200K Q&A: Language guilt, YouTube pressure, thinking in languages, and fanmeets

[@abcxyz4653]

About the german question- it’s kind of weird how people have these expectations for language learners to learn specific languages. It almost makes it seem like learning a language is a casual easy thing that you just decide to do one day, but really it’s a commitment and people should do it if they feel drawn towards a language. I don’t even speak a lot of languages and I’ve still had people try to tell me to learn turkish or chinese or whatever, and I’m like..I don’t want to...haha. Like you want me to dedicate hundreds of hours to a language that doesn’t interest me when I’m already short on time in life? However I do understand asking a polyglot if they’ve ever been interested in a specific language.

[@gideonjonathan1984]

@Deandre Parker yea, I have been watching on Flixzone for months myself :D

[@Tehui1974]

"I want to sit next to the attractive lady" - LMFAO

[@sugarnekoart]

This was very interesting! When I was small, I used to be very passionate about languages. I studied Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, German, French, even Esperanto. I was still obsessing over languages into my teens!! I got 95%+ in all my languages I took in high school, passed JLPT N3, and then, I dropped all of it. I don't know why. I guess I felt I just wasn't good enough to make a career out of it, and that's what counts, right? But I recently discovered that I was wrong, and that it does matter. I've decided I want to pursue my love of languages all over again, and I'm very excited for it!

[@OnlyMusic16]

Your videos are (in my opinion) the best of the polyglot videos out there and you deserve every single one of those 200k + subs. You videos are very straight-forward, not show-offy, and actually realistically helpful. Seriously thank you so much!

[@jellybun12]

i feel honoured that you answered my question. i really respect you so much and aspire to be even a little like you

[@thea.-]

You're one of my fav Christian youtubers to support. I've been trying to get back into studying Korean and Vietnamese and you really help motivate me !

[@lifeform106]

How do you avoid getting overwhelmed by studying too much? Do you take a break for a few days? Sometimes studying multiple languages can be a lot of work

[@lukas6839]

German is such a beatiful language, it has a unique way of expressing, i think you would love it. I was grown up in Chile, in a kind of "german" family, and we speak half spanish and half german. I don't know why, but I think reading in german is very enjoyable. Thanks for your Videos, you are my inspiration for learning languages :-)

[@AfroLinguo]

Deutsch ist richtig Geil. Deutsch ist die erste Sprache die ich gelernt habe, die nicht in meinem Heimatland gesprochen wurde. Ich bin sehr stolz darüber.

[@charlinetusche7005]

Deutsch deutsch deutsch deutsch

[@noname89636]

Supporting you since the day I came across your channel. You are one of the FEW real linguists and polyglots out there. Stay true to this community.

[@markbartel216]

Luca Lampariello, Steve Kaufmann, Ikenna, and a French woman named Christine who's last name IDK but her channel is called polyglot stories. This one and those 4 are my favorites.

[@gastaprasta9596]

@Anastasia Naumova I might also recommend Richard Simcott and Loki2504. The ladder does videos where he visits a particular country and practices what he has learnt with locals. He is really genuine and it is a delight to see him stumbling at first in a language in one video and in a later one seeing his progress in that language.

[@michikoxo]

The tags of the video referring to what you're talking about in that specific timestamp is so cool. You work so hard I can only salute you. You deserve the 200k and more Lindie. I'm sorry people are mean. The rest of us appreciate all that you do and the effort little or big tweaks you make in your videos and website that sometimes may go unnoticed. I appreciate you.

[@danai5985]

CONGRATULATIONS ON 200k!!! Let’s get you to 1m because you deserve it! Thank you for your endless hours of hard work, time and care that you put into your videos and blog, it’s been an absolute encyclopaedia for me learning languages and I’m sure to so many others as well 🙏🙏 and also just thanks for being the sweetest angel 🥰

[@stacey738]

My husband and I are raising our daughter bilingual English/Afrikaans. We code switch a lot at home. Dit hang af die lengte van die woord. "bêre" is korter as "put away" en klink beter, en soms is die voord net snaaks. "Pantoffel" is much more fun to say than "slipper"!

