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i think that ppl are so hung up on grammar being right when speaking it after learning but we have to remember that native speakers often get grammar wrong and its no big deal
That is so true. I started learning Chinese, then started learning Spanish 3 months later. Whenever my brain could not think of the word in the language I was speaking, it substituted with the other. They are not even close to the same, so I think I learned too fast with not enough depth, but it was interesting how things connect in our brains.
So happy that in a few instances when you jumped from language to language I didn’t require subtitles. Small things in life that make me smile! Great video by the way! First point really hit home!
love hearing you speak flamisch (as a native speaker) and french too (i am struggeling with it) i am currently learning 4 langueges where 3 are in school and these tips help sooo much!! for everyone who is learning a new language you got this and keep going
Hi Jo! I'm a 19-year-old American and have only ever spoken English, but recently I visited Italy with my family and it was honestly like a whole new world opening up to me. I'm a huge people person so it was kind of frustrating only being able to say things like 'ciao' and 'io parlo inglese' to communicate with non-English speakers. I'm starting to seriously learn Italian now for the day I go back and reconnect with some of the sweet people that I met during my visit, and I just wanted to say that your content is very inspiring for me and makes me excited to enter into this new opportunity and journey, despite all the frustrations that I know will come with it. So grazie!
j'apprends français depuis dix ans a mon école primaire et puis maintenant mon lycée. j'ai étudié espagnol a mon école secondaire aussi, mais j'ai choisi continuer avec français. J'adore français et les langues en general. après avoir fini mon terminale, j'espère que je pourrais parler en Francais couramment! merci beaucoup pour tout les choses, Jo x
I’m studying Spanish and Korean. I’m excited to learn languages but there’s down sides to it, for me it’s the fact that I can’t have a tutor because I still live with my parents and my parents won’t allow me to have a tutor so it’s hard to learn alone sometimes. But I’m excited to see the end result of my learning😁😁
I only had a tutor when I was basically fluent in the language, and the lessons were just conversations which you can have with any native online for free through discord or something. It’s definitely possible to succeed without a tutor, you got this!
The foreign languages I know the best are English and French. I can also understand Spanish and Italian very well, but not speak much. I can also read in Catalan and am gaining the same skill in Romanian. And I know a little bit of German, too. Someday, I want to hire tutors for English and French just for them to listen to me reading and correct my mistakes for a whole hour (so they'll have to know the language inside out) and have them assign me the elaboration of essays to be commented and corrected in class.
So true about the brain getting confused. My husband is Dutch and my brain has a bit of Dutch but now I'm in New Mexico and need some spanish and my brain wants to deliver up Dutch. Neet zo goed, Jo!!
저는 한국어를 배우고 있어요! I'm so thankful for having learned English as my second language because now I can access to all this content, information and people with the best advice out there. Thank you, Jo! You're really cool and I love your stories about you're experience as a language learner. I'm learning Korean as of now and have been journaling in the language for 1 month now. Let's not give up!
Eu falo 4 linguas: português por nascer no Brasil, espanhol por ser de família uruguaia, francês por ser de família francesa e estudar e ser de família e inglês por t sido exposta ao idioma desde pequena. Faço o "switch" entre línguas naturalmente e quem só fala um idioma acha "estranho" e sempre falo q pra quem aprendeu desde pequeno eh natural. Pra mim nunca foi difícil mas sim um processo natural
The construction analogy is so real lol it really does feel like a work in progress that needs hyper focus and “building another highway” or learning another language while you are still working on a previous one feels messy. I have a hard time doing that. So far, I am only able to focus on one at a time. At least until I’m over the beginning level, then I feel ok learning about another one.
gosh i totally relate: the italian-spanish highways in my brain are always crossing each other. i'm not super disciplined learning languages, but what i noticed with time is that understanding becomes easier (a conversation, a movie without subtitles...), but talking doesn't get necessarily easier - the effort to drill the verbs and all is ... the same, maybe.
olá Jo. Sou americana e acabei de aprender falar português desde que me mudei aqui há um ano. Tambien, hablo español, que aprendí alrededor 2 años antes de que portuguese. And of course I speak english, my native tongue. Acho que, para mim, foi mais fácil aprender português depois de estudar espanhol. Ha muchos palabras muy similares en ambas lenguas. I hope the above is fairly well understood. Yo tengo 64 anos, sim soy vieja y pude aprender como hablar muchas lenguas! La proxima lengua e Frances!!
Hey, language learning lover here. So far, I speak/learning 6 languages - Arabic (native) - English (c 2) - french (b1) - German (b 2) - Russian (a 2) - Brazilian (a 1)
Eu falo português porque sou brasileira, english just because, français parce que je voudrais être une diplomat, estoy aprendiendo español porque me gusta (puedo compreender más que puedo hablar), and I'm studying korean because I like kpop so why not? (I can't type in korean on my computer). I understand it when people say that if you speak a language and try to learn another that's part of the same branch it's easier, but I enjoy learning korean more than I enjoy learning spanish. A lot of the times when im trying to speak spanish im unsure whether the im talking spanish or just using a portuguese word in spanish pronunciation. Whereas in korean everything is new and i know exactly where i am on the language. Also, whenever I'm learning something new, I always speak the last language i learned. Quando eu tava aprendendo francês, pensava muito em inglês, aprendendo espanhol, penso muito em francês, e etc. The switching is also ever present, i love it, but it is also frustrating when I forget the word i want in the language im speaking and can only remember the one in other language
I'm Brazilian too, and you expressed everything I was feeling, is much more noticeable evolutions In comprehension, speaking, listening from languages that are far more different of ours.
Empecé a aprender español desde zero hace un año y medio.. solo hablaba inglés antes. Ahora estoy viviendo en varios países en las americas y tengo que decirte jo.. he visto sus videos desde hace colegio y me inspiraste un montón a aprender! El próximo idioma quiero aprender es portugués.. Gracias para compartir jo. Bendiciones.
It's great learning another language as I'm working on two other languages Mandarin and Russian besides English going on 4 and 2 years! Speak neither fluently yet getting a lot from the journey! I've touched on a few other languages and my goal is 5-6 languages in the next 3 years! Congratulations!😊
What an informative video! I kept shouting, “literally!” throughout. 😅 It’s nice hearing about the stuff that isn’t spoken about much with language learning cos we get to know it’s not just us, and we don’t have to beat ourselves up when we keep replacing vocabulary with a language we’re currently learning etc. Btw, I think you’ll be able to hear Afrikaans too since you’re getting real good in Dutch. 😁
I took Spanish in university but struggled with the mix in my brain between French (been speaking since Kindergarten) and Spanish. I've been trying to pick it back up post-grad & so glad to hear you talk on the mix-up in the brain. Great video Jo!
¡Hola! Me llamo Ransom. I've been learning Spanish for the past two months, and I really notice that from the first week as a beginner, the words, and the phrases were so romanticizing😊😊, and after a while, they started to mix in my brain making it difficult. 😂 I like the way you've made me to understand the theory of language learning, that is, what happens when you are at this stage of learning. Rather than using paper and pen, I like using software flashcards for studies, in which I've been used to. Once again, thanks for the video🎉🎉
J'adore Jo Franco! Je regardais tes vidéos pour apprendre le portugais, tu as une excellente prononciation dans toutes tes langues y compris le français, 10/10
Me too! I am learning فارسی as well, but my native language is English and I’m learning because I’m part Persian. Do you have any recommendations for learning resources?
