The FASTEST WAY to become a POLYGLOT | learn languages

[@davidbrisbane7206]

If I could master my native language, I'd be a happy man.

[@polyglotdreams]

All languages including your native one are lifetime efforts.

[@davidbrisbane7206]

@@polyglotdreams Indeed they are.

[@FransceneJK98]

I’m a native speaker in 3 languages: German, Russian and English. And I’m fluent in Spanish. So I dominate 3 groups: Germanic, Slavic and romance. So I understand a lot of Dutch and Afrikaans, especially in text. I understand a lot of Ukrainian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Slovakian, Serbian and sometimes Czech. But I can’t respond in them. And of course I understand Portuguese, a lot of French, Italian, and Romanian cuz Romanian was taught to me as a child but I forgot 90% of it. But I struggle learning languages that are so similar cuz I struggle memorizing the differences in the other language. It’s not as easy or quick as I thought it would be. I understand a lot of French and Italian for example, from tons of listening and can have A1 minimal convos with errors but I can’t seem to make these differences stick even though I recognize it when I hear it. My memory has gotten really bad since recovering from Covid 3 years ago and many people report having their memory and concentration affected. Any tips?

[@Leo-bf4lq]

as someone who learned four romance languages, make sure you apply them to different things! it also helps learning them separate from each other. use imagery, music, personas. diving in and learning each of their cultures also helps. practice practice practice. but thats my take on it.

[@FransceneJK98]

@@Leo-bf4lq learning separate is definitely important but I’m already in the middle of half learning French and Italian. Even though I’m actively focusing on Italian. At least French is distance in spelling and pronunciation. And yes. Learning their cultures separately and attaching their language differences to each is important. Thanks. Is that how you learned 4 Romance languages? What’s your native language?

[@Leoleoncino79]

​@@FransceneJK98 tu parli italiano?

[@Leo-bf4lq]

@@FransceneJK98 it was definitely a big help on learning the 4 languages. my native language is english, and regarding what you said about italian and french, that’s perfectly fine! as long as you stay away from mixing the two (building solid foundations, application, etc) then you’ll do great. practicing one language in the morning and the other in the afternoon also helps me to learn 2 languages simultaneously. and yes, italian and french have very distinct characteristics and cultures that greatly help differentiate the two.

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks for sharing... I hope you fully recover from the effect of Covid

Thanks Tim for this inspiring video, way to go and to, because I am just a bit struggling with Italian and Spanish and French and even more with Dutch and even more with Danish 😅

[@polyglotdreams]

Best of luck!

[@phoenixknight8837]

Love and appreciate this channel!

[@polyglotdreams]

I appreciate that! THANKS SO MUCH

[@davidbrisbane7206]

Life is not a race, it's a journey. So it should be with language learning. I'd never want to be a polyglot, as life is too short and I have many other interests in life. Learning one foreign language has been enough for me.

[@polyglotdreams]

Each language equals a new life

[@hcholm]

Norwegian and Swedish might be easier than German

[@alanguages]

They are easier for English speakers. They just don't have as many commercial resources available.

[@polyglotdreams]

For sure, but knowing German helps more with Dutch and Afrikaans.

[@patchy642]

​@@alanguages They've a whole lot more commercial resources available than Galician and Africanish, that's for sure.

[@alanguages]

@@patchy642 Of course, but the comparison was with German. Norwegian and Swedish are not even competition in the commercial resources department to German. If we don't include English, German is the most in demand to learn for Germanic languages worldwide.

[@corprist]

Very informative video sir thank you so much ❤❤❤

[@polyglotdreams]

My pleasure... thank you!

[@АннаЗолкина-я2л]

This video was so interesting for me😊 Thank you a lot 😊

[@polyglotdreams]

I'm so glad!

[@flaviohenrique8669]

you teaching very well

[@ruralsquirrel5158]

I would argue that at least for English reckoning, proficiency in 4+ languages would qualify someone to be a "polyglot". English has words for 2 and 3 languages (bilingual and trilingual), but nothing more than that. Polyglottism would logically follow that number.

