I used Anki for 1000 days in a row (language learning)

[@GiovanniSmith]

I apologize for being so sweaty in this video. My computer kicks up more heat than usual during recording, so I'll have to adjust the fans. Also, hitting 1000 subs and getting this 1000 day Anki streak is pure coincidence.

[@rangerdenver3534]

No need to apologise bro!.....

[@k.5425]

All these are similar to refold principles

[@andrewashkettle]

“Let’s be honest, you’re probably procrastinating watching this video” Lol don’t call me out like that bro

[@delectari4466]

You are a true hero! I used Anki for the last half of the year every single day learning German. Unfortunately, last week I had to quit my home in Moscow and you probably know why. Since that time I feel no motivation to continue. Watching this video empowered me, thank you! Update: thanks everyone for your warm feedback. I appreciate that and didn't expect that so many people would suggest help. No worries, I am safe. Me, my wife and our 1 year old daughter found an apartment for rent and job opportunity in Serbia. We plan to stay here until this madness is over and then return home. At least we hope so :) Peace!

[@tufan_now]

Which Neveu bist du? How long u learning?

[@jul8159]

I hope you're okay!

[@anstyavdeevv3993]

really why

[@Tragantar1310]

Kopf hoch und durch Bruder. Die Zeiten werden wieder besser. Alles Gute für dich

[@NEbeliever]

@@anstyavdeevv3993 The war

[@robbiesmith8055]

Lol imagine not giving up on daily Anki practice within 3 days of starting... Impressive work sir

[@okstcowboy14]

the first 3 days are the hardest.

[@andrew_240]

This is absolutely insane. I get dizzy when I see my anki reviews over 100. Averaging 500 over 1000 days is just absolute mad-lad levels!!

[@mc101]

Thank for inspireing me. I'm 65 years old and started using anki to learn German only 2 years ago.

[@tendrillion3580]

For me when i was learning english for the first time, the thing that helped me the most (by far) was playing jrpg videogames with lots of dialogue and having to grind all that dialogue in order to understand the story. I used a physical dictionary to check every word i didn't understand and it worked like a chain reaction, letting me draw context and showing me how particles were being used in each sentence. Kinda similar to your novel experience with spanish, although my focus was enjoying the story from the beginning.

[@jerstumc5033]

I guess it's because you also enjoyed what you read. Because you can't just read anything and look up every single word, it feels really exhausting.

[@crasheba1533]

@@jerstumc5033I did, it's exhausting like you said, especially when you discover you've been looking for the same words again and again without realizing it hahahah. But this is passive learning, just input. You'd be only good at reading or understanding the language. The next step is to formulate your own sentences and start using them (writing/talking) in real life scenarios, and this is the hardest but most enjoyable part of language learning. Most people skip this part. Anki won't help you that much unless you start adding your own cards using your own vocabulary, and learn it.

[@kaythia-s9h]

I had a lot of success with Chinese and cards without example sentences at first. I viewed it as priming my brain to absorb them in immersion, and it worked to great effect. But there definitely DOES come a point where you get to a more advanced level and begin needing example sentences to effectively use less common words.

[@juns5979]

