Cleaning out my language books | Bookshelf tour with a twist

A long awaited bookshelf tour with a twist. I'm always ready for the next adventure and it's good to be prepared in the sense of not having too many books to take with you if you plan on moving overseas sometime. In any case, I'm also interested in minimalism, and cutting down on language books helps me focus on the languages and books I really need, letting go of the others that I may not have touched in years. This video is also somewhat of an archive for me to remember some of these books before I say goodbye to them.
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[@ValeriaTiourina]

omg the japanese red film method is amazing...

[@LindieBotes]

Isn't it smart!!

[@gloriabeatriz9530]

I am brazilian, so, I use this videos to learn english too 😊

[@sehra1234]

NyaNya Nya cool

[@viniviniciusalves]

Me too. I like her english, she has a nice voice and talks very calmly.

[@chocklad9]

Como é plural falamos these :)

[@kawaiipanda8892]

Eu falo Espanhol 🇲🇽 eu amo Brasil

[@daniellealvessoueu]

eu também :3

[@HERObyPROXY]

I'm not less impressed with your language learning skills after seeing the number of books you haven't finished, if anything, it just shows how relatable you are! I've got Turkish and Greek books that I haven't even looked inside.

[@bilc3868]

Lol 😂 same. I bought japanese, German and Italian books that I never used since I dedicated time to another languages 🥺. I thought it was the only one.

[@lalchimiste6947]

I’m learning Mongolian, nice that you are learning it too. Defiantly the most underrated Asian language.

[@wikia3266]

Hi！I really want to start learning Mongolian too, but... may I ask if do you know some good books to learn it? I have a hard time finding Mongolian books in English :l

[@jasminedubois6711]

@@wikia3266 It's always the lesser-known languages that are the hardest to find.

[@jasminedubois6711]

I like the fact that you have so many books and haven't used many of them. That honestly makes you more relatable.

[@naseemams8096]

I am 14 year old I like to study foreign languages now aim learning Spanish french and japanese by my self lindies videos are an inspiration to me to study

[@homosapien.a6364]

That's a lot of language! Wish you luck I'm learning correctly Esperanto and hebrew

[@nonnadezirella]

日本語の「書き言葉の文法」は難しいので 話し言葉で沢山喋って慣れて下さいね。 漢字は読めるようになって それから書けるようになるといいですよ。書けなくても読めれば十分便利ですから。

[@_blackside7158]

I'm 14 y/o too ☺ I luv learning languages too I'm learning English(my native language isnt Eng), Japanese, Spanish and Esperanto currently :D

[@nguyenquynhtram7043]

Hello! I'm Vietnamese. I am learning English, Chinese And Korean now. I want to learn Japanese.

[@KittyKat94]

Firstly I like how you used and marked your dictionaries, I might do that too. Secondly, that red page for answers in Japanese books is an awesome thing!

[@nathalyrolon3374]

Being able to see that you have purchased books and have not used them all made me feel better. I come across books to learn languages, and I don't always use them. 😅 But I can't seem to get rid of them because I plan to use them in the future. Also, my collection of books isn't as extensive as yours. But either way, I get attached to my language learning books so much I haven't gotten rid of any of them.

[@manuelmbapeaguilar6335]

You keep inspiring me why I love to learn languages 😘

[@LeeandAlannagsy]

Just watching this while I reorganise my language bookshelf!

[@lelejillene8223]

I throughly enjoyed this video! I don’t know why I liked it so much 😹 I hope I can obtain a language learning bookshelf that’s similar to yours someday~

[@_____snake]

It might be hard but you could do a subscriber giveaway or something with them. Just a thought (I'm not saying this because I want a free book, I don't study most of the languages mentioned I just think it's a neato idea). Aussi c'est bien cool quand tu changes à français, ton accent est très clair :)

[@LindieBotes]

Great idea but i donated most of my books to missionaries who are going to Japan - the other books I sold here already :) I cant afford to ship books internationally to subscribers - maybe one day if KZbin pays enough!

[@ladyjaye27]

Awesome bookshelves! It's always tempting to get everything for language learning, especially when trying to learn several languages!

[@neurons6632]

6:13 Me with my language books

[@danielpineda508]

A grant total of “zero” pages ha! 🤣 that made me laugh cause I do the exact same thing

[@Do2494]

Actually I lookvup to you because you show when you don't advance in learning but still keep going and finding what works for you. I would have abandonned because of that but you make me realize it is normal! so thaannkkss!!

