How to Learn Verb Conjugations Without Grammar Tables (or Boring Drills)

[@Daisika]

Swedish is like a breath of fresh air when it comes to verb conjugation. No matter if he, she, you, they, etc are doing it, it’s all conjugated the same. Coming from Spanish, this is so amazing 😩

[@sonictailsandsally]

Same in Japanese! :)

[@belle_pomme]

Swedish still has tenses though, there are a lot of Asian languages that don't even have tenses.

[@pauleff3312]

Pretty much like English? We have just 2 tenses with everything else being catered for modally with other verbs which themselves just have 2 tenses. Only since trying to learn Spanish in my mid 50's have I essentially learned so much about my own native language. It's fascinating

[@lvxartist]

Like Korean!! They're amazing to learn grammar coming from Romance languages

[@NicklasHerreraHansson]

It's a nightmare the other way around! Being native Swedish trying to learn Spanish...

[@samykiani944]

I reached a C1 in French without ever having learned verbs explicitly. I reached it with massive exposure.

[@laique8797]

Mais comment...? S'il vous plaît N'hésitez pas partager...

[@jessygt4414]

@@laique8797 Si votre langue natale ressemble au français (italien, espagnol, portugais...) ou si vous avez déjà un niveau intermédiaire, vous pouvez déjà regarder des films français sous titrés en français. C'est un bon moyen de s'imprégner d'une langue et d'apprendre de nouvelles expressions. Vous pouvez aussi écouter des musiques sous titrées. Si des mots inconnus apparaissent et que vous n'arrivez pas à deviner leur signification selon le contexte, n'hésitez pas à vérifier leur traduction. Enfin, communiquer à l'écrit et à l'oral avec des natifs est un super moyen de s'améliorer. Il y a aussi, bien évidemment, la lecture qui est utile... Voilà, l'idée étant de cumuler tous ces moyens pour progresser rapidement (mais toujours garder à l'esprit qu'apprendre une langue reste un long processus, donc patience)

[@hanniballecter5983]

If you don't mind, can you tell me how long it took approximately? And how much exposure exactly? (like did you travel there or just consumed media, if so how many hours daily?) sorry if this is too much to ask

[@asher3795]

That's called the Natura or natural method. You can also achieve fluency by reading a lot, listening to podcasts and watching TV shows.

[@marcelomarcelo63]

Ive been learning english since covid started, exactly a year. Ive never "studied" and I need much more to reach fluency, but, I can understand 90% of movies, talk shows and books. What Ive been doing is watching videos, series, talk shows, interviews, sometimes with subtitles sometimes not, taking vocabularies and looking for people to talking. By the way, if someone wanna learning portuguese lets talking and change tips in english and portuguese.

[@samuelcarvalho9159]

How to master the verb conjugation without grammar: 1. Spoken Dialogues (learning from a context) 2. Focus on the essential (everyday verb) 3. Online Grammar Quizzes

[@samuelcarvalho9159]

@@abdulhaseebbatataz9794 you're welcome

[@thalblankson4002]

Great thanks, can't find online quizzes for Urdu !

[@belle_pomme]

@@thalblankson4002 wow, you're learning urdu??

[@konyvnyelv.]

Or learn languages without conjugations! 😅

[@sheeliekittie9298]

i love the idea of online quizzes! and what is meant exactly from focusing on the essential? I just wanted some clarification on that, thank you =)

[@irenemcnamara9699]

I studied 5 years of Russian with grammar tables, and I was never bored. The tables helped me to learn the grammar speedily. Without them, I would still be plugging along, trying to understand Russian. Now I have moved on to other languages using grammar tables. But my knowledge of Russian is the best!

[@pingoleonfernandez7638]

I was avoiding grammar tables for years now. Recently I realize that, for me at least, they were very very effective because I was and am learning French and the simmilarities its verb conjugations have with Spanish (my native lang.) make it so confusing when I try to learn just by exposure or any simmilar approach. Same with portuguese and Italian. They are so similar that I was never sure if I was just distorting spanish verb conjugations or actually speaking french, italian or portuguese.

[@derpderp9281]

Learning Korean: Finding out the verbs always conjugate the same, regardless of who is doing them: :) Finding out there is a ton of different conjugations depending on age, social status, relationship status and how formal you need to be: :(

[@k.5425]

Really? I can't wait to learn Korean, lol. But focusing on Spanish for now.

[@derpderp9281]

@@k.5425 haha, don't worry about what I said, Korean is a really fun language! Actually, Korean conjugation, even though it can be odd, is much easier than Spanish! Much less words to remember! But I hope this doesn't discourage you from studying Spanish, it's a really good language too!

[@nicoleraheem1195]

@@derpderp9281 Oh wow so I'm not alone. I'm learning Korean and Chinese, and I find Korean to be WAAAAAAY more exciting to learn than chinese even though I love learning them both 😌

[@k.5425]

@@derpderp9281 thanks. I'm not discouraged. Definitely want to learn both but I feel it's better I get a good basis in spanish before studying korean. If I didn't have Spanish as a course in uni right now I would have definitely learnt korean first. But anyway glad it's happening this way anyway I'm getting more info than I think I would have if I had just started korean.

