I did Korean first and that has made learning Japanese grammar very easy. In the future I’ll probably learn Chinese too because then I will have kanji knowledge to help make Chinese easier.
@@anaisfernandez-laaksonen1506 Cool! Good luck. Maybe the people who start with Japanese have the best advantage? Get through a bunch if hard stuff then when they move to Chinese they have lots of characters and vocab and when they move to Korean they have the grammar. Though in the end I think whatever someone is most passionate for should be first because language learning is a long process!
@@radiarafiarafid3870 I think Korean is the easiest but easy vs hard is so subjective. And is it because I started with Korean that it is easier? Hard to say. But although Jaoanese pronunciation is easiest for an English speaker, the whole pitch accent is tricky in my opinion and it's harder to read at because beginning because of kanji. I really have no experience with Chinese so can't speak to that right now. I think all languages are "hard" to us at first and as we have more time and input, it becomes "easier". Hearing a lot of native speakers with make the sounds of the language "easy" in my mind.
Being Multilingual is just such a great skill! You can connect with people on a more personal level and will learn soo much about the culture and the history of the language you learn. Things you won't get taught in school but will be really helpful for your future life. As a European person you often already know two or three languages but learning a language from a completely different culture, helps you to see a bigger global picture and think international. Also useful for traveling of course ^^
I speak English and Portuguese (the last one is my mother tongue). I’m really into Asian culture and its languages. I started learning Mandarin, but I gave up because the four tones were going me crazy, and I needed to focus on learning English better - I’m still learning this language. I really want to learn Mandarin in the future; I hope I can do it one day.
I've been going through Japanese since I really love the country and culture. It's so cool being able to understand the language and read Japanese history without a translation. Well, I still have to translate names of people and places because kanji names make so sense sometimes.
So Korean has an advantage of easy writing system (almost like alphabet), Mandarin is the most spoken tongue in the world -even though yes Chinese characters might be intimidating to newbies, ...and then there's Japanese. Yes Japanese culture is prevalent across the globe (who haven't heard the word "anime" these days), yes it's easy to pronounce (C-V syllables only, with "n" exception), but man does Kanji terrify you. I really wished I mastered Chinese characters before dipping into Japanese. *"I'm afraid of no man. But, that thing..."* *二千常用漢字の辞典 *"It scares me"*
Omg thank you so much! I’m studying Japanese and was debating which Asian language I should learn next. This video made me realize I want to study Chinese!!!
I am a Chinese. But you can trust me. I think Chinese is worthiest language for learning. China is future, and China is history so. Chinese culture is various, wisdom and harmony. As a human, our time is finite and short. But, everyone can learn their preferable language.
Im bilingual, speaking Afrikaans and English fluently. I have recently been very interested in asian culture, traditions and languages as it is very different from where i grew up. I started learning Korean a month ago but the learning process is tedious as i struggle to make time with my busy schedule, but i am searching for resources and hope to become fluent in Korean and maybe try Japanese or Chinese. currently i am focusing more on learning german as i hope to study in Germany. i love your videos, its very inspiring and interesting to watch
Being a kid of the 80s and 90s, I grew up with the success story of Japan and by the college came along, I chose to study Japanese for the career chances....but it was the time Japan was kinda falling out of the rising star status. If I knew what I knew now, I'd either go for Korean or Chinese instead. I don't regret my choice though. I had the chance to know the wonderful culture that I kinda always liked. I tried my chances at Chinese and Korean too, but I couldn't continue much further. My native language is Turkish, I speak English and Japanese well, learning Russian and Indonesian, Russian being the language I'm better among the latter two.
You are one of the few people that hasn't studied Japanese for anime. Every one else on this chat that has ever studied Japanese probably did it for anime.
@@99Gara99 anime did have an influence too. It was mostly anime and one samurai TV series that sparked my interest in Japan. As we could only watch what was shown on TV, we had all anime dubbed
So I'm Vietnamese, and I can say that knowing Vietnamese makes learning Chinese significantly easier! It is a learning curve, but Vietnamese has a lot in common with Cantonese and Mandarin. Specifically, similar-sounding tones (though not 100% the same), vowels & sounds, sentence structures, and a lot of Chinese words have a Sino-Vietnamese counterpart which makes vocab easier to remember. Learning Hanzi is the hardest part. Also, Chinese poetry is on another level. I remember learning Li Bai's translated poems in middle school. Our literature teacher spent several lessons breaking down different translations from the original Chinese, to Sino-Vietnamese, and to fully Vietnamese. We had a debate over which translation was the best, but none of them was able to fully capture the elegance of the original text. You can't really beat literature written in its first language lol.
I wish you included cantonese in this video 😭 I'd love to learn it too. I have very weird feelings rn it's hard to explain but I read Babel by RF Kuang and immediately got invested in mandarin, I started learning Japanese in 2020 bc I was supposed to visit but covid struck🥲 and I never went so I dropped it unfortunately. I recently started out on a couple languages and I've been thinking about Japanese and Korean bc I wanna revive my love for Japanese and I already know hangeul so I thought that I might as well learn it. Thank you for this video !!
I can speak Latvian, French and English fluently and I can understand a big amount of Spanish and some Dutch. I started self-learning Mandarin Chinese around a year ago and for some reason it came to me very easily! The tones aren't too hard and words are very easy to memorize, especially as a visual learner. I'm planning on learning Japanese too in the future and I know it will be easier as I already know many kanji. I think people should learn a bit of Mandarin first (at least the basics) because so many people speak it and it will help with Korean and Japanese in some useful ways. It will also give a sense of accomplishment... Overall I think learning languages is so fun!
thank you🙏 i chose korean since i alr knew the alphabet, how to write & speak it. all i needed help was to understand and it’s grammar. i’m probably thinking abt learning japanese or chinese after!
