Three factors that matter: Time, Energy, Concentration Tips 1.Wake up early and hit the books in the language at its lowest level 2. Get organized 3. Keep a logbook
I'm currently learning French and Polish separately and I've found that one advantage of learning two languages is that if I get too frustrated with one, I can take a "break" and switch to the other.
Those three languages also happen to include some of the biggest populations around the world, so those kids would be able to talk to well over a billion people in their native language 😊
Actually I learned the fact that when I learned another language, my other language improved a lot in a sense of words, definition, as well as sentence flow
If those languages are somewhat closely related. I'm learning Japanese and English helps me in only one way, there're numerous loan words from English apart from that nothint much. If I learned Chinese it'd be another matter
I Totally agree with this perspective, cause that's happening to me with portuguese and english of course (I'm learning French) and by french i'm noticing that those words where i was joggling to understand, and now my brain just makes it happen by itself perhaps cause I'm constantly practicing portugese (I'm not including english cause i'm in a higher level) and now that I've included French my brain is making new roots to apply those words and senteces that I have been learning before, thats magic
I am Turkish. I have been learning English for years and I was taught German years ago and I have started Japanese for 1.5 years. Now, I continue a 3-language schedule more than 1 year. It is really demanding. In fact I wouldn't want to keep learning them all simultaneously but I had to do it. So far so good. I am at a c2 level in English, b2 in German and I just passed JLPT4 of Japanese.
My languages: German (native) English (B2+) Polish (A2 or B1) Spanish (A1 or A2) Korean (A1) Now I can finally make a plan to study all four thank you so much for your advice! Keep going, language learners! 💜
Am self-learning Tagalog, Basque and Catalan and love the diversity. I love how each language seems to pull out a different facet of my personality and brings me closer to understanding the uniqueness of each of these cultures. For me, I like to scatter my attention across a few languages as I learn, as I find, I can become obsessive if studying just one language at a time.
My languages: Spanish (native) English (C1) Portuguese (C1) French (B1) German (A2 - B1) I’m struggling maintaining German, as it’s very difficult for me and I don’t use for my job.
Haha, it's true. Tonnes of language learning tips are NECESSARILY contradictory, e.g. I say: Speak, speak early, and speak a lot. But also: Get lots of input. Luca is genuinely a pro at learning languages. So it's the same as a major league baseballer would not recommend switch-hitting (batting both right and left handed), but he himself may do that.
No matter how much you show people that doing something is a bad idea, there are still those who will insist on doing it because they are "special". So, he might as well give tips and suggestions on doing those things.
@@LeftToWrite006 Well yeah, and that Luca is not like most people. He wouldn't recommend that a first time foreign language learner start with 2 at once, letalone 3. But he has the process down to a fine art.
@@marcelosilveira7079 Yes, on average he spends about 2 years on them but as he said in this video, he is into his 3rd year of Hungarian. So I think he sort of learns them in 3 stages, 1: active familiarisation like he is doing with Danish at the moment, 2: more exposure and lots of speaking (Greek at the moment) and 3: polishing and continued exposure, like Hungarian at the moment. It would also depend on what language. I know he has said that Portuguese didn't take him very long because he was already very fluent in Spanish.
Loads of places say learning simultaneously is a big no no, but I'm learning Indonesian, Swahili and polish and it seems to be going fine, it's actually quicker than doing one at a time. believe in yourselves people!
@@alexv3371 hey not the same guy but I’m also at B1/B2 in Spanish, I recommend listening and reading a lot of material in the language, this is most important. Then, try the app Speakly, it is incredible, but if you don’t like it then use Anki for phrases/vocabulary. Lastly, speak as much as possible and try to think in Spanish; setting your phone’s language to Spanish helps a lot. Remember, the passion and curiosity within you is more powerful than any resource or method. Good luck!
Most of the videos I have seen in the past just show the person showing off how many languages they speak without giving any actual advice. Luca actualley gives advice thank you.
I admire your abilities and my Dad spoke 8 languages which he used in everyday life; a true polyglot. Here's the thing. He lived in those countries. I speak 3 languages and find the cultural context of each paramount.... this is in no way a criticism, just comparing how we choose to acquire new means to communicate with each other.
Learning 3 languages simultaneously is absolutely feasible, provided that they are UNRELATED. If you tried for instance to study Danish & Swedish together, you would surely mix them up. Now that you have a pretty high level in Swedish it will only take you a few months to reach the same level in written Danish. But when it comes to oral expression & understanding you’ll need LOTS of practice with natives! As for Hungarian and Greek, the overall difficulty to reach say B2 level may be similar, but the difficulty of Greek is front-loaded. You have to learn a new alphabet (which is not easy for many people), to get used to the insanely unpredictable declensions & conjugations and to learn how to associate the new vocabulary with words that you already know from other languages, as the association is often hidden. On the other hand, Hungarian surprises you in the first steps with the regularity of its grammar. The original Hungarian vocabulary may be totally unfamiliar, but you’ll find lots of words of Latin, Germanic or Slavic origin. You’ll think “That’s a handy language for me to add a new flag on my badge in the next polyglot conference”. But as your study progresses and the sentences you read become longer, you’ll realize that there is something wrong with this language. Very often sentences make no sense to you, as if they had been written by someone under influence of drugs. Google Translate cannot make sense out of them either. The only way to understand them is to resort to the help of a native speaker. This is a problem you’ll NEVER encounter in Greek. Greek syntax is almost the same as Italian. If you transfer your Italian thoughts into Greek you’ll be perfectly understood.
Hey there! Long time no see ;-) I agree with most of what you wrote here. To me though, despite the grammatical idiosyncrasies, Greek comes naturally to me (because my native Italian has a lot of things in common with GReek), while Hungarian is more difficult to "tame". As you pointed out, the way native Hungarians formulate their thought is still pretty alien to me. Anyway, thanks for swinging by and contributing to the discussion with such a well-thought and informative message! L
I agree with your comments . However ; having lived in Denmark with a Swedish wife I'm fairly fluent in both languages . Anyone familiar with those languages will tell you that although the grammar and vocabulary are very similar Danish pronunciation is much the most difficult for foreigners to get right . If you know Danish you will know what I mean ..!
@@joseluizdurigon8893 That's different because you're talking about your mother tongue, not about two languages which you have to learn. If you know one language very well then it will certainly help you learn a similar language. But we're talking about a situation where you have to learn both at the same time.
My languages: Korean Japanese Chinese Spanish Hebrew The priority list that he gave is actually really helpful and I never thought about setting up a schedule around my language learning in this way. This is definitely going to help me become more organized and take each language seriously. Thank you very much for this video, God bless you!
thanks, I was wondering if he was native in English! he's really good! I feel like I can trust his advice now, cause you see so many 'polyglots' on TH-cam who aren't so much speaking as mutilating their target language.
@R J Because I want someone who respects the language. If it's English then English all it should be. How would you like me to speak Italian in an English or American accent?
@R J Anyway, I love the way this content creator speaks English. Hat's off to him! Not easy to lose the Italian accent as he also speaks French in the French accent as well as Spanish. A perfect teacher indeed.
@R J You you, me me, ok? I do not like the accent, sorry. It ruins the language. I speak fluent Italian, I lived in Italy for many years, my late husband was Italian so, please, I know what I'm talking about. Luca speaks perfect English, French and Spanish. How refreshing and highly talented that he could speak it in each respective way of speaking, hat's off. What's the use if you teach these languages and retaining your accent. It'd defeat its purpose. No thank you!
Man, Luca... you are THE BEST. I love how when I looked carefully, I could see that you're learning Danish from a French book hahaha. Like I know you speak French to a very high level, but still, I love how naturally all this comes to you. But I am also so glad you said the thing about the different levels: I completely agree (although basically anything you told me, I'd believe even if it cut against what I already believed) but yeah, I put it like this: - You can learn a few languages at the same time, but you can't (or shouldn't) learn them SIMULTANEOUSLY. Don't START in Danish and Italian at the same time. Get to the point that one of them is like practicing running, while the other is at the point of being like practicing backflipping. This makes them so different that you won't get confused. I'd love to know your thoughts on short term language "boot-camps", e.g. I have not stopped learning Swedish altogether, but I have put it on hold for a bit while I attempt to study 250 hours of French in 3 months (about 2.5 hours a day). This is just to give my French a bit of a boost, while my Swedish will hold because it's about at the same level as your Hungarian. As a guy who studies both or all 3 languages every day, what do you think about that? Love your work Luca - you are my biggest inspiration!
@@Quazimotoboy Yeah. Actually I've just spotted (in his Logbook thing... having access to that feels amazing!) that he is considering or was considering using DanishPod101... That's good to hear from a veteran like Luca, because I feel the Pod101 series is seriously underrated and if used well, could get someone to a very high level.
He already speaks Swedish fluently, which is quite similar to Danish, especially in terms of grammar, so in Luca's case I'd say it's doable. Otherwise I agree with you
@@emilstorgaard9642 - Sorry I don't follow, agree with me on what? Oh you mean like, that you should focus on one language at a time? I wasn't necessarily saying that you should, I was just after Luca's thoughts on being like CRAZY focused on one language for a brief time. Yeah, I know he speaks Swedish fluently; I am a huge fan of that conversation he had with his Swedish friend about why Swedes speak English well. Och du då? Ditt namn ser skandinaviskt ut, är det så?
One tip for learning two languages at the same time that Mark Pentleton (from Radio Lingua) recommends is to learn those languages in different places.
Ha, wow, that one, I had not thought of. I have different music and different people's faces (I use photos of people I associate with that language) but different places... wow, that would be very powerful too. Thankfully my house has a few rooms too!
Days of French 'n' Swedish I also do the "different faces" thing sort of. I make tons of flashcards on Anki and I'll alwasy use pics of celebs/influencers who speak that language natively
Még egy polyglott-ot sem hallottam, hogy magyarul tanult volna. Te vagy az első! Köszönöm neked, hogy az anyanyelvemet tanulod! I've never heard about a polyglott, who would have learnt Hungarian. You are the first. Thank you, for learning my native language!
