I hit 100+ German lessons on italki so I bought $100 more

[@Sebbir]

I love that positive language experience high where you just feel the need to put that energy into something like doing a handstand. I related so much to that part

[@elyssedavega]

If i could do a cartwheel i would’ve literally done it

[@MultaVerba]

The B2 rant really hit home for me with French. Even though I've been living here for over a year now as a foreign student, the whole frustration of not truly being at the point where you can freely express yourself without constant doubt and feeling like there's still so much more that you need to learn. I think as well knowing two languages already before French makes me even more aware of the fact that that "very advanced" is achievable and also constantly being surrounded by other second language French speakers who speak better than me. And to be 100% honest, it can be *so* tiring to feel "stupid" when speaking but also not being able to escape the language either. But the way, you've been able to do so much of this through self-study alone is *super* inspiring!! :)))

[@elyssedavega]

that's so true, it's almost like we're competing with our own selves? omg like i don't compare myself to others that much but when i think "ugh but i know how to say this better in spanish/portuguese etc" i ruin my own mood LMFAO god save us. i'm glad you enjoyed the vid!!

[@CouchPolyglot]

I love Italki, I have used it a lot for Russian, like for 5 or 6 years. Now I am using it for Swedish every now and then 😄

[@gwchk7]

8:50 the struggle is real!!! well done Elysse!

[@elyssedavega]

thank you

[@aarcm.9290]

I so admire how you approach the different languages you learn, but lately with your videos I'm having to tell myself I can't randomly start German with a priority language, another one to focus on, and a third one I know I want to develop in the near future haha. Loved the video!

[@elyssedavega]

Hahaha don't let me mess up your flow :P

[@lj32920]

Yeah, people say you can't. I'm 75 and was a linguist all my life, starting as a toddler. I was an Army linguist, and when I was injured 30 years ago, I was discharged and stopped speaking other languages. Now I just moved into a retirement home for military people who are still independent and mobile. There is no need to speak anything but English. But I found that when I read articles about languages, I got very alert and energetic. So I started learning other languages, most I have never looked into before or always wanted to, but didn't. Right now I'm studying 24 different languages and making progress on all of them. I regained at least a level one ability on my old languages and am excited about the new ones. I'm even studying impossible languages like Icelandic and Navajo. Yeah, I'll probably die before I get any proficiency in these 24 languages, but dang, I'm happy doing it. Of course nobody understands why I'm doing it. Just a crazy old linguist. But forget thinking you can't do more than one language at a time. Just do one of the free multiple language learning aps. Duolingo is free and actually fun and can get to unguessed at depths. Once you can talk, go get a partner here at italki. Have fun!

[@_dandaramr]

​@lj32920 Reading your comment was really motivating and your story is pretty interesting too!! Good luck on your language learning journey

[@dubu3927]

omg i love this kind of videos, german sounds soooooo pretty i watch your videos speaking german when i don't feel like studying bc your my main motivation

[@rozanmagsi8543]

Your videos are amazing, and your confidence and speaking is just so good and satisfying. I’am currently half way through B-1 level and my speaking is really weak. Your videos help a lot with motivation please make more videos related to your German language journey! Much love Elysse ❤️

[@elyssedavega]

get out there and speak as early as you can! i'm rooting for you :)

[@rozanmagsi8543]

@@elyssedavega Thankyouuusomuch!❤️

[@Nat_Anastasiya]

0:55 Loved the reference

[@jillaroo1986]

Du sprichst super!!! Falls du noch nicht weisst, weshalb "gekündigt" falsch war, dann hier eine kurze Erläuterung: Kündigen benutzt man wenn man einen langfristigen Vertrag hatte. Wie z.B. einen Arbeitsvertrag, Mietvertrag, eine Mitgliedschaft etc.. Wenn man etwas absagt, also z.B. eine Reise, dann nutzt man entweder "stornieren" wenn die Reise schon wirklich gebucht war oder "absagen"/"verwerfen" etc, wenn man nur vor hatte zu reisen aber noch nichts offiziell gebucht hat.. Das Wort, was die Leherin hier genutzt hat, ist semi optimal. Da es kein richtiges Deutsch ist, sondern Denglisch 😄 Aber es wird wirklich sehr oft benutzt. Z.b. "Ich habe meine Pläne gecancelled". Und ein langer Flug, ist ein Langstreckenflug. Ich wünschte meine Aussprache wäre so gut wie deine...irgendwann hoffentlich 😁

[@elyssedavega]

danke fürn Tipp! :D

[@violalalala.]

your pronunciation is SO, so good!

[@amzhem1953]

Dein Deutsch und Türkisch ist sehr gut !! I love watching your they really give me motivation^^

[@elyssedavega]

Danke sehr!!! keep going :)

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

Thank you for that. This is so valuable

[@elyssedavega]

valuable, at least worth $100 😹 thank you!!!

