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This is funny. I was learning Korean and Spanish at the same time and I would start sentences in Spanish and end them in Korean and vice versa.

@strawberryshortgirl2637

6 жыл бұрын

Shaquita Fanning haha same! Except I started Korean before spanish and I am focusing more on Korean than spanish

@imdestiny7290

6 жыл бұрын

i thought of doing exactly that actually xD learning spanish and korean at the same time i mean, but i don’t know if it’s a good idea? how did it go for you if you don’t mind ? :’)

@longname4784

6 жыл бұрын

I also want to know how you coped, Spanish is required for me but I want to learn Korean :/

@nomadicvibesofelle

6 жыл бұрын

Jenny Winstrop I have shifted my focus to Korean because it was hard to do both. I am also studying Bulgarian now.

@longname4784

6 жыл бұрын

Shaquita Fanning good luck in being a polygot! I'm starting Korean right now, I decided to do the same since I'm motivated to learn it.

I speak 3 international languages Arabic, English and Chinese. I am left with Spanish and French to complete my collection....I need your prayers guys

@gennarosavastano6268

6 жыл бұрын

Ali Adat lol luckily i'm Moroccan so i speak Tamazight, Standard Arabic, Moroccan Darija Arabic, French, Understand Spanish, Understand Italian, Understand all other Arabic dialects, and i have been pasionate about English all my life through music,movies so I'm actually really good at it Cuzco I just engaged my self into it ! I think that's the main idea in learning languages you have to engage in them live them breath and think in them ....

@intipiero7474

6 жыл бұрын

Ali Adat 💪 Ya sos un genio, seguí así 👏👏

@theresamay4280

6 жыл бұрын

Add Russian to that list and you’ll have all 6 official UN languages!

@cayleyp399

5 жыл бұрын

Ali Adat Bonne chance!

@pahamabg5312

5 жыл бұрын

Bon courage !! 😊

"Watch shows in that language" Ppl learning Japanese: *logs into crunchyroll*

@Soraiyawazhere

3 жыл бұрын

I literally can't find any shows that are in bahasa indonesia..😔

@jasonrogue711

3 жыл бұрын

What are good websites I can watch japanese stuff and anime

Life Happens. Examples: 1. Hamster deaths 2. Hamster funerals

@maddy2624

4 жыл бұрын

Rip hamster

@jenluvzya

3 жыл бұрын

I just experienced both this past month.

When I'm mad at someone, I speak 4 languages at the same time😂

@laseryohanna

6 жыл бұрын

Alijah Macajig lol, that is one of my goals!!!

@frederickthegreat2019

6 жыл бұрын

what languages?

@onadistance2013

6 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, this happens to me mostly when I'm tired 😂 I can sound really ridiculous when sleep deprived and trying to collect my thoughts 😂

@clairegittens3707

6 жыл бұрын

I live in Japan, and when my Bolivian-Japanese friend and I got excited or angry, we would switch among English, Japanese and Spanish, confusing everyone in a 5-mile radius. Lol

@draoidh6479

6 жыл бұрын

yume studies when I'm bullying or mocking someone i switch languages too :v

A word about practice: "Practice makes perfect." ...is a lie. It should be stated: "Practice makes permanent." -- If you practice something the wrong way too long it becomes the normal and is that much harder to correct. So when working on pronunciation and grammar, get it right before moving on too far. Also, I'm a grammar descriptivist, not a prescriptivist. Don't learn a language mechanically via studying grammar too much. Children in their native language don't do this, you shouldn't either. You should be able to get the basic and intermediate concepts of grammar by repetition and mimicry; absorb grammar by pattern mimicry following native speakers. Focused grammar study comes later, like with a child in middle school when they already have a firm grasp on their native grammar -- then it becomes a matter of fine-tuning and complex structures used in formal writing.

@kyleer6847

5 жыл бұрын

Instead of practice makes perfect my family says practice makes progress and it has definitely helped me out when I say it like that.