My brain is just simply in love with Turkish and Japanese Languages🙃 I've learnt Turkish with help of a friend, bcz there is no way I can learn grammar through utube videos. My Turkish is 10%, I know how to read, it has an easy & similar alphabets to English. But when it comes to Japanese the alphabets are chaotic😩
I want to learn them all, but think I'll start with Japanese since I already know a little, then Korean and Mandarin last. Right now I speak English, Spanish and Swedish fluently and are currently learning French. Knowing Spanish makes learning French so much easier, many words are similar and things just make sense (the spelling are hell though).
for me, learning korean is easy because i often listening to kpop and watching korean variety show. i also watch a lot chinese drama so i tried to learn chinese by myself before but it's hard so i stopped. i will challenge myself too learn chinese again 😁 i learn japanese too but stop because i don't have time huhu
As a Filipino, I can't fit too many languages into my brain anymore since as a Filipino we have 111 dialects + 2 national languages which are Tagalog and English, and my mother tongue is "Ilocano" and I can speak Tagalog and English but I am currently studying Korean 한국어 and been studying it for almost 10 months now so if I can still fit in inside my brain I might consider Mandarin and Nihonggo soon haha and yea I'm actually an aspiring businessman someday so Mandarin would be a great idea to learn next after 헌국어. 영상은 좋아요, 너무 감사합니다. 💖
I'm currently studying simplified Chinese right now. I have tried to learn Korean but my brain wasn't as entertained by it? Idk. Maybe because I grew up with Chinese movies and entertainment so it is easier to me than Korean. I am learning in a class and my husband studies with me.
I speak a lot of Korean. Enough to know the intro in Korean was incorrect lol. That being said it's still hard. I mix up Spanish and Korean words sometimes and if you don't use the language all the time on a subconcious level, then it's really hard to speak like a native speaker. I feel like the only way is living in the said country or speaking every single day an hour or so. I want to be the best foreigner at Korean in the world.
I'd love to learn Mandarin and Japanese! I'm currently studying Korean as it is easy to grasp the alphabet and you really only need the vocab to work out what's being said so you can later figure the sentence structure out. I want to learn Japanese because the culture and country is so beautiful! I'd really love to visit there someday. Mandarin is a truly beautiful language, every time I look at the characters I find so much beauty in the way it's written.
Thank you for your insight. I am learning Korean. I am interested in learning all three and would jump around through entertainment and music, but now I will focus on Korean.
I am already bilingual since I speak English and Spanish but I've studying Mandarin Chinese in my school in the United States and my teachers have been great so far, and I've been studying Mandarin Chinese for 2 years. I have been studying Italian for around 3 months since it's a Romance language like Spanish and the grammar and the speaking is so similar. But also Italian food is one of my favorites like pasta, lasagna, gelato & much more. This video has helped a lot since I'm really interested in studying different languages at the same time. I'm really into European and Asian languages and I love studying geography and culture in school. I'm interested in Chinese as for the characters and the Chinese culture but I also love K-Dramas and Korean cuisine. I am also in love with the Japanese characters especially, Kanji and Hiragana. Oh, and I also love anime a lot. I want to be multilingual hopefully and eventually in 4 to 8 language's someday and I'm thinking about studying more Spanish and Chinese, but I also want to learn Korean, Japanese, Italian and possibly French & Russian or possibly also Portuguese. Thank you for sharing this video, it's really helped me decide with language to learn first and I think I'm going to study Korean first since it sounds more interesting to me.
Great video!!! 🥰 I've been learning Chinese for two years now. I like this language so much 🇨🇳, I wanna start Korean this year but i don't know if I'll have time. I might take a look at Japanese 🇯🇵 too. what motivates to learn Chinese is all the entertainment and i have a Chinese friend that calls me often
I’ll begin by saying I’m a Southern Californian of European ancestry that teaches ESL. I have studied the histories and cultures of all the East Asian countries, and I have close relationships with and lived with people from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. I’ve dabbled in all three of the languages presented in this video. Here are my impressions in the order I tried them. Japanese: Pronunciation is easy. I just had to learn a few new sounds and flatten my stress. Because the Japanese tend to speak very slowly in relatively evenly timed syllables, the listening is quite easy. Kanji is not so bad. Of course the Native Japanese Kana was easier, but really, Kanji is not impossible. I used to practice each character 100 times on the train in Sapporo. Grammar on the surface is easy. If you only want the basics, it’s pretty clear and with few irregulars. BUT, once you try to really understand how to modify the verbs for intention and mood…oh my god! Korean: Pronunciation is not too challenging, since there are so few sounds, but as the video says perfectly, getting the exact phonemes accurate can be difficult because they are similar but subtly different from the ones in English. Writing is extremely easy. I learned Hangul in a matter of hours, and I practice by writing all my Korean students’ names in Hangul. The main challenge is getting the diphthongs right, and some spelling doesn’t match pronunciation. I haven’t learned Korean deeply, but the grammar seems similar to Japanese perhaps with less complication. Mandarin: I plan to move to Taiwan in the future, so my newest project is learning Mandarin. The writing is not so scary because I have a little background in Japanese Kanji. From living in Japan, I already recognize some street signs and such. Yeah, grammar is no sweat. No verb tenses! OK, the big problem for me is speaking with correct tones. It is my greatest impediment. I hope it clicks with me someday. One more note on the info in the video (which I very much agree with). I do not consider the various tongues of China to be dialects. The Chinese language palette is made up of numerous distinct languages (much like in Europe), not mutually intelligible unless you rely on the universal ideographic writing.
Du bist wirklich große Klasse! Ein Talent! Ich möchte Koreanisch lernen, weil die Schrift mir gefällt. Sie ist klar und einfach. Die chinesischen Zeichen sind so kompliziert, ausserdem muss ich sie mit der Lupe anschauen ...