[@AGULL]

Geen Nederlands ?

[@nirvanawayne9503]

I find it so interesting that I can understand Afrikaans without being able to speak a single word in the language! (I am a native Dutch speaker)

[@nirvanawayne9503]

@@AGULL Nee dit is Afrikaans, maar het lijkt wel heel erg op het Nederlands. Om precies te zijn, heel plat Nederlands met hier en daar een rare twist...🤷‍♀️

[@CrisOnTheInternet]

Pantoffel is pantufla in Spanish, very cool.

[@M_SC]

Research currently shows that it’s best for one parent to exclusively speak one language to the child and the other parent the other language.

[@mariabeloruska6640]

Yay! We love a consistent-posting queen!

[@thais5889]

"or bots" KKKKKKKKKK você é incrível garota

[@caterinasalerno9825]

One of the few people in this world that I actually find inspiring! Thank you for your videos!

[@nishatmaksud2880]

I loved this video just like I love all your videos!! Somehow I can recognize myself in you, but still be able to look up to you. I'm a young language learner. I'm currently learning a 6th language, Korean. I hope I can get as fluent as you one day!! Thanks for inspiring me and many other people all over the world!! And congrats on 200K ❤😊

[@adrienc8716]

German is my Third language and I understand why people don’t want to learn it. It is complex (not as hard as Korean 😂😅), but got this « harsh » sound. And it is only spoken in the middle of Europe. Language learning is so long and difficult, if we don’t love the language it will be too hard to learn it. Learn what you love most

[@brickhum4960]

youre such an insporation ilysm

[@joanMusicSpeaks]

Thank you for your authenticity.

[@azemmamaringgan8898]

Road to 1million subscribers.. let's gooooo

[@mirai2275]

You're so talented omg your drawing and photography is so fricking good

[@mic020792]

Thank you thank you so much Lindie! You are a blessing to all of us. I understand that you are feel the need to be competent and very good in language learning but the fact that you are not afraid to show us that you are struggling too really makes us understand our own struggles with language learning. Congratulations on the 200k!

[@acquaura4404]

I seriously love your videos. Not just because you talk about languages and give great advice that has helped me a lot, but also because you’re so positive and I truly enjoy just watching your videos. It made me really happy to see that you were learning Spanish 😂 (one of my native languages)

[@acaratbee8532]

Really appreciate you adding timestamps :) It makes revisiting your videos much easier

[@westernmc]

Congrats on your 200k + subscribers, I’ve been subscribed for a couple of years now. You come across as such a lovely and genuine person

[@ValeriaTiourina]

AHHH can't wait for this!! Just might try to wake up at 5:30 am my time to watch the live premiere 😅

[@jayajadhav8221]

😁😁😁😁😁You need to wake up early

[@doriannamjesnik3007]

@@jayajadhav8221 I don't need to, checkmate Americans!

[@jayajadhav8221]

@@doriannamjesnik3007 Yeah me too I am asian

[@doriannamjesnik3007]

@@jayajadhav8221 Try again, lol

[@danielnoriegagarcia4756]

You are so adorable. No flirting, just expressing myself. Keep learning languages!

[@user-nw6tk5ui1l]

i’m so happy i found your channel again!! you inspire me so much to keep on going with korean (and france and spanish but i’m waiting till my korean gets to an intermediate level) i’m so excited because korean will be my fourth language and it is truly so beautiful and interesting. you’re truly an amazing person

[@paulwalther5237]

When I was teaching English in japan one of my students told her friend in Japanese that I was pretty good looking. I never spoke Japanese in my lessons and so she never found out that I understood lol. 😂

[@ambarosaky4916]

Congratulations Lindie!