[@angelassheryl]

I'm a Spanish speaker and when I saw the amount of conjugations that the language have I had headache 💁🏻‍♀️( I had to study Spanish in the university to learn how to write good essays and to correct Grammar and typing errors in books)

[@davidlericain]

To learn French I used one of those old Foreign Service Institute books. Hundreds of pages of syntax drills. Each sentence a slight variation on the last. After a few hundred pages of that you more or less have the language burned into your brain. My french might not be perfect, and never will be obviously, but as for verbs I don't think I have even the slightest trouble. The method sounds boring, but it's kind of easy and almost passive in a way. You say the sentence, think the thought and onto the next sentence. It's like a kind of cognitive programming. lol Works for me.

[@oprator8500]

My personal approach to languages is the following: each language is like a genre of music, and actually it is, having it`s own sounds, rhythm patterns, vowel placement, tempo, velocity, length, bass etc., so I am just putting an effort to catch with the music as primary goal, once it`s done, and my tongue twists in harmony and balance with language traditional sound, everything else becomes natural and finds it`s proper place in the head on it`s own and moreover makes perfect sense, so guess grammar is always secondary

[@Victoria-zf1qu]

*exactlyyy*

[@Victoria-zf1qu]

Periotdd

[@user-bn8ie5zt9x]

Ok... easier said than done. What do you actually do?

[@oprator8500]

@@user-bn8ie5zt9x mostly just endless listening, hours and hours of it, but I find topics that interest me in general whatever language is, and by this days and days pass and I just absorb not trying to go any deeper. Then after some time I have whole grammar structures, number of words and phrases, understanding of most common tenses and main I can differentiate word from other like actually hearing the speech, not just barbarbar. That's the time I start repeating after whoever talks and mimic speed and sounds even it looks very funny sometimes. And that's it, I go on with language naturally or switch to the other one, cause sometimes all You need is to understand if not planning to use language later actively

[@samaval9920]

So listening to song styles of each language then analyze patterns of ??

[@Superlife1369]

I bought your language learning course a few years ago and it is one of the greatest assets I have for language learning. Thanks again for that course 😍

[@LucaLampariello]

Thanks! =) Brand-new courses are coming soon, 2021 is going to be an amazing year =)

[@angelsjoker8190]

Easy prediction after 2020 :D

[@alexc1318]

Me learning Chinese: *I don't have such weaknesses*

[@OhWanya]

Lol i see you

[@feliipe2935]

Why?😐

[@OhWanya]

@@feliipe2935 there is no conjugation in chinese, just ''time word'' that tell you if its in past, or futur :). there is no exeption to that rule too! so technicly, knowing the infinitive, you'll know them all.

[@belle_pomme]

Indonesian/Malay too, we just know the tense from context and sometimes we put time indicator to make it clear, the verbs don't conjugate depending on the subject, no matter who does it, it's the same

[@former8667]

@@belle_pomme I love indonesian. Don't speak it, but the plural is beautiful.

[@i_am_the_enemy]

You have no idea how much this video is going to help me, I´m a native Spanish speaker and right now I'm teaching my dad English, also I´m starting to learn Italian and I was feeling a little bit lost because I didn´t have a method to begin with. It´s funny that I learned English just like you mention in the video but on a slow and out of control way, I´m about to change that, thanks for the advice, as always is so good to hear you!

[@estefaneoy3483]

Hello there, would you mind telling me about the progress you've made in Italian and what method are you following aside this?

[@i_am_the_enemy]

@@estefaneoy3483 Sure! I've been doing this for a couple of weeks and I'm able to star short conversations, read and understand short text too. Even tho the listening progress has been even better, because I understand a lot. My methods beside this are looking vocabulary of things I like such as music, food, travels, books and looking for the most basic grammar like pronouns and differencie between plural and singular words and phrases, for that matter I use pinterest, there is a lot of good and easy information there. And every night I listen to a podcast, look out in spotify for Italiano Bello, the girl has a very smooth and understandable accent. To finish my studying process I repeat the phrases or words I liked the most, I even record myself to compare my pronunciation and that's helping me a lot. Hope this could help you

[@estefaneoy3483]

@@i_am_the_enemy That's great, that is exactly what I need to do. I'll follow your ideas. Thanks a lot.

[@bhami]

Right on! Thinking about English (my native language), you pretty much can get by 95% just fine with nothing beyond the simple present and simple past. E.g. if you say "Tomorrow I go" instead of "Tomorrow I will go", people might think you talk a little funny, but you'll be perfectly understood, just like your example of the child saying "I goed" instead of "I went".

[@ilovegnulinux]

2:06 I had an opposite problem: the thing that I knew the best after studying German at school was verb conjugation - but my vocabulary was very limited. Later, when I was studying Italian on my own, I started from the same point: I memorized all conjugation tables for all tenses and moods in a couple of days because they are just beautiful and logical. But that knowledge would have been useless if I had not have a massive exposure to Italian songs, films and books.

