How to learn a language within six months - Sharing language learning experience with Chris Lonsdale

[@bhagyalaxmisalaskar2054]

I was so happy that I understood the first joke “睡觉, 我也是”😂 I understood 70% of video with subtitles, 很开心🤭

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

I'm so happy for you!

[@Mianmumu_]

i also understood the joke. it made me feel like an elite

[@jaaishappy]

OMG! As a Thai person who has been learning English from your channel for a while and has never seen you speak Thai before. When you speak Thai it’s just... amazing. Your accent is so good. I wish you will do the teaching Chinese videos in thai someday.

[@nicoleraheem1195]

It is amazing that you can learn english from her channel😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤Great Job

[@derekeano]

这个老外是我最喜欢会说中文老外 He’s so modest and helpful and his Chinese sounds really clean and good to me.

[@Natalie-kl3er]

Just learning a few things through duolingo and watching lots of videos like this and mandaring corner, I'm really starting to feel the value of the brain soaking as more and more words seem to pop into focus, it's so fun and exciting. Thank you for sharing this lovely and valuable interview

[@kadyrovșcû]

It's been one year, how is it going now?

[@Soreto23]

Please guys dont use Duolingo to learn chinese, this is waste of ur time.... Od course u will learn something, by this app, but currently there is so many apps to learn chinese like hellochinese or Superchinese etc. Having these apps, using Duolingo is completly useless, unless ur target its to learn 15 min day by day, only to know some words and be able to create 3 sentences after 6 months learning

[@mahalakshmimuruganandam1796]

说老师，看到这个视频以后，我的心里幸福满了！！！ 因为我是个山东大学的留医学生，我已经学过了几个语言，却学汉语我觉得自己没有怎么大进步！因为我不但害怕说错，而且很担心成为跟病人不会讨论的医生，结果我在中国的时候从来没说话，光用动作！！ 我只想说。。。谢谢您为提醒我无论说错好好说一个语言都不可能的！ 终于，我没用翻译机写了这个信息！好像勇敢的！🧡

[@daashachem1391]

老铁 一定要说汉语了 要多相信自己 我待了 在中国十年 我知道你害怕开口 你加油 啊 不要半途而废 学了那么好一定要 要学完

[@tymanung768]

Perhaps you can study the many mandarin and some Cantonese "Chinese (Mandarin) medical conversation" youtube videos also "Cantonese medical conversation" videos, 1 or 2 "Hokkien, etc." Since you must speak to patients and doctors and nurses, etc. you would have to speak Chinese. Hope that these help. Zhu ni, hao yunqi!!

[@paulwalther5237]

I think the one thing I get out of this is that you need to make the target language relevant to you. Doing interesting activities like reading or watching KZbin or talking to people and using or listening to it often are all ways to make it relevant I think. He talked about his experience speaking Chinese to people in China but most of us aren't IN China so can't use that method.

[@marty.l]

If you find Chinese streams, podcast to watch listen to here on KZbin and on the net, you can listen/watch anytime. Just focus on topics/areas you are interested in.

[@vservicesvservices7095]

U may also try to lookup discord for groups where native chinese ppl can speak to u in real time. Sth like language exchange/chinese.

[@orca3484]

I think Chris Lonsdale is a god of how to learn new language.

[@raymondblake5765]

I learned Spanish to a b2 level on seven weeks. My first romance language, french, was learned to a level of at least b2 in 4 months. In six weeks I got to a level of B1 or B2 in Italian. My level in Chinese is advanced beginner ( hsk 2 or 3) after six weeks. Clearly it takes a lot longer to learn Chinese than to learn a romance language, if you already speak English and a bunch of romance languages already.

[@thebuttereffect3446]

说老师英语的发音越来越标准！！ 好厉害！ 我也有一个“汉语家长”, 她又耐心又幽默。找到她以来，我中文说得提高了很多！ Chris is such a smart man, I couldn't agree more with everything he said. Finding a language parent is useful, but finding a teacher like Shuo is just GOLD 💛🧡❤️

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

Thank you!

[@hanaflake3377]

Awesome! Can you do more videos like this? I like natural Chinese conversations ❤

[@momonatu4998]

Oh, man! Your Chinese is.. WOW!!!! Your pronunciation so clear. Are you a teacher? I understand you so well! You are a genious!!!

[@pasleighlaylay6502]

This video is so informative. Thank you! I guess I'm already on the right track with listening practice since I started watching Chinese dramas recently.

