Imagine that besides languages you want to pursue 1000 things, that was me a few years ago and then I gave up and accepted the fact that I can't do everything at once and that if I don't do anything time will pass anyway so freezing wasn't an option I had to choose and I'm happy about it
I feel you... I also want to do 1000 things, and it's really, really difficult to prioritize. Did you end up choosing languages? How do you balance things?
@LindieBotes In 2023 I was working full time and majoring in Anthropology, taking a 3-credit course in the first semester and a 6-credit course in the second semester, both were in person lessons and second required going twice a week so flexibility with my work schedule helped me a lot. Alongside, I took Mandarin lessons and finished the HSK 2 level (which in the Confucius Institute means I covered the basic level), although I feel I need to review and make sure I'm ready to move forward. Also did yoga and walk and average of 2 times a week. This year was the year to rest, so I spent my time working my full time job, doing yoga (a non negotiable) at least 3 times a week and cozy hobbies. In 2025 I'll be a full time student, I'm going to start the third year of 4 for Anthropology. I had to make the decision to quit my job because some courses on third year might require more flexibility than my job can offer and I have to do community work as a requirement for graduation. That being said the priority for this year is Anthropology. Then, since I stopped receiving Mandarin lessons since the end of 2023, I created a plan to review the 30 HSK units from HSK 1 and HSK 2 books and I want to start learning French. I'm keeping in mind that Mandarin is #2 in my list of priorities and French has even lower priority if something else comes up and since my first language is Spanish it shouldn't be too hard to take the self-taught way, it worked with English so I'm confident. Finally, I set the 80/20 rule for all of my goals, so instead of saying I'm going to do yoga everyday, my goal is 22 times a month/average, so there's room for unforseen circumstances. So in summary, I'm rotating between my interests every one of two years to not overwhelm myself.
@@LindieBotesI wrote a long reply that was deleted 😅. In summary what I do is switching the interests I'm going to focus every one or two years. Last year I worked full time, took two university courses and finished HSK 2 courses and did yoga an average of twice a week. This year worked full time and spent time on my cozy hobbies and did yoga at least 3 times a week. Next year I'm going to be full time student, review HSK 1 and 2 before thinking on moving forward, and start to learn French, maintaining yoga preferably more than 3 days a week. And my goals were set to be marked as completed if I reach at least a 80% of success.
For 2025, i am going to focus on korean and german. For korean, i am on beginner intermediate level but i have ignored korean this whole year and this month i realised i missed learning korean. And for german, i really wanted to start a fresh new language. And if anyone wants to be my Accountability partner, it would means a lot. And please like this comment to remind me to be consistent❤
I’ve been looking into learning German and Korean as well - the former because of family, the latter because of possible future travel and I’m a fan of KPop. I’m currently learning Japanese and just applied to Middlebury to get a chance to fully immerse in the language. I learned French and Spanish during my childhood and college years but my fluency is all but gone. I can understand but I can’t respond.
Hey currently in which level you are at in Korean?? First, I'm on beginner and intermediate level but I always want to have a language person with whom I can converse so , can you be my language exchange partner
I'm planning on doing 4 languages in 2025 (as of now): -English (C1/ my main goal is to expand my vocabulary) -French (B1/B2/ I'll be living with a french family + probably I'll do a language course as well) -Polish (A1/ I'll be doing a language course) -Hebrew (A1/ I'll be doing a language course) + I need to learn some Maths and Computer Science Soooo we will see how things will turn out
Yes it's def. a mindset shift and if you are reading and listening to comprehensible input in 2 or more languages.. then you don't notice the decreased time you have for each language. You are focused on having fun understanding whatever you choose to immerse with. It really starts to pay off after a few years if you consistently rotate between each language. You will regret not doing more languages until you are "fluent" ... don't deny yourself that happiness because fluency is always going to be relative.
Did I ever need this today! I'm mostly Greek, with a little Italian, some Russian, some Hungarian, and some Romany. My language goals started out Italian and Greek, since those are the backgrounds I relate to the most. But most of the people at my church speak Russian, so I added that on too. It's been daunting, with an especially slow start in Russian. There is a Russian Bible in front of me in church every Sunday, and I always give it a guilty/sad look before opening up my own in English.
That may be what I’ll have to adopt. I think I did better with my Japanese when I tried to maintain my French. Maybe I’ll do that alongside Korean or German this time.
Nice to see a new video from you!! I can't believe I literally came here the first minute. And I'm glad you made a video on this because I was always curious and fascinated about learning multiple languages back when I was learning. I miss learning languages especially Japanese, but I can't anymore due to my illness. Thank you again for this video!
When I was learning Esperanto and Spanish at the same time, I actually found it easy to split my time. I went to work early, and did Esperanto Duolingo for about 20-30 minutes, and then Pimsleur for Spanish either in the late afternoon after work, or during the long car rides to my then home health care client's medical appointments. I've also enjoyed the language stacking technique when I made a start at learning Catalan through Spanish. My plans changed, and I set aside that language, but I'd totally use the technique again...
I'm so happy you're back on YT actively! I'm learning 3 languages now and you are the only YT blogger I can watch on this topic and resonate with 🤩so thanks for the content!
I think the most important factors other than motivation and mindset are: how many languages you already speak to a proficient level, and what’s the level of the various languages you want to learn. Learning Japanese and Korean from scratch for someone who only speaks English is going to be hugely different from a person that speaks German Italian and French fluently and is learning intermediate Japanese and beginner Korean
There is one exception to the idea of having to split your time. Say you have a whole 2 hours a day to study a language, but you get bored in 1. Switching languages could keep your interest up and enable you to actually use both hours instead of ending up scrolling More along the lines of the rule rather than the exception, I was actually trying to learn 3 languages at once, but I had to reprioritize. It was actually my middle priority language I did away with, keeping my low priority language. Why? Because the middle priority took too much time from high, whereas low (toki pona) is just for fun so I pick it up when I can, which is rather infrequent.
I was learning Nihongo around the time you started with it as well but I stopped at N5 and even forgot most of it by now. I mean it’s been YEARS. I’ve thought of getting back to it recently and on top of that I also want to learn Spanish. So a decision has to be made. I’ve gone with learning Spanish first for 3 months and will reevaluate when the time comes. Wishing you all the best for your language learning goals!
I think once you reach B2/C1 level in a language it’s easy to just keep improving it by simply integrating it in your life through TH-cam content, books etc. It’s the grind until the B2 level that needs to have dedicated time to it. I’m a new mum so I gave up on the idea of studying many languages at the same time. Right now I focus on two only, Italian and Russian. In the first months of 2025 I especially want to up my Italian to B2 to I can just study it passively and focus on Russian 100% later in the year.
That’s a great idea actually. It gives a clear target to work towards without it feeling like it would take forever to acquire. I’m hoping to do this with Japanese and French and later with German and Korean.
I definitely second the language stacking/laddering. Even with languages not at all remotely similar, you may surprise yourself in what you find when studying them together! (I had no idea Russian and Japanese had so much in common, and actually the Japanese explanations made more sense to me than the English ones!) Cheers for the video, I hope all your studies and life things are going well ^^
@Sambeawsome With Russian I'm somewhere stuck at A2 and I would like to add Japanese - what are the similarities you noticed? I would be really interested!
