If not in the country of the language it is a majority in, such as, if one is not in China nor the Greater China Region, go to areas where you live, work, and/or travel that have those languages spoken: ie ChinaTown. The same is true for Thai, one can go to Little Thailand; If say, for Arabic, there is Dearborn, Michigan. Those are examples. It's true also for expats to pick up languages when overseas, as she described: immersion. If "overseas"/outside of one's homeland, land of immigration/workplace, etc... when encountering and interacting with fellow expats, the native speakers at times integrate in "expat communities", just as do "Western" expats do.
I've mad respect for everyone who knows a lot of languages. I'm only fluent in Spanish (my native language) and English, but I'm also learning Russian. Now, this video confirmed that I really want to become a polyglot :)
Wow, you really don't settle for something easy, Russian is mad difficult. It's basically my mother tongue but heck would I learn it if it weren't? Absolutely no💀 i decided to go for chinese tho😂
@@mukaddastaj5223 I currently speak Portuguese (mother language), English and Italian, I also speak some French because a studied for a year during high school (but I don't count this one yet because I am not good enough) I tried multiple langues after getting a good level in Italian All hard ones, Korean, Russian and German Russian is the easiest one among those tbh For me personally German is more difficult than Russian, due to pronunciation and grammar Even if it uses the same alphabet and has some similarities with English sometimes
OMG everyone in this comment section is basically a polyglot. So glad that I randomly find this interesting Channel, already subscribed!!! I'm Vietnamese and fluent in English as my second language. I used to imitate foreign languages when I was little as well. Used to learn some Chinese back in high school but I dropped in the middle and now I've started learning Korean for 2 weeks. I think we all have the love and passion for other languages and culture. You're all are very inspiring, thank you so much!
Your video is very helpful for me. I’m an English learner and level is A2.English is my fourth language. And I can speak Chinese,Korean,Japanese fluently. so i like watch about multilingual video like this video
I'm Moroccan and I speak Arabic(native), french, English, Korean, and Spanish Basically I learned french and English in school at a very young age, Korean bcus of drama and mainly k-pop which through I got to know the culture then I had the opportunity to learn it formally at university due to a cooperation of a Korean university with the university I studied at and after I learned Spanish this year in a Spanish institution to go study in Spain. I think the keys to improve language fluency are reading a lot and speaking like actually using the language in the daily life because otherwise you will forget it, as well as watching/hearing from natives(like watching drama or real life documentaries). I really like learning languages it's so fun and helps to understand different people and different cultures. And I really want to learn more languages in the future like Chinese and Japanese and Russian.
@@hayabusa1329 to know and to different cultures, to understand different people from different backgrounds, to improve your yourself and your brain, to learn new things, obtain knowledge... knowing things is better than not knowing.
I'm Japanese, and i think many people from East Asia tend to have much better pronunciation and better language skills overall in Japanese compared to people who speak other languages like indo-european languages. Do you think it also applies to Chinese as well?
People who are all fluent in many languages are soooooo cool. Here i'm struggling to learn English. I am terrible at speaking English.But i really love to speak in different languages so that i could connect to them😊
I totally feel you. I've been learning English all mu life but I'm never confident when I have to speak it or I worry to much about grammar but here I am trying to learn more languages 🤭
Very nice calming talks. Great you wait for her to finish the story. I would love to pick up my interest in learning more languages. For now I speak Mongolian, Chinese, English, Finnish, and some Portuguese (learning). Would love to pick up Japanese, which I learnt in high school 20 odd years ago. Greetings from Portugal.
I could speak 7 languages all by the age of 16 and everyone in my family speaks 7 languages my parents 8 because we lived in different places .Me and my brothers we were kids so it was easy for us to learn. But now it’s hard to learn new languages because I don’t have passion and don’t see the need .recently discovered that I understand Chinese at a fashion show as I understood people conversation 😂😂😂 it was funny but I know it’s the dramas I’ve been watching.
@@hudaammar1270 practice with native speakers or when you watch a dram follow how they speak and imitate them then rewatch the drama speaking out the conversations
I am from India l have been learning English language since 2020 and I am able to with people.I know 6 language that are hindi, odia, English,kudukh ,sadri and sambalpuri .I watched your podcast video and I got some important ideas which are really important for all language learners thank you for this information
When I first approached Thai language (coming from Italian as my mother tongue language) I was pretty confused by the ‘context’ thing, I thought to myself ‘how do I know if the person is talking about themselves or about someone else when they omit the subject and don’t conjugate verbs?’ but now, after a few months of consuming Thai contents and learning this language, I got so used to it to the point where I’m like ‘why do we need to conjugate every single verb in Italian when we can just get it by the context like in Thai?’ 😂😂
Your comment really struck a chord with me. It brought back memories of when I was forced to learn English. Back then, I was so frustrated with all the grammar rules. I started learning other European languages and realized that English actually has the fewest grammar rules of them all. I couldn't understand why languages needed to conjugate verbs and have so many complicated rules. My teachers would always say it was to ensure accurate and clear communication, but I never understood how a mistake could be made when the context makes the meaning clear. Being so used to Thai (my native language), I forgot about the perspective of non-native speakers. When I started teaching Thai to my foreign friends in university, I realized how much Thai relied on emotions and feelings. I couldn't explain to them why we use certain sentence structures or word endings. All I could say was, 'Just go with your feelings.' 🤣😂 That's when I realized how difficult it was to teach a language without relying on explicit rules. It was harder than learning grammar. My friends always asked for rules, but Thai is so flexible and doesn't always follow strict patterns. In the end, I could only tell them to follow their intuition. It took them months to accept this, but once they understood that Thai is like the Thai people-easygoing and casual-they started to enjoy learning it. Eventually, they were able to speak Thai like a native.
