The apple is red It's Johns Apple I give John the Apple we give him the apple he gives it to john she gives it to him is the apple red? the apples are red i have eaten the apple i must give it to him i want to give it to her im going to know tomorrow i cant eat the apple

@kennyimammahardika3868

5 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! You are fluent in english now!

@MeJustMeOnlyMeJustMe

5 жыл бұрын

Really appreciate this 😊

@dhiaaeddinekhelladi3674

5 жыл бұрын

And now the apple went missing 😂

@santturantanen8328

5 жыл бұрын

For comparison here is the translation to Finnish: The apple is red = Omena on punainen It's Johns Apple = Se on Johnin omena I give John the Apple = Annan omenan Johnille we give him the apple = Annamme omenan hänelle he gives it to john = Hän antaa omenan Johnille she gives it to him = Hän antaa sen hänelle is the apple red? = Onko omena punainen the apples are red = Omenat ovat punaisia i have eaten the apple = Olen syönyt omenan i must give it to him = Minun täytyy antaa se hänelle i want to give it to her = Haluan antaa sen hänelle im going to know tomorrow = Tulen tietämään huomenna i cant eat the apple = En voi syödä omenaa

@whatwouldbenice

4 жыл бұрын

@@santturantanen8328 I came to this video so I could start learning Finnish! Kiitos!

My thoughts as a 5-7 language speaker. (5 - 7 because there are 5 languages I speak decently, can watch non-subtitled movies in and have been tested in and the other 2 are “If yo7 dropped me in the country tomorrow, I probably wouldn’t die of starvation for several months.) 1. Functionally fluency can be achieved really quickly if you put in the time. I achieved functional fluency in about 4 months living in Japan. For me functional fluency is the ability to respond to all daily life situations and questions fluently and with near 100% accuracy on meaning, and understanding, and high accuracy for grammar and pronunciation. What you can’t do is have the sort of conversation you have with friends where you kind of talk about nothing, you may not understand humor well, and you won’t have much luck with jargon in fields like economics or medicine. 2. Totally agree that a native speaker is not always the best teacher. Especially if that native speaker hasn’t learned your language. For example, having learned Japanese, which has no articles, I understand why Japanese people mix up “a” and “the”. 3. Also agree with set phrases. 4 or 12 sentences isn’t enough for me. But with basic structures and substitution you speak more fluently. For example, if you memorise “Where is the ...” and just substitute in different places, you are much faster than if you make the sentence from scratch and you are less likely to make a mistake. 4. Not a big fan if that direct translation method you got from Assimil. I can see how it works, but I have also seen language students not be able reproduce that process going out of their native language. 5. I don’t know how universally that 9 or 12 sentence model can be applied. For example, in the 12 sentence method, the only gendered noun is apple, which is feminine. Basing your learning off that, you might think that “la” in Spanish is the only way to translate English “the”. And then there are languages with a neutral gender. And more verb conjugations. And lots of languages where things happen that we don’t even think about in English. 6. The 4 sentence method seems like a good idea for Pidgin, but you have to realize you man spend he majority of your time sounding strange as hell not conjugating verbs. Just a few thoughts as someone who has dabbled and worked in languages for a minute.

@nicoleraheem1195

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot ♥️👌🏿

@booboo-ov3tj

3 жыл бұрын

Very thankful for your invaluable lessons .

@joemarshallamp

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct in saying this. I've been struggling with lithuanian due to it's nightmare case setup (only slightly less complicated than russia's case setup). And the setup of nouns and gender in lithunaian is so hard to get your head round as an english speaker. Which are some things you mentioned in particular. However, his methods for me have been very helpful with general, simple conversation. Whereas before I was overwhelmed having to think about every word and how the case affects it/the sentence. This method has given me a solid base to carry on from, even if it's memorised rather than understood. But it is nice to be able to have those simple conversations to get a feel for the language and start to recognise familiar patterns in its structure. It's just up to the learner how far they want you go down the rabbit hole from that base.

The sentence list is missing use of adjectives. Some languages put the adjective before the noun and some put it after. There should be a sentence like "The red apple is mine"

@user-um7tw6kx4r6

2 жыл бұрын

thanks

Here is a guy who can speak multiple languages to a functionally-fluent level and is sharing his approach FOR FREE online. How can anybody in the comments be unhappy with that? Not enough people in the English-speaking world have the desire to learn languages, partially (in my opinion) because of how it is taught in schools. If Tim Ferriss can get even one person to be more interested in learning a language, how can that possibly be a bad thing? He's not telling people this is the only way to learn a language - and if you want to be a translator at the UN, you probably have to go about it a bit more thoroughly - but if you're just trying to chat to native people while on holiday, this is a far more accessible way than trying to leaf through old textbooks or other such heavy material.