@@mllesamedi84 I personally only want to ladder once I read B1/B2, to try to get the most out of the explanations in that other language, but definitely go for it if you feel it'll help you! I'm not sure how the perspective would feel flipped, but I was having trouble with Russian cases. The English explanations weren't really doing it for me, but realizing they were similar in purpose to Japanese's particles kind of flipped a switch in my brain. English has "a, the, in, at, etc" too, but that didn't work in my brain the same way of how I saw Japanese particles. I think because I had to LEARN Japanese grammar, seeing Russian grammar explanations through that lens was what really helped me. Another similarity is word order. English is extremely strict, whereas Russian and Japanese are not. Because Russian has cases and Japanese has particles, you can have more freedom in how you speak. It's always interesting to see how vastly different languages can have similar aspects to them. Just goes to show how the human brain works, I think, haha. But best of luck in your studies! :)
Currently learning French, German, Italian and Spanish at the same time. I like to be able to talk with visitors to my city and the local when I visit those respective countries. When I get tired/bored from one I can hop over to another one. Time management is not a problem, I am retired.
I am subscribing because I am currently learning English and your perfect way of speaking English is very clear to me, althought sometimes I can get lost in the conversation.
I love this video! I'm currently learning multiple languages and it's so much fun! Thanks to you, I've learned a few new strategies for learning multiple languages. Thank you so much! 🥰❤️ And I would love to see a video from you with more tips! 😍
I am currently learning Korean. For a time, I also wanted to learn Chinese and Japanese. However, I can't do everything at once. I am also pursuing my second degree and working on some entrepreneurial endeavors. So, for now, I will stick to Korean until I reach a good enough level. Loved the video! Big fan.
More on learning 2 languages at once. Suggestions 1)!To find graded readers etc. . internet words in sentences in both languages, then opposite reverse. Examples- Books in Korean to learn Spanish Books in Spanish to learn Korean Bilingual dictionaries Korean-Spanish .+ Spanish-Korean in 1 volume Bilingual, facing pages readers 1 book in 1 language + 2nd book In 2nd language, to place them side by side.( 2 bd is 2 bd language translation of 1st.) language +
I Love Lindsie, her videos are so helpful, encouraging and real! So many other Language-TH-camrs give such normal/obvious advice like "learn grammar!" I'm learning Thai and Burmese right now. Thanks for help Lindsie 😊
Oh this came in at the right time! I was doubting whether or not I would be capable of picking up French while still continuing with Chinese which is currently struggling due to other life stuff taking priority and focus. Part of my brain is telling me to drop that idea since I only have so much time in a week for this language hobby that I'd rather spend it in improving the current one than trying to balance another one along with it.
Thank you for this! I have big big goals with my languages in 2025! I speak English fluently and I am B2 (very hard intermediate plateau) with Russian. I plan to move to Turkiye and study for university to teach ESL in 2025, so I need to rush my Turkish from A1 to much higher to move in! I'm very excited :)
I am continuing in Spanish and Mandarin and just beginning Japanese. Lindie, having strong reasons is definitely helping to shift my mindset. Thank you for this content. Blessings.
와... 그리고 그 다음에는 바로 이렇게 한국어 나올수 있잖아요... 에서 식겁했네요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 저는 프랑스어, 스페인어 공부하는 한국인이구요 (그전에는 영어, 일본어만 해봤습니다) 스페인어 공부하는데 도움 좀 얻으려고 이런저런 유투브를 찾아보다가 Lindie님의 채널까지 들어오게되었어요 ㅎㅎㅎ 저도 열심히 공부하겠습니다 제가 지금 한 말 전부 이해하셨으면 진짜 한국어도 대단하세요.... !!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for an idea filled video! I remember Luca Lampariello talking about this, and he uses different parts of the house to compartmentalise his learning i.e. Polish in the kitchen, Hungarian in the living room etc!
you’re one if my fav and best polyglots out there!! i’m finally getting back to german now that i have some time to spare 😊 it’ll be a rough road but we’ll get there
❤ Lindie, thanks for the video! ❤ The topic of combining learning multiple languages is very relevant to me. I've found myself demanding too much of myself, then giving up. I couldn't get rid of perfectionism and inner critic. Now I realize that it was because I was focusing on external goals and not on my inner desire to immerse myself in the world of languages. I discovered some of the points too - I learned Arabic through Turkish (I'm a native Russian), I noticed that I also can't switch between languages by day of the week. Now I feel that setting micro-objectives for one language and switching to another after completing them doesn't cause such discomfort, I will test it )) 🎉
Hi Lindie, I want to become a Polyglot (I am bilingual, Spanish & English) I want to learn 12 languages, for 4 years each studying 1-2 hours per day depending on the language. I am in my late 20s and I plan to finish my language learning journey at almost 70 (God I wish I would have started earlier with my 3rd language 😅)
I started in my 30s haha But I still don't like English, and I'm still a beginner, I'm considering starting others this year. I'm already starting French. But I don't have strong motivation, so I fear I will give up.
I've always studied languages at school with bad results. In 2020 I decided to start again BUT using my own method... Now I'm 46 (47 next year 🙈) and I have a B2 in English, French and I'm working on B1 in Spanish. My 2025 will be on German and Portuguese 🎉
I was struggling to learn French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian all together, as they're pretty much similar. I tried many books and apps, then one day I saw a video of somebody on TH-cam urging everyone to develop their own system of learning. Long story short, that's what I did, with the help of ChatGPT, I designed my own language book consisting of all the four languages, and also developed my own learning system. Now it's easier for me, I don't confuse words between the Languages.
As someone who's already a Polyglot, this is still useful to me. I speak Slovak, Czech, English and Russian. And I'm learning Spanish. But I'm also still actively learning Russian, as I still need practice. And I find it kind of hard to remember all my Spanish vocab as easily as it was with Russian. And I think learning both of those at once is the reason why it's so hard, or maybe Spanish is just harder ┐(´ー｀)┌
Great video! I've been learning italian for quite a while, and have wanted to begin learning spanish formally (i grew up with it thanks to my dad, am able to understand it, but not thoroughly enough to speak it). However, I have not begun because of this mindset of "if I learn spanish, i must put italian on hold", which I don't want. Now I see it's possible for me to do both! Just takes more patience, but we could always exercise patience more anyways. I'm excited now! Thanks 🎉
This was so helpful, as always-thank you! My husband is Austrian, so I’ve been working on German for the past 3-4 years. It’s a hard language for me, so I wouldn’t let myself return to French until I had a much better grasp of German. The short of the story, I miss French! And French responses always came first, so my brain was switching between the 2 languages anyway for fear of forgetting my French. 🙃 Your video has shown me good strategies to work both simultaneously. 😀👏🏻❤️
Thank you for the tips! They're amazing My goal for 2025 is: 1) to keep improving in English C1 (probably I'll take the exam) 2) French - B1/B2 (also want to take DELF B2) 3) Spanish - A1/A2 just to have fun talking with my Spanish-speaking boyfriend Not language related goal is to keep learning music theory to be able to read sheet music while playing the piano
This vedio really helps me a lot. I always struggle between japanese and english, because I want to learn both languages well. I wish Lindie can talk more about how to build up different mindset. Thank you. xoxo
So many people suggest having "goals" and strong outside motivating factors to push language learning, but in my experience, forcing a focus on identifying (assigning, really) a motive is just stressful. I have just gotten started on my third language, and what I find most "motivating" about it is that I have no "reason" to learn it at all. I'm learning it entirely for fun. Already, I'm enjoying it so much more and feel I'm progressing faster than the second language I've been learning for years that I have no shortage of "motivation" for.