@@MeowMeow-go3tz That’s so interesting, thanks for sharing it ☺️ Now that I know how Thai language works I can only imagine how hard learning a language that conjugates verbs must be! I’ve studied Russian and Spanish for a couple of years in high school but ended up quitting them because of all those grammar rules, so difficult and pretty boring to me. As soon as I started learning Thai, my perspective on how languages work completely changed: everything about Thai is so much different from Italian and I personally find it much more interesting than any other language I’ve come across in my life! I feel like Thai people really talk by feeling, they ‘go with the flow’ and.. wow that’s so fascinating! Another thing that blew my mind about this language were tones: coming from a non-tonal language I was not used to hearing them at all, I remember watching videos (explaining Thai tones) and thinking ‘there’s no way someone can hear any difference, that person is literally repeating the same sound 5 times’ 😂😂 Now, after 6/7 months of learning Thai, I have to admit I still struggle with it, most times I have to focus a lot to hear and understand the right tone.. but at least now I can tell that there are, in fact, differences between one tone and the other 😂 Studying Thai on my own without a teacher surely slows down my progress (especially my speaking skills) but I’m not giving up, I’m willing to learn this beautiful language! You said you learned some European languages, now I’m curious! May I ask which languages do you speak? ☺️
@@Megh2001 If you don't mind, I'd be happy to help you. I think learning to pronounce tones in a language requires the help of a native speaker to listen and correct you. I remember when I first started learning Vietnamese and Chinese, I needed a native-speaking friend to listen to me and tell me if I was saying it correctly. Even though my native language, Thai, also has tones, it only helped me to a certain extent. I still had a lot more to learn. Besides English, I've studied French and Spanish, but I could only manage basic greetings and introductions haha. It was a very beginner level, nothing more. At that time, I found it quite difficult to find learning materials and felt that these languages were too far removed from my daily life. So, I decided to learn languages that were closer to home, such as Vietnamese, Khmer, and Chinese. As for Indo-European languages, I've given up on learning them for conversational purposes. However, I'm fascinated by their grammar, vocabulary, and etymology. I find them to be incredibly strange and fascinating, and I'm already very happy to have learned about them.
@@MeowMeow-go3tz Wow it would be so helpful for me to get to practice Thai with a native speaker.. it would be really awesome, thank you so much! How do I get in touch with you? I can add you on Instagram or I can download LINE if it’s more comfortable for you, I’ve heard this app is quite popular in Thailand! Let me know, thanks again ☺️
I watch videos like this to keep me going on my language journey. I am a native English speaker but I am fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. My dream is to be just as fluent in Korean, Mandarin, French, Japanese, Vietnamese, Italian and Haitian Creole. Sometimes I get so frustrated with myself that I can't communicate in those languages as well as I can in Spanish. Even French is still hard for me when I feel like it should be easy since I speak two other romance languages. But videos like this remind me of the need for immersion. I am gonna work on doing my sabbatical in Korea. When I spend just two weeks there my Korean improves. I can't wait to see what it will be after a year.
I'm learning Mandarin but don't have opportunities outside of my tutor or occasional online interactions. However, today I learned about a China market at the beach, so I am going there to eat and maybe make a friend. I am nervous and excited. Seoul summer 2024. Shanghai 2026!❤
i’m Indonesian and currently learning german in my second language (english), i also learn korean, spanish and thai in english. i’m more focused on listening and speaking by having conversations with myself and listen to podcast. it’s better for me to be fluent by listening more and mimicking it.
The Chinese movie thing is so relevant to me. I have watched Cantonese movie since younger age and had thought they spoke Chinese. Later realised it was Cantonese, and i ended up learning both of them lol.
I am from tamilinadu, south india. I speak my tongue tamil., hindi and English quiet well. Currently i am learning Japanese and i most likely want to end up with Japanese only . I love Japanese language and culture so much . I going to learn Japanese like a native speaker or more than them . ❤ If any Japanese people here want to learn english,we can learn together . ありがとうございます❤
I’ve been learning Korean online for 2 years and recently started face to face tutoring. What is weird is how easy and natural it is to not use personal pronouns. You might use 시 and names that’s it. And it all makes sense.
Becoming a polyglot is not hard. With the right platform or tutor it will work out. I recommend an online platform called Immersive translate. It will work out for learning foreign languages.
I can speak three languages as well Arakanese, Burmese, English. Currently, I'm learning Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. She's right imitation is the best way to learn new languages. My dream is to be a polyglot cuz I wanna travel around the world, explore with different people, try their food. Learning new language is'nt easy as we think. To progress, effort and passion are crucial to be proficient.
