This is my final month (April) of learn Spanish actively! Watch to end to see how I did! E-book as mentioned ⇢ fluencymadeeasy.com/ Videos of my lessons (unsubtitled): Frank - ruclips.net/video/q1B7r9TEzGE/видео.html Angelica - ruclips.net/video/_HWl-JMtTIM/видео.html The tutor squad that helped me: Angelica - www.italki.com/teacher/8246669 Brady - www.italki.com/teacher/7283914 Frank - www.italki.com/teacher/3109265 Liliana - www.italki.com/teacher/1718845
Ikenna I really understand you, I'll have studied english for 1 year in some months (it's not perfect yet but I'm working hard on it) this month I really wanted to improve my speaking skill and I have the same idea that you had and I went to VRchat to talk with native speakers. I meet a lot of people there but I'm really shame and I have a difficult to begin a conversation but with the other guys that I had talked it was really good and you was my inspiration to do it, thank you! (I'm Brazilian )
@@LuisFernandoChavez tienes razón pero todavía debemos saber cómo usar palabras avanzadas también para que sabremos como actuar en situaciones formales. Pero en general tienes razón lol…
I think what could be difficult at interacting with Spanish speakers is that it is so diversified that most accents are drastically different from one another. Even if you're a native speaker you'll have to learn a bunch of words to start to understand what other person's saying in their Spanish, unless you're all speaking standard Spanish
@@lyrasyt If you learn Spanish from Spain, there are unique words only used in Spain, If you learn Spanish from Latin America, for example México, you can understand any country from Latin America, it depends on your preferences
@@AdrianC.98 thats no true , we all spanish countries have differents words (slangs) but we can understand each other all the countries , no 100% but 98%
@@lyrasyt I think Spanish of Spain isn’t like the standard Spanish, I am Mexican so I speak Mexican Spanish, all spanish speakers can understand each other until some point, when I first hear the Spain accent I don’t understand so much, so it was necessary to learn some words and expressions, but when you learn the common words of an accent you actually can understand perfectly any variety of spanish. For example in Mexico If I want to say “you are my friends” is “ustedes son mis amigos” but in Spain is “vosotros sois mis amigos”, in Mexico we don’t have the word “vosotros” neither “sois”.
@@CYNTHIAMORENOR hola¡! vengo para clarificar que soy española y dije el español de España solo porque es el que se imaginan muchos extranjeros (por la colonizacion y cosas asi, Europe being Europe) pero yo como española no lo considero el estándar, porque no lo es, y es estúpido pensarlo cuando hay más hispanoablantes en Latinoamérica que en España obviamente. Osea, es tonto que se les enseñe a los estadounidenses el "vosotros" cuando tienen a toda Latinoamérica al lado y allí utilizáis "ustedes" ¡!
As a native Spanish speaker (I'm Mexican) I have to say that I'm really surprised by your fluency in such a short time, especially with a language like this one. You are such an inspiration in my language learning journey. Hope you get better healthwise!
@@Julie_Batista I'm mexican and I can understand what he's saying or trying to communicate. He's quite fluid for someone that has been studying Spanish only a few months.
@@angel-jimenezz aún así, hay mucha gente que conservan acento fuerte que hace casi incomprensible que se puedan comunicar en un idioma extranjero, independientemente de cuál sea su idioma natal o cuántos idiomas hable. Trabajo en el sector turístico y me ha tocado escuchar gente que domina muy bien la diccion de las palabras aunque su idioma natal sea muy diferente al español, o al inglés, y gente que tiene un acento tan fuerte que lo hace difícil de entender. Tuve un caso hace poco con un chico con un fuerte acento francés que trataba de hablarme en inglés, así que le dije que hablara en francés porque podía entenderlo, aunque mi acento francés es bastante malo, pude responder lo que preguntaba y tuve suerte que me entendiera hahahaha
Also as an aside, in terms of reaching Conversational Fluency. I define CF as being able to have conversations about most topics with relative ease. For me it doesn't mean speaking without mistakes/errors or speaking as fast as a native. So I definitely still make mistakes and can't speak that rapidly however I'm glad that I'm at the point now where I can hop into a conversation about design, medicine, personal habits, youtube and give my opinion and understand nearly 100% of what the person I'm talking to is saying. I think above Conversational Fluency, is Advanced Fluency. Which includes speaking rapidly, having specialized vocab knowledge and committing nearly no errors. Definitely not there yet, but hope to reach it over the next few years passively. :)
Es asombroso el hecho de que pudieras avanzar tanto con tu español mientras te terminas de recuperar, mis más sinceros respetos y ánimos, fuerza crack se sigue adelante.
This was so inspiring to watch!! I've gotten pretty fluent at Korean over the past 5 years (able to talk about religion, politics, have 2+ hour long conversations, order food, etc ) and I've gotten into learning Chinese now! It's been a couple of months and I'm still nervous to speak, but watching you push towards your Spanish speaking goals made me less afraid. 谢谢为这个视频!!