There's a great youtube video by Alina Evin where she mentions that building the neuroplasticity to change between languages helped her to not confuse Italian and Swedish. Essentially certain languages she learned without the involvement of her other languages and she would have conversations in italian and mixup swedish. I'll link the video below, but it has alot of great exercises to help. th-cam.com/video/0L9sv-GGggA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=R7O7VZ2DsHqcDj2i
Я учусь говорить по-русски. And I dabble with Dutch, as I'm German I can understand quite a bit. There are more languages I want to dip my toes in - one day.
Such a great video with super tips. I speak Spanish, French and Portuguese. My Spanish has gotten so rusty and I used to be super fluent. I know I can get back to that same level but I've been dedicating so much time in French and Portuguese over the past few years. I like your idea of keeping everything in a central area as you said. I am a bit all over the place so something as easy as having material on a google dock, could really be useful and easy to manage. I can totally relate when you mentioned that some days we will just have lousy days speaking one of our language and then on another time, our fluency will be top notch.
Hi Jo thanks for the great tips. I know English, Spanish and learning Portuguese. I feel the more languages you are learning the more confusing it is. I am in Brasil 🇧🇷 now and in one of your videos you said you don’t have to be in a country to learn the language. You are absolutely right. I’ve been here for a month and all I have learned is whatever I have studied. Great channel. Ola Jo obrigada pelas otimas dicas Eu sei igles, espanhol e estãu aprendendo Português
I'm learning High Valyrian from Game of Thrones 😅 it's so much fun. An interesting byproduct is realizing I'm learning more about Grammar than I ever have.
Nettes Video! Wenn du über wieder und wieder lernen gesagt hast, habe ich das mich gefühlt. Seit 2018 habe ich Deutsch lernen - mit viele Pause zwischen. Ich könnte immer gut verstehen aber schlechte sprechen. Endlich, jetzt kann ich mehr fließend kommunizieren. So ja, es gibt keine Linearität. Cool video! The relearning part really resonated with me. I have started to learn German in 2018 but struck with several pauses in between. Now I’m finally being able to speak more fluently and feel that things are “cracking out” easily. So yes, there’s no such a thing a linearity.
Ik woon 100 km bij je vandaan, we spreken hier een beetje ander Nederlands, maar iedereen zal je hier uitstekend verstaan! En denken, die is van Anwerpen. Niemand zal denken, die is van Brazilië of de VS. Goed gedaan!
Sab theek ho jaega ( Hindi-everything will be all right.)That’s what I keep telling myself if I stick with it. Thank you for all your tips, on language learning!😊
1. British Sign Language (Can't leave a comment in BSL!) 2. Somali Waxaan baranayaa af-Soomaaliga. Way adagtahay! 3. French J'ai appris le Français depuis vingt ans. C'est encore difficile! 4. Mandarin 我学中文所有八年。很不容易啊！ That's about it for decent ones, though I've studied others :P
I speak 4 languages 2 fluently( Spanish and English bc they’re my native ones ) Portuguese I can speak it well but Brazilians talk very fast so I’d say I’m 70% fluent , and my fourth one is Haitian Creole where I’m learning rn. Bc they’re all romance Ianguages I mix them up ALOT but they’re fun and all unique. Haitian Creole: Mwen Remen videyo ou yo Jo! 🇭🇹 Brazilian Portuguese: Eu amo seus vídeos Jo🇧🇷 Puerto Rican Spanish: amo tus videos Jo 🇵🇷 English: I love your videos Jo! 🇺🇸
The brain mixup thing is the main reason why I don’t learn Italian or Portugese after having learned French and Spanish. The last language I learned to a conversational level was Spanish. Already knowing French, that was relatively easy. And it spoiled me. Because right now, I’m learning Mandarin. And I can’t believe how difficult it is: The most frustrating aspect is probably the disconnect between written language and spoken language. But it’s also a fun challenge. 我觉得中文很难，但是我也很喜欢中国人和中国文化。
The lack of praise is VERY REAL. When I was A0 and A1, I had constant support when I could order food and learn some new vocab. Now, I'm A2, and people expect me to be a lot farther ahead. The wins also feel a bit smaller, so it's definitely a downer sometimes. Regardless, I'm going to keep going because I know that I'm advancing (even if it doesn't feel as drastic). I think this is when discipline is more important than motivation.
Hi Jo! I’m new to your channel! I need a refresh on my Spanish so I can talk to my family better so your content is awesome! I saw that you speak Portuguese. And I want to learn Portuguese, specifically Brazilian Portuguese. How did you learn that?
Grazie per questo video, Jo! 🙏 Apart from your usual great tips, you explained exactly how I feel in meinem Alltagsleben: je mehr Sprachen ich lerne, desto chaotischer wird es in meinem Kopf! Nå jeg taler dansk og kan ikke komme i tanke om et ord, мне приходят слова по-русски и наоборот e ovviamente continuo a dimenticarmi le parole nella mia lingua madre (l'italiano) 😅
Still working on improving my French from highschool and learning Dutch. I been wanting to visit Belgium. Spanish is my minor though.😅 I have tried learning Italian, Korean, and Vietnamese and remember random things and recognize of someone os speaking in these languages.
Like you mentioned I struggle the most with the languages that are too similiar. Like I'm strongest in Spanish. Picking up French was easy, there was no confusion, but trying to add Portuguese was confusing because my French isn't strong enough yet to disassociate the two. I'm simultaneously maintaining Spanish, learning Japanese, French and German right now and I have no confusion with any of them. Oh boy okay you said to reply in as many languages as I can so here's my best try, with heavy reliance on my tools. Como ya has dicho, lo que más me cuesta es hablar los idiomas que son demasiado parecidos. Por ejemplo, mi mejor idioma es el español. Aprender francés fue fácil, no hubo confusión, pero añadir portugués fue confuso porque mi francés no es lo suficientemente bueno como para disociar los dos. Estoy aprendiendo español al mismo tiempo, japonés, francés y alemán en este momento y no tengo ninguna confusión con ninguno de ellos. あなたがおっしゃったように、私も似た言語に最も苦労します。私の一番得意な言語はスペイン語です。フランス語の学習は簡単で混乱もありませんでした。しかし、ポルトガル語を追加すると混乱しました。フランス語がまだ十分に強くないため、この 2 つを切り離すことができません。私はスペイン語を維持しながら、現在日本語、フランス語、ドイツ語を同時に学習していますが、どの言語でも混乱することはありません。 Comme tu l'as mentionné, j'ai le plus de mal avec les langues qui sont trop similaires. Ma meilleure langue est l'espagnol. Apprendre le français a été facile, il n'y avait aucune confusion, mais ajouter le portugais a été déroutant car mon français n'est pas encore assez fort pour dissocier les deux. Je maintiens simultanément l'espagnol, j'apprends le japonais, le français et l'allemand en ce moment et je n'ai aucune confusion avec aucune d'entre elles. Wie Sie bereits erwähnt haben, habe ich die meisten Probleme mit Sprachen, die sich zu sehr ähneln. Meine beste Sprache ist Spanisch. Französisch zu lernen war einfach, es gab keine Verwirrung, aber Portugiesisch hinzuzufügen war verwirrend, weil mein Französisch noch nicht gut genug ist, um die beiden Sprachen voneinander zu trennen. Ich lerne derzeit gleichzeitig Spanisch, Japanisch, Französisch und Deutsch und habe mit keiner dieser Sprachen Verwirrung.
