I almost gave up on Korean | Which languages won't I learn? Q&A

A great question I got asked this week... are there any languages I wouldn't learn, or do I have beef with any languages? Here's a storytime about the time I almost stopped learning Korean. I also talk about why I learnt Spanish and why I may or may not learn something else...
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
01:04 Korean frustrations
03:38 A happy ending
4:55 I said I would never learn Spanish but...
7:31 Which language wouldn't I learn?
9:15 Language learning is emotional
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[@PaddingtonSoul]

"You don't choose Spanish. Spanish chooses you." seems to be the moral of the story. 😅👍

[@jazzitall]

As a Spanish native speaker I find this comment hilarious :D

[@nendoakuma7451]

That’s true all languages I have successfully learned

[@iadoreapplehead]

For me that's Chinese haha

[@user-rq7ky4tc3s]

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition

[@PaddingtonSoul]

@@user-rq7ky4tc3s I have read history. Spaniards were the nicest in the whole world. You need to read more. If you don't like to read I can find some KZbin videos for you.

[@doublemoon7720]

never noticed how many brazilian followers lindie has lmao gogo br🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@RafaelOliveira-ho4sb]

Só colocar 🇧🇷 num vídeo que brota brasileiro do chão pra comentar haha

[@luruiza]

@@RafaelOliveira-ho4sb oooold KKKKKKKKKKK

[@doublemoon7720]

@@RafaelOliveira-ho4sb nossa siiimmmkkkkjkkk

[@albres4478]

Exatamente

[@ellevasc]

We’re everywhere

[@Adam-mj5hl]

Her Korean pronunciation is at a native speaker level. Amazing.

[@GoBillyKorean]

I also missed an opportunity to go study in Korea, which I really wanted to try. I guess someday I could get that chance again, but it's difficult now with a kid and well... not being in Korea the whole year round :-P

[@jessicaalvarado4590]

Wow, Billy here! Best crossover ever haha

[@timetravelingjukebox]

Wow I would have never known! And thank you Billy for creating so many videos on how to learn Korean! As a beginner at Korean, I'm so grateful!

[@Fedmarti88]

Thank you Billy. Your videos are very good, but the best part is your personality; you’re never full of yourself and always keep everything positive.

[@alexa8257]

Billy and Lindie??? BEST CROSSOVER

[@coolstorybro2658]

I was supposed to be a foreign exchange student in Japan close to Tokyo when I turned 16 and was eligible. But before I even turned 16 COVID-19 happened and it’s been happening the entire year of my junior year... I have literally been self teaching myself Japanese since fourth grade just so I could be prepared for when I became a foreign exchange student. But it never even happened and I wonder to myself should I quit studying Japanese..? I don’t know when I’m going get another opportunity to go to Japan.

[@user-pj1tk8vu4w]

I'm Korean and your korean pronunciation is really good ! :)

[@JDH9626]

As a korean I have never thought about how difficult Korean is but when i got question from my foreign friend who learn korean i realized korea is so hard to learn haha so since then i really respect people who learn korean👍😊

[@AmandaFreitas1998]

I realized my language was hard when I tried to teach it to foreigners too. They give you a very different perspective on your native tongue, especially when you have to come up with examples to explain grammar you just learned "naturally". I'm brazilian btw

[@officialellimac262]

@@AmandaFreitas1998 my friend from Brazil started teaching me Portuguese this summer and she said the exact same thing! Especially when I was asking about all the verb conjugations.

[@JDH9626]

@@AmandaFreitas1998 Thank you for your reply. I'm always rooting for you ㅎㅎ 화이팅^^!

[@laeti6661]

Korean grammar is complex and tricky to me. I guess for a lot of Korean learners too.

[@keziaruth9718]

Why do i feel like i’ve read your comment somewhere........

[@PaddingtonSoul]

True. Learning any language, even the easiest one, takes a lot of time and effort.

[@dalilsty]

as a brazilian i can say that portuguese is a beautiful, but is a difficult language, mainly grammar. I speak Portuguese every day and still managed to fail the grammar test lol

[@matheusperreira6578]

Kkk, normal. Quem nunca.

[@Malu-rd4px]

Teste de gramática é só pra tirar a sanidade mental do aluno kkkkkkkk aiai meu pavor é sempre questão de análise sintática

[@dalilsty]

@@Malu-rd4px amg eu já estudei isso mas nem me lembro kkkkkk gramática cmg sempre entra por um ouvido e sai pelo outro

[@daysevenxz]

kkkkk me indentifico

[@pierreabbat6157]

@favOriTe Bien sûr! Passei duas semanas em Portugal com um grupo ajudando na construção duma igreja. Quinze anos depois, uma companheira minha ainda maravilhava quão rápido aprendei o português. Minha mãe falava espanhol e ambos falavam francês.

[@kateblais--9396]

Korean is the language I love as well, it was the first language I truly fell in love with and stuck with, I am finding it difficult to balance language learning with real life. Thank you for being honest about your struggles and experiences too, I'm glad I'm not the only one!

[@user-wi5om8wl6e]

와한국말 너무자연스러워...나도영어저렇게말할고싶어ㅓㅓㅠㅠㅠ한국어잘하는 외국인보면 대단해진짜.......

[@isabelledelimagabriel7060]

한국어를 배우는 외국인이지만 아직 숙달하지 못했어요 ㅋㅋㅋ

[@user-wi5om8wl6e]

@@isabelledelimagabriel7060 I'm also studying English, but I'm still a BABY.LOL

[@isabelledelimagabriel7060]

@@user-wi5om8wl6e I'm a baby at Korean lol

[@begoodbesmart7147]

@@isabelledelimagabriel7060 "숙달" is literally big word. Wow 👏 Your Korean is awesome. Keep it up.

