Memorize Words Quickly and Easily - Vocabulary

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1:40 free words
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3:44 remembering despite forgetting
4:18 draw conclusions
4:29 false friends
5:18 time management
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[@Yanjaa]

It's been a journey! And this is just the beginning... Thank you to everyone who has been very supportive, especially the Portuguese-speaking people who have been SO SO SO encouraging and helpful with tips, tricks, techniques and so many warm comments. OBRIGADA! 🇧🇷🇵🇹🇬🇼🇨🇻🇸🇹🇹🇱 🇦🇴🇲🇿🇲🇴 . Link to 50% off ANY Drops subscription here languagedrops.com/affiliates/yanjaa-wintersoul - let me know what kind of video you'd like to see next week as I want to mix it up with less language content until my next language update. BEIJINHOS 😘💋

[@stigrwanderer7304]

Thank you for another video Yanjaa. Maybe you could talk about the meditation techniques you use. You've talked about how mindfulness is important and I agree.^^ If possible, I would like to know what meditation techniques you would recommend for someone with ADD. If you need any help with Portuguese, I would be glad to help you. Love you.😉❤️ Obrigado por outro vídeo Yanjaa. Você podia falar sobre as técnicas de meditação que você usa. Você já mencionou o quanto atenção plena é importante e eu concordo.^^ Se possível, eu gostaria de saber quais técnicas de meditação você recomendaria para alguém com TDA. Se você precisar de alguma ajuda com português, seria um prazer ajudá-la. Amo você. 😉❤️

[@junglefrancais]

Wonderful !!!! But what about building sentences ? I did this in icelandic, but could'nt speak a words.... Portuguese grammatic is hard enough !!! Were you confident in the speaking task after 3 weeks ? Can you make a video to explain this part ? Thank you for this video 🙂

[@pati_flute]

You are soooo right! Learning a new language IS a door to a whole new world. 😌 Btw woman, you are so inspiring! Thanks so much for all those tips!

[@Yanjaa]

You are so welcome! So true! 💜

[@mikkifreezer7252]

Your Grateful and Gifted 🙏🏽🤯🙌🏽

[@MiL2ee]

Awesome 👌🏻 Thank you so much.

[@Susanzakho]

Wooooooow You are an amazing human being thank youuuuuuu for all your videos. I am a dyslexic person and I have a terrible memory but each time I watch your video, I learn something new. You are the most beautiful women in the world.

[@Yanjaa]

Sometimes the coaching students I have with dyslexia have the easiest time learning. Keep on!

[@hmmmaybe5400]

I love the way you think!! Completely agree with that, thanksss

[@saberliberta]

Your Portuguese pronunciation is clear, congratulations!!!

[@yadurajdas532]

Please continue to make more videos, they really nice 👍. Thanks

[@genzinvesterar-ekonomifram3776]

Thanks Yanjaa! I will make sure to use your Drops link if i continue to use the app after the 7 day free trail :)

[@vivieira1911]

O vídeo mais fofo, com dicas legais e diferentes que achei! Mto massa 💜💜💜💜

[@Yanjaa]

Obrigada!!! 💜

[@minaberry9397]

My head was like "that's it!" when you said learning a language is like casting spells. Thanks so much

[@subashree7800]

How many topics of drops did you learn a day? Topics meaning like colours, seasons etc

[@subchristina8887]

Ever since I've seen you on Netflix and how you memorized so many numbers. I trust you. I like your techniques and it's helped me. Thank you for being inspiring. 💜

[@annabellzambrano7764]

Do you remember what is the name of the program, please?

[@Francisco_Manos]

@@annabellzambrano7764 Memory Games (Netflix 2019)

[@Yanjaa]

Thank you 💜 Hope to keep providing useful tips!

[@Yanjaa]

bit.ly/watchmemorygames

[@fiorilingerie2597]

Que ótimas dicas

[@maria-teodorapop223]

You are brilliant like always! 👩‍🏫🧙‍♀️🙏👍

[@Yanjaa]

Thank you! 💜

[@Malini108]

I'm stoked to find out that your description is exactly what I do too! I was wondering how a memory champion would go about language learning. So... do you make all of those associations and then just let them be or do you put them into a memory palace?

[@deaaaazz]

I saw you in that documentary ,you were such a goofball ,I instantly fell in love with your personality.i dont know if you did a thing in that documentary..but it has struck me in a some way Pink - Ninja - memory = Yanjaa I can never forget your name 😂😂😂😂

[@Yanjaa]

Fun mnemonic for remembering my name! 💜

[@deaaaazz]

@@Yanjaa since you like challenges.a challenge for you .try to learn and speak MALAYALAM (INDIAN LANGUAGE).

