How to 'Think' in the Language You're Learning! 💡
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- Would you like to speak Korean without translating from your mother tongue, just like a native does? Then, start to think in Korean! In this video, Yeji gives you practical ways to think in Korean and shares her own tips about how to make it your habit!
0:00 Welcome!
2:08 [BEGINNER]
4:39 [INTERMEDIATE]
5:40 [ADVANCED]
6:46 Make it your habit!
8:45 Benefits?
9:57 Practice!
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i’m a non native english speaker and at this point i think more in english than in my native language
Same with me
Same
Same!
Same
Sameee
TTMIK teaches me not only Korean but how to learn in general. Thank you. 😊
Happy to help!
@@talktomeinkorean Hii....i m learning korean....but i m unable to tell difference between vowels,i don't know where which vowel should be used...please can you do a video on that,how we can tell difference...
@@SukhmanderSingh-dy2rx just continue to listening a lot, at time your ear would be able to recognize differences
For me they teaches me english to🙂🙂💔👍🏻
@@talktomeinkorean انا اتكلم الغة العربية ممكن أن تساعديني اريد تعلم الكوريةplis
So the "Me" in Talk to Me in Korean is really me. I should talk to myself in Korean
Yeah 😀
Ooh!!! Good eyes! I didn't even THINK of that!!!
Woah!!
대박!
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 🤣👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
I learnt english, japanese, and korean with this method. This method is not just improving my understanding of korean, but it also gives me confidence 👍
Cool. I'm learning Korean and French right now amd will tack on Japanese in May or June. Can't wait to try this method.
@@annamariereverie2920 omg same
@@annamariereverie2920 I am low intermediate in korean learning french.
Does it help you come up with the sentences without translating from English?
@@bl1ss544 definitely! 😁 In my case, I don't need to translate Indonesian (my native lang) to English or Japanese.
At first, the sentence in your head would be like: "난 water을 앉아서 drink하고 있다", and you will change those difficult words (water and drink in this case) into 물 and 마시고 있다. With more vocabs and grammar points at your disposal, it will occurs lesser.
a great video! as a beginner, to do this i have been making a habit of replacing my saying/thinking of common words with their 한국어 equivalent ( 네, 아니요, 감사합니다, 안녕, 뭐에요 ) all throughout the day so that when somebody asks me a something i just respond 네 맞아요 because it is what naturally comes to mind when i want to confirm what they said
Yes! That's the point of this video - you naturally say things in Korean after practicing thinking in Korean! 👏🏻
Yes! I'm confused, curious, shocked etc. I just naturally say "왜" that even the people around pick up that I'm questioning or wondering.
@@jessicacallender idk if it's simply a mistype (so if it is, ignore this) but if not I wanted to tell u it's spelled "왜" not "웨" I'm not trying to be nitpicky, just trying to help u out🤗🤗
@@Abby-pe2dc thanks very much, I normally forget which one since they sound the same and was wondering which one it was
@@Abby-pe2dc but it's 왜, they are right
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YOU GUYS ARE MORE AWESOME!!! 💜
@@talktomeinkorean OMG!!!!!! TTMIK REPLIEDD MEEEEE OMMGMGGG
@@whatever58Thank you so much for your comment & support 🥰
@@yejikim230 :)
@@yejikim230 ;):)
This was the clearest and most practical video I've ever seen explaining the thinking process in acquiring a new language. Well done!
Thank you so much!! 🥰 I tried to keep everything as practical as possible! So glad you actually find it clear and helpful! 😍
I agree
I'm advanced in listening skills but my speaking skills are soo beginner it's sad. 😔
I'm gonna try this.
Best of luck!
I'm in the same boat, definitely gonna try to improve my speaking skills to form more than just basic sentences in my head
@@AmyK27 I think I've seen you commenting on Korean learning videos a while back! If I am remembering correctly, congrats on continuing to stay motivated and becoming so good at listening!
@@catpoke9557 aww thank you! I'm trying 🥺🤭
Same I do translations for vlive and can watch without subtitles but ask me to speak and I’m mute I’ve been listening to Korean content (taking notes) and self studying for 5 years and never had anyone to speak or talk to in the language
Just shared this with my friend who's learning Spanish. These tips are useful across the board!
