Student Learns Japanese in 6 Months... SHOCKS Best Friend!

[@storylearning]

Want to learn a language through stories like Jannah? Here's how 👉🏼 kzbin.info/www/bejne/moHUiIFomdGmeMk

[@jannahhossain4321]

thanks for having me on the channel Olly, it was a lot of fun and I love the video!

[@storylearning]

You’re a star!

[@humanbean3]

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.

[@michaelgonzales1365]

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_au]

I watched this tonight and I had tears in my eyes - what a beautiful motivation and friendship bond x

[@KiwiTigress]

My face is hurting from smiling much 😁. Just a beautiful thing 😍. May you truly be BFFL ☺️

[@champagne.future5248]

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.

[@storylearning]

So glad you liked it!

[@ErnieV76]

I JUST started Japanese Uncovered and this is a HUGE. motivator for me. Second week and enjoying it. 👍🏼

[@humanbean3]

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!

[@ErnieV76]

@@humanbean3 👍🏼

[@dragongirl3794]

The joy in their faces is heartwarming!

[@storylearning]

Isn’t it? :)

[@zakonogaming7439]

Jannah means heaven, amazing name

[@bl9081]

This is so wholesome-my friend speaks Portuguese and I just started learning it because of her, so this is really motivating :)

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

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.

[@DarkStarRules]

頑張ってね！

[@deantan7538]

Jannah's accent and pronunciation sounds very native too. Well done!

[@parthapdebnath]

It is so touching at the end.

[@Paul-yk7ds]

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.

[@selvyngilbert9032]

I finally ordered your book - learning Portuguese through stories. I am looking forward to it.

[@jamjunctionfm]

Jannah is so cool! I want to be Jannahs friend, this is so motivating!! Thanks Olly great video!

[@ninamariawolk4954]

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!

[@sonderexpeditions]

Awww I love this.

[@mrcheeseskeleton3447]

12:23 is incredibly inspiring to all language learners.

[@juliegallivan1980]

This is such a great video. I'm in the Japanese Uncovered course and this is SO helpful!

[@SuicideBunny6]

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!

[@humanbean3]

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.

[@foreverlearningfrench]

I love this story so much!! So inspiring.

[@gboundrapa]

Incrível! Muito inspirador! Acredito que já sigo seu canal há 7 anos :) Sempre tem conteúdo interessante por aqui... Abraços do Brasil!

[@adrianmarti]

She is so good, even Dōgen wouldn’t say 日本語すごく上手ですね！

[@Fantabbydozy2608]

Aww this was really sweet. What a lovely thing to do for someone. Beautiful ❤️

[@Omar_Hassan]

This made my day

[@FrankKendralla]

Excellent! Thank you for sharing! :D

[@Kevflar]

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 ;)

[@LoudMinded]

Watch the original video, she doesn't read, she focused on speaking. Smart and practical decision.

[@sadhbh4652]

This was lovely.

[@citadelofwinds1564]

What a wonderful story.

[@darenblythe5169]

Inspiring and heartwarming. This made my day. Thanks! I think I'll watch it again right now.

[@reddproject5260]

Great video. Maybe in future reduce the background music a bit.

[@tn98544]

Beautiful story

[@John_Krone]

That was pretty cool

[@lamebubblesflysohigh]

You know you are advanced in Japanese when you seamlessly incorporate "eeeeeee" into conversation :D

[@chloe--1374]

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 ^^'

[@unpeufrancais4109]

"Language is NOT Algebra" and that's why i like it

[@storylearning]

You and me both 😅

[@GendaijinBlog]

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! 😁

[@paulwalther5237]

I wish I could learn a language in six months and surprise someone. It takes me so much longer to learn. That’s amazing.

[@storylearning]

I think Jannah shows what’s possible with a lot of dedication in a short time

[@YogaBlissDance]

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.

[@paulwalther5237]

@@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]

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!” 😂

[@Lahi122]

日本語はわかりませんが、勉強しようとしています。

[@RussianLanguagePodcast]

すごい。頑張ってください。

[@coolbrotherf127]

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.

[@Learninglotsoflanguages]

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 :(

[@storylearning]

Can’t you call her?

[@Learninglotsoflanguages]

@@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-yk7ds]

@@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.

[@kaleidojess]

That is so cool.

[@MikeBellamy2]

Make a course for Urdu please. I wanna surprise my friend and his fam.

[@FiveBros1]

She was indeed a special friend

[@matbarnett2664]

Hello have you thought about making a polish course?

[@k.p.8955]

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

[@SallyBunBun]

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

[@storylearning]

Hi Sally. I decided not to make the Japanese beginners book because the script challenge is too high. Same with Korean.

[@Komatik_]

@@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.

[@nsevv]

When do you usually have discount on this course?

[@katam6471]

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.

[@storylearning]

Thank you for letting us know. I will let the editor know for next time.

[@OcularAMVs]

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!

[@storylearning]

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.

[@OcularAMVs]

@@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!

[@michamarkiewicz5355]

Really cool vid, music a bit annoying tho

[@youssefbellahcen8164]

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--1374]

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.

[@eugeneboichuk]

👍

[@devonodonnell715]

Olly, I recently picked up one of your books. Should I read out loud or in my head?

[@storylearning]

In your head. Reading aloud has limited benefits and can actually slow you down.

[@Kizarat]

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.

[@storylearning]

No. Children’s stories usually have very unusual vocabulary.

[@Kizarat]

@@storylearning So, short stories instead?

[@aspiretoinspire9679]

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. 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[@aviarun9427]

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.

[@Maidaseu]

Korean harder when it comes to speaking

[@sauce8277]

@@aviarun9427 But do you have to actually be good at them to be understood well?

[@paulwalther5237]

Korean pronunciation and grammar are harder though. Both languages are a nightmare I think.

[@paulwalther5237]

@@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.

[@TJMartinek]

She was having trouble learning Latin so she decided to procrastonate by learning Japanese. A kindred spirit, haha.

[@balkanmadnessmadeinaustria5837]

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

[@charlene6306]

Where’s the full video

[@ChichiNaka]

did she remove the video?

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

I am a tiny little mouse, barely to say hello…Help me

[@Lupat512]

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

[@UltimateMoralizer]

彼女は日本語がとても上手だ。

[@fs6605]

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]

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

[@kanae8414]

I would do that just to troll my friend if I had one speaking another language than my own...

[@laurentschmidt2758]

Is there a possibility to turn the background music off - it is very irritating to me?

[@storylearning]

There is no way to turn off or remove the music, but we will definitely keep this in mind for future videos.

[@yogurtmale1862]

i didn’t even realize it until you mentioned it, it’s fine