how i *successfully* learn multiple languages at once
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 2. 01. 2021
- here's a long-awaited video-- these are the tips and considerations that have helped me most while studying multiple languages at once. mindfulness and introspection is the core of success in language learning, so i hope that i was helpful in explaining it! leave me a comment telling me what languages you're studying right now đ€
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Hellooo! My name is Elysse, Iâm from the USA and I study digital media production. I have an undying passion for language learning and all the beautiful experiences it has brought into my life â„ïž I hope you enjoy my videos about my journey in language learning, as well as diaries about my travels and life as a curious tree-climber.
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How old are you?:
20 years old
What languages do you speak/sign?:
English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, American Sign Language, and now Mandarin Chinese (all at varying levels!)
Where do you live?:
The United States, in the south.
#polyglottips #languages #multilingual
I personally think that learning 2 langs at the same time can help me enjoy more language learning. Some few months ago I was like "iM gONna LeaRn sPAniSh"
And as I progress I notice that I was getting bored of the process but then I invited a new language, Japanese and it gave my learning experience more fun
right! i feel so much more refreshed because i recently switched too.
I feel like Im at a similar stage with my Spanish. Gotta add something fun :D
@@kinga6606 What did you add and how is your language learning journey now? :)
@@Aethelhadas Still doing Spanish only. I'm a bit scared to add another language so early. Im worried they might get mixed up. Can't decide XD
The same feeling đ
Her saying she talks rlly fast at the end, & me watching it on 2X speed and understanding everything= big brain.
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same i basically watch everything in 2X
Haha same.
I love finding other people who maximize their time bt watching 2x speed lol
i m learning Japanese, Spanish, French, Italian and Korea at the same time. at the end of this year, I will come back to give my update. see you then, if you are interested
Sure!
Iâm also learning all the languages youâre learning too đ
I'm learning italian too âđŒ
Good luck! ( ^Ï^ )
Hey if you would like to practise your French I'm a native !
If the languages are very different and you're at different stages then it's a lot more manageable to learn multiple languages.
Your positivity in the first 10 seconds of the video is the energy I wanna have in 2021 HAHAHAHA
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YES
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#facts.
Hahahahaha yesss
Learning a language is not hard. It just takes time. You must be willing and never give up. Most important of all you must be patient. Good luck y'all :3!
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I literally say this to MYSELF everyday! y lo creo que!
And also not to be afraid of making mistakes
Elysse: YES YOU CAN!
me: *leaning back* okay, okaaay, now I believe that!
ahaahhhajbsjs if you get 3D glasses i'll jump out of the screen
I just found and your channel and I am obsessedđ„ș your TALENT and energy are so inspiring
I love your videos. You are so talented.đđđ
Anna lenks!!!! Yeeeeahhh ella es muy talentosa! đ (por cierto tambiĂ©n me encantan tus videos!!)
you both are my two fav youtubers, so happy to see you interacting with herđ„ș
I came to her after watching your vlog haha> no one asked but am learning British +American accent, Italian + Korean+ Japanese
OMG i never saw this comment i'm a villain.. i've watched all your videos backwards and forwards
I loved how you stopped just to explain what backburner means, girl that's the kind of language awareness we wantttttt haha
also forgetting a word of your own language because it's all a little mixed up, so relatable
I know, I was a little proud of that too đ
Ă BR laura Cristina?
@@danielluiz8127 sim :)
Adet it to my flash cards rieght away
I want to learn both Korean and French at the same time, but it's hard because of school I barely have time to do anything aside from house chores, but I this year I'm gonna do my best to study both
oof yes it can be so difficult. I'm currently enjoying all the motivation I have from my winter break, let's pray I keep it. good luck!
same haha. i already study french but i want to start korean soooo bad. hopefully we'll work it out!
@@manoela7373 Korean is hard hehhe but don't let that discourage you, I recommend to start Korean and focus on it until you can get familiar with it and study it along with French
@@crunchysodasmr thanks for the advice đ
I'm studying French and I'm debating studying Korean or Japanese
Hi! Iâm currently learning 5 languages at the same time (literally): French, Italian, Romanian, Catalan, and Portuguese. I already am a native speaker of Spanish so itâs very easy for me to understand most of these. For me the easiest ones are Portuguese because itâs just Spanish but slightly different, and Romanian since itâs the one with the most difference between all 6. I donât get any word confused somehow, but some are slightly harder than the others. I wish well on your journey! Bonne journĂ©e/Bonne nuit, ami!