@DurangoC

4 жыл бұрын

Because people are pathetic and would rather call him a fraud than actually expend the slightest energy to try any one of his methods, despite the fact that hundreds of thousands of people have found them to be incredibly useful.

@lameasstv1140

2 жыл бұрын

because most people who follow this dude are rubes, so he creates unrealistic unexpectations and they get pissed

Thank you Tim for your teachings and sharing, amazing work (Queensland, Australia)

Wow, this was awesome info! Def going to be implementing these tactics in my language acquisition!😊 Thank you.

Love it Tim!!! I will try. Great technique to be able to communicate quickly instead and keep progressing from there

I know Arabic, which only has 3 verb tenses and this doesn’t apply to that language. But some of these tricks do work in some instances. I’m studying Spanish now. I learned from a native speaker on top of self teaching. My recommendation is to train your ears as much as possible, drill often: translating the studied language to English, get a visual dictionary or use Flashcards with graphics rather than words/literal translations. It took me 3 years to master Arabic. I knew I had it when I started to think in the language when in conversation.

Personally, the best strategy that has served me well in learning foreign languages has been having an intimate understanding of English grammar concepts, and slowly branching into Spanish and Latin grammar concepts. Even though other languages may not share the same grammar concepts, the very act of practicing other languages stretches my brainpower to understand completely foreign grammar concepts.

Many of you linguists spend too much time discrediting this young man..please post your brilliant techniques. I am very interested in your method.

@FalcoAcePilot

5 жыл бұрын

thats what I thought^^

@warai309

2 жыл бұрын

This comment made the stfu because those dipshit didn't reply. I bow to you my sire like the other ppl that liked the comment

@darnellconstant2410

Жыл бұрын

SpongeBob narrator voice: "3 years later"

I think the list of sentences he gave was useful, but the fact is what really counts is massive exposure to the language. Note that he went to Argentina to learn Spanish and Japan for Japanese (100% exposure) and intensive 101 Chinese classes to learn Chinese (intensive exposure). If you go and live in a foreign country or take intensive language classes of course you will make significant progress. But although the strategies given for deconstructing the grammar of a foreign language touched on here are useful, they will not magically unlock the language. They are just a toe in the door--not even a foot.

Danke dir, das ist sehr hilfreich!

Lol aren't we all experts here - talk about taking a negative attitude- its either all or nothing! This is about getting a start - having lived in Thailand I notice many westerners cannot speak more than 3 words of Thai. This input would at least enable them to make a start and yet all the experts here poo poo this help - simply leave to go back to class that many don't have the time to attend or maybe want to attend and let them take this on board and at least make a start on assimilating.

@DurangoC

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. People here are assholes who probably speak 1.5 languages.

flesh cards lol. That was a great comic relief after all of the info he gave - great and encouraging presentation!

Not a bad method to jump-start your language learning and immediately spot the major grammatical differences between English and your target language. If you want to learn to speak and pronounce any language well, you should also take some time to learn the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and some basics of phonology. Good luck everyone!

Vielen Dank! 🙌✈

The grammatical analysis won't work with languages that utilize different verbal tenses to communicate propositional phrases, e.g. I want/love/must _______. Generally speaking though, this will be useful for languages more closely related to English.

@joshwoods7641

4 жыл бұрын

If it works for Japanese, it will work for any language, especially one as closely related to English as Spanish is, because the entire point of these sentences is not to learn the language, but to learn *how* to learn the language. You still need immersion and practice (shadowing is the best practice there is, also, learn to speak and listen before you try learning reading because it will just slow you down in the beginning), but these sentences will start you off on the right path. Good luck with Spanish, bro. \m/

@richmeister1175

4 жыл бұрын

Josh is right. It'll work well enough to get your started, but it does have limitations. The questions will always be, "What do you want to do and how long will that take?" If you want to learn to order pizza and basic routines, then this should get you there. If you want to talk about the subtle nuances of endangered language preservation and functional steps towards mother-tongue literacy, this will get you on the path; not the destination.

Japanese structure is similar to how Yoda talks.

@Virykuta

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

A very useful video.

He's smart, personable, speaks well, and has some good ideas -- that, unfortunately, aren't going to work for everyone. I have studied Spanish for 50 years, the "traditional" way -- classroom combined with some time in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Spain. I test "near native" on the Department of Defense Spanish language test. Curious what his rating would be. My other experience was learning Russian for 8 hours a day at the National Cryptologic School. At the end of the year my certificate said I had completed basic and intermediate Russian. A lot of time but totally enjoyable. So, different methods will get you where you want (or need) to go. You need to find the one that works best for you. Now I just need to stop being so lazy and get going on some others - French, German, and Italian.