I ended up choosing Japanese since I think the grammar is super fascinating, I have friends studying it, and the music is great! I honestly wish I had multiple lifetimes and willpower to study all three as they each sound fun and interesting. Right now, I'm just using books, my friends, and apps and while my progress is slow, I'm content.
Japanese is definitely the language I want to learn the most, but it's just way too damn hard. I guess I'll just have to stick to Chinese or Korean instead😔
Japanese and Mandarin are about same level of difficulty for English speakers. There is way more teaching material and graded readers for Japanese, so that is a bit help. Either way, learning any of these is a major commitment, minimum 5 years daily study to reach intermediate level of language skills 😊
conclusion :: if you know the language of particular region , the you'll able to understand/feel their emotions better 😂😂 ................ ....while I started learning Korean , actually it was quiet easy but I have learn Korean names for all things .......... i don't have time for that coz of + 2 exams , and college entrance exam ........................but I too wanna learn Chinese and Japanese ,,,{while I'm fluent in English , Hindi , Marwari ,{some Russian }, C , python, sanskrit (not fluent but ..) lol😁😁}
Korean is the toughest of all these languages... I tried to learn it a few years ago, and gave up on it to start studying Mandarin (because Mandarin grammar is so much easier than Korean grammar)
I know Spanish (this being my mother language), English and still studying French. My dream is to become a polyglot. And honestly, I’m hoping to have Japanese as a language I will know. But, I want to learn Italian before I start with Japanese. So cross fingers 🤞❤
i finally made a decision and will learning korean, and indonesian (currently learning arabic and mandarin) right mow i react HSK 2 Simplified Chinese i’m so much happy i will give opinion about that i used to study japanese and give up at sereval time because of complication for kanji symbol there’s many cons reason why i didn’t interesting japanese because i dont like anime (that’s my opinion) and i dont like when that kanji has phrases but it changed pronounce which it doesn’t make sense, their grammatical is too complicated because they more likely VOS where you have to say (desu) at end sentence and i notice that japan has newest pandemic and its really scare because they used with raw fish can be dangerous, searching job in japanese isn’t what you really think of, and if you want to make japanese relationship or friend and it will never be easy because their culture is too different compare to usa and china, getting japanese citizenship is part of hard is causing more depression for that issue so i quit japanese lesson for that important reason and im not against your opinion i just want share my honest opinion chinese is really easy for me because i used study japanese for 1 year i will first immigrate hand to Seoul South Korea then get 3 vacation (China, Indonesian, and even UAE) i will test only for indonesian and china to make sure its most best fit me i dont like american time because i really like East Asia time is real reason why i learn korea thanks for reading and i giving goodwill! to all anime fan if you want moving to japan (MAKE THINK ABOUT JAPAN’s DARK SIDE and CONS REASON) AND REPEAT THINK BEFORE YOUR RISK DECISION MOVE TO TOKYO my suggestion for you just visit japan than what you want to moving there it could causing risk decision im not drama with you but im honestly with you
If you want to lean this languages I suggest to you learning first difficulty one it's Chinese then try to another Japanese and Korean one by one it maybe very helpful increase your brain power and you correctly know how to catch up languages easy to learn 😊 谢谢！
Smh.. I want to learn chinese first because I believe it will benefit me in business but japanese is a language that I have always wanted to know.... soo ... it tough, plus spanish is not bad ether
You are very encouraging to those of us language challenged, and because you are so beautiful, you are easy to watch. I am trying to pickup the Korean language. I’m glad you think it is the easiest.
Thanks for sharing this video! I’m also learning these 3 languages. Looking forward to the day that I can also speak these languages fluently like you do. がんばります！ ଘ(੭ˊ꒳ˋ)੭✧ My current levels: 🇯🇵 - Intermediate 🇰🇷 - Beginner 🇨🇳 - Beginner
Believe me, you just need to speak English for doing business in South East Asia and China. My mother tongue is Cantonese, and I also speak Mandarin and Japanese(N3)
Ich fand die Japanische Grammatik gar nicht so schwer, da es dem türkischen Satzaufbau und teil auch die Grammatik sehr ähnlich ist, habe ich beim lernen immer von meiner Muttersprache ins japanische übersetzt . Nur die Schrift ist halt next level. aber sonst easy peasy
A maioria dos gringos nos Estados Unidos não está interessados em aprender outra língua e sempre dizer; esta é a América fala inglês ou vai para o seu país!
if you really come into a situation in Indonesia where business is conducted in a Chinese language, which I doubt, you either have some Hokkien skills for the small talk or talk straight business cantonese which has been an important communication tool in the wider overseas Chinese community due to Hong Kong investments having build a lot of “Chinese” economy in SEA. You will probably converse in Bahasa Indonesia instead.
I wanted to learn Japanese first but im downloading pdf instead but they aren't helping yet so ill need ur help with knowing which book I should buy to actually learn it well
This may sound counter-intuitive, but I'd recommend first to listen to the language, and train your ear with the phonetic sound and pitch accent. Initially, don't try to understand the language, translate, or even speak. Just get used to the rhythm & flow. It can be anything, such as listening to and watching music, TV, RUclips, News, Movies/Drama, or Anime in Japanese (ideally with Japanese subtitles). Exposure to the language and culture will create the foundation, which allows you to enter the next phase. The 2nd phase is to slowly start with learning basic HIRAGANA, KATAKANA, very basic KANJI, simple vocab and grammar using text books (or via RUclips channels and free Apps that teach intro-level languages.) This phase is where many people hit a wall when studying a new language. Which is why it would be much easier if you did the initial "acclimatization" phase for weeks/months. And if you get more serious, perhaps you can invest in a bit more serious books. Most Japanese Language Schools in Japan teach in Japanese language. Many schools prefer using text books such as「みんなの日本語」("MINNA no NIHONGO ") series. Some schools may use「できる日本語」(DEKIRU NIHONGO) which is more scenario-based. However, Japanese teachers in English-speaking countries need an English explanation (i.e. they teach Japanese language using English), so they may prefer: "GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I [Second Edition]" Too many people try to speak before they can listen. You cannot run before you can walk, and you cannot walk before you can crawl. The third phase is to pronounce as accurately as you can, utilizing the vocab/expressions you have learned thus far. And it's an endless iteration of learning new phrases, grammar, and words (and KANJI)...hitting a wall, and learning some more.
