My Advice For Learning Languages As An Adult

[@PerthNakhun]

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[@sakurapandelion5574]

I almost have a heart attack thinking you were the one offering the language lessons! 😅 🥹😍♥️

[@jjjjustak-popstanfanlovek-7963]

I'm into learning Thai, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and a few Filipino phrases. Are your eyes okay? I just noticed it and i got concerned.

[@gogakushayemi]

Oooo! I teach both English and Japanese on italki. So I pretty much live over there. lol

[@miemiejiang9950]

My son goes to the public school in Thailand 😂I hope he can learn thai and teach me in the future ,we just use English and Chinese at home.

[@kttho9201]

i started learning Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese at the same time through Italki during the Covid period 😂😂😂😂. I knew how awful learning more than one language concurrently to be.

[@hellomello258]

Tips from the video: 1. Identify your needs/goals -You don't have to be perfect for your language skill to work well for you -"Whatever works for you is the best" -You don't need speaking/listening/reading/writing to all be high level if you're not using them 2. You get better at a skill by doing it. Repetition, repetition, repetition. -Pronunciation is a physical skill. I have a whole speech about this. 3. Don't worry about mistakes. (This ties to "you don't have to be perfect from 1) - YES. This is my number one message as a language teacher 4. Identify what kind of learning process works for you. Thai/Japanese advice 1. Don't ignore tone and intonation/practice the language with all of the elements from the beginning -Train your ears to distinguish tones Counter points: Non native speakers can be great teachers. The best ESL teacher I've met so far learned English third (Portuguese, then Spanish then English. She got a law degree in English. Super impressive). As a native speaker, I helped her with idioms, listing "common ways to start a story", slang, connotations of uncommon words... I have a master's in Applied Linguistics and Teaching English and have taught English.

[@user-sg4ov7ng4h]

from someone who learned english on the internet alone when i was young, (and i'm not the only one with that experience) the best way to go is : - find some sort of entertainment you care about with subtitles, you will not have fun if you don't care about what you're doing, it goes for every hobby. if you draw, drawing the same stuff without what your creativity wants you to do while stop you. for me it was youtube videos with storylines written by the creator (lol it was msp videos), i was kinda forced to learn it because i was playing games who only had english speakers and they would try to talk to me. the common words repeat themselves, you will not need to translate them after some time and that's gonna encourage you instead of being on duolingo and forgetting. sentences that will repeat words will make you remember them truly. - i tried watching youtube videos in english but couldn't understand even though i spoke english, my mind is fuzzy but don't give up. if you want to improve find entertainments in that language, people who learned korean through reality shows had an easier time. but really the main point is enjoying it. a lot of us learned english by accident if you will. it was the way to understand something that we had an interest in. it was only the bridge

[@janeserrano7911]

Thank you for this ❤

[@ELFy1044]

Just noticed there's that Japanese Magazine of him and Talay in the background XD

[@eunhyukee_my_starlight_]

Wowwww A Fellow E.L.F 💙💙🥺🥺

[@ELFy1044]

@@eunhyukee_my_starlight_ elfy everywhere 55555 nice to e-meet u here! :)

[@MonAhgasInsomniAroELF]

@@eunhyukee_my_starlight_ hello from another fellow ELF :D

[@moonsidewatch]

I don't usually comment, but i just wanted to say that that tip about falling in love with the language is so true. I have had the opposite, I moved to another country with my mom and now I've been forced to learn a language I don't care about in a culture where I feel left out, so even though I've lived here for some years now I've tried anything and everything NOT to have to learn their language. As I've grown older and had to find a job here, not being able to speak the local language has been such a problem that I've been forced to learn it. And it truly is so hard, specially when I've always wanted to learn a different language (Chinese, as I had some Chinese friends growing up and their culture/food/TV always interested me). Thankfully after some months fully immersed working a retail job and being forced to speak/listen/understand to clients every day I've learned a lot more than some off courses I've had throughout the years, and I am getting to a place where I feel comfortable speaking even if I'm aware I'm making mistakes (lord sentence structure while speaking is HARD). Also i feel after being forced to immerse myself in this culture I find it less scary or intimidating as I used to before, and gradually it feels like maybe I do have a place here. I'm glad to hear it will get better, and that eventually these efforts will pay off :)

[@justalameusername1736]

Which language is it?

[@moonsidewatch]

@@justalameusername1736 lol I kinda don’t wanna say bc I know there’s some pandelions from there and I wouldn’t want them to feel offended by my feelings about their country 😅

[@johnmoirangcha]

​@@moonsidewatch it is the exact same position I'm in rn. Recently I moved here to study, but I seriously don't like this new culture leading to also not liking their language. So I'm not thinking of learning the local language anytime soon 😂 and good for me I can communicate to anyone residing here with a common language, so there's no such thing as a language barrier so.... I'm not learning the language 🤣

[@moonsidewatch]

@@johnmoirangcha mauuuuur hahaha I feel you ! I was able to go around and (still am technically) with English, specially because the circles I was around were very international! It is also a pity because I don’t have any friends from here, all my friends are internationals too (only my coworkers are the closest I have to local friends lol). It’s not too hard living without knowing the local language for me, but I do find that feelings of loneliness and being left out were stronger or more easier to fall into when I was so resistant to learning it. In part because I am planning to stay here (and already gained nationality) so I do plan to become fluent (at least socially). Tho I think it feels way better to decide when to start on a language journey or take steps towards it on your own terms, being forced into it is never a good idea I feel 😅

[@johnmoirangcha]

@@moonsidewatch ok if u r going to stay there, and also gained nationality, learn the damn language buddy hh 🤣 this way u can be more blend in to the surroundings and culture.. about the loneliness too,.. I'm at the peak of it and I'm allowing myself 😭 but yeah I agree, we should be allowed to learn a language on our own pace.. I also think I want to learn a language when the people speaking it, their culture and the place where it is spoken convince me enough to have the need to learn it. Otherwise I always give a pass 😅

[@debobo26]

i'm french, and i'm currently learning thai on my own, it's a bit difficult but so satisfying when i manage to understand some sentences :) I don't plan to be fluent, but being able to have a little chat will be a good goal!

