WHY 95% OF PEOPLE FAIL AT LEARNING LANGUAGES

[@IkennaLanguages]

📘📘📘 Link to my book Fluency Made Easy is here if you are interested in my method to learning languages: fluencymadeeasy.com ❇️ This is a link to the Pimsleur free trial I talked about: offers.pimsleur.com/free-trial-1407 | My other favorite program is called Assimil but it's more for intermediate level. Hope you guys go some value from this video :) If you are struggling, or have tried and failed to learn a language before, definitely try to make use of the tips in this video. Thanks for watching, tons more videos to come :)

[@ArlisaSThomas]

Ikenna what can I use as an alternate to Assimil for Korean. They don’t have the complete version for Korean. By the way, I read your book and I think it’s great!

[@IkennaLanguages]

@@ArlisaSThomas hey thanks! I'm starting Korean my self in 6 months so I don't know much about it yet, but perhaps "living language korean" search it on amazon it's rated very well :)

[@ArlisaSThomas]

Ikenna okay I was looking at living language but I wanted to get your insight in case you had started learning korean or know someone that was. Thanks and I see the improvement in your videos! Keep up the good work!

[@anthonyumezinwa94]

Can you do a video on key factors you need to know about each language you already know

[@anthonyumezinwa94]

You could also do mukbangs in different languages

[@terrellthegeek4327]

Ikenna is my favorite anime character

[@kerttuolen2333]

He has the looks too

[@leblanc69069]

He does look like an anime character tho lmao

[@thinksie]

He is Zuko from Avatar cartoon xD

[@armannbrar4532]

Sebastian I see you are a man of Culture 😆

[@kaymint]

Same

[@AnaMaria-pc5zn]

me: I'm gonna study for upcoming tests and Korean this evening also me: watches 3 hours of youtube related to learning

[@raitoo6155]

shimmy shimmy koko sTAPH And spends another 3 hour listening to Exo songs

[@AnaMaria-pc5zn]

@@raitoo6155 true

[@raitoo6155]

shimmy shimmy koko sTAPH lol

[@valesth4903]

Tbh, watching how to learn is a lot better than watching viners or something stupid, because studying videos will motivate you to study.

[@AnaMaria-pc5zn]

@@valesth4903 facts

[@Brigister]

"...too many resources" me, a Lebanese Arabic learner: "pls i just want one youtuber. one website. one book."

[@ICanSpeakArabic]

نعم... هناك موجد عديد القريقة لتعلم لغات. لكن لغة العربية التي لغة المفضلي. تحياتي من تايلاند. ❤💪

[@justins9786]

Same but with Hebrew

[@fashiharz8584]

Omg i have been trying to find resources for Lebanese Arabic too! I have been subscribing to many Arabic cooking channels but most of them are Moroccan. Lebanese KZbinr, where you at?

[@Brigister]

@@fashiharz8584 it's a struggle. 90% of arabic dialect resources are in Egyptian. All i found is this online show called Kazdoura, these two lebanese in their 20s riding around trying and reviewing takeout food. that's about all i got ahah

[@fashiharz8584]

@@Brigister yeah me too. I know only "mamnou3!" On KZbin and they have like ten episodes.

[@Fabriciiiiiiiiiiiiio]

Ikenna: don't tell anyone you're learning a new language Also Ikenna: *creates an youtube channel to tell people he's learning new languages*

[@Genesongx]

Cause he ACTUALLY DID, but if you're starting you shouldn't, you will run out of fuel and things are better when unexpected

[@adamender9092]

Lmfao 😂

[@overdose8329]

to be fair it's literally his job

[@FrozenMermaid666]

The true reason why most gave up / faiIed learning a language is, because most hum’ns didn’t choose a pretty language like Dutch & Norwegian & Welsh etc with mostly pretty / poetic words that one would actually enjoy learning! There are about 38 to 50 pretty languages, while most languages are a non-pretty language - the pretty languages include all Germanic languages (which are also the prettiest and most refined languages ever) and all Celtic languages and most Latin languages (including Portuguese / Galician / French / Gallo / Catalan / Spanish / Italian / Esperanto / Occitan / Latin / Corsican and their dialects) and, Hungarian also seems pretty, from what I noticed! I am learning about 15 pretty language at the moment, and I usually prioritize Dutch & Norwegian & Welsh - I’ve learned more than 6.500 base words in Dutch and over 3.500 base words in Norwegian and also in Swedish in a few months!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

The big terms fab and Santos (meaning Saints) etc only reflect me The Saint / The Leader / The Goddess / The Lady / The Queen / The Princess / The Star etc and the pure / Holy / absolute being etc, and such terms cannot be misused in names or yt names or comments etc, and must be changed / edited out - numbers also cannot be misused by hum’ns in yt names etc, and special names such as Adam only reflect my pure protectors aka the alphas, and cannot be misused by hum’ns, and all unsuitable names / terms etc must be changed and edited out, and words like end and tin and fun and be and over / ver etc only reflect me, and cannot be in yt names / names etc, and must be edited out!