Also....meine Muttersprache ist deutsch. The second language I learned and also graduated from high school is English J'ai aussi appris le français à l'école, mais malheureusement seulement à un niveau intermédiaire. Durante mi graduación de la escuela secundaria, aprendí español durante tres años. Saya belajar bahasa Indonesia selama setengah semester di universitas, namun keluar dari mata kuliah tersebut karena tidak bisa akur dengan dosennya. ขณะนี้ฉันกำลังเรียนภาษาไทยที่มหาวิทยาลัยด้วย ฉันจะเรียนให้จบหลักสูตรเมื่อสิ้นสุดภาคการศึกษานี้และสามารถเรียนต่อในภาคการศึกษาหน้าได้. プライベートでは日本語を少し勉強しています。私はまだひらがなを少ししか習っていません。今ワンピースをとても楽しんでいますが、字幕を見ずにもう少し理解したいと思っています。 나는 또한 한국어에 관심이 많습니다. 나는 K팝과 K드라마를 좋아한다. Jag är också intresserad av skandinaviska språk. Jag lärde mig lite svenska ordförråd. Men inte mycket. Also allgemein interessiere ich mich sehr stark für Sprachen :) but I would say the only languages I can really speak fluently are german and english
Greetings and Salutations I've had the chance to purchase "2000 most common Korean words in context" it's a lingo mastery book Been studying for almost 4 months now Thanks
For me as a White dude in anywhere but N&S America, Europe. English, English, English, English. *Me talks in chinese* *they understand and talks back in English*
I am currently studying Chinese, I really would like to learn then Japanese and lastly Korean, but my hart is in China so I think I should study Cantonese and then maybe look for other languages.
I’m studying Korean. Learning to write it as well . I don’t have a partner yet, But I’m using my app and Watching K dramas . Alchemy of Souls really inspired me to start , but I’m taking it serious at this point . Great video. I’ll learn Chinese when I master the Korean language.
To me I disagree with learning Korean first, because If I were to learn. I would start with Mandarin because the writing systems consisted of Simplified and Traditional. Furthermore, as for business purpose it will be helpful. There more Mandarin speaker around the world. As for Japanese, for those who studied Mandarin can easily learn Japanese much faster because they shared the same character. Also most of the Manufacturing companies around globe also Japanese. It come to all depend of purpose and the mission objectives of the end users.
I did Korean first and that has made learning Japanese grammar very easy. In the future I’ll probably learn Chinese too because then I will have kanji knowledge to help make Chinese easier.
I’m doing the opposite lol chinese to japanese because it has kanji then Korean with the similar grammar
@@anaisfernandez-laaksonen1506 Cool! Good luck. Maybe the people who start with Japanese have the best advantage? Get through a bunch if hard stuff then when they move to Chinese they have lots of characters and vocab and when they move to Korean they have the grammar. Though in the end I think whatever someone is most passionate for should be first because language learning is a long process!
@@Learninglotsoflanguages witch language is easy to speake korea,chainese or Japanese??
@@radiarafiarafid3870 I think Korean is the easiest but easy vs hard is so subjective. And is it because I started with Korean that it is easier? Hard to say. But although Jaoanese pronunciation is easiest for an English speaker, the whole pitch accent is tricky in my opinion and it's harder to read at because beginning because of kanji. I really have no experience with Chinese so can't speak to that right now. I think all languages are "hard" to us at first and as we have more time and input, it becomes "easier". Hearing a lot of native speakers with make the sounds of the language "easy" in my mind.
@@LearninglotsoflanguagesYou don't have to worry about the japanese pitch accent!
Being Multilingual is just such a great skill!
You can connect with people on a more personal level and will learn soo much about the culture and the history of the language you learn. Things you won't get taught in school but will be really helpful for your future life.
As a European person you often already know two or three languages but learning a language from a completely different culture, helps you to see a bigger global picture and think international.
Also useful for traveling of course ^^
I speak English and Portuguese (the last one is my mother tongue). I’m really into Asian culture and its languages. I started learning Mandarin, but I gave up because the four tones were going me crazy, and I needed to focus on learning English better - I’m still learning this language. I really want to learn Mandarin in the future; I hope I can do it one day.
no spanish? la traición hermano
@@carlitoxb110 Why is it so hard for me to learn spanish as a brazilian? 💀
@@naoireiivefor me too lol, it was supposed to be easy, isn't it?🤡
@@naoireiivebecause both languages are so similar that our mind just can't process right, then we get confused a lot by mixing every single word!
加油！你可以的！🎉😊
I've been going through Japanese since I really love the country and culture. It's so cool being able to understand the language and read Japanese history without a translation. Well, I still have to translate names of people and places because kanji names make so sense sometimes.
agreed tbh. i HATED absolutely HATED learning chinese as a kid but their poetry and prose like goddamn....its on another level
So Korean has an advantage of easy writing system (almost like alphabet),
Mandarin is the most spoken tongue in the world -even though yes Chinese characters might be intimidating to newbies,
...and then there's Japanese.
Yes Japanese culture is prevalent across the globe (who haven't heard the word "anime" these days), yes it's easy to pronounce (C-V syllables only, with "n" exception), but man does Kanji terrify you. I really wished I mastered Chinese characters before dipping into Japanese.
