How to Stick to Your Language Goals (+ How I'm Working on Mine in 2022!)

[@languageishard]

I love group classes so much more than one on one. I don't consider myself super competitive but there is something about seeing classmates do better than me that really motivates me to study.

[@widmawod]

I totally agree, even seeing non-native speakers speak fluently or knowing a lot of stuff about the language makes you realise that you CAN do better and that you will get there one day

[@JonathanOlelo]

Setting realistic goals is indeed a great idea. Achievable goals will help you stay consistent, and consistency over time is the key to success.

[@KochijaLanguageDiary]

Totally agree with making sure your goals are actually achievable! It's definitely good to aim high, but if it's almost impossible to realize that's not very helpful for motivation and progress

[@PumpkinMozie]

These are some great tips not only for language learning but for goals in general. Making larger overarching goals that are specified by short term goals can be really helpful because you get the best of both worlds. Instead of just “I want to increase my vocab this year,” it could be that *plus* quarterly/monthly goals of “this month I’m going to memorize this exact list of vocab” etc. Only making big vague goals is basically instant failure for someone like me who gets easily sidetracked hahaha. So I like your technique of making both yearly goals AND quarterly/monthly. Definitely easier to keep focused that way.

[@claire_450]

Great video 😊 and congrats on your first sponsorship (I think), you really deserve it and it was really natural and fluid 😍 good luck with your 30 days of German lessons, it would be really interesting to hear your insights because I might consider doing something similar with Greek as a build up to spending 2 months there (June/July), but I'm not sure how tiring I would find it or if I would find it really energising and exciting to see so much progress - so it would be great to hear your experience 😊 good luck with it all!

[@PolyglotProgress]

Thank you! Not my first sponsorship, but definitely my first in a few years! I'll definitely talk more about my 30 day challenge on here, I'm also really interested in seeing if I find it more energising or more tiring... I could see it going either way!

[@SuperRockess]

Great video and advice ☺️ love the content you have been putting out in the last year 🥰

[@PolyglotProgress]

Thanks so much!!

[@cemorden]

Hey, Abigail. These are great tips which will be quite useful for me. I am an English language teacher and I have been learning German but I am not able to past the threshold which is a2 to b1 level for me last year and I think I could use some German tricks.

[@davidward6908]

Good video I'm sticking to language learning. Be realistic I like that! I am and continue to learn German so I can identify with the lady and my confidence needs a boost in speaking it's still very choppy.

[@Abeturk]