That's unexpectedly sound advice, in my opinion! I m also learning 3 or 4 new languages at the same time, but in a much less structured, dedicated way. I also tend to gravitate to the ones that I already know better/ are easier first, and often simply stop, right after I m done with those 😂. So, to get to a decent level in my latest languages takes me forever. Greek has proven particularly hard for me, as has Hebrew, to the point where I have given up. Your Greek is amazing. I loved your interview with Daria.
Nagyon jó kis videó. Örülök, hogy tanulod a magyart. Tetszett a mászós hasonlatod, ugyanis sportmászó edző vagyok. :) Én egy éve kezdtem el egyedül franciát tanulni és sok polyglot videót néztem, nézek hogy hatékonyabban tanuljak. Sok sikert a magyarhoz és remélem lesznek még francia nyelvű videóid! ;)
Hungarian?????? OOHH MY GOOD I am hungarian, and I never heard that a foreigner wants to learn hungarian, why do you want to learn hungarian? Thats amazing
Luca thanks for this video and the whole content that you bring to this channel. I can’t stress enough how important your work is for language learners like myself. Keep up with the good work.
As a first timer on this channel, i really appreciate this one, which came just at the right moment. i've been learning both French besides Spanish, and plan on at least two more when i'm ready, so i needed a reminder of what small tips can actually help keep on and keep up, after i had learnt Farsi but unfortunately fell into the trap of enough exposure, little to to practice. The key seems to be dedication, which is well-conveyed in this digestible episode. Good luck. P.S. Curious whether you'd consider taking up Arabic (my native tongue) one day.
Hi Luca, I am also learning 3 languages at the same time, I used to think it is not possible some few years ago but it is perfectly possible! I think though more than 3 languages would be over-kill. So I learn Swedish, Russian and Portuguese. I also have this early morning routine allowing me to focus and get the words repeated and than I try to learn some new ones every single day.
I love learning languages including more than one at a time. I also like to ladder languages, using my next best non native languages to study the newest ones. English (native) Spanish (B1) Korean (B1) Japanese (A1) Mandarin (A1) Once Japanese and Mandarin get to A2, I'll surely succumb to adding another two, possibly French and German.
Grazie Luca, inizierò a studiare una terza lingua a breve e mi stavo appunto chiedendo se fosse troppo o comunque fattibile. Il tuo video calza proprio a pennello e mi ha dato la giusta carica per iniziare con una mentalità positiva! Grazie e complimenti
Thanks for the video. Your morning routine makes a lot of sense. My mornings are hectic... I study my "newborn" language early in the morning, then as you said "life gets in the way". After work, I find time to study my language #2. On a weekly basis, I study my language #3. Thanks again for the video and the motivation!
I've been learning english for two years . And I will start to learn Italian. I accept the challenge of learning these two languages at the same time. 💥🔥💪 thanks.
maycol bocanegra santos I’ve been learning English for a year but also Italian for about 9 month and it was amazing now I’m thinking about learn German. You can do it 👏
I’m also learning Danish. It’s a very pretty language in my opinion. I always start a new language when I’ve reached in my current language at least a B2 level. So that I can put most of my energy into the new language.
I am learning English, French and Spanish when this pops up in my recommendation. Plus, i achieved 8.0 Ielts and B2 DELF after one month of self- study. Crazy!!
Clarke Emilie i am learning all 3 same languages can we help each other what´s your facebook/instagram/whatsapp ??? whatever i would like to practice with u
@@chumnutzly A conlang is a shortening of the phrase "constructed language", or a language that is artificially created instead of being naturally made with thousands of years of evolution.
I’ve never been able to keep up with three languages at once for long. Something always has to give for me. Good on you. I’m much impressed with this and your knowledge of other languages.
Just go for improvement. Personally I've never even successfully implemented a two-language regime, but I want to try to do so next year. The point is I'm better at language learning and general productivity than I was last month, and aim to be better in a month. If I try to be like Luca right now, I'll fail; but maybe in 2 years or so, I can get to where he is now.
Luca, you and Steve from LingQ are the best polyglots out there. Nothing but hard work. None of that "quick tip" or "shortcut" mentality. Keep up the awesome work and know that you're such an inspiration!
This was a great video. I am currently working on 5 different languages. 2 of them I consider hobby languages, because they are fun to learn(Japanese and Latin), the other three are because I want to learn them, so I can travel and speak in people's native languages. In order of "level": Spanish, German, Romanian. I had never thought of keeping a log book, I've always worked sort of haphazardly. I do all of my language apps in the evening before bed. Throughout the day I listen to various media in the three languages I am concentrating on. Your video has convinced me that I need to be more consistent in study, so I can get even better in my skillset. I don't really even know at what level any of my languages are. Thank you so much for sharing your tips. I will be utilizing them right away.
"I've always worked sort of haphazardly." Haha me too. "What should I do today... hmm, oh look, an article 2 levels above mine about a musician I like... let's just try to read it anyway!"
Gratulálok Luca! Nem sok poliglot tanul magyarul, örömmel hallom, hogy te már haladó szinten beszéled. Nekem a legszebb nyelv a világon :-) Üdvözlet Magyarországról!
Thanks for the tips on the video and like you I have been learning 3 languages at the same time and attempt to learn it every day. Actually I been doing the language I struggle the most first for awhile now which is Japanese, followed by French which I am at a higher level than Japanese, followed by Indonesian which is my strongest language. I never knew about putting a log book on the progress of the languages I am learning but after seeing you I plan to do so.
@@evaphillips2102 It is oficially recognised as a language, but it is always difficult to give a good definition of the difference between dialect and language. Anyway there are clear rules about spelling etc.
im learning korean, japanese and english. i learned english by myself, so now im learning korean and japanese as english. so i think its good for my english too. and this video is really good cuz i thought that, learning 3 languages at the same time is a dream. thank you ❤️
Hey Luca I was thinking about learning two languages at the same time. when I had more time. Nowadays I even stopped learning English on a regular basis, since I found myself quite comfortable in communication with others. I'd rather watch, read or speak in English than sit down and delibarately learn it. But when I was watching this viedeo and I saw yoursefl Luca, with book in the morning, with your headphones on, I immidiatly missed these mornings when two houres where devoted for some kind of study. Fully focused on task i quiet, morning environment. So thanks for that video Luca. I aqain have desire to spend time every morning and work on my English. Maybe one day I'll come back to this clip, trying to learn one more language. Z pewnością tak ;) pozdrawiam
@BatJoker I kind of get meaning of it now, but with a litte help form google translator. It says : what are you doing? After chcecking it;s quite obvious, but at the first time, I didn't get it. Are you interested in Slavic languages?
I'm learning Spanish, Korean and Russian I have been studying Russian for 1 year now but I have a feeling my Korean (that I started learning few months ago) is better that my Russian. I didn't know how to balance things out but thanks to this video I feel it will help a lot, thank you!
This is awesome. Coincidentally, I am studying 3 foreign languages currently and they're all at completely different levels. This is so helpful, especially with prioritizing the "newborn" each day.
Making notes is so crucial! Thanks for these tips, Luca. I'm learning Spanish, ASL, and Arabic at the same time. I'm also working on translation work on Hebrew and Greek everyday!
köszönöm szépen! I'm learning French, German, Hungarian and Russian. I have a set schedule and do a different language each day (although I try to do all on Anki flashcards most days). Oddly I find alternating languages keeps me interested and I dont get as bored and procrastinate as much. DuoLingo, Anki, Forvo, and TH-cam are my most favorite resources for learning. I try to find content I'm interested in on youtube in my target languages (like cooking or dog training) which really helps for listening practice. I'm going to start waking up earlier as you suggest for more study/practice time! 😊 Thanks for the great tips and proving learning multiple languages at once can be done!
Good tips. I am learning Finnish (B1) and also Greek (A1). I am going to try with the Greek in the morning. But not easy because some days I have to teach Norwegian in the morning. And then teaching Dutch or Flemish the rest of the day. Sometimes it is all mixed up in my head. But language learning is just so much fun !
I am currently studying Russian, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Sanskrit, Korean, Estonian and Tagalog. It's been three years, and I can now comfortably say hello in every language.
Great, Luca, I like it so much, in particualr you mention make sure that you have a bigger logbook where you can see the entire framework and the entire pictures that you are drawing for your future. It is such a great vision and purpose as Learning a Foreign Language.
I'm a native Spanish spaker, and I'm planning to go on French, German and English. My English level is B2-C1 and in German A2, so I'm excited to improve much more in them both. So I'll go first with French as a beginner and then German in the morning, later at the end of the day because of work and studies with English more relaxed! :D
I have got a method : I am mexican and i speak Portugues as well so, i use to watch Japanese lessons but through a brazilian You tube channel so , in that way, i learn Japanese but at the same Time i am training my Portugues!!!
Eu sei o que estás a dizer. O teu português é mais avançado do que o teu japonês, por consequencia, podes melhorar o teu português enquanto estás aprender japones. Eu também faço isso com o russo. Eu estou aprender russo com inglês. As vezes estás a melhorar só um aspeto da lingua. Podes perceber muito bem o português, porém nao sabes escrever bem em português, por tanto podes leer, e através da leitura aprimorarás a tua escrita. Uma lingua esta dividida em varias partes. Nao é só saber falar bem, mas também é escrever, pronunciar bem as palavras, perceber outros sotaques entre outras coisas.
@@Theyoutuberpolyglot Eu acho que você é Português, pela sua conjugação do gerundio ne? kkkkkk é muito raro pra a gente, meu professor é brasileiro e ele fica chateado quando eu falo : estou a trabalhar , estou a estudar etc.. mas eu gosto de aprender todos os sotaques da Lingua de Camoēs, ... Muito obrigado amigo tchau saudaçoēs do México...