[@KanchanaRobertson]

Hi I am Thai and I am interested to learn French

[@shoshimonster5451]

the language I am currently trying to study is Korean and while I was studying abroad (not in Korea) I ran into this music group of around 40 people from teenage to around 60 years old singing and at the end I made eye contact with one of them and thanked him in Korean. he was very surprised, and I saw the way his eyes lit up hearing his language from someone who he wasn't expecting to hear it from in a place neither of us spoke the language very well. we continued the conversation in English and we are still friends to this day, three years later.

[@AV-ks1gp]

When I was a kid the first thing my dad taught was how to swear in Norwegian and I mean SWEAR. Luckily you don't find a lot of people who have Norweign as a second language so I got to swear at a lot of kids in my mother tongue lol. My piece of advice though, is to find someone who knows the language, or is a native speaker and make it a thing to always talk to them in that language, I found that helped me immensely in learning.

[@markqalvarez]

I love this kind of videos. I am 31 years old, and speak 4 languages: Spanish, English, French and Portuguese; not I'm studying Italian. I am also certified to teach Spanish and English, and my dream is to learn around 10 languages (including Chinese, Thai, Japanese and Korean). Greetings from Guatemala. BTW, I teach Spanish, and study with French and Braziilians tutors on italki. I love it.

[@CeCeego]

I’m interested in learning Spanish! whats your Italki user name for booking a lesson?

[@KanchanaRobertson]

I am interested in learning French and I am Thai

[@monochromeUji]

I'm trilingual as it is, since in India it's normal to know Hindi and your regional/state language, plus English cause it's common at school level. I've wanted to learn another language for quite some time, but I've definitely used my age (28) as the biggest excuse to not even start picking up a new language. This video is a great help. Perth, my man, you're a gem.

[@ravere215]

I definitely agree with the teacher that you have to fall in love with a language. I learned French and Korean when it would make more sense to learn Spanish since a lot of people in my area speak it but I didn't really have anything that I was interested in with Spanish culture (except mayb the food 😅) While with French I was interested in the culture and watched some shows/KZbinrs and for Korean my love for Kpop and Kdramas made me interested in the culture and language more. Also, Perth is so right about speaking it often. Don't be afraid to have a conversation with yourself guys it actually works 😂

[@sara_belys2244]

I Just came to get my Keep learning motivation of the week. As someone who has to learn some languages like Chinese frome inglish when my first language is Spanish 😅 kinda thought but keep going. We can do it y'all

[@leeyan8741]

Same here 😂❤, my mother language is Arabic and I'm learning Japanese from English resources. Let's keep going 💪

[@timbyrne914]

My favorite language mistake. I was in Prague last year, and I ordered what I thought was a dish of sour lentils in Czech. In fact I asked for a pickled cat. This was at a buffet with rather long line of Czechs queued up. Everyone heard it and laughed quite a bit. I corrected myself, paid and took a seat. People passed by me and make cat noises and laughed as they went to sit down. A day or two later I told the story to a random Czech patron at a pub. He said "was that you? You're famous." It became a great ice-breaker for the rest of my time there. I'm working on Thai now. ITalki has been indispensable for the last couple of langauges I've learned. You made the analogy with reps in exercise, and similar to exercise it's important to get in good reps, and chatting with native speakers, especially those used to helping non-natives improve, helps keep the reps in good form.

[@zammich3649]

I saw you on Japanese TV a few months (?) ago and I was surprised by how good you were! I knew you had been studying Japanese, but you seemed very comfortable listening and speaking. It was pretty inspiring!! Hope you appear on TV here more!!

[@schmittgetsreal]

This was SO HELPFUL! Thank you for making this! 😘

[@gaemlinsidoharthi]

Thanks for the encouragement. Good to know that I’m not the only one that struggles.

[@charlottebreton6796]

Great video, Perth ❤ I've been on my own language journey. I am half french and have been trying to learn the language for the past couple of months. I can remember the words, write them out, but my promblem is the communication part. I can speak the words out loud and I would say 50% of the time I'm correct. What I'm having a hard time doing is listening to someone talk and responding to them. I always want to translate French back to English, then translate what I want to say in English back to French. I think I'm definitely making it more complex then it needs to be. I've heard you should be thinking in French and not translating it, but I haven't gotten to that level yet. Also I find since I've become an adult I have less space in my head for new information if that makes sense. Anyways that's my experience so far. I think it's amazing youve learned two new languages as an adult.

[@mossea]

I am also a half Thai who only speaks English, some basic survival Thai, and is learning Japanese for fun now! At age 27!! And signed up for Thai language course

[@transcendingmagic]

So happy for your Italki sponsorship! I've been using it for close to 2 years now to learn Thai, and it has been a tremendous help!

[@hannah.aishaa]

Thank you for this video! The tip you gave about learning how Thai words are spelled in order to learn the tones is definitely something I didn't think about. I speak 3 other languages, but I never learned to read and write in them as a child. That I did on my own as I got older, and that wasn't fun. So, when it came to learning Thai I thought I could do the same. Boy, have I been wrong. Will definitely be concentrating more on reading Thai as well as speaking. Thank you!!