Well, You remind me of myself from late 2020. I was at a solid b2 level then and wanted to improve my English even more. I used to make a card out of every word I came across and put 2 to 4 definitions on the back with 4 or more example sentences. I was studying only 10 cards a day I end up with 70 cards reviewed in total. keep in mind that all of these cards are vocab cards, and it was really cumbersome to go through them, including the production cards ( those were a nightmare). so I deleted my production cards and turned my deck into sentence-cards-only. I was also studying German with anki before that and had gone through a pre-made A1 - A2 deck and started a b1 deck (also pre-made). a year later I stopped using Anki for English since I noticed I'm only reviewing cards I never saw anywhere in my immersion and I was watching a lot of stuff back then. I deleted the b1 German deck and I started mining sentence cards from youtube videos and that is the best decision I ever made (Anki-wise). I am currently studying 20 cards a day and after a year that would be 7,3k cards. I now have 2,5k cards and aspire to reach 7k - 8k by July 2023. When I watch youtube I make a screenshot out of every new word and have a special folder for that (I now have more than 450 screenshots on there) and whenever I wanna make cards, it's easy since I already have a bunch of screenshots waiting for to be added into anki. As for tolerating ambiguity, I only add words that I know in English, and whenever I encounter something that has to do with cultural references I tell myself that I am gonna catch up on that with my immersion. There are times though when I don't understand the context a word is used in or it's just used alone, so I forget about it and I tell myself that if it's knowing-worthy I'll encounter it somewhere else. P.s: Something you don't need is taking a C2 exam because even native speakers have to study for that. another P.s: how is my writing because I haven't written anything this long in months.

[@GiovanniSmith]

So for learning words with KZbin, you take a screenshot of the captions, right? By the way, your English is perfectly fine. I never would have guessed you weren't a native speaker. Also, passing C2 in Spanish is something I want for bragging rights

[@1s_that_a_j0j0_reference]

Bro your English is 👌🏼

[@javierdeblasgo]

Today I also made 1000 days reviewing English cards. Transparently, I accidentally broke my streak two times. It doesn't look as good on paper but realistically it doesn't affect all of my progress at all. I'm very proud of myself and the progress that I've done because of this commitment. Keep making progress everyone! 💪

[@giftenjoyer3664]

I didnt know about the minimal information principle, but assuming I understand what it means from the name I have felt something similar in language learning. Not only does it make reading much more enjoyable, you can only kind of think about one thing at a time anyway so it makes sense. Another one of these counter intuitive things which can hold you back from studying more.

[@reef6826]

I have missed about 10 days of Anki in 6 months, how ever Anki is a supplemental piece of my study, for me the most important think is listening or reading to the language in some way every day. Legendary streak though man.

[@GiovanniSmith]

Agreed. Interacting with the language in its raw form is much more powerful than doing flashcards in it.

[@ricochet4674]

The best way to practice something is to just do it, notice where you can improve, and apply that. All these like productivity gurus have made it seem way more complicated than it is. Best way is to just do it🤷‍♂.

[@norma94]

So much dedication! Lol at the end with “it’s fear” then cleaning sweat off your forehead

[@TravelingMooseMedia]

I'm on day 16 of my streak of 300 cards a day! These tips are incredible and I can't wait to implement them.

[@TravelingMooseMedia]

Just finished the video and can't believe I found someone so similar lol. I'm a Software Engineer that plays chess and studies languages as well, although not as long as you have! I'm definitely subscribing.

[@NinjaNanya]

I'm on day 416 you're inspirational making it to 1k. And I've definitely felt some of these struggles and have some things to consider given where I am in my learning

[@TimBoomer]

I have been using Anki regularly for years and I currently review about 300-400 cards per day in French, German, Latin and Italian. You have covered the main points that I would make, but I look at certain things a little differently. My context is that I am is that I am at various levels of "intermediate" in these languages, which puts less emphasis on adding lots of new words. First, my in-language definition field is mainly for synonyms, which helps me group certain words together, and eliminates confusion when I am reviewing English -> other language. Second, it is really helpful to group words that are variants on the same word stem and learn them together: noun, verb, adjective. This does not really increase the learning load all that much, since they often use the same word stem. Third, I use an "Extra Information" field with information that helps me use the word in a new context. This includes gender (if it's not obvious), forms of irregular verbs, such as simple past and participle (dringen, drang, hat gedrungen). Sound if it's ambiguous, such as whether the final "s" of a French word is pronounced, or the stressed syllable of an Italian word that does not follow the standard rules). I don't have the patience to review over 500 cards a day, mainly because I want to consume spoken or written content for at least 40-50 % of daily language study. Your point about paring the number of new cards added to the most necessary is spot-on. Also, I use all four buttons rigorously. Did I answer it only with a delay? Hard; Did I answer it rather comfortably? Good; Did it immediately come to mind without any thought? Easy. Easy helps space out repetition of words I'm not likely to forget. Good video, and keep up the good work!

