0:54 (1) We have to get used to thinking in another language 4:00 (2) We have to find the way to learn that is best for us 4:47 (3) We have to deal with new linguistic concepts 7:39 (4) We have to learn to recognize ans produce new phonetic sounds 8:55 (5) We have new vocabulary 10:30 (6) We have the challenge of understanding cultural context 11:12 (7) We may lack confidence 12:50 (8) We have to create new linguistic and cultural identities
im a native portuguese speaker, who speaks english quite fluently and can understand spanish as well as saying a lot of things! currently learning korean ❤ loved your tips, aspiring to be polyglot!!
Thank you so so much for your sharing. You are truly the best role model in my life. Before I got a chance to exchange languages and then study with you, I thought "It's just because he is a genius". But you really showed me that "No, it is Passion, Determination and Discipline". And to me, training me to be disciplined learning languages is also a form to train myself to be disciplined in every thing I want to be good at. Thank you so so much for the work, the effort and the heart you are putting into these videos to help inspire us. 🙏❤
A man from the US said about your sentence: thank for “ your “ sharing is not wrong but it’s weird, he said that just say : thanks for sharing is enough. And I like your learning spirit ❤
Your ability to learn languages is impressive! I have a lot of difficulty for non-Latin languages, so Im fluent in Spanish and French, I study Italian; I'm Brazilian, so portuguese is my mother tongue. My dream is to speak and understand English perfectly since I have a lot of resistance....
Tim, I think you are a true polyglot! Your work is your passion and your passion is your work. You combined them both very well. You explained very well the academic approach towards learning a language which is very important. With your vast experience you have also quoted words of wisdom in learning a language. My deepest respect for you professor! Thank you for this enlightening video.
Great video, very practical. I always found polyglots to be so inspirational. Sometimes language learning seems like the hardest thing 😅 It's great there are people like you though!
So happy I was recommended this video! I'm a native English speaker and have been a language enthusiast since I was a kid. I currently speak Japanese (B2, but used to be C1 many a year ago), Spanish (B2), Swedish (B1), a bit of Georgian, and have dipped my toes in many others ( As of now I've dabbled and learned some basics of Bulgarian, Zulu, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, German, Hindi... I'm sure I'm forgetting a few). It's been such an obsession of mine and it fills me with so much joy. I can't seem to stop getting excited about picking up more languages and having my mind opened to whole new worlds and ways of understanding and looking at the world. I'm also fascinated with dead, indigenous, and endangered languages. I'd love to study Old English/Anglo Saxon seriously one day as it's appealed to me for many years. I also find conlangs extremely interesting as well, and have been working on one of my own! Oh if we only had infinite time to pursue everything we loved... I'm curious, are there any languages that you just don't really like that much? Ones that you have no interest in learning (as of now) or ones that you simply don't like the sound of? Also, have you ever studied Georgian? It's hard to find polyglots who tackle this beautiful language. I used to live in Georgia and fell in love with the country, culture, and language and hope to become much more proficient in the future. Sorry for my rambling comment, but I got a bit excited. Looking forward to watching more of your videos! ❤
Well I have made two videos that address these issues... to learn to think in English more you need a lot of input so please watch this video: th-cam.com/video/d9bMYf2AMV8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=E1ksRc0aHQ8PYa3h
My first foreign language i was forced to learn german. I am comfortable in speaking german, and can understand when someone speaks fast. After that i started learning Spanish, 3 months later i can have not so fluent but long conversations with spanish speakers. after 6 months or more i will hop on to portuguese while still learning spanish. I cannot express how joyful it is to learn new language. How i learn spanish is simple. I am busy person, so i walk to work everyday and listen to audio course on spanish. This way i get my both physical and mental workout
I've been struggling with German for years, but after watching this video, I'm gonna change it now. I already can speak Portuguese, English and Spanish and my goal is becoming a hyperpolyglot by 35. Let's do it!
Learning a language is a path without ending because it is indeed a new life and a new way of seeing life through that language, through that culture. In brief, you get new eyes to see the same world. I agree with all the thoughts you share in the video, and of course there are still more things to say about the topic; things that also have to do with learning processes that improve every day you are learning new things. Every time I get into the classroom, a new professor is sharing new discovering with students. So, this way I also try to see my new group of students because they are also new plants with sparkling new flowers and leaves. Life is poetry, and languages are the dancing music around every poem that you share. A warm hug for those who are pursuing this path. My native language is Spanish, by the way.
You Are A Huge Inspiration To Everyone. Absolutely Remarkable. I Have Never Seen Someone So Fluent In So Many Languages! And Helping Others To Learn As Well! Extraordinary!
Well, it's nice to hear that I've been using some of the same techniques as someone who speaks 30 languages! I have a movie in each of the six languages I speak, that I can recite without the movie even playing, and I'm certain is has helped me with comprehension and my pronunciation. "Patience and practice" is definitely my mantra! Thanks for the video😎
I have 50+ languages on my list of languages I want to learn and improve, and am currently learning 15+ languages, including the prettiest languages Icelandic + Norse / Dutch / Norwegian that are as pretty as English, so I highly recommend learning these magical languages as they’re just too pretty not to know! Luckily I learned Spanish in childhood in a 100% passive way, and this may be one of the reasons why I find language learning super easy, tho it’s also the fact that knowing both English and Spanish is a huge advantage as well as the fact that I always choose the pretty languages with mostly or almost only pretty words which are naturally motivating and bring true joy to the eye and ear! I started learning languages on my own about one year ago, and I got to an advanced level in Dutch after only focusing on it for about 3 or 4 months, as Modern Dutch is the language that’s closest to Modern English, and it is the easiest language ever, after English that’s is the easiest language in every way, and the Nordic languages and the Norse languages are also super easy to learn, as all Germanic languages are category 1 + category 2 languages with almost only pretty words that are naturally very memorable and the most organized aspect, and almost all the languages on my list are category 1 languages and category 2 languages, except for Irish & Scottish Gaelic which are category 3 languages, so my learning process is very enjoyable! It’s all going real smoothly, as I am using the best learning techniques, such as spaced repetition (watching many vocab videos with hundreds and thousands of words as well as all sorts of videos on grammar and prepositions / verbs / conjunctions and pronunciation etc, multiple times, times over a period of time, until I can instantly process and remember / use automatically every word) and memorizing many lyrics and watching all videos with subs in the target languages etc! I highly recommend learning the prettiest languages ever created Dutch and Icelandic + Norse and Norwegian, which are as pretty / refined / poetic as English, and also Welsh / Breton etc and Galician and Hungarian and Slovene etc, and any other Germanic language and modern Celtic language, as they are all gorgeous!
By the way, my current levels are... - intermediate level in Old Norse / Icelandic / Welsh - writer level in English + native speaker level in Spanish - upper advanced level in Dutch + advanced level in Norwegian - mid intermediate level in German / Swedish / Portuguese / French / Italian - beginner level in Breton / Hungarian / Gothic / Latin / Faroese / Galician / Danish / Slovene - total beginner in Cornish / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic / Aranese / Elfdalian / Gallo / Limburgish / Occitan / Luxembourgish / Catalan / East Norse / Ripuarian / Swiss German / Alemanic / Austrian German / PlatDeitsch / Greenlandic Norse / Friulian / Pretarolo / Sardinian / Neapolitan / Sicilian / Venetian / Esperanto / Walloon / Ladin / Guernsey / Norn / Burgundian / West Frisian / North Frisian / East Frisian / Finnish / Latvian / Estonian etc (and the other languages based on Dutch / German / Norwegian / Italian / French that are referred to as ‘dialects’ but are usually a different language with different spelling etc) (My list isn’t complete tho, as I don’t know the names of some of the extra languages that are based on the standard language yet, but I want to learn all the Germanic languages and the 6 modern Celtic languages and the true Latin languages and a few others, including all the extra languages that are based on the standard language that are usually referred to as dialects, as Norwegian / Italian / Dutch / German / Danish have tons of those extra languages, and I want to learn at least the differently spellt words and the words used with different meanings in each extra language, so that I can at least understand them, but I want to learn each official language / standard language to a native speaker level, and some of them to a writer level!)
Old Norse is one of the prettiest languages I’ve ever seen, it has real gorgeous words like erfiði / yfir / haf / vindr / dyn / skegg / dróttinn / veit / drengr / fjall / hǫnd / fisksins / lengr / hvassir / rauðr / hvarr / grænn / hvat / líkligr / hǫss / afi / frændi / heitir / veð / hráka / þó / kvern / mælti / hét / setja / hinn / kveða / sinn / leið / brott / knerri / við / dýr / með / heyra / eða etc, and the word endings (like nir and inn and sins etc) and the letter combinations are so pretty, just like the word endings and letter combinations in English and Dutch and Norwegian, and Icelandic is very similar, and Faroese also, and Icelandic also has mostly gorgeous words like efne / verða / fer / eyra / nafni / leita / hef / hafið / drekka / líf / dreki / samviska / logn / vindinn / viska / hæna / garðinn / sófn etc - I can’t stop learning new pretty words in Old Norse and Icelandic (and the other pretty languages) and they are really áddìctive to look at and read and hear in lyrics etc, I’ve been listening to Skáld songs in Old Norse and Icelandic since I found the first song in Old Norse (Troll Kalla Mik) and I’ve memorized most of those lyrics!
