Polyglots: How and Why One Person Can Learn So Many Languages

[@FluentJapaneseFromAnime]

How and why you can potentially learn faster through reading vs. any other language learning method (featuring hyper-polyglot Alexander Arguelles): kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnutiYeVdrGFoM0

[@roguee529]

Honestly, my ability to read Spanish is really good because of this, but you still need to practice hearing. When I watch shows in Spanish, I always have to have the subtitles. I often don't know what they are saying, but understand the subtitles just fine. It's a bit of a shame. I'd rather had learned to understand speech first and then read.

[@andreaangel959]

What book was that at 7:11? I love that klnd of book. Ich möchte es!

[@FluentJapaneseFromAnime]

Aren't subtitles another form of reading? :) And the book at 7:11 is Assimil.

[@Antaressum]

Man, I absorbed all the English I needed to become fluent just by reading, of course you need to practice your speaking but at first you gotta become a sponge...

[@theamazingcover-man8276]

Fluent Japanese From Anime Do you know web-site of Spanish movies with SPANISH subtitles?

[@jordantampubolon8694]

Apparently everyone in the comment section are polyglots

[@roo_0m823]

sKSK- And they're all 13 too :')

[@strawberry2612]

Jordan Tampubolon im 11 and I only know 4 languages ;-; i suck

[@jordantampubolon8694]

Aesthetic Moon I know english, indonesian, japanese, batak language ( my tribe language), and im starting to learn portuguese now

[@strawberry2612]

Jordan Tampubolon oh I speak portuguese Fluently, I am Brazilian :)

[@Milark]

As far as I know 3 languages counts as polyglot. And quite a lot of people speak 3z

[@iaincallaghan8372]

The secret is to focus on listening. The reason you speak your native tongue so well is that you've spent thousands of hours just listening to it.

[@mep6302]

puru That depends on the person

[@betavulgaris7888]

puru Nonsense. People who are lazy and don't put in the hours come up with *excuses* like these. Everyone can learn a second language. I was shit with French at school. I wasn't interested. I have gone from monolingual English to learning French aged 29, and now at age 31 i understand a great portion of what i hear, i read *totally fluently* and i can speak to get what i need. Why ? I read everything i want to read in French. I watch French videos. I watch French TV. I don't do *anything* except speak with my family and comment on youtube, in English. The key is to not 'learn' a language. The key is to live the language. Do what natives would do. And that means native content, not 'course' books and rubbish like that which is proven not to work.

[@betavulgaris7888]

Your English is fantastic, by the way. I agree with what you're saying but think polyglots just live 'the life', i don't think they have special talents. Most people in Luxembourg speak 3 languages to native-level. A lot speak 5 languages to native-level. A handful speak 6 (adding Portuguese.) I don't think these people have special talents. Monolingualism isn't the norm - bi and multilingualism is the norm world-wide. It's only in the English-speaking west that multiple languages is impressive i think. Personally i'm not impressed by people with basic fluency in several languages, i'm more impressed with people who exceed normal native-like levels in a few, with good pronunciation and accent.

[@FluentJapaneseFromAnime]

"Living the language" ~~~~~ Seems like basic common sense if you really want to get good, yet so few people actually do it :(.

[@steve5123456789]

It's a idiotic suggestion, and not just idiotic damn right lazy. Don't expect a free meal. There's no point listening if you don't understand a single word or the grammatical structure of a sentence. You need to be a certain level before such things are useful.

[@ldwabananattqw]

I think , Learning 2-4 languages with a high level is much better than learning 20 languages with low level ....

[@deziahsaint7840]

if your goals to get your point across and not have deep conversations/debates then I'd rather the 20 languages

[@ilya28087]

the question is do you really need a high level? probably better 10 languages with intermediate level xD

[@yana_2_6_0]

Elias That’s even worse than either

[@livedandletdie]

portal actually getting to intermediate means you know about let's say 10000 words in a language, and it also depends on which language, because just knowing 3000 characters in Japanese is considered intermediate, and knowing 4000 words is enough in Polish to reach intermediate, the problem is that intermediate level in x language can be a lot harder than in y language. Take Swedish or English, neither has complex grammar, anymore, neither have an extensive vocabulary, and both are easy to learn, no matter what region in the word you come from, sure if you wanted to you'd be able to learn 30000-40000 words in either language, but that's just silly, I can't claim to know all roughly 38000 words in English, and I most definitely don't know all 35000 words in Swedish, however I don't need to, I mean who in their right mind would need such obscure words such as kirkgard which is Old English for graveyard... I mean sure it's comprised of kirk which is the old spelling of church and gard which is the old spelling of yard, although English speakers say yard wrong, because technically it should be gard(pronounced like guard or gard in garden). The y is laziness on the typesetters on early manuscripts. Or worse who needs to know words like arp in Swedish, it literally means cottage or cabin, but if I used that word when speaking Swedish no one in Sweden would understand me. intermediate is a good goal, you don't need to reach some godly level of fluency, you just need to reach a level of fluency in which you can more easily attain more understanding passively. If you can hold a conversation about anything you like, then that's good enough. And as long as you can describe something, others can help you by telling you the word that you don't understand. I understand a smidgen of Swedish Sign Language, but I can at least hold a conversation in it, I speak Swedish fluently since I'm from the hellish place, and I taught myself English through immersion, such as games since I was a kid, if I really cared, I'd try to speak Danish again or German or even take up Bosnian or something so that I could speak to cousins there, or take up Polish, or why not French or Chinese or Japanese, I mean it's not actually hard to learn a language it's just time consuming, and seeing as I literally have nothing better to do in my life other than writing shitty youtube comments with intermittent working and sleeping, I could use my time in a much better fashion. But I won't let's be real, I used to speak fluent Danish as a kid but I don't anymore, I'm lazy as fuck, and I will remain lazy as fuck forever.

[@barrysteven5964]

This is very interesting to me because as I've got older I've moved to your way of thinking. I used to love learning languages and have studied about 12 or 13 to various levels. I just loved the languages and wanted to be able to say things!! Over the years I began to actually get sick of spending hours and hours on learning a language that I never really used. I didn't have the time or the money to travel to all these places. I got frustrated that languages I got fairly good at I just forgot because you can't keep that amount of languages active and lead a normal life with a full time job and a young family - it's no coincidence that so many polyglots on KZbin are young and childless, work from home or are retired. So I made a decision. I stuck to the languages of countries I had a genuine interest in and was likely to visit. That's still 5 languages, which is a lot but I decided if I learned a language I would study the history and culture of that country and aim to be able to speak it at as high a level as I could. I honestly find this more satisfying now. I do sometimes miss not being able to say "I don't understand" in 15 languages but I don't miss reaching an intermediate/advanced level in a language and then losing it because I've moved on to another language.

[@ciclopes1]

I think the real and only secret to be fluent in any languages is passion for that language.

[@barborajezkova8393]

Yes!!

[@lehonyy2428]

yaasss

[@martinet1985]

I agree but don't forget that you HAVE TO put in the hours too! Learning a language is a full-time job if you're motivated :)

[@looseygoosey23]

Victoria Colman 🙏🏼

[@voltronsupremeFood]

This is true. I started studying Portuguese, and I gave up American music and TV. During my spare time I replaced everything with Portuguese. The nice thing is when you start understand the language well, you start to dislike programs in your native language. There have been shows both in Eng and in Pt and I always preferred the PT. As I continued studying Pt I came across Galego, and developed a passion for it... I learned it as well... Passion is key.

[@kpoprandom4186]

So today I had an argument with someone because they said Sign Language didn’t count because you couldn’t speak it or hear it. THATS KIND OF THE WHOLE POINT OF THE LANGUAGE

[@natsukilovestobake4427]

Sono2 what’s that have to do with sign language?