@@vluessky in the beginning I mainly relied on learning basic words by writing them down in a journal repeatedly on one side, and on the other side I would write the Korean word with the English translation. That way it gets into my brain as I write it down, and then I can fold my journal in order to memorize the word and it's meaning without looking at the translation. That was my main way of learning, and about 3 years in I started to use Anki in order to review words I've already learned. 😁 I also study with RUclips and Webtoons now since I can watch/read them without pausing every second because I don't know a single word. GoBilly Korean is very good Korean teacher on RUclips. I don't watch him for beginner content, but his execution of explaining things to all learners is great. 👍 Also, after about 3 or so years of learning I started using italki to get speaking practice since I gained enough vocabulary. However, with all that being said don't overwhelm yourself with this stuff! Language learning should be fun, so take your time. It took me 3 and a half years to be able to watch and enjoy RUclips videos in Korean along with enjoying Korean Web Webtoons. Enjoy the process~!! ☺
@@Vitorruy1 nono~ don't be. Just do what you can, and before you know it you'll achieve your goals in no time with which ever language you've chosen! 😇
We're here for you Ikenna, always remember your community is always behind you. I wish you the best of health and that soon you'll be back doing more and more of what you have always done. Keep the faith better days will come i have no doubt!! Well done for getting another video out and for achieving what you wanted to achieve with your Spanish. Big love xx
I’m late to this video so idk if you’ll ever see this but I think you’re now one of my favourite language youtubers. I’m also chronically ill (one of my conditions also happens to be pots) & I’m bedridden + use a wheelchair on the few chances I manage to get out of bed. This meant I had to quit school aged 13 & instead homeschool myself from bed. 5/6 years down the line and I still can’t do much at all, but one of the things I’ve found I can do is languages. I know English (native), BSL, Spanish, Italian & Norwegian. It’s giving me a purpose and a reason to keep pushing through. And right now I’m working on reaching a point where I’m well enough to become a virtual language tutor 😊 Other youtubers I’ve found tend to be really social and travel a lot etc, so it’s nice to see someone else who has health issues. I really hope yours improves soon & you achieve your goal of walking again. Good luck with everything! 💛
The vr thing is genius. Someone should make a language learning vr game that’d be the best way to learn behind real life interactions. Maybe even more so because in vr you can be in an infinite amount of situations
Creo que tu español ha sido un gran logro! Comprendo que ha sido bastante difícil tener qué lidiar con con todos los idiomas que sabes y no revolverlos al momento de entablar una conversación! I´m proud of you!
You are literally my role model. I would love to learn multiple languages. I speak Spanish but I’m a pocha so it’s not always natural even though it’s my mothers language. You’re amazing and hope you recovery swiftly !
@@akemdam9824It’s a term often used by Mexican or Central Americans. It is used to describe a first generation kids of immigrant parents. When have had a white washed upbringing in culture and language. I speak Spanish but if I went to visit my mothers land they’d be able to tell I wasn’t from there. No eres ni aquí ni de allá lookin ass.
2:00 Una reacción de nivel nativo. Mis felicitaciones. Tu nivel de Español ha mejorado mucho y se nota el esfuerzo que has invertido. Sigue así, Ikenna y recupérate pronto.
2:08 is pure 金, It has been almost 4 years since I started learning English, I discovered your channel some months ago, and I love it. The way you are and a lot of the experiences you have told us are incredibly relatable, I have been in similar situations when it comes to language learning, and felt like you lots of times. I heard in one of your videos that you studied japanese when you were 15 and that made me realize I wanted to learn more languages. Right now I'm 15 and know Spanish, English and a little Japanese (It has been 3 months studying it daily) Btw I'm also INFJ 🤜
Ikenna, Hola! saludos y un abrazo fuerte desde Colombia hermano. Eres de admirar, como una persona con mucha responsabilidad y un objetivo fijo puede lograr aprender múltiples idioma, vi en tus conversaciones en español con los profesores que hablabas y decías palabras/frases como "encuentre personas" y claramente, como hispano hablante va a entender lo que quieres decir pero no te corrige al decirte, "encontré personas" pienso que esta mal hecho porque el estudiante asimila que esta bien decirlo así y no debería ser pero aun asi logras hablar prácticamente a la perfección!, Eres grande!.
I love the video❤️❤️❤️❤️ I think your progress is amazing and realistic at the same time. I use to get so stressed and demotivated as a beginner when I would see videos of people speaking rapid fire Spanish and claiming to have learned it in a month. I thought I was stupid or doing something wrong 🤦🏾♀️
Hi Ikenna, your progress is very impressive! I'm learning Spanish for 5 months now and your videos are really motivating (and fun!). Greetings from the Netherlands ;)
Its great to see how much you learned about spanish and in a really short time, but there is a little thing you need to know: countries have their own ways and words to speak spanish. If you keep chatting with people from a lot of spanish speaking countries, ask them about some words of their country or about the way they speak. Ask them about if they speak spanish faster, slower, gesticulating with their hands (im argentinian, I know about what im talking) and you can also listen to music in spanish. You got some covers of famous england and american songs and also a lot of great spanish speaking bands (I love "Soda Stereo" from Argentina). Good luck with your journey ♥
Ikenna, you are such an inspiration and a prime example that if you want something you will do it and nothing will stop you! I wish you the best with your health, you’re a beast so I know you will overcome it all! Thank you for all you do and inspiring us 🙌🏽
The iTalki class method is exactly how all of my best classes go! That's why I usually stick with higher energy teachers who just keep asking me things this way I think my 30 minutes is worth it, I only take 30 min classes because my brain doesn't work well after 30 minutes. In a sense these iTalki classes are like my exams, whatever I learned on my own during the week or the days before the class I hope to use them during the class. I don't really expect a lot from the tutors in terms of spoon feeding stuff to me because I feel like it's a waste of money because I could easily look those up on my own except when I'm lost in my research and really need to ask a native speaker then I ask those questions during the class! Thank you for the insight
I’m very proud and I’m a kid and would love to follow in your steps to learn new languages starting off with Japanese and Spanish but your work really gives me self-esteem :) thank you :)
Estaba intentando distraerme porque tenía un bloqueo y no lograba encontrar un tema para un pequeño ejercicio de tesis. Tu video me ayudo muchísimo y encontré un buen tema. "La autopercepción y la fluidez". Grande Ikenna
You are doing amazing, and in 5 months too?! When I first came to the US it took me around two years to be able to understand English. You are a true inspiration
In my opinion, even what you did is amazing!! As I've learned different languages, I've come to realize how hard and annoying learning English can be to non-English speakers. So give yourself a pat on the back for learning a language like English within two years, that's amazing!! At least to me it is. 😁
@@TalisaHwang thank you so much, it was such a challenging stage in my life so it means a lot! You should be proud of yourself for learning new languages, and I know you’ll master English if you haven’t already 💫
@@sofiag3808 🤣English is my native language, but I learn new things about English that I didn't know pretty often. I've studied Korean for about 5 years now, and I started learning Chinese 5 months ago... I'll try to be more proud of myself, and you should too!! 😇💕
@@TalisaHwang I’m so proud of you, I want to learn Japanese and Korean, but Korean seems so hard to pronounce. You’ve learned one of the hardest languages so please be proud of yourself!
