I'M BACK! Hope you enjoy the new video! The types depend on how long you generally have a language as your main focus. For me it's 6-18 months before I switch. Mono Fluency Hunter. 💘 What type are you? Leave a comment! Also be sure to join the new subreddit as I'll be taking questions for Q&As from there: www.reddit.com/r/ikenna (plus you can represent your type with a user flair)
I really feel like the type I am depends on the language.. I want to be fluent in some, but in others I just want to able to have basic conversation 🤷🏼♂️
Thanks for mentioning me! I'm proud to be a Fluency Sage 💪. And I completely agree with the message that all goals are valid, and no one should be put down because their goals differ from another's
I wish my first language were english because you guys can learn any language you want just by the sake of being interested in it. I'm working my ass off to learn a language where no one appreciate your effort and even laugh at your foreign accent and minimal mistakes.
lol same here. I started this year trying to learn chinese and italian but was very hard spend every day time for each language and ended up just learning italian
@@GonzaJota I learned Korean for 3 years , so at first I thought that I will preform good in Chinese, but I found that it was really hard , so I switched to Spanish. At least I decided to take Chinese classes and study Spanish at home.
You forgot the guy who learned some French in school, and then forgot 80% of it and then tried relearning it online then realized nobody speaks French in Oregon, so he switched to Spanish and gets them mixed up.
I'm a Spanish native and I learned English and my English messed up my spanish and vice versa and then I started to learn french and now my french messes up my English and my spanish. 10/10 would do it again.
You forgot the last type: Practical Learns Mandarin, English, Hindustani, Spanish, and Arabic in order to effectively be able to communicate to over a third of the world, disregarding every other language in the process and only worrying about their career
I aint loyal like that, im here like japanese, french , spanish, german , and now im tryna get with korean. they are all at beginner levels but im trying to improve japanese to fluency. Im a fluency fighter.
I'm a Fluency Sage. Have been learning Spanish for almost 4 years and my goal is the C2 level. It's all about Spanish for me. In the future I may learn another language but I want to have a better level of Spanish first.
@@DetPrep Soy estudiante de escuelas y he tomado dos años de español, pero no son los mejores en enseñarlo. ¡Quiero tomarme un tiempo al margen de todo lo demás y dedicarlo a aprender idiomas! 😊😊
I'm definetely a Fluency Sage. I've dedicated a lot of time in learning English and reaching a C1-C2 in it. Now I'm focusing on Italian, because I really love the country and the culture!
Ho anche imparato inglese perfettamente per 12 anni e ora, sto imparando l'italiano. Ma sto anche imparando Russo, allora penso che sono più un Fluency Fighter/Hunter.
I never knew there were more language labels other than polyglot or bilingual etc. 😂 Thanks for the "labels" I'd call myself a multi fluency hunter 😌 the label kind of sets a goal for me while learning a new language, it's like I know what imma be aiming at🙌🙌 Love his videos.
I agree, I would love to perfect some languages (like Russian, which I want to learn someday), and get them to a really high level, but the temptation is always there to dabble in tons of languages at once. I feel you ;)
Yeah Ive learned Spanish for quite a few years now, i started german a year ago and recently started japanese. I’ve also dabbled in some French, Italian and others over the years, you really don’t have to pick one of these options, I have lowkey done all three
Advanced Intermediate purgatory is the bane of all language learners. You know enough to read a news article with some new words but not enough to read a book. For me i got out of it by forcing myself to sit down and read a book in the language i was learning. I still learn new words every page and i dont rememeber all the new ones i encounter but doing so has massively expanded my active and passive vocabulary. This combined with watching tv shows in the langauge of study without subs in english or the target language helped me escape intermediate purgatory. The number one thing you have to be disciplined about while reading or watching tv is ALWAYS looking up the definition of EVERY single word you dont know. Letting unknown words "absorb" like magic simply through context is part of the immersion falacy. Even when i know what a new word means from context i still look up the definition. Because it usually can have mulptiple meanings, colloquial uses, or exceptions. One contexual example of a word is not enough to understand its nuance.
@@justinrhodes9295 i agree with you, especially now that I'm there in my first foreogn language(spanish). It's just the last bit i find tricky.. Since spanish and English has so many words in a common like for example composición and composition. I would just pause the video and repeat it out loud a couple times. However, spanish also has a lot of words that may look like an English word(i cant remember what this is called if you do pls tell me) for example embarazada you may think that means embarrassed but it means pregnant. So if you do not searching it up you can play yourself.. I found it! Its "false friends/ false cognitive"
@@thetongueofangels1882 i feel you, to me happening the same but in my case with english ( i know to speak spanish, is my tonge mother) for example actually i thought is actualmente but that realy mean De hecho and actualmente is currently
I think too many people are out hunting for "charlatans" when honestly, people are just showing their passion. I only see it as problematic when people lie about their language journey to make themselves seem super human. It demoralising people from learning ... "His guy learned language X by magic ... I can't do magic, therefore languages are not for me"
I was a fluency fighter, and I'm training myself to become a fluency hunter. I did a stint of about 7 months of German, and I reached a level where I could consume native media at a reasonable level. It really enjoyed getting to a higher level than I had previously, and it's inspired me to focus more on fewer languages to allow myself to get to a higher level. I think that's when you really can enjoy a language. Language is ultimately about sharing information with other people, and the more you can understand that information, the more meaningful that language is to you.
I've been learning Korean for about 5 months and it's so much fun to learn and listen to. It's such a beautiful language. Can't wait to see your journey with it and maybe pick up some of your tips and tricks.
This video is actually super motivating; thank you for the rather helpful "label" because it's nice to be able to articulate my goals/intent. Mono Fluency Sages unite!!