@katenka_ana3997

5 жыл бұрын

Let's agree on: Perfect practice makes permanent perfect progess (xD)

@thinhle2348

5 жыл бұрын

Lol,only your dad says it

@emilstorgaard9642

4 жыл бұрын

Our brains are not wired like children's, so that logic is completely flawed. I think its plausible to do some grammar exercises and study the rules on top of recognizing the different grammar patterns in speech and writing. A combination of the two works great for me

@bilc3868

4 жыл бұрын

Adults and child learn in a different way. You should read about "critical period" and you will notice it. However, I think grammar couldn't be the most important thing in your learning.

Me: Portuguese: native English: advanced/conversational Spanish: intermediate (practicing a lot) Italian: wishlist French: wishlist Japanese: maybe one day (the thought of learning another alphabet drives me crazy)

@christinalim2320

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly mood. I have been putting off my dream of speaking japanese and chinese for so long rn im learning french but to be frank i have no more motivation left in me.

@vyrva5690

2 жыл бұрын

oh learning another alphabet isn't that hard! i'm speaking as someone who tried one time to learn russian and has learned cyrrilic. also i'd reccomend going to omniglot they've got phonetic transcriptions for letters and all that jazz (also explanations on where they're used!) unfortunately though japanese uses two syllibary (hiragana and katakana) which could be hard to learn depending on how well you learn stuff but kanji (the logographic system that is also used) is gonna be a challange no matter how you see it

@alejandrorodriguez-ns1pf

2 жыл бұрын

We have the exact same languages! Except my native language is Spanish and i'm practicing a lot of Portuguese hahahah

"Try to mimic the accent" Ppl learning Latin: *nervous sweating* wh-what??

@lydianaperez4970

3 жыл бұрын

That’s hilarious

@user-qo4rs4xz3d

2 жыл бұрын

Oml hahaha

@alejandrorodriguez-ns1pf

2 жыл бұрын

Time to fust off the old nechronomichon

when I learned French and Korean at the same time I used to ALWAYS say Je m'appelle ... 입니다. and I still do so until this day lol I gave up on French after school but I'm fluent in Korean now. These days I'm learning Danish and I also want to start Japanese or Chinese... Thanks so much for all of your great videos!^^ I didn't subscribe yet, but I will do so right after sending this comment ㅋㅋ

@tsangerine

6 жыл бұрын

독일언니 German Eonni samee i learnt korean and hindi at the same time and i used to be like *points at a dish* 이거 kya hai?

@stillchan871

6 жыл бұрын

WOW Chinese，as a native speaker I sometimes find it’s a little bit hard to manage it. Good luck

@Pseudonyymi568

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting to hear of these experiences! I started studying German in high school and (as all Finns) I had mandatory Swedish classes at the same time. With the two languages being so closely related, studying them at once did not work for me at all - so many words are similar, they might have a difference of just a letter or two, and I kept mixing it all up But now that in university, I'm studying Russian and Chinese at the same time and I have had no difficulties at all caused by this. I still think it helps a lot that the languages are not related.

@sarahnrvanghansen6470

5 жыл бұрын

Wow, i’m impressed👏 I am from Denmark and I have never heard about anyone who is learning Danish or wants to learn Danish😊 I myself have also had French in school but gave up on it and the same thing happend when I had German in school. It is kind of annying to spend so much time on a language you end up giving up on. Right now I am determined to learn Korean and hopefully I will complete that goal😊 But I am impressed by the number of languages people can maintain without being confused and mixing the different languages together💪 By the way, where are you from since you are learning Danish?😄

@chopperman2122

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I've done the same thing with Japanese and French. I said Je m'appelle {name} です。😂

I had someone asking me similar questions in Starbucks yesterday, because they saw me having my Korean lesson on WhatsApp then after I was speaking to my friend in Spanish, while writing things in German.

@LindieBotes

6 жыл бұрын

+Robbie Heslop a true polyglot, Robbie!

@RobertHeslop

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much / baie dankie! ^0^!!

@reinmv4300

6 жыл бұрын

And what was your answer?

@stonecat676

6 жыл бұрын

So you're born German?

@HudaBZ

6 жыл бұрын

How did you do it? Now I am learning french and I wanted to start learning Spanish and Turkish but I am confused about the time management between them. Any advice that can help me?

This line honestly cracked me up, "Alors, you have to have the same accent quand on parle le francais, do you hear how similar I'm sounding maintenant?"