Heyy 6 months later how has it been for you? Update?
Romanian is very close to italian
ÂżDe dĂłnde sos, amigo? đŻ
Como estĂĄ sendo portuguĂȘs? Sou do Brasil đ©·đ§đ·
I wonder if you like the romantic languages
2:05 I totally agree with you. I commented on your last video about me learning German and Spanish simultaneously from zero in 2018 and how it didn't work out for me so I dropped Spanish. After spending 2 years in learning German alone, I recently started learning French. Learning the two languages is now much much easier after progressing with the earlier language (German). Vielen Dank fĂŒr das tolle Video.
I think when you first start a language you should just focus on that particular one until you can mix another one in, cause you are familiar with it
It definitely is easier to learn a two languages, when they are not at the same level. Es freut mich, dass du es geschafft hast, Deutsch zu lernen. Warum hast du denn Deutsch gelernt?
âMuch thanks for the (something) Videoâ I think idk my German is like 4 months old
@@nitricfox7895it means âThank you very much for the great videoâ
Ive studied Spanish and Portuguese at the same time. Its hard at first, but eventually you learn to separate them. I think in the long run its better off done that way because now I can completely separate them UNLESS I hear the other spoken. Like if I am listening to Spanish music, I am going to end up speaking Portuñol if I try to speak Portuguese and vice versa.
Even native speakers struggle to separate them... I'd imagine it'd be extremely difficult to learn them both at the same time. In Brazil very few people can actually speak (proper) Spanish because it takes a lot of dedication to make your brain understand that Portuguese and Spanish are separate languages
They're very similar languages, so I guess you found it easier to study them together. Portuguese is my native language, and while I've never studied Spanish, I can understand them quite easily đ
I could not seriously learn two languages from the same family at the same time. I remember when I first started studying French and Arabic at the same time a couple years ago, people thought I was crazy! In reality the two are so different that it was actually fairly easy to switch my brain from studying one to the other. Even now, my top languages are French, Arabic, and Indonesian--all very different! Though I'm dabbling in Spanish and Italian as well, I'm being careful not to focus too much on them so I don't get confused, haha!
Wow! French and Arabic are a power combo too because they'll equip you quite nicely to travel to northern Africa if you want to :) My sister and I went to Morocco in 2019 (I speak French and she speaks Arabic) and although the Moroccan dialect is crazy we were unstoppable! With regard to your other langs, it sounds like a great lineup. Good luck :)
@@elyssespeaks That sounds like such a fun trip! Yes, I've always wanted to go to northern Africa. I hope to travel there someday! and thank you :)
hey selah, are you an Indonesian?
Hi ! Iâm a French girl and I try to improve my English in talking with native speakers so maybe we can help the other in talking together if u want đ
I envy you because I love Arabic poetry and writers and I am trying to learn Arabic but itâs so hard Lmao.
NO WAY Elysse I literally cut out the newborn baby analogy with languages out of a video the other day, I view it the exact same way haha
I definitely have found for me the "don't learn 2 languages from the same family at once" advice doesn't apply so much, I found doing Spanish and Italian at once really helpful for both, but I can also understand how the similarities and connections that I found helped me improve both could cause others to mix them up... I really feel like (like anything in language learning) it's all a process to play around with and find what works best for each person individually as opposed to something that has a blanket answer. Same with how I like to have multiple languages per day in my life as I aim to have them as integrated into my life and a part of me as possible and when I've ignored languages for a while I find my confidence lost in those and just unhappy I've been apart from them.
Overall I definitely don't think learning multiple at the same time is as scary as it's often made out to be, especially when you're in a position where some of the languages are in your life at school/work/in your relationship. A lot of it is just like in school itself, studying multiple subjects likely didn't set any of us too far back and in many cases probably assisted in the others, so why can't that apply to our learning outside of school?
Then again this is all coming from someone who decided to do 2 degrees and 2 minors, so clearly I'm someone that likes to have a lot going on lol
Love the video as always
Thatâs so true, I guess not all incorporation of languages is always âstudyingâ. I watch media in Spanish everyday, same with German sometimes, but Iâm currently on Portuguese!! I guess I just mean I donât personally like mixing active study like drills and note taking and lessons.
Thereâs an interesting point too, cause I often see so much overlap of principles between my majors and minors, so itâs cool to recognize stuff from other languages. I just wish they would stay in their own lane. And thank you chica!!!