[@akshitak5503]

I hope you reach 1 million subscribers as soon as possible 😉🤗

[@kaden7956]

YOU DESERVE ALL OF THE SUBSCRIBERS YOU INSPIRE ME SO MUCH TO KEEP STUDYING KOREAN !! 🥺🙏💓

[@bridget4212]

I am a recent subscriber (sometime in the last few months), and I have really enjoyed your channel. I appreciate how you show the struggles with learning languages and how mindful you are about being authentic and how you are held to an impossible standard by some people (and you shouldn't be) but you stay true to being you and don't shy away from being truthful with you struggles as well as your successes. I came across your channel because I am learning Korean, but I subscribed because I see you as a fellow language learner who enjoys learning a language(s) as much as I enjoy learning Korean. Can't wait for Part 2, and congrats on 200K subscribers.

[@enriquecl6130]

Realmente admiro mucho tu trabajo y canal, te sigo hace poco menos de un año pero soy muy feliz viendo tus vídeos en especial los que son sobre japonés (idioma que estoy aprendiendo) great job ! (I write it in spanish because I know you can read spanish LOL, regards from mexico)

[@micao.l.7203]

I understood the Korean without subtitles :') such a great feeling Congrats on 200k!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@osonhodeleon]

Amazing, you're one of the best polyglots out there.

[@goodluck9794]

Thank you for answering my question! ❤️

[@laeti6661]

Congrats on your 200k subcribers, you completely deserve it ! Omg you're born the same year and you are Leo as well ! Haha ✨ You are such an inspiration, continue what you do, love you. 💕

[@almitamoon6355]

I love your videos. I am learning Spanish, French, Arabic and Hindi. I am your big fan. You are my inspiration.

[@mutaz7522]

بالتوفيق!!!

[@JLSXMK8]

Arabic? How can you even read those scribbles?! I mean, I understand; They're very pretty to look at, and they are part of a language just like Korean has their Hangeul, but, how can you even read those?!

[@Khal_dude]

@@JLSXMK8 what kind of question is that?

[@almitamoon6355]

@Anna Francisca I am from Bangladesh 🇧🇩.

[@almitamoon6355]

@@JLSXMK8 Because I love Arabic.

[@mercedesbeenzstudying7575]

Congrats on 200K!! I’ve been watching for years, and it’s been really inspiring (both as another language learner and as a new youtuber) to see your channel take off. You bring such an honesty to the community about your journey, so thank you for that! 💓

[@alexanderg.7968]

I am so excited that their might be a second part in near time. Your content is the best Lindie. 😉

[@m.-a.f.9375]

Thank you for answering me. You're both a motivation for the languages learning part, but also for the fact that you live abroad. I find it very courageous! I wish you the best journey possible ☺

[@Jaichbinhier]

Thank you for putting the timestamps in the description, Because I found it easier to watch this By clicking around to various sections And thinking of it as a bunch of really short vids Rather than "20 minutes straight of answering random questions" (Which, rightly or wrongly, would have been my perception). You're right that "popularity" isn't a good reason to learn German; for me I learn it because I like the way it sounds, its relative consistency, and its history, As Martin Luther's Bible translation shaping the language resonates with me. With its culture, there are so many hymns and songs that I can find Easily accessible and free, even public domain, online, Which makes it easier for me to bring who I am into the new language confines. I'm looking forward to watching the next part of the Q&A. :) There are a lot of interesting questions asked by the first 200k!

[@SkillHunterEnglish]

Ohhh this video was so wonderful! I learned so much more about you and so glad you chose my question :) Sleep is super important as well as diet and glad you said that! 僕も夜によく勉強するだなぁ！　20万人の登録者を本当におめでとうございます！　ああという間に50万人！

[@MyItalianCircle]

Loved your reply to John at 18:12 :D Complimenti per i 200.000 iscritti, un numero davvero impressionante!

[@GGMCreates]

Watching this now, March 2022.... looks like you just passed 300k recently. Congrats!

[@-darcy-5847]

You’re so sweet! I love your spirit

[@aquenwisey]

You're so cool, I'm glad I found this channel

[@Myautumnpages]

Thanks for making and sharing this video Lindie! I feel like your personality and interests are very similar to mine so that’s why I really enjoy watching your videos. If you ever come visit Korea again I’d love to grab a coffee!