Hi, Lindie, nice video, my 2025 plan: Improve my turkish/ türkçe and scottish gaelic/ àlbanach gaelige. And I'm going to learn my second asian language: Vietnamese/ Tiên Viêt 🇻🇳.
Great video. I agree, it's all about mindset! I constantly struggle between wanting to focus on one language for exponentiontial results, and the joy of constant exposure to a multitude of languages I love. I've accepted the fact that it's too difficult for me to sacrifice variety for efficiency, but there will be times where an important specific goal will come up and then I will focus mainly on one language for a little while. I do find it quite challenging to be an abolute beginner at more than one language at a time, so I do avoid starting 2 languages simultaneously. One strategy that I'm currently experimenting with and that I quite like for now is to do one specific activity in one language, and then switch around after a while. The most common activities I do are reading novels, reading the news, watching tv shows, journaling, listening to podcasts, listening to audiobooks and thinking/speaking to myself. Except for podcasts, I "assign" one language to each activity. For instance, I will for a while (mainly) read a novel in korean, read the news in dutch, watch tv shows in thai, journal in english.... It's not strict rules, but it helps in actually "finishing" things, making progress in one specific activity, and maintaining several languages at once. If I read books in 3 languages at the same time, then I feel like I am not making progress in any of them. I think I'll keep playing with this strategy for a bit. Until I try something new haha.
My method of language learning is something like this. Let's just say I want to learn Spanish and German. 1 - I learn Spanish first, and reach a good A2 level. 2 - Now that language is sitting in my head at a certain level. I wont confuse it with German, I split my learning time, German and Spanish together now. German from start, and Spanish from A2 level where I left. 3 - I also do language stacking if its possible in my new languages.
I really recommend you get to a B1 at least before diving into another language. But if it works for you that way I have nothing else to say. Have fun!
@@mep6302 B1 is for if I wish to do language stacking. But if the goal is to not confuse grammar and vocabulary of two languages, get 1 language to A2 level, and then start other from zero.
Yes, that's the best way! Definitely a better process to learn one language to a good level first before starting another. But to some extent over time, your learning of the languages will still be overlapping, but at least confusing them will be less common :P
You can get great language audio input here on youtube with bilingual stories, they will read a sentence of a story in English then read the same sentence in target language. Polyglot Beats on youtube does that well for multiple languages and there other channels for specific languages... its been helping me get passive listening and learning when going on walks... time is by FAR hardest obstacle in language learning - anything that can get us some passive learning is a plus! 😊
Well thank you for really good motivation which allow to me get a polyglot in this new year and to be honest that's really wonderful that you're learning so many languages at the same time and also I'm learning somewhere 4 languages🇷🇸🇧🇬🇫🇮🇹🇷, and also I'm improving my other several languages which not location in that list and that (🇬🇧🇵🇱) and in my opinion that's really wonderful progress for that who want to be a polyglot but yeah anyway thank you for such wonderful video
我也是中文学生 I speak 3 languages, and now i am learning english and chinese, i use english to learn chinese, because there are more materials in english than other languages, i dedicate less time to chinese but i am very consistent. As a mom with two kids and part time job, i am happy with my achievement.
it's also important to find a balance and manage a stress level in the life, before taking more than 1 language. and also to be real with the time you can spend on it 3 years ago I decided to learn Spanish for work (I was learning Korean and had a full time job, where I stressed a lot). I took a lot of classes, because I had to learn it fast. I managed to do it only for a week. after that I almost quit Korean too. I felt physically so bad now I learn German, Korean and Spanish. and it doesn't give me stress
I started learning Japanese 25 years ago (Or around that) and I've cheated on it many times (With Hungarian, Serbian, Spanish, Korean, Thai, Chinese, etc) You have been one of my favorite language TH-camrs for a while now, and you've inspired me during all of my phases with different languages. I'm hoping to find a language I'll stick with by 2025, and I wish you the best as well!! :3 (ALSO I'M PRAYING FOR YOU, I KNOW HUNGARIAN IS HARD)
Hi Lindie with your very high intelligence some may say you have an unfair advantage. God Bless you. Have a lovely Christmas and New Year Lindie.xfrom Declan an english fan in London
I am currently in Cyprus doing a Fulbright ETA (English Teaching Assistantship) and, while English is widely spoken here, I still am trying to learn Greek and Turkish at the same time. One strategy I have is using my time on the bus: while I ride the bus within Larnaca (where I am stationed), I learn Greek, but I learn Turkish on the intercity bus to and from Nicosia. I also try to speak to the locals in their languages (generally Greek in the southern part of the island and Turkish in the northern).
THIS EXPLAINS WHY MY LANGUAGE LEARNING HAS BEEN SO SLOW! haha I've been trying to learn Japanese and Spanish for around five years now but I've also been trying to learn since middle school so I'm just not as consistent as I would be now but I'm just starting to feel more good in my languages haha
I tried learning Japanese Spanish and Korean all at once… it didn’t go well😂 I would make sentences in 4 languages (including English) but I had to decide what language was more important to me so I’m just learning Korean and Spanish now and it’s a lot more manageable
I like lang stacking, principalmente with similar languages. For example, I'm native Brazilian, english is my best second language and to reinforce my English, I used it as the base to study the others. But with German I had to use my mother language, since german word genre are super hard and the porguguês helped me a lot to learn it
This year I tried to learn korean and french I go to an academy for korean and I wanted to do french by myself first. And I had forgotten how difficult it is to start from zero. So I sucked at time management and motivation so I eventually dropped the french. But tbh I do think about going back. This video was great Lindie
I’m learning Italian, Portuguese and French. Seems like an advantage since I know Spanish but a disadvantage because there’s so many similarities in words but meanings may differ some of the time. It’s a challenge that I’m willing to take!
I'm a Brazilian portuguese native speaker, and Spanish is being a pain for me because it's so similar to me native language, I can understand 90%, but I can't talk. But maybe it is my mindset. Who knows.
I started learning Korean about 2.5 years ago and over the last year life happened and I stopped learning it but I’m picking it back up because I truly missed it and I’m getting back into learning it and I also want to learn Indonesian as well so those 2 are my target language goals for 2025.
American here. I find it easy to learn new English vocabulary words. So I'm going to have a new mindset that I'm learning new vocabulary and not a new language. We'll see how that works. Fingers crossed.
English is the most widely studied language in the world, with over 1.5 billion people currently learning it. If you're a native English speaker, there are really only three main reasons to learn a foreign language: 1. You live in a country where English isn't the primary language. 2. Your job needs you to speak another language fluently. 3. You don’t have a smartphone with Google Translate and a good pair of ear buds. If none of these apply to you, it might be worth reconsidering whether learning another language is the most productive use of your free time.
I had been learning Italian for awhile, then decided to add Spanish. I've also wanted to learn Koine Greek for some time so began to throw that in the mix. When I mentioned to my iTalki tutor that I also had an interest in Modern Greek she suggested I study them together since they're not that different. Sure! Why not? Then my curiosity recently got the best of me and I thought I'd "just" learn the biblical Hebrew alphabet, which has now turned into a daily session of Hebrew. Oh, and I recently began kicking the tires of Slovenian. All that while trying to maintain the German and French I once knew... Can you make a video on how to schedule all that?! :)
@LindieBotes oops.. sorry 😅 the accent isn't that bad though dw too much abt it but you don't rlly sound afrikaans tbh but it could just be bc I'm from bloemfontein
i really want to start learning Italian but cuz of school i have no time... im currently learning korean by myself, french and english at school, preparing for university entry exam and doing driver license course so i barely have time to sleep ;(( but as soon i get into uni i will start my italian journey!!
