HOW TO LEARN ANY LANGUAGE IN 6 MONTHS

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  • You can learn almost any language, and 6-12 months is all it takes.
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  • @IkennaLanguages
    @IkennaLanguages  Před 5 lety +1530

    ❇️ Free trial of Pimsleur: offers.pimsleur.com/free-trial-1407 ❇️
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    -
    ....Without a method, and the right resources to follow...learning a language can be very unstructured and take quite long. However when you have them. It makes things go faster.
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    I created the book I wish I had seven years ago when I started to teach myself languages. The book is 80 pages, full of practical, immediately usable tips and techniques. You can read it in a day and gain years of language learning wisdom. It also further explains the method covered in the video.
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    • @anoniemmeisje7776
      @anoniemmeisje7776 Před 5 lety +10

      Move you

    • @anoniemmeisje7776
      @anoniemmeisje7776 Před 5 lety +15

      Love you*

    • @noukhollands
      @noukhollands Před 5 lety +6

      Ey if you ever need someone to translate something in dutch you can send me a dm via instagram :Nouk_045

    • @zaraposh9900
      @zaraposh9900 Před 5 lety +1

      love the concept behind your new video. It shows that you put a lot of work into creating it.

    • @alexhenson
      @alexhenson Před 5 lety +5

      Japanese also uses the english alphabet so yeah, fun fun!

  • @Squilfinator
    @Squilfinator Před 4 lety +14389

    "Using Duolingo whenever you use the toilet is not going to help"
    This hit too close to home...

    • @rolo2989
      @rolo2989 Před 4 lety +424

      I litterally was just doing duolingo and the fanfare played at the same time as his and I've never felt so hurt

    • @sashapollard92
      @sashapollard92 Před 4 lety +116

      I just about to go onto duolingo 😂😂

    • @dasledogg64
      @dasledogg64 Před 4 lety +78

      Watching this on the toilet now

    • @bettyseditts7404
      @bettyseditts7404 Před 4 lety +47

      same, i´m stiil hurting

    • @juneyr
      @juneyr Před 4 lety +6

      same though

  • @irishduck5854
    @irishduck5854 Před 3 lety +6439

    watched this at 2x speed. Gonna learn Spanish in 3 months

    • @ukiyodew7525
      @ukiyodew7525 Před 3 lety +430

      no he’s got a point

    • @poke-champ4256
      @poke-champ4256 Před 3 lety +153

      Youre a genius
      How can i donate to ya?

    • @lvnarv3
      @lvnarv3 Před 3 lety +62

      Ok Einstein

    • @rowdy9136
      @rowdy9136 Před 3 lety +34

      Where is the r/I am very smart comment

    • @lvnarv3
      @lvnarv3 Před 3 lety +36

      @@rowdy9136 r/I am very smart

  • @dracosai3530
    @dracosai3530 Před 3 lety +4913

    Bout to kidnap a japanese man and force him to talk to me 10+ hours a day

    • @aanandi8994
      @aanandi8994 Před 3 lety +83

      Lmao

    • @lvnarv3
      @lvnarv3 Před 3 lety +291

      I've done it to a hispanic man now I'm learning it

    • @blueshinobi8665
      @blueshinobi8665 Před 3 lety +120

      @@lvnarv3 so it works?

    • @lvnarv3
      @lvnarv3 Před 3 lety +182

      @@blueshinobi8665 100%

    • @lvnarv3
      @lvnarv3 Před 3 lety +48

      @Mr Suamalainen i know

  • @AntKneeLeafEllipse
    @AntKneeLeafEllipse Před 3 lety +426

    "Plants don't grow only one time a week;
    they grow every day."
    New mantra.

    • @kangarooster6478
      @kangarooster6478 Před 2 lety +14

      "i mean sometimes they dont grow because their being lazy"

  • @astoldbyliyah
    @astoldbyliyah Před 5 lety +5744

    The whole Duolingo thing was to accurate I feel attacked 😂😂

    • @katec5878
      @katec5878 Před 5 lety +24

      hahahahaha áttacked´

    • @Kleo3392
      @Kleo3392 Před 5 lety +312

      Duolingo gets the job done perfectly fine as long as you use online resources to explain the grammatical points, phonological system, etymologies of words, etc. side by side with it.

    • @carloscarias6276
      @carloscarias6276 Před 5 lety +2

      Same😂

    • @elenagibbons4719
      @elenagibbons4719 Před 5 lety +69

      Kleo3392 agreed! I’m learning Spanish in school so I’m mostly past what duolingo is teaching me, at least at the moment, but I use it for practice and to learn a little extra vocab. My teacher doesn’t assign very much homework so the extra home practice helps. And even if I don’t remember the vocab, I can at least recognize it.

    • @Kleo3392
      @Kleo3392 Před 5 lety +8

      Elena Gibbons Yep, that’s active and passive memory, and they go side by side together- the stronger one is the stronger the other will be.

  • @luktherat1527
    @luktherat1527 Před 4 lety +4093

    Me: Having finished 2 lections in Duolingo
    Me: *I'm fluent*

  • @Seig_TCG
    @Seig_TCG Před 3 lety +3016

    My brain when i want to learn japanese: の

  • @il1959
    @il1959 Před 3 lety +502

    Why am I suddenly super motivated to go and learn a bunch of new languages even though I know I’m way to lazy to do so

  • @user-yz4iy4kc6p
    @user-yz4iy4kc6p Před 5 lety +5451

    * Watch movies without subtitle
    * Change your phone language to the language you want to learn
    *Everyday, learn one new word of the language
    * Label physical objects

    • @user-in6ry6ze8z
      @user-in6ry6ze8z Před 5 lety +154

      S A M U E L man! Your a genius!!! Will you marry me 😂

    • @xnotannie3441
      @xnotannie3441 Před 5 lety +221

      @@user-in6ry6ze8z you're*

    • @user-in6ry6ze8z
      @user-in6ry6ze8z Před 5 lety +283

      Whenlifegivesyoulemon MSP haha thanks maybe I should stick with English right now x

    • @kaliah209
      @kaliah209 Před 5 lety +26

      Listen French music

    • @dandani9300
      @dandani9300 Před 5 lety +2

      O dang...

  • @mill370
    @mill370 Před 4 lety +6585

    even tho he is an english speaker, he knows so many languages that he's starting to get an accent
    THAT'S my goal here

    • @tunisiamyluv5953
      @tunisiamyluv5953 Před 4 lety +66

      Can help you to learn Arabic

    • @Nimmka
      @Nimmka Před 4 lety +48

      @@tunisiamyluv5953 Is Arabian a hard language would you say? In comparison to English or other languages you know

    • @tunisiamyluv5953
      @tunisiamyluv5953 Před 4 lety +114

      @@Nimmka It is not hard. 28 letters but richer in vocabulary. The conception of the language is different from English, for example, objects can be either masculine or feminine not neutral as in English. There's also a masculine you and a feminine you. the ''is'' can be omitted also (i.e. He hungry) and so on...

    • @arianxavier3185
      @arianxavier3185 Před 4 lety +23

      @@tunisiamyluv5953 it doesn't sound hard bt I think you're a native right? I was born third Arab so when my parents tried teaching me, it was hard, while the vocabulary is one hard thing, the grammar is terrifying cause everything is an exception to the actual rule since it was designed to be spoken, not written

    • @tunisiamyluv5953
      @tunisiamyluv5953 Před 4 lety +23

      @@arianxavier3185 best strategy to learn a language is to study kinda hard that language for a year and then live in a country that speaks that language for a another year...Investing in 2 years and you will be happy for ever ;)

  • @SkullsAndSugar
    @SkullsAndSugar Před 3 lety +270

    "That language is yours"
    Hearing that motivated me.

    • @yappy7411
      @yappy7411 Před 2 lety

      i read this comment right when he said it in the video

  • @niniinari6846
    @niniinari6846 Před 3 lety +694

    Whenever he speaks Japanese
    My brain: PLAY THAT AGAIN
    Me: but wh-
    My brain: YOU HAVE TO

  • @jackieallen7754
    @jackieallen7754 Před 3 lety +4215

    When all the languages you’re interested in are in the “harder” category 😭

    • @jackieallen7754
      @jackieallen7754 Před 3 lety +210

      SpangeBab I only speak English unfortunately, but I want to learn Korean then Japanese then mandarin 🙈

    • @jackieallen7754
      @jackieallen7754 Před 3 lety +16

      SpangeBab uh sure why not

    • @jackieallen7754
      @jackieallen7754 Před 3 lety +22

      SpangeBab I might move to Korea for a few years so I think that would be most useful for me personally

    • @jackieallen7754
      @jackieallen7754 Před 3 lety +6

      SpangeBab I just realized I forgot to click more, sorry! Ty for the tips I’ll try it out. I actually learned hangeul already it’s pretty easy so I might try and tackle katakana next. I know mandarin is hard bc it’s tonal (right?) but you seem pretty good if you’re B2!

