Why you still can't speak the language you study
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To speak another language, you need to be away from negative influences, learn the language thoroughly through immersion in order to increase your speaking potential, stay consistent and one other thing!
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Can you speak polish? Btw love your vids!
I remember when I was 18yo and I first told my parents I'm gonna learn Japanese. They both laughed at me and said (in french because I'm french) "I give you one week to give up". My brothers said "we both know you will never speak Japanese lol" At this time I just silently thought they are right.
But honestly, I was passionate about this language. And I didn't give up so easily.
Now I'm 23yo, my boyfriend is Japanese, I'm near to be fluent, and I'm leaving France next April for living in Japan.
That's the definition of : Work in silence and let your success speak lol.
Good luck everyone, sometimes even the people who should be the most supportive with you are not, and it's okay. The most important is to be passionate about your things!!
(it reminds me the song of Moondog "Do your thing"!)
I'm curious to hear what your parents and family said when they learned how much you knew!
it takes 5 years to be almost fluent in japanese? kinda discouraging that it take's so much time.
what are the first resources you would recommend for learning Japanese or any language for that matter
@@ambist5097 japanese101 is very very good
Please get out of Japan, it will be submerged underwater, if you can please leave
Can we all give a big applause for Ikenna for not only being the coolest Polyglot but also the biggest motivator?
he might be the coolest, but there is just one HYPERPOLYGLOT GIGACHAD ALPHAMALE
@@alexpalsater7983 ... just search it, itiod
Love this! I still think about some of the doubtful comments people made like a year ago whenever I get demotivated. That stuff really does stick, even if they have come around and become more supportive.
;)
For real. I feel like we need to realize how much impact our words can have on people and start adjusting what we say accordingly.
What you said about being fragile at early stages of language learning really hit me because it is true for a lot of things in life. When you try something new, people can easily discourage you because you yourself have doubts. It is best to stick to it until it starts working out before you start listening to what ppl have to say about it.
Yeah, u got it, fragility, that's serious
@AfroLinguo in my view, you don't have to listen people what say, do the things you love it, for instance if u want to learn Japanese do it right now don't waste your time, people don't care what u doing and they don't mind
I remember when my members know that I can speak fluent they shock, in addition some of them make a fun of me but I don't ,I keep going ?
As someone with no hearing in one ear and moderate loss in the other from birth, adhd, and an anxiety disorder, the world is already against my language learning. I have a hard time talking to people because I get anxious about my pronunciation, my speaking may be shit, but ive been learning for 7 months and I don't plan on giving up anytime soon, just taking it at my own pace
Dude u know it's okay if u speak is shit but keep going, u got this perhaps u process is low and doesn't the way you wanted but it's not quit , besides doesn't matter Ur pronunciation is awful honest people don't care 🙂
Stay strong. I'm dealing with some ears problems and I can't use earbuds for awhile. I spend months (close to a year) without using it. It's so painful.
Point #1 and #2 are so important, ive been learning korean for like 5 months and have met a few people who i can practice with. Just being told that your pronunciation is good, or that you're getting better gives more confidence and makes you want to keep going.
you're/you are getting better
Hi
I'm studying Korean too
Can I practice with you please? 🙏
@@immaculateugwoke383 네. 우리 연습 할 수 있어요
@@scubathemc9178😊 so how do we go about it from here?
@@immaculateugwoke383 혹시 여기 권잔아요?
I don't leave my house and I can't walk either. 🤣 You made me laugh so hard! Thanks! I hope you feel better. I started learning Spanish about the same time you did and I followed your advice and I'm now appoximately a B2 in Spanish. Thanks for the encouragement!
I want to start learning spanish
Please help me🥺🥺
it was a similar condition for me, just i had learnt french, now understanding most of content like news or youtube videos, i didnt take an test of any level but i think i am at B2-C1 in french when it comes to comprehension
I listen to Japanese CZcams videos and translate it into English like interpreters do. Maybe it works. I don't go out neither.