You can omit the subject in a lot of languages but Germanic languages (or at least English and German and I assume the others) not so much. I hear a lot of foreigners complain about this part of English. As a native speaker of course I feel like something is missing when the subject is omitted. But I remember a Japanese friend of mine talking to another Japanese speaker and complaining how English speakers always correct them if they drop the subject but then go on to say that we drop the subject too when we speak English. Obviously they felt like there was a double standard going on. And it's true we do drop the subject sometimes but it's either very sloppy casual speech or it's for a sort of literary effect. I'd have to pay attention to my speech to really notice when I do it to figure out the context of why and the pattern. There may not really be a pattern except when I'm lazy though. :edit: I was thinking about French because I couldn't think of a single sentence in French where they drop the subject (but my French is not very good so I had doubts) and I checked with Chat GPT. French is the only Romance language that does require a subject grammatically. It evolved over time so that by around the 17th century when "modern" French was in place, when you spoke French you used a subject in every sentence. Chat GPT has more information if you're curious but the theory on why is that due to sound changes in French pronunciation, the language had become less clear and you couldn't figure out the subject as easily as before. Per Chat GPT anyway. That makes sense but at the same time Korean and Japanese have zero verb conjugations when it comes to the subject only for politeness and yet they don't use a subject so I don't know if I fully buy into that.
I’m currently learning Chinese Mandarin aside Japanese, French and Russian. I can speak German, English, Filipino/Tagalog and Visayan/Bisaya. Right now, I just wanted to focus on Chinese! Hope I can find someone to help me learn more and easily! Xiexie! ❤
wow! so cool to learn how special chinese language is... lets not hate, but emulate! Im a lost Viking... far from my homeland... Swedish American. love to hear her story.
I just found this video on my feed, and enjoyed it. just a small tip for your video, as a English learner I want you to add both English and Korean subtitle using CC button. for some people like me, it would be great for practicing listening to this podcast content without being unintentionally exposed to subtitles
I've been using language learning apps and watching Korean movies with Korean subtitles on Netflix to improve my Korean, but I'm still not fluent. I'm wondering if you have any advice for language learning when I have memory, attention, or learning difficulties. I'm currently using Mango Languages for Chinese, and I take notes by hand, but I find it hard to memorize what I've written. I can remember individual words, but memorizing whole sentences is quite impossible for me.
@@evolve_hq Well, I can't listen to audio multiple times or repeatedly. For example, Pimsleur recommends listening to his audio lessons without writing and during our idle time. However, I've noticed that I either fall asleep or my brain becomes saturated from listening. In other words, I can't memorize enough to explain, declare, or recite to other people. So I'm basically beating my head against a wall, because I study by writing by hand on paper, accumulating lots of paper, can't keep reviewing, can't memorize with Anki, and nothing seems to have any effect on my memory. I don't know if it's common or more recommended to take notes on paper. I still don't trust note-taking apps like OneNote or GoodNotes, or I don't have a compatible stylus pen for that purpose.
나는 한국인으로써 조금 의아하다. 우리나라 사람들 대부분은 중국어를 별로 안좋아하고 꺼려하는 사람들이 많다. 여러 주변 여건으로 인해 반중 감정이 심한 것도 있고 또 중국에서 한국으로 유입된 조선족들은 중국어와 한국어가 전부 유창한 경우가 많아서 굳이 중국어를 열심히 배워봤자 조선족보다 못하기 때문에 경쟁력이 없다고 생각하기 때문이다. 이 영상을 보면 자기소개를 할 때 처음에 한국어로 안하고 중국어로 하는 것도 굉장히 이질적이고 생소했다. 오해가 없었으면 좋겠다. 많은 한국인들은 중국어를 별로 좋아하지 않는다. 그러나 한국에는 중국인들이 굉장히 많이 들어와 있기 때문에 길거리만 걸어도 중국어가 여기저기서 들리곤 한다.
@@DKsatojun 그런 해괴한 주장을 하는 것은 중국인 이외에는 전세계에 아무도 존재하지 않을 것이다 ㅎㅎ 하긴 중국인은 뭐 하나 유명하다 싶으면 죄다 자기꺼라고 우기는 족속들이니까 놀랍지도 않다. 하지만 한족의 역사를 공부해보면 항상 이민족에게 지배 당하면서 살아왔다는 것을 알 수 있다. 과거 고구려를 침공했던 수나라와 당나라 역시도 한족이 아닌 선비족의 나라였고 한족을 굴복시켰던 요나라 역시 선비족 계열인 거란족의 나라였다. 또 여진족이 세운 금나라에게도 지배 당했고, 몽골족이 세운 원나라에게도 완전히 식민 지배를 당하면서 여진족이나 거란족, 고려인보다도 못한 신세가 되기도 했다. 또한 한족이 세운 명나라는 후금이 세운 청나라에 금새 멸망 당했다. 중국의 역사를 살펴보면 한족들은 항상 지배 당해왔고 지배 당하는 것에 익숙한 족속들이란 것을 알 수 있다. 그래서 한족들은 그들을 지배한 이민족들의 땅을 찾기 분주하며 오늘날에도 이민족들을 숭배하고 있다. 심지어 이민족들의 언어나 문화조차도 자기들 것이라고 주장을 하니 참 재미있는 노릇이다. ㅎㅎ
@@evolve_hq yeah, coz logically I'm hungry n i'm very hungry is different right? if u said I'm very hungry u can definitely just said 好饿 hao 'e, but if u just want to say i'm hungry it's just like french j'ai fam, protuguese tenho fome, spanish tengo hambre
Does speaking three languages make one a polyglot... More than two technical should.... Most Indians in india could be called polyglots... We know English Hindi and a regional language or mother tongue if it's not Hindi... I myself can speak English Hindi Gujarati Marathi and French
That's the point with those "polyglots" - it's not a problem at all to speak even 15 languages. The only question is how you define "to speak a language". Because most so-called polyglots can barely string a few words together in foreign languages. It is much harder and much more respectable to learn one language to a good level than to learn five languages at a superficial level.