    • @jackieallen7754
      @jackieallen7754 Před 3 lety +2

      Duolingo ist deutsch since Ive been to Germany I’ve already been down that route of trying to learn German (idk how different Dutch is from German) but I unfortunately cannot do the throaty sounds required 😭😂

  • @sebastianrojasgarcia7979
    @sebastianrojasgarcia7979 Před 3 lety +2380

    I literally got an ad of this guy in his own video

  • @flaurelium6085
    @flaurelium6085 Před 3 lety +439

    Him: listen to the lenguage you want with subtitles
    Me: ah yes, Putin conferences with subtitles

    • @user-et7dc5um5k
      @user-et7dc5um5k Před 3 lety +68

      Even we Russians often do not understand him .. Subtitles will not help here

    • @voltgaming2213
      @voltgaming2213 Před 3 lety +2

      Ксения Стрикова why he speaks Chinese

    • @user-pk1qr8bg8d
      @user-pk1qr8bg8d Před 3 lety +1

      Аххаха смешно.

    • @g-smith4466
      @g-smith4466 Před 2 lety +1

      @@user-et7dc5um5k В общем-то почему трудно его речь понимаем , он вообще быстро говорил или из-за других проблем? Я тоже плохо его понимаю.

    • @Acro_LangLearn
      @Acro_LangLearn Před 2 lety

      Bruh

  • @tinejohansensolberg4172
    @tinejohansensolberg4172 Před 3 lety +436

    The problem with italki is talking to a stranger😂as an introvert, I would never be able to, the anxiety would kill me

    • @cherryspice1011
      @cherryspice1011 Před 3 lety +9

      same

    • @yoyo_ftw
      @yoyo_ftw Před 3 lety +6

      Yep 😭😭 same

    • @philip8673
      @philip8673 Před 3 lety +5

      Same

    • @peekyoin8347
      @peekyoin8347 Před 3 lety +5

      Do it more often to get used to it,I was also like that but then I got better

    • @YourMajesty143
      @YourMajesty143 Před 3 lety +3

      Look for a chat partner to text with you in your target language. There's plenty of language exchange apps that give you that option.

  • @cheddieplayz7992
    @cheddieplayz7992 Před 5 lety +11123

    I've watched anime for 3 or 4 years and I've learnt
    Baka- idiot

    • @Why-dd2xt
      @Why-dd2xt Před 5 lety +992

      Nani!!?

    • @user-je6ul1mn2r
      @user-je6ul1mn2r Před 5 lety +475

      Sou des ka.

    • @Mark-hr6uu
      @Mark-hr6uu Před 5 lety +433

      Kusoooooooo. Shinei ningennnnnnn. And my personal favourite. Ahhhhh Oni-channnn

    • @amneenja5720
      @amneenja5720 Před 4 lety +296

      yare yare daze
      muda
      ora
      DIOOOOOOO

    • @hasanal-hussein7079
      @hasanal-hussein7079 Před 4 lety +359

      You probably know
      Nani
      Nande
      Masaka
      Sokka
      Dajobe
      Watashi wa
      Nandeska

  • @amarahicks5138
    @amarahicks5138 Před 4 lety +1588

    “And two, not being consistent. What are you doing?!”
    ATTACKED

  • @syra1541
    @syra1541 Před 3 lety +534

    ideally I'd wanna learn spanish, french, korean, japanese, malay, tagalog, tamil, thai, and mandarin quite an unrealistic goal but i can dream lmao

    • @syra1541
      @syra1541 Před 3 lety +18

      @@aviseau3883 omg I'd love to, I don't know anyone who speaks it though, but it's up there as well

    • @Bynasf
      @Bynasf Před 3 lety +8

      @@syra1541 how many languages do you already speak?

    • @syra1541
      @syra1541 Před 3 lety +10

      @@Bynasf only English and Spanish

    • @Bynasf
      @Bynasf Před 3 lety +10

      syra oh.. then you’d better start now

    • @fluvv9642
      @fluvv9642 Před 3 lety +10

      learn malay bro, if you can speak malay fluently you can easily understand indonesian language

  • @peteck007
    @peteck007 Před 3 lety +473

    *Here is some rare tip:*
    If you're not familiar with the accent and finding it hard to understand (what is being talked on the TV/movies) even though you have practiced a language to the point where you can write good and speak good.. but the only problem you're having is you can't really keep up with the accent of the native speaker.
    Listen to the songs and memorize them with lyrics. As more as you can.. it'd take on an average 80 or more songs (of your target language) to make the accent very naturalised to your ears.

    • @gimmiethemcookies7372
      @gimmiethemcookies7372 Před 2 lety +9

      Lets fire up Katyusha to the max volume

    • @UhmActually.
      @UhmActually. Před 2 lety +12

      *Soviet anthem intensifies*

    • @darkempire6050
      @darkempire6050 Před 2 lety +7

      Facts tho, this is kind of a different example but, i binged the walking dead and in the show the characters have a southern American accent. So by the end of the show i nailed that souther accent. So yea you have a point

    • @tearonworld455
      @tearonworld455 Před 2 lety +1

      Music is great

    • @RivkahSong
      @RivkahSong Před 2 lety +3

      Also, if you can find TED Talks in your target language they usually have English transcripts made by an actual human being so you can read as the guest speaks and learn how those words sound when actually spoken at full speed.

  • @chensgold
    @chensgold Před 4 lety +3185

    Me has been learning korean for a year and is still in intermediate level: cool lets start chinese

    • @sungrae1004
      @sungrae1004 Před 4 lety +35

      MIDAS 할수있어요! ㅋㅋ

    • @chensgold
      @chensgold Před 4 lety +29

      @@sungrae1004 谢谢!

    • @victoria2180
      @victoria2180 Před 4 lety +10

      br? kkkk

    • @R4NJ3R
      @R4NJ3R Před 4 lety +263

      It also doesn't help when you look up tips from people on CZcams who speak Korean fluently as a second language and ALL of them studied in Korea to learn. They're always like "study, be organized, practice, BUT I didn't get good until after moving to Korea." -_-

    • @victoria2180
      @victoria2180 Před 4 lety +21

      @@R4NJ3R omg thats true

  • @allr9697
    @allr9697 Před 4 lety +3587

    Like if you’re a Duolingo Toilet student.

  • @genericchannelname2061
    @genericchannelname2061 Před 3 lety +170

    i’m learning japanese so i can change windows back to english

    • @ImaginaryNate
      @ImaginaryNate Před 2 lety +3

      😂😂

    • @friendshipismagic7896
      @friendshipismagic7896 Před 2 lety +9

      I once changed the language of my old nokia to arabic and I almost decided to learn Arabic just to change the language of that damn phone back. ALMOST

    • @Apaxetic
      @Apaxetic Před 2 lety +1

      @@friendshipismagic7896 arabic looks so hard to learn 😅

    • @rbloafee
      @rbloafee Před 2 lety

      @@Apaxetic trust me. it is

    • @icechecksolvea7785
      @icechecksolvea7785 Před 2 lety

      Just look up the how to guide in English, copy the motions and button placement. It'll save you time.

  • @nell6705
    @nell6705 Před 3 lety +667

    Then my goal in life is to have A kid and just feed him languages since he is a baby english,spanish,japanese arabic,chinese,french,german Portuguese,Italian,korean,dutch,polish Romanian all of them I will make something that is perfect.hahahahahahhHHAa

    • @kia7189
      @kia7189 Před 3 lety +97

      Lol that's what I'm gonna do 🤣🤣 multilingual baby from birth!

    • @meow-qz3ye
      @meow-qz3ye Před 3 lety +33

      That is so smart

    • @sandroribeiro7644
      @sandroribeiro7644 Před 3 lety +67

      @@kia7189 or he will mix them all

    • @yasminaziz4802
      @yasminaziz4802 Před 3 lety +72

      My parents did that. At the age of 2 i was fluent in arabic (native) and frensh and at the age of 10 i learned English now im 17 and learning Spanish wish me luck.