@@Arrait__ Ikenna has a whole set of videos about learning spanish. For me, I used CZcams, Netflix, Italki.. and occasionally duolingo just to play and to keep my streak so I knew how long I've been learning Spanish. I've also used Anki from time to time when I really needed to memorize something but it's boring so I don't use it all the time.
@@Charmirea i find watching like childhood shows / old favs that u vaguely remember storylines of in spanish, no subtitles. So ur not completely lost and u can pick up various phrases / bits n pieces
Not wrong in the least with third-party sabotage. I have my college teacher discouraging me from learning Mandarin because of videos like ‘Language: Crash Course Psychology #16’ emphasizing difficulty of recognizing phoneme subtlety in other languages because of her personal bias towards my family court case. People can be downright rancid when they want to be
I feel like it is just the worst thing ever, when you have a teacher who is straight up discouraging you. I had a teacher like that too, who I opened up to about my goals and he just straight up made me feel like I was crazy to even dream about them.
Dear Ikenna, I rarely post comments but oh man you deserve it, I’ve been following your channel for quite a while now, it all started with my journey to learn German and boy oh boy your videos really are something! Love the effort you put on them, your experience is priceless and overall the image you give us is so chill that I enjoy your videos for a long time, I am so sorry for your health, felt bad for myself knowing that someone so positive and awesome/active like you is in your situation, but hey, all that aside and the light you shined spreading motivation is enough to make many remember who Ikenna is, real real thank you and big support from Portugal, may your legacy be legendary
My brother! I pray that not only will you change the world with some kind of language app that you develop but that you will be revived 100% with your health situation by the grace of God! God bless you & your mission & don’t ever stop what you are doing my bro!! 🙏 💯
I got motivation to learn Ukrainian since my mom signed up for them to live in our house for how long they want too. This is a great way and motivation i think for me to be able to learn the language :D
Oh yes that’s great. How is it going?
Youre such an inspiration for me Ikenna! I’m finally studying Spanish and enjoying my time learning because of you! Thank you and keep it up! 💪
¡ahhh! ¡Yo tambien! Me gusta mirar 'Hora de Aventura' , no subtitulos -- programa favorito de la infancia. 100% recommend
Thank you for being with us!
Really, I’ve been learning language at school for 10 years without any happy emotions. Now I begin from scratch my linguistic travel with fun. Thanks to you. You give me an inspiration 🌚🌝🪐
what language!?
@@lucymilligann English 😳🥑
@@shimadakaz2591 sorry lol meant what language you are native with.
@@lucymilligann aww I’m Ukrainian 🔮✨
Enjoyed it and thanks for the continous language tip videos! Can't wait for the app too 😊👍🙏
i literally cannot wait for your app aaahhhhh
love your vids man
waiting for your app and good luck with it!
Love the video man, you never fail to be an inspiration to all of us ✌🏼
True words thanks for this video. I hope you get well soon :(. It's inspiring to see that you keep a positive mindset!
i deadass luv ikenna bro
I think you just unlocked a level in my brain. I’m currently learning Hindi from my friends but learning the grammar is quite difficult, I’m gonna take your advice and look into reading manga and watching movies in the language I want to speak.
I'm trying to speak Chinese three days ago and this helps me know which way my learning is going to take
Lets learn together ❤
Hello! I am making a lot of progress in my Chinese, and I already know how to say basic things such as "I want a coffee" or "how much does it cost" or "Thank you" or "Goodbye" I can also introduce myself in Chinese and say my interests or hobbies in this language. The numbers and stuff. And this in only five days!
@@danicasoap4995 ^
Don’t be discouraged by people saying it’s a really hard language. This is isn’t personal experience but it isn’t as hard as people say it is. At least they emphasize the wrong things imo
Nice vid, thank u!