[@kannabby]

100% agree with the don’t tell anyone tip 😂 I have told my mum and family I’m learning Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Italian, French and Chinese...... didn’t last a week 😂

[@derekcarter2645]

@Mariana Uzumaki cuál idioma quiere aprender?

[@derekcarter2645]

@Mariana Uzumaki Yo estoy aprendiendo español y mi primer idioma es inglés. Pero debe mirar a canales como SuperHolly, o empezar a ver televisión en inglés. Pero no sé como mucho ya sabe. Y desafortunadamente inglés es más difícil entender cuando personas hablan qué cuando personas escriben y leen como cualquier otro idioma. Deseo que podría ayudarle con su hablar, pero no pienso que mi español es bastante.

[@yadiannhdz9499]

Derek Carter ¡Lo hiciste muy bien! Algún que otro detalle como en la última oración, sería: “Deseo poder ayudarte, pero mi inglés no es bastante bueno.” En lo cuál no concuerdo, le falta un poco más de trabajo pero se puede leer y entender. ¡Sigue así, que pronto hablas y escribes como un nativo en el español!

[@themelqart4902]

It’s because it creates a similar chemical affect in the brain as actually completing it.

[@derekcarter2645]

@@yadiannhdz9499 Gracias 😊

[@argubraian]

I've decided to learn English this year and now I can watch this video without subtitles and understand almost everything. Pd: I'm from Argentina

[@irupeveron1401]

Vamos todavía!

[@depressedteadepressoespres186]

¡Brava! Pero... *ps

[@MustangDesudiroz]

Wwow youre very smart

[@thinksie]

In a year??? I've been learning english 10 years in school, and I needed to learn by myself too... lol School is useless, proofs are here. A, Quiero aprender Japones despues de Español :) I am native Polish speaker, and I learn English and german in school. But I don't want to learn german, but I may start so: Polish was my first language, English was my 2nd language, Spanish will be my 3rd language, Japanese will be my 4rd language, or 5th if I will finally accept that I need to learn german at School ;)

[@MatuteCarp96]

oaa sos vos perri, somos 2 jeje

[@jordankaminski5073]

"its like trying to solve a puzzle, when you don't even know the shapes." bruh I felt that....

[@podolanko7]

When your kid suddenly starts speaking fluent japanese : "KAREN! OUR SON IS A GENIUS, HE JUST STARTED SPEAKING JAPANESE!"

[@JekyllOrHyde]

Mário Podolan Karen: NANI?!!? 😱

[@codyeastwood6217]

Then she leaves

[@ubisons6161]

@@codyeastwood6217 With the kids

[@animeandstuff5377]

@@JekyllOrHyde lol karen is to much of a pleb to say nana to busy calling them managers

[@isabellamori592]

Lol

[@ltreed82]

4:06 - 4:11 "You have to cultivate discipline, not motivation. Motivation is fleeting." So simple but So profound!!! If nothing else that line has changed the way I view learning. Thank you!

[@secretperson8321]

You are right

[@haltdieklappe7972]

Easier said than done. You don’t need motivation for physical things like working out or brushing your teeth but for more mental things like learning, you need some sort of reward, incentive or motivation for it to be worth sacrificing time

[@mcmerry2846]

I'd you're not motivated you won't learn whatsoever

[@FrozenMermaid666]

The special and big terms / names Reed and Lucas and You and cultivate etc cannot be misused by hum’ns, and must be changed, and pronouns can never be with a capital letter when referring to hum’ns - I am the only being reflecting names such as Reed and Lucy, and pronouns can only be with a capital letter when referring to me THE superior / important being aka The Goddess / The Lady / The Queen / The Princess / The Star etc, while nature related terms / names and other purity / big terms etc only reflect me, and all unsuitable names / terms must be changed and edited out!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Also, the true reason why most gave up / faiIed learning a language is, because most hum’ns didn’t choose a pretty language like Dutch & Norwegian & Welsh etc with mostly pretty / poetic words, that one would actually enjoy learning! There are about 38 to 50 pretty languages, while most languages are a non-pretty language - the pretty languages include all Germanic languages (which are also the prettiest and most refined languages ever) and all Celtic languages and most Latin languages (including Portuguese / Galician / French / Gallo / Catalan / Spanish / Italian / Esperanto / Occitan / Latin / Corsican and their dialects) and, Hungarian also seems pretty, from what I noticed! I am learning about 15 pretty language at the moment, and I usually prioritize Dutch & Norwegian & Welsh - I’ve learned more than 6.500 base words in Dutch and over 3.500 base words in Norwegian and also in Swedish in a few months!

[@fivethousandshoes]

I told my friend I wanted to learn Japanese and her response was: "Alright then. You just gotta promise you'll translate memes for me" which actually helps me because it gives me something to look forward to

[@karolinkuusemets7899]

So cool

[@ijustgotreallystoned638]

That's stupid

[@ijustgotreallystoned638]

@Jordan Robshaw nah it's not that funny, mainly just dumb

[@fivethousandshoes]

@@ijustgotreallystoned638 my friend just wanted me to translate anime memes for her Jesus Christ-

[@ijustgotreallystoned638]

@@fivethousandshoes that's great that you've found someone, hopefully she doesn't reject you when you work up the courage.