@evolve_hq The vast majority of people speak even their native language rather poorly. That's why it's a common thing when you hear some interesting idea and then try to retell it to your friends, but all that comes out of your mouth is some kind of nonsense. That's what rhetoric is for. And when you learn a language, the higher your level, the more time and effort it takes to improve the quality of the language. As a rule, it takes the same amount of time to improve your language proficiency from C1 to C2 as it does to learn a language from scratch to this very C1. Meanwhile, even C2 is not even close to an eloquent native speaker level. So, of course, learning a new language to level A2 is much easier than polishing the language you are already learning to a good level. And, of course, you can always brag on the Internet that you are a POLYGLOT.
@@Alexander-m3o1u I’m confused by the comments here, what is the definition of polyglot that the people are referring here? In your opinion, how many languages one needs to know to be considered a polyglot?
What are your tips for improving your language fluency? Let us know and where you're viewing from in the comments! 🌐
If not in the country of the language it is a majority in, such as, if one is not in China nor the Greater China Region, go to areas where you live, work, and/or travel that have those languages spoken: ie ChinaTown. The same is true for Thai, one can go to Little Thailand; If say, for Arabic, there is Dearborn, Michigan. Those are examples. It's true also for expats to pick up languages when overseas, as she described: immersion.
If "overseas"/outside of one's homeland, land of immigration/workplace, etc... when encountering and interacting with fellow expats, the native speakers at times integrate in "expat communities", just as do "Western" expats do.
@@linguist8623 great advice!
I've mad respect for everyone who knows a lot of languages. I'm only fluent in Spanish (my native language) and English, but I'm also learning Russian. Now, this video confirmed that I really want to become a polyglot :)
Keep going 💪 and check out our other polyglot videos for more motivation!
Wow, you really don't settle for something easy, Russian is mad difficult. It's basically my mother tongue but heck would I learn it if it weren't? Absolutely no💀 i decided to go for chinese tho😂
@@mukaddastaj5223 same
@@mukaddastaj5223 I currently speak Portuguese (mother language), English and Italian, I also speak some French because a studied for a year during high school (but I don't count this one yet because I am not good enough)
I tried multiple langues after getting a good level in Italian
All hard ones, Korean, Russian and German
Russian is the easiest one among those tbh
For me personally German is more difficult than Russian, due to pronunciation and grammar
Even if it uses the same alphabet and has some similarities with English sometimes
English and Spanish is good
OMG everyone in this comment section is basically a polyglot. So glad that I randomly find this interesting Channel, already subscribed!!! I'm Vietnamese and fluent in English as my second language. I used to imitate foreign languages when I was little as well. Used to learn some Chinese back in high school but I dropped in the middle and now I've started learning Korean for 2 weeks. I think we all have the love and passion for other languages and culture. You're all are very inspiring, thank you so much!
Your video is very helpful for me. I’m an English learner and level is A2.English is my fourth language. And I can speak Chinese,Korean,Japanese fluently. so i like watch about multilingual video like this video
Thank you very much for watching, check out the channel for more videos like this 🙏
@@evolve_hq yeah,I already subscribed your channel.
I'm Moroccan and I speak Arabic(native), french, English, Korean, and Spanish
Basically I learned french and English in school at a very young age, Korean bcus of drama and mainly k-pop which through I got to know the culture then I had the opportunity to learn it formally at university due to a cooperation of a Korean university with the university I studied at and after I learned Spanish this year in a Spanish institution to go study in Spain.
I think the keys to improve language fluency are reading a lot and speaking like actually using the language in the daily life because otherwise you will forget it, as well as watching/hearing from natives(like watching drama or real life documentaries).
I really like learning languages it's so fun and helps to understand different people and different cultures. And I really want to learn more languages in the future like Chinese and Japanese and Russian.
What's the purpose of learning so many languages? English is enough
@@hayabusa1329 to know and to different cultures, to understand different people from different backgrounds, to improve your yourself and your brain, to learn new things, obtain knowledge...
knowing things is better than not knowing.
@@rihabone2461 you can't know like 10 languages lol how can your brain handle it
@@hayabusa1329You can check out İclal, she is 19 and she is fluent in 9 languages, all self taught.
@@hayabusa1329 I mean if you don't want to learn and work your brain ofcourse you can't handle it lol
As a Chinese , I confirm she speaks very fluent Mandarin .