    • @aurum606
      @aurum606 Před 3 lety +6

      @@yasminaziz4802 i doubt this is true, but if it is, you have good parents, keep going and good luck.

  • @jaylubke5376
    @jaylubke5376 Před 4 lety +1969

    him: *learns to speak any language halfway fluently in 1 month*
    me: *took 3-4 years to speak english fluently*

    • @Milark
      @Milark Před 4 lety +45

      MultifandomBoi ღ theres a difference between fluent and fluent ;)

    • @savagesstar
      @savagesstar Před 4 lety +102

      Mirano Wha-

    • @jaylubke5376
      @jaylubke5376 Před 4 lety +123

      @@lex9574 think they meant that there's a difference between fluent just in everyday conversation and actually completely fluent like a native??

    • @jaylubke5376
      @jaylubke5376 Před 4 lety +6

      @@lex9574 ahh okay haha, yeah sorry i just woke up so i'm still a little stupid lmao

    • @methos4866
      @methos4866 Před 4 lety +25

      For me i started learning English at around 8 and was able to understand it at 10 years of age. I wouldn't be able to properly speak for another few years but despite being self taught i'm pretty decent at it. This was all mostly through tv and video games by the way which is pretty amazing looking back at it. Didn't get English lessons at school till i was 14. Being a kid made it a lot easier to learn tbh.

  • @FromNintenToDog
    @FromNintenToDog Před 4 lety +2377

    I taught myself english at 11 yrs old bc i was so distraught my favorite comic wasnt fully out in spanish so i started reading it in english out of anger, now here i am trying to put the same motivation into russian lmao

    • @miiiwu1999
      @miiiwu1999 Před 4 lety +144

      raymond uwu spite is the best motivator lol

    • @girlinblue2798
      @girlinblue2798 Před 4 lety +36

      Just in case you will want to speak to a native Russian speaker, you can dm me on instagram - tomisedits :)

    • @girlinblue2798
      @girlinblue2798 Před 3 lety +8

      @@bunnycat24 you can dm me too lol if you want:) I would like to make some Spanish speaking friends

    • @near4316
      @near4316 Před 3 lety +37

      i taught myself english because my english teacher in primary school told me i sucked at english. now i'm learning japanese

    • @crybabysarmy2350
      @crybabysarmy2350 Před 3 lety +7

      I was billingual since I was a child

  • @GodAboveAll777
    @GodAboveAll777 Před 3 lety +230

    As an Aussie with parents from 2 different European backgrounds, the biggest factor is who is willing to help and teach you. I have one side of my family, Lithuanian, who always encouraged and politely corrected when I was wrong, and then the Croatian side, which laughed and made fun of me and called me a try-hard for wanting to learn. Guess which language I can speak?

  • @siwap3809
    @siwap3809 Před 3 lety +78

    Ikenna: "not being consistent"
    Me: **nervous, guilty laughter**

    • @gojosatoru3493
      @gojosatoru3493 Před 2 lety +3

      YEP! I feel that... been learning Japanese for a couple months and although ive learnt the entire hirigana alphabet and how write and read it, and a lottt of new words. i dont practice/study as much as I should T-T

  • @leyawonder2306
    @leyawonder2306 Před 5 lety +7530

    I learned English by accident when I stumbled upon youtube when I was in 6th grade, when I started I didn't understand 80% of what was happening but I enjoyed it. I would spend hours everyday watching (not to learn just for fun) and then I naturally learned the language without even speaking, now it's as strong as my native language because I spend all day watching videos or movies in English.

    • @aangitano
      @aangitano Před 5 lety +406

      Wow!! That is amazing!!

    • @ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER
      @ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER Před 5 lety +765

      @@aangitano it's pretty normal. I learned German and English just by watching tv alone... The thing is... The language gurus will tell you you need books cd etc... Because they make money out of that. Fact is you can learn a language by listening. But that doesn't make language learning industry any money...

    • @leyawonder2306
      @leyawonder2306 Před 5 lety +386

      @@ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER yeah but I wouldn't advice anyone to do it that way, maybe because I was young but learning it took me a very long time, I could've become fluent at a much faster pace if I read books (not necessarily educational) and was serious about it.

    • @ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER
      @ShayPatrickCormacTHEHUNTER Před 5 lety +133

      @@leyawonder2306 But it wouldn't make sense from an evolutionary stand point for you to have to read books and such.... What if you got stranded one day in a land where you don't know their language? The only solution you have is listening.... Will the body ignore learning the language because you don't have books?

    • @tekashi5962
      @tekashi5962 Před 5 lety +43

      I’m going to learn to understand written Russian with the Ilya Frank method and this guy’s method combined

  • @hoaphamcam4581
    @hoaphamcam4581 Před 4 lety +2242

    No one:
    Me: *try to focus*
    My brain: "can't trust him. He is killmonger"

  • @alie3315
    @alie3315 Před 3 lety +174

    Is that Hisoka’s theme?

  • @developerninja619
    @developerninja619 Před 3 lety +120

    I'm Russian I speak English almost fluently and I'm now in 10th grade. In 8th grade I decided to start learning English on my own (I had had English classes in School since 2nd grade, but they had been complete suck tbh, and I wasn't really good in English, though I had been getting only A marks (everybody else who had had smth lower than A, didn't and don't nowadays know anything)). So I had been watching youtube in English, reading some articles and learning TONS of new words. Then after, I guess, about 6 months I decided to close my gap in tenses knowledge (at that moment I knew only 8 and not perfect yet). So I had learnt all of them, and dug more into those that I had already known at that moment. I continued watching videos and reading articles, and started to practice my pronounciation. I've been following this routine up to now, and I'm almost fluent in English. I've made a huge progress and become better then had ever been before. Self learning is SICK (FIRE FIRE FIRE)

    • @developerninja619
      @developerninja619 Před 3 lety +1

      @@AsianInvasionAD спасибо 🙏

    • @talamuffy3094
      @talamuffy3094 Před 3 lety +13

      Your English is pretty good!! I feel like as long as people can understand you and you can understand them, you’re already pretty good

    • @developerninja619
      @developerninja619 Před 3 lety +4

      @@talamuffy3094 your english* (a little remark 😅)

    • @developerninja619
      @developerninja619 Před 3 lety

      @@talamuffy3094 thank you

    • @talamuffy3094
      @talamuffy3094 Před 3 lety +2

      @@developerninja619 lol omg thank you. I’m a native lol I always make mistakes like that

  • @sabnicmat
    @sabnicmat Před 5 lety +2514

    the duolingo on the toilet made me laugh so harddddddd hahahhahahahah

  • @lavi4148
    @lavi4148 Před 4 lety +1912

    Me: **is learning japanese**
    Ikenna: you need to watch shows with subtitles in the language you are learning.
    Me: oh yes anime

    • @LannasMissingLink
      @LannasMissingLink Před 4 lety +5

      頑張って!

    • @kimojiro
      @kimojiro Před 4 lety +5

      69 likes amirite

    • @tottalynotkinggeorgeiii8479
      @tottalynotkinggeorgeiii8479 Před 4 lety +4

      元気?ははは。あなたがすぐに学ぶことを心配しないでください。

    • @tottalynotkinggeorgeiii8479
      @tottalynotkinggeorgeiii8479 Před 4 lety +12

      @@kiavra1789 I typed some words I know and then I asked a friend to translate. I know it dosen't make total sense -w-'

    • @Alexa-fb4ky
      @Alexa-fb4ky Před 4 lety +5

      I have over a year since i watch kdramas and i still don't know korean

  • @ocaminhodoingles
    @ocaminhodoingles Před 3 lety +42

    As a polyglot I can tell, you're very good in what you do! The main problem is to make people have the right mindset to learn

  • @alekchris1457
    @alekchris1457 Před 3 lety +124

    I’m Norwegian and I’m trying to learn Japanese. Wish me luck!

  • @destinyyb8122
    @destinyyb8122 Před 4 lety +2559

    this lockdown i am determined to learn french

    • @dolglas_jose
      @dolglas_jose Před 4 lety +89

      How is your progresse afer a month??? Or did you give up?