[@espanolalalata8183]

I got a little bit dizzy trying to figure out how to learn all those languages through your pile of books. You are so beautiful and brilliant. God bless you.

[@mmm-9934]

한국어로 베트남어 첫걸음을 배우면.. 외국어로 외국어를 배우는 거네요 대박

[@louveblancheomega799]

Relatable, I have a bunch of language books too (some I haven't studied yet)

[@NAL732ARI]

This actually makes me laugh because I do the _exact same thing;_ just buying a lot of language books and only using a small handful while others collect dust. 😂 I’ve actually had to tell myself when ever I want to buy another book of language learning “are you ACTUALLY GOING TO USE IT?” And “you have so many books already, don’t. D o n t. DONT.” Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@tiffanywaldon4875]

Nai So true! I have actually told myself no more books until I’ve gotten through the ones I already have. Lol! I honestly have every book/tool I need for my target languages!

[@jacobgoering6068]

Rupert Snell's Teach Yourself books for Hindi are fantastic--among the best in the series.

[@yousifwaleed6566]

Your books are beautiful

[@ch.5163]

Wow love your collection!

[@philipminton9771]

I love this video so much! (just re-watching it for about the 100th time)

[@reoij]

Idk why but this is kinda relaxing...

[@baderabosalih]

Thank you very much, Miss Lindie. It inspires a lot to see the textbooks used by you alongside your languages milestone, and how you progressed through all these years. I hope that i can become like you in the near future (or even better). let us live up to the best good workings. حيّ على خير العمل. がんばってくださう。

[@mona9229]

The episode is beautiful 😊

[@ryanlundgren9151]

WOW! That's a lot of books!

[@abbb4460]

5:04 - 5:08 me with my books... I must be *literally forced* to get rid of my books! Then, I end up needing them once they're gone. @_@ Also when you were speaking in French about the Vietnamese books you got from your friend, surprisingly, I was able to comprehend what you said. Mind you, this is after 3yrs not practicing even the basics! °0°

[@beautytravelen]

You are amazing, so inspiring. Thank you for share with us.

[@Aaron-pe5yt]

I was so looking forward to buying these and then I realised... this is the old haircut. Then I checked the comments and it just confirmed that they were gone!

[@LindieBotes]

This is my current haircut..?

[@Aaron-pe5yt]

Lindie Botes Oh! I cant think straight! Sorry!

[@LindieBotes]

Its okay 😂sorry I cant ship the books overseas for a giveaway 🌻

[@prestokrs1]

It's fascinating how your accent and inflection changes on certain words.

[@turaia]

Kedves Lindie!😊 Érdekes volt látni, hogy milyen nyelvkönyveid vannak! Látszik, hogy nagyon jó vizuális memóriád van, mivel sok ideogrammákat (mint pl. a japán kanjik) használó nyelvvel foglalkozol! A szanszkrít nem érdekelne? Tudtommal, beszélik anyanyelvként is Indiában. További sok örömet és sikert kívánok neked a nyelvtanulásban! 😊

[@hendra.w.subandi]

I'm like you, beacuse you always study languages!!! Nice to meet you i'm from indonesia!!! 😁

[@999manman]

My vice is books...every time I pare down it leaves room for ...MORE BOOKS!

[@lauracardoso2799]

Salut! Est-ce que tu vends tes livres sur Internet? J'apprends le japonais depuis l'anglais et tes livres ont l'air plutôt cool! :)

[@hayleylou5984]

You are very awesome! I'm interested in your language learning timeline, like how long did it take you to be fluent in Korean or other languages

[@tiberio_gabriel]

Loves the video, but would also like to point out that i love you shirt too!!

[@zolzayanyamdorj2104]

From Mongolia. Thank you for your interest to learn Mongolian. I'm happy :) I would like to help you .

[@meghaasharmaa845]

Do start with Polish language or any language in slavic language family

[@zele4476]

Q: I'm currently learning korean but I keep remembering the syllables of words in the reverse order. Repeatedly. For example, I would say or write "목과교" instead of "교과목". Even writing that out now was confusing me a little. Is this a common thing? And if so, how can I overcome this problem in the future?

[@homosapien.a6364]

Our library in my country full of Oxford learning English books And few French books The only way to learn other languages is by internet

[@iamkivi]

What was the website called that you mentioned for buying korean books that ships online?

[@LindieBotes]

Twochois perhaps?

