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I always think of it like a sport. No one criticizes some one for “dabbling” in skiing rather than working towards the Olympics. Some of my languages are the equivalent of horseshoes at a day at the park, some are like a recreational league of ultimate frisbee, and others I’d like to make National Team in. Those are all legitimate approaches to languages.
A lot of people know a few sentences in a language and then they say they «speak» it - you are at least honest and admit you only know a little bit, and don’t exaggerate your knowledge. That makes people respect you more, because you are being honest. You and everyone else should just do what makes them happy, and not care so much about what others are doing.
at what level is it fair to say that? b or c1 level? a level - probably not? because the basics arent enough and near c2 level is already better than the average native speaker... (if you dont count the accent)
@@SonGoku-uv4pk b2 is consider fluent to understand everyday conversation, I heard it from a language channel, he said that if you wanna learn a language, aim for b2 level, then you'll have the language forever and won't forget it later, to test urself, go to a bar or cafe in which this language is being spoken, if you can understand the chit chat that you heard without difficulty, or when native speakers understand you very well, then you're fluent, you can add that language to your list
It's a natural thing with language learners. The more you learn, the more you want to learn, and since you have various different interests, it's only natural that you will discover more languages and fall in love with them. It's like collecting.
Thanks to some who have reminded me, I forgot to mention I dabbled in Hindi during high school and university, just started Thai (this video was filmed a day or two before I started Thai!) and am also trying to pick up Sepedi, a local South African language.
Oh great! For a second I thought "oh no! She gave up on Thai!?" 🤣 That's good, Will you learn Burmese in the future? Keep up the good work 😊 you're my favourite polyglot youtuber.
Hi Lindie, you are spreading yourself too thin in language learning ONLY if you want native fluency in all the languages you are learning. I'm very impressed with all the languages that you're learning and can carry a basic conversation in most of them. Most of the languages you're learning are difficult for native English speakers. Your love of language learning is very inspiring!
How do you know that Lindie isn't one of those super intelligent people with a 200 level IQ, who is therefore capable of native fluency in many languages at once? ; ^)
I think it really depends on the person and it’s not fair to label someone just because it’s not your learning style so I’m proud of you for not allowing the opinions of others bother you ❤
Another great video Lindie! I wish other polyglots were as transparent about their language levels as you are. I hope this becomes a trend. I think we need a change in the community.
@@jessszabo6701 you are so right! It's almost like we should just do our own thing and just be honest about where we started from. It's unfortunate that now people are willing to be misleading just for the views - it always goes back to money unfortunately 😞.
I wish i had taken Spanish seriously. Language teachers need to encourage students to pursue languages. Not all people will follow through, but the seed of language learner would be planted.
Agreed. I wish my middle school Spanish teacher (we were forced to take 2 years of Spanish) would have spent less time on boring/rote curriculum and more time encouraging us. Roughly 2 decades later and I still don't know any Spanish. If only that teacher would have told us that we could have had a secret language amongst ourselves that nearly no one else inside that school would have understood (which isn't the type of motivation I'd go for these days, of course, but that would have sounded so cool to me as a kid).
I wish I hadn't looked down on Spanish as either being too easy or too hard. Even one of my French teachers also spoke Spanish. I was afraid fot he similarity, but in actual fact, the pronunciation dilutes that similarity, and there are grammatical differences as well.
when I started tagalog, I realized I made many people online very happy for learning their language, and that made me motivated to continue. it's not just the language, is the person who speaks that language who wants to connect with you when they see you're interested in their language. even just a few words can make them happy!
Lindie, you're an absolute inspiration. The nature of the internet means you'll get criticism whatever you do. Just try to ignore it. The way you learn means that you're incredibly aware of how much time you spend on everything. You're well placed to learn multiple languages at once. I try to limit myself to two languages at a time, but I have a completely different lifestyle to you. It's about what you can fit in.
100% agree with you Lindie!! Do whatever makes you feel happy! I think it's fun to dabble in a language for a bit and then perhaps return back to it when you feel like to or perhaps not. Our interests ebbs and flows. I think people focus too much on fluency, it's fine to just know a bit! It really just depends on what is your final goal. Your language learning journey is filled with so many different types of languages!! Thanks for sharing :D
I totally agree with you. We can not be perfect in this world. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. This is the reality of our life. When we accep this reality, we can be happy and focus our goals. Thanks for sharing this beautiful message ❤️🥰❤️🥰
I'm a native norwegian speaker, who speaks english aswell, a little bit german, and studies russian in university. I respect your dedication towards languages! But if you learn nowegian quite well, you will also be able to understand both danish and swedish better, so norwegian is a wise choice. I myself, when I'm in Sweden or Denmark, always speak in norwegian, and they answer me in danish or swedish. I just think it is important that we in Scandinavia understands eachother without english! 😛 But they say that swedes and danes doesn't understand eachother as good as we norwegians understand both of those languages
I think of language learning from a hobby point of view sort of like a video game. Where you dabble a bit in it and it unlocks all of this potential & side quest’s. You only strengthen the skill over time & with use. ❤
I love learning some simple words and phrases from the language spoken in the country I'm visiting. I remember when I was in Sweden and I once held the door so that an old man could simply come in and he said "tack så mycket" and I was so so happy I could understand that. And in Prague, I was able to say "děkuji" to the waitress. And even though I don't speak these languages at all - I think it's good to be open and curious about other cultures and languages especially. It's just really kind
This is me! If my friend ask, since when are you fluent in French? I'd be like "I'm not fluent, but I know just enough French to feed myself or to not lost in Paris" 😂
Hey Lindie, I think it helps to look at it from a different perspective. Yes, you may only speak certain languages to a small degree at the moment, but look at what you already achieved at a young age and what you could achieve in the next 40-60 years. Its just natural that some languages are gonna develop at a different pace than others. I think it always helps to take a step back and reflect on your journey so far.
You've been one of my biggest inspirations for keeping up with my Korean. I've watched your videos on Korean and I've applied some of your techniques to my studies.
I wish I had dabbled more in language learning sooner, and had been in a culture that encourages it. Unfortunately living in the US as a native English speaker, there's often zero interest among peers and teachers about learning other languages. We have minimum requirements for school, but because they're min requirements, teachers know people often take those classes because they have to, and can be under-enthusiastic about it, or under-prepared/funded, since schools consider language learning here as not really important. I think learning languages can open your mind up to so many new possibilities and people and cultures. I remember visiting the Netherlands and being so envious of everyone being able to speak 3+ languages. I wish we had more of that here in the US. And I wish we more properly funded and structured language learning programs to encourage people to dabble and explore more. You may have spread yourself quite thin with language learning, but it sounds to me like you've been having a blast. And imo, that's the most important thing. I hope you keep having fun with languages! Thanks for doing what you do, and spreading such positive (and real!) messages about the language learning process. :) 良い一日を！
When people complain that you speak too many languages it sounds like they are jealous. I love to sing. When I was at Karaoke, someone once told me I sang too loud and I was supposed to "blend in" with the people around me who sang with me but weren't at the mic. I think she was just jealous because I could hit all the high notes and got lots of compliments for my singing. Don't be afraid to shine and do what you love. It doesn't matter how many languages you are learning, as long you can be proud of speaking some of them well.