    • @littleworldkanthima5949
      @littleworldkanthima5949 Před 3 lety +16

      I am doing the same thing

    • @heydud8611
      @heydud8611 Před 3 lety +126

      Lol I've been learning French for 8 years in school and I still don't know shit

    • @ray_skull8235
      @ray_skull8235 Před 3 lety +137

      @@heydud8611 bc its school

    • @vailix9627
      @vailix9627 Před 3 lety +155

      @@heydud8611 school is pretty shit for learning new languages.

  • @bubifracihd
    @bubifracihd Před 4 lety +3741

    You're basically saying to watch Anime to learn Japanese...
    I like that

    • @yungjoshi7246
      @yungjoshi7246 Před 4 lety +201

      I know right lmao?! But I want to say it before anyone else says it. The way they speak japanese in anime is not exactly how japanese people really speak. So watching actualy japanese shows is probably rrecomended

    • @bubifracihd
      @bubifracihd Před 4 lety +52

      @@yungjoshi7246 Sure, I'm for example learning from books, but as TV-Shows I'm watching Takeshi's Castle aaannd Anime (I'd still watch it if I wouldn't learn Japanese)

    • @yungjoshi7246
      @yungjoshi7246 Před 4 lety +10

      @@bubifracihd Same brother

    • @sebastisn3709
      @sebastisn3709 Před 4 lety +50

      A good show for learning if you have Netflix is terrace house. Really helps me

    • @treebush
      @treebush Před 4 lety +27

      @@yungjoshi7246 that depends on the type of anime you are watching if you fantastical type of anime then no but if you watch alot of serious adult drama that were adapted from hard book literature or slice of life anime .

  • @shilpa1333
    @shilpa1333 Před 3 lety +245

    He : how u can learn a language in 6 months
    Chinese: haha there are 80,000lettrs u can't even beat me in 1 year

    • @fannyyyyyyyy
      @fannyyyyyyyy Před 3 lety +55

      That langauage scares me

    • @shilpa1333
      @shilpa1333 Před 3 lety +16

      @@fannyyyyyyyy lol same there are more than 200,000 letters

    • @danceproject7849
      @danceproject7849 Před 3 lety +29

      there are no letters. chinese uses a pictographic system of symbols.

    • @shilpa1333
      @shilpa1333 Před 3 lety +6

      @@danceproject7849 oh ok but that is also a lot

    • @danceproject7849
      @danceproject7849 Před 3 lety +22

      @@shilpa1333 i know, i’m a native speaker. i was just pointing out that “letters” is not a thing in the chinese language.

  • @aprilsaccountabilityaccoun2889

    "that language is yours" this is so what I needed to hear. I just started with italki last week and already I am seeing a huge jump in my progression. I wish I had not waited. I have been in beginners spanish since high school. Finally, about 20 years later, I am making breakthroughs. I just started learning hebrew and won't make the same mistake. Signed up for Italki and a hebrew tutor right away.

  • @BreadBoys
    @BreadBoys Před 4 lety +2481

    Did you just label finnish as a medium difficult language?

  • @isaiah9501
    @isaiah9501 Před 4 lety +726

    *is Filipino and Watches Dora*
    Me: *Yes I am Fluent in spanish*

  • @aaronzimmerman1089
    @aaronzimmerman1089 Před 3 lety +22

    Bombed Spanish in high school,..making a run at it again at age 48. Thanks for the boost brother 👍

  • @subscribeandillsubbacksoon1954

    This was the most helpful video i have ever seen on learning a language!!! Thank you sooo much!!! Im so mug more confident and excited to learn!

  • @imuglyasshit3416
    @imuglyasshit3416 Před 3 lety +876

    me: learning french for 5 years by now in school and all I know is how to introduce myself
    this dude:
    * *I can speak french after 6 month* *

    • @altenberg-greifenstein
      @altenberg-greifenstein Před 3 lety +1

      how do you pass any exams like that?

    • @imuglyasshit3416
      @imuglyasshit3416 Před 3 lety +118

      @@altenberg-greifenstein putting everything I have to know for the exam in my short term memory one night before the exam

    • @webdevelopmentwithxtina1679
      @webdevelopmentwithxtina1679 Před 3 lety +33

      This experience is soo common! I experienced this in high school also. Got a lot better once I started reading books I already loved in my target languages.

    • @basicloner
      @basicloner Před 3 lety +2

      @@vavibab how'd you get so good at English then?

    • @oliwia7747
      @oliwia7747 Před 3 lety +15

      without listening you are not gonna learn, i’m a polish native speaker and i was learning english in school since i was like idk 4/5 years old (now im turning 16 in july), but i wasnt able to understand a lot and especially talk until i started to watch tv shows in english in summer 2019. now its 2021 obvs and as you can see i am able to talk to you and fully understand you right away (ofc i make mistakes and i dont know all the words but that even happens in polish). so u know, you just gotta listen and you will learn

  • @RoryScreams
    @RoryScreams Před 3 lety +978

    when you're learning Japanese and everyone assumes you're just a weeaboo, but you really just want to learn the language and mover there one day, it's really hard to try to self teach yourself because you don't have any support because they just laugh and ask, 'oh is it so you can watch anime? haha lol'

    • @swatisinha2219
      @swatisinha2219 Před 3 lety +45

      Soo relatible

    • @Comintern1919
      @Comintern1919 Před 3 lety +51

      Yeah, how often I've been called a weeaboo as an attack on Twitter when having a discussion with someone just because I indicate I can speak Japanese on my profile, when I don't even like Anime at all (with few exceptions like DB, I prefer Manga if at all) .

    • @darkx6869
      @darkx6869 Před 3 lety +47

      Fr there’s a difference between a weaboo, a person who actually wants to learn about japan, and a person who just wants to watch anime.

    • @anniebanannie4542
      @anniebanannie4542 Před 3 lety +62

      yes, i'm learning Korean and all i get asked is "ArE yOu A kOReAbOo?" people also say "sO Um iS it To UnDerStaNd kPoP?" no, bruh, it isn't, i genuinely like the lnagauge and kpop _may_ have inspired me to learn it but it doesn't mean i'm doing it just for that reason.

    • @Andioooop
      @Andioooop Před 3 lety +68

      I get called a koreaboo for wanting to learn Korean. Like bro I already speak 4 languages, this is just another language I’m trying to learn??? Am I frenchboo for learning French?

  • @sbh196
    @sbh196 Před 3 lety

    One of the most helpful and inspiring language videos I've ever watched, great job!!

  • @ale0la107
    @ale0la107 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for showing this method to people. I always learned languages that way as a child - that is the intuitive and most effective way, as you've explained, too. A few years ago I worked on a project discussing language learning, among others. What I found backed up what I always felt about languages. Thinking you have to perfect grammar first, before even being frequently exposed to the target language is so backwards, tidious and uninspiring...
    That's how schools do it. I was going nowhere whenever I started learning a new language in school. Only when I made my own effort of watching and listening to mostly entertainment, leading up to debates or speeches with more advanced narration, I actually made significant progress, both in grades AND passion for the language.

  • @luckyenforcer
    @luckyenforcer Před 4 lety +654

    I change my phone's language to Japanese. Wish me luck

  • @reine.masque4593
    @reine.masque4593 Před 4 lety +617

    *Me, a Spanish student who is told by their teacher to use Duolingo.*
    “Que demonios-“

    • @apolo6002
      @apolo6002 Před 4 lety +1

      How many times u use the app each day?

    • @fungisus1157
      @fungisus1157 Před 4 lety +8

      ¡Que clase de demonios!

    • @stupidcunt758
      @stupidcunt758 Před 4 lety +2

      I feel so proud I actually understood

    • @JodyBrownIV
      @JodyBrownIV Před 4 lety +2

      @@apolo6002 je utilisé ce chaque jour! C'est très difficile, mais, je veux apprendre ! Sorry if all that is wrong but like i said, i want to work on it!

    • @Sub2Technoblade
      @Sub2Technoblade Před 4 lety +8

      No recomiendo Duolingo para nada, por mas de que uses duolingo por 4 años vas a terminar sin haber aprendido nada

  • @AnnaBaarssen
    @AnnaBaarssen Před 2 lety

    Soooo many language learning video's on CZcams. But THIS ONE my dude. This one is actually helpful! I just watched you talk for 8 minutes and not one moment I was distracted. The way you bring this information is just so talented. Thanks

  • @SubhamChowdhury97
    @SubhamChowdhury97 Před 3 lety +8

    There's one series named Coffee Break French, it actually helped me a lot in my French learning. J'ai écouté le podcast pour un longtemps, et il m'aide beaucoup. ❤️

  • @kimojiro
    @kimojiro Před 4 lety +580

    “Watch shows in the language youre trying to learn with subtitles.”
    Dub watchers: **punching the air**

  • @MrPhr0sty
    @MrPhr0sty Před 5 lety +423

    But what if you go to the toilet A LOT?