The only sentence you really need is, "I want to give it to her."

@thetroytroycan

3 жыл бұрын

Lolol!!!! Dirty bastard lol! They'll blackball and jail u. Lol

@all_consuming_images

3 жыл бұрын

was thinking the same thing XD

@matthewandrew

11 ай бұрын

Vamos.

@keats27

11 ай бұрын

@@all_consuming_images great minds...

@nostalgicnow6001

6 ай бұрын

😂

kongratuleischons Máté, yor inglisch iz weri gut! I lernt a lut.

@irwincrook567

5 жыл бұрын

The Way to Win Why did it seem German to me?

@PedroPalazuelos_

4 жыл бұрын

@@irwincrook567 If I not mistaken, it's luxembourgish! A mixture of 80% german and 20% french

@PoptartParasol

3 жыл бұрын

@@PedroPalazuelos_ are you joking? This is not Luxembourgish. This is just badly spelled English with accents everywhere... He says "congratulations mate your english is very good I learned a lot" Please, this is insulting lmao

fantastic useful video

Gracias @Máté

Brilliant ✅

Overall, I am super skeptical of this, but I will definitely try his approach for pronunciation; never thought of it before.

@boracelikturk369

Жыл бұрын

hey Kathryn I hope you are doing well. It's been 3 years since you posted this comment, I wonder how your learning journey is going.

The word have in a sentence like, "I have eaten", isn't a verb. It's what's called a perfect aspect, making "I have eaten" present perfect.

@CIA_Killed_JFK

3 жыл бұрын

Its a prefect not a perfect but I know what you mean.

@rickyturner.

3 жыл бұрын

@@CIA_Killed_JFK no, perfect is correct

@user-um7tw6kx4r6

2 жыл бұрын

I learned in school as a native speaker that "have eaten" is the entire verb. Sounds a lot simpler than what you're saying.

@rickyturner.

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-um7tw6kx4r6 The perfect tense of a verb is formed with the perfective auxiliary (have) and a past participle (eaten). You can simplify things, but I would say what you learned is an oversimplification - a native speaker

Michel Thomas, Duo Lingo and what was the flashcards Tim recommended?

@justinwarembourg

5 жыл бұрын

Vis-Ed Flash Cards

NO WAY TIM READ ONE PIECE!?!?!?!?

@ahealthyskeptic716

5 жыл бұрын

asking the real question!

@alamedvav

5 жыл бұрын

ISBN Please.

@dragonswordmountain2908

5 жыл бұрын

+Gordelicious TV For educational reasons not for pleasure i guess hahaha. Reading manga for school hahaha.

13:00 the pronunciation of 'çocuk' (child) is tʃoˈdʒuk

@dmytryiprvdn3906

5 жыл бұрын

Afferin sana!)

I would like to know how he approaches to writing and reading in languages like Chinese and Japanese. Those ideograms have a massive variety of sound and meaning that get beguinners like me very confused.

@Li.Siyuan

5 жыл бұрын

The ideograms are not as difficult as they first appear. Most are made up from basic building blocks. Search for 'Chineasy' on KZread.

Can you send references you mentioned as I could not catch them in your video. Thanks.

@HappySingh-mz5lb

5 жыл бұрын

Jeralo, this is not his channel, so it is unlikely that your request well be read by him. A few people have uploaded this video on their own channels. You may want to try his channel.

How in the world could he have problems with Spanish but no real problems with Russian or Chinese??? I'm conversant (although not fluent) in Russian, Spanish, French, and know a smattering of several other languages. Spanish is by far the EASIEST to learn, whereas in Russian you have to learn all the cases and their endings. I have a Russian instruction book and there are over 800 grammar rules! French has some difficulty but not a lot. So, for him to say Spanish was his nemesis has me shaking my head in amazement.

@Jumpoable

5 жыл бұрын

He probably did not enjoy learning it in high school with an incompetent teacher, but then after he went to Latin America, he just learned it via osmosis. His way of learning is very much that, which may work for him (& he does have a good ear & tongue) but is actually incomprehensible to most people.

@1Sweetsexyflava

5 жыл бұрын

Johannes P--His teacher must've been REALLY incompetent to be a Spanish teacher and not be able to teach such a simple language lol!

@johnr9763

5 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, a knowlege of Latin would help with Russian. It's because if you know Latin, you're aware of all the case endings, and many of the grammatical categories before you start Russian.

@johnr9763

5 жыл бұрын

I mean if you know Latin, you'll know what nominative and dative mean, and different types of verbs and nouns.

@DurangoC

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe if you had listened to his presentation you wouldn't have this question.