[@osonhodeleon]

do you speak Korean?

[@danceillusions13]

I enjoy listening to you so much, you really come across as the kind of person I'd be friends with in real life :)

[@ava8510]

Yayyyy congrats on 200k!! You’re awesome!!! 🦊🦊🦊

[@Malini108]

Congrats on 200K Lindie. I am excited you are starting to learn Thai :)

[@KianSheik]

I understand what you mean with the people who are aggressive and mean when you don't offer advice or help in the way they want. I am just starting out my channel in Portuguese and I have already had to block multiple people that harass me for not having time to be their personal language partner. I can't imagine the amount of messages you receive like that. People don't realize how much time and energy this all takes, and that we have jobs outside of youtube as smaller creators. Thanks for the video and congrats on growing!

[@sofiasevilla129]

Te mereces más suscriptores ❤

[@mouluca1108]

I like your videos and you really deserve it. You're an incredible inspiration.

[@mgpatry3274]

Congratulations!!! Love your channel!

[@RobertHeslop]

I’m going to watch all the video at work tomorrow as we have no students still, but Lindie, I’ve watched your content for years and always viewed you as an inspirational person for languages and I’m so so so proud of you reaching 200K, many congratulations ⭐️

[@LindieBotes]

Robbie I remember you're one of the first people I ever met through KZbin! 💖💖

[@RobertHeslop]

Lindie Botes I just remember watching so many men then saw your video as a suggestion and going “finally, it recognises that a female can do this too”. I thinks that’s just my mind as all of my heroes are always woman from actresses, singers, athletes. You’ve honesty been one that I’ve had to always look back on answers for when I was unsure and technically your videos inspired towards Korean and your brother’s t-shirt to Vietnamese 😅

[@youxuanque6309]

This video is as much encouraging and helpful as the rest! Thank u, Lindie❤️🍀

[@AfroLinguo]

This was an awesome video Lindie!! Loved it. Thank you

[@lmlm-sr1od]

しばらく前からチャンネルを見させてもらっています。私はドイツ在住なので気軽にコーヒーでも、、、とはいかないですが、いつかどこかでお会いできたらととっても嬉しいです。応援しています！

[@Whatttupv]

I am so excited for you. I only have 1k subs but I cannot wait to have more one day! I started studying for the JLPT N1 and some of your tips have helped me! Thank you ❤️ congratulations on your 200k you deserve that and more!

[@anapaulapolicarpo9624]

You are amazing! I'm learning English so I watch your videos to listen this language and pick up some tips with you

[@deedeeribeiro8411]

congratulations for 200k🎉🎉🎉 I really aspire to learn a ton languages like you

[@lifeafterleo]

Really cool Q&A Lindie!

[@pierreabbat6157]

You mentioned the Bible and apologetics. Have you tried to learn Greek, Hebrew, or Aramaic? I'm fairly good at Greek, but I think I need someone to talk with about the Semitic languages.

[@WilliamDunBroch]

Me encantooo, gracias lindieee

[@lauwyn17]

You are awesome gurl

[@kkakkungsoo]

Is it weird that when I try to speak in French my brain keeps going to Korean? And even filling gaps with Korean words. The thought of meeting with a french person or attending a french online class terrifies me because *I KNOW* that I will keep slipping into Korean

[@Darkslide820]

I have studied Spanish, Chinese, Russian, and Hebrew (in that order, from oldest to newest). I have found that if I try to think through a sentence in one of these languages and I run into a word I don't know, my brain fills in that gap with the word in the previous language I studied before that one. It's weird.

[@MrsNekoful]

I have the exact same problem, but with Japanese! I can still understand spanish for example, and when I tried to remember some vocab and answer someone in Spanish at the airport, I was like: "Pero .... あの、あー、どうしてスペイン語が話せないの?" ... like, switching directly to Japanese after just one word! It is somehow cool, but also sometimes frustrating!