Mi piace moltissimo imparare le lingue. Adesso sto studiando l’italiano con il mio marito que nasceu no Brasil. A gente fala português, espanhol, inglês, francês y ahora estamos aprendiendo el italiano, de hecho vamos a Italia esta semana para hacer un curso de italiano juntos. Najifunza pia Kiswahili kwa sababu nafanya kazi katika maendeleo ya kimataifa na nina miradi Tanzania na Kenya. Saya juga sedang belajar bahasa Indonesia karena orang tua saya dari Indonesia dan saya ingin menjaga hubungan saya dengan negara tempat orang tua saya dibesarkan. Je parle français et anglais tous les jours au bureau car je travaille dans le domaine du développement international et j’ai des collègues du monde entier so I usually speak 4 or 5 languages per week with family, friends and colleagues.
I‘d say I‘m fluent in 5 languages. Yet two of them are Spanish and Italian. If I focus on one the other gets weaker. I‘m still trying to figure out how to overcome this. Regarding the question if language learning gets easier after having studied many languages. I‘d say yes. I‘m now learning Turkish and Grammar patterns as well as phonemes are way easier to distinguish and understand for me. It really helps me to grasp the language faster because I can use the language knowledge of the other languages (even if they are not in the same language family). So the Grammar and Pronunciation aspects get easier (imo) but the output is still the hardest part.
It's not that people just expect higher quality but once you're realy good and tu perds ton accents dans la langue les personnes partent du principe que tu es native speaker and they just don't get it if you confundes palavras ou não tens o vocabulário certo e a palavra que corresponde melhor. Á 10 anos a viver em França e o melhor que me podem dizer ainda é "oh mais t'es portugaise ? mais tu parles si bien et t'as même pas d'accent!" Love your work !
I just started my TH-cam after learning Spanish but I’m not sure if I should make a video in Spanish when the majority of my audience ONLY speaks English 😢
Do it for the people who are trying to learn it. Everyone on TH-cam is trying to speak in english. You can even do a separate channel for Spanish if you dont want to do all Spanish videos.
I am an American student in Austria so....... Ich lerne gerade Deutsch (besonders Österreichisch Deutsch). I was an exchange student in Sweden... Då pratar jag också jättemycket Svenska. I took Spanish for five years in school growing up... Y por eso...hablo español también pero ahora es más difícil para recordar todo el vocabulario. I have learned many words from many different languages but it's hard to keep track of the ones I've learned to a higher level. No matter how many languages you know, those neuropathways *aka the people in the office that is your brain* will always need strengthening. I even forget words now sometimes in my native English.
It's crazy how I related so much to the part when you say you try to speak the language and, some days you're doing amazing, next day it's like your brain's farting lol even though i've spoke english my whole life, there are days that you're not doing fine. This is such a insane topic and super weird!
Ich bin quasi bilingual aufgewachsen. Deutsch und Teochew sind meine Muttersprachen, wobei ich tatsächlich eher nur Deutsch als Muttersprache fließend sprechen kann. I am also fluent in English as I’ve taught myself through video consumption and interacting with natives on social media how to actually speak, besides learning English in school. 我也上了中文课，但是那时候我和本族语同学上了课。我每次听不懂他们说什么。所以我的普通话很差。 En la escuela he aprendido el español también. Creo que es una lengua muy bonita. Pero no puedo hablar en conversaciones. Mi español es muy básico con muchos errores. Pero ahora estoy mejorando mis habilidades en español. و أنا بتعالم العربي مصري، لكن انا بتكلم شوية بس. أنا بحب العربي. There probably were errors in Mandarin, Spanish and Arabic as I don’t speak them well. But I did manage to teach myself English fluently. And regarding your question, yes language learning gets easier but also harder the more you learn. It’s both, but in different ways, like you said. What makes it easier, I think, is that the general learning process becomes more accessible and tangible, as one has accumulated many different strategies over time and already has been through several language learning journeys. But on the other hand it can also get confusing if the acquired languages aren’t fully “ripe”. In a sense of being fluent. I am definitely guilty of “language learning jumping” where I don’t finish a language until I’m fluent. Hence I do mix up many words between different languages, especially if they’re from similar language families. And even if languages aren’t from a similar language root, I still sometimes mix up some languages. For some strange reason I’ve been mixing up Spanish and Egyptian Arabic, even though they’re from totally different language families. It’s a mystery to me honestly. Hopefully this struggle ends when I finish my goal of learning Spanish until fluency (a recent goal of mine). I actually discovered your channel after having looked for Egyptian Arabic videos. Very entertaining! I’m also very impressed of your progress in Flemish. It seems like you speak quite early in your language journey! I am quite the opposite but it did inspire me to maybe break off my routine and just dip into realms of speaking a little earlier than I feel comfortable in. We’ll see but I am definitely in awe of your progress and dedication! 😄
I speak Papiamentu (this is my native language) English ( i grew up watching cartoons in english) Dutch ( we where colonized by the dutch, also about 90% of the educational/school systems in my island country are in dutch) Spanish ( I had spanish classes in school and Papiamentu is quite similar to spanish) Japanese ( i studied japanese because my twin brother and i, in company with some of my friends we’re planning to visit Japan for the first time. That happend right before COViD started, at the end of 2019, so we ended up not going but i enjoyed the language study so much that i kept it going for 5 years now.) Italian ( I’ve been learning Italian for the last few months) Russian ( I like the way it sounds lol this is my most recent language) Honorable mention: Portuguese: i once tried learning portuguese but at that time my love for languages wasn’t as strong as it is now, so i stopped a short while after but…… my twin bro speaks it semi-fluently so i try to speak to him in portuguese, every chance i get. The funny thing is most brazilian people i’ve interacted with in the past could somewhat understand my native language if i spoke slowly. So therefore, i could prolly pick it up easily if i were to relearn Portuguese.
I only know 2 languages, I keep switching between the two mainly when I’m expected to speak 100% of one of them. A ideia é que fiquei habituada a ter uma roda social em que posso usar as duas línguas freely e quando isso não acontece i say a word here and there that is from the opposite language
The second point is so important. I stopped practicing Spanish and didn’t continue learning the grammar ahora el problema es que cuando quiero hablar, siento nerviosa y tímida jaja porque necesito pensar mas y traducir las frases de inglés a español y la otra persona esperando mis respuestas y la pressure gets to me. Entender más que hablar pero me odio eso, quiero hablar mas fluido😢
I’ve experienced the exact thing you’re talking about with speaking and responding. I haven’t been speaking Spanish really in years and I can still understand it, but it is hard to respond. I have even forgotten how to conjugate some verbs.
I learned that multiple languages thing real quick when I tried to refresh my Spanish at the same time as I am learning Sinhala (Sri Lankan language). I've been living in Sri Lanka for 10 months and learning Sinhala for most of my time here. One day I decided to do a duolingo lesson to refresh the Spanish I learned in school, and then I started forgetting Sinhala 😅
Hallo JO! Mijn naam is Amanda. Ik spreek vloeiend Vlaams (Ja, ik kom uit België, maar niet Antwerpen xD Gent!!!) - Je parle très bien (je pense xD) français; c'est ma deuxième langue - I speak English fluently (I live in Canada, what do you want? xD) - Ich verstehe gut Deutsch und spreche diese schöne Sprache ein bisschen - Entiendo bien Espanol pero no puedo hablar esta lingua. Lo estoy aprendiendo ahora mismo. I LOOOOOOVE languages. Can't say if it is hard to learn. The only two I learned/am learning are German and Spanish; the other languages were a package deal I received at home, during infancy. Everything is easy then!!! Besides, I like it so much (the studying new languages part) that I can't say if it is difficult or not. Commitment, that's what it's all about, I guess. Anywayzzz good luck everybody and thanks Jo for the nice content!