Yeah Laoshu is definitely highly skilled in several languages. Seems either like a fighter or fighter sage blend. The type is generally determined by how long someone keeps a language as their main focus. Fighters usually are from 1 week - 6 months. Hunters from 6 - 24 months. Sages 3+ years at least.
(Ya que estas aprendiendo español, te dejo este comentario en español para que practiques :) ) Vivo en españa y creci en un entorno monolingüe. Estoy en la universidad estudiando filologia italiana, filologia portugues y traduccion ingles-español (tambien estudie frances en el instituo, pero no tengo planes de retomarlo por ahora. Puede que lo continue cuando me gradue para no perderlo). En mi tiempo libre intento aprender coreano tambien y no se si en el futuro aprendere mas idiomas... Creo que despues de ver este video podria ser un hunter..?? Me gusta llegar al menos a un nivel intermedio en mis lenguas porque creo que es el punto perfecto para conocerla decentemente, asi como su cultura. Aunque tambien me gustaria llegar a un nivel avanzado con algunas como coreano o italiano. Desde que veo tus videos estoy mas motivada para aprender idiomas. La verdad es que estaba en un momento de mi vida donde me habia agobiado con mis estudios y no sabia si era lo correcto, no sabia si deberia dejarlo y mudarme a corea a aprender bien coreano😂 Pero escuchar tu forma de pensar me ha hecho reflexionar en lo que me gustaba en el proceso de aprender una lengua y he vuelto a retomarlas con un poco mas de animo. Gracias a ti me he puesto como un objetivo y me siento mas motivada para aprender, de verdad que muchas gracias :)💜
I’m a fluency sage and I’m really glad I came across this video. I was very critical of people “sampling languages” and “posing” as polyglots. When I first began taking my language learning journey seriously, I saw people online saying they’ve learned a language in 3 months. And I became discouraged on my language learning journey because I hadn’t “learned” my target language as quickly. Once I learned that there were levels of proficiency and they weren’t fluent C2, I became critical of the way their content was being presented. But your video is a clear, honest and fair assessment. Thanks for sharing.
Same, I hate the A1-A2 stage of language learning. For me, once you reach B1-B2, things get so much more interesting and motivating because you can actually understand quite a bit, and it doesn't feel as much like you're trying to stay afloat in an ocean of new words and grammar, haha
Me: *a fluency hunter* i learn Spanish Also me: but Polish is great My mind: waaaaait until you are good in Spanish then switch Me: okkkkkkkkkk Edit: 😊 thanks 😊 for the likes
I am a fluency sage, all the way. I have been learning English for over 6 years now and won't leave it aside until I feel like a native speaker. It is bug part of my daily life now, basically everything I watch, play and read is in this language. After that, I started studying japanese a few months ago. I'm moving to Japan at half 2022 to go to a language school and experience life in said country. Taking japanese long term and giving my best to learn as much as I can before actually moving!
Hey, I really liked the purpose you declared for this video: to be open-minded and respect the language goals of everyone. Weren't there a coronavirus around, I would hug you. Yesterday I declared to myself officially that I can speak German, which enters as my seventh language. Of course I still have a lot to learn, but that is always true for every language anyone speaks, including native. I'll now retake Swahili and start something new, still to be decided between Russian, Japanese or perhaps something else. I accept suggestions. So I think of myself as something between a fluency hunter and a fluency sage. I try to get to a level that allows me to read literature in its original language, but declare a language as learned when I reach the level of a fluency hunter, and from that moment on I keep using it in activities of my daily life like reading, watching films and so.
@@thewheekingrodent I speak Spanish, English, French, Italian, Esperanto, Portuguese and German, and no, I was not raised multilingual. When I was about 13, I discovered I had a passion for languages and started looking for grammar books and exercises.
I’m a sage. French and Spanish. I love your attitude. I’ve read the hate that comes your way in the language learning community, forget them and do what you do. I appreciate the content. God Bless!!!
I was happy when I first had a basic sentence in German. It's hard because almost no one aroundwhere I am speaks German, but I still have a while to go.
I love your videos bro. I wanted to learn French but didn’t know how and your videos helped me to find the sources and the methods to do it. I appreciate what your doing on RUclips and keep up the good work. Thank you and God Bless you🙏🏾
Me: I'm semi-fluent in Spanish! I can read the Korean alphabet and understand basic words! I can read a speak very small phrases of Sin Hala My dad: *disappointed in me for not taking it one at a time*
@@rash226 Haha! That's awesome. I haven't learned Sinhala all the way yet because my extended family uses it more, but I can understand some stuff and have a VERY basic conversation with my grandparents. Stuff like "make me a tea" "Do you want milk?" *He tells me how much he wants Stuff like that, super basic. Right now, I'm focusing on Spanish and once I'm conversationally fluent, I'll put all of my effort into sinhala :D I'm fifteen by the way haha
I'm currently focusing on three languages. Each one I started with about a month difference. Learned French for a month. Started German. Learned German for a month, started Russian. The difference is I haven't really stopped studying them either. I plan on becoming conversationally fluent in this three languages within this next few months, and continue progressing towards fluency. There are other languages I want to learn the basics in though, simply for fun. I was actually planning on learning ten basic words in ten different languages, just for fun, but never got around to it. Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk
So glad you made this video! I'm more of a fluency fighter with a couple languages of fluency hunter and I often get put down with people saying "what's the point if you aren't gonna become fluent, it's just a waste of time". Its really hard to have people constantly put down your passion and love for language learning, especially when the criticism comes from my fluency hunter friends. In the future I'll be able to just send them this video to get them off my back and understand that their way/ reasons aren't the only way/reasons.
I'm definitely a fluency hunter. Currently learning French and planning to learn Russian in the second half of the year. My goal is always a conversational level.
