10 TIPS How To LEARN LANGUAGES By Yourself

[@keegster7167]

*To recap:* 1. Watch shows or videos 2. Switch a video game to the language 3. Write words on the back of your hand (with the translation under it) 4. Use sticky notes for vocabulary 5. Invent connections with 'stories' 6. Grammar sheets everywhere 7. Read and write it (preferably present?) 8. Talk to yourself 9. Make games with rewards with everyday things 10. Make an audio diary; and/or journal in the language without much thinking Just do It!

[@keegster7167]

thanks, past me. I forgot completely about this but this will surely help. :)

[@guilleacq]

@@keegster7167 Remember to check these

[@luntaichheang5110]

Thank

[@Monalisa-dn2nl]

Do you watch. Translated movies

[@orangutansoda]

"Cheesecake" Me: lol same

[@tirzxh]

Nobody have responded in 2years so hi I guess

[@Yasser-mf9nb]

@@tirzxh hi

[@kerrysteve6580]

Her English is excellent so her methods of learning a foreign language must be taken seriously. We don't need those stupid comments about her anatomy.

[@bigsmoke1787]

come on english is kinder garden plus for a german native speaker english is like german 2.0

[@0LMG]

Gay.

[@drbebo1992]

But her anatomy is great!

[@ibarix]

Of course we do. It's a plus, not a minus. Let's build her confidence some more.

[@ibarix]

1. "Commenting on her anatomy is not a means of building confidence." It is if her anatomy is her virtue. 2. "It's a demeaning way of sexualizing the female body" No, it's not. You only see it that way because you're jealous. And yea, check out the internet, magazine covers, ads etc. Sexualizing all over the place. Even by females themselves. And you say it like it's a bad thing. 3. "and that we do not need" Who gives a shit what you need? You aren't a feminist by chance, aren't you? 4. "A woman should not be reduced to her anatomy." She is not "reduced to her anatomy". We agree she is smart too but she can't emphasize "smart" with a cleavage. Stop hating. She is a nice female.

[@alexbirch7665]

This video's jokes just got too real

[@saifulglare4910]

uu

[@shempai1166]

Cheesecake

[@Kinobambino]

Cheesecake

[@duf999]

"...for when you have boring sex with your longterm partner!" Oh my god I wasn't expecting that hahahha XD

[@Gladiux919]

Dufius Stavisky I lol’d instantly lol

[@norman3605]

Rabbits learn German faster when their teacher makes more videos in German. 😉

[@avid521]

+1

[@norman3605]

+Andrei Visalon Das ist doch selbstverständlich.

[@ojaymami]

Norman Means Lmao true

[@Lesefanatikerin]

+Norman Means NO! Please not - I'm learning English and her videos really helps me to improve my pronunciation. In two days there will be my speaking test...

[@norman3605]

+Fana with all respect, you should concentrate your pronunciation efforts on listening to native speakers. While Trixie speaks excellent English, she has a noticeable accent. Blend her accent with your own, and you might develop an accent in English that might be extremely difficult for native speakers to understand. Good luck on your test!!

[@alinekelley7214]

I'm learning French and Japanese

[@abdellatifsellam1247]

Great, good luck bro

[@Ksasori]

Hmm I'm learning Spanish and Russian

[@pedroslefteye8438]

lil tip learn one at a time i tried learning german and polish at the same time... its very hard, its better to learn one at a time your brain soakes it up easier

[@KidJames81]

I'm learning Russian.

[@niamhart221]

+sasori lee Me too!

[@jaycourtney-leocadio9614]

I'm a life-long Spanish- and English-speaker. I'm also studying Portuguese and German. German is definitely the most challenging, but I really enjoy it! I'm going to get some children's books to practice and when I get more fluent, a side-by-side English-German Bible.

[@AngrySigh]

I lost it at "boring sex with your longterm partner. XD Thanks for the tips.

[@antopolskiy]

That was a good one )) She is hilarious at times

[@pauldaeumer4359]

I laughed so hard lol

[@aishajohnson2076]

Boring Sex with long time Partner. lol

[@rowan8528]

I'm learning German in an American college and English is my native tounge. I am glad that I came across your videos and I plan on using some of the methods in this video to help me learn. Also continuing to watch your videos because I love your humor and humor seems to help me learn!

[@ETizzleful]

ich Lernen Deutch. :) just started last week. I'll be watching your videos frequently. thanks for the help!

[@semikwon5177]

Ich lerne Deutsch* good luck :)

[@ETizzleful]

+Semi Kwon thanks! :)

[@semikwon5177]

+Elijah Tipton welcome!^^

[@theadalberthank]

+Semi Kwon You're welcome!* good luck :)

[@semikwon5177]

+theadalberthank i know xD #toolazy2writecorrectly :D but thx

[@BFedie518]

Glad that you suggested playing video games!! It worked for me and should work for others. The first game I played through in German was Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. Second was DMC: Devil May Cry. These are great first games because as long as you've played video games before, they don't require mastery of the language to be able to play them through. After you're better with the language, move on to dialogue-heavy rpgs like The Witcher 3, Mass Effect, and Alpha Protocol. Knowing the language is much more important in these as choosing dialog options is an important part of the game and the combat is much more nuanced than SoM and DMC.

[@areyouchoking1471]

I switched my phone's language to the language I'm currently learning. I also memorize songs in that language and try to translate it on my own and compare my translation to the others on the internet.

[@wrinkleintime4257]

Awesome tips! I'm taking a German class now at school but the semester ends in a few weeks for summer vacation and I'll be going home where I don't know anyone who speaks German, therefore have no one to practice with. This was so helpful, I'll definitely try these out over summer! I really want to learn German well but I always forget everything I learned in school over the summer.... This is my first time learning a new language, and my first class in learning German. Danke!

