Learning Chichewa in Malawi | Language & travel vlog 🇿🇲🇲🇼

[@cra3677]

Nice video, I hope you can make more travel vlogs❤

[@LindieBotes]

I'll do my best!

[@lohaye3260]

What I love about your content is that you aren't afraid of making mistakes and showing on camera. Love your vlogs 💕

[@LindieBotes]

It's all part of the learning process!

[@quinnmcm]

What a fun adventure 🤩 Malawi was never on my travel list but it’s stunning! I also love your technique of learning on the ground. I have done that subconsciously on some of my trips and have had varying levels of success depending on the country!

[@martinhumphreys4891]

I tutored a very sweet Malawi girl a few years ago. Her first language was English, but she told me her parents had her learn Chichewa to better communicate with other Malawians. It sounded like Chichewa is a sort of lingua franca there. Anyway, she told me it's a super easy language and I should learn it. I looked it up and it's definitely very straightforward! Super interesting.

[@praiseimedi]

It's nice to see my favorite polyglot visit my Humble Country, 🇲🇼🇲🇼❤

[@LindieBotes]

It was such a special place to visit. 😊

[@SolarAdrift]

Such a cool way to learn a language, and in a beautiful country too! I'd love to visit Malawi someday, i was sad to hear about the cyclone they endured recently

[@Colorful-Inspiration]

I' considering adding some of these destinations to my bucket list.

[@jssmedialangs]

The music kinda reminds me a little of Zydeco ❤️ It's so beautiful over there! It's definitely going to be on my list. And you're better than me... I don't do well if I get lost. I'm good for maybe a few minutes, but longer than that I start crying and freaking out. 😭 And of course a language lover can't help but learn a little something during the trip. 😆

[@Pepi_Mudd]

Me and my family went there in july, if you go again, i do recommend going to Sigelege in Salima or Macondo in Mzuzu!

[@mbp9790]

Bonjour, Je suis heureuse de voir ton beau voyage. Tu es adorable, belle et intelligente. Je te remercie. C'est magnifique ❤❤❤ Une abonnée française qui adore tes vidéos

[@dansksjow7612]

Oh my god I’ve always wanted to learn Chichewa! I heard it in a song and it sounded so beautiful, it was just so hard to find resources to learn haha

[@MobbinMic]

Nice video. As a Swahili learner, it always interests me when a polyglot adventures out into a language of Africa or the Americas. Hearing Chichewa felt like listening to Swahili that I couldn't understand lol. Though when you mentioned Njala (?) meaning hunger, I was like oh that's like the Swahili word Njaa, which means the same thing!

[@FrankPhiri-u5e]

My sister ur a fast leaner ur so gd

[@NoahLingson]

Genius

[@Caspian-5]

What is the night life like in Malawi? Any places you would recommend?

[@jessie4696]

I intend to acquire proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic and likely an Arabic dialect, in addition to Mandarin, Farsi, and Turkish. Are there any recommended book resources for the Chichewa language?

[@giuseppedelfino8246]

Well, there aren't a lot of resources. One book you can use is the FSI course (pdf + mp3), which you can download for free: just google it!

[@gil-d65]

Omg 🫣 what’s it like and how scary is it to go into that water at Victoria Falls? It’s always been a fascinating/terrifying image to see people there so I’m excited to ask someone! 😲

[@LindieBotes]

Honestly it looks scarier than it is! The rocks form a natural barrier so you don’t actually fall down 😂

[@gil-d65]

Nah I dunno if I trust any rocks like that 😂 good to know though! Great vlog btw 😊

[@LindieBotes]

Valid 😂

[@maxandre7986]

Hey, I’ve been learning Hungarian. What tutors would you recommend me to look into to keep me paced on my learning?

[@pierreabbat6157]

What's your first Bantu language?

[@jessie4696]

I'm an American; I am curious about that language.

[@danieldefhurlaing9905]

Random question but do you and your brother speak Afrikaans together or are you just using English for the video?

[@LindieBotes]

Just English for the video! We speak Afrikaans to each other

[@amiriy00]

I'm 20years old, I respect you and love you Lindie, please marry me 💌💍

[@CWM030]

lololol " Skidbidi Toilet". You can take the boy out of " DIE JUNGLE" aka SA / ZA.... lolol Nope, No way would I go to a country where I could get kidnapped.

[@LindieBotes]

I think I'd be more likely to get kidnapped in Pretoria than in Livingstone... we felt much safer in Zambia than in South Africa, and about the same in Malawi.

[@CWM030]

@@LindieBotes Really??? I thought ZA / SA was safer than say Malawi or Nigeria or even Sudan? :O

[@LindieBotes]

Malawi is fine, totally not comparable to Sudan which I wouldn’t willingly visit 💀