I've just started learning German. This seems like a good approach

he should write a book on learning languages.

This was so helpful I can’t thank you enough ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

Can anyone help me find those flash cards he is talking about? At least type out the name for me?

I'm really fascinated with all these polyglots on KZread, and I've watched a lot of these types of videos. The problem is that every time I come across one that claims he's learned my language in three months or so, his proficiency is mediocre at best. All the other languages he speaks sound great to me, of course, but I wonder if that is not simply because I can't possibly make a qualified judgment since I don't understand those languages. In my experience, learning a foreign language to a decent level of proficiency, where your vocabulary, grammar, syntax, and fluency are good, where you can understand subtleties of different kinds depending on the context and person you talk to, is a rather lengthy affair, certainly not three or six months. Are there any videos of Tim speaking Japanese? I actually have a way of telling how good he is.

That’s cool, I was also an exchange student in Japan :) peace

Hallo where are the phrases? (in video 12:05) what is the website?

@justinwarembourg

5 жыл бұрын

Duolingo.com. You can also download this as an app for your smartphone. He's saying at that point in the video to learn 20 or so phrases using these resources.

Dear Tim Ferriss, what are some good resources for the language of mandarin, if I might ask?

@VenalesM

5 жыл бұрын

Same question here :)

@lincolnrhodes1548

5 жыл бұрын

I'd recommend pimsleur. better than rosetta stone for speaking/ listening.

@VenalesM

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I don't know why ppl have so much negativities in them,are they trying to share their frustration by commenting?? OK,it was also a negative comment I guess...😅can't help

What sources he recommended?

@JohnDoe-nk1dd

6 жыл бұрын

It depends on what language you are studying. If you speak English well and can study a foreign language through English then I would bet that going to Routledge and look at their Frequency Dictionaries and see if they have the language that you are wanting to study. www.routledge.com/products/search?keywords=frequency+dictionary&range=all Ferris recommended Assimil.com you can find them on Amazon.com at good prices too. Michel Thomas is good too. You can google his site and also find his products on Amazon.com.

How long per day did you study to learn a language?

Tim Ferriss: If you learn to conjugate those 4 verbs you can use any verb in the language Me, trying to learn Finnish: ...I....don't think so :(

@estrafalario5612

3 жыл бұрын

Isn't true even for English

Q: What about comprehension? ie What happens when the other person speaks? Isn't vocabulary and idioms a bigger hurdle than basic grammar?

Interesting

2:15 i've used this naturally with learning english but i was afraid if i do it too many times i will mix words and stuff.. xD i might start to use it more often :D

Just a thought about learning chinese. How hard is it to learn how to write, compared to speak the language?

@vickigsolomon1241

5 жыл бұрын

Writing is hard. The Chinese fought a war over this. The working people wanted something they could learn easily. The nobility wanted something so hard only people with a lot of free time could learn it. The nobility won. That is why Chinese calligraphy is an art form. Currently, China is moving to pin-yin, which is simplified writing.

@FirstPrincipleGuy

5 жыл бұрын

Can you speak chinese? what methods would you recommend?

@vickigsolomon1241

5 жыл бұрын

I took Mandarin Chinese in college. Three semesters, plus one of Chinese literature in translation. That worked well enough that I was able to eavesdrop in Taiwan, and recognize when our guide was not translating exactly characters that I knew (He translated it more poetically). But I never developed fluency, so I don't really have advice for you. You can learn to speak Chinese without learning to read Chinese. That's a lot easier. There are no verb tenses in Chinese. They use time and context instead.

@josephyoung7700

5 жыл бұрын

I'm a native Chinese. As a language learner you don't need to learn how to write. I haven't written any Chinese for years except when going to the bank and writing my signatures

@FirstPrincipleGuy

5 жыл бұрын

Solid tip, thanks a lot!

This ameteurish approach would get crushed by any highly inflectional language with a complex case system (i.e. Polish, Finnish, Hungarian etc.)

@Darkenedbyshadows

5 жыл бұрын

I know! I was just thinking, 'how I wish he sat with me on a plane ride from Helsinki to NY.'

@themysteriousunknown986

5 жыл бұрын

I agree. I translated the sentences into Russian. Though I can see it being somewhat helpful for a beginner, the sentences lack the complexity that is inherit in Russian, especially the lack of adjectives and the default to most sentences referring to the personal pronouns being simply the subject.

@themysteriousunknown986

5 жыл бұрын

But he also says in his blog he has avoided Russian like the plague.

@amjan

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. There's simply more grammatical elements and distinctions in, here, Slavic languages. Another simple example, in Polish positive and negative sentences will use a different case for nouns, adjectives etc.