[@sophiaentzminger5011]

Ive taken about 550 lessons on Italki since 2016. 90% in spanish, and now starting the 10% in Portuguese. Ive met friends for life !!!!

[@elyssedavega]

Damn!!! that's game!! that is insane

[@sophiaentzminger5011]

@@elyssedavega its addicting;)

[@sophiaentzminger5011]

@@elyssedavega i asked family and friends to buy me italki credits for Christmas, birthdays, whatever!

[@soph0416]

@@sophiaentzminger5011 omg from one Sophia to another please let me know Portuguese and Spanish went! I want to do the same! ❤

[@sophiaentzminger5011]

@@soph0416 Hi "me" :) , the lessons are going great..I recently hit 600 total lessons from 2016- 2022. I've learned so much, gained confidence, and friends. My Spanish is a high level, my portuguese is at a low conversational level, but improving.

[@caioalves182]

Outstanding content as usual

[@elyssedavega]

Much appreciated! thanks for letting me know

[@arizona5234]

"wir sind nie der gleichen Meinung" is absolutely correct and sounds more natural than "wir sind nie gleicher Meinung". Your German is really good by the way, just by listening to you I would assume that you've lived in Germany for some years

[@elyssedavega]

that’s so coooool i’m glad i can get a feel for when something sounds better!

[@BlissLovePeace]

grammatically both correct ... I'd definitely prefer "wir sind nie gleicher Meinung". Ist in etwa so wie "Ich setz' mich aufs Rad und fahr' nach Haus' " vs. "Ich setze mich auf das Rad und fahre nach Hause". Often enough the longer version sounds somewhat awkward and stiff vs. casual and easy ...

[@mayabochmann6741]

I was so excited for this video. I had 158 lessons in Italki so far :)

[@elyssedavega]

That’s insane!! congrats on that :D i’m glad you liked the vif

[@blerp2107]

"You learn the word and then you never need it again" I FEEL THIS SOOOO MUCH

[@nisanuraydogdu517]

Thank you so much for this video, you encouraged me to learn more, and amazing content again❤️

[@benyaminhamid2035]

LOVE U AND YOUR CONTENT

[@elyssedavega]

thanks so much!!!

[@nenels3371]

„Wir sind nie der gleichen Meinung“ is what I as a native speaker would say too. Or I would could use the word „einig“ (adjective for „having the same opinion“ or „united“): „Wir sind uns nie einig“. There is also the verb „sich einigen“ (to reach an agreement): „Wir können uns nie (auf etwas) einigen.“

[@AyushKumarSharma-np5cb]

The reference to Language Simp tho 😂

[@elyssedavega]

Hahahaha! his channel is gold

[@AyushKumarSharma-np5cb]

@@elyssedavega Afterall he's attractive to every woman AND man on the planet haha

[@clairegoodell1742]

Being a faily hight intermediate speaker with a ton of listening experience can also be highly frustrating, because you have really good skills for vocabulary recognition, but much weaker recall and slightly off grammar. Mandarin is kind of easy in that you don't have to deal with a huge amount of synonyms and verb tenses are easy to pick up. Most nouns do not have a plural/singular differentiation. However speaking with correct tones can be hard because it has to be kind of unconscious for you to sound naturally speaking.

[@joaopina82]

Hi, im a medical student in Portugal, first of all, super impressed with your flawless portuguese accent. Im starting my fifth year of six years of medicine and my idea was to start learning german so I can move there as it was always my dream to live in Berlin. Do you think two year is enough time to reach B2 level? Or should I shoot my goals for more like 3 year? :/

[@elyssedavega]

Time is completely irrelevant, it's about the effort and consistency of your studies! If you wanna talk about it more, I give 1-on-1 coaching sessions :) link is in my instagram bio

[@غزوانشعلان-ت5م]

Thank you

[@ANDPedro]

I never seen a video of progression learning a languege. Nice💛

[@itzelarredondo4569]

the language simp reference 🥵🥵🥵

[@zetnikoven]

120 lesson, I got now. very happy with my spanish

[@wheatieee47]

Hahaha, a 7 hour flight to London? In November it will take me about 24 hours to get there from Australia xd

[@elyssedavega]

Haaaa yeah I guess it doesn't sound so bad now!

[@itzelarredondo4569]

hola elysse! :) cooles video. do you prepare for your lessons? since you decide on a topic, i was wondering if you, like, go through vocab beforehand so you can move through it more fluently or do you just show up with what is already in your brain? may be you don't do this anymore, but did you do it at some point? when you had a more basic level of german. i'm mexican and i'm learning german but i get sooo discouraged when i lack very basic vocabulary. at the same time, i feel it's not very realistic to think i can really prepare for spontaneous conversations, lol. graciasss :) 💖

[@leahfriedman7559]

Well done eless

[@leahfriedman7559]

Thanks

[@cliffer6715]

the word thing is how i feel in French, but I've heard German can be so much harder for the same reason xD glad you challenged yourself so much though!