For me it's not so much a question about HOW to learn three languages at once, but to keep them separated when I'm talking. Sometimes I'm stuck in the one language when I am in another one. And in those moments it's really difficult to get rid of that "spell". Also with really easy words. Recently our teacher asked me what means 'cup' in Hebrew (kos), and there was 'pohar" etched in my mind. And this happens quite often.
10 months ago I tried learning 4 at the same time (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French), switching every day or two, after like 2 months I added Japanese, about 2 months later I dropped french cause it wasn't progressing and wasn't really fun for me, and like 6 weeks ago I dropped Portuguese for now. Currently I am like 2 days of Spanish, 2-3 italian and 2-3 Japanese. Maybe will go back to others in 6-12 months but 3 is enough for now.
I would love to use a flashcard set with all the Romance languages on a card with a single image but can’t seem to find a suitable set or app anywhere. I am not really into constructing my own Anki sets so would be interested to hear if anyone has found something suitable (or an app that lets you do it via smartphone or iPad
6:04 Je veux apprendre français et espagnol parce que j’ai un connexion spéciale avec la France et l’Espagne. Je veux habiter en France et je pense français est le plus belle langue du monde.
I wish I could do language stacking through my highest level language (Irish/Gaeilge), but sadly, English still dominates books published in Ireland for learning. Perhaps someone will do a Spanish text book one day through Irish. For now, I'm probably going to write out things in Irish and then try to figure out how to write the same in Spanish, Japanese, etc. to stack languages on my own.
Hello! Idk if you had ever made a video about this, but could you make a video about how you could use your languages to make money? I've been a follower of your account since 2017 and had been learning my languages respectively. I honestly had lost hope of even continuing this journey at this point because I feel incompetent against like job requirements. C1 etc, certificates to get into entry level jobs. I was hoping if you could share your experience about this, and how you could get a job. with my languages i'm at best in the lower intermediate, and upper intermediate level but I honestly can't find a job despite learning languages for these long.
That's why you don't _start_ learning two languages at the same time. This way you don't need to split your time 50-50 between two. After 2 years of learning language A, say, 70% of your time would go to language B that you just started. After another couple of years the focus would go on language C, while B will need less studying and A even less and so on. That happens naturally as the more fluent you are in a language, the more you incorporate it in your daily life. Essentially you _create_ new time slots for learning without it being deliberate studying e.i. learning how to cook something or get directions to a place in the given language you already speak fluently. In other words what you would do anyway in your daily life, outside of your studying hours.
Hola guapa, German native, English C1+, Spanish ?. 72, master in electronics at university level. Switching bewtween German and English is natural. Used both languages all my life. Learned Chinese for some time and afterwards I refreshed my Spanish, funny effect, when I tested my Spanish often Chinese words appeared. Talked to a Neurologist friend. He said, well if you learn a new language and do not use an older one, the new one will try to conquere territory and will feed energy into Chinese e.g. and wake up old vocabulary. Well it annoyed me anyway, but a few days later I had an intuitive idea. I started abos with one word a day e-mail on the internet in Spanish and CHinese and after a fortnigt, sooo fast" , the border conflichts had been settled. Surprise, surprise. Taking about language apps, into German there is not going as much effort as into English. So I do my Spanish course in Fluenday in English. Many more exercises, games, grammar, etc. . Much more fun. So learning a lower level language from an established foreign language in this my case is easy for me, English also has a romance based vocabulary part.. Basque I learn also from a Spanish source, its difficult to switch for me. In Northern Spain you need it "all the time". When I hear a Basque song I know, I cam switch in no time (on my level), maybe I have to hum a chord to myself if necessary. so for the time being I use more time for Spanish and less for Basque, and there is some training material in Spanish Basque waiting for me for next year. Finally your method of trying out what works best is very scientific, experiment and see. And of great importance which method tprovides the most fun. English apps are lousy with capital letters in a way they seldom disinguish beween sing and sing, ski and ski etc., the avoid articles like in German and Spanish, and the Dative is a miracle, not in theory but in translation. My aim is to revive those languages that my grandkids are most likely will learn at school and of course travelling to differnt countries and talking to the locals.
Imagine that besides languages you want to pursue 1000 things, that was me a few years ago and then I gave up and accepted the fact that I can't do everything at once and that if I don't do anything time will pass anyway so freezing wasn't an option I had to choose and I'm happy about it
I feel you... I also want to do 1000 things, and it's really, really difficult to prioritize. Did you end up choosing languages? How do you balance things?
@LindieBotes In 2023 I was working full time and majoring in Anthropology, taking a 3-credit course in the first semester and a 6-credit course in the second semester, both were in person lessons and second required going twice a week so flexibility with my work schedule helped me a lot.
Alongside, I took Mandarin lessons and finished the HSK 2 level (which in the Confucius Institute means I covered the basic level), although I feel I need to review and make sure I'm ready to move forward. Also did yoga and walk and average of 2 times a week.
This year was the year to rest, so I spent my time working my full time job, doing yoga (a non negotiable) at least 3 times a week and cozy hobbies.
In 2025 I'll be a full time student, I'm going to start the third year of 4 for Anthropology. I had to make the decision to quit my job because some courses on third year might require more flexibility than my job can offer and I have to do community work as a requirement for graduation.
That being said the priority for this year is Anthropology. Then, since I stopped receiving Mandarin lessons since the end of 2023, I created a plan to review the 30 HSK units from HSK 1 and HSK 2 books and I want to start learning French.
I'm keeping in mind that Mandarin is #2 in my list of priorities and French has even lower priority if something else comes up and since my first language is Spanish it shouldn't be too hard to take the self-taught way, it worked with English so I'm confident.
Finally, I set the 80/20 rule for all of my goals, so instead of saying I'm going to do yoga everyday, my goal is 22 times a month/average, so there's room for unforseen circumstances.
So in summary, I'm rotating between my interests every one of two years to not overwhelm myself.
@@LindieBotesI wrote a long reply that was deleted 😅. In summary what I do is switching the interests I'm going to focus every one or two years. Last year I worked full time, took two university courses and finished HSK 2 courses and did yoga an average of twice a week. This year worked full time and spent time on my cozy hobbies and did yoga at least 3 times a week. Next year I'm going to be full time student, review HSK 1 and 2 before thinking on moving forward, and start to learn French, maintaining yoga preferably more than 3 days a week. And my goals were set to be marked as completed if I reach at least a 80% of success.
It's rare to put the honest with the practical with the joyful but Lindie does it here, beautifully as always.
This is a very kind comment, thank you!
For 2025, i am going to focus on korean and german. For korean, i am on beginner intermediate level but i have ignored korean this whole year and this month i realised i missed learning korean. And for german, i really wanted to start a fresh new language. And if anyone wants to be my Accountability partner, it would means a lot. And please like this comment to remind me to be consistent❤
I’ve been looking into learning German and Korean as well - the former because of family, the latter because of possible future travel and I’m a fan of KPop. I’m currently learning Japanese and just applied to Middlebury to get a chance to fully immerse in the language. I learned French and Spanish during my childhood and college years but my fluency is all but gone. I can understand but I can’t respond.