[@danielwentz5818]

I am learning Russian, and when i loss motivation i listen to the Russian national anthem. It works for me😎

[@Lilly_Fae]

Comrade ✌️👌

[@annvik3772]

O.o

[@annvik3772]

Ur a genious man!!!

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

Учите побольше слов на русском

[@rumiya806]

wow, haha, неожиданно

[@Zzzsleepzzz]

"study 30 mins to an hour a day" me: if i could just do that, then i would have started a healthy lifestyle by now

[@draco9566]

@jessie damn this was really helpful, thanks for posting this

[@Polyxeniism]

@j෴ssie God bless your soul mister🙏

[@gotaro69]

@jesse ty for tip🙏

[@Reforming_LL]

Unfortunately, there is no easy solution but to just do it. If you have any free time, dedicate it towards language learning instead of scrolling through TikTok.

[@jennifersan8259]

I hate the fact when u say u want to learn any Asia languages they start say “ew why do u want to learn that” but when it comes to other languages they say “that’s nice” “that’s cool” and i really don’t understand how that works🤦🏻‍♀️

[@pia_mater]

People say that about any non-mainstream language (i.e any language other than Spanish and French)

[@mahmoudq4286]

@@pia_mater and turkish and arabic

[@learnspanishwithkunal232]

It's all about clout.

[@CrispyRisp]

Because of people learning Japanese for anime when they can just watch the dub

[@disgusted2704]

@@CrispyRisp and there's also sub where my eye looks at the subtitle and the other on the anime lol

[@oshenpiller9948]

So many people ask me why I'm learning Japanese, and that I'm a weeb, and blah blah blah. Thankfully, there's Soooo many more supporters. It's really cool that people actually CARE.

[@KimFebriany]

ikr....but when they called me weeb i just said that im a language learner

[@youtuber1660]

Sol, it's nice to know there's people who like learning other languages as well! Btw; I'm also learning japanese!. .only for speaking though. . . And sorry if my English was bad, it's my first language.

[@MelonTF2]

@@youtuber1660 go susshin wa?

[@myshro2875]

nice pun name

[@BerGODmo]

I'm learning Mandarin Chinese and people ask me why not Japanese cause it's SOOOO much more interesting? I recalled trying to learn Japanese and just being called a weeabo. Lol it seems you can't win so just learn whatever language you want regardless the reason why.

[@danielcd1524]

Bro that outfit is it, I need it!

[@unfunny8705]

Raw asf

[@L00PdeL00P]

Hi, PINGU. I didn’t know you wore clothes.

[@langamo4301]

Pimsleur is simply too UNDERRATED!!! Pimsleur (which is free in most UK libraries) basically gives you essential elocution/pronounciation lessons from native speakers. I completed Pimsleur French I, II and III and i couldn't recommend it more. It taught me how to pronounce French syllables, words and phrases with great accuracy, natives would constantly be impressed at my accent considering the short time I've been leaning French (1 year 5 months). Can someone speak fluent French after completing Pimsleur alone? No. Yes, in the sense that you can fluently say phrases in French, however you will not be able to engage back and forth with natives beyond a superficial level, because the vocabulary in Pimsleur doesn't nearly cover the incredible amount of words or the tenses (past simple, continuous) you will NEED to know when conversing with native speakers, there's no getting around actual grammar and vocabulary study if you want to really speak a second language - Pimsleur is simply an aid, but an incredibly effective one at that.

[@orangedragons1]

How much does it cost?

[@haltdieklappe7972]

where tf is pimsleur. ive been to three libraries and no sight

[@orangedragons1]

@@haltdieklappe7972 it's an app

[@haltdieklappe7972]

Pietro Pesaresi but theyre saying you can get it at a library in the uk

[@aliceduanra7539]

lol there aren't just three tenses in French

[@tfg5404]

I am going to learn Japanese and I will become the hokage!

[@tfg5404]

Lol

[@karinakeil3035]

Same bro

[@joses.4078]

"4 months later" Hmm, what just happened? I said I will become hokage...

[@MelonTF2]

@@joses.4078 Anata no nihongo ga mada yokunai desu ka?

[@lookingfortruth1930]

Nibongo binu akotako chichi bobo rikiki

[@MM-it8jg]

This guy speaks NINE languages... N👏I👏N👏E!!! that's mad!!

[@sharklee5469]

He speaks 13

[@CrispyRisp]

7

[@emileduvernois6680]

Yes that's not bad at all, considering how young he is. (I mean, he looks young doesn't he?).

[@PVLAAHIOPGOUELOS]

for me its simply: Day 1- motivated and exited to lean the language Day 2- completely forgot about the language thing 4 weeks later- remembers about the language and the cycle continues

[@unixzlp8776]

I failed at Spanish cause I wasn’t really interested in it so I never studied it so I started Japanese and I really enjoy it!