재 한국 친구가 겨울 동안 저를 초대해요. 저는 몇 권의 책을 사서 그곳에 가기 전에 한국어를 열심히 공부하고 있어요. 초보 레벨까지만 가려고 노력 중이에요. My college buddy from Korea invited me over for the winter. I’m going super hard at a few books I bought from the Talk To Me in Korean series. I just want to get to a rough beginner level so I can have basic convos.
Hola, yo empecé a aprender español hace un año mas o menos, y creo yo que hablo la lengua demasiado bien. Yo decidí a estudiar el español porqué mi familia habla español con fluencia y yo quise a poder de hablar con ellos😮 Hallo, ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch(A2 denke ich), und ich hab der Sprache zu lernen über vor sieben Monaten. Übrigens, glaub ich dass Deutsch ein schwierig Sprache zu lernen😅 Здравствуйте! Я хорошо говорю по-русски и я начинал учиться язык как год назад, но мне было интересно говорить по-русски когда мне двенадцать лет и я учился алфавиту с некоторыми словами. К сожалению, я не продалжал обучение до декабря прошлого года. А теперь, я могу поговорить по-русски и моя семья считает что это классно! Кстати я русский из-за моего прадедушки. I believe that is all😅 English is my native language, but I've been exposed to Russian and Spanish my whole childhood, so that motivated me to want to learn and speak these languages and others. Ever since I found out I was a crazy mixture of things, I've been so fascinated by languages and cultures. Honestly though, I don't think I would have learned/be learning these langauges without the never-ending support of my family and my Lord Jesus Christ😁 In all seriousness, I wouldn't have come this far without them. Thanks for listening to me ramble😅 Have a wonderful day and stay safe!🤗😉😄
:)) brasileira aqui :D A good thing is that I got pretty good in English pretty early in life. So when I got in to language-learning as a hobby, I already had well established English habits. Pero, ahora estoy aprendiendo español y no me acuerdo de escuchar podcasts en la lengua, no conozco tantos youtubers ... Entonces, tengo menos tiempo de exposición en la lengua. But my goal is to finish 2025 fluent in spanish. I have this crazy life goal of being fluent in 1 language for each decade of my life. (So, 3 languages and some others in beginner level)
Eu sei português por ter nascido e crescido no Brasil. I know english because I moved to the U.S. , but I'm still not fluent because I'm really shy to practice my speaking skills, but I'm can understand pretty well. Estoy aprendiendo español con un curso en mi escuela, me parece interesante lo parecidos que son el español y el portugués, y al mismo tiempo son muy diferentes. 私も日本語を勉強しています。その理由は、日本を旅行したいからです。その文化を知り、ネイティブの人々と話せるようになりたいからです。また、言語、特に文字がとても美しいと思うからです。インターネットの情報だけを使って独学で勉強してみます . For now, these are the only languages that I know/I'm interested in learning, but maybe I will try to learn others. My goal is to become a polyglot before I turn 18!
I have been doing all of this since I started learning English. I did with Spanish and I am doing with Italian. I advice my students do that but they do not listen! HAHAHA
Het is gewoon echt bi-zar om te zien hoe goed je al Nederlands spreekt en dat ik je gewoon kan verstaan in mijn moedertaal… Ben je nu in totaal dus een jaar bezig? Hoeveel Preplylessen neem je per week, als ik het mag vragen? Grappig genoeg leer ik nu Portugees (Europees) en hoop ik jou op een dag compleet te verstaan (het lukt al tamelijk goed, Braziliaans is alleen net iets moeilijker gezien ik nog een lager niveau Portugees spreker ben). I’ll let you know!
Ik ga echt stuk dat je Nederlands met een Vlaams accent hebt geleerd. Het klinkt zo schattig. (Zegt een Nederlander). Ik ga volgend jaar een studie in België beginnen en hoop dat ik het Vlaams accent kan oppakken. Naast Nederlands praat ik ek Frysk, in taal dy't yn it noarden fan it lân sprutsen wurdt. Ich spreche auch fließend Deutsch, weil ich Deutsch auf Lehramst studiere und man ein gutes Niveau braucht, um vor der Klasse stehen zu dürfen und das Studium zu absolvieren. Ich habe auch zweimal für 4 Monate in Deutschland gewohnt. I'd say English is my fourth language. Expressing myself in German feels more personal than in English. Although I'm not sure which language I speak better. Duits is natuurlijk de taal waar ik veel voor heb moeten leren en ik ken de details beter om zo maar te zeggen. Engels heb ik opgepikt door jarenlang Engelstalige televisie te kijken, maar als ik Engels spreek, voelt dat zo... vlak. Maintenaint j'apprends français aussi, mais je ne peux pas dire beacoup. J'ai commencé regarder Spongebob en français et j'écoute podcasts avec text. Ik zou zeggen dat een taal onder de knie krijgen even moeilijk blijft, maar hoe je het aanpakt steeds simpeler wordt. Inmiddels weet ik wel wat belangrijk is om te weten voor als je snel resultaat wilt boeken (chunks leren bijv., vooral die echt vaak in gesproken taal gebruikt wordt).
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I agree
I agree. 62 - learning Spanish.
i think that ppl are so hung up on grammar being right when speaking it after learning but we have to remember that native speakers often get grammar wrong and its no big deal
I totally understand this but Duolingo haunts me and I'm so scared of making grammar mistakes 🥲
That is so true. I started learning Chinese, then started learning Spanish 3 months later. Whenever my brain could not think of the word in the language I was speaking, it substituted with the other. They are not even close to the same, so I think I learned too fast with not enough depth, but it was interesting how things connect in our brains.
The highways intercept lol
So happy that in a few instances when you jumped from language to language I didn’t require subtitles. Small things in life that make me smile! Great video by the way! First point really hit home!
The mixing of languages is SOO REAL. The other day i was like " Yo quiero un verre de vin"
love hearing you speak flamisch (as a native speaker) and french too (i am struggeling with it) i am currently learning 4 langueges where 3 are in school and these tips help sooo much!! for everyone who is learning a new language you got this and keep going
Hi Jo! I'm a 19-year-old American and have only ever spoken English, but recently I visited Italy with my family and it was honestly like a whole new world opening up to me. I'm a huge people person so it was kind of frustrating only being able to say things like 'ciao' and 'io parlo inglese' to communicate with non-English speakers. I'm starting to seriously learn Italian now for the day I go back and reconnect with some of the sweet people that I met during my visit, and I just wanted to say that your content is very inspiring for me and makes me excited to enter into this new opportunity and journey, despite all the frustrations that I know will come with it. So grazie!
Thank you for this beautiful comment ❤️❤️❤️
@@jofranco 😊
@@pheonixiagal6828 che bello 😍 enjoy your learning process and good luck with your Italian 🇮🇹🤍
j'apprends français depuis dix ans a mon école primaire et puis maintenant mon lycée. j'ai étudié espagnol a mon école secondaire aussi, mais j'ai choisi continuer avec français. J'adore français et les langues en general. après avoir fini mon terminale, j'espère que je pourrais parler en Francais couramment! merci beaucoup pour tout les choses, Jo x
Super!
I’m studying Spanish and Korean. I’m excited to learn languages but there’s down sides to it, for me it’s the fact that I can’t have a tutor because I still live with my parents and my parents won’t allow me to have a tutor so it’s hard to learn alone sometimes. But I’m excited to see the end result of my learning😁😁
@drafty_666 can you go to a park and have a 30 min online session on your tablet or cell with a tutor?
im learning both of these as well
I only had a tutor when I was basically fluent in the language, and the lessons were just conversations which you can have with any native online for free through discord or something. It’s definitely possible to succeed without a tutor, you got this!