[@khean71]

my girlfriend (chinese) is offering a watch to my mom for christmas... the start of this video makes me question her decision haha

[@moon-if6ol]

Don't worry, bro. In Chinese watch is "表" while clock is the "钟".

[@glennextics]

感觉龙飞虎比其他的华裔说中文非常好！我是一位美籍华裔，但我还坚持学中文，也说得真好。我也想跟龙飞虎说得很流利。如果你没放英语字母的话，我能够85%左右听得懂😊 感觉龙飞虎给观众解释一句六个月之内学习语言的方法是一个很好说明。

[@md-ie3kw]

That was such a good conversation to listen to. 18 mins went by so quickly💖🌸

[@yurymunoz6870]

You look so cute speaking in Spanish ("la cucalacha"). Thanks for the video!

[@sokeachinesecambodia3957]

💕

[@ovrscr6016]

Your vids are amazinggggg!! Do you happen to have a transcript for this video? I feel that I will be able to expand my vocabulary a lot by going through and reviewing it.

[@marty.l]

If you rewatch it, pause and writing it out by hand; you will be amazed at how much you learn. I do this with Chinese songs I want to learn by watching lyrics videos and writing it out by hand myself and practice singing them.

[@hellnawl3924]

@@marty.l I agree, this was so helpful when I first started learning.

[@Brandonarchambault]

Very cool. Between Melnyks chinese podcast, duolingo and one of the courses I've bought with Shuo Shuo, I'm able to understand and pick out meanings of words as they're having this conversation. It helped immensely that there were both english and simplified chinese characters in the subtitles - I experienced plenty of 'ah-ha!' moments while listening/watching this for words I had learned previously and hearing them in a different context and hearing them being used in a natural, conversational way. It's all baby steps - I can clearly see the progress I'm making with learning mandarin, little by little, and eventually I'll be able to eliminate the subtitles altogether and understand everything being discussed. Thanks!

[@vservicesvservices7095]

Great sharing.

[@bjarnejakhelln-semb73]

And Chris Lonsdale's Chinese is superb. I have some knowledge of both Chinese and Thai, so I thought I would check out if they really live up to their claims. I'm amazed they both do-in my opinion (Lonsdale in Chinese, the girl in Thai). Don't want to be a party-pooper, but the claim that they each learned each language in six months should, perhaps, need some clarification. I mean, the girl, Shuo, or Som in Thai, mentions elsewhere that she's lived in Thailand for six years, and Lonsdale mentions elsewhere that, while it took him six months to get "fluent" (not a scientifically quantifiable term, I'm afraid) it took him longer than six months to reach native level. So, while I'm certain it took them much longer than six months to get to their present level of fluency, that level is really, really impressive!

[@marty.l]

Thank you for sharing! That was very helpful. I learned some tips and methods to improve my target language acquisition. I will start listening to podcast/streamers/shows in the target language along with the apps that I'm using and adding to.

[@AldO-HPB]

我現在才發覺我為什麼當在這pandemic一點學得更難... 是因為我們都戴口罩， 那就不能看表面的動作... 😷 Where we all need to wear masks nowadays, it’s all the more difficult to learn 中文 or any language for that matter. 真棒的視頻 👍. 感謝你們.

[@danavicol2534]

Thank you.谢谢您。 我很开心。This made my day . awesome. Happy to 听 other people think the same as me. 开心知道有人谁想跟我一样。 Don't know if I wrote it corectly but I tried to express my thinking.😁😄

[@mijmijrm]

if i'd started when this video was new, i'd be fluent in Chinese by now!

[@FvdK4604]

哇，这种内容我觉得很有意思，学新东西的同时也有机会听高级中文。点赞！（表演水平有很高了😅）

[@หลินหลิน-ช6ศ]

I hope you will invite him to your channel again in the future.

[@idittaibi1757]

thank to this video I've learned a new word without trying to, I listened to a jason Zhang 's song once and I remember there was 如果, and now it was used in this video and it was familiar, so now I know what it means😇 I dont learn chinese actually, I just collected words and characters I heard or saw and somehow I can understand some of it, I'm so happy, I'm planning to learn Chinese seriously one day for sure

[@disciplinefreedom3083]

Really enjoyed that. Thanks for branching out into these areas....we al need to hear more abut your Thai journey...it is something I want to learn after Chinese.