@@arthurhistder1156 Exacto soy portugués. Nosotros también usamos el gerundio, pero es menos frecuente. Hay casos donde puedes usar los dos Eu vi o teu filho a nadar ou eu vi o teu filho nadando na piscina. Yo hablo el castellano de Spain, por lo tanto uso " Vosotros/as y tu" Por supuesto que sé las diferencias entre el castellano que se habla en Spain, y al otro lado del charco. Yo crecí en Madrid, y en la escuela aprendimos las diferencias entre el castellano de américa y de Esp. Obviamente hay ciertas palabras que sólo existen en ciertas regiones- "Mi carnal" No manches wey, la neta, chido que soy de allá y esas palabras no las aprendí en la escuela, sino en las telenovelas como " Lo que callamos las mujeres, lo que cuenta la gente, como dice el dicho etc" De todas las maneras ambas variantes pertenencen a un mismo idioma. En lineas generales, ambas variantes son entendidas por todas. Si tu me dices " Eu estou telefonando para minha mae" en vez de " Estou a falar com a minha mae ao telefone" Estou a telefonar com a minha tia ou Estou ao telefone com x pessoa" yo te voy a entender, y un brasileño también. En teoria puedes aprender muchas palabras por el contexto. Afortunadamente se puede llegar a entender muchas variantes de esa misma lengua, ya que no son muy distintas. Yo vivo en Alemania, Berlin. Aquí hay muchos dialectos y creeme que es casi imposible entender el alemán suizo si desconoces esa variante. Aquí se estudia el "Hochdeutsch"- el alemán, lengua oficial. Usamos el hochdeutsch para comunicarnos. Si uno me habla en un dialecto no lo voy a entender, ya que suena como si fuera otro idioma en vez de una variante del alemán. Hay pueblos donde la gente sólo habla el dialecto. Habrán aprendido la lengua oficial en la escuela, pero no la usan o quizás no han ido a la escuela. Tu estás aprendido Japones como tu escribiste aquí. Yo quería hacerte una pregunta ¿Hay dialectos japoneses en Japon? ¿Cómo es aprender 3 alfabetos? Si estás aprendiendo los Kanjis, podrás leer periodicos, articulos en chino no? Bueno, algunas palabrás podrás entender. Yo estoy más interesando en aprender Mandarin. Quizás aprenda el tradicional y el simplificado a la vez, ya que el cantones usa los simbolos tradicionales.
@@Theyoutuberpolyglot Que bien que hables castellano, a mí en lo particular el dialecto español no me gusta, , si hay dialectos del japonés pero hasta donde yo sé las autoridades se han encargado de homogeneizarlo para que no ocurra lo del alemán ( había escuchado que eran complicadas las variantes del alemán) lo de los kanjis puedes entender " ciertas cosas del mandarín" mas no todas, queda incompleta la idea, y del Português, pienso que los portugueses hablan muy rápido, se comen las vocales y me cuesta trabajo entenderles, jajajaja tengo dudas: ¿ Los Portugueses usan : " "a gente"? ¿ Ustedes pueden entenderse fácilmente con personas de Mozambique, Angola, Brasil etc.. ?? Agregame a f.b búscame como Arthur Histder, gracias amigo. Pd. Las palabras mexicanas que mencionas no son buenas ,: chido güey, no mames eso no está bien jajajajaja
@@arthurhistder1156 Si pasa lo mismo con el italiano, y el arabe ni te cuento. Ellos no hablan el idioma oficial. Cada ciudad habla un dialecto diferente. Lo entiendo (el idioma oficial arabe), pero no lo hablan, ya que es un lenguaje formal. Si, perfectamente, nosotros los portgueses tenemos muchas vocales cerradas y nasales é è ê avó avô, la e se le como i y la o como u. É se lee como e castellana. Vete a mi canal, (en el baner de mi canal) ahí está mi pagina de facebook. Sólo le das click y ya. Estoy viendo tu video " Consejos para obtener la visa de los estados unidos"
I'm not learning different languages at one time, but I'm trying to learn different things - I'm currently learning japanese, drawing and programming. I think these tips can be really helpful for that as well! I found that it really motivates me to have a list where I just cross out the dates where I've learned in different colours, so at the end I have a really long overview over one month/year that's really colorful and you can see some white days. Which feels really bad. Unless I was sick or something. :D I also use that list to track when I do sports, for example.
Hey Luca, old fan of yours here. Thank you SO much for making your Assimil Danish log (transferable for any language) public on google docs!🔥🎉🤸♂️🥁 I’ve done your Bi-directional Translation etc courses in the past, but your personal 3-lang log now breathes new life and fun into it. I’ll be barracking (🇦🇺) [rooting] alongside you for your Danish! Cheers, mate 🎈
Thanks for this. I've started studying japanese in January. today is june and i can pretty well can start a conversation with japanese! now i want to learn korean and chinese!
Wow, I didn't expect to find someone who learns almost the same languages as I do! I started learning Hungarian 4 years ago, Spanish 2,5 years ago and Danish last year. Every one of them is challenging in a different way. Hungarian because of the unusual grammar and syntax, Spanish because of the regional slang and the initial struggle to understand some (mainly Chilean) speakers, and Danish because of the phonetics and poor articulation by native speakers.
Gee Luca. I can learn six languages fluently in four months from some of these other people, without studying........sure. Seriously, from what I've seen, and what hits me the most from your presentations is using video, a study book and writing in a notebook combination. I love that. On my own, I found I could remember words better if I wrote them down in a notebook, as opposed to memorizing from reading.
What a wonderful motivating video! I started out 2020 focused on five languages but decided to drop back to two. I am enhancing my existing Spanish and participating in the revival of a California indigenous language which came close to dying out completely, Chochenyo, spoken by the Ohlone. I just need to reverse my study strategy and save Spanish for second. 🤦🏽♀️ Makes too much sense 🙏🏽 Thanks for the advice!!!!
I am learning German and Russian at the same time and a hack I find useful is to use learning material for a language in the other language. For example, I learn German for Russian speakers on Duolingo, and I watch videos about German learning in Russian. Of course this will work only if your level in one of the languages is already intermediate.
I'm learning korean and spanish at the same time, i started learning korean this feb and spanish this July and i can say it's a REALLLLLY interesting journey.. i also want to learn many more languages (i even have a list)
Thank you so much for this video! This is exactly what I need, because right now I'm trying to learn French and Italian at the same time. :) I admire your motivation and how organized you are. Keep up the great work! ^^
hello. how many month do you spend for 1 level ? what do you do for learnning ? how do you learn vocabulary -words ? please give information. i want to learn english .
I love languages and I guess I'm a bit of a polyglot but the languages I learned I did at university and when I was in my early twenties. Then work and family life came along. One thing that always gets me about all these videos by polyglots on how to learn languages is that they rarely, if ever, seem to mention full time jobs or young children.
@@AA-pk6fo That's fantastic. Does he also go out to work or does he earn his living online? As my two year old usually wakes up about 05:30 to 06:00 that would mean me getting up at 2 in the morning at the latest. I'm not trying to be cynical or negative. I am full of admiration for the TH-cam polyglots.
@@AA-pk6fo Это круто. Но интересно, ему надо потом выходить на работу или может быть он зарабатывает деньги онлайн? Mой двухлетний ребёнок просыпается около 5:30-06:00 и так мне бы приходилось вставать в 2 часа ночи. Я вообще не хочу казаться циничным или негативным. Я восхищаюсь полиглотами в TH-cam.
@@blotski подпишитесь на его канал! он часто своим подписчикам отвечает! он реально выдающийся лингвист и посвятил почти всю жизнь изучению языков. что касается ребенка, чтобы заниматься спокойно без сбоев, на столько я понимаю, от вставал раньше где то часов в 4 утра хотя для меня лично это чересчур, но каждому свое. ! Эти полиглоты то ли работают профессором, то ли в качестве лингивст-предпринимателя. То есть зарабатывают деньги с помощью своих интересов. Был б я на твоем месте, я бы пытался находить окно в графике, чтоб заниматься по чуть чуть каждый день! Успехов тебе! Также рекомендую форум forum.language-learners.org/ там одни полиглоты и любят помогать !
I needed this so much. I've been struggling with keeping my German and Japanese in check while trying to start learning Korean. Despite being 6 years into Japanese and 3 years into German, I still usually start with one of the two, then the other then Korean if I have time left, which I usually don't because I allocate most of my time to German. I should do the exact opposite, at least for a while to get my Korean knowledge off the ground.
I’m learning Italian, Mandarin and Swedish. I’ve had Swedish lessons in school. And now again in university. I mostly learn by watching movies and reading books nowadays. Mandarin and Italian are a bit more active, because I just started with both of them. It’s definitely hard to keep at it with three languages at the same time. But if you organize it well and set priorities for yourself it works... more or less 😂😅 Italian just doesn’t want to stick with me.
I'm an undergrad student who was actively learning French and Russian while also doing full-time coursework over the course of like 8 months before I decided to put Russian aside because I didn't have the time. BUT summer vacation starts in like two weeks. I'm already planning to make Japanese my main focus (I have plans to work and live there in the semi-near future), and to of course continue French. But maaaayyyybee (honestly doubt it though) I'll also have time to pick Russian back up! We'll see.