Thanks for commenting 🙏
I'm Japanese, and i think many people from East Asia tend to have much better pronunciation and better language skills overall in Japanese compared to people who speak other languages like indo-european languages. Do you think it also applies to Chinese as well?
People who are all fluent in many languages are soooooo cool. Here i'm struggling to learn English. I am terrible at speaking English.But i really love to speak in different languages so that i could connect to them😊
I totally feel you. I've been learning English all mu life but I'm never confident when I have to speak it or I worry to much about grammar but here I am trying to learn more languages 🤭
@@erikadelgado7692 Are you from??
@@erikadelgado7692 😂😂
@@suba_v4468 I'm from Mexico, and you?
@@suba_v4468don't worry ,i can help you by having formal conversation with you time to time .
Very nice calming talks. Great you wait for her to finish the story.
I would love to pick up my interest in learning more languages.
For now I speak Mongolian, Chinese, English, Finnish, and some Portuguese (learning). Would love to pick up Japanese, which I learnt in high school 20 odd years ago.
Greetings from Portugal.
Wow thanks for watching 🙏
I could speak 7 languages all by the age of 16 and everyone in my family speaks 7 languages my parents 8 because we lived in different places .Me and my brothers we were kids so it was easy for us to learn. But now it’s hard to learn new languages because I don’t have passion and don’t see the need .recently discovered that I understand Chinese at a fashion show as I understood people conversation 😂😂😂 it was funny but I know it’s the dramas I’ve been watching.
i speak 6 languages, we can practice together! What languages do you speak? Do you have whatsapp/instagram/Discord?
which languages?
@@ZuriMwangi-u3v not on any social media only RUclips
Wow that's amazing, I've been learning Chinese for 4 years and my speaking is very bad I don't know what to do can you give me an advice
@@hudaammar1270 practice with native speakers or when you watch a dram follow how they speak and imitate them then rewatch the drama speaking out the conversations
I am from India l have been learning English language since 2020 and I am able to with people.I know 6 language that are hindi, odia, English,kudukh ,sadri and sambalpuri .I watched your podcast video and I got some important ideas which are really important for all language learners thank you for this information
😂 dialects are not count in languages 😂
When I first approached Thai language (coming from Italian as my mother tongue language) I was pretty confused by the ‘context’ thing, I thought to myself ‘how do I know if the person is talking about themselves or about someone else when they omit the subject and don’t conjugate verbs?’ but now, after a few months of consuming Thai contents and learning this language, I got so used to it to the point where I’m like ‘why do we need to conjugate every single verb in Italian when we can just get it by the context like in Thai?’ 😂😂
😅 E vero 🙏🙏
Your comment really struck a chord with me. It brought back memories of when I was forced to learn English. Back then, I was so frustrated with all the grammar rules. I started learning other European languages and realized that English actually has the fewest grammar rules of them all. I couldn't understand why languages needed to conjugate verbs and have so many complicated rules. My teachers would always say it was to ensure accurate and clear communication, but I never understood how a mistake could be made when the context makes the meaning clear.
Being so used to Thai (my native language), I forgot about the perspective of non-native speakers. When I started teaching Thai to my foreign friends in university, I realized how much Thai relied on emotions and feelings. I couldn't explain to them why we use certain sentence structures or word endings. All I could say was, 'Just go with your feelings.' 🤣😂 That's when I realized how difficult it was to teach a language without relying on explicit rules. It was harder than learning grammar.
My friends always asked for rules, but Thai is so flexible and doesn't always follow strict patterns. In the end, I could only tell them to follow their intuition. It took them months to accept this, but once they understood that Thai is like the Thai people-easygoing and casual-they started to enjoy learning it. Eventually, they were able to speak Thai like a native.
@@MeowMeow-go3tz That’s so interesting, thanks for sharing it ☺️
Now that I know how Thai language works I can only imagine how hard learning a language that conjugates verbs must be!
I’ve studied Russian and Spanish for a couple of years in high school but ended up quitting them because of all those grammar rules, so difficult and pretty boring to me.
As soon as I started learning Thai, my perspective on how languages work completely changed: everything about Thai is so much different from Italian and I personally find it much more interesting than any other language I’ve come across in my life!
I feel like Thai people really talk by feeling, they ‘go with the flow’ and.. wow that’s so fascinating!
Another thing that blew my mind about this language were tones: coming from a non-tonal language I was not used to hearing them at all, I remember watching videos (explaining Thai tones) and thinking ‘there’s no way someone can hear any difference, that person is literally repeating the same sound 5 times’ 😂😂
Now, after 6/7 months of learning Thai, I have to admit I still struggle with it, most times I have to focus a lot to hear and understand the right tone.. but at least now I can tell that there are, in fact, differences between one tone and the other 😂
Studying Thai on my own without a teacher surely slows down my progress (especially my speaking skills) but I’m not giving up, I’m willing to learn this beautiful language!
You said you learned some European languages, now I’m curious! May I ask which languages do you speak? ☺️
@@Megh2001 If you don't mind, I'd be happy to help you. I think learning to pronounce tones in a language requires the help of a native speaker to listen and correct you. I remember when I first started learning Vietnamese and Chinese, I needed a native-speaking friend to listen to me and tell me if I was saying it correctly. Even though my native language, Thai, also has tones, it only helped me to a certain extent. I still had a lot more to learn.
