How to Learn Many Languages at The Same Time

[@UnstopablePatrik]

Metatron is a Renaissance Man confirmed.

[@mariaelisabettasesselego9607]

Thanks Metatron for all your help and support. It is great to know how you overcame your obstacles and how you became who you are today. You are a confident and good teacher. We love you, you made me proud of being Italian!

[@yaskowy]

Dear Metatron, I'd like to thank you for this video. It encourages and reminds me to learn as you have such a charismatic and warm approach to this subject. It is also good to see how your channel has grown over the years both technically and thematically. Wishing you further successes, A noble one

[@bigfoot.4451]

MORE VIDEOS ABOUT LANGUAGES PLEASE!!!!

[@taijennex6829]

this is excellent info on language learning , I had many ppl trying to teach "how to learn a language ", and I tried most ways , most ways did not work for me ,so I became frustrated and gave up trying to learn , then I watched you're video and decided to try again on my target language and this time I think this way of learning will be more helpful because of the reasons you have mentioned in the video .

[@davibourne3856]

I speak few languages and I must say, before a purchase a game or movie, I check always the languages and subtitles available. Netflix also became a big tool not only to learn but also keep my languages active on my brain. Living in a foreign country for few years made me loose some vocabulary and writing skills from my own native language. I sometimes get confused with Italian because of similarities with Spanish, portuguese and french which makes my brain get confused. For the lack of contact with german, I'd have to start almost from scratch. My advice is: Learn your first foreign language first, any language you start, try to bring it to the intermediate level and then, you can start to learn a new language working with both in parallel. The most important is: Learn a language that is backed up by culture that you like, it takes time, but the reward is great.

[@fabiocarraro6203]

The difficulty is only in my brain...if I convince myself that it is easy, it will be easy! I believe I can do it... I CAN DO IT... I ... ***starts learning Czech language*** ... ok, nevermind then... Jokes aside... Great video! Based on my experience, what you state is absolutely true. Also, your piece of advice on lexicon improvement seems very convincing. I am an Italian learning Czech now, and I will try to put it to the test.

[@tomasheller6072]

How's it going? Jak to jde?

[@hellequingentlemanbastard9497]

I'm learning at the Moment Hungarian and for Grammar and Vocabulary I'm reading my favourite Book in Magyar, "The Lord of the Rings". I've read this Book 30 times in English alone, 4 or 5 times in German, a couple of times in French and once in Gaelic over the years. But I noticed that when you don't use a Language frequently you lose some and sometimes a lot of it. My Swahili and Chichewa are almost none existent. When I speak with my mother in German, I sometimes slip without noticing into English, the same goes when I speak with Cousins and Friends in France.

[@Hoenir]

Have the exact same problem. The more languages i learn the, more i mix them. It's kinda annoying when you talk with someone in German but automatically you slip some English or even another language in the sentence and vice versa.

[@UnstopablePatrik]

Érdekes. Sok sikert kívánok neked! Nem lesz könnyű dolgod! :D

[@hellequingentlemanbastard9497]

@@UnstopablePatrik - Tell me about it or I should rather say, "Mesélj róla"

[@hellequingentlemanbastard9497]

@demiurgo - Simple, I've been living for 30 years now on the Continent of Africa, was spending some time in East Africa after I got out of Rwanda and Swahili was a language easily to learn and a kind of Universal Language in that Region, next to English and French. Chichewa I learned in Malawi afterwards, living as I did in Cape Maclear in a Mud House on Lake Malawi for 7 month. I live in South Africa (11 official Languages) now and can understand Xhosa, but I can't speak it very well (I have trouble with the Clicking Sound). Afrikaans I can understand, but I don't like the Language. In my ear it has no Melody. Hungarian I'm learning since my plan, as soon as I can sell everything, is to move there. I'm fed up living in a Multicultural Society that isn't a Society, just a conglomerate of Warring Tribes. I'm fed up having to sleep with a weapon close to hand, with both ears and one eye open. A reason I wouldn't want to go back to Merkelstan, formerly known as Germany. Gaelic I learned as a little boy from my Irish Grandmother, but I rather doubt I would be able to hold a conversation now.