[@chory9875]

Hearing about your experience has helped me a lot, thank you for the videos you make. I'm using anki for 2.5 years and i also had a moment at which i had to suspend all my cards (over 5000) because they didn't make any sense and were ambiguous (I didn't even know what i was testing myself with). I think anki is a powerful tool but it can be easily misused. I'm currently happy with how i make my flashcards :)

[@MiskoUsko]

It's amazing that my journey has been very similar to yours and I came to the same conclusions. I have encountered essentially the same issues as you did and dealt with them in very similar ways. I have been using anki for learning German for nearly 3 years now without a single break. Currently I am over 21k cards and still counting ^^

[@vladbudnyk7899]

Hi You can talk me some rules for Anki How do you learn in Anki?

[@beckya3048]

真的很佩服那些勇于学中文的人，you did a great job smith！

[@somecuber1228]

great job man, even though you made so much mistakes the fact that you still did it everyday is inspiring

[@MarkyTeriyaki]

Man what a grind. I took the shortcut and just moved to Spain/Japan and learned Spanish/Japanese there through immersion.

[@yjalma]

Excellent! keep up the great work.

[@Ron-op8es]

ive been regularly using anki, but trying to maintain a streak for 2+ years is crazy

[@mathnetic7511]

Hey man, congrats for the milestone! I really appreciate the tips, I was looking just for this video :D

[@olgierd245]

4:10 I FUCKING LOVE THAT. Man, I love the dedication you've put towards it. Makes me wanna try to come back to anki after a long break. I was doing mostly premade stuff, cause I've struggled with creating my own cards in Anki back then. But this is the right apporach. Thanks for so many tips.

[@jaredcartermusic]

Really good stuff here, man! I just broke a 124 day streak on my Anki. It has helped me to not be so rigid with the app (although, it's not easy). After watching this, I think I need to delete a lot of my cards. I've been to much of a "try-hard" lmao. Keep up the good work!

[@kaigorsuch3068]

amazing man. much respect

[@praefectusdepraetorio8480]

I could imagining this going up from 3k views to 500k pretty quick!

[@TheStellarJay]

600 days into my japanese anki streak, I never allow myself to learn more than 10 new cards a day in my vocab list (that includes front and back so its 5 words). Language learning is a marathon, not a sprint. I even have some days where there aren't any new cards because I didn't add any the previous day during immersion. I only add a word once I've heard it at least 3 times or guessed the meaning based on context.

[@g.a.9896]

Appreciate your videos and I like that this is clear about what exactly worked and didn't work. I'm a beginner in Mandarin and I feel like when I'm looking for reviews of resources a lot of channels waste time on long intros and motivational speeches about not giving up on the language etc. So I was glad to find a detailed video that just got right into the information on using Anki and some tips specific to Chinese. Thanks!

[@Ala100zpanfu]

my highest streak was 20 days lol. congratulations to you

[@BucksBirdBarn]

excellent video, you earned a subscriber. I'm currently 40 days into learning Spanish using duolingo and anki. I hope to get to your level someday. I can tell you will be very successful with whatever you decide to pursue in life. Regarding your chess deck, I think you should consider spending your time truly learning one white and one black opening, rather than just memorizing the names of many.

[@GiovanniSmith]

Thanks for the advice. What do you recommend for beginners? I've generally been using the Italian and Vienna for white, and the Scandinavian for black

[@TheSignseeker]

Thanks for sharing your evolution. I admire your persistence, but wonder if the 'procrastination' was caused by the fact that it was simply not enjoyable - and perhaps because you knew it wasn't the most effective (or important) use of your time. I have enjoyed Anki, and learning in general, a lot more since I stopped tracking streaks. I now consider just showing up (one card!) a success. I almost always end up doing more, but it's by choice, not because I am beholden to a streak. I believe I am retaining more now too. I'm trying to de-gamify almost everything in my life now; I'm looking for fun in the actual learning experience, instead of in the application of the system.