@melc7516

6 жыл бұрын

jaeden Drake Oh my god! I didn't notice that until I read this comment!

@HonoreeCorder

6 жыл бұрын

I loved this also! So cute!

@melc7516

6 жыл бұрын

at 5:30 to have it

@RoyalGuardEziode

5 жыл бұрын

I legit didn't realize she was using both languages. It just registered in my head

@skiburtis1

5 жыл бұрын

The funny thing is I’m learning French so I understood that whole sentence but didn’t realize it was mixed with English and French until she said maintenant 😂😂😂😂😂

Your French accent is fantastic it made me laugh so much you nailed it hahaha

@CalliAMusic

6 жыл бұрын

ACEKID au Japon J'espère qu'un jour je vais parler avec une bonne prononciation.

@LindieBotes

6 жыл бұрын

+ACEKID au Japon loooool merci!

@kunokoaeri3505

6 жыл бұрын

Elle a même chopé l'accent chelou que les français font quand ils veulent imiter un anglais x) c'est excellent x)

@DrTymish

6 жыл бұрын

That french accent though! Very helpful tips here Lindie, Thanks

@olioliwoo

4 жыл бұрын

It's funny because English and French are both my first languages, but I can't speak English with a French accent to save myself. My British father, who learned French as an adult, does such an amazing Frenchy accent that our French friends request that he does it at parties.

I'm a Korean and dealing with 3 different foreign languages, English, Japanese, German at the same time. It's hard to balance with them. I just take turns. The important thing is to keep doing and exposing to 3 languages without long lnterval.

@ElectraTechna55

5 жыл бұрын

same, except im learning German, japanese and mandrin at the same time good luck to us both

@sammie875

4 жыл бұрын

I have a question. Why do some Koreans want to learn German? A lot of people say it sounds very angry so.. yeah

@imin3157

3 жыл бұрын

Lele Luka yes it does sound very “aggressive” but it is a very beautiful language like all languages are yes some words like Krank it means hurt/sick but when you say it sounds very big like it’s filled with power but it is still a very nice language and to the question why do koreans want to learn german well tbh(i am korean) not really koreans don’t like learning languages that much koreans even have big difficulty even trying to speak English it is even harder for koreans to learn that is not English

@areumara2408

3 жыл бұрын

Imma chinese speaker who is stuck in learnin' korean

@nlixcia

2 жыл бұрын

i’m an english native learning korean japanese mandarin and now i just started german these are all the languages i want to know in my lifetime

Great video. I would especially focus on your idea of "integrate the languages in your life". This is so important and crucial! People who want to learn a language only for professional purposes or because "it's the language of the future" get frustrated easily and give up soon, in my experience. Without genuine interest and passion you won't go anywhere.

@martinemussies

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is a really important point! When I left Armenia, the modest beginning I had made in the language just stagnated. I had nobody to speak it with and I finished translating my favourite poems, so... I got stuck. Around here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/d5-buNV6h7DTeso.html . ;-)

I am learning Japanese and Mandarin at the same time. It is tough but I really enjoy it. I always end up finding time for both.

@LindieBotes

6 жыл бұрын

+Lazy Einstein よかったですね！加油！

@Hanna-po6mt

6 жыл бұрын

i'm trying to learn both as well. how do you do it and not get confused :')

@LazyEinstein

6 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I just focus on things more if they are confusing. If I can't remember something grammar wise for Japanese, I will focus 90% of my study time on that problem until I am comfortable with it. I often find myself doing only Japanese for a few days then only Mandarin. And when I really don't want to study at all, I will do something like Duolingo for 5-15 mins in each just to get it done. The most annoying part is only remembering the character in the opposite language when I am studying. As in, I'll be studying Mandarin and I will only remember the Kanji pronounciation and not the hanzi. So I just keep going and read in Mandarin and say the one I don't know in Japanese. I am finished HSK1 and most of HSK 2 for Mandarin and probably 100% done with JPLT N5 material. Learning to forget is okay. It just means the next time you relearn that thing, you will probably remember it better. Only mixing up characters is a normal problem for me. But that is just practice

@juliussamelo1008

3 жыл бұрын

Same, I'm studying Japanese and Mandarin at the same time. :)

@wanda5548

3 жыл бұрын

@@LazyEinstein tbh you gave me courge to start studying mandarin! thank you!!