[@conechiwa7]

I love how inspiring the comment section is! ❤️ You have a great community of eager learners! 😊

[@daviddewberry5874]

Thanks Perth. I agree with you. When I was learning Spanish I had the same issues. 🎉 I'm watching Thai TV shows now, and am gathering resources for learning Thai. Thanks for the suggestions.

[@cj1426]

Need to learn Portuguese and Thai. Brazil and Thailand are on my bucket list to visit. An I would like to learn and know enough to ask for directions and order food. Thanks for the tips.

[@michyeoseo_]

Portuguese is not an easy language (I'm Brazilian) but I wish you luck! You can do it.

[@PratoAgressivo]

good luck with the Portuguese grammar!

[@KissyONCESomnia]

I’m polylingual (Australian born Vietnamese). I speak six languages English 🇦🇺 Vietnamese 🇻🇳 Japanese 🇯🇵 Mandarin 🇨🇳 Thai 🇹🇭 Bahasa/Malay 🇮🇩🇲🇾. Born in Australia so speak fluent English Learned Vietnamese since I was 4 years old Studied Japanese for 3 years and lived in Japan for one year Lived in China for 2 years and my bf is Chinese Lived in Thailand for 2 years teaching English there Travel to Bali once a year so gives me a reason to learn/improve my Bahasa Edit: Actualmente aprendiendo español (Currently learning Spanish) 🇪🇸

[@naomichepkoech3997]

Wow you are amazing ❤

[@KissyONCESomnia]

@@naomichepkoech3997 Thanks Naomi, how many languages do you speak? 😊

[@naomichepkoech3997]

@@KissyONCESomnia Four, two of them are just part of my mother tongue so I didn't struggle with them, English I learnt in school, Spanish I learnt on my own and now I'm learning Chinese.

[@KissyONCESomnia]

@@naomichepkoech3997 加油! Good luck with your Chinese learning 😊

[@naomichepkoech3997]

@@KissyONCESomnia thanks

[@sila3263]

I seriously think you should start doing more of these kind of videos where there is nothing to see but it‘s just amazing listening to what you say. A podcast basically. I could listen to you talk for hours but I‘m running out of video material to listen to😅

[@kem38]

I love you and and I love talking about and speaking languages so this is video was just perfecttttt🙃 and as you said at the end, I feel like a lot of people only see the practical use of learning a language but there's is so much more to it, like getting to know people from all around the world in their native tongue and getting the culture in as well! It's just so rewarding and amazing, feels like a superpower hihi :)))

[@Patricio_Marcel]

I totally resonate with this video. I think it is so easy to overlook the fact that really thinking about the 'WHY' before you start can make the language learning process a lot easier, and help to set reachable goals.

[@WrittenButNotRead]

As a foreigner living in Thailand 1. it's so gratifying every time i say like a single thai sentence and everyone will be like oh you speak so good!! (even though I know I screw up grammar like it's my job). and 2. I wiiiish when I started learning Thai that I'd learned to read at the same time because now it's so hard for my brain to focus on actually reading the Thai in front of me and trying to understand it instead of ignoring it in favor of speaking like normal. I've definitely been in both boats before, being only able to speak without reading and being able to read without speaking (hello French) and they've both been such interesting experiences in language learning

[@rinnyu801]

ตั้งใจดูจนจบคลิปเลยค่ะ หนูเป็นคนไทยที่เป็นแฟนคลับเทนิปุริ ชอบเทนิมิว แล้วก็ได้มีโอกาสดูพี่เพิร์ธในชินเทนิมิวด้วยค่ะ เพิ่งได้มาเรียนภาษาญี่ปุ่นตอนเป็นผู้ใหญ่แล้วเหมือนกัน ตอนดูพี่เพิร์ธรู้สึกประทับใจมาก ตอนนี้ให้พี่เพิร์ธเป็นไอดอลในการเรียนภาษาญี่ปุ่นของหนูเลย อยากเก่งให้ได้ทั้ง 3 ภาษาเหมือนพี่เพิร์ธค่ะ ขอบคุณที่มาแชร์เทคนิคการเรียนภาษาดีๆด้วยนะคะ บางอย่างก็ไม่มีใครบอก อย่างเรื่อง intonation สำหรับคนไทยมีปัญหามากทั้งภาษาอังกฤษกับภาษาญี่ปุ่นเลย เป็นประโยชน์จริงๆค่ะ แล้วก็ขอบคุณสำหรับคอนเทนต์ดีๆนะคะ ชอบดูคอนเทนต์แนวนี้มาเติมไฟให้ตัวเองจะได้ไม่ burn out จากการเรียน ได้กำลังใจแล้วกลับไปนั่งเรียนต่อด้วยค่ะ 🥰🥰

[@oozybooze]

i’m starting a course soon and this vid showed up just when i needed it

[@oozybooze]

jus finished watching, so so helpful! thank you

[@milis2636]

motivation is the most important thing I guess. I started to learn japanese at 20 y.o. at uni and the desire to get a chance to study at japan as an exchange student helps me a lot to not give up

[@oliviayp]

Great tips, Perth! Thanks for sharing your insight, also, congrats on the upcoming roles!!