[@spaghettiking653]

I've been learning Japanese for a bit over 2 years I think, and I'm at a point where I can roughly read without much interruption now. I'm hoping on learning a couple thousand more words before just calling it quits on the whole SRS thing and just going for direct immersion. Reading is just way more fun than grinding cards every day, right?

[@JollyboatBros]

Yeah, try reading a book you already know. Or read a page/chapter in English and then in Japanese :) ideally something with an audio version in NH that you can slow dow & read along so you know you're pronouncing the right "readings"" of kanji. Admittedly I've only learnt European languages that require much less rote learning than Japanese but

[@JollyboatBros]

*but once you're over the hump of rote memorization you'll get a lot from seeing everything in context

[@smoothjazz2143]

I quit anki and dictionaires after A2. Learned every single word I know after that from context, It's all about reading technique and practice. Interpreting words is a skill in and of itself that will never develop if you always reach for the dictionaire.

[@spaghettiking653]

@@smoothjazz2143 Sounds like some venerable advice. I'd love to do that if I start a new language in a few years, and see how fast I can get to read again.

[@mateomaya]

Can you tell me about you experince learning japonese?,i started two months ago

[@NickWeston]

Thank you for sharing your experience! It was actually very helpful to me. ^_^

[@AdanSensei]

You are awesome bro 👍🔥

[@clan57]

Thank you, great learnings that will save me so much time by not making the same mistakes myself :)

[@Kawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww]

Outstanding video. Just getting started with Anki here

[@sakusatori]

very useful video, i have been using anki for a couple of months and definately would have ended up making these mitakes. you've made the mistakes so i dont have to 😄

[@AugustoKazuo]

Really good content!

[@benanjerris6744]

As a german, who taught himself english, let me tell you, listen to native/cultural media in the language you learn to reinforce the purposes of the learned words according to the possible contexts in your learning experience and respectfully, your resources. I spent a total of 11 years perfecting my english in terms of slang, casual and business. Which could've been less than 4 years if I applied audio stimuli as reinforcements earlier. My road was: slang -> casual -> business. When I entered the crossover between casual and business, I started listening to rap, tv etc in english and it sped up my progress by what I suppose is equal to around 60%. I have no source nor waypoints on the process to justify that estimate. However, except for my slight german accent, I speak english more proficiently than native british speakers, but due to my long learning process, I've lost some knowledge in german, which is my native language. So now I can say stuff like "my contemporaneous linguistic adeptness concerning basic english outweighs my adeptness in my official native linguistic proficiency" Which in my best german proficiently used speech would mean something like "Mein derzeitiger Stand des Englischen Sprachgebrauchs sprengt den Rahmen meiner generellen deutschen Qualifikation als Muttersprachler", former of which is the most casual way to say it without crossing into the territory of slang

[@azero1460]

Great and insightful video, good job!

[@agustinrosaleschase]

Yo, I learned the exact same things as you said in the video. Either we both happen to be the same, or there are some things that do really work for a lot of people.

[@solaramazin3704]

can you do an anki tutorial please? I'm a beginner in using it for Korean and French but I feel like it contains so much useful features that could help my progress than just the basic type in cards and I don't know how to adjust my sessions and card limits

[@smokeyson1887]

Nice video and yes I am procrastinating right now.