[@figgettit]

the one word rule of all language learning is: triangulate.

[@Tenahio]

Interestingly enough, it's common for small children to first use irregular verbs correctly, then they unconsciously learn the patterns and by deduction start to hypercorrect themselves saying things like "goed", and later they "relearn" the irregular variants

[@figgettit]

obviously they move from context to principle to exception because they can't read. they are entirely context dependent in the phase in which they are developing language because they are not exposed to mediums of (meta)analysis.

[@adriennludwig8987]

Szia Luca! Te vagy a világ legjobb mentora! Köszönöm, neked köszönönhetően fejlődött az angol és a német nyeltudásom. Isten áldjon 🌹

[@wiammet]

I studied Spanish in high school for two years and yet I couldn't speak or understand it very well , months later I started watching spanish series and little by little I became more fluent and more confident and I understood it very well !! Listening and repeating is a great way for learning anything !!

[@jaeesmichelle]

were you studying outside of the series? or you learned with only tv?

[@wiammet]

@@jaeesmichelle no , I was just translating what I didn't understand and translating songs and dialogues and try to practice with natives online !

[@kirstysilvester1]

Grazie mille Luca. La tua idea è buona. Troverò con i verbi italiani!

[@muslica27]

To support in a natural way of improving my Spanish I have downloaded the Spanish keyboard to my mobile. When I want to write something in Spanish but I am not sure about the conjugation I start to write it down and the mobile offers me the most probably words. It works very well for me for verb conjugation but also for other words. I also use an appliaction of the most common Spanish verbs and I open it only when I need to say something. In my opinion language learning is not about lexical knowledge but more about connections in the brain, which is experince based.

[@vitor.torino]

I do the same thing with Italian! The suggestions really help

[@gringa23]

For Spanish I just start out with the indicative from present , past, and future. And then work my way down to imperfect and conditional. I start to see some patterns in more conditional and imperfect for -er and -ir verbs to have a ía, ías, ía, and so forth. It really helps to just work your way down, so for regular verbs I can remember the rules of it. However irregular verbs are a bit tricky to remember. No doubt! I will still continue Spanish no matter how many mistakes I will make and I will always enjoy the journey of learning languages.

[@belle_pomme]

How's your progress now? I'm learning French and enjoying every bit of it❤

[@samaval9920]

1st, we need to learn indicative mode’s many conjugations 2nd conditional mode’s conjugations 3rd imperative mode’s fewer conjugations 4th subjunctive mode’s many conjugations 5th brain transfusion or new replacement brain!! Main difference-indicative shows facts, others show non facts not yet facts or unlikely to become facts. Many (all? languages make this distinction- randomly, Swahili, Chinese, etc.)

[@Ellary_Rosewood]

It has been SUPER frustrating learning Spanish verb conjugations. I've been studying Spanish for years now, but am still at a beginners level with conjugating verbs. It makes it extremely difficult to communicate when speaking Spanish. I understand around 70% of what's being spoken around me, but when I start to speak, I feel like I can't contribute much to the conversation. On the other hand, Japanese verbs came SO much easier to me and I never really had any difficulty with them. I'll be moving to México in January and have been really buckling down on my Spanish verb conjugations before I get there so that life will be just that much easier. Thank you so much for this video, Luca! ❤️

[@samaval9920]

Perhaps you/we can 1st identify the various ver situations, then find the suitable verb tense, aspect, mode, etc. Example to see if speaker/writer sees situation as fact (indicative mode) or not (each in own way, imperative conditional subjunctive to see if speakers sees action or situation in 1 if aspects-start, continue, repeat or end to see when speaker talks of action or situation- past, present, future etc. These criteria lead to various verb forms uses. Unfortunately we still have see who, by gender & how many by no. does the actions. There are several criteria, but most can be very quickly decided-even fact or non fact. Buena suerte!!!

[@danielepollino]

I feel lucky to have a language guru like you and above all to be guided in my linguistic awakening by you. You're part of my circle of virtuous people. Each video is an illumination...💫✨🌌 Thank you so much maestro 🙏❤️

[@LucaLampariello]

Troppo buono Danielino, troppo buono ;-) Ma sei tu che sei grande, io non ho fatto nulla. Come diceva il buon Galileo "non puoi insegnare nulla a nessuno"

[@xianwuxing]

Luca is an encouragement to us mortals!

[@danielepollino]

@@LucaLampariello ما شاء الله عليك يا معلمي ✨✨✨

[@afanasymarinov2236]

These advices are gold. From my own experience I can tell that the approach Luca recommends works perfectly well.

[@barbara4142]

So, so true. I started learning Italian with grammar books. It was a disaster I could not remeber anything. I was just about to quit. But I made some research online, found some interesting places to get real Italian and everything has changed from that time. Grammar only as you say for checking what has not been understood. Grazie Luca. Abbraccio 🤗.

[@sinajml5092]

Oh, would you help me out with what you found?

