European Language Book Haul!

[@TradutordeDireitaVegano]

You guys are so enthusiast about the process of learn language, that is something remarkable and beautiful to witness. Discovering this channel really helped me out with the motivation that you two transfer to us the viewers.

[@PolyglotProgress]

+Tradutor de Direita Vegano Thank you so much! We really do love learning languages and I'm really glad that shows through in our videos and inspired others ☺️ -Abigail

[@Janni357]

I love your book hauls. They're so inspiring and motivating

[@PolyglotProgress]

Thank you! -Abigail

[@faithandrews9328]

Your books are so aesthetically adorable lolol You guys always get the most interesting books

[@PolyglotProgress]

Thank you! -Abigail

[@amandaborowski2290]

Ugh! Best book haul ever! You guys should be booktubers.....

[@BaReader]

Foreign language book hauls are my favorite too :)

[@Bucherviews]

There's something wonderful about books in other languages, isn't there!? One of my dreams is to one day live in a house where the bookshelves are full of all sorts of weird books in different languages with different writing systems, and to be able to read them all (at the moment, I've got a little collection of the books... but not the skills :P) For language books, I tend to see if I can get lucky in charity shops because it's so much cheaper than getting them new. It's very hit-and-miss what languages come up, but if you're patient you can stumble across some quite interesting languages and things. I live in Manchester in the UK though, so it's quite a multicultural and student-filled city anyway - I think you'd have more trouble with this method if you lived in the countryside.

[@LPScreepychimp]

Awesome haul! I love these hauls, language books are so much fun. I got a book teaching german made in 1908 in an antique store and it's the coolest thing!

[@PolyglotProgress]

*LANGUAGE BOOKS ARE THE BEST!!* - Matt

[@natashaishida]

I find that reading books in other languages on kindle is awesome because of the built in dictionaries. My kindle came with ~30 dictionaries for free and in many different languages. You just highlight the word you don't know the meaning of and it shows you the definition. Very handy when you're reading something that you don't know a good amount of words like Abigail's Percy Jackson book. Also, I second the bookdepository comment. Great store.

[@PolyglotProgress]

I'd really love something like this for apple devices, I use an ipad as an ereader instead of an actual kindle or nook. Currently I'm stuck with learning with texts and paper dictionaries and books, but hey it's a start! -Abigail

[@femmeNikita27]

Wow, Matt! Both Polish and Russian? I hope You will find it interesting. Just a word of warning- do not start both at the same time, since you can get confused about the gender of nouns. Nouns in both are very similar but usually if a noun in Polish has female gender in Russian it can have masculine gender. It was my childhood nightmare, so just so You know what to expect. Polish has more irregularities in grammar yet Russian is softer, more melodic but dynamic accent makes it more difficult than Polish when it comes to pronounciation. As for "we went for 4 books, came back with 29 books" - you guys have so much in common with my humble self in this regard. Looks like travveling and Europe had good influecne on both of You, You both look so fresh faced, glowing and handsome in this video. Seriously. I have never used Assimil myself, so I will be waiting for Your review of this series. You've made me really curious. My friend is learning japanese now, so it would be nice to find out what Assimil has to offer to japanese learners. Matt, should You need native speaker help with Polish- do let me know. I must admit I'm curious what is inside Assimil book for learners of Polish.

[@PolyglotProgress]

femmeNikita27 Thank you so very much for all of your kind words and insight! I am most definitely starting to branch out from my typical language families so I know that sooner rather than later the Slavic languages will be getting a lot of attention from me! I will definitely let you know when I begin Polish! - Matt

[@farbeda]

I know someone who speaks 9 languages and teaches language as well and he recommends Assimil. i got 3 of them with the CD's,. they are the beginning books. French, italian, german

[@hannafrancis4409]

Love the book haul :) I have a soft spot for language books and therefore have way too many. I recently got small swedish grammar and french grammar books that I've just started and am excited to get through!