[@DerFauleHund]

I have heard Tolkin has made the grammar for the dialogs or speeches the characters have and make usable for many translations.

[@laser8389]

Um, the magic of Hogwarts? Everyone knows Hogwarts is in Scotland. And you do need magic to understand Scots.

[@lowlandnobleman6746]

Is that so? Scots is rather easy for me, lad.

[@chymaera99]

laser8389 What type of Scots tho a mean traditionals like well easy but have u heard a ned or an aberdonian talk. A can’t understand em

[@ningen7736]

Andywolfman Listen mate I’m from Scotland too, I know you wanna seem cool and all given the context of this comment but nobody wants you to try and “type in your dialect”.

[@ningen7736]

Camilla's Camera ...Scotland is in Britain.

[@arthurvanrodds2772]

@Camilla's Camera I think you're confusing dialects with accents , if you are learning English wih American pronunciation you are learning Engliish wih an American accent, accents are the way of how people from a specific territorry articulate the words of any given language, dialects are a set of regionalisms and non-standardised words used in a region usually in colloquial speech

[@theblackbaron4119]

0:57 if you want to learn Russian, play CS:go, no matter which language settings you pick ;) Jokes aside, communicating on the Internet a d talking to people is definitely going to help you improve. Then grammar is going to come naturally to you. I'm already bilingual. Learning a language of similar origin is so much easier (obviously) it also keeps you motivated. For example , i'm able to understand about 60% of the Dutch I hear or read, because I'm already fluent in a language of similar origins. I could probably learn any Balkan originating language, since I have a base knowledge of Slovenian. Not to mention that they are an adjacent country.

[@SlothsInBoxes]

@Camilla's Camera jeetje dat is wel een heel erg net bericht hoor XD

[@SlothsInBoxes]

@Camilla's Camera ahja nee ja dat is wel logisch dan haha voelt zo vreemd voor mij om u tegen iedereen te zeggen is wel netjes maarja

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

@NPC Blyad suchka is more creative.

[@BertWhite]

Btw I'd say that russian pronunciation is very similar with italian. It's quite easy for me to pronounce italian words

[@richardquinones2959]

WOW 7 languages dude awesome Merry Christmas and happy New Years brother love this channel🎄🎊🎉

[@towakun6678]

As someone who has already studied several languages (incluing Latin back in school) I totally agree with everything you say! Going to start writing those "thematic vocabulary lists" to remember things faster since I have horrible memory and tend to forget words if I don't use them on a daily basis!

[@nutz117]

Please keep up the language videos. They are always very interesting to me and I value your expertise most in these videos. They also inspire me to keep trying to learn spanish with the intention of learning other languages once I have done that.

[@angelinak.4868]

Your pronunciation is magnificent, your vocabulary is comprehensive, let me say it is a great pleasure to listen to such an intelligent person that you are. I've just started learning Chinese and I found your channel while looking for Li Bai poetry, I was blown away by your language learning skills.

[@Parmesana]

you are correct about daily attempts.. When we hosted a German boy..I labeled what was in each cupboard in English and German.. It helped him...and also helped me reinforce German.I have Italian story books(the kind with the left page in Italian and the right in English) which I pick up and try to pronounce..when I have a few minutes.. I also have a seek and find puzzle book for words. It helps my brain get used to the words and endings of words

[@PayneMaximus]

Definitely keep those language videos coming, Rafa.

[@Hirome_Satou]

This and a similar video by someone else convinced me to get back to learning another language. I also found a program that seriously helped with this too. It's a program that turns learning another language into a game which makes it more engaging and memorable. I imagine that doing something similar for other languages would work just as well.

[@codyoverton447]

I took two years of German and retained very little. However I recently started Russian and IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE. It’s so much like English in a weird way so hard to explain.

[@davibourne3856]

Hey Raff. Teach Italian for us, create a premium content, I'd pay for it as long is a reasonable price.

[@davibourne3856]

@East Anglian Yep. French is a very useful and interesting language as well.