[@MMicaelaHere]

Nothing to do with languages, but I don't know if it's the new hairstyle or if you are just radiating lots of happiness / good energy -hahah-, just wanted to say that lately you look SO PRETTY, like, YOU ARE GLOWING!!! 😍🥰

[@LindieBotes]

Thank you so much! I wonder if it's because I'm in love 👉👈🤫❤️🥺

[@e_velog]

@@LindieBotes probably 🥰

[@kivzzzz]

I was thinking the same throughout the whole video!

[@pedroadangarcia391]

I was going to say the exact same thing!

[@JROCR001]

I'm currently learning Japanese and Spanish and definitely feel like I'm progressing slowly at times. I just keep in mind my love of both cultures and keep going. Happy New Year!!!!

[@menchualcarazmoreno1743]

You have chosen very wisely the pair of languages as, being so different, they share the same phonetic system.

[@eleonora2610]

It's Funny how you talk about motivation when you are our motivation, we love you lindieee👑✨🤍

[@nicoleraheem1195]

FACTS

[@ebereezike3448]

Exactly!

[@jnnschnll9008]

"Everything happens for a reason." Thank you for this. I worked hard for years to study at Waseda in Japan but because of corona my application was declined. I still study Japanese every day but sometimes I don't know why. It helps just to see that I'm not alone.

[@lisaprather4319]

Thanks for validating how emotional language learning is. I've had some experiences like yours that left me so depressed. And I felt like nobody could understand why it was that serious. A good language learning community is a must!

[@AmandaFreitas1998]

I recently lost my motivation to learn german. I've planned to spend 4 nonths this year there, I studied really hard for the past 3 years, saved money then COVID happened 😔😔 I love their culture so much and I think it is a beautiful language. I would also love to study there at university someday, as my favority philosophers and sociologists are either german or from "german speaking countries". Thanks for sharing that experience with us. I plan to get my motivation back and reach C1 in german in 2021 😁😁

[@magicmofy2871]

Ich wünsche dir viel Erfolg damit. Tut mir wirklich leid, dass das wegen Corona nicht geklappt hat. Ich habe tatsächlich wegen der Pandemie angefangen, japanisch zu lernen ^^

[@Vanessa071]

Gib nicht auf, du schaffst das! Irgendwann wird die Zeit kommen, die du in Deutschland verbringen kannst! 😁

[@mayacold8263]

Omg same here! I also lost my motivation to learn German :( I used to have such keen interest in learning the language and found the culture very interesting, even went all the way until finishing B2 and planned to travel to Germany! But then I was put in a very slow German class in school which didn't allow me to grow better and made me... "evolve backwards" as they say. I lost everything, and my knowledge quickly went back to A2 after not using the language well for 4 years straight. I lost interest in the language AND culture, and nothing about German seems to excite me like it used to. Another huge factor was the people around me who never supported me at all and talked down on my size and ability. I'm sure there are nice Germans that are willing to help and willing to guide me, but I couldn't find them that time. I 'm sad that my interest completely disappeared now :( I'm now having a hard time deciding whether to somehow seek interest in the language and culture again or just dropping it and pretend it didn't ever occur to me T_T

[@mult-tea6107]

Oh god you just made me flash black to Sociology class and learning about Weber, Marx etc 😩

[@aylin5520]

@@mayacold8263 if you ever need a helping hand with German, I would be totally up to help you! Maybe having someone beside you wakes up that lost interest again 😊

[@MelissaJetzt]

For me the language I really do not have a motivation to learn is Macedonian. My husband is from Macedonia, but he comes from an ethnically Albanian area, so his entire family speaks Albanian. Sure, many of the signs, shops, and products have Cyrillic Macedonian on them when I visit, but nothing my husband or Google translate can't handle! I'd rather put my effort into learning Albanian so I can communicate, connect with, and understand his family. And that is difficult enough on its own! People think it's funny when I say this, but part of my motivation for learning German is because my husband is fluent and it's a popular enough language that there are a lot of resources for it. So, basically I am learning how to learn a language with German so I can apply that knowledge to learning Albanian. I enjoy learning German, but I'm sure I wouldn't if I didn't have my husband to talk to! Our motivations can all be very unique and different, but they're all valid! I think it's funny when random KZbin commenters tell me I'm wasting my time with Albanian... When it's my time and my life, y'know? Of course Albanian means nothing to them, but when I'm finally able to talk to everyone at my Albanian wedding this summer (held off due to COVID), that will mean a lot to me. No one could take that away from me!

[@CyndyTangerineyyyy]

I'm glad you didn't give up on Korean! You're such an inspiration. Watching your videos is helping me in my language-learning journey! Happy almost 2021, Lindie!

[@jonathanlematourinan3214]

¡Mucho ánimo con el español! Es duro, pero ganas la oportunidad de conocer un montón de gente encantadora hablando esa lengua.

[@dailydeutsch499]

I totally agree about the importance of the reason and would like to add another interesting side effect from language learning. Every new language kind of transforms the learner to a certain degree, because we usually not only learn the language but also a lot about the culture where it’s spoken. Things like how people think and value different topics like beauty standards, religion, politeness and so on. So personally I choose languages to try to improve myself throughout the learning process :)

[@alobo_78]

Me gusta tu honestidad. Es cierto. Tu estudias un idioma porque te interesa, no para entretener a tus seguidores. Te deseo lo mejor este 2021! 😊

[@meju2020]

I see all these people who got excited over the brazillian flag and I as well though not brazillian. I am learning brazilian portugues. Its a very special language to me.

[@Anna-fr4jt]

As a brazilian, I felt really great reading your comment. Don't give up on learning it. Although it has some hardships, it's a great language😊. Como brasileira, eu me senti muito bem lendo seu comentário. Não desista de aprender. Apesar de ter suas dificuldades, é um bom idioma😊.

