
Thanks for the tips, your videos are great! I'm brazilian and just started to learn japanese and korean this year, it's pretty hard but very pleasant too. Both have many similarities, it may be confusing, but actually helps me a lot. Thanks for sharing your experience.
The weird thing is, my school is in sets, and I'm in the top set. At my school, if you are in top set then for KS3 you are required to learn French and Latin (i chose to stick with Latin for my GCSEs as I find the school way of teaching other languages to be ineffectual) so if you could only learn one at a time they wouldn't do that. I am currently learning Latin and Japanese and am hoping to start another language as well so this vid is v helpful
Best video in the UA-cam about this subject
I am learning Italian (B2), Japanese (B2) and Norwegian (A1). At the beginning, I thought I would take turn to study one of the three more heavily everyday, while doing lighter works for the other two. But gradually, I feel that my real passion lies on Italian, so basically I spend more time on Italian everyday. I don't mind focusing less on Japanese because I have already reached a fairly good level, but my progress in Norwegian is slower than expected. I may have to spend more time on Norwegian, but Italian is too hard to resist. So my Norwegian is still progressing very slowly.
That’s so funny, I’m learning a romance and a Nordic language too (French and Danish). And I plan to learn an Asian language - Korean!
Your videos are very professional especially when it comes to languages content. I really appreciate these advices. I am learning 2 at the same time although one of them is above beginners level and just started a new one😉😊
Nice! Which languages are you learning?
@@GalaSalv thanks. I'm currently learning Spanish and German
El español es mi idioma nativo. I'm learning English (B2) and Italian (from the scratch). No tengo problema entre ellos porque son diferentes pero a veces sí entre el italiano y el español. Aún no decido si estudiar después quechua o japonés, ambos me interesan. Encontré este canal hace poco y son muy útiles 👍
This really helped a lot! Thank you sooo much my Langs!!!!
Which languages are you studying?
what languages do u want to learn ?? what did u decide 1 or multiple ??
Just A Teenager I have already followed the idea of learning a language to b1 at least then starting another. I did that when I got to b2 in soanish and now in a2 Chinese
Just A Teenager I study 7 lol what about you?
Markus Blue hey I just learned Portuguese and was planning learning Italian and Russian through Portuguese ( to maintain Portuguese and learn in the same ) but there are a few sources of learning Portuguese to Russian and Italian . Do u learn a language using more than one language? Like learn Russian and Italian through Portuguese and English in my example ?
I'm studying more than 2 languages at the same time, but I'm true beginner in only one of them. I study Swedish because I'm doing my master's thesis in Sweden, therefore it's one of my main study language and I try to study it at least 30min everyday, often when I wake up. Then, I'm studying Japanese, I'm trying to brush up my kanjis and my grammar, I tend to study it 30min also but mostly going through kanjis. I'm also studying Russian, I began to study less than one year ago, most of the days i would just review vocab with apps (at least 15min) and once a week I try to study it with a book. And finally I'm studying Khmer (Cambodian), I'm a complete beginner (even though it's a language that I've heard a lot) and I'm trying to give it 10min a day to get familiar with the writing system and basic words/sentences and I'm planning to buy a book to study it more seriously once I graduate :)
I am currently learning 2 forms of sign language at the same time, but I got through the beginner phases of both separately in university (followed by years of neglect after graduating and having to join the workforce). The cultural influence on sign language definitely helps differentiate a lot of the signs in my head, but there are definitely a few that always get mixed up either due to the signs being similar or due to sign not being culturally/linguistically influence by the country's spoken language. However, I think learning them at the same time is helpful because the focus on expression, body movement, and the like are also similar between the two.
The one thing I had to train myself out of was accidentally thinking about the signs in a language other than that county's language. (For instance, signing in my home country's sign language but thinking about what I'm signing in a foreign language.)
I want to learn Chinese Japanese and Spain. Could you suggest me which one I should start first? I am Thai and I can speak Only Thai and English.😊
I can´t avoid the confusion. I'm b1 or b2 in english and I get confused when I'm speaking french, if I don´t know how to say a word I just automatically think in english... "J´aime le cheese" xd
What's interesting is that I started learning French early on, like when I was a kid in French School in a Spanish speaking country. So I see French - Spanish cognates as completely different languages. But now as I am trying to learn Portuguese as an adult it's hard for me to take it seriously because the cognates sound like an accent of Spanish.