[@M_SC]

So? Could be funny.

[@Camilshka]

I like to think of it as me asking my brain to find a word in my target language and my effort goes desperately into *not english!” And so my brain runs off and brings the first not english word it finds and that is always in the second language I am most comfortable in, and I’m like NO a different not english word!!

[@bunnyteeth365]

It happens to me a lot. I've really been studying Hebrew and I don't know any other Semitic languages. Despite that I keep inserting Hebrew words into sentences whenever I try to think in any other language besides English or Spanish. Even with Spanish(my heritage language), I sometimes convince myself Hebrew words are Spanish.

[@Flauschbally]

🤣🤣🤣 Loved the story when you were in the plane in between the two Chinese guys.

[@charlisimone4045]

Where did you go to university and for what? Not trying to be a stalker or anything, it’s just the course load seems super interesting and varied, and is something I’m currently looking for, as i’m currently going back to school. I think you might have mentioned in a past video but I can’t remember which! Totally love your channel as a fellow introvert and language learner 🤸🏽‍♂️

[@jayajadhav8221]

It's gonna be fun!!!!😊😊😊😊

[@enokaaka1123]

Hope you come to Hawaii one day! Would love to pick your brain about language learning.

[@uniquechannelnames]

"200,000 people... or bots are watching me" lmao. Do androids dream of Lindie? Thanks for all the content you've made over the years Lindie, you've kept me motivated and inspired all this time. Best of luck and keep on rockin'!

[@alexanderg.7968]

Hey Lindie. A question that is really interesting for me is: How to type foreign characters like Chinese, Korean or Japanese on computer (like you did in you Korean study with me) I hope you read it. Greetings

[@AfroLinguo]

For chinese for example, my computer already has that functionality, once I change the typing language to chinese. I type in roman characters aka pinyin and then the corresponding characters are showed to me and I choose the correct one.

[@safarfsaf]

You can download the keyboard and add it to your computer. Once there (windows 10) you can then swap between them with I think alt+shift? I do it so automatically I don't think about the key xD. 加油！You can do it!

[@sampan_quokka]

처음에 마취 영상 우연히 떠서 보고 엄청 웃었었는데 시간이 흘러 이렇게 발전한 모습이 멋있어요!!앞으로 쭉쭉 구독자 느시고 공부 열심히 하는 모습이 멋져요 응원할게요:)

[@jabeo2583]

Hâm mộ chị ghê 😍 em học mỗi tiếng Nga thôi mà đã thấy khó kinh hồn :( mà chị học đủ thứ tiếng :( nể chị thật :( yêu chị ❤❤❤

[@MariaNoSekai]

Actually Turkish and Korean are very similar to each other. A korean can be fluent in turkish in 4-5 months. So I hope you start to learn Turkish one day. Loves and hughes from Turkey 💖

[@M_SC]

WHAT really? Amazing. And i think Finnish is related to Turkish too

[@adrianunderwood5573]

if you're the type of person that talks to yourself already in your native language, thinking in another language becomes a lot easier.

[@Umaykalamay]

Like your videos. I start to learn spanish and also trying to be on intermidiate level in KOREAN

[@Snowflake_777]

Loved ur videos ur tips are really helpful n best tysm keep going 🤗🤗❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ilanitavi9648]

love from Israel💙🤍תודה רבה

[@LEOLIUTV]

Very looking forward it already ☺️

[@shellyray7913]

Yes! Finally a fellow language and badminton enthusiast.

[@LindieBotes]

Hahah! I wouldn't go as far as calling myself an enthusiast, but I really enjoy it.

[@chandrarizqi8435]

We really have a lot of thing in commons when u speak about your other hobbies and i'm introvert too, guess we'll be a perfect match 😂

[@jacquesdevos4846]

Hey Lindie. Ek geniet jou videos. Ek vind jou baie entertaining vir n introvert!