    • @dasshrs
      @dasshrs Před 4 lety +9

      Toilet study works, though.

    • @XelaShade
      @XelaShade Před 4 lety +14

      you should see a doctor lol

    • @dasshrs
      @dasshrs Před 4 lety +3

      ​@@XelaShade doctors should not get in the way of life challenges)

    • @carerforever2118
      @carerforever2118 Před 3 lety

      🤣

  • @chelchoi6417
    @chelchoi6417 Před 2 lety +16

    I've learned korean for like 3-4 years. I started learning it when I was 12 and now I'm 18, I wasn't really committed to it those times, I was never consistent until one day I thought of continuing it. Now I'm improving my vocabulary not really fluent but I can already understand the basics and watch videos without subtitles, can write and read and type fast enough. Some say I have a good korean handwriting tho haha I never knew my reason for studying it lol. Now I'm learning French, Russian, Japanese and Chinese because I was advised to make busy times because of some mental health issues. I thought one is not enough so I challenged myself with four haha.

  • @dr.doctor8810
    @dr.doctor8810 Před 3 lety

    I just bought the book last night and I’m excited!

  • @mimosakokko6209
    @mimosakokko6209 Před 5 lety +726

    Me listening this and thinking “but how can u learn just by listening and using subtitles- like that’s so random u’ll never learn the words because convos usually go fast” AND THEN REALIZING that I’ve basically learned most of my English (which is in no way similar to my native tongue) by watching CZcams and following my fave ones on Instagram

  • @lollilovesgenie416
    @lollilovesgenie416 Před 4 lety +561

    1:22 harder languages will at least takes 12 months
    Me: cries in Chinese when learning Korean

    • @oraparker2426
      @oraparker2426 Před 3 lety +34

      IKR, I'm learning Japanese, guess it's going to take me a while. Good luck learning Korean😊

    • @kamuikanna6922
      @kamuikanna6922 Před 3 lety +14

      Me confused between Chinese or japanese 🤧

    • @Ellielulu_Ellielu
      @Ellielulu_Ellielu Před 3 lety +6

      Ora Parker 頑張って to all of you!

    • @rosemoon7936
      @rosemoon7936 Před 3 lety +2

      @@kamuikanna6922 sameee

    • @meccafilms
      @meccafilms Před 3 lety +11

      I'm intermediate in korean, now i want to learn French and Italian. Korean is a little hard but worth it because i can understand kdramas a little bit

  • @QueenOfPrinciple
    @QueenOfPrinciple Před 3 lety

    You are smart, goodlooking, helpful and I love your necklace. Thank you!

  • @ramsescalderon2380
    @ramsescalderon2380 Před 3 lety

    Great job dude. Both Language and video. Congrats man. 💎💪⚡🔥

  • @disease9674
    @disease9674 Před 4 lety +352

    Everyone in the comments saying you can learn a language just by listening but that only works if you study the language

    • @wolfaogamer6296
      @wolfaogamer6296 Před 4 lety +37

      You need to understand something,like the way that leanguage Works,rules,the way to write,all of this can help

    • @ichbinhier355
      @ichbinhier355 Před 4 lety +47

      you have to understand 80% of what you are listening otherwise that method won't work.

    • @tripaloski_6971
      @tripaloski_6971 Před 4 lety +15

      I learned bulgarian by watching tv , english by watching youtube videos, french by moving to belgium when I was 5, and turkish by it just being my native language.
      I didn't study anything at all to learn these languages I just listened, what do you mean ?

    • @athalia6062
      @athalia6062 Před 4 lety

      Manannan anam so basically be conscious of what i’m listening to? cuz now that i think about i do tend to block out any and all noise while i read LMAO

    • @adamion1993
      @adamion1993 Před 4 lety

      @@ichbinhier355 but you get to that by listening and google translating the words u dont know tho...

  • @elim.4579
    @elim.4579 Před 5 lety +623

    THE PART WITH “this means dog , now give me 10$ “ GOT ME ON THE FLOOR

    • @raine3716
      @raine3716 Před 4 lety +9

      Eli M. 2:43 if anyone is wondering !

    • @klas67memes92
      @klas67memes92 Před 4 lety

      Yeah, but it was Chinese dollars so around a buck 50

    • @Pundae
      @Pundae Před 4 lety

      @@klas67memes92 bro he said dollars not Yuan. A dollar is a dollar

  • @vladimirlevak1287
    @vladimirlevak1287 Před 3 lety

    Thanks you such for showing me these apps I just finished my first lesson in Japanese and I never knew it wasn't too difficult to learn! They explain everything so well! Nihongo ga sukoshi wakarimasu!

  • @farukozee9162
    @farukozee9162 Před 3 lety

    Thank you so much man, this is Hella helpful

  • @theghostlyfigure9989
    @theghostlyfigure9989 Před 4 lety +264

    For most if not all people:
    Learn a language. Not only will it boost your ability of memory it is also something you can do to relieve stress. I've been learning languages lately, not only that but the culture i want to speak. You will feel so fascinated with the world around you. You feel like you can see in the eyes of a different person. I've been struggling in life but teaching myself these things makes me a lot happier. I feel like I'm seeing my home as a person who's never seen it. What they would think of our cities, houses, and overall what our world is like. In a new light.
    Then again this could just be me. I think you should give it a shot and see what you think about it. I think you'll enjoy it.

    • @19MJ58
      @19MJ58 Před 4 lety +10

      Nope, it's not just you! YES learning a new language and culture makes you see everything in a new light, keeps you motivated and it's fascinating indeed!!! My native language is Greek and I am self-taught in English (fluent) and for 2 months now, I'm learning a third one which is Spanish (''light'' conversations ..so far). I think it's that sense of accomplishment along with the new info about a different culture, that makes me so much happier :D

    • @filzhut6234
      @filzhut6234 Před 4 lety +2

      It's the same thing for me but with history. It's so refreshing and learning new things and discussing history puts a smile on my face.

    • @sw50zxjzdgvsbgfy30
      @sw50zxjzdgvsbgfy30 Před 4 lety

      I can't tell if you overact, but it's indeed amazing to learn a language and watching the ability of using the language growing every week and so on. What I wanted to say is, one of the best things about learning foreign languages is when a stranger hears her\his native language. It also connects people

    • @disease9674
      @disease9674 Před 4 lety

      @@19MJ58 how did you learn Spanish

    • @19MJ58
      @19MJ58 Před 4 lety

      @@disease9674 Ι learned with Duolingo! It's been 7 months now (222 days in a row, on an average of 15mins per day) and I'm able to have plenty of more complex conversations in Spanish now! Some Spanish customers at work are very impressed every time we talk, but I would't say I'm fluent ..I'm getting there though ;)