I totally agree with his idea because I myself have the same experience. I once learnt Japanese but had to quit then I learn Mandarin, then Cantonese, then Korean, after almost 10 years, I got back with Japanese and it's much more manageble.
Definitely... thanks for sharing your experience. I will make a video soon about how learning forms of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese is related.
@@polyglotdreams yeah, thank you in advand, I'm sure it will be an helpful video to help people have better view of Sinosphere languages and even encourage people to learn them systematically.
Hey! Just wanted to thank you and say that you are ABSOLUTELY great and amazing at giving advice, and it would honestly feel like a dream to become a polyglot like you! I wish you the best and never give up ❤
I just came across your channel today and love your content! I have both the goals of becoming a linguistics/speech sciences professor some day as well as speaking mandarin, Korean, Japanese and adding another Romance language (or maybe all 3 other main ones) to my already acquired Spanish. Thank you for what you do!
Enjoy your language learning process 1. learn by topic: for example you like to travel: watch many videos, learn vocabulary about travel and then you have enough data in your brain to talk about travel 2. Practice listening Start with simple things and have translations to help your brain get used to the new language
@@travellikealocalvn Thanks so much! I am thinking of narrating my life story in multiple languages... the languages I was using at the time (of course just a summary) the full story is in my memoir.
Learning 30 languages doesn't mean mastering 30 languages. Anyway I highly respect your huge effort and determination. At such age, my parents don't even read a single book.
Thank you very much for this video, it's so inspiring! I'm Italian and I speak English and French fluently (in addition to Italian, of course...). Then many years ago I started studying Hindi but abandoned it after a year for family reasons (young children & work & lack of time and organization..) ... But I was left with the desire and hope to be able to undestand it one day. Now that my children are grown up, I started volunteering at an organization helping the poor... I meet every day lots of people coming from Peru and speak only Spanish, as well as North African immigrants speaking only Arabic. To make it short, I started studying both Spanich (which is quite similar to Italian, actually, and rather easy for me) AND Arabic (which is difficult, but never mind) . But I've been regretting my Hindi so much that I decided to continue with that too. I fear this is "too much", especially as I'm not young anymore (I'm 59) but I hope I can manage to do it. But as I find that many people say learning two languages at the same time is complicated, I guess it's even worse with three...
Thank you so much for sharing. The more we challenge ourselves and use our brains, the stronger we get. You have created a situation in which these languages are meaningful to you. So just do your best and enjoy the journey. I am 67, and there are many languages I continue to study and use.
italiaaaa io sto studiando norvegese e spagnolo (e migliorando sempre il mio inglese). al momento sto facendo l'anno all'estero in Norvegia. studiare le lingue mi è sempre piaciuto! se vuoi possiamo scambiarci i contatti e supportarci un poco nel nostro percorso di language learning!
Thanks for this great clip. As a language nerd, I am currently learning the 4th in my early 30 years old. All related things you said in this vdo are true and I also confirm it. Now, it seems much more easier and convenient to access any languages sources for learning. Anyway, patience practice and consistency are always required to achieve something big. And even we may live one life, if we learn a new language; sometimes we can see the meaning of life from other perspective. Bless you all
Thank you so much for your input. Yes, it is so true that the more languages you learn the easier it gets and the better you are at learning. All the best in your language-learning journey and I hope to see your comments again.
Quanto tempo você esteve aprendendo? Pra português Br. Tenho 2 anos. Ainda muito muito difícil.. (minha linguagem nativa é inglês) Português não é sempre fácil. Português falado é o meu maior problema. Nunca falei em português então não tenho práctica com isso, e então aprendendo como ouvir é muito difícil 😅 Posso ler e escrever um pouco (não bem) mas posso..
I'm 19 and I really wanna explore this world😊 in this beautiful world today I met another beautiful person💜 I'm Indian and English is my 3rd language, I'm still learning it😁 I learnt Hangul , Mandrin and japanese(still learning). Currently I'm working on Italian and French(beginner). 🙏Thank you so much for sharing your experience. It's true we got one life but we can live many if we want Learning new language is fun like a door to new world and I wanna explore as many as I can in this lifetime😊💜
That is great to see your passion for learning. When I was 18 I spoke just English and Spanish, all that I learned is after that. So keep at it and I hope you continue to comment here on my channel.
Can u speak Korean like basic one I want to learn Korean..... For gks scholarship purpose can u tell me how long it took you to become good in Korean language Good enough to understand the natives and watch kdrama without subtitles
@@Eommalalalala it's been little more than 3 years since i started learning korean...basically for BTS and other kpop groups and also for kdramas😉 I took me more than 10 months to speak little korean and understanding without subtitles But now most of the time I don't need any subtitles but sometimes when I encounter new word that I don't know I need to write it down ...i even made my own small dictionary which i revise time to time You can do it but you need a good amount of patience just like medical studies
helpful and worthwhile watching; I recommend everyone who is learning a new language; now I am also in this process, learning my 2nd language; lets reach out 10th one as soon as possible;
Thanks you so much for your support and recommending my channel. After the 2nd languages comes the 3rd and then the 4th... you keep at it... dedicated and consistent and you will reach the 10th sooner than you might expect.
I am learning 4 languages: Spanish 🇪🇸, French 🇫🇷, German 🇩🇪 and Tagalog 🇵🇭 I need to go 6 times to equal your 30 languages! L 🤣 L (American English is my mother 👩 language. Add that to 4 modern languages. This yields 5 languages. ) I am not counting dead/classical languages Latin 🇮🇹, Biblical/Ancient Greek 🇬🇷 or Biblucal Hebrew ✡. Good episode.
In terms of linguistics, some words in Tagalog have cognate in Malay or Indonesian. Just a few changes in consonants make the difference. Other words have different spelling. Example. Filipinos have lumping. Malaysians and Indonesians have loompya. I traveled to Singapore 🇸🇬 early this year, 2023. I am a singer and multi instrumentalist who is from San Francisco 🌉. A good blend of Asian 🌏 and Latino communities here. I listen to and play or sing music from around the world 🌎. Regine Velazquez her birthsake Jaya Mitchell and Lea Salonga got me interested in OPM (Original Philippine Music) back in the late 1980s to early 1990s. I reduced my listening of OPM until Winter 2019. Morissette Amon blew me away! 🤯 I have not been excited about a power 🔋 house 🏠 singer since Mariah Carey! 🤯🤯 Then, I heard Klarisse de Guzman, Elaine Duran and Katrina Velarde. Blown again! 🤯 Then 11 year old Elha Nympha winning 2015 The Voice Kids Philippines 🇵🇭 singing whistle notes to win the finals! 🏆 Blown away!🤯 I asked singing coaches of different ethnicities. They all said that The Philippines 🇵🇭 has great singers. I traveled there too. I have relatives who were stationed at Subic and Clark then. I saw them there when I was a young boy 👦. My recent trip was last year, 2022. Even the Filipinos there say the mentioned singers are the real deal. Filipinos sing from cradle to grave. German is to Western singing as Tagalog is to Eastern singing. (I do like The Scorpions 🦂 and German opera.) Singing in Tagalog helps my singing in the other languages too! 😃 Blown away from that observation! 🤯 After I master the intermediate level of Tagalog, I will learn Tamil or Indonesian/Malay. Some Tamil words appear in Tagalog and in Indonesian/Malay.
@@apoy4630Yes 👍 Within the vocabulary are 2 problems: 1 prepositions and, drum 🥁 roll , slang. Those are the 2 which held me back in my other languages, for a while.
What a joy. :) I remember when school was going to start forcing us to learn English and I said "that's dumb, we are never going to use it" back in 1996 (I was 10) and thankfully the spark ignited early once I realized that my favorite TV show friends as well as my then favorite group spice girls was speaking/singing in English and soon after the internet boomed so thankfully my interest in English really took off early. After a few years I hit the intermediate plateau and I am SO grateful that learning was obligatory so that quitting wasn't an option because my love for language learning really started after that plateau. I hardcore identified as an English learner for a long time and I worked hard to "perfect" my English and 23 years deep I had to admit to myself that I wasn't really encountering new words to a rate that I could call myself a learner anymore and it was time to start a new language. I wanted a challenge that would keep be occupied for a long time so I chose Korean as my entry to Asian languages and I am so deeply in love with it! I can't wait to learn languages the rest of my life. :) My Korean listening comprehension is probably B1 but my speaking is stuck at A2 yet. I am so stuck on connecting shorter sentences into longer ones and I am hellbent on succeeding to overcome this in a year's time. Swedish is my native language so it will be incredibly fun to see how the joined experience of Korean vocabulary and Swedish pitch accent will be when learning Japanese next.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really glad that my video has motivated you to continue learning Spanish. Keep up the great work and never stop pushing yourself to reach your language learning goals!
I speak English, Spanish and French, and i speak a little bit of italian, portuguese and german but i am really scared of my language skills because of what you said i have no confidence… good video!!!!