I’ve been studying Japanese myself and Spanish at school, and I remember freaking out when I found out that the word “bread” sounds the same in both languages. In Spanish it’s “pan” and in Japanese it’s “パン”

@yukino4636

4 жыл бұрын

the japanese language got the word bread from the Portuguese! "pao" many words especially religious ones come from Portuguese in japanese.

@epohjdionysus3431

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao and in Korean it’s ppang

@littlesushie

4 жыл бұрын

It's 'pav' in Marathi 😂

@tataichan

4 жыл бұрын

In Portuguese is pão, in Korean 빵 (you can read pang with a very weak g) and I can think many other languages that it's similiar. As Brazilian, is so weird to me that in English we say bread. Like, it doesn't match. Lol

@54Nt1460CD

4 жыл бұрын

I'm a native Spanish speaker, and I'm currently learning Korean and French, I was wondering why bread sounds the same in Spanish, French and Korean

So true about “love hate relationship with languages” and I’m actually relieved that you said that cause I thought I’m only one who have those feelings while learning Korean and Japanese. There were a lot of times that I took pretty long breaks because I was just so frustrated and demotivated. But this year I wish to change and hopefully I will be able to hit my target in language learning.

@c7aky

5 жыл бұрын

heyyaa the moment i read this comment she said "love hate relationship with languages"

Usually I need two or two and a half years to learn a language to level where I can use it confidently and fluently. I never mix my learning languages, because when I focus on a language, I still want to maintain my already learnt languages (and learn even more vocab etc.). Also, I feel learning languages takes more effort the older I get (I'm in my mid-fourties now). When I was 20, I could learn more and faster, like I needed only 10 months to learn Old Greek to pass my Graecum exam at university. When I started Spanish, I was 36, and I needed 2 years. But the good news is that it gets easier when you can connect new languages to already learnt ones...

You are such an inspiration Lindie!

Really clear and fantastically structured video. really agree with your tips. Also I'm afraid people don't stop asking you the same questions over and over even if you've made a video on it

@LindieBotes

6 жыл бұрын

+Ophelia Vert hahah! I've figured! Oh well. And thank you for watching dearest Ophelia! 🌸

@pilyglot3037

6 жыл бұрын

Well, at least you can just paste the video link instead of trying to explain it every time :-D.

Lindie! I came across your site as I'm learning Mandarin now (I can speak Korean and Japanese fluently, and am native in English and trying to learn more). Thanks for the great content, you're blessed with so much talent and I can see a pure heart that isn't of this world. Most of all I admire your faith! Keep up the great work!

I thought it was only me who got angry with Korean 😂😂 I really felt like a total villain

I love the last tip about integrating the languages into your life. I only "study" about 45 min to an hour total per day, but I split that time up amongst the different languages. I find it easier to maintain my abilities by learning or reviewing each one daily rather than designating particular days of the week. Music and TV/KZread videos in the target languages definitely helps 👍

@nomadicvibesofelle

6 жыл бұрын

I was tempted to put my phone in Korean but worried that I wouldn't understand enough of the words

@CultureNuggets

6 жыл бұрын

Jameelah Edwards I use my three languages daily as well. But I do struggle using sign language regularly.

@x.astar.x

5 жыл бұрын

@@nomadicvibesofelle trust me it's OK my phone is in Korean I changed it from English

Recently you seem to read my mind haha All the videos you release nowadays are answering my questions ❤❤ Thanks a lot Lindie!

I really really like your mannerisms and how natural you are. I feel inspired to pull up my sleeves once more. Thank you for this ♡♡♡

You are my favorite language youtuber! There is so much quality in all of your videos. Thank you for sharing them

I was living in china with my boyfriend and we speak to each other in english/chinese, and swear in russian aha.

Where have you been all my life?? This is the best advice/reality check video on language-learning I’ve ever come across. It’s so honest, realistic, and practical. Thank you for this!