Ikenna! You have helped me a ton with language learning and helped me realise what my hobby is, learning languages. I am currently learning Japanese and watching your videos makes me feel so hyped to learn💕 Thank you so much, cheers from Iceland
Currently studying German, good thing I have 3 good friends that fluently speak it lmao, and encourage me to keep learning
For me as a native german speaker, i learnt french, now learning japanese, the nice thing is that japanese has a similar sentence structure like turkish which is also my motherlanguage
Oh cool. as a german: gl :3
@@windjager2177 stark bruder bin wenigstens nicht der einzige deutschsprachige hier
I've been watching quite a bit of your videos now, I'd totally be down to get onto your learning app
Your videos motivate me a lot man. Thank you for being so dedicated and willing to share your knowledge with the community.
Българин ли си?
Love your vids
Merci Beaucoup Ikenna
I lost motivation for learning Gaeilge (Irish) a few weeks ago, and this video resparked my interest, I'm going to try and do it again, I was only using duolingo which was probably the problem, thanks so much for this, can't wait for your app
You are my mentor. I started learning Japanese 6 months ago besides college study. Now I am quite good at it. But I haven't spoken yet. Now I started reading manga and Repeating Pimsleur lessons.
Get well ikenna speedy recovery
Danke Ikenna
I am mostly introverted but, I was reading that people who are introverted when there are to many people and things going on it just overstimulates the senses.
Hi Ikenna! Not to be weird, but I had a dream that your app was on the Oculus App Store so the whole thing was in VR lol. It was really cool, we were in space and I guess we had some weird lightsaber battle over vocab or something I can't really remember. But yeah, thanks for all the helpful tips! Really looking forward to the app!
The immersive method is so powerful
Hahaha! This was a nice video! The jokes were on point lol
Praying for your recovery
It’s time to be a big boy and actually immerse myself into Japanese, it’s been a year and I can hold a steady convo, but during the convo I probably can’t express myself that much. Thanks bro
The VR switching is cool imo
Omg, I relate so much. I also barely leave the house. I don't like most people and have social anxiety. Thanks for the tips!
It’s so true about the negative influences. I had 2 Spanish professors stunt my Spanish speaking skills, but I can understand up until a certain point. I used to be fluent speaking it and now I wish I hadn’t let them take my shine. I’m learning Korean (have been for 10 years) on and off and my problem is staying consistent and finding time to practice. I understand most of what is being said and I watched a K-drama before realizing I didn’t have the subs on, but my speaking skills aren’t there.
I'm a literal genius and academically language learning is the hardest thing I've ever done, but as you start learning it gets easier and easier. Its 100% repetition
Since im from indonesia ive been trying to learn mandarin language
How about your english?, Do you speak it well?
nice one
The best motivation :V
My mom tried to tell me to study French instead of Spanish. After studying up on French and the grammar, I made the choice to study both. My mom found it humorous and just said that I bested her
Can't wait for you to learn Norwegian one day 😁Lykke til!
cool!
since i'm still a student, i get discouraged every day by my peers. They'll make fun of you for attempting to learn a language other than Spanish (I'm in an area where that's the only other language that's "useful" to know). However, despite the harsh words they throw my way, I try my best to ignore them and keep working. It's quite funny considering that sometime in the future, they'll see themselves and where I'm at. Since Japanese is VERY, VERY hated where i am, I found it super hard to focus when people made fun of me for it. I'm doing what I enjoy, and what I'm happy with, so no matter what ANYONE SAYS, I'll keep working. I want you to also keep working and trying your best no matter what because, at the end of the day, who's winning? Because the one spending their time mocking you, and making fun of you for learning a language is getting nothing out of it. If you keep working while they're busy mocking, you can show them that nothing can stop you! now, you GOT this, and just remember, there's an entire COMMUNITY of people out there that speak that language, and just imagine all the food you can eat, all the culture you can experience, the friends you could make. It's worth it. I'm sure it is. :)
Make a vid about learing grammer in a fun way plz!! :)
My adhd sadly makes it difficult I genuinely wish I didn’t have it, I’d be so much easier to learn
I love your gently geeky humour. Kind of like Khatzumoto's humour, but less agressive.