The first step is to face the issues that hold you back from gaining the skills you wish to acquire. Celebrate small victories and accomplishments to build up your confidence.
If a mathematician told me how he won the Fields medal, then that would be interesting, but I wouldn't believe that I could emulate him, even if I lived thirty lifetimes. A man's got to know his limitations.
Language is just; memory, familiarity, repetition, exposure & meaning. That's it. No fancy equipment needed. Just use it everyday and eventually your memory will assist in the rest.
well, one has to deduce things, analyze things before you memorize them. That's especially true for grammar. But it's true that using it daily and repeating is pretty essential.
Thanks for your sharing. Your videos give me great motivation, I really enjoy hearing your voice. The name of your TH-cam channel is great, that's also my dream. I'm looking forward to your useful videos.
Cantonese pronunciation is a challenge even though you are fluent in Mandarin. Over 50% of the vocabulary in Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese is of Chinese origin. Japanese and Korean are the most similar to each other grammatically and compound sentences are formed the way they are in Mandarin either the main clause last. Japanese is the hardest to read and write... it helps if you also know traditional characters. I hope that helps.
Доброго времени суток! В первую очередь, хочу поблагодарить Вас за такое замечательное и мотивирующее видео! А во-вторых, даже сейчас я пишу этот комментарий без задней мысли о том, что мне нужно его обязательно перевести на английский, ведь скорее всего вы изучали русский язык тоже.. Вы правда удивительный человек! Только восхищения...
I can speak English, Bengali ( my native language), Assamese (an Indian regional language) , Nepali, Hindi--- Urdu and Arabic. I am still improving my listening and reading comprehension in my Arabic . My next Target language is Spanish. Wish me good luck sir . My ambition is to become a polyglot and a linguist.
@@polyglotdreams شكراً جزيلاً يا سيدي ☺️ على دعمك و تشجيعك আমাকে উৎসাহ আর অনুপ্রেরণা দেওয়ার জন্য আপনাকে অসংখ্য ধন্যবাদ মহাশয় ☺️ Thank you 🙏 very much
I've purchased and read your memoir, it's a wonderful book which keeps me motivated in learning Japanese, I am 17 currently and I am fluent in 5 languages (English, marathi, Hindi, bengali and Urdu) basically when I got to know Marathi it was easy for me to learn hindi because of same script and structure, then I went for bengali, there were language similarities too, I managed to learn the script and I got to know on how to read and write bengali, then I jumped for urdu because it was very similar to hindi and with just the difference of script, I struggled a lot on learning the script especially the pronunciation of words like ع, eventually I managed to grasp the script, because of urdu I unlocked a new language base, which is Farsi and Pashto, my plans are of learning Farsi and pashto and then to leave the indo-european languages to Semitic languages, most languages are interlinked one way or other, this factor really helped me to master 5 languages (exception being English I learned it at school).
Thank you so much for sharing your language-learning journey, and I'm thrilled to hear that my memoir has been a source of motivation for you in learning Japanese. It's truly impressive that you've achieved fluency in five languages at the age of 17! Your approach of building on language similarities, especially within the Indo-European language family, is a smart and efficient way to learn multiple languages. It's fascinating to see how your knowledge of one language became a stepping stone for the next, creating a language base that allowed you to explore even more linguistic diversity. Learning the scripts and nuances of languages like Bengali, Urdu, Farsi, and Pashto, despite their differences, showcases your dedication and linguistic adaptability. It's inspiring to see your plans to transition from Indo-European to Semitic languages, recognizing the interconnectedness of languages and building on that foundation. Your journey exemplifies the richness of language learning and the interconnected nature of diverse linguistic systems. Keep up the fantastic work, and I wish you continued success in your language-learning endeavors. If you ever have questions or want to share more about your language-learning experiences, feel free to do so!
If you wish to leave behind the Indo-European languages, I'm curious that you don't want to learn any of the Dravidian languages. I'm sure there will be more opportunities for you to use them than Arabic or Hebrew.
@@kingbolo4579 yes, it's actually a good idea, I will definitely think of it, there are some hurdles to it like most Dravidian languages aren't intelligible, but i will do my best to learn some of it.
@@Nagvanshieus My sincere good luck to you if you try to pick up one or more of them. I am trying to learn Tamil. It is not by any means an easy road, like you say there are significant hurdles, but it is fascinating.
Hello dear professor Thank you so much for your help and advice ,i do appreciate your job,i wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity,all the best. Take care and have a good time. Your Student from Algeria
Wow! You know so many languages. I get surprised whenever someone knows 10, and You know 30! That's pretty cool. Currently I'm 13, and learning German as I'm fluent in English, Ukrainian and Russian. Thank You for the tips, for sure they'll be useful for a lot of people!
I love hearing that... if it is your true desire you will accomplish your goals. All the best to you and stay in touch to tell us how your language-learning journey is progressing.
você é minha inspiração (sou Gisele, TIM先生の友達^^), agora eu estou indo para meu sétimo idioma, que é o alemão, e você foi uma das maiores razões para eu me esforçar no meu sonho de aprender mais e mais idiomas. falo isso para todo mundo!!!! e eu juro que quando acabar o último semestre da faculdade, vou voltar a revisar seu livro. eu estava com a cabeça cheia e muitos afazeres, estava ficando maluquinha 😵💫😵💫 mas vai dar certo!!! peço desculpas pelo sumiço
I am in the process of learning English and Arabic at the same time. I am confident that I will be able to achieve it. I love Arab culture and everything it has to offer is very beautiful. I have to emphasize that I made this comment with the translator
@@polyglotdreams You're welcome Tim. Seriously you are breath of fresh air. I really enjoyed your video (and I only found out about you today). Your empathy and encouragement to all of us learners shines through in your other videos too. Obviously I speak English, mas eu falo portugues tambem (desde o ano passado). 我也会讲中文（普通话） ，我已经学了五年多了. Indeed a different life CAN be lived through the experience of my three main languages and I love it. By the way as I am from Ireland I also learned Irish at school, but unfortunately I don't have as many oppotunities to use it in real life. However if you are interested in it another unique richness of expression with all kinds of special grammatical points that I haven't seen elsewhere, that could be for you a language journey to pursue in future. Go néirí an bóthar leat agus go raibh an ghaoth go brách ag do chúl . (May the road rise to meet you and the wind be always at your back)
@eoinobeirne9928 as you see from my name, I am of Irish descent and am interested in learning the language... it is just that so many other languages get in the way lol😅... I mean I concentrate on languages I can use in the near future.
I needed this… I have hope. Learning mandarin and have been so discouraged. My Chinese friends (from China) tell me I’m doing good. But I get to the point where I’m just able to speak some sentences. It’s only been 1 week but it’s been bad to the point I’m depressed because of disappointment within myself for not having learned quicker each day I set time aside for a few hours.
Hi Tim how are you? My name is Jonathas, I'm from Brazil and my native language is Portuguese, but I learned Spanish because my stepmom is Uruguayan and English and Russian I learned by myself and I'm studying to be an English teacher. I really love learning new languages, I was learning French and German but I took a break, I'll be resuming very soon learning them, I also want to learn other languages in the future like Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Indonesian, Arabic, Polish, Serbian, Ukrainian and maybe Chinese, Japanese and Korean. I found out your channel from Wouter Corduwener. You're such an inspiration.
Thank you Jonathas... it is a pleasure to meet you. The fact that you really love languages is what will help you reach your goals. All the best, and stay in touch.
I'm from Việt Nam🇻🇳. I'm surprised because having Vietnamese examples in video that I've never seen before in any English video. It makes me more easier to understand. Thanks for your video. It's so great!!!🥰🥰🥰 (Ps: sorry if my English is not easy to understand 😅)
Of course... right now I am making a video about how to learn Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese... so you can see how knowing Vietnamese helps you learn the others.
Hey, I'm 17 years old, I'm Brazilian, and I started learning English 1 year ago. Now I started learning Japanese, as well. My goal is to become a polyglot, but starting learning a new language again (Japanese) I thought it better, and wondered "should I learn a vocabulary of stuff which I won't really use in a regular conversation?", like for example: bathroom objects, or just furniture in general, colors and etc I'd like to know what you think. Isn't that something that would be taking the place of more important words even place of new languages?
The most effective way to learn is to concentrate on the vocabulary that you find most useful whenever you are speaking, reading, or listening to the language. That should be your priority. The other vocabulary will come naturally as you use the languages.
That makes me so pleased to hear that since motivating others is a key goal of mine... I also wrote my memoir - "A Lfie in 30 Languages" with the hope that it can motivate and help others in their language-learning journey. (you can see it at polyglotdreams.com)
I want to be multilingual. I love learning different languages my so-called friends / others hated when I learning different languages. My goal study multiple languages because my long term goal have an entertaining business be the C.E.O. of my company I will keep on learning different languages I'm totally done with people who is not like me. Learning different languages makes me happy
That's wonderful! You know what you want and demonstrate the passion needed to achieve it. I will do my best to provide content that is useful to you on your language/culture learning journey.