Verdade... I feel you!
I think learning 3 languages at a time helps me stay on track. For example Korean is super hard for me. I got mad at it and started to do my French lessons instead. Because French is easier for me because I am a Spanish speaker. I take breaks from writing Kanji down by doing drops in either Korean or French. I take breaks from learning a language by interacting with my other languages hahahaha. My main target language is Japanese. But I am studying French, and recently started from scratch with Korean. No matter how busy I am, I do some interaction with one of these languages a day. Korean is so hard for me! So, I get frustrated often and watch Kdramas for listening skills. But with each passing week I noticed that I start to understand more words when watching Kdramas. It motivates me.
Woooah! go on!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🙌🏻 and you'll just reach your goal
@@mylangs Thank you so much for the encouragement! :)
I am brazilian and finally managed to reach in both Japanese and English's intermediate level. So I can put some effort to learn Korean now. Although it might be a little difficult to maintain these 3 languages when I still need in focus on my last high school year, maybe I can successfully reach fluency and become a polyglot. Anyways, really thanks for the video, hope that I someday speak several languages like you.
Thanks a lot! You have made a great job.
I've been in Japanese class for school for 3 years and I feel like I really haven't learned much at all🤡🤡💀
And I've been learning korean for about a month and I swear I hear words I know more frequently in korean than japanese (although before i started jorean, for about 8 months I was listening to k pop and watch in korean shows and stuff but not that much I thought and I didn't understand any if it)
I'm learning 3 languages at the same time while improving my English
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Hablas español?
@@Fabiano.Escobar.012 Claro
@@ginesiito9009 que bien!
I'm currently learning four languages. It's pretty easy once you have a system in place.
I learn four languages at same time, I study them in different levels and from differents searches and doing that I dont have ay problems.
Yay! Keep up the good work!!👏🏻
This my struggle right now. Thanks 🙏 for this advice.❤️❤️❤️😘😘😘❤️❤️
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안녕하세요. 전에 영어, 스페인어, 일본어를 동시에 공부한다고 말했던 사람입니다. 명쾌하게 설명해 주셔서 정말 감사합니다. 저는 현재 코로나 바이러스때문에 회사에서 교대로 휴직을 하고 있거든요. 그래서 충분한 시간이 확보가 되서 외국어 공부를 할 절호의 기회라고 생각을 했습니다. 초보교재로 독학중이지만 이 유튜브안에서 외국인들의 댓글을 조금씩 이해할 수 있을때 큰 기쁨을 느낍니다.
열심히 해서 꼭 선생님처럼 되고 싶습니다. 감사합니다^^
우와~~
대단하시네요
꼭성공하시리라 믿어요
응원할게요
와 그러시군요!! 불확실한 상황 속에서도 열심히 계획 세우셔서 공부하시는 거 멋있어요! 정말 응원해요! 화이팅입니다!!! 👊🏻👊🏻
Gracias por tus consejos!!
I focused solely on Spanish for a year, and it made learning the basics of Latin, Italian and Portuguese so much easier. I'm teaching myself German and Dutch as they will be useful in my future job. I'm home educated so I can spend a lot of time learning each.
Succes with German and Dutch. I speak Dutch, It's really difficult haha
@@katet8639 im finding it much easier than German for some reason 😂
In my leisure time,I learn Japanese language to keep me motivation for all the languages,hope I could keep my passion for learning different things as I can do
cool !! what other languages do u speak ?? what other things do your want to learn ??
You're very talented in language, you only need 1 year to get C1 in Spanish, that's crazy fast, I agree with you that we better stick to a language at one time, learning language is a lifetime project, but I have to spend at least 3 hours per day to learn Korean language, I learn Korean over 1 year but I am still fool in this language (Korean grammar is extremely tricky) I'm worried I can't even get Topik 4 until now. My job need to interact with lot of Korean tourists, I have a lot of oppotunities to pratice it but it still really really suck...
Thanks it was helpful 😊
I need your opinion, this maybe sounds extreme, but I have a high will, and I'm willing to learn all these languages with all my heart, I plan to learn 7 languages at the same time which are:
Chinese (Fluent)
English (Upper-Intermediate)
Korean (Elementary)
Spanish (Elementary)
French (Elementary)
Japanese (Elementary)
German (Beginner)
So, could you help me to manage the study time in each day, please? Or maybe you have a strategy to learn so many languages at the same time?