[@polyglotdreams]

That is a logical stance.

[@thetightwadhomesteader3089]

En mi opinión, no se puede contar tu idioma nativo. Todas tienen un idioma nativo, entonces cuatro y tu lengua primra. De todos modos, etsa es mi definición....Si puedo alcanzar esta meta.

[@Leo-bf4lq]

@@thetightwadhomesteader3089what💀 so there is no such thing as monolingual? 😂

[@thetightwadhomesteader3089]

También veo que otras personas decir que son cinco, la definición cambia de persona a persona. Principalmente solo mi opinión personal, aunque nadie tiene por qué aceptar eso opinión.

[@languagelearningdabbler]

I usually go with multilingual after trilingual. 😅 Interesting!

[@Daniel-qi1ld]

I would like to learn many languages but now I'm focusing on English because I want to reach a B2 :D

[@RXCN]

This man is the real deal ❤❤💪

[@polyglotdreams]

I appreciate that!

[@Refael8219]

I'd like to know how to take on ancient languages. You don't need to speak them, but being able to read ancient texts.

[@polyglotdreams]

Not sure... I haven't tried it

[@belstar1128]

i tried this it was great for the bigger languages but when i got in languages like Norwegian Catalan and Galician i noticed that i was not enjoying studying it because there isn't a lot of media in these languages that i like. i tried to force myself to watch and read things that are popular but don't appeal to me like football soap operas and so on it feels like these countries are 20 years behind when it comes to media despite being quite rich countries if i look for Norwegian videos on youtube i just get tv news and some old jokes from 2006 they also have a lot of the cultural aspects i dislike about my own culture. its a mixed thing sometimes its nice that they are relatable but it can also be boring (i am a native Dutch speaker from Belgium) . i like smaller languages from central/eastern Europe like Latvian or Slovak because they just seem to make more things that appeal to me just for the sake of patriotism or because they are monolingual. it feels like they got a bigger population .and these languages are harder than the west European languages but not very hard. i am trying to learn some Asian and African languages too i think i made a lot of progress in Japanese because while its hard it is just very entertaining Japanese people make things most countries don't even the bigger ones. but with more rare languages from Asia like Hmong i made almost no progress because there is not a lot of media .when i try to speak Norwegian i usually end up speaking Swedish because i use Swedish way more .or with Catalan i use a lot of Spanish on accident despite me understanding what they are saying but i don't have this issue with Portuguese were i rarely mix them up because i just know more about these languages .

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks for sharing... so true that good media is important... I found great media for Afrikaans

[@thetightwadhomesteader3089]

Actualmente, estoy haciendo eso. Estoy estudiando español todos los dias, también estoy aprendiendo italiano un poco al lado. He transformado los frases del español que aprendí al italiano. Hablo con hispanohablantes, sin embargo estoy algo nervioso, entonces no siempre hablo con ellos cuando los veo. Uso youtube para responder o escribir en español y así practicar mi español. También respondo a inglés comentarios o videos en español a veces. no me preocupo si ellos no responden porque es algo divertido y estoy aprendiendo. Incluso si no estudio, veo tele por dos horas en español. Desafortunadamente Mis habilidades para escuchar son mucho más débiles que mis otros habilidades. Si es posible quiero aprender español, italiano, portugués, alemán y holandés. De todos modos, pienso que este es un buen consejo en tu video. Por cierto, no puedo esperar para escribir en italiano en estos comentarios jaja. Aunque no lo hable bien, es divertido a escribir en otra idioma porque es como conocer código secreto. editar: Siempre pensaste que holandés era más fácil que alemán? Mi plan era aprender holandés antes que alemán.

[@thetightwadhomesteader3089]

Ahora que lo pienso, probablemente el idioma holandés no tenga buenos recursos para aprenderlo como el alemán.

[@Leoleoncino79]

​@@thetightwadhomesteader3089 ok , parli italiano ?

[@thetightwadhomesteader3089]

@@Leoleoncino79 Salve. Come stai? Scusa, conosco abbastanza l'italiano solo per spiegare che non so scrivere o parlare bene in l'italiano.