It is sad and unfortunate that humans all did not evolve to have a SINGLE native language. I feel BAD for all the world's refugees and immigrants, burdened with learning a second language for their physical survival. And, no. I NEVER said that that single language should be English. I just mean: WHATEVER such a single hypothetical language in an alternative history would be. However, given that history has happened, that we and our languages evolved as they have, I have realized later in life that it makes just infinitely more sense for human to work on improving and using handheld computer language translation devices than wasting their time piecemeal learning a second language that they will barely ever communicate with anyone else. Otherwise you will ALWAYS suffer FOMO endlessly: Fear of Missing Out. Whatever ONE language you learn, there exist 7000 others one could learn but have no time or energy for. Language teachers and those trying to encourage others to learn languages need to learn that some people JUST DON'T LIKE OTHER PEOPLE but that they want to learn a language (whether writing or reading, speaking or listening) JUST for the sake of the love of the language. NOT with any intention of communicating with others.
It's awesome that you're doing what you enjoy and not trying to follow someone else's arbitrary language-learning rules. It's a ton of fun to learn the basics of many languages.
Not that I follow many polyglots but you definitely keep it real and honest and I love that. I can tell that you don't try to be like those people that I always see video previews for that say "I can speak x amount of languages" and try to show off like that. Your goal is to get to know the language and the culture and I appreciate you for that! Being a polyglot isn't about becoming "fluent" in as many languages as possible, it's about the love of languages. Thank you for all you do, Lindie! 🙇♀
I can't understand why people are judging other learning styles or interests (Insecurities? Boredom?). It doesn't matter if you learn a language to be able to speak fluently or if you do it do be able to say hello and order food on vacation or if you're just curious and want to learn the writing system and just have a little taste of it.... It's your hobby. You can do whatever you want.
Learning new languages is so much fun, getting to fluency or at least conversational level is so difficult tho, but if your goal is just to have fun and spend your time doing the thing you love, nobody should judge you imo
Lindie, you said the correct thing near the end -- ''I don't care''--which is important. You can't keep all the plates spinning in the air, there are only 24 hours in the day and you only have one life. The enjoyment you obtain from studying the languages, and the excitement at starting a new one, are far more important than anyone's opinions.
Even if you had stopped after Afrikaans/English, and your current level of Korean, it would be impressive, the fact that you keep going and study other languages is great. Who cares if you don’t get them all up to a high-professional level knowledge, any knowledge is great and helpful! Continue following whatever motivates you and makes you happy!
hiiii lindie! I'm a new follower, I found your channel since I've started my own journey in learning french. your videos have been really helpful/encouraging so thank you for sharing ❤️ ps, keep doing whatever makes you happy! people will always have an opinion & it doesn't matter what it is as long as you're enjoying things ~
It's quite suprising the way the pitch of your voice sounded higher when you switched to japanese ! I wonder if it's related to the way sounds are produced ! Thanks for all your videos and articles. You truly are an amazing and inspiring person.
El acento no importa, lo que importa es poder comunicarnos con diferentes personas. Now, sorry about my english... I really admire you and the way you learning languages. I take a lot of your tips on how to study pretty serious. Just keep going and ignore those people. Y tu español es muy bueno. :3
Como una hablante nativa de inglés, creo que tu inglés es muy bueno! (Lo siento por mi español jaja). Estoy de acuerdo que el acento no es la cosa más importante. La cosa principal es la habilidad de comunicarnos con otras personas, como dijiste.
@@thestockimagequeen Tu español también muy bueno, de no ser porque dijiste que tu idioma nativo es el inglés, no me habría dado cuenta. Y este es un ejemplo muy bueno de que lo que importa es comunicarse. :)
Hi Lindie, my story is similar to yours. I was born in South Africa and then lived in Qatar where I learned French because I went to a British school. My languages (to varying levels and definitely not fluent in most of them!) are English, Afrikaans, Dutch, French, Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, and I know a tiny bit of Zulu, Swahili, and German. I like to think that if I ever needed to improve one of those languages for work or if I moved to a country where that language was spoken, that I'd have a good base knowledge of the language and would improve quite quickly, however I only need English for my job and like you, I mostly just enjoy meeting people from other places and being able to talk with them in their language. I enjoy reading books and watching movies in French, Dutch, and Spanish, and I enjoy practicing Japanese every day just because it is fun! Please ignore all the haters! You are an amazing person who inspires others, and you have awesome hair :)
A nightmare: learning Spanish after learning Italian. Spanish hijacked my Italian in a way I went from B2 to A1 and now here we are, taking baby steps again. Also, my first language is Portuguese, so Latin Languages are a real playground but French sounds too scary. Excellent video! People who don't get the fun and access learning languages gives us will never understand our journeys.
This is a great video Lindi, thank-you! I used to watch all your videos years ago but had to completely step away from the TH-cam language community because I found it too toxic. I learn for fun and I'm learning lots of different languages, fourteen at the moment, and I hate talking about it with anyone because of the immediate hostility and judgement it seems to generate. It's nice to see someone talking about something other than 'how to be fluent in X days' as if everything is a race or competition
You have a gift, and you are using it in a way that makes you happy. I would rather have some ability in several languages than be highly fluent in one foreign tongue. Though I am not a qualified judge, your accents sound fantastic to me, especially in the Asian languages. There are not many places in the world you would not be able to communicate. I wonder how you choose --- some of the languages you have learned are from places where English is spoken virtually everywhere, such as Dutch and increasingly German. So it must be the language itself that grabs you, not just the desire to be able to communicate.
Hi Lindie! I know I'm late but... I think you are absolutely correct about the way you want to learn these languages. If you would like to understand different ways of how other languages work then you are going in the right direction in my oppinion. Language learning should be fun (although not always can be but that's how things work). But when someone says that they can speak a language but in reality they can only say a few sentences that makes me a bit angry because to me a person only knows a language when they can read a book in that specific language and they can tell me what that book is about at least. That's why I appreciate your honesty. For example I'm currently learning German and Russian. But I never said I knew these languages but only that I've been learning them.
So cool to hear your story! It is super impressive! If you feel like trying many languages, why not? It is your life, go for what feels right for you 😊 People will talk anyway no matter what you do 😅
The most important thing is to enjoy the process, and if you like learning languages just do it, because at least you have tried to learn that language. I am a polyglot myself I do speak 5/6 languages at different levels, and even if you know the basic people are grateful that at least you are trying to communicate with them in their native language
Same here! I love learning languages just for fun and I know I'll never use them for work except English, Spanish and maybe German, but it doesn't matter if it's romanian, Hungarian, Cantonese, Greek, if we're having a great time learning them, why not? Even just a couple of sentences. Great video though ;)
Ek is mal oor jou suiwer Afrikaans, Lindie! Deesdae meng só baie Afrikaans-sprekenes hulle taal ,só dit is defnitief lekker om 'n gladde / "ou-tyds" aksent te hoor. En ek bedoel dit in die beste manier!🌟
I'm a beginning Japanese speaker, but I like listening to other languages from around the world. The small amount of Hungarian words that I've been exposed to sound a lot like Japanese words. I can also understand a few common phrases from languages such as Spanish, Italian, and German. I think it helps that I already know French, and that Italian and Spanish come from the same Latin roots. English, of course, has old French and old Germanic roots, which makes German and French surprisingly familiar at times, if a little weird grammatically.
I never thought I would be interested in Japanese, but after reading an excellent book on Utagawa Hiroshige, I suddenly thought that I should learn. It did make me realise how many Japanese things I admire, from Danshari to wabi-sabi to kaizen. I have not gotten round to learning Japanese properly, but it's a nice thought.
Your background and subsequent curiosity with a wide range of languages makes you (in my mind) the most interesting person I've come across. Don't change.....or maybe continue to change?
I get the impression that these people are projecting their own preferences onto you. If they were to study many languages, they imagine themselves not moving on to another one before reaching a higher level of fluency first. Okay, fine. They can do that. Personally, I like Luca Lampariello’s balance of depth and breadth, but that doesn’t mean I can’t admire what Moses McCormick did. Our end goal determines whether or not we are successful. As you point out, you don't have to use these languages professionally, so if they don’t like your style or choices, that’s their thing. The more viewers you get, the bigger this minority of whiners and haters will seem. I think it’s important to point out that these people who project their own preferences onto you are probably either mono-lingual or maybe bilingual. IF they attempted becoming a polyglot, this what they IMAGINE they would do.
