Really helpful video! Learning a language can feel overwhelming, but breaking it down like this makes it seem more doable. I’ve found that mixing in things like movies, music, or even chatting with native speakers helps a ton too. Thanks for sharing these tips, definitely going to try some of them!
@@alpadgie I have the unfair advantage of getting born here :D For me most of the other languages are weird, but at least easy... German, then English now going for Russian :D
Interesting video. Just to clear things up: Verb to be in spanish is very simple. Not nearly as convoluted as you explained. Ser: Constant state. Example: Yo soy timido. I am (always) shy. Estar: Transitional state. Example: Yo estoy timido. I am shy (at this moment).
Hey I am happy for you that you find it easy! I said that it is my personal challenge to differentiate. When you explain it logically like you did then I do understand yes. But it is different when you are supposed to have a free conversation and decide on the spot. Creating free speech is always different than answering a form based question.
@@alpadgie I'm just teaching you, there's nothing wrong in learning. It is not "different" when having a conversation, you just didn't have the right guidance. It is much harder to use correctly If you have a list of do's and don'ts when it's just binary. Especially when some of those do's and don'ts overlap. Yo soy feliz Yo estoy feliz I taught spanish online for a while, and none of my A0 students ever struggled to use the correct form of verb to be (Not talking about conjugation, that they definitely needed more time to grasp)
@@fmazerolol It's obviously not that easy, which is why most students struggle with it, including native speakers of other Romance languages like French and Italian. I hear B2+ French speakers of Spanish messing it up all the time. They'll say things like "El clima esta agradable hoy" because they have been told that estar is used to describe "transitional" phenomena (the weather can change frequently, just like your emotional state).
@@ba8898 You actually just proved my point. "El clima está agradable hoy" is the only correct form. So those B2+ spanish french natives from your example are actually nailing it, they recognized a transitional state and used "estar" instead of "ser". The key is in the "Hoy". If you remove the hoy, you can use either, depending in what you want to say. Anybody thinking learning a list of conditions is easier than just differentiating 1 (temporal) characteristic is fooling themself and just trying to justify their mistake (Like this RUclipsr who Just never had proper guidance and is trying so save face). I know language learning is not easy. I mess up things that I have learned all the time, but the verb to be is only difficult because of its conjugations, not because it is divided into to distinct verbs.
So practically there’s no way a person can do this in 30 days this is just salesperson bullshit🤣🤣. If you can immerse yourself and devote 8 hours a day, maybe. Even that would be almost impossible. Videos like this are why people get turned off by learning languages.
Well yes I totally agree! That's is the point of this video. 30 days is not realistic at all. I wanted to draw the DREAM SCENARIO. But just because you can't achieve it in 30 days does it mean that you shouldn't try? I want people to have realistic expectations. No one goes to college and expects to become an engineer in 30 days do they? :)
I am a German native speaker learning Danish and no, it is not easy. The grammar is relatively simple, but the pronunciation is insane. And words may somtimes be similar to German, but you still gotta learn the inflections.
Das macht doch auch Sinn! Es ist immer noch eine andere Sprache. Lernen musst du trotzdem, egal wie "einfach" die Sprache ist. Und die Auswahl ist ja nur 1/3 der wichtigen Faktoren. Wenn du 6-8h jeden Tag lernen würdest wärest du sehr überrascht, wie schnell du lernen kannst ☀
Step 1: failed. Why did I pick Korean!? But wait~ who picks a language to learn solely based on it's closeness to your own language?! I picked Korean because I love the culture and love the language. Do you just pick languages for the sake of learning any language, like checking a box?
Hey Anna, nice you learn Korean :) This video is not about what you should pick. This video is about what's possible. I asked myself: what is the fastest humanly way possible to learn a language? How can we define a benchmark.
What language would you recommend that a native English speaker learn? It is a Germanic language, but I believe much easier than German. Would Danish or Dutch be the best choice, according to your rule that one should pick a language in the same family, but one that is easier? Or are those languages also more complicated than English? Although my next language will likely be Spanish, since it would be more useful. However, I am curious.
Hey I think you shouldn't pick a language just because it is easy. Language learning is a commitment and demands long term discipline. You will be better off if you pick a language you are passionate about, of a country you want to travel to or even live in. Which culture, people and music do you love? You said Spanish so that'S gonna be a better pick :) I wanted to show what's possible! There is a case in which my approach makes sense tho: If you are a digital nomad who travels a lot and wants to see how fast he can learn a language to navigate his next destination then this approach could make sense.