[@Leoleoncino79]

@@thetightwadhomesteader3089 va bene , io parlo tante lingue , tra cui lo spagnolo

[@thetightwadhomesteader3089]

@@Leoleoncino79 Genial amigo, espero que yo también pueda algún día.

[@KingsleyAmuzu]

I have requests you should make or put on your list 1. Romance languages like Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, etc.,.. 2. Germanic languages like Dutch, English, German, Afrikaans, Gothic, etc.,.. 3. Slavic languages like Czech, Polish, Sorbian, Slovak, Russian, etc.,.. 4. Indo Aryan languages like Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Urdu, Odia, etc.,.. More, etc.,.., plus, these are good languages.

[@polyglotdreams]

For sure, there are so many example groups like this... you can see my video on Slavic languages as one great example (and you mention here)

[@undekagon2264]

I like to watch your videos, but I have already decided for completely different languages than the ones you are suggesting ... and also for a much lower nimber / different language families (indo aryan and (maybe) also dravidian). the languages to similaf to my own I fknd boring and cant motivate myself for learning them. And if I never become a polyglot, auch gut, I dont mind

[@polyglotdreams]

Go for what lights your candles

[@Niko-tw1ct]

Hi keeley. Did you learn any ancient language? Such as latin, ancient greek etc.

[@polyglotdreams]

No, only modern languages.

[@Niko-tw1ct]

@@polyglotdreams You inspire me! As a portuguese native speaker, I already know portuguese, english and french. Now i'm striving to learn german and russian. Wish me luck!

[@davidbrisbane7206]

Learning Latin might be cool, as then I could read maths papers and letters written by European mathematicians in the 1600 and 1700.

[@dorotamusialik-czajaszybka4991]

Ciekawe i pomocne. Pozdrawiam 👋

[@polyglotdreams]

Dziękuję bardzo

[@wurstkocher842]

I feel like learning a lot of languages just for the sake of being a polyglot is a bit missing the point of why you would even learn a new language

[@polyglotdreams]

I am not advocating learning them just to become a polyglot... I just focused on it to show that which languages you learn is important and why when it comes to talking about the number of languages...

[@RogerRamos1993]

10 a languages is a lot more than most want, but a couple of great conbinations would be: Eng, 3 romance, 3 germanic, 2 slavic, Japanese or Mandarin or Arabic or Korean or Turkish. Eng, 4 Germanic, 2 romance, 2 slavic, " ".

[@Dylan-q9l2v]

Im not sure if its a good idea learning similar languages together. You might confuse and mix them!!!

[@polyglotdreams]

Not everyone finds it useful. But for me, it can be a great help if I have a good foundation in one of them- for example I studied Portuguese in Spanish while attending university in Colombia.

[@mirae9163]

The fast way is to learn the similar languages. For example, learn Indonesian/Malaysian, Urdu/Hindi, Thai/Lao, Turkish/Azeri, Norwegian/Swedish, Serbian/croatian, Dutch/African, Spanish/Catalan, Russian/Ukrainan ... and so on, well, most of them actually are the same language.

[@polyglotdreams]

As you point out, there are many such cases.

[@KingsleyAmuzu]

Is it possible to learn languages in 30 days, for easy, hard languages, more, etc?

[@polyglotdreams]

If they are very similar to ones you know, you are passionate, and dedicate a lot of time and energy to the task.

[@sarahnichols4253]

What is the best way to learn languages in your opinion?

[@jeffwest2037]

Your claim: 10 languages in 3-4 years! Let's do the math for FSI Category I & II: 1 language = 700+ hrs = 2+ hrs/day for 1 year 10 languages = 7000+ hrs = 20+ hrs/day for 1 year 10 languages = 7000+ hrs = 5+ hrs/day for 4 years

[@_dushanenko]

that is only if languages are all completely distanced

[@polyglotdreams]

As dushanenko stated.... if you know Spanish and Portuguese you already understand Galician to a level close to your knowledge in Spanish and Portuguese

[@Cholee-dl3ux]

I want to learn Japanese and Korean through Chinese then learn Por and French through Spanish

[@polyglotdreams]

Go for it!