[@violetthunter]

The thing is, I think I'm a visual learner, because it really helps me to see words written out to memorizing their meaning. I am a certified translator for my native language (German) to English and I also learned Spanish. I taught myself to read Korean and since I'm able to read it, it's so much easier to remember words and pick up their meanings. But with Thai, the "alphabet" is so hard to learn, I can't do it by myself. I can remember words from dramas and can try to pronounce them, but I think it would be a lot easier if I could also read them and understand the phonetics. Maybe I'll actually look into the language lesson thing you're promoting

[@_lin_2023]

I'm the same, also a visual learner. May I know how you manage to learn another language? I can't get past beginner level. I do understand, but I find it difficult to remember the words when I need to speak or write. Thank you!

[@violetthunter]

@_lin_2023 There are two things I do: I watch movies or series in the language I want to learn with subtitles so that I see the words spelled out. The other thing is listening to songs in the language I'm interested in and reading the lyrics while doing it. This also helps me memorizing the words because I can look the meaning up and hopefully remember next time I listen to the song. I love singing too so oftentimes I learn lyrics to a song even though I don't understand everything perfectly

[@_lin_2023]

@violetthunter thank you! I appreciate this a lot 😊 i will try to do this, and hopefully, it will help my language skills too. 😊 Enjoy your day and Stay safe

[@violetthunter]

@@_lin_2023 you're welcome 😊 You too!

[@cupidok2768]

I'm confused why he says he's trying lingo and then at the end of the video he's saying he's not confident in explaining videos😑😑😑

[@ledasdaughter_]

I continue to be so impressed with your language skills and sometimes I wish I had your talent for it. I know it's also hard, hard work, but you are also very good at this and I love how you keep motivating yourself to learn and improve! It's just so impressive!

[@J-Rei]

Perth!!! Your video showed up in my feed at the right time! 😭😭 I also love that your a fellow Aussie, Your tips are super helpful for me to persevere and continuing on learning a 3rd and 4th language. Also your video is super entertaining 🤣🤣

[@Fernandapsventura]

Thanks for this video Perth! I am an ESL student and an English teacher for Portuguese native speakers and your tips are really useful, especially to those beginning the learning process. This thing about the goal is real: my goal was to be able to speak fluently and I'm really good at it, but my writing skills on English are not the best ones, and when I realized that I started practicing more day by day but it remains difficult to remember the words' spelling and this kind of stuff. Anyway, I loved your video!

[@machiavelZongo]

this video was amazing , the advice was also very useful and nice for people who want to learn a new langagues.

[@hideotlan]

Hello, really nice informative video. 😊Ic? Lithuanian and so lithuanian is my native language. English is my second language that still far from fluent and now i try learning japanese and spanish (try greek aswell but it feels much harder to learn for specific different hellenic alphabet and it letter sounds). I was inspired to learn japanese by Kotaro Hisada (who have learned lithuanian at nice level to understand him well as he try talking on his KZbin channel mostly lithuanian) and also inspired by Ruri Ohama (who have mixed japanese / turkish blood girl and being fluent in minimum 4 languages if i remember right). Big Thanks to them. ☺️ Still slowly but I trying learning japanese and bit by bit spanish and greek as japanese, greek spanish (and welll... lithuanian) is my favorite languages in the world that i live to hear and listening) 😄😊 English are just nice as international useful language that not very hard to learn enough to chat and learning other languages hehe

[@ivycoetzee-healthinsurance8526]

Good morning from South Africa. Thank you for this informative video. I can totally agree that when you get older it gets harder to learn another language. I am spoiled by the subtitles when I watch BL, but I am slowly picking up the correct words and know that the subtitles are not 100 % correct. Likewise, I will use the tips that you gave, and I am sure that it will help me. It's like the saying, don't do it until you get it right, do it until you never get it wrong.

[@musicformyseoul4604]

A fantastic video - it is super encouraging to hear about your experiences :)

[@midnightchaos8]

Thank you for the video! This video is super helpful and encouraging! I really appreciate all of the advice, especially since I'm trying to learn three new languages at the same time and continuing my learning of Spanish. (Because I like to live life on hardcore mode) One tip someone told me or I heard somewhere was that hearing the language's music helps with the learning process. Of course, seeing and hearing the language through dramas helps as well. But because music is a huge part of my life, music has been a great tool for me.

[@yamazakiisking]

Very helpful video and i loved the warmth in your speaking and joking and also from your teacher.

[@minhyungssi]

i'm learning english and I use your videos to practice it 😀 tysm for the tips

[@MrsSaeta]

Motivation is so big. For 3 of the 4 2Ls I have learned, I was highly motivated and it was fun. The most recent one, I have very little motivation beyond the utility of the language and it really has made learning harder.

[@Ilovemyselfalltime]

Hey Perth! I am falling in love with your videos (your tips, your presentation, your gestures, your act are all really impressive), I loved it and I like watching all your videos.

[@user-uc5qq5ks2k]

Thank you for the advice and also it gives me the inspiration. You are absolutely correct. Repetition is the key. It is difficult to learn a language when you are an adult and not in that environment. I heard people wanting to learn Spanish, so they spent one year in Spain staying with the natives. That works for them but not everyone has that opportunity to do so. All the best in your career. BTW your Japanese sounds natural to me (I am not Japanese) - I saw a fanmeet on KZbin for MeenPing and I was surprise....wait a minute, that guy looks familiar, and he does not look like Japanese. Congrats on your accomplishment.

[@daweigo6851]

Seriously so helpful! Thanks

[@coolbrotherf127]

Intentional, consistent practice and specific goals is what keeps people improving. So many people struggle to maintain something consistent and end up in an endless cycle of learning and forgetting the same information over and over again. I didn't make progress in Japanese until I forced myself to study every day.