[@pauline7647]

I think it's cool that you want to learn German, because if I weren't a native speaker it would be to complikated for me to learn german;) I hope you'll have fun while Learning it. And I know how frustrating it can be to learn a new language, i try to improv my english and my french and I think that it's also a good idea to watch KZbin Videos that are in the language you want to learn:)

[@wrinkleintime4257]

+Siniel S. Aww thank you :) Good luck with your language learning! :D

[@isabellal.8718]

danke, die Tipps helfen mir sehr! Ich lerne gerade spanisch, in der schule habe ich französisch gelernt, die Grammatik ist ähnlich, also ist das kein Problem. Aber Vokabeln -ich werde verrückt

[@abielticas1693]

Talking about pride, I felt proud of myself after watching this video without too much subtitles (since I am an English student) so it's easy to understand what you are talking about... And your videos are pretty awesome, so you have a new subscriber. Danke!

[@francesvansiclen1444]

Italian is by far the most beautiful language in the world - by far !!!! I am trying to learn but I have a head like a cauliflower ! I will slowly plug away at it, though !

[@williambrusa6451]

Quindi, hai imparato un po' di italiano? Pensa che è difficile pure per chi lo parla regolarmente...

[@wangzisworks]

William Brusa Davvero? Sono americana e sto imparando l’italiano e lo trovo un po’ facile, ma, cerco, sto ancora imparando e ci sono tante cose che non lo so ancora.

[@adamwnt]

@@wangzisworks vivo e lavoro a Roma (in un bel hotel nel centro) quando passa questa pandemia vienimi a trovare :) sul serio

[@Frenchfraeis]

Du hast viele gute Ideen Trixi! Heute lerne ich Deustch, aber ich bin fliessend in Portugiesisch (Muttersprache) und Englisch (ich war Autodidakt), und ich mache noch ein paar Dinge von deinen Ideen. Ich habe mein Notizbuch für neue Wörter, das ich Verben, Adjektiv/Adverb und Substantiv aufschreibe. Jetzt muss ich auch meinem Gesprächredefluss verbessern. Wahrscheinlich werde ich auch in einem deutschen Kurs anmelden, um mit Leute zu unterhalten Ein Tipp, dass ich habe für alle: Denk nicht, dass Deutsch schwierig ist. Wenn wir denken darüber, erschaffen uns eine Blockade in unserem Kopf, dass uns nicht lernen dürfen. Wenn etwas schwierig ist, denke ich "Ok, es ist nicht so einfach aber ich werde lernen!". Viel Spass für alle, die Deutsch (oder andere Sprache) lernen möchten, es ist ein sehr interessant Sprache, und es ist ganz schön!

[@andrewpk79]

Ja, ich lerne gerade Deutsch, so deine Videos hilfen mich so viel. Deshalb ich möchte dir danken Deutsch ist meine dritte Sprache bis jetz (Spanisch -Muttersprache- und Englisch), und höffenlich wird ich 2 Sprachen mehr lernen. +DontTrustTheRabbit

[@DontTrustTheRabbit]

+Andrew Villalba Vielen Dank. :) Es freut mich sehr, dass dir meine Videos helfen. Viel Erfolg beim Lernen!

[@andrewpk79]

+DontTrustTheRabbit Whelche Musikbands kannst du mir zu Deutsch lernen empfehlen?

[@anthonynguyen8092]

+Andrew Villalba Fler, 187 strassenbande, Shindy, Bushido, RAF Camora,

[@steff420]

+Andrew Villalba Ja, ich lerne gerade Deutsch. Deine Videos *helfen mir* so viel, deshalb *möchte ich* dir danken Deutsch ist meine dritte Sprache bis *jetzt* (Spanisch Muttersprache und Englisch), und *hoffentlich werde* ich 2 Sprachen mehr erlernen.

[@erikasmus786]

+Anthony Nguyen Ääähmm... Weisst du überhaupt was eine Band ist? Jedenfalls keine deutschen Rapper -_-

[@eriathdien]

Talking to yourself is something I always advice my English students to do because it was very useful for me (specially having imagined arguments). It's so cool to find someone giving that advice, too!

[@Peripatetic45]

0:20 _Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb_ ... Cheesecake! My kind of humour :D

[@freefall9292]

Another thing that I find really helpful are audiobooks. Or various podcasts devoted to the language that you learn. Once you can understand at least what is happening in the book that you listen to, listen a lot! While walking, cooking, eating... This is fun, and it improves even one's talking skills (as was the case with me)

[@Marco-wy8lj]

You can watch the Pixi book reviews/Kinderbuch reviews from KuchenTV (german KZbinr) if you don't want to buy the books ;D

[@ChrisEdgeSXE]

sicher :D

[@Pikminze]

+ChrisEdgeSXE da lernt man auch bestimmt den richtigen Inhalt xD

[@francishaight2062]

Great ideas, Trix! My favorite is just actively listening to native speakers converse. I'm almost at the point with Espanol that I can grasp the jist of a dialogue, with flashes of comprehension. The jigsaw puzzle is gradually getting filled in, but most of the time it's more like trying to read something in your own language but a little faster than your brain can put it together, you know what you're "reading" is intelligible, important and interesting, you just can't quite follow it. It's the lazy - language - learners way and I love it!

[@NovellaTravel]

I have never thought about writing vocabulary on my hand before. I will start doing this :)

[@kareemta1192]

Vielen Dank Trixi nummer 1, 7 und 8 sind meiner Meinung nach am wichtigsten. So lerne ich Deutsch. Was mir geholfen hast neue Vokabs zu lernen: die neue Vokabs selbst mit meiner Stimme mit der Übersetzung auf meiner Sprache aufzunehmen und dann die in den Verkehrsmittel nach und vom Zuhause immer anzuhören.

[@EBDrew]

trying to learn Mandarin, this video was very helpful thank you 😆

[@MrLAntrim]

I loved number 9. So many great ideas in this video. Thanks for sharing.

[@taroyamada4298]

Das mit Till Schweiger ist treffend! Der nuschelt einfach zu viel und zu stark...

[@eletsia]

I'm learning German and looking for tips about pronunciation I discovered you. Besides the amazing tips and infos, your videos are so much fun!!! Thanks!

[@Useless_Gears]

Playing The Sims in the language you´re learning sounds like a great idea! I´ll definitely be trying that!

[@brittaneyrae1225]

Your accent goes back and forth between sounding Irish and Scottish and it's so pretty omg

[@tirzxh]

Ikr

[@vitamindubya]

Civ V is the best game to change the language on. It's literally everything in society

[@Z_DeeVee]

vitamindubya what a fantastic idea! Haha! I've never thought to do that!