[@barbara4142]

@@sinajml5092 with a pleasure :). I started with italian alone without a teacher and without knowing any single word. English was very helpful in this process of acquisition. Important: I listened the same audio many times to remember better. I started with listening to Alberto from Italiano Automatico. Davide from podcast italiano, everyday I listened to Roberto from un Italiano Vero last time i discovered italiano in 7 minuti, and piazzasquare, everything on KZbin. For beginers I recommend easy leanguage italian and also coffee break italian. There are so mamy resources to choose from . What we need is good motivation. My italian is not perfect I still struggle with speaking but slowly but surely I will get there. If you have questions please ask. Where are you from?🙂

[@barbara4142]

@@sinajml5092 of course for getting ideas how to approach this I follow Luca Lampariello 🤩 and Robin MacPearson 🤩 those two guys are so positive I just adore them 😍

[@LucaLampariello]

Grazie cara Barbara =)

[@tomate3391]

When I started with Spanish some years ago, I only learnt a handful of conjugations for each suffix. And the rest I learnt by guessing and trial and error through reading and writing. I figured out very quickly the bigger problem is the appropriate use of tenses and not in the conjugation itself. So, more or less I agree on what you has told us in the video. Grazie per il video.

[@samaval9920]

We need to learn to use verb tenses (point in time) verb aspects (start, continue, repeat, end- Spanish etc. has 2 places to show continuing aspect- imperfect indicative & subjunctive & gerund verbs (English -ing, Spanish and I, etc.) Verb modes indicative shows facts imperative, conditional & subjunctive in different ways show non facts some more likely to become facts, others less likely. Good luck!!

[@audylu5681]

This video addressed perfectly the challenge I’ve been struggling with lately: trying to learn every verb I come across before I’ve really mastered the basics. (I’m an English speaker learning Spanish). Thank you for the very helpful suggestions!

[@elisongarcia3972]

Grazie Luca. Sono messicano e sto imparando a parlare italiano, a volte penso che sia intuitivo a causa delle somiglianze delle lingue. Apprezzo molto i tuoi video. :)

[@ashleyfoss4718]

This came up in my YT feed at just the right time. Tonight's Russian class was really hard and boring. The last 3 or 4 lessons have been, frankly. We are trying to learn in ways that you described at the beginning of the video. My teacher tells me not to read material that is too hard or that uses cases we haven't learned- this goes against everything I believe as a learner of anything. I want to expose myself to as much as I can even if it pushes me to the boundaries of my knowledge. I feel validated now!

[@hamzamohamed7935]

This comment just to state the fact that i loved the vedio.... Actually it is one of the most useful vedios lve seen in a while 🇵🇸✌️

[@LucaLampariello]

Glad you found it useful! =)

[@mauriciojaramillo3691]

Gracias Luca. hoy he estado estudiando Alemán toda la mañana y lo hacia utilizando tablas de verbos, pero tienes razón es mucho mas efectivo darle contexto a las oraciones y de esa manera a los verbos, palabras, etc. Para ello me ha parecido que estudiar videos cortos como los de Easy German son geniales porque te dan contexto de lo que ocurre, de lo que se esta diciendo. Gracias.

[@evaphillips2102]

Eso es como he aprendido ingles así un nativo, es tambièn como yo aprendiendo Español

[@mauriciojaramillo3691]

@@evaphillips2102 Que bueno, si quieres practicamos speaking..saludos.

[@auntyjo1792]

If only I "noticed" now, as an adult, with the clarity I had as a child. It's true that it's sensible to learn the commonly used verbs in their more frequently used forms.

[@gringa23]

I agree ☝️

[@cziberec]

Hi Luca, Thanks for sharing this, very useful! As a native Hungarian speaker, I applaud you for having learnt Hungarian!! :)

[@annadeptua3225]

Hi! That sound great! Because I can't learn grammar tenses and I have given up so many time for many years but I'm buying another books of it and I think that I really like learn English on this book. And some day I catch up something and I decided that I 'll be learning English as my little daughter. And it works! I'm staring writing, reading - I love reading English book and Polish too. I'm recently looking person who want to be speaking for me on English and it is a hard finding someone for free. My English is far from perfect but now I have told of myself I can't give up.

[@alobo_78]

Gracias por este dato! Siempre la conjugación es todo un tema, sobre todo en lenguas romances...

[@LucaLampariello]

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[@byronwilliams7977]

Its amazing, your English is still improving.

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[@collegesuccess]

10:43 min. mark. Excellent point, here, Luca. If you dive in ready to make mistakes, rather than routinely peeking at solutions, your initial exposures can actively engage, shift and adapt, making content much more likely to interleave itself with what you have already learned. Here's to progress. Keep up the great work: Cheers!

[@susycasteya8145]

Hi luca!!! Very intetesting video!!! I used to listen to you in English, great pronunciation, and in italian, those are the two languages I' m studyng. And I already speak spanish., I' m from Argentina. Thanks a lot!!!

[@former8667]

primeramente, lo siento - no tengo accentes en mi computadora. Solo quiero decir que el espanol de argentina esta el mejor en el mundo!