I’m 💯 Multi-Fluency Hunter! :3 trying so hard to push my Italian to B2 without fully getting distracted with Japanese, but there is like 2 other languages that are looking fineee~
ciao, sto imparando l'italiano anche c: il mio livello della lingua non e molto alto, ma mi piace pensare che sto diventando abbastanza buono. (probabilmente ho fatto tanti errori in quella frase lmaoo
@@gonzalo4526 Hey! Assimil is no joke, it will take you to B1, B2. That's why it's so popular in Europe. I also recommend Ikenna's FME book, i read it and after months of using that method, it also gave me the confidence that i needed to learn languages
Moi je suis la même que toi, et j'apprends l'Espagnol aussi! J'ai une question. Est-ce que tu trouves que apprendre une langue comme la langue Espagnole ça te va plus facil que les autres langues? Je suis curieux, parce que pour moi-même apprendre la langue Espagnole ça me va très bien parce que je trouve que Espagnole se ressemble un peu à la langue Française
@@ibimsdernice8235 Er hat einfach nur gefragt obs einfacher ist ne Sprache ,also Spanisch zu lernen wenn man schon französisch kann lol. Also weils ähnlich ist,so hab ichs zmd verstanden
i separate my weeks in many learning time : Monday : 30 min French (my native language) + 30 min Japanese Tuesday : 30 min Spanish (my other native language : thx mom ^^) + 30 min Greek Wednesday : 30 min Japanese + 30 min italian Thursday : 30 min russian + 30 min Korean (I start) Friday : 30 min Japanese + 45 min English Saturday : 30 min Chinese (i start) + 30 min Portuguese + 15 min arabic (i start) Sunday : I try to do 15 min in each language , so : french, english, spanish, portuguese, italian, russian, japanese, chinese, korean, arabic, greek (so 2h45 to learning) and if i still have the motivation, i try to do finnish for 15 min. BUT when i start a new language, i use the first sunday to learn 3 hours this langage , after this moment, I go back to my usual schedule ^^ I think i can't learn only one language i need to change everytime what i do . With my friends, we like to change the language in the same conversation without warning. I think that shows what kind of dissipated people we are. PS : Even if I learn several languages at the same time, I have a methodology and in each learning session, I have clear and precise objectives linked to each language and, above all, to each level. It's not a random learning ^^
@@lalegende2746 ^^ i also think i am lucky. Indeed, even though French is my language, I find it very complex and subtle. For a foreigner, it should not be easy to learn this language.
Loved the video like always! You always inspire me To learn more. Because of you I'm learning Japnese and can understand A whole lot from Anime without Reading subtitles
@@qpowlmdmdm yes obviously as Latin Americans will likely speak English and their parents language of Spanish. I'm talking about people that have always lived on Spanish speaking countries
I’m 18 and I speak Italian, English, Nigerian (as a native, I’m half Italian half Nigerian), Spanish, Chinese. I’ll start learning Japanese next year and possibly fit Korean somewhere in there. My biggest aim would be Arabic 👌🏽👌🏽 I wish to speak about 10 languages (+ Portuguese, Russian) by the age of 30. I would love to learn Cantonese and Shanghainese as well! I like to dedicate years to each language, from 3 to 5.
Wow thats so awesome i can only speak 3 1 English 2 Swedish 3Somali I am fully somali and i im 12 I am learning Spanish right know:> Good luck with learning languages!
I wish Turkish was in the list of the languages which you wanted to learn. It's easier than Arabic for a native English speaker but there are over 6000 thousand arabic loanwords in the language so learning one of those languages would mean a head start to the other indirectly.
Fluency sage over here! I used to want to learn Spanish, German, and Chinese, but I started focusing on Chinese exclusively pretty quickly. It's just the one I'm most excited about and interested in.
So definitely Multi, born in Poland but basically raised in the UK my whole life, and i'm trying to learn spanish to a near-native level. Let me tell you, Polish has a surprising amount of similarities to Spanish, which surprised me (but also helps me learn it, so ye -w-) . Perhaps I'm a sage, though in the near future I want to start learning other languages more quickly, like a hunter. I'm of course learning spanish atm, and I've picked up on my learning greatly less than a year ago. I think i'm able to have *some* sort of conversation, though i'm not confident to speak to a native yet and plus i'm a bit shy in case i mess things up x3 -Although, virtual reality exists..-- -And there is this app/game called Mondly, it's basically a way to simulate real conversations in other languages (you do need VR to play it).- -For me at least, I think it'll eliminate that stress of talking to a real person, so at least i can relax more lol.- -I've yet to try it, though I'm prolly gonna go on it shortly after writing this comment lol.- *Edit:* Guys nvm, Mondly is dogshit xD Hm, would be funny to see Ikenna review it- . As for the other languages I want to learn, I've picked out French and Russian. Russian because, for one, I'm polish, so it should be easier to learn, and because the language is dope xd And French because, well i've got a couple french frens that I really want to be able to talk with in their language -w- . And so, das me- A Multi Fluency Sage/Hunter
I’m definitely a Fluency Fighter, I’m a native English and Spanish speaker, and i can speak Portuguese and French to a high B1 level, and then I’m on A1 with Italian, Mandarin, and German. Ikenna how did you study Mandarin? Loved the video!
Definitely a Sage. Been focused on Russian for almost 3 years now. Want to be at least C2 and spend some time in that area of the world. Definitely already thinking about starting in on another soon. Too many to choose from though! Love your vidoes Ikenna!
Yeah, that's good to hear bro. I just started studying Russian a few months ago. Progress has been slow because I've been stressed. I have a long way to go but I will not quit until I get to C2 level because I want to live in a Russian speaking country. The women are just damn gorgeous over there bro, I'm not going to lie! Good luck on your journey!
I am a Fluency Hunter. I was raised multilingual, and am learning Irish and Indonesian this year. I already know French, German, Latin, ASL, English, Spanish, Esperanto, and Japanese. I always wanted to learn Irish, and decided last year to start that. My new friends in a game speak Indonesian, so I also started that one last year. I am in year two of those languages, but still speak the others almost daily. I don't know what else I would ever learn. I will figure that out after I get my B2 on these languages.