You're so inspiring! I come back to your channel whenever I feel burnt out and demotivated to continue learning.
Happy new year! đ
Aww so sweet! I'm glad I can be of help, I wish you lots of focus and luck. Happy new year bb watermelon slice :)
This was a really good video and a theme I actually wanted to talk briefly about. đđŸđđŸđđŸ
Of course you CAN learn that many languages at the same time. But you will spread your self too thin. Fluency takes so many years to achieve. Dividing your time up across different languages only makes that process wayyyy longer. Iâm not trying to put down anyone who wants to learn multiple languages at the same time. But you need to be realistic. Learning just one languages is a huge feat to accomplish.
Just remember Elysse (i believe) is studying a language based course at university so she naturally has a lot more time to focus on languages than say someone who has a full time job orare in high school. On top of that Elysse is clearly extremely talented and shes clearly hardwired be able to pick this kind of thing up a lot easier than most people. Dont get me wrong she clearly works harder than probably most of us as well, but I guess for her it doesnt feel like shes having to spread herself thin, even tho we would feel like we were
I appreciate this comment, but I don't hold what I say to be the ultimate truth of course. It all depends on what works for you. I don't think I would ever balance more than three at a time, from what I know about myself. If your priority is to learn a language as fast as you can, of course more attention is going to make you more successful! Thank you for your insight
Hi Max-- I study digital media at school, but I do have 2 minors in Spanish & American Sign Language! Therefore like I said in the video I do get a lot of language exposure just from school. And hey, I don't want you to think that my success in language learning is something you have to be 'hardwired' with-- I work just as diligently as any language learner. I might be good at memorization, but the rest comes from discipline! I just don't want anyone to think it's unattainable to be multilingual or that it's something genetic
@@elyssespeaks my mistake! I knew you had done some language courses so i just assumed. And i completely agree with that. Like i said, you clearly work extremely hard and youve inspired me to work as hard as i can in learning german, i attribute a large amount of my success to your videos. I was just trying to point out you had an advantage to most people, thats not anything derogatory at all
@@maxketley681 hey thatâs cool that your are learning German! I am too! If you are in to cooking/baking check out âSallyâs Weltâ here on YT. All her videos have CC as well.
This was really really helpful and such a great video in general. Wirklich vielen vielen Dank dafĂŒr!
Nice video! I learned English and French at the same time and it worked perfectly, in many cases both languages helped me to understand better linguistic aspects from each of them.
Wow,,,6 languages for 2021đ, i hope i can study at least one language this year đ
The sky is the limit!! cmon
Elysse you are literally the coolest person ever I hope you know that. Your Brazilian podcast is a lifesaver and your CZcams channel is a chefâs kiss
đđ I donât deserve such adoration!! Thanks so much for enjoying what I put out :)
Whats her podcast? Im tryna start learning portuguese
@@javisantana1 ao seu ritmo: learn brazilian Portuguese through music
I really like how you go straight to the point in your videos and that you keep it real. A lot of people just want to show off to get views!! Great job Elyssinha!
donât get me wrong, iâll take all the views i can get... iâm gonna start clickbaiting now ansjddjf obrigada Sam!!
@@elyssespeaks KKKKK
What makes learning my 4 languages at the same time (French,Italian,Spanish and French) easier,is that I have persons in my life who I speak to everyday that speaks those languages natively. I practice with them everyday, and they also provide their assistance and correct my mistakes. So just evaluate yourself and decide the best approach.
French and French?
whoa that's nice!
How did u find that persons???
I've already watched a few videos on this topic but I felt like I got a new perspective from this one :) also I appreciate that you don't assume everyone watching is a native speaker of English
Trabajar como tutora de inglés me ha hecho mil veces mås consciente de nuestras expresiones y cuåles son menos comunes jajaja, me alegra saber que te gustó
For 2021, I am learning two dead languages at the same time. Greek and Latin. For the two languages I decided to spend three days a week on Greek and two on Latin because I already have knowledge in Latin.
As for modern languages, I am trying to become more accustomed to using subjunctive in French, the present perfect in Spanish along with eventually learning it's subjunctive, and I am also starting to learn Hindi.
One thing that I have learned, in regards to learning other languages is to make sure each language you are studying is at a different level than another. As well as, separating the acquisition of each language by changing your writing style. Such as when learning French, I write in cursive. Where as in German, I nearly always write in print.