[@aliceduanra7539]

Awsome!

[@d.viajes3882]

Jajaj, qué mal XD

[@psimuong3798]

Wow Niceeee👍🏻

[@sharklee5469]

I failed My M. A T. H in school ha ha

[@haltdieklappe7972]

You either need a good end goal that excites you and makes learning the language worth it or you need to really enjoy the language itself

[@bramgroenewegen3874]

And i would love to see you speak with tourist and other people in the langueges you can speak

[@IkennaLanguages]

one day definitely :)

[@theyeetomyhaw2884]

People has got to stop being so negative about learning languages. Usually there are a few languages that are "accepted" which are usually the languages we learn in school such as English, French, German and Spanish (at least where I am from). If we tell people we are learning those languages it is okay and often even encouraging. Like how people even expect us to speak English. But when it comes to languages that are not one of the common ones we learn at school we are often criticized for wanting to learn them. We get questions such as "why do you want to learn that language, you'll never use it" and we all of a sudden get to hear more negative things and jokes about the culture and country of the language we want to learn. The thing the people saying this don't understand is that when people close to us say these things it discourages us to keep learning the language we want to. Because we care about other people's opinions about us, especially people close to us. This might or might not be more common among the older generations, but I think as a new generation who is much more globalized and accepting we need to take this into consideration. It's never a waste to learn a language ♡♡♡

[@MelonTF2]

Love your comment, especially the last line, thankfully my parents are fine with it, my mother is even telling everyone about it, even after i told her NOT to, well everyone in my city knows about it now

[@snowflake4099]

can't agree more!

[@jasbirkaurvillaschi8019]

so true , as a sikh we are taught that the more languages and cultures you learn about the richer and open your life becomes , it helps expand that similarity we have as one human race ; to feel that sense of family not strangers

[@IkennaLanguages]

next video is a music one >:)

[@wesleylopes6566]

It will be awesome

[@milca5915]

YASS❤️

[@_thisisbeatrice]

Cool

[@GypsBeats]

Je suis curieux de savoir dans quelle langue ce sera, ik ben erg benieuwd 🙂😁

[@omarhassane4179]

CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH IT !!😅

[@samwilkinson2534]

*21 days for a habit, 70 days for a lifestyle*

[@kawaiime4714]

90* days.

[@haltdieklappe7972]

Depends vastly on what habit it is. 30 days for drinking water every day after dinner and around 120 days for working out

[@pogaib0792]

When I was leaning English"still learning" my friends use to come up to me and show me a random words that they thought were in English most the times wasn't , but if I couldn't translated it, they would start laughing and making fun of me, and after that I learned my lesson🤐 , and my English has improved a lot after since🙃

[@lapistea]

Your English is really good!

[@crxstal-doves2554]

do they even know english themselves, if they don’t, who are they to laugh at you when they don’t even know how translate it themselves and those words aren’t even english most of the times.

[@Casstiel]

I wish I had heard not to tell anyone I was learning Russian back when I first started, cause you're absolutely right. People are so negative about learning languages, it's insane. :///

[@oliviaglick7032]

I just found your channel a couple days ago from your language videos and I just wanted to say I love your attitude about language learning and videos! I’m hopefully gonna check out your book soon and I’m super excited :)))

[@RoXane.8]

J'aimerais trop savoir bien parler anglais 😍

[@logansnyder9684]

I think you are the best channel I’ve ever come across since exurb1a

[@onewish2230]

Logan Snyder lové Exurb1a❤️❤️😭

[@KhanPopPuzzle1982]

You haven’t met laoshu505000, bro can speak 50 languages and beyond.

[@Hopeswilldie]

There's so much wisdom in this video. Especially in that part about dissuading (is that a word?) 👌

[@chandlerthornton3579]

David Lendl yes lmao

[@sadie2melw]

That is a word. 👍

[@安然-x9t]

about not telling people I think that if it's people whom you share the same interests with, it's actually better to tell them, I have been a part of a challenge in twitter and it was really motivating bcuz a lot of people are participating and it's motivating me to keep going as I see others and people with the same interests always motivates you

[@koroanime2091]

not everyone has such supportive people around them which is why i agree with not telling anyone

[@IkennaLanguages]

i really geeked out on the music in this video, bonus points to whoever knows which tv shows/video game most songs came from 😎

[@giullianosep]

I recognized a one piece song in the beginning. Heheheh

[@pokemonparkrider5613]

Ikenna your my inspiration

[@thearchive2612]

I'm loving the "Shiki no Uta" mix from Samurai Champloo!