[@PolyglotProgress]

Little grammar books are the best!! - Matt

[@andymounthood]

Abigail, about your Swedish reader series published in Germany: You can try to find the book you already have online (maybe on the publisher's website) and learn what other books are in the series. Select one. If possible, try to find its ISBN. Then see if AbeBooks has it. If not, try other stores such as Amazon US and Amazon Germany. But sometimes some books in a series go out of print faster than others, so chances are you'll be able to order a couple more in that series, but maybe not all of them.

[@lucindalove7606]

You two have the best chemistry!!! 💞 Loved this!!

[@jonahpoulard7674]

You should go to Foyles in London. The language section there occupies the vast majority of the 5th floor and there are a couple of shelves for minor languages and a couple of whole bookcases for major ones like french. Small problem is the high prices

[@BlazeWolftail]

Believe it or not the Barnes and noble in my town has few shelves full of language books and a pretty big selection of books in Spanish. It's been expanded in the last few years or so and there's actually a nice variety of language materials

[@thebookfox]

Yay! Great video, I enjoyed it a lot ^_^ I bought a few books in Spanish while I was in Madrid and I can't wait to get into them. Are you planning any book reviews once you've completed some of your haul?

[@PolyglotProgress]

So many people have been asking our opinions on language learning books, like Assimil for example, so I could definitely see those in the future! (Along with Colloquial and Teach Yourself reviews). As for literature both Abigail and I are huge readers (if you can't tell) and would probably be more inclined to make reviews for non-language related books on our personal channels! So glad you enjoyed!! Thank you so much :) - Matt

[@timpooters4941]

Amazing that you are learning dutch, I am a native speaker and I think it might be a bit harder than norwegian because of the verb conjugations and it is easier than german because there are no cases, Probably there is just one thing that people find hard about Dutch and that is the pronunciation of "the hard g" but I still wish you much Luck learning it and the other languages you guys learn 😊

[@PolyglotProgress]

THERE ARE NO CASES!?!?!? Sign me up. Count me in. As for the hard g, my friend who was attempting to teach it to me using the word "gezellig" (if I remember correctly it means cozy) And his response was "I've heard worse, but that's really not that bad." - Matt

[@seveneye7614]

I love u guys, ur my inspiration, you help me to be persistent in my language studying. Thank you a lot

[@seveneye7614]

ps: language learning books are addictive, just try not to buy too many

[@PolyglotProgress]

+Seven Eye 76 Thank you so much!! It means a lot to us ❤ And I think it's too late I think we're addicted 😭 -Abigail

[@oskar599]

Keep on learning slavic languages :D Greetings from Poland

[@PolyglotProgress]

We will! -Abigail

[@lisettelachat1870]

Athis uczę się polskiego :)

[@mivan840]

Polacy przejmują youtuba

[@peterextexia]

I've been to that Dussmann in Berlin to buy language books! Last time I was there I discovered they had a ton of movies and tv shows on DVD that were a lot cheaper than in the states, with the bonus that they're in German!

[@bills1967]

When I went to Italy I bought a lot of books. Majority of which are fumetti(comics), Disney classics in Italian and the little prince both in Italian and french. I had to trash a lot of my clothes at the end of my 3 month trips to fit my books in my suitcase.

[@jamiethecommie546]

the only book have bought resiliently is colloquial Turkish and i dont know any good stores in new York but if you are ever in Portland OR powells book store has an amazing language section they have many books for lesser studied languages including a full shelf of Tibetan and Hawaiian books

[@PolyglotProgress]

WOAHHH Thank you! I'd love to visit Portland someday and I'll definitely make sure I stop in that store! -Abigail

[@JuMixBoox]

I love your accent when talking German! I think the first g in Van Gogh is not pronounced like a k, the version before sounded good. I am impressed by the ch sound. I don't know many Americans that can pronounce it.