@@alpadgie I wouldn't think of learning a language just because it is easy. I am at C1 in German right now (chosen initially because my mother spoke it, and more recently because of a project) and previously spent several years with Italian (because it is a beautiful language and I love Italy). I was just following up on your thesis that the "easiest" language to learn would be one from the same language family as your native language (in my case, that is English), but one that is easier. I was only curious, as a thought experiment if you will, to see if there is a language in my language family that is easier, and which one it would be. And actually, I feel that with German and Italian my language plate is pretty full, so I'm not even sure if I will get to Spanish.
@@Nancy-sj7yg Sehr sehr geil, dass du in Deutsch auf C1 bist Respekt :) I would say that Danish and Dutch would be good choices yes. From a grammar perspective Dutch seems to be a little bit more complicated than English. Danish and English could be at the same level. So if you ever have 1-3 free months you could give it a try :D What do you mean with "my language plate is FULL"? I met people who speak 9 lingos. You can always learn more. And if you travel there will always be demand you know?
You should try watch an Argentinian movie in its original soundtrack? If you already speak Italian you probably would understand it without subtitles. Spanish grammar is close to the Italian one, also many words are similar.
Me when bro showed a map which clearly showed Romanian as a romance language, goes on to speak about the romance languages yet completely skips Romanian and talks about every single one of them including Brazilian Portuguese except Romanian = :(
yeeeah I know it is on the list but I know very little about romanian :D I didn't want to go too much into detail you know? Usually people want to learn Spanish, Portuguese or French. No front intended.
Well I tried to give an example. If I wanted to give an hollistic overview of all language families well then I could make a 10h video :D I can dive deeper in other language families if you wish? ☀
Really helpful video! Learning a language can feel overwhelming, but breaking it down like this makes it seem more doable. I’ve found that mixing in things like movies, music, or even chatting with native speakers helps a ton too. Thanks for sharing these tips, definitely going to try some of them!
Hungarian here... Yes... We are the "other" on the map :'D Incredibely hard to learn but at least it does not work like most of the others....
wasap! Yeah Hungarian is like Turkish or Finnish a agglutating language and therefore difficult to learn. Whoever learns Hungarian is a beast.
@@alpadgie I have the unfair advantage of getting born here :D For me most of the other languages are weird, but at least easy... German, then English now going for Russian :D
@@durma77 You could learn Turkish easily. Russian is fun tho!
Depends home you look at it @@alpadgie
In the Indo European languages yes but actually I believe most languages may be agglutinative
It's all about how bad you want it when it all comes down to it. Good video.
Thanks a lot 😍
Interesting video.
Just to clear things up: Verb to be in spanish is very simple. Not nearly as convoluted as you explained.
Ser: Constant state.
Example: Yo soy timido.
I am (always) shy.
Estar: Transitional state.
Example: Yo estoy timido.
I am shy (at this moment).
Hey I am happy for you that you find it easy! I said that it is my personal challenge to differentiate. When you explain it logically like you did then I do understand yes. But it is different when you are supposed to have a free conversation and decide on the spot. Creating free speech is always different than answering a form based question.
@@alpadgie I'm just teaching you, there's nothing wrong in learning. It is not "different" when having a conversation, you just didn't have the right guidance. It is much harder to use correctly If you have a list of do's and don'ts when it's just binary.
Especially when some of those do's and don'ts overlap.
Yo soy feliz
Yo estoy feliz
I taught spanish online for a while, and none of my A0 students ever struggled to use the correct form of verb to be (Not talking about conjugation, that they definitely needed more time to grasp)
@@fmazerolol Congrats you must be a good teacher then :)
@@fmazerolol It's obviously not that easy, which is why most students struggle with it, including native speakers of other Romance languages like French and Italian. I hear B2+ French speakers of Spanish messing it up all the time. They'll say things like "El clima esta agradable hoy" because they have been told that estar is used to describe "transitional" phenomena (the weather can change frequently, just like your emotional state).
@@ba8898 You actually just proved my point. "El clima está agradable hoy" is the only correct form. So those B2+ spanish french natives from your example are actually nailing it, they recognized a transitional state and used "estar" instead of "ser". The key is in the "Hoy". If you remove the hoy, you can use either, depending in what you want to say.
Anybody thinking learning a list of conditions is easier than just differentiating 1 (temporal) characteristic is fooling themself and just trying to justify their mistake (Like this RUclipsr who Just never had proper guidance and is trying so save face). I know language learning is not easy. I mess up things that I have learned all the time, but the verb to be is only difficult because of its conjugations, not because it is divided into to distinct verbs.