The foreign languages I know the best are English and French. I can also understand Spanish and Italian very well, but not speak much. I can also read in Catalan and am gaining the same skill in Romanian. And I know a little bit of German, too. Someday, I want to hire tutors for English and French just for them to listen to me reading and correct my mistakes for a whole hour (so they'll have to know the language inside out) and have them assign me the elaboration of essays to be commented and corrected in class.
So true about the brain getting confused. My husband is Dutch and my brain has a bit of Dutch but now I'm in New Mexico and need some spanish and my brain wants to deliver up Dutch. Neet zo goed, Jo!!
저는 한국어를 배우고 있어요!
I'm so thankful for having learned English as my second language because now I can access to all this content, information and people with the best advice out there. Thank you, Jo! You're really cool and I love your stories about you're experience as a language learner. I'm learning Korean as of now and have been journaling in the language for 1 month now. Let's not give up!
Eu falo 4 linguas: português por nascer no Brasil, espanhol por ser de família uruguaia, francês por ser de família francesa e estudar e ser de família e inglês por t sido exposta ao idioma desde pequena. Faço o "switch" entre línguas naturalmente e quem só fala um idioma acha "estranho" e sempre falo q pra quem aprendeu desde pequeno eh natural. Pra mim nunca foi difícil mas sim um processo natural
Sim eu acho que depende muito da idade que você tinha e quanto você ouviu a língua para colar no cérebro ! Super interessante
The construction analogy is so real lol it really does feel like a work in progress that needs hyper focus and “building another highway” or learning another language while you are still working on a previous one feels messy. I have a hard time doing that. So far, I am only able to focus on one at a time. At least until I’m over the beginning level, then I feel ok learning about another one.
I speak French,English,Haitian Creole and I'm learning Spanish😊
gosh i totally relate: the italian-spanish highways in my brain are always crossing each other.
i'm not super disciplined learning languages, but what i noticed with time is that understanding becomes easier (a conversation, a movie without subtitles...), but talking doesn't get necessarily easier - the effort to drill the verbs and all is ... the same, maybe.
Merci pour la vide'o! J'adore ta chai^ne! lol I can't do the accents on my computer
olá Jo. Sou americana e acabei de aprender falar português desde que me mudei aqui há um ano. Tambien, hablo español, que aprendí alrededor 2 años antes de que portuguese. And of course I speak english, my native tongue. Acho que, para mim, foi mais fácil aprender português depois de estudar espanhol. Ha muchos palabras muy similares en ambas lenguas. I hope the above is fairly well understood. Yo tengo 64 anos, sim soy vieja y pude aprender como hablar muchas lenguas! La proxima lengua e Frances!!
Hey, language learning lover here.
So far, I speak/learning 6 languages
- Arabic (native)
- English (c 2)
- french (b1)
- German (b 2)
- Russian (a 2)
- Brazilian (a 1)
Hey! Whats your experience learning Brazilian Portuguese as an arabian? I would love to know!
Eu falo português porque sou brasileira, english just because, français parce que je voudrais être une diplomat, estoy aprendiendo español porque me gusta (puedo compreender más que puedo hablar), and I'm studying korean because I like kpop so why not? (I can't type in korean on my computer). I understand it when people say that if you speak a language and try to learn another that's part of the same branch it's easier, but I enjoy learning korean more than I enjoy learning spanish. A lot of the times when im trying to speak spanish im unsure whether the im talking spanish or just using a portuguese word in spanish pronunciation. Whereas in korean everything is new and i know exactly where i am on the language. Also, whenever I'm learning something new, I always speak the last language i learned. Quando eu tava aprendendo francês, pensava muito em inglês, aprendendo espanhol, penso muito em francês, e etc. The switching is also ever present, i love it, but it is also frustrating when I forget the word i want in the language im speaking and can only remember the one in other language
Love that for you ❤
I'm Brazilian too, and you expressed everything I was feeling, is much more noticeable evolutions In comprehension, speaking, listening from languages that are far more different of ours.
sou igualzinha a vc kskk
@@marieanny5644 amo kkkkk
@@deboramozart2632 muito, fico super confusa/insegura no espanhol
Très belle découverte !! Tous les conseils sont sincères c’est un plaisir à regarder 💕
Ik moet ervan lachen omdat u Vlaams Nederlands zo goed is! Zeker na zo een korte tijd! Blijf zeker zo doorgaan 👌🏻
Empecé a aprender español desde zero hace un año y medio.. solo hablaba inglés antes. Ahora estoy viviendo en varios países en las americas y tengo que decirte jo.. he visto sus videos desde hace colegio y me inspiraste un montón a aprender! El próximo idioma quiero aprender es portugués.. Gracias para compartir jo. Bendiciones.
It's great learning another language as I'm working on two other languages Mandarin and Russian besides English going on 4 and 2 years! Speak neither fluently yet getting a lot from the journey! I've touched on a few other languages and my goal is 5-6 languages in the next 3 years! Congratulations!😊
What an informative video! I kept shouting, “literally!” throughout. 😅 It’s nice hearing about the stuff that isn’t spoken about much with language learning cos we get to know it’s not just us, and we don’t have to beat ourselves up when we keep replacing vocabulary with a language we’re currently learning etc.
Btw, I think you’ll be able to hear Afrikaans too since you’re getting real good in Dutch. 😁
Preply is the bomb. Loooove to see you pop out with the new lang and info 😆😆❤️🙏🏿🌺✨
Me encanta este video! Empecé a aprender español en serio hace un año, y estoy emocionada por el futuro y los otros idiomas voy a aprender.
You are such an inspiration Jo! Just got your book in the mail yesterday(: so excited!
I took Spanish in university but struggled with the mix in my brain between French (been speaking since Kindergarten) and Spanish. I've been trying to pick it back up post-grad & so glad to hear you talk on the mix-up in the brain. Great video Jo!
Όλες οι συμβουλές είναι πάρα πολύ χρήσιμες και πρακτικές, ευχαριστούμε πολύ, Τζο!
It's the algorithm analogy for me!!!!! So accurate, haha. Great tips and another amazing video!
¡Hola! Me llamo Ransom.
I've been learning Spanish for the past two months, and I really notice that from the first week as a beginner, the words, and the phrases were so romanticizing😊😊, and after a while, they started to mix in my brain making it difficult. 😂
I like the way you've made me to understand the theory of language learning, that is, what happens when you are at this stage of learning. Rather than using paper and pen, I like using software flashcards for studies, in which I've been used to.
Once again, thanks for the video🎉🎉
I'm loving these truths so that I can have a good heads up of what I may experience
You have to let me know if you feel them too!!
J'adore Jo Franco! Je regardais tes vidéos pour apprendre le portugais, tu as une excellente prononciation dans toutes tes langues y compris le français, 10/10
I have started learning Persian because it's so similar to my native language Urdu 🇵🇰 and I won't get confuse this way. Also I am loving Persian ❤
Me too! I am learning فارسی as well, but my native language is English and I’m learning because I’m part Persian. Do you have any recommendations for learning resources?
@@TheLinguisticDove Find Max learns Persian on TH-cam. He shares his resources
There's a great youtube video by Alina Evin where she mentions that building the neuroplasticity to change between languages helped her to not confuse Italian and Swedish. Essentially certain languages she learned without the involvement of her other languages and she would have conversations in italian and mixup swedish. I'll link the video below, but it has alot of great exercises to help.
th-cam.com/video/0L9sv-GGggA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=R7O7VZ2DsHqcDj2i
Я учусь говорить по-русски. And I dabble with Dutch, as I'm German I can understand quite a bit. There are more languages I want to dip my toes in - one day.