[@_lin_2023]

More of this, please ❤🎉

[@killjadeskye]

I started getting interested in learning Thai solely to be able to read lyrics on Spotify 😂 I initially have no intention in actually speaking Thai, but through watching lakorn and BL, I did manage to learn a few useful phrases to help me when I went to Thailand for holiday. I also need to see how the words are spelt in Thai to remember what tones are, so I cannot learn it through just the romanization. So I agree, identifying what level you aim is great to not stress yourself out. Also, fun fact, I found you through the video explaining the meanings of phi, nong etc (I specifically wanted to know what jie meant) and the basic thai. Then I saw you in one of the KP content, and I was like "heyyyyy I know this guy!" 😂

[@Tiaimo]

Actually, it's not that hard to learn thai. Forget those technical details like high mid low consonant etc. We're not lingualistic analyzer. Here are steps we teach our kids. 1. Know how to write each consonant. Look at the chart and write it down while pronouce with ออ sound. กอ ขอ คอ งอ จอ and so on until ฮอ. 2. Know how to write each vowels. It comes into pair short and long vowels. Easy to remember. e.g. Pari of short and long: อะ อา อิ อี อึ อือ อุ อู เอะ เอ แอะ แอ เออะ เออ โอะ โอ เอาะ ออ เอียะ เอีย เอือะ เอือ อัวะ อัว write it down by mix it with a couple frist consonat e.g. ก and then pronounce it as well. Actually the first volwels you're already into is ออ vowel. Then you can go to other vowels after it one-by-one. These 2 stpes above needed to repeat by writing and pronouncing. It will help you distinguish each consonants and vowels to form basic tone. This 2 steps are fundamental of all. Familarized yourself thru listening and writing the basic one at the same time. However there are conpound consonants you may need to learn as well e.g. หม คว and so on. but it's not that hard after above two steps. Once you're good at it then we can go steps 3. 3. Pick up easiest basic word you're familiar with like basic กอ ขอ คอ งอ จอ and then add each tone marker then pronounce it out loud. For example : กอ ก่อ ก้อ ก๊อ ก๋อ ขอ ข่อ ข้อ ข๊อ ข๋อ and so on. Kids were taught to use their fingers to represent each tone once they pronounce. At this point, kids will know each tone from the first basic set of consonant and vowel (e.g. consonant ก + vowel ออ) if we got repetition enough. Your ears will be able to seperate and understand the differeentiation of each tone. After a certain couple set of consonant and first basic vowel, you'll amaze how easy it is and familarize yourself that you can distinguish each tone and know how to mimic even though they are in other vowels. The best way to pratice is pronounce it after teacher and then do it again by write it down after teacher. It seems boring but it's essential for tonal language like thai that base with abugida which has tone marker as same as Vietnam that use Latin alphabet. While Mandarin use logographs without tone marker which is harder in terms of writing but easy for us as Thai to speak either Vietnam or Mandarin. We just need to tweak in some sound that doesn't exist in Thai. Once you're master above one, it will embeded into your brain. Then you'll see how easy it is in terms of speaking and reading. Find some basic phrase or sentences and speak it slowly. Hope this help you in terms of language learning. If you have questions, please let me know. Cheers !!!

[@theresiawilhelmina]

I started learning Thai almost three years ago and I noticed with a smile that I could understand the clip of that teacher even without the subs XD For me learning Thai was not something I wanted to do, my brain just kinda took over for me and decided that this was something I was going to learn. I have a very busy life, so my language learning is really just a hobby. I am not learning very intensively (although I have been consuming a lot of Thai media and music). At first I just wanted to be able to *really understand* lyrics. Then it was practical to learn how to read. Then after a few months I kinda decided I was ready to learn about tones and speaking (I guess my ears needed time to hear them) and actually your video on Thai tones was very helpful! Then I got a course, first without a teacher and now I have a teacher too. I don't have money/time to study very regularly and get actual classes, but I am still making progress and above all, I am having fun. The teacher on your video was right, falling in love is the most important part. I don't know why, but I fell in love with the Thai language and that intrinsic motivation is so incredibly helpful!

[@JensdC]

From my own experience, age doesn't matter. There is a story about a 70-year-old guy who got his first university degree. He couldn't have done that before cuz there was war and he got family, etc. That man passed away in 2021 due to old age

[@juliamurphy5376]

I have been langauge learning through out the last several years years. I took French in high school and then when Covid hit, I started relearning with apps, because my family had planned to go on a trip, it was so nice to be learning the language again and I spoke French in France for a few things like ordering food. I also started learning Thai through apps, books, KZbin videos and podcasts when Covid hit and I self studied all the way up until a trip we took to Thailand in June 2023. It was amazing! I was able to converse with locals on multiple occasions and I felt so proud of myself and fell in love with Thai culture even more. When I was in college my friend had discovered a Thai movie and then we watched our first Thai drama in 2017 (my 2nd year; it was 2 moons) and we started a movie night where we would watch dramas once a week and we fell in love with Thai dramas and I am now, for the first time, taking a Thai class online with a teacher. Last year I also started teaching at a school that has a lot of students who are newly immigrated and I have learned quite a bit of classroom related Spanish very quickly and learn new words all the time from necessity and exposure. I do enjoy learning languages and I find it really does make you more open minded and teaches you many things about other cultures and helps you connect in great ways.