[@CarlosSoto-go6tl]

I think this technique is called word substitution using exaggerations and emotions because that makes you laugh and makes the experience being funny rather than boring :D

[@marcoscozatti]

Parabéns Yanjaa, adoro seu trabalho e sou teu fã, te sigo e me espelho em tua maneira de estudar. Congratulations Yanjaa, I like very much your job, I'm your fan, I follow you and I studied like you.

[@Yanjaa]

That's awesome! mto massa 💜 obrigada

[@IsmaelKenig]

What a beautiful quote from Elizabeth Gilbert. Thank you for the tips on learning a new language. Greetings from Brazil.

[@halwestmemory9143]

Yanjae winter soul🥶

[@user-vl8oh4hn2z]

Hi do you give online classes to memorize lines verbatim?

[@randmas9459]

A normal person comes to this video to learn a new language but I am the abnormal person I came to this video to learn how to memorize a new word just to know how to memorize each new word without having to learn

[@h2omelin40]

Wow, Yanjaa I just stumbled upon your channel as I was in a language learning slump (is that a thing? maybe haha), basically I felt like I wasn't getting anywhere no matter how much grammar I learned. This video helped so so much and I am going to give this method a try, but with French! I'll be sure to update this comment in case anyone's curious. p.s new subscriber^-^ Start date: 2/22/2021 2/26: I started four days ago and I am at about 300 words and have been reviewing and testing myself! I still feel super motivated and drops is so much fun (I swear the interface is just so aesthetic)! i've also realized how hard it is to reach 100 + new words a day, hoping to catch up over the weekend!

[@Yanjaa]

Wow, thank you for this comment. Please update me with how it goes and check out my language learning study routine video as well.

[@h2omelin40]

@@Yanjaa Of course, thank you so much^^ and yes, I've binged watched almost all your videos already, you are truly an inspiration to me

[@cpa8439]

@@h2omelin40 how many words completed?

[@tracymiller1149]

Kicking ass!

[@Yanjaa]

💜

[@maticasamyu]

Yanjaa, in Bahasa Indonesia "Martil" also means Hammer, so it clicked with "Martelo" of Portuguese... btw, I adore you!

[@suvd3289]

Ямар мундаг юм бэ?! Бахархаж байна шүү цаашдаа ч бас олон хүнд үлгэр дууриалал болоорой. Амжилт хүсэе! Их хэрэгтэй зөвлөгөө байлаа🥰😊

[@Tazylou]

My native language is French, but I also understand English. And I know a little of Japanese. I'm trying to learn Korean since a few months. The Hangul part was easy, but I found the vocabulary so HARD to memorize.. and it sound like nothing for me lol. Japanese is more easier. (except for the writing part, Korean is easier)

[@burgerfriends1477]

Thank you very much! One question: did you write down the vocabulary in a notebook? Or the ones you had Problems to remember? Grüße from Germany!

[@mphys5370]

Where did you find Conversationalist cards in Drops, I can't seems to find them?

[@Thinkabout1]

what is the name of the app you showed in the video?

[@rakhirana8739]

You are genius mam. Can you pls create some video to remember periodic table.. Thank in advance

[@Yanjaa]

Hey! I'll put that higher up in the video idea backlog!

[@commie_dog_boy]

I would love to do this but I need to learn korean grammar a bit more intimately before i can do this

[@Haikawa]

Holy mother of twisted tongues That's crazy! You're a superhuman, Yanjaa! LoL

[@Yanjaa]

Obrigada 💜 I think it helps to know other languages :)

[@abbabello5068]

Yanjaa on average with your memory techniques how long does it take you to become conversationally fluent??

[@user-nb9xp2qm2i]

Vendo aqui do brasilsil

[@based9930]

"I'm a memory champion" Therefore you are genetically unique and nothing you have to say applies to normal people.

[@VictorGonz]

Lagartixa (lagartija in Spanish) is just a diminutive of lizard = Lagarto (in ES and PT), so it's use for lizards of small size I guess. Looks like a lazy translator was hired to "name the images" in Portuguese, because the same word is used in PT, and a variation in Spanish = Geco.

[@alessiospaziani9484]

Yanjaa did you put images and history you make into a memory palace?

[@Yanjaa]

For learning words? No.

[@wendersonmarinho7902]

Top, demais

[@Yanjaa]

Bom "demais" ou ruim "demais"?

[@maikonramos112]

@@Yanjaa Bom demais.

[@MahendraSingh-te3fm]

Hi Yanjaa, could you please tell me to how can I build a 1000 items memory palace and attach my vocabulury to it? I just can't find a perfect 1000 items memory palace. Kindly guide.😪 Cheers!!!

[@nelapautu9734]

Waiting

[@Yanjaa]

hope you liked it!

[@freddiejonesjones01]

Hey! What's your process for images? Specifically those that contain lots of information i.e a photograph of a busy street. Thank you!