BUT ppl are really inportand and can help you so mutch while learing a new language
Wassup 👑KING👑
i struggle so badly with finding vocab for tagalog and I do so much better when I can look back at & read the words over again does anyone know where I can find a bunch of words for tagalog or any language
I’d like to learn Tagalog one day too. Thanks for commenting this! I hope people have resources because I haven’t found many.
I learned Spanish in just 5 months in a fluent level I enjoyed the proccess.
how
I've seen alot of things that say to listen and read the stuff is one of the most effective and to a certian extent that makes alot of sense to me. i have learned alot of korean words, i know alittle bit of how the grammar works and can read hangul but i have been listening to kpop, watching kdrama and korean reality shoes since i was 5. Even with the little korean i know i still can only understand a few words when i read and can't follow along to natural conversations as well as i'd like. i want to know how to get to that level that you can generally follow a conversation or a book in that language. because just listening and reading isn't helping me enough.
something that im doing is because im not a native chinese speaker,i treat myself as such.i looked up chinese children books,worksheets,nursery rymes and videos so i can start easy and work my way up.its helped so far and i watch peppa pig in chinese with pinyin at the bottom.i also like music in different languages so thats no issue for me.the only tough thing is the consistent.
1:47 PLEASEE YOU HAD THE PERFECT MOMENT TO SAY SOMWTING IN JAPANESE THERE
I think what you said is true because 2 year ago I can't even speak English. Just because I watched to many English video like vr chat yt video and reaction video and playing games make me want to know the meaning
This reminds me of some vid i watched some months ago. Prolly just my brain mixing ur vids or whatever 🐧
Hello everybody I'm currently studying Chinese rn in school wish me luck 😁👍
GL
Good Luck
I am learning French. I am watching a series on Netflix called “Family Business” they speak French. I love watching it
I have a weird wiring because every time someone tells me I can't I get this fire in me to just prove that I can... not to them but to myself. When I got my first puppy people told me "you can't expect a small dog to be as well behaved as a big dog" and in 3 years I had the most well behaved dog in the entire area. When people tell me I should learn something easier and more useful like Spanish or French it just makes me defiant. The people that know me the best just says "if anyone can do it it's you because you're the most strong willed person I know." I love thats how my friends see me. Goal driven and an achiever. ❤
With the first point, I've told many people that I'm learning Japanese and the vast majority of them have been very supportive. It has even influenced my mom and one of my friends to start on their own language learning journey. So I'd say take that piece of advice with a grain of salt, personally.
Would be cool if you did some your videos in the other languages you speak instead of just English. It would motivate others more.
What would you recommend for someone that’s lacking free time to really immerse themselves? I’ve been learning mandarin for 5-6 months but I feel as if I am moving at a snails pace. There’s not really anyone irl to practice with, and when I join discord calls conversations quickly go beyond my comprehension.
I will follow the dopamine current
I found a common soaniah textbook/workbook and I made it fun with the story questions. I could add in detail and say whatever I want. I thought it was quite funny.
The most important thing to do before speaking to people is speaking to yourself, i spoke to myself for 5 months and after i went on omegle and was able to have full conversations with no difficulties
1) Trusting people telling you you can't lean a language.
2) Bad study Methods, not using immersion.
3) Going against the Dopamine current & not being consistent.
My Asian-self when he said the food analogy : Just switch the chicken with the rice. Rice is not a side dish, it's the main dish.
The first thing that came to my mind on the first problem I have no friends
I started learning Japanese last month
I could listen to my favourite band's different languaged song (that they do have english versions of)
Is reading a book in your targed language while not understanding most of what you read still helpfull ??
Yes, use a dictionary occasionally and learn new words
It’ll get easier over time
No, get the most important words of the language out of the way. There are many options and what you pick isn't that important as most core decks (most common words in the language) share many similarities, but you should pay attention to two things:
1. No more than a few thousand cards. It is critical to not spend too much time on core decks and move on to mining (explained in detail on this site). That is not happening any time soon if you are doing Core30k.
