A language in 2 months? Lingoda Sprint Honest Review + Life Update

[@georgiancrossroads]

Julie I hear from expats, that life in Dubai can be very challenging and isolating after awhile. I think it it is the lack of nature, and the lack of older buildings. We do not fully understand the psychological effect of modern materials (steel, cement, glass, plastic) upon us. But all of the straight lines, and flat surfaces, do have an effect after a while. Stay alert to these effects. People come and go there. That is why they pay much more than other cities. But at a certain point you will have to ask yourself 'Is it time to go?' I wish you well. More importantly I wish you good health. Emotionally and spiritually. კარგად იყავი!

[@karmadrolma8590]

As Friedrich Hundertwasser said "Die gerade Linie ist gottlos und unmoralisch." "Die gerade Linie führt zum Untergang der Menschheit." - Perhaps I wouldn't go as far but it's true the lack of nature and older buildings has a negative impact on us.

[@magyarbondi]

She must have moved over there for professional purposes (urbanistics), so I guess it's temporary. :) I understand the point that it's artificial, but I don't think there's much spirit left in European large cities either. Overpopulated places with heaps of rubbish all over the streets and constant traffic congestions, full of the homeless and beggars, and generally a lot of people with psychological issues.

[@krunomrki]

Ich habe Deutsch in der Schule neun Jahren gelernt, aber ich habe schon fünf und zwanzig Jahren nicht geschprochen. And I was always curious about your age. ;) You wouldn't believe it, but I still do remember some German grammar and rules, although I always have had lack of vocabulary and conversation practice. (German was obligatory and only language available at the time in my elementary school.) The paradox is that I never took any lesson of English language officially (any where), and English is now my first foreign language, although I studied Polish language at university. LOL ;) And Spanish and Italian I speak a little bit and I understand more of it. I also learned some classical Greek and some modern Greek, and I'm always happy when I come to Greece because it gives me an opportunity to practice my basics. I have started to learn even Japanese language, knowing now some basic phrases. O, Julie, you are not alone in this world of language lovers and eternal beginners! Srdačni pozdravi iz Hrvatske! Kruno.

[@royschmidt675]

Always pleasant and enlightening listening to you. Thank you for sharing❤️🥰

[@Language_Guru]

Thank you for this candid review. Sounds good!

[@Human-Earth]

Wow…! So how many languages you are speaking? Queen of languages 🫅 ملكة اللغات

[@WendyHuNanNZ]

Long time no see ❤❤❤

[@Veer-Roars]

if you havent find the answer of which is oldest language ? here is answer a river name is mentioned in Rigveda written in Sanskrit, Sarasvati (Rig Veda - Mandala 1 - Sukta 3 - Mantra 10): पावका नः सरस्वती वाजेभिर्वाजिनीवती । यज्ञं वष्टु धियावसुः ॥१.३.१०॥ Paavakaa Nah Sarasvatii Vaajebhir-Vaajiniivatii | Yajnyam Vassttu Dhiyaa-Vasuh ||1.3.10|| River Saraswati age is now revealed by NASA Geomatrical survey more than 10000 year old. Oldest language still alive and Kicking is SANSKRIT. River saraswati was dried 6000 ago hence if a river dried 6000 is mentioned in a text available in sanskrit this show how old Sanstrit is(data not available} Spoken i mean couse in ancient we only remind mantra via Stuti (iRestore n mind and transfer through Teacher and Student)

[@lingandetyrox]

If I write a story about the Roman Empire in English, imagine how old English is! It was there at the time of the Roman Empire that the English speakers are writing stories about the Roman Empire.

[@Perisemiotics]

wow, Dubai... best wishes! on the upside, it makes you GLOW! Literally.

[@EnergeiaRhythmos]

Being on duolingo for 100 days I understood everything yiu said . I feel proud 😭

[@WolfgangZenker-e5s]

Nice video, as always. I suggest you go for Arabic but still keep to do some German in parallel. You will find out that there are a few peculiarities that both languages have in common like e.g. the order of digits when speaking numbers or some words with multiple different meanings having exactly those same meanings in the other language. As basically everyone in Dubai speaks English and most people there do not speak Arabic, you might have to go for a trip to neighbouring Oman for practice, or go to the more rural parts of the UAE.

[@canthama2703]

I hope you go for Arabic...I had 1 year of Arabic in 2020, it is an amazing language, owrth trying it. Good luck in Dubai.