I would be very grateful 😁😁
Woooah! If you've got enough time and can put the certain study time constantly, why not?!
Make a plan according to your schedule and just go for it!! Wish you the best👌🏻
I was studying Italian and Korean at the same time but I decided to focus only in Italian. I have no difficult in learning languages and after watching your video I will try learning Català, Français and Português among Italian >:3 ah y soy hablante nativo de español así que... ùwú
Der Kreuzritter dichos@ yo con costo se un poco de inglés
@@andrea0_o413 no te creas que mi inglés es perfecto xD pero sí te puedo decir que mientras más idiomas, más facilidades adquieres. En mi caso es porque me encantan los idiomas, y por tanto hay varios que me gustaría hablar. Al fin y al cabo cada quien tiene sus motivaciones personales.
I learn Spanish and Portuguese almost at the same time. I haven't got confused or mixed up, because both languages are very similar. The conjugation, spelling and tenses of both languages are very much alike. As my proficiency in both languages improved, I started to use Spanish-Portuguese dictionary and my thinking switches back and forth between both languages without confusion. If words in both languages have the same spelling, they tend to have the same meaning. Of course, not every word or gender is the same in both of them, such as naranja (sp) = laranja (pt); recuerdo (sp) = lambranca (pt); balcon (sp) = secada (pt). I do the same for Dutch and Afrikaans, and Bahasa Melayu-Indonesia.
Keatkhamjorn Meekanon "Laranja" and "naranja" are the same gender. And it's "sacada", related to the Spanish and Portuguese verb "sacar".
@@dibujodecroquis1684 Yes I know about them La naranja = A Laranja. The way I write may confuse you. The word ending with je in Spanish = The word ending with gem in Portuguese with different genders. For example El viaje (sp) = A viagem (pt) I also know the rules about how to change Spanish to Portuguese words, but I can't explain here in full.
Keatkhamjorn Meekanon The rules are easy.
J (between vowels, not always) to LH
Hijo/filho
Gajo/galho
LL (between vowels, not always) to L
Gallo/galo
Callar/calar
Etc. I know all of them, but it would take too many lines and examples to write them all.
@@dibujodecroquis1684 That is my problem, too. Lluvia = Chuva; Solo = So; llegar = chegar; Salida = Saida; Poner = Por; componer = compor; Ayudar = Ajudar; Passion = Paixao. When changing words from Spanish to Portuguese, L and N will be missing.
Keatkhamjorn Meekanon Not always... Many exceptions too...
Yeah, I agree with learning 2 or 3 languages in the same time. But I want to know how I memorize well the vocabs of each language.
Now, I am on the way of studying Japanese about N2/N1 level. As the same time, I also want to learn Korean and Vietnamese by self-taught. Now the level of Korean is just able to read all the sentenses and some of meaning. And Vietnamese is not working as I think, but I can read without knowing most of meanings.
Words!! Hmm We should admit that we need to input some time for the vocab.. and this is why I also find that it takes more time in improving my Vietnamese because of the words.. (Bc I can't make much time in learning it)
@@mylangs It's really thankful for your replying. I'm looking forward the best way of learning words in your coming upload. By the way, Korean is also not easy that much I think before.
(Laughing）Because I'm still making mistakes in Writing all the time in even just beginner level .
As a Brazilian student, I speak natively Portuguese and my target language is Japanese... but I was watching a UA-cam video in English, right?! Maybe, for not English speakers, to learn both or more languages isn't a choice at all! Brilliant video. Thanks
Vc é br?
E MT legal aprender 4 idiomas vc pode ter um futuro melhor ☺
@@Fabiano.Escobar.012 tenho minhas dúvidas. Por exemplo, eu busco uma bolsa de estudos no Japão, para mestrado. É uma grande oportunidade. Mas, eu poderia aprender qualquer outro idioma e buscar bolsas no nosso país (acho que é BR também rsrs). Achar um benefício para você no aprendizado de idiomas é um requisito para você iniciar um estudo de idiomas. Para estudar quatro idiomas, você precisa de quatro grandes motivos para correr uma maratona. Mas se você não gosta de maratonas, elas não são essenciais. Viu o Bong Joon-Ho falando inglês na cerimônia do Oscar? rsrsrs
@@Rubens_Witt eu n tô morando no Brasil agora,eu mora aqui na alemanha , eu tô terminado de aprender o alemão agora vou para inglês
Eu acho(na minha opinião ☺)que vc deveria r pro Japão aprender o idioma e trabalhar o estudar
Na verdade o nosso Brasil tbm tem coisas boas tambem☺
Só e difícil encontrar Rsrsrsrs
@@Fabiano.Escobar.012 vou fazer isso
FABIANO G4M3R Eu sabía que você era brasileiro. Um brasileiro mentiroso.