[@AntipodePolyglot]

2:55 One of the toughest moments for non-native speakers of Russian is to master perfective vs imperfective verbs. There is no simple rule to tell the aspect for an given verb or to choose which aspect to use! A group of European scientists researched how Russian preschool children acquire verb aspect... and they were so surprised that the children made no mistakes in their speech, they were always using the right aspect!

[@LucaLampariello]

Yep, verb aspect in slavic languages is a killer =)

[@Buildingscienceacademy]

You just explained LingQ, my favorite language app. It’s literally the only “learning” app I use and it’s freaking amazing. I’ve always been curious if Luca even knows about this tool. Idk if they have Hungarian, but dude you gotta try it.

[@deiver2492]

Very useful pieces of advice. I've always struggled learning those conjugation tables. From now on, I declare my self free of that stuff. Grazie mille, Luca L. for doing our lifes easier with your great ideas 😘👍👍

[@qwlol]

I think the effectiveness of this advice might be limited depending on the person’s native language. As a native Chinese speaker, for example, it would drive me crazy had I not seen the word in a conjugation table or at least learnt some basic conjugation rules before. After heeding many similar advice of “just read”, in fact I realized what I need is the opposite: learning from contexts gives me only a fuzzy impression of the language, while marking every unit of meaning out, or looking at resources that had marked them out for me explicitly, in this case a conjugation table, gives me clarity. Great if it helps others though!

[@samaval9920]

For comparison between Chinese & English verb tenses, see a certain 1 of Ask Andy’s videos.

[@IAMCHIDERA]

Same honestly I need both. Using either in alone doesn’t give me a good foundation

[@annmarieroeb8290]

Some of my earliest memories are listening to German songs(i.e. Du kanst nicht treu sien) with my grandfather who would then tell me what the words meant, and my grandmother singing a Hungarian lullaby.:)

[@tullochgorum6323]

I don't understand why so many language experts keep suggesting that adults learn like children. First, children have a cognitive capacity to learn from deduction which we lose progressively as adults. And secondly, it takes them thousands and thousands of hours of input from family, friends, teachers and media to develop their skills. Do you want to take 10 years of full-time study to speak like a 10-year-old? We need to accelerate the process. Nothing wrong with learning from input, obviously. It will always be the foundation. But drilling grammar patterns is fine too, so long as you put them to use immediately - and many polyglots learn this way. The problem with the way we were taught at school was that the learning was done in isolation from meaningful application. The FSO made extensive use of drilling with great success over decades. It may be a bit boring, but it's efficient and effective.

[@xianwuxing]

Thanks Luca for excellent content as always. Man I have always struggled with grammar and particularly with verbs. I have gotten better but it is still a challenge. This morning I was looking over some Romanian grammar. Have a blessed day and continue the good work.

[@LucaLampariello]

Thanks for the kind words! =)

[@ichbinhier355]

Luca, what about cases and déclinaisons ? How do you learn them?

[@dantabaken6840]

Thank you very much, signore Lampariello, for you wonderful job and tips. Вас всегда приятно послушать!

[@dandana4647]

Thank you for the tip of checking the quizzes for the grammar .regarding the learning of vocabulary in context I watch you tubes videos selecting the topics ..to learn about food I watch cooking channels in the language I am studying ....this way you see the person do what the verb she is using implies ....by always watching videos from the same person you get used to her vocabulary ..when it becomes too easy you watch videos from a different person on the same topic ...I is incredible how people use different verbs and words to describe what they are actually doing when cooking .....an other way is to listen to you tube videos of songs with the lyrics in subtitles..

[@ErnieV76]

You are always so generous with your knowledge. Thank you. And your online class filled up fast. Wow. Enjoy your time with fellow language learners. Sounds fun. 👍🏼🙏🏼

[@carlo7503]

Grazie infinite Luca, sempre ottimi video e contenuti ! Ti vorrei chiedere una cosa: durante il periodo universitario(mi sembra tu abbia studiato ingegneria elettronica) come procedeva lo studio delle lingue e l'apprendimento di quest'ultime ? Ti faccio questa domanda così specifica, perché anche io sono uno studente di ingegneria, seppur aeronautica, e sto cercando d'imparare ad un alto livello inglese e russo; tuttavia le due cose(ingegneria e lingue) ben poco riescono a convivere nella mia giornata Un saluto e tante buone cose !

[@LucaLampariello]

Bella domanda e grazie per le belle parole =) Ingegneria elettronica fu dura, c'era da sacco. Ma le due cose possono coesistere, dipende come ti organizzi. E' tutta una questione di pianificare ed eseguire. Per rispondere alla tua domanda mi serve sapere come organizzi le tue giornate e che orari hai. In generale, per quanto mi riguarda, studiavo lingue soprattutto la sera, dopo aver passato la giornata a studiare per gli esami. PS: a me piace da morire la fisica, astrofisica e areodinamica. Pensa che ingegneria areonautica era proprio quella che volvo fare ma poi ho finito per seguire i consigli di mio padre, anche lui ingegnere elettronico

[@carlo7503]

