Triangulation for polyglots (part one)

[@taino20]

I use this method all the time to maintain my various languages.

[@iberius9937]

Es usted alguien de familia Cubana que le apasonian los lenguajes?

[@sfcanola]

I'm enjoying learning Hebrew with the French Assimil course even though I have other excellent texts in English - I like the Assimil method and I keep my French up at the same time. It is really good having you back - you have a positive influence on many of us - I've even gotten my Russian books out to review now that you have created your own Russian channel. I hope you continue to find time to share your experiences with us. - Judd

[@dekaglossai]

Thank you so much for your comment! Good luck with Hebrew and Russian!

[@jeanenviedapprendre]

I remember watching Campbell's video on triangulation. I believe he borrowed the term from the GPS method of using multiple satellites to more precisely determine one's location. In the same way using multiple languages to understand one target language gives you a more accurate understanding of what the target language's structure and vocabulary are trying to convey. I've always been a huge fan of triangulation. After I've completed L'hébreu sans peine I'll search for Russian sources online to continue my work on Hebrew. I've practiced an odd boycott of English resources for everything but French, which was my first acquired language.

[@jhansen123]

A wonderful video as always. So glad I found your channel; thank you for producing such excellent content.

[@jackw.8439]

Validissimē mihi placent omnēs tuōs videōs recentēs! Ācriter videōs tuōs dē linguā Francā Germanāque opperior!

[@dekaglossai]

Gratias amice!

[@ruralsquirrel5158]

I have long used other languages to learn more languages. Once you learn a highly inflected, yet accessible language like German, you start to realize how vague and imprecise Modern English can be. I use a German-Russian/Russian-German dictionary set which is vastly superior to an English-Russian dictionary. For example, how do you translate "just" or "even" into Russian? German has separate words for all those nuances, which English cannot give you. There are also many striking parallels between the German and Russian system of prefixes which are lost to an English monoglot. This is just one example.

[@agersolt818]

As a native in Russian, I simultaneously check translations both in English and Russian

[@wouldntyouliketoknow8904]

music is too loud

[@satez416]

You can find Mike's original explanation about Triangulation method on my channel

[@dekaglossai]

Wow, thanks so much for the upload!

[@satez416]

You are welcome :) . Love your videos . Thought provoking and stimulating content. One of the best channels when it comes to Language Learning :)

[@illiiilli24601]

This is what I've pretty much done intuitively with Japanese, as a native English speaker and an intermediate speaker of Chinese. When I encounter a new word in Japanese, I look it up in the Chinese dictionary (both Mandarin and Cantonese) and see how it compares.

[@mcchang1032]

Seems you could also triangularize by reading about etymology in a modern language.

[@globaldonnica6814]

How does this differ from laddering or is it the same ?

[@dekaglossai]

I'm not familiar with laddering, but it seems similar.

[@johnbaptist7082]

I'm Greek and i use english to learn German and Japanese

[@mcchang1032]

Woah, "Deeper insight into Language with a capital L"!

[@PedroMachadoPT]

Distinction needed because English doesn’t distinguish between, and let me use Portuguese here, língua and linguagem.

[@MP-lv5vk]

Currently proficient only in English. Do you recommend learning two languages of interest in a triangulation approach? Maybe French and German can be coupled if I want to learn French.

[@ruralsquirrel5158]

I personally speak 5 languages very well and can read or understand another 10, for sure, so hopefully my insight is valid for you. I would recommend German and French as the first languages to learn. Both have vast amounts of materials to learn from, and their literary base is world-class. Also we have centuries of scientific and scholastic writings in both of those languages, including linguistic texts. German will help you comprehend inflected grammar, cases, and verb conjugations. French will be useful also for verb conjugations and the familiar vocabulary will make the transition easier for you in the polyglot world. I hope this helps. Personally, I have never found learning Latin or Ancient Greek as being of any use, unless you want to specialize in Ancient Languages. They are complex and will chew up a ton of your time, which could be better spent learning a language you can communicate to people with.

[@iberius9937]

Ubi est secundam partem, amīcē?

[@perrykatao]

I think Schliemann did this.