I think the real controversy in the "polyglot" community is precisely over what constitutes a polyglot and who can use the label, which I think is a bit silly? Especially because language learning has so much to do with confidence and encouragement.
It seems to me that many polyglots on YT are driven to learn for the accomplishment. This is their kind of personal challenge, their Everest so to speak. There is a deep sense of self-pride involved, especially for the "hard" target languages. You appear to be attracted more by interest in different cultures and new ways of thinking. And it is an entirely different thing if learning multiple languages is the basis for a career in teaching. Two questions. 1) What initially attracted you to the languages you put a lot of effort into learning? and 2) Do you think the English has become such a global lingua franca that it may be better for the non-English speaker to concentrate on it and devote only a secondary effort to other languages, in particular those with a very limited number of speakers or no specific interest to the learner? Thanks for your insights and stimulating videos. Next stop Navajo, as they say :)
'n Mens kan nooit te veel tale ken en praat nie. My huistale is Sweeds en Deens (en ek verstaan heel goed Noors ... maar dit is eigentlik net Deens met skryffoute, hehehehe). Ek praat al meer as 30 jaar ook Engels, so dit is feitlik my derde huistaal. Bykomend tot dit kan ek samehangende gesprekke ook in Pools en Duits voer, en ek ken 'n ordentlike hoeveelheid van Serwo-Kroaties. Nou woon ek in Roemenië, en dus het ek ook Roemeens begin om te leer. "En waar kom dan die Afrikaans vandaan?", vra jy waarskynlik. Ek het hom selfs geleer, as my eie en persoonlike huldeblyk aan die Boere en die Afrikaanse kultuur. 😎😎 Salutări cordiale din România ! 🙂
I think you are very, very inspiring. As a Hungarian, it was a pleasure to hear how beautiful your pronunciation is. Greetings from Hungary. Látogass el egyszer nálunk és legyen további szép napod!
Je apprecié tellement ton honneté et transparence avec tes expériences d'apprendre les langues. Je suis en train d'apprendre le français pour moi-meme et la vie professionnelle et parfois c'est difficile de rester motivé dans ma progression. Des vidéos comme celles-ci sont très utiles et motivées !
Love hearing your language journey Lindie! I love how you have had so much exposure through your childhood to languages and different cultures. I think it happens very often that language lovers have a language that they are successful in and really triggers their interest in learning more of them. It was exactly that way for me in German!
I'm also a language lover and interested in different cultures. I'm currently learning 11 languages. haha... I don't obsess with the level of fluency, because learning languages is my hobby, it makes me happy 😊 I think it's better to know even just one phrase than nothing! Lindie, you always inspire me to learn languages, I love your videos 😍 Thank you so much 😺
I fully support your language journey. I think people tend to get very gatekeepy with things like this. I am curious though about your JSL dabble! I found your video about it in my own search for JSL resources. No judgement I am just curious. :)
I haven't uploaded as much because a lot of people criticize my dabbling... but I'm honestly to the point where I don't care. I'm going to do what makes me happy. I don't owe anyone an explanation of my levels in a language. This is a hobby, some people take it WAY too seriously when they leave comments.
Learning other languages after you have learned some languages previously does not necessarily mean that you are spreading yourself too thin. What matters is whether you have the time to accomplish your goals and the time to fulfill any obligations or commitments that you might have.
There are always people who just like to be critical of others, sometimes out of jealousy. You enjoy learning languages so you should attempt to learn as many as you want to. I personally get a lot of pleasure out of learning a little about a lot of languages because it gives you a glimpse into the culture and makes you appreciate the great diversity in languages. I "dabbled" a little in Chinese and Japanese before I got into K-dramas and K-pop, and decided to focus on Korean right now because I'm immersed in Korean at this time due to my consuming those drama and music offerings. But I'm glad I have a little background in the other two languages when I watch Japanese anime or a C-drama for a change of pace. I know you say that people are entitled to their own opinions and I agree. But I also think that sometimes people feel the need to comment negatively on things when there is no reason to do so, and make it hard for other people to stay positive. I'm way old enough to know not to let these things bother me, but I still find myself paying too much attention to these negative people and I'm still learning how to not let them get me down. I enjoy your interesting and inspiring videos and you are someone that encourages people in language learning and in faith so I appreciate that very much.
I don't mind when you learn several language at the same time. It's your Hobby, your Passion, not your job. And still to me you are the nicest polyglot because you show your humanity, the mistakes, the struggle. I'm really sick of this "I learned acrare hardly known somewhere special spoken languages within 24 hours and shock random persons in the street speaking it fluently" content. Whether it's content for people it makes me feel uncomfortable. But you, Lindie, you inspire me. I started learning languages by myself very late because of some issues and lack of confindence. You keep me going. And I'm so thankful for it.
Hi Lindie, you can tell when you start speaking some of your foreign languages like Japanese and Korean that speaking them makes you really happy… 😍No better reason to be keep up your language learning 👏🏼
Hey, Lindie! Thanks for the vid, it’s inspiring as I sometimes ponder over dabbling in several languages, and then hesitate (as I start thinking that maybe I should dedicate my time only to one, e.g.), and then ponder over again… and your experience helps to feel more confident in the perspective of considering language diving as a process of joy. I, myself, generally share this point of view but sometimes doubts come up and just bother me, and I definitely don’t wanna focus on it 🤍
I smiled throughout this video💕. I don't think you are spreading yourself too thin, Lindie. You don't sound frustrated or overwhelmed. You love what you do and it makes you happy. I just would like to know how you maintain all these languages to avoid forgetting most of them due to lack of usage. ❤️+✨
Don't worry about your accent in Spanish being a mishmash. My accent in Portuguese is part Portuguese, part Brazilian, because I spent two weeks in each country.
I think what people fail to recognize is that language is a tool. They're all very cool. I love studying them simply for the joy of studying them, but at the end of the day your ability to speak a language is dependent on how frequently you practice and how much you hear it. People fighting about whether someone is truly a polyglot or not just doesn't make sense. You'll obviously have a handful of languages at most that you can keep well established as you're using them regularly and then the rest can just be for fun. What's so wrong with that? I don't get it.
I really want to learn Spanish, but I have a massive mental block over doing it properly. One is that I have other languages that I wish to learn. But the other is that, thanks to knowing French, I can already read some Spanish. This takes away my motivation to actually learn the language properly, which has some key differences to French grammar. Any idea as to how I can overcome this?
Languages are so fascinating. I love how they can open your life to new experiences and worldviews. My mother tongue is English. I have Mennonite heritage and I understand a lot of our Mennonite Low German,, but unfortunately I can't really speak it (I want to learn, but it's hard to start). I had to take four years of mandatory French in school, but at the time I wasn't really interested in it and the classes were useless in terms of conversation, so I only remember a few words; I am interested in properly learning it, but only if I can actually have real conversations. I started German in grade 10, because of my heritage and ancestry, and I've kept up with it on and off. I've only taken it really seriously for about a year, but I think I'm around a B1 or B2 level now. I also took Spanish in high school because I've always loved it, but I don't really remember much of that either, even though I really would like to become fluent in it someday. And my first real self-study language is Finnish; I started about 7 1/2 years ago, and according to Finnishpod101 I'm at a B2 level now.