Besides English, I've studied French and Spanish, but I could only manage basic greetings and introductions haha. It was a very beginner level, nothing more. At that time, I found it quite difficult to find learning materials and felt that these languages were too far removed from my daily life. So, I decided to learn languages that were closer to home, such as Vietnamese, Khmer, and Chinese.
As for Indo-European languages, I've given up on learning them for conversational purposes. However, I'm fascinated by their grammar, vocabulary, and etymology. I find them to be incredibly strange and fascinating, and I'm already very happy to have learned about them.
@@MeowMeow-go3tz Wow it would be so helpful for me to get to practice Thai with a native speaker.. it would be really awesome, thank you so much!
How do I get in touch with you? I can add you on Instagram or I can download LINE if it’s more comfortable for you, I’ve heard this app is quite popular in Thailand!
Let me know, thanks again ☺️
This is the technic I used in learning languages. I’ve been learning more than 10 languages so far.
Can you explain what that method is? I mean a more detailed explanation
I watch videos like this to keep me going on my language journey. I am a native English speaker but I am fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. My dream is to be just as fluent in Korean, Mandarin, French, Japanese, Vietnamese, Italian and Haitian Creole. Sometimes I get so frustrated with myself that I can't communicate in those languages as well as I can in Spanish. Even French is still hard for me when I feel like it should be easy since I speak two other romance languages. But videos like this remind me of the need for immersion. I am gonna work on doing my sabbatical in Korea. When I spend just two weeks there my Korean improves. I can't wait to see what it will be after a year.
I'm learning Mandarin but don't have opportunities outside of my tutor or occasional online interactions. However, today I learned about a China market at the beach, so I am going there to eat and maybe make a friend. I am nervous and excited. Seoul summer 2024. Shanghai 2026!❤
i’m Indonesian and currently learning german in my second language (english), i also learn korean, spanish and thai in english. i’m more focused on listening and speaking by having conversations with myself and listen to podcast. it’s better for me to be fluent by listening more and mimicking it.
Thanks for sharing
The Chinese movie thing is so relevant to me. I have watched Cantonese movie since younger age and had thought they spoke Chinese. Later realised it was Cantonese, and i ended up learning both of them lol.
I am from tamilinadu, south india. I speak my tongue tamil., hindi and English quiet well. Currently i am learning Japanese and i most likely want to end up with Japanese only . I love Japanese language and culture so much . I going to learn Japanese like a native speaker or more than them . ❤ If any Japanese people here want to learn english,we can learn together . ありがとうございます❤
Nunca había visto a una chica coreana que amase tanto a China.
こんなに中国が好きな韓国人の女の子は初めて見ました。
이렇게 중국을 좋아하는 한국인 소녀는 처음으로 보았습니다.
Nice conversation, thanks. Au revoir!
Wow she is so humble.
Yes she is a truly inspiring person!
I’ve been learning Korean online for 2 years and recently started face to face tutoring. What is weird is how easy and natural it is to not use personal pronouns. You might use 시 and names that’s it. And it all makes sense.
Becoming a polyglot is not hard. With the right platform or tutor it will work out. I recommend an online platform called Immersive translate. It will work out for learning foreign languages.
How many languages do you speak?
I can speak three languages as well Arakanese, Burmese, English. Currently, I'm learning Spanish, Japanese and Chinese. She's right imitation is the best way to learn new languages. My dream is to be a polyglot cuz I wanna travel around the world, explore with different people, try their food. Learning new language is'nt easy as we think. To progress, effort and passion are crucial to be proficient.
Great video I always love this channel 🙌🏾
Many thanks for your support!
You can omit the subject in a lot of languages but Germanic languages (or at least English and German and I assume the others) not so much. I hear a lot of foreigners complain about this part of English. As a native speaker of course I feel like something is missing when the subject is omitted. But I remember a Japanese friend of mine talking to another Japanese speaker and complaining how English speakers always correct them if they drop the subject but then go on to say that we drop the subject too when we speak English. Obviously they felt like there was a double standard going on. And it's true we do drop the subject sometimes but it's either very sloppy casual speech or it's for a sort of literary effect. I'd have to pay attention to my speech to really notice when I do it to figure out the context of why and the pattern. There may not really be a pattern except when I'm lazy though.
:edit: I was thinking about French because I couldn't think of a single sentence in French where they drop the subject (but my French is not very good so I had doubts) and I checked with Chat GPT. French is the only Romance language that does require a subject grammatically. It evolved over time so that by around the 17th century when "modern" French was in place, when you spoke French you used a subject in every sentence. Chat GPT has more information if you're curious but the theory on why is that due to sound changes in French pronunciation, the language had become less clear and you couldn't figure out the subject as easily as before. Per Chat GPT anyway. That makes sense but at the same time Korean and Japanese have zero verb conjugations when it comes to the subject only for politeness and yet they don't use a subject so I don't know if I fully buy into that.