[@vitamindubya]

Zachary Vincent yep! And civ 6!coming soon!

[@hanzosbm1]

A tip that I use for learning German nouns: I write flashcards or signs and for the nouns I use a different color pen for masculine, feminine, and neutral. I'm a visual learner, so later, when I'm trying to remember if it's der, die, or das Tisch, I remember it written in blue and know that it is masculine.

[@foreverloving5565]

I want to learn Japanese so I don’t have to read subtitles when I watch anime

[@RitCore]

😂😂😂😂😂👏👏👏👏 Smart idea i never thought of

[@maxevocal]

In my highschool German class my teacher loved showing us short shows and even movies in German, first with no subtitles or German ones, then English ones. Another thing that helped me a lot was finding music in German that I liked, and learned their meanings and memorised the German words to sing along. It was also nice for pronunciation!

[@lookupdude1]

was a cute video, actually im learning Filipino and some of these suggestions i just naturally do like not using laptop for notes but instead use paper, pen and pencil, i listen to music and even have favorite songs in soft rock genre of that language and also i had just thought up to record myself and play it back and then maybe come up with some kind of role playing game in the language so yeah maybe most of these suggestions i already do but its nice to know that im on the right track, i wasn't sure if i was just spinning my wheels or actually being productive in my pursuit of a second tounge so thank u very much for this info sweetheart, ingat ka

[@1998sxipro]

So I just stumbled across Trixi. She is hilarious, I love her. I've been leaning German for about 3 years (still not fluent 😑) with an online course and on my own. Thanks for the awesome videos Trixi.

[@VikoTheBassist]

Games to translate into German: Minecraft: good. Skyrim: not the best. Geometry Dash: ROBTOP YOU'RE FROM SWEDEN, WHY DID YOU ONLY MAKE IT IN ENGLISH!

[@JessRansdellSmith]

I will say that talking to myself is one of the reasons I still remember quite a bit of German from my high school classes and still love the language!

[@CanaldoCarlinhos5]

I really liked theses tips, and I use a lot of them hahaha. Keep going with your videos, you are very creative ;D

[@livbarksdale2429]

Hey Trixie! My name is Liv and English is my first language and I have been learning Chinese for almost 4 years now in school. I took one year of Spanish and one year of Latin and I would like to start learning them again. I would also like to learn French and now I am adding German to my list! Thank you for inspiring me, you are amazing!

[@TheMusiclover500]

While we're all helping languages, handwriting isn't "readable" it's "legible" ie (of handwriting or print) clear enough to read. :D

[@DontTrustTheRabbit]

+TheMusiclover500 Thank you! :) I'll try to remember that from now on!

[@TheMusiclover500]

***** I should have specified I didn't mean it was technically incorrect, it just struck me as an oddity. I almost always hear legible in the English I speak, although to be fair my variant is pretty posh and retains a few archaic anomalies that other dialects may have simplified. I was just like a fun vocab suggestion, I'm learning Dutch (Nederlands not like Deutsch) now and as the famously blunt people they are they often recommend more advance grammar which I find fun :D

[@TheMusiclover500]

***** Aye it certainly isn't an unwarranted reputation. Although the Foreign Service Institute classifies Dutch/Afrikaans as category 1 languages and German as Category 2, so science would tell us German grammar is harder than Dutch. (From an English standpoint). It's pretty interesting to see the transition in the three though, I started studying like super basic German for a trip I'll soon be taking to Austria (although the dialect will probably make such an endeavor null regardless) and things like the German "Junge" Dutch "jongen" & English "Young" place it in the clear middle ground with dialects as well and nonsense grammar rules, just much less French than English. Although I'd say the Dutch accent is much harsher, I've already decided to learn the specific Rotterdam/South Holland/ sounding accent because I'm way to Anglo to roll an R

[@prinzwilbert2859]

+TheMusiclover500 sorry, I did not get the difference between "readable" and"legible". Can you explain? Looking up in the dictionary both are translated to the same German words.

[@prinzwilbert2859]

+DatMass019 thanks. I guess, this difference doesn't exist in German, where both would be translated as "lesbar" (literally: read-able). I guess, now I understand "readable" has a tendency to reasonable and understandable while "legible" has a hint of decipherable.

[@edwarddavis8428]

You have great presence and the way that you presented your content was captivating enough to keep my interest, for sure. So, onward with my german learning.

[@alexanderwulfert6730]

"If you have a German song or poem you like, try and learn it by heart" Me: "MEIN RADIOOOOOOOOOO"

[@VampiraVonGhoulscout]

Mate, I was about to say listening to Rammstein. I learned to count to nine from Sonne ^_^

[@Simpack51]

Thanks Trixi, as usual fun and helpful. Keep those videos coming. 👍🏻

[@angelodeavila]

OMG you speak english so cute I think I'll watch all your content now😍 ...

[@RealMineKD]

Das waren wirklich tolle Tipps, die einem beim lernen einer neuen Sprache helfen können. Besonders der Tipp, dass man "Spicker" mit entsprechenden Informationen an vielen Stellen anbringen kann, um diese dauerhaft vor Augen zu haben. Auch, dass man alles mögliche zu einer Herausforderung machen kann, um sich so möglichst oft in der Sprache zu fordern und zu testen. Diese Tipps werden mir in Zukunft wahrscheinlich bei einigen Sprachen helfen, sie zu lernen. Danke, für das Video. :)

[@lia_berry]

just make sure that til schweiger is not part of it 😂😂😂

[@ghenulo]

+Aure Lia Why? Til Schweiger is great!

[@richardmartin7179]

Guten Tag! Thank you for these tips! I decided to look into learning German this past Thursday (January 27). While I really wish I could afford Rosetta Stone, I stumbled upon Learn German with Ania. She is a great teacher, the tips you just gave should really help me along! Between you and Ania I have learned a great deal and can decipher some words I haven't even learned yet. I get overwhelmed however with trying to keep up when I listen to someone talk. I am sure I will eventually with determination be able to keep up! :)

[@MiriFenske]

Hahaha bester Meerschweinchen Name 😂

[@ellylebattmdeih6148]

thanks for the video, really nice ideas :) It's been 7 months now since I started learning German and my way to do it is chatting with native speakers!! The trick is that I read every message out loud and try to say it like a native as much as I can ^^

[@KayannaShae]

I'm learning Arabic!