@@sofiag3808 thank you so much~ and I'll say this. As long as you put your mind to it, you can learn anything!! Korean felt easy to learn (of course having its hard moments with learning new points, like 는것, 는게, etc) because I just placed my heart into it. So try your best not to get hung up on something being called the hardest _____ in the world. Just go for it my friend~ 😁
Buen trabajo , no me esperaba menos de tí , tu español es muy fluido , hay gente inglesa que se equivoca en los géneros pero tu no , eres increíble , sigue así ^-^
Eres un crack ikenna, El progreso en estos 5 meses es increíble. Yo estoy aprendiendo japonés y empecé también hace 5 meses… ni de chiste me acerco al nivel al que tú manejas el español jajaja. Felicidades por todo el progreso y espero que te recuperes pronto. Mis mejores deseos 💪🏼
I am a Spanish native speaker, and i could say you make a great improve in a short period of time. There a few mistakes but you accomplished your goal of make a effective communication . I could understand you without any problem. Sigue asi . Muy buena suerte
Amazing progress man. I've been following your journey with Spanish with my own journey in Chinese as we started around the same time. Your Spanish is definitely better than my Chinese but I'm inspired to keep going. Keep up the great work, Ikenna!
It's amazing how you been able to reach this level of Spanish in a few months, especially because this language sometimes it's hard for a Native speaker too, there's a lot of accents and words that are different in every country, I'm going to do some of the things that helped you to learn Spanish but with English!
Me parece excelente la forma en la que aprendiste español... La verdad es muy inspirador. Voy a recomendar tu canal a varios amigos míos. Saludos desde México.
Hi, I’m half Japanese and half American, but I never got taught Japanese. I started a bit ago and I can read Hiragana and Katakana. You are very inspirational, keep up with the good work!
I feel you on the too shy to jump in in vrchat, I always hop into Japanese severs then think after a bit of shying around that maybe I get better before I do this, also the fact that you are assumed to be a weeb if you learn Japanese is a real downer as I’ve never watched anime
That’s the only thing that annoys me about having an interest in Japanese as a language and the Japanese culture, is that people always assume I’m learning because of anime. I’ve watched anime before and I really like it but it’s not even close to the main reason I’m learning everything lol.
@Jakoby ! I’ve always been confident about it, but thanks for that regardless haha. Learning Japanese kinda feels like a spectrum sometimes, in the sense that on one end you have the ultra obsessed weebs and on the other end you’ve got people who are learning Japanese for learnings sake. But many people automatically assume that pretty much anyone who’s learning Japanese is a super obsessed weeb. I just don’t really wanna be put into the same category as them is all, only because that’s just simply not how I am. But like you said “don’t let other judgement get in the way” and I’ve been following that for awhile. Have fun learning Korean bro, hope it goes well for you!
@Jakoby ! I 100% agree, I’ve got respect for anyone who’s put the time and effort into learning any other language. I’ve personally put time into Spanish, French, Japanese and Korean so I respect the effort from anyone else. I’ve also used anime as a way to get input as well and I’ll always advocate for that as a decently reliable source for learning Japanese.
Muy bien hecho! no todos se animan a aprender español ya que es bastante dificil porque cada palabra tiene su propio genero y conjugación. pero vas super bien y que hables con personas de paises y acentos diferentes te ayuda muchisimo
i spent a month in spain with a nice spanish family (was supposed to be there for 8 but i had to leave early sadly). honestly getting myself to open my mouth to speak was the hardest part, but know i needed to to talk with them helped a lot with just getting over that fear. it also helped i wasnt in a big city where english was spoken bc tourists so i had to use spanish everywhere every day with little english aid. my spanish was ok with listening and reading when i got there, but even that month of just being kidna lost and needing to force myself helped me so much
este video apareció en mi inicio y quiero comentar... guau, tu nivel es muy bueno para haber estudiado en tan poco tiempo y tu acento es bastante bueno, qué genial que hayas mostrado tu camino
You know, I’m a Brazilian, and you motivate me so much ! I speak Spanish fluently and English, not fluently but advanced ! But know I want to be a Polyglot ! And you motivated me for that ! Thank you so much!
The fact that you can speak Spanish like this after only 5 months of studying is unbelievable! 👏👏👏👏 And I am very glad that you are feeling better, stay strong 💪
I wish there were more videos of you progress. I learn spanish and would love to just watch you learn during a stream. Just as entertainment and to learn. Just like James Bray does with german
Great progress! Spanish is a language with tons of verbals models and you did nice! You're a big inspiration for many language learners. ¡Fantástico! 💪
Estoy feliz de que hallas logrado recuperarte y perfeccionar el idioma, tienes nuestro apoyo! I am happy that you have managed to recoger and perfect your language, you have our support!