[@jayeff8096]

@Sono2 lol

[@essennagerry]

@Sono2 It totally is a language, it has its own Grammar! Yeah there's different sign languages like Hong Kong Sign Language, American Sign Language, etc, but they're not just codes for Cantonese or codes for English. They're just as much languages as spoken languages and just as much codes as spoken languages are codes.

[@annikaskywalker6545]

👌??!! 🙌🏻👏🏻👍🤟🏻

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

To say that signing isn't speaking is incredibly racist (for lack of a better term). And it absolutely counts. You get foreign language credit for it in college, and therefore it counts. It has its own grammar. It's own alphabet. And every country has its own. Sounds like a language to me. And to anyone who says otherwise: Get Bent.

[@akin2845]

My native language is English. I speak French. I learn Japanese at school. I speak Yoruba at home with my parents (African dialect). And my childhood friend is deaf so I sign sign language with him

[@dorro4813]

Akin My native language is Russian. English is the second one. I'm learning Korean and Spanish

[@asir2052]

My first language is English then russia Germany spanish, polish ❤️❤️❤️ *JAPANESE* ❤️❤️❤️

[@summerelle_8547]

Akin my native language is English, I’m learning French at school, learning Japanese by myself (i already know quite a lot) and since my stepdad was raised in Germany all of his family speaks German so I’m starting to learn that too! Also I’m part Irish and some of my family speak it so I’m going to learn that too! ^^ わたシュワ留と元気です:3わたしわすこしにほんごがはなせますか^_^

[@akin2845]

日本語の方が英語より好きです。日本語は普通言語じゃないですから。

[@tomaskuli177]

English, learn sign language 28 years ago. Use it everyday, teaching myself German, French, Spanish, and Esperanto. I learned sign language through college and immersion and was an interpreter for 6 years. I don't have the immersion opportunity for the other languages :(

[@TheFox517]

I became fluent in English by watching KZbin and using Google Translate. I'm not joking.

[@oliverrodriguez7470]

The Fox Google translate is terrible. I learned this the hard way.

[@sofiareyes2949]

X2

[@adamessadek1919]

X3

[@n3ox420]

I rly noticed improvement in my english when i started watching discovery science channel in like 6th grade(that was 2014/5 i think😂AND WTF HOW WEIRD IT SOUNDS TIME RLY FLIES FAST

[@Lisbpatin]

I don't blame you because i learned english for my love of american cartoons. I thanked god for creating subtitles, if it werent for them i wouldn't be speaking english now.

[@Ganstaz003]

From my experience through trial and error, I discovered the most effective method (for myself) to learn languages. Others could follow the steps I follow if they want. It's a heavy input based learning system (with plenty of extensive reading and listening involved). Here's what I do (beware it's a long post worth an article in size): 1) When I'm first starting off as a total beginner / noob with 0 vocabulary and grammatical knowledge in a language, I first learn all the alphabets and learn how to read entire words. 2) I then buy a visual dictionary to build a foundation / base for some common words that represent tangible things which I could then use to help me further build even more words, knowledge and skills in the future. If possible, I get such a dictionary with an accompanying audio too, which I could use to listen to the words being spoken out in the language I'm learning, whilst I'm reading the dictionary. I try to just use the images, associated with the words in the target language, instead of translating the images to English. 3) I then read story books, whilst also listening to the accompanying audio of what I read. This way, I build my reading skills, along with my listening skills simultaneously. My first choice is to get graded readers in the language I'm trying to learn. If I can't find appropriate ones, then I just get any story books of my interest, accompanied by a parallel text in English which translates the original. Usually, things like detective stories, Harry Potter, Bible or other enjoyable story books do the trick.The key is to make sure that the story books are long and enjoyable 4) I read EXTENSIVELY. And the technique I use at the initial / beginner stages, is to first read a paragraph or a chapter in English to obtain comprehension of the text. I then read it in the foreign language I'm trying to learn. It also helps if I've already read the entire reading material in English already so I have pre-understanding of the book. The key is not to translate word for word. Instead, the English is only there for comprehension and nothing else. This is so that comprehensible input is gained. Otherwise, if I don't understand anything, then it'd just be incomprehensible input and be subsequently useless. So by understanding what a paragraph and chapter is about in English, and then reading it in the foreign language, I could eventually figure out the meaning of certainforeign words in context. As sometimes, there aren't direct translation for a foreign word to English because a foreign word can mean different things in different context and therefore, multiple English words has to be be used to define one foreign word, depending on the context. So as I read, and listen to the audio of the text I read, I don't look up any foreign words that I don't know, unless I recognize words recurring multiple times. Say, more than 5 times. If that happens, then chances are, I'd have figured out the meaning in context and if I haven't already, only then do I manually search for its meaning and then save that word. That word would be a 'COMMON' word, worthy of saving. I continue with this process and try to read as many books / pages as I can. Until I am able to understand 50% of the words in most sentences and until my pronunciation and the ability to read entire words becomes accurate. 5) When I can understand 50% of the words in most sentences and when I can read with accurate pronunciation, then I stop using audio and instead, read out loud myself. I continue with the same process as in step 4. The only differences are, I read out loud without any external audio at this point, so I can listen to myself to improve my listening comprehension sills and my articulation skills simultaneously. Skills which I initially gained from listening to the audio books at first. Also at this point, I first read the chapters or paragraphs in the foreign language, I then try to understand the chapter / paragraph and then read it in English to assess how accurately I comprehended the chapter / paragraph in the foreign language. 6) When I check for the meaning of a word, I don't use dictionaries which only have the definitions. I use online dictionaries that contain multiple example sentences in which the word is used in. I usually read between a minimum of 10 example sentences to 50 sentences where the new words are used in. This way, not only do I learn what a word means, but I also learn when to use the word and how to use the word in specific contexts. Contextualizing a word, also makes it easier to memorize the word and its meaning because there are multiple connections, associated with the word (the key to memory), compared to only reading the definition. Dictionaries such as Reverso: context.reverso.net/translation/ or Ultimate Vocabulary are ideal for this purpose. 7) After I reach a stage where I can comprehend 70% of the words or more in most pages of a book, that's when I abandon the parallel English translation text and read only in the language I'm trying to learn. This is when I also start watching TV shows in that language (using subtitles in that language without English subtitles). The 20% - 30% of the words I'm unfamiliar with or encounter as new, I try to infer their meanings from the context based on the know words and if I can't, I just use the above dictionary I mentioned. 8) After I become familiar with 90% or more words I hear or read, this is when I finally start to output (speak and write). By this point, I expect to be able to apply most, if not all the grammar rules that I've read and listened to during the hours I spent on input. So this is it! I don't start outputting (speaking and writing) until I've read and listened (inputted) enough of the language into my brain at a subconscious level. And another useful tool I use at the beginning stages of language learning as a total beginner is a google chrome extension called 'Kypsis': www.kypsis.com/en/language_immersion Which basically changes a percentage of the word in a English web page (or whatever language one usually browses the internet in), into the language one is trying to learn and allows the person to infer the meaning of the words in the foreign language based on the context using the known English words. And the settings can be manually set / adjusted too. For example, one can manually select what percentage of the words they want to appear in the foreign language they are intending to learn and depending on one's level, one can increase it if they are more advanced or decrease it if they are still at a lower level.

[@lapreciousl.6694]

Ganstaz003 I’m screenshooting this

[@passingasteroid1898]

this is a really interesting and pretty in depth read! your learning technique also makes a lot of sense to me, so I’ll probably give it a shot. thank you for sharing!

[@HAL-nt6vy]

Very nice summary. I like the emphasis on comprehension before output. I met a guy in the USA from Denmark, visiting for the summer. He could read and write well before coming. At first his pronunciation and speech were terrible, but by the end of the summer he was smooth. Too smooth with my GF, that's for certain.

[@goldeneddie]

Wow, thank you for your insight and effort!