[@meju2020]

@@Anna-fr4jt obrigada muito obrigada 😊 a lingua portuguesa é linda

[@yuunk7]

If you want some help with learning portuguese, I can help you. I'm brazilian and I need someone for chat and test my english level.

[@meju2020]

@@yuunk7 thank you :)

[@thiagorodrigues5717]

Dani, nós do Brasil desejamos para você muito sucesso no seu aprendizado! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@violetviolet78]

My love for Korean culture and language started with my ex-husband (born-Korean). After divorce I struggled to continue emerging myself in Korean. But as you said God had a reason for that. And although we are not together any longer, my love for Korean culture and language grows each year when my children and I resumed the learning process and keep improving. Thank you for sharing your story!

[@JohnnyUtah488]

Part of learning a language is learning the culture where it is spoken. Have you ever lost interest in a language when you realize you don't actually like the culture that much?

[@JohnJohn-wu9cz]

Dont know about Lindie but Ive had that a couple times. Especially if the speakers dont tend to be friendly about foreigners speaking their language. After while you just get sick of rejection.

[@mathmajor17]

That's how I feel about French lol and most of the colonizer languages. However I'm a native English speaker and speak Spanish. I've decided no more colonizer languages....

[@JohnJohn-wu9cz]

@@mathmajor17 Better not learn Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Mongolian, any Indian, African, native American or Asian languages since they've all "colonized" someone. Maybe youd be safe with an Australian Aboriginal language or a gypsy language. You're not talking about culture, but rather politics. ; )

[@JohnnyUtah488]

@@mathmajor17 No doubt, our tastes and motivations in language learning are varied and personal. That said, that strikes me as a rather odd and reductionist way to classify languages/cultures. What exactly is a "colonizer language"? What languages are you thinking about learning next?

[@sweethoneymilk]

@@JohnJohn-wu9cz Please list what countries within Africa have engaged in colonialism? What Native tribes have engaged in colonialism? And I mean actual colonialism, not your personal definition. India is within Asia, separating them is redundant. Majority of Asia, Africa and the Americas, have been *colonized*, not colonizers themselves. Colonization impacts culture as well, it’s not just politics. And there’s nothing wrong with politics influencing one’s reasons in learning a language as everything is or can be essentially political.

[@tiramisunsun]

I was supposed to do a whole semester in a korean university (Seoul National University, mind you), but it got cancelled because of covid and... honestly, I was so excited for it I felt like something kind of broke inside me. I took a little break but then again, I spend most of my free time watching bts and kdrama so I quickly realised I was pretty much in love with Korean language and wasn't ready to give up on it.

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

I missed an opportunity to work in Denmark. Danish isn't high on my list to learn but it could have been interesting.

[@tiramisunsun]

@@jeffkardosjr.3825 Yes, I feel like you can only but learn things from those kind of experiences. Traveling and discovering new cultures is always something that enriches your mind. I hope you'll get other opportunities in your life :) good luck!

[@jubiterr]

I feel like the more languages you master, the more never explored parts of your brain unlock

[@mult-tea6107]

I agree! Even though psychologist and other scientists like to say that you lose your ability to learn a language at a certain age, I believe if you study and practice a lot your brain can actually adapt and strengthen memory

[@mrsbunny5519]

@@mult-tea6107 Uh... just a correction, science says that you lose the ability to learn a language that easily after certain age, since your ability to learn fast usually starts dropping when you're 17-18. Also, it is a fact that memory usually gets better (or you protect it) the more you use it.

[@hannalowercase5928]

@@mrsbunny5519 actually 25, not 18, but yeah, that person was definitely not right saying you lose the ability to learn a language haha

[@artiesolomon3292]

Thank you for you frankness concerning languages you are not currently thinking of studying. Most interesting. Also great earrings!

[@DrMomT]

Five years of college, four of medical school, and four of residency, and the year after that my professional career came to an end due to having a baby with serious medical problems(in addition to the three young children I already had.) She's grown and fine now, but I never practiced medicine again as a profession. I've still been able to us my medical knowledge and skills to help people and now just don't get paid for it, but have been blessed to be able to serve God in that way. Totally agree with you that the unexpected things in life are used by God for good! I'm studying Japanese and Mandarin Chinese for fun and having a great time.

[@AfroLinguo]

God is great. Two years ago, I applied for a scholarship at my German Uni and I got rejected. I really needed it cuz my other siblings wanted to study abroad as well and If I had a scholarship, my dad would be able to pay for their studies. I prayed to God and the next day, I received a Mail from the scholarship people saying that they have increased the number of people they were awarding the scholarship to and that I was now included.

[@Malu-rd4px]

The 🇧🇷 cought my attention so fast 😆 lol, and I, as a Brazilian myself, understand a bit of why people ask you to learn the language, we have this excitement every single time a foreign notices our culture or language so maybe that's the point, to fell noticed and appreciated 💁‍♀️ And about our Portuguese, it's really similar to Spanish, so much that U can even understand most of the contend of both if you know one language only, and probably in your journey you'll come across some cultural exchanges between these languages, who knows if that's the trigger that you might need .

[@albres4478]

Siimm mano Eu só entrei aqui pela bandeirinha do Brasil kakajakaka

[@user-or7ed8up5e]

sim KKKKKK eu vi a bandeirinha e fiquei toda animada ☺️🤭

[@-lostflower.9012]

@@albres4478 fiz o mesmo kkk

[@inspiredbyou]

Realll, eu nunca tinha parado para pensar , mas simmmm acho que é muito isso mesmo For realll, i've never had stoped to think about It, but yesss I think is exactly that!!

[@haleyschricker2124]

Same haha. (Not Brazilian, just a Portuguese learner but if I see 🇧🇷 I click).