[@EgilianeHeavyMetal]

I love listening you speaking. No matter what 😊

[@ThaiIsland]

2021 is a magical age. You’re neither 20 nor 21. 🎉😂 joke aside, Thai is a beautiful language. It’s very soft. Japanese is fun to speak. I think the Japanese game show or anime have impacted my opinion. Thanks! 🎉

[@nakyum_ota.20]

Fr😊

[@kauancorte541]

I'm not learning either. i am learning French. I found this topic interesting and wanted to know what you have to say

[@liyashaa12]

Going to learn my 3rd language Mandarin , i felt like its late when i see some of younger people in my class. Thank you for this video ❤

[@aas-i-wishh]

I've met your channel by a chance I thought you speak Thai since you were young. really respect you both thai and japnese are super difficult in their way (me stilly struggling with learning Japanese but get nothing back for 3-4 year 55555)

[@banana53358]

yes both re them re pretty hard and challenging to learn I always admire people who speak those languages

[@SADI-eekauyak]

learn a new language again, but this time Korea. Korea is a big market now a days. I watch so many foreigners joint the program in Korea & quite successfull 😎

[@philipohmes9395]

Today was my monthly YT time to learn something new about languages. So I started the day with a review of Latin. Germanic and Slavic Languages from a linguistics point of view. I learned for the first time a lot of interesting details about the English, German and Latin Languages that I did not know before. Amongst them was how the English Language is used in Australia and New Zealand. So I picked up on your pronunciations of certain word endings and then how some endings are just simply left off. It reinforced the way I hear and understand English from the ABC Programs on Short Wave or YT. As a child living in Europe, I did not quite understand the needs of me having to learn 3 languages by the time I was 16 years of age, much less what use they may be for me later in life. Many years later...and a few trips across continents it all becomes much clearer and I am more appreciative off all of the work put forth bu my Professors or Teachers in the various schools I attended. So now my emphasis on language learning is more about learning dialects and the history of how a language evolved.

[@renanxavier5704]

I want to tank you very much. At the beggining of pandemics you posted few videos teaching Thai language and I watched it. I loved Thai dramas and songs and started learning Thai because of your videos and now, at 33, I also speak 3 languages :) thank you

[@zoalive]

I really enjoyed listening to what you had to say in this video and I agree to all of it. I am 36, my mother language is german, I am fluent in english and then I speak basic spanish, a bit of swedish, korean and thai. I am one of the people who just has a "feeling" for languages. You can ask me for even german grammar and I wouldn't be able to tell you but I just have that feeling for what sounds right. My advice is the same as yours: Just speak! Don't be afraid of mistakes. What helped me with my spanish was speaking it with a french woman, who was living in Spain for years. I can't speak french, she couldn't speak english so we had to stick to spanish. But: she spoke a "french spanish", which was a lot easier for me to understand than the local dialects which were spoken there. My wish is to get better at korean and thai cause I wanna live in both countries for a couple of months after hopefully soon finding a remote job.

[@iotaatom]

The teacher’s advice is so good

[@dekabrother]

We most Indians are basically trilingual since childhood😂. I can speak my tribal language which is my mother tongue after that Assamese(official language of Assam State of India), then English and Hindi. So all in all currently I can speak four languages ✨❤

[@annam617]

hi perth, i came across your channel for the first time through this video. ive been learning japanese for 5 years now and want to start learning thai. im in a similar situation as you with my japanese. i started in college classes so i never had training for pitch accent and didn’t even know it existed until i was at least 2-3 years into my japanese studies 😭. it’s super frustrating to go back to it now but mistakes are what allow us to learn especially when it comes to languages. now i know the second time around with thai to get a strong understanding of tones in the beginning. this video gave me some extra motivation and was super informative for getting started with learning thai. thank you!

[@attrija6234]

Thank you so much for this video it means a lot to me as a self taught Thai teacher it helps me to grow and develop myself more and more every day. I will take a moment to share my language journey. At first I started with learning korean then switched to Chinese and then Thai so basically I am multilingual by birth and learning Thai by my own gives me more depth of the language itself. Also I am teaching thai to people and admire to do my best teaching the language and the culture❤ In future I am planning to learn Japanese too 😊

[@BL.and.winter_lover]

I'm 13 and I speak 3 languages. I really wanna learn Thai and Korean. I am learning Korean but I don't know from where to start for Thai 😭I don't know from where to start or from where to learn Thai except from BL dramas

[@AlliK_Worldwide]

Thank you Perth!! 🫶

[@slrgrl24]

Just embrace it. That's the best advice. Thank you!

[@justanotherratontheinternet]

Really appreciate it!!

[@VyMauricio]

It’s been a while since you’ve made a language learning video and I used to watch all of your previous language videos! I’ve actually recently went back to one (where you introduced the reference materials you had for learning Japanese). I also agree with your points. I completely agree with how difficult it is as an adult to learn and correct yourself in another language. I started learning Japanese again just before the pandemic through Duolingo and studying it more seriously in the recent years since I finally have time to take the JLPT and I observed that I don’t absorb kanji as much as I passively used to when I was watching anime as a teen. I also agree with being detailed oriented early on because I learned how to “write” by myself and my strokes were completely wrong so I had to take time to correct them. There are also words I learned by context and I’ve been using them wrong the whole time so I have to correct those too. I’m also guilty of not paying attention to the intonation when speaking so I have to be mindful of that as well. 😅 Having a goal definitely motivates you to learn more. I’ve started taking the JLPT last year and passed N5 but unfortunately I didn’t pass N4 so I at least now know where I’m weak at and tried to improve on those. 7月に日本語能力試験のＮ４がもう一度しました。合格なればいいな。I now want to improve on reading and writing (and more on making sentences because I suck at that 😅). Exposure does help a lot because you’d be used to hearing (or reading) how it’s supposed to be done. It’s been such a while since I watched your videos (and consumed Thai pop culture) and it’s such a pleasant surprise to hear that you’ve been acting in Japan too! Hope I can check it out soon.