Thank you, ikeena. Your vrchat videos inspired me to start learning Japanese. I'm about a month in and already know the alphabets, some Kanji and most of the grammar! Suddenly, everything spoken in Japanese make much more sense to me, even though I don't understand 90% of what has been said: it's so cool when you recognise an phrase in an anime the meaning of which actually differs a lot from the subtitles. I'll continue studying, and maybe one day I will be able to explore the japanese world on my own! For those who are unsure how to start: first - learn both kanas, it's absolutely necessary and easy; second - get a notebook and imagine that you are in a lesson, except you are the teacher - start with particles and basic concepts like desu and iru/aru, KEEP GOOGLING, Google youtube tutorials - those from Miku are great, Google everything you don't understand or have trouble with - your search history will be littered with "Japanese when..." or "Japanese what is... " and so on, it's the most important part, honestly, Google is your friend and most people don't understand that. After you've done kanas, grammar and already can form some sentences, try this: Write down a text about youself, like a small essay aka "Hello, my name is _. I live in _ and I like _...", then translate it BIT BY BIT, NOT AS A WHOLE, via Google translate, but remember, Google translate is evil and will spit out incorrect and inconsistent stuff at you, that is why you must take one phrase, translate it, then try to simplify it (the Japanese phrase, not English or whatever language you were using) and then use jisho.com to look up words. Honestly, jisho is your best friend, unlike Google translate. If you need to translate a word or a 2-word phrase, use jisho, not Google. There's also a cool trick: say, you type the romanji "kuruma" into jisho and when it says "no matches", copy the hiragana just below the search bar and paste it into the bar, this way it will most likely find something. Anyways, good luck and thanks for reading my broken English!
I am a fluency hunter... I'm currently learning Japanese and started in January but literally for the last two months I'm like "ugh korean dramas, I neeeeeeeeed..." Or "buen día" at my job.
That’s exactly how I got into learning Korean. I was watching Japanese dramas to build my listening skills and stumbled on a Korean drama. Fell in love with the language and the fact that I don’t need to learn 3,000 kanji
Dude, you are so cool. I've loved learning languages my whole life and this channel has given me the motivation to pick it up again. Thanks man, I subbed 😊👍
I'm a multi something, but i wasn't voluntarily raised multilingual, I just grew up with so many English media that my brain involuntarily absorbed it. The downside is that now that I trying to learn new languages I don't know how to do it properly because I never had to study the languages I am fluent since I just grew up with both
I can definitely relate to the “uhhhhh” feeling. Me and my friends went to Disney, we decided to visit the Epcot. We had dinner at an Italian restaurant. If you wanna know something cool about Epcot, each “country” has workers from that country. I tried to order my rare steak in Italian. It took me a minute to figure out what to say, but I was understood and managed to keep up a conversation. “Posso avere una bistecca al sangre.” Or something like that, is what I said. Then we also had a short conversation. This was about a year ago. I continued to study Italian but took a break. I can still hold a good conversation, though. As for which type I am, I think I am a fluency hunter. Right now I am studying French, Spanish and Italian in school (but I have to drop Italian in school because the course isn’t offered next year). Then, Greek, Japanese and Italian at home. With Greek, I am learning it with some online friends on mine. I am just learning the alphabet right now but I would like to understand media and RUclips videos, as well as have an advanced conversation in Greek. My goal for Greek is B2. For Italian I want to reach a higher level than Greek, maybe C1. I love the language, though I didn’t like my teacher. I want to be able to go to Italy and have no issues whatsoever. I want to be able to speak and understand (like) a native. For Japanese, I want to reach a B2-C1 level. This will take a few years :( but hey, once I get a schedule going, it should be easy to keep up a streak! 私わエミリです！！！ Right now I am a B2 in Spanish about. I can hold a conversation, watch movies, and understand a good 90%. However, it’s the accents that get me! There are so many! The two easiest accents for me to understand are Mexican and Castilian Spanish. As, most movies I watch in Spanish are either Mexican or Castilian. Right now I am watching Moana in Spanish. For French, I am going to be taking it in school next year and I also started studying at home and watching Cyprien. By the end of the school year I want to be a B1. As my checkpoint B exam is at the end of the year! Then in college I want to take Spanish, French, Japanese and possibly Greek OR Italian. It depends on the college, really.
Definitely a hunter. But I'm not trying to learn multiple at the same time. Focus enough on one language to be conversational and then maybe move onto another if I have a specific motivation to do so.
I used to want to be native-like in the languages I learn. But now I am happy to communicate well enough to talk about anything I want and hopefully not make too many mistakes. So my goal is getting to a B2-C1 level in the languages I learn, but of course having fun on the way there :)
Fluency fighter: because I learnt French and German in high school 'til A2 level. Newbie: because I am now learning Spanish which is like the first language I am actually learning by my own and until an at least conversational fluent stage. Fluency hunter: because I want Spanish to get to this conversational fluent stage (B2) and hop on to Tagalog or Portuguese. Fluency sage: because I got English to an advanced level (C1) and want Spanish to get there as well, whilst learning another laguage. Haha who cares anyway..
I’d say I’m a fluency sage, in some lamguages. I want to sound native in Greek, Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. The rest I want to learn i a, ok with just being conversational. I am midway between sage and hunter.
Mono fluency hunter here. Do you think there is a correlation between being brought up monolingual and wanting to learn ALL the languages? I always feel that I'm at a disadvantage and trying to catch up.