  • @lowther482
    @lowther482 Před 3 lety +1832

    FRENCH TRANSFORMATION: 2 YEARS
    9/7/20
    Week 1: (An edit from further down the line) can't remember what it was like.
    Week 2: (Another edit from further down the line) can't remember what this was like either.
    2 weeks into learning french, Will keep u updated weekly. (Original first post)
    Week 3: one more week of pimsleur and then moving on to assimil finally. Starting to pick up more words from watching loads of series and films etc...
    Week 4: Final week of pimsleur so hyped to get onto Assimil for a change of things.
    Week 5: Found some cool music, movies/series seem to have become clearer as I am comprehending much more of what I hear.
    Week 6: Found an intermediate podcast that i can understand the gist of. Gave me a huge boost in confidence as i continue to progress through assimil. (InnerFrench is the name of the podcast)
    Week 7: Still going, motivation kinda going up and down. Still consistent tho. 2 month (roughly) milestone coming up.
    Week 8: had a conversation with a tutor online to get my speaking going a bit. 2 months (roughly) in to the 6-7 months journey.
    Week 9: Yes. Still going.
    Week 10: (1 day early) Closing in on the end of Assimil (2 more weeks to go).
    Week 11: (un jour plutot encore) The usual...
    Week 12: Really found this week hard. Really losing motivation, not really learning vocabulary and generally slacking. However I’m still getting at least an hour of french in a day, whether it be a film podcast or work. Hopefully I will find the courage to tighten up on my work, review the past lessons and learn the past vocabulary next week. I knew this stage would come, however, and I’m prepared to get out of it. Basically life’s getting in the way.
    Week 12.5 Goal reached. Assimil finished. Glossika and vocab grinding next. Next goal is to have spent 6 months learning.
    Week 13: Glossika started.
    Week 14: Continuing to feel like I'm getting nowhere.
    Week 15: The weeks really are going fast now. I've started to notice some things that people call "early signs of fluency". Things like dreaming in french (I have had three in the past two weeks) and when speaking in english saying random french words by accident. Also watching more TV now as i realized i needed to immerse myself as much as I could.
    Week 16: Had a tough phase of feeling like I'm making no progress. I have now moved on from glossika as I found it pretty useless. Now, taking sources from more native content, using (for the first half-hour of the day) a book in french and then adding it to Anki, and then (second half-hour of the day) taking vocab from a film in french and adding it to Anki. Not forgetting to do the weekly meeting on Italki and an hour of TV watching (not adding to Anki) every day. This feels better as I'm spending at least two hours of French contact every day (compared to one and a half hours).
    Week 17: Need to watch more TV. For some reason, I find it harder than doing the work for the day.
    Week 18: rien comme d'habitude
    Week 19: I am now doing an hour and a half of work every day and trying to watch more TV. Motivation fluctuating. Not seeing progress at all.
    Week 19.5: Joyeux Noel tout le monde!!
    Week 20: downloaded HelloTalk which is a massive help for my spelling (my big issue)
    Week 20.5: Bonne annee tout le monde!!!
    Week 21: Il faut que je retrouve mon routine encore car recement j'ai fait tout mon francais le soir.
    Week 22: Ive been dropping to half an hour of day for vocab and grammaire and watching much more content instead.
    Week 23: I've watched wayyyy more tv which feels good as I feel more immersed. Trying to get back into my routine of 1 hr a day. Thanks for all the likes eveeryone 👍 3 weeks until 6 month landmark.
    Week 24: Two weeks away from 6 months. I've been slacking and not doing enough . I am going to try and maintain a routine through the next two weeks and then I will write a short essay so you can see my progress and the end of 6 months etc etc
    Week 25: Awful. haven't done any review this week. I'm gonna try and push to do half an hour a day this last week and then I have to start revising for the DELF B1. 6 months in 1 week.
    Week 26: See below
    - 6 MONTHS -
    Lets goooooooo! I guess this is the end of the initially proposed time to learn the language, and let's just say I did. I'll write a bit in French now so you can see what 6 months has done to me starting from A1 Level of French and turning it into a middle B1 Level.
    ( I am going to continue with half an hour of french a day and input of course, however I won't update anymore )
    ( If you google translate it and swap it round a few times it will give you different results, this is how you know that this whole thing is legit )
    Finalement c'est le fin de ce longue voyage d'apprentissage du francais, je veux dire tout simplement que c'est bien passe et je me suis beaucoup ameliore. Pour chaque un/une d'entre vous qui apprendre accun langue, je vais maintnent vous donner des conseils a mon avis. Surtout quittez pas. C'est la chose que je te recommend a faire. C'est vachement dur au debut mais si vous essayez bien, vous allez reussir sans doubt. Faites confiance en vous, c'est pas impossible mais honetmment, pout avoir commence, c'etait la partie la plus dur. Vous connaissez que ca va etre dur, mais vous inquietez pas, Vous serez pas parfait jusqu'au vous l'avez fait depuis les annees. Chui pas de tout parfait. Du coup, j'espere que vous croyez tous que vous pouvez tous le faire. Ceci va etre la dernier fois que je vous tiendrai informer mais je vais partager avec vous quand j'atteinds le niveau de DELF B1 ( je vais prendre l'epreuve). Bonne chance a tout le monde, et quel plaisir a partager cette experience avec vous.
    Au revoir.
    Fin.
    - 12 MONTHS -
    I haven't done any French for 6 months now, however i have managed to retain the ability to speak and listen and read to the level I did before, if not better. I did the DELF B1 exam and passed. This is just letting you know once the language clicks, you really dont forget it (until many years have passed). I even think in French subconsciously sometimes which is maybe why I've managed to retain most of the knowledge. Sure there are some words that can't be revisited frequently enough as they aren't used in conversation. Anyway, ill give future updates in the months to come.
    - 2 YEARS -
    Ca fait longetemps depuis j'ai fait du francais parce que je l'ai arrete pour un peu de temps, mais ca ne veut pas dire que je l'ai oublie. Il y a deux ans j'ai commencer, j'ai pris du temps pour apprendre quelque chose qui m'a interesse, et ca valait la peine. Ce que j'ai apris ces derniers deux annees, c'etait que c'est bien facile de mantenir une langue quand tu l'a appris, alors si vous l'apprenez, ne quitte pas! Je veux bien croire que je me suis un peu ameliorer parce que si non c'est un peu inquietant, mais pour l'avenir pour vous tous, je vous souhaite bonne chance.
    - 3 YEARS -
    Je vais peut-etre aller a l'université a Paris, une reve dont j'ai eu depuis le moment out j'ai commence d'en apprendre, y a trois ans. Je sais pas pourquoi je continue a commenter ici surtout quand personne ne le lit pas, mais je le ferai quand meme mdr. Bonnce chance a tout le monde!!

  • @orchidayuria6264
    @orchidayuria6264 Před 3 lety

    Really enjoy your video! Thanks

  • @MrGuialbuquerque
    @MrGuialbuquerque Před 3 lety

    Omg, your background lofi Howl's Castle is just amazing

  • @mckenziemiller7646
    @mckenziemiller7646 Před 5 lety +571

    This comment is for anyone who is learning a language and is lacking motivation: You 👏 can 👏 do 👏 it 👏
    It may seem impossible, but you're getting there step by step. I've been learning Spanish for 2 years and I'm not even conversationally fluent, but after taking Ikenna's advice and immersing myself, I'm slowly getting better. Keep going guys. I wish you luck.

    • @danit2972
      @danit2972 Před 4 lety +1

      suerte! y gracias

    • @otakuhime3119
      @otakuhime3119 Před 4 lety +1

      I've been learning spanish in school for four years and I'm not even conversationally fluent

    • @benedictemarding6237
      @benedictemarding6237 Před 4 lety +1

      I'm trying to learn Korean and Korean is SO HARD. I can read it yes, but I still can't fully understand it, so I guess I will go with the input stage and then just dismiss the subtitles

    • @marianaatanes5556
      @marianaatanes5556 Před 4 lety +2

      감사합니다!

    • @SeGey512
      @SeGey512 Před 4 lety +2

      Спасибо!

  • @royaleeli9090
    @royaleeli9090 Před 4 lety +916

    Me: 14 yr old freshman with no money
    You: says app that cost money
    Me:😭
    (Edit/update )I am now a 15 year old sophomore who is interested in Other languages such as Korean , Japanese, Chinese and Hebrew 🤗😪😫 My attention span on one thing sucks ..... welp On to new things ....😬

    • @thatblackchick3389
      @thatblackchick3389 Před 4 lety +37

      Pastel Dunes I feel you. I’m thirteen lol 😭

    • @alicemuguet6947
      @alicemuguet6947 Před 4 lety +44

      Using Duolingo, Memrise, and watching shows/movies in your target language should be a good enough start! I'm doing that with Romanian right now and making time for it every day. No need to dish out money xD

    • @saltyyyboi8322
      @saltyyyboi8322 Před 4 lety +4

      †花 I’m trying to learn German, any tips???

    • @foreveranoutcast3847
      @foreveranoutcast3847 Před 4 lety

      Samee

    • @lawsonmoskal7363
      @lawsonmoskal7363 Před 4 lety +11

      Saltyyy Boi label every object in your house with its German counterpart, watch German tv shows, I watch the good place on Netflix with German dub and English subtitles, and listen to German music ❤️

  • @luu8308
    @luu8308 Před 3 lety +51

    To all the weebs out there:
    Y‘all hear the background music? 👀⭐️💧

  • @tabbystoon6207
    @tabbystoon6207 Před 3 lety

    Bueno, ante todo, muchas gracias por compartir tu método de estudio, empezaré a estudiar jaja. Gracias ikenna, un sub más para tu canal OwO

  • @kodycore
    @kodycore Před 5 lety +813

    I'm so frustrated that i'm starting to lose my motivation

    • @felixshultz
      @felixshultz Před 5 lety +33

      @DBangz I can help you to learn Russian, I'm a native speaker. And you could help me with my English.