Excellent video , I just want to make a suggestion , if you could do a video about your view on how to learn 2 or more languages at the same time, I'm studying Catalan and Indonesian , well great channel and great content , greetings from Spain.
Thank you. I do mention studying multiple languages at the same time in other videos, but maybe I should focus on that one particular video. Great idea. All the best in your study of Catalan and Indonesian.
Oh this is the first time I know I can comment in Vietnamese and you still get it! Chú phát âm tiếng việt tốt ạ, hiểu được liền. Cực kỳ ngưỡng mộ. Động lực nào đã khiến chú học nhiều ngôn ngữ như vậy? Việc học ngoại ngữ thứ hai thứ 3 ở mức độ: Có thể giao tiếp cơ bản được hay mức độ thành thạo vậy ah?
Cảm ơn bạn rất nhiều! Ngay từ khi tôi là một cậu bé, tôi đã yêu thích âm thanh của ngoại ngữ và rất tò mò về các nền văn hóa khác nhau. Mức độ thông thạo hơn 20 ngôn ngữ của tôi khá cao. Đặc biệt là để hiểu ngôn ngữ.
Thank you so much!Your video gave me a plus motivation to keep with desire of going ahead and making progress.The human brain is an entire machine which can learn everything else. Just you're choosing the best methodology and working with self-confidency.I agree when you did say that each one learning through different paths and tools.And this journey can be long and taking a lot of time the fullest self-will,perseverance and strongest desire to learn something new every day.I think that knowledge never can be running out or be switch it off.
And thank you for your informative comment! I am very pleased to know that my video motivated you to continue on your language-learning journey with more desire to achieve your goals.
Actually I am still quite a novice at Bengali but I am greatly assisted by my knowledge of Nepali and Hindi. it is a beautiful language that I plan to work on more.
When you were discussing about how you helped teach that Vietnamese girl to fluency you mentioned stories and narration creation. Obviously you mention bilingual stories with audio quite a lot on your channel(which I have started to integrate into my sessions). However I was wondering about some basic tips you have on narration creation.
There is perhaps one information I have been missing in videos made by polyglots. It is their subjective definiton of "speak a language", "learned a language". Does it mean to be able to say basic phrases, read a novel, listen to a podcast, be able to have thoughtful discussion, etc.? I have never doubted the ability to be able to handle everyday issues in order to survive, but I am curious if you are able to listen and understand for example to radio/lecture or read newspaper articles in these languages (especially in those, which have different concepts when in comes to expressing complex thoughts, in our case non-indoeuropean languages). Thank you :) Anyway keep doing great job, videos like these are motivating others. I like that instead of just showing off your skills, you are sharing valuable methods in order to help :)
Thank you for your thoughtful comment and for raising a crucial point regarding the subjective nature of "speaking" or "learning" a language among polyglots. It's an aspect that often deserves more clarity. The proficiency levels in language learning can indeed vary widely, and different individuals may have different criteria for what it means to "speak" or "learn" a language. Some may consider basic communication skills sufficient, while others may aim for more advanced capabilities, such as understanding complex concepts in radio broadcasts, lectures, or newspaper articles. Your curiosity about the ability to engage with content beyond everyday survival situations, especially in languages with distinct linguistic structures, is insightful. It highlights the depth of language proficiency and the challenges that come with comprehending more complex and nuanced forms of communication. I appreciate your kind words about the videos and the emphasis on sharing valuable methods rather than just showcasing language skills. Language learning is indeed a multifaceted journey, and it's essential to provide insights and techniques that can genuinely help others in their language-learning endeavors. If you have any specific topics or questions you'd like to see addressed in future videos, feel free to share them. Thank you for your support and encouragement!
0:54 (1) We have to get used to thinking in another language
4:00 (2) We have to find the way to learn that is best for us
4:47 (3) We have to deal with new linguistic concepts
7:39 (4) We have to learn to recognize ans produce new phonetic sounds
8:55 (5) We have new vocabulary
10:30 (6) We have the challenge of understanding cultural context
11:12 (7) We may lack confidence
12:50 (8) We have to create new linguistic and cultural identities
Thanks so much 🙏
@@polyglotdreams Many thanks for sharing this video too 🙏☺️
He is right each new language you learn is easier than the one before.
Definitely... thanks for the support 🙏
This is the most honest, complete and realistic description of language learning I've ever seen. Thanks for this amazing content.
I appreciate that! With reactions and input like that, I feel motivated to strive to provide better and better content.
U r nice and highly talented man. Thx...
@@aliserdarkarababa thank you
I agree
im a native portuguese speaker, who speaks english quite fluently and can understand spanish as well as saying a lot of things! currently learning korean ❤ loved your tips, aspiring to be polyglot!!
I know you can become a polyglot given the excitement that you demonstrate in your comment!
I learn u Arabic... u learn me porrugueese
I'm a Korean. I wish your good luck with your learning of Korean!
@@이정철-g5e I have been learning korean. Do you have telegram account?
Parabéns pelo esforço ❤ estou na luta com o inglês 😅
Thank you so so much for your sharing. You are truly the best role model in my life. Before I got a chance to exchange languages and then study with you, I thought "It's just because he is a genius". But you really showed me that "No, it is Passion, Determination and Discipline". And to me, training me to be disciplined learning languages is also a form to train myself to be disciplined in every thing I want to be good at. Thank you so so much for the work, the effort and the heart you are putting into these videos to help inspire us. 🙏❤
Thank you so much... you inspire me with your passion and energy.
Love Ms Dieu
Just looked at your channel. It looks great!
@@nendoakuma7451 Yes she has a fantastic channel
A man from the US said about your sentence: thank for “ your “ sharing is not wrong but it’s weird, he said that just say : thanks for sharing is enough.
And I like your learning spirit ❤
Your ability to learn languages is impressive! I have a lot of difficulty for non-Latin languages, so Im fluent in Spanish and French, I study Italian; I'm Brazilian, so portuguese is my mother tongue. My dream is to speak and understand English perfectly since I have a lot of resistance....
Thanks! You can do it! Just keep listening and reading interesting content in English.
Tim, I think you are a true polyglot! Your work is your passion and your passion is your work. You combined them both very well. You explained very well the academic approach towards learning a language which is very important. With your vast experience you have also quoted words of wisdom in learning a language. My deepest respect for you professor! Thank you for this enlightening video.
Thank you so much for your comment!
I love the positivity and practical encouragement.
Thanks for sharing that.
Thank you very much for publishing this ultrauseful video! Have fun in Providencia! Greetings from Paradisos, Sitonia, Greece!
Thank you, Helga... I love the Greek language and culture. And I hope you are having a great time there.
Great video, very practical. I always found polyglots to be so inspirational. Sometimes language learning seems like the hardest thing 😅 It's great there are people like you though!
Thank you for your interest and welcome to the community... it can seem so difficult to do at times but the rewards make it worth all the effort.
So happy I was recommended this video! I'm a native English speaker and have been a language enthusiast since I was a kid. I currently speak Japanese (B2, but used to be C1 many a year ago), Spanish (B2), Swedish (B1), a bit of Georgian, and have dipped my toes in many others ( As of now I've dabbled and learned some basics of Bulgarian, Zulu, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Russian, Turkish, Arabic, German, Hindi... I'm sure I'm forgetting a few). It's been such an obsession of mine and it fills me with so much joy. I can't seem to stop getting excited about picking up more languages and having my mind opened to whole new worlds and ways of understanding and looking at the world. I'm also fascinated with dead, indigenous, and endangered languages. I'd love to study Old English/Anglo Saxon seriously one day as it's appealed to me for many years. I also find conlangs extremely interesting as well, and have been working on one of my own! Oh if we only had infinite time to pursue everything we loved...
I'm curious, are there any languages that you just don't really like that much? Ones that you have no interest in learning (as of now) or ones that you simply don't like the sound of? Also, have you ever studied Georgian? It's hard to find polyglots who tackle this beautiful language. I used to live in Georgia and fell in love with the country, culture, and language and hope to become much more proficient in the future.
Sorry for my rambling comment, but I got a bit excited. Looking forward to watching more of your videos! ❤
I love that spirit... isn't it a joy to learn and use new languages...
I'm Arabian
Please make video about:
1- thinking in English.
2- how practice speaking by self .
Thank you
Well I have made two videos that address these issues... to learn to think in English more you need a lot of input so please watch this video:
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After listening to the end, I literally applauded you 😊
It is truly gratifying to receive such appreciation from you... ❤
Thank you for your tips, I’m learning 3rd language so this is very useful for me. From Vietnam with love 🫶 🇻🇳
You're so welcome! I love so many things about Vietnam, the food, the people, the culture, and of course the language.
Very inspirational, it's amazing what you achieved! The road of languages truly never ends!
Thanks, I am answering your email now.
My first foreign language i was forced to learn german. I am comfortable in speaking german, and can understand when someone speaks fast. After that i started learning Spanish, 3 months later i can have not so fluent but long conversations with spanish speakers. after 6 months or more i will hop on to portuguese while still learning spanish. I cannot express how joyful it is to learn new language.