[@danielfrydman1136]

I really appreciate this kind of video especially as someone learning Mandarin who speaks Spanish and has struggled with Anki. In the future, would it be possible to make these kinds of videos less esoteric? I didn't understand a lot of the things you were talking about, or they were gone over very quickly. Great video though, super insightful

[@justinhale5693]

This should be taught in every classroom by example and enforced until it is background to our culture: 1. Use SRS for things that are hard to memorize but only those things that must be 2. Memorize words per context and only in the context of an otherwise understandable sentence, phrase, equation etc Every other bit of advise was still at least justifiably useful and interesting.

[@LloydTaylor]

This is really helpful! Thanks!

[@AlexBerardo]

Day 1400 My journey is the same as yours. I have 500k total reviews between German, Italian and Japanese. Same mistakes made as you and pushed all my single direct translation cards I made for 2 years into a legacy deck which I deactivated and started using migaku to make cards for my languages in new decks. I have been doing that for about a year and card generation is so much more enjoyable and I am learning a lot more naturally. I don't loathe anki, I don't mind doing it in the morning with my coffee. I tend to group my immersion with the corresponding anki if I can. I will watch a German video and then do german anki directly after. This gives me motivation to do anki if I didn't know a few words because it's a humbling experience knowing there are still things out there to learn. Things I learned from you, my observations, and questions I have: 1. I use bilingual definitions from the default migaku dictionaries. Why do you say monolingual definitions are superior? How where do you find downloadable monolingual dictionaries? 2. I set my new interval to 50%. This should make my life less tortuous. 3. I use fluentcards.com/ to take every word I highlight from my kindle into migaku which gives me the word, sentence and definition. This gives me a big backlog, and having no audio or picture is kind of annoying, but being forced to read long target language sentences are very helpful in the acquisition of obscure grammar structures (Italian like Spanish has rare past tense conjugations that are hardly used in speech, so only in literature can you learn them), something the migaku youtube or netflix clips cannot do for me as well. I find it helpful to have a mix between these cards in my deck, even if the kindle cards are not as good at helping me acquire vocabulary itself. 4. I try to keep reviews at 100 per deck (I don't set a limit) I find above 100 per language I get burned out which prevents me from enjoying learning languages. I've been learning German for 10 years now and the biggest life lesson I've learned from it is that you have to enjoy the journey as much as the destination. I've been a slave to anki, I refuse to be that anymore. If you always live for tomorrow, guess what?, tomorrow is always tomorrow. Which brings me to my final point: 5. I skip weekends and postpone cards using the postpone cards addon. Sure this makes Monday's reviews harder because of the SRS algorithm, but the boost to my mental health and motivation I get from a break is so worth it. We are so young man, I know what it is like having that boulder over your head. In college it prevented me from going out with my friends and having a good time. I was never able to eat a meal relaxed. Enjoy your life. Enjoy the journey of language learning. All we have is the present moment :)

[@georgeallen7487]

My approach to anki is so different than you xD First, I retire a card if I can recall it after 30 days. I would rather spend time with a word in a different context than repeat the same sentence a year later. I think forgetting your old understanding of a word has advantages, and I don't want to keep any one connotation around too long. I also don't want to keep my English definitions around too long after I transition to monolingual cards at some point in the future. If the word is worth learning it will come up again in immersion and then I can add it to my deck once more, but this second time I will get something different out of it. Second, I don't aim for a certain number of new cards per day, why do people do this? You only have so much time in your life, so just set a side how much you are comfortable with doing anki. I do 40 minutes of anki a day and don't allow myself to do more. I just do all my old cards first and don't worry about new cards until I have time. Third, the front of all my cards is just audio. Listening is the "hard" part of acquisition, at least in the begging, and benefits the most from repetition and context. Anki is the best tool for getting really familiar with a single context. Audio cards make the biggest downside of Anki its greatest strength. Also audio as a medium to interact with the language allows me to get all my reps in on my daily walk which I would do anyway. Listening lends itself the least to immersion in the begging, and Anki thankfully makes anything mildly entertaining, so it is the perfect way to listen when real content is too difficult.