I'm learning Korean and Spanish luckily Spanish is pretty easy for me because I grew up around it and I know a lot of vocabulary and I understand the sentence structure but umm Korean not so much lol accents are pretty easy for me luckily

Thanks for the video Lindie!

Just found your channel. Your videos are very informative & inspiring! I've a renewed interest in learning French

This vídeo is really informative! Especially the part where you talk about our need for instant gratification. I feel that, when learning languages, that's the main problem

I’m learning korean now for 3 years & yes I can speak it comfortably, but I’m still so jealous of Lindie’s korean skills 😂 I still have such a long way to go!

I believe these tips are gonna help me out in learning languages. Currently learning and trying out two languages at the same time.

Thank you so much for this video, it's motivational and so helpful to hear that many of my learning experiences are similar to yours - . I really appreciate the message to just keep on learning even though sometimes you will hate the language you are studying!

I'm so inspired! Thanks, Lindie! x

This was great and I can attest to that. I didn't start learning languages from the same family until after I was conversational in the one that I was focusing on first. I don't really mix them up and I feel like what you explained has a lot to do with why I don't

@LindieBotes

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly! I was really silly to try do Malaysian and Indonesian at the same time hahaha!

Thank you so much for this video! I have been struggling lately with Chinese, but it was very comforting to hear that other people also hated their target language for some time haha

Your video is so realistic and helpful! Thank you❤️

When I was learning French I would fill in words I didn't know how to say with Chinese... They're completely different but I always substitute words I don't know in some other language my skill is stronger in

Good stuff! It takes time, constant dedication, consistency, and goals. It feels to me like I've spent just ages and ages on German because I've been hardcore for what feels like a really long time, but it's only been a year and a half. I try to remember that when I get discouraged. "Hey, there's lots of time. Just keep at it, do it, and you're always improving, albeit slowly."

Hey Lindie!! This video answered my questions. Thank you so much! It’s good that I’m learning French and Korean at the same time right now. My friends and some family members say that I can’t study 2 very different languages at the same time but I’m proving them wrong as I’m improving very well in both languages😁 Et en fait, ton accent français est parfait! Merci encore pour cette vidéo! 감사합니다!❤️

Great tips. I asked this, but this video is the answer I needed. Thank you for this video!

I have just subscribed your channel!!! Thank you for all the tips that you have shared with us!!! 🌸🦋Being realistic,persistent and passionate are the most important factors for me when learning a foreign language!!!As you have said so many people expect to reach a fluency in a short period of time. But it definetly takes dedication and work. Thank you again!!!🙏✌️

I don't have a schedule either and I am glad to know it's the same for you. I am also glad to know the time you needed to start speaking Korean. Thanks. :D

こんにちは Lindie, your directions are very cool, merci beaucoup :)

Not learning similar languages's kinda an outstanding tip, I like this approach!

Very well done and informative video! 감사합니다!

Omg I'm a vietnamese :3 good luck on studying it because its grammars are pretty hard! But I think you'll master it ✨

I've heard that using language laddering (as I see you're doing from a newer video; learning Spanish through Japanese) is helpful in preventing that mixing and confusion you see when you learn languages in the same base language. I haven't done it myself but I'm interested in trying it. I took Spanish in high school, stopped using it. Then in college I took German. And toward the end of college I needed to learn a bit of Albanian when I went to meet my now-husband's family and lived with them for a few months after graduation. So all of those languages were learned with English as a base. If I forget a word in Albanian, I usually know it in German. And in rare occurrences, I'll remember the word in Spanish only! But I do know there are a decent amount of German resources for Albanian out there, since many Albanians have moved to Germany. I'm focused on learning German right now, so I think it might be feasible for me to go back to Albanian through German once I've gotten a more confident. It's confusing, but once I get past this bump I think it'll be pretty fun to learn in another language besides English!

@CptShelby

4 жыл бұрын

You can also use a language you are learning and have reached a intermediate language to learn other things of interest. For example, I like to read about history in French or Dutch, Or if you want to learn playing an instrument you can pick up an instruction book in a language you are studying.

you're on-point! we just have to enjoy the process!