[@makabra1276]

谢谢你们分享那么有用的知识!我当英文老师，我母语是波兰语，中文已经学了8年。最近我发现我的中文退步了，很需要找一个好的办法怎么进步。这部影片鼓励我多努力学，加油。感谢你! ♡

[@兔鸭]

Makabra 我是中国人，我们可以交个朋友，我来陪你练汉语。

[@JB52520]

I've heard that really intelligent people are too modest to see how smart they are. My memory and focus are awful, so I couldn't learn 200 words in 6 months. I've already tried :( The more I learn, the more I forget. I think you're brilliant and I'm just stupid.

[@JonathanShynn]

我剛剛發現你的平道，我覺得你的影片做得很棒！對學習中文的人很有幫助。你的西文聽起來很可愛 ：）

[@dusicau510]

Beautiful and very useful video. Thank you so much! 🙏❤️

[@alexismoreno9530]

That is very impresent me too much of your part When you intenting to speak my language spañish and now try to say this word Barquisimetalisticamente greeting and so thanks you for it

[@ronross9752]

Thanks for sharing all the wise words, it was very interesting and enjoyable. It all makes such good sense. Keep feeding us.

[@diegomontalvo5517]

I really like this video, I find your channel really helpful for my Chinese learning 😊 btw the Spanish part of what you said should be written like “qué te parece”

[@t.chan8223]

Thank you both a lot 😘for this tips and good advice

[@taiquangong9912]

You videos are very good. I am learning chinese, however I worry about mistakes too much it retards my learning. I don't have alot of native chinese friends and when I speak to other chinese speaking friends they can be very rough in critiquing

[@西草C]

As a Chinese, my English level is average. I wish I could communicate with you. I will do my best to help you learn Chinese. If possible, I would like to make friends with you and work hard for our favorite language learning together. cheers!

[@taiquangong9912]

@@西草C I would like that. Xie-xie ni

[@taiquangong9912]

@@西草C send me your email.

[@maheshpun4804]

Say it slow downs instead of the r word.😳

[@genace]

Thanks Shuo and Chris. Great advice!

[@usermania340]

I love this!!!

[@engnesep6064]

I have seen a lot of your videos, it is really useful. Thx for that but may I suggest one thing that it's will be better if you have reply most of the comments instead of leaving a like. Just a suggestion no drama.

[@rsmonge]

the subtitle for Spanish is wrong. she's trying to say, que te parace? parecer literally means "to seem", but functionally the sentence is, what do you think?

[@jeovana_marques]

Nesse ano eu aprendo mandarim se Deus quiser 🙏

[@danielwroblewski8491]

this gentleman is great. I have a question. will I try to learn Polish in 6 months. when I hear correct Polish. I will believe in his every word

[@michaelkensington2494]

He's not saying you will speak perfectly any language in 6 months.

[@Dave24hrs]

This was great, more of these please :)

[@WangYi9]

Chris 说的多对 💯。谢谢老师 for this video .

[@bjarnejakhelln-semb73]

Did this girl have any previous knowledge of Thai? She sounds like a native speaker!!

[@borissibiryak]

Excellent!

[@comfyglo]

What resources do you recommend for learning thai?

[@krauserthethird]

He seems so nice! I love you Shuo, 你真是太好了！

[@estherandherlittleworld7821]

I love these kind of videos

[@samuelcoates3339]

Awesome video!!

[@Soreto23]

I mean this guy went to China when he was 20... It's another story when u learn for example chinese while u living there, u are getting some 3 times extra boost just by being there, it's the same like u have Chinese partner and some chinese friends and because of that u have many opportunities to practice ur language, and what is more important big motivation, because u get instant feedback. It's way harder to learn alone without the 'guide' and non chinese people around u

[@basicinfo6816]

Awesome

[@emilezg4496]

Great video! Thank you so much 多谢！

[@achernev]

Very useful tips!

[@Arinas_xxxx]

Thank you for this video

[@timcrnkovic8991]

I suppose this approach is feasible if you don't spend any time at all trying to learn the characters. " 10:14 - Focus on getting the meaning first (before the words). Direct connect to mental images."

[@temores]

“¿Qué le parece la cucaracha?” 🤣 Saludos desde 墨西哥 🇲🇽！！

[@daashachem1391]

感谢你分享了视频 特别有用 我想问 @chinosity 的比赛还进行吗 现在可以拍视频吗 我好啵激动啊

[@ajpkingdom6104]

ຕິດຕາມຈາກ ສປປລາວ Following from Laos PDR ติดตามจาก สปปลาว 在老挝跟随你

[@nanacua6180]

How to join here? I want to learn Chinese language.