[@gaeltachtgreenville546]

This made me think of how I often have gotten (and still get) flack for choosing Irish as my first language to seriously study on my own. I learned Spanish in school but retained only a small bit, but I have been really passionate about learning Irish. I'm now able to have conversations in Irish and read in Irish, and I'm slowly working my way towards C level. But I think there's something really special about learning a language that you connect to on a personal level, and that's what I love about your videos and what you share about your language learning journey. Go raibh míle maith agat as an físean, a Lindie! (Thank you very much for the video, Lindie!)

[@gazerew]

I wonder why people learn Irish, there's so little natives of that language and it's weird there is more non native learners than natives. It's such a useless language on a world scale

[@ragjos3805]

Yes I agree motivation is really important. Like with me in German. I started it in April 2020 and then after 2 to 3 weeks I dropped it!!! And in the month of May I came across a lot of German culture,WW2, WW1, and suddenly in the month of June I literally felled in love with German and I got a strong motivation which is still there and I am learning German till the date and I am gonna learn it to a high level. but exactly opposite happened with my french I took it 3 times and dropped it 3 times!!! Because of you lindie ma'am I have got intrested in Korean language and I am exploring it to learn it!!!! Thanks Ma'am and A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE IN ADVANCE!!!!🎊🎊🎊😊😊😊🤗🤗🤗

[@winnumber101]

I have moments where I think about what is even the purpose of learning Korean these days as well. I like how you opened up about how that loss of scholarship opportunity stripped you of a lot of the joy you had from studying Korean-that resonates a lot

[@XelenaX-wg2jr]

I started to learn German because my school had a club for it and I decided to join and see how much I could learn, this was two years ago and I really got in love with the language. Sadly, because there was not enough support (we were like 4 people in the club) it closed and I was almost crying. I mean, what helped me fall in love with German just disappeared :( I keep learning it, but it's still sad to remember that.

[@coraline1503]

Sehr schade mit dem club. Vielleicht findest du einen anderen Weg die Leidenschaft wieder zu erwecken. Gründe einen eigenen Club außerhalb der Schule. ;)

[@luanacintra8114]

I hope you can find this person someday! !

[@e_velog]

I’m learning Korean so I can communicate with my family, but also so I can read Korean history in Korean since I find it so fascinating... but it’s SO difficult. The vocabulary is hard to get and most days, I’m not really motivated to learn grammar. I’ll be honest, whenever I get on a rut, I watch one of the videos in which you speak Korean and it motivates me so much. Thank you for expressing your thoughts in that language 🤍

[@k.5425]

You're gonna learn Hanja?

[@e_velog]

@@k.5425 yes! and i’m also learning mandarin chinese on the side 😁

[@kysphattie]

@@e_velog phew Chile goodluck w those two ✨

[@aseanfriends]

Brazilian people are so friendly and they’re willing to help you anytime. Besides music, cultures, I think people are also amongst the reasons why I want to study a language. So in my opinion, it’s also worth studying Brazilian Portuguese 🇧🇷 💕

[@albres4478]

Aeeeee E como está indo o seu aprendizado? Pretende visitar o Brasil algum dia?

[@JohnJohn-wu9cz]

I respectfully disagree. I almost quit Portuguese so many times cause Brazilians made fun of me constantly and acted like I must no nothing no matter how advanced my language ability got. I only still use and study it cause I ended up teaching it to Americans.

[@sanuvers4294]

@@JohnJohn-wu9cz as a brazilian, i'm so so so sorry that this happened to you, some people here are really that ignorant, they don't know how to appreciate others' effort and don't even realize how hard the portuguese idiom could be to foreigners :( i'm really proud of you for working so hard to study/learn our language and even teach it to other people, i appreciate that so much!!! 💖 (sorry for the possible grammar mistakes, i'm not fluent in english)

[@JohnJohn-wu9cz]

@@sanuvers4294 Wow thanks! I really appreciate that! And by the way I don't think most Brazilians are bad people or anything like that. Its just that even the ones I know and like realllyyyy dont want to talk to me in Portuguese. Do you know why that might be? Ive asked people and they say I can but then they just keep speaking English so I don't force it anymore. Also, no need to ever apologize for speaking a language, and you didnt make any errors. : )

[@mellowgeekstudio]

@@JohnJohn-wu9cz Meu palpite é que alguns de seus amigos possam achar que estão sendo gentis ao conversarem contigo em sua língua e não se dão conta que você preferiria conversar em Português para treinar e consolidar seu aprendizado.

[@ambarosaky4916]

Muy buen video!! Felices fiestas, Lindie

[@noname89636]

That is exactly how I feel about the languages I dropped...”I had beef with them”.....Lindie you understand me so much!

[@nlixcia]

lmaoo rightt 😭

[@kristachoi5990]

Me too..i feel so stupid right now sigh

[@gabrielamendes8927]

have beef means like have difficulty..?

[@noname89636]

@@gabrielamendes8927 ... Yes that is what it means. Me and Korean kept fighting.

[@gabrielamendes8927]

@prayl00185 i believe u can do it, ill be cheering for youu, so dont give up maybe sometimes it can be really hard, but its worthy it, i mean learning another language is like havin another soul english isnt my first language and i kinda feel im terrible at it, but its ok dont be perfect, ill keep trying too

[@brietoujours1343]

This was thought provoking and I like the background even though you had the noise issues on your end and had to use the phone as a microphone. I agree that there has to be a bigger reason for learning a language..it helps because a language becomes a part of your life and the process of learning does take time.