It all depends all your goals, but I believe that if you have never learned another language before (like me), you should stick with a single language until a fairly high level and then branch off into multiple languages. That way you can hone a method that works for you and repeat it once you know what works for you and what doesn’t.
Thank you for this. It has convinced me to start another language today
Your video is really insightful for such a young person. You have captured the pros and cons perfectly. I am currently learning Chinese for 2 and half years and when I recently decided to learn Japanese too, I totally benefit from learning Chinese characters for Mandarin first, and I feel the Japanese is bringing some freshness into my daily routine and reinforcing my knowledge of characters too. But I am glad that I started learning Japanese only after investing around 2000 hours into Chinese. Starting both languages from scratch at the same time would be a recipe for disaster.
Awwwwn love the cute introoo 😍😍😍😍😍😍
I definitely agree it depends upon the person and what their study habits and abilities are. Either way, learning one language at a time or learning 2+ languages at a time, you are learning a new language; which is already more than what most people can say. Personally I started off learning Japanese for 20 years, and that was the only language I studied. But, now I am learning Thai with a Thai tutor, who is teaching me Thai, but in Japanese. I even use Japanese resources, and textbooks. This helps reinforce my Japanese, while learning a knew language at the same time. Also for fun, I'm studying Italian as well (But in English)...
At the end of the day, just do what is best and most comfortable for yourself... Learning a language isn't a competition.. :)
I love how your tongue can follow easily each language sound.
Please Share that superpower :'v
🥰🥰🥰☺️💛
I'm learning French and Italian at the same time, and I'm scared that It will become confusing. The problem is that I'm learning French in college and Italian because I've always wanted to know it and I'm really keen on learning it, but I can't give up on French because I must learn it for college 😣😣
Hey! I'm a French native learning Italian at school (and soon at uni lol)
If you need any help with French, you can ask me!
I'm planning to learn Korean. I'm an intermediate English learner, and considering that Korean is so different from my mother language, I am very confident that I won't be confused. However, I feel so insecure when it comes to learn another language while I am not fluent in English :(
I'm an spanish native speaker and i wanna learn chinese, korean japanese and thai... What would you start with? The two languages i reeeaally want to learn faster as possible are korean and chinese. But what would MyLangs do?
I’m learning 4 languages at the same time: French, Korean, Portuguese and Chinese. I get bored so easily so I can’t focus in just one. My first language is Spanish and I started learning English since middle school but I’m not good enough because I don’t practice, at least I can read and understand. For people like me who has enough time and love to learn languages is better to study 2+ at the same time. (Sorry if I made mistakes.)
Maybe sounds crazy, but I'm learning 10 languages at the same time: Korean, Greek, Russian, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Hebrew, Chinese and Italian
What I do is to dedicate at least 15 minutes to each language, and i write notes. I separated with colors too.
I really enjoy doing this cause languages are my passion. I only hope get fed up soon.
PS : my first language is spanish and i know some english
@@sunsunnyday you speak 12 languages ?
언니가 언급한 단점, 장점 완전 동의해요!! 제가 동시에 3개국어 공부하는 경함 바탕으로 독학하는 경우엔 한 언어 실력을 중급으로 끌어올려야만 다른 언어 배우기 시작하면 될거같아요!! 저 같은 경우에는 대학에서 프랑스어랑 중국어 공부하니까 강의 듣고 숙제를 하면서 이 2개국어 공부할 시간이 따로따로 나눠있는거 같고 한국어도 공부하고 싶어서 자유 시간에 공부해요 근데 솔직히 말하면 언어마다 각자 공부할 시간이(?) 분명히 있어도 빨리 유창하게 하고 싶다면 동시에 3개국어 공부 추천ㄴㄴㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 글고 다른 제기하고 싶은 점은 polyglot이 돼도, 어떤 외국어 유창하게 할 수 있다 해도 결코 배우는거 멈추지 않다고 생각이 들어요 뭐 문법 그만 공부하고 단어장 그만 보고 그럴 수 있겠는데 일상에 현지인들이랑 대화하면서 어쩔 수 없이 새로운거 배우게 될거같아요 저 영어원어민인데 매일매일 새 영단 배우고 있거든여ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 나 그냥 영어 못하는건가..?ㅋㅋ큐ㅠ 암튼 오늘은 한국어 좀 이상해서 죄송해요ㅠ 원ㄹㅐ 잘한다는거 절대 아니지만 오늘은 특별히 이상하게 나와버리는거같아요 힝ㅠ 이번 영상도 잘 봤어용!! 다음 영상 기대하고 있을게여!!