[@yoshitodo2760]

Love your book haul or book shelf videos! What I found a little frustrating and disappointing about this video is that you guys NOT ONCE mention which city or cities in Germany you visited. It's always Germany, Germany, Germany! I mean, come on!!!! That said, if you're ever in Munich, you should definitely check out HUGENDUBEL in the city center. That's got a massive language section!

[@hckoenig]

Dussmann, Friedrichstraße, is in Berlin.

[@matejfrydrych4635]

My favourite place for buy language books is Amazon :). In my town, we don´t have any bookstore :(

[@BaReader]

Enjoy all your new books! I love The Little Prince, I'm collecting the book in different languages :D For Swedish I use Rivstart. I quite like it, but it's completely in Swedish so it's probably not the easiest book to use if you don't know any Swedish at all and are trying to learn by yourself. It does explain grammar points in a really simple way though. En ja, leer Nederlands Matt!

[@QuiltingCrow]

Back in 2017, when you could see people coughing without fearing for your life, lol :D I also LOVE buying books when I go abroad (which is not very often, like I'm 43 years old and have been abroad 5 times until now...). Last time I was in Spain, I bought a box to transport all the books I bought. As I go through them, years later, memories pop up about the stores I bought them in, the people I met etc.

[@TradutordeDireitaVegano]

My favorite couple! \o

[@PolyglotProgress]

+Tradutor de Direita Vegano ❤

[@maritzamartinez5376]

Same! When I was in Japan I couldn't help but buy Okinawan and Kansai dialect-language books!!

[@PolyglotProgress]

Dialect books are sO GREAT!! - Matt

[@josie.s.2553]

For Swedish I love the 'Hallgren From English to Swedish' books 1 and 2, teach yourself Complete Swedish, and Swedish Tutor.

[@PolyglotProgress]

I'll look into those! I feel like I instinctively use the complete series for everything so I'm currently trying to expand the number of resources I've used and can review for this channel! -Abigail

[@femmeNikita27]

Abigail, I have in digital form entire set of Rivstart A1+A2. It's really good too, although listenings are very fast, but also very close to how in reality the Swedish is spoken. While in Sweden I had obligatory textbook series "Pa vei", so I have digital copy of this as well. I also have great resources from Polish publishers, sadly for learners of Polish- one is kind of Teach Yourself in one book starter- by the publishing house Wydawnictwo Literackie -"Ucz się sam (teach yourself).Język Szwedzki dla początkujacych (swedish language for beginners)" and I also have two books -Troll 1 and Troll 2 which are strictly on Swedish grammar. Both have separate booklet with answer key for exercises.I wouldn't mind sharing my own resources with You somehow if You had problems finding the rest of the series for this exercise book that You bought in Europe. I also wish Troll series was translated into English since it's a very decent course of Swedish grammar.I also have one book written by a Polish lady living for over 20 years in Sweden, but I don't have it at hand at the moment since it's at my parent's house.But I could get it as well. And this lady sells it over internet if I recall correctly. I think shipping overseas is available, I'm just not sure if also to USA. It's also a single "teach yourself book" with audio CD.

[@PassionforDreaming]

POLISH!!! That's awesome! I'm curious, but why Polish? Also, Japanese!!! You guys are going to make me want to study it again, but I still want to study Korean first. I've never read Percy Jackson but I would love to start the series! I heard the books were way better than the movies, but I still enjoyed them (can't be disappointed if I haven't read the books). I have the feeling I'd like the books (: I saw someone mention this in the comments already but I like the website thriftbooks! Definitely check it out!

[@rangerdenver3534]

you're awesome )

[@PolyglotProgress]

As are you! - Matt

[@Illshoothemoon]

Yas! Det e så kul att du valde svenska! :) hoppas du tycker om det! Jag kan hjälpa dig

[@Bucherviews]

Because Matt loves grammar, he will LOVE Russian. You can't move in Russian for the grammar :P

[@Cellder]

I live in Sydney, Australia but for some reason finding language books is an extremely difficult task. Luckily for me I recently went to a second hand book store and they had 3 language books so I got those (I'm a little starved of tangible resources).