Como una persona que habla español de lengua materna, puedo decirte que avanzaste muchísimo, hablas el español muy bien! Still practicing a little bit, and you become a really good spanish speaker :)
Te acabo de conocer y me has inspirado a seguir intentando aprender japonés y Frances. Me fascina la capacidad de absorción de nuevas palabras que tienes, felicidades
Glad to see you are doing better!! Your Spanish has really improved since your last video. Hope you keep improving! Also, really liked the VRChat part of the video!!
Me recontra alegro por vos! la verdad que para solamente cinco meses vas un progreso alucinante, te felicito de corazón. Sería interesante ver que pensas del castellano Argentino (el que estoy hablando yo) aunque tampoco da para agobiarte así que lo dejo ahí como sugerencia. Muchas gracias por aprender mi idioma y subirlo a youtube, sos una gran influencia para tu audiencia y tenemos suerte de tenerte. Cuidate flaco
estoy orgulloso de ti, los temas que conoces bien sean facil a explicar para ti. Comites erores pero chinga la gente que dice que necesitamos hablar perfectamente si las ideas que expresamos sean entendidos.
El punto de conversar es compartir y explicar tus ideas, además tener la capacidad de pasar tiempo en unirte con otros en el mundo. Creo que tienes lo básico para hacerlo. Por la senda de lograr al nivel en que puedes manejar conversaciones más profundas es importante que amplíes el vocabulario y fortalecer las conjugaciones de los verbos. Tu nivel después de cinco meses es verdaderamente impresionante. Buen suerte.
This is my final month (April) of learn Spanish actively! Watch to end to see how I did!
E-book as mentioned ⇢ fluencymadeeasy.com/
Videos of my lessons (unsubtitled):
Frank - ruclips.net/video/q1B7r9TEzGE/видео.html
Angelica - ruclips.net/video/_HWl-JMtTIM/видео.html
The tutor squad that helped me:
Angelica - www.italki.com/teacher/8246669
Brady - www.italki.com/teacher/7283914
Frank - www.italki.com/teacher/3109265
Liliana - www.italki.com/teacher/1718845
Glad to hear you're doing better!
Ikenna I really understand you, I'll have studied english for 1 year in some months (it's not perfect yet but I'm working hard on it) this month I really wanted to improve my speaking skill and I have the same idea that you had and I went to VRchat to talk with native speakers. I meet a lot of people there but I'm really shame and I have a difficult to begin a conversation but with the other guys that I had talked it was really good and you was my inspiration to do it, thank you! (I'm Brazilian )
Could you make another VR Chat video?
What's your nationality bro? Your name looks partly Nigerian
This man is like a dictionary you turn a page and its a whole new world
Ikenna: "déjame practicar mi español contigo"
"NO"
Ikenna: "... A la v*rga"
😂😂😂
A la verga ayudeme jefecita :'vvvv
JAJAJAJAJA
"que wea"?
Me encanta como es que lo primero que se aprende en cualquier lenguaje. Cómo insultar. 😆😆😆 Ya tienes la mitad del español dominado.
@@LuisFernandoChavez tienes razón pero todavía debemos saber cómo usar palabras avanzadas también para que sabremos como actuar en situaciones formales. Pero en general tienes razón lol…
I think what could be difficult at interacting with Spanish speakers is that it is so diversified that most accents are drastically different from one another. Even if you're a native speaker you'll have to learn a bunch of words to start to understand what other person's saying in their Spanish, unless you're all speaking standard Spanish
but there is no such thing as standard spanish tho? I'm guessing you meant Spanish from Spain?
@@lyrasyt If you learn Spanish from Spain, there are unique words only used in Spain, If you learn Spanish from Latin America, for example México, you can understand any country from Latin America, it depends on your preferences
@@AdrianC.98 thats no true , we all spanish countries have differents words (slangs) but we can understand each other all the countries , no 100% but 98%
@@lyrasyt I think Spanish of Spain isn’t like the standard Spanish, I am Mexican so I speak Mexican Spanish, all spanish speakers can understand each other until some point, when I first hear the Spain accent I don’t understand so much, so it was necessary to learn some words and expressions, but when you learn the common words of an accent you actually can understand perfectly any variety of spanish.
For example in Mexico If I want to say “you are my friends” is “ustedes son mis amigos” but in Spain is “vosotros sois mis amigos”, in Mexico we don’t have the word “vosotros” neither “sois”.
@@CYNTHIAMORENOR hola¡! vengo para clarificar que soy española y dije el español de España solo porque es el que se imaginan muchos extranjeros (por la colonizacion y cosas asi, Europe being Europe) pero yo como española no lo considero el estándar, porque no lo es, y es estúpido pensarlo cuando hay más hispanoablantes en Latinoamérica que en España obviamente. Osea, es tonto que se les enseñe a los estadounidenses el "vosotros" cuando tienen a toda Latinoamérica al lado y allí utilizáis "ustedes" ¡!
I never expected to hear Ikenna say "A la verga" lol
Me hizo el día
As a Mexican it was completely unexpected but fun lol
que minuto
What does it mean
@@322salahmohamedsalah7 I'd say it means something like "fuck it"
"the final 140 chapters of berserk" still hits hard
F
The pain.
Everytime my heart breaks
Any links to read berserk en español?
Tienes un enlace un link para leer berserk en español?
@@TimXMan1000 ese sería genial, sí por favor
As a native Spanish speaker (I'm Mexican) I have to say that I'm really surprised by your fluency in such a short time, especially with a language like this one. You are such an inspiration in my language learning journey.
Hope you get better healthwise!
@@Julie_Batista I'm mexican and I can understand what he's saying or trying to communicate. He's quite fluid for someone that has been studying Spanish only a few months.