Thanks for sharing, Zele!! You're so true. You can use these tips for any language you're learning! 💡
Awesome! I hope your friend find the tips helpful 🥳👏🏻
when I was learning Spanish, I used to talk to myself in Spanish (describing the scenery, swearing at other drivers) while I communted to work, which is similar to what Yeji was describing, hehe
My first language is Spanish and I know that is quite difficult. Good luck! 👍
My first language is spanish too, i know your friend can do it, buena suerte a todos
I alwaysss speak to myself in korean before sleep like on bed. Like whatever topic i wanna say 😂 I kinda think it helps a lot too
🙌 Glad to know that you've already done it yourself! That's a very great routine 👏🏻
@@yejikim230 thank you for a very good lesson on this video too!
i imagine myself talk to kpop idols as friends and yah it does help a lot.
@@yangjeongin4053 yes! At the end of the day, imagine speaking with someone so that we speak ✨
I always talk to myself in korea. And I can tell you it definitely helps. Before sleeping, I after I brush my teeth and wash my face, I look at the mirror and say to myself “ 너무 예쁘다, 잘자😘” 😂😂
So sweet of you! 😍
I was starting to feel weird about having Korean conversations with myself every time I'm in the shower. But now I see that it's natural. Thanks Yeji and great job on the video!
I thought that I'm the only one that does this haha
wow. glad im not alone on this. Ah!! also good luck to anyone learning a language!!
I do it too when I'm in my room lol esp if I've been studying a lot or watching many korean videos. I naturally switch to it
I have three jobs, get home at like 9pm and I still managed to learn the language so if I can do it, You can do it two!
Too*
THANKSSS. You motivated meee! I will learn korean atleast by next year June! :)
I really love the editing of this video with the little bars and divisions at the bottom so we can easily go to the parts of the video we want to!
Glad you like them, Ashley! 😊
Yes!! Every CZcams channel needs to do this! 🙌🏿
I agree. I haven’t seen it in other videos but it’s such a useful addition. Full marks to the TTMIK team!!
I make up short stories starting with 5 verbs, a weekday, a color, and a favorite k-star. The funnier the better. I really look forward to this time as it grows in my imagination.
That's a great idea! 💡
This is a GREAT tip, too! Thanks for this.
Perfect video
I'm an intermediate and I'm so scared to start thinking in Korean because I might find out that I can't recall so many of the grammar principles I already learned :(
Don't be scared! I know it's discouraging to discover you've forgotten things, but the more you use it, the more you'll retain the principles you have learned. Learning a language is all about repetition in as many ways as you possibly can.
Same here but we can do this! Even if we forget some grammar or vocabs its good to us to remember it
I text my korean friend all the time in korean. I make spelling errors and grammar errors but she really doesnt mind. She is really happy that I try
As I'm korean teacher
If u want to talk with korean
Or want to ask in english some questions you have while u study korean
If u need more help
I will help you🧡
@@talktalkkorean5614 thank you so much for offering help. How can I contact you? 😊
Something I've been doing is translating a lyric a day from songs I listen to all the time. And look up vocabulary in the naver dictionary and any grammar points in that 1 lyric. Because I'm learning things in context and not just drilling long vocabulary lists, I remember them way more. And because song lyrics tend to have complex sentence structures with multiple clauses, I get exposed to more natural ways to express certain things. And I don't mean the topic of the songs, more how nouns, verbs, etc are connected together. Recognizing grammatical patterns helps me understand future text. Plus the fact that it's just 1 lyric a day makes it doable for me on a daily basis
edit: I've been doing this for two and a half months, and can now understand most grammar from songs. I'm continuing to do this to reinforce the usage. It's gotten a lot easier to understand imagery, metaphors, emotion, and overall expression. Also, I've realized with the naver dictionary that lyricists love playing with the multiple meanings of words. (example 그리다 most frequently means to draw/paint, but occasionally can also mean to imagine, so knowing all possible meanings helps a lot)
I remember Billy asked in Twitter what is the hardest part in learning Korean, and I said that, at the moment it is to speak what is in my mind comfortably because I still use my translating skill when speaking korean and end up getting confused even more and now here! Thank you, TTMIK! You always on time!