*"I'm afraid of no man. But, that thing..."*
*二千常用漢字の辞典
*"It scares me"*
Its not almost an alphabet. It is an alphabet. Chinese characters might be hard but nowadays nobody learns how to write them its a waste of time
Nisenjouyoukanjinojiten? I read it right?
Omg thank you so much! I’m studying Japanese and was debating which Asian language I should learn next. This video made me realize I want to study Chinese!!!
I am a Chinese. But you can trust me. I think Chinese is worthiest language for learning. China is future, and China is history so. Chinese culture is various, wisdom and harmony. As a human, our time is finite and short. But, everyone can learn their preferable language.
Learn Chinese, you will get your second experience.
@@yaoer7733Can you be my friend I'm learning Chinese rn
And Japanese alao is becoming important because of technology and companies and stuff , I'm gonna study the 2 and work as a translator@@yaoer7733
Im bilingual, speaking Afrikaans and English fluently. I have recently been very interested in asian culture, traditions and languages as it is very different from where i grew up. I started learning Korean a month ago but the learning process is tedious as i struggle to make time with my busy schedule, but i am searching for resources and hope to become fluent in Korean and maybe try Japanese or Chinese. currently i am focusing more on learning german as i hope to study in Germany.
i love your videos, its very inspiring and interesting to watch
Being a kid of the 80s and 90s, I grew up with the success story of Japan and by the college came along, I chose to study Japanese for the career chances....but it was the time Japan was kinda falling out of the rising star status. If I knew what I knew now, I'd either go for Korean or Chinese instead. I don't regret my choice though. I had the chance to know the wonderful culture that I kinda always liked. I tried my chances at Chinese and Korean too, but I couldn't continue much further.
My native language is Turkish, I speak English and Japanese well, learning Russian and Indonesian, Russian being the language I'm better among the latter two.
You are one of the few people that hasn't studied Japanese for anime. Every one else on this chat that has ever studied Japanese probably did it for anime.
@@99Gara99 anime did have an influence too. It was mostly anime and one samurai TV series that sparked my interest in Japan. As we could only watch what was shown on TV, we had all anime dubbed
@@99Gara99For me, it’s video games more than anime. As well as a mild interest in linguistics, especially etymology.
woo! I’m studying accounting, the language of business and it’s very straightforward once you know the fundamentals because money works algebraically.
So I'm Vietnamese, and I can say that knowing Vietnamese makes learning Chinese significantly easier! It is a learning curve, but Vietnamese has a lot in common with Cantonese and Mandarin. Specifically, similar-sounding tones (though not 100% the same), vowels & sounds, sentence structures, and a lot of Chinese words have a Sino-Vietnamese counterpart which makes vocab easier to remember. Learning Hanzi is the hardest part.
Also, Chinese poetry is on another level. I remember learning Li Bai's translated poems in middle school. Our literature teacher spent several lessons breaking down different translations from the original Chinese, to Sino-Vietnamese, and to fully Vietnamese. We had a debate over which translation was the best, but none of them was able to fully capture the elegance of the original text. You can't really beat literature written in its first language lol.
I wish you included cantonese in this video 😭 I'd love to learn it too. I have very weird feelings rn it's hard to explain but I read Babel by RF Kuang and immediately got invested in mandarin, I started learning Japanese in 2020 bc I was supposed to visit but covid struck🥲 and I never went so I dropped it unfortunately. I recently started out on a couple languages and I've been thinking about Japanese and Korean bc I wanna revive my love for Japanese and I already know hangeul so I thought that I might as well learn it. Thank you for this video !!
I can speak Latvian, French and English fluently and I can understand a big amount of Spanish and some Dutch. I started self-learning Mandarin Chinese around a year ago and for some reason it came to me very easily! The tones aren't too hard and words are very easy to memorize, especially as a visual learner. I'm planning on learning Japanese too in the future and I know it will be easier as I already know many kanji. I think people should learn a bit of Mandarin first (at least the basics) because so many people speak it and it will help with Korean and Japanese in some useful ways. It will also give a sense of accomplishment... Overall I think learning languages is so fun!
thank you🙏 i chose korean since i alr knew the alphabet, how to write & speak it. all i needed help was to understand and it’s grammar. i’m probably thinking abt learning japanese or chinese after!
Thanks so much! I’m learning Japanese with Duolingo!
Try Busuu too! Its really good
My brain is just simply in love with Turkish and Japanese Languages🙃 I've learnt Turkish with help of a friend, bcz there is no way I can learn grammar through utube videos. My Turkish is 10%, I know how to read, it has an easy & similar alphabets to English. But when it comes to Japanese the alphabets are chaotic😩
I want to learn them all, but think I'll start with Japanese since I already know a little, then Korean and Mandarin last. Right now I speak English, Spanish and Swedish fluently and are currently learning French. Knowing Spanish makes learning French so much easier, many words are similar and things just make sense (the spelling are hell though).
for me, learning korean is easy because i often listening to kpop and watching korean variety show. i also watch a lot chinese drama so i tried to learn chinese by myself before but it's hard so i stopped. i will challenge myself too learn chinese again 😁 i learn japanese too but stop because i don't have time huhu
Personally I learnt Chinese first because then it was much easier to learn Korean and Japanese
@@kellylan2635are you fluent in chinese now?
As a Filipino, I can't fit too many languages into my brain anymore since as a Filipino we have 111 dialects + 2 national languages which are Tagalog and English, and my mother tongue is "Ilocano" and I can speak Tagalog and English but I am currently studying Korean 한국어 and been studying it for almost 10 months now so if I can still fit in inside my brain I might consider Mandarin and Nihonggo soon haha and yea I'm actually an aspiring businessman someday so Mandarin would be a great idea to learn next after 헌국어. 영상은 좋아요, 너무 감사합니다. 💖
I'm currently studying simplified Chinese right now. I have tried to learn Korean but my brain wasn't as entertained by it? Idk. Maybe because I grew up with Chinese movies and entertainment so it is easier to me than Korean. I am learning in a class and my husband studies with me.