[@d.ryanwebb1166]

Arabic is one of my favorite languages. I hated it when it was my job to translate it in the Navy, but years after I got out I picked it back up and applied it to a different purpose (reading the Bible and other such Christian pursuits) and suddenly found that I now loved it. (Praying for help with it was a big reason for this! It's a hard language, but with God's help my understanding skyrocketed.) I might be going to Cairo to teach English later this year, and I'm looking forward to using my Arabic for real!

[@jinengi]

Arabic isn't in Lingoda tho :

[@d.ryanwebb1166]

@@jinengi She still mentioned it as a possible language to learn.

[@PetrieRobert]

I would be equally inspired and intimidated if we were in the same language class. Best wishes.

[@Veer-Roars]

River saraswati has also helped us in Debunking "Aryan invasion theory" of Charles Darwin .

[@yonathanasefaw9001]

Wow, that took me by surprise that you moved to Dubai. Cool.

[@vitordelima]

Probably because the gov't was harassing the russians in Latvia.

[@christianspanfellner3293]

​​@@vitordelima If you’d watched the whole video, you would have noticed that she’d spent six years in London before moving to Dubai.

[@vitordelima]

@@christianspanfellner3293 In a previous video she mentioned Latvia.

[@magyarbondi]

What's the point bringing in politics here... She had lived in France, then in the UK for ages, she told that part of the story a few times here and elsewhere, now moved to UAE.

[@anguineus_vir]

I've been learning German myself for 3 weeks and even though the pronunciation and grammar is not einfach, it's been nevertheless a rewarding process. For me personally the pronunciation of the CH as in Ich it's been the most difficult one For grammar it's a headache to make the distinction between GERN / MAG and NICHT / KEIN

[@Perisemiotics]

start out with the velar fricative as in _ach_ and move your tongue ever so slightly to the front while sustaining the fricative until you hear the softer friction from _ich_ practice again going from say _Loch_ to _Pech_ and so on... (usually the uvular fricative - the initial and intervocalic _r_ - is the one that is hardest for foreigners to acquire unless you're French =P)

[@anguineus_vir]

@@Perisemiotics good tips man

[@anguineus_vir]

@@Perisemiotics Thanks for the tips

[@kevineleven8006]

​@@anguineus_vir I might be a little late but hopefully this will help you: How to pronounce CH: it depends on the region and accent you want to pick up, but it's normally pronounced as if you were going to shush someone, but placing your tongue behind the lower teeth, then letting a stream of air through. Gern vs mag: "gern" means "gladly" or "with pleasure", therefore it is an adverb (a word that describes a verb). Hence, "gern" is only used with verbs (words you can put "to" in front of, e.g: "to eat", "to want", "to be", etc.). Mag, on the other side, is used with nouns (words you put "the" or "a" in front of, e.g: "a moon", "the idea", "a sandwich", etc.). Examples: I like books: Ich mag Bücher ("mag" is being used for the noun "Bücher") I like *to read* books: Ich lese Bücher gern ("gern" is used because we have the verb "lese") Kein vs nicht Kein negates nouns (as explained before, words that we put "the" or "a" in front of), while "nicht" negates everything else: verbs, adverbs, adjectives (describing words), pronouns, etc. However, "nicht" can also negate nouns provided that we're talking about a specific noun. Examples: I don't like fruit = Ich mag *kein* Obst I don't like *the* fruit (maybe the one you bought, but not that I dislike fruit in general) = Ich mag *das* Obst nicht Hope this was helpful

[@anguineus_vir]

@@kevineleven8006 Very much appreciated, especially about the negation with Mag and Nicht in the same sentence. I'm on Section 4 on Duolingo's German course and I've been using an app called Dictionary by Netzverb, highly recommended

[@ricktownend9144]

Best wishes for your new life in Dubai ... and learning Arabic! - and many thanks for all your fascinating videos. My main difficulty in learning any language is the old one - I can quite quickly get to be able to ask a question, but understanding the answer is a different matter! I wonder if these language apps can teach the secret of how to grasp quickly the meaning of words and sentences spoken colloquially at normal speed - usually fast, often with dropped syllables or word-endings, and using 'street' vocabulary ... are there any secrets to finding out 'what the hell are we talking about?'

[@magyarbondi]

Everybody has that problem, no worries. You just have to listen to native speakers a lot, youtube and podcasts will help.