[@officialtrailerify]

@@lapreciousl.6694 omg was going to do the same

[@missjo5ie]

Was hanging out with some friends who live in Mexico. We all started speaking English and one guy had NO ACCENT, he spoke English perfectly. I asked him “did you grow up in the states?” He said no, I asked how he learned English and he replied “I watched Friends all the way through 3 times” 😂😂😂

[@rokukou]

that is actually genius. i might use this to get rid of my accent too.

[@alexandrwashington5701]

I personally managed to watch Friends only once from the beginning to the end, but even after that I felt enormous improvement of my English, so, yeah, aforementioned method is very effective.

[@jemand8462]

heard the same story of my english teacher!

[@Fer-ss2jt]

Without subtitles?

[@alexandrwashington5701]

@@Fer-ss2jt Almost. I've been reading subtitles at the very beginning, but then I got used to watch movies without them at all))

[@krystal5954]

Wow, there's so many people saying such negative things like "well they're not that good at such-and-such language" or "they should stick to just a few" but if you can communicate in those languages enough to get most of your points across, what's wrong with that? So what if your accent or grammar isnt that great? The point is to communicate. And a lot of polyglots do speak a few languages very well, and some other languages that maybe aren't as good as their main ones. Are there people who claim that they're polyglots when they can only say a few sentences? Yes. I'm not saying there's not people like that. But you shouldn't have to be C2 or C1 level in a language to say you're fluent in it. Again, if you can communicate enough to get your points across, then that's awesome! A lot of people in the world only know one language, and dont even want to learn another. So I think it's amazing to even learn one other language! :)

[@wodeyaeric5351]

Very good. Instead of making efforts to begin learning they r just there trying to stigmatize those that make the effort while they enjoy language barriers under the guise of concentration g on a few they speak fluently. Life is about expanding g limits and sounding stupid when learning a language is very normal and ofcourse.

[@rimun5235]

@@wodeyaeric5351 I don't think it's us being jealous. I just realized, a lot of polyglots speak probably three or four languages proficiently and the rest are at an intermediate or very rudimentary level that is hard to understand if you happen to be fluent in such a language. The problem for many of them is also maintenance. If you don't maintain a language you barely speak, it will fade horribly. There are times I have been amazed that a polyglot claims to say speaks French yet their French is terrible. That would be like me claiming Spanish right now with the basic Spanish I speak. There are polyglots I am very impressed by though, but I also notice a lot of them peddle crap like "fluent in 3 months" and other nonsense that is just so unrealistic and untrue. Also, if you can't speak to a native speaker with some level of fluency, you have no business claiming to speak a language. You will also never be fluent in a few months in any language. Let us stop changing the definition of fluency to suit ourselves. On that note, Steve Kaufmann and Luca Lampariello are two polyglots that I love. They set very realistic expectations and give great advise. I am trying to get to C1 level French and it's taken years to get here and lots of lost motivation along the way so I can understand why some polyglots don't pursue mastery. Getting to a B2 level is easy, making the jump to C1 is so painful. I have had very many f**k this, I quit days...

[@wodeyaeric5351]

@@rimun5235 Very well said. I think one still sounds crude by third month. Language acquisition is a compounding process and I think whoever seeks to attain polyglot status does human a disservice to set such demotivating expectations of trying to be fluent in less than 94 days. This is a sure way of demoralising whoever will find it difficult to make noticeable progress by 5weeks. They will easily think languages are not for them. My take is any aspiring polyglot should make it a life-long goal. If this is the case,they will speak as many languages as they set out to learn than trying to appear to have mercurial abilities unlike the rest of humanity. I think most people learn the same way.

[@xoreign]

@@rimun5235 Saying you speak a language is not fluency. Some may confuse the two, yes, but ultimately, they're not trying to change the definition to suit themselves. People just have different needs of a language. You want to write novels or scientific reports in a foreign language? Yes, get to a C1 level. You want to get around town for a vacation? If so, that is not necessary. You want to be able to communicate over text? Go for it, sometimes that's all that someone needs in a language.

[@clea294]

@Daniel afg Not it all cases, when I attend events, most english speakers think that I'm from Texas and they're very surprised when I tell them I'm French and that I've never been to America. So I think that having a great accent comes down to being able to focus and break down all the different sounds, that's what I do all the time, maybe it's easier for me because I'm young (17 y/o) But that's what I think based on my experience.

[@jomape1997]

The two most important thing you need to learn are motivation and action.

[@zapole]

and believe in final result;)

[@giovannapeganaminhabanana4509]

Action is the worst one hhaha 😥 laughing but worried

[@d.o.p.d.o.p.1775]

I think desire is better than motivation.

[@b.klapper7850]

aka passion.

[@saintblith]

Motivation and Passion*

[@Carlos-dm5fo]

Some traded their eyebrows to learn a new language

[@languagelover9170]

That's bad

[@suncatto]

Looool

[@safir2241]

さむい！

[@LLLadySSS]

I snorted at this wow

[@danielchang8704]

Small price to pay for salvation

[@starvaleri8777]

My native language is Spanish starting to talk at age 1, then I learned my second language which is English at 11, I learned Portuguese at 13, I got French classes in my sophomore year through Senior year and I teach myself Italian at 16 and then went to college to get a associate’s foreign language degree in Russian after graduating I teach myself Japonés and then Arabic. *This just happens in my imagination, it’s my dream to become a polyglot, and I’m trying to chase my dreams.*

[@dasenkadaria8305]

Star Valeri I am sure you'll be a great polyglot. Follow your dreams. PS :I also dream of becoming a polyglot and want to improve my english french and german and learn portugese russian italian apanish and latin.

[@dasenkadaria8305]

Ps :my native language is romanian

[@mparagames]

I only speak two different languages... :(

[@AzuReGravity]

lmaooo

[@starvaleri8777]

Dasenka Daria Thank you so much! There is a few people that believe on me and that’s what I most want in life I think about it everyday it’s part of my life and people around me know that! So thank you so much for your words they really mean a lot to me ❤️ hopefully I achieve it! And it the future instead of being dream hopefully it’s a reality! But I’ll work hard to get them and be discipline because I’m not 😔 and same to you hopefully you achieve all your goals as well! Become a polyglot and master on those languages you said! Everyone it’s on you! You decide what your Future look like so work hard for it! Because I’m sure you’ll achieve it keep it up!

[@lanadelreylvr92893]

"I only know 7 languages! I suck!" Sis I only know english wdym

[@MrMattgood14]

Better than all the videos entitled: "This guys speaks 43434 languages" . And unfortunately it is not recognized.

[@FluentJapaneseFromAnime]

People seem to want to believe the story that they just don't have "the language gene" like polyglots do, but you and I know that's just not true :)

[@aishaahmed3507]

Fluent Japanese From Anime, do you think it's difficult after you've passed 50yrs?

[@MuttFitness]

@@aishaahmed3507 probably easier cause you are more mature.

[@ryanchungus8972]

@@FluentJapaneseFromAnime there is some people who are, lacking, but that's a very low perecentage, and most just are like fully mentally retarded. Well, danke shön for this video, it helped.

[@dheerendranagaria1032]

Actually there are not that many languages in the world. LOL

[@zt8648]

Input - reading - listening Heavy listening and reading Interesting and short 30-40 minutes Graded readers Being interested is soo important in a daily bases Output Straight forward find the native speaker and talk , communicate with them Speak from day one Spaced repetition systems Duolingo .. The gold list method - language fab video - 25 words and the translations , try to remember the word and come back in 14 days then checkout the memorized words Flash card method Close listening and shadowing Immersion In the new language ; - Entertainment - music - computer settings - learning - thinking •living through the language

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

Hello, I have a question point. Have you already made experience by watching shows and listening to podcasts? I am currently rated in the English language so that I am able to conduct academic conversations but not yet at a native level. I'd like to change that. Did you get any tips?