How i learn spanish is simple. I am busy person, so i walk to work everyday and listen to audio course on spanish. This way i get my both physical and mental workout
I've been struggling with German for years, but after watching this video, I'm gonna change it now. I already can speak Portuguese, English and Spanish and my goal is becoming a hyperpolyglot by 35. Let's do it!
That is the right attitude 👌 go for it!!!
Learning a language is a path without ending because it is indeed a new life and a new way of seeing life through that language, through that culture. In brief, you get new eyes to see the same world. I agree with all the thoughts you share in the video, and of course there are still more things to say about the topic; things that also have to do with learning processes that improve every day you are learning new things. Every time I get into the classroom, a new professor is sharing new discovering with students. So, this way I also try to see my new group of students because they are also new plants with sparkling new flowers and leaves. Life is poetry, and languages are the dancing music around every poem that you share. A warm hug for those who are pursuing this path. My native language is Spanish, by the way.
Thank you for sharing that. It is beautifully written.
You Are A Huge Inspiration To Everyone. Absolutely Remarkable. I Have Never Seen Someone So Fluent In So Many Languages! And Helping Others To Learn As Well! Extraordinary!
That is so encouraging! Thank you so much!
@@polyglotdreams By The Way, You Speak Hindi As Well?😇
Well, it's nice to hear that I've been using some of the same techniques as someone who speaks 30 languages! I have a movie in each of the six languages I speak, that I can recite without the movie even playing, and I'm certain is has helped me with comprehension and my pronunciation. "Patience and practice" is definitely my mantra! Thanks for the video😎
Thanks for sharing! I am very pleased to know you've also had success with those methods.
That's a good idea .I'm gonna using it in my process to learning Another languages
I have 50+ languages on my list of languages I want to learn and improve, and am currently learning 15+ languages, including the prettiest languages Icelandic + Norse / Dutch / Norwegian that are as pretty as English, so I highly recommend learning these magical languages as they’re just too pretty not to know! Luckily I learned Spanish in childhood in a 100% passive way, and this may be one of the reasons why I find language learning super easy, tho it’s also the fact that knowing both English and Spanish is a huge advantage as well as the fact that I always choose the pretty languages with mostly or almost only pretty words which are naturally motivating and bring true joy to the eye and ear! I started learning languages on my own about one year ago, and I got to an advanced level in Dutch after only focusing on it for about 3 or 4 months, as Modern Dutch is the language that’s closest to Modern English, and it is the easiest language ever, after English that’s is the easiest language in every way, and the Nordic languages and the Norse languages are also super easy to learn, as all Germanic languages are category 1 + category 2 languages with almost only pretty words that are naturally very memorable and the most organized aspect, and almost all the languages on my list are category 1 languages and category 2 languages, except for Irish & Scottish Gaelic which are category 3 languages, so my learning process is very enjoyable! It’s all going real smoothly, as I am using the best learning techniques, such as spaced repetition (watching many vocab videos with hundreds and thousands of words as well as all sorts of videos on grammar and prepositions / verbs / conjunctions and pronunciation etc, multiple times, times over a period of time, until I can instantly process and remember / use automatically every word) and memorizing many lyrics and watching all videos with subs in the target languages etc! I highly recommend learning the prettiest languages ever created Dutch and Icelandic + Norse and Norwegian, which are as pretty / refined / poetic as English, and also Welsh / Breton etc and Galician and Hungarian and Slovene etc, and any other Germanic language and modern Celtic language, as they are all gorgeous!
By the way, my current levels are...
- intermediate level in Old Norse / Icelandic / Welsh
- writer level in English + native speaker level in Spanish
- upper advanced level in Dutch + advanced level in Norwegian
- mid intermediate level in German / Swedish / Portuguese / French / Italian
- beginner level in Breton / Hungarian / Gothic / Latin / Faroese / Galician / Danish / Slovene
- total beginner in Cornish / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic / Aranese / Elfdalian / Gallo / Limburgish / Occitan / Luxembourgish / Catalan / East Norse / Ripuarian / Swiss German / Alemanic / Austrian German / PlatDeitsch / Greenlandic Norse / Friulian / Pretarolo / Sardinian / Neapolitan / Sicilian / Venetian / Esperanto / Walloon / Ladin / Guernsey / Norn / Burgundian / West Frisian / North Frisian / East Frisian / Finnish / Latvian / Estonian etc (and the other languages based on Dutch / German / Norwegian / Italian / French that are referred to as ‘dialects’ but are usually a different language with different spelling etc)
(My list isn’t complete tho, as I don’t know the names of some of the extra languages that are based on the standard language yet, but I want to learn all the Germanic languages and the 6 modern Celtic languages and the true Latin languages and a few others, including all the extra languages that are based on the standard language that are usually referred to as dialects, as Norwegian / Italian / Dutch / German / Danish have tons of those extra languages, and I want to learn at least the differently spellt words and the words used with different meanings in each extra language, so that I can at least understand them, but I want to learn each official language / standard language to a native speaker level, and some of them to a writer level!)
Old Norse is one of the prettiest languages I’ve ever seen, it has real gorgeous words like erfiði / yfir / haf / vindr / dyn / skegg / dróttinn / veit / drengr / fjall / hǫnd / fisksins / lengr / hvassir / rauðr / hvarr / grænn / hvat / líkligr / hǫss / afi / frændi / heitir / veð / hráka / þó / kvern / mælti / hét / setja / hinn / kveða / sinn / leið / brott / knerri / við / dýr / með / heyra / eða etc, and the word endings (like nir and inn and sins etc) and the letter combinations are so pretty, just like the word endings and letter combinations in English and Dutch and Norwegian, and Icelandic is very similar, and Faroese also, and Icelandic also has mostly gorgeous words like efne / verða / fer / eyra / nafni / leita / hef / hafið / drekka / líf / dreki / samviska / logn / vindinn / viska / hæna / garðinn / sófn etc - I can’t stop learning new pretty words in Old Norse and Icelandic (and the other pretty languages) and they are really áddìctive to look at and read and hear in lyrics etc, I’ve been listening to Skáld songs in Old Norse and Icelandic since I found the first song in Old Norse (Troll Kalla Mik) and I’ve memorized most of those lyrics!
This is why i love advice from expert, concise and straight to the point
Wow 👌 👏 it makes me so pleased to get your comment
I totally agree with his idea because I myself have the same experience. I once learnt Japanese but had to quit then I learn Mandarin, then Cantonese, then Korean, after almost 10 years, I got back with Japanese and it's much more manageble.
Definitely... thanks for sharing your experience. I will make a video soon about how learning forms of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese is related.
@@polyglotdreams yeah, thank you in advand, I'm sure it will be an helpful video to help people have better view of Sinosphere languages and even encourage people to learn them systematically.
Hey! Just wanted to thank you and say that you are ABSOLUTELY great and amazing at giving advice, and it would honestly feel like a dream to become a polyglot like you! I wish you the best and never give up ❤
Thanks so much 🙏 for sharing that... with passion, you will succeed
You are really great!!!! It's like I'm watching my future self. I hope to be like you!
You can do it!
I just came across your channel today and love your content! I have both the goals of becoming a linguistics/speech sciences professor some day as well as speaking mandarin, Korean, Japanese and adding another Romance language (or maybe all 3 other main ones) to my already acquired Spanish. Thank you for what you do!
Fantastic, great to have you in the community. Your goals are exciting.
@@polyglotdreamsthank you!!!
Enjoy your language learning process
1. learn by topic: for example you like to travel: watch many videos, learn vocabulary about travel and then you have enough data in your brain to talk about travel
2. Practice listening
Start with simple things and have translations to help your brain get used to the new language
Those are excellent ideas for learning... thanks for sharing.
love your video. i hope you can do more video like this
@@travellikealocalvn Thanks so much! I am thinking of narrating my life story in multiple languages... the languages I was using at the time (of course just a summary) the full story is in my memoir.
One of the best videos on learning languages
I really appreciate that 🙏
hello i learned spanish starting by duolingo and by only listening to youtube professors,news ,movies , songs.......even my phon was in spanish
That is one way that can work well... keep it up.
Learning 30 languages doesn't mean mastering 30 languages. Anyway I highly respect your huge effort and determination. At such age, my parents don't even read a single book.
Of course, at different levels, but as I said, the more you learn, the easier it is to communicate in similar languages.
Thank you very much, Tim. Amazing stuff, I want to speak 30 languages also
Thank you... you know you can if you have the passion and discipline... go for it!
I've already speak 5 languages. I'm surprised I've been using some of your strategies
@@edgarperuce which strategies work best for you?
I from vietnam, your proununciation is very good. I really happy when you have learned my native language
Thank you! 😃I love Vietnamese
@@polyglotdreamshave you eaten any Vietnamese food? 😊
@@NgocNamNguyenHcm Mant times! I love Vietnamese food. I did 3 motorcycle 🏍 tours around your country... beautiful 😍
@@polyglotdreams thank you and hope you will come and travel more my country 😃
For most potential polyglots the biggest barrier is money and time. Work takes up so much time and not working isn’t an option.
