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@jannahhossain43212 жыл бұрын
thanks for having me on the channel Olly, it was a lot of fun and I love the video!
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
You’re a star!
@humanbean32 жыл бұрын
Im your 421st subscriber.. It feels wrong to mess up the nice 420.. such is life... anyways! good job to you my friend. good job. keep it up. just a swell human. just swell.
@michaelgonzales13652 жыл бұрын
You’re an inspiration to me! My fiancé is Japanese, and my goal is to ask her father for her hand…I’m so nervous to learn speak the language itself, but to do so asking for a man’s daughter 😵💫
@sm_au2 жыл бұрын
I watched this tonight and I had tears in my eyes - what a beautiful motivation and friendship bond x
@KiwiTigress2 жыл бұрын
My face is hurting from smiling much 😁. Just a beautiful thing 😍. May you truly be BFFL ☺️
@champagne.future52482 жыл бұрын
That was so sweet and inspiring! And I love that they originally bonded over their failure to learn a language. What a perfect example of how to learn a language in an organic way. I hope I can experience that myself one day soon.
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
So glad you liked it!
@ErnieV762 жыл бұрын
I JUST started Japanese Uncovered and this is a HUGE. motivator for me. Second week and enjoying it. 👍🏼
@humanbean32 жыл бұрын
keep it up! dont be the 99% who give up when the gains start slowing down drastically and you feel the progress moving at a snail's pace! It's like that for everyone don't worry!
@ErnieV762 жыл бұрын
@@humanbean3 👍🏼
@dragongirl37942 жыл бұрын
The joy in their faces is heartwarming!
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
Isn’t it? :)
@zakonogaming74392 жыл бұрын
Jannah means heaven, amazing name
@bl90812 жыл бұрын
This is so wholesome-my friend speaks Portuguese and I just started learning it because of her, so this is really motivating :)
@IKEMENOsakaman2 жыл бұрын
ほんますげえな。半年でここまでなるんか??俺も外国語頑張ろ。Such a motivation booster to watch this.
@DarkStarRules2 жыл бұрын
頑張ってね!
@deantan75382 жыл бұрын
Jannah's accent and pronunciation sounds very native too. Well done!
@parthapdebnath2 жыл бұрын
It is so touching at the end.
@Paul-yk7ds2 жыл бұрын
Jannah's video was highly motivating to me, too. Many people cite 1-2 years as the minimum time to get any significant level in Japanese as an English speaker. It was inspiring to see what kind of conversations you could be having in 6 months if you do things correctly.
@selvyngilbert90322 жыл бұрын
I finally ordered your book - learning Portuguese through stories. I am looking forward to it.
@jamjunctionfm2 жыл бұрын
Jannah is so cool! I want to be Jannahs friend, this is so motivating!! Thanks Olly great video!
@ninamariawolk49542 жыл бұрын
This was such a beautiful and inspiring video! Now I've got a lot of new motivation for continuing my Spanish studies. Thanks a lot, Olly!
@sonderexpeditions2 жыл бұрын
Awww I love this.
@mrcheeseskeleton34472 жыл бұрын
12:23 is incredibly inspiring to all language learners.
@juliegallivan19802 жыл бұрын
This is such a great video. I'm in the Japanese Uncovered course and this is SO helpful!
@SuicideBunny62 жыл бұрын
Man, what a sweet story, I love the strong bond of friendship they have! It might sound cliché, but there was a period of time when a lot of anime series, all spoken in Japanese with English subs. And over time, I had created a whole list of words and phrases I recognised and I could reproduce just by watching anime. Later on, I wanted to learn Japanese more in depth, I started learning the hiragana and katakana alphabet, but got thrown off by the kanji and the unfamiliar grammar rules. Eventually, I stopped studying and stopped watching anime too and I gradually lost interest. But if I know how to properly go about it and have a goal in mind, I might give it a try again!
@humanbean32 жыл бұрын
The "proper" way is just to not quit. Just keep at it every day for the rest of your life! That's the only trick I've seen that works... and the only thing people that have become "fluent" have in common. It's not their learning method btw. You take 50 random people that became fluent and you'll see 50 different methods. The one thing they will all have in common though is that they didn't quit. If something feels difficult just do it for 5 minutes and jump to another area like listening or flashcards or study a grammar point or whatever. Just dont give up.