It's nice to have such specific goals and tasks in each language. and that's such an interesting point about writing style, it makes me wish I could write in cursive and try it out!
Thank you very much, I was one of those who requested the video.
I have B2, in English, and I have started studying German. I am planning to study Scandinavian languages later on, and will be studying Latin as well.
Your video helped me to create the right strategy for me.
Thank you very much.
perfect!! iâm very glad to help you Omar
That first explanation makes so much sense about the different families! In HS I took german and spanish at the same time and mixed words up on occaision and overall it made it difficult. But lately I've been learning Russian and started back up on German, and I don't get them mixed up anywhere near as often except sometimes I might say da instead of ja but that's no big deal to me. The other tips in this video are also really good and make me a lot more confident about steamrolling my way to being polylingual.
Great video! Blocking out time may be more effective, and it might work for some people, but I can never bring myself to do day-by-day switch-ups. I'm more of a "do what I want when I feel like it" kind of learner lol, so hardcore planning doesn't usually work for me. I can do longer periods of "focus" in one language versus another. This month, for example, I'm going to try and focus on my beginner-level Japanese (with my high-level Korean in the background when I feel like doing something else) before switching over to intermediate Chinese (with Korean still in the background). But in general, I just go with the flow. :)
True, I did that lax kind of approach last year for the last 6 months and I feel like I just wasn't good at holding myself accountable. It's good that you've found your shtick though, good luck!
That baby analogy you used for learning new languages was perfect. I wish you the best of luck this year on your holy quest. I look forward to seeing everything you do in 2021; I've got season tickets to the whole thing haha. Inspiring as always.
Hahaha iâm glad you resonated with it! And thank you so much, it means a lot. Good luck with your langs too!
Thanks for giving me the motivation I needđ
I'm so happy that you posted a new video bc I binge-watched your channel and now I have NOTHING left to watch
queen NO i promise iâll keep it up then
I actually heard that itâs pretty smart to learn multiple languages because once you get past a certain stage youâll be able to compare and contrast them. I am âlearningâ 8 languages too: French, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Chinese Mandarin, Portuguese, and Arabic. I have more experience with French and Spanish since Iâve been learning them longer. Naturally, some language skills are stronger than others but Iâm good with Hangul and Japanese Kana. I know with most of them I will never be fluent but itâs still fun to learn. With the Romance languages I am learning I love being able to have a general idea of what something means because Iâm already fluent with French and Spanish. I see Chinese Mandarin and Arabic as more brain exercises because they are the most challenging to me. Italian and Portuguese I just kind of threw in because I was getting bored with French and Spanish so I wanted the whole set lol. I watch a ton of East Asian films and TV shows so learning Korean and Japanese was just an added bonus. Even if I am not strong in them, I know what people are talking about without subtitles so to me thatâs an accomplishment.
I say all that to say, people learn differently and not everyoneâs language goals are the same. If you want to learn 20 languages just because you feel like it then I say go for it. Obviously if you have plans to do something like relocate to a country that speak certain languages then your priority should be spent on that.
I've been studying German for 3 years and I LOVE the language i literally do it for fun. I've been wanting to learn Japanese for a long time. I'm starting by just memorizing hiragana and takana to set a solid foundation
the first two has been so important to me throughout my language learning journey, I've been studying french for about 1 year and a half and a couple of weeks ago I started with german, they're from different roots so I won't mix them up and also I gave enough time to be comfortable with my french level before going into a new language
Been very helpful! Noted and all. Thanks!!!
Cool idea, I was dabbling in French and started to really enjoy watching French twitch streamers where as with my German, i'm still studying using Busuu and passed my A1 test the other day! I agree using different routines/resources is the way forward! Great video!
Perfect example, Iâm so happy to hear you got a good balance đ
Hey Nice Channel!
I speak Portuguese, English and Spanish and last week I started to study French and Italian.
I hope to take some tips here with you! Success!!
Excellent message Elysse... I seem to get motivation for continuing with beginner Hebrew on Duolingo by swapping to easier languages - Hebrew is hard and Duolingo drills can be boring so that I often need to take a break, either by using the Drops free app for spoonfeeding in the Hebrew or Duolingo Portuguese etc
i studying german (main) and korean (little by little, lots of immersion!) atm, and im soooooo excited to build those up to a strong enough level to move on to portuguese, thai, or polish. i dont know which one yet, but the fact that there's a whole entire world of languages out there is highkey AMAZING to me
I recently discovered your channel and I love itttt, love from Italy âšđ
Hi Kristi!! That means so much, thank you :)
no problem đ„°đ„°
Gonna try German and Russian from february! (I have a german exam in a couple of weeks, drĂŒcke die Daumen fĂŒr mich!)