[@lowlandnobleman6746]

Plan on learning Irish Gaelic. This video was helpful.

[@carcharoclesmegalodon6904]

Good luck! I've tried to but lacked the motivation :/

[@iberius9937]

Your comment on "summoning the demon of the corn faction" was hilarious! Excellent video. I myself have decided to focus on only Modern Greek for six months to a year before moving on to Ancient Greek (Koine and Attic). I am focusing on training my ear and understanding native speakers and on reading a lot as a way to acquire vocabulary, and focusing less on learning to speak phrases. Listening to Polyglot Steven Kaufman's advice on listening is helping a lot, and of course listening to your advice has also helped. Another note: There is no sense for me in learning the dead dialects of an ancient written language (Ancient Greek) if I can't yet even fluently speak, read, write and understand the speakers of the living form of that language as it exists today (Modern Greek). That said, I am at a good level in both my ancient and modern Greek as well as Latin but am by no means fluent, as of yet.

[@Mundiz_]

Thank you so much! I am currently trying to learn Polish as an English speaker.

[@egeoeris]

I often compare learning languages to sports, to summerize there's 3 steps of learning a sport: -Priming, you just spectate the thing even you don't understand what is going on(Repeat this step every time you do the latter steps) -Then basics, learn what is a throw what's a kick etc -Mastery, just keep adding variation to your skill set until you became as good as the player you're watching Yes some people are better at sports by nature but you can do the same by being patient, trust me i hated the gym class. For example I primed english with songs and video content, learned what speakers use for adjectives or pronouns etc and started to recongize the patterns or even start using idioms, when you're sufficent at understanding speech you just expand on your vocabulary. Biggest tip keep word-reference app running, never say "i'll just look it up later" to the word you wanna know in another language. Sometimes you might like a sport not played by many, lets say trying to find a hockey player in Turkey (struggle is real lol) so you may have to stick with theoretical practice for a long time, yes you will stutter and stop like a fool or even worse you developped wrong techniques when you first try to speak for realsies but that's expected, I'm livin' in Italy for the past 3 months and trust me i don't remember a single conversation didn't included "Non ho ancora imparato la vostra lingua" (I still didn't improved your language yet) , you just have to accept that you're not there yet and add more to your speech.

[@Xirpzy]

Speaking and understanding 3 languages fluently has already proved useful so i can understand why you would want to learn even more.

[@chrizzie1]

17:18 "You eat at least three times a week" - I certainly hope so.

[@dronillon2578]

Thank you very much for this lesson. This is how I learnt English language: Playing video games > watching movies and shows with subtitles in my language | reading and searching information on internet > watching movies and shows with english subtitles | reading books in english and writing on english forums > actually talking with other people in english using VoIP. And using Dictionaries in mobile phone/online to look up a new word every time I meet or need it. Increases vocabulary immensely. I have been considering picking up another language for some time now, but after watching this video I decided to start right away. My native language is Czech, fluent in English, although I could use more speaking practice, and basics of German. I'm going to improve my German and pick Russian or Chinese.

[@Von_D]

I find grammar far more interesting than most people I know.

[@Von_D]

Camilla's Camera Lucky for me, I trained in taekwondo. Bricks mean nothing!

[@DevilsAdvocateofnazareth]

You know some boring fucking people...

[@Tata-ps4gy]

Me too. I love how nations describes their feeling completly diffrently from the others.

[@Ace-gu4sw]

Something I would add: Don't be ashamed of making mistakes when you start of using a new language! I can say from experience, that some people don't even bother trying to use a new language, because they are afraid of being made fun of, when they make mistakes. But! Nobody starts of perfekt! Most people will actually really apreciate the fact, that you are trying to learn their language. You don't need to care about those, that won't. It's ok to make mistakes in the begining, as long as you are understood. Nice people will correct you (which you shouldn't take as an offence!) and you will become better.

[@abdulmuiz1049]

Now I'm MOTIVATED.

[@zaraiwzara]

Are you already bilingual?