Oh man...I think I might be a fluency fighter. I’m not fluent in many languages yet but I love the thrill of going up to someone and speaking even a little bit of their language with them. It makes them smile and it makes me happy to know I’ve made someone else happy 😊 I feel even the smallest exchange of phrases and jargon in another language can take you a long way. FYI I speak English, French, Arabic competently and a little bit of chinese (mandarin and Cantonese) as well as some British and American sign language. I know some conversation starters in other languages but I am in no way stating that I am fluent
Me: let me learn Spanish Also Me: Wait Hebrew is good. Also Me: Wait should I learn Japanese or Korean? Ikenna can u suggest me. Which should I learn Japanese Vs Korean?
If you want to be able to read it, try korean first, it's easier ^^ but you can learn japanese after that, because the construction of those two languages are similar
I am very late but I think just go with your feelings and passion. If you like anime or want to communicate with Japanese people go learn Japanese. If you like to communicate with Koreans Korean is for you. This is based on what YOU like...
I think Im a fluency sage cause now im learning english and chinese and im all day speaking those lenguages . One day I' ve been stay awake for one day to learn all the different sounds and tones of chine because i like it, i like yhe process of learning a new lenguaje. This gives you a lot of good things to your mind.
Loved this video! I believe I'm a sage! Been working on Germany and want to get to C2 so I can effortlessly live in the country. A few to come along after German. I appreciate your content!!
I think I'm the fluency sages, because right now I'm focusing on trying to learn Korean and Chinese. For Chinese and Korean I'm able to write and pronounce the words (at a reasonable level) and write them, but can't remember the words that. I'm interested on learning both of them, because I've heard and read reviews on how South Korea and China can help with the kind of job I want to do in the future. Also I want to travel to those places and commutate to them without them feeling uncomfortable to speak English if that's not their strong language.
Definately a blend between sage and hunter (mono) I want to become near native with german since I have a lot of work and study based plans there & have german native friends, now I am recently starting with mandarin and want to get to the point of conversing fine with others regardless of topic and the same goes for dutch and once I get competent with them (for me my tell of when I can move on is when I can understand media fine and any odd words I don't know are filled in through context). I do see the appeal of learning even more languages at a time but to a lesser extent to connect with more people but there is something much more wholesome of when a language just clicks and you can just talk to people with detail and have deeper conversations with them and just embrace the culture more and naturally progress
I’m a Newbie lol- but I want to be a sage/hunter blend My goal is to be decently fluent in Japanese, and I got a lot of time! Just staring now at the ripe age of 14 years old ✌🏻
Fluency Sage! I've been learning German for about a month, idk but i'm just really interested in the culture and want to speak fluently, no other language seems as appealing :)
I'M BACK! Hope you enjoy the new video! The types depend on how long you generally have a language as your main focus.
For me it's 6-18 months before I switch. Mono Fluency Hunter. 💘
What type are you? Leave a comment! Also be sure to join the new subreddit as I'll be taking questions for Q&As from there: www.reddit.com/r/ikenna
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I'm a newbie XD
Mainly interested in learning Dutch and Italian
@Hong Rui Chan sooon
I really feel like the type I am depends on the language..
I want to be fluent in some, but in others I just want to able to have basic conversation 🤷🏼♂️
I’m only on year three, but I’m definitely a mono fluency sage (for Japanese)
Thanks for mentioning me! I'm proud to be a Fluency Sage 💪. And I completely agree with the message that all goals are valid, and no one should be put down because their goals differ from another's
Matt vs. Japan fluency god, is that you?
Ah the absolute legend is here! Stage 1 MIA japanese learner here!
Proud to be a Fluency Sage too! Me too studying Japanese, you're a big inspiration dude, keep it up!
I wish my first language were english because you guys can learn any language you want just by the sake of being interested in it. I'm working my ass off to learn a language where no one appreciate your effort and even laugh at your foreign accent and minimal mistakes.
@@007Layanne I'm so sorry you experienced that, it's really nice to have amazing dedicated learners like you who don't give up!
Me : I'm gonna start learning Spanish.
Also me 1 : I think I'm gonna learn Chinese first.
Also me 2 : learning Spanish and Chinese at the same time.
lol same here. I started this year trying to learn chinese and italian but was very hard spend every day time for each language and ended up just learning italian
@@GonzaJota I learned Korean for 3 years , so at first I thought that I will preform good in Chinese, but I found that it was really hard , so I switched to Spanish.
At least I decided to take Chinese classes and study Spanish at home.
Me too, I am currently learning French and Japanese. Japanese will take a long time but it's worth it.
@@WilliamOunj-ge8th French is a good choice, I learned French at school .
I really like japonaise but it takes a long time:( .
I'm learning both Spanish and Japanese at the same time and it's really hard...
I’m a polynot.
This made me smile, thank you.
Lmao
*сарказм мод он* пиздец зашутил блять, тебе только в комики идти
lol
Thank you this made me chuckle
You forgot the guy who learned some French in school, and then forgot 80% of it and then tried relearning it online then realized nobody speaks French in Oregon, so he switched to Spanish and gets them mixed up.
How did you explain me? *French and Spanish Laughing*
This is me! I'm struggling right now because my brain wants to switch to French and I keep having to correct it.
I'm a Spanish native and I learned English and my English messed up my spanish and vice versa and then I started to learn french and now my french messes up my English and my spanish. 10/10 would do it again.
@@Ryosuke1208 I don't believe you, I am a native Sudanese Arabic speaker and I learned English in my childhood and I never mix up French with English.
@@Ryosuke1208 relatable :’(
*I’m definitely a fluency sage, I am dedicated to learning Korean and Japanese at a native level and won’t stop until I can do that* 💪
omg same + i'm potterhead-ish lol
same!
すごい、あなたは日本語を学びましたか？sorry my Japanese is bad, I learnt it through my mother
대박!
the kanjis are killin me..