[@tirzxh]

That sounds hard

[@kaz_salah]

ME TOO WOAH I HARDLY SEE ANYONE IN THE COMMENTS TRYING TO LEARN ARABIC!!

[@dianaalzhrawi7]

My first language is Arabic

[@greenie7384]

Cancancan we partners !

[@piaheinkek.2436]

respect ! 😉

[@groussac]

For those of you who go to church, recommend getting a bible in the target language and going over the scripture--either beforehand or during the sermon. An electronic version is preferred for this particular maneuver, because of its portability and its capability to switch back to an English version of what you're reading. An additional plus is the capability to bookmark the passage for a quick review of what you've studied.

[@Iman-Global]

This might be true for some languages but specifically for German, it is not true. I know it very well because I learned German as a second language. For German language, the first step after learning to say "hi" and "how are you?" and some basic words is learning the Dative-Accusative-Nominative Grammatical table!! There is no way that you can escape from it! If you watch German movies and interviews even 24 hours a day, you will still not be able to talk this language correctly, if German is not your mother tongue. So do not fool yourself. You have to sit down and memorize this table. Not a rocket science, but you have to memorize this table like the multiplication table that you memorized at some point of your life. Here is an example: Even if you want to say a simple sentence like "I go to school" in German, 1) you need to know how to conjugate the word "go" in German for "I" since the verb changes based on the subject 2) you need to know whether "school" in German is feminine, masculine or natural 3) You need to know whether you are "at school "or "moving toward school"- yes, it changes for how you add endings" 4) You need to know what preposition you must use for going toward school 5) you need to know whether you would need to use an article or not 6) you need to conjugate the word "go" (gehen), and add the right article format based on the School gender and based on your movement toward it. The only way that you know how to change the article format for feminine, accusative (since you are moving toward it) is sitting down and memorizing that GRAMMATICAL TABLE. Point. Sorry, for bad news!

[@Dualgas]

Iman Actually, both "zu" and "nach" always take the dative, even though they always involve movement. So it would be "Ich gehe zu der Schule". The "movement=accusative, none=dative" only applies to a few prepositions, like in, an, vor, and unter. And even then, what counts as movement isn't so black and white. For example "Sie laufen in dem Schatten" = They run in the shade, but "Sie laufen in den Schatten" = They run into the shade (from somewhere else)

[@jukes4499]

Playing video games in a foreign language is one of the best and most challenging strategies you can use for improving your language. I've played A Link Between Worlds, Hollow Knight, and Mario Odyssey all in Spanish. It was great, it taught me a lot of nouns and REALLY taught me a lot of colloquialisms. Different from movies or books, you usually can't rewind what a character in a game has said. In addition to that, if you don't understand what someone has told you to do, you literally cannot progress and...play the game. So you have no choice but to buckle down and figure out, every time!

[@zfreak1234]

Sehr hilfreiches Video, danke:)

[@WALESBOY21]

Thank's for the tips!! I have found these method's to be useful! Once again you have made another amazing video!! I just can't get enough of them!! Keep up the good work!!

[@zer0and1onechannel78]

I want to learn german but it's hard to me , I started this Tuesday , there is a lot of different words and long words.But anyway Danke sehr fur eire video.

[@lillyrichter3383]

I feel like your videos are getting better and better :)

[@NovellaTravel]

Did you spend some time in Ireland? I'm English and sometimes it sounds like you have an Irish accent to me when you're speaking English! Anyway, your English is amazing and so are your videos :)

[@arthurgopak]

Thanks for the tips, Trixi! I am currently focused on nailing down the Dutch language, German is my next step.

[@semikwon5177]

ich liebe deinen humor :)

[@birdofpassage9875]

I like doing some combination of 8 and 9. I'll be there at work making myself count in Danish or Latin whenever I need to count something. As I gain more fluency/confidence I will definitely be planning aloud that way as well. I also like to speak to family, even though they have no clue what I'm saying, I've drawn some inspiration from Italians who gesture a lot because of the historic diversity of languages and dialects in their area so I decided to take up something similar. Vlogs or podcasts are always awesome to listen/watch though I like to keep it all natural picking up what I pick up and focus on the words, pitch, context and other niceties knowing that most of the time I might not even be able to pick up enough to understand the thoughts that are being conveyed (though I did watch a vlog from a Danish woman that just moved and was surprised with how much I did know). Latin is a little more difficult as far as a diverse source of audio goes but it isn't too bad. I mainly do it just for the fun and enlightenment anyway.

[@krishih4691]

Ich muss zwar nicht mehr deutsch lernen.. aber danke sind echt gute tipps!

[@MsLea555]

funktioniert ja mit jeder sprache^-^

[@Chimpur]

What about watching a movie or show that you know inside out word by word in English... but then watch it in German?

[@alekssalkin3288]

Love this video! Great suggestions and practical advice. Can't wait to put this to the test with my Italian!

[@evaemilda9307]

im speaking english and indonesia and i wanna learn korea and japanese but its difficult 😅

[@torkel85mal68]

eva emilda the longest journey begins with the first step believe in yourself set a goal to achieve and learn daily and the success will come

[@caesar4857]

eva emilda will be tough at first but with Korean and Japanese, once you got hold of one language, the other will be much easier as Korean and Japanese are quite similar :)

[@aletoowelll]

eva emilda Oh god japanese is almost impossible wouldn't recommend it. and to whoever said Korean and Japanese are similar, absolutely not they're not related in any way. Japanese is difficult as there are three alphabets 50000 kanji characters and over 100 ways to conjugate something as well as specific rules for specific verbs

[@imnotahumanbeing8288]

eva emilda Anongseo!! ＼(^ω^)／

[@ramisauh2029]

eva emilda how are you suppose to learn korea

[@999manman]

Totally agree...I got a German children's picture dictionary with simple sentences and that helped me more than any other German language text.

[@mrbrunse]

who else cannot concentrate???