@all_consuming_images

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah most grammar tricks are crushed to dust under the Finnish case system XD

Amazing! His Chinese pronunciation is on point, even better than some native speakers

@timothywilliamson3152

5 жыл бұрын

You Bray Like A Mule! - Kill Bill.

I am struggling to understand why there's no sentences with a past perfect or past imperfect tense. Or a true future (several years down the line) instead of close future (tomorrow).

@estrafalario5612

3 жыл бұрын

Simple answer: To be even slightly comprehensive of the major features of English grammar, he should use a list 5-10 times bigger. And up to x5 with other languages...

@estrafalario5612

3 жыл бұрын

Selling a 12 sentences to fluency is easy. Selling a "300 sentences only to try and grasp what could come when you'll start" is harder

What he says would not work with a language such as Navajo. For example, "give John the apple" = Jáan baa bilasáana łaʼ níʼááh (literally, John to-him apple some you-give-a-single-roundish-bulky-object-to-him/her). So there are many words for "give": yíʼááh (he gives him a single roundish object such as an apple), yíjááh (he gives him a large number of small objects such as seeds), yíyeeh (he gives him a burden, pack, or load such as a saddle), yíłjooł (he gives him noncompact matter such as hay or wool), yíkaah (he gives him something in an open container such as a glass of milk), yílé (he gives him a single slender flexible object such as a rope), yínííł (he gives him several objects such as several apples), yíłteeh (he gives him a single animate object such as a dog), yítįįh (he gives him a single slender stiff object such as a pencil), yítłeeh (he gives him mushy matter such as mud), yíłtsóós (he gives him a single flat flexible object such as a book). Then, if it's intransitive, it requires different verbs. If passive, still other verbs. And the different tenses and aspects can require big changes: daniijááh (we 3-or-more give the seeds to him), daniijaaʼ (we 3-or-more gave the seeds to him), dadiijih (we 3-or-more will give the seeds to him). Similar with to eat: alghał (he is eating meat); ayą́ (he is eating, intransitive); yiyą́ (he is eating it, such as an apple); yidlą́ (he is ingesting liquid); yiʼaał (he's eating something hard); yildeeł (he's eating plural things); yilkeed (he's eating something chunky); yiłchozh (he's eating something leafy, such as salad or greens); yiłtsʼééh (he's eating something mushy, such as oatmeal). For those who have studied Russian or Polish, you know about verbal aspect. Russian and Polish are considered very difficult especially because of verbal aspects. For every English verb, there are at least 2 Russian/Polish verbs (imperfective aspect and perfective aspect). Navajo has a whole slew of verbal aspects, such as imperfective, perfective, usitative, iterative, progressive, optative, momentaneous, continuative, durative, conclusive, repetitive, semelfactive, distributive, diversative, conative, transitional, and cursive. And syntax is not free, but rather fixed, and every noun belongs to a specific class based on 8 degrees of animacy; from human adults to abstract ideas. The most animate thing must always precede a lesser animate thing in a sentence, regardless of which one is subject and which is object. If a person touches a bird, the person (most animate) has to come first, and the less animate bird comes after. If a bird touches a person, the person STILL must come first, and the bird must STILL come second. So you get "PERSON BIRD TOUCHES", which can mean either "the person touches the bird" or "the bird touches the person." To distinguish the meanings, there are special conjugations used that indicate whether the object precedes or follows. And if I write out the Lord's Prayer in Navajo, which I can easily do, I don't think you could extrapolate much of anything meaningful from it.

@FoodShowFan

4 жыл бұрын

Ok

I don't doubt he's fluent but I take issue with the fact that he became fluent while living in countries of those languages. and his model isn't based off of that. Immersion is the key to fluency, duh!!!! I took college-level Spanish for 3 years and even used Rosetta Stone for a couple months, and could not even have a simple conversation until I lived in Niacaragua and was immersed daily, spoke with locaks, etc. Having the grammatical background, I was fluent within 2 months. For those who say it should take years to be fluent, consider that children learn to speak within a year or so, and that's mostly just due to physical limitations of forming sounds. They communicate long before that. So an adult who understands the concept of language in general should be able to learn make new sounds and simple vocabulary like he did when immersed. However I don't think people who have had the immersion experience are truly capable of providing quick tips and tricks for those who are learning without immersion. It's just a totally different experience and route for your brain. A person who is not in an area where the language is spoken can learn the grammar in a short period, but without conversation and hearing nuances in the language, fluency won't happen so quickly.

@FoodShowFan

4 жыл бұрын

He forgot to say where I can find these deconstructed charts. Someone help me out?

11 months Fluent RIGHT 😂😂😂😂😂!!!!!!!!