[@ldz37310]

I am always impressed by how language changes the way of speaking or behaving. As if the person changes too !! It's really interesting to see

[@trilingualteacher8664]

Your Korean is SO good!!👏🇰🇷 한국말 정말 잘 하시네요~~You are an inspiration to everyone who is learning languages!🥰❤️ I grew up in China as a Korean which is how I became trilingual! 🇰🇷🇨🇳🇺🇸

[@marcelohenrique1040]

Sempre que tem algo relacionado ao Brasil em um video gringo no YT, surge do nada um portal de Nárnia sumonando vários brasileiros... auhuhauhaauh

[@isabelledelimagabriel7060]

sim kkkkk

[@AmandaFreitas1998]

Bastou uma bandeirinha do Brasil 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@isabelledelimagabriel7060]

@@AmandaFreitas1998 eu já amo os vídeos dela, aí eu vi a thumbnail de spoiler que ela deu e fiquei animada

[@Yararar]

Kkkkkkk sinceramente temos um exército

[@ReiTulius]

Cara eu já fui num vídeo super específico de um canal pequeno de uma série em Mandarim, e la tinha um monte de comentário de brasileiros, nem precisa falar da gente kkkk

[@Julia-sg9yc]

Great Video! Couldn’t emphasize more with how emotional language learning is. Just like you, I think a lot of us in the language learning community felt really frustrated at one point. Still I completely agree with you, it’s definitely worth it and that’s why I also keep going. With this words, I wish all of you a Happy New Year and I am sure you can reach all the goals you set up for the next year! :)

[@selahstudies1650]

Thanks for this video! I think it does well to highlight the not-so-glamourous parts of language learning, which I know is helpful for me personally because it can be easy to get discouraged. But seeing other people go through the 'valleys' of language learning actually helps motivate me to press on!

[@nobs7818]

Thank you so much for having kept up with Korean. As a language learner as well as a native Korean speaker, You are a great inspiration. If I hadn't seen one of your videos that you put out years ago where you are speaking Korean under anesthetic influence , I wouldn'tve even started my own journey ! 연말 잘보내시고 내년에도 좋은 컨텐츠 기대할게용!

[@maria5737]

I've been losing my motivation a lot lately, but your videos keep me going Lindie. I'm glad you didn't give up, because right now you've become a big inspiration to me and many other people.🙏

[@bingbongo9500]

Hi Lindie 😊 I’ve been a subscriber for a while now and I wanted to let you know that you have an inspired me so much in my language learning journey. I’ve gone through a lot of periods of discouragement, feeling as though I’m not ever going to able to learn many languages, maybe not even one more. But that was completely untrue- I stuck to it and I’m proud of the progress I’ve made especially in Korean and Japanese. This year I will be focusing mostly on Korean but I will also work on Japanese, Mandarin, and Hebrew. I’ve come to realize how valuable these 4 languages have turned out to be for my personal life and I have grown seriously emotionally attached to them. So, thank you for the reminders to keep going even on the days when I wanna give up :)

[@aoi6075]

I love your reasoning :) it´s so nice seeing you again, take care.

[@PauloRicardo-xe9zp]

as a Brazilian that is genuinelly (I don't know if that word is correct lol) inspired by you it would be a pleasure to see your learning journey... seriously, I personally hope you find a real motivation to learn our language... And I would like to thank you, Lindie! you're my inspiration! (cheers from Brazil 🙂🇧🇷)

[@k.5425]

Genuinely*

[@PauloRicardo-xe9zp]

@@k.5425 Thanks =)

[@JTL14789]

Holy shit, your korean is actually good. After watching video after video of "polyglots" or just random people who went to Korea speak korean very broken, it was so genuinely shocking and refreshing to see this video. Korean was my first language, but I was actually forced to unlearn it, so you speak better than me, but I have retained the skill of being able to tell who can really speak it well and who is okay and who is bullshit by listening. you are firmly in the good category.

[@Adrian13rams]

LOVE your earrings! Your videos are always inspiring in language learning, thank you again for sharing 😌

[@bobchen5662]

The emotional connection part is so true. Thank you so much for your sharing. :)

[@Atheol32]

I can't state how much I love this video! It resonated with me on so many levels! I especially love the part where you say that language learning is an emotional experience! It so is! PS. I almost gave up on Danish a few years ago, but am sure glad I didn't! It has opened so many doors for me :D also, Brazilian Portuguese was one of those languages I didn't think I would learn and ended up loving! You never know...

[@itsyuraaaa]

hi Lindie! just had to let you know that this video came to me at the right time. i was literally thinking about this today with a language i'm currently studying; what my reason was for studying it. so thank you so, so much. not a lot of people talk about how language-learning is also a personal and emotional thing as you mentioned, so hearing you say that here was super refreshing. i've also only recently stumbled on your channel & i couldn't be happier. keep going for all the things that have your name on them, i'm rooting for you from your home in SA ;) God bless!

[@amymae8627]

Great video! You looked so pretty in that sunset light!! Super interesting to hear your back story of Korean and Spanish.

[@alliahrose2878]

I was supposed to do my internship abroad too, our school offers to do it in Southeast Asian countries and I chose Singapore first because you are there and my friend also there too, and I really love how small yet developed the country is and I thought it is great for engineering field where I am in... but COVID-19 happened. I am heartbroken but as you said, I know God always have a best plan for us. I'm just believing it. I hope one day I will able to meet you and tell you how you change my life. You are my biggest inspiration and motivation to learn and explore languages. I owe it a lot to you, Lindie. Thank you as always for sharing.💛

[@JustinK0]

I "started" learning Korean 10 years ago and i still have motivation overall to continue learning but in specific/smaller time frames it goes away but always comes back.

[@veronicatavares7549]

It doesn't really go away for me because I have no reason to rush at all, so I always have fun studying it for some reason, I don't know why it captivated me so much, but I always enjoy reading/speaking/listening to it

[@xblueworld]

I have been struggling with Chinese for over 6 years now. I needed this video. Thank you so much ❤️

[@christinam6430]

Really interesting. Thanks for the great videos!