Yes... that is an important factor
Thank you very much for this video, it's so inspiring! I'm Italian and I speak English and French fluently (in addition to Italian, of course...). Then many years ago I started studying Hindi but abandoned it after a year for family reasons (young children & work & lack of time and organization..) ... But I was left with the desire and hope to be able to undestand it one day.
Now that my children are grown up, I started volunteering at an organization helping the poor... I meet every day lots of people coming from Peru and speak only Spanish, as well as North African immigrants speaking only Arabic. To make it short, I started studying both Spanich (which is quite similar to Italian, actually, and rather easy for me) AND Arabic (which is difficult, but never mind) . But I've been regretting my Hindi so much that I decided to continue with that too.
I fear this is "too much", especially as I'm not young anymore (I'm 59) but I hope I can manage to do it. But as I find that many people say learning two languages at the same time is complicated, I guess it's even worse with three...
Thank you so much for sharing. The more we challenge ourselves and use our brains, the stronger we get. You have created a situation in which these languages are meaningful to you. So just do your best and enjoy the journey. I am 67, and there are many languages I continue to study and use.
Wow that's really great, I know a little French. I can help you if you are interested in learning hindi. I'm from India I speak Hindi
@@nayakjoseph3046 I speak Nepali fairly well and need to work more on my Hindi, so I appreciate the offer.
italiaaaa
io sto studiando norvegese e spagnolo (e migliorando sempre il mio inglese). al momento sto facendo l'anno all'estero in Norvegia. studiare le lingue mi è sempre piaciuto! se vuoi possiamo scambiarci i contatti e supportarci un poco nel nostro percorso di language learning!
Thanks for this great clip. As a language nerd, I am currently learning the 4th in my early 30 years old. All related things you said in this vdo are true and I also confirm it. Now, it seems much more easier and convenient to access any languages sources for learning. Anyway, patience practice and consistency are always required to achieve something big. And even we may live one life, if we learn a new language; sometimes we can see the meaning of life from other perspective. Bless you all
Thank you so much for your input. Yes, it is so true that the more languages you learn the easier it gets and the better you are at learning. All the best in your language-learning journey and I hope to see your comments again.
Great video!!! I have been trying to expressed this idea that it gets easier as you acquired more languages.
Excellent! Thanks so much
what a video, i'm feeling more motivated to keep going my english learning. Hugs from Brazil
You can do it! I LOVE Brazilian Portuguese, Culture and people.
Quanto tempo você esteve aprendendo? Pra português Br. Tenho 2 anos. Ainda muito muito difícil.. (minha linguagem nativa é inglês)
Português não é sempre fácil. Português falado é o meu maior problema. Nunca falei em português então não tenho práctica com isso, e então aprendendo como ouvir é muito difícil 😅
Posso ler e escrever um pouco (não bem) mas posso..
I'm 19 and I really wanna explore this world😊 in this beautiful world today I met another beautiful person💜
I'm Indian and English is my 3rd language, I'm still learning it😁
I learnt Hangul , Mandrin and japanese(still learning).
Currently I'm working on Italian and French(beginner). 🙏Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
It's true we got one life but we can live many if we want
Learning new language is fun like a door to new world and I wanna explore as many as I can in this lifetime😊💜
That is great to see your passion for learning. When I was 18 I spoke just English and Spanish, all that I learned is after that. So keep at it and I hope you continue to comment here on my channel.
Can u speak Korean like basic one
I want to learn Korean..... For gks scholarship purpose can u tell me how long it took you to become good in Korean language
Good enough to understand the natives and watch kdrama without subtitles
@@Eommalalalala it's been little more than 3 years since i started learning korean...basically for BTS and other kpop groups and also for kdramas😉
I took me more than 10 months to speak little korean and understanding without subtitles
But now most of the time I don't need any subtitles but sometimes when I encounter new word that I don't know I need to write it down ...i even made my own small dictionary which i revise time to time
You can do it but you need a good amount of patience just like medical studies
helpful and worthwhile watching; I recommend everyone who is learning a new language;
now I am also in this process, learning my 2nd language; lets reach out 10th one as soon as possible;
Thanks you so much for your support and recommending my channel. After the 2nd languages comes the 3rd and then the 4th... you keep at it... dedicated and consistent and you will reach the 10th sooner than you might expect.
I really appreciate you making this video! Thank you!
And I really appreciate your comment. Thank you for your support. 🙏
Thank you so much for a wonderful video. I started learning Korean. This video boost me to learn more language.
Thank you so much for sharing that!
Impressive! 🥳👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you for the kind comment and your interest in my channel.
I am learning 4 languages: Spanish 🇪🇸, French 🇫🇷, German 🇩🇪 and Tagalog 🇵🇭 I need to go 6 times to equal your 30 languages! L 🤣 L (American English is my mother 👩 language. Add that to 4 modern languages. This yields 5 languages. )
I am not counting dead/classical languages Latin 🇮🇹, Biblical/Ancient Greek 🇬🇷 or Biblucal Hebrew ✡.
Good episode.
That is an interesting set of languages? Why did you choose Tagalog too?
In terms of linguistics, some words in Tagalog have cognate in Malay or Indonesian. Just a few changes in consonants make the difference.
Other words have different spelling. Example. Filipinos have lumping. Malaysians and Indonesians have loompya.
I traveled to Singapore 🇸🇬 early this year, 2023.
I am a singer and multi instrumentalist who is from San Francisco 🌉. A good blend of Asian 🌏 and Latino communities here. I listen to and play or sing music from around the world 🌎. Regine Velazquez her birthsake Jaya Mitchell and Lea Salonga got me interested in OPM (Original Philippine Music) back in the late 1980s to early 1990s.
I reduced my listening of OPM until Winter 2019. Morissette Amon blew me away! 🤯 I have not been excited about a power 🔋 house 🏠 singer since Mariah Carey! 🤯🤯 Then, I heard Klarisse de Guzman, Elaine Duran and Katrina Velarde. Blown again! 🤯 Then 11 year old Elha Nympha winning 2015 The Voice Kids Philippines 🇵🇭 singing whistle notes to win the finals! 🏆 Blown away!🤯
I asked singing coaches of different ethnicities. They all said that The Philippines 🇵🇭 has great singers.
I traveled there too. I have relatives who were stationed at Subic and Clark then. I saw them there when I was a young boy 👦. My recent trip was last year, 2022.
Even the Filipinos there say the mentioned singers are the real deal. Filipinos sing from cradle to grave.
German is to Western singing as Tagalog is to Eastern singing. (I do like The Scorpions 🦂 and German opera.)
Singing in Tagalog helps my singing in the other languages too! 😃 Blown away from that observation! 🤯
After I master the intermediate level of Tagalog, I will learn Tamil or Indonesian/Malay. Some Tamil words appear in Tagalog and in Indonesian/Malay.
Wow! Tagalog?!
Your only problem will be the grammar, pronounciation and vocabulary.
@@apoy4630Yes 👍 Within the vocabulary are 2 problems: 1 prepositions and, drum 🥁 roll , slang. Those are the 2 which held me back in my other languages, for a while.
Thank you very much ❤❤❤
my pleasure 😊
Thanks for sharing your experience and wisdom with us. It really inspired me to try my best to improve my German.
That's great! That's exactly what I hope to achieve with my time and effort here. Thank you so much for sharing
What a joy. :) I remember when school was going to start forcing us to learn English and I said "that's dumb, we are never going to use it" back in 1996 (I was 10) and thankfully the spark ignited early once I realized that my favorite TV show friends as well as my then favorite group spice girls was speaking/singing in English and soon after the internet boomed so thankfully my interest in English really took off early. After a few years I hit the intermediate plateau and I am SO grateful that learning was obligatory so that quitting wasn't an option because my love for language learning really started after that plateau. I hardcore identified as an English learner for a long time and I worked hard to "perfect" my English and 23 years deep I had to admit to myself that I wasn't really encountering new words to a rate that I could call myself a learner anymore and it was time to start a new language. I wanted a challenge that would keep be occupied for a long time so I chose Korean as my entry to Asian languages and I am so deeply in love with it! I can't wait to learn languages the rest of my life. :) My Korean listening comprehension is probably B1 but my speaking is stuck at A2 yet. I am so stuck on connecting shorter sentences into longer ones and I am hellbent on succeeding to overcome this in a year's time.
Swedish is my native language so it will be incredibly fun to see how the joined experience of Korean vocabulary and Swedish pitch accent will be when learning Japanese next.
Fantastic! Learning Korean will help you so much when you start learning Japanese.
You are super, professor! Thank you for your precious video.
Thank you for coming to Polyglot Dreams
Awesome video, I never knew it was possible to learn that many languages. You have motivated me to continue to learn Spanish!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really glad that my video has motivated you to continue learning Spanish. Keep up the great work and never stop pushing yourself to reach your language learning goals!
I speak English, Spanish and French, and i speak a little bit of italian, portuguese and german but i am really scared of my language skills because of what you said i have no confidence… good video!!!!
The first step is to face the issues that hold you back from gaining the skills you wish to acquire. Celebrate small victories and accomplishments to build up your confidence.
Un saluto da una serbo-croata che vive in Italia 😍🇷🇸🇭🇷
Sei fantastico!
Hvala lepo
Wow...