[@tomg268]

Wait, so you work full time, make KZbin videos, tutor languages, learn & maintain 12 languages, draw, go for walks, blog... do you possess a time turner?

[@TheReMorseCode]

Hahah the airplane story.. that’s so cute^^

[@giullianor.molinerojr.1659]

I absolutly love your videos. Could you please consider giving some photography advice for those who whish to incorporate the language of art in their lives as well? I am a brazilian living abroad and always wanted to capture this “foreign je ne sais quoi” into my photos, but without any success...

[@Choigo3]

사랑합니다

[@letsbethechange1424]

하루에 얼마나 많은 BTS 적립 please reply

[@shootingstarsmusic6166]

if you think your arabic story is embarrassing, than you should know that once in 2nd grade I wrote a whole paragraph from left to right instead of right to left and turned it into my arabic teacher, She said to redo it, but I thought she meant it that my handwriting was bad, so I went and did it again left to right except neater and turned it in again. I’m still not sure how I managed to write it backwards, haven’t done it before or since lol

[@tl11316]

Hi Lindie, Could you turn on / allow subtitles ? It would be a huge help for me. köszönöm

[@LindieBotes]

Hi! Making subtitles takes a very long time and I'm doing it on top of my job. I'll try my best, but here's a link for anyone who can contribute subtitles: kzbin.info_cs_panel?c=UCjVwBKqRh8ckPWhfD5UDKcg&tab=2

[@유지연-b6s]

LINDIE! if you ever wanna learn another language you should try cantonese!

[@aquenwisey]

7:39 Can't believe it! ur so like me, except that you don't videogames. Now I'm gladder (I don't even know if it is correct to say like that but nevermind) that I found this channel. I had been thinking that it sucks that I can't get to walk around like before now that my country is in lockdown. I hope you get to do your outside hobbies soon (I didn't catch well whether you said the place u live in is lockdown cuz I'm a sleep deprived. Don't be harsh on me, people xD)

[@casperdrew8281]

I’m a bot

[@LindieBotes]

And I am grateful for your subscription

[@colorado13]

So am I. I'm the G Bot

[@whynot7918]

Привет How do you feel about Russian culture and would you study it in the future?

[@laurac2031]

Russian is the best!! 👏👏🔥🔥 itd be awesome if she learns

[@LeandroAlmeida108]

привет, я люблю русски культура, русски язык не проста но очень красивый

[@anastasiafalcon4637]

When you were speaking Korean I could only catch the words "Singapore" and "lockdown" 😅

[@ellevehaler1758]

Oh, I wanted to give Thai a try too but it is completely unpronounceable for me. I like German's sound but I wouldn't pick up a language just because it's popular. Where I live, we sometimes refer to German, Russian, Spanish, French and Italian as ''the Great 5'' since they're the most popular picks amongst language learners but I don't really need to learn any of them so that's what I tell people when they ask similar questions. xD EDIT: There was a time I was wondering why you don't learn Finnish though, just because I thought it would appeal to your taste as a polyglot. ^^

[@fienevandijk7224]

I was also born in the year of the dog! Only in 2006...

[@nendoakuma7451]

Thanks for the videos. Not sure what the guy was going on about you not studying German for, but it seems like a lot of polyglots or polyglot wannabes are bad at reading social situations. Sometime people ask me why I don't study French. I know it is useful in a lot of places, but I it is relatively rare for me to hear French being spoken when I go out in my community. There might be 10 other languages I hear more frequently.

[@LindieBotes]

I get asked about learning Portuguese about 4 times a week 😅

[@nendoakuma7451]

@@LindieBotes Guess you need an intern to refer people to your FAQ.

[@LindieBotes]

Applications now open 😂

[@pia_mater]

@@LindieBotes it's cause brazilians (for some weird reason) love to share their culture. It's no surprise the phrase "please come to brazil" has become a meme, lol

[@JLSXMK8]

9:00 My ears are absolutely blessed; 한국어는 아주 예쁩니다. 발음은 아름답니다.