@@LucaLampariello si, sto frequentando alla Sapienza, dove mi sembra anche tu ti sia formato ! Considera che mi alzo alle 05:00-05:30 e la prima cosa che faccio è il russo, perché in un momento diverso dalla mattina poco dopo essermi svegliato, diventa troppo pesante e difficile. Inglese la sera, e fra questi due estremi metto ingegneria. È molto difficile, tuttavia, riuscire a farlo tutti i giorni, ed i periodi come le sessioni d'esame sono quelli in cui tale programmazione fa acqua da tutte le parti ma vabbè, un passo alla volta mi ripeto in quei casi. Avrei tanto voluto iniziare a studiare il tedesco o il francese, come quarta lingua da apprendere (ho conseguito il C1 in spagnolo l'anno scorso ma sono sfortunatamente peggiorato per dare spazio a russo ed inglese), ma non ho il tempo né le energie ora come ora. Comunque, grazie per la risposta, in futuro quando avrò più indipendenza economica, sarò certamente uno dei tuoi allievi :) !

[@douglasmcleod7074]

Thanks Luca. It all seems so obvious when you say it but when one is faced with verb tables in the early stages of Learning, the mind boggles. So, hearing you saying this is a gréât relief!

[@os3251]

A very useful videos Luca, thank you. I am struggling with Spanish conjugations currently. The quiz recommendation is really interesting.

[@josephmessina4832]

this is me with spanish! i’ve picked up new verb tenses from just reading and exposure, no textbooks or anything

[@00mysunrise00]

Fellow polyglot here. I don't think I fully agree with you. Yes, children don't learn through conjugation tables the way the adults do, because their brains are different and more plastic. Once you're out of puberty you just can't learn the same way. An adult will probably never master a language like a kid will through exposure; they will probably still have some kind of an accent and the learning process will be harder for them. It's just how our brains work. So exposure is great, but most language learners also can't have equal amount of exposure like kids do anyways. I find grammar books fascinating and they have helped me immensely on my language learning journey. I am not saying that one should concentrate only on grammar when tackling a foreign language, but I think it can definitely help - as a beginner everyone needs some basic rules to cling onto to be able to form simple sentences at all. And I don't know how you are, but for me it was very helpful to first learn different verb types in Arabic, because the conjugations follow certain predictable patterns. So if you know the patterns it's definitely easier to know how to use almost any verb. So what worked for me was a mixture of listening, grammar, reading, speaking and vocabulary. I think sometimes it's very useful to learn from the grammar books about certain problems, at least that was my experience. But hey who knows, maybe I'm just biased because I teach French grammar at the university ...

[@ChristHell91]

Even we French people have trouble conjugating verbs in the subjonctive mood, so it's fine :D

[@ichbinhier355]

Parce que ce sont des choses qu'on n'utilise jamais 😂 (sauf à l'écrit) Par exemple avec le verbe être on utilise souvent: Que je sois ou parfois que j'aie été. Et pas "que je fusse" ou "que j'eusse été" Haha

[@juliocesar4874]

good to know it. because I'm brazilian and I'm learning french for about 6 months, and even tho the French grammar is quite similar to portuguese i struggle yet with the French 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@aleluia3533]

@@juliocesar4874 even the brazilian people have problems with portuguese conjugation

[@kays3956]

@@aleluia3533 😆😆😆

[@samaval9920]

@@juliocesar4874Suggestions to find books, videos in French to learn Portugues in Portugues guese to learn French In both, to find those + both French & Portuguese new words To find website & book reference grammars for both languages to compare point by point the generic words. But for unique cultural words, we need websites, books, videos, etc. for words like saudade, axe, jeito brasileiro, etc. Boa sorte!! Bonne chance!!

[@ilovegnulinux]

5:10 Luca is reading a Russian article called "What is stress?" 😂 😁🤣 That's a great joke! Russian verbs may be really stressful in their irregularities.

[@PEACOCKQ]

Wow sir you changed whole learning Patten make more video like this excellent . ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@hineraable]

Me: Cool! Just what I needed! Also me: *is learning mandarin chinese*

[@belle_pomme]

Lol😂

[@Frommoonlightwithlove]

😅😅

[@andersoncosta4770]

Thanks for these great tips Luca! The way you suggested look to be easier to learn the verb conjugations from the start 🙄. By the way, your suggestion made me think 🤔... Once you have memorized a verb table, for example in your mother language and you would like to compare it to the verb language table that you are learning, as some conjugations exists in one language but not in other, (for some people this can be hard and confusing because requires another way of thinking 🙃) What would be the best way to remember the differences or similarities of each language and make this process less difficult 😊?

[@yaserhu]

Very nice video because I faced problems with improving German to c level. Anyways I appreciate your input on this video. Do you have a video that discusses Note taking or summarizing lessons without being counter productive. And whether you recommend Hand Note taking or digital Note taking. Thank you

[@rashidah9307]

Thank you for this great video, Luca, with great advice!! It's easy to get overwhelmed by verbs, especially when you're learning a foreign language with a lot of conjugation complexity. But you're right. We just need to first focus on the common ways those verbs are used in daily life rather than memorizing tables. This makes the task much more manageable.

[@johnbrassey5481]

Useful! I was not aware of the quiz or test method of learning how to memorise conjugation. Thank you!