I can be your accountability partner for German
@@narlyyyhi😊
Hey currently in which level you are at in Korean??
First, I'm on beginner and intermediate level but I always want to have a language person with whom I can converse so , can you be my language exchange partner
I also want to learn German and Korean.
I'm planning on doing 4 languages in 2025 (as of now):
-English (C1/ my main goal is to expand my vocabulary)
-French (B1/B2/ I'll be living with a french family + probably I'll do a language course as well)
-Polish (A1/ I'll be doing a language course)
-Hebrew (A1/ I'll be doing a language course)
+ I need to learn some Maths and Computer Science
Soooo we will see how things will turn out
if I know the drug dealer who allows you to do all these things together in an anon please give me the number haha
i wish you luck! i am sure you will accomplish many things for the new year, i hope that you achieve all of your goals and make yourself proud 🫶🏻
good luck!
Are you going to document your journey? Would love to follow your progress!
Good luck!
Yes it's def. a mindset shift and if you are reading and listening to comprehensible input in 2 or more languages.. then you don't notice the decreased time you have for each language. You are focused on having fun understanding whatever you choose to immerse with. It really starts to pay off after a few years if you consistently rotate between each language. You will regret not doing more languages until you are "fluent" ... don't deny yourself that happiness because fluency is always going to be relative.
Did I ever need this today! I'm mostly Greek, with a little Italian, some Russian, some Hungarian, and some Romany. My language goals started out Italian and Greek, since those are the backgrounds I relate to the most. But most of the people at my church speak Russian, so I added that on too. It's been daunting, with an especially slow start in Russian. There is a Russian Bible in front of me in church every Sunday, and I always give it a guilty/sad look before opening up my own in English.
Как Вы? Как долго вы учите русский?
It’s ok, God doesn’t exist, so no rush.
@@spadaacca OMG
私は飽きやすいので2つの言語を同時に学びます。ひとつに飽きたとき、もうひとつの言語に移ります。ひとつの言語しか学んでいないと、語学に飽きたときに母語での活動に戻ってしまい、結果として外国語の学習時間が短くなります。私の場合、複数の言語を同時に勉強する方が、ひとつの言語を勉強するより、学習時間が長くなります。
Thank you
That may be what I’ll have to adopt. I think I did better with my Japanese when I tried to maintain my French. Maybe I’ll do that alongside Korean or German this time.
Nice to see a new video from you!! I can't believe I literally came here the first minute. And I'm glad you made a video on this because I was always curious and fascinated about learning multiple languages back when I was learning. I miss learning languages especially Japanese, but I can't anymore due to my illness. Thank you again for this video!
I love that you have Indonesian flag on your laptop cover. Terima kasih sudah berbagi pengalaman belajar banyak bahasa secara serentak, Lindie.
you have become more confidence then previous videos ...really helpful and can't wait for more language series...ciao!
Thank you! It’s really a blessing from God for helping me out of depression 🙏
I was stressed out about work and i barely slept a wink. It was nice to see some positive talk. Thank you.
When I was learning Esperanto and Spanish at the same time, I actually found it easy to split my time. I went to work early, and did Esperanto Duolingo for about 20-30 minutes, and then Pimsleur for Spanish either in the late afternoon after work, or during the long car rides to my then home health care client's medical appointments.
I've also enjoyed the language stacking technique when I made a start at learning Catalan through Spanish. My plans changed, and I set aside that language, but I'd totally use the technique again...
I'm so happy you're back on YT actively! I'm learning 3 languages now and you are the only YT blogger I can watch on this topic and resonate with 🤩so thanks for the content!
I think the most important factors other than motivation and mindset are: how many languages you already speak to a proficient level, and what’s the level of the various languages you want to learn. Learning Japanese and Korean from scratch for someone who only speaks English is going to be hugely different from a person that speaks German Italian and French fluently and is learning intermediate Japanese and beginner Korean
Absolutely! You make such a great point 🩷
So true. I thought she would actually bring up that point in the video when she mentioned the language stacking.
@@k.5425 I have like 4 other videos that talk about that though!
There is one exception to the idea of having to split your time. Say you have a whole 2 hours a day to study a language, but you get bored in 1. Switching languages could keep your interest up and enable you to actually use both hours instead of ending up scrolling
More along the lines of the rule rather than the exception, I was actually trying to learn 3 languages at once, but I had to reprioritize. It was actually my middle priority language I did away with, keeping my low priority language. Why? Because the middle priority took too much time from high, whereas low (toki pona) is just for fun so I pick it up when I can, which is rather infrequent.
You're just the best polyglot I've seen online. ❤
I was learning Nihongo around the time you started with it as well but I stopped at N5 and even forgot most of it by now. I mean it’s been YEARS. I’ve thought of getting back to it recently and on top of that I also want to learn Spanish. So a decision has to be made. I’ve gone with learning Spanish first for 3 months and will reevaluate when the time comes. Wishing you all the best for your language learning goals!
I think once you reach B2/C1 level in a language it’s easy to just keep improving it by simply integrating it in your life through TH-cam content, books etc.
It’s the grind until the B2 level that needs to have dedicated time to it.
I’m a new mum so I gave up on the idea of studying many languages at the same time. Right now I focus on two only, Italian and Russian. In the first months of 2025 I especially want to up my Italian to B2 to I can just study it passively and focus on Russian 100% later in the year.
When you'll need a speaking partner for your Russian you could contact me. I need to practice my English. So it might be beneficial for both of us
That’s a great idea actually. It gives a clear target to work towards without it feeling like it would take forever to acquire. I’m hoping to do this with Japanese and French and later with German and Korean.
I'm a Brazilian learning English, and yours is perfect. Thanks for the video.
I definitely second the language stacking/laddering. Even with languages not at all remotely similar, you may surprise yourself in what you find when studying them together! (I had no idea Russian and Japanese had so much in common, and actually the Japanese explanations made more sense to me than the English ones!) Cheers for the video, I hope all your studies and life things are going well ^^
@Sambeawsome
With Russian I'm somewhere stuck at A2 and I would like to add Japanese - what are the similarities you noticed? I would be really interested!
@@mllesamedi84 I personally only want to ladder once I read B1/B2, to try to get the most out of the explanations in that other language, but definitely go for it if you feel it'll help you!
I'm not sure how the perspective would feel flipped, but I was having trouble with Russian cases. The English explanations weren't really doing it for me, but realizing they were similar in purpose to Japanese's particles kind of flipped a switch in my brain. English has "a, the, in, at, etc" too, but that didn't work in my brain the same way of how I saw Japanese particles. I think because I had to LEARN Japanese grammar, seeing Russian grammar explanations through that lens was what really helped me. Another similarity is word order. English is extremely strict, whereas Russian and Japanese are not. Because Russian has cases and Japanese has particles, you can have more freedom in how you speak.
It's always interesting to see how vastly different languages can have similar aspects to them. Just goes to show how the human brain works, I think, haha. But best of luck in your studies! :)
@@sambeawesome Thank you for your answer - I will keep it in mind. :-)
Currently learning French, German, Italian and Spanish at the same time. I like to be able to talk with visitors to my city and the local when I visit those respective countries. When I get tired/bored from one I can hop over to another one. Time management is not a problem, I am retired.