[@raedbravo]

我覺得這個視頻很有意思！

[@sokeachinesecambodia3957]

Very good Vedo💕

[@Lark.Z]

start mixing 是在指什么意思？

[@PaulZedd]

OK I've watched a Chinese language video, now I can go get some crisps 😸

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

🥳🥳🥳

[@SM_01M520]

New member here shuo shuo😊

[@noordar786]

I wish you could leave to text a little longer so it will give us time to read it please!!!!

[@elimgarak8242]

Can someone tell me how to learn a language in six months with regular 10+ hour workdays while actively maintaining or learning three other languages, please? 😔

[@kingjason14]

谢谢。

[@ld7489]

He has an hour long video like this on Mandarin Corner

[@rv1772]

"La cucalacha" sorry Shuo's husband but i love her

[@seth1455]

I think you are in luck

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Bad luck staarting a channel with 2020 in its title -- in December of the year!

[@lkhagva-ochiroogii7025]

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@adolfwildman5749]

ขอบคุณมากครับสำหรับแรงบังดาลใจในการเรียนภาษาจีน

[@mirkx7382]

ta shuo hua de fang shi hen man yi de. xie xie bang zhu wo yi xia.

[@pedroads7683]

他的汉语非常厉害

[@cttdc]

难怪他们说我说英语像个宝宝

[@aprendechinofacil9957]

12:50 你得西巴亚语不错！！

[@jamzydarth7746]

我是一个语言的宝宝😐

[@shreddder999]

*But I only have 6 days!!!*

[@rsmonge]

oh, and in Thai, she shouldn't say she is learning "jeen", which means China. she should say "paasaa jeen", which literally is "language China".

[@sunubaskota3460]

说到第二个原则，我想和我的家人聊天，但是他们不懂中文，我的朋友也没有😭😭😅

[@JillWouters]

" You need to listen to Chinese a lot" me： yep, that's what I'm doing here :P

[@言って-x1e]

ภาษาไทยดีมากเลย ไม่หลุดสำเนียงจีนเลย 你的泰语这么好。一点都没有中国人的口音。

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

จริงหรอคะ ขอบคุณค่ะ

[@vaniar.1583]

🙌🏻

[@rudainaprantika979]

First comment

[@美丽-k7o]

Nice!

[@danielwroblewski8491]

maybe let him say ''w szczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie.

[@weiyeelau7887]

宁是余霜的双胞胎姐妹吗

[@美丽-k7o]

في أحد عربي بيتابعها لو لا؟

[@user-ef3zn5ih2lkuroomade]

أووو فيه عربي غيري؟! ' 0י0 ' (this is just us being excited to see there are others who speak our language (Arabic) here)

[@美丽-k7o]

@@user-ef3zn5ih2lkuroomade يااه، تتعلم صيني لو خلاص متعلم؟

[@user-ef3zn5ih2lkuroomade]

قاعد أتعلم توني مبدّي قبل شهر 你呢？

[@美丽-k7o]

@@user-ef3zn5ih2lkuroomade أنا بدأت قبل 8 أشهر 💤🌙 我开始8 月了。 هيك اعتقد بالصينيي.

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

看不懂哈哈

[@jasons6368]

大家都帶口罩，所以沒辦法【copy the face】，很大挑戰！

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

😂😂😂

[@美丽-k7o]

Third comment. 🌿✅

[@ZhengliTV]

👍👍👍好

[@davyperez7942]

Tu español me parece bien. La cucaracha, la cucaracha..., jejeje. 非常好

[@МуродАхмедов-й5м]

Uuu 1000 like is mine cool

[@kedyntrick9]

La cucaracha, la cucharacha jajaja

[@pedroads7683]

龙飞虎队😳

[@floriseleung9387]

😅

[@huyentong4538]

Do you want to teach English for me =)))

[@lamabuddha496]

中国人不喜欢送种因为送种和送终的发音很接近所以他们不喜欢收到种礼物。老师对吗？

[@alisumer9470]

Wo ye juede 3000 ge danci jihu enough

[@alisumer9470]

Very useful video, thank you 说说中文

[@ShuoshuoChinese]

wo xi huan ni shuohua de way！