[@hepsima]

very useful tips, thanks bro

[@tomi8955]

That is like crazy cool . My longest streak was 29 days 😂😭

[@matthewvoorhoeve4748]

Yo man I really recommend you use Glossika. It provides thousands of sentence audio cards by native speakers and has a spaced repetition algorithm like Anki but easier to use , and has really simple interface. I been on that grind like you with 400+ hours spent on it in less than a year for learning Chinese on it. It’s the best way to review listening in my opinion. It also has many languages you can study. This not paid promotion I just really enjoy learning languages too and this how I’ve been doing it. 加油

[@CaptainWumbo]

sadly I think anki encourages you to pursue inefficient strategies, esp. with default settings. The intervals are very short, they grow slowly, and you still fail frequently. The program is based on recognition, which is much weaker than recall, and generally encourages very weak initial encoding using mass repetition to make up for it, contrary to it's intention of being efficient. Remembering characters is hard, but just remembering words is easily done through reading and listening, no flashcards required. It's still recognition based, but it's more interesting and you'll be surprised how much sticks without deliberate effort as random words just occur to you throughout the day, which is a pure recall.

[@denisvorotyntsev5729]

Great vid, TY for sharing!

[@patrickbreen2973]

Great video

[@pavel9652]

Great analysis and advice! How is your language learning progress going? I would be interested in hearing about it, not only the technical aspects. I think you were putting too much load on yourself! For me Anki is a nice break, so every time I jump on the trainer or have few minutes waiting for a tea or in the bus, I can do few cards. I started using the Android Anki app a few weeks ago to learn Italian. I am also data hoarder and downloaded 20 the best Italian decks. I have been completing at least half of them daily, putting about 1h into it, but the tempo isn't manageable in long term and I understand it. I found decks sometimes propose words I don't want to learn at that time, so I need more selection. I probably learn 20-30 words a day anyway, just across the decks. Examples are great but it is good to play with a word in Google translate or similar program.

[@raonei]

I was doing this. Then I had a horrible breakup and I just lost my streak. I see the due cards and I get so anxious, my depression just can't 😭

[@pavel9652]

"in the morning would do one or two cards immediately, so that theoretically if I get into a car crash or coma, at least my streak would be preserved for one day" - haha, what a dedication! ;) I think it might be possible to send the update with date retrospectively. I don't know how the application works, but I doubt it sends the requests immediately, so it might be possible to do some cards offline, then update local db, wherever anki stores the information temporarily (sqlite db), and then sync mobile device or desktop app with server to preserver streak. I haven't tested it, though, and I know it is cheating ;)

[@jerstumc5033]

Many people say that you need to configure anki to get the most powerful benefits for learning but basically you can't ever configure anki because you mess up the algorithm, maybe just some tweaks here and there but that's it, not a big deal.

[@antonia2997]

I ran into a similar problem with reading and Anki in Spanish. Put way too many words in it and had a huge backlog. Collecting cards is nearly automatic through Readlang. I review my cards on the Anki mobile app and set one of the swipe motions to delete the card. When I first come across a new card I consider if it’s really something I need to know and delete it if not. And if the card needs more context, or an image I flag it and add that later. For reading and understanding: I’ve found that science textbooks are a lot easier to read than fiction - as long as the topic itself isn’t too hard. In some cases it’s even easier than news articles. I think it’s because they use very structured clear language and avoid implying stuff.

[@akemdam9824]

U.u gracias por el consejo

[@aquari_2344]

Much respect

[@stremsniperisbest5728]

this is awesome, but I'm wondering if you could give any suggestions? I'm 16 and I have been learning spanish for about 3 months(currently mid a2) I want to learn faster and I can currently read books like Percy jackson(know 50% of the words)

[@stremsniperisbest5728]

(sorry about not responding before btw, I only have a school Chrome book so it's imposible. what ive done is just remove english --> spanish from favorites)

[@GiovanniSmith]

If you understand the story, keep reading and looking up words. Something I recommend spending time at now is listening. Listen to podcasts (radio ambulante, el hilo, etc).