I am subscribing because I am currently learning English and your perfect way of speaking English is very clear to me, althought sometimes I can get lost in the conversation.
I love this video! I'm currently learning multiple languages and it's so much fun! Thanks to you, I've learned a few new strategies for learning multiple languages. Thank you so much! 🥰❤️
And I would love to see a video from you with more tips! 😍
I am currently learning Korean. For a time, I also wanted to learn Chinese and Japanese. However, I can't do everything at once. I am also pursuing my second degree and working on some entrepreneurial endeavors. So, for now, I will stick to Korean until I reach a good enough level. Loved the video! Big fan.
More on
learning 2 languages at once. Suggestions
1)!To find graded readers etc. . internet words in sentences in
both languages, then opposite reverse. Examples-
Books in Korean to learn Spanish
Books in Spanish to learn Korean
Bilingual dictionaries
Korean-Spanish .+
Spanish-Korean in 1 volume
Bilingual, facing pages readers
1 book in 1 language + 2nd book
In 2nd language, to place them side by side.( 2 bd is 2 bd language translation of 1st.)
language +
I Love Lindsie, her videos are so helpful, encouraging and real! So many other Language-TH-camrs give such normal/obvious advice like "learn grammar!"
I'm learning Thai and Burmese right now. Thanks for help Lindsie 😊
Oh this came in at the right time! I was doubting whether or not I would be capable of picking up French while still continuing with Chinese which is currently struggling due to other life stuff taking priority and focus.
Part of my brain is telling me to drop that idea since I only have so much time in a week for this language hobby that I'd rather spend it in improving the current one than trying to balance another one along with it.
Thank you for this! I have big big goals with my languages in 2025!
I speak English fluently and I am B2 (very hard intermediate plateau) with Russian. I plan to move to Turkiye and study for university to teach ESL in 2025, so I need to rush my Turkish from A1 to much higher to move in! I'm very excited :)
Loved the video 😄 I’d really enjoy seeing a book tour of your language learning book collection!
I am continuing in Spanish and Mandarin and just beginning Japanese. Lindie, having strong reasons is definitely helping to shift my mindset. Thank you for this content. Blessings.
That’s awesome 🥳 which resources are your favorites?
Köszönöm, Lindie, nagyon hasznos kis videó!
Thanks for always being so inspiring. You are amazing, Lindie!
와... 그리고 그 다음에는 바로 이렇게 한국어 나올수 있잖아요... 에서 식겁했네요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 저는 프랑스어, 스페인어 공부하는 한국인이구요 (그전에는 영어, 일본어만 해봤습니다) 스페인어 공부하는데 도움 좀 얻으려고 이런저런 유투브를 찾아보다가 Lindie님의 채널까지 들어오게되었어요 ㅎㅎㅎ 저도 열심히 공부하겠습니다 제가 지금 한 말 전부 이해하셨으면 진짜 한국어도 대단하세요.... !!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for an idea filled video!
I remember Luca Lampariello talking about this, and he uses different parts of the house to compartmentalise his learning i.e. Polish in the kitchen, Hungarian in the living room etc!
Ha, that is so unique!
you’re one if my fav and best polyglots out there!! i’m finally getting back to german now that i have some time to spare 😊 it’ll be a rough road but we’ll get there
❤ Lindie, thanks for the video! ❤ The topic of combining learning multiple languages is very relevant to me. I've found myself demanding too much of myself, then giving up. I couldn't get rid of perfectionism and inner critic. Now I realize that it was because I was focusing on external goals and not on my inner desire to immerse myself in the world of languages. I discovered some of the points too - I learned Arabic through Turkish (I'm a native Russian), I noticed that I also can't switch between languages by day of the week. Now I feel that setting micro-objectives for one language and switching to another after completing them doesn't cause such discomfort, I will test it )) 🎉
Hi Lindie, I want to become a Polyglot (I am bilingual, Spanish & English) I want to learn 12 languages, for 4 years each studying 1-2 hours per day depending on the language. I am in my late 20s and I plan to finish my language learning journey at almost 70 (God I wish I would have started earlier with my 3rd language 😅)
I started in my 30s haha
But I still don't like English, and I'm still a beginner, I'm considering starting others this year. I'm already starting French. But I don't have strong motivation, so I fear I will give up.
I've always studied languages at school with bad results. In 2020 I decided to start again BUT using my own method... Now I'm 46 (47 next year 🙈) and I have a B2 in English, French and I'm working on B1 in Spanish. My 2025 will be on German and Portuguese 🎉
I was struggling to learn French, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian all together, as they're pretty much similar. I tried many books and apps, then one day I saw a video of somebody on TH-cam urging everyone to develop their own system of learning. Long story short, that's what I did, with the help of ChatGPT, I designed my own language book consisting of all the four languages, and also developed my own learning system. Now it's easier for me, I don't confuse words between the Languages.
As someone who's already a Polyglot, this is still useful to me. I speak Slovak, Czech, English and Russian. And I'm learning Spanish. But I'm also still actively learning Russian, as I still need practice. And I find it kind of hard to remember all my Spanish vocab as easily as it was with Russian. And I think learning both of those at once is the reason why it's so hard, or maybe Spanish is just harder ┐(´ー｀)┌
Great video! I've been learning italian for quite a while, and have wanted to begin learning spanish formally (i grew up with it thanks to my dad, am able to understand it, but not thoroughly enough to speak it). However, I have not begun because of this mindset of "if I learn spanish, i must put italian on hold", which I don't want. Now I see it's possible for me to do both! Just takes more patience, but we could always exercise patience more anyways. I'm excited now! Thanks 🎉
This was so helpful, as always-thank you! My husband is Austrian, so I’ve been working on German for the past 3-4 years. It’s a hard language for me, so I wouldn’t let myself return to French until I had a much better grasp of German. The short of the story, I miss French! And French responses always came first, so my brain was switching between the 2 languages anyway for fear of forgetting my French. 🙃 Your video has shown me good strategies to work both simultaneously. 😀👏🏻❤️
Hello there, wishing you well as I am also working on German and French this year! 😊
Thank you for being honest ❤
I needed to hear these things from you, it helped so much 🙏
Thank you for the tips! They're amazing
My goal for 2025 is:
1) to keep improving in English C1 (probably I'll take the exam)
2) French - B1/B2 (also want to take DELF B2)
3) Spanish - A1/A2 just to have fun talking with my Spanish-speaking boyfriend
Not language related goal is to keep learning music theory to be able to read sheet music while playing the piano
Hi I have A2 in frensh any advices to improve it I'm stuck in this level
Thank you! Super encouraging and helpful :)
This vedio really helps me a lot. I always struggle between japanese and english, because I want to learn both languages well. I wish Lindie can talk more about how to build up different mindset. Thank you. xoxo
Great advice, as always Lindie!
So many people suggest having "goals" and strong outside motivating factors to push language learning, but in my experience, forcing a focus on identifying (assigning, really) a motive is just stressful. I have just gotten started on my third language, and what I find most "motivating" about it is that I have no "reason" to learn it at all. I'm learning it entirely for fun. Already, I'm enjoying it so much more and feel I'm progressing faster than the second language I've been learning for years that I have no shortage of "motivation" for.