Molto bene, hen hao, very good

Hola porfa le pueden poner subtitulado en español gracias

It is not the German verb 'haben' (to have) that is used as an auxiliary with 'gehen' (to go) to form compound past tenses but rather the verb 'sein' (to be).

@ArchieSuave

5 жыл бұрын

polyphoniac - same with Spanish. Haber would be more correctly used for having done something. I’m assuming he’s just trying to cover ground quickly in the conversation and instead of focusing on accuracy.

@polyphoniac

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, he would presumably still be understood. Some languages (e.g. Serbian, which I am learning now) use ONLY the "to be" verb ('biti') as an auxiliary in compound past tenses, not just with verbs of motion as is the case in German. E.g. "Ja sam razumeo", literally "I am understood", not in the passive English sense but in the sense of "I (have) understood". It takes getting used to.

@benchapple1583

5 жыл бұрын

polyphoniac . Stvarno? Nikad nisam čuo za stranaca koji uči srpski. Živim u Srbiji tri i po godine do sada. Mislim da je srpski težak. Gde živite?

@polyphoniac

5 жыл бұрын

U Port Džervisu u Nju Jorku.

@benchapple1583

5 жыл бұрын

polyphoniac. Zašto učite srpski? Kada živite u Nju jorku, bolje je da učite španski. Da li Vi našli profesora srpskog? Nisam mogao da to našao u Engleski ali možda možete da to nađete u Americi.

I would only stick to romance languages with this method.

does he actually speak any of these languages? i would like to hear some actual conversation instead of some cherry-picked theory.

@7h3hu7

5 жыл бұрын

Google him. I remember hearing him speak 4 or 5 different languages years ago.

@Laggie74

5 жыл бұрын

His mandarin is spot on.

@Tricknologyinc

5 жыл бұрын

My personal favorite is the "...we have a pronoun: the apple" theory! I always wondered what it would be like to not understand English in other languages. LOL It's great that he knows what he knows and tries to share it. He needs to learn how to not go all Cliff Klaven in every language....

@CH-sj4dr

5 жыл бұрын

Notice how he says "functionally fluent". That could mean anything and is one of the reasons I'm usually dubious about people who claim to speak multiple languages fluently. To many language learners "fluent" means you can go on vacation in country X and speak enough of the language to get around and order food.

@j3ffn4v4rr0

5 жыл бұрын

Tricknologyinc What does "not go all Cliff Klaven" mean?

ありがと りんご 😆🍎

LOL! What Direct objects, Indirect objects?? I answered my English exam with pure instincts and got a 82% grade(percentage from correct and wrong; not based on 70%).

@nicoleraheem1195

4 жыл бұрын

Whoa

@PoptartParasol

3 жыл бұрын

English is extremely simple. I'd rather my first language be a central european one than for it to be english and butcher every other language I try to speak in with a disgusting English accent. No thanks.

is this in a book?

@IOU1987

6 ай бұрын

Bro gave this por nada in a 20mins study sesh, put it on paper in your language? 😜

I want to give it to her. Is a very useful one. :)

Does this Work w Japanese?

👍

i swear i feel like i cracked a secret code or something

speaking, grammar, & pronunciation are hardly ever the problem for me, but listening comprehension is all together another issue & Ferris never mentions it here. Also social/BICS level of language skills is quite different from CALP/Academic/Professional level.

@ILoveMaths07

Жыл бұрын

I'm exactly like you! I'm trying to learn French, and my biggest problem is listening... I never understand what they say! I don't know if something is a word or two words or more, and I don't know what the words are because they all sound similar!

@ILoveMaths07

Жыл бұрын

Listening is the hardest skill out of the four. Reading, writing and speaking French are very easy compared with listening.

ok

Those people in the crowd cant even see what he is pointing at lol

4:52

"What about pronunciation? People want to know!!" -- "Ehh well, you go over your mistakes and drill the hell out of them" lol That's sum revolutionary approach right there. Thanks for the tip.

@randoarchive

5 жыл бұрын

It's not just that though. First you have to get a personal tutor who natively speaks the language you want to learn to go through an audio recording of you saying 30 sentences, then write up notes for each incorrect sound your mouth made throughout the whole thing, then you drill based on those specific issues. You have to keep repeating this process until your pronunciation is good. He said he saves a lot of money not buying Rosetta Stone software and stuff, but I bet these personal vocal editors must get pretty expensive, pretty fast.

@alexismamadou2193

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Got it the first time but didn't want to quote the whole tirade. A tutor would help for sure but the mere self correcting of your audio will suffice. In any case, pronunciation in a foreign language is a painstaking process for an adult and the technique to escape the grind has yet to be invented.