[@pavel9652]

"if you don't know how to use the word in a sentence, then you don't know the word at all" [01:00] - fallacious thinking, you can still read a text and understand it; of course it depends on the personal goals; first is recognition, then there is understanding, then ability to speak it, and finally ability to use it in a sentence (+ perhaps more grammar like past tenses, etc.)

[@charlene2789]

I'm completely astonished by the fact that you literally had a toxic relationship for 1000 days with a flashcard app, I mean it's impressive because you have more discipline than probably 90% of people, but still funny when you think of it.

[@barisoz2598]

Thank you -

[@packsolite]

6:57: Oh f*** you got me

[@haidervanek]

"The SRS Is a Servant, Not a Master" by Khatzumoto from the "Secrets to Smoother SRSing" series, actually the whole series, should be required reading for all Anki users... ugh Anki can be such a beautiful thing yet manages to curse so many of us...

[@minitw09]

si quieres puedes practicar español conmigo y yo aprendo ingles contigo tengo 2 mese praticando ingles con anki

[@justinhale5693]

Do you have recommendations to study Chinese writing, including stroke order, on Anki?

[@valkosipuli5839]

my anki streak is 131 today and I've never thought about adding that streak addon.. as if I wasn't a slave to this app already; yay colored squares go brr

[@kasoncampbell5544]

i can't understnad why being monolingual is so important for spanish? I can't think of many words in spanish where the definition is corrupted by thinking of it in english.

[@humanbean3]

i've missed 2 days this year :( , also have one day with 1 review lol. and one day with 4 lol.. I have quite a few days with 500+ and those are intense..　props for the 495 average.

[@MatthieuPiquemal]

Very interesting. As an active Anki user, I'd be curious to hear more about your stats. How many cards do you have for both Spanish and Mandarin, and what's your percentage of mature cards in them?

[@GiovanniSmith]

Since I've started from scratch multiple times, my stats are all screwed up. As stated in the video, I had to suspend all of my cards in both languages to go completely monolingual. Apart from that, I had to restart my Mandarin deck twice I believe and my Spanish deck once. I think at my peak, I had close to 7000 or 8000 cards for each language, but they were poorly made cards. Also, at around 920 days in, I deleted all my suspended cards (10,000 per deck), with 5000 cards remaining per deck.

[@joebishman6163]

I edit the cards when I see them if I think it is necessary. I don´t have that many cards yet.

[@thought2007]

Being a slave to the streak concept is a mistake. Also, limit the time per day on Anki. I use 5 minute timeout in timeboxing screen. That sounds like nothing but even 5 min per day gets the deck done eventually.

[@GiovanniSmith]

Is time boxing screen an application or extension?

[@Generic_text871]

The point is to review all your review cards asap. The main thing is to avoid biting more than you can chew

[@thought2007]

@@Generic_text871 Yes, and I've found that setting the time limit of 5 minutes (and doing max 2 sessions per day) automatically takes care of this problem. I also tell Anki to show all reviews before any new cards. New cards can wait a day or two sometimes.

[@ramikla_146]

学一门语言很难 Es difícil de aprender un idioma

[@riaon]

you thumbnail spoke levels and i had to click lol

[@YuqingChan]

my mans doing god's work for us

[@TRSega]

I felt that beginning intro hahahaha

[@peacefulcat3578]

2:56 槓龜 this is wrong. as a Taiwanese, I am happy to see you learning traditional Chinese, and use 注音 as your basic pronunciation. but...槓龜 is not mandarin, it's Taiwanese (or Hokken), you can't use it in mandarin. The correct pronunciation of 槓龜 in Taiwanese is close to "ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄍㄨ" Happy Learning!!!