@foreverlearningfrench2 жыл бұрын
I love this story so much!! So inspiring.
@gboundrapa2 жыл бұрын
Incrível! Muito inspirador! Acredito que já sigo seu canal há 7 anos :) Sempre tem conteúdo interessante por aqui... Abraços do Brasil!
@adrianmarti2 жыл бұрын
She is so good, even Dōgen wouldn’t say 日本語すごく上手ですね!
@Fantabbydozy26082 жыл бұрын
Aww this was really sweet. What a lovely thing to do for someone. Beautiful ❤️
@Omar_Hassan2 жыл бұрын
This made my day
@FrankKendralla Жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you for sharing! :D
@Kevflar2 жыл бұрын
This was an amazing story! I do have a few questions though. Ofc the amount of CI every person 'needs' is different per person. But it would still be very interesting to know how much time she spend in total reading, listening etc. And I'm really curious how she approached learning the 3 alphabets as well. Semi serious: I expect that in the next few days the background music will popup in a few nightmares ;)
@LoudMinded2 жыл бұрын
Watch the original video, she doesn't read, she focused on speaking. Smart and practical decision.
@sadhbh46522 жыл бұрын
This was lovely.
@citadelofwinds1564 Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful story.
@darenblythe51692 жыл бұрын
Inspiring and heartwarming. This made my day. Thanks! I think I'll watch it again right now.
@reddproject52602 жыл бұрын
Great video. Maybe in future reduce the background music a bit.
@tn985442 жыл бұрын
Beautiful story
@John_Krone2 жыл бұрын
That was pretty cool
@lamebubblesflysohigh2 жыл бұрын
You know you are advanced in Japanese when you seamlessly incorporate "eeeeeee" into conversation :D
@chloe--13742 жыл бұрын
I feel like it doesn't work for everyone. I've been learning Japanese for some time now but I'm nowhere near "advanced", but I still regularly use the "eeeeee", even in my native language ^^'
@unpeufrancais41092 жыл бұрын
"Language is NOT Algebra" and that's why i like it
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
You and me both 😅
@GendaijinBlog2 жыл бұрын
こういうの観るとモチベーションが上がるよね〜♪ Back to Spanish practice! 😁
@paulwalther52372 жыл бұрын
I wish I could learn a language in six months and surprise someone. It takes me so much longer to learn. That’s amazing.
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
I think Jannah shows what’s possible with a lot of dedication in a short time
@YogaBlissDance2 жыл бұрын
You probably are not getting as much input as she talks about....at end she is speaking two hours a day...you probably didn't do that in short time frame...If you did the amount of study you probably could learn to that degree in 6 months...or at least faster than you do now.
@paulwalther52372 жыл бұрын
@@YogaBlissDance When I'm seriously into a language (and I was really really into Japanese), study time and input time aren't a problem. But I definitely didn't do 2 hours of speaking practice at once until much later. I was listening to her say 発音はどうですか?(How's my pronunciation) Which is really simple and short but something I couldn't just spit out quickly for a really long time. I studied Japanese for years and years. I guess I surprise people I know by not forgetting it even when I take a long break from Japanese. That's something anyway.
@corgisrule21 Жыл бұрын
This is so sweet pls 😭😭😭 Wish my teacher would be ok with “coming back to it later”…I’ve tried that and it was a no-go 🤣🤣 but it works cause maybe I BARELY understand a concept at the moment, but then weeks later I come back to it (most of the time) and it’s like, “duh!” 😂
@Lahi1222 жыл бұрын
日本語はわかりませんが、勉強しようとしています。
@RussianLanguagePodcast2 жыл бұрын
すごい。頑張ってください。
@coolbrotherf1272 жыл бұрын
As a Japanese learner myself, I actually started because I had to study Latin in school too. I didn't fail though, I actually did really above average and learned a lot of Latin. The problem was that I couldn't do anything with an intermediate knowledge of classical Latin and felt frustrated by that so I started looking for another language. I tried German, Russian, and Korean first, but I wasn't really connecting with the languages. I had already been watching anime in English for a while so I decided to try Japanese next. It took a few tries to get past that big beginner wall. I learned and forgot the kana and basic vocabulary like 3 times before I really started to get the hang of it and stick to a study schedule. Right now at my current place, I'll be able to complete the JLPT N2 by the end of 2023, which is exciting to think about as I've never self-taught myself such a difficult skill before.