[@summitsview871]

You had a song from one piece. I think it's called "The Strongest One". Then I actually had a mini orgasm when I heard the song from K: return of kings. I think it was "Kizuna" or "Firing" but, I always get those two mixed up. Then I had another orgasm when I heard "Mikoto Suoh's theme" at 9:27 Also I love that you had the 2nd opening of Durarara!! At the end of you video I didn't recognize anything else though

[@TheIvymiles]

The great champloo

[@DreamingEllie]

Thank you so much for showing me Pimsleur! I have tried for months now to learn Japanese but i got nowhere, i tried so many methods and services. i really doubted anything would work because of my Autism and Dyslexia. but i finally tried Pimsleur and wow it ACTUALLY works!! I'm mindblown..

[@Aizya]

motivation is temporary you have to be driven and passionate, build a disciplined mindset and stay in your lane. don’t let people who doubt you get in your head.. unfortunately the haters are usually the loudest.. make it personal stay hard! and enjoy the process

[@massing_august]

Why I started with language learning? Cause I was tired of reading subtitles. Down with -English -Hindi -korean Now I'm starting with my Chinese basics.

[@sniper_fox47]

I'm Egyptian and I became fluent in English by only watching TV shows, movies, vlogs and listening to pop songs. I'm learning Korean and I really wanna learn Chinese ❤❤

[@whoopsies305]

thats why dubbed versions exist

[@animenosekai_edit]

Ikenna is my favorite anime character?

[@MelonTF2]

questionmark?

[@numbersnumber5827]

Why question it?

[@JamTea2112]

Bruh that profile pic from a hentai doujin

[@JamTea2112]

185217 to be exact

[@transforgoku]

Ikenna-chan nihongo oshiete onnegai.

[@chrismachado8664]

I think this goes so far beyond languages, these things apply to learning everything really

[@cupidsiza]

Very true!

[@PoloFlo..]

I love the Samurai Champloo music in the background ❤️

[@rlopez8630]

I'm a big Pimsleur fan when starting a new language. Check your public library. Mine has a TON of Pimsleur for free!! (i'm in the United States, so i can't speak for other countries)

[@tre2558]

Cool thanks

[@aliceduanra7539]

I'm in Canada, there aren't any Pimsleur but there is alot of Assimil so I'm using that

[@meii5759]

i mean my native language is spanish, so i guess i cant find any book in english LMAO

[@Reforming_LL]

@@meii5759 You probably don’t need a book lol. Just use KZbin, one of the most powerful language learning tools.

[@barbarabaker5552]

I did Pimsleur French and I thought it was a very good program. I was going to try Rosetta Stone until I read that it's not that good and too expensive. I supplement with various online stuff. I'm not fluent, but I can make my way in a French conversation.

[@IkennaLanguages]

Try assimil next :) very good for french

[@ubisons6161]

I cracked Rosetta Stone and it just throws vocab at you

[@aliceduanra7539]

Bonne chance!

[@trainingwolves7]

Whenever I get discouraged on my language learning journey, I just watch an Ikenna video. 😎

[@jacobg3184]

Make a video where you help someone get started and track their progress

[@constra7969]

I've just been trying to have fun with it like listening to kid songs and games.

[@dannyb4314]

"More is lost by indecision that wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will rob you blind." ~ Cicero

[@galostick]

me: i wonder if my school library has any books on learning dutch... my school library: no sorry me: ok...i wonder if my local library has any... local library: we don’t have that, but here’s a book on venetian italian

[@noonehere4332]

Your on the internet kid

[@himari7448]

not funny didn't laugh

[@kirchoffkyle]

@@himari7448 damn that's crazy bro, but did I ask?

[@CrispyRisp]

Not funny didnt laugh

[@Reforming_LL]

Eh

[@mephistophelesdevil4406]

lol the programmes he mentioned: duolingo pimsleur assimil michael thomas glossika rosetta stone

[@haltdieklappe7972]

Rosetta Stone is a waste. The others are decent though

[@jelenabojovic4671]

I really recommend buying his book, I'm currently studying Italian and in a month following his FME method I did more than I did in a language school for the same time period. Ikenna I really can't thank you enough for sharing your knowledge, I hope to stay consistent and master Italian so I can thank you in that language. KEEP ON BEING AWESOME

[@kali0589]

Ikenna is my favorite anime character! Hello there! New subscriber here wanting to become a polygot. Thank you for all the information. 😍

[@IsaacW.]

"Too many resources" *Laughs in Mongolian*

[@juliastamp]

I can definitely agree with the whole 'not telling people' thing. When I started my first language outside of the home, German, I tried to share it with everyone. One specific person I thought who would be a good resource was an Austrian girl who lived nearby, but it ended up being quite the opposite. When I shared I was starting to learn German, she looked at me and told me, "uh you shouldn't learn German, since you weren't raised there... you're nationally American,". It hurt me to hear this, and I ended up stopping German because of this- and have never truly regained the motivation to learn it. So now when I start a language, I keep it to myself until I'm conversational or at this confident in it. I have found I am far more focused and disciplined because of this.

[@karina2536]

I have to admit, I was skipping your videos when they appeared as ads, but these tips have been useful. Thank you!

[@MMM-cj5th]

I related so much when you talked about hiding your language learning. That was low-key me with Arabic.