    • @floif9942
      @floif9942 Před 5 lety +9

      Do you have instagram? I'm learning russian too

    • @zachazo3973
      @zachazo3973 Před 5 lety +19

      Remember why you started and what motivated you in the first place !

    • @felixshultz
      @felixshultz Před 5 lety +1

      @@floif9942 yep instagram.com/grand_stay_morning/?hl=ru

    • @felixshultz
      @felixshultz Před 5 lety +7

      @@snuppl512 We can learn languages together by helping each other

  • @burymyjam
    @burymyjam Před 5 lety +1893

    can you do a timelapse of you learning Korean (if you do choose to learn it)

    • @IkennaLanguages
      @IkennaLanguages  Před 5 lety +493

      Definitely

    • @micahthaoriginal6316
      @micahthaoriginal6316 Před 5 lety +46

      YAS learning it rn

    • @saharaaweys2011
      @saharaaweys2011 Před 5 lety +47

      i currently learning it i use duolingo and a webstie or book you can by called korean from zero i also and making my own workbook for it so when i finish it can help others for example in my work book i write each word five times in korean to help me memerize and it actually helps and also mini quizes for each section

    • @Guest1_213
      @Guest1_213 Před 5 lety +4

      저도요!😍😍💖💖😊😊

    • @teliah3922
      @teliah3922 Před 5 lety +7

      안녕하세요

  • @RobT192
    @RobT192 Před 3 lety

    Glad that I found your channel, the video was really helpful. I am going to learn Spanish. Thank you bro

  • @lennoxcrochet9718
    @lennoxcrochet9718 Před 2 lety

    Great info 💕thanks Bravo a book very impressive

  • @ArendellianDisnerd
    @ArendellianDisnerd Před 3 lety +292

    3:56 And Frozen is dubbed into 50+ languages, I watched it in different language all the time and that helped me to learn some vocabs

    • @zeoceania2765
      @zeoceania2765 Před 3 lety +16

      Omg, I watched frozen in english (first time for fun), then in Arabic (to understand more words), then on French (cause I'm studying French) and now I'm for frozen in Korean(haven't started yet but I will) , Japanese (already started but deciding if I actually want to learn it anymore) and Italian (fluent).

    • @zeoceania2765
      @zeoceania2765 Před 3 lety +20

      My family is sick of frozen and frozen 2 because of me

    • @milesedgeworth4101
      @milesedgeworth4101 Před 3 lety +4

      Thats baka

    • @sarahh2072
      @sarahh2072 Před 3 lety +1

      Ok this is genius

    • @ktxtenskz7441
      @ktxtenskz7441 Před 3 lety +1

      Wait how to you do that

  • @lunaforero9987
    @lunaforero9987 Před 4 lety +604

    I am going to start learning Japanese from tomorrow. I’ll be back in a year!

    • @peepeepoopoo6676
      @peepeepoopoo6676 Před 3 lety +78

      I started- what? 10 months ago?
      DON’T BE LIKE ME.
      I was Lazy and took really long breaks.
      I learned a lot when I actually studied.
      But then lost like- everything lol.
      So yeah. Good luck! :)
      I’ll be back in a year also.

    • @lunaforero9987
      @lunaforero9987 Před 3 lety +15

      BluBellah thank you!! And goodlcuk to you too!!

    • @BigMan-ts2dn
      @BigMan-ts2dn Před 3 lety +8

      Itachi Naruto you made decent progress?

    • @lunaforero9987
      @lunaforero9987 Před 3 lety +8

      Big Man no lol, right after I said that they announced I had to still make exams.. I wasn’t able to work much but I did make some progress

    • @zeoceania2765
      @zeoceania2765 Před 3 lety +8

      It's been 2 months? How's it going?

  • @developerninja619
    @developerninja619 Před 3 lety +2

    Thank you! That's literally what I came up with myself during self learning of English. But I didn't know about Pimsleur or Glossilka. I Will surely try that out when I start learning Spanish.
    P. S. Added few words to my vocabulary from this vid

  • @Orangeninja5000
    @Orangeninja5000 Před 2 lety

    The advice was about what I expected, but it was phrased...encouragingly. I'll keep trying my best.

  • @ila_1910
    @ila_1910 Před 5 lety +315

    "plants don't grow every single day,maybe sometimes they are lazy so most of the days" cracked me 😂😂 you really seem to understand plants

    • @v1kkis1xx73
      @v1kkis1xx73 Před 5 lety +4

      Ila Jung hey Army 😂☺️💜

  • @sasuke1243
    @sasuke1243 Před 4 lety +347

    Challenge: Finish Primsler learning before the free trial is up.

    • @ashrafnimr3388
      @ashrafnimr3388 Před 4 lety +11

      Ashlyn Currie or just download it from piratebay and have unlimited acces how about that?

    • @ralucaioanagrigoras1489
      @ralucaioanagrigoras1489 Před 4 lety +7

      @@ashrafnimr3388 whaat how to do that please teach me master

    • @ashrafnimr3388
      @ashrafnimr3388 Před 4 lety +2

      Raluca Ioana Grigoraș well you need to go on the website thepiratebay from there on you can search for anything you want get utorrent and you can download any Language you want

    • @chady025
      @chady025 Před 4 lety +4

      @@ashrafnimr3388 True, but that eliminates the sense of urgency and could led to procrastination because "i have it forever for free." The free trial challenge is where its at for me

    • @miiiwu1999
      @miiiwu1999 Před 4 lety +5

      download a free VPN (I used riseup vpn) + torrenting client (I use qBitTorrent cause it’s free and open source). PirateBay is ok but a lot of the torrents are dead, so try lots of different newer torrent sites (for Japanese I recommend nyaa dot si cause they have some mega packs of learning resources)

  • @neko200br
    @neko200br Před 2 lety +1

    Good morning Sensei, I'm from Brazil 🇧🇷 Well, it sounds very interesting, but I'm still learning English. But I intend to take your course as soon as I improve a little more my English... When I feel confident I will take your wonderful course

  • @Noheatcooltech
    @Noheatcooltech Před 3 lety

    Great video! You introduced me to to language transfer and I’m thankful for that 🙏🏾 would you ever do a podcast with mihalis or interview?

  • @aloi6218
    @aloi6218 Před 3 lety +321

    Me: learning Italian
    Also me: downloads every language learning app that's not even about learning Italian

    • @idittaibi1757
      @idittaibi1757 Před 3 lety +6

      Lol. It's exactly me. Too much passion for learning languages...

    • @ALE9069
      @ALE9069 Před 3 lety +10

      Buona fortuna! È bello conoscere nuove lingue.

    • @corinnemichelle9000
      @corinnemichelle9000 Před 3 lety +1

      Io anche sto studiando italiano mà è molto difficile per non avere con chi parlarlo 😭

    • @MSara.
      @MSara. Před 3 lety +4

      No worry, even for us italians our language is difficult

    • @ecampbell3759
      @ecampbell3759 Před 3 lety +4

      @@Lorena-io9sl hi! in from italy and italian is my native language... we always make A LOT of mistakes while speaking and italian with a high level of fluency are so rare. ik, it's sad but it is.
      just 15 or 20 years ago italian was so different bc italian speakers always try to simplify their own language, so don't worry too much about being perfect while you're speaking.
      verb tense is the most difficult thing to learn but you can communicate and be understandable even you don't know how to conjugate verbs... try to focus on sentence structure bc it's so flexible and a single word in the wrong order can change the meaning of the sentence.
      Idrk why people want to learn Italian sincerely😅 but I really appreciate that🥰💜
      I'm still learning English so sorry if I made some mistakes, I promise I will be better.
      oh and I'm trying to learn Korean too and I'm really motivated

  • @blumelodiez
    @blumelodiez Před 5 lety +290

    STEP 1: watch TV shows or CZcams videos in that language
    Me: *watches Anime almost everyday* YOSH STEP ONE COMPLETE

    • @sarban1653
      @sarban1653 Před 5 lety +27

      I don't watch anime anymore but I used to watch it a lot and I never learnt more than 10 words. However, I have a sister that obsessively watches K-dramas and never took a language learning class but she says she can understand half of it without subtitles (but can't speak it). Was very surprised when she said that. Maybe she's lying or I just don't understand life.