[@WalkerTheSpy]

5:36

[@hamishcooke5265]

9:32

[@galaxycookiez6068]

So many hentai's

[@Ndorphy]

For research purposes what is the name of said actress? ;-)

[@alvaro2657]

for the love of god , please tell me what is the porn star name !!!!! pleaseeeeeeeee , i need to check it out !

[@bk1168]

I am learning Russian currently... So what is useful: An app for the cell phone. This helps learning vocabulary and some phrases and spelling and adds some gamification to it. Books are good, as soon as they don't create too much frustration. Then there are groups of people who meet to learn languages. So for example we meet every week and speak English in the first hour and Russian in the second hour. Can be a little bit hard, if too many good speaker show up and just leave the beginners behind, but it the end it works in the long term... And then, I do have a book for learners... And another one with the grammar. You can read any amount of text for free in Wikipedia.. And find the article in other languages as well... KZbin is good as well. There are excellent youtube films teaching the more common languages, at least from English, but there are also youtube films in Russian for native speakers, often with subtitles for non-speakers. And I do recommend seeng a teacher at least once in a while, to make sure that mistakes are discovered and corrected, which can otherwise remain undetected and persist for a long time. And to have someone to ask questions. On the other hand, a course can be nice to meet other people, but that one is possible with the group where we speak two langauges in two hourse anyway, so no need for that.... The cards for learning the vocabulary can also be bought, at least for more common language combinations. An interesting question arises here: When I learn langauge X and already know language A, B, C, D and E, from which of the five should I learn X? Usually the availability of material, teachers, groups etc. kind of narrows that down. But I would find it more interesting ot learn X from a language, that I know fairly well, but have some interest in keeping at that level... I liked the one with the cow. Actually, when talking about indo-european languages like English, German, Spanish, Russian, Greek etc. there are so many similarities, some more obvious, some more subtle, and some even scientifically wrong, but anyway useful. This is true for the words as well as for the conjugation and declination. And also it is an advantage that the alphabets are so similar, at least work in a similar way. Ok, when learning German or French or Spanish from English (or from one of the three) it is even easier, because we just have to add a couple of letters or morphed letters to the alphabet and the morphed letters are somewhat related to the unmorphed letter.

[@pidi_patrick]

Warum musstest Du Monkey Island erwähnen? Jetzt muss ich wieder Stundenlang nach meinen Disketten suchen und versuchen das Spiel wieder zum laufen zu bekommen xD

[@henrystivenson9792]

Few people know about a pragmatic, efficient way to learn a new language. Those who do, advance in learning steadily and according to their schedule. While most people find themselves learning a new language as a necessity, many others do it because it is fun. It feels more sophisticated to know more than one language. It can be highly beneficial in your life over the long run. However, it is not an easy task to learn a new language no matter whether it is for fun or out of necessity. You've probably seen friends or acquaintances talk about wanting to learn a foreign language, then enthusiastically purchasing products, books, and maybe even enrolling into a course or program, only to ultimately see the reality of the fact that they have failed in their pursuit of learning another language. According to The Guardian, the ICM survey, which questioned 1,001 young people aged 14-24 from across the UK in June this year, paints a picture of a generation perhaps surprisingly open to the prospect of language learning, but often deeply lacking in the confidence of their ability to put their language studies into practice. Three in ten who chose not to study a language at GCSE or A-level say language learning is challenging, with almost half of all those questioned regarding grammar as difficult to learn and 40% seeing memorizing vocabulary as hard work. The research had indicated that A-level languages are perceived as being harder than other subjects and their content is demotivating. Sitting down with a language textbook and trying to teach yourself a new language is not only boring, it takes an inordinate amount of time. It can take months to capture the basics of a particular language. Fluency comes far later. Often, we don’t have the luxury of spending months learning a language. For example, those people who are migrating or taking up a job abroad. However as an individual learner or with a tutor, the student can cut down the time it takes him/her to master the basics of a new language. There are methods that can be used to reduce the time it takes. Main Essentials of Learning a New Language - They distinguish three main essentials associated with learning a new language; namely the vocabulary, basic sentence elements / patterns, and grammar rules. Vocabulary - the most basic step towards learning a new language is to learn its words. Familiarity with the words will lead you to form sentences. Sentence Patterns and Elements - this has to do with how you ask and answer questions. Making coherent sentences is the way to make someone understand what you are saying. The ability will also help you understand what others are saying and how you might respond. Grammar Rules - Each language has certain rules that need to be followed. There is a special type of media developed for the first and second component - a bilingual graded book. Bilingual graded books are also called bilingual graded readers. They offer a parallel translation that allows the user to learn a new language in less time. With the translation on the same page, learners can effortlessly learn what any unfamiliar words mean. They can quickly pick up new vocabulary and phrases that are used over and over in texts of bilingual graded books. When they read a graded bilingual reader, they can pick up chunks of language and vocabulary that they can use in conversation and other real-world applications. It also significantly reduces the amount of time it takes to become conversational in a new language. As you read a bilingual reader, your brain begins to remember words and phrases simply because you are exposed to them several times. You don’t even realize, until you have to recall what you’ve learned, that you have already learned the new words and phrases. Listen to the audio tracks that should always accompany a bilingual graded book to learn how words are said and to improve your overall ability to speak the new language. A good idea is to use the free VLC media player to control the playing speed. You can control the playing speed by decreasing or increasing the speed value on the button of the VLC media player's interface. Decide what is better for you a paper book or an e-book. Many of the e-readers by Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo have dictionaries pre-loaded on their devices, with options to download additional ones, for free. If you do not have an e-reader, you do not have to buy one, because you can download it as a free app to your phone and use it right away. Writing your own notes, searching or making highlights is ridiculously simple with an e-reader or e-reading app. Anything you do with an e-book is also synced to the cloud, ensuring any change will follow you, no matter what device you are on. At first search on Google for "bilingual graded books" or "bilingual graded books for beginners". Choose and buy a book on a suitable topic, for example general, business, medical, culinary, dialogues, students, cooking, family, tourists, detective, short story or whatever you like. Read it for about twenty minutes a day. If you do it every day, you will be surprised how much you can learn in a month's time. Try to use the target language after you have learned for a month. If you don't have an opportunity to talk to native speakers at home or at work/study, use your target language in small talk on Skype or another online chat. Search on Google for "free online clean chat rooms" and pick up the one that suits your interests. Two or three minutes of small talk two or three times a week or more often will give you some motivation and encourage you to learn new questions and answers for new dialogues. Compile a list of questions and answers for your dialogues in a target language or find them on Google with keywords "Bilingual graded books dialogues" and try using them. Don't be afraid of making errors. They are your steps to success. You will spot and correct them sooner or later anyway. They will not be for the rest of your life. Better not to talk at all than to talk incorrectly? Wrong! Start talking as much as you can! Your language will improve every time you talk. A learner who knows only a hundred words and isn't shy of talking will progress more quickly than the one who knows a thousand words but remains silent because he or she is afraid of saying something wrong. It can usually take you from one to three months to finish a bilingual graded reader at beginner level (A1) and elementary level (A2). The amount of time depends on your previous experience with learning foreign languages and on your personal abilities. At this point you should be able to ask and answer simple questions with the following questioning words: What? Who? Where? When? Which? How many/much? As you improve and become more confident in your ability to use the new language, you can move on to the next reader level and continue your language-learning journey. After using a bilingual graded book for a week or two you are ready to study grammar rules, so buy a good grammar book. A grammar book will satisfy your curiosity about grammar rules awakened by the bilingual graded book. Read the grammar book to find out how you can use your target language more precisely. Follow this order - first read a reading book, then use a grammar book and exercises to make your learning experience uninterrupted. Language text with a parallel translation has helped many to uncover their potential for learning multiple languages. Whether you are learning a language as a hobby or for a necessary purpose, you will find such books are supportive. Using them is by far more pragmatic, efficient way to learn a new language than a "learn a language in two weeks" program. However you should frequently use the target language by using bilingual graded books with audio tracks, grammar books, chats, internet pages and even songs to maintain your motivation and progress. Remember - twenty minutes a day does the magic!