[@Flauschbally]

What a wonderful video. Thank you very much. And you are totally right, language learning is also emotional and I think it's wonderful that you have your connection to your languages and don't learn them because of entertaining other people. Your Korean sounds so amazing. Wishing you a wonderful last couple days in 2020 and have a strong and healthy start into 2021. Looking forward to your videos in the new year. ✨✨✨✨

[@LindieBotes]

I always love reading your genuine and sincere comments. Thank you! Wishing you a fabulous 2021 too! ❤️❤️

[@kingsofthelalala]

I think ‘a reason’ is one of the most important things for learning a new language, enjoy it and not quitting it. For me I have reasons, it’s not only for Kpop or the music industry, (which btw it's totally good and respectable if someone does it just for this, trying to understand their idols, korean songs and dramas) For me it’s also because I like the culture and I really want to implement another language to my goals and be able to talk to native speakers. I also want to go to Korea and make business there, so these reasons add more weight to my reasons to continue learning this language. *It is essential to find a reason greater than your excuses or limitations*

[@LindieBotes]

That's true! I'm glad you've got some good solid reasons to keep going.

[@tiramisunsun]

same, I fell for Korean litterature and culture, I want to become a translator because there aren't much Korean novels translated in my country so I want to make that change.

[@rimun5235]

Honestly, I find languages I chose for practical reasons ended up lasting for me in comparison to languages I chose because I liked a culture. The one big reason is, if you aren’t interested in living in a country despite liking the culture then the only other option is an abundance of native speakers. I don’t think you need some amazing reason to learn a language to be honest, but I do notice some reasons will sway you away faster. I have phases with different cultures because there are just too many out there and my interest jumps here and there, and I’ve honestly not found a culture I didn’t like so I have had to ditch this as a reason.

[@k.5425]

@@tiramisunsun i Also wanted to learn Korean because of this book "personal taste" which has been very horribly translated to English. It was a pain to read, lol. So I wanted to read the original version. And get into Korean novels. For me, I got into Korean because of kdramas. Like it exposed me to the Korean culture. And like the OC I have an idea of in the future doing business in Korea or something. But right now I'm learning Spanish, Korean will have to wait a few more months / year(s) 😭

[@davidsoto4394]

@@LindieBotes What do you do if you want to only read in any given language but not speak it?

[@erikaduenas674]

Lindie!!! Español es muy fácil y hermoso!!! 🥰 Tenemos muchos acentos, muchas conjugaciones de verbos, muchas palabras para una cosa, es especial en México 🇲🇽 nuestro español es muy alegre, me encanta mi idioma y si necesitas ayuda estoy a tus órdenes!!! Estoy estudiando coreano y la verdad me gusta mucho, bien dices que para estudiar algún idioma tienes que tener un gran motivo para que puedas dedicarle lo suficiente para aprenderlo!!! Estoy enamorada de Corea 🇰🇷 y con respecto al portugués es muy fácil!!! Si ya sabes francés y español, el portugués es muy fácil y muy bonito también!!! Saludos desde México 🇲🇽 🤗💕

[@jmbharat3076]

Jaja, este fue un comentario tan agradable de leer. ¡Estoy tan feliz de aprender español!

[@albres4478]

Vantagens de ser nativa da língua portuguesa: eu consigo ler um comentário em espanhol sem problema nenhum. Kakajakakaa Comentário inspirador ❤❤

[@inspiredbyou]

Eu sou brasileira (obviamente falo português) e esse é bom de serem línguas tão parecidas!! Eu consigo entender tudo kkkkkkkkkkkk Ameiii o comentário ❤️💕 estava em dúvida sobre "qual espanhol" eu iria aprender, mas acho que agora vou pelo México kkkkkkkk

[@onecuriousowl]

Sim, se a pessoa sabe espanhol, português é basicamente uma porta. Um sinal disso é que eu entendi o comentário sem saber nada de espanhol.

[@AmbiCahira]

I could relate from my English journey. At first I learned English because it was mandatory but eventually when it was left to my own devices I had to really find the motivation if it felt good enough now or not and I really didn't want the effort to feel wasted. I'm so glad that I wasn't content with being intermediate and I truly grasp onto that hindsight feeling for my Korean learning now because I know that someday in hindsight I will be grateful that I never gave up. 2020 has really tried to convince me to give up but I refuse to.

[@tharukik]

Good luck and happy new year lindie

[@alexanderpapazov5441]

Loved this video! ❤️ Your content always puts a smile on my face!

[@iosebdzamukashvili5360]

OMG to me Spanish Grammar is the easiest grammar ever. I guess it depends what language is native for a person. I'm a native Georgian speaker and probably you know how hard it is. One of the hardest languages in the world. Spanish has been so easy for me. I reached a B1 level in just 3 months and I'm still in a learning process right now. Btw Good luck with your future endeavours. ❤️ Happy Upcoming New Year!

[@santiagoperez2094]

It Hella easy to talk cassualy, the problem most learners have is actually use the grammar on its total.

[@benthayermath]

I would just like to say that, regarding motivation, some of my most rewarding language learning experiences have come with almost no justification. For example, I've taken college classes in Arabic and Russian, two difficult languages I really had absolutely no reason to learn, and they were both amazing! I now love both cultures, too, just because I decided to try something new. Compare that to when I learned some Italian: my grandpa is full italian so I have the heritage--great reason to learn it, right? Honestly, I didn't have a good time. Now part of that was the course curriculum/tools and not the language itself, but it just goes to show that the easy or superficially motivated option is not always as good as the hard one that you have no reason to learn but simply intrigues you. Thanks for the vid and happy language learning! 🧡

[@epicdjyoshi648]

Thanks so much for another fantastic video Lindie! I agree with the points that you made. Language tastes change over time, and it's absolutely okay to stop doing a language if you're no longer enjoying it. I did Japanese for a while when I was around 13/14, and then gave up as I couldn't remember the dates (e.g. 1st,2nd) to save my life and got really disheartened and stopped. Now, I'm studying Japanese at uni and I'm really enjoying it and improving all the time.