Thank you, Alliah! 😉
I’ve learned more Spanish than Korean and am working on improving my Korean. This video reminded me of something I used to do with my dad to help him learn a few basic words in Spanish. Every time we went to the grocery store I would say out loud the words I knew or I would say a short sentence. Eventually he would ask what I said; then he started to remember what the word or sentence meant. I’m proud to say he now knows a few words and phrases in Spanish now. So I’m applying this to Korean as I plan to put more energy towards learning more Korean.
That's great, Bria! Thanks for learning with us 😊
Another tip that helps you with learning Korean is that you can take your diary or get a diary and start writing Korean in it - About your day, how you're feeling or anything really. And a fun activity for advanced learners is pretend you're making a Korean CZcams video hahah. You can do this while cooking- talking about a recipe, doing your make up, Or if you're a crafty person, you can talk about the steps to making the craft
this is such a great idea, thank you for sharing it!!
@@riizevity you're welcome 🤗
Another great tip is instead of looking up a word and matching it to a word in your mother tongue, match it to a feeling. When you learn the word ‘사랑하다’ match it to the feeling of love and not the word love. Same with objects, when you learn the word ‘책상’ picture a desk and the feeling of using a desk and not just the English word for desk.
예지 선생님!!
안녕하세요!!!
Very good tips in this lesson, 고맙습니다! As a multilingual person myself I would add this tip: don’t be afraid of or embarrassed about making mistakes. Many people who strive to learn a new language end up being inhibited by this mindset, perhaps because of the ingrained idea that failure is somehow shameful. You have to let go of this mindset and accept the fact that making mistakes is part of the journey, just as it is with learning anything new. 😅
Thank you for sharing your tip :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH (KOREAN TEACHING TEAM) THANK YOU FOR TEACHING US WE ARE LUCKY THAT WE HAVE TEACHER'S LIKE YOU BE HAPPY ALL MEMBERS KEEP SMILING STAY HEALTHY. THANK YOU
We're lucky to have YOU guys! ❤️
@@talktomeinkorean THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS FOR REPLY
For the past 13 years, my source of entertainment has majorly made up of Korean content. I've learned the basics, etc., but never fully sat down to formally learn it. It's really interesting now that I've purchased TTMIK books and are sitting down and learning it I'm struggling with the thinking part. I would read something and understand and say it in Korean fine, but then when I pause and try to THINK about it, I get so much more confused. LOL It's very interesting doing this all "backwards."
I really enjoyed this! Korean is the 4th language I am learning and I can honestly say that translating never works when you are trying to become more fluent! In fact, I usually blank out when Italians ask me to translate in English, as I just speak it without thinking of my mother tongue anymore. Great advice 선생님
Thank you so much for the comment from your own experience! So happy you find this video helpful ❤️
When i go back and watch 100% ttmik live lessons, korean just sticks to me and i keep talking to myself in korean. But bc I'm inconsistent, I don't do that regularly, so i also tend to lose that habit :/
But i really like how ttmik encourages us to improve our korean in the simplest ways possible
감사합니다 선생님😭💜
I love how she puts her pause at the right moment and time unlike me I just say everything in a rush
I think this happens when I watch korean. I understand what they say without translating it on my mind.
Same but with English, you can translate everything in your mind without really thinking, most of the times I don't even take a second to understand, I hope I'll do the same with korean
This is super good help! I've known "thinking in the target language" to be one of the best ways, even THE best way to practice, but this video gives wonderful hints and methods. Thank you. A funny thing about my learning Korean: I'm a native English speaker, but know French and Spanish, and those words keep getting in the way!
i try to only speak to my niece in korean when i’m babysitting her. she’s only 3 months old but it’s helping me a lot and she ALWAYS smiles when i say 안영 to her.
@Olivia Mighty that’s the goal!
Hi...I am 13 years old..I learned Korean by ttmik now I am at level 10...thank u so much for teaching us the best way to learn Korean is learning by ttmik ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
안녕하세요!..저는 13 살이고요...가르쳐주셔서 정말 감사해요~~!^_^...Ttmik으로 한국어 배우는 게 너무 좋아요!!!!..(틀린 거 없으면 좋겠어요ㅠㅠ)
Wow
@@arulk4800 💜💜💜
@@life-ux5rx
안녕하세요 ~
I'm Korean
If you need any help to improve korean language or make korean friend
Let's be friend
I will help u🥰
If u dont mind u can come and leave message on my channel for me to help easily😊
김예지 씨, 감사합니다! :) I will try these methods. 이 method들 해 보곘어요
my french teacher (yes i'm learning french and korean at the same time leave me be)keeps telling us to "think in french" and i never quite knew what she meant. now i think i do
I'm learning Korean and French at the same time as well. I can't wait until I am fluent.