[@iamkivi]

Lindie Botes ahaa yes! Thank you❤️❤️

[@_captainmagic]

Ty! Was gonna ask too ahaha

[@yooyoung-sangys3849]

와 정말 놀랍군요. 주로 동아시아 언어들 그중에서도 한국어 일본어가 주력이신듯. 한국에서 응원합니다.

[@justahugenerd1278]

I'm hoping to be able to learn Japanese, Korean, and Norwegian. I'm going to start during the summer when I'm not as busy, and I hope it goes well 😅

[@GarnetsWeb]

Any updates?

[@vio3366]

I wanna languages books:/ but super hard to find them! Regards Lindie, I love your videos!

[@lisettelachat1870]

Mariavictoria Ortiz That quite rude .

[@vio3366]

I live in a small city so It's even hard to find English dictionaries, so you can see.

[@nafisaanjum5495]

❤️ A big love for your books ❤️ I wish you could ship the books overseas, then I could get. 😢

[@danielchoi1169]

와우~~ 정말로 프랑스어를 배우고 싶습니다 please recommed me which books to read!?!? Thank you

[@uctran-rc6537]

Thankyou because study vietnammien😍

[@TrungoThanh]

I meant, How can you read all the books ? They contain many many things which I think that may bigger my brain, how can you remember most of them and how do you read them ? Such a persistence you have .. wow

[@learnlanguageswithyogee9509]

Video was posted around a year ago... I wish I could have had some of those books...

[@tonyputra2802]

I hope i have some of japanese books like yours.

[@신재빈-k5m]

I'm Learning chinese and korean!

[@sandiptibile1632]

Where are you from? Your trick and methods are amazing

[@valeg8664]

Should I buy Japanese books to learn Chinese or should I buy korean books to learn Chinese or English books to learn Chinese ?

[@beyourself7651]

So lucky I don't even have a language book and I think my mom will kill me.for one Korean text book which is for 2000

[@Sounds722]

Сайн байна уу ? Чамайг Монгол хэл сурч байгаад баяртай байна. Hello . I am so happy for you learning Mongolian. Keep going forward and good luck. 😎😎

[@meghaasharmaa845]

Btw u inspire me to learn new language

[@prestokrs1]

I wonder how long it will take for you to fill that shelf back up

[@Tsumebleraar]

Dankie vir jou eerlikheid! Watter is jou gunsteling tale?

[@brocktallutoboi3955]

ive only bought 1 book um guys (Harry Potter in Spanish and I can read it fluently thank god :) )

[@EwelynLawrence]

Nagyon ügyes vagy! :) gratulálok :)

[@yln2002]

What is the website you mentioned where you can buy Korean books?

[@thatonegirlatthebackofthec5347]

MandieThePanda there are great ones at talk to me in Korean

[@fatihamusarrat4294]

I last ve your Channel ❤️❤️

[@daniellincoln6370]

#i do Looove all the books in shelf!!wat place were they got from & the country..

[@angelmontefalco6282]

Hello, i'm just curious, are you also learning Filipino language? The language in the Philippines. 😍💖 You are really one of my best youtuber since you inspire me a lot to learn other language. Although, i'm thinking since i know that my english grammar isn't that good. 😭😭💔

[@stingray_vinxen4610]

Angel Montefalco based on this comment you do have a solid foundation on basic grammar which is all u basically need to speak to locals fluently, we dont care much for tricky vocabulary.

[@hayleighjaynehisole8868]

hi! just wondering what name the book is at 10:18 and where you got it? I've been looking for a good book in Korean studying English in order to learn Korean

[@uctran-rc6537]

Vietnam🥰

[@arieltineo1605]

Are these books only for English native speakers?

[@kagome1995327]

I noticed that you have colorful tabs in the pages. What does each colorful tab mean and is that an effective way of studying?

[@LindieBotes]

Oh the colors don't mean anything actually, I just mark pages with words I want to refer back to, especially if the words or sentences are ones I think would be useful in conversation.

[@peace2941]

Hi Lindie where do you sell your books, i would love to buy living language japanese !!

[@Gatoviski]

Eu adoro seus videos ok ????kkkkk

[@Pr1ncessYak]

how/where are you planning on selling your books?