This was sooo helpful! Thanks so much!^-^

@VictorMusique

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! I also like to learn foreign languages very much and I teach russian to foreigners in english and in french! I add different videos on my channel about russian and also videos with my other hobbies: piano playing and skateboarding. Maybe if you find something helpful and interesting there I will be happy if you subscribe :)

I speak 5 languages and I'm focusing on Japanese and Korean right now. I have been learning Japanese for like 4 years now and I'm in upper intermediate level so I started Korean this year. I'm trying my best to balance them but it is frustrating sometimes haha But thanks to your video, I feel a little bit better now! You really are amazing! Keep up the good work!

"There's something on my lense..." Zooms in on camera IM DEAD!😅☺🤣

Thank you Lindie, this was quite helpful! I currently am learning Spanish, French, & Russian, and was glad for the advice on delegation. Thanks!

Thank you so much for the insight and encouraging video. After watching your video I am more confident & less stressed over how successful I may be at taking on this personal challenge to add many more languages to my life.

Always nice to see such a video. This way was my first Inspiration three years ago. Thank you sooo much for sharing your ecperience. This polyglotthing totally changed my life. Like a dream came true. If you learn German, please tell me if you have aby advice to improve my channel, please

@rustammuhdar3113

4 жыл бұрын

I want to learn german. Can you help me? Because i want to try polyglot' method.... learn alone by myself...

Hello. I'm indonesian. Aku suka video kamu. Terima kasih tips nya! 😊

you're definitely in my top 3 lingblr-type channels here. i keep coming back to videos for inspiration, its been over a year now. =D

Awesome! Very inspiring! Love it! Thank you! 🌹

Knew you from Lingodeer app. Plan to learn Korean & Japanese at the same time. First I confused because of your short hair comparing to your video on Lingodeer 😂. Thank you so much for this video, and thank you so much you want to learn my language, Indonesian. Appreciate it ♥

@chohyunhae4224

5 жыл бұрын

Kau sedang tahap belajar bahasa apa?

A few months ago I decided to learn Esperanto, and then I picked up Mandarin a little later. Couldn't be more different, right? Well, "ni" is a pronoun in both languages, but it's "we" in Esperanto and "you" in Mandarin. I've mixed them up So. Many. Times.

Very helpful! You answered all my questions and more

Thanks for the tips! You are awesome!

I naturally learned two languages growing up, in school I’m learning my third, and on my own time I’m learning one. Since I naturally speak two, and I’m comfortable with one, I end up speaking 3 languages at once. I just find whatever word is easier to say. My plan is to be able to communicate with all types of people, because when I was younger, I had to learn a new language.

Do you have any tips to share? Was this video helpful? More language videos here: kzread.info/head/PLRCVN94KILKWHui4QMe1OD5aKWHzPWDBT

Thanks for your lovely tips!!!

@VictorMusique

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! I also like to learn foreign languages very much and I teach russian to foreigners in english and in french! I add different videos on my channel about russian and also videos with my other hobbies: piano playing and skateboarding. Maybe if you find something helpful and interesting there I will be happy if you subscribe :)

Thank u so much!!! U r so talented!

지금 독일어 배우는 중인데 많은 영감 받고 가요! 진짜 멋진분이신 것 같아요. ㅎㅎㅎ☺️💕 영상 감사해요~!

I'm chinese, currently learning french ... I have been learning spanish and Portuguese for 3 and half an year respectively , right now I have no problems interacting with native speakers 🔊 (as long as they speak at normal speed and avoid using certain colloquial terms) lol 😂....what I found intimidating is French , I managed to get some daily words to get more acquainted with this brand new language on a daily basis ... I just wanna say nothin is impossible if you have a willing heart and be persistent... furthermore , it's crucial that we practice everyday bc our memories will fade with time no matter how you trust your memory span ... good job ! I'm looking forward to getting your feedback regarding this in chinese ! Cheers ! 加油

@maksesco6064

5 жыл бұрын

Kelly Yi hi do you have Wei xin?

I just found this channel and it really inspired me! My native language is English, I've been studying Japanese for over 8 years and now I'm fluent and live in Japan. I started studying Korean over a year ago and would say I'm now low intermediate and was thinking about starting French but was worried about incorporating it into my life. This has given me a lot of advice and confidence to try! Thank you!