    • @blumelodiez
      @blumelodiez Před 5 lety +5

      @@sarban1653 watching TV shows, listening to music, etc. just help in pronunciation and intonation 😂😂😂 your sister may or may not be bullshitting but hey, nothing's impossible

    • @mugensgeta1125
      @mugensgeta1125 Před 4 lety +2

      Sarban lol when you watch things like K-Dramas kind of obsessively, you actually do pick up a lot of phrases and responses. Also, you become used to the tone people have so you can kind of guess stuff. A lot of the people I know that watch anime know almost no Japanese, but I’ve picked up a bit of Thai and Korean from watching dramas in those languages. Maybe it has to do with the tone of Japanese and the characters, or because it’s more fast paced when they’re talking?

    • @sergelevesque2718
      @sergelevesque2718 Před 4 lety +3

      @@mugensgeta1125 A theory: babies don't learn a language only by listening to people. They are also observing people. I've read somewhere that they need to see your face to learn better. I think that it is plausible that observing mouth movement helps to assimilate a language. So on that front, watching animated characters who are notorious for having unrealistic mouth movement might be why the results are so poor, while watching live action shows or videos seems to fare better.

    • @mugensgeta1125
      @mugensgeta1125 Před 4 lety +2

      Serge Lévesque yeah, I completely agree. I think associating sounds with movement and facial changes is really important cause it makes you focus more on the words + teaches you how to mimic. Just being able to look at actual humans speaking in a realistic way helps a lot. ❤️

  • @stasiaserge8075
    @stasiaserge8075 Před 2 lety +5

    Thank you so much!! I’m trying to learn Spanish because everyone thinks I’m Hispanic and I live in an area with high Latin population so instead of saying I don’t speak Spanish I’m going to learn it XD

  • @MrRath-gn4ng
    @MrRath-gn4ng Před 3 lety

    Its so nice to have a sincere person sharing their experiences

  • @nissango
    @nissango Před 4 lety +181

    "Do you not remember Spanish class in high school??" OOF I FELT THAT

  • @sillaz22
    @sillaz22 Před 5 lety +848

    Your french is improving so rapidly i like it

    • @FunnyParadox
      @FunnyParadox Před 4 lety +1

      @unknown Rapidly exist in english ??

    • @FunnyParadox
      @FunnyParadox Před 4 lety

      @unknown Thank you to learn me new english words ^^

    • @pragyagoel1020
      @pragyagoel1020 Před 3 lety +1

      @@FunnyParadox thankyou for making me learn * or to teach me new words would be the correct sentence :)

    • @FunnyParadox
      @FunnyParadox Před 3 lety

      @@pragyagoel1020 Thank you for your correction ^^ :D

    • @pragyagoel1020
      @pragyagoel1020 Před 3 lety

      @@FunnyParadox It's my pleasure.Where are you from btw :)?

  • @quotes612
    @quotes612 Před 2 lety

    Amazing video, this video helped me so much

  • @zeh1060
    @zeh1060 Před 3 lety +28

    Time to watch Coco in Spanish a billion times until I can understand the songs...

  • @himerobine
    @himerobine Před 5 lety +449

    I am polyglot and It's the first time I hear a true advice "All begin by listening and listening and listening". Without noticing, you begin to apprehend some words here and there that when you grasp the whole meaning and after that you are being curious like "Oh that was used here and there why ?" and you look for an answer one by one. To the level where two native are speaking beside you and you are like "holy s* did I really understand their discussions !" - that was my case lol And it's really effortless and fun but the key is being passionate about the language you want to learn
    The funny thing is when you read the subtitle and you're like "Oh this not really what they are trying to convey"
    Great video
    Greeting From France

    • @ICanSpeakArabic
      @ICanSpeakArabic Před 5 lety +12

      this is what im doing.
      6 months arabic challenge
      listening alot, n study 1 hour a day
      i will be fluent in arabic at the end june 2019

    • @himerobine
      @himerobine Před 5 lety +3

      @@ICanSpeakArabic It's seems too ambitious but setting a goal would not hurt you ^^
      May I know what attract you to learn Arabic ?

    • @ICanSpeakArabic
      @ICanSpeakArabic Před 5 lety +5

      once upon a time "china's great wall" attracted me. n now i acheived chinese.
      when i was in school
      i remember "geoghraphy" class about egypt's pyramid , sphinx etc
      this hv been akways attracted me.
      but 2019 i told myself its time to get ready.
      ofcus i dont need arabic to visit any arabs countries, but if i can speak their language , they would be more happy. n as a polyglot why not to open another door ?.
      yes, indeed, within 6 months i will definately come out good result.
      bcus i m devout on it.
      comme on dit ...
      cest la vie !
      on fait ce que on aime . alors cest l heure ! ^^

    • @himerobine
      @himerobine Před 5 lety +2

      @@ICanSpeakArabic Oh that great
      Je vois si tu es dévoué à la tâche, tu arriveras tôt ou tard ^^
      So حظا سعيدا (good luck)

    • @ICanSpeakArabic
      @ICanSpeakArabic Před 5 lety

      @@himerobine
      شكرا يا صديقي.
      وانت كذلك ^^

  • @jetfirehi5229
    @jetfirehi5229 Před 4 lety +368

    Well I have 5 months off of school so I’m going to learn french, and I’ll be back when I’m done just to prove that I can do it

    • @samu-chan
      @samu-chan Před 4 lety +19

      keep us updated

    • @yaniekteunissen5406
      @yaniekteunissen5406 Před 4 lety +16

      Lol im doing the same thing but with italian

    • @marina.b4883
      @marina.b4883 Před 4 lety +14

      I'm doing the same thing but with korean

    • @nickjobs8637
      @nickjobs8637 Před 4 lety +10

      I’m doing the same thing with Spanish.

    • @nad-ia-8069
      @nad-ia-8069 Před 4 lety +10

      Hey, I’m French :) If you have anything that confuses you or if you have questions about French, you can ask me 😄

  • @inboarduck8589
    @inboarduck8589 Před 2 lety

    Thanks for this video ! I've tried using duolingo many times, with dedication and committment and I found it far too complicated and I felt like I wasnt actually learning or understanding the material, just memorizing. Hearing about this method makes me excited to learn, thanks !!

    • @Acro_LangLearn
      @Acro_LangLearn Před 2 lety +1

      Refold’s immersion-based method works better than this imo, plus it’s much less expensive.

  • @moncada2961
    @moncada2961 Před 3 lety +2

    Hey, this litteraly helped me, thanks

  • @haltdieklappe7972
    @haltdieklappe7972 Před 4 lety +487

    correction: How to learn any language in six months if you're wealthy.

    • @Milark
      @Milark Před 4 lety +35

      Roderik Carpinello nah he’s studying inside a Japanese person

    • @LibertyMapper
      @LibertyMapper Před 4 lety +2

      PsyChoCZ Learn chinese

    • @user-fartsmella69
      @user-fartsmella69 Před 4 lety +13

      I pirated the first two suggestions he gave, the reason I'm learning them in the first place is to earn money lol.

    • @ivanfernandez3991
      @ivanfernandez3991 Před 4 lety +1

      @@user-fartsmella69 How did u pirated them HHA

    • @7thmusic226
      @7thmusic226 Před 4 lety +2

      Albert Fish would be nice to have pimsleur pirated lol Im a broke student 😭

  • @weekapaugphil
    @weekapaugphil Před 4 lety +67

    I've been learning French for almost 4 months now....the inspiration was this woman in a band that I loved. This woman was Canadian with roots from Haiti and fluent French. I loved her...she was amazing. So one night, I downloaded (duolingo, because it was the only option I knew) and I started...it's been 111 days and I've started to understand partial french...and it's thanks to a crush I had in middle school......WOW.

    • @thinking_stardust
      @thinking_stardust Před 4 lety +5

      Hey man. I want to learn french, but don't know where to start. Do you think there are some better options than Duolingo? Thanks

    • @dominicbonifacio4408
      @dominicbonifacio4408 Před 3 lety +3

      It's been 5 months how's that going

    • @Zanecronium
      @Zanecronium Před 3 lety

      Im your 69th like -0- noice

  • @gonzapacini5668
    @gonzapacini5668 Před 3 lety +1

    Dude thanks to this video I've gone from speaking 2 languages to 5, and your book also was the best guide ever, I'm really grateful, thank you.