Danke für deine ideas und motiviert
Such a great video with super tips. I speak Spanish, French and Portuguese. My Spanish has gotten so rusty and I used to be super fluent. I know I can get back to that same level but I've been dedicating so much time in French and Portuguese over the past few years.
I like your idea of keeping everything in a central area as you said. I am a bit all over the place so something as easy as having material on a google dock, could really be useful and easy to manage.
I can totally relate when you mentioned that some days we will just have lousy days speaking one of our language and then on another time, our fluency will be top notch.
Hi Jo thanks for the great tips.
I know English, Spanish and learning Portuguese.
I feel the more languages you are learning the more confusing it is.
I am in Brasil 🇧🇷 now and in one of your videos you said you don’t have to be in a country to learn the language. You are absolutely right. I’ve been here for a month and all I have learned is whatever I have studied.
Great channel.
Ola Jo obrigada pelas otimas dicas
Eu sei igles, espanhol e estãu aprendendo Português
Thank you for your videos ❤
I'm learning High Valyrian from Game of Thrones 😅 it's so much fun. An interesting byproduct is realizing I'm learning more about Grammar than I ever have.
Her face keeps you watching❤
O poder dessa querida ❤
Nettes Video! Wenn du über wieder und wieder lernen gesagt hast, habe ich das mich gefühlt. Seit 2018 habe ich Deutsch lernen - mit viele Pause zwischen. Ich könnte immer gut verstehen aber schlechte sprechen. Endlich, jetzt kann ich mehr fließend kommunizieren. So ja, es gibt keine Linearität.
Cool video! The relearning part really resonated with me. I have started to learn German in 2018 but struck with several pauses in between. Now I’m finally being able to speak more fluently and feel that things are “cracking out” easily. So yes, there’s no such a thing a linearity.
Ik woon 100 km bij je vandaan, we spreken hier een beetje ander Nederlands, maar iedereen zal je hier uitstekend verstaan! En denken, die is van Anwerpen. Niemand zal denken, die is van Brazilië of de VS. Goed gedaan!
Muchas gracias, خیلی ممنون، Vielen dank
I feel like short stories in my target languages has boosted my comprehension.
Sab theek ho jaega ( Hindi-everything will be all right.)That’s what I keep telling myself if I stick with it. Thank you for all your tips, on language learning!😊
Right now, I’m learning French in school but just for fun. I’m learning Swedish Dutch and Portuguese.
1. British Sign Language
(Can't leave a comment in BSL!)
2. Somali
Waxaan baranayaa af-Soomaaliga. Way adagtahay!
3. French
J'ai appris le Français depuis vingt ans. C'est encore difficile!
4. Mandarin
我学中文所有八年。很不容易啊！
That's about it for decent ones, though I've studied others :P
Could you do a video on having confidence as a woman (especially while traveling and navigating foreign spaces)? As a woman and POC it can be so hard.
Ooh, very interesting video! Bedankt voor het delen. Jërëjëf! Danke schön. Merci beaucoup!
I speak 4 languages 2 fluently( Spanish and English bc they’re my native ones ) Portuguese I can speak it well but Brazilians talk very fast so I’d say I’m 70% fluent , and my fourth one is Haitian Creole where I’m learning rn. Bc they’re all romance Ianguages I mix them up ALOT but they’re fun and all unique.
Haitian Creole: Mwen Remen videyo ou yo Jo! 🇭🇹
Brazilian Portuguese: Eu amo seus vídeos Jo🇧🇷
Puerto Rican Spanish: amo tus videos Jo 🇵🇷
English: I love your videos Jo! 🇺🇸
The brain mixup thing is the main reason why I don’t learn Italian or Portugese after having learned French and Spanish. The last language I learned to a conversational level was Spanish. Already knowing French, that was relatively easy. And it spoiled me. Because right now, I’m learning Mandarin. And I can’t believe how difficult it is: The most frustrating aspect is probably the disconnect between written language and spoken language. But it’s also a fun challenge. 我觉得中文很难，但是我也很喜欢中国人和中国文化。
The lack of praise is VERY REAL. When I was A0 and A1, I had constant support when I could order food and learn some new vocab. Now, I'm A2, and people expect me to be a lot farther ahead. The wins also feel a bit smaller, so it's definitely a downer sometimes. Regardless, I'm going to keep going because I know that I'm advancing (even if it doesn't feel as drastic). I think this is when discipline is more important than motivation.
❤❤ ¡Hace un año que estoy aprendiendo español! ¡Gracias por los consejos! ¡Nos vemos en la Exodus Summit! ❤❤
Learning Dutch is much more difficult than the other languages I learned - French, Greek, English, and my mother language Arabic.
Hi Jo! I’m new to your channel! I need a refresh on my Spanish so I can talk to my family better so your content is awesome! I saw that you speak Portuguese. And I want to learn Portuguese, specifically Brazilian Portuguese. How did you learn that?
Grazie mille 👍🏻
Grazie per questo video, Jo! 🙏 Apart from your usual great tips, you explained exactly how I feel in meinem Alltagsleben: je mehr Sprachen ich lerne, desto chaotischer wird es in meinem Kopf! Nå jeg taler dansk og kan ikke komme i tanke om et ord, мне приходят слова по-русски и наоборот e ovviamente continuo a dimenticarmi le parole nella mia lingua madre (l'italiano) 😅
Still working on improving my French from highschool and learning Dutch. I been wanting to visit Belgium. Spanish is my minor though.😅 I have tried learning Italian, Korean, and Vietnamese and remember random things and recognize of someone os speaking in these languages.
Like you mentioned I struggle the most with the languages that are too similiar. Like I'm strongest in Spanish. Picking up French was easy, there was no confusion, but trying to add Portuguese was confusing because my French isn't strong enough yet to disassociate the two. I'm simultaneously maintaining Spanish, learning Japanese, French and German right now and I have no confusion with any of them.
Oh boy okay you said to reply in as many languages as I can so here's my best try, with heavy reliance on my tools.
Como ya has dicho, lo que más me cuesta es hablar los idiomas que son demasiado parecidos. Por ejemplo, mi mejor idioma es el español. Aprender francés fue fácil, no hubo confusión, pero añadir portugués fue confuso porque mi francés no es lo suficientemente bueno como para disociar los dos. Estoy aprendiendo español al mismo tiempo, japonés, francés y alemán en este momento y no tengo ninguna confusión con ninguno de ellos.
あなたがおっしゃったように、私も似た言語に最も苦労します。私の一番得意な言語はスペイン語です。フランス語の学習は簡単で混乱もありませんでした。しかし、ポルトガル語を追加すると混乱しました。フランス語がまだ十分に強くないため、この 2 つを切り離すことができません。私はスペイン語を維持しながら、現在日本語、フランス語、ドイツ語を同時に学習していますが、どの言語でも混乱することはありません。
Comme tu l'as mentionné, j'ai le plus de mal avec les langues qui sont trop similaires. Ma meilleure langue est l'espagnol. Apprendre le français a été facile, il n'y avait aucune confusion, mais ajouter le portugais a été déroutant car mon français n'est pas encore assez fort pour dissocier les deux. Je maintiens simultanément l'espagnol, j'apprends le japonais, le français et l'allemand en ce moment et je n'ai aucune confusion avec aucune d'entre elles.