Hi, Lindie, nice video, my 2025 plan:
Improve my turkish/ türkçe and scottish gaelic/ àlbanach gaelige. And I'm going to learn my second asian language: Vietnamese/ Tiên Viêt 🇻🇳.
Fantastic video.
Great video Lindie 😊 I speak 4 languages and I’m learning my 5th 🤞🏼I agree, our mindset is everything when it comes to learning!
M xx
Amazing! Glad you're learning so many 🥳
Thank you Lindie! God bless you.❤️
Lindie your'e my favourite polyglot.. I'm truly proud of you..🤍
Great video. I agree, it's all about mindset! I constantly struggle between wanting to focus on one language for exponentiontial results, and the joy of constant exposure to a multitude of languages I love. I've accepted the fact that it's too difficult for me to sacrifice variety for efficiency, but there will be times where an important specific goal will come up and then I will focus mainly on one language for a little while. I do find it quite challenging to be an abolute beginner at more than one language at a time, so I do avoid starting 2 languages simultaneously. One strategy that I'm currently experimenting with and that I quite like for now is to do one specific activity in one language, and then switch around after a while. The most common activities I do are reading novels, reading the news, watching tv shows, journaling, listening to podcasts, listening to audiobooks and thinking/speaking to myself. Except for podcasts, I "assign" one language to each activity. For instance, I will for a while (mainly) read a novel in korean, read the news in dutch, watch tv shows in thai, journal in english.... It's not strict rules, but it helps in actually "finishing" things, making progress in one specific activity, and maintaining several languages at once. If I read books in 3 languages at the same time, then I feel like I am not making progress in any of them. I think I'll keep playing with this strategy for a bit. Until I try something new haha.
My method of language learning is something like this. Let's just say I want to learn Spanish and German.
1 - I learn Spanish first, and reach a good A2 level.
2 - Now that language is sitting in my head at a certain level. I wont confuse it with German, I split my learning time, German and Spanish together now. German from start, and Spanish from A2 level where I left.
3 - I also do language stacking if its possible in my new languages.
I really recommend you get to a B1 at least before diving into another language. But if it works for you that way I have nothing else to say. Have fun!
@@mep6302 B1 is for if I wish to do language stacking. But if the goal is to not confuse grammar and vocabulary of two languages, get 1 language to A2 level, and then start other from zero.
Yes, that's the best way! Definitely a better process to learn one language to a good level first before starting another. But to some extent over time, your learning of the languages will still be overlapping, but at least confusing them will be less common :P
@@LindieBotes I overlap all my fluent langauges during conversation sometimes. I guess its part of a problem of being a polyglot 😅
You can get great language audio input here on youtube with bilingual stories, they will read a sentence of a story in English then read the same sentence in target language. Polyglot Beats on youtube does that well for multiple languages and there other channels for specific languages... its been helping me get passive listening and learning when going on walks... time is by FAR hardest obstacle in language learning - anything that can get us some passive learning is a plus! 😊
Well thank you for really good motivation which allow to me get a polyglot in this new year and to be honest that's really wonderful that you're learning so many languages at the same time and also I'm learning somewhere 4 languages🇷🇸🇧🇬🇫🇮🇹🇷, and also I'm improving my other several languages which not location in that list and that (🇬🇧🇵🇱) and in my opinion that's really wonderful progress for that who want to be a polyglot but yeah anyway thank you for such wonderful video
Good evening lindie your videos are very good congratulations 🎉.
I'm glad you like them! 🙏
加油，对我来说你的方法是很有意思。我最近对法语感兴趣虽然我的目的让我的事情没有改变。还是学习one at at time（单身/一个一个走？也许…不能表达) 的语言。我也刚刚离开我的工作，我知道你的感觉…相信你自己最厉害的鹤立鸡群：）中文学生网友😉
我也是中文学生
I speak 3 languages, and now i am learning english and chinese, i use english to learn chinese, because there are more materials in english than other languages, i dedicate less time to chinese but i am very consistent.
As a mom with two kids and part time job, i am happy with my achievement.
it's also important to find a balance and manage a stress level in the life, before taking more than 1 language. and also to be real with the time you can spend on it
3 years ago I decided to learn Spanish for work (I was learning Korean and had a full time job, where I stressed a lot). I took a lot of classes, because I had to learn it fast. I managed to do it only for a week. after that I almost quit Korean too. I felt physically so bad
now I learn German, Korean and Spanish. and it doesn't give me stress
I started learning Japanese 25 years ago (Or around that) and I've cheated on it many times (With Hungarian, Serbian, Spanish, Korean, Thai, Chinese, etc)
You have been one of my favorite language TH-camrs for a while now, and you've inspired me during all of my phases with different languages. I'm hoping to find a language I'll stick with by 2025, and I wish you the best as well!! :3
(ALSO I'M PRAYING FOR YOU, I KNOW HUNGARIAN IS HARD)
Hi Lindie with your very high intelligence some may say you have an unfair advantage. God Bless you. Have a lovely Christmas and New Year Lindie.xfrom Declan an english fan in London
I am currently in Cyprus doing a Fulbright ETA (English Teaching Assistantship) and, while English is widely spoken here, I still am trying to learn Greek and Turkish at the same time.
One strategy I have is using my time on the bus: while I ride the bus within Larnaca (where I am stationed), I learn Greek, but I learn Turkish on the intercity bus to and from Nicosia.
I also try to speak to the locals in their languages (generally Greek in the southern part of the island and Turkish in the northern).
Thanks for the vid.
Mindset is something I need to work on.
Your thoughts are very much true.❤
THIS EXPLAINS WHY MY LANGUAGE LEARNING HAS BEEN SO SLOW! haha I've been trying to learn Japanese and Spanish for around five years now but I've also been trying to learn since middle school so I'm just not as consistent as I would be now but I'm just starting to feel more good in my languages haha
muchas gracias por cada uno de tus videos me mantienen motivada
I tried learning Japanese Spanish and Korean all at once… it didn’t go well😂 I would make sentences in 4 languages (including English) but I had to decide what language was more important to me so I’m just learning Korean and Spanish now and it’s a lot more manageable
I like lang stacking, principalmente with similar languages. For example, I'm native Brazilian, english is my best second language and to reinforce my English, I used it as the base to study the others. But with German I had to use my mother language, since german word genre are super hard and the porguguês helped me a lot to learn it
I actually fid a double handspring backflip when I heard the Afrikaans. That's just delightful. Didn't even register it for a hot second
i miss covid, back then i was so motivated to learn languages and had all the time in the world.
Same :')
Thanks this helped me out so much 😊
This year I tried to learn korean and french I go to an academy for korean and I wanted to do french by myself first. And I had forgotten how difficult it is to start from zero. So I sucked at time management and motivation so I eventually dropped the french. But tbh I do think about going back. This video was great Lindie
I’m learning Italian, Portuguese and French. Seems like an advantage since I know Spanish but a disadvantage because there’s so many similarities in words but meanings may differ some of the time. It’s a challenge that I’m willing to take!
I'm a Brazilian portuguese native speaker, and Spanish is being a pain for me because it's so similar to me native language, I can understand 90%, but I can't talk. But maybe it is my mindset. Who knows.
I’m on the same boat as you!
I started learning Korean about 2.5 years ago and over the last year life happened and I stopped learning it but I’m picking it back up because I truly missed it and I’m getting back into learning it and I also want to learn Indonesian as well so those 2 are my target language goals for 2025.