Badly respect your endeavor to the laguage journey Prof .had over decades expored up to now. Incredible & formidable...
Thanks so much for the encouragement.
Learning languages is fun
Yes, it truly is!
If a mathematician told me how he won the Fields medal, then that would be interesting, but I wouldn't believe that I could emulate him, even if I lived thirty lifetimes.
A man's got to know his limitations.
You would be surprised what happens to your mind as your progress and also by how much each new language becomes easier.
Language is just; memory, familiarity, repetition, exposure & meaning. That's it. No fancy equipment needed. Just use it everyday and eventually your memory will assist in the rest.
There is the cultural aspect too...
well, one has to deduce things, analyze things before you memorize them. That's especially true for grammar. But it's true that using it daily and repeating is pretty essential.
I'm 51. at present learning 13 languages.
Fantastic... which languages?
Russia, German, French, Italy, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Hindi, Greek, Swali, Latin@@polyglotdreams
Excellent The punch quote describes and motivates so many. I’m impressed. Well done.
Glad to hear it! I make all these efforts to motivate others to learn so I love getting this feedback!
Thanks for your sharing. Your videos give me great motivation, I really enjoy hearing your voice. The name of your TH-cam channel is great, that's also my dream. I'm looking forward to your useful videos.
You are so welcome! Your comment gives me more motivation to make the best videos possible and share my experiences.
I speak Mandarin fluently. Which is easiest and hardest to learn next? Cantonese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean?
Cantonese pronunciation is a challenge even though you are fluent in Mandarin. Over 50% of the vocabulary in Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese is of Chinese origin. Japanese and Korean are the most similar to each other grammatically and compound sentences are formed the way they are in Mandarin either the main clause last. Japanese is the hardest to read and write... it helps if you also know traditional characters. I hope that helps.
Доброго времени суток! В первую очередь, хочу поблагодарить Вас за такое замечательное и мотивирующее видео! А во-вторых, даже сейчас я пишу этот комментарий без задней мысли о том, что мне нужно его обязательно перевести на английский, ведь скорее всего вы изучали русский язык тоже.. Вы правда удивительный человек! Только восхищения...
Огромное спасибо!
I can speak English, Bengali ( my native language), Assamese (an Indian regional language) , Nepali, Hindi--- Urdu and Arabic.
I am still improving my listening and reading comprehension in my Arabic .
My next Target language is Spanish.
Wish me good luck sir .
My ambition is to become a polyglot and a linguist.
Yes... I wish you all the best on your language learning journey
@@polyglotdreams شكراً جزيلاً يا سيدي ☺️ على دعمك و تشجيعك
আমাকে উৎসাহ আর অনুপ্রেরণা দেওয়ার জন্য আপনাকে অসংখ্য ধন্যবাদ মহাশয় ☺️
Thank you 🙏 very much
Wow great to know that you learned Vietnamese 🎉
Thanks! 😃As I commented above I love Vietnamese and 🇻🇳
I've purchased and read your memoir, it's a wonderful book which keeps me motivated in learning Japanese, I am 17 currently and I am fluent in 5 languages (English, marathi, Hindi, bengali and Urdu) basically when I got to know Marathi it was easy for me to learn hindi because of same script and structure, then I went for bengali, there were language similarities too, I managed to learn the script and I got to know on how to read and write bengali, then I jumped for urdu because it was very similar to hindi and with just the difference of script, I struggled a lot on learning the script especially the pronunciation of words like ع, eventually I managed to grasp the script, because of urdu I unlocked a new language base, which is Farsi and Pashto, my plans are of learning Farsi and pashto and then to leave the indo-european languages to Semitic languages, most languages are interlinked one way or other, this factor really helped me to master 5 languages (exception being English I learned it at school).
Thank you so much for sharing your language-learning journey, and I'm thrilled to hear that my memoir has been a source of motivation for you in learning Japanese. It's truly impressive that you've achieved fluency in five languages at the age of 17!
Your approach of building on language similarities, especially within the Indo-European language family, is a smart and efficient way to learn multiple languages. It's fascinating to see how your knowledge of one language became a stepping stone for the next, creating a language base that allowed you to explore even more linguistic diversity.
Learning the scripts and nuances of languages like Bengali, Urdu, Farsi, and Pashto, despite their differences, showcases your dedication and linguistic adaptability. It's inspiring to see your plans to transition from Indo-European to Semitic languages, recognizing the interconnectedness of languages and building on that foundation.
Your journey exemplifies the richness of language learning and the interconnected nature of diverse linguistic systems. Keep up the fantastic work, and I wish you continued success in your language-learning endeavors. If you ever have questions or want to share more about your language-learning experiences, feel free to do so!
If you wish to leave behind the Indo-European languages, I'm curious that you don't want to learn any of the Dravidian languages. I'm sure there will be more opportunities for you to use them than Arabic or Hebrew.
@@kingbolo4579 yes, it's actually a good idea, I will definitely think of it, there are some hurdles to it like most Dravidian languages aren't intelligible, but i will do my best to learn some of it.
@@Nagvanshieus My sincere good luck to you if you try to pick up one or more of them. I am trying to learn Tamil. It is not by any means an easy road, like you say there are significant hurdles, but it is fascinating.
Step 1…..don’t ever get married and have kids/responsibilities
LOL ... but actually I did and have two boys - on is 34 and one is 32... and this year I became a grandfather!
@@polyglotdreams干杯🍻。Felicitaciones. 😊
Or you can find a wife / husband who is also a fan of foreign languages
After learning Spanish I now can read and understand a fair amount of Portuguese. Also after studying German, Dutch is making sense.
@jwoodfin1 yes, isn't a great feeling!
Wow! That's incredible 👍👏👏👏
Thank you! Cheers!
Hello dear professor
Thank you so much for your help and advice ,i do appreciate your job,i wish you peace and happiness under the sky of prosperity,all the best. Take care and have a good time.
Your Student from Algeria
Thank you so much... I was in Algeria in 1979... by motorcycle
wow as thai, i would say that you speak thai very clear. I can understand without any doubt at all.
ขอบคุณครับสำหรับคำแนะนำดีๆ จะเอาไปปรับใช้นะครับ
ขอบคุณมาก. ฉันมักจะพูดเสมอว่าชาติที่แล้วฉันเป็นคนไทย
Wow! You know so many languages. I get surprised whenever someone knows 10, and You know 30! That's pretty cool. Currently I'm 13, and learning German as I'm fluent in English, Ukrainian and Russian. Thank You for the tips, for sure they'll be useful for a lot of people!
Awesome that you are starting so young.
Excellent. This is what I'm trying to do. Thank you for sharing.
I love hearing that... if it is your true desire you will accomplish your goals. All the best to you and stay in touch to tell us how your language-learning journey is progressing.
você é minha inspiração (sou Gisele, TIM先生の友達^^), agora eu estou indo para meu sétimo idioma, que é o alemão, e você foi uma das maiores razões para eu me esforçar no meu sonho de aprender mais e mais idiomas. falo isso para todo mundo!!!!
e eu juro que quando acabar o último semestre da faculdade, vou voltar a revisar seu livro. eu estava com a cabeça cheia e muitos afazeres, estava ficando maluquinha 😵💫😵💫 mas vai dar certo!!! peço desculpas pelo sumiço
頑張ってね！宜しくお願いします。
so happy to find your channel, thank you! I’m also so passionate about learning languages)
You're so welcome here ☺️ we are pleased 😀 that you joined our community
Thank you Sir for yr great video. I am living in Austria and trying to learn german now.
Great 👍 try to study German every day.
I’m also a subscriber of Dieu Nguyen. Thank you for your informative video ❤
My pleasure 🙏 Dieu is wonderful!
I am in the process of learning English and Arabic at the same time. I am confident that I will be able to achieve it. I love Arab culture and everything it has to offer is very beautiful. I have to emphasize that I made this comment with the translator
Great! What is your mother tongue?
Same here
@@polyglotdreamsSpanish
I m learning Spanish.
What an absolute hero
Now that is a very encouraging message! Thanks so much!
@@polyglotdreams You're welcome Tim. Seriously you are breath of fresh air. I really enjoyed your video (and I only found out about you today). Your empathy and encouragement to all of us learners shines through in your other videos too. Obviously I speak English, mas eu falo portugues tambem (desde o ano passado). 我也会讲中文（普通话） ，我已经学了五年多了. Indeed a different life CAN be lived through the experience of my three main languages and I love it. By the way as I am from Ireland I also learned Irish at school, but unfortunately I don't have as many oppotunities to use it in real life. However if you are interested in it another unique richness of expression with all kinds of special grammatical points that I haven't seen elsewhere, that could be for you a language journey to pursue in future. Go néirí an bóthar leat agus go raibh an ghaoth go brách ag do chúl . (May the road rise to meet you and the wind be always at your back)
@eoinobeirne9928 as you see from my name, I am of Irish descent and am interested in learning the language... it is just that so many other languages get in the way lol😅... I mean I concentrate on languages I can use in the near future.
From Dieu Nguyen channel. 🎉 Thanks for all. I learing 2 languages, Chinese and Vietnamese. So hard for me, but I will try my best.