I'm attempting to learn japanese, thai and mandarin over the course of the next few years. I've never had much of an affinity for languages so fingers crossed I can do it
Συγχαρητήρια για την προσπάθεια και την οργάνωση σου , εύχομαι να φτάσεις το επίπεδο γνώσης των πραγμάτων που σε ενδιαφέρουν όσο υψηλότερα θέλεις. Καλή συνέχεια
Luca ciao Tu mi hai davvero inspirato perché ti ho conosciuto quando ancora avevi pochissimi video su youtube, ma lì per lì non ci diedi tanta importanza. dopo tanti anni di depressione io mi sono innamorato dello studio delle lingue da pochissimi anni. ne ho 28, senza mai andare di fretta e sopratutto all'inizio studiandone una alla volta. Ho iniziato circa a 24 anni. Al momento posso dire di parlare un più che buono svedese, insieme allo spagnolo il quale è un livello decisamente più alto e al portoghese. al momento sono passato a due lingue alla volta e uso praticamente il tuo stesso metodo, ossia almeno l'olandese ed il francese con i corsi assimil con i quali ci dedico 30-40 minuti al giorno a lingua e per iniziare sono davvero fatti bene per molte lingue, ma non per tutte. e quando sono sicuro che il mio livello sarà abbastanza alto, (non pretendo di essere perfetto) perché ho sempre delle ricadute violente di depressione, vorrei finalmente passare ad una lingua slava e quella che mi fa veramente impazzire e lo sloveno, ma con tutta la calma del mondo. di certo non lo imparerò adesso. quest'anno mi dedicherò allo studio di queste due nuove lingue e cercando sempre di migliorare quelle che già conosco. L'inglese non l'ho messo nella lista di quelle che so perché in realtà anche se capisco molto bene la lingua parlata, mi è sempre un po' ostica proprio come lingua in generale. Non mi piace tantissimo. Quindi, pur sapendo che sia importante come lingua straniera, cerco si di usarla ogni qualvolta posso, ma non mi attrae come altre lingue di ceppo germanico. Volevo ringraziarti per avermi fatto letteralmente scoprire il mondo dell'apprendimento delle lingue straniere e il tuo entusiasmo e la tua abilità nel conoscerle cosi tanto mi dà fiducia! Un saluto da Napoli!
Thank you so much Luca for the video. You've been my inspiration in language learning for quite long, been always following your footsteps... I love watching your videos
I started learning Japanese, and I am an intermediate with it but I want to learn Korean and Spanish at the same time. I want to take japanese in the college during school. But I also am assigned to learn Spanish in school so hopefully this will help a lot with my future achievements. I have a future that I have been building up for years now. I want to go to Japan and live there maybe even start a business there. I love the korean culture and their music and just overall everything. I have many friends who speak Spanish and I work at a fast food company right now so many people come through who speak spanish and have a hard time speaking English so i want to help them and make them more comfortable. I have a history with being intrigued with all different languages. I never had a hard time learning them and so I knew that language learning is something kinda like a talent for me. Every language I ever tried to learn , it has always went smoothly. And most of the time I'm self teaching myself. But I love being able to speak different languages so this will help a lot for me. I cant wait to use these tactics for my life! Thank you so much! You are a great help! 😄❤❤❤❤👏
I started to learn english and deutsch today. I'm b1 at english and barely A1 at deutsch. My schedule looks like this: 2 hours in the morning of deutsch gym 1 hour of english work fun repeat
As always your videos come at the right time! I'm trying to improve my English because I wanna take the CAE in April or May 2020. Because of this I thought I had to pause my German (intermediate level) and French (low-intermediate) but thanks to you I'm thinking about learning at least one of them along with English. Thanks a bunch! You're an inspiration as always! PS. Sono italiano ma siccome sto cercando di immergermi più possibile nella lingua di Shakespeare ho scritto il commento in inglese per pratica. Ciao grandissimo. Have a nice day!
If I were you, I'd pause the French. German is similar to English yes, but French is TOO similar. I feel that really will mess up your chances on the CAE. And in fact, do not be too prouc to just say: There are 6 months until the CAE, I am ONLY going to do English until then. There's nothing wrong with trying to get really really really good at one language. In fact, it's harder than getting quite good at lots of languages. In bocca al lupo!
@@daysandwords Thanks, man! My biggest fear is to lost the level I actually have in German and French, because of the fact I have just an intermediate level. With regard to English I must say that yes, I find it quite complicated to get a very high level.
@@Teo-yl7oo "Biggest fear is that I'll lose" / "My biggest fear is that I'll have lost"... You won't lose the level though. I did German in high school, 17 years ago, and I was barely a beginner (because I never ever ever did my work) but when I came back to it, I picked it up at twice the rate that I picked up my 3rd language (which was already twice the rate of my second foreign language). In other words, I had not forgotten it, even though I thought I had. And yes, English, and any European language actually, is very hard to get to that very top level.
@@daysandwords Thanks for correcting me, mate! And yes, maybe you're right. I made a 1 month pause this past Summer and when I came back to German and French I struggled a bit, that's why I'm afraid of losing that I gained if I put them aside for a while. I made a huge mistake, I should have been taken the certificate before starting new languages.
Me too haha. He's easily my favourite of these online polyglot kinda people... oh and Ed from La Ferpection and Double Deutsch; but that's because Ed is hilarious.
@@daysandwords Ich kann dich mit diesem Herausforderung herausfordern. Ich lade dich ein, schwedisch und Französisch zu sprechen. Ob du es nicht machen kannst, du bist ein Lügner oder du kannst, werde ich meine Wörter essen
@@derrammsteinerjunge4122 OK for starters, why would you write that in German? I have never claimed to be able to speak German. Secondly, are you challenging me to do videos on French and Swedish because you actually don't think I can? I have done them before, but my videos tend to suck in those languages because I lose any natural manner that I have on camera, and I become nervous and correct my own mistakes and overthink too much, but it's definitely getting easier. If you want to post this challenge somewhere more relevant (like for example, my latest video) then I'll absolutely take you up on it.
@@daysandwords man, my mother tongue is german so that's why I can speak it fluent and about the challenge, bring it on!. Another thing I also speak English (Language I am using to write with), swedish and Spanish, all those languages I learnt when I was 17 years old and learning them was the best decision of my life because my IQ increased so high. I'm learning French and Dutch currently
@@derrammsteinerjunge4122 Man min fråga är fortfarande det SAMMA: Varför skulle du skriva till mig på tyska, ett språk som du vet att jag inte kan? Det känns inte rimligt. Så fortsätter vi det här samtalet på rätt plats: Min kanal.
Three factors that matter: Time, Energy, Concentration
Tips
1.Wake up early and hit the books in the language at its lowest level
2. Get organized
3. Keep a logbook
what is a logbook?
@@zora1161 5:46
Thank you for these valuable advices. I am so gratitude for that
how we can keep a logbook?
I'm currently learning French and Polish separately and I've found that one advantage of learning two languages is that if I get too frustrated with one, I can take a "break" and switch to the other.
For me as someone who has been learning Spanish for 2 years, I use Turkish as a pastime
I would love to hear about your progress now, three years later❤
My boyfriend speaks Chinese. I speak Spanish and we both speak English. I’d want our future children to learn English, Spanish and Chinese.
Those three languages also happen to include some of the biggest populations around the world, so those kids would be able to talk to well over a billion people in their native language 😊
Where are you from?
How about Russian? There are many who speak Russian. Im from Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬. In Kyrgyzstan we speak Russian apart from Kyrgyz
@Its RX хорошо. И как долго учите русский?
Update us pls
Short version of the advice: it's a good idea, but I don't recommend it. Do it, but don't.
🤣 Basically...
Wow thank you.
Don't do it if you can't keep doing it regulary if to be more precise.
Marina welp i have no choice (school)
yesss, but if languages are similar, you can learn its easy
Actually I learned the fact that when I learned another language, my other language improved a lot in a sense of words, definition, as well as sentence flow
me, it’s funny because my english has gotten worse when my french improved smh
If those languages are somewhat closely related. I'm learning Japanese and English helps me in only one way, there're numerous loan words from English apart from that nothint much. If I learned Chinese it'd be another matter
I Totally agree with this perspective, cause that's happening to me with portuguese and english of course (I'm learning French) and by french i'm noticing that those words where i was joggling to understand, and now my brain just makes it happen by itself perhaps cause I'm constantly practicing portugese (I'm not including english cause i'm in a higher level) and now that I've included French my brain is making new roots to apply those words and senteces that I have been learning before, thats magic
I am Turkish. I have been learning English for years and I was taught German years ago and I have started Japanese for 1.5 years. Now, I continue a 3-language schedule more than 1 year. It is really demanding. In fact I wouldn't want to keep learning them all simultaneously but I had to do it. So far so good.
I am at a c2 level in English, b2 in German and I just passed JLPT4 of Japanese.
My languages:
German (native)
English (B2+)
Polish (A2 or B1)
Spanish (A1 or A2)
Korean (A1)
Now I can finally make a plan to study all four thank you so much for your advice! Keep going, language learners! 💜
Have you made much improvement over the last year?
Mensch! Gut gemacht
I am learning Spanish like you
What are your levels now ?
My languages :
Arabic ( native )
French ( C1 )
English ( B2 )
German ( B1 )
Russian ( A2 )
I'm learning Japanese and Spanish at once.
It's working well.
I'm learning Japanese and Spanish too :)
@@Lea-po2jj Awesome!
I speak Spanish so I’m learning Japanese and French 🥺
@@Moon-ct6gc すごいね！頑張って
@@Lea-po2jj I'm french and learning Japanese, Russian and Spanish x)
I love how you pronounce your name:")
I wonder if he read this comment and then said his name out loud
@@peggystephanie3983 yeah maybe:")
Me too
Am self-learning Tagalog, Basque and Catalan and love the diversity. I love how each language seems to pull out a different facet of my personality and brings me closer to understanding the uniqueness of each of these cultures. For me, I like to scatter my attention across a few languages as I learn, as I find, I can become obsessive if studying just one language at a time.
Cool! Good luck man 😊 (it took 3 years but a reply is here)
My languages:
Spanish (native)
English (C1)
Portuguese (C1)
French (B1)
German (A2 - B1)
I’m struggling maintaining German, as it’s very difficult for me and I don’t use for my job.
Last video of Luca : Whay you shouldn't learn more than one language at the same time:
Now: How to Learn 3 Languages at Once
Haha, it's true. Tonnes of language learning tips are NECESSARILY contradictory, e.g. I say: Speak, speak early, and speak a lot. But also: Get lots of input.
Luca is genuinely a pro at learning languages. So it's the same as a major league baseballer would not recommend switch-hitting (batting both right and left handed), but he himself may do that.