[@saradepoli4351]

I am doing german lessons on this site too

[@elyssedavega]

italki is the best! i'm glad you love it too.

[@laurakaramcruz6927]

I love italki so much! I teach English and Portuguese there and I've met only amazing people 😍 As a learner, I've made a lot of progress thanks to italki too

[@elyssedavega]

it’s suchhh* a great experience using the platform as a learner AND a teacher. especially when you get to transfer your teaching credits to the student wallet 😹

[@laurakaramcruz6927]

@@elyssedavega yesss, exactly. Transferring the credits from one wallet to another is my favorite feature 😂

[@user36271]

I've been learning German for a year now and I haven't had any speaking partner or a tutor yet, do you think it's a good idea to book italki lessons from the beginning or wait until I have enough Vocab ?

[@sophiaentzminger5011]

Me personally, I'd wait till I had more vocabulary or you'll just be staring at each other on the screen. I've taken over 500 lessons over 8 years of Spanish. At least learn small talk, and how to introduce yourself, your family, job, etc.

[@livtupi]

Im technically b1 but dear loooord do i feel behind???? Except i study alone??? So behind WHO??? no clue

[@elyssedavega]

there's no reason for you to know any more than you already do! don't hold yourself to impossible standards

[@raoufrachedi2383]

Would be a great idea if you can share your expertise on Italki and actually teach the languages that you currently fluently speak

[@elyssedavega]

I taught on italki for two years, i’m not interested in doing it anymore :)

[@raoufrachedi2383]

@@elyssedavega that's awesome, I am thinking of doing it since I am a polyglot as well, what am I in for? Is it good? What made you lose interest if I may ask?

[@kiboselo]

How much cost a lesson? How many lesson does 100$make

[@elyssedavega]

I showed in the beginning, 6x16=100

[@lj32920]

Hah! Just wait. At my height I spoke almost 40 languages, half of them with some fluency. Now I have trouble remembering English. There are these embarrassing pauses while I try to think how to talk around the word or phrase I needed but couldn't remember. .🙄

[@BlissLovePeace]

I have watched a few of your videos ... and find it interesting how you "absorb" the "mentality", if you know what I mean. Somehow you seem German to me. Let's put it this way, German and your personality and intellect seem to get along really well. Interesting ...

[@poooyfeces3909]

If the point of learning languages is to be able to connect with other people what is the point of learning german because isn’t standard german a second language for all people from Germany who would all rather speak in their dialect, and so if you do move to Germany you would need to learn both?

[@elyssedavega]

I think you need to read a lot more about language dynamics in Germany

[@tgbplays658]

SHE LIKES JOYCE MANOR COOL

[@elyssedavega]

They’re my favorite band!!! I’ve been listening to them since high school

[@MG-ro5jj]

Man kann „guter Scheiß“ sagen, wenn man ganz vulgär sein will

[@ilovegoldenretrievers]

Maybe I did not understand, but the sections "Day 1,2,3 etc" represent your level after the 100+ lessons? Keep it up

[@melaniegrace7707]

Gute Scheiße

[@elyssedavega]

LMAO

[@lj32920]

I keep remembering the wrong things. For "excuse me" I kept thinking "Intruding on zie." I've got dozens of them. I won't list them here for fear of de-progressing people. Just a warning. It does not help to think of what the word reminds you of. Do not use cognates to "remind" you of a word. In fact, if you have studied how the brain works, you may know you almost always picture something in your mind before putting words to it. And these pictures become ingrained in your mind. It doesn't matter if green "granny Smith" apples are you favorites, and are usually green or yellow, when you hear the word "apple" your mind will picture a red smallish round apple. So when you want to learn a word in another language, you will learn it faster if you ignore your usual mental picture, which is associated with English, and make a whole new image while you learn the new word. If you hear a word for "dog" in the language, and your dog is a pit bull, it is faster for you to remember the word if you picture a huge bright orange collie or something.. When you learn the word for school, never picture your own school. Picture Harry Potter's school or something for the new word. That's one reason German is so hard. There are so many cognates with German, and your mind wants to cut back to English all the time. Learning Spanish is even worse that way. If you already know Spanish, linguists will give you terrible advice. "Now learn Portuguese or Italian. It's so much like Spanish!" Bad idea. And if you learn German, DO NOT take up Dutch or something very like German. Try something like Japanese, totally different.

[@chrissy4957]

Genau! Man kann auch sagen: „Wir sind nie der gleichen Meinung“.

[@evelineschurter7624]

Als eine Deutsch Muttersprachler kann ich sagen dass deine Aussprache sehr gut ist! Du hast fast kein Akzent

[@lj32920]

Does anyone speak Navajo?

[@danijeljovic4971]

i'm a native german speaker and i'm jealous of your german pronunciation lol

[@elyssedavega]

HAHAHA how does that happen!!