[@PolyglotProgress]

+Luke Fromager that's awesome! I know the feeling -Abigail

[@femmeNikita27]

Guys, if you get basic understanding of Russian and you have internet and can access for example Russian equivalent of Facebook - V Kontakte, the sky will be the limit for you.In russian internet you can find plenty of resources for learning all foreign languages. Plus many forums and groups for polyglots/foreign language learners.Another option is Amazon, it also has ebooks for learners of foreign languages which you can send directly to your Kindle for example.

[@OpheliaVert]

YAAAAS RUSSIAN

[@pauline7946]

thank you guys, you're so inspiring! i'm native russian speaker so i wish you REALLY good luck with slavic languages!

[@PolyglotProgress]

You're so very welcome and thank you so much! I can't wait to begin learning slavic languages! - Matt

[@romanusspringer9533]

stop controlling the poor fella

[@chelseaosullivan3387]

Have you ever ordered books off bookdepository.com ? That's where I get most of my language books/books in foreign languages, because they have a great selection and free delivery for every order :)

[@PolyglotProgress]

I've heard of it but never used it to order books! I definitely need to start watching it more for good language book deals! -Abigail

[@PassionforDreaming]

Not sure if my comment posted or not, so I'm trying again just in case. (I'm currently out of the state with no service.) POLISH!!! That's awesome! I'm curious, but why Polish? Also, Japanese!!! You guys are going to make me want to study it again, but I still want to study Korean first. I've never read Percy Jackson but I would love to start the series! I heard the books were way better than the movies, but I still enjoyed them (can't be disappointed if I haven't read the books). I have the feeling I'd like the books (: Definitely check out thriftbooks.com I saw someone else mentioned it too

[@adamclark1972uk]

How did you listen to the 3 Scandinavian languages?

[@ih8utbe]

I have never been to Europe. Probably never will. I have studied languages as a hobby but eventually go back to donating to libraries and stick with English.

[@dominic36567]

3:47 ARE YOU CHOKING

[@PolyglotProgress]

Yes, actually. - Matt

[@mdmijanurrahman9695]

She's so beautiful. It hurts.

[@lennonbale7960]

nice video👍🏻

[@monate8627]

Your excitment about books 📚 made me want to buy language books , I only have teach yourself turkish and japanese and the delight you f learning turkish, is it helpful to have different courses ,books, of the same language for the same level in that language,,? In my country there is kinokuniya bookstore dubai mall that has a large language section and esp asian languages be ause the bookstore originally is from an asian company, if u had th chance to visit uae go check it out 👍🏻

[@PolyglotProgress]

We would love to visit the UAE some day! And I'm not so sure whether or not it is helpful to have a LOT of books for one language, but having variety is never bad. Sometimes Abigail and I get too many books and then don't know which one to use! But having a book which is a language course and then another that's a grammar or a dictionary could be helpful! - Matt

[@monate8627]

Thank you

[@isaacpalacios8921]

I'm new to your channel and I would like know where are you from Abigail? and wich is your native lenguage? I guess that is English because you talk very well!

[@filipemorais9965]

Muitoo legal esse canal e esses dois, é realmente muito inspirador e legal. :)) Daqui do Brasil eu mando um abraço a vocês.

[@prestokrs1]

Le Petit Prince is like the one french book readily available in the U.S. Lmao!

[@SynicalSyd]

Thriftbooks.com is my favorite place to buy books. They are used but super cheap and they have language learning books and books and Manga in other languages =D

[@faithandrews9328]

Sydney Herron I like half.com

[@PolyglotProgress]

I've never heard of either of these, thanks guys!! -Abigail

[@SynicalSyd]

Faith Andrews thank you! This site looks awesome!