No matter how much you show people that doing something is a bad idea, there are still those who will insist on doing it because they are "special". So, he might as well give tips and suggestions on doing those things.
@@LeftToWrite006 Well yeah, and that Luca is not like most people. He wouldn't recommend that a first time foreign language learner start with 2 at once, letalone 3. But he has the process down to a fine art.
pay attention to this 7:20
@@marcelosilveira7079 Yes, on average he spends about 2 years on them but as he said in this video, he is into his 3rd year of Hungarian. So I think he sort of learns them in 3 stages, 1: active familiarisation like he is doing with Danish at the moment, 2: more exposure and lots of speaking (Greek at the moment) and 3: polishing and continued exposure, like Hungarian at the moment. It would also depend on what language. I know he has said that Portuguese didn't take him very long because he was already very fluent in Spanish.
Loads of places say learning simultaneously is a big no no, but I'm learning Indonesian, Swahili and polish and it seems to be going fine, it's actually quicker than doing one at a time. believe in yourselves people!
I’m learning: advanced Spanish, intermediate Thai, and beginner Vietnamese.
Te doy mis respetos. I also have an advanced grasp of Spanish, intermediate level in Mandarin and upper beginner in Italian.
I'm learning advanced English, intermediate Japanese and beginner spanish
How do you study advanced Spanish? I'm at B1 and I'd appreciate some advice
@@alexv3371 hey not the same guy but I’m also at B1/B2 in Spanish, I recommend listening and reading a lot of material in the language, this is most important. Then, try the app Speakly, it is incredible, but if you don’t like it then use Anki for phrases/vocabulary. Lastly, speak as much as possible and try to think in Spanish; setting your phone’s language to Spanish helps a lot. Remember, the passion and curiosity within you is more powerful than any resource or method. Good luck!
@@4ev3rmore Muchas gracias!
Most of the videos I have seen in the past just show the person showing off how many languages they speak without giving any actual advice. Luca actualley gives advice thank you.
I admire your abilities and my Dad spoke 8 languages which he used in everyday life; a true polyglot. Here's the thing. He lived in those countries. I speak 3 languages and find the cultural context of each paramount.... this is in no way a criticism, just comparing how we choose to acquire new means to communicate with each other.
Learning 3 languages simultaneously is absolutely feasible, provided that they are UNRELATED. If you tried for instance to study Danish & Swedish together, you would surely mix them up. Now that you have a pretty high level in Swedish it will only take you a few months to reach the same level in written Danish. But when it comes to oral expression & understanding you’ll need LOTS of practice with natives!
As for Hungarian and Greek, the overall difficulty to reach say B2 level may be similar, but the difficulty of Greek is front-loaded. You have to learn a new alphabet (which is not easy for many people), to get used to the insanely unpredictable declensions & conjugations and to learn how to associate the new vocabulary with words that you already know from other languages, as the association is often hidden. On the other hand, Hungarian surprises you in the first steps with the regularity of its grammar. The original Hungarian vocabulary may be totally unfamiliar, but you’ll find lots of words of Latin, Germanic or Slavic origin. You’ll think “That’s a handy language for me to add a new flag on my badge in the next polyglot conference”. But as your study progresses and the sentences you read become longer, you’ll realize that there is something wrong with this language. Very often sentences make no sense to you, as if they had been written by someone under influence of drugs. Google Translate cannot make sense out of them either. The only way to understand them is to resort to the help of a native speaker. This is a problem you’ll NEVER encounter in Greek. Greek syntax is almost the same as Italian. If you transfer your Italian thoughts into Greek you’ll be perfectly understood.
Hey there! Long time no see ;-) I agree with most of what you wrote here. To me though, despite the grammatical idiosyncrasies, Greek comes naturally to me (because my native Italian has a lot of things in common with GReek), while Hungarian is more difficult to "tame".
As you pointed out, the way native Hungarians formulate their thought is still pretty alien to me.
Anyway, thanks for swinging by and contributing to the discussion with such a well-thought and informative message!
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@@LucaLampariello Περιμένω με ανυπομονησία να σε δω να μιλάς τη μητρική μου γλώσσα σε βιντεάκι!
@@LucaLampariello Is it possible to learn Russain and Msnderene Chinease at once?
I agree with your comments .
However ; having lived in Denmark
with a Swedish wife I'm fairly
fluent in both languages . Anyone
familiar with those languages will
tell you that although the grammar
and vocabulary are very similar
Danish pronunciation is much the
most difficult for foreigners to
get right . If you know Danish you will know what I mean ..!
μπράβο Luca..!!! ελπίζω να τα καταφέρω και εγώ με τα ιταλικά!!!!! να μάθω τελεια τη γλώσσα
I find that it also helps if the languages are as different from each other as possible.
Yes. Hungarian and Greek lol. They are very different
Exactly, so there is as little interference as possible.
That depends... like for me it's easier to learn Italian since my mother language it's Portuguese.
@@joseluizdurigon8893 That's different because you're talking about your mother tongue, not about two languages which you have to learn. If you know one language very well then it will certainly help you learn a similar language. But we're talking about a situation where you have to learn both at the same time.
My languages:
Korean
Japanese
Chinese
Spanish
Hebrew
The priority list that he gave is actually really helpful and I never thought about setting up a schedule around my language learning in this way. This is definitely going to help me become more organized and take each language seriously. Thank you very much for this video, God bless you!
So refreshing to listen to an Italian speaking English without the strong Italian accent. Bravo! Good voice too. Complimenti!
thanks, I was wondering if he was native in English! he's really good! I feel like I can trust his advice now, cause you see so many 'polyglots' on TH-cam who aren't so much speaking as mutilating their target language.
Can't relate, I love accents.
@R J Because I want someone who respects the language. If it's English then English all it should be. How would you like me to speak Italian in an English or American accent?
@R J Anyway, I love the way this content creator speaks English. Hat's off to him! Not easy to lose the Italian accent as he also speaks French in the French accent as well as Spanish. A perfect teacher indeed.
@R J You you, me me, ok? I do not like the accent, sorry. It ruins the language. I speak fluent Italian, I lived in Italy for many years, my late husband was Italian so, please, I know what I'm talking about. Luca speaks perfect English, French and Spanish. How refreshing and highly talented that he could speak it in each respective way of speaking, hat's off. What's the use if you teach these languages and retaining your accent. It'd defeat its purpose. No thank you!
I'm learning Arabic and French at the moment and plan to also start learning Spanish in a little over 2 months from now.
Man, Luca... you are THE BEST.
I love how when I looked carefully, I could see that you're learning Danish from a French book hahaha. Like I know you speak French to a very high level, but still, I love how naturally all this comes to you.
But I am also so glad you said the thing about the different levels: I completely agree (although basically anything you told me, I'd believe even if it cut against what I already believed) but yeah, I put it like this:
- You can learn a few languages at the same time, but you can't (or shouldn't) learn them SIMULTANEOUSLY. Don't START in Danish and Italian at the same time. Get to the point that one of them is like practicing running, while the other is at the point of being like practicing backflipping. This makes them so different that you won't get confused.
I'd love to know your thoughts on short term language "boot-camps", e.g. I have not stopped learning Swedish altogether, but I have put it on hold for a bit while I attempt to study 250 hours of French in 3 months (about 2.5 hours a day). This is just to give my French a bit of a boost, while my Swedish will hold because it's about at the same level as your Hungarian.
As a guy who studies both or all 3 languages every day, what do you think about that?
Love your work Luca - you are my biggest inspiration!
Haha yeah I saw that too, I was like "What's 'Danois'... Is that a Danish book about Danish... oh wait, French?"
@@Quazimotoboy Yeah.
Actually I've just spotted (in his Logbook thing... having access to that feels amazing!) that he is considering or was considering using DanishPod101... That's good to hear from a veteran like Luca, because I feel the Pod101 series is seriously underrated and if used well, could get someone to a very high level.
He already speaks Swedish fluently, which is quite similar to Danish, especially in terms of grammar, so in Luca's case I'd say it's doable. Otherwise I agree with you
@@emilstorgaard9642 - Sorry I don't follow, agree with me on what?
Oh you mean like, that you should focus on one language at a time? I wasn't necessarily saying that you should, I was just after Luca's thoughts on being like CRAZY focused on one language for a brief time. Yeah, I know he speaks Swedish fluently; I am a huge fan of that conversation he had with his Swedish friend about why Swedes speak English well.
Och du då? Ditt namn ser skandinaviskt ut, är det så?
You need to say you do product placement
One tip for learning two languages at the same time that Mark Pentleton (from Radio Lingua) recommends is to learn those languages in different places.
I'll take it
Ha, wow, that one, I had not thought of. I have different music and different people's faces (I use photos of people I associate with that language) but different places... wow, that would be very powerful too. Thankfully my house has a few rooms too!
Days of French 'n' Swedish I also do the "different faces" thing sort of. I make tons of flashcards on Anki and I'll alwasy use pics of celebs/influencers who speak that language natively
I did a colour coded reading system. spanish was red, italian was green, simple as that
@@kindmulberry7196 cool idea
Még egy polyglott-ot sem hallottam, hogy magyarul tanult volna. Te vagy az első! Köszönöm neked, hogy az anyanyelvemet tanulod! I've never heard about a polyglott, who would have learnt Hungarian. You are the first. Thank you, for learning my native language!
That's unexpectedly sound advice, in my opinion! I m also learning 3 or 4 new languages at the same time, but in a much less structured, dedicated way. I also tend to gravitate to the ones that I already know better/ are easier first, and often simply stop, right after I m done with those 😂. So, to get to a decent level in my latest languages takes me forever. Greek has proven particularly hard for me, as has Hebrew, to the point where I have given up. Your Greek is amazing. I loved your interview with Daria.