[@Jumpoable]

Steve Kaufmann is correct. "The number one principle in language learning is to enjoy it." You also have to LOVE the culture of a language, as language is the carrier of culture. I speak 5 languages fluently & perhaps 5 more proficiently, and another 5-7 tourist level (I can ask for directions & order all the signature dishes of the country), 3 on a purely scholastic level, and I LOVE listening AND reading (hello, you're using totally DIFFERENT parts of your brain, hon) any of the above languages in any medium (eavesdropping on native speakers, reading the news, magazines, comic books, Wikipedia entries in all the languages, watching the news, films. & music of course). & I LOVE practicing PRODUCING THE SOUNDS OF A LANGUAGE it until I'm comfortable with my own pronunciation. That means repeating phrases or lines from the news, films, and learning SONGS. On grammar & syntax & just to clarify phonological rules, I LOVE picking up good, meaty textbooks on any language when I relax at home. On a psychological level, I have never had this limited nationalistic cultural identity, which breeds an erroneous "I'm only from ONE culture/ society/ class & I will only speak ONE language/ sociolect fluently." I don't start learning a language thinking it's a "foreign" language. On a spiritual level, I do believe we are all ONE. So there is no physical boundary for language learning, which most people seem to have (either your ear fails to hear the allophonic differences of certain sounds in different languages; your tongue fails to move physically to different parts of your mouth to produce the sounds of another language; your brain just fails to register different grammatical rules or remember different vocabulary). I also come from a multicultural society, where everyone basically has to learn two or three languages since kindergarten. It's not like "weird" or "bizarre" AT ALL. Anglophones, on the other hand, ARE socially handicapped when it comes to language learning, because they've ruled enough parts of this planet in recent history for everyone else to learn English, so there's no much economic and social incentive to learn another "foreign" & "lesser" language. If you just want to learn a new language "for business" & you think language learning is a chore or a bore, then no, you'll stay monolingual & limited. Choices.

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

Hey how did you reach fluency in english?

[@andrewgiancola4928]

This video is well produced and the layout very digestible. Thank you.

[@raykarpp]

I only know English and am learning Korean, it's almost been 5 months and I'm starting to be able to make sentences, very basic ones but learning Korean makes me happy and I feel great achievement when I can make sentences. Korean is one of the hardest languages for an English speaker to learn, yet that makes me feel more motivated to learn it. It's challenging and takes a lot of time but it's a very beautiful language. I think Ive done a decent job at immersing myself in it, and that helps keep me motivated because I'm a pretty lazy person. Learning a language really is like a slowly growing tree, it's satisfying watching it grow

[@natashablue.locktasha]

Same here :)

[@HAL-nt6vy]

@johnny walker You may be a genius. How much of Confucius have you read?

[@HAL-nt6vy]

@johnny walker So, when you say Chinese is easy, you only mean a little verbal Chinese. The hard part with Chinese is learning 2000 characters, which are then combined into words. Those characters don't tell you how they are pronounced. And their pronunciation changes depending on context. Also, with Chinese the tones, and how they combine, are important to have people understand you.

[@HAL-nt6vy]

​@johnny walker Let me know when you have learned your first five hundred characters. My prediction: it will never happen. One of my easier and more certain predictions given the available data. At least, please learn the characters for "blowhard."

[@cq4851]

@johnny walker Bruh... It's different for a kid to learn it especially as their mother tongue... yes grammar is quite simple in Mandarin, but have you heard of the differing tones and the 2000-3000 you would have to learn to be able to read a newspaper? And yes you're never given a hint to how a word is pronounced, and only when it comes to more experienced speakers they can make a guess according to a particular part of a character that appear in other characters but it's rarely correct. Also many words have separate meanings and an adjective in english could have MULTIPLE translations in Chinese. Please don't underestimate this language. 你现在要是还敢说中文简单，简单个屁。。。我此刻正在期待你能说出一口流利的中文话的那一天，可是根据你的态度, 好像我是永远等不到的。

[@sargonofakkad6015]

Comments be like "i speak like 20 languages man, easy peasy, korean, japanese, !xoo, finnish, akkadian, sumer, pitjantjatjara and inca"

[@RainyNixie]

Sargon of Akkad as a history lover, lmao

[@b.klapper7850]

I only speak shittalk.

[@NetAndyCz]

I also speak Czech, it helps that it is my native tongue:)

[@timi5470]

I can’t even speak my native language.

[@kelviannaepperson3677]

Me either and since I learned Spanish I forget more words and I speak in different accents

[@khadijaougali3382]

Americans be like

[@timi5470]

Khadija Ougali I’m not american br

[@timi5470]

Khadija Ougali I’m not american bro*

[@UwU-xk5cx]

@@kelviannaepperson3677 that happens to me, since I learned english I sometimes forget certain words in spanish (although it may be cuz I'm currently an exchange student in the US)

[@bryancorbett537]

It takes determination, discipline, a strong desire and a lot of time and hard work. But people say it’s because they have a talent. That doesn’t give polyglots the credit they deserve for all the time and effort they have put into learning the languages they can speak.

[@NetAndyCz]

Polyglots have talent to stay focused on their goal and to persist dedicating an hour or more to language study most of the days.

[@xp_pk]

I'm told by everyone I ask to not learn Japanese through anime. It'll confuse or mislead you quite often. See the way Naruto speaks, for example, once you know Japanese.

[@FluentJapaneseFromAnime]

I aim to be the living counter-example to this idea. Here's the proof: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2e8aohvopdqbc0

[@aquamarinedream8304]

Only an idiot takes that kind of shounen speak seriously. I learned Japanese, I'm a translator, anime helped me so fucking much. More than anything else.

[@smolson8471]

I mean, if anything, you can at least learn through slice of life anime

[@krystal5954]

I think you can learn from it, but not ONLY from it.

[@aquamarinedream8304]

@@krystal5954 Well you probably can but it will be slow. I listened to podcasts for a year straight even though i didnt understand anything, so that my ear could grow accustomed to their pace. I also took classes (only 101 helped tho), read books, and made Japanese friends, i did all i could.

[@hajimesenpai7996]

When you're Monolingual and the comment section is loaded with polyglots. 😢

[@slappy8941]

When you can't even get "your" grammar right.

[@FirstnameLastname-es1ko]

Slappy ouch.

[@hajimesenpai7996]

@@slappy8941 ooops honest typo thanks for telling me I'll fix it right away!!! :)

[@kelviannaepperson3677]

I hate when I forget words when speaking my first language I'm still trying to get better at speaking Spanish

[@raymelon107]

Same

[@danit2972]

I only speak english and spanish, i'm taking french classes and i'm going to teach myself german and swedish starting now since i had planned it a while ago. wish me luck!

[@kathrinw.2035]

Dani T Viel Glück! :)

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

Yikes! Good luck with that. French will be easy for you if you speak Spanish, but easy to mix them up. I can only guess the same will be true of German and Swedish (no idea how close they are).

[@UwU-xk5cx]

Im literally the same, just that instead of swedish I'm going for Japanese or Arab

[@rkrkrkrkrk111]

Lol

[@twoblocksdown5464]

I wush u FUCK

[@officialtrailerify]

I am on my fourth language now and are learning Korean. I do actually have a goal to reach fluency by July 2020, wish me luck! I am also documenting it on yt right now, sort of like a video diary on my progress.

[@towelman8589]

After learning/memorizing hangul did you immediately jump into vocab or phrases?

[@officialtrailerify]

@@towelman8589 I have different methods I use to learn pronciation, grammar, speaking, reading, vocabs. If you have amino, you can read what I wrote about it here aminoapps.com/p/q5u4rw I hope it will be of use for you as it really helped me💕💕

[@towelman8589]

@@officialtrailerify thanks a bunch, I'll check it out for sure!