*3 Types of Language Learners:*
1. Ones in hiding from Duo Lingo
Most of us are this
Those ones never make it long.. The owl always wins in the end 👀
Ive made a mistake starting the Hungarian course. Help pls
I have my Português completely golden lmao
76 day streak💯
I'm a fluency-gottapassthisclasswithatleastaBormyparentsaregonnakillme hunter
HAHA
i love this
Be fluent in English first, "a B" not "an B". but anyway, Good Luck ☺.
Soleh Soleh "Fluent in English first" isn't even a proper clause. The irony!
see this what i call “learning for survival”
You forgot the last type: Practical
Learns Mandarin, English, Hindustani, Spanish, and Arabic in order to effectively be able to communicate to over a third of the world, disregarding every other language in the process and only worrying about their career
Many international relations undergrads fit this one haha
What about Russian?
Wtf is hindustani? U mean Hindi?
BlaZe Star Hindustani is the parent language out of which Hindi and Urdu have stemmed out
they never succeed, because if you don't like studying the language you'll never get fluent
I'm totally a fluency fighter. I can't help but be intrigued by a new language each month.
He makes learning a language sound like an RPG.
@Marcos Costa exactly, if you dont have to learn a language for work, then just enjoy
It is. You’re just role playing as Someone who speaks that language natively lol
ikenna app mini game idea?
Ikenna: I gotta stay loyal to Spanish...
Also Ikenna: *wears a korean shirt*
😂😂 i'm dying
That's me. I wanna learn Korean and other languages but gotta learn Spanish for school 😒
@@kamkam7964 I would like to learn Spanish at home but idk how to... and at school they teach me jackshit been 3 years and I've only learnt Me llamo
@Woosh Nope, I've learned abit of French but not enough to even be graded and to say I'm even a little bit experienced in spanish is a joke
me 😭😂
I aint loyal like that, im here like japanese, french , spanish, german , and now im tryna get with korean. they are all at beginner levels but im trying to improve japanese to fluency. Im a fluency fighter.
yo how bout we get in contact im searching for a study buddy im german ans studying japanese and Spanish
@@Rjean-paul im vietnamese and im studying japanese too ! (although i still a noob, how sad)
I’m so indecisive lol I can relate
@@Rjean-paul yooo, I'm portuguese and studying German and Japanese, think we can help each other?
mood bro 😔🤘
I'm a fluency hunter. I love the satisfaction that comes with communicating in a language that is not your own.
I'm a Fluency Sage. Have been learning Spanish for almost 4 years and my goal is the C2 level. It's all about Spanish for me. In the future I may learn another language but I want to have a better level of Spanish first.
Same
Same but with English. I have been learning it for 7 years and I am still like B1-B2 probably?
@@menopriezvisko94 Awesome! From that one sentence, so far your english is very good haha
@@DetPrep Soy estudiante de escuelas y he tomado dos años de español, pero no son los mejores en enseñarlo. ¡Quiero tomarme un tiempo al margen de todo lo demás y dedicarlo a aprender idiomas! 😊😊
@@DetPrep ¡Muchas gracias! Definitivamente aceptaré tu oferta ya que tengo algo de tiempo. ¡Que tengas un buen día o noche! I appreciate it this 😁
“Date the language”, does that mean fluency fighters are playboys?......playgirls?¿?
2:09
Damn,ikenna just hearted my comment and he did it so fast.😁😁
nah, we are just polyamorous towards languages ;3
@@AnoukhHellstream where'd the consent come from
Kind of, but it’s not like languages feelings will get hurt
I'm definetely a Fluency Sage. I've dedicated a lot of time in learning English and reaching a C1-C2 in it. Now I'm focusing on Italian, because I really love the country and the culture!
Grande 💚⚪❤
Marc Schulz good for you bro, how long have you been studying English ?
Ho anche imparato inglese perfettamente per 12 anni e ora, sto imparando l'italiano. Ma sto anche imparando Russo, allora penso che sono più un Fluency Fighter/Hunter.
@EDI4Dex I'm a native English speaker and what he said was fine and makes complete sense. Most people I know would use the same wording...
Same here!
Him: I'm going to learn korean after spanish
Me: *excited Korean Dominican noises*
Klk brother🇩🇴💪
🇩🇴
Can't relate
Imagine learning Korean
love it
i’m learning japanese hiragana rn and it’s much easier than i expected. i already know it gets 100000x harder but i’m happy i’m doing good now
So you got to Kanji yet? :D
Just wait until kanji 😂
Update?
Good job! I just finished katakana and am stalling on starting kanji 😅
@@lenaelisabeth learn words not kanji
I never knew there were more language labels other than polyglot or bilingual etc. 😂 Thanks for the "labels" I'd call myself a multi fluency hunter 😌 the label kind of sets a goal for me while learning a new language, it's like I know what imma be aiming at🙌🙌 Love his videos.
Wanting to be a Sage, but feel my mind wants me to become a fighter 😭. The struggle!
I agree, I would love to perfect some languages (like Russian, which I want to learn someday), and get them to a really high level, but the temptation is always there to dabble in tons of languages at once. I feel you ;)
Diana Polyglot yeah I’m the exact opposite of you😂
Yeah Ive learned Spanish for quite a few years now, i started german a year ago and recently started japanese. I’ve also dabbled in some French, Italian and others over the years, you really don’t have to pick one of these options, I have lowkey done all three
Please make a video about how to improve your level from intermediate to advanced. I am stuck at this point
ruclips.net/video/PY9HcsWWLP0/видео.html here you go :)
Ohhh I didn't see it thank you Ikenna!
Advanced Intermediate purgatory is the bane of all language learners. You know enough to read a news article with some new words but not enough to read a book.
For me i got out of it by forcing myself to sit down and read a book in the language i was learning. I still learn new words every page and i dont rememeber all the new ones i encounter but doing so has massively expanded my active and passive vocabulary.