Fingers crossed for ya!
I am a Russian, and I have started learning German lately. Surprisingly, German grammar seems more closer to Russian grammar than to English
If you ever wanna talk to a German native speaker, I'd be happy to help :)
@@Carla-ou2yb I think it would be great, to help each other learn languages. I would be happy to help you or anyone else with Russian either.
Personally I believe, speaking with natives is only good when you have at least reached A1.
Du kannst das. Welches Niveau ist es?
Hey! Thanks so much for your tips I thought they were really helpful and they pretty much summarize my own experience with learning multiple languages at the same time!
What I do differently is that I do all languages (it's just 2/3 at the moment) everyday but at the different times, i.e. I do spanish in the mornings and mandarin in the evening, so I'm always in a different state of mind when I learn them. But might give blocking certain days a try - I thought of doing one language only on weekends (i might want to level up my french again)
Congrats on being such a young polygon! Iâm 33, and native to English and Spanish, but I recently got into the idea of learning Chinese Mandarin, Hindi, Arabic, and Swahili, reasoning that this would allow me to talk to over half the world and in all continents/ major regions (Swahili is #1 African language, and high estimates by Harvard and UNESCO rank it at over 200M speakers, and I hope it can one day become the official African language).
Of course, Russian, French, Bengali, Portuguese, German and Urdu all have good reasons to ask to be learned, but I feel that most people from those countries should know English, Spanish, Hindi etc.
I'm learning Spanish and Russian at the same time. Just getting started and I love it! It's not hard to me. My brother is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and French. My sister is learning Tibetan.
Mon Feb 7 2022
Thatâs great! Those languages have soooo much material in English to learn from, iâm sure youâll have a ball Auntie
Hey itâs been 5 months..howâs it going?
Good luck đđ»đ to you
I agree with your perspective here! I want to make a whole video about studying with anxiety because... for me, learning multiple things at once is crucial to being able to effectively learn. Up until recently, I only studied one language but I was always working on or studying other things outside of that (instruments, academic fields, cooking, etc.) I think when I am only focusing on one thing, it makes it easy for me to enter into a spiral of thinking I should /always/ be studying and then I feel shame when I'm not. By introducing another language into my studying, I've already started to be more effective because I realize my time studying each language is finite and I need to make the most out of it, rather than slowly chip away at every waking minute. Not sure if that makes sense, but as someone with OCD (which can present similarly to ADHD), diversifying what I'm studying and learning is super beneficial.
I can understand that, Iâm sorry itâs given you trouble! Try not to hold yourself to the same standards as others, not everyone is in the same situation of course. Keep going
This was super helpful thank you!!
Nothing but a thang!!
This video was so good, thank you so much for everything. I can't realize how did the time passđ
hahah good to know!! thank you for watching :)
I know english pretty well, so I'm thinking about to learn french and german, but i don't know how to start. I actually don't remember how i started learning english
I can recommend the app Babbel. Or/and a good book plus spaced repetition flashcard app for vocabulary đ and then peace by beace. Better slow but evolving.
@@BumbleBauz thank you, I'll try all these recommendations :)
instead of babbel, i would recommend both busuu and pimsleur. You will read, speak, and write perfectly in no time!
I can't say anything about busuu German classes because I'm native German. But I can say busuu Japanese A1 class is awsome. Busuu Polish classes are very poor and I would not recommend them. Because there is no grammar and just vocabulary. Which you can't really connect because polish grammar is highly complex.
For polish Babbel is my favorite language app. The quality is high in every language I have tried.
THEREâS A REALLY GOOD APP CALLED âLANGUAGE TRANSFERâ TRY IT FOR THOSE!!!!
Cool! I've been studying English for 2 years, and I already have some progress, I can able to understand videos like you, and I started to learn 2 mount ago japanese, and I agree with you, if you will study language in 0, it will gets much harder to study.
This was a really good video and a theme I actually wanted to talk briefly about.
thank you Elysse!
Hi Elysse! Happy New Year!
Happy new year to you!!
ngl It helps me learn better when I do more than one language
Omg, you are incredibly incredible â€ïž
Oii Elysse, feliz ano novo!!! Good luck!