[@officialtrailerify]

@@towelman8589 you welcomeeee 💕💕

[@veryoriginalandfunnyname9219]

My fist language is Spanish which I started talking at 1, then at 2-3 I was fluent in Italian (my mom is Venezuelan and my dad is Italian), at the age of 14 I was fluent in English and at 15 (now) I am fluent in French. Right know I am also studying Korean on my own as my project is to be fluent in 6-7 languages by the time I graduate from high school, and after I'll probably learn more. Languages have always amazed me and the more you learn the more you can appreciate how many different cultures there are in the world.

[@vidiac2012]

Hey! I'm also trying to learn korean and so far i know just a few phrases, can you tell me if there's any good youtube channels or websites that teach korean?

[@alfredofalen367]

I have the same views on language learning as you do

[@renangelo419]

@@vidiac2012 'How to Study Korean' is a pretty good free resource. I've also heard a lot of good things about Talk to Me in Korean but I haven't personally tried that one yet. For Korean, I *highly* recommend learning the Korean alphabet first (hangul) and then work to get the most basic grammar down. I know a lot of people who first try learning Korean will try to use Duolingo, but that is extremely confusing and if you do use Duolingo then I suggest only using it as a way of studying what you already know (I mostly used Duolingo for memorising the alphabet). How To Study Korean also has a KZbin channel where they go over a lot of the content in the website's lessons if you learn better through videos. Other tips for Korean would be keeping a notebook for handwritten notes, watching K-dramas without subtitles even if you don't know wtf is going on, reading Korean news articles or children's books, and following a bunch of Korean actors or influencers on social media and reading their captions, tweets, etc. Hopefully, that helps you! I'm still learning too, so I don't have all the pro tips yet but so far this is what has been helping me personally ♥

[@vidiac2012]

@@renangelo419 Thank you so much! I'll definitely try some of those tips.

[@haltdieklappe7972]

Did I read this right? Fluent at Italian at age 2-3? Huh

[@pinkmagicali]

My best experience trying to learn Japanese is learning the grammar because that’s where a lot of my language interest lies. I studied linguistics so it’s what I find interesting. I also find listening learning difficult. My friend is a reader. She’s trying to translate French poetry because she loves French culture. It’s so personal.

[@Nicolethelinguaphile]

Great video! Well-produced and informative. I think the best thing we can learn from these people is that they have a desire to learn these languages. Methods are great, but without desire, you will easily give up. However, a poor method can really discourage you and you can lose your desire. That has happened to me several times. So, find a cool language that you would like to learn and make it fun!

[@noborikoon]

Wonderful video, lots of great ideas. Thanks so much!

[@UnauthorizedExpression]

When I was learning Spanish I would say, "Aye dios mio," when something bad happened and all my Mexican friends would die laughing. I thought they were just surprised I knew to say that. They told me it was hilarious because that's the kind of thing only their mother would say. They'd say, "Chingado..." or "Chingaaaaaaaa!" which is like, FUCK! Aye dios mio, right?

[@kezimathew8149]

Lol

[@UwU-xk5cx]

Its written "ayy(or ay) dios mio" and yes that along with things like "ayy mi dios" or "ayy caramba" are very traditional things to say XD, my american friends always say things like that when trying to speak spanish, nowadays we say things like "chinga", "puta", "verga", "puta madre", "chingada madre", "me lleva la chingada", "ayy cabrón" , etc (all of them translate to "fuck" one way or another)

[@tylergreenawalt8747]

@@UwU-xk5cx the best way to learn a language, learn the curse words first!!

[@willsmethers9154]

This was an excellent summary video. Very very helpful to get me started.

[@speakofthistonoone2869]

Will try the gold book method, thanks for the various tips my bro!

[@batspropertiesph]

I'm a Filipino and I am studying Japanese now but after 2 weeks of going to school, covid-19 is massively spreading then there's a lockdown. This video inspired me and has helped me keep going through home study. 😊

[@mari-ng7nk]

I know english, spanish, and a bit of sign language. I’m working on learning russian and french, this video gives me hope.

[@chihabgm7796]

i know arabic and english. i plan on learning spanish, and Japanese since i like anime

[@WCiossek]

If you know spanish, learning french becomes very easy! I know first french and therefore learning spanish became very easy for me. But french is more difficult than spanish. English, french and spanish are not my native languages.

[@tarnjitkaur3749]

@@alisabajenova привет я хочу выучить русский язык ты можешь мне помочь? я могу помочь вам с английским, если вам это нужно

[@alisabajenova]

@@tarnjitkaur3749 я не знаю как надо учить язык, но если у вас есть вопросы, я с удовольствием помогу. насчет английского, я и так хорошо им владею, так что помощь не нужна :)

[@mesakysama3002]

Thank you for the great advices

[@fluentdutch]

Wow what a surprise and honor to see Moses in the end. I'm helping him to learn Dutch, I knew he can speak Chinese but never knew he's a polyglot as well :O He certainly is talented. Knows exactly what he wants and how to study. I told him already that I never met a student like him, his approach in learning is very interesting.

[@Diogenes_43]

A simple way to memorize basic nouns is to put the words on post it notes and stick them on all the common things in your house, my German ex-gf did this when I was learning. It’s a great way to memorize the genders of words if you’re an English speaker.

[@nicoleraheem1195]

I decided to learn Chinese because I grew tired of reading subtitles. I was interested in learning three weeks ago, I made serious efforts for the last three days. I'll say, Dec 19 is when I started. It's genuinely fun. I want to see how far I'll get in 3 months. In three days I've learned about 7 basic phrases and the meaning of at least , 20 words. Toddlers know between 75-250 words. I'm almost there😂

[@Back2Zack]

I've noticed that foreign gamers who stream in English tend to sound almost native in a couple years. I think they spend so much time listening to English in chat, in memes, videos, games, and they are using it at an analytical level to better understand their game through forums and such, the input is actually non stop. For instance Pewds and Zer0 among many others.

[@Chantwizzle]

I'm a knitter. Looking at patterns in languages I'm interested in has taught me a lot of basics. Colours, numbers, basic language. Also trying to interact with other knitters in my chosen languages has been fun. We have a shared interest and conversation is easy. I've tried the Pal Talk type apps. But it was 90% creeps trying to pick up women. I've had good success with Duolingo, nonfiction books and Memrise. And Rezza's Persian course on KZbin was a gold mine!

[@mewsuga]

languages is something i’ve always loved and has come natural to me over the years,, honestly i think the best way to learn is practical teaching, and try to actively find people who speak it or watch tv shows/movies, mainly do things you’d do in your native language in that language. its so important to do things you enjoy and associate it with the language, tbh i think its so helpful

[@timobatana6705]

The fact at 12:25 is incorrect. One of Robert Sapolsky's Standford lectures here on KZbin he teaches behavioral biolog, neural biology etc he states that memory cannot be processed that way. It is to my understanding that for a memory to be stored it has to go to the short term which is in a specific spot of the brain, then it can be stored into the long-term which is a complicated mess of a few other parts of the brain working in conjunction to make long-term.. I am no neural behavioral scientist but trust me it's more complicated than that.. Ps i will rewatch the lectures to see if i am wrong or to put here as proof thay science can back up.

[@markagalos4763]

My native language is Filipino and my second language is English and I speak Spanish. I am learning Russian, Korean and Arabic. I want to be like them.

[@sif_2799]

Im in university and often feel regret about not sitting down and learning languages when I was younger but hearing how most of these polyglots also only really got started in their university days makes me feel better...

[@XEnzo68]

Thanks for the work, you just presented what i was looking for and it would have taken me so much time to know it all 😀

[@ambiguoususername2966]

Thanks! I'm not learning a new language but I want to try the goldlist method for my studies.

[@ericwood3709]

Exactamundo. I immerse myself in my languages of choice and strive to make it fun and interesting to learn them. This typically involves good literature, good music, good movies, and good video games, as well as speaking or writing it with others when possible.