So practically there’s no way a person can do this in 30 days this is just salesperson bullshit🤣🤣. If you can immerse yourself and devote 8 hours a day, maybe. Even that would be almost impossible. Videos like this are why people get turned off by learning languages.
Well yes I totally agree! That's is the point of this video. 30 days is not realistic at all. I wanted to draw the DREAM SCENARIO. But just because you can't achieve it in 30 days does it mean that you shouldn't try? I want people to have realistic expectations. No one goes to college and expects to become an engineer in 30 days do they? :)
I am a German native speaker learning Danish and no, it is not easy. The grammar is relatively simple, but the pronunciation is insane. And words may somtimes be similar to German, but you still gotta learn the inflections.
Das macht doch auch Sinn! Es ist immer noch eine andere Sprache. Lernen musst du trotzdem, egal wie "einfach" die Sprache ist. Und die Auswahl ist ja nur 1/3 der wichtigen Faktoren. Wenn du 6-8h jeden Tag lernen würdest wärest du sehr überrascht, wie schnell du lernen kannst ☀
Step 1: failed. Why did I pick Korean!?
But wait~ who picks a language to learn solely based on it's closeness to your own language?! I picked Korean because I love the culture and love the language. Do you just pick languages for the sake of learning any language, like checking a box?
Hey Anna, nice you learn Korean :) This video is not about what you should pick. This video is about what's possible. I asked myself: what is the fastest humanly way possible to learn a language? How can we define a benchmark.
What language would you recommend that a native English speaker learn? It is a Germanic language, but I believe much easier than German. Would Danish or Dutch be the best choice, according to your rule that one should pick a language in the same family, but one that is easier? Or are those languages also more complicated than English? Although my next language will likely be Spanish, since it would be more useful. However, I am curious.
Hey I think you shouldn't pick a language just because it is easy. Language learning is a commitment and demands long term discipline. You will be better off if you pick a language you are passionate about, of a country you want to travel to or even live in. Which culture, people and music do you love? You said Spanish so that'S gonna be a better pick :) I wanted to show what's possible! There is a case in which my approach makes sense tho: If you are a digital nomad who travels a lot and wants to see how fast he can learn a language to navigate his next destination then this approach could make sense.
@@alpadgie I wouldn't think of learning a language just because it is easy. I am at C1 in German right now (chosen initially because my mother spoke it, and more recently because of a project) and previously spent several years with Italian (because it is a beautiful language and I love Italy). I was just following up on your thesis that the "easiest" language to learn would be one from the same language family as your native language (in my case, that is English), but one that is easier. I was only curious, as a thought experiment if you will, to see if there is a language in my language family that is easier, and which one it would be. And actually, I feel that with German and Italian my language plate is pretty full, so I'm not even sure if I will get to Spanish.
@@Nancy-sj7yg Sehr sehr geil, dass du in Deutsch auf C1 bist Respekt :) I would say that Danish and Dutch would be good choices yes. From a grammar perspective Dutch seems to be a little bit more complicated than English. Danish and English could be at the same level. So if you ever have 1-3 free months you could give it a try :D What do you mean with "my language plate is FULL"? I met people who speak 9 lingos. You can always learn more. And if you travel there will always be demand you know?
You should try watch an Argentinian movie in its original soundtrack? If you already speak Italian you probably would understand it without subtitles. Spanish grammar is close to the Italian one, also many words are similar.
Me when bro showed a map which clearly showed Romanian as a romance language, goes on to speak about the romance languages yet completely skips Romanian and talks about every single one of them including Brazilian Portuguese except Romanian =
:(
yeeeah I know it is on the list but I know very little about romanian :D I didn't want to go too much into detail you know? Usually people want to learn Spanish, Portuguese or French. No front intended.
This video is all about Romances and Germanic languages 😂...rest of the world want to learn fast to get B2 😂...wbu them??
Well I tried to give an example. If I wanted to give an hollistic overview of all language families well then I could make a 10h video :D I can dive deeper in other language families if you wish? ☀
(The) Rest of the world only learns English.
Ah Yes learning 4,000 words and learning most of the grammar in 30 day is 100% possible
Sounds like you've done it before! 4000 words is sick tho :D You don't need 4000 for B2...I think 1000 will be enough for most languages.
@@alpadgie 500 A1 and 1500 A2 level
@@alpadgieyou could do the pub test to see if your b2 level
@@Fallen_from_grace Is this for Portuguese specifically?
@@Fallen_from_grace I'd like to! Where can I do the pub test?
what? i can't learn more than a1 haha
Well then you need to check out my skool community I guess 😁