This combined with watching tv shows in the langauge of study without subs in english or the target language helped me escape intermediate purgatory.
The number one thing you have to be disciplined about while reading or watching tv is ALWAYS looking up the definition of EVERY single word you dont know.
Letting unknown words "absorb" like magic simply through context is part of the immersion falacy. Even when i know what a new word means from context i still look up the definition. Because it usually can have mulptiple meanings, colloquial uses, or exceptions. One contexual example of a word is not enough to understand its nuance.
@@justinrhodes9295 i agree with you, especially now that I'm there in my first foreogn language(spanish). It's just the last bit i find tricky.. Since spanish and English has so many words in a common like for example composición and composition. I would just pause the video and repeat it out loud a couple times. However, spanish also has a lot of words that may look like an English word(i cant remember what this is called if you do pls tell me) for example embarazada you may think that means embarrassed but it means pregnant. So if you do not searching it up you can play yourself..
I found it! Its "false friends/ false cognitive"
@@thetongueofangels1882 i feel you, to me happening the same but in my case with english ( i know to speak spanish, is my tonge mother) for example actually i thought is actualmente but that realy mean De hecho and actualmente is currently
I think too many people are out hunting for "charlatans" when honestly, people are just showing their passion. I only see it as problematic when people lie about their language journey to make themselves seem super human. It demoralising people from learning ... "His guy learned language X by magic ... I can't do magic, therefore languages are not for me"
Yeah
I was a fluency fighter, and I'm training myself to become a fluency hunter. I did a stint of about 7 months of German, and I reached a level where I could consume native media at a reasonable level. It really enjoyed getting to a higher level than I had previously, and it's inspired me to focus more on fewer languages to allow myself to get to a higher level. I think that's when you really can enjoy a language. Language is ultimately about sharing information with other people, and the more you can understand that information, the more meaningful that language is to you.
I need more VR chat 🤩🤩 Love watching people shock native speakers, I wish I could speak any language other than english but idk how to
I've been learning Korean for about 5 months and it's so much fun to learn and listen to. It's such a beautiful language. Can't wait to see your journey with it and maybe pick up some of your tips and tricks.
Hey! After I get to C2 in Russian I might start Korean too. Yes, I agree Korean is a very beautiful language. Good luck with everything ☺🌞!
@@soundplayground3742 Thank you! You as well!! I actually want to do Russian after I become fluent in Korean 😂😂
This video is actually super motivating; thank you for the rather helpful "label" because it's nice to be able to articulate my goals/intent. Mono Fluency Sages unite!!
Laoshu said on the podcast he's fluent and confident in 10 languages and the knowledge in others is weaker
Yeah Laoshu is definitely highly skilled in several languages. Seems either like a fighter or fighter sage blend. The type is generally determined by how long someone keeps a language as their main focus. Fighters usually are from 1 week - 6 months. Hunters from 6 - 24 months. Sages 3+ years at least.
He has a podcast? what's its name?
what’s the podcast name? and what on
Yeah I think it’s a lot of Asian Languages he’s fluent in like 3 different dialects of Chinese, Japanese and Korean
@@jayuchihaa yes the podcast's name
(Ya que estas aprendiendo español, te dejo este comentario en español para que practiques :) )
Vivo en españa y creci en un entorno monolingüe. Estoy en la universidad estudiando filologia italiana, filologia portugues y traduccion ingles-español (tambien estudie frances en el instituo, pero no tengo planes de retomarlo por ahora. Puede que lo continue cuando me gradue para no perderlo). En mi tiempo libre intento aprender coreano tambien y no se si en el futuro aprendere mas idiomas... Creo que despues de ver este video podria ser un hunter..?? Me gusta llegar al menos a un nivel intermedio en mis lenguas porque creo que es el punto perfecto para conocerla decentemente, asi como su cultura. Aunque tambien me gustaria llegar a un nivel avanzado con algunas como coreano o italiano.
Desde que veo tus videos estoy mas motivada para aprender idiomas. La verdad es que estaba en un momento de mi vida donde me habia agobiado con mis estudios y no sabia si era lo correcto, no sabia si deberia dejarlo y mudarme a corea a aprender bien coreano😂
Pero escuchar tu forma de pensar me ha hecho reflexionar en lo que me gustaba en el proceso de aprender una lengua y he vuelto a retomarlas con un poco mas de animo. Gracias a ti me he puesto como un objetivo y me siento mas motivada para aprender, de verdad que muchas gracias :)💜
I’m a fluency sage and I’m really glad I came across this video. I was very critical of people “sampling languages” and “posing” as polyglots. When I first began taking my language learning journey seriously, I saw people online saying they’ve learned a language in 3 months. And I became discouraged on my language learning journey because I hadn’t “learned” my target language as quickly. Once I learned that there were levels of proficiency and they weren’t fluent C2, I became critical of the way their content was being presented. But your video is a clear, honest and fair assessment. Thanks for sharing.
I could NEVER be a fluency fighter😂😂
I am definitely the THIRD type tho!!!!😂(just not 5 years)
Quality over quantity..
Yep i want this too.
Same, I hate the A1-A2 stage of language learning. For me, once you reach B1-B2, things get so much more interesting and motivating because you can actually understand quite a bit, and it doesn't feel as much like you're trying to stay afloat in an ocean of new words and grammar, haha
@@bluevoltage5276 exactly!!🤣
Remember no judgement or put downs people...be kind
Ikenna: says he is a fluency hunter
Also Ikenna: Plays Hunter x Hunter music in all his videos
Me: *a fluency hunter* i learn Spanish
Also me: but Polish is great
My mind: waaaaait until you are good in Spanish then switch
Me: okkkkkkkkkk
Edit: 😊 thanks 😊 for the likes
polish language is beautiful and i am really happy that u think about learning it !!☺️ (it’s my native language)
Oooo I'm so happy. Good luck and have fun with Polish. It's my native language.
