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Nice bro - reading is DEFINITELY a cheat code (particularly w languages like Russian that have a more irregular verb conjugation - you have to read to understand all of that stuff or you'll never learn it).

@@survivalstanzuk cheers brother

Happy to find one, I'll get back to you!

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Sure I can definitely do that! I'll line it up for one of my next few videos.

Thankyou very much

@@Richard-dv4kw nice bro

@@ThickWhiteDuchess Cheers bro. We’ll get there one day or die trying. Appreciate the support.

Absolutely.

I like your word "stagnation" better, so I'll steal it if you don't mind :) Appreciate the comment!

@@TheHeadOfState No problem haha, feel free to use it.

@@Reforming_LL absolutely agreed, they’re not all misleading per se. The problem is learners mislead themselves, and need to be told what is useful/not useful. It sounds obvious looking back, but much content we digest is useless in regards to the goals we pursue. In this instance, if many were to inspect the content they consume they’d certainly find a lot of the LQ content and less of the HQ content I mentioned.

When I'm in the DRC talking about the "good cobalt" in chinese, I dont find in necessary to make good relate to the inate goodness of the mother and child that is held within hanzi characters..

I believe that mastering a language within a year is achievable, but it requires full-time study and complete focus. A bit of luck helps too-such as the language being similar to your native one, whether in phonemes, writing system, or other aspects. I once studied with someone from the U.S. who learned Portuguese in just under a year. They lived in the country full-time, were immersed in the language as a child, and constantly interacted with friends, which accelerated their learning.

@@gabrielvinicius975 Doesn't matter what you claim to believe. It can't be done. You can't learn 30,000 word in a year. You can't adapt to a foreign grammar in a year. You can't understand how a different language approaches the formulation of ideas in a year. And you sure as hell can't do all of those things at the same time in a year.

When one says "I believe that," it often signals the start of an argument or a point of view. It implies that the speaker is presenting something they truly believe in. In my earlier comments, I wasn't making a claim about learning 30,000 words in a year; rather, I was discussing the ability to communicate with native speakers, understand them, and have them understand you in conversations about feelings, preferences, hobbies, as well as topics like math, philosophy, climate, weather, and dating. A year is a significant amount of time for someone who is fully immersed in a language. Fluency doesn't necessarily mean speaking perfectly or without an accent. I was merely sharing an experience that actually occurred: a person I studied with learned the language within a year, to the extent that you could converse with her for hours without realizing she wasn’t a native speaker. Is this common? No. Did the environment play a crucial role? Absolutely. However, dismissing the possibility of someone achieving this simply because it didn't happen in your experience might be somewhat shortsighted.

@@gabrielvinicius975 " I was discussing the ability to communicate with native speakers" No, you specifically said, "I believe that mastering a language within a year is achievable". That is worlds apart from being a shitty A2 speaker who can hold a half assed 2 minute conversation. " as well as topics like math, philosophy, climate, weather, and dating." Not gonna happen in even 2 or 3 years. That's C2 level skill and nearly native. That takes 5+ years. "A year is a significant amount of time for someone who is fully immersed in a language" You've clearly never tried, because it's literally nothing. "dismissing the possibility of someone achieving this simply because it didn't happen in your experience might be somewhat shortsighted." No, you're just a pos contrarian clown trolling people about what you imagine should be possible because you don't know what dunning kruger is.

@@gabrielvinicius975 My comment was apparently deleted. "I wasn't making a claim about learning 30,000 words in a year" You said "mastering a language within a year is achievable". So you are lying. "as well as topics like math, philosophy, climate, weather, and dating." The ability to do these things is C2 level and nobody can achieve this in a year.

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Yes I agree. After learning Italian, I could read Olly Richards beginner texts in French and Spanish w minimal understanding of those languages. However, I wouldn't want beginners to get it in their heads that that is "normal" (particularly if they're learning some hard language).

Even in those cases is not so easy. 1) One think is understanding and another completely different is speaking. I can understand Portuguese because is similar to Spanish, but I can't say a word because waht I speak is Spanish not Portuguese. 2) It depends a lot on the content. Even in Spanish, my mother tongue, I don't understand quantum physics, law language or many texts on philosophy, not to mention poetry. 3) Because regional or country differences, it's difficult to understand people from other varieties of Spanish. 4) Even sociolects (different forms of the language spoken by different social groups) make complicates the understanding among people from the same region or city. 5) Language also vary along with the age. Adults and teenagers use different forms of the same language. Furthermore, if students and teachers speak the same language, why can the former often not understand the latter? If that happens in our mother tongue, it is more common in a foreign language, no matter how similar it may be to our own. Many times we think that we understand but it doesn't mean that we really do.