Nagyon jó kis videó. Örülök, hogy tanulod a magyart. Tetszett a mászós hasonlatod, ugyanis sportmászó edző vagyok. :)
Én egy éve kezdtem el egyedül franciát tanulni és sok polyglot videót néztem, nézek hogy hatékonyabban tanuljak. Sok sikert a magyarhoz és remélem lesznek még francia nyelvű videóid! ;)
Hungarian?????? OOHH MY GOOD I am hungarian, and I never heard that a foreigner wants to learn hungarian, why do you want to learn hungarian? Thats amazing
Cause he is unemployed and have nothing to do 😂😂😂
@@mathewvanostin7118 😂😂😂😂😂
@@mathewvanostin7118 How do you call video director & producer, language coach and teacher "unemployed?" He is *self-employed.*
@@cerenademe9433 They were obviously joking/teasing.
@@carlosochoa4715 I must've missed that with all the "😂😂😂s" ;)
Luca thanks for this video and the whole content that you bring to this channel. I can’t stress enough how important your work is for language learners like myself. Keep up with the good work.
As a first timer on this channel, i really appreciate this one, which came just at the right moment. i've been learning both French besides Spanish, and plan on at least two more when i'm ready, so i needed a reminder of what small tips can actually help keep on and keep up, after i had learnt Farsi but unfortunately fell into the trap of enough exposure, little to to practice. The key seems to be dedication, which is well-conveyed in this digestible episode. Good luck.
P.S. Curious whether you'd consider taking up Arabic (my native tongue) one day.
Hi Luca, I am also learning 3 languages at the same time, I used to think it is not possible some few years ago but it is perfectly possible! I think though more than 3 languages would be over-kill. So I learn Swedish, Russian and Portuguese. I also have this early morning routine allowing me to focus and get the words repeated and than I try to learn some new ones every single day.
As always it is pleasure to listen to Luca
I love learning languages including more than one at a time. I also like to ladder languages, using my next best non native languages to study the newest ones.
English (native)
Spanish (B1)
Korean (B1)
Japanese (A1)
Mandarin (A1)
Once Japanese and Mandarin get to A2, I'll surely succumb to adding another two, possibly French and German.
Grazie Luca, inizierò a studiare una terza lingua a breve e mi stavo appunto chiedendo se fosse troppo o comunque fattibile. Il tuo video calza proprio a pennello e mi ha dato la giusta carica per iniziare con una mentalità positiva!
Grazie e complimenti
What's the thirty-one that you're studying?
Thanks for the video. Your morning routine makes a lot of sense. My mornings are hectic... I study my "newborn" language early in the morning, then as you said "life gets in the way". After work, I find time to study my language #2. On a weekly basis, I study my language #3. Thanks again for the video and the motivation!
I've been learning english for two years . And I will start to learn Italian. I accept the challenge of learning these two languages at the same time. 💥🔥💪 thanks.
Aea manito qtkchen
maycol bocanegra santos I’ve been learning English for a year but also Italian for about 9 month and it was amazing now I’m thinking about learn German.
You can do it 👏
@@DaniArt it's fantastic!, thanks so much. :)
No one asked you, keep your mouth shut
@@DaniArt ich kann eigentlich deutsch sprechen. Wenn man eine Sprache, von der Familie, wo deutsch kommt lernen, mach es aber einmal zur Zeit
I’m also learning Danish. It’s a very pretty language in my opinion.
I always start a new language when I’ve reached in my current language at least a B2 level. So that I can put most of my energy into the new language.
I am learning English, French and Spanish when this pops up in my recommendation. Plus, i achieved 8.0 Ielts and B2 DELF after one month of self- study. Crazy!!
wow, 8.0 is pretty good! I wish I will have IELS 8.0
Clarke Emilie High-five fellow 8 bander!
Clarke Emilie i am learning all 3 same languages
can we help each other
what´s your facebook/instagram/whatsapp ???
whatever i would like to practice with u
hello. how many month do you spend for 1 level ? how do you learn vocabulary -words ? please give information. i want to learn English
Hi Emilie I am learning Spanish and English I speak Maya
This guy should consider making a conlang! Just imagine what he can make with all his language knowledge
What's that?
@@chumnutzly A conlang is a shortening of the phrase "constructed language", or a language that is artificially created instead of being naturally made with thousands of years of evolution.
Yeah!!! The best of each language and create a new one easier than Esperanto.
bryce hall ok, thanks! (Just saw your comment)
Luchinese, imagine
I’ve never been able to keep up with three languages at once for long. Something always has to give for me. Good on you. I’m much impressed with this and your knowledge of other languages.
Just go for improvement. Personally I've never even successfully implemented a two-language regime, but I want to try to do so next year. The point is I'm better at language learning and general productivity than I was last month, and aim to be better in a month. If I try to be like Luca right now, I'll fail; but maybe in 2 years or so, I can get to where he is now.
Luca, you and Steve from LingQ are the best polyglots out there. Nothing but hard work. None of that "quick tip" or "shortcut" mentality. Keep up the awesome work and know that you're such an inspiration!
One big difference being that Luca bothers to learn the accent haha.
@@daysandwords Haha true
This was a great video. I am currently working on 5 different languages. 2 of them I consider hobby languages, because they are fun to learn(Japanese and Latin), the other three are because I want to learn them, so I can travel and speak in people's native languages. In order of "level": Spanish, German, Romanian. I had never thought of keeping a log book, I've always worked sort of haphazardly. I do all of my language apps in the evening before bed. Throughout the day I listen to various media in the three languages I am concentrating on. Your video has convinced me that I need to be more consistent in study, so I can get even better in my skillset. I don't really even know at what level any of my languages are. Thank you so much for sharing your tips. I will be utilizing them right away.
"I've always worked sort of haphazardly."
Haha me too. "What should I do today... hmm, oh look, an article 2 levels above mine about a musician I like... let's just try to read it anyway!"
Gratulálok Luca! Nem sok poliglot tanul magyarul, örömmel hallom, hogy te már haladó szinten beszéled. Nekem a legszebb nyelv a világon :-) Üdvözlet Magyarországról!
Yaay good luck with my native language! I am soo happy that someone wants to learn it!
Thanks for the tips on the video and like you I have been learning 3 languages at the same time and attempt to learn it every day. Actually I been doing the language I struggle the most first for awhile now which is Japanese, followed by French which I am at a higher level than Japanese, followed by Indonesian which is my strongest language.
I never knew about putting a log book on the progress of the languages I am learning but after seeing you I plan to do so.
Eres el mejor !!! Vi tu entrevista en el canal de el jardín de Martín y LA AME ! Me encantó tu concepción del aprendizaje y tú energía .Gracias!!!
I am working on four languages more or less the same way (Arabic, Chinese, Polish and Luxembourgish) .
Spreekt U Nederlands? Ik studeer te hart en ik heb een boek van het gelezen
Luxembourg speaks a dialect of German, no?
@@evaphillips2102 It is oficially recognised as a language, but it is always difficult to give a good definition of the difference between dialect and language. Anyway there are clear rules about spelling etc.
@@MartienVanWanrooij ooh thanks I didn’t know this.
im learning korean, japanese and english. i learned english by myself, so now im learning korean and japanese as english. so i think its good for my english too. and this video is really good cuz i thought that, learning 3 languages at the same time is a dream. thank you ❤️
Hey Luca
I was thinking about learning two languages at the same time. when I had more time. Nowadays I even stopped learning English on a regular basis, since I found myself quite comfortable in communication with others. I'd rather watch, read or speak in English than sit down and delibarately learn it. But when I was watching this viedeo and I saw yoursefl Luca, with book in the morning, with your headphones on, I immidiatly missed these mornings when two houres where devoted for some kind of study. Fully focused on task i quiet, morning environment. So thanks for that video Luca. I aqain have desire to spend time every morning and work on my English. Maybe one day I'll come back to this clip, trying to learn one more language. Z pewnością tak ;)
pozdrawiam
@BatJoker yeah, I'm form Poland
and you?
@BatJoker I kind of get meaning of it now, but with a litte help form google translator.
It says : what are you doing? After chcecking it;s quite obvious, but at the first time, I didn't get it.
Are you interested in Slavic languages?
@BatJoker Sure, that was pice of piss ;)
look Bad Joker - if you love her, you'll learn Polish really quickly
I'm learning Spanish, Korean and Russian I have been studying Russian for 1 year now but I have a feeling my Korean (that I started learning few months ago) is better that my Russian. I didn't know how to balance things out but thanks to this video I feel it will help a lot, thank you!
This is awesome. Coincidentally, I am studying 3 foreign languages currently and they're all at completely different levels. This is so helpful, especially with prioritizing the "newborn" each day.
Just out of curiosity, what languages and what levels? I'm just interested. :-)
Days of French 'n' Swedish
Dutch - nearly an absolute beginner
French - A2ish
German - used to be really, really good and trying to get it back
@@arclight2012 OK cool! Planning on moving to Belgium then haha? (Just joking, I know some people just learn them out of curiosity.)
Making notes is so crucial! Thanks for these tips, Luca. I'm learning Spanish, ASL, and Arabic at the same time. I'm also working on translation work on Hebrew and Greek everyday!
How do you study ASL? I have wanted to, but I don't think I can teach myself how to
köszönöm szépen! I'm learning French, German, Hungarian and Russian. I have a set schedule and do a different language each day (although I try to do all on Anki flashcards most days). Oddly I find alternating languages keeps me interested and I dont get as bored and procrastinate as much. DuoLingo, Anki, Forvo, and TH-cam are my most favorite resources for learning. I try to find content I'm interested in on youtube in my target languages (like cooking or dog training) which really helps for listening practice. I'm going to start waking up earlier as you suggest for more study/practice time! 😊 Thanks for the great tips and proving learning multiple languages at once can be done!
Nagyon szívesen :)
I'm greek and I'm content you're learning our langaug e 😊
Good tips. I am learning Finnish (B1) and also Greek (A1). I am going to try with the Greek in the morning. But not easy because some days I have to teach Norwegian in the morning. And then teaching Dutch or Flemish the rest of the day. Sometimes it is all mixed up in my head. But language learning is just so much fun !