[@farbeda]

half.com doesn't exist anymore. you go right to eBay when you try to get them

[@thelanguagelife7962]

😍

[@PolyglotProgress]

[@mivan840]

omg polish is mine mother tongue and I'm so happy that somebody is going to learn it. imma so proud of you both

[@konradtomczyk1912]

*shy whisper from the unknown* I can help you with Polish, Matt.

[@angelf3231]

I always wonder if theyre siblings or a couple ?

[@PolyglotProgress]

+Bora A couple :)

[@angelf3231]

Polyglot Progress Thank you for replying and I really love your channel ! keep up the good work ~~

[@lisettelachat1870]

The polish tutor :)

[@pyro265]

They should create english verisions of the non english books not subbed

[@christinezumpano]

are you guys together? #relationshipgoals

[@ih8utbe]

English needs to be more common rather than languages.

[@danielfrydrych7515]

NEJHORŠÍ KANÁL NA SVĚTĚ

[@PolyglotProgress]

Nemluvím češtinu (myslím, že je to český díky službě Google Translate a já ji používám, abych reagoval), ale děkuji! - Matt (I do not speak any Czech, if that is Czech!)

[@plastic8570]

really annoying guy, keeps talking over you

[@PassionforDreaming]

POLISH!!! That's awesome! I'm curious, but why Polish? Also, Japanese!!! You guys are going to make me want to study it again, but I still want to study Korean first. I've never read Percy Jackson but I would love to start the series! I heard the books were way better than the movies, but I still enjoyed them (can't be disappointed if I haven't read the books). I have the feeling I'd like the books (: I saw someone mention this in the comments already but I like the website thriftbooks! Definitely check it out!

[@PolyglotProgress]

It will be a long time before I get around to it but I've always been intrigued with slavic languages! AND THE PERCY JACKSON BOOKS WERE *SO MUCH BETTER* THAN THE MOVIES. And thank you so much for the recommendation!

[@andymounthood]

@Matt, the second Percy Jackson movie (Sea of Monsters) is one of my favorite movies, so I'm sure I'll really love the novels (which I plan to read in Spanish, after I read enough easier fiction to be able to read them without having to use dictionaries a lot). @Angela, I'm finding that since Japanese and Korean are both massive (and similar) projects, it works well to stick with either one for as long as possible. Then, when you feel burnout or a loss of motivation, switch to the other until the same thing happens to it, and just go back and forth. For example, I'm motivated to study Japanese now, so my Korean is on hold. But a couple of weeks ago I needed a break from Japanese, so I was studying Korean instead.

[@PassionforDreaming]

Andy Roberts As long as I don't confuse myself I may try! It's hard for me because I got in the habit of sticking to one language. I used to switch back and forth when I started studying languages, but that didn't work well for me =(

[@andymounthood]

Angela, in that case, I'm looking forward to hearing more of your updates on your Korean studies. Of course, you're currently finishing up your 90-day Duolingo Polish challenge, so your Korean is on hold. As for me, I'm trying to keep my rotations at 3 months or longer between what another polyglot called "easily confusable languages" (in my case, Korean/Japanese, Spanish/French, and surprisingly German/Russian). But when my motivation drops, just a couple days of the other language are sometimes enough to bring my motivation back. This is what happened to me recently between Japanese and Korean. I was burned out of kanji study, so I thought I wanted to study 3 months of Korean and come back to the Japanese. But then, when I tried switching to Korean, I found I actually wanted to continue the Japanese--just not the kanji. So I'm focusing on Japanese grammar now.

[@PassionforDreaming]

POLISH!!! That's awesome! I'm curious, but why Polish? Also, Japanese!!! You guys are going to make me want to study it again, but I still want to study Korean first. I've never read Percy Jackson but I would love to start the series! I heard the books were way better than the movies, but I still enjoyed them (can't be disappointed if I haven't read the books). I have the feeling I'd like the books (: I saw someone mention this in the comments already but I like the website thriftbooks! Definitely check it out!