[@CarlMarx]

I can testify to the fact that pronunciation is good to get as close to native as possible. For instance I know almost no Finnish , but I know a little and I really practice my pronunciation. This has meant that what I know has become a really solid foundation and my Finnish friends can tell I'm actually putting in effort even though I almost don't know anything, also it doesn't feel wierd to mix English and Finnish when speaking with them. For instance I always just say "mitä" to them instead of "what".

[@WesleyAlves42]

Assassin's Creed 2 was the game who sparked my interest to learn english.... at that time, we didn't have portuguese dubbing, or portuguese subtitles so I had to learn english or not understand the story at all. Nowadays most games are all dubbed and subtitled(Portuguese), people have no reason to learn a different language anymore, it's sad. :(

[@videogamebomer]

What about music

[@WesleyAlves42]

@@videogamebomer Music helps a lot too.

[@deankoulis9528]

Do a video about learning dead languages like latin or ancient Greek

[@juliusvandergrinten1558]

Dean Koulis please dont i have latin in school it is a major pain in the ass

[@deankoulis9528]

I have both latin and ancient greek as major in school and that's why I want it ( I feel your pain though)

[@Likexner]

Yes, and Sanskrit!

[@zaraiwzara]

Ancient languages are a pain in the ass, and at the wnd of the day, no one speaks them, so the effort is useless

[@zaraiwzara]

Already tried to learn ancient chinese and classical nahuatl, didn't go so well

[@samcurnes4355]

Sometimes in Italian I don’t always understand why some grammar structure are the way that they are like infinitive prepositions or auxiliary verbs like avere vs essere but then I’ll look at it closer and when I really see how it works it makes sense and I love it because it doesn’t become an obstacle then but rather an intuition in the language for further clarity

[@granddukethedan7029]

How do I speak many languages? I just eat dictionaries for breakfast.

[@butterflyspinart]

ThE aNsWeR iS qUiTe SiMpLe : SeVeN

[@jeffh1276]

When you learned English did you choose what type of English accent you wanted to speak like, or did you naturally start speaking in a British type English accent? Or was it something else? Thank you! Great content by the way!

[@toropazzoide]

He lived in England so I'm guessing that's where his accent comes from.

[@Xirpzy]

Came naturally later on depending on what media I watched and read. Didnt really choose one. Cant speak for Metatron but i guess this is the norm.

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

He said in a video he chose to learn British English

[@BoxBoy_99]

Made it to 1:11 Currently using the same video game to teach myself french/Portuguese I need go no further. I am already on the correct path, always ahead, and well-lit. Thank You❤

[@canzoneri8]

Great tips, so happy to see your making langauge videos again. Excellent video. Thank you

[@davidnguyen6823]

I went to school being able to speak Vietnamese, so I was behind in Danish, luckily I quickly became better than the native speakers and then I had English which I hated, but now speak better than Vietnamese. Now I am learning Japanese, German and Latin

[@loods2215]

I'm Italian too but I'm perfectly fluent in English exactly thanks to the things you mentioned! Really useful video, I'll try and learn back Spanish now

[@lisagiammanco6753]

Nice advices! I am currently planning to learn a 7th language too, but I struggle to choose which one 😊

[@-1subswithoutuploadingavid621]

Khorne. Khorne... KHORNE! KHORNE DOES NOT CARE WHERE THE BLOOD FLOWS, JUST AS LONG AS IT FLOWS! BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE!

[@123MrDenideni]

The greater good shall prevail,Tyrant!

[@FENomadtrooper]

MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES!

[@KowboyUSA]

A basic understanding of Greek and Latin roots helps unlock the meanings of many of the words used across the Romance group of languages.

[@thomasvanhorssen8278]

Im Dutch. And i speak english and now im learning japanese. But Dutch is so hard, that im not 100% good at it.

[@therapier4214]

Excellent Metatron. Please make some additional language videos, esp Italian. I am studying Italian. Your suggestions are excellent. I can put my weekly vocabulary lists and sentences on my phone, so I have them always. Thanks.