[@VianoMusicAcademy]

I love the gold list method and I never even knew what it was. When I was in Indonesia, I would take an hour or two each morning to read articles in Indonesian and write down a list of new words in my phone. It really helped me learn to communicate.

[@barrysteven5964]

I used the gold list method for a language I already knew quite well, Russian. I don't mean to brag but in six months of daily goldlisting (using Lýdia Machová's version of writing 25 sentences and testing myself by translating back from English into Russian) my Russian went from about B2 level to being able to understand more or less everything I hear on the TV and radio and hardly every having to look vocabulary up when I read online newspapers. I'm genuinely shocked how much my vocabulary and confidence has improved in such a short period.

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

Hello, I have a question point. Have you already made experience by watching shows and listening to podcasts? I am currently rated in the English language so that I am able to conduct academic conversations but not yet at a native level. I'd like to change that. Did you get any tips?

[@kwt8371]

I have 3 native languages: Kurdish, Turkish and Dutch (Flemish) And I can speak: English, French, Latin and i'm learning Esperanto

[@martinet1985]

Are you for real bro??? How well do you speak them though? What does it mean they're your "native languages" (did your parents speak them to you when you were a kid? How do you maintain them? I NEED to know!

[@kwt8371]

@@martinet1985 I'm Kurdish and 99% of Kurds speak Turkish and Kurdish with their parents since childhood and we moved to Belgium since I was 1 year old making it another native language since I talk Dutch with my friends and use it at school. I spoke 3 languages when I was very small

[@owuuwo8115]

I know Turkish and English and my family moved to Canada, so i am learning French now.

[@dermeisterdesspiegels3518]

I've started with German 2 years ago. Then this year I was to Amsterdam and Spain so I took a glimpse at both and I'm thinking to try French as well.

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

What is your native language?

[@user-wm9wv4wf7f]

im very fascinated in learning foreign languages and have been so since i was quite young. i just love the fact that you are able to communicate, share your thoughts and feelings with people from different parts of the world. i hope to be able to speak 20 languages fluently one day, its one of my life goals.

[@igam2259]

10:06 as a polish person I am absolutely in love with the way you said this name. Totally incorrect yet so cute

[@ddnava96]

The problem with learning the first foreign language is not actually the method, but learning to fully understand your native language. Our brains tend to think about the words we know, thus we learn our first foreign language through translation. This raises many problems, as words in a language have no exact equivalents in another one, so we end up learning many meanings per word that vary depending on the context. This requires us to understand our own language, but a lot of people tend to speak their native language without thinking about it, thus not understanding many words and why they're so important in a sentence. One example is people saying "Could of" instead of "Could have" Once we fully understand our native language and we learn enough of the second language, we can finally start on making them independent by actually understanding the foreign language instead of relying on translations. Once this happens, our brains start thinking about the ideas themselves and later translate those ideas to the desired language. Quite often I find myself thinking about an idea that doesn't exist in the language I'm speaking but it does in the other one, or I can't remember a word in my native language but I do remember it in the other one This is why learning a third language is a lot easier, because we have fully separated our thoughts from our native language, thus we have an easier time learning and understanding the next language. We no longer need to rely on translation and we can learn specific quirks in the language that don't exist in the others. At least that's what I can say from my experience My native language is Spanish. I started learning English at school when I was 8. For about 5 years I didn't learn much, so when I was 13 I decided to continue learning by myself through movies, books and other media. I'm 22 now and I can say I have a really great level of English. A couple of weeks ago I started learning Japanese, and being able to understand instead of translate have helped me a lot, as that language is quite different from both English and Spanish

[@carollutz8253]

Excellent! Thanks!

[@SoarseX]

Learn a language means to attain the chosen skills of the language. Study a language means to improve the chosen skills of the language. Learn to do something means to become able to do something. There are 5 language skills: - reading comprehension: your skill of reading texts and understand it. - listening comprehension: your skiil of listening to speech and understand it. - readlistening comprehension: your skill of readlistening to audiotexts and understand it. Audiotext is a text with its version in speech and you can read the text and listen to the speech at the same time. As for readlisten, it means to read a text and listen to the speech version of the text at the same time. Audiotexts may be videos in english with subtitles in English, audios with transcription, etc. - speaking communication: your skill of communicating to others using speaking. - writing communication: your skill of communicating to others using writing. In order to learn these skills, you must study them correctly. Unfortunately, a lot of people who desire to learn one or more of these skills can't do it successfully because they don't study correctly and don't know why they can't learn. i've been through this difficulty before, but eventually I find out that the correct way to learn languages is the same we learned our native language and we learned it unconsciously, so we don't recognize the real way of learning. These are the correct way of learning these 5 skills: - reading comprehension: read a lot of English(for instance) by paying attention to what you're reading until you get used to as much as possible of English. - listening comprehension: listen to a lot of English by paying attention to what you're listening to until you get used to as much as possible of English. - readlistening comprehension: readlisten to a lot of English by paying attention to both audio and text until you get used to as much as possible of English. It teaches you the correct pronounce of what you're reading and helps you to improve listening easier. - speaking communication: actually, in order to learn it, you have to listen to a lot of comprehensible English speech by paying attention to what you are listening to. As a result, you learn to speak sentences with many vocabs and good pronounciation naturally, without thinking about what words you wanna speak and without using mental translation to form sentences in English. - writing communication: You have to read a lot of comprehensible english texts by paying attention to what you are reading. As a result, you become able to write texts with correct ortography and grammar. I am a portuguese speaking person from Brazil, I learned a bit of English as a second language using the correct way of learning languages and there was no need to write what I mean in English translating from Portuguese to English. This is the truth about language learning, you probably believe in different methods, but every people from the world who learned any languages learned the languages in the correct way. I hope this to be useful for you and helps you to learn the languages you want. we only understand what we are used to lisen and read. i wanna know your comments about this. :)

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

Soarse Hello, I have a question point. Have you already made experience by watching shows and listening to podcasts? I am currently rated in the English language so that I am able to conduct academic conversations but not yet at a native level. I'd like to change that. Did you get any tips?

[@SoarseX]

@@THELEGEND-so7vs i listened much podcasts while doing other things and watched lots of videos and shows, i assure you that this made me get more used to listen to English speaking and it improved my listening comprehension I've heard that shadowing can improve my speaking at the comprehension level i'm currently in, currently I'm studying Japanese, i'll shadow when i return English study in August A friend of mine did it, but his speaking got rusted after he stopped talking and shadowing But comprehending well is more important than speaking well. I hope this info to be useful for you any more questions?

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

Soarse Yes, thank you series and podcasts wise any examples?

[@SoarseX]

@@THELEGEND-so7vs it can be an interesting series and podcasts As for podcasts, i listen just to practice listening, i don't pay attention cuz I don't understand well enough or the subject is boring

[@zageous]

I'm only Bilingual (;´༎ຶД༎ຶ`)

[@pepepig4258]

- Zage - That's great man. I wish I was

[@zageous]

@@pepepig4258 Work hard for it! Trust me it will be worth it 🙂

[@TariqNavabiGaming]

I’m bilingual, but im pretty good st reading Spanish too, and writing it at a bit lower skill, but it’s much harder for me to speak or write Native English About fluent Persian, although im still learning right now

[@ryanstarlight8018]

@Danielle Allen monolingual

[@katahristov6646]

Me too, but I'm learning German. Native Serbian.

Don't forget watching KZbin videos or movies that spoken in are your 2nd language, that are subtitled in your 3rd. For example you can watch a movie in French that has Spanish subtitles, which will help you learn and review both languages.

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

L. L. Hello, I have a question point. Have you already made experience by watching shows and listening to podcasts? I am currently rated in the English language so that I am able to conduct academic conversations but not yet at a native level. I'd like to change that. Did you get any tips?