[@Kristen242008]

I want to learn German so I can understand the songs Faun sings! I listen to them all the time though I don't understand a word lol!

[@rnbw2127]

I also want to learn German so I can watch luigikid's second channel which is in German but I also don't want to learn it because then hitler rants parodies won't be funny anymore...

[@Buecherfee1895w]

Then try it once with children's songs. Later you can easily try then to heavier songs. It's like the books. Start small can be helpful.

[@josuemoraes1333]

you're right =D, german language must be prohibited for youtube users ...

[@victortoomes5685]

Whats your favorite song by Faun?

[@Kristen242008]

Walpurgisnacht!

[@beyza2000.]

First time watching and I absolutely love u!!! Thanks a lot!

[@0xs1m0n]

Trixi, was willst Du denn mit Monkey Island? Du musst Deponia spielen...! ;)

[@cypog8479]

+Simon Hoffmann Hast du überhaut Monkey Island gespielt?

[@0xs1m0n]

+Cypog Zugegeben, ich habe mir nur ein Let's Play vom ersten Teil angeschaut... Um aber ehrlich zu sein, von Deponia habe ich auch nur den ersten Teil selbst gespielt, die anderen habe ich mir auch nur angeschaut. Hast Du denn schon Deponia gespielt? ;)

[@joshuakutti2992]

Very helpful. Recording oneself is an awesome idea. I made pen pals and texted them very often to learn french. Now that french is decent, I'm working on German. I will definitely use your recording idea. Thanks !

[@oscaratlas]

Watching a movie in a new language with or without subtitles is completely useless you're in an advanced level of the language, it won't work unless you certainly understand the basics.

[@DontTrustTheRabbit]

I disagree. Simply getting used to the melody and rhythm of a foreign language will help you even if you can't follow the plot of the movie. And your subconscience processes way more than you think. :)

[@muhammadandrialfian4151]

yes, agree with you DontTrustTheRabbit .. one of my way to learn foreign language by searching their movie, song, video, etc with their language subtitle and english substitle if it is availabe, it will make me more familiar and a little by a little help my pronounciation too while I'm learning the video tutorial,, and most help from KZbin :) keep learning language.. and you will get more new things..

[@boghyboy]

There are many components to how to speak Spanish easily . A place I discovered which succeeds in merging these is the Fergs spanish blueprint (look for it on google) definately the most helpful remedy that I've seen. Look at the unbelievable info .

[@marktom6740]

don't listen her I'd rather recommend you to start from simple sentences in audiobooks with context then more advanced audiobooks and podcasts and then you can start with native content and for example you pick a short interesting video you watch it slowly check new words and phrases and watch again this time you speed up and over and over again by doing like she says you only waste your precious time

[@muhammadandrialfian4151]

well,everyone have their own best way to learn foreign languages.. and we can cooperate each other..

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

I've been learning German for the past few years and I really like your idea of game-ifying language study. One of my favorite methods is to look up something interesting on Google (after setting it to include German results). Something like ,,wilden Tiere der Afrika" or ,,Warum ist der Himmel blau" and read through it clicking on words I don't know or that I'm not sure I know so that Google translate tells me what they mean. It took me a few grammar lessons to do this in German, but it might be a bit easier in a less inflected language, especially common romance languages.

[@porcusmort9249]

not so helpful if you are learning Sindarin (elvish.) but good video :D

[@limitless1692]

talking to yourself talking in your mind inside your head change your inner monologue in the language you want to lears it is a great method !!!

[@manoun92]

I bet this tips works with any language but German is a whole different story 😢

[@michelle1933]

Its all about how badly you want to learn it :) the only limits are the ones you set

[@manoun92]

+michelle jäger I'm trying to do my best :D

[@stephenmills3699]

Just starting to learn German. I will put these tips to use. Thanks

[@mousepad9999]

Your dress is very attractive.

[@skeptic781]

@@feynstein1004 wtf 😂

[@DieterFriedrich]

Du bist einmalig! Mir fehlen die Worte, um Dir die größsten Komplimente zu machen. Das ist leider zu wenig. Danke.