Great video! Excellent tips. I appreciate the realistic outlook too...yes, it takes a long time and a lot of work to learn languages! There are bad days, too. Thanks for mentioning that. Just found you on KZread today. Will check out more videos for sure! All the best :)

Wahahaha 4:11 been there...

@maxinepadua197

5 жыл бұрын

Skye Aten me right now 😂

@charliev4750

5 жыл бұрын

Samee

@sixpackkorkman8069

4 жыл бұрын

I feel frustrated and not worthy if I don't study.

@janiceseiler7791

4 жыл бұрын

Me in French xD

@cjknights2632

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's me right now! 😂😂I want to learn Japanese, Korean, and Chinese at the same time and since I'm an idiot I don't know where to start and what to start on 😂😂😂

Lol french and chinese wow you read me- im currently learning french but doubting chinese. For a little back story i actually have learned chinese before in school and i was fairly decent at it. But when i switched schools they didn’t have chinese and i had forgotten most of what I’ve learned. So I’m a bit worried about going back to it.

Hey ! i looooove you ! and i love you youtube channel too ! you got one more subscriber! I'm learning English for 2 yeas, Japanese for 4 months, Spanish for 1 year and a little bit of Chinese!

This was so helpful because I started learning Korean a few months ago but I also have to start learning Spanish next week for school. :)

Hi Lindie, great video! A great take on the 'how do you learn so many languages' video. Honestly I think the best part of the video was hearing someone else say that they don't really keep plans or to do lists for language practice. Rather just learn instinctively, by feel and whatever time you have free. This is how I'm learning right now, I don't know if I'll be able to do it the whole year or if I'll eventually need to be a bit more methodical. I found that often if im super methodical about language learning, it becomes more about writing to do lists and diagrams rather than actually learning. Cheers! ^_^

@LindieBotes

6 жыл бұрын

Totally! So much time is spent by people making schedules and writing lists and deciding what chapters to do and beating themselves up for not doing that...when you could be spending all that time just naturally learning!

@dreamingoffluency1519

6 жыл бұрын

Yup! it's like if I only have an hour to spare each day, i can't afford 15 minutes of that to be writing summaries or checkpoints of my performance. Thanks :)

I totally agree with you at the point where I can not just logically understand but also can truly feel you have gone through true struggles of learning languages. Such as balancing your time, the true willingness of one's desire for learning languages, and your personal time that has taken 3~4 years for communicative level of Korean. It's really true that you have to stick to the one language to fully master and get a result of communicative level. My life time goal is actually to learn 10 languages which are Korean, Japanese, Chinese for East Asia and English, French, Spanish and Russian for Western World and Turkish, Arabic and Farsi or Urdu for Central Asia and be at a communicative level on those not just speaking some sentences. To tell my personal experience, I kind of have disappointed on those polyglots who speak more than like 20 languages and have taken their advantages of learning 'nearby' languages because they could have learned something very different from their native language even few among those 20 languages although it's still amazing thing at the fact that least you attempted to learn something else outside of your shell. The reason why you could have already guessed that it sounds very wildly covered when you see those languages is because I know that not much of people is interested in learning languages in general so I wanted to set it like that to make myself have a journey to those languages someday at least and still in progress. At this rate, I know that if you learn a language, it's not just you are learning language but also learning or experiencing their culture deeply because at this period of my life, I figured out that myself's true interest lies on the beauty of Literature and the story of History that are only possible through learning their languages. Essentially, I want to live in the beauty of nature in time. Since I have already mastered at a certain level in English and Japanese (currently planning to get Kanken pre-1 level which is consisted of 3000 Chinese characters), my Korean is native already so no worry on that and currently learning French in baby step by step just like what you have described. My language journey has been already 8 years of Japanese now (mostly casually with 2~3 years of focused period unlike you have taken 3 to 4 years to get communicative level because I know Korean and Japanese are highly related and I'm Korean native anyways) and I can definitely say it had ups and downs that I can recall as 'Journey' as I mentioned earlier. Although I have studied Chinese here and there but didn't get attracted eventually until now so it's still here and there and my main focus now is french as I have been attracted to that language for no reason. Whoa, this was long essay but it's definitely worth it if you enjoyed my language story! all of the above is totally for my own fun and interest just like you.