[@Valentina-wc5sb]

Why don't I just watch this kind of videos on the morning, when I don't have to go to bed

[@panchuleta03]

X2

[@fionama288]

Thank you so much. This was so helpful and true 😔. Learning Thai right now and barely anyone supports me. But still learning it 😌

[@hollowhoagie6441]

I can't even stay consistent with what language I wanna learn. One day I want to learn Irish and the next day it's Chinese then it becomes French and so on. God damn how do I just stick to one

[@taesankim9267]

Thanks I was struggling about the things that are not worthy in my life and what the people says but this video made me change :) thank you so much Ikenna

[@tjfree04]

Just listen a lot, don’t overwhelm your self with learning grammar and vocabulary, just listen a lot at first.

[@jacquesthebeux7212]

Had to subscribe halfway through the video! Too much value in such a short video! Thanks for this!

[@almaskarimov4272]

Thanks for your inspiration. that vibe encourages to learn other languages. By the way, I can speak 3 languages.

[@antoinettebutler7231]

You are such a great and inspirational young man! I have made tremendous progress in my french, just by watching all your videos and subscribing to your channel. I am buying your e-book FME, but you made me cry when you got no love for wanting to pursue your goal. I am so glad you did not give up! You are changing lives more than you know....thanks for sharing your gifts! Trust me when I say that you would make any parent proud to have as a son just by your sheer fortitude to do great things in your life! Keep teaching and merci beaucoup!

[@kinseyjennings5909]

I love the Durarara music in the background!

[@moc3712]

For Korean I recommend LingoDeer and Talk To Me In Korean as mains!!

[@aaliyahchurchill5877]

Dude you are the only reason why I’m staying motivated to learn Korean

[@nathangreen9167]

Pimsleur is on point. I learned more in just 10mins and recall without thinking more then other programs I tried.

[@ToffeeMann]

That 15 year old kid is literally me a few years ago, I constantly had doubt but now i know i wasn't alone.

[@skydrummer1366]

Omg. Some of things you just mentioned are things I do, like turning off the program when my bro or parents are around, and that preemptive reward feel I get when I tell people anything I wanna do. What happens? I don’t go through it cuz I just experienced the feeling of already knowing how to do it. I just don’t wanna give up. I’m an amateur linguist, raised bilingual, but I get frustrated or lose motivation after studying any foreign language after 3 weeks on average. Your video just reminded me of all the things I have been doing. 😝 this is dope! Thanks bro!!!!😃

[@corynicolas3175]

I was very lucky. I had great success from the get-go. From a young age I started learning languages. My uncle married a woman from Mexico City when I was 10 years old and my uncle would interpret everything to her. He was a polyglot. I heard the language when they would visit and would learn phrases here and there. I also learned about Mexican culture. When my aunt would speak English, I'd hear her Spanish accent. When she'd say my name, she'd say it with a Spanish accent. Her relatives from Mexico would come and I would try to learn as much from them as I could. I didn't really speak the language, however. Later, I met a girl at school who was an American, but spoke fluent Spanish. She had had lots of Hispanic friends and boyfriends. She told me if I actually wanted to learn Spanish, I had to hang around lots of Spanish-speaking people, get audio courses from the library, listen to music, watch television, movies, soap operas, read books, use text books and learn grammar. So I took her advice and became obsessed. I created my own language learning environment and constantly rehearsed the language in preparation for speaking with native speakers. I tried to learn all of the patterns I could (grammar/constructs/verb tenses/conjugations) so that I could manipulate the language and say anything I wanted. Everything was in anticipation of speaking with natives. I also started meeting lots of Spanish-speaking people at the ESL classes (English as a Second Language). I started hanging around Spanish-speakers almost exclusively and determined I was going to be a Spanish-speaker and adopted a new identity (or rather an additional identity as it were). In school, I took three languages and ended up doing independent study because the classes were ridiculous. I tell my story on my KZbin Channel. Check it out. I also learned several other languages in a similar way. I speak six languages and focus mostly on having the highest level of fluency in each language and endeavor to speak with an excellent accent. I'm a polyglot, but quantity is unimportant to me. I speak English, Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, Italian and American Sign Language. I'm a court interpreter (English-Spanish) and also teach both of those language. In addition, I have a website dedicated to language learning/interpreting. www.corynicolas.com

[@SkyClears]

7:07 Do I hear WoW? :O I love your videos even more now! Thank you for all of your advice, because of it I am finally on my way to learning Chinese :D

[@kyo3285]

6:12 This is so much relatable. I'm a 15 years old learning Japanese and I stop my program when I hear anybody passing.

[@jacobh2147]

True and same, how's it going?

[@danielsmith2447]

I have been doing Pimsleur Spanish for a few months now, I listen to the local Spanish radio station most of the time. It helps a lot .

[@AndrewByrnes1]

I always watch videos like this when I can't be bothered studying my language.