아주 훌륭하시네요
응원할게요👍
조성연 감사합니다!! 열심히 할게요ㅎㅎ
한국인 아니세요.....????😂😂 와... 전 한국인이라고 생각했다가 여러번 읽어봤어요ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ한국어 이미 너무 잘하시는데요? 어떻게 그렇게까지 할 수 있게됐는지 너무 궁금하네요~! ㅎㅎㅎㅎ 제 영상 좋게 봐줘서 고맙고 응원해요!!
MyLangs 헐 이런 좋은 말씀을 하셔서 기분이 괜히 좋아진거같아요ㅠㅠㅠ 감사합니다!! 근데 네 한국인 아니죠ㅎㅎ 그냥 한국 가본 적 없는 스코틀랜드에서 한국어 독학한지 4년쯤 된 외국인입니다!! 처음 공부했을때 진짜진짜 열심히 해서 (아직 부족한게 많아도) 여기까지 올수있은 거같아요!! Polyglot들 보면 거의 다 회화 주위(?)로 공부하시는거같은데 전 문법을 좋아해가지고 문법위주로 공부하고 언어교환 어플을 통해 한국인 친구들 몇명을 찾고 한국어 연습하고 그렇게 공부하게 됐어요 근데 최근에 난관에 부딪친 느낌이 좀 드네요 실력을 중급에서 고급으로 어떻게 레벨업시킬 수 있는지 잘 모르니까요...ㅠ 그래도 언니 영상 보며 더 열심히 할 마음 커지고 어느날 언니가 영어 잘하는 만큼 한국어 할 수 있는 날 오겠지? ㅎㅎ 또 감사합니다!!
문법에 어긋남이 없는 완벽한 한국어를 하고 있어요
단어 구사력을 보면한 한국 대학생이 쓴글 같아요
영어권나라에서 한국어 배우기가 상당히 힘들건데ᆢ
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THANK YOU. I never thought of learning languages like stair steps. I was wondering how I could learn multiple; I’ve been struggling with that for a year, just trying to manage time and everything. This helped so much!
As a Indian kid i learned 3 language at same time in school ... Tamil, English and Hindi
I'm trying to learn chinese and spanish at the same time but I am improving more in spanish than chinese. Chinese is a complicated language because you need to follow the tone.
Oh and maybe it's because your mother tongue(first language) is way different from it
@@mylangs Yes, maybe you're right! Filipino is my mother tongue that's why spanish is easier to lear than chinese but i will still try my best to learn chinese.
Learn two languages at the same time is good only if you already have a good level in one of them so you are like is just improving one of it.
I'm a native Spanish speaker, my second language is English, and I started learning French when I started high school this past school year. Since this is my last week of school I'll have a lot of free time now. SOOOO... I want to use summer break to start learning Korean since I've always found really interesting. I can distinguish it amongst other languages by writing and sound and I can read it but I don't understand it. I want to by the end of the summer know a few phrases and be able to understand and say VERY basic things. I also want to keep learning Italian which I started last summer. My French isn't very advanced yet but I know I'm at a point where I can understand a pretty good amount of it, because of Spanish and learning it for a year. I realized I don't get confused with Italian and French anymore, and that even though I have been studying French, Italian is easiest because of knowing Spanish.
When I tried learning Italian and French on my own I stopped after about a month because I realized I was getting confused very easily but now watching Italian and French movies words aren't as easily scrambled in my brain. But when I started learning to read and write in Korean I never confused it with the other languages.
So basically, for me, it is more convenient to learn 2 languages when they are really different. I am really excited for the day I can say I'm a polyglot since right now I'm bilingual, and an aspiring polyglot.