[@Yanjaa]

Hi! Do you mean for memory competition training?

[@freddiejonesjones01]

@@Yanjaa I saw your TV appearances, you were shown photographs and managed to remember even tiny details. I was curious as to how you process and commit to memory these details? Which in turn begs the question, how would you train for this?

[@RunningP123456]

What app is she using to have learned words

[@djsbro58]

How do you increase imagination 💭

[@Yanjaa]

This is a great question!

[@Xlicty]

Staying in the clouds

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

😂 I was literally working in a clinic in the mountains of Costa Rica as a new Spanish learner, and told a patient that I was pregnant! …Extra embarrassed. 😳

[@HeapsCool29]

Have you learnt more than one language on Drops? Does it help to have the same images for both languages when you’ve assigned the image to that name?

[@Yanjaa]

This is a very interesting question. Short answer - no, not in the three weeks since I started using the app. I'll see if I might do another language challenge with Drops and what the effects are!

[@HeapsCool29]

Thanks for replying! I think so too! I am fluent in german and want to learn french/russian and thought about using drops for that, however i learnt german on drops and didn't know how that would affect my overall understanding of both languages! Look forward to it, if you do a video on it!

[@thyagoleonel3024]

kkkkk Adorei seu video Como esta seu portugues? Deve estar quase fluente saudações do brasil!

[@alexandrenarolles7994]

Hi Yanjaa, how many hours per day did you study to learn those words?

[@Yanjaa]

Hey! I think 30-45 min/day on average total. I usually put the details of my study process on the title cards - you can find the information in this video as well.

[@alexandrenarolles7994]

@@Yanjaa Thanks, I am checking that video again!

[@annabellzambrano7764]

Could you tell me the name of the programam, please

[@Yanjaa]

Hi! If you mean the program for learning the basic Portuguese words it was languagedrops.com/affiliates/yanjaa-wintersoul

[@Diego-ji6ep]

Que linda!

[@Yanjaa]

💜

[@hcm9999]

I know that memorization is your super-power, but hear me out for a moment. I hate memorization. To this day I haven't memorized my address or my cell phone number. I have terrible memory. And yet I speak Portuguese, English, Japanese and am learning Swedish right now. I am against memorizing words. I focus on understanding the text I am reading. It is possible to understand a text even if you don't know some of the words in the text. There is no need to know every single word in a text to understand it. I have found so many people advocating memorization tools, apps or software. It really baffles me. Do you really need those? You only need to worry about important words. You can ignore words that are rarely used. Important words on the other hand are used frequently, so it means you are going to meet those words again and again and you will memorize them automatically, without any effort. I am reading a book on mathematics right now and it uses the word 定理 on almost every single page. Why do I need to memorize the word 定理 if the book I am reading uses that word on every single page? There is no need to memorize the word, just by reading the book the word gets stuck in my head. The same applies for every single word that you need. Important words are used frequently, if you read a lot, you will inevitably meet those words again and again, and you WILL memorize them, whether you want it or not. There is no need to use a special tool to memorize those words. Some people seem to be convinced they need to memorize a bunch of words BEFORE reading native material. They seem to believe that those words will magically allow them to read native material. But in my opinion they should be doing the EXACT OPPOSITE. You should be reading native material to ACQUIRE vocabulary, not the other way around!! Memorizing a bunch of unrelated words seems to be completely painful, boring, inefficient, tedious, time-consuming. Why would anyone want to do that? I have never done that. I have never heard of any other profession that does that. I have never heard of an engineer or mathematician or physicist using ANKI to memorize a bunch of words. Why do some language learners insist on using memorization tools like ANKI to memorize words, if no other profession does that?? If you want to learn medicine, you have to read books about medicine. There is no other way. You don't use ANKI to memorize words, what is the point? The important words will appear so often in the medical books that they will be burnt forever in your brain, there is no need to memorize them separately. That is why in my opinion memorization tools are really a waste of time.

[@mannyw_]