@@annamariereverie2920 me too omg
Bonne chance hahaha
Moi aussi!
I am English and you have really mastered the English language. I usually can notice when someone does not have English as their first language if they haven't grown up in an English speaking country. Never would have guessed with you at all. Kudos to your hard work.
Thank you!
Thankssss. It’s so hard in the beginning because our brains do it automatically. It slowly changes with practice
I thought I new more but turns out I'm between beginner and intermediate 😆 anyway.... I learn words by writing it down as well.... You'll see random sentences and words in my college notebooks and the on the side of my notes...😆💜but I love this channel.
@taeminsus 😆😆😆
Wow this blew my mind wide open! I am so grateful to you all for this video!
When I was learning English the way I made it a habit was doing while I was taking a shower. I would take a shower at the end of the day and I would try to imagine myself resuming my day to my friends in English. It was amazingly helpful. I'm trying doing the same with Korean but I don't have a big enough vocabulary yet, and I already have the habit of thinking in English in so many situations, when I try to consciously think in Korean, I would catch myself thinking in English without realizing when I changed language...
I love the time stamps on the bottom!! That is such a good, useful idea! You guys never disappoint. Thank you so much for making my language learning dreams possible!
I always use to wait for your videos!!
Thanks a lot TTMIK
I am proud to be " Talk-talk "💜!!
This was SOOOO helpful! will definetely be trying this!
I love the visual of the times taps at the bottom of the video! Helps me to understand the framework of the discussion/video!
Wow! This video is so helpful and has changed the way I'm approaching my learning!! I'm so glad you shared this! Thank you!!!
I ttied to do this for a few days and it boost my progress a ton!! Thank you so much for the tips ❤️
Thank you so much ttmik team's for teaching detailly about it 🤗
This is brilliant idea! Start with things around us. Thank you so much for this video.
I LOVE THE TTMIK TEAM!! forever grateful
Very helpful video! Yeji, you did really well presenting the information!
Immersion and learning words in context always helps me initially, but I think these tips will help keep the momentum going when learning and practicing.
This was super helpful, thank you so much!!! 🤗
This is just the issue I've been struggling with, lately. Thanks for these tips!
what a simple set of tips and delivered perfectly. also you're adorable.
Such a good good good video. Thank you so much TTMIK. This video is gold. Very practical and applicable for any language and so easy to practise. Thank you again.
This video is so helpful, I have never seen a video with better methods and advices. I'm very thankful for TTMIK!!!💜
We're very thankful of you guys!!! 😊
I really like when TTMIK gave this kind of tips of learning language. A few years ago I watched another video and followed their tips of writing a diary everyday when learning language. Thanks to that, my korean is really improved from only knowing basic statement like Thank You and Hello to I can watch korean movie/drama with korean subtitle (listening skill is still on progress) and seems like I’ll follow this tip too! Thank you very much!
Loves this!! Thanks for sharing the tips!
You really deserve a raise :D
This is so true! I do this all the time! It's actually really fun and it makes learning korean feel more 'real'.
Thank you SO MUCH for posting this! This is something that has been on my mind lately!
Glad it was helpful, Valerie! 😊
Super helpful thank you, I'll definitely be doing this
TTMIK is one of the most helpful channel
This channel can help me who wants to studying both english and korean language, thanks
This is great advice! Everyday I walk to work and try to describe what I see out loud in Korean. Sometimes it is just naming things and other times whole sentences about what is happening around me. It is really helpful and gets easier over time. I actually just got the book My Daily Routine in Korean. It is very cute and very useful with fun drawings and every routine situation you can think of. Thanks so much. TTMIK is a great resource for learning Korean. I enjoy all of your content very much🙂
Wow, I am going to apply this while studying TTMIK lessons, very helpful.
Thank you!
Great tips thanks. You chaps are always so positive and cheerful. Thinking in Korean is something I’ve been struggling with for ages, so saying it’s a marathon was very encouraging 🙏
Way to go! 파이팅입니다! 👏🏻
The best suggestions for language learning ever!!