29+ tenses in turkish language Anatolian Turkish verb conjugations A= To (towards /~for) (for words with a thick vowel in the last syllable) E= To (towards /~for) (for words with a thin vowel in the last syllable) Okul=School U=(ou)=it= ( that’s )>(I /U /i /ü=~it’s about) Git=Go Mak/Mek (emek)=exertion /process Git-mek=(verb)= to Go (the process of going= getmek =to get there) Gel-mek= to Come 1 .present continuous tense (right now or soon, now on or later, currently or nowadays) Used to explain the current actions or planned events (for the specified times) YOR-mak =to tire ( to try , to deal with) >Yor=~go over it (yorgun=tired) A/E Yormak=(to arrive at any idea/opinion over what it is) I/U Yormak=(to arrive wholly over it) used as the suffix=” ı/u - i/ü + Yor" positive Okula gidiyorsun ( you are going to school)= Okul-a Git-i-yor-u-Sen >(You’ try to Go to school) =School-to /Go-to-try /that-You Evden geliyorum ( I'm coming from home) = Ev-de-en Gel-i-yor-u-Men >(from Home I’ try to Come) =Home-at-then/ Come-to-try/ I’m negative A)..Mã= Not B)Değil= it's not (the equivalent of)=(deŋi.le) examples A: Okula gitmiyorsun ( you’re not going to school)= Okul-a Git-Mã-i-yor-u-Sen =(You don't try to-Go to school)=(School-to Go-Not-it-try that-You) B: Okula gidiyor değilsin ( you aren’t going to school)=Okul-a Git-i-yor değil-sen (You aren't try..to Go to School) Question sentence: Mã-u =Not-it =(is) Not it? Used as the suffixes ="Mı /Mu - Mi /Mü" Okula mı gidiyorsun? ( Are you going to school?)= Okul-a Mã-u Git-i-yor-u-sen ? (To-school/ Not-it / You-try-to-go)(~Towards the school or somewhere else are you going ?) Okula gidiyor musun? ( Do you go to school?)= Okul-a Git-i-yor Mã-u-sen ? (To school /Try-to-go /Not-it-you) (~You try to go to school (now on) or not ?) (~Do you go to school ? / at some specific times) Okula sen mi gidiyorsun ? (~Are (only) you that going to school ?) 2 .simple extensive tense ( it's used to explain our own thoughts about the topic) (everytime, always, often, rarely, any time, sometimes, now on, soon or afterwards /gets a chance/ it's possible/ inshallah ) positive VAR-mak =~ to arrive (at) (to attain) (var= ~have got) used as the suffixes >"Ar-ır-ur" (for thick vowel) ER-mek=~ to get (at) (to reach) (er= ~become got) used as the suffixes >"Er-ir-ür" (for thin vowel) examples Okula gidersin ( You get to go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-er-sen > You become got (a chance) to go to school Kuşlar gökyüzünde uçar(lar) (~ Birds fly in the sky )=Kuş-lar gökyüzü-n’de uç-a-var(u-lar)= The birds have got (a chance) to fly in the sky/ The birds arrive flying in the sky Bunu görebilirler = (they can see this) = Bu-n’u Gör-e-Bil-e-er-ler =(They-get-to-Know-to-See this-what’s)>They get at the knowledge to see what's this Question sentence: in interrogative sentences it means : is not it so? / what do you think about this topic? Okula gider misin? (Do you get to go to school ?)= Okul-a Git-e-er Mã-u-Sen >You get a chance to Go to School -is Not it?=(~What about you getting to go to school) Okula mı gidersin? =(Do you get to go to school or somewhere else ?) negative Bas-mak =to dwell on/ to tread on (bas git= ~leave and go > pas geç/ vaz geç=give up) Ez-mek = to crush (ez geç= think nothing about / es geç=skip ) Mã= Not the suffix ="MAZ" Ma-bas=(No pass)=Na pas=(not to dwell on)>(to give up) (for thick vowel) the suffix ="MEZ" Ma-ez= (No crush) =does not>(to skip) (for thin vowel) examples Okula gitmezsin ( You don't/ won't go to school)= Okul-a Git-mãez-sen ( you skip of going to school) Babam bunu yapmaz (my dad doesn't do this)= Baba-m bu-n’u yap-ma-bas= ( my dad doesn't dwell into doing this / gives up doing this) Niçün bunlara da bakmazsınız =(Why don't you look at these too)=Ne-u-çün bu-n’lar-a da bak-ma-bas-sen-iz (2. plural)= what-that-factor you give up looking at these too 3.simple future tense (soon or later) Used to describe events that we are aiming for or think are in the future Çak-mak =~to fasten , ~to tack, ~to keep beside (for thick vowel) Çek-mek=~to attract , ~to pull ,~to feel inside , ~to take along, ~to want / to will (for thin vowel) can be used as a/ı/u+Jaok(cak) and e/i/ü+Jaek(cek) in spoken language positive.. Okula gideceksin ( you'll go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek-sen (~You fetch/take (in mind)-to-Go to school) Ali kapıyı açacak ( Ali is gonna open the door)= Ali Kapı-y-ı Aç-a-çak (~Ali takes to open the door) negative A. Okula gitmeyeceksin (you won't go to school)= Okul-a Git-mã-e-çek-sen (~you don't keep/take (in mind) to go to school) B. Okula gidecek değilsin (you aren't gonna go to school)= Okul-a Git-e-çek değil-sen (~you're not (wanting/wanted) to go to school) 4 . simple past tense (currently or before) Used to explain the completed events we're sure about Di = now on (anymore) Di-mek(demek) = ~ to deem , ~ to mean, ~ to think this way Used as the suffixes= (Dı /Di /Du/ Dü - Tı /Ti /Tu /Tü) positive Okula gittin ( You Went to school)= Okul-a Git-di-N Okula mı gittin ? (Did you go to school ?)