Feliz ano novo pra vocĂȘ tambĂ©m!
Especially if they come from the same branch or family. I'm intermediate in Spanish, but am learning Italian, French, and Romanian all at once. It's not as hard as I thought it would be.
I agree, I'm learning Spanish, Romanian and Italian and it isn't bad at all however I didn't start them all at the same time. Occasionally I add Italian words to Romanian but not often enough to drop one of them.
I think that focusing on one language is the best option, but I have a strong incentive to study more xd. I'm gonna study 5 languages this year (including my native one xd). And I'm gonna dabble in Korean (I'll begin studying it maybe a few years from now).
But yeah, if you don't need to learn more than one language, don't.
you inspire me so much! đ
and you right back to me!
This video is so helpful for me! In 2024 Iâm hoping to continue to grow in ASL and Tagalog but I want to self study Spanish and study Chinese at university come fall 2024. To hear about the helpfulness of having âacademics languages and lots of separateness is really encouraging!
I liked your analogy about new languages being like babies, requiring more time and attention than languages you already have a higher level. It matches my experience with english (that I've been studying for a long time and already have a quite comfortable level, though I'm still not fluent) and italian (which I started to study in 2020 and I'm still at a basic level). My italian requires way more time and attention. I think I'll wait a little till I get a more intermediate level at italian, and then I'll start to learn another language.
Give it as much time as it needs until you feel comfortable maintaining it!
Iâm learning Spanish and Portuguese together đł
we got a badass in the comments over here
@@elyssespeaks OMG Language Queenđđ
Just don't get drunkards and tire changers mixed up!
@@pierreabbat6157 thank youđ
Same đ Spanish for 3 days(Spanish is mostly important) and Portuguese for 2 days. My 4 language would be Italian and my 5th language Iâm thinking about either Swahili, German, Afrikaans, or Zulu đ€
Thanks â€ïžâ€ïžI study Spanish, German and English for school and I was considering to start learn French. I just started using the method of switching weekly and I consider it the best!
Fresh insight: using a different format for every language practicingđ
Am studying German and Italian at the same time because I read that studying a very different second language, helps the first language. Also want to holiday in Italy. My German is a lot more advanced than my Italian.
Can do both languages in the same session.
Omg i learning them both too.
Iâm studying Romanian, Italian, and Portuguese. Luckily my mind decided to let me tell the difference, it turns out a lot of people get them mixed up. For me, itâs easy to find the differences and not get mixed up. I guess I got lucky :p
this rocks thanks for this vid
Thanks for the motivation â€ïž
No problem!
I want a good online class to learn different language's like Spanish, French etc. Am willing to pay any amount for it.
I'll recommend you to Mr Dave Billy, His the best when it comes to online language classes
I'm learning both Spanish and Polish.
I'm putting more effort into Spanish though, one day studying Polish and two next days Spanish.
Polish person here. Good luck with your studies đ
@@RyszardPoster27 dziÄkujÄ ci bardzo
this is great! I was getting frustrated because I wanted to learn German and ucranian but felt like if I was going to learn a language it should be spanish (I live in NW America ) so it's really great to hear that that kind of studying works from someone who actually uses it. I work really well switching back and forth, doing a little bit of this, then that, but I thought that would be too much if I was learning whole languages
Just take the time to figure it out and try some different approaches! I'm sure you'll find what works best for you in no time.
I really want to learn Spanish and Italian!!! Great videođđ
âI talk very fastâ
I was watching the video on 1.5x speed lmao
LMAO thatâs a death sentence
Bruhh!!! I was watching it on 1.75x đđđ
@@AfroLinguo I wasnât trying to push my luck. Lmao
@@theblackryvius6613 đđ
Iâm currently learning French and Brazilian Portuguese at the same time âą.âą
I would like to have a different routine with each language, but i feel it would need much more energy
To do the planning, organization and execution
I do the most simples thing i can
Duolingo every day, every language, so that i dont have to think
I feel i dont have time to do something else because i work full time and in college
Im studying german, french, italian and russian
I do 2 levels of each language every day
Been doing it for a little more than a year, so far so good
When i find some free time i try to read/listen to something in any of these languages (podcast, music, movie...), but i don't count it as study/work, just as fun time
Swedish language is a mandatory at school here in Finland but I was super bad at it back then, now I'm trying to get back to it again. Kinda also wanting to study german and russian too since russian is so used in eastern Finland and german seems to be very appreciated at my career. What is getting in the way is my very short-lived interests because of ADHD so that's something I gotta fight with. I'll keep watching your videos, they seem helpful.