[@LucaLampariello]

You are most welcome John!

[@xavieldorta9183]

Thank you very much . I will add online quizzes to my language learning routine . I admire you Luca.

[@teresita.lozada]

I'm not scared of French conjugations anymore. I am grabbing my full French books from when I studied French many years ago to understand them and recognize some conjugated verbs beyond the present tense. I feel very comfortable with verbs now.

[@samaval9920]

Please see Comments to @ Ellan Rosewood @tomate 3391 Bonne chance!!!

[@jimboats]

So helpful. Thanks Luca

[@gliuto]

Ciao Luca, ottimo contenuto come sempre. Ti vorrei fare una domanda: si parla sempre di "non studiare come ti hanno insegnato a scuola", ma, considerando che a scuola la seconda o terza lingua si studia: a. per obbligo b. inserita in una maglia curricolare con altre materie e quindi c. con un numero limitato (o limitatissimo) di ore sia in classe che a casa, e, non meno importante, d. come LS e non come L2, ritieni che sia effettivamente possibile usare in modo efficace un approccio "aperto" di questo tipo? Molte volte me lo sono chiesto, anche se non l'ho mai provato con gli studenti perché ho sempre paura di allungare troppo i tempi e quindi di non arrivare agli obiettivi annuali o semestrali previsti. Cosa ne pensi? Grazie!

[@amstabomitdembabo5984]

Tables aren't that bad neither, because they give a lot of structure. However there is a twist you can use: Copy the table to your notebook but without any words filled in. Then while reading and listening you'll pick up the grammar just like Luca says. When you have an advanced beginner level and you don't dislike grammar you can put the words in your blank tables

[@Sahel0001]

You are the best! Salutare din România!

[@LucaLampariello]

Mulțumesc! =)

[@asvathg358]

Vielen dank!! Ich habe viel spaß mit der Deutsch Sprache. Hoffentlich lerne ich Deutsch schneller.

[@methoxyll]

Thank you luca for your authenticity and being a great guidance and advice in this passion 😊

[@LucaLampariello]

Thanks for the kind words Jessica =)

[@sashaadamova479]

Thank you, Luca, for these useful information!

[@lyrasumuverta5955]

Your German pronounciation is amazing 👍💜

[@EFoxVN]

Thanks once again, for an excellent video. I have learned this (lesson) the hard way with Spanish. And I remember what a surprise it was to realize that not all forms of all verbs are equally important. The strange thing is also that the most used verbs are also often the most irregular ones. But on the other hand, that means that you will get a lot of practice and exposure, if your learning is input based (which it should be). Blessings from South Africa

[@samxdxsoza]

as a complete beginner in a language should I refer to grammar books as I may not understand all of the content mentioned on the book and u also said take grammar tests first and then refer to grammar books I cant take a grammar test on a particular topic if i have no idea about that particular topic. ex: possessive adjectives. How do I solve this issue? please let me know thanks

[@juliadreyfus8310]

Thank you very much for the tips. I have a great admiration for you.

[@connorgioiafigliu]

Awesome video Luca--like always!

[@annajanowska6164]

The childlike exerience of learning a language is something that I would love to spend my money on - going to a foreign country and having an adult correcting my mistakes by my side, all the time :D Is that a good idea for a business? :D That would be a real learn language in a year deal.

[@Sunshine-rq1ow]

Thank you Luca ☺️

[@watvid1]

Glad you're posting consistently :D

[@jmdhinds]

Great video. Thanks 👍🏾

[@AntipodePolyglot]

Thanks for the great video and for the million-dollar advice to take quizzes instead of memorizing the tables!

[@LucaLampariello]

Not sure if is million-dollar advice, but it works, trust me ;-) And thanks for the kind words!

[@alexandresmirnov5300]

@@LucaLampariello I've used a similar idea in the past, to just take tests and see what's missing, or more generally to try to use the verbs (or the language as a whole) and see what's missing from a practical perspective, rather than just drilling grammar tables. For instance, writing a diary in a foreign language is a great way to apply this video's principle in a fun way :) Thanks for all the great videos!

[@AndyJugglesLanguages]

So Luca, you mean you don't know all the verb conjugations in every tense in Hungarian already? Just kidding lol.

[@belle_pomme]

Me who is learning indonesian : wtf are conjugation and tenses?? We don't have such things

[@Superlife1369]

Someone's finger slipped and hit the dislike on accident because I can't imagine anyone doing it on purpose!

[@jaydenmar3651]

It’s probably by language teachers who feel worthless 😂.

[@LudovicaCorda]

I am a language coach with a very similar approach to Luca’s...I can’t even tell you how many people don’t like being told that conjugation tables are kind of worthless. I’m sure that the “dislikers” are grammar-drill fans 🙃

[@hilbert2547]

@@LudovicaCorda I learnt arabic conjugation only with conjugation tables. I read it over and over again like a drill. This is the best way to learn. Only by doing so you get the pattern into your head. I do not find the video usefull . The content is self-evident

[@LudovicaCorda]

Hi @@hilbert2547, I'm glad that worked for you. The majority of people I help on their language journey don't find grammar drills helpful, and are happy to switch to a more natural approach to language acquisition.