[@amadeusmalonje8263]

Loved hearing about your struggles in language learning. And you totally rock glasses lol

[@yourfirstsecondlanguage4782]

Love watching your videos, another insightful one as always :)

[@tharukik]

Good luck and happy new year Lindie ☺☺☺

[@kimzahosh3687]

Before 5 min i gave up on korean and then i saw this .its looks like i will not give up anymore thank you so much💜

[@matthewbristow972]

I have been feeling the same way lately, but I don't give up on things,.and being aware of my grudge towards how difficult the language journey has been, actually gave me the motivation to force myself now to do twice the amount of practice in the hopes of breaking through my barriers. Your Korean is really good! I am officially a fan!

[@English_Marathoner]

5:00 저 요즘 스페인어에 자꾸 관심이 가요 ^^;;; 저도 제가 영어 말고 다른 언어에 관심을 가지게 될 줄 몰랐어요 2022년에 스페인어 기초를 시작해보려고 해요

[@micah385]

I think that is so true that you need to have a reason to learn a language. I often want to learn a language and then I end up quitting because I don't have a reason. Thank you for this video!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eundongpark1672]

I've learned Spanish to a functional level and I've been trying to learn Korean for 4 years now. I don't understand how tou can say Spanish grammar is difficult after learning Korean! Once you've got subjunctive worked out and a few super-easy word order things, Spanish is practically English! There are so many shared roots that I come across so many new Spanish words that I can pretty much guess with a fair degree of certainty. But English shares so little with Korean (just Konglish, basically) it's driving me crazy. After 4 years I'm getting ahead so slowly so I decided to take a break and indulge in teying out Tagalog and after just two months I was nearly as good at reading tweets in Filipino as i was reading tweets in Korean after learning Korean for 4 years. Tagalog also has a very different (and flexible) grammar structure but I simply find it easier, and the spattering of English and Spanish in Filipino scaffolds my learning.

[@rodrigobaraldi1756]

Oh, I was so excited just hearing you saying about Brazilian Portuguese 😂💕, and I totally understand about learning a language as a personal thing, and everyone that is going to do that needs a personal motivation. As a fan of your videos and following you a long time just thinking about you speaking Brazilian Portuguese makes my heart warm hahaha ( It's not a request, I'm just saying how it feels for someone as a fan). Love ya, Beijos from Brazil :)

[@ellared]

I need Lindie Botes merch... like just a t-shirt or something that says her name across it with a couple of phrases in different languages.

[@francoislabelle4418]

I like that you allow your videos to show vulnerability and are not shy about your doubts and your failures. Like any long-term project, learning a language has it's ups and downs and I appreciate seeing someone who's had success in learning other languages share that they too have had rough patches.

[@vkohlt]

Brazilian here.. lol I was curious when I saw the flag on the thumbnail haha. I totally agree with you. Even though I love languages in general, I’ll probably only learn the ones that I feel particularly interested in the country and culture.

[@nlagoonsea]

Wow, thanks for your words and memories! God bless you. 🇲🇽

[@justinllamas1]

so early ! merry christmas and happy new year, lindie !

[@shannonmariefalandoportugues]

Love your channel!

[@shizuevoltam]

I can relate to the issue you had with Korean on two different levels haha 1. I used to study Japanese in high school as a hobby and it got the point where I managed to apply for a scholarship to a Japanese academy. I was in 10th grade at that time, I did my best and actually managed to win the scholarship, which meant I could have spent a year at an aviation academy and if the school deems my results satisfactory, they would have financed my final year there. However, it was at that time that North Korea threatened South Korea and Japan by bombing them and my mother got so anxious that she immediately called off my application. It felt like all the hard work and studying was in vain and it made me lose interest in studying the language for quite a while. 2. In 9th grade we had this opportunity to spend a month in China through a scholarship and since I only started learning English a couple months prior to that, the teacher said that they only let those apply who speak fluent English and won't risk bringing someone who isn't sure about their abilities. It hit me so hard that by the next year I learnt the language to a proficiency level that my English teacher offered me to get the principal's approval and I could take the school leaving exam at advanced level at the end of 10th grade. It was quite funny because I specialized in German and I was a topic among teachers for a while after that. It was definitely fate so I tried to look at both of these experiences on the bright side. The next year I managed to win a scholarship to Germany and by speaking fluent English and German I never felt left out(:

[@ajax7590]

I understand how you feel about the university thing in Korea , I was supposed to go to 上智大学 in Japan last spring but due to covid it got cancelled and now I’m graduating from college and it sucks because I spent years preparing for it

[@Sharlenestudzy-more]

Thank You so much for making this video and pointing out that language learning isn't just something you do on a wammi... I think is ridiculous people are asking you to learn language just for their own purpose. People really don't understand how much time goes into it especially when your self studying. I've been studying korean for a year now and i love it. I do attend university for becoming a Dr, so self studying korean while working 2 jobs and going to University is very hard work. I will not give up .I will also be moving to South Korea to work and finish my doctoral there. I love all your videos and i wanna wish you a Happy New Year.

[@falistiq]

Thank you for making this video, It reminded me my motivation to learn new language

[@placebo6956]

I definitely relate to you on a lot of this! My main motivation for learning german was because I wanted to go to school at a german university, but then that fell through. I also thought that I would absolutely NEVER learn or be interested in learning mandarin, but not mandarin is the language that I put most of my time and effort into and I have to much fun doing it :)

[@paulwalther5237]

I can't believe someone who fought their way through Korean grammar actually thinks Spanish grammar is hard. You just blew my mind 😆 btw I love your videos.

[@pierreabbat6157]

For a native speaker of Japanese, Korean would be a lot easier (she's talked about how knowing one language helped her with the other). But for a native speaker of a West Germanic language, Spanish is easier. There are, of course, grammatical things peculiar to Spanish, such as -zc- verbs, but Spanish tenses correspond to English with a few more distinctions, Spanish has plural nouns like English rather than counter/classifiers like East Asian languages, and so on.