I speak a lot of Korean. Enough to know the intro in Korean was incorrect lol. That being said it's still hard. I mix up Spanish and Korean words sometimes and if you don't use the language all the time on a subconcious level, then it's really hard to speak like a native speaker. I feel like the only way is living in the said country or speaking every single day an hour or so. I want to be the best foreigner at Korean in the world.
Torn between Mandarin and Japanese, would love to learn both right now, but i can only put so much time into it.
I'm torn as well. Which did you choose?
German here to tell you your German is REALLY good. All your language skills are. I'm seriously impressed!
Thank you so much this will help me a lot
I'd love to learn Mandarin and Japanese! I'm currently studying Korean as it is easy to grasp the alphabet and you really only need the vocab to work out what's being said so you can later figure the sentence structure out. I want to learn Japanese because the culture and country is so beautiful! I'd really love to visit there someday. Mandarin is a truly beautiful language, every time I look at the characters I find so much beauty in the way it's written.
Her English accent is so beautiful 🥺
Cantonese sounds SOOOOO beautiful. Struggling between choosing Mandarin and Japanese. I live in the Northeast of the US. A LOT of Chinese here
Thank you for your insight. I am learning Korean. I am interested in learning all three and would jump around through entertainment and music, but now I will focus on Korean.
我先学中文 然后是日语 最后是韩语。这就是我的计划 但是我现在已经学中文。大家加油!!
Japanese ❤
I would love to learn Chinese as well, but it's so difficult so now I'm continuing with my Japanese lessons.
I am already bilingual since I speak English and Spanish but I've studying Mandarin Chinese in my school in the United States and my teachers have been great so far, and I've been studying Mandarin Chinese for 2 years. I have been studying Italian for around 3 months since it's a Romance language like Spanish and the grammar and the speaking is so similar. But also Italian food is one of my favorites like pasta, lasagna, gelato & much more. This video has helped a lot since I'm really interested in studying different languages at the same time. I'm really into European and Asian languages and I love studying geography and culture in school. I'm interested in Chinese as for the characters and the Chinese culture but I also love K-Dramas and Korean cuisine. I am also in love with the Japanese characters especially, Kanji and Hiragana. Oh, and I also love anime a lot. I want to be multilingual hopefully and eventually in 4 to 8 language's someday and I'm thinking about studying more Spanish and Chinese, but I also want to learn Korean, Japanese, Italian and possibly French & Russian or possibly also Portuguese. Thank you for sharing this video, it's really helped me decide with language to learn first and I think I'm going to study Korean first since it sounds more interesting to me.
Great video!!! 🥰 I've been learning Chinese for two years now. I like this language so much 🇨🇳, I wanna start Korean this year but i don't know if I'll have time. I might take a look at Japanese 🇯🇵 too.
what motivates to learn Chinese is all the entertainment and i have a Chinese friend that calls me often
I’ll begin by saying I’m a Southern Californian of European ancestry that teaches ESL. I have studied the histories and cultures of all the East Asian countries, and I have close relationships with and lived with people from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. I’ve dabbled in all three of the languages presented in this video. Here are my impressions in the order I tried them.
Japanese:
Pronunciation is easy. I just had to learn a few new sounds and flatten my stress.
Because the Japanese tend to speak very slowly in relatively evenly timed syllables, the listening is quite easy.
Kanji is not so bad. Of course the Native Japanese Kana was easier, but really, Kanji is not impossible. I used to practice each character 100 times on the train in Sapporo.
Grammar on the surface is easy. If you only want the basics, it’s pretty clear and with few irregulars. BUT, once you try to really understand how to modify the verbs for intention and mood…oh my god!
Korean:
Pronunciation is not too challenging, since there are so few sounds, but as the video says perfectly, getting the exact phonemes accurate can be difficult because they are similar but subtly different from the ones in English.
Writing is extremely easy. I learned Hangul in a matter of hours, and I practice by writing all my Korean students’ names in Hangul. The main challenge is getting the diphthongs right, and some spelling doesn’t match pronunciation.
I haven’t learned Korean deeply, but the grammar seems similar to Japanese perhaps with less complication.
Mandarin:
I plan to move to Taiwan in the future, so my newest project is learning Mandarin.
The writing is not so scary because I have a little background in Japanese Kanji. From living in Japan, I already recognize some street signs and such.
Yeah, grammar is no sweat. No verb tenses!
OK, the big problem for me is speaking with correct tones. It is my greatest impediment. I hope it clicks with me someday.
One more note on the info in the video (which I very much agree with). I do not consider the various tongues of China to be dialects. The Chinese language palette is made up of numerous distinct languages (much like in Europe), not mutually intelligible unless you rely on the universal ideographic writing.
Du bist wirklich große Klasse! Ein Talent! Ich möchte Koreanisch lernen, weil die Schrift mir gefällt. Sie ist klar und einfach. Die chinesischen Zeichen sind so kompliziert, ausserdem muss ich sie mit der Lupe anschauen ...
I ended up choosing Japanese since I think the grammar is super fascinating, I have friends studying it, and the music is great! I honestly wish I had multiple lifetimes and willpower to study all three as they each sound fun and interesting. Right now, I'm just using books, my friends, and apps and while my progress is slow, I'm content.
I love these languages I also want to learn this languages❤😘
Well said
Thanks for sharing.