Wie Sie bereits erwähnt haben, habe ich die meisten Probleme mit Sprachen, die sich zu sehr ähneln. Meine beste Sprache ist Spanisch. Französisch zu lernen war einfach, es gab keine Verwirrung, aber Portugiesisch hinzuzufügen war verwirrend, weil mein Französisch noch nicht gut genug ist, um die beiden Sprachen voneinander zu trennen. Ich lerne derzeit gleichzeitig Spanisch, Japanisch, Französisch und Deutsch und habe mit keiner dieser Sprachen Verwirrung.
Mi piace moltissimo imparare le lingue. Adesso sto studiando l’italiano con il mio marito que nasceu no Brasil. A gente fala português, espanhol, inglês, francês y ahora estamos aprendiendo el italiano, de hecho vamos a Italia esta semana para hacer un curso de italiano juntos. Najifunza pia Kiswahili kwa sababu nafanya kazi katika maendeleo ya kimataifa na nina miradi Tanzania na Kenya. Saya juga sedang belajar bahasa Indonesia karena orang tua saya dari Indonesia dan saya ingin menjaga hubungan saya dengan negara tempat orang tua saya dibesarkan. Je parle français et anglais tous les jours au bureau car je travaille dans le domaine du développement international et j’ai des collègues du monde entier so I usually speak 4 or 5 languages per week with family, friends and colleagues.
I‘d say I‘m fluent in 5 languages. Yet two of them are Spanish and Italian. If I focus on one the other gets weaker. I‘m still trying to figure out how to overcome this.
Regarding the question if language learning gets easier after having studied many languages. I‘d say yes. I‘m now learning Turkish and Grammar patterns as well as phonemes are way easier to distinguish and understand for me. It really helps me to grasp the language faster because I can use the language knowledge of the other languages (even if they are not in the same language family). So the Grammar and Pronunciation aspects get easier (imo) but the output is still the hardest part.
It's not that people just expect higher quality but once you're realy good and tu perds ton accents dans la langue les personnes partent du principe que tu es native speaker and they just don't get it if you confundes palavras ou não tens o vocabulário certo e a palavra que corresponde melhor. Á 10 anos a viver em França e o melhor que me podem dizer ainda é "oh mais t'es portugaise ? mais tu parles si bien et t'as même pas d'accent!"
Love your work !
Je spreekt echt al heel goed vlaams! Ik ben zelf van zuid-Nederland 😊
Im at 3 English native Spanish Portuguese learning my fourth for the past nine months (Russian) It’s easier but feels harder.
I just started my TH-cam after learning Spanish but I’m not sure if I should make a video in Spanish when the majority of my audience ONLY speaks English 😢
Do it!
@@lufrancis I agree with you I think I should do it 😊
do it, the audience will come.
@@lorrell7293 you’re right I’m going to do it 😊
Do it for the people who are trying to learn it. Everyone on TH-cam is trying to speak in english. You can even do a separate channel for Spanish if you dont want to do all Spanish videos.
"dutch is freakin hard!!"
girl ur absolutely smashing it
I am an American student in Austria so.......
Ich lerne gerade Deutsch (besonders Österreichisch Deutsch).
I was an exchange student in Sweden...
Då pratar jag också jättemycket Svenska.
I took Spanish for five years in school growing up...
Y por eso...hablo español también pero ahora es más difícil para recordar todo el vocabulario.
I have learned many words from many different languages but it's hard to keep track of the ones I've learned to a higher level. No matter how many languages you know, those neuropathways *aka the people in the office that is your brain* will always need strengthening. I even forget words now sometimes in my native English.
Que recommanderais tu pour un français qui parle bien anglais, espagnol, etc... Mais qui a toujours un accent français très fort ? Le shadowing ?
It's crazy how I related so much to the part when you say you try to speak the language and, some days you're doing amazing, next day it's like your brain's farting lol even though i've spoke english my whole life, there are days that you're not doing fine. This is such a insane topic and super weird!
Ich bin quasi bilingual aufgewachsen. Deutsch und Teochew sind meine Muttersprachen, wobei ich tatsächlich eher nur Deutsch als Muttersprache fließend sprechen kann.
I am also fluent in English as I’ve taught myself through video consumption and interacting with natives on social media how to actually speak, besides learning English in school.
我也上了中文课，但是那时候我和本族语同学上了课。我每次听不懂他们说什么。所以我的普通话很差。
En la escuela he aprendido el español también. Creo que es una lengua muy bonita. Pero no puedo hablar en conversaciones. Mi español es muy básico con muchos errores. Pero ahora estoy mejorando mis habilidades en español.
و أنا بتعالم العربي مصري، لكن انا بتكلم شوية بس. أنا بحب العربي.
There probably were errors in Mandarin, Spanish and Arabic as I don’t speak them well. But I did manage to teach myself English fluently. And regarding your question, yes language learning gets easier but also harder the more you learn. It’s both, but in different ways, like you said.
What makes it easier, I think, is that the general learning process becomes more accessible and tangible, as one has accumulated many different strategies over time and already has been through several language learning journeys.
But on the other hand it can also get confusing if the acquired languages aren’t fully “ripe”. In a sense of being fluent. I am definitely guilty of “language learning jumping” where I don’t finish a language until I’m fluent. Hence I do mix up many words between different languages, especially if they’re from similar language families.
And even if languages aren’t from a similar language root, I still sometimes mix up some languages. For some strange reason I’ve been mixing up Spanish and Egyptian Arabic, even though they’re from totally different language families. It’s a mystery to me honestly. Hopefully this struggle ends when I finish my goal of learning Spanish until fluency (a recent goal of mine).
I actually discovered your channel after having looked for Egyptian Arabic videos. Very entertaining!
I’m also very impressed of your progress in Flemish. It seems like you speak quite early in your language journey! I am quite the opposite but it did inspire me to maybe break off my routine and just dip into realms of speaking a little earlier than I feel comfortable in. We’ll see but I am definitely in awe of your progress and dedication! 😄
I speak Papiamentu (this is my native language)
English ( i grew up watching cartoons in english)
Dutch ( we where colonized by the dutch, also about 90% of the educational/school systems in my island country are in dutch)
Spanish ( I had spanish classes in school and Papiamentu is quite similar to spanish)
Japanese ( i studied japanese because my twin brother and i, in company with some of my friends we’re planning to visit Japan for the first time. That happend right before COViD started, at the end of 2019, so we ended up not going but i enjoyed the language study so much that i kept it going for 5 years now.)
Italian ( I’ve been learning Italian for the last few months)
Russian ( I like the way it sounds lol this is my most recent language)
Honorable mention:
Portuguese: i once tried learning portuguese but at that time my love for languages wasn’t as strong as it is now, so i stopped a short while after but…… my twin bro speaks it semi-fluently so i try to speak to him in portuguese, every chance i get.
The funny thing is most brazilian people i’ve interacted with in the past could somewhat understand my native language if i spoke slowly.
So therefore, i could prolly pick it up easily if i were to relearn Portuguese.
I only know 2 languages, I keep switching between the two mainly when I’m expected to speak 100% of one of them. A ideia é que fiquei habituada a ter uma roda social em que posso usar as duas línguas freely e quando isso não acontece i say a word here and there that is from the opposite language
The second point is so important. I stopped practicing Spanish and didn’t continue learning the grammar ahora el problema es que cuando quiero hablar, siento nerviosa y tímida jaja porque necesito pensar mas y traducir las frases de inglés a español y la otra persona esperando mis respuestas y la pressure gets to me. Entender más que hablar pero me odio eso, quiero hablar mas fluido😢
Estoy de acuerdo totalmente. 🎉
I’ve experienced the exact thing you’re talking about with speaking and responding. I haven’t been speaking Spanish really in years and I can still understand it, but it is hard to respond. I have even forgotten how to conjugate some verbs.