Teacher is amazing!
Just your introduction inspired me to learn Korean more even no one speaks in my country but I am going to learn it!
an extremely useful video with a great tips! thank you. 감사합니다
Thank you very much for these advices! I'm also doing what the video says "stop translating but start thinking" its very helpful for me. I can speak korean without having a mental block while speaking it! I'd always talk to myself in korean unconciously too!
This video was so helpful! Thank you TTMIK!
I'm so glad!
I love 예지 선생님 so much! Always find her so precise and useful! Love all the TTMIK team :'))))
Aww thank you 😍 We love you guys too!!
This is really good! I always knew I had to think in the target language but couldn't think of how to start! Thank you so much
This is such a good advice, thank you so much!
Thank you for this, this type of thinking helped a lot for Japanese but time made me forget 😂 learning Korean in my late twenties is a hassle but fun
Thank you so much for this video! I've been struggling to work out how to think in Korean when I need to but wasn't sure how to. Thank you for explaining it so well and giving so many tips!
You got this, Ravena!
I'm glad CZcams recommend me this, because, I am definitely wanting to learn to "think" in the language I'm learning. Thanks😁
So helpful! Thank you!
This video is great. I have started thinking in Korean already, but not a lot so I will work on it more. Thank you.
Really simple and helpful 감사합니다
Amazing video! Thank you for the tips 🤍
I really really loved those tags you all used below the video. really innovative! wooow it goes along with the red line😄
Yay, thank you! Glad you like it 😊
This is so helpful! Thank you! Im inspired again 😊
I'm so glad!!!
Even though I had to pause actively learning korean this year (cos my work needed me to learn another language) watching TTMIK videos has still been so useful nonetheless
This was great, thank you!!
I have started my journey for learning korean with TTMIK till now that im a beginner-intermidiate level thabk you so much and i think i will start using this for about 30 minutes every morning cause that is when you are more focused. Again Thank you❤
I have noticed when I speak with a Korean accent in my mother's language English, that it helps my Korean pronunciation.
Very useful tips for those who are learning Korean. 감사합니다 !
aaah this was really helpful, i fall for this a lot with language, including korean
I am a beginner and I will startvusing these tips today! 감사합니다!
이 비디오 너무 유용해요! I’m going to start trying that from now on. (Don’t know how to say that yet.) 감사합니다 예지 선생님!
Thanks so much! These tips are really useful, I've been doing couple of them in order to start thinking in English - it's literally the fastest way to start thinking in your target language. And also thank you for a huge help in learning Korean! Love you❤❤❤
Fantastic! 💜
Thank you for the tips!
Journaling is a great idea for this purpose! Recipe-reading too. Nothing motivates me more than making food correctly
haven't watch this full video, but i click this because i already did this in english and korean. glad to know that this is one of the sign of improvement.
These are great tips! I will implement all of these tips in my Korean learning. I have great reading comprehension and have been working on my hearing comprehension. I feel that my conversational skills are lacking, so this will DEFINITELY help!
Hope you can benefit from our tips! 😊
Fantastic! Great advice!
That's brilliant! Thank you
This is really useful for also Korean language teacher for foreigners!!!😍😍😍 감사합니다!!
Wow, this is a great video! It actually had some super helpful tips for me! 감사합니다!
안녕하세요 ~
I'm Korean
If you need any help to improve korean language or make korean friend
Let's be friend
I will help u🥰
If u dont mind u can come and leave message on my channel for me to help easily😊
Loved the aesthetics of this video, it seemed very welcoming. I grabbed my morning cup of coffee and settled in. I also really like how you added the time stamps and had the different sections displayed on the screen. Although I am (low-)intermediate I watched the entire video, but it is nice I could have skipped ahead if I was short on time.
Onto the video itself, great tips. Especially the key that it is a "conscious" effort. But it will become natural overtime. I actually started to record a daily video diary every evening in Korean about a month ago. This has been really helpful in identifying missing vocabulary or grammar concepts for what I want to say, and learning how to talk around a concept I don't know how to express (yet!). It has also become a really integral part of my daily routine. I look forward to it as a way to get out my thoughts before I go to sleep.
As always, thank you TTMIK for another great video.
Thank you for that great video!