Japanese is definitely the language I want to learn the most, but it's just way too damn hard. I guess I'll just have to stick to Chinese or Korean instead😔
Once you learn Chinese or Korean Japanese gets easier you'll get to see the pattern
Those three languages are all difficult lol
@@caocao4266 Yeah but Japanese is especially the most difficult language for English speakers by a considerable amount
@@tylercottam3274
Isn't Chinese the hardest language of the 3?
Japanese and Mandarin are about same level of difficulty for English speakers. There is way more teaching material and graded readers for Japanese, so that is a bit help.
Either way, learning any of these is a major commitment, minimum 5 years daily study to reach intermediate level of language skills 😊
conclusion :: if you know the language of particular region , the you'll able to understand/feel their emotions better 😂😂 ................
....while I started learning Korean , actually it was quiet easy but I have learn Korean names for all things .......... i don't have time for that coz of + 2 exams , and college entrance exam ........................but I too wanna learn Chinese and Japanese ,,,{while I'm fluent in English , Hindi , Marwari ,{some Russian }, C , python, sanskrit (not fluent but ..) lol😁😁}
Im learning Korean now tho
Im going to learn everything korean, japanese and chinese
Korean is the toughest of all these languages... I tried to learn it a few years ago, and gave up on it to start studying Mandarin (because Mandarin grammar is so much easier than Korean grammar)
I’m learning Korean now, Hangul isn’t too bad to learn
I know Spanish (this being my mother language), English and still studying French. My dream is to become a polyglot.
And honestly, I’m hoping to have Japanese as a language I will know.
But, I want to learn Italian before I start with Japanese. So cross fingers 🤞❤
love your videosss
Wow! She's so pretty.
i finally made a decision and will learning korean, and indonesian (currently learning arabic and mandarin) right mow i react HSK 2 Simplified Chinese i’m so much happy
i will give opinion about that
i used to study japanese and give up at sereval time because of complication for kanji symbol
there’s many cons reason why i didn’t interesting japanese because i dont like anime (that’s my opinion) and i dont like when that kanji has phrases but it changed pronounce which it doesn’t make sense, their grammatical is too complicated because they more likely VOS where you have to say (desu) at end sentence and i notice that japan has newest pandemic and its really scare because they used with raw fish can be dangerous, searching job in japanese isn’t what you really think of, and if you want to make japanese relationship or friend and it will never be easy because their culture is too different compare to usa and china, getting japanese citizenship is part of hard is causing more depression for that issue so i quit japanese lesson for that important reason and im not against your opinion i just want share my honest opinion
chinese is really easy for me because i used study japanese for 1 year
i will first immigrate hand to Seoul South Korea then get 3 vacation (China, Indonesian, and even UAE)
i will test only for indonesian and china to make sure its most best fit me
i dont like american time because i really like East Asia time is real reason why i learn korea
thanks for reading and i giving goodwill! to all anime fan if you want moving to japan (MAKE THINK ABOUT JAPAN’s DARK SIDE and CONS REASON) AND REPEAT THINK BEFORE YOUR RISK DECISION MOVE TO TOKYO
my suggestion for you just visit japan than what you want to moving there it could causing risk decision
im not drama with you but im honestly with you
Really I'm into so much in mandarin bcz there poetry ohh mahh goo soo goood
If you want to lean this languages I suggest to you learning first difficulty one it's Chinese then try to another Japanese and Korean one by one it maybe very helpful increase your brain power and you correctly know how to catch up languages easy to learn 😊 谢谢！
Smh.. I want to learn chinese first because I believe it will benefit me in business but japanese is a language that I have always wanted to know.... soo ... it tough, plus spanish is not bad ether
Find the money first then relax.. So learn Chinese first then go to Japan to have a good time 😂
I can't pick between Korean and Chinese, I know English and polish but I think I'll stick to Chinese since so many people speak
short tip for your videos:dont make the music that loudly
どれを勉強した方がいいのか分からなかったけど、日本語にした。
どれ「を」勉強した方がいいの「か」分からな「かった」けど、日本語にした「。」
@@世界線-y7q 修正してくれてありがとうございました！助かりました！
I'm trying to learn Cantonese, but I'm only at the very basic level at the moment.
Hi! At what level are you now?
Ooo this is my first time being first hehe
second
THANKS FOR BEING HERE HIHI
@@KyurinDiary hehe I really like ur videos and they are helpful too and thank you for the heart 💖
You are very encouraging to those of us language challenged, and because you are so beautiful, you are easy to watch. I am trying to pickup the Korean language. I’m glad you think it is the easiest.
Hmm.. I smell a predator..
Thanks for sharing this video! I’m also learning these 3 languages. Looking forward to the day that I can also speak these languages fluently like you do. がんばります！ ଘ(੭ˊ꒳ˋ)੭✧
My current levels:
🇯🇵 - Intermediate
🇰🇷 - Beginner
🇨🇳 - Beginner
How's your journey so far?
와, 이렇게 많은 언어를 할 줄 아는데, 나한테는 영어만 배우면 스트레스가 너무 많아.
다양한 언어를 말할 수 있다는 것은 정말 멋진 부분인것 같아요! 멋집니다 👍
Believe me, you just need to speak English for doing business in South East Asia and China.
My mother tongue is Cantonese, and I also speak Mandarin and Japanese(N3)
한국어를 알면 일본어는 금방 배울 수 있어요. 반대도 마찬가지. 중국어는 전혀 다릅니다.
Ich fand die Japanische Grammatik gar nicht so schwer, da es dem türkischen Satzaufbau und teil auch die Grammatik sehr ähnlich ist, habe ich beim lernen immer von meiner Muttersprache ins japanische übersetzt . Nur die Schrift ist halt next level. aber sonst easy peasy
Thanks 😊
A maioria dos gringos nos Estados Unidos não está interessados em aprender outra língua e sempre dizer; esta é a América fala inglês ou vai para o seu país!