@aztecguy

5 жыл бұрын

Like he said your ears cannot hear the sounds because your brain only kept the ones your parents taught you when infant. But you can train your ears to hear new sounds with a method opera singers use to produce a song in a different language without knowing a word in such. I'm currently learning Japanese and the sounds of Korean before I start learning it.

@yelloworangered

5 жыл бұрын

My technique with Spanish was to practice a good accent from the start. In my car, I would practice saying the English names of streets with the clear vowels of Spanish. Before I learned much at all, native Spanish speakers were complimenting me on my accent and puzzling that I knew so little.

I like how his talk is about grammar and just completely avoids german the entire talk lol yes, learning the bare bones of a language can make people "understand" you (your general idea). However, you will sound weird to them and they will always say that you don't actually know the language but just know a set number of phrases and how to interchange them. trust me, i learned german this way and had to re-learn a lot.

@KayStu

5 жыл бұрын

pwoodson21 any advice on learning German

@nicoleraheem1195

4 жыл бұрын

@@KayStu Apparently, Not.

Master Yoda was Japanese ?? !!!

At 13:54 he says he scored above an 85% on Turkish, but at the same time scratches his ear. Clear sign of doubt right there.

@user-um7tw6kx4r6

2 жыл бұрын

It is also a gesture used to indicate a humble attitude about one's achievements, or even confusion at how one was able to achieve something great. You should know that scratching your ear has several possible meanings.

@caiovinicius5204

Жыл бұрын

Ok Einstein

@kimariokiji

6 ай бұрын

Or his ear was itching…

Lol haber is used in Spanish when saying things like "I have done this, that, etc." Tener is not the right word to use. That's a very odd thing to forget too.

@nicoleraheem1195

4 жыл бұрын

Tener, was taught to me in Spanish class in school 15 years ago. Then, conjugation of that word: Tener I)Tengo. You) Tienes He/her) Tiene And etc. I don't recall learning HABER unless it's to convey something else in a different context. Idk

@neptuneamaru5649

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@neptuneamaru5649

4 жыл бұрын

@@nicoleraheem1195 haber is used to say things that have been done. To say "I have been to the US" you wouldnt say "Tengo estado a los Estados Unidos" it would be "He estado a Los Estados Unidos".

Yet, he admits that he bombed out trying to learn Russian this way.

Let us know how you get on with Hungarian dude!

He's sure packin'

@HappySingh-mz5lb

5 жыл бұрын

Jake G, what he is packing?

@SurajKumar-fi8rf

5 жыл бұрын

Haha🤣🤣

What about pragmatics? 食べる必要がある。Sounds just as weird as the literal English translation. You can make yourself understood but you'll be sounding like an idiot. But maybe that's an interesting approach to quick-start your language learning and then go further from that, idk. I'm very skeptical about this technique.

@nicoleraheem1195

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's meant to be an quick start for language learning.....

Good luck trying to learn Polish based on nine sentences.

@worldshaper1723

6 жыл бұрын

7mrugo He is saying that it get much easier, to learn a language starting with these sentences.

@ziffinmyreeb2479

6 жыл бұрын

7mrugo you are the prettiest girl I have ever seen on a KZread comment. Sorry but not sorry. 👍🏽

@UltimateIrishRebel

6 жыл бұрын

jfc

@Diamondhamster

6 жыл бұрын

Truuuuuu

@bartzdunekoutsorcing

6 жыл бұрын

Scotts have a really hard life with me ;)

Having an approach is excellent but it's also clear he doesn't know the names of the parts of speech, and he also hasn't mentioned the fact that the sentences he has chosen will not help with some things such as verb conjugation or plural forms or gender. In German for example, you have to learn the gender and plural form of every noun. For Spanish you have to get to serious grips with gender, verbs and tenses. 6:09 he knows he's made a mistake. The verb "to have" (possess) in Spanish is indeed "tener" but the auxiliary verb "to have" (to have done, to have written, to have played) is "haber". I have to say this comes across as not very impressive, it feels like maybe there is something there but it's not fleshed out. That guy from Glossika though, he's the real deal as far as I can tell.

I learnt Spanish for visiting Colombia with just 3 sentences: No thank you, I can't carry that for you even if you do pay me $1000.. Hey I said no and that's really hurting my arse. Please stop hitting with that stick Mr Policeman.

I'll use number 10 to spread my love all oevr the world hahahahahahaah

I agree that Michel Thomas was a great teacher and that his courses are beautiful. But they are mere ice-breakers. It's one hell of a long road from Michel Thomas to fluency. It takes time, as it should. Deal with it.

he should get a T-shirt. Those sleeves keep rolling down

@michaelabercrombie7698

2 жыл бұрын

No they don't they're fastened.