Very interesting 🤔
I’m currently learning Chinese Mandarin aside Japanese, French and Russian. I can speak German, English, Filipino/Tagalog and Visayan/Bisaya. Right now, I just wanted to focus on Chinese! Hope I can find someone to help me learn more and easily! Xiexie! ❤
Awesome! Keep up the great work 👍
다은이 넘 멋져🫶🫶
언니 고마워🥺🥰
I speak for languages, spanish, english, korean, japanese.
Nice, how did you learn them?
I am Algerian and I speak 4 languages: tamazight, Arabic, French, English. Also trying to learn Turkish and German
Wow is Tamazight spoken across all of Algeria?!
@@evolve_hqnot across all of Algeria because we have some Algerians who can't speak tamazight
Ur Chinese is so good I am learning Japanese and I know how to say hello in Korean and thank you and u welcome Japanese also
I want to learn many languages but now I'm focusing in English first.
Keep up the great work! What strategies are you using to learn English?
@@evolve_hq Thank you so much!
I do Clozemaster and RUclips, I'd like to speak to reach a good English level but I don't have anyone to practice with.
wow! so cool to learn how special chinese language is... lets not hate, but emulate! Im a lost Viking... far from my homeland... Swedish American. love to hear her story.
Thanks for watching 🙏
oh i'm brazilian i never studied english but i can understand this video
i'm currently studying korean but i'm still going to study english
Thanks for watching!!
Ur English is so very good don't worry
Thanks for sharing . So funny❤
I'm hungry in mandarin Chinese we also say "我饿了" which literally means I hungry or I'm hungry. The subject of the sentence is not always omitted.
Nice, thanks for sharing!
Could you tell me Da Eun’s channel if she has one on RUclips?
I speak 5 lenguages.
Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Hindi, English, Russian. etc.
How did you learn them all?
@@evolve_hq I learn it in Jamia Millia Islamia University.
She speaks perfect Chinese
im learning 10 language as of now. aside fron my native tagalog and english
Amazing! Which languages? 🧐
how did you learn three languages what´s your stlyle to speak fluentlyl
I just found this video on my feed, and enjoyed it. just a small tip for your video, as a English learner I want you to add both English and Korean subtitle using CC button. for some people like me, it would be great for practicing listening to this podcast content without being unintentionally exposed to subtitles
I've been using language learning apps and watching Korean movies with Korean subtitles on Netflix to improve my Korean, but I'm still not fluent. I'm wondering if you have any advice for language learning when I have memory, attention, or learning difficulties. I'm currently using Mango Languages for Chinese, and I take notes by hand, but I find it hard to memorize what I've written. I can remember individual words, but memorizing whole sentences is quite impossible for me.
Have you tried listening to audio repeatedly? What format does mango use?
@@evolve_hq Well, I can't listen to audio multiple times or repeatedly. For example, Pimsleur recommends listening to his audio lessons without writing and during our idle time. However, I've noticed that I either fall asleep or my brain becomes saturated from listening. In other words, I can't memorize enough to explain, declare, or recite to other people. So I'm basically beating my head against a wall, because I study by writing by hand on paper, accumulating lots of paper, can't keep reviewing, can't memorize with Anki, and nothing seems to have any effect on my memory. I don't know if it's common or more recommended to take notes on paper. I still don't trust note-taking apps like OneNote or GoodNotes, or I don't have a compatible stylus pen for that purpose.
I'm a Filipino. Know Filipino (Tagalog,Waray), English and Learning Japanese currently.
Awesome, what methods are you using to study Japanese? 🇯🇵
@@evolve_hq Im currently studying in a Japanese language school.
@@higracelle that's awesome! Gambatte kudasai !
Very cool
Damn her mandarin accent is great
Taiwan..yeah❤
The Evolve team would love to visit Taiwan soon!
@@evolve_hq Thank you so much..i'm sure it will..
Thanks universe❤❤ww
She is a native Korean but a funny thing is she has a Chinese accent in her English.
What makes you say that?
What is her nationality?i mean where is she from? and what is her own language ?
She's from Korea and she is Korean her first language is also korean😊
@jadaye2201 thanks for letting know iam from Somalia 🇸🇴
น่ารักมาก พิธีกร พูดภาษาไทย
She speak Mandarin like a native speaker
Thanks for watching and wow really? How can you tell?
I speak three languages and I don't call myself polyglot. Maybe I'm too immersed in the polyglot community where people speak at least five languages.
3.5 🙋🏻♂️
drama means tv show
Thanks for your comment 🙏
In morocco we are born speaking Berber, Darija and Arabic.
Interesting, do people still study French there too?
@@evolve_hq
Yes.they do.
@@khaldeunHamreun such a multilingual country!
나는 한국인으로써 조금 의아하다. 우리나라 사람들 대부분은 중국어를 별로 안좋아하고 꺼려하는 사람들이 많다. 여러 주변 여건으로 인해 반중 감정이 심한 것도 있고 또 중국에서 한국으로 유입된 조선족들은 중국어와 한국어가 전부 유창한 경우가 많아서 굳이 중국어를 열심히 배워봤자 조선족보다 못하기 때문에 경쟁력이 없다고 생각하기 때문이다. 이 영상을 보면 자기소개를 할 때 처음에 한국어로 안하고 중국어로 하는 것도 굉장히 이질적이고 생소했다. 오해가 없었으면 좋겠다. 많은 한국인들은 중국어를 별로 좋아하지 않는다. 그러나 한국에는 중국인들이 굉장히 많이 들어와 있기 때문에 길거리만 걸어도 중국어가 여기저기서 들리곤 한다.