I spread myself too thin sometimes too because I view this as a fun hobby. I'm pretty introverted so I'm not great at speaking in languages. That is something I want to focus on by overcoming my shyness. Japanese is probably my best foreign language. This is the language I have spent time in off and on again for years. I'm somewhere in the A2/B1 range. I really need to work on grammer. Hebrew and Russian are two languages I love. They both sound beautiful to me and I do dabble in them, but I haven't dedicated enough time to them. I enjoy listening to Messianic Jewish songs. I just enjoy the cultures, history, literature, and arts in these languages. I have dabbled in French and Spanish as an American. I can comprehend a lot of what I read in writing, but my level of speaking is not very good for either. I enjoy music in these languages, but I don't see myself learning them fluently unless I need them in my life. The one language I have started learning that really surprises me is German. I'm 1/4 German, but I did not learn it growing up because my mom was not really taught it. I always thought I wouldn't learn it because I haven't had a use for it and I honestly have felt very disconnected from German culture despite my grandmother being German. It has actually been fun to play around with this language. I usually gravitate towards non-European languages, but it has been nice to learn something closer to English. It is still challenging, but I feel somewhat braver when speaking it because it more familiar to me. Languages are just beautiful and interesting to me. There are languages I think that are really cool that I will most likely never learn. Greek, Georgian, Armenian, Persian, and Portuguese are all really pretty to me in different ways. I want to focus on Japanese, Hebrew, Russian, and German. Maybe I'll learn more and I know I'll dabble and have fun with different cultures. I just hope to put in more work on these four languages so that I can gain a better understanding and fluency in them. I need to get over my fear of speaking lol.
I very much wish it were a wider-spread idea in the language learning community that it's okay and normal sometimes to "dabble" in languages. Of course, if focusing on one language completely is your goal, that's fantastic and admirable, but there is nothing wrong with having a little bit of "jack of all trades" level skill, where you learn a bit about whatever interests you. Even a basic amount of knowledge can teach you about the world and be enjoyable and insightful or even useful. And there may be some languages that you stick with longer and get better at, and that's great too, even if you may have been faster if you only focused on one. I don't think I would trade my "dabbling" knowledge of many languages for fluency in only one, because I think the little knowledge is still worth a lot and they were all languages that interested me and are beautiful.
I'm in awe with your years of studies, I love watching polygots but have always struggled learning just 1 new/old language due to shyness (relearning my first language Mexican Spanish)
What a unique and beautiful and interesting language journey. Thank you for sharing! The Disney animated movie SOUL taught me that “life” isn’t the destinations we reach but all the time spent in between, that we think is just “filler”. ✨
I admire you for putting any effort into different languages with whatever effort you have. It's always refreshing to see people who don't aspire to be perfect, but just want to have fun meeting new people and learning about their cultures.
Take care. The most important thing is family and mental and physical health. Studying “too many” languages is not in and of itself a problem, but it often leads to burnout. I experience this myself from time to time.
OMG, You do sound very British. Reall Afrikaans is your first language? I wish You would have a series to teach us some basics of it. To me Your Afrikaans sounds very "scandic". Really, a bit like ....Danish? I have no idea if this is what "old-fashioned" Afrikaans sounds like but maybe. ;-) As for the topic of this video I would say "whatever works for you at any given time". Me being a bit like You I do have phases when I want to overfocus on fewer languages, mostly when I want to make a bigger leap in my level and times of dabbling with many languages at the very same time. I feel strong interest in Romanian and Chinese now but I think I will take it slow with adding Romanian first to me 'learn from the scratch "list and surely need to tackle some Portugese before this summer due to my family's holiday plans. As for African languages I wish had more resources for Igbo and Swahili.
It's funny how your Chinese adverbs follow Korean/Japanese grammar. I understood all your Japanese so I feel well about my level. Hope you will speak some more Japanese. I could get some words in your Korean but I have only shallow knowledge of it
Can you do a video where you speak german or show how you're learning it? I'm from Switzerland so I obviously don't need to learn german but to me it's very interesting to see how difficult this language is to non-german speakers☺
As long as you're having fun, how can there possibly be a "wrong" way to do something that is a hobby? Some people need to mind their own business... 🤨
Polyglot has to have some in-depth understanding of foreign languages and not just some phrases and basic grammar at A2-B1 level. There are certain TH-camrs who speak many languages and make videos in THESE languages. Also, they prove their knowledge by passing C1-C2 level exams in three, four and even five languages. Although I don’t think that passing a C2 exam means that you have full understanding of the language, but it gives a certain grade of how much you really know. If you know how to make the most BASIC conversation in 20 languages doesn’t mean that you are a polyglot. The same way as school children who prepare for their school exams are not experts in every single field they study just because they know some basic formulas, historical dates and figures p, geography facts etc.
That’s so wonderful to hear, this fascination with languages. Your want for knowledge is very infectious! 😊Have you ever heard of Lithuanian? It’s a language of a small country and is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, languages in Europe. It most closely resembles Sanskrit out of all living languages today. There’s not many resources or learners out there, but it is a beautiful, flowing language, and the literature is rich. If you’re ever looking for something less common, I think you might enjoy this one.
You learning languages for fun inspired me to change my thinking about language learning for myself. Sometimes I get stressed, thinking "I'll never be able to learn all the languages I want well," but that's not really important. It's fine to learn just a little bit, for fun, to talk to people around you, or even to order food at my local Thai restaurant haha. So I try to learn the languages I'm interested when I want to learn them, and not worry so much about progress or how "good" I'll be able to get at the language. So thank you for sharing your language journeys with us all this time. I hope this community you've cultivated inspires you to learn languages even half as much as you inspire us!
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I always think of it like a sport. No one criticizes some one for “dabbling” in skiing rather than working towards the Olympics. Some of my languages are the equivalent of horseshoes at a day at the park, some are like a recreational league of ultimate frisbee, and others I’d like to make National Team in. Those are all legitimate approaches to languages.
You worded it so perfectly. I completely agree with you there. ❤
Agreed! I dabble unapologetically
Precisely. That's what I believe as well.
Totally agree!!
Wow, I think i'm going to think about this for the rest of my life. I have never thought of it like that.
A lot of people know a few sentences in a language and then they say they «speak» it - you are at least honest and admit you only know a little bit, and don’t exaggerate your knowledge. That makes people respect you more, because you are being honest.
You and everyone else should just do what makes them happy, and not care so much about what others are doing.
thats why when people ask me I always say I speak 7 but pretty good only 5, using as reference the language I am speaking so they know the level.
at what level is it fair to say that? b or c1 level?
a level - probably not? because the basics arent enough
and near c2 level is already better than the average native speaker... (if you dont count the accent)
@@SonGoku-uv4pk b2 is consider fluent to understand everyday conversation, I heard it from a language channel, he said that if you wanna learn a language, aim for b2 level, then you'll have the language forever and won't forget it later, to test urself, go to a bar or cafe in which this language is being spoken, if you can understand the chit chat that you heard without difficulty, or when native speakers understand you very well, then you're fluent, you can add that language to your list
It's a natural thing with language learners. The more you learn, the more you want to learn, and since you have various different interests, it's only natural that you will discover more languages and fall in love with them. It's like collecting.
It is quite like collecting, come to think of it!
Thanks to some who have reminded me, I forgot to mention I dabbled in Hindi during high school and university, just started Thai (this video was filmed a day or two before I started Thai!) and am also trying to pick up Sepedi, a local South African language.
Oh great! For a second I thought "oh no! She gave up on Thai!?" 🤣 That's good, Will you learn Burmese in the future? Keep up the good work 😊 you're my favourite polyglot youtuber.