[@jacobjenkins2190]

I know this feeling. 100% agree with what hes saying I have just reached a basic fluency in french after being one of the worst in my school and trying again now. Having a good strategy and the discipline to adhere to it is the most important thing by far. A little everyday

[@shin3071]

Me - learning Korean tells my whole family My family - wtf ? Also me - start teaching my big brother Korean too

[@Reforming_LL]

Lol

[@Demixroxic]

this is some great advice tbf that goes beyond just learning languages

[@wesleylopes6566]

Eu sou brasileiro e estou assistindo para praticar o inglês

[@kaylazx]

👍 Good luck! I am American and I can sort of read Portuguese because it's similar to Spanish (I'm learning Spanish). I want to learn Portuguese some day as well :) Boa sorte!

[@sali9448]

Oi ! Sou francesa e estou aprendendo o português! Boa sorte 🍀

[@kaylazx]

@@sali9448 oh t'es français! j'apprends le français au lycée, je suis un cours de Français 4 maintenant à l'âge de 16 ans :) l'année prochaine, j'espère commencer avec Allemand 1 et ptete Espagnol 2 (j'étudie un peu espagnol à la maison) Bonne chance avec le portugais! :)

[@sali9448]

KaylaZX oh c’est super tu parles déjà très bien! Personnellement je pars aussi allemand et anglais, j’ai fais quelques années d’espagnol ça m’aide pour le portugais! Je vais commencer la langue des signes bientôt! Bonne continuation ☺️

[@ivimfstv1561]

KaylaZX mismo

[@weltkriegdrei3998]

I don't write shit like this ever. This is my first time doing this but. Ikenna, you fr fr made me keep going. Keep pushing along this damn hard road of language learning. Praise to you brother. Спасибо

[@kazkaskazkur3375]

when he said 15 years old wanted to learn Japanese I felt that 👁️👄👁️

[@customurl4869]

What a coincidence I'm 15 and I started learning japanese

[@jacobh2147]

@@customurl4869 same here, I'm going to Tokyo in a year though

[@TonyRul3rSurita]

Dude what you said about motivation and discipline is going to stick with me for the rest of my life!!!! Your a legend!

[@Yehshan_]

I already speak 5 languages (Chinese, Dutch, English, Spanish, French). I want to add Japanese, Portuguese, Italian, Latin and Greek to the list (and maybe more but I can't think of any other languages anymore). In the first year of middle school I had German classes, turns out I suck at that so that's the only language I will definitely not learn. EDIT: I made a typo

[@ozymandias8523]

iYehshan how did you learn so many languages? What’s the best method in your opinion?

[@Yehshan_]

@@ozymandias8523 I was born in the Netherlands so that's why I can speak Dutch, my mom is Chinese and she doesn't speak Dutch that well so I have to translate things for her and that's how I maintain my Chinese. When I was younger I played a lot of games on the Nintendo and I watched a lot of TV series which were in English so that's how I learned English. My (current) school teaches 3 different languages and I had 2 of them for 3 years (This year will ben my fourth year having Spanish). Apparently I have a thing for languages so it's really easy for me to learn new languages (except for German). One of my favorite methods is to watch series that are in a different language and turn captions on in that language. It's also important to practice a lot, it may be weird but sometimes I randomly start talking in a different language and some of my friends answer me in that language as well. I'm not an expert, this is just how I pick up languages. At this moment I'm only 15 so there'll always be room for improvement.

[@ICanSpeakArabic]

棒棒哒 🤘💪👏👏 你可以找我聊天。 ^^ 我也能说 6 种语言 以后还会增加 ^^ greeting from thailand ^^ ❤

[@ozymandias8523]

iYehshan thanks for answer, good luck in your journey of learning languages!

[@chrisg1499]

祝你成功啊

[@luca77681]

I’m 15 and decided to learn French properly after a trip to Paris and a moment of inspiration, thanks to your videos I’m sure I’ll manage it

[@snasacobraaa3547]

awesome vid thanks so much! currently learning french!

[@mobius2536]

Je parle français ! Je peux t'aider si tu veux :D mais, mon français n'est pas parfait.

[@ElGringoSam]

Very well put together video! All great advice, but one difference I’ve had is by telling as many people as possible that I’m learning a new language so I feel more accountable, sometimes it’s that little push to get my head back in the game

[@バカルマ]

5:00am and the first day of school is tomorrow and I'm watching this Haha I'm in danger

[@RECON176]

So I had no idea who you were when I started looking at learning a language again (failed before lack of self drive). You really hit it home with these reasons. I have since started back up from scratch on Japanese with Pimsleur. You really are an inspiration to those looking to broaden themselves.

[@Preuen-zs1fz]

Nothing is more frustrating when I hear a lotta good about pimsleur just to see that I have to pay 500 $ to get 5 lessons Wtf

[@cakeisyummy5755]

Broke squad.

[@quantumfrost9467]

So many resources on KZbin, just have to search. For example search comprehensive input *language name*

[@YoungCardiac]

They have a monthly thing going on now, so check it back out! I’m using it for Japanese and it works wonders.