2. Cards should be voiced. Make no mistake; you are still mostly incapable of correctly perceiving said language sounds and only thousands of hours of auditory input will fix that. A core deck with audio by natives in said language is a good way to start.
2:00 The caos behind is just..
Duolingo have updated their app for hiragana and katakana and reminds me a lot like anki in its delivery - what do you think?
Hey, i bought assimil course but i confused about "how to use it" please help me out about this.
Is the app you're working on going to be free, subscription-based, or a one-time purchase?
Being consistent is definitely my problem. I start with 1-2h, 3-4 times a week, then 1h 2 times, etc.. and eventually I just stop doing it. I need to work on myself. >
Hi Ikenna. Quick question: can you speak IGBO. If no, do you intend to learn it one day?
my guy I haven't spoken to anyone in person other than family for months that and I have social anxiety so its harder to actually socialize
What’s up Broski 🦋..
I totally agree dude. This is part of the main reason why I've pardoned, downgraded, or excused several "friends" from my life's path. #OmitNeysayers #CtlAltDelNeysayers #ForGiveMeUniverseForNotBeingSorryForTakenAction
Can you explain to us how did you animated your self in the video please .and love you sir 🥰
Felt attacked with that "2000 years" lolololol
I learn anywhere from 1 to 4 hours a day. I use several apps. I also read a story and watch a video each day. About how much of that time should I devote to reading and video watching daily? Are there any tips for ratio of time I should use for that vs apps?
i try to at least get a book in a month, i usually do 30-40 minutes of reading minimum
first off, he's rocking the avatar I use a lot, second yes, I guess I just need to dive in I think it'd be neat to learn another language, but I just keep hesitating
Will norwegian be in your app?
me seeing rimuru : *instantly get on my knees*
waiting for orders master.
Would something as simple as switching my video game language to Spanish help even if I barely understand it?
I feel like I don't understand how to properly do immersion. I tried learning a language for nearly 2 years, and got no where, and I did listen to podcasts, watched videos and movies, all in the language. It felt useless though because I felt like after a while I just stopped paying attention since I couldn't understand what was being said. Like is there any benefit to just passively listening to a language you don't understand, and if not, how do you actively listen when you don't understand what's being said?
I remember my aunt saying "why are you learning Japanese? Spanish is more useful." It hurt a lot
Respect for the Philip K. Dick shoutout
1. My folks are kinda supportive, though sometimes my brother tells me that Korean is better than Indonesian. There's almost nobody discouraging me. They're used to my sudden urges to study a language out of nowhere.
2. Immersion...well, Indonesian doesn't have much sources to immerse in (same for Malay). Netflix has too few movies/shows available at my location. I'm trying nonetheless.
3. I am not really sure what gets my dopamine going. Unlike many other people learning in a classroom is not boring for me. But courses for Indonesian...nonexistent where I'm at and I'll have to stick with the apps I have. So far so good.
If it's not rude or too personal, will you be able to walk again? Is this situation just temporary and will end after treatment? I really wish so, all the best.
To boost ur immersion have u checked indonesian pod 101? Thats the only Indonesian resource i can think of
Is changing the language on your phone worth it as a beginner? I go back and forth on this cause then I will take too much time figuring out what everything says on my phone
Yes. It’s tedious and sometimes annoying at first, but it pays off big time when you are on the other side. Don’t feel bad about looking the same stuff up over and over again, you will remember it after enough times. Good luck.
I’d say that if you’re a complete beginner, learn how to read the script first and have some basic to intermediate vocabulary before having your phone in that language. I found that it really does help in immersion, but it could be too overwhelming for a beginner to dive in to immediately.
It didn't work to me. Reading with translation and trying to speak is better.
Talking to yourself in your target language is OK if you didn't have someone to talk to.