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Would love a video on how you're learning thaï
I have one already 😄
@@serenamoreiras6200 I have one up already :)
Hi Lindie, you are spreading yourself too thin in language learning ONLY if you want native fluency in all the languages you are learning. I'm very impressed with all the languages that you're learning and can carry a basic conversation in most of them. Most of the languages you're learning are difficult for native English speakers. Your love of language learning is very inspiring!
How do you know that Lindie isn't one of those super intelligent people with a 200 level IQ, who is therefore capable of native fluency in many languages at once? ; ^)
@@oryonorlando3882 Lol...I thought about this as well.
I think it really depends on the person and it’s not fair to label someone just because it’s not your learning style so I’m proud of you for not allowing the opinions of others bother you ❤
True, she is my idol. I hope I can be a polygot like her. This is my biggest dream
Another great video Lindie! I wish other polyglots were as transparent about their language levels as you are. I hope this becomes a trend. I think we need a change in the community.
@@jessszabo6701 you are so right! It's almost like we should just do our own thing and just be honest about where we started from. It's unfortunate that now people are willing to be misleading just for the views - it always goes back to money unfortunately 😞.
I wish i had taken Spanish seriously. Language teachers need to encourage students to pursue languages. Not all people will follow through, but the seed of language learner would be planted.
Agreed.
I wish my middle school Spanish teacher (we were forced to take 2 years of Spanish) would have spent less time on boring/rote curriculum and more time encouraging us. Roughly 2 decades later and I still don't know any Spanish. If only that teacher would have told us that we could have had a secret language amongst ourselves that nearly no one else inside that school would have understood (which isn't the type of motivation I'd go for these days, of course, but that would have sounded so cool to me as a kid).
@@AndyGneiss Your idea of having a "secret" language is a great one to motivate the students.
I wish I hadn't looked down on Spanish as either being too easy or too hard. Even one of my French teachers also spoke Spanish. I was afraid fot he similarity, but in actual fact, the pronunciation dilutes that similarity, and there are grammatical differences as well.
As an aspiring Spanish teacher, this speaks right to me :)) that’s the goal!
when I started tagalog, I realized I made many people online very happy for learning their language, and that made me motivated to continue. it's not just the language, is the person who speaks that language who wants to connect with you when they see you're interested in their language. even just a few words can make them happy!
Lindie, you're an absolute inspiration.
The nature of the internet means you'll get criticism whatever you do. Just try to ignore it.
The way you learn means that you're incredibly aware of how much time you spend on everything. You're well placed to learn multiple languages at once.
I try to limit myself to two languages at a time, but I have a completely different lifestyle to you. It's about what you can fit in.
100% agree with you Lindie!! Do whatever makes you feel happy! I think it's fun to dabble in a language for a bit and then perhaps return back to it when you feel like to or perhaps not. Our interests ebbs and flows. I think people focus too much on fluency, it's fine to just know a bit! It really just depends on what is your final goal. Your language learning journey is filled with so many different types of languages!! Thanks for sharing :D
I totally agree with you. We can not be perfect in this world. Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose. This is the reality of our life. When we accep this reality, we can be happy and focus our goals. Thanks for sharing this beautiful message ❤️🥰❤️🥰
I'm a native norwegian speaker, who speaks english aswell, a little bit german, and studies russian in university. I respect your dedication towards languages! But if you learn nowegian quite well, you will also be able to understand both danish and swedish better, so norwegian is a wise choice. I myself, when I'm in Sweden or Denmark, always speak in norwegian, and they answer me in danish or swedish. I just think it is important that we in Scandinavia understands eachother without english! 😛 But they say that swedes and danes doesn't understand eachother as good as we norwegians understand both of those languages
I have a question is what viking used to speak is the same language as u speak today
@@yassine3978 no. Icelandic is the closest language to old Norse, but Old Norse is no longer spoken.
Hi! When you speak of Norwegian, do you mean Bokmål or Nynorsk?
@@mediocrity5693 thank u for explaining
@@michela389 bokmål and nynorsk are writing systems. Nobody speaks bokmål or nynorsk, they speak their own dialect and write in bokmål or nynorsk.
I think of language learning from a hobby point of view sort of like a video game. Where you dabble a bit in it and it unlocks all of this potential & side quest’s. You only strengthen the skill over time & with use. ❤
I love learning some simple words and phrases from the language spoken in the country I'm visiting. I remember when I was in Sweden and I once held the door so that an old man could simply come in and he said "tack så mycket" and I was so so happy I could understand that. And in Prague, I was able to say "děkuji" to the waitress. And even though I don't speak these languages at all - I think it's good to be open and curious about other cultures and languages especially. It's just really kind
This is me! If my friend ask, since when are you fluent in French? I'd be like "I'm not fluent, but I know just enough French to feed myself or to not lost in Paris" 😂
Hey Lindie, I think it helps to look at it from a different perspective. Yes, you may only speak certain languages to a small degree at the moment, but look at what you already achieved at a young age and what you could achieve in the next 40-60 years. Its just natural that some languages are gonna develop at a different pace than others. I think it always helps to take a step back and reflect on your journey so far.
You've been one of my biggest inspirations for keeping up with my Korean. I've watched your videos on Korean and I've applied some of your techniques to my studies.
I wish I had dabbled more in language learning sooner, and had been in a culture that encourages it. Unfortunately living in the US as a native English speaker, there's often zero interest among peers and teachers about learning other languages. We have minimum requirements for school, but because they're min requirements, teachers know people often take those classes because they have to, and can be under-enthusiastic about it, or under-prepared/funded, since schools consider language learning here as not really important. I think learning languages can open your mind up to so many new possibilities and people and cultures. I remember visiting the Netherlands and being so envious of everyone being able to speak 3+ languages. I wish we had more of that here in the US. And I wish we more properly funded and structured language learning programs to encourage people to dabble and explore more.
You may have spread yourself quite thin with language learning, but it sounds to me like you've been having a blast. And imo, that's the most important thing. I hope you keep having fun with languages! Thanks for doing what you do, and spreading such positive (and real!) messages about the language learning process. :) 良い一日を！
When people complain that you speak too many languages it sounds like they are jealous. I love to sing. When I was at Karaoke, someone once told me I sang too loud and I was supposed to "blend in" with the people around me who sang with me but weren't at the mic. I think she was just jealous because I could hit all the high notes and got lots of compliments for my singing. Don't be afraid to shine and do what you love. It doesn't matter how many languages you are learning, as long you can be proud of speaking some of them well.
BTW, it's nobody's business but your own, how many languages you want to learn.
It is sad and unfortunate that humans all did not evolve to have a SINGLE native language.
I feel BAD for all the world's refugees and immigrants, burdened with learning a second language for their physical survival.
And, no. I NEVER said that that single language should be English.
I just mean: WHATEVER such a single hypothetical language in an alternative history would be.
However, given that history has happened, that we and our languages evolved as they have,
I have realized later in life that it makes just infinitely more sense for human to work
on improving and using handheld computer language translation devices
than wasting their time piecemeal learning a second language that they will barely ever communicate with anyone else.
Otherwise you will ALWAYS suffer FOMO endlessly: Fear of Missing Out. Whatever ONE language you learn,
there exist 7000 others one could learn but have no time or energy for.
Language teachers and those trying to encourage others to learn languages need to learn that some people
JUST DON'T LIKE OTHER PEOPLE but that they want to learn a language (whether writing or reading, speaking or listening)
JUST for the sake of the love of the language. NOT with any intention of communicating with others.
Lindie you are such an aspiration....don't let other people judgement affects you, you're doing great 😆
Haha it's never enough! I never understood why some people criticize others for trying to understand people
It's awesome that you're doing what you enjoy and not trying to follow someone else's arbitrary language-learning rules. It's a ton of fun to learn the basics of many languages.