[@fer5720]

I'm Peruvian and my native language is Spanish. :D I learned English through school, though I'm still working to become more fluent, heh. And I'm also taking German and Quechua (one of my country's official languages, which was originally spoken by the Incas). I'm currently aiming to surpass Japanese intermediate level as well, and I'm starting Korean~. One day I hope to learn Russian too. ❤️

[@KaelHitchcock]

I grew up in the states, with a very English speaking family, and so I never wanted to learn a language up until I was 12. I was offered the choice to take Spanish or French in school, but chose not to do it. Midway through the year, I decided that I wanted to learn something and so I started learning Norwegian. After gaining level B1 in Norwegian, I took a break. At the age of 14, I decided to learn more in Norwegian and got to a little bit of a higher efficiency and started learning Swedish alongside Norwegian. Now, I am taking French in school in a few months as well as speaking 3 languages. Training polyglot 🤞

[@MistyDelusions]

Thank you for your effort in putting together this informative video. I presently aim to be fluent in Japanese and I want to try out some of the methods shared. Thank you!

[@sladechan368]

That some nice delusions you got there, better just live your life, I know you are a weeb cause your life sucks, same. But try to find a reason that makes you motivated to do shit, and do shit. If you don't have one, then, idk, just try to do it for 3 minutes, yes, 3, no more, just try it.

[@Hayden_Cat]

Good luck Japanese is very complex especially if you learn how to read it. I would recommend trying spanish since it better to have that as a second language, well in the US at least.

[@chrysopelea9418]

This totally describes me! I grew up in the US, so I didn't have much exposure to foreign languages early on, but I taught myself Spanish and forced it onto my siblings to learn it too. When I was 16, I helped translate for a mission trip in the Dominican Republic, and ever since, I've been fascinated with learning new languages. At my first job, I was in heaven. I had three coworkers speaking Russian, two speaking German, two speaking Spanish, and two speaking Italian. Immediately I started learning the basics of these languages and I've learned that the best way to learn a new language is to put it to use as soon as you can. This really helps imprint it into your memory. My goal is to learn 16 languages to near fluency.

[@commoncola]

That's such a cool story! Have fun and good luck on your future language endeavours!

[@chrysopelea9418]

@@commoncola Thanks!

[@LUVIVELAVIE]

*Passion, time input and repetitions are the key to learn languages!*

[@NopeNopeNope01]

Hey! Thanks for the video. I learned English by myself and it feels good to say that I'm ready for another language. I'm about to start learning more langueges but I needed methods and tips. So far, this has been one of the best videos I have found. Thanks for the advice!

[@SV19111]

At the moment I can speak in 8 languages. I was raised as bilingual child, learned Spanish by watching a lot of TV shows as a kid, learned English because the course I was visiting was super fun, currently I'm level B2 in German and I love every minute of it. It took me less than half-year to get to the point where I'm able to converse on different topics without many difficulties. To compare this experience with the time when I was learning French in school for 6 long years and now I barely remember few words and phrases, it leads me to the conclusion that in order to be able to learn a language, you need to find a fun way to do it, whether be a course, movies, games, apps... whatever works for you. Anyone can do it, it is just a matter of mindset.

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

Sandra Cvetkovska Hello, I have a question point. Have you already made experience by watching shows and listening to podcasts? I am currently rated in the English language so that I am able to conduct academic conversations but not yet at a native level. I'd like to change that. Did you get any tips?

[@SV19111]

@@THELEGEND-so7vs my English improved drastically once I started using it in my daily communication at work. Make sure you surround yourself with the language as much as possible. I read the news in English, watch movies, etc.

[@LUVIVELAVIE]

*I am a chinese and learned english back in china. Now I can manage the basic french and spanish, and always continue learning new languages. I am a Small KZbinr too^^*

[@LUVIVELAVIE]

*Passion, time input and repetitions are the key to learn languages!*

[@sunny2355]

Thank You Merci

[@maniravandi5983]

I love your channel. This channel deserves more subscribers but you know what. Not everyone one deserves this content. This channel is like our little secret

[@catedeanssmith]

Unfortunately with duolingo’s latest update (as at April 2018) they have abandoned SRS. :(

[@FluentJapaneseFromAnime]

:(

[@ibarix]

It's not abandoned but "hidden". Random practice still uses an SRS. The crown system just moved it out of focus.

[@catedeanssmith]

ibarix That isn’t what they have said, but I can see what you mean. Still, you have to choose to do random practice, there are no reminders, nor can one tell if one has revised sufficiently. So one is totally blind. I’ve stopped using it for that reason.

[@petrosk.7838]

duolingo does nothing really.

[@swanhildm]

@@petrosk.7838 It's nice for refreshing and keep up to date langauges you've already been in contact with . I try Arabic now from scratch, but it's the Beta version, so I can't say too much at this point...

[@uncleouch9795]

I'm one myself. I feel it was my bilingual early life that assisted my future learning. Being able to sort of instinctually associate different words for the ones you already know helps. If you're really interested in a culture you simply must immerse yourself. Find music in the language, watch shows and movies, speak to native speakers. You find suddenly that you can hear what's being said. Much of it is a subconscious training.

[@ntaussie498]

Great informative video, keep it up! :)

[@rowannieuport3942]

I studied German in middle school and high school, and i have always remembered my lessons and vocabulary. I learned fast and found my own methods. Later in college I studied Latin for 2 years, and i found it was very easy. Unfortunately there was no conversation and reading Julius Caesar was difficult. Graded readers were good though--i looked for old used high school book. I studied Japanese more as a hobby for many years. I am disabled now, and cannot work. I enjoy using the internet to expose my mind to languages, learn about places and cultures. When i was in middle school it was the early 70s, what a bummer life was without internet---and of course i didn't know it, hahahha.

[@Icy___]

Italian, Turkish,English,Korean

[@danielgarciacdz]

Awesome! All you need to learn a new language in one video!

[@jonathanlusk4564]

Thank you for mentioning HelloTalk!

[@jpn6779]

Why? Is it helpful?😯😍

[@TheBlueToad]

8:06 女子小学生はじめましたP! What a true man of culture 👌

[@edocsil123]

in one of the parts of the video you turn of the subtitles on an anime video. Remember: wacthing video with the audio + the subtitles in the language you are trying to learn is the more effective than watching it with just the audio and no subtitles.

[@ltm5590]

My native language is Spanish. I have been learning English since I was around 10 years old just by listening to English music , movies , tv shows and internet. I've never been in a country where English is it's official language and I rarely speak English on a daily basis with native English speakers or just English learners. The only time I speak Spanish is with my family or when I have to speak I don't practice it or anything because I already know everything about it since it's my native tongue but when I'm on internet or anything like that everything I watch is in English. Now I can consider myself bilingual and fluent in English. I have to speak it everyday I think in English and it's something natural. I would love to learn a new language but I am also scared that I could forget or get bad at English since I don't live in a country where English is it's official language and how I said I rarely speak with a Native. Can anybody give me an advice for learning a third language without forgetting the other languages ?

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

How did you reach fluency in English?