Good luck learning Japanese...no one speaks like your examples and doesn't make any sense. It's basically pidgin to my ears.

@MizManFryingP

5 жыл бұрын

I know right? I have never heard 食べる必要がある. Correct me if I am wrong, but 「食べる必要がある」means "There is a necessity to eat" which sounds the opposite of fluent. I heard 食べなければいけない / たべなければいけません or 食べなきゃ but not 食べる必要がある.. Maybe the meaning will pass through but it is definitely far far FAR from fluent..

@randoarchive

5 жыл бұрын

These are the types of sentences that they teach in college Japanese courses, so I guess maybe he's saying you can do the same thing as those, but a lot faster. He's trying to improve the speed over those other methods. But you're right, it will likely be unnatural. He's just not any worse in that regard than spending multiple semesters in college.

@MizManFryingP

5 жыл бұрын

I don't count that as learning a language when it is no better than letting google translate everything for you.

@MusicOfPhil

5 жыл бұрын

Saying "I need to eat" is usually just なんか食べたい (i want to eat something), but actually in the culture it's much more common to just say ”はらへた” or "おなかすいた”

@sophiesong8937

5 жыл бұрын

Dave Freeman He fails the minute he brings translation into the method. This is such entitled, American dude thinking on languages. He's ridiculous.

lets try this trick if it was really is

I have eaten is 'he comido' in Spanish. The auxiliary verb here is 'haber' which also means 'to have' but is a totally different verb to 'tener'... Learn all the conjugations of 'Tener' and you still won't be able to say 'I have eaten an apple' in Spanish!

@edwardtaylor9387

5 жыл бұрын

True

@REVISCHRIST

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah this is so basic it immediately sent of alarm bells regarding his credibility and I stopped watching. I see what he’s trying to say and learning how to say “to have” can help you say a lot of things. But saying, tengo comer is much different than he comido. He’s trying to explain the present perfect tense and I’m not sure he’s aware of that

Um....this just made me more confused! learning better by following the basics

This ain't gonna work with finnish, that's for sure. Our language needs very different approach. Too complex.

because i want to learn more

Well the best way is to live in the country where that language is spoke, because you are forced to speak the language and you can hear that every day like you had done.

Tim Selling that snake Oil as always.

The trick to learning anything. Is if you want to learn. If you don’t want to learn a subject. You can spend your life learning it and you will never learn it.

i want to connect with you

"Flesh Card" That's like a "Skin Tag" right?

A cure for anyone with sleeping issues 😴😴😴 👍🏼

@guitaro5000

4 жыл бұрын

rude

@MuhammadImtinan

3 жыл бұрын

Tear Apart 1$ bill upon any sleeping encounter. In some days you will even cant be able sleep at 🌃 night.

Just curious - do any serious language learners find what he is saying useful? Thanks.

@kellyroyds5040

5 жыл бұрын

Not at all.

@AbAb-mm3og

5 жыл бұрын

Kelly Royds, thanks for your response.

@karamlevi

5 жыл бұрын

Nope. But it’s very JUNKO LOGICAL. Junko logic is a hypnotic vocab / phrase that makes one look smart but is worthless in realty however it influences so that’s the true value... unfortunately it seams he’s doing this continuously. One of my self made rich friends really dose not buy his stuff at all and yes my friend was lucky in money... aka worked hard and had things add up well-

@AbAb-mm3og

5 жыл бұрын

Karam Levi, thank you for your response. I learned a new phrase (junko logic). So thanks again. Regarding money, it seems to be a matter of luck. Even those who are very smart and work very hard can't get rich if opportunities don't exist or can't be created (due to inherent political systems). I know those who are self-made don't like to hear that luck was a factor. (And famous quotations like "The harder I work, the luckier I get" seem to support them.) There are so many very intelligent and very hard working people in India and China, but only after there were changes to the old systems could people start making good money.

@Li.Siyuan

5 жыл бұрын

Not a direct reply to your question but I speak 11 languages and I use a very similar methodology, so it certainly works for me. And yes, I am *completely* fluent in most of them. Spanish took me 6 weeks to learn whilst German, French and Dutch/Flemish were all 3 months each. Russian took a year or so and Japanese a little longer while Ukrainian needed only 6 months with me already speaking fluent Russian. Mandarin Chinese was around 8 months but Arabic was the hardest for all sorts of technical reasons. Learning Thai was reasonably easy to learn to speak but very difficult to learn to write and I still haven't managed to master it yet, mostly because I haven't had the time to get the placement of vowels sorted out in my head. Perhaps 3 months to speak any language fluently is a little bit of an exaggeration, but it's still a very good way of learning and you do have to get your head down and put in the time. I hope this helps. Motivation is the real key.

Can someone translate it in Korean?