@@Susanasglez Recuerda que el sabe otros idiomas latinos por lo que la tiene muy fácil
@@Julie_Batista yep it’s not that good but i guess what matters to him is being able to talk about topics
@@Julie_Batista he makes many mistakes but you can understand him
@@angel-jimenezz aún así, hay mucha gente que conservan acento fuerte que hace casi incomprensible que se puedan comunicar en un idioma extranjero, independientemente de cuál sea su idioma natal o cuántos idiomas hable. Trabajo en el sector turístico y me ha tocado escuchar gente que domina muy bien la diccion de las palabras aunque su idioma natal sea muy diferente al español, o al inglés, y gente que tiene un acento tan fuerte que lo hace difícil de entender. Tuve un caso hace poco con un chico con un fuerte acento francés que trataba de hablarme en inglés, así que le dije que hablara en francés porque podía entenderlo, aunque mi acento francés es bastante malo, pude responder lo que preguntaba y tuve suerte que me entendiera hahahaha
Also as an aside, in terms of reaching Conversational Fluency. I define CF as being able to have conversations about most topics with relative ease. For me it doesn't mean speaking without mistakes/errors or speaking as fast as a native. So I definitely still make mistakes and can't speak that rapidly however I'm glad that I'm at the point now where I can hop into a conversation about design, medicine, personal habits, youtube and give my opinion and understand nearly 100% of what the person I'm talking to is saying.
I think above Conversational Fluency, is Advanced Fluency. Which includes speaking rapidly, having specialized vocab knowledge and committing nearly no errors. Definitely not there yet, but hope to reach it over the next few years passively. :)
;)
Vamos vamos
As a Spanish speaker i'm very surprised with your fluently, a lot of progress only with 6 months, greeting from Mexico
Now you have a solid comprehension there's a whole world opened up. So much great stuff and culture and entertainment within the Spanish language.
Glad to see him doing well!
what happened to him?
@@afridge5785 he was sick
@@Sol-l4i4d oh. Glad he's better now. Thanks for telling me
Absolutely! I'm also glad he's doing well and doing what he loves.
That "A la verga" was so beautiful LMAO! For a Mexican like me, that was very very funny to hear it from you man!
The 3 dislikes are the people who said no when he asked if he could practice with them
@boy lasagna bruh
So?
They are people which I'm one of them who thinks he's foolish. He knows many languages both his own language(Igbo)
Es asombroso el hecho de que pudieras avanzar tanto con tu español mientras te terminas de recuperar, mis más sinceros respetos y ánimos, fuerza crack se sigue adelante.
I can definitely feel the working on walking again pains. I'm working on the same thing myself. Thank you for sharing your progress!
You fellas have a lot in common, wow.
@@tantanryuryo5716 outside of learning Spanish and learning how to walk again thats probably about it.
@@donnibeauty also that you know multiple languages and I get the same vibes from you two
I also went through this, I can’t imagine learning a language at the same time.
I wish you the best in both journeys!
5:14 please don't be so hard on yourself, you're amazing y me inspiras mucho a seguir aprendiendo idiomas
Tu español es genial
Y el tuyo también no voy a mentir bro lol.
This was so inspiring to watch!! I've gotten pretty fluent at Korean over the past 5 years (able to talk about religion, politics, have 2+ hour long conversations, order food, etc ) and I've gotten into learning Chinese now! It's been a couple of months and I'm still nervous to speak, but watching you push towards your Spanish speaking goals made me less afraid. 谢谢为这个视频!!
What apps or resources did you use to get fluent at Korean? :)
@@vluessky in the beginning I mainly relied on learning basic words by writing them down in a journal repeatedly on one side, and on the other side I would write the Korean word with the English translation. That way it gets into my brain as I write it down, and then I can fold my journal in order to memorize the word and it's meaning without looking at the translation. That was my main way of learning, and about 3 years in I started to use Anki in order to review words I've already learned. 😁 I also study with RUclips and Webtoons now since I can watch/read them without pausing every second because I don't know a single word. GoBilly Korean is very good Korean teacher on RUclips. I don't watch him for beginner content, but his execution of explaining things to all learners is great. 👍 Also, after about 3 or so years of learning I started using italki to get speaking practice since I gained enough vocabulary. However, with all that being said don't overwhelm yourself with this stuff! Language learning should be fun, so take your time. It took me 3 and a half years to be able to watch and enjoy RUclips videos in Korean along with enjoying Korean Web Webtoons. Enjoy the process~!! ☺
Im so jelous
@@Vitorruy1 nono~ don't be. Just do what you can, and before you know it you'll achieve your goals in no time with which ever language you've chosen! 😇
do you aim to be a polyglot like him?
We're here for you Ikenna, always remember your community is always behind you. I wish you the best of health and that soon you'll be back doing more and more of what you have always done. Keep the faith better days will come i have no doubt!!
Well done for getting another video out and for achieving what you wanted to achieve with your Spanish.
Big love xx
I’m late to this video so idk if you’ll ever see this but I think you’re now one of my favourite language youtubers. I’m also chronically ill (one of my conditions also happens to be pots) & I’m bedridden + use a wheelchair on the few chances I manage to get out of bed. This meant I had to quit school aged 13 & instead homeschool myself from bed. 5/6 years down the line and I still can’t do much at all, but one of the things I’ve found I can do is languages. I know English (native), BSL, Spanish, Italian & Norwegian. It’s giving me a purpose and a reason to keep pushing through. And right now I’m working on reaching a point where I’m well enough to become a virtual language tutor 😊
Other youtubers I’ve found tend to be really social and travel a lot etc, so it’s nice to see someone else who has health issues. I really hope yours improves soon & you achieve your goal of walking again. Good luck with everything! 💛
You got this man! Thanks for the kinds words it means a lot. I’m sure you’ll be an amazing tutor!