[@iswearimnotafurry4953]

ahhh this is so helpful!! im an 18 year old american trying to learn thai (because my bf and several friends speak it) and hope to learn mandarin after that, and maybe more languages after that. thank you for making this video, knowing you can speak them so well and got started even later than me is super motivating!! :)

[@DevinDiTigana]

You are so right about all of this, but especially the repetition of the actual action. Muscle memory is so important! I'm always trying to persuade fellow singers to memorise songs by ACTUALLY SINGING THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN, but the majority of people are like "no no no, I can't try that until I've stared at the lyrics on the page for three hours". Idiots.

[@aissatoucisse3281]

You have a beautiful voice. I don’t know why I’m saying this though.

[@kimanhtran1116]

Your voice and accent are easy to understand for someone learning English like me. Thank you so much !

[@TwistedMisconception]

I’d LOVE some tips on dealing with Kanji. Simple ones are fine and dandy, the more advanced ones melt my brain 🫠 My goals would be to be able to enjoy overseas shows (I watch J-, T-, C-, and K-dramas, anime etc) and I listen to a lot of foreign music. I guess reading and understanding would be the top priorities. One day I’d like to travel when I have money 😅 Also! Perth! I’m not sure if you’ve spoken about it before, but I’d love to hear about learning about your Thai heritage and culture as someone who has grown up removed from it. You touched on it talking about learning the language, but I’d love to hear more about connecting with that part of your heritage. I’m from Australia too (Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 x German 🇩🇪 here), and apart from some Buddhist shrines or Thai restaurants, you don’t see or hear much Thai-ness here compared to other cultures eg- Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Greek, Arabic etc etc. We are a multi-ethnic country but not all equally visible at all times. What was it like to immerse yourself in your heritage? What did it feel like to discover a new part of yourself? I know that’s more of a personal question, so if it makes you uncomfortable, please don’t worry about it. Congrats on your success abroad - Aussie fans are proud of your hard work 🎉🇦🇺🇹🇭🇯🇵

[@sarahdidi]

Thank you for making this; this was really helpful!!

[@apieceofme3129]

Thank you for making this video Perth! I really needed some encouragement on my Thai learning journey😌💪🏻 If anyone is looking for native speakers to have practice conversations with, I’ve been able to find some good language partners on HelloTalk too! It’s been helpful to get corrections and tips from others there as well.

[@Athlynne]

Thank you, Perth, from a fan who's thinking of going back to Japanese to finish learning it, and also wants very much to learn Thai, so I can be a more effective ZonZon. :) Might I add - if you're learning Japanese, start learning the kanji early! That's what discouraged me enough to give Japanese up. Start early, people!

[@hellomello258]

Thank you for the captions!

[@cassc7669]

Just passed the actor friends who can't read or write in Thai section, and that makes sense as people had to learn even how to read and write in their own language and we still have people who are illiterate but manage to live their lives regardless. I know 7-8 minutes in you're also going over the reverse with those who can read and write but not speak, and I think that could be a sort of treating languages as a code/puzzle to decipher thing. The brain and languages are so interesting!❤ ❤

[@8polyglot]

I think it’s helpful to note that there is a difference in learning any old language and learning a heritage language one has exposure to from family or the need for understanding cultural aspects (Thai for you, for example).

[@jukiaaa]

I work in Japan and was asked to run 研修 (training??? a seminar??) the other day about learning foreign languages and by complete coincidence a lot of the stuff I brought up was really similar to what was brought up here! You have to practice what you want to be able to do! So if you want to read books, you have to practice reading books. If you want to be able to talk about the specifics of your job, you have to practice talking about your job. Additional advice from me is if you want to practice speaking, put yourself in a situation where you're forced to use the language. Plus the purpose of languages is communication! If you're not gonna be on TV (rip to that) or taking a test it really doesn't matter if you're perfect, as long as you can communicate. I make mistakes and accidentally say weird stuff all the time, 99% of the time all that whoever I'm talking to will go ???? for a second and then I can just work out what went wrong and then on we go

[@WeLoveEverythingJAPAN]

Hello, I have been speaking Filipino and English since I was a kid. I studied Mandarin back in high school. Then just last year I started studying Japanese. I plan on taking JLPT N5 certification this year. Now I'm also studying Korean because I teach English to Korean students. I'm also not an expert but for me it is also important we practice the language regularly otherwise we tend to forget them. 🙏🙇‍♀️

[@caseycoleman394]

Thank you Perth!!.

[@gogakushayemi]

Write the kanji 100 times crew... UNITE! lol. I've studied 25-ish languages (only conversational in a handful) and have taught 5. These are great points. Love the one about knowing your goal. Also the one about doing the thing. So many people want to be able to speak and never speak. I don't think a native teacher is absolutely necessary (as a non-native teacher of 4 languages). Natives and non-natives have different specialties. For example, non-natives explain better most of the time. It took me years to figure out how to exaplin the difference between "a" and "the" in a way that did not just roll out of a grammar book, for example. However, I would say it is better to have a native teacher with a tonal language. When I am starting out a language, I generally work with one of each. I already speak Japanese, but I am working on Thai. I need to understand ALL of what Perth is saying when I watch LIVEs. 😂

[@rachelledellavecchia4951]

When I was in uni studying Japanese one of my regular customers at my part-time job would always say to me. れんしゅ、れんしゅ、れんしゅ。

[@sunnychickymilk]