This is a very interesting comment. How long have you been studying Japanese, and what's your current level? I'd be interested to hear more about how you managed to learn the language. I understand the hate for memorization. I think you can learn a language just fine without using Anki or some other type of memorization software, definitely. But I also think you can do things much more quickly if you have the right tools, both software and mental tools. To illustrate my point: Let's say you memorize 50 of the most common Japanese words per day. After 40 days, you'd get to 2000 words, which I reckon would be a pretty good number for a relatively short period of time. Something like this would be extremely difficult with rote memorization, and likely take hours upon hours per day. Presumably, with memory techniques, one could accomplish this feat in, say, one hour a day. Then let's say you go to read a book. You don't recognize all of the words, but you recognize a good amount of them. Instead of having to look up every word for half a year, struggling through every single sentence, because you developed a good base in a little over a month, you're able to somewhat enjoy the content you're consuming, and get through it much faster. Additionally, how long would it take for you to learn the most common 2000 words that you come across in your consumption of native media? I'd argue it'd take quite some time, much more than 40 days, if you're not using an app like Anki or memory techniques. What if you want to do something crazy like learn 10,000 words as fast as possible? I reckon that'd take ages without some type of method. I think, at least as far as learning languages go, something like Anki in combination with significant consumption of native material is the way to go. An SRS helps solidify those words into your long-term memory, and coming across them often in your "immersion" will also help with that. To use a specific example: sure, I could come across 天気予報 in something I'm reading and just try to remember it, hope that it comes up somewhat frequently and eventually get implanted into my long-term memory. Or, if I already know the word 天気, I could think, "Weather + yohou", and use the linking method described in this video and picture a "yahoo" screaming "yo" around town to warn people of the upcoming storm (as a rudimentary weather forecast). Once you get proficient with this technique, making this type of association is something that can happen in the span of a few seconds. Combine this with tons of consumption of native material, and I imagine this is a recipe for getting very good very quickly. I can tell you from first-hand experience that memorization really doesn't have to be as painful as you make it sound. It sounds cliché, but "creative memory" can actually be a decent amount of fun, especially if you get to use the things you memorize soon after learning them. Sorry for the long comment, but I legitimately found yours interesting and felt compelled to reply.

[@hcm9999]

@@mannyw_ "How long have you been studying Japanese, and what's your current level?" I speak English, Japanese, native Portuguese, and right now am studying Swedish. I passed the JLPT a long time ago. But I have never tried to memorize anything. I have never used ANKI, flashcards or any kind of memorization techniques. "Let's say you memorize 50 of the most common Japanese words per day." There are 2 problems here. Why memorize in the first place? And how do you know which words are the most common? I don't see the point in memorizing. It seems a waste of time to me. Instead of memorizing and then reading, I think it is much better to just skip memorization and go directly into reading. Because I am much more interested in reading and understanding than memorizing isolated words. You don't need to know every single word to understand a text. If you look up only a few key words, you will be able to understand what the text is saying. For me memorization has always been a byproduct of reading. Words get stuck in my head, whether I want it or not, simply because they appear often in a text. I read recently the book "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" and the name of the character Lisbeth Salander got stuck in my head. It is completely useless for me to memorize the name of a character and yet there is nothing I can do about it. Memorization is automatic and out of my control. Simply by reading the book the words get stuck in my head. And the most common words in any language will appear naturally in any text. There is no need to memorize them separately. Just by reading a lot you will memorize them whether you want it or not. "Instead of having to look up every word for half a year, struggling through every single sentence" I was in high school when I read "The Exorcist", my very first book in English. I had to look up every word... for about a week. The story was so exciting and enthralling that I just stopped consulting the dictionary and kept on reading, ignoring the unknow words, and only paying attention to the overall story. I read the book in about 2 weeks, even though I didn't know half of the words.

[@deegiichae5843]

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[@Yanjaa]

Hey! Ug ni 3000 ug tseejlehees eheldeggui, ene udaa Drops apptai hamtran challenge hiisen uchraas l ingej surlaa. Hedheen neg (nadad) chuhal ug surchihaad ter heden uguu olon yanzaar hereglej uzdeg. Jishee ni angliar "I am" gedeg ugiig surlaa gej bodhoor ehleed meddeg heleer ug zalgaad yavaanda shine ug nemdeg. 1. "I am huurhun, I am mundag, I am undur" 2. "but" + "also" gedeg 2 ug surlaa => "I am ongiroo, BUT I am ALSO daruuhan."

[@ukrajina2022]

😚

[@tumee5]

Yanjaa, how many languages do you speak? I speak Russian, English, Spanish and my native Mongolian. Always wanted to learn Portuguese because I like to listen to bossa nova. And my favorite word is “saudade”. If you don't already know, "Paciencia" by Lenine is such a beautiful song and you are going to love the lyrics. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYjQYqiseLeZrKM

[@GoD_WarZMrDark]

sain egch ymaa hh

[@airmoonrose]

When she is Mongolian and I’m Mongolian 👋

[@kanankhalilzade]

But how you remember all those words while trying to speak with someone that language? I mean, it seems weird to me, because you learn those words connecting English words.

[@irvincruz5693]

Yess, that happened to me when I was learning english, but it's a good way to start learning a new language

[@Yanjaa]

Memorizing concepts and individual words is a good starting point but not the end-all-be-all of a learning journey. You start building applicable knowledge based off of what you've memorized.

[@Yanjaa]

Exactly! 💜

[@musicstudy7610]

Come to India, most of us are polyglots 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@psfox5496]

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[@icehound6763]

I feel this might be clickbait no cap.

[@j2shoes288]

Drops is a gimmick.