Not that I follow many polyglots but you definitely keep it real and honest and I love that. I can tell that you don't try to be like those people that I always see video previews for that say "I can speak x amount of languages" and try to show off like that. Your goal is to get to know the language and the culture and I appreciate you for that! Being a polyglot isn't about becoming "fluent" in as many languages as possible, it's about the love of languages. Thank you for all you do, Lindie! 🙇♀
I can't understand why people are judging other learning styles or interests (Insecurities? Boredom?). It doesn't matter if you learn a language to be able to speak fluently or if you do it do be able to say hello and order food on vacation or if you're just curious and want to learn the writing system and just have a little taste of it.... It's your hobby. You can do whatever you want.
Learning new languages is so much fun, getting to fluency or at least conversational level is so difficult tho, but if your goal is just to have fun and spend your time doing the thing you love, nobody should judge you imo
Lindie, you said the correct thing near the end -- ''I don't care''--which is important. You can't keep all the plates spinning in the air, there are only 24 hours in the day and you only have one life. The enjoyment you obtain from studying the languages, and the excitement at starting a new one, are far more important than anyone's opinions.
Even if you had stopped after Afrikaans/English, and your current level of Korean, it would be impressive, the fact that you keep going and study other languages is great. Who cares if you don’t get them all up to a high-professional level knowledge, any knowledge is great and helpful! Continue following whatever motivates you and makes you happy!
hiiii lindie! I'm a new follower, I found your channel since I've started my own journey in learning french. your videos have been really helpful/encouraging so thank you for sharing ❤️
ps, keep doing whatever makes you happy! people will always have an opinion & it doesn't matter what it is as long as you're enjoying things ~
It's quite suprising the way the pitch of your voice sounded higher when you switched to japanese ! I wonder if it's related to the way sounds are produced !
Thanks for all your videos and articles. You truly are an amazing and inspiring person.
El acento no importa, lo que importa es poder comunicarnos con diferentes personas.
Now, sorry about my english...
I really admire you and the way you learning languages. I take a lot of your tips on how to study pretty serious. Just keep going and ignore those people.
Y tu español es muy bueno. :3
Como una hablante nativa de inglés, creo que tu inglés es muy bueno! (Lo siento por mi español jaja). Estoy de acuerdo que el acento no es la cosa más importante. La cosa principal es la habilidad de comunicarnos con otras personas, como dijiste.
@@thestockimagequeen Tu español también muy bueno, de no ser porque dijiste que tu idioma nativo es el inglés, no me habría dado cuenta. Y este es un ejemplo muy bueno de que lo que importa es comunicarse. :)
@@perramaldita1 aww muchas gracias, estoy de acuerdo :)
Perra Maldita 💀lol
Hi Lindie, my story is similar to yours. I was born in South Africa and then lived in Qatar where I learned French because I went to a British school. My languages (to varying levels and definitely not fluent in most of them!) are English, Afrikaans, Dutch, French, Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, and I know a tiny bit of Zulu, Swahili, and German. I like to think that if I ever needed to improve one of those languages for work or if I moved to a country where that language was spoken, that I'd have a good base knowledge of the language and would improve quite quickly, however I only need English for my job and like you, I mostly just enjoy meeting people from other places and being able to talk with them in their language. I enjoy reading books and watching movies in French, Dutch, and Spanish, and I enjoy practicing Japanese every day just because it is fun!
Please ignore all the haters! You are an amazing person who inspires others, and you have awesome hair :)
Hi Lisa! It's fascinating how much we have in common. Thank you for sharing your story!!
A nightmare: learning Spanish after learning Italian. Spanish hijacked my Italian in a way I went from B2 to A1 and now here we are, taking baby steps again. Also, my first language is Portuguese, so Latin Languages are a real playground but French sounds too scary. Excellent video! People who don't get the fun and access learning languages gives us will never understand our journeys.
You're a big inspiration to me Lindie! Thank you for your vids
This is a great video Lindi, thank-you! I used to watch all your videos years ago but had to completely step away from the TH-cam language community because I found it too toxic. I learn for fun and I'm learning lots of different languages, fourteen at the moment, and I hate talking about it with anyone because of the immediate hostility and judgement it seems to generate. It's nice to see someone talking about something other than 'how to be fluent in X days' as if everything is a race or competition
Korean is really perfect in pronunciation and Japanese is also quite good.
You have a gift, and you are using it in a way that makes you happy. I would rather have some ability in several languages than be highly fluent in one foreign tongue. Though I am not a qualified judge, your accents sound fantastic to me, especially in the Asian languages. There are not many places in the world you would not be able to communicate. I wonder how you choose --- some of the languages you have learned are from places where English is spoken virtually everywhere, such as Dutch and increasingly German. So it must be the language itself that grabs you, not just the desire to be able to communicate.
Hi Lindie! I know I'm late but...
I think you are absolutely correct about the way you want to learn these languages. If you would like to understand different ways of how other languages work then you are going in the right direction in my oppinion. Language learning should be fun (although not always can be but that's how things work). But when someone says that they can speak a language but in reality they can only say a few sentences that makes me a bit angry because to me a person only knows a language when they can read a book in that specific language and they can tell me what that book is about at least. That's why I appreciate your honesty.
For example I'm currently learning German and Russian. But I never said I knew these languages but only that I've been learning them.
So cool to hear your story! It is super impressive!
If you feel like trying many languages, why not? It is your life, go for what feels right for you 😊 People will talk anyway no matter what you do 😅
The most important thing is to enjoy the process, and if you like learning languages just do it, because at least you have tried to learn that language. I am a polyglot myself I do speak 5/6 languages at different levels, and even if you know the basic people are grateful that at least you are trying to communicate with them in their native language
Same here!
I love learning languages just for fun and I know I'll never use them for work except English, Spanish and maybe German, but it doesn't matter if it's romanian, Hungarian, Cantonese, Greek, if we're having a great time learning them, why not? Even just a couple of sentences.
Great video though ;)
Ek is mal oor jou suiwer Afrikaans, Lindie! Deesdae meng só baie Afrikaans-sprekenes hulle taal ,só dit is defnitief lekker om 'n gladde / "ou-tyds" aksent te hoor. En ek bedoel dit in die beste manier!🌟
se dice :"no es muy bueno" pero en realidad me parece que tu español es bastante bueno
People should feel free to spread their efforts if they want.
I'm a beginning Japanese speaker, but I like listening to other languages from around the world. The small amount of Hungarian words that I've been exposed to sound a lot like Japanese words. I can also understand a few common phrases from languages such as Spanish, Italian, and German. I think it helps that I already know French, and that Italian and Spanish come from the same Latin roots. English, of course, has old French and old Germanic roots, which makes German and French surprisingly familiar at times, if a little weird grammatically.
I never thought I would be interested in Japanese, but after reading an excellent book on Utagawa Hiroshige, I suddenly thought that I should learn. It did make me realise how many Japanese things I admire, from Danshari to wabi-sabi to kaizen. I have not gotten round to learning Japanese properly, but it's a nice thought.
Your background and subsequent curiosity with a wide range of languages makes you (in my mind) the most interesting person I've come across. Don't change.....or maybe continue to change?
Thank you for your wholesome comment!
I get the impression that these people are projecting their own preferences onto you. If they were to study many languages, they imagine themselves not moving on to another one before reaching a higher level of fluency first.
Okay, fine. They can do that.
Personally, I like Luca Lampariello’s balance of depth and breadth, but that doesn’t mean I can’t admire what Moses McCormick did.
Our end goal determines whether or not we are successful. As you point out, you don't have to use these languages professionally, so if they don’t like your style or choices, that’s their thing.
The more viewers you get, the bigger this minority of whiners and haters will seem.