Amazing how you can learn and fluently speak a language in just 5 months with all your struggles.
Ánimo desde España!!!!
He's already familiar with Spanish though.
@@Venus-xj8bd yh from school and when he did it before his illness but had to stop because he got sick for half a year or so
YESSSSIRRR I missed the VMChat convos, prime Ikenna otw???
Right. Vrchat Ikenna was the beeesttt!
LeBeautiful you are here too? How the fuck are you in every RUclips video?
The vr thing is genius. Someone should make a language learning vr game that’d be the best way to learn behind real life interactions. Maybe even more so because in vr you can be in an infinite amount of situations
Creo que tu español ha sido un gran logro! Comprendo que ha sido bastante difícil tener qué lidiar con con todos los idiomas que sabes y no revolverlos al momento de entablar una conversación! I´m proud of you!
You are literally my role model. I would love to learn multiple languages. I speak Spanish but I’m a pocha so it’s not always natural even though it’s my mothers language. You’re amazing and hope you recovery swiftly !
Whats a pocha ?
@@akemdam9824It’s a term often used by Mexican or Central Americans. It is used to describe a first generation kids of immigrant parents. When have had a white washed upbringing in culture and language. I speak Spanish but if I went to visit my mothers land they’d be able to tell I wasn’t from there. No eres ni aquí ni de allá lookin ass.
@@Sooba_Wooba aaaah got it i was confused porque aqui en chile se usa pocho o pocha cundo estás satisfecho 🤤
@@Sooba_Wooba quedé pochito
wow tu pronunciación a mejorado muchísimo!!
¡Buena suerte con el idioma Inglés! Es complicado, como la gramatica, pronunciación, pero si es posible dominarlo
@@sabr3T gracias! 🤗
01:39
el se traba diciendo "quiero"
He gets stuck saying "I want to"
Bro, hasta yo que soy nativo me costó entenderlo jaja
@@Andy_Ec rt
Hahah yo no entendí una verga solo entendí "si es que flipo"
That man needs to modulate when he speaks lol
I’m curious if you ever get a new tutor on italki and they’re like oh shit it’s you
2:00 Una reacción de nivel nativo.
Mis felicitaciones. Tu nivel de Español ha mejorado mucho y se nota el esfuerzo que has invertido. Sigue así, Ikenna y recupérate pronto.
As a native Spanish speaker myself, I can say that his Spanish pronunciation is stupidly good since pretty early
I agree with you.
Cool
2:08 is pure 金, It has been almost 4 years since I started learning English, I discovered your channel some months ago, and I love it. The way you are and a lot of the experiences you have told us are incredibly relatable, I have been in similar situations when it comes to language learning, and felt like you lots of times. I heard in one of your videos that you studied japanese when you were 15 and that made me realize I wanted to learn more languages. Right now I'm 15 and know Spanish, English and a little Japanese (It has been 3 months studying it daily) Btw I'm also INFJ 🤜
Tu es vraiment une source d’inspiration, merci pour tout
@@Pleasekillme12369 it's a very simple sentence actually
@@cleitonlin2488 I agree with you
Ikenna, Hola! saludos y un abrazo fuerte desde Colombia hermano. Eres de admirar, como una persona con mucha responsabilidad y un objetivo fijo puede lograr aprender múltiples idioma, vi en tus conversaciones en español con los profesores que hablabas y decías palabras/frases como "encuentre personas" y claramente, como hispano hablante va a entender lo que quieres decir pero no te corrige al decirte, "encontré personas" pienso que esta mal hecho porque el estudiante asimila que esta bien decirlo así y no debería ser pero aun asi logras hablar prácticamente a la perfección!, Eres grande!.
I love the video❤️❤️❤️❤️ I think your progress is amazing and realistic at the same time. I use to get so stressed and demotivated as a beginner when I would see videos of people speaking rapid fire Spanish and claiming to have learned it in a month. I thought I was stupid or doing something wrong 🤦🏾♀️
Keep resting and healing, man! You've got this 💪❤
Hi Ikenna, your progress is very impressive! I'm learning Spanish for 5 months now and your videos are really motivating (and fun!). Greetings from the Netherlands ;)
Its great to see how much you learned about spanish and in a really short time, but there is a little thing you need to know: countries have their own ways and words to speak spanish. If you keep chatting with people from a lot of spanish speaking countries, ask them about some words of their country or about the way they speak. Ask them about if they speak spanish faster, slower, gesticulating with their hands (im argentinian, I know about what im talking) and you can also listen to music in spanish. You got some covers of famous england and american songs and also a lot of great spanish speaking bands (I love "Soda Stereo" from Argentina). Good luck with your journey ♥
Ikenna, you are such an inspiration and a prime example that if you want something you will do it and nothing will stop you! I wish you the best with your health, you’re a beast so I know you will overcome it all! Thank you for all you do and inspiring us 🙌🏽
Bro lets goooo, just one word. Excelente
We hope your health gets better
Congratulations! I've been learning Japanese for almost a year but I'm no where fluent! すごい〜！♡
Same. Been studying for almost 2 years and I still need a translator to get somewhere in a conversation lol
Japanese takes like 7 years for fluency but good luck my friend I believe in you!
Just tried to sound that out in my head, remembered that I can read Korean, not Japanese.
@@farahtheegreat1605 It doesn't, it's all about how much input you take in each day.
@@Dostendite Yeah but it will still take a really long time.