@Learninglotsoflanguages2 жыл бұрын
Wow, that's so cool! I wish I could find my dear Korean friend one day and talk to her in Korean now. But we only shared our Korean phone numbers so now that I am in America I have no way to contact her :(
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
Can’t you call her?
@Learninglotsoflanguages2 жыл бұрын
@@storylearning Now I only have an American phone number and I had to give my Korean phone back to the company when I left. Though I do have her mom's business card so I was thinking of trying to email her mom in Korean and see if there is a way to connect.
@Paul-yk7ds2 жыл бұрын
@@Learninglotsoflanguages You should be able to call her Korean number from the US if you dial the country code before it. You will probably just get a roaming charge, so it may be an expensive call if you stayed on the line for long.
@kaleidojess2 жыл бұрын
That is so cool.
@MikeBellamy22 жыл бұрын
Make a course for Urdu please. I wanna surprise my friend and his fam.
@FiveBros12 жыл бұрын
She was indeed a special friend
@matbarnett26648 ай бұрын
Hello have you thought about making a polish course?
@k.p.8955 Жыл бұрын
Olly, I don't know where else to post this. While this is an amazing video, I'm trying to find out if you've written any books in Chinese. I've used your Spanish conversation books for reading and learning Spanish but now I'm looking for books in Chinese. I do have the Du Chinese app for some reading and HelloChinese to help learn. I wanted to incorporate books of yours in the mix if they exist. Thanks
@SallyBunBun2 жыл бұрын
Hi Olly! I am learning, and loving learning , several languages. One of the methods I use is listening to your short stories via audible and with the physical books of your stories. However, I am wondering if you have a beginners Japanese short stories? I see that there is an intermediate Japanese to pre order, but no beginners. I’ve looked on line, other than audible, but can’t find the beginners stories, not in audio or book form. I don’t know if other learners do this, but I love to listen to your stories in various languages… once I have a good grasp of one language I move onto another, and because I know the gist of the story, I can understand it in a new language! I love it. I use other methods too, but your stories are a wonderful aid. Funnily enough I even bought the English version as I thought I understood the stories, but some of them seemed like I’d got them wrong! Ha ha, but I hadn’t! So that encouraged me even more :) Thank you Olly. If you have the time, I’d love to know if you have the aforementioned beginners Japanese short story book. Sally x
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
Hi Sally. I decided not to make the Japanese beginners book because the script challenge is too high. Same with Korean.
@Komatik_2 жыл бұрын
@@storylearning I don't think Korean script is that hard, definitely not in comparison to Japanese or Chinese. It's a hurdle, sure, in comparison to being able to just read Latin script, but it's still just an alphabet.
@nsevv2 жыл бұрын
When do you usually have discount on this course?
@katam64712 жыл бұрын
It's always nice when I get a notification for one of your videos. But to be honest, I gave up watching this one. I have a cognitive disability that makes it very hard to hear what is said with background music on, especially when it's as loud as in this video. I understand this is something you don't think of if you don't have this kind of problems yourself, which is why i point it out. :-) I hope you will take this into consideration in your future videos. Your content is really good, I would miss your channel if I had to stop watching your videos.
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for letting us know. I will let the editor know for next time.
@OcularAMVs2 жыл бұрын
I love this video. I remember Jana had uploaded this someplace. Do you have permission to use this? Just curious because I don’t see credit in the description. Love your videos, just bought one of your books last week!
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the video and hope you find my book helpful! We do indeed have Jannah's permission and I have been in touch with her in preparation for this (some of the clips in this video were from a Zoom chat we had). We had a link to the original video in the description, but we forgot to add a link to her channel, too. Just added now.