[@gab.lab.martins]

Correction on Farsi: 🇮🇷❌ 🦁✅ زن، زندگی، آزادی

[@tigerfox6]

I've been learning German for 20 years. Is really difficult!

[@warcrimesarefun]

can you please do the armenian language next for a profile video

[@TheKrodin]

Arabic. Take the opportunity to enjoy total language immersion.

[@pacochawa2746]

Ich bin Berlinner. Immer lich

[@wulfgreyhame6857]

Does your language have noun cases, conjugated verbs etc? That would be an advantage compared to say, English, where we have none of the former, and very little of the latter.

[@pacochawa2746]

hahaa all you need to know is habibi, mi amore,

[@stefanmargraf7878]

Deutsch❤❤Welche Ehre!

[@YT512llc]

Come live with me in NYC Julie! I will teach you to speak English! Arabs are being driven out of their lands! You are always welcomed here and we have many languages spoken in one place for you to practice! Bring your big cat!

[@jonnscott4858]

Would love to know your favourite language to speak and your favourite language to listen to if it's different. Hawaiian and Italian (Swiss German too:)

[@Химик-технолог]

Юля привет неплохо по немецки говорите

[@freedomclub6969]

You probably shouldn't study Arabic - everyone important in the UAE speaks English and a completely different language family is going to be difficult. You should focus on learning IE languages for now.

[@magyarbondi]

Zwei und dreizig? Oh-lala! Ich auch spreche und verstehe ein bißchen Deutsch. 😅

[@Language_Guru]

You should definitely learn Arabic. I admit that I am surprised to hear that English is the main language you encounter there!

[@pedroarroyo345]

Another amazing one juli, your tenacity and dedication are always very admirable.This was a very thorough and sincere review, you keep introducing so many interesting dimensions and tools to access the intricacies of language and i love you for it 😊❤

[@wasnt.here.3853]

ich kann Lingoda hoch empfehlen, ich habe mit Ihnen Deutsch von Anfang an gelernt, aber ich bewundere mich warum du kein Arabisch studierst, wenn du in Dubai lebst hast du eine tolle Gelegenheit, die Sprache täglich zu nutzen die du aktif lernst!

[@EresirThe1st]

I was with you until you said you speak in every lesson 😫 where is the platform that just gives you lots of comprehensible input without asking for output?

[@magyarbondi]

You'll be surprised, you are on that platform already, it's called KZbin. 👏

[@EresirThe1st]

KZbin is fine for more advanced stuff, but totally lacking in A1 content.

[@Yoreni]

If you are learning Spanish you can use the Dreaming Spanish website. There is actually quite a bit of CI stuff on KZbin. your best bet is to search "(language name) comprehensible input" or check out the list of channels for the language you are learning on the comprehensible input wiki. If you are learning German the channel Natürlich German has total beginner CI videos.

[@machjiffy4710]

I see Julia talking I click

[@mvortex701]

Wow!!! You’re incredibly beautiful,🤯 it’s not a usual thing to see a model who also it’s a very clever person, are you from this world or you’re an alien? 🤯

[@EresirThe1st]

Cringe

[@mvortex701]

@@EresirThe1st "oh excuse me my dare declaration" your intellectual highness 🙇‍♂️ 🙄👎

[@magyarbondi]

Just don't use that as a chat-up line in real life, especially not with an 🤯 expression. In my experience, it's best to compliment people about specifics, not their general outlook. For instance, have you noticed she's well-manicured?

[@jinengi]

Lingoda sounds cool but they have such a boring and little catalogue of languages...

[@andyrahman5744]

Why don't you find out about Islam. And you can compare the Quran and the Bible. In Islam, Jesus is a prophet, not a god. And God is one, not three.......

[@sparxz2145]

I find it fascinating that Muslims worship what they believe is piece of the moon in Mecca in the Kabba. Hence the symbol of the crescent moon. This continued worship of the moon, pre-dates Mohammad. Another interesting part is that the current Mecca in Saudi is the third site, and third country of perceived origin. Pity the Imams do not teach this. Why would that be ?

[@siarhian10]

unfortunately, being sponsored by or even getting commission money from the thing you're reviewing utterly nukes your credibility. besides that, good luck trying to survive in dubai. I'm kinda immediately biased against the uae because it is illegal for me to be there in the first place. and their human rights are utterly abysmal.

[@gintsklavins7822]

Liels paldies 😊