[@Dimitra.Saltou]

I could also say that russian arabic and chinese are quite easy to learn and speak! Not writing of course!!

[@polyglotdreams]

Russian and Arabic easy for English speakers? Please take a look at the Category for them at the FLI as I talked about in the video.

[@Dimitra.Saltou]

I think yes! Russian has an amount of English loan words and Arabic is so simple in grammar!

[@hcholm]

Dutch news report with graphics in Danish, weird

[@polyglotdreams]

Yes...

[@belstar1128]

this clip is really strange its Danish but not normal Danish its like her pronunciation starts off very Dutch like but becomes more like proper Danish after a few seconds. i am not sure if its some kind of dialect or a native Dutch speaker that is learning Danish. since we all know the jokes about Danish people not understanding each other .

[@Aruena]

@@belstar1128 yeah I also thought it was really strange and I’m dutch native. Most people on dutch television talk ABN, Algemeen Beschaafd Nederlands, and not with any thick accents/dialects. But i’m from Rotterdam, so I’m unfamiliar with the dialects up north or in Limburg.

[@Aruena]

@@belstar1128 Also just now found a NOS video on youtube, where they showed that danish tv news report speaking the news in dutch about our elections as a joke because the dutch language is fun. 🤣 So that clip is really spoken by the danish in bad dutch.

[@belstar1128]

@@Aruena I am a native Dutch speaker from Belgium and I have been learning Danish casually for 4 years

[@광동아재廣東大叔]

この人、30年以上も日本で住んでるんじゃない? 今の話しを100%日本語でするんだとしたら本当のpolyglotだと認めて上げるよ。

[@polyglotdreams]

私は42年間日本に住んでおり、日本国籍を持っています。しかし、もし日本語でビデオを作った場合、視聴者が限られてしまうので、英語で行っています。

[@Adam-cb1id]

First

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

This is an occupation 🇮🇱

[@polyglotdreams]

I don't follow

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

@@polyglotdreams what

[@thetightwadhomesteader3089]

@polyglotdreams Creo que significa que el hebreo es muy difícil y es como una ocupación. No quiero saber, el español es más difícil de lo que pensaba y es mucho más fácil que otros jaja.

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

@@thetightwadhomesteader3089 Sabes a lo que me refiero! Israel es solo una ocupación y su destino es terminar como qualquier ocupación

[@محمدالقحطاني-س1ق4ف]

@@thetightwadhomesteader3089 Sabes a lo que me refiero, i##### es solo una ocupación y su destino es terminar como cualquier ocupación.

[@chocoflakes_queen]

Ohhhh I love to learn but only in the start. I don't know how to struggle with myself. I started Japanese, Spanish (well, I could understand it on the level A2-B1), Suomi, Chinese, Korean, now I m trying to speak Deutsch...I m in love with it, it's so beautiful 😍 but I don't have enough enthusiasm to continue. What to do?( My native language is russian

[@polyglotdreams]

Think about why you want to learn them and there you can find your motivation

[@Aruena]

If you search for Deens nieuws in het Nederlands: jullie taal klinkt zo leuk. You can see the clip where they’re supposedly talking Dutch. But it is done by the Danish, not actually speaking/knowing dutch probably, as a joke. In the description it says, they brought the news about our elections in an original way. They read the report in dutch.. 🤣 Not that our language sounds that great by natives. 😅 But that’s really doing a disservice lol.

[@polyglotdreams]

Yes... interesting choice 🤔 😆 🤣

[@danielleinad3461]

Galego is basically Portuguese with Spanish accent. A lusophone can understand Galego without study the language previously.

[@polyglotdreams]

Yes, if they are flexible

[@GramkowPiano]

As a Brazilian I can confirm. To be honest I really hear it as "portuguese with spanish accent". 99,100% of the words are identical and the Spanish accent is quite common to us...