German,French,Korean,Chinese,Japanese,Thai,Spanish
if you really come into a situation in Indonesia where business is conducted in a Chinese language, which I doubt, you either have some Hokkien skills for the small talk or talk straight business cantonese which has been an important communication tool in the wider overseas Chinese community due to Hong Kong investments having build a lot of “Chinese” economy in SEA.
You will probably converse in Bahasa Indonesia instead.
I want to start learning Korean and Japanese soon. i can only speak english and german and a little latin.
🇨🇳>🇰🇷>🇯🇵 imo
I wanted to learn Japanese first but im downloading pdf instead but they aren't helping yet so ill need ur help with knowing which book I should buy to actually learn it well
This may sound counter-intuitive, but I'd recommend first to listen to the language, and train your ear with the phonetic sound and pitch accent. Initially, don't try to understand the language, translate, or even speak. Just get used to the rhythm & flow.
It can be anything, such as listening to and watching music, TV, RUclips, News, Movies/Drama, or Anime in Japanese (ideally with Japanese subtitles). Exposure to the language and culture will create the foundation, which allows you to enter the next phase.
The 2nd phase is to slowly start with learning basic HIRAGANA, KATAKANA, very basic KANJI, simple vocab and grammar using text books (or via RUclips channels and free Apps that teach intro-level languages.) This phase is where many people hit a wall when studying a new language. Which is why it would be much easier if you did the initial "acclimatization" phase for weeks/months.
And if you get more serious, perhaps you can invest in a bit more serious books. Most Japanese Language Schools in Japan teach in Japanese language. Many schools prefer using text books such as「みんなの日本語」("MINNA no NIHONGO ") series. Some schools may use「できる日本語」(DEKIRU NIHONGO) which is more scenario-based.
However, Japanese teachers in English-speaking countries need an English explanation (i.e. they teach Japanese language using English), so they may prefer: "GENKI: An Integrated Course in Elementary Japanese I [Second Edition]"
Too many people try to speak before they can listen. You cannot run before you can walk, and you cannot walk before you can crawl. The third phase is to pronounce as accurately as you can, utilizing the vocab/expressions you have learned thus far. And it's an endless iteration of learning new phrases, grammar, and words (and KANJI)...hitting a wall, and learning some more.
I’ve did Japanese first but then started Korean then Chinese I think people should start with Korean then go to Chinese then Japanese
Also....meine Muttersprache ist deutsch.
The second language I learned and also graduated from high school is English
J'ai aussi appris le français à l'école, mais malheureusement seulement à un niveau intermédiaire.
Durante mi graduación de la escuela secundaria, aprendí español durante tres años.
Saya belajar bahasa Indonesia selama setengah semester di universitas, namun keluar dari mata kuliah tersebut karena tidak bisa akur dengan dosennya.
ขณะนี้ฉันกำลังเรียนภาษาไทยที่มหาวิทยาลัยด้วย ฉันจะเรียนให้จบหลักสูตรเมื่อสิ้นสุดภาคการศึกษานี้และสามารถเรียนต่อในภาคการศึกษาหน้าได้.
プライベートでは日本語を少し勉強しています。私はまだひらがなを少ししか習っていません。今ワンピースをとても楽しんでいますが、字幕を見ずにもう少し理解したいと思っています。
나는 또한 한국어에 관심이 많습니다. 나는 K팝과 K드라마를 좋아한다.
Jag är också intresserad av skandinaviska språk. Jag lärde mig lite svenska ordförråd. Men inte mycket.
Also allgemein interessiere ich mich sehr stark für Sprachen :) but I would say the only languages I can really speak fluently are german and english
So dope you speak Cantonese!
I’m learning 7 languages
Could somebody tell me what k dramas where suggested in the video
Should I study both mandarin and cantonese? I don't want to be the one speaking either mandarin or english in hong kong
You should study Vietnamese.
Greetings and Salutations
I've had the chance to purchase "2000 most common Korean words in context" it's a lingo mastery book
Been studying for almost 4 months now
Thanks
For me as a White dude in anywhere but N&S America, Europe. English, English, English, English. *Me talks in chinese* *they understand and talks back in English*
I am currently studying Chinese, I really would like to learn then Japanese and lastly Korean, but my hart is in China so I think I should study Cantonese and then maybe look for other languages.
why you don't learn mandarin?
Watching from Nepal
My dream is to learn korean and marry a beautiful woman like you one day i hope
Chinese entertainment or anime?
I need a language teacher. How can I contact you?
I’m studying Korean. Learning to write it as well . I don’t have a partner yet, But I’m using my app and Watching K dramas .
Alchemy of Souls really inspired me to start , but I’m taking it serious at this point . Great video. I’ll learn Chinese when I master the Korean language.
a secret makes a ooman a ooman
To me I disagree with learning Korean first, because If I were to learn. I would start with Mandarin because the writing systems consisted of Simplified and Traditional. Furthermore, as for business purpose it will be helpful. There more Mandarin speaker around the world. As for Japanese, for those who studied Mandarin can easily learn Japanese much faster because they shared the same character. Also most of the Manufacturing companies around globe also Japanese. It come to all depend of purpose and the mission objectives of the end users.
What if you are going into culinary?
up主好可愛啊😘
I was only focusing on your dimples
Sis...
How about the racism towards people from south and southeast Asia ?
Chinese is the easiest for me anyway.
My first language is English 和我自学中文（普通话）两年了
한국인도 어려운 한국어 문법...
그쳐ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
Where are you from?
👍👍👍👍👍
Pls chill the music as you speak little loud … pls
Great video tho
Japanese
I have been studied Mandarin for three years I want to know Korean language is easy than Mandarin or no?
Much easier
Cantonese
Do u know thai too?
Yes ☺️
在RUclips找一條擁有彈幕的視頻真不容易啊