= Okul-a Mã-u Git-di-n ?( You went to school -isn't it?) Dün İstanbul'da kaldım= I stayed in Istanbul yesterday negative Okula gitmedin ( you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-mã-di-N Eve anca (yeni) vardık = We just (now) got home Çarşıya mı gittiniz? = Did you go to the (covered) public market? Pazara gittiler mi? = Have they gone to the (open) public market? 5 .narrative past tense- (just now or before) Used to explain the completed events that we're unsure of MUŞ-mak = ~ to inform (muşu=inform - notice /muşuş=mesaj=message /muştu=müjde=evangel) that means -I've been informed/ I heard that/ I noticed that/ I got it/ I found out that/ or it seems such (to me) used as the suffixes= (Mış/ Muş - Miş/ Müş) positive Okula gitmişsin=(I realized that you went to school) Okul-a Git-miş-u-sen (I heard you've been to school) Yanlış Yapmışım=~I noticed I've made something wrong (Yaŋlış Yap-muş-u-men ) Yanılmışım=Seems that I fell in a mistake negative A. Okula gitmemişsin (I heard> you didn't go to school)= Okul-a Git-mã-miş-sen (I learned you've not gone to school) B. Okula gitmiş değilsin =(I'm aware you haven't gone to school) Okul-a Git--miş değil-sen (Got it you’re not been to school) in a question sentence it means: Do you have any inform about?- have you heard?-are you aware?-does it look like this? İbrahim bugün okula gitmiş mi? =(Do you know /have you heard - Has Abraham gone to school today? 6.Okula varmak üzeresin =You're about to arrive at school 7.Okula gitmektesin (You're in (process of) going to school)= ~you have been going to school 8.Okula gitmekteydin =~You had been going to school /Okula gidiyor olmaktaydın 9.Okula gitmekteymişsin =I learned/heard >you've been going to school 10.Okula gidiyordun (Okula git-i-yor er-di-n) = You were going to school 11.Okula gidiyormuşsun (Okula git-i-yor er-miş-sen) ( I heard that you are going to school) (I learned you were going to school) 12.Okula gidiyor olacaksın (Okula git-i-yor ol-a-çak-sen) (You will be going to school) 13.Okula gitmekte olacaksın (Okula git-mek-de ol-a-çak-sen) (You will have been going to school) 14.Okula gitmiş olacaksın (Okula git-miş ol-a-çak-sen) (You will have gone to school) 15.Okula gidecektin (Okula git-e-çek er-di-n)(You would gonna go to school) (~You would go to school after/then)(~I had thought so you'll go to school) 16.Okula gidecekmişsin (Okula git-e-çek ermişsen) (I learned that you'll go to school) (I heard that you'd like to go to school) 17.Okula giderdin ( Okula git-e-er erdin) (You used to go to school bf) (~you would go to school bf/then) 18.Okula gidermişsin ( Okula git-e-er ermişsen) (I heard that you used to go to school) (I realized that you would have gone to school) 19.Okula gittiydin ( Okula git-di erdin) ( I had seen you went to school) (~I remember you've gone to school) 20.Okula gitdiymişsin = I heard you went to school (but if what I heard is true) 21.Okula gitmişmişsin = (I heard) You've been to school (but what I heard didn't sound very convincing) 22.Okula gitmiştin (Okula git-miş er-di-n)= you had gone to school 23.Okula gitmiş oldun (Okula git-miş ol-du-n) (you have been to school) Dur-mak=to keep to be present/there = ~to remain Durur=it remains to exist there used as the suffixes=(Dır- dir- dur- dür / Tır- tir-tur-tür) It's usually used on correspondences and literary language the formal meaning in official conversations=(that keeps to be present) Bu Bir Elma = This is an apple Bu Bir Kitap = This is a book Bu bir elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= This is an apple (that keeps to be present) Bu bir kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= This is a book (that keeps to be present) the informal meaning in everyday conversations=( I think /I guess/ it looks such ) Bu bir elmadır= (bu bir elma-durur)= (remaining so in my mind >this is an apple Bu bir kitaptır= (bu bir kitap-durur)= (I think> this is a book (it seems so) Bu bir elma gibi duruyor=(Looks like an apple this is it)=This looks like an apple Bu bir kitap gibi duruyor=This looks like a book 24.Okula gidiyordursun =(guess>likely-You were going to school 25.Okula gidiyorsundur =(I think> you are going to school 26.Okula gidecektirsin =(guess>likely- You would (gonna) go to school 27.Okula gideceksindir=(I think> You’re going to go to school 28.Okula gitmiştirsin =(guess >likely- You had gone to school 29.Okula gitmişsindir =(I think> You've been to school

[@Hyphinated]

My goals for Spanish for the first quarter: better my vocab. A reasonable amount of it, which will be 200 words/verbs. Also getting better with my pronunciation.

[@PolyglotProgress]

Nice!! I hope it goes well!

[@Hyphinated]

Thank you! I hope it goes well too!

[@LeaflingLearns]

Feeling called out: I’m watching this video while folding laundry. Sorry, Japanese!!! Haha

[@PolyglotProgress]

Are there people who don't watch things while folding laundry 🤔🤔

[@williamadams7136]

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