I'm glad I can help! And hey, that's really interesting to see what languages are mandatory between countries..
Yes, i always get confused when I wanna count in Norwegian and then I count in Icelandic hahaha
Hi, Can you actually recommend sources to learn Spanish? I would appreciate it.
i feel like this video is long overdue! great idea.
OMG, you speak very fast đ±
Your motivation and spirit are amazing!
Great job!
âI talk too fastâ girl I watch videos in 2x and I felt fine watching yours lol
You're the final boss
I am also going to be studying 5 or 6 languages this year â€ïžâ€ïž
Period!!!
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Those are some great tips! Iâm learning Spanish and Japanese. Iâm almost an A1 level in Spanish and am a complete beginner in Japanese. Iâll try swapping each language around each day and using different learning methods. Thanks again
Appreciate your presentation :)
I'd like to share something. I'm facing a strange problem - I'm an Indian and I moved to Italy a year ago for a master's. I was a bilingual but didn't have opportunities to learn a language (apart from English, which is an official language there.) For learning Italian, people just advise me to talk, but being less of an extrovert I find it hard to speak, especially when I'm not confident in the language. I've studied to b1 level almost on my own. I'm feeling more and more depressed staying indoors due to the restrictions posed by the covid situation. I've regressed in my all communicative abilities, even in English and am without a job so can't afford going out that much. In addition, there are very few events and my movement for going abroad or returning home is not possible as my residence permit is in process of renewal. (so.. my laptop has been one of my very few friends here..)
Sorry for sharing too many problems, but yeah, language learning hasn't been exactly pleasant...
I quite like your personality through your video, so thought why not ask you for some suggestions.
Movies and TV series are fine but I feel kind of tired of the media and the themes of pop movies. Doesn't it happen to you when learning about a new culture? How do you get in touch with people to learn a language when you don't have opportunities to interact? I used to volunteer but now even those opportunities are scarce!
Please, do reply, taking your time.
Thanks
I'm struggling to even get started learning one! Ever have that moment where you keep banging your head against a brick wall and nothing that you seem to be doing is working? That's me and the Cyrillic alphabet!
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oh I dont know if this will help but daria at real Russian club here on youtube really helped me understand the Cyrillic alphabet (it is specific to Russian but it's a great way to start) she is great at helping you understand how to pronounce all the letters
@@jubileeYAVEL Thanks! I'll check it out! :)
Im learning the Korean alphabet (or Hangul). Believe me. The Cyrillic aphabet is easy.
oh god learning german at home đđŒââïž iâm german and so happy that i donât have to learn it, itâs so confusing
itâs a fun adventure !
Nachdem ich Deutsch gelernt habe, habe ich angefangen Chinesisch zu lernen. Das ist quasi der Ăltere Bruder von Deutsch, was Schwierigkeit angeht haha.
Every person says that about their own language because they know it at a high level and think their second language is less complicated because they know less of it
@@AfroLinguo Ich liebe deutschen sprachenđ
I've studied several languages before and I'd say German is relatively easy for an English speaker to learn. Both the grammar and vocabulary are pretty similar
Several months after I started Hebrew I tried to learn a bit of German as well. It didn't work out too well because Hebrew was still a fairly new language. I felt like German was stealing time away from Hebrew. It was also a bit harder than I expected. Hebrew has been intermediate for a while, so I can listen to podcasts and watch CZcams videos. That means my study routine looks quite different than it did as a beginner.
That makes it easier to study multiple languages at once. In around October I got back into Icelandic. Since it's a language I've previously studied it's easier to study than German. I usually study 20-30 minutes a day. If it's a weekend I might study more. It can also give me a break from Hebrew without losing momentum or getting bored. I find it's easier to stay motivated when I can take breaks. I like studying one intermediate language and one beginner language at the same time. I can appreciate the progress I've made in my intermediate language and the novelty of the beginner language.
Novelty is refreshing! What an interesting mix of langs.
Right now I am studying Thai and have been for a little over 5 months (since mid July). But in August when I had a choice to choose an elective class for university, I chose Mandarin because it interested me and my college does not offer a Thai course :( In my experience, I quickly realized that I would put all my effort into studying Thai through all sorts of mediums, and then when it came time to study Chinese I would not only have no energy but would also just not care to learn the language. I became a bad student and didn't really study the language, but rather just did what I needed to do to get an A in the course. Meanwhile, my Thai excelled and I still feel that I am growing exponentially each day.