[@karl1799]

I can understand 90+% of what people say in a video in English, but as long as I can remember my speaking skills have ground to a halt due to the fact that I live in a monolingual country, Norway. I haven't acquired the same level of fluency in speaking as I have in writing, reading and comprehending English. Fortunately, I've got a friend who's not that comfortable speaking in Norwegian, so I can exploit the situation by speaking as much English with him as possible.

[@edi9892]

Noticing the accent can be surprisingly tough. I'm an Austrian who grew up in Baveria, Germany. I had never a problem there being understood, but when I moved to Switzerland, I met some Germans that didn't understand me and I was completely surprised by it. They had little exposure to Austrians, nor Baverians... I would have never thought that it would make such a difference, as Swiss German is much more different than Austrian vs German. The other funny thing I noticed is that hardly anyone ever guesses my origin correctly when I speak English. They know that I'm not a native speaker, but they don't associate my accent to German. Even weirder many understand me very well and a few struggle a lot.

[@carcharoclesmegalodon6904]

Italians: _spaghetti_ Americans: _SPAGHERI_

[@DerFauleHund]

In my freetime i like to explore unique stuff you can find about languages. One ting i found that made me speechless was The Chaos by Gerard Nolst Trenité. Lindybeige has read the poem on his channel.

[@فنكجَلِيدٍ]

I learned english, french and spanish from video-games :) I also speak esperanto and a little italian.

[@paintedsnyper]

This is how I learn English

[@jollygoodyo]

Tell me Mr Mussolini.. Did it hurt?

[@BLEDA127]

Thank you man!! Great info. I'll be sure to put it into practice.

[@CraigLYoung]

Merry Christmas Metatron!

[@flokigamez271]

Perfect video, thanks. I'm already quite fluent in English and I would like to learn Mandarin (the only problem is that I'm a lazy F). If the words aren't connected to memories, you'll forget them. It's funny I just realized that thanks to you. All the words I remember are connected to memories...

[@chabis]

A good ability to imitate sounds of course helps a lot. I am a singer so I am rather OK at it. Others are not so gifted in that area so they may never master it. But even then you gain a lo from learning languages.

[@thehistorygreek4267]

Awesome!! Going to help a lot!! Thanks!

[@yana_1547]

Love your language videos! Very motivating, although I'm a language teacher myself. :)))

[@Gothtecdotcom]

I have my Borzig, World of Tanks, set to german, I know what they are saying in english because of situation... but still haven't figured out "Mega Fish nuts!" I have asked German and Dutch speakers and they haven't a clue. I find thinking like the person born to the language helps significantly, speak Russian, think like a Russian, speak Spanish, think like the Spanish, etc etc I constantly correct pronunciation in WoT especially Russian, I don't speak Russian, but seem to be able to do it... Playing Assassins Creed Odyssey has opened me up to pronunciation of Ancient Greek... Picked up various phrases in several languages, even welsh and Klingon!

[@-1subswithoutuploadingavid621]

Hell yeah! I'm gonna finish learning the French as I'm pretty good cause school and then learn Finnish!

[@dzikijohnny]

This is why I’ve chosen to start with Latin. Check out Gwyenne’s Latin to find out why.

[@bliblivion]

i have noticed that my understanding of foreign languages is good but i have more problems constructing grammatically correct sentences, i am getting understood but this is not a fluent level.

[@herrkollege5707]

Hi Metatron, i am a follower of your channel for a while now. There are some videos on your channel, where you analyze the historical accuracy of video games and movies. I am interested in your opinion and in that context i would have a suggestion for a new video. My favorite movie about the old feudalistic Japan is the miniseries “Shogun” by James Clavell in 1980. I think even the main theme of the soundtrack is epic. The first time i saw it as a child in the former GDR state television. I think it was on a black and white TV without a remote control. :-) Many years later the series was released as a DVD box. When i watched the series the first time after so many years, i thought to myself: “Wtf? Where are the subtitles?”. In the box's inlet i read that this was exactly the purpose of the director. The viewer should feel like a Westerner and like Richard Chamberlain, forced to learn some Japanese too. Now my question: Did you already see this series? Could you please make video about the historical accuracy of the movie series “Shogun”? How accurate are the costumes, props and battles? Is the treatment of the European sailors or the subordinate natives realistically represented? Such a video by you would be awesome. Thank you and best wishes from Germany.