[@DieterFriedrich]

....und nebenbei, ich mag Till Schweiger auch nicht. LOL kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3fMmHWMadKdeM0

[@fAEtusDeletus]

Ну, блин! Bets language to learn is Russian! :D

[@strawberrychampagne5602]

Pumpkin Smasher79 не, український

[@krisztinacseh8504]

Who's watching this in 2018? 😂 You're so funny! And I'm really into your editing (except that not every sentence needs a cut after it- it feels like you're jumping) but this rabbit stuff is super cute 😮 but unfortunately I neither speak German nor want to learn it at the moment... I'm fluent in English and I learn French at school (I like it but I must practice a lot more by myself 'cause at school we just don't improve) and I started to learn Spanish a few months ago. I learn it totally alone- no teacher, no student book, I borrowed a fewc Spanish books to see which one is worth buying it. However I've improved more in 2 months in Spanish than in 2 years of learning French xd. For French I only learn as it's required: do homework in the student book and listen to the attached CD... and rarely watch Frenh videos but just because I found a great yt channel (DamonandJoe *-*) But for Spanish... I have a notebook that I use and carry all the time. I write into it everything; stories and thoughts, but lessons like vocabulary and grammar too. All the conjugations are separated (one page for the endings and the explanation of that tense) and one page for practice (mostly I write twelve verbs and conjugate them) however I separate the 'ar' 'er' and 'ir' endings as their conjugation might be a little different. So that notebook is super useful and keeps me on track. And I listen to Spanish music too. A lot. Alvaro Soler songs and Kevin&Karla covers which means they translate popular songs into Spanish. And I'm fond of writing unknow words on stickers and I stick them everywhere I can. And Pinterest is a very close friend of mine- so many quotes and idioms can be found there and I have special boards where I collect them and then I check it out regularly and write some of them into my notebook. And youtube is my other half. I love youtube sooo much. It helped me the most to become fluent in English and improve my listening skill. And the same goes with Spanish. There're many Spanish teaching channels for instance 'dreaming spanish'. And back to French I'd like to recommend musicians like stromae and sidoine... Sorry for the long comment but I don't have anyone to discuss my language learning enthusiasm and habits so now I wanted to write it out. I hope it's useful for someone and have a nice day

[@gerlautamr.656]

Hi, if you like music in Spanish, maybe you´d like to listen to some of these songs.Most of them are classic hits from different genres, but, for your learning purpose, they might be useful.I hope you find it interesting and useful as well.Sorry, but I haven't made it into a palylist yet, so you'll have to copy and paste the songs into youtube's search bar to find them.Spotify might be a better option though, for better sound quality. Cristian Castro - No podrás Cristian Castro - Por amarte así Cristian Castro - Volver a amar Cristian Castro - Morelia Cristian Castro - Amor La Oreja de Van Gogh - Maria ft. Natalia Lafourcade (Primera Fila) Sarah Brightman & Fernando Lima - La pasión Los angeles azules ft. Natalia Lafourcade - Nunca es suficiente Los angeles azules Feat. Carla Morrison - Las maravillas de la vida Laureano Brizuela - Sueños Compartidos Laureano Brizuela - Amándote Lani Hall - Te seguiré Mecano - Hijo de la luna Mecano - Cruz de navajas Mecano - Me cuesta tanto olvidarte Mecano - No es serio este cementerio Miguel Mateos - Es tan fácil romper un corazón Miguel Mateos - Cuando seas grande Duncan Dhu - En algún lugar Vilma Palma - Bye bye Café Quijano - La lola Los fabulosos cadillacs - Matador OBK- Quién le dio sentido a nuestro amor Miguel Bosé - Te amare Miguel Bosé - Amiga Miguel Bosé - Este mundo va Miguel Bosé - Morir de amor Marisela y Marco Antonio Solis - La pareja ideal Alvaro Soler - La Libertad La oreja de Van Gogh - La playa La oreja de Van Gogh - París La quinta estación - El sol no regresa Nacho Cano (feat. Mercedes Ferrer) - Vivimos siempre juntos Sergio Dalma - Esa chica es mía Complices - Es por ti Guillermo Fernandez - Con el corazón en la mano Jeanette - Corazón de poeta Jeanette - Frente a frente Jeanette - ¿Por qué te vas? José Luis Perales - Me llamas Ariana - En mi soledad Enrique Iglesias - Si tú te vas Chris Durán - Te perdí Tatiana feat. Jonhy Lozada - Cuando estemos juntos Alejandra Guzmán - Llama, por favor Alejandra Guzmán - Hacer el amor con otro Laura Flores y Sergio Fachelli - Lo que me tiene aquí Vico C - Me acuerdo Yuri - Cuando baja la marea Daniela Romo - La ocasión para amarnos Daniela Romo - Mentiras ( DJ RHEX VideoMix) Emmanuel - Pobre diablo Emmanuel - Enseñame Emmanuel - Olor a hierba Caifanes - La negra Tomasa Caifanes - Viento Andrés Calamaro - Flaca Benny Ibarra - Sin ti Diego Torres - Penélope Fandango - Un millón de maneras de olvidarte Angela Carrasco - Alguien como tu Angela Carrasco - Quererte a ti Dulce - Déjame volver contigo José Feliciano y Lanny Hall - Un amor así Luis miguel ft. Rocio Banquels - No me puedo escapar de ti Luis Miguel - Ahora te puedes marchar Daniela Romo Y Manuel Mijares - Me alimento de ti Roberto Carlos - Amigo Robertro carlos - Lady Laura Roberto Carlos - No te apartes de mi Roberto Carlos - Cama y mesa José Augusto - Candilejas Miguel Gallardo - Hoy tengo ganas de ti Miguel Gallardo - Otro ocupa mi lugar Alejandra Avalos - Amor, fascíname Julio Iglesias - Soy un truhán, soy un señor Julio Iglesias - Rio rebelde Julio Iglesias - Me olvide de vivir Iván - Te quiero tanto Luis MIguel - Yo que no vivo sin ti Rocío Durcal - La gata bajo la lluvia Myriam Hernández - El hombre que yo amo Heroes Del Silencio - Maldito duende Mago De Oz - Fiesta pagána La Unión - Lobo hombre en París Radio Futura - Veneno en la piel Julieta Venegas - Limón y sal Ricci e poveri - ¿Dónde estaras? Gianluca Grignani - Mi historia entre tus dedos Veni vidi vici - Viviendo de noche G.I.T. - Es por amor Laura Pausini - Se fue Laura Pausini - Entre tú y mil mares Laura Pausini - La soledad Objetivo Birmania - los amigos de mis amigas A las 10 en casa - Enamorada del novio de mi amiga Hada - Solo palabras Rebeca - Duro de pelar Minerva - Estoy llorando por ti Graciela Mauri - A nadie más Benjamin - No soy el aire Princesa - Rojo y llanto Pandora - ¿Cómo te va, mi amor? Pandora - No puedo dejar de pensar en ti José José - Más José José - Lo dudo José José - El amor acaba José José - ¿Y qué? José José - Lo que no fue no será Carlos Mata - ¿Que por qué te quiero? Franco de Vita - Un buen perdedor Marcos Llunas - Para reconquistarte Chayanne - Dejaría todo Flans - 20 Millas Flans - Bazar Flans - Ay, amor Flans - Las mil y una noches Erick Rubín - Cuando mueres por alguien Ednita Nazario - Tú sin mí Oscar Athié - Quiero llenarme de ti Rudy La Scala - Mi vida eres tú Mijares - Para amarnos más Mijares - Bella Mijares - Poco a poco Amistades Peligrosas - Me quedaré solo Amistades Peligrosas - Me haces tanto bien Monica Naranjo - Sola Lorenzo Santamaría - Para que no me olvides Silvana Di Lorenzo - Me muero por estar contigo Francisco Javier - ¿Qué es la libertad? Luis Angel - Amar a muerte Luis Angel - Flor Dormida Alaska y Dinarama - A quien le importa Alaska y Dinarama - Ni tú ni nadie Alaska y Dinarama - Mi novio es un zombie Alaska y Dinarama - ¿Cómo pudiste hacerme esto a mí? Los prisioneros - Tren al sur Thalia - En la intimidad Soda Stereo - De música ligera Soda Stereo - Cuando pase el temblor Playa Limbo - El eco de tu voz Sandoval - A quien tú decidiste amar Raúl - Sueño su boca Viceversa - Ella OBK - Historias De Amor (Version 98) Sentidos opuestos - Historias de amor Sentidos opuestos - ¿Dónde están? Sentidos opuestos - Amor de papel Sentidos opuestos - Escríbeme en el cielo Caló - Formas de amor Caló - Perfume Shakira - Antologia Carlos vives - La gota fría Gilda - Corazón valiente Moenia - Déjame entrar Moenia - No puedo estar sin ti Bertin Osborne - Tú, solo tú David Civera - Dile Que La Quiero Soraya - De repente Gloria Estefan - Hoy Mocedades - Eres Tu Rocío Jurado - Como una ola Trigo limpio - Te quiero para mi Trigo limpio - Maria Magdalena Sergio y Estíbaliz - Búscame