Thank you 😊
@@Eric21 maybe try hellotalk app there would be many Poles ready to help you ❤️
@@Eric21 what I'm doing is using the textbook first year polish. You can find the pdf on lektorek.org for free
I am a fluency sage, all the way. I have been learning English for over 6 years now and won't leave it aside until I feel like a native speaker. It is bug part of my daily life now, basically everything I watch, play and read is in this language.
After that, I started studying japanese a few months ago. I'm moving to Japan at half 2022 to go to a language school and experience life in said country. Taking japanese long term and giving my best to learn as much as I can before actually moving!
Hey, I really liked the purpose you declared for this video: to be open-minded and respect the language goals of everyone. Weren't there a coronavirus around, I would hug you.
Yesterday I declared to myself officially that I can speak German, which enters as my seventh language. Of course I still have a lot to learn, but that is always true for every language anyone speaks, including native. I'll now retake Swahili and start something new, still to be decided between Russian, Japanese or perhaps something else. I accept suggestions.
So I think of myself as something between a fluency hunter and a fluency sage. I try to get to a level that allows me to read literature in its original language, but declare a language as learned when I reach the level of a fluency hunter, and from that moment on I keep using it in activities of my daily life like reading, watching films and so.
What languages do you speak? Were you raised multilingual?
@@thewheekingrodent I speak Spanish, English, French, Italian, Esperanto, Portuguese and German, and no, I was not raised multilingual. When I was about 13, I discovered I had a passion for languages and started looking for grammar books and exercises.
Ikenna: 3 types of language learners which one are you?
me: Hahaha thats easy i'm not one.
"I'll do my own type of language learners, we learn languages for osmosis"
@Daniel kader yh it does. But hey never too late to start right after quarantine im gonna start learning spanish.
@@MrMinevision1 After quarantine why? u should take advantage of quarantine and get started noww!!
I’m a fluency sage . I’m able to focus only in 2 languages at a time in order to reach a good level
I was literally just binge-watching your vids!! subscribed immediately
I’m a sage. French and Spanish. I love your attitude. I’ve read the hate that comes your way in the language learning community, forget them and do what you do. I appreciate the content. God Bless!!!
me trying to read what his shirt says cause im practicing korean: 👁👄👁
Stop using that its dumb
Hows the korean going
I think it says "bujog" pls correct me if I'm wrong
@give him some milk Actually it says 부족 with a ㅂ :)
@@KingDiamondBones how about you don't tell people what to do?
I was happy when I first had a basic sentence in German. It's hard because almost no one aroundwhere I am speaks German, but I still have a while to go.
Funny to hear that u wanna learn german. Because its my native language lmao
AnarKitty
If you want someone you can write with in German, you can DM me on Twitter🙂 My username is @this_tnaomie😊
U can send me a message on IG nino_circusfreak and tell me which language you have to offer in return 😜 Hahaha
Viel Glück Kollege
Viel Erfolg
I love your videos bro. I wanted to learn French but didn’t know how and your videos helped me to find the sources and the methods to do it. I appreciate what your doing on RUclips and keep up the good work. Thank you and God Bless you🙏🏾
Love this breakdown of language learners! I’m the type that tries to learn a language in 20 hours 😂
I think Laoshu’s Chinese at least is super fluent. Seeing him help that Chinese man in the hotel for an hour really proved it.
he said that he had some high lvl languages like his contonese and chinese , also japanese.
Hasn't he been learning Chinese for like 10 years or something? That dude's a boss!
Please can you drop a link to the video
@@Alubuto ruclips.net/video/DKrPBrKyLL4/видео.html
@@Alubuto I know it's been two weeks but I figured I'd get you the link anyways. 我是美国人，你呢？
I'm a multi fluency hunter... I was raised speaking Xhosa, English, Afrikaans and Tswana and now I'm learning Korean and Japanese.
Nice. I speak IsiXhosa, English, and a fair bit of Afrikaans. I'm learning Japanese (well, I'm kinda procrastinating).
I see 3 of my favourite language youtubers in a thumbnail I click straight away
Me:
I'm semi-fluent in Spanish!
I can read the Korean alphabet and understand basic words!
I can read a speak very small phrases of Sin Hala
My dad: *disappointed in me for not taking it one at a time*
Wow did you learn sinhala too?I am from Sri Lanka
@@rash226 Haha! That's awesome. I haven't learned Sinhala all the way yet because my extended family uses it more, but I can understand some stuff and have a VERY basic conversation with my grandparents.
Stuff like "make me a tea"
"Do you want milk?"
*He tells me how much he wants
Stuff like that, super basic.
Right now, I'm focusing on Spanish and once I'm conversationally fluent, I'll put all of my effort into sinhala :D
I'm fifteen by the way haha
@@mr_sugas_fire3015 Good to hear someone trying to learn Sinhala.If you are asking for my age I'm 19.If you want help in Sinhala feel free to ask🤗
@@rash226 Aww thank you!
Bro, can I also speak Spanish at a certain level and I enjoy learning it.
I'm currently focusing on three languages. Each one I started with about a month difference. Learned French for a month. Started German. Learned German for a month, started Russian. The difference is I haven't really stopped studying them either. I plan on becoming conversationally fluent in this three languages within this next few months, and continue progressing towards fluency. There are other languages I want to learn the basics in though, simply for fun.
I was actually planning on learning ten basic words in ten different languages, just for fun, but never got around to it.
Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk
So glad you made this video! I'm more of a fluency fighter with a couple languages of fluency hunter and I often get put down with people saying "what's the point if you aren't gonna become fluent, it's just a waste of time". Its really hard to have people constantly put down your passion and love for language learning, especially when the criticism comes from my fluency hunter friends. In the future I'll be able to just