[@PloyBoy]

I find Italian very fun and interesting sounding, i like it a lot more than spanish, i would like to learn it but first i need to perfect my german somehow. Btw great video will use the advices :)

[@declanjones556]

It's true about t pronunciation thing I've got a mate who's frm Yorkshire and I always start speaking like him when I'm around him and I've never even be t Yorkshire

[@TheKyleodgers]

I Love these videos, do more of these!Hearing this has made me realise how much I've progressed in learning my own language(joking); since i watched your last video on language. I'm considering Italian now as a thired language i have Tavolo(table likely spelt wrong), pranzo ,pizza and pasta already how much more can there be? Keep up the good work Raf.

[@alexandrobaptiste3062]

Wow o.O! Era da tanto che non sentivo un ragazzo italiano parlare così tante lingue e così bene!

[@metatronyt]

Grazie!

[@didsain]

"If i had 1,000,000 then I would buy food". Did I hear that correctly?

[@phil_zupra_b5880]

Thanks to videogames i started learning English. Because if i wanted to play a game or watch a movie for example, i wanted to understand everything without looking at the subtitles. Now i only play videogames, watch videos and movies and read books in English. On KZbin for example like 90% of all the KZbinrs i subscribed make content on English, the rest are german channels. I also often visit Italy because my family has a vacation house (i think you can call it) there. But my Italian is really bad. So i often taught of learning that. But i go there only one week per year so i never had the intention to learn. And than anime came in my live and love for japan and its culture. So i also want to learn japanese to watch animes and to visit japan. There are so many languages i want to learn *sigh*

[@monig3725]

I know he speaks Italian, English and Spanish. Due to his content, he may speak Latin as well. I run a language channel and I pick up on this now and then.

[@Marcoshary]

This was very interesting. Very useful information.

[@Allo-nm7gd]

Guardando come gesticoli si vede che sei un mio connazionale, bel video

[@linux5min]

From Portugal learning Japanese, gonna try this things for sure :)

[@bobbybiggerstaff7269]

Thank you for this video!

[@victxbr]

Im Brazilian and i understand 99% of you say, now im trying to learn Spanish (pretty easy because is similar to Portuguese) and French, after i plan to learn Italian, Latin and Japanese

[@enricosportelli599]

Metatron: you can't go out around naked... Me: was that a challenge?

[@semp224]

I learned english through games and later on, historical documentaries

[@lorenzo4637]

More of this, please!

[@CarlMarx]

Buorit juovllat! (Merry christmas in nothern sami language) feel free to use this as much as you want!

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

Do you guys say perkele

[@CarlMarx]

@@proudtitanicdenier4300 No, thats Finnish. Some suggestions for sami alternatives you can say: biru/biro, sahtan, beargalat or neavri.

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

@@CarlMarx I will be sure to use those

[@Mr2Badboybrown]

I remember learning French at school, but I'll be honest I forget most of what I learnt because I didn't use it outside of school, Spanish would've been better as I've been to more Spanish speaking places

[@gardenlizard1586]

My grandmother worked for British Rail and had to phone around Europe so was pretty good with languages. I'm not to her confoundation

[@dkingsilencer]

You'll teach grammar the same way I teach math, the difficulty is in the outlook of the person learning not in grammar/math

[@spongekupo]

Im fluent in spanish and english but i already feel like i have my hands full with japanese. Learning a language that uses a different alphabet feels like you're learning 2

[@tamasnagy3779]

Metatron, could you answer a question for me? Always when I hear italian from native speakers they have a strange "singing-like" accent. But when I hear you speaking your native tongue it sounds a really beautiful, melodic language to me. You speak it much more naturally and in a much more poetic and archaic way like the mayority of the native speakers. I feel that what you say is "modern latin". Could it be possible that it's because you speak latin very good?