[@GiovanniSmith]

Very interesting. The show I got this from (華燈初上) is Taiwanese so that's where I found it. Thanks for the correction

[@meta14mil72]

you remember me when I did speak English I hope you'll can speak Spanish and Chinese one day

[@reynal_omnicide9217]

I love your language options, unlike those snobs learning French.

[@Z5Z5Z5]

I have never had a streak in anything longer than 45 days wowow

[@Bruh-cg2fk]

my largest streak is 81

[@golfer4039]

2:55 damn bro, I have been Chinese my whole life and never once have I ever seen this word.

[@francescosalvi4888]

Why does he use traditional characters anyway? I’ve never seen this word too, and I’ve been studying for 10 years... living in China for 6 years... crazy vocabulary, but pretty useless in my opinion... he should focus more on real conversation, or study new words through real context...

[@GiovanniSmith]

I got that word from the Netflix show 華燈初上 (Light The Night), and someone else in the comment section said it was probably Hokkien. Go figure

[@superschnell5607]

I wish i would have maintained my streak(1910 days) in Anki rather than on Duolingo☹️

[@gigigi00]

I want to be best friends with this dude

[@jspihlman]

I only recently used Anki, but have used Memrise and Plecco in the past for learning Chinese vocabulary. I got a lot of benefit out of doing vocabulary right before bed, but also only learning a set number of words each night. I think it's unrealistic to force yourself to do it every single day. I've been doing that lately with Duolingo and I'm doing it begrudgingly and it's making me hate language learning, so I need to stop that. Also having unrealistic numbers of words to learn daily isn't helpful. Are you really learning more than 20 or so words in a day? I like the idea of not adding new words, but I also worry that I'd hit a point where I'm no longer learning new things.

[@samuel.-3751]

I say myself to not do lessons for the streak, that is a plus, your real objective is learn the language; and don't think of it as a struggle, look forward to what makes you like it. Culture, be able to communicate, random memes, XD.

[@jackh4832]

congrats on 1000 days also what the addon that shows it below all your decks?

[@GiovanniSmith]

Review heatmap: ankiweb.net/shared/info/1771074083

[@jackh4832]

@@GiovanniSmith thank you

[@user-rt6fq8wk1d]

I can't, it's so boring and annoying that nothing is committed to my mind

[@alexanderjamesl4868]

might want to check your AV sync

[@noorzakari2781]

How do you know how many days you've been studying on Anki and all these related tracking data?

[@GiovanniSmith]

There's a heat map addon that shows you many days you've studied for in a row

[@jaimechocolatchaud]

What decks did you use/download for mandarin?

[@GiovanniSmith]

I created my own Mandarin vocabulary decks

[@MaxLearnsPersian]

Cool video! Why did you choose Anki?

[@GiovanniSmith]

On some language learning subreddits on Reddit, I kept hearing people talk about it being such an effective way to learn vocabulary. If you don't overload yourself, it works wonders.

[@micha1938]

i realy like to hear how you speek in chinase and spanish. It is only reading knowlage of language or you also can comunicate.

[@GiovanniSmith]

I have a couple videos where I speak Spanish only: see Spanish Daily Rutine 2022 and Mi Síndrome de Impostor. As for Mandarin, I've only spoken out loud once and still am not confident enough in speaking.

[@yackaquacker7992]

how do you look up prases and idioms in spanish?

[@GiovanniSmith]

WordReference (with the MonolingualWordReference extension) and RAE dictionary

[@ivanfernandez3991]

Please send your carda

[@Bruh-cg2fk]

what mandarin chinese content do you consume?

[@GiovanniSmith]

Everything I do every day can be found on my Google sheet page online. I just got done watching the drama "Nothing But Thirty" and am watching random videos on haokan.baidu.com.

[@kumarcal]

Di you feel a lot better about your language fluency after 1000 days?

[@GiovanniSmith]

Yes

[@viharsarok]

Don't let your language learning revolve around Anki. It must be the other way around.