This was really helpful! Learning 3 languages and planning to fully commit to my fourth during the winter break :) thank you!
Congratulations! An Italian speaking an amazing non-accent English!!! It's happened to me a very intense will to study!!! Thank you!!!
I am currently studying Russian, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, Sanskrit, Korean, Estonian and Tagalog. It's been three years, and I can now comfortably say hello in every language.
My languages:
Kazakh- native
Russian- C1
English- B1+
Korean-A2+
Japanese-A1+
I'm keeping on working👌
Great, Luca, I like it so much, in particualr you mention make sure that you have a bigger logbook where you can see the entire framework and the entire pictures that you are drawing for your future. It is such a great vision and purpose as Learning a Foreign Language.
I'm a native Spanish spaker, and I'm planning to go on French, German and English. My English level is B2-C1 and in German A2, so I'm excited to improve much more in them both. So I'll go first with French as a beginner and then German in the morning, later at the end of the day because of work and studies with English more relaxed! :D
I have got a method : I am mexican and i speak Portugues as well so, i use to watch Japanese lessons but through a brazilian You tube channel so , in that way, i learn Japanese but at the same Time i am training my Portugues!!!
Eu sei o que estás a dizer. O teu português é mais avançado do que o teu japonês, por consequencia, podes melhorar o teu português enquanto estás aprender japones. Eu também faço isso com o russo.
Eu estou aprender russo com inglês. As vezes estás a melhorar só um aspeto da lingua.
Podes perceber muito bem o português, porém nao sabes escrever bem em português, por tanto podes leer, e através da leitura aprimorarás a tua escrita. Uma lingua esta dividida em varias partes.
Nao é só saber falar bem, mas também é escrever, pronunciar bem as palavras, perceber outros sotaques entre outras coisas.
@@Theyoutuberpolyglot Eu acho que você é Português, pela sua conjugação do gerundio ne? kkkkkk é muito raro pra a gente, meu professor é brasileiro e ele fica chateado quando eu falo : estou a trabalhar , estou a estudar etc.. mas eu gosto de aprender todos os sotaques da Lingua de Camoēs, ... Muito obrigado amigo tchau saudaçoēs do México...
@@arthurhistder1156 Exacto soy portugués. Nosotros también usamos el gerundio, pero es menos frecuente.
Hay casos donde puedes usar los dos
Eu vi o teu filho a nadar ou eu vi o teu filho nadando na piscina.
Yo hablo el castellano de Spain, por lo tanto uso " Vosotros/as y tu"
Por supuesto que sé las diferencias entre el castellano que se habla en Spain, y al otro lado del charco.
Yo crecí en Madrid, y en la escuela aprendimos las diferencias entre el castellano de américa y de Esp.
Obviamente hay ciertas palabras que sólo existen en ciertas regiones- "Mi carnal"
No manches wey, la neta, chido que soy de allá y esas palabras no las aprendí en la escuela, sino en las telenovelas como " Lo que callamos las mujeres, lo que cuenta la gente, como dice el dicho etc"
De todas las maneras ambas variantes pertenencen a un mismo idioma.
En lineas generales, ambas variantes son entendidas por todas.
Si tu me dices " Eu estou telefonando para minha mae" en vez de
" Estou a falar com a minha mae ao telefone" Estou a telefonar com a minha tia ou
Estou ao telefone com x pessoa" yo te voy a entender, y un brasileño también.
En teoria puedes aprender muchas palabras por el contexto. Afortunadamente se puede llegar a entender muchas variantes de esa misma lengua, ya que no son muy distintas.
Yo vivo en Alemania, Berlin. Aquí hay muchos dialectos y creeme que es casi imposible entender el alemán suizo si desconoces esa variante. Aquí se estudia el "Hochdeutsch"- el alemán, lengua oficial.
Usamos el hochdeutsch para comunicarnos. Si uno me habla en un dialecto no lo voy a entender, ya que suena como si fuera otro idioma en vez de una variante del alemán.
Hay pueblos donde la gente sólo habla el dialecto. Habrán aprendido la lengua oficial en la escuela, pero no la usan o quizás no han ido a la escuela.
Tu estás aprendido Japones como tu escribiste aquí. Yo quería hacerte una pregunta
¿Hay dialectos japoneses en Japon? ¿Cómo es aprender 3 alfabetos? Si estás aprendiendo los Kanjis, podrás leer periodicos, articulos en chino no? Bueno, algunas palabrás podrás entender.
Yo estoy más interesando en aprender Mandarin. Quizás aprenda el tradicional y el simplificado a la vez, ya que el cantones usa los simbolos tradicionales.
@@Theyoutuberpolyglot Que bien que hables castellano, a mí en lo particular el dialecto español no me gusta, , si hay dialectos del japonés pero hasta donde yo sé las autoridades se han encargado de homogeneizarlo para que no ocurra lo del alemán ( había escuchado que eran complicadas las variantes del alemán) lo de los kanjis puedes entender " ciertas cosas del mandarín" mas no todas, queda incompleta la idea, y del Português, pienso que los portugueses hablan muy rápido, se comen las vocales y me cuesta trabajo entenderles, jajajaja tengo dudas: ¿ Los Portugueses usan : " "a gente"? ¿ Ustedes pueden entenderse fácilmente con personas de Mozambique, Angola, Brasil etc.. ?? Agregame a f.b búscame como Arthur Histder, gracias amigo. Pd. Las palabras mexicanas que mencionas no son buenas ,: chido güey, no mames eso no está bien jajajajaja
@@arthurhistder1156 Si pasa lo mismo con el italiano, y el arabe ni te cuento. Ellos no hablan el idioma oficial. Cada ciudad habla un dialecto diferente. Lo entiendo (el idioma oficial arabe), pero no lo hablan, ya que es un lenguaje formal.
Si, perfectamente, nosotros los portgueses tenemos muchas vocales cerradas y nasales é è ê avó avô, la e se le como i y la o como u. É se lee como e castellana.
Vete a mi canal, (en el baner de mi canal) ahí está mi pagina de facebook.
Sólo le das click y ya. Estoy viendo tu video " Consejos para obtener la visa de los estados unidos"
I'm also learning 3 languages at the same time : English (B1~B2), Spanish (A2) and Turkish (A1)
I'm not learning different languages at one time, but I'm trying to learn different things - I'm currently learning japanese, drawing and programming. I think these tips can be really helpful for that as well! I found that it really motivates me to have a list where I just cross out the dates where I've learned in different colours, so at the end I have a really long overview over one month/year that's really colorful and you can see some white days. Which feels really bad. Unless I was sick or something. :D I also use that list to track when I do sports, for example.
That's a really good point, because learning languages and learning anything else are very similar.
Luca, you are such a great and talented person. Thank you for you videos and your advice!
Hey Luca, old fan of yours here. Thank you SO much for making your Assimil Danish log (transferable for any language) public on google docs!🔥🎉🤸♂️🥁 I’ve done your Bi-directional Translation etc courses in the past, but your personal 3-lang log now breathes new life and fun into it. I’ll be barracking (🇦🇺) [rooting] alongside you for your Danish! Cheers, mate 🎈
Thanks for this. I've started studying japanese in January. today is june and i can pretty well can start a conversation with japanese! now i want to learn korean and chinese!
Fantastisk at du lærer dansk :) Held og lykke med det!
Wow, I didn't expect to find someone who learns almost the same languages as I do! I started learning Hungarian 4 years ago, Spanish 2,5 years ago and Danish last year. Every one of them is challenging in a different way. Hungarian because of the unusual grammar and syntax, Spanish because of the regional slang and the initial struggle to understand some (mainly Chilean) speakers, and Danish because of the phonetics and poor articulation by native speakers.
For me, Spanish verb tenses is the hardest part of this language.
Hitting the study as soon as your eyes open is key.
thanks for the advice, im currently studying French, Italian and Portuguese !!!
Gee Luca. I can learn six languages fluently in four months from some of these other people, without studying........sure. Seriously, from what I've seen, and what hits me the most from your presentations is using video, a study book and writing in a notebook combination. I love that. On my own, I found I could remember words better if I wrote them down in a notebook, as opposed to memorizing from reading.
What a wonderful motivating video! I started out 2020 focused on five languages but decided to drop back to two. I am enhancing my existing Spanish and participating in the revival of a California indigenous language which came close to dying out completely, Chochenyo, spoken by the Ohlone. I just need to reverse my study strategy and save Spanish for second. 🤦🏽♀️ Makes too much sense 🙏🏽 Thanks for the advice!!!!
I am learning German and Russian at the same time and a hack I find useful is to use learning material for a language in the other language. For example, I learn German for Russian speakers on Duolingo, and I watch videos about German learning in Russian. Of course this will work only if your level in one of the languages is already intermediate.
Complimenti per l’inglese Luca, oggi inizierò ad imparare lo svedese💪🏻
Love you, man! So much value here!
I'm learning korean and spanish at the same time, i started learning korean this feb and spanish this July and i can say it's a REALLLLLY interesting journey.. i also want to learn many more languages (i even have a list)
Thank you so much for this video! This is exactly what I need, because right now I'm trying to learn French and Italian at the same time. :) I admire your motivation and how organized you are. Keep up the great work! ^^
Ciao Klaudia! Glad you like it ;-) L
@@LucaLampariello L'italiano è una lingua bellissima ^^
hello. how many month do you spend for 1 level ? what do you do for learnning ? how do you learn vocabulary -words ? please give information. i want to learn english .
I love languages and I guess I'm a bit of a polyglot but the languages I learned I did at university and when I was in my early twenties. Then work and family life came along. One thing that always gets me about all these videos by polyglots on how to learn languages is that they rarely, if ever, seem to mention full time jobs or young children.