[@nullshock3381]

YES THEY ARE BACK!!!

[@videosofthedammed]

Personally im trying to learn Spanish but at my work most people speak Romanian Russian and Bulgarian so learning phrases in all but one word at a time and I'm an English speaker 😂

[@zd9078]

Am i the only one who focused on the battery in the microphone?

[@tibfulv]

Can confirm, fluency impresses native speakers.

[@DetectiveAndrey]

That video games are helpfull at learning languages is true. League of Legends helped me a lot in learnign english. But don't forget, that you have to make paperstudies nonthenless. Games/Literature/Manga/Movies/whatever are helpfull, but I think it's better to see them as addition to learning and not as the main source. And yeah, learning different languages simultaneously is hard. I have so much to do learning chinese and japanese at the same time.

[@nicollascarramaschi5645]

Tanks from Brasil

[@ZelphTheWebmancer]

(Thanks*) É nois o/

[@lalchimiste6947]

I guess we’re in war now

[@kaze_829]

@demiurgo kkkkkk

[@atrevolutionwiththomaspain68]

@demiurgo Falando coisas aleatórias para confundir quem tentar traduzir o que está dizendo ?

[@christopherellis2663]

Subtitles help, either way. Reading about a known topic. Listening to the locals chat in cafes gets the rhythm and intonation. Ask! Since January, I have picked up two extras, sort of, Croatian-Bosnian and Romanian. Put in the time, and practice. @69. NB the Wikipedia description of R. Vowels is wrong! ă equals Estonian õ, & î/â equals Turkish ı....

[@robertbeckler5058]

I'm uni-lingual . started learning another language once but the lady left my life and that was the end of that. I heard Italian is tough

[@sststr]

I had a friend in college who could speak fluent Polish since her parents were from Poland, but she never learned the read or write Polish. Even though it's the same Latin alphabet as English, with a few diacriticals sprinkled in, the orthography is just tricky enough that speaking it doesn't translate well into writing it. Of course, English spelling is quite the abomination compared to how the language is spoken, but I expect the reasons for the (mostly the great vowel shift, but also the generous importation of words from numerous other languages) are different compared to Polish.

[@sststr]

It's also pretty satisfying to see certain role playing games that separate speaking from writing when it comes to skill selection. Fading Suns does this, and even has certain languages that are only spoken or only written (due to races that never developed writing, or races that have gone extinct and only their writings remain, the same reasons you find here in reality).

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

It's easy to read once you learn the letter combos. Like "cz"

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

Twoja stara zapierdala

[@Gothtecdotcom]

You do not have an Italian accent, I've picked up Essex and East London but not Italian....

[@earthmom106]

How can you be Italian when you sound so British?😘

[@jodybahamut7014]

Bro, who made your nodachi? I've watched a bunch of your vids but you never seem to list make or model... Do a review vid n list the specs, eh?

[@ThreeKingFisher0]

I don't exactly agree with the idea that each skill is learned separately. I think a general exposure to the language is overall going to help you better every side of a language's skillset, though obviously the specific skill trained i.e writing is going to improve that skill the most. I speak from experience, I'd say I haven't even dedicated 0.5% of my time to practice spoken english, but when I got to actually use it i.e a ~20 min presentation in Uni I didn't do bad, even if obviously it is my least developed skill. I think a constant practice of reading and writing is going to nevertheless slowly help you think in the language, and once you are able to think, you are for the most ready to talk, albeit perhaps with a funny accent.

[@matusfekete6503]

"...how difficult is it really to say 'If I had enough time I would go to Rome'" It stopped me for a second to think - how would I say it in English?

[@nevecieco2688]

Do you have any suggestions for someone who failed high school because they failed the only language that they speak? I failed all four years of remedial English.

[@sabin97]

before watching the video, i would guess it's by using them, continuously....

[@General_59-z1b]

Metatron I know this is not relevant to this video, linking back to gaming, I think you should at least check out or play a game called Total War Shogun 2. It's a very high recommendation, It has swords and Samurai and everything linking back to the history of Japan.