I need a book tour😭💗💗
American here. I find it easy to learn new English vocabulary words. So I'm going to have a new mindset that I'm learning new vocabulary and not a new language. We'll see how that works. Fingers crossed.
English is the most widely studied language in the world, with over 1.5 billion people currently learning it.
If you're a native English speaker, there are really only three main reasons to learn a foreign language:
1. You live in a country where English isn't the primary language.
2. Your job needs you to speak another language fluently.
3. You don’t have a smartphone with Google Translate and a good pair of ear buds.
If none of these apply to you, it might be worth reconsidering whether learning another language is the most productive use of your free time.
Super helpful!
I had been learning Italian for awhile, then decided to add Spanish. I've also wanted to learn Koine Greek for some time so began to throw that in the mix. When I mentioned to my iTalki tutor that I also had an interest in Modern Greek she suggested I study them together since they're not that different. Sure! Why not? Then my curiosity recently got the best of me and I thought I'd "just" learn the biblical Hebrew alphabet, which has now turned into a daily session of Hebrew. Oh, and I recently began kicking the tires of Slovenian. All that while trying to maintain the German and French I once knew... Can you make a video on how to schedule all that?! :)
Wow your afrikaans whas actaully mind blowing for somebody who sounds American, you have an accent but it is very light great job!
I am a native Afrikaans speaker though 😅
@LindieBotes oops.. sorry 😅 the accent isn't that bad though dw too much abt it but you don't rlly sound afrikaans tbh but it could just be bc I'm from bloemfontein
@@zombieslammer9947 ek meen ek het oorsee groot geword maar ons praat net afrikaans by die huis
@LindieBotes OOOHHHHHHHH dit maak nou sin wel, goed vir jou! :)
Partykeer hoor mense n buitelandse aksent in my Afrikaans, dalk het my Engels n invloed daarop 😂
I'm learning French, Spanish and Norwegian. Focusing the most on French, but sometimes it's fun to break it up a bit
i really want to start learning Italian but cuz of school i have no time... im currently learning korean by myself, french and english at school, preparing for university entry exam and doing driver license course so i barely have time to sleep ;(( but as soon i get into uni i will start my italian journey!!
For me it's not so much a question about HOW to learn three languages at once, but to keep them separated when I'm talking. Sometimes I'm stuck in the one language when I am in another one. And in those moments it's really difficult to get rid of that "spell". Also with really easy words. Recently our teacher asked me what means 'cup' in Hebrew (kos), and there was 'pohar" etched in my mind. And this happens quite often.
Where i am why i just see your chanel i try to learn english and another languages but so difficult im glad to see you
Welcome, I hope my videos help you!
10 months ago I tried learning 4 at the same time (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French), switching every day or two, after like 2 months I added Japanese, about 2 months later I dropped french cause it wasn't progressing and wasn't really fun for me, and like 6 weeks ago I dropped Portuguese for now. Currently I am like 2 days of Spanish, 2-3 italian and 2-3 Japanese. Maybe will go back to others in 6-12 months but 3 is enough for now.
Love seeing the Japanese Bible! Wow!
I would love to use a flashcard set with all the Romance languages on a card with a single image but can’t seem to find a suitable set or app anywhere. I am not really into constructing my own Anki sets so would be interested to hear if anyone has found something suitable (or an app that lets you do it via smartphone or iPad
You can build one with AI on an app called Memli, or try Quizlet!
6:04 Je veux apprendre français et espagnol parce que j’ai un connexion spéciale avec la France et l’Espagne. Je veux habiter en France et je pense français est le plus belle langue du monde.
This girl live in the future
magyar as well? :3 I'm Hungarian...amazing video btw!
I wish I could do language stacking through my highest level language (Irish/Gaeilge), but sadly, English still dominates books published in Ireland for learning. Perhaps someone will do a Spanish text book one day through Irish. For now, I'm probably going to write out things in Irish and then try to figure out how to write the same in Spanish, Japanese, etc. to stack languages on my own.
Thanks and you are right about mindset
my motivation reason is to be a polyglot and treat with many tourists cuz im a tour guide ♥️
That's such a great motivator! 🤩
I thank Lindie.
Do you speak Japanese and Chinese too? Wow!😉
I speak Japanese well enough to work in Japan, but my Chinese is certainly rusty :P
Wow! How cool, beautiful woman from Singapore who also speaks Japanese. But how rusty? In Singapore, Mandarin is also spoken.@@LindieBotes
Such an informative video! Thank you Lindie ❤
Hello! Idk if you had ever made a video about this, but could you make a video about how you could use your languages to make money? I've been a follower of your account since 2017 and had been learning my languages respectively. I honestly had lost hope of even continuing this journey at this point because I feel incompetent against like job requirements. C1 etc, certificates to get into entry level jobs. I was hoping if you could share your experience about this, and how you could get a job. with my languages i'm at best in the lower intermediate, and upper intermediate level but I honestly can't find a job despite learning languages for these long.
That's why you don't _start_ learning two languages at the same time. This way you don't need to split your time 50-50 between two. After 2 years of learning language A, say, 70% of your time would go to language B that you just started. After another couple of years the focus would go on language C, while B will need less studying and A even less and so on.
That happens naturally as the more fluent you are in a language, the more you incorporate it in your daily life. Essentially you _create_ new time slots for learning without it being deliberate studying e.i. learning how to cook something or get directions to a place in the given language you already speak fluently. In other words what you would do anyway in your daily life, outside of your studying hours.
Thank you for your video❤ I have to learn German but something in my brain block me ☹️ and I postpone it always. Hope 2025 will be finally my start
Hola guapa, German native, English C1+, Spanish ?. 72, master in electronics at university level. Switching bewtween German and English is natural. Used both languages all my life.
Learned Chinese for some time and afterwards I refreshed my Spanish, funny effect, when I tested my Spanish often Chinese words appeared. Talked to a Neurologist friend. He said, well if you learn a new language and do not use an older one, the new one will try to conquere territory and will feed energy into Chinese e.g. and wake up old vocabulary. Well it annoyed me anyway, but a few days later I had an intuitive idea. I started abos with one word a day e-mail on the internet in Spanish and CHinese and after a fortnigt, sooo fast" , the border conflichts had been settled. Surprise, surprise. Taking about language apps, into German there is not going as much effort as into English. So I do my Spanish course in Fluenday in English. Many more exercises, games, grammar, etc. . Much more fun. So learning a lower level language from an established foreign language in this my case is easy for me, English also has a romance based vocabulary part.. Basque I learn also from a Spanish source, its difficult to switch for me. In Northern Spain you need it "all the time". When I hear a Basque song I know, I cam switch in no time (on my level), maybe I have to hum a chord to myself if necessary. so for the time being I use more time for Spanish and less for Basque, and there is some training material in Spanish Basque waiting for me for next year. Finally your method of trying out what works best is very scientific, experiment and see. And of great importance which method tprovides the most fun. English apps are lousy with capital letters in a way they seldom disinguish beween sing and sing, ski and ski etc., the avoid articles like in German and Spanish, and the Dative is a miracle, not in theory but in translation. My aim is to revive those languages that my grandkids are most likely will learn at school and of course travelling to differnt countries and talking to the locals.
Would the Japanese/Korean example work with languages with a formal/standard version & dialects?
I'm a Spanish native speaker. In 2025 I want to improve my english and learn Japanese. 💖