Alexander arguelles one of th most famous has a wife and kids. He gets up four hours before them and does of his work in the wee hours of the morning
Он занимается своими сотнями языками в предрассветные часы утра перед тем, как члены семьи встают
@@AA-pk6fo That's fantastic. Does he also go out to work or does he earn his living online? As my two year old usually wakes up about 05:30 to 06:00 that would mean me getting up at 2 in the morning at the latest. I'm not trying to be cynical or negative. I am full of admiration for the TH-cam polyglots.
@@AA-pk6fo Это круто. Но интересно, ему надо потом выходить на работу или может быть он зарабатывает деньги онлайн? Mой двухлетний ребёнок просыпается около 5:30-06:00 и так мне бы приходилось вставать в 2 часа ночи. Я вообще не хочу казаться циничным или негативным. Я восхищаюсь полиглотами в TH-cam.
@@blotski подпишитесь на его канал! он часто своим подписчикам отвечает! он реально выдающийся лингвист и посвятил почти всю жизнь изучению языков. что касается ребенка, чтобы заниматься спокойно без сбоев, на столько я понимаю, от вставал раньше где то часов в 4 утра хотя для меня лично это чересчур, но каждому свое. !
Эти полиглоты то ли работают профессором, то ли в качестве лингивст-предпринимателя. То есть зарабатывают деньги с помощью своих интересов. Был б я на твоем месте, я бы пытался находить окно в графике, чтоб заниматься по чуть чуть каждый день!
Успехов тебе!
Также рекомендую форум forum.language-learners.org/
там одни полиглоты и любят помогать !
Ti ammiro molto Lucca! Grazie per condividere con noi tutta tua sperienza.
Pisa è meglio
I needed this so much. I've been struggling with keeping my German and Japanese in check while trying to start learning Korean. Despite being 6 years into Japanese and 3 years into German, I still usually start with one of the two, then the other then Korean if I have time left, which I usually don't because I allocate most of my time to German. I should do the exact opposite, at least for a while to get my Korean knowledge off the ground.
Good tips. I am learning Finnish , Greek and Portuguese. Thank you :-)
This is a solid and easy to follow system and can work for people learning two languages also. Will implement the logbook from today! Thank you
Excellent video!
Love these tips, absolutely amazing. We definitely need an update, I'm working on my Arabic and Finnish
Ooh going for a challenge
I like it
M'hai ispirato di imparare tre lingue al stesso tempo! Grazie per i avvisi!
I’m learning Italian, Mandarin and Swedish. I’ve had Swedish lessons in school. And now again in university. I mostly learn by watching movies and reading books nowadays.
Mandarin and Italian are a bit more active, because I just started with both of them.
It’s definitely hard to keep at it with three languages at the same time. But if you organize it well and set priorities for yourself it works... more or less 😂😅 Italian just doesn’t want to stick with me.
I'm an undergrad student who was actively learning French and Russian while also doing full-time coursework over the course of like 8 months before I decided to put Russian aside because I didn't have the time. BUT summer vacation starts in like two weeks. I'm already planning to make Japanese my main focus (I have plans to work and live there in the semi-near future), and to of course continue French. But maaaayyyybee (honestly doubt it though) I'll also have time to pick Russian back up! We'll see.
I'm attempting to learn japanese, thai and mandarin over the course of the next few years. I've never had much of an affinity for languages so fingers crossed I can do it
Συγχαρητήρια για την προσπάθεια και την οργάνωση σου , εύχομαι να φτάσεις το επίπεδο γνώσης των πραγμάτων που σε ενδιαφέρουν όσο υψηλότερα θέλεις. Καλή συνέχεια
Luca ciao
Tu mi hai davvero inspirato perché ti ho conosciuto quando ancora avevi pochissimi video su youtube, ma lì per lì non ci diedi tanta importanza.
dopo tanti anni di depressione io mi sono innamorato dello studio delle lingue da pochissimi anni. ne ho 28, senza mai andare di fretta e sopratutto
all'inizio studiandone una alla volta. Ho iniziato circa a 24 anni.
Al momento posso dire di parlare un più che buono svedese, insieme allo spagnolo il quale è un livello decisamente più alto e al portoghese.
al momento sono passato a due lingue alla volta e uso praticamente il tuo stesso metodo, ossia almeno l'olandese ed il francese con i corsi assimil con i quali ci dedico 30-40 minuti al giorno a lingua e per iniziare sono davvero fatti bene per molte lingue, ma non per tutte.
e quando sono sicuro che il mio livello sarà abbastanza alto, (non pretendo di essere perfetto) perché ho sempre delle ricadute violente di depressione, vorrei finalmente passare ad una lingua slava e quella che mi fa veramente impazzire e lo sloveno, ma con tutta la calma del mondo.
di certo non lo imparerò adesso. quest'anno mi dedicherò allo studio di queste due nuove lingue e cercando sempre di migliorare quelle che già conosco.
L'inglese non l'ho messo nella lista di quelle che so perché in realtà anche se capisco molto bene la lingua parlata, mi è sempre un po' ostica proprio come lingua in generale. Non mi piace tantissimo. Quindi, pur sapendo che sia importante come lingua straniera, cerco si di usarla ogni qualvolta posso, ma non mi attrae come altre lingue di ceppo germanico.
Volevo ringraziarti per avermi fatto letteralmente scoprire il mondo dell'apprendimento delle lingue straniere e il tuo entusiasmo e la tua abilità nel conoscerle cosi tanto mi dà fiducia!
Un saluto da Napoli!
Thank you so much Luca for the video. You've been my inspiration in language learning for quite long, been always following your footsteps... I love watching your videos
I started learning Japanese, and I am an intermediate with it but I want to learn Korean and Spanish at the same time.
I want to take japanese in the college during school. But I also am assigned to learn Spanish in school so hopefully this will help a lot with my future achievements. I have a future that I have been building up for years now. I want to go to Japan and live there maybe even start a business there.
I love the korean culture and their music and just overall everything. I have many friends who speak Spanish and I work at a fast food company right now so many people come through who speak spanish and have a hard time speaking English so i want to help them and make them more comfortable.
I have a history with being intrigued with all different languages. I never had a hard time learning them and so I knew that language learning is something kinda like a talent for me. Every language I ever tried to learn , it has always went smoothly. And most of the time I'm self teaching myself. But I love being able to speak different languages so this will help a lot for me.
I cant wait to use these tactics for my life! Thank you so much! You are a great help! 😄❤❤❤❤👏
I started to learn english and deutsch today. I'm b1 at english and barely A1 at deutsch. My schedule looks like this:
2 hours in the morning of deutsch
gym
1 hour of english
work
fun
repeat
Omg! That’s so refreshing and motivating. Currently im learning hungarian too, but i also want to learn spanish and german. Thank you!
As always your videos come at the right time! I'm trying to improve my English because I wanna take the CAE in April or May 2020. Because of this I thought I had to pause my German (intermediate level) and French (low-intermediate) but thanks to you I'm thinking about learning at least one of them along with English. Thanks a bunch! You're an inspiration as always!
PS. Sono italiano ma siccome sto cercando di immergermi più possibile nella lingua di Shakespeare ho scritto il commento in inglese per pratica. Ciao grandissimo. Have a nice day!
If I were you, I'd pause the French. German is similar to English yes, but French is TOO similar. I feel that really will mess up your chances on the CAE.
And in fact, do not be too prouc to just say: There are 6 months until the CAE, I am ONLY going to do English until then.
There's nothing wrong with trying to get really really really good at one language. In fact, it's harder than getting quite good at lots of languages.
In bocca al lupo!
@@daysandwords Thanks, man! My biggest fear is to lost the level I actually have in German and French, because of the fact I have just an intermediate level. With regard to English I must say that yes, I find it quite complicated to get a very high level.
@@Teo-yl7oo "Biggest fear is that I'll lose" / "My biggest fear is that I'll have lost"...
You won't lose the level though. I did German in high school, 17 years ago, and I was barely a beginner (because I never ever ever did my work) but when I came back to it, I picked it up at twice the rate that I picked up my 3rd language (which was already twice the rate of my second foreign language). In other words, I had not forgotten it, even though I thought I had.
And yes, English, and any European language actually, is very hard to get to that very top level.
@@daysandwords Thanks for correcting me, mate! And yes, maybe you're right. I made a 1 month pause this past Summer and when I came back to German and French I struggled a bit, that's why I'm afraid of losing that I gained if I put them aside for a while. I made a huge mistake, I should have been taken the certificate before starting new languages.
Luca, you're my language hero..
Me too haha. He's easily my favourite of these online polyglot kinda people... oh and Ed from La Ferpection and Double Deutsch; but that's because Ed is hilarious.
@@daysandwords Ich kann dich mit diesem Herausforderung herausfordern. Ich lade dich ein, schwedisch und Französisch zu sprechen. Ob du es nicht machen kannst, du bist ein Lügner oder du kannst, werde ich meine Wörter essen
@@derrammsteinerjunge4122 OK for starters, why would you write that in German? I have never claimed to be able to speak German.
Secondly, are you challenging me to do videos on French and Swedish because you actually don't think I can?
I have done them before, but my videos tend to suck in those languages because I lose any natural manner that I have on camera, and I become nervous and correct my own mistakes and overthink too much, but it's definitely getting easier.
If you want to post this challenge somewhere more relevant (like for example, my latest video) then I'll absolutely take you up on it.
@@daysandwords man, my mother tongue is german so that's why I can speak it fluent and about the challenge, bring it on!. Another thing I also speak English (Language I am using to write with), swedish and Spanish, all those languages I learnt when I was 17 years old and learning them was the best decision of my life because my IQ increased so high. I'm learning French and Dutch currently
@@derrammsteinerjunge4122 Man min fråga är fortfarande det SAMMA:
Varför skulle du skriva till mig på tyska, ett språk som du vet att jag inte kan? Det känns inte rimligt.
Så fortsätter vi det här samtalet på rätt plats: Min kanal.
I was in doubt about learning Norwegian because I am in intermediate level of English. Tkanks!
Very useful video. Just what I was looking for.
This was exactly what I needed
I’m learning Italian, Russian and Icelandic ❤❤