The iTalki class method is exactly how all of my best classes go! That's why I usually stick with higher energy teachers who just keep asking me things this way I think my 30 minutes is worth it, I only take 30 min classes because my brain doesn't work well after 30 minutes. In a sense these iTalki classes are like my exams, whatever I learned on my own during the week or the days before the class I hope to use them during the class. I don't really expect a lot from the tutors in terms of spoon feeding stuff to me because I feel like it's a waste of money because I could easily look those up on my own except when I'm lost in my research and really need to ask a native speaker then I ask those questions during the class! Thank you for the insight
I’ve been waiting for this! Haven’t seen the video yet but I remember you starting you Spanish journey! LETS SEE MAN!
I’m very proud and I’m a kid and would love to follow in your steps to learn new languages starting off with Japanese and Spanish but your work really gives me self-esteem :) thank you :)
Espero que sigas así porque lo estás haciendo genial para haber pasado tan poco tiempo ¡Mucha suerte!!
ayy im so happy for you! love to see what the future holds
Buen trabajo Ikenna. Siguele asi, y espero que mejores! 頑張ってね！
Estaba intentando distraerme porque tenía un bloqueo y no lograba encontrar un tema para un pequeño ejercicio de tesis. Tu video me ayudo muchísimo y encontré un buen tema. "La autopercepción y la fluidez". Grande Ikenna
You are doing amazing, and in 5 months too?! When I first came to the US it took me around two years to be able to understand English. You are a true inspiration
In my opinion, even what you did is amazing!! As I've learned different languages, I've come to realize how hard and annoying learning English can be to non-English speakers. So give yourself a pat on the back for learning a language like English within two years, that's amazing!! At least to me it is. 😁
@@TalisaHwang thank you so much, it was such a challenging stage in my life so it means a lot! You should be proud of yourself for learning new languages, and I know you’ll master English if you haven’t already 💫
@@sofiag3808 🤣English is my native language, but I learn new things about English that I didn't know pretty often. I've studied Korean for about 5 years now, and I started learning Chinese 5 months ago... I'll try to be more proud of myself, and you should too!! 😇💕
@@TalisaHwang I’m so proud of you, I want to learn Japanese and Korean, but Korean seems so hard to pronounce. You’ve learned one of the hardest languages so please be proud of yourself!
@@sofiag3808 thank you so much~ and I'll say this. As long as you put your mind to it, you can learn anything!! Korean felt easy to learn (of course having its hard moments with learning new points, like 는것, 는게, etc) because I just placed my heart into it. So try your best not to get hung up on something being called the hardest _____ in the world. Just go for it my friend~ 😁
Buen trabajo , no me esperaba menos de tí , tu español es muy fluido , hay gente inglesa que se equivoca en los géneros pero tu no , eres increíble , sigue así ^-^
You should do a video about how your app is coming along because I've been really excited to see you talk about it and can't wait to get it released.
Eres un crack ikenna, El progreso en estos 5 meses es increíble. Yo estoy aprendiendo japonés y empecé también hace 5 meses… ni de chiste me acerco al nivel al que tú manejas el español jajaja. Felicidades por todo el progreso y espero que te recuperes pronto. Mis mejores deseos 💪🏼
I am a Spanish native speaker, and i could say you make a great improve in a short period of time. There a few mistakes but you accomplished your goal of make a effective communication . I could understand you without any problem.
Sigue asi . Muy buena suerte
Amazing progress man. I've been following your journey with Spanish with my own journey in Chinese as we started around the same time. Your Spanish is definitely better than my Chinese but I'm inspired to keep going. Keep up the great work, Ikenna!
It's amazing how you been able to reach this level of Spanish in a few months, especially because this language sometimes it's hard for a Native speaker too, there's a lot of accents and words that are different in every country, I'm going to do some of the things that helped you to learn Spanish but with English!
Congratz bro, you keep inpiring me to learn new languages! Hope you get 100% with your body soon! Hugs from Brazil!
Me parece excelente la forma en la que aprendiste español... La verdad es muy inspirador. Voy a recomendar tu canal a varios amigos míos. Saludos desde México.
Hi, I’m half Japanese and half American, but I never got taught Japanese. I started a bit ago and I can read Hiragana and Katakana. You are very inspirational, keep up with the good work!
You’re an inspiration to us all ikenna. Praying for you.
I feel you on the too shy to jump in in vrchat, I always hop into Japanese severs then think after a bit of shying around that maybe I get better before I do this, also the fact that you are assumed to be a weeb if you learn Japanese is a real downer as I’ve never watched anime
I know right?? People call me a weeb all the time just because i'm learning japanese, it sucks 😔
That’s the only thing that annoys me about having an interest in Japanese as a language and the Japanese culture, is that people always assume I’m learning because of anime.
I’ve watched anime before and I really like it but it’s not even close to the main reason I’m learning everything lol.
@Jakoby ! I’ve always been confident about it, but thanks for that regardless haha.
Learning Japanese kinda feels like a spectrum sometimes, in the sense that on one end you have the ultra obsessed weebs and on the other end you’ve got people who are learning Japanese for learnings sake. But many people automatically assume that pretty much anyone who’s learning Japanese is a super obsessed weeb. I just don’t really wanna be put into the same category as them is all, only because that’s just simply not how I am.
But like you said “don’t let other judgement get in the way” and I’ve been following that for awhile.
Have fun learning Korean bro, hope it goes well for you!
@Jakoby ! I 100% agree, I’ve got respect for anyone who’s put the time and effort into learning any other language. I’ve personally put time into Spanish, French, Japanese and Korean so I respect the effort from anyone else.
I’ve also used anime as a way to get input as well and I’ll always advocate for that as a decently reliable source for learning Japanese.
You are a real inspiration, Ikena! Thank you for your videos!
Wish all the best for you man , God bless
Very interesting method of study. Thanks for sharing. I hope you are well.