I think it’s important to point out that these people who project their own preferences onto you are probably either mono-lingual or maybe bilingual. IF they attempted becoming a polyglot, this what they IMAGINE they would do.
Well said, Ryan!
I think the real controversy in the "polyglot" community is precisely over what constitutes a polyglot and who can use the label, which I think is a bit silly? Especially because language learning has so much to do with confidence and encouragement.
It seems to me that many polyglots on YT are driven to learn for the accomplishment. This is their kind of personal challenge, their Everest so to speak. There is a deep sense of self-pride involved, especially for the "hard" target languages. You appear to be attracted more by interest in different cultures and new ways of thinking. And it is an entirely different thing if learning multiple languages is the basis for a career in teaching.
Two questions.
1) What initially attracted you to the languages you put a lot of effort into learning? and
2) Do you think the English has become such a global lingua franca that it may be better for the non-English speaker to concentrate on it and devote only a secondary effort to other languages, in particular those with a very limited number of speakers or no specific interest to the learner?
Thanks for your insights and stimulating videos. Next stop Navajo, as they say :)
SO INSPIRATIONAL!!!! thank you for your contribution to the language learning community! 🤍🤍
'n Mens kan nooit te veel tale ken en praat nie. My huistale is Sweeds en Deens (en ek verstaan heel goed Noors ... maar dit is eigentlik net Deens met skryffoute, hehehehe). Ek praat al meer as 30 jaar ook Engels, so dit is feitlik my derde huistaal. Bykomend tot dit kan ek samehangende gesprekke ook in Pools en Duits voer, en ek ken 'n ordentlike hoeveelheid van Serwo-Kroaties. Nou woon ek in Roemenië, en dus het ek ook Roemeens begin om te leer. "En waar kom dan die Afrikaans vandaan?", vra jy waarskynlik. Ek het hom selfs geleer, as my eie en persoonlike huldeblyk aan die Boere en die Afrikaanse kultuur. 😎😎 Salutări cordiale din România ! 🙂
I think you are very, very inspiring. As a Hungarian, it was a pleasure to hear how beautiful your pronunciation is. Greetings from Hungary. Látogass el egyszer nálunk és legyen további szép napod!
Je apprecié tellement ton honneté et transparence avec tes expériences d'apprendre les langues. Je suis en train d'apprendre le français pour moi-meme et la vie professionnelle et parfois c'est difficile de rester motivé dans ma progression. Des vidéos comme celles-ci sont très utiles et motivées !
I am working through Estonian with Speakly. I think it's hard but fun.
I believe the definition of a polyglot is to be fluent in six languages so you have it.
Love hearing your language journey Lindie! I love how you have had so much exposure through your childhood to languages and different cultures. I think it happens very often that language lovers have a language that they are successful in and really triggers their interest in learning more of them. It was exactly that way for me in German!
"Language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly" PREACH!
The more languages I learn the more muddled and indecisive I become about which one I should practise right now.
thanks for sharing your stories in your language learning journey Lindie, we all appreciate it!😊
I'm also a language lover and interested in different cultures. I'm currently learning 11 languages. haha... I don't obsess with the level of fluency, because learning languages is my hobby, it makes me happy 😊 I think it's better to know even just one phrase than nothing! Lindie, you always inspire me to learn languages, I love your videos 😍 Thank you so much 😺
What languages are you learning?
@@firstthecoffeethenthething7514 I'm learning English, Russian, Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Spanish, Turkish, Indonesian, Thai, Hindi, Mongolian and Georgian)
I fully support your language journey. I think people tend to get very gatekeepy with things like this. I am curious though about your JSL dabble! I found your video about it in my own search for JSL resources. No judgement I am just curious. :)
I haven't uploaded as much because a lot of people criticize my dabbling... but I'm honestly to the point where I don't care. I'm going to do what makes me happy. I don't owe anyone an explanation of my levels in a language. This is a hobby, some people take it WAY too seriously when they leave comments.
Thanks for sharing Lindie :) you have such an interesting life and your language learning journey is always inspiring.
Learning other languages after you have learned some languages previously does not necessarily mean that you are spreading yourself too thin. What matters is whether you have the time to accomplish your goals and the time to fulfill any obligations or commitments that you might have.
Lindie, keep calm study and enjoy it, I'm korean but I can speak japanese level intermediate and I feel like italian also German. Go for it!
우아,,, 한국어 하는 부분에서는 한국사람이 말하는 것 같아요!
There are always people who just like to be critical of others, sometimes out of jealousy. You enjoy learning languages so you should attempt to learn as many as you want to. I personally get a lot of pleasure out of learning a little about a lot of languages because it gives you a glimpse into the culture and makes you appreciate the great diversity in languages. I "dabbled" a little in Chinese and Japanese before I got into K-dramas and K-pop, and decided to focus on Korean right now because I'm immersed in Korean at this time due to my consuming those drama and music offerings. But I'm glad I have a little background in the other two languages when I watch Japanese anime or a C-drama for a change of pace. I know you say that people are entitled to their own opinions and I agree. But I also think that sometimes people feel the need to comment negatively on things when there is no reason to do so, and make it hard for other people to stay positive. I'm way old enough to know not to let these things bother me, but I still find myself paying too much attention to these negative people and I'm still learning how to not let them get me down. I enjoy your interesting and inspiring videos and you are someone that encourages people in language learning and in faith so I appreciate that very much.
한국어 발음이 한국사람이랑 똑같네😮
I don't mind when you learn several language at the same time. It's your Hobby, your Passion, not your job. And still to me you are the nicest polyglot because you show your humanity, the mistakes, the struggle. I'm really sick of this "I learned acrare hardly known somewhere special spoken languages within 24 hours and shock random persons in the street speaking it fluently" content. Whether it's content for people it makes me feel uncomfortable.
But you, Lindie, you inspire me.
I started learning languages by myself very late because of some issues and lack of confindence. You keep me going. And I'm so thankful for it.
Hi Lindie, you can tell when you start speaking some of your foreign languages like Japanese and Korean that speaking them makes you really happy… 😍No better reason to be keep up your language learning 👏🏼
Thank you!!!
Hey, Lindie! Thanks for the vid, it’s inspiring as I sometimes ponder over
dabbling in several languages, and then hesitate (as I start thinking that maybe I should dedicate my time only to one, e.g.), and then ponder over again… and your experience helps to feel more confident in the perspective of considering language diving as a process of joy. I, myself, generally share this point of view but sometimes doubts come up and just bother me, and I definitely don’t wanna focus on it 🤍
I smiled throughout this video💕. I don't think you are spreading yourself too thin, Lindie. You don't sound frustrated or overwhelmed. You love what you do and it makes you happy. I just would like to know how you maintain all these languages to avoid forgetting most of them due to lack of usage. ❤️+✨
Don't worry about your accent in Spanish being a mishmash. My accent in Portuguese is part Portuguese, part Brazilian, because I spent two weeks in each country.
I think what people fail to recognize is that language is a tool. They're all very cool. I love studying them simply for the joy of studying them, but at the end of the day your ability to speak a language is dependent on how frequently you practice and how much you hear it. People fighting about whether someone is truly a polyglot or not just doesn't make sense. You'll obviously have a handful of languages at most that you can keep well established as you're using them regularly and then the rest can just be for fun. What's so wrong with that? I don't get it.
What an amazing journey😍I try not to learn more languages (currently studying 4 languages), but it's so tempting!!!
My favorite language learning youtuber ❤
I'm a Spanish native speaker, and when you spoke in this language you did it quite well! Keep up the good work and inspiring us!
I really want to learn Spanish, but I have a massive mental block over doing it properly. One is that I have other languages that I wish to learn. But the other is that, thanks to knowing French, I can already read some Spanish. This takes away my motivation to actually learn the language properly, which has some key differences to French grammar. Any idea as to how I can overcome this?