@OcularAMVs2 жыл бұрын
@@storylearning Ok thank you! Was just curious. Your book is so amazing so far Olly! Really appreciate all you do for the language community and glad I could discover your amazing channel!
@michamarkiewicz53552 жыл бұрын
Really cool vid, music a bit annoying tho
@youssefbellahcen81642 жыл бұрын
Great video👍👍👍, but I disagree with the part that you can't learn a language only with listening. I know from experience that's it's actually possible to speak a language without practicing speaking, it's just that it's really time consuming (it took me 2 years to learn English like that)
@chloe--13742 жыл бұрын
I learned through reading only, for several years. I still haven't tried holding a conversation in English, so I don't know how it would turn out. But it's definitely possible.
@eugeneboichuk2 жыл бұрын
👍
@devonodonnell7152 жыл бұрын
Olly, I recently picked up one of your books. Should I read out loud or in my head?
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
In your head. Reading aloud has limited benefits and can actually slow you down.
@Kizarat2 жыл бұрын
Do you recommend starting off with children's stories for a target language? I'd imagine they have the most basic and fundamental vocabulary to create a familiarity with the language.
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
No. Children’s stories usually have very unusual vocabulary.
@Kizarat2 жыл бұрын
@@storylearning So, short stories instead?
@aspiretoinspire96792 жыл бұрын
I think Korean language is easier to learn than Japanese. To be able to read and write Japanese, you must memorize hiragana, katakana, and over 2000 Kanji (Chinese characters). Memorizing Japanese Kanji takes years of daily cramming. 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
@aviarun94272 жыл бұрын
Korean pronunciation is a nightmare. Voiced, voiceless, and aspirated sounds sound the same. There are sound clusters that don't exist in other languages. Japanese on the other hand, is very easy to pronounce.
@Maidaseu2 жыл бұрын
Korean harder when it comes to speaking
@sauce82772 жыл бұрын
@@aviarun9427 But do you have to actually be good at them to be understood well?
@paulwalther52372 жыл бұрын
Korean pronunciation and grammar are harder though. Both languages are a nightmare I think.
@paulwalther52372 жыл бұрын
@@sauce8277 If you’re talking about Korean I’ve had conversations with Korean tutors on italki and it goes ok but sometimes they misunderstand me completely too. Overall not too terrible but if you’re looking to speak with a nice pronunciation at all times it will take a lot of work.
@TJMartinek2 жыл бұрын
She was having trouble learning Latin so she decided to procrastonate by learning Japanese. A kindred spirit, haha.
@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria58372 жыл бұрын
I learned latin and I hated it to, even tho I wasn't Bad, but there is No Goal in it, in the end I Spoke Latin and you cant use it in anything, maybe Reading the Bible. Japanese grammer and speaking is very easy only the Alphabet is hard, thats why speaking japanese as a German speaker is Not so hard
@charlene63062 жыл бұрын
Where’s the full video
@ChichiNaka11 ай бұрын
did she remove the video?
@Sakura-zu4rz2 жыл бұрын
I am a tiny little mouse, barely to say hello…Help me
@Lupat5122 жыл бұрын
This is such a beautiful story. I first learned able Janna's story on Germaine's Japanese Intermediate Conversations where she actually interviewed with her. Here's the interview she had. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGTVqJ96h7h1g9E
@UltimateMoralizer2 жыл бұрын
彼女は日本語がとても上手だ。
@fs66052 жыл бұрын
Great video. If you run out of ideas I would love to see a video about Hebrew. I am a German volunteering in Israel and the language is simoly fascinating and the only one to be successfully revived after being not spoken for centuries.
@premiumdrive Жыл бұрын
Revived to serve as the language of the colonial-settler state to act as a cover for the Zionist project to occupy palestine under the false claim of “religion” when it’s an imperialist project
@kanae84142 жыл бұрын
I would do that just to troll my friend if I had one speaking another language than my own...
@laurentschmidt27582 жыл бұрын
Is there a possibility to turn the background music off - it is very irritating to me?
@storylearning2 жыл бұрын
There is no way to turn off or remove the music, but we will definitely keep this in mind for future videos.
@yogurtmale18622 жыл бұрын
i didn’t even realize it until you mentioned it, it’s fine