Let’s goooo congrats!!
Muy bien hecho! no todos se animan a aprender español ya que es bastante dificil porque cada palabra tiene su propio genero y conjugación. pero vas super bien y que hables con personas de paises y acentos diferentes te ayuda muchisimo
Your Spanish is so good, I wish I could speak English like you,
I love your dedication bro, you'll perfect it eventually
i spent a month in spain with a nice spanish family (was supposed to be there for 8 but i had to leave early sadly). honestly getting myself to open my mouth to speak was the hardest part, but know i needed to to talk with them helped a lot with just getting over that fear. it also helped i wasnt in a big city where english was spoken bc tourists so i had to use spanish everywhere every day with little english aid. my spanish was ok with listening and reading when i got there, but even that month of just being kidna lost and needing to force myself helped me so much
Wow your spanish improved a lot!
I wonder how your spanish accent will be in the next months.
este video apareció en mi inicio y quiero comentar... guau, tu nivel es muy bueno para haber estudiado en tan poco tiempo y tu acento es bastante bueno, qué genial que hayas mostrado tu camino
Thank you for remembering me. I am very happy.
so motivational! I'm really proud of the progress you've made! and I hope you get well soon
You know, I’m a Brazilian, and you motivate me so much ! I speak Spanish fluently and English, not fluently but advanced ! But know I want to be a Polyglot ! And you motivated me for that ! Thank you so much!
as far as i, a native speaker can tell, you are relatively good with it. and thats just from the minute i could listen to you speaking in spanish
Ikenna llegaste lejos buen trabajo 😁👍
The fact that you can speak Spanish like this after only 5 months of studying is unbelievable! 👏👏👏👏
And I am very glad that you are feeling better, stay strong 💪
Thanks for the app update. Your health will keep improving - we’re sending love (strength) virtually.
I wish there were more videos of you progress. I learn spanish and would love to just watch you learn during a stream. Just as entertainment and to learn.
Just like James Bray does with german
Broo!!! You're doing really well in Spanish!!! Good evolution!!!
Great progress! Spanish is a language with tons of verbals models and you did nice! You're a big inspiration for many language learners. ¡Fantástico! 💪
We’re cheering you on Ikenna!
Sending you love and can’t wait to see your improvements with health and languages ! Of course no pressure and be gentle with yourself too
Wow men that’s a really smooth Spanish congratulations .
Tu español ha mejorado mucho, felicitaciones, te he visto aprender mucho español estos meses y eres un ejemplo a seguir, cuídate
Estoy feliz de que hallas logrado recuperarte y perfeccionar el idioma, tienes nuestro apoyo!
I am happy that you have managed to recoger and perfect your language, you have our support!
I'm soo proud of u ur spanish definitely got better 💕💕 eres increíble me gusta tu habilidad de motivarte a aprender un idioma 💕
Wow this was amazing brodie you are amazing and don’t ever forget that man staying learning languages and making people happy but also yourself 🙏🏻
I keep falling off so i love coming back to your video for further encouragement. If only i could retain the info like you can though!
Genial!! Espero que mejores en todos los sentidos ;) Gracias por compartir tu experiencia con todos. You rock!
Como una persona que habla español de lengua materna, puedo decirte que avanzaste muchísimo, hablas el español muy bien!
Still practicing a little bit, and you become a really good spanish speaker :)
Ikenna!
Sigue practicando y no te rindas, todos creemos en ti. 💓🥺
Te acabo de conocer y me has inspirado a seguir intentando aprender japonés y Frances. Me fascina la capacidad de absorción de nuevas palabras que tienes, felicidades
Glad to see you are doing better!! Your Spanish has really improved since your last video. Hope you keep improving! Also, really liked the VRChat part of the video!!
Me recontra alegro por vos! la verdad que para solamente cinco meses vas un progreso alucinante, te felicito de corazón. Sería interesante ver que pensas del castellano Argentino (el que estoy hablando yo) aunque tampoco da para agobiarte así que lo dejo ahí como sugerencia. Muchas gracias por aprender mi idioma y subirlo a youtube, sos una gran influencia para tu audiencia y tenemos suerte de tenerte. Cuidate flaco
Ikenna lo estás haciendo muy bien 👏👏
Hey!! After a long break you are back to help me out in Spanish learning
¡No puedo creer lo mucho que tu pronunciación ha mejorado en tan poco tiempo!
Cool! Felicidades!!! 👏👏👏
progreso 11/10 ahora siento que su español mejoro bastante despues de su primer video de los dias aprendiendo español
has avanzado mucho, sigue así!
No seas tan duro contigo mismo, tu español es muy bueno, échale ganas!!
Ese "a la verga" fue tan genial 🤣🤣🤣
Muy buena pronunciación Ikenna!
My man reading Berserk in Spanish :))) You truly have Guts.
estoy orgulloso de ti, los temas que conoces bien sean facil a explicar para ti. Comites erores pero chinga la gente que dice que necesitamos hablar perfectamente si las ideas que expresamos sean entendidos.
El punto de conversar es compartir y explicar tus ideas, además tener la capacidad de pasar tiempo en unirte con otros en el mundo. Creo que tienes lo básico para hacerlo. Por la senda de lograr al nivel en que puedes manejar conversaciones más profundas es importante que amplíes el vocabulario y fortalecer las conjugaciones de los verbos. Tu nivel después de cinco meses es verdaderamente impresionante. Buen suerte.
Qué bien tío! Me alegro de que eres contento con tu progreso y estás preparado para alcanzar tu próximo idioma🇪🇸
Estás contento* estés preparado*
@@crypedia Estés contento* y que te estés preparando*
Mejora tu español de kk