[@SelinaCat]

I'll take all your Japanese books to go thanks so much! Lol

[@roby8693]

Your haircut is bomb

[@MarihFerreira_Mrs]

Give me that books that was on the floor :v (joking hahaha). This video is great! 💖

[@luffygamerz3457]

mam can you please suggest me some books to learn french . i am an indian and i am learning french , please suggest me some books for learning french

[@nicoleandannieshow3986]

こんにちは❣

[@mae-lynnechase5084]

this might sound weird but I hear a slight French accent, have you been studying it a lot more recently? It's mostly with your vowels, French tends to lean towards a more closed vowel (oo, ae, eo) than like my junk american accent (ehh ee/i ah)

[@mae-lynnechase5084]

Helena Hansen thats fair

[@LindieBotes]

I dont think I have a typical South African accent tbh

[@sarundoinoue7692]

Your collection is just amazing 😭❤️. I wish I could have them. Could you please insert the purchase links for the Japanese dictionar9and books? Either it is an amazon link or any available one. 🙏

[@LindieBotes]

I've never bought on Amazon, I'm so sorry! Do you mean the Oxford dictionary? Perhaps try entering the title and seeing if it pops up?

[@sarundoinoue7692]

Lindie Botes I was referring to the dictionary of contemporary Japanese, but it is alright thank you. I will definitely search for them online. Thank you for the video. 🙏❤️

[@LindieBotes]

Ooh I got that one at a second hand store but it seems pretty famous so I am sure it'll be on Amazon! 🌸

[@sarundoinoue7692]

Lindie Botes thank you. Some books that are purchased in Japan can be difficult to find online. I am hopeful I will be able to find online. ❤️

[@aoao-qr8dy]

Umm, how long did u take to be fluent in japanese specially or any language

[@user-ol4td5ho3x]

Are you selling the Japanese books? Could I buy them?

[@cassietad3178]

I should not have watched this lol i just bought so many japanese textbooks, which I only just started learning, and I planned to pick up other languages in the future but this makes me want to buy books for them all lol

[@smileydaysss]

Do you have any suggestion of English book for learning Korean?

[@LindieBotes]

Please look at the video I made about Korean textbooks.

[@smileydaysss]

OKay!!! Thank you!!

[@cho3645]

최근에 언어 배우는거에 관심이 많이 생겨서 찾고있는데 저에게 잘 맞는 책을 쉽게 못고르겠어서 고민이에요ㅠㅠ 보통 책들 어디서 구매하시나요?

[@petitgarcon9675]

구립도서관에 자주가셔서 browsing 겸 둘러보시고 인터파크 교보문고온라인으로 검색하고 리뷰도 읽어보고 주문하시면 되죠.

[@LittleGameDev]

Where can I take lessons from you. You have mentioned in your videos that you do Japanese lessons, I would love to learn from you and get some pointers.

[@LindieBotes]

www.lindiebotes.com > tutoring

[@kimberlynorton]

How many languages do you speak?

[@drumskostas]

I want to learn both Chinese and Japanese but I don't know where to start... Should I start studying Japanese or Chinese first? I like both languages and countries equally and I would like to visit them at some point in the future but deciding which language to learn first is driving me nuts :/ I would really appreciate your help since you have a lot of experience on this matter.

[@stingray_vinxen4610]

Kostas Ioannidis you should do chinese because the grammar is so much more similiar to english grammar, so after you learn the vast characters and vocabulary you wont have to work to hard on the grammar. But pronunciation is a pain in the butt so im not sure.

[@drumskostas]

Yes, I heard about the pronunciation... It's ok though, since I am doing this for fun I welcome any challenges :) Thank you for your reply!

[@vanessaives1892]

If you start with Chinese and get at least HSK5, than you will probably give up the idea of learning Japanese. Your brain will be filled with characters, no more free space, haha

[@ansh4218]

中国人

[@BrandyKpop]

do you still have any of these???

[@dylancedillo7473]

Please could you try to learn Spanish? I think that you'll sound so amazing with Spanish :D I loved this video

[@LindieBotes]

Naaaaaah but thank you lol

[@dylancedillo7473]

Why ? You're so welcome :D

[@lusibalwethusesanti852]

where will you be selling them?

[@LindieBotes]

I sold them alteady sorry

[@maianenunes7007]

Do you have interesting in learning portuguese?

[@sagemcallister4822]

Why were you in a Korean magazine?

[@larasoktaviani2566]

Ur book is really (10000x) rare in my country 😥😭

[@orvos1459]

Anyone here doing Ancient Greek?

[@bilc3868]

10:19 omg 😱 I do the same with my tongue language

[@thomashding]

ภาษาไทยไม่ยาก แต่ก็ไม่ง่าย เรามาเรียนภาษาไทยกันเถอะครับ 🤓✌

[@exai885]

I want sum ;-;

[@almel4949]

Random outta topic question : but do u like kpop?

[@LindieBotes]

I do yes