[@ltm5590]

@@THELEGEND-so7vs Heyy. Well as I wrote in the comment I have been learning English for a long time , almost 10 years. I started getting into the language by listening to music, watching all types of videos , movies , tv shows , etc in English. I didn't even study back then , I think my brain just absorbed the language and like 5 years later I realized I was kinda fluent I could write and communicate with natives so I decided to take English more serious and start learning more advanced stuff since I was already very fluent. If you're an English learner and you're trying to improve and get fluent I would recommend surrounding yourself with the language , if you like music , reading books, watching movies or any other stuff you can do it in English and it'll be so helpful , and then along with that learn grammar , pronunciation , listening and vocabulary. Hope you find this useful. God bless you💙

[@smartpants9641]

Awesome video

[@susantisiva3381]

My mothertounge is tamil and I was brought up in Sweden then I learned English and Spanish in school I moved to Poland so I learned Polish and right I am learning Norwegian and Portuguese in few months I am going to learn Italian so by the end of the year I will be able to communicate in 8 LANGUAGES!! So happy it will be my biggest achievement so far

[@AnjolaoluwaAwe]

Susanti Siva I’m on 7 and I really want 10 languages but I’m not sure if I’ll get there so soon 💕 much love 💖

[@susantisiva3381]

Dont give up Anjy take your time :) My ultimate goal is also to speak 10 languages. It will take some time. I am assuming by the end of the next year I will be able to speak in 10 languages but no fluently but it is a great start so probably in two years time I can speak 10 languages fluently :) Be patient and good luck :D :D

[@vobertralero4668]

Susanti Siva Both of you are really incredible! Did the things in this video work well for you? (Sorry, I know it’s an old comment)

[@saber2802]

I hope you enjoy Potato in mouth Swedish. I'm joking, but I'd imagine it's probably easier to learn Norwegian if you already speak Swedish or Danish.

[@MegaAdeny]

Kurde, nawet polskiego się nauczyłeś? Przecież to jest całkiem inna grupa językowa!

[@Vuden13]

Great video!

[@Peter-rx6rp]

When I was watching this video I thought that it wasn't easy to learn a new language. I even forgot that English wasn't my first language.

[@CodyMSmith-oo5qd]

This is one of the most explanatory videos of what takes place in our field. I want to add about output that we could also mention writing. This was, admittedly, one of the most important things for me when learning French. And I didn’t feel like I had to pull a phrase or term out of the air when speaking; but used my dictionary to bring new terms into my diary narrative.

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

How did you reach fluency in English?

[@CodyMSmith-oo5qd]

@@THELEGEND-so7vs English is my native language :)

[@frankpichardo5299]

Childhood development years are the best to learn and still sound native.

[@lunnalocca9376]

This was very informative thank you.

[@lookbruhiaintgonnalielastw2282]

my first language was korean and i then learned english at 5 or 6. i then learned spanish in middle school and im now learning german 🤥🤥

[@georgiam7868]

I'm fluent in English, German and swiss German. I'm currently learning French and Latin!

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

How did you reach fluency in English?

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

What did you do exactly? How did you reach fluency in English?

[@moanlu9429]

My native languages are Italian and Spanish and I have learned English from a young age. I was taught French in middle school but I can't say I really speak the language more than just understanding it. I consider myself to be fluent in the first three languages but I really want to learn some more. Currently, I'm learning Japanese at uni and I'll probably pick Chinese soon.

[@justinryan5433]

thats super impressive. i would focus on perfecting those languages. i can only speak english and spanish. my english is perfect and my spanish is good but obviously i lack a bit. good luck tho!

[@servalkarakal8340]

ARMY? CUZ SAME

[@moanlu9429]

@@servalkarakal8340 YASSS hahaha (I even thought about learning some korean just because of bts 😂)

[@roo_0m823]

@@moanlu9429 People who learn Korean because of BTS (Or just, K-pop) are honestly dumb. Yo' no offense to anyone who is learning korean bc of kpop/bts idk jsdfsdfklakfd. I have my reasons.. 👀..bUT WHAT THE FREAIKYITY. I only speak English and we only get to choose out of Chinese or Japanese at my school 😤😔

[@Martha-wj4cz]

I know 6 languages and I'm only 15, I started learning new languages since I was 7, it's just a thing I love to learn, it makes me happy and it will be really useful in the future

[@sirwfc718]

Perseverance, patience, and passion go a long way. Stay on the grind and you'll shine. :) Source: Life..

[@goldeneddie]

My favourite comment!

[@grx22]

I'm brazilian, I started learning English at the age of 8 or 9-ish when my uncle introduced me to rock and metal, at first I didn't understand a word of it, but then I started learning English and today I can speak, write and read ( I'm better at reading than writing, so, I'm sorry if you're confused by this comment), basically I learned English just listening to music and learning the meanings of the words, now, I'm learning German because I was interested in how similar german is to English, and of course, because I was inspired by Rammstein, that's why. My advice for you is, if you want to learn a new language, find what you like in that language like me, I learn listening to music of that language and I learn the meanings of the words. My dream is to become an interpreter( a translator in real time if you don't know). I think after I learn German, I want to learn french, why? Because I just found out a band that is really good, Gorija (they're french).

[@smookerji]

Not sure how to react on this! From my family background to know a foreign language is rather a tradition. Thus I did. Later on I have taken it as a profession. With a little less than 16 years in Spanish language experiences, I have leaned bit of Portuguese, Catalan, French, Italian and recently added Hebrew (included my Hindi, Bengali, Kannada and English). However have earned no respect the place I work. More or less all people at my work place see me as an infectious insect. Hopefully soon they will get rid off me. They say per company’s policy jejeje.

[@tinabraxton4906]

Most people don't like anyone who can do things they can't do. And they don't like anyone smarter than themselves.

[@smookerji]

Tina Braxton Who knows what people want. About to loose my job at this time of age. Half of my age and years have gone by. Knowledge of any language is always a good choice. However the career orientation as a translator, quite a bad move. No such growth, total loss!!!

[@anthonyherring6636]

Soumyo, Tengo una pregunta para Ud., por que dice que una carrera en translación es una movimienta mala para alguién? Soy curioso...

[@smookerji]

Anthony Herring porque quiere saber. Pues ehh si ud. entiende Inglés favor lea que lo he escrito.

[@Emile.gorgonZola]

Your English isn't even that good... rsrs

[@vasilstanev4234]

There are only two languages in the world, English and the local one. That said, the best way to learn vocabulary for me is the linking memeory technique + Anki. I learned 5000 Spanish core words in a day that way, from which perhaps 200 I might not know so good in a year from now. 2500 French words in a weekend. For grammar, get your hands on a workbook and learn it cover to cover. Same goes for math. Grind right.

[@x2vl0ee51]

My native language is odia. My national language is Hindi and i can write and understand English upto some extent. Currently am learning one of the most difficult languages on earth. It will take 2 to 3 years to learn Japanese completely.

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

What did you do exactly? How did you reach fluency in English?

[@x2vl0ee51]

@@THELEGEND-so7vs I am still not fluent in English. I have been studying English from a young age along with other subjects. Watching your favorite shows in English can definitely help.

[@bostonrules222]

Wunderbar, dankeschön!

[@guitaro5000]

4:03 How do you spend 11 years studying Irish? Irish is not even a language. You mean Gaelic?

[@manasyaasharmahazarika5128]

I'm Indian. Generally,Indians are polygots. My mother tongue is Assamese(one of the 22 major languages of India) which I learned by listening to others while they speak. It wasn't till 4th grade that I was able to master it. The second language I learned was English. In India, English is taught from Kindergarten onwards bjt even so I'm not that mch of a fluent speaker. For me, English was the easiest to learn after Assamese. The third language I learned was Hindi, the national language of India. I started learning Hindi from Upper Kindergarten(UKG). Since I'm an Assamese and have an Assamese(অসমিয়া) accent, therefore it was difficult for me to speak Hindi. I still find difficulty in speaking proper Hindi due to my fckin accent. I can read, write and understand Bengali/Bangla as well but cannot speak it. Now, I'm in 8th grade and teaching myself Japanese. I can read 30 or 35 characters of Hiragana, know about 11 Kanjis and can understand basic Japanese sentences(all thanks to anime!🤣). Its my dream to becme a polygot. I tried learning French in 6th grade but found it uninteresting (no offense, it was just difficult for me so yeah) so I dropped it. Next, I'll try to learn Korean😁

[@lostbats]

I came here from watching alot of Laoshu

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

Likewise.

[@THELEGEND-so7vs]

What did you do exactly? How did you reach fluency in English?