[@gerlautamr.656]

Well, I know a whole lotta people who have never mastered Spanish grammar, and still claim to be fluent in Spanish.

[@yael5846]

@@gerlautamr.656 yeah, it happens. If you use the language every day, at some point you just "know". Maybe you don't understand grammar rules and all that stuff, but you use the language so much that you just know where things go or how to say it all without thinking about it. I learned two languages so far and I never bothered to check a grammar book because my main goals in the languages are: reading and listening, I don't care about the rest, but I can defend myself in the language and speak or write if I have to, despite all the mistakes you will probably find in this comment.

[@golbinnom]

romance language have difficult grammar....spanish, french, etc

[@k.5425]

A language is defined as "hard" depending on the distance between the native language /languages already known to the target language. For English speakers the romance and germanaic languages are on the easy- medium scale. And Asian languages on the "hard scale". I'm sure for a Japanese or Chinese speaker, Korean could even be in the "easy" scale. It really all depends.

[@nessk7825]

I’ve been learning Korean for almost 2 years now. However, these days my motivation is almost completely gone... The first year I learned a lot, but the second year, due to my heavy student schedule, I didn’t have the time to dedicate as much of my time because my brain was full already... In result I didn’t learn much and I was kind of scared of the idea of losing what I’ve learned , since I wasn’t as diligent as before. Now, even if I’m still busy, I take a little time to learn a bit ( maybe once a week). But I feel like I’m so slow next to people who has started at the time as me but are already so fluent. I bought a new book and I’m back at it again, but being alone is not easy. I tried to make korean friends and it didn’t work, and I can’t go to Korea or take more classes. When can I have at least a decent conversational level ? 🥺 Kiss from PARIS ❤️

[@rensvh98]

What’s your opinion on Dutch, since it’s so similar to Afrikaans? Do you think you’ll ever pick it up?

[@user-ux8eu1gr9c]

amazing video as always, btw I love your earrings ✨

[@viniciusps01]

I didn't realize that there was so many Brazilians following you. It's great to hear that. Hello from Tocantins, Brazil.

[@tonyhogg9839]

I've learned Spanish and French and have put tons of time into both of them over many years. I still want to go a long ways in them as well. I hate still encountering things in those languages I don't know. It's a never ending project. When people tell me they will help me learn their language if I help them with English I just feel a kind of "ugg" in the pit of my stomach. The thought of tackling another language just sounds exhausting to me. I just don't want to do it. It just takes up so much time for me. Those claims that you can become fluent quickly in a language make me go 😡. "Just with ten minutes a day you can .....". Yeah right buddy!

[@gerlautamr.656]

I agree.Talking about Spanish, people assume that, since its pronunciation is "easier", then the whole language is too.Then they encounter Spanish grammar and very quickly change their mind.

[@sofiaretamar3415]

setting my annual goals, i came to the conclusion that i also lost my core reason to learn korean, and then i remembered you made this video. language learning never really goes by wasted, and even if i don´t have a specific goal with it, expanding my horizons with languages will bring me opportunities that i can´t think of right know. so thank you so much for this and for sharing your contagious passion for language with us !! 💕

[@tomcollinsishere]

OMG I NEVER EXPECTED A WHOLE VIDEO ADDRESSING MY QUESTION AAAA! how exciting!! lots of love! 💕💕

[@tomcollinsishere]

Personally I have a little beef with both French and Indonesian- French because my friend is fluent and whenever he’s tried to teach me it’s just not been fun- but I also want to learn French some day because French just feels like it could represent a part of my personality that I don’t explore a lot in English, Japanese or Chinese. Also, I have beef with Indonesian because I took it in my first semester of Uni and I hated the course structure and nothing seemed to stick, and then when we had to do the exam the teacher accidentally gave us the second year exam and so I couldn’t do anything! though, Indonesian was my first exposure to a second language so I do want to learn it again some day!! I guess part of my beef is learning under my own terms~

[@jnmc2498]

I speak 5 languages and right now Im studying korean. Problem is I got family, kids, and very little time to commit, its also very different from all the other languages I speak so I dont get much help from it. I have absolutely no connection to Korea and know no Koreans or korean speaking people. But I was very interested and wanted to give it a try. Atm Im struggling to find time so I hope I wont give up on Korean because I really want to learn it and go to Korea. Feel free to give me some advice 😁👍

[@naria2224]

There are apps where you can practice with even just a little time. Like many when you open them you set up how many minutes a day you would spend. You could even just do 5-10 minutes.

[@Phantomyre]

To know that Korean was difficult even for a polyglot is a bit comforting and scary for me as I am half Korean-- trying to learn for the sake of communicating to my family in Korea and it's so confusing. I thought I was just stupid.

[@jenniferstenmark6290]

This video was so good! Great work. I rarely hear things in Korean but wow I really like how it sounds. =)

[@DrustZapat]

I can definitely relate to Spanish choosing you as I started learning it in highschool taking classes while working in a Mexican restaurant. I'm still not fluent, but it's a work in progress. I just started learning Arabic and French about a year ago, and I added Swahili and Portuguese to the daily rounds about a month ago. My reason for wanting to be fluent in these languages are primarily professional because I want to be an interpreter and translator. With that being said, I chose the languages I did because they are all spoken in more than one country, so that gives me more people to talk to from more cultures. Besides taking classes, I also use HelloTalk and Duolingo. Cheers everyone, and good luck on your language learning journey!

[@swethasrinivasan6923]

I had felt the same while Japanese. At one point, I was questioning myself if it was worthy of my time or not & was about to give it up. But someohow by God's grace, I got nominated for a Japanese Buddy Program at work and this made me so happy! In fact, I became so happy such that it rekindled my motivation to get back to Japanese again. You are so sweet and relatable, Lindie & I'm so glad u didn't give up on Korean❤💞