[@danielleinad3461]

@@GramkowPiano Também sou brasileiro, por isso afirmei com convicção! Hahaha

[@jadonclifton]

Pimsleur, using quizlet for vocabulary while going poop, then private Skype tutoring exclusively in language and watching media in language with language subtitles = fastest way

[@NaturalLanguageLearning]

Galician is much closer to Spanish than to Portuguese.

[@polyglotdreams]

Really? I get the feeling it is closer to Portuguese... I want to compare them to know for sure.

[@matthewpiquemal]

It's basically Portuguese with Spanish pronunciation & spelling.

[@RogerRamos1993]

I'm Brazilian. Much closer to Portuguese.

[@fernandovascongomes]

Só queria aprender inglês e morrer em paz. Troço difícil. Já tô um ano tentando

[@polyglotdreams]

LOL greater challengers await you

[@thetightwadhomesteader3089]

Estoy aprendiendo español e italiano. llevo nueve meses estudiando el español. no hablo bien en etse momento. Siento que pasará mucho tiempo antes de hablar con fluidez. Por cierto, puedo leer principalmente tu comentario, ¿es portugués? Me gusta que las lenguas romances tengan similitudes.

[@fernandovascongomes]

@@thetightwadhomesteader3089 Português 🇧🇷

[@GramkowPiano]

​​@@thetightwadhomesteader3089si, es portugués jaja soy brasileño y nunca estudié el lenguaje español (estoy hablando con base en las similitudes con portugués), entonces creo que puedo cometer algunos errores. Estás hablando muy bien y prácticamente perfecto. Desafortunadamente no puedo ayudarte en español (porque no hablo aún), pero si quieres alguien para aprender portugués en el futuro estoy aquí 🤠

[@thetightwadhomesteader3089]

@@GramkowPiano ¡Muchas gracias! Qué tan fácil es para ti leer otras lenguas romances?. Quiero aprender español y italiano antes portugués. Portugués es el número tercero en mi lista. En mi opinión el portugués es más dificil que el español y el italiano. Buena suerte en tu camino aprendiendo idiomas amigo.

[@leonig01]

My two native languages are Russian + Hebrew. English, while not at a mother tongue level, is sufficient for all intents and purposes. Equipped with these, I tackled Swedish, then German and found out Russian+English+Swedish give a good advantage for learning German. Swedish also allows understanding written Danish & Norwegian.

[@polyglotdreams]

Thanks for sharing your experiences

[@gesm392]

Can i learn languages at 30 years old?

[@belstar1128]

yes

[@polyglotdreams]

For sure... I will be 68bin August

[@FransceneJK98]

Of course you can!!! Doesn’t matter how old you are

[@motherfudger6664]

I turn 48 next month and started Japanese 8 months ago. I'm whizzing through it and can already pick up tons of common words and phrases from listening to speakers.

[@servantofChristMichael]

Yes. Without a doubt. I started learning Serbian, a very difficult language for a native English speaker, at the age of 31, I am now 34 and at a B2 level of fluency. I began learning Greek last year, also not an easy language and have fully mastered the alphabet and am familiar with the grammar and have a basic vocabulary, I hope to reach at least a B1 level of fluency within the next 2 years

[@MD-xf2qy]

Wymiatasz.. pelen szacunek. Jestes dla mnie inspiracja.

[@polyglotdreams]

Dziękuję bardzo

[@Dylan-q9l2v]

I speak Polish (slavic) English (germanic) Spanish (romance) doors are open for me

[@polyglotdreams]

yes for sure!

[@josevicenteescuderiborra4787]

Español, portugués, catalán, gallego, francés, italiano, alemán, inglés, holandés, ruso, ucraniano, búlgaro, macedonio, bosnio, croata, esloveno, eslovaco, polaco y checo.

[@patchy642]

Isle of Tenerife, Spain, Africa. I wonder why Frisian wasn't included. Best wishes, Patchy.

[@polyglotdreams]

Good observation... tt could be easily included to make it 11.

[@hayswhite]

I really enjoy your channel ❤

[@ametystboba4438]

Me too.

[@polyglotdreams]

Thank you too