ฟังเพลินเลยค่ะ ชอบฟังการแชร์ฝึกภาษาแบบนี้ นี่กำลังเริ่มฝึกญี่ปุ่นอีกครั้ง เห็นด้วยกับการเขียนอ่านตัวอักษร เหมาะกับเราเช่นกัน ครั้งนี้เลยตั้งใจฝึกคันจิด้วยเลย แล้วจะกลับมาฟังใหม่นะคะ เสียงของคุณน่าฟังมาก

[@Mei-jq6yl]

I love the way you talk 🛐❤️‍🔥

[@bluishblow]

i love the "that's kinda something" part

[@lisadalia]

Hi Perth. Thanks for this. I am a native Thai person who's lucky enough that English came easy to me. I wanted to give Japanese a try as my third language but I gave up once we approached Kanji. 😢 But I guess you're right. Gotta set specific goals. I didn't want to be able to read but want to be able to hold a conversation with the locals. Maybe I should go back and give it another go.

[@acxxiic7841]

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[@thegreenerartist9561]

Thank you for this video because I am now feeling more motivated to pick up all the languages I've dropped! After hearing the prime periods at which I should be learning languages (and realizing I'm nearly past the second prime period), I realize now I should probably get my move on T_T I already speak 2 languages, but I want to try my hand at actually learning a language that I am not surrounded by 100% of the time (especially since the girl I like is Thai and I want to try talking to her in Thai someday qwq)

[@ryantianaputriwmp9947]

Just found your channel today, and I recognized you from Cutie Pie series right? So Happy to find your channel, and learn from you, I'll start my journey in learning English.

[@Reddheade]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. You are wise and entertaining........I am MUCH older than you and decided to learn Chinese to keep up with my granddaughter ( a beautiful blonde who attended a prep school in LA and mastered Chinese and graduated from a 4 year college in one year).....I went to UVA and took an immersion class for eight weeks. got A+......a start.....but I am 70!!!! When I started UVA I was already singing and recording in Korean and Chinese well, I am an excellent parrot. Even presenting a song for the National Chinese Expo of Student Works for UVA, 4000 entries, where I was selected at university level and was told if they did not see me they thought I was Chinese! YIKES! I told them, well I can sing to you but I can't talk with you!! BUT I realized I was learning like a child and it would take a long time......I did not care, I love the languages and cultures...I focused on Chinese with Korean coming along, working with Mandarin Blueprint,, Rita Mandarin Chinese, Audible Mandarin Chinese, Hello Chinese app, tons of Chinese/Korean movies and dramas, and even Peppa Pig in Chinese! I can type and read about 100 characters, still a long way to go, but at first it looked like scribble scrabble to me, so it's progress and type pinyin with tones, Then I phonetically write out the pronunciation of the word to work on tone. I am having the most fun! I actually have people wanting me to record songs for them in Chinese and Korean........cool........ keep up the good work.....thank you for sharing!

[@RedRose-dg3th]

I speak 3 languages already. Currently learning Hangul/Korean by myself. The hard part is the alphabet/letters and how to either put them togegher in a written sentence or read it. Overall, I love learning languages. Especially as a canadian surroundered by people from all over the world. It makes it easy to connect with others.

[@elizabethbottroff1218]

I laughed at your pause and stare when you said that you were learning Japanese and Thai at the same time.😂 A high school friend in the states was in my Spanish class while also taking German classes at the nearby community college. He was looking so stressed out that it was concerning. He warned me to never do that. The two languages had opposite rules in grammar. He said that he suspected that he better understood those who suffered from issues like split personalities and schizophrenia. His brain got so scrambled that he sometimes forgot how to communicate in English, our native language in the States. One language at a time for me. Though, I can flip back and forth between which language that I'm focusing upon. I took his warning to heart. Yes, learning multiple languages simultaneously is accomplished by many people. But it is a lot less stressful to isolate and focus.😂

[@lucindawinehouse2002]

I am British-Australian and I speak English and Spanish fluently I learned both these languages growing up because English is my first language and Spanish is the language I took for my language GCSE’s at High School . in 2022 at the age of 19 years old I started listening to Spanish music (specifically Latin American music ) and I learned Spanish reading the lyrics Now in 2024 I can both speak and sing in Spanish pretty well

[@rachelledellavecchia4951]

Forgotten most of the Japanese that I learnt at uni 20 years ago. My goal was to go to Japan instead I moved to the other side of Australia. Currently self learning Mandarin. Watching a lot of douyin vertical drama on KZbin and then using various apps. Currently studying hsk 2 vocab. I would say I know about 25% of the vocab from watching the shows. Its really great for everyday vocab. My current goal is to watch shows without subtitles. One day I might get back to Japanese it was my first language love and I really love the culture the especially the food culture.

[@princesslayyy101]

I am learning both Korean and Thai at the same time.... sometimes Japanese but not as much its a journey tbh but with the help of k-dramas and Thai(bl) dramas I will get it in no time

[@jjbewithyou]

❤ For me it not easy to find another to talk to. I really like to read comments and try to think and write in English. Every day l practice by reading a book. And l love to listen podcasts, thank you your channel help me improve my English so much.❤

[@maytak6629]

Thank you for sharing your experiences! Perth-kun said that Japanese has intonation really.I haven't been aware of it, but it's true... Interesting!! I'm learning Thai.I'll keep learning!!

[@gogakushayemi]

Japanese intonation is super slight, as he said similar to stress in English. If you do not need/want to speak professionally, you are generally fine without it. I learned Japanese as an adult in the north, so I have a northern pitch accent and intonation. It does not cause any problems, but people know I am not from Tokyo. lol