[@hilbert2547]

@@LudovicaCorda there are different approaches there is not the one. In arabic it is essential to grasp the vocalisation pattern this needs massive repetition. The natual way is hearing and reproducing trial and error and exposure like a child barely practicable for adults. I just want to emphasize that this "guru attitude" "Im the only one who knows how to learn..." is wrong

[@mariegreen8763]

A child has been corrected by his mother lots of times!!!! It takes a while to learn the verbs! An English child starts sayingI goED to school yesterday. His mother corrects him lots of times!!!!!!

[@jeanettekeegan471]

Excellent!

[@farukkaya6870]

I want to ask a question When I start to learn a language, how do I list the topics I will work on, so how do I sort the topics?

[@vasilisadragomir8644]

Thank you a lot! I literally love you!💕

[@arkadiuszwajer1273]

Dzień dobry! Studiuję angielski i niemiecki na Lingwistyce i wydaje mi się, że radzę sobie z nimi całkiem ok, ale podczas nauki w liceum próbowałem nauczyć się japońskiego i nie dałem rady. Nadal mam sporo książek do japońskiego: audiokurs JLPT N5, książki od kanji i grammy, nauczyłem się katakany i hiragany, uczyłem się kanji ze średnim rezultatem ale później kiedy widziałem kanji w tekście nie miałem pojęcia jak je odczytywać (jak fonetycznie będzie brzmieć dane słowo). Jakaś rada od mistrza jak się za to zabrać? Przepraszam wiem, że ten komentarz nie jest na temat.

[@pac167]

Polyglots love this comparison with children, and although I completely agree with a learning method based on lots of different sorts of imput, in the end adults can never learn the way in which the children do. They can't get themselves into such an environment since they usually have just a limited amount of time they can dedicate to language learning and they can't be 100% surrounded by their target language all the time while they play with toys. Nevertheless, it would be stupid to use that limited time on reading grammar books. In the end, we don't intend to get to the same point as kids who are learning their mother tongue. (questo non è un critico, mi piacciono molto i tuoi videi e anch'io sto imparando l'italiano senza libri di grammatica)

[@aliciagrau6430]

so useful! thank you!!

[@bojarneving6847]

Brilliant!

[@angelosgriego2642]

Hola Luca soy un fiel seguidor tuyo me gustaría saber si algún día enseñarás un video hablando Hebreo?🇮🇱 שלום לכולם 🤝

[@LucaLampariello]

Algún día =)

[@kl1541]

Thank god i'm learning Swedish so verb conjugations arent really a thing :D

[@heikestoll1205]

I didn’t know that about Swedish. My native language is German, I’m fluent in English, took 5 years of French and Latin in school. I recently started to learn Mandarin and almost died laughing when I found out that there are no conjugations or declinations, not even “real” plurals🤣

[@matildawolfram4687]

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[@paulhowlett8151]

Super tip!!!

[@narniadici1976]

Very useful thank You!

[@jerstumc5033]

I come to share my take on this on how yo acquire and get a sense of conjugation you need to read and add that sense of tense to the conjugation by reading or listening you will get context which will tell you what tense was used Like when you add meaning to a word or when you pluralize a word it's the same action with conjugation, if you learn conjugation tables then you're prone to not learning how to conjugate while you get exposed to the language you'll notice the conjugations and patterns of verbs, another example is when you learn a new language with a differente structure. You get used to it, you gain the structure logic of the language and you don't think about the structure, you just spit it out after you've been exposed to the language. That's why conjugation tables won't work and make you feel down because it's daunting. If you wanna test your conjugation of verbs. It's easy. Just type or write on whatever place, on a comment on facebook, this will make you think about conjugation and call up what tense to use, how to write it, etc And maybe someone replies and you get a chance to practice more. Just like that you will be able to acquire the sense of conjugation

[@bennigan88]

If someone doesn't hate grammar tables, and is interested to learn how verbs work, is it still true that SOME grammar study, following the 80/20 rule, will speed things up? Russian comes to mind. I can learn how a verb works in a specific context, but then I might have to wait a long time before I learn how to use that verb in other contexts, which feels frustrating.

[@LucaLampariello]

Yes, I am not saying grammar tables are bad per se. In fact, after you get a fairly good grasp of how the verb system works in a language, they can be even nice to consult, but I highly recommend you do some grammar drills after a few months of exposing yourself to comprehensible, enticing content.

[@robertosaraiva9345]

Why are you not part of HYPIA?

[@Frontlineinvestigation71]

I hope you can make videos with example, no so much theory Lucasl!! explain and show!!!!!!

[@MidosujiSen]

If only more people were open to these ideas, but old habits die hard.

[@francescogarciagodosponced5909]

Thanks luca.

[@dlt844]

well i can't speak for everyone but it's just to notice it. If you don't know if it's conjugated in the past, present, just look it up and let it go, don't memorize it, just build an intuition with what you're listening, incorporate it into your brain for you to recognize it.