[@nitinparuchuri6323]

Your videos are a kinda click baits..!:)

[@wildanS]

+Nitin Paruchuri I know what you mean. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@chumgypsy]

i discovered your page from A Wanted Adventure collab uploaded 2 days ago. i thought id watch the video and return to sleep as it was 5am... 2.5 hrs later im still on your channel. i rly enjoy all your content! im moving to Bavaria from NYC. :)

[@sabrina3138]

These tips were funny, entertaining and helpful❤😁. My favorites are the marker translations a day on your hands, making everyday things a vocabulary language game and make an audio journal.

[@andiefernandez2011]

I began learning english at age 6, and I'm truly surprised on my level, my pronunciation. I didn't realize what a hard thing I was achieving! Now, I'm learning french and wow, learning a language is hard! Kids are incredible!!!

[@reximmortuos3870]

i am actually learning german and i am 13. i am going to take german as a class in high school for all four years. i plan on moving to germany and this video really helps a lot! thanks!

[@BFedie518]

Changing your mobile phone into German is indeed a great thing to do AFTER you're better with the language. I did it and don't regret it, but every once in a while I still have to change my phone back into english when i'm trying to change some really complex settings.

[@Baggereeno]

I'm learning Norwegian, this by far is probs the best advice video for learning a language, especially reading children books, writing small postcards, talking to yourself, etc. Also listening to podcasts, interviews, and watching movies A good idea is to talk to a native of the language you're learning through the internet And your last advice "Don't feel stupid" is a very important advice, you might feel stupid reading a children's book or watching a cartoon, but you're learning a language, that's pretty damn cool, so keep it up. Also tricksy your accent is so cute ;-;

[@havelcode6670]

Yazan Baggins Hey, I've just started learning Norwegian too, how are you doing?

[@FeliciaFollum]

changing your Facebook or YT to another language is a great way to do it. Words like like and share and emotions and such are great!

[@irreadings]

Tip 8 is basically the cornerstone of how I learned English as a kid, and how I'm learning my third language now.

[@larissaprates1384]

You're so funny! I'm Brazilian and I've been Learning English like you said and I felt in love for German and absolutelly I'm Gonna try to learn as fast as possible to (who knows) spend some time in there! Loved your channel and I already am subscribed! Xo

[@anniecresta386]

I'm learning Korean and Chinese (both very different to German!) but I still find your tips very helpful!! Thank you!!

[@harrycook9041]

I did some of this when I was learning Swedish and German at the same time. I often expressed an idea in, say, Swedish, and then gave a counter idea in German. It often meant that I had arguments with myself half in German and half in Swedish!

[@Adri-mf4mh]

When I started learning German I changed my cellphone to German and OH BOI THAT WAS SCARY but I managed to get used to it I became familiar with words like "abbrechen" (cancel) abbonieren (subscribe) and "Benachrichtigung" (notifications), "rufe" (call) "zurück" (back) "gefällt mir" (i liked) and so on. Though technical vocabulary won't help em in daily life conversation I still think it might come in handy And it did I helped a classmate who was visiting a Swiss airlines website and everything was in German and everything felt so familiar to me. I only told him the translations of Flugzeug zurück Uhr and basic terms. So anyway I recommend to switch your phone to that language but not as a fresh beginner. Specially not if that language is written in different symbols from your own like Chinese, Arabic,hindi etc unless you are an expert