Yes I agree, especially as Korean language originates from Chinese and most of the culture too right? 🇨🇳🇰🇷
@@DKsatojun 그런 해괴한 주장을 하는 것은 중국인 이외에는 전세계에 아무도 존재하지 않을 것이다 ㅎㅎ 하긴 중국인은 뭐 하나 유명하다 싶으면 죄다 자기꺼라고 우기는 족속들이니까 놀랍지도 않다. 하지만 한족의 역사를 공부해보면 항상 이민족에게 지배 당하면서 살아왔다는 것을 알 수 있다. 과거 고구려를 침공했던 수나라와 당나라 역시도 한족이 아닌 선비족의 나라였고 한족을 굴복시켰던 요나라 역시 선비족 계열인 거란족의 나라였다. 또 여진족이 세운 금나라에게도 지배 당했고, 몽골족이 세운 원나라에게도 완전히 식민 지배를 당하면서 여진족이나 거란족, 고려인보다도 못한 신세가 되기도 했다. 또한 한족이 세운 명나라는 후금이 세운 청나라에 금새 멸망 당했다. 중국의 역사를 살펴보면 한족들은 항상 지배 당해왔고 지배 당하는 것에 익숙한 족속들이란 것을 알 수 있다. 그래서 한족들은 그들을 지배한 이민족들의 땅을 찾기 분주하며 오늘날에도 이민족들을 숭배하고 있다. 심지어 이민족들의 언어나 문화조차도 자기들 것이라고 주장을 하니 참 재미있는 노릇이다. ㅎㅎ
add some correction about "i'm hungry" in chinese, I still necessary to use for example "我饿/我饿了“ mean I hungry, so chinese has not verb to be.
Even in informal speech?
@@evolve_hq yeah, coz logically I'm hungry n i'm very hungry is different right? if u said I'm very hungry u can definitely just said 好饿 hao 'e, but if u just want to say i'm hungry it's just like french j'ai fam, protuguese tenho fome, spanish tengo hambre
@@lilalpaca6690 How interesting, as in English/French/Spanish you can't just say "very hungry"! Thanks for sharing, which languages do you speak?
@@evolve_hq hi, I speak Indonesian, Chinese Mandarin, English, and half Portuguese half spanish
@@lilalpaca6690 Very impressive! How did you learn all of those?
Actually, I thought only those who can speak more than three languages fluently could be considered polyglot?
It is odd that Her English accent comes with a bit Chinese accent, which I find mainly from mainland Chinese
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Thanks for watching!
Does speaking three languages make one a polyglot... More than two technical should.... Most Indians in india could be called polyglots... We know English Hindi and a regional language or mother tongue if it's not Hindi... I myself can speak English Hindi Gujarati Marathi and French
3? That's cute.
😂❤ "อะไรนะ"
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hi guys! is there anyone who wants to practice English?
17:49 😂👏👏
Hahahah, have you been to Thailand before?
@@evolve_hq yes. Thailand is my neighbour. I’m from Malaysia 😊
@@callmeqi Selamat malam to you in Malaysia and thanks for watching!
@@evolve_hq terima kasih👍
I’m living in London now 😊
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3 languages considered as polyglots 🙀
Which languages do you like most?
By definition…they are
That's the point with those "polyglots" - it's not a problem at all to speak even 15 languages. The only question is how you define "to speak a language". Because most so-called polyglots can barely string a few words together in foreign languages. It is much harder and much more respectable to learn one language to a good level than to learn five languages at a superficial level.
Interesting perspective!
@evolve_hq The vast majority of people speak even their native language rather poorly. That's why it's a common thing when you hear some interesting idea and then try to retell it to your friends, but all that comes out of your mouth is some kind of nonsense. That's what rhetoric is for.
And when you learn a language, the higher your level, the more time and effort it takes to improve the quality of the language. As a rule, it takes the same amount of time to improve your language proficiency from C1 to C2 as it does to learn a language from scratch to this very C1. Meanwhile, even C2 is not even close to an eloquent native speaker level. So, of course, learning a new language to level A2 is much easier than polishing the language you are already learning to a good level. And, of course, you can always brag on the Internet that you are a POLYGLOT.
@@Alexander-m3o1u so which languages do you speak?
@evolve_hq Russian, English to a decent level. French to B1. And a couple of others just enough to pretend I'm a polyglot on youtube.
@@Alexander-m3o1u I’m confused by the comments here, what is the definition of polyglot that the people are referring here? In your opinion, how many languages one needs to know to be considered a polyglot?
lol im Thai i always hate how taxi driver take advantage from foreigner 17:50
That's why foreigners should learn to speak Thai 🤣🇹🇭
Its 我饿了 not just 好饿
好饿 라고 중국인들이 엄청 많이 말하는데????
her side's look remind me Uncle Roger =))
Thanks for your comment but I don't see the resemblance myself!
This is the technic I used in learning languages. I’ve been learning more than 10 languages so far.