我学校汉语和英语。我们加油！
Thank you. Dieu has a great channel 👏 all the best with your language learning
叔叔你说外语的能力令人惊讶！！ 我是 瑪美（Mamey）住在巴西，我会说西语、葡语、英语和普通话。 恭喜你！ 恭喜你！
太感謝了！
I needed this… I have hope. Learning mandarin and have been so discouraged. My Chinese friends (from China) tell me I’m doing good. But I get to the point where I’m just able to speak some sentences. It’s only been 1 week but it’s been bad to the point I’m depressed because of disappointment within myself for not having learned quicker each day I set time aside for a few hours.
Hey, don't be so hard on yourself... it is important to enjoy the journey and celebrate small achievements 🎉
@@polyglotdreams thank you man. This really gave me some confidence. I’m starting up again. With a new attitude just as you described 🙏
Hope your channel grows soon channel grows soon
THANKS so much... I will do my best to offer interesting and useful content.
You deserved more subscribers
❤thanks... I am working hard to add more interesting content and the number is increasing quickly. About 2000 the last 28 days
Hi Tim how are you? My name is Jonathas, I'm from Brazil and my native language is Portuguese, but I learned Spanish because my stepmom is Uruguayan and English and Russian I learned by myself and I'm studying to be an English teacher. I really love learning new languages, I was learning French and German but I took a break, I'll be resuming very soon learning them, I also want to learn other languages in the future like Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Indonesian, Arabic, Polish, Serbian, Ukrainian and maybe Chinese, Japanese and Korean. I found out your channel from Wouter Corduwener. You're such an inspiration.
Thank you Jonathas... it is a pleasure to meet you. The fact that you really love languages is what will help you reach your goals. All the best, and stay in touch.
Many songs in Bangladeshi language are melodious and understandable. The country's ancient rural folk songs have been composed in various forms
আপনার মন্তব্যের জন্য ধন্যবাদ! হ্যাঁ, বাংলাদেশী ভাষায় অনেক গান সুরময় এবং বুঝতে সহজ। দেশের প্রাচীন গ্রামীণ লোকসঙ্গীতগুলি বিভিন্ন রূপে রচিত হয়েছে।
você é um 10, tim!
有難う!!!
tank you so much for sharing your story, thank you for your piece of advice, I really aprecciate it, hope you had a good time here in colombia
You are so welcome! And it was great to be back in Colombia 🇨🇴
I'm from Việt Nam🇻🇳. I'm surprised because having Vietnamese examples in video that I've never seen before in any English video. It makes me more easier to understand. Thanks for your video. It's so great!!!🥰🥰🥰
(Ps: sorry if my English is not easy to understand 😅)
I hope you will make a lot more videos to help us learning languague. I really need it. Please!🙏🥰🥰🥰
Thanks so much for sharing that with me... it gives me so much motivation.
Of course... right now I am making a video about how to learn Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese... so you can see how knowing Vietnamese helps you learn the others.
thank you
You're welcome
Hey, I'm 17 years old, I'm Brazilian, and I started learning English 1 year ago. Now I started learning Japanese, as well. My goal is to become a polyglot, but starting learning a new language again (Japanese) I thought it better, and wondered "should I learn a vocabulary of stuff which I won't really use in a regular conversation?", like for example: bathroom objects, or just furniture in general, colors and etc
I'd like to know what you think. Isn't that something that would be taking the place of more important words even place of new languages?
The most effective way to learn is to concentrate on the vocabulary that you find most useful whenever you are speaking, reading, or listening to the language. That should be your priority. The other vocabulary will come naturally as you use the languages.
Wonderful ❤️ TQ so much for your motivation ❤🎉
That makes me so pleased to hear that since motivating others is a key goal of mine... I also wrote my memoir - "A Lfie in 30 Languages" with the hope that it can motivate and help others in their language-learning journey. (you can see it at polyglotdreams.com)
I think i saw you before speaking 30 lenguages fluently with Wouter, that was impressived, even it was like amog a b2-c1 level.
That was difficult because at times it felt like a monologue l.
This is so nice way of living
Yes, I cannot imagine leading a life that was not filled with languages, cultures and people from around the world.
thanks sir for giving tips us.. i learning english in these days.. i can't speak fluently..
My pleasure 🙏 be sure to study and listen to new content every day.
I want to be multilingual. I love learning different languages my so-called friends / others hated when I learning different languages. My goal study multiple languages because my long term goal have an entertaining business be the C.E.O. of my company I will keep on learning different languages I'm totally done with people who is not like me. Learning different languages makes me happy
That's wonderful! You know what you want and demonstrate the passion needed to achieve it. I will do my best to provide content that is useful to you on your language/culture learning journey.
Oh,,, you are so talented...as a teenager i get motivations frm u🥰
Keep it up, and you will experience the same if it is your passion.
Excellent video , I just want to make a suggestion , if you could do a video about your view on how to learn 2 or more languages at the same time, I'm studying Catalan and Indonesian , well great channel and great content , greetings from Spain.
Thank you. I do mention studying multiple languages at the same time in other videos, but maybe I should focus on that one particular video. Great idea. All the best in your study of Catalan and Indonesian.
@@polyglotdreams thank you for answering , and for your time , muchas gracias , merci beaucoup, merci, terimah kasih.
Kenapa kamu belajar bahasa indonesia? Apakah kamu pernah ke Indonesia? Saya orang indonesia
Thank you for sharing video ❤
Thank you for coming here and joining us at my channel
Oh this is the first time I know I can comment in Vietnamese and you still get it! Chú phát âm tiếng việt tốt ạ, hiểu được liền. Cực kỳ ngưỡng mộ. Động lực nào đã khiến chú học nhiều ngôn ngữ như vậy? Việc học ngoại ngữ thứ hai thứ 3 ở mức độ: Có thể giao tiếp cơ bản được hay mức độ thành thạo vậy ah?
Cảm ơn bạn rất nhiều! Ngay từ khi tôi là một cậu bé, tôi đã yêu thích âm thanh của ngoại ngữ và rất tò mò về các nền văn hóa khác nhau. Mức độ thông thạo hơn 20 ngôn ngữ của tôi khá cao. Đặc biệt là để hiểu ngôn ngữ.
Thank you so much!Your video gave me a plus motivation to keep with desire of going ahead and making progress.The human brain is an entire machine which can learn everything else.
Just you're choosing the best methodology and working with self-confidency.I agree when you did say that each one learning through different paths and tools.And this journey can be long and taking a lot of time the fullest self-will,perseverance and strongest desire to learn something new every day.I think that knowledge never can be running out or be switch it off.
And thank you for your informative comment! I am very pleased to know that my video motivated you to continue on your language-learning journey with more desire to achieve your goals.
@@polyglotdreams That's true!I thank you too for your kind and wisely words.I have been learning English and my mother tongue is Brazilian Portuguese.
You can speak Bengali language ❤❤ 🇧🇩
Actually I am still quite a novice at Bengali but I am greatly assisted by my knowledge of Nepali and Hindi. it is a beautiful language that I plan to work on more.
Thank you for your video, it's very honest explanation.
My pleasure. Thank you for joining us here.
When you were discussing about how you helped teach that Vietnamese girl to fluency you mentioned stories and narration creation. Obviously you mention bilingual stories with audio quite a lot on your channel(which I have started to integrate into my sessions). However I was wondering about some basic tips you have on narration creation.
Perfect timing... that will be part of my next video on developing fluency.
Thank you sir. I hope one day I will ...
All the best. Consistency is key.
There is perhaps one information I have been missing in videos made by polyglots. It is their subjective definiton of "speak a language", "learned a language". Does it mean to be able to say basic phrases, read a novel, listen to a podcast, be able to have thoughtful discussion, etc.? I have never doubted the ability to be able to handle everyday issues in order to survive, but I am curious if you are able to listen and understand for example to radio/lecture or read newspaper articles in these languages (especially in those, which have different concepts when in comes to expressing complex thoughts, in our case non-indoeuropean languages). Thank you :) Anyway keep doing great job, videos like these are motivating others. I like that instead of just showing off your skills, you are sharing valuable methods in order to help :)
Thank you for your thoughtful comment and for raising a crucial point regarding the subjective nature of "speaking" or "learning" a language among polyglots. It's an aspect that often deserves more clarity.
The proficiency levels in language learning can indeed vary widely, and different individuals may have different criteria for what it means to "speak" or "learn" a language. Some may consider basic communication skills sufficient, while others may aim for more advanced capabilities, such as understanding complex concepts in radio broadcasts, lectures, or newspaper articles.
Your curiosity about the ability to engage with content beyond everyday survival situations, especially in languages with distinct linguistic structures, is insightful. It highlights the depth of language proficiency and the challenges that come with comprehending more complex and nuanced forms of communication.
I appreciate your kind words about the videos and the emphasis on sharing valuable methods rather than just showcasing language skills. Language learning is indeed a multifaceted journey, and it's essential to provide insights and techniques that can genuinely help others in their language-learning endeavors.
If you have any specific topics or questions you'd like to see addressed in future videos, feel free to share them. Thank you for your support and encouragement!