Oh my god this is first time i am hearing afrikaans
Its a beautiful langauge❤❤❤
Hello 👋 nice video ! Now I think you should start learning Greek ❤🎉
I will try one day!
Languages are so fascinating. I love how they can open your life to new experiences and worldviews.
My mother tongue is English. I have Mennonite heritage and I understand a lot of our Mennonite Low German,, but unfortunately I can't really speak it (I want to learn, but it's hard to start). I had to take four years of mandatory French in school, but at the time I wasn't really interested in it and the classes were useless in terms of conversation, so I only remember a few words; I am interested in properly learning it, but only if I can actually have real conversations. I started German in grade 10, because of my heritage and ancestry, and I've kept up with it on and off. I've only taken it really seriously for about a year, but I think I'm around a B1 or B2 level now. I also took Spanish in high school because I've always loved it, but I don't really remember much of that either, even though I really would like to become fluent in it someday. And my first real self-study language is Finnish; I started about 7 1/2 years ago, and according to Finnishpod101 I'm at a B2 level now.
I spread myself too thin sometimes too because I view this as a fun hobby. I'm pretty introverted so I'm not great at speaking in languages. That is something I want to focus on by overcoming my shyness.
Japanese is probably my best foreign language. This is the language I have spent time in off and on again for years. I'm somewhere in the A2/B1 range. I really need to work on grammer.
Hebrew and Russian are two languages I love. They both sound beautiful to me and I do dabble in them, but I haven't dedicated enough time to them. I enjoy listening to Messianic Jewish songs. I just enjoy the cultures, history, literature, and arts in these languages.
I have dabbled in French and Spanish as an American. I can comprehend a lot of what I read in writing, but my level of speaking is not very good for either. I enjoy music in these languages, but I don't see myself learning them fluently unless I need them in my life.
The one language I have started learning that really surprises me is German. I'm 1/4 German, but I did not learn it growing up because my mom was not really taught it. I always thought I wouldn't learn it because I haven't had a use for it and I honestly have felt very disconnected from German culture despite my grandmother being German. It has actually been fun to play around with this language. I usually gravitate towards non-European languages, but it has been nice to learn something closer to English. It is still challenging, but I feel somewhat braver when speaking it because it more familiar to me.
Languages are just beautiful and interesting to me. There are languages I think that are really cool that I will most likely never learn. Greek, Georgian, Armenian, Persian, and Portuguese are all really pretty to me in different ways.
I want to focus on Japanese, Hebrew, Russian, and German. Maybe I'll learn more and I know I'll dabble and have fun with different cultures. I just hope to put in more work on these four languages so that I can gain a better understanding and fluency in them. I need to get over my fear of speaking lol.
I very much wish it were a wider-spread idea in the language learning community that it's okay and normal sometimes to "dabble" in languages. Of course, if focusing on one language completely is your goal, that's fantastic and admirable, but there is nothing wrong with having a little bit of "jack of all trades" level skill, where you learn a bit about whatever interests you. Even a basic amount of knowledge can teach you about the world and be enjoyable and insightful or even useful. And there may be some languages that you stick with longer and get better at, and that's great too, even if you may have been faster if you only focused on one.
I don't think I would trade my "dabbling" knowledge of many languages for fluency in only one, because I think the little knowledge is still worth a lot and they were all languages that interested me and are beautiful.
You're just an incredible human being and a true inspirational person! Thank you very much for sharing your experiences with us!
I'm in awe with your years of studies, I love watching polygots but have always struggled learning just 1 new/old language due to shyness (relearning my first language Mexican Spanish)
What a unique and beautiful and interesting language journey. Thank you for sharing! The Disney animated movie SOUL taught me that “life” isn’t the destinations we reach but all the time spent in between, that we think is just “filler”. ✨
I admire you for putting any effort into different languages with whatever effort you have. It's always refreshing to see people who don't aspire to be perfect, but just want to have fun meeting new people and learning about their cultures.
I love how you are just real and authentic and present yourself as you are. It's perfect that way! And that is how it feels inspiring....
Take care. The most important thing is family and mental and physical health. Studying “too many” languages is not in and of itself a problem, but it often leads to burnout. I experience this myself from time to time.
how did your accent in English change? did you ever live in Canada or the US?
I went to American schools in Pakistan and the UAE
OMG, You do sound very British. Reall Afrikaans is your first language? I wish You would have a series to teach us some basics of it. To me Your Afrikaans sounds very "scandic". Really, a bit like ....Danish? I have no idea if this is what "old-fashioned" Afrikaans sounds like but maybe. ;-) As for the topic of this video I would say "whatever works for you at any given time". Me being a bit like You I do have phases when I want to overfocus on fewer languages, mostly when I want to make a bigger leap in my level and times of dabbling with many languages at the very same time. I feel strong interest in Romanian and Chinese now but I think I will take it slow with adding Romanian first to me 'learn from the scratch "list and surely need to tackle some Portugese before this summer due to my family's holiday plans. As for African languages I wish had more resources for Igbo and Swahili.
Here you are. Afrikaans with Lindie
th-cam.com/channels/IedNl4r7Hd8SnXiEjXMbKg.html
今のLindieの日本語はあまり悪くないと思う。僕には、2年間くらい日本語を学んだったて、よく分かったよ。
It's funny how your Chinese adverbs follow Korean/Japanese grammar. I understood all your Japanese so I feel well about my level. Hope you will speak some more Japanese. I could get some words in your Korean but I have only shallow knowledge of it
As a Hungarian, I was waiting for you to start speaking Hungarian! You are so cool and thank you for appreciating our language
Lindie is the most wholesome content creator
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Can you do a video where you speak german or show how you're learning it? I'm from Switzerland so I obviously don't need to learn german but to me it's very interesting to see how difficult this language is to non-german speakers☺
As long as you're having fun, how can there possibly be a "wrong" way to do something that is a hobby? Some people need to mind their own business... 🤨
There's something very hilarious about someone saying a person isn't a real polyglot because they speak too many languages.
Polyglot has to have some in-depth understanding of foreign languages and not just some phrases and basic grammar at A2-B1 level. There are certain TH-camrs who speak many languages and make videos in THESE languages. Also, they prove their knowledge by passing C1-C2 level exams in three, four and even five languages. Although I don’t think that passing a C2 exam means that you have full understanding of the language, but it gives a certain grade of how much you really know.
If you know how to make the most BASIC conversation in 20 languages doesn’t mean that you are a polyglot. The same way as school children who prepare for their school exams are not experts in every single field they study just because they know some basic formulas, historical dates and figures p, geography facts etc.
Your spanish is very good , please keep learning spanish , take care , best wishes.
That’s so wonderful to hear, this fascination with languages. Your want for knowledge is very infectious! 😊Have you ever heard of Lithuanian? It’s a language of a small country and is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, languages in Europe. It most closely resembles Sanskrit out of all living languages today. There’s not many resources or learners out there, but it is a beautiful, flowing language, and the literature is rich. If you’re ever looking for something less common, I think you might enjoy this one.
나도 여러나라언어를 말할수 있다!!
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You learning languages for fun inspired me to change my thinking about language learning for myself. Sometimes I get stressed, thinking "I'll never be able to learn all the languages I want well," but that's not really important. It's fine to learn just a little bit, for fun, to talk to people around you, or even to order food at my local Thai restaurant haha. So I try to learn the languages I'm interested when I want to learn them, and not worry so much about progress or how "good" I'll be able to get at the language.
So thank you for sharing your language journeys with us all this time. I hope this community you've cultivated inspires you to learn languages even half as much as you inspire us!