Moving back to Pakistan from Estonia ? AskManan#01

[@veikoplays]

You got me baiting the nails there! "Moving back to .." My first thought was literally "Oh noo, what happened????" I personally think we need more people like You in Estonia! Love the content, please keep up what You are doing!

[@MananAnwar]

Thank you so much Veiko.

[@JustTravelJT]

Hi Manan, why are so many foreign (Asian) European Citizens relocating back and even from other parts of Europe?

[@tuhinmitra935]

is 1500 euro good salary in estonia in 2024-25?

[@MananAnwar]

Enough for survival.

[@martinkoitmae6655]

Sul on Eesti aksent inglise keeles rääkides. Panin alles praegu seda tähele😃.

[@MananAnwar]

Jep. paljud inimesed on seda mulle öelnud

[@ortolitore1522]

Kas kusagil on mõni video, milles Manan räägib pikemalt eesti keeles?

[@r.h.7633]

I know - documentaries, what kind of interesting/unusual places you've visited in Estonia and what makes them stand out. Share your knowledge.

[@sashagorohova6790]

Stay here! Tln is not bad place to be. I like qawwali music, also lived in India in Gujarat, im from Narva! Hi from Narva!

[@MananAnwar]

I haven’t been to Narva yet. Will be visiting soon.

[@sashagorohova6790]

@@MananAnwar Great! Wish to meet, if you also a fan of sufi music

[@aSnailCyclopsNamedSteve]

I am subscribed to nearly 700 channels, some post nearly daily, some weekly, some monthly, and some almost never. Having notifications on would mean something like 700 notifications weekly. Sorry, I can't read that quickly. Subscribed is enough.

[@xtwmx]

Same. I think Manan should be more grateful for the free engagement we provide to him.

[@jpthiran]

Manan - stay in Estonia !... if you want some sun get the plane to south of Europe and recharge!... regarding all the rest, Estonia seams to be paradise !... and Parnu in summer is also very good (and the whater temperature is warm in summer)... Kakumae beach in Tallin is also very good

[@aSnailCyclopsNamedSteve]

A nice, heartfelt message. I sent a letter as well with other info. I would add one thing. Before moving to any country full-time (after checking it out), I would learn the language at home because it is cheaper at home and one has more time and energy to devote to the project. Learning while you are working full-time abroad is very difficult. The idea that immersion will teach the language without any effort is not true.

[@martinkoitmae6655]

It’s really hard to learn a language when you can’t practice it with some other person. Just doing Duolingo in your bedroom is good but nowhere near good enough.

[@aSnailCyclopsNamedSteve]

Yes, well, not all of us come from the Duolingo age. I learned Lithuanian in my bedroom (nowhere near any Lithuanian speakers) in 1995. While I did have tapes, I did not listen to them because I had two equally venerable textbooks. One said 'taip' (yes) is pronounced 'tape', the other 'type'. I had no one to ask but I had to learn the language because in 1995, virtually no one in Lithuania spoke English. So I used my own system. On top of that, the accent wanders in Lithuanian, both between similar words and between cases and persons. I generalised and did not learn the specific accent for each word, partially because my dictionary, as I recall, did not have accents and rarely do texts. I memorised something like 6000 (six thousand) words over 9 months and within one month of living in Lithuania, my pronunciation adjusted itself and the few missing words found their way into my vocabulary. I did not spend my 9 months memorising grammar or reading textbooks. Instead I read Erle Stanley Gardner's The Case of the Foot-Loose Doll in Lithuanian (Mirtis ir santažas) and a few newspaper articles afterwards. The book had enough dialogue to where I felt comfortable speaking. So, what is the secret? In order to hold a conversation, you need to not only recognise words immediately, but also recall them. If you recognise words easily enough to read comfortably, recall will likely not be a problem. No, this may not work in a language like French where there is a serious discrepancy between written and spoken forms but if you are learning English, I would not let pronunciation stop you. Will there be embarrassing moments? You bet, and in any language. That's just part of learning and you have to laugh at yourself. @@martinkoitmae6655

[@sabahatthussainn5515]

Don’t even think about it unless they’re appointing you as PM 😊 (bhaiyon wala mashwara)😇

[@magnusfransson1970]

Do you speak estonian... then do a video when you speaking with sub titles. peace from sweden

[@MananAnwar]

Maybe I’ll do that. But for channel members only.

[@r.h.7633]

Comedy reactions, maybe even music reactions, anyway - reaction videos 😁 , I wanna laugh after workday. No need to leave Est.

[@MananAnwar]

I did a reaction video. Didn’t do so well.

[@SvenElven]

Did you live your whole life in Pakistan before coming to Estonia 10 years ago? Because your English accent sounds more Estonian than Pakistani to my ears! Topic for «ask me anything»: How do you feel about many Estonians' desire to be officially included in the Nordic region?

[@MananAnwar]

Yes my English accent has changed since I have lived here. Good Question, I will keep in mind.

[@xtwmx]

Very hard to believe somebody leaves their homeland because you had too many privileges. I think everybody would love to know in detail which male privileges you allegedly left behind. It would definitely make an interesting video.

[@MananAnwar]

I'll keep in mind.

[@TiinaSau]

no-no -no. Stay in Estonia please.