I relate to your point that you should not study two new languages at the same time, as for even right now the amount of attention that I give to studying Thai is too massive for me to feel comfortable adding another language. Tbh, I also think that I just never was passionate about learning Chinese either. But that is my only experience in trying to learn two languages at the same time, and for me it didn't work well LOL.
oh man. i relate to that last bit so hard about not having motivation for the school language, i was about fed up with my ASL course this semester!
Explication :) It does make sense tho
HAHAH i know right
I can talk Arabic now đđafter 2 years
Thank you so much, iv just been kinda figuring it out and wingin it. lol
Wish I'd believed you on the spot when you warned people about beginning two languages at once. I've got two baby languages right now (German and Mandarin), and even two other ones trying to hatch (Russian and ASL), they're all so very needy. đ The fix I'm attempting now is to focus 100% one week (at least) on one baby language, forbidding myself to spend any time on any other language, because in the first stages it's tough and you need rapid progress to keep motivated.
"want more ASMR? *sluurp* --Pls don't unsub--" -> your drunk-like humor made me want to subscribe actually. đ
Making mistakes is all part of the process of getting to know how you learn best! To err is human. And hey, iâm glad i could charm ya ;P
EntĂŁo vocĂȘ estuda PortuguĂȘs? Te recomendo ouvir bossa nova, sertanejo universitĂĄrio đđ§đ·
Hahaha sou aprendendo dois idiomas: o espanhol e portuguĂȘs do brasil đ sim eu sei que Ă© muito ruim fazer issođ€Ł
Diz umas musicas!
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EvidĂȘncias- Leandro e Leonardo(praticamente hino nacional)
5km Henrique e Juliano
Mais amor e menos drama
Vidro fume
Caso Indefinido
Essas sĂŁo as minhas preferidas
I'm learning deutsch, girl How did you get the "nominativ, Akusativ, dativ" and all those things
I can help u if you want. my ig is oneyearinsweden :) what helps me learning the Finnish case is learning them with "funny" sentence like sentences you'll remember or think of in a situation
@@snowflake4099 Thank you, I'll text you
German Grammar Drills by Ed Swick!
@@vascocastro2017 no prob
Spanish is my native tongue. I had the opportunity to graduate from a bilingual college since I was 3 years old so I'm C2 in english. I'm currently on B1 in French (been learning since 2017), and now I'm like 2 weeks since I started learning German, well I had a 6 month course like 10 years but I don't remember any of it.
I would say that is advisable to start learning a new language once you've attained a decent language on the one you were learning prior. I don't you should be an expert in all the languages you know but learning 2 languages might be tricky, especially if they're from the same family.
I'm studying 6 languaged at the same time: french, russian, hindi, spanish, greek and arabic. Right now I'm studying deeper french and russian (grammar and vocabulary books, podcasts, Duolingo, music and movies), and the others I'm just learning the basics, getting a good base knowledge (same as above, but without using books or academic materials). All of them are brand new languages for me, except spanish, which I have already completed levels A1 and A2. Spanish also shares a lot of similareties with my mother language, portuguese (I'm from Brazil) which make things way easier. For me at least, so far, so good! And the best thing about learning new languages are all the cultural knowledge that comes with it! I've been reading, listening and watching things about France, Russia, India, Spain, Greece and all the Arab countries, and it's so amazing and enriching!
Iâm glad to hear that itâs working for you! You obviously put a lot of thought into it.
0:09 I wouldnât know, Iâm colorblind
oh... my god ajsdklvn i'm sorry
@@elyssespeaks no youâre fine I just found it funny that you didnât know if it looked like brown and I can barely tell the difference in general đ
Even though i am fluent in both french and english in addition of my mother tongue which is arabic ... I started losing and forgetting words in these languages when i started learning german .. Let alone learning multiple languages at once .. I could never
as my german is kinda b2.1 i successfully mix learning it with my a2 spanish on the same day haha but in different formats: grammar and lexics in spanish and immersion in german for instance, so yeah that works!
Reached a B2-C1 in Spanish and I'm going to begin French soon, I hope it works, because I've never studied 2 languages at once. Btw I'm the brazilian girl that is always commenting on your Instagram stories đđ