I agree with your point about language variation across regions, age groups, and even within the same country. Although I primarily understand Spanish, I’m able to communicate effectively, discuss feelings, preferences, hobbies, and engage in more advanced topics. Language learning is a lifelong journey, and it’s impossible to know every word or understand everything completely. We often rely on context to fill in the gaps. That said, I believe it’s easier for Portuguese speakers to understand Spanish than the other way around. Spanish content, including movies and cultural materials, is far more prevalent on the internet than Portuguese content. However, there are exceptions-certain Spanish-speaking countries, like Chile, have a dialect that I find particularly challenging, where I can barely understand 10% of what is said. In my experience, Chilean Spanish is among the most difficult to grasp.

@@gabrielvinicius975 Have you tried Andalusian Spanish? It's very hard to understaand even for people from other regions of Spain.

​@@gova4238 I've never tried, but now that you said about it, it made me curious, I think I'll search on YTB and comeback here to say if I understood something

I've got a complete French guide on my website. www.headofstate.com.au/copy-of-spanish-gm I'll try and find one for Mandarin when I get a moment, still building that one. Do you have any resources or tips you'd recommend, I want to build this stuff to help you guys as much as possible.

Yeah , he’s completely satire I think lmao

Potentially, but it will be difficult and depends on a lot of things like your experience, dedication, the languages, etc.

@@TheHeadOfState okay . But tell me, Does it even worth to learn languages ? What's the point what's the difference between someone speaks 2 language and someone speaks 4 . Cause im so confused if should i keep up on learning

@@ryccki4el If you don't have a good reason to learn a language you will lose interest. For example, if you are doing it for bragging rights, to show off, or for a woman. Those aren't good reasons. If you love the culture where it is spoken, that is a good reason. That will give you a good drive to keep going. Otherwise you won't get far. Learning a language to fluency takes a long time. You can't really measure it because you are always learning something.

@@Hellenicheavymetal For a woman can be a good reason if you're marrying someone and learning her culture's language. It is unlikely you would see a language to completion without a good reason though, when so many people can't in the first place

@@ryccki4el If you enjoy learning and want to learn another language, you should. One of the biggest reasons why young people in particular should learn languages is because of how fried most people's brains are with tiktok/social media etc. Learning a language really improves you mentally, and can put you way ahead of other people.

Tons. I like Robert Greene, but specific to language learning even just reading wikipedia on topics that interest you and translating it is good.

Depends on the language and the method. I watched a video about a guy learning spanish in 44 days and it was pretty convincing. But Spanish is very easy to learn, perhaps the absolute easiest for english speakers. He wasn't perfect but he spoke pretty good. Probably a low B2 level. But the guy studied for 8 hours a day and documented everything.

@@Matt-jc2ml It took me more than five years of total immersion to reach level B2 in Spanish as a native SPANISH speaker. How long did it take you to reach level B2 in your mother tongue?

@@gova4238 that doesn't make any sense

@@Matt-jc2ml You see, you don't understand a very simple fact: a baby needs more than a year of total immersion to be able to say complete sentences in their mother tongue and more than five years to reach a B2 level of fluency. What doesn't make sense to you?

@@gova4238 you just phrased it wierd. Why wouldn't you just say "I wasn't at B2 until I was 5 years old"? Your comment makes it seem like you were actively studying the language for 5 years before reaching B2 level. And you can definitely learn a language faster than that, I reached C1 within a year by living in the country. I even spent two weeks in jail in cdmx lol, I learned very fast there

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the language barrier is real haha

Appreciate it, that's what we do!

@@TheHeadOfState Nice. By the way, how do you edit your videos, and how do you make your thumbnails?

@@Reforming_LL I make my own thumbnails on Canva (generally either with photos I have or AI generated art as it's free to use and effective). I recently got an editor, but previously I made my own minor snips and adjustments to videos. I'm planning on having them professionally done with good equipment for maximum results.

As far as I know, there isn't one website that has all of them. So, I have two answers: 1. If you tell me your language, I can find one for you. 2. I'm currently building a website that WILL have complete resource guides for every language, but currently only Spanish is fully developed. You're welcome to check it out though. www.headofstate.com.au/

Russian , German , Italian

@@Cammed5point3sierra Italian is on my website . I am still working on Russian and German. These are two I've just found. Russian: www.russianlessons.net/lessons/lesson1_main.php German - still looking for one I'll post when I find it.

"norweigan is basically danish but with a very strong accent" I always thought of it as Danish writing with Swedish pronunciation.

Especially when you only know _"some of the basics"_ and _"probably will learn Swedish some day"_ ... (5:36)