[@Reforming_LL]

@@YoungCardiac Remember to use different resources as well, Pimsleur will only take you so far.

[@Reforming_LL]

Try immersion.

[@tristanbellingham6759]

It can be good to tell people, although not necessarily before you start. They can help to keep you accountable, knowing that you will be disappointing them if you give up

[@classy09az]

When I decided to try Japanese my parents were extremely supportive so I guess I'm lucky

[@chady025]

my boy always having these really cool cultural kits

[@cindylopes7046]

You should make a video about learning korean alphabet, Korean is the easiest language in Asia believe me, korean alphabet is RLYYY easy everyone can learn, is not like Japanese that you have to lear millions of characters, korean would be an amazing 7th language, the korean dramas are AMAZING like (Chicago typewriter) , and the songs too, for example (Dean- Bonnie and Clyde) the songs made me fall in love with the language and then i learned about the culture, a good KZbinr for learning is 영국남자 (korean english man) ,i learned the alphabet literally in 2 days, i cannot wait for you to some day learn Korean~

[@Antyla]

Yeah, the alphabet is super easy... But the pronunciation is _so_ hard 😅. It's like the opposite of Japanese; easy pronunciation, difficult writing. Thankfully, LingoDeer help me a bit in hearing differences between the letters.

[@cindylopes7046]

@@Antyla hahaha true, but this guy can literally speak Chinese and German that's why i thought korean wouldn't be that hard for him :), i learned korean in 2014, these days im pretty fluent, i remember that pronouncing the individual words wasn't difficult for me but reading fast or even in a normal speed and try to understand everything while reading was veeery difficult, but with practice everyone can do it :)

[@Crystal_12gem]

Tsuki maid you do know Japanese has an alphabet system (not including kanji) ??

[@Antyla]

@@Crystal_12gem Japanese doesn't have an alphabet. Well... technically, it doesn't. Hiragana and Katakata are a writing system called syllabary. For each combination of consonant+vowel in the Roman alphabet(ba, bi, bu, etc), there's one letter for it in both Kanas, except for ん/ン(n). (In my opinion, this is what makes Japanese writing so complex; it has *three* scripts used alongside each other!)

[@user-xl5bb9hb8b]

i love your channel so much, i found it a few days ago and i downloaded all the apps you recommend. i’ve been learning korean over a year and now i am learning turkish and russian. thanks to you i have more resources. when you told your friends or family you wanted to learn the same thing happened to me but now i will not tell anyone and just learn in silence 😌 thank u!!

[@安然-x9t]

I am actually so thankful to you because I watched one of your videos about pimselur and I couldn't get it, but I discovered an amazing similar tool that worked magic for me called Language Transfer I am using this to learn spanish and in one month I can build a lot of sentences that I didn't think that I can even say 😭

[@IkennaLanguages]

language transfer is a great program too, if they carry your language

[@netroalex5209]

It scares me how accurate you are with things I do like demotivation and stuff.

[@KelThaFunkeeGaming]

It makes me so sad that the best advice is to keep it to yourself. I 100% agree but it is still sad

[@huolong437]

A movie character that motivated me to learn a language (among a few) was Hans Landa (Christoph W.) from Ing Basterds. His phrasing and presence are so clean that it's inevitable to want to learn German!

[@nonneimportant3157]

Ikenna is my favorite anime character.

[@maruvmundo]

@Ikenna Hey! I just started watching your channel today and subscribed. I found it while I was looking for a Shaolin training video to learn how to do my leg wrappings for the robe. Shaolin is Chinese culture as I'm sure you already know and I've been trying to learn Japanese as my first thorough second language for about 2-3 months. I an going to purchase your book and be watching your videos from now on 💯 really great information you have here. It is tough learning the first language, especially when it's Japanese. I too have also developed an anime-style Japanese voice just because I innately watched Dragon Ball Z and other anime. I am also one of those that told people I was learning Japanese and they gave me praise too early on. Working on building a habit of learning Japanese and hopefully speaking it fluently by the beginning of 2020. Wish me luck! Hope to see more vids soon! 🙏🏾😁

[@zeininsky]

Can you do a video about japanese shows to learn japanese? Nice video btw

[@Reforming_LL]

Any show that isn’t the Monogatari series.

[@luckyreads1991]

Thanks for the pep talk~ It's true. Telling people often has negative connotations.

[@1000U-b3i]

0:03 ❌お前はもう失敗した ⭕️お前はもう失敗している

[@seerericker7472]

1000 U どっちでもあってるでしょ

[@akikotori2518]

Hahaha grammatically both expression might be correct, however since it's mimicking Kenshiro's famous phrase お前はもう死んでいる , お前はもう失敗している should be more accurate Which most Japanese would also point out

[@xanarihstudios2997]

I bit the bullet and started my free trial for Pimsleur... I already LOVE it! It’s such a great approach to learning how to actually have conversations in the language your learning! Thanks so much for the recommendation man and continue to be a inspiration to language geeks everywhere 🤓