I learned that multiple languages thing real quick when I tried to refresh my Spanish at the same time as I am learning Sinhala (Sri Lankan language). I've been living in Sri Lanka for 10 months and learning Sinhala for most of my time here. One day I decided to do a duolingo lesson to refresh the Spanish I learned in school, and then I started forgetting Sinhala 😅
Great video!! May I please know the number of years it took you to learn these languages?
So spot on
Is she Brazilian? I was shocked when she started speaking in Portuguese hahaha I didn't expect it, very good
Hallo JO! Mijn naam is Amanda. Ik spreek vloeiend Vlaams (Ja, ik kom uit België, maar niet Antwerpen xD Gent!!!) - Je parle très bien (je pense xD) français; c'est ma deuxième langue - I speak English fluently (I live in Canada, what do you want? xD) - Ich verstehe gut Deutsch und spreche diese schöne Sprache ein bisschen - Entiendo bien Espanol pero no puedo hablar esta lingua. Lo estoy aprendiendo ahora mismo. I LOOOOOOVE languages. Can't say if it is hard to learn. The only two I learned/am learning are German and Spanish; the other languages were a package deal I received at home, during infancy. Everything is easy then!!! Besides, I like it so much (the studying new languages part) that I can't say if it is difficult or not. Commitment, that's what it's all about, I guess. Anywayzzz good luck everybody and thanks Jo for the nice content!
a package deal 😂😂
Sto studiando italiano. Ho un test domani ahah, ma questo video è stato molto interessante per me e volevo ringraziarti Jo
재 한국 친구가 겨울 동안 저를 초대해요. 저는 몇 권의 책을 사서 그곳에 가기 전에 한국어를 열심히 공부하고 있어요. 초보 레벨까지만 가려고 노력 중이에요.
My college buddy from Korea invited me over for the winter. I’m going super hard at a few books I bought from the Talk To Me in Korean series. I just want to get to a rough beginner level so I can have basic convos.
Hola, yo empecé a aprender español hace un año mas o menos, y creo yo que hablo la lengua demasiado bien. Yo decidí a estudiar el español porqué mi familia habla español con fluencia y yo quise a poder de hablar con ellos😮
Hallo, ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch(A2 denke ich), und ich hab der Sprache zu lernen über vor sieben Monaten. Übrigens, glaub ich dass Deutsch ein schwierig Sprache zu lernen😅
Здравствуйте! Я хорошо говорю по-русски и я начинал учиться язык как год назад, но мне было интересно говорить по-русски когда мне двенадцать лет и я учился алфавиту с некоторыми словами. К сожалению, я не продалжал обучение до декабря прошлого года. А теперь, я могу поговорить по-русски и моя семья считает что это классно! Кстати я русский из-за моего прадедушки.
I believe that is all😅 English is my native language, but I've been exposed to Russian and Spanish my whole childhood, so that motivated me to want to learn and speak these languages and others. Ever since I found out I was a crazy mixture of things, I've been so fascinated by languages and cultures. Honestly though, I don't think I would have learned/be learning these langauges without the never-ending support of my family and my Lord Jesus Christ😁 In all seriousness, I wouldn't have come this far without them.
Thanks for listening to me ramble😅 Have a wonderful day and stay safe!🤗😉😄
你的视频有用！ 我过看着你的视频为好久 谢谢你
:)) brasileira aqui :D A good thing is that I got pretty good in English pretty early in life. So when I got in to language-learning as a hobby, I already had well established English habits. Pero, ahora estoy aprendiendo español y no me acuerdo de escuchar podcasts en la lengua, no conozco tantos youtubers ... Entonces, tengo menos tiempo de exposición en la lengua.
But my goal is to finish 2025 fluent in spanish. I have this crazy life goal of being fluent in 1 language for each decade of my life.
(So, 3 languages and some others in beginner level)
Hey, have you learned two or multiple languages at the same time and how do you balance it?
Wow so cool! We share all of our languages except swap Dutch for German! Would love to have a chat :)😊
Whats the app called again to learn different languages and where u also speak it to see if ur saying it right or not, I seen u in ads
yayyy dutch ❤i wanted to check it out bcs i am currently in the netherlands and i wanna learn it too
Eu sei português por ter nascido e crescido no Brasil. I know english because I moved to the U.S. , but I'm still not fluent because I'm really shy to practice my speaking skills, but I'm can understand pretty well. Estoy aprendiendo español con un curso en mi escuela, me parece interesante lo parecidos que son el español y el portugués, y al mismo tiempo son muy diferentes. 私も日本語を勉強しています。その理由は、日本を旅行したいからです。その文化を知り、ネイティブの人々と話せるようになりたいからです。また、言語、特に文字がとても美しいと思うからです。インターネットの情報だけを使って独学で勉強してみます . For now, these are the only languages that I know/I'm interested in learning, but maybe I will try to learn others. My goal is to become a polyglot before I turn 18!
Jo, do you have any friends that have ADHD or Autism or both that have learned languages and have tips on learning them?
I have been doing all of this since I started learning English.
I did with Spanish and I am doing with Italian.
I advice my students do that but they do not listen!
HAHAHA
Het is gewoon echt bi-zar om te zien hoe goed je al Nederlands spreekt en dat ik je gewoon kan verstaan in mijn moedertaal… Ben je nu in totaal dus een jaar bezig? Hoeveel Preplylessen neem je per week, als ik het mag vragen? Grappig genoeg leer ik nu Portugees (Europees) en hoop ik jou op een dag compleet te verstaan (het lukt al tamelijk goed, Braziliaans is alleen net iets moeilijker gezien ik nog een lager niveau Portugees spreker ben). I’ll let you know!
Echt leuk dat ik geen vertaling had nodig om te begrijpen:) goed bezig met de Portuguese! Een lees per week is goed! Meer is ook goed als je tijd hebt
I am finito. russian is the beast I am tackling now...b1 and beyond...falo 7 (yoruba included)
Ik ga echt stuk dat je Nederlands met een Vlaams accent hebt geleerd. Het klinkt zo schattig. (Zegt een Nederlander). Ik ga volgend jaar een studie in België beginnen en hoop dat ik het Vlaams accent kan oppakken. Naast Nederlands praat ik ek Frysk, in taal dy't yn it noarden fan it lân sprutsen wurdt. Ich spreche auch fließend Deutsch, weil ich Deutsch auf Lehramst studiere und man ein gutes Niveau braucht, um vor der Klasse stehen zu dürfen und das Studium zu absolvieren. Ich habe auch zweimal für 4 Monate in Deutschland gewohnt. I'd say English is my fourth language. Expressing myself in German feels more personal than in English. Although I'm not sure which language I speak better. Duits is natuurlijk de taal waar ik veel voor heb moeten leren en ik ken de details beter om zo maar te zeggen. Engels heb ik opgepikt door jarenlang Engelstalige televisie te kijken, maar als ik Engels spreek, voelt dat zo... vlak. Maintenaint j'apprends français aussi, mais je ne peux pas dire beacoup. J'ai commencé regarder Spongebob en français et j'écoute podcasts avec text.
Ik zou zeggen dat een taal onder de knie krijgen even moeilijk blijft, maar hoe je het aanpakt steeds simpeler wordt. Inmiddels weet ik wel wat belangrijk is om te weten voor als je snel resultaat wilt boeken (chunks leren bijv., vooral die echt vaak in gesproken taal gebruikt wordt).
شكرا