Those are great tips to learn languages! Great video!

This is amazing, thank you!

Most of my language learning takes place in my car. My car is a language lab. on wheels.

Wow! You are so incredible. So amazing- you are very inspiring!!

Love it! Thank you!

i m 14 and I aculy have pretty good plan of how I'm learning at the same time couple of languages. first of all . 1.French. I m learning at school and listening to music lessons and ather as well as grammar at home. 2. Korean. learning at home grammar music as well I aculy inspired my classmate to learn it so we try to help each ather, I have word cards. 3 Russian . I m aculy living near that country so my mom knows how to speak it . my classmates picked Russian so they gave me there notebooks and athers things so I rewe and learn from it. My native language is not English . the funny thing is that i aculy kinda learned English on yotube more then in my school ;) My native language is REALY DAM HARD BUT unique and georges as well as old so i had pretty dam nice start cuz my native alphabet has realy hard to pronounce sounds . idk if I have super big goal but I want to speak 10 languages by the time that I will go to university ... I alredy know 2 that I can pretty fluently communicate thro and learning little by little 3 at the same time. after that I m thinking Spanish cuz its kinda close with French English as well as the grammar is easy. I m in love with Japanese as well as Korean so next round would by xd Spanish and Japanese XD

@commoncola

4 жыл бұрын

Arie cancer Best of luck on all your future language endeavours!

I‘m going to learn german and japanese at the same time, and when I reach german’s C.1 and japanese’s Noken 3 i’ll start with french, and later on korean or mandarin. I feel like it will be a lot easier to do it that way.

I reaaaally like the books on your shelf (especially Tim Keller's) Great video, great-quality content. Subscribed! :)

Thanks for your awesome advice 👍😊

I love the polyglots videos, where they were able to learn some language in two weeks or less. :D :D :D

@militorosa8720

3 жыл бұрын

c'es impossible

Languages I would like to learn: Korean ASL Spanish Portuguese German Japanese Lesser Priority: Mandarin Vietnamese Tagalog/Filipino If I'm out of Languages I'll consider French.

@tsukilew4539

6 жыл бұрын

the weirdest person you would ever meet If you're learning Spanish It's also easy to learn Filipino/Tagalog because Philippines is a colony of spain for 333 years so the language is a bit similar and Filipino/Tagalog is also based in Spanish

@justanotherweirdo11

6 жыл бұрын

JiminTopAndYoongiBottomIsEverything Yeah. Thank you. I know

@myahgormley9788

6 жыл бұрын

the weirdest person you would ever meet good luck u can do it!

This is awesome . Just found this channel !

this is an amazing video! thank you!

If you need help learning Indonesian, I can help you. I love your videos, 린디. I am currently studying basic Korean. :)

".. hamster funerals to attend" My new favorite excuse for being tardy/late/no show to events in my life. Thank you.

This video is very interesting and useful, thank you!

Great advice. Thank you. Live your videos.👍

@VictorMusique

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! I also like to learn foreign languages very much and I teach russian to foreigners in english and in french! I add different videos on my channel about russian and also videos with my other hobbies: piano playing and skateboarding. Maybe if you find something helpful and interesting there I will be happy if you subscribe :)

" Don't learn Japanese and Korean at the same time " me: oops , too late.

@VictorMusique

3 жыл бұрын

Hello! I also like to learn foreign languages very much and I teach russian to foreigners in english and in french! I add different videos on my channel about russian and also videos with my other hobbies: piano playing and skateboarding. Maybe if you find something helpful and interesting there I will be happy if you subscribe :)

Hahaha...I just hit the angry, hating phase, but I'm going to keep going!!! Glad to know it's a normal phase :)

Right on! Thanks for sharing

I watched this video last year while preparing to go abroad in France, and tbh ur tip on imitating the accent in my native language vastly improved my French prononciation. It made me able to recognise how French sounds are different from the sounds in my own language. So big props to u Lindie, I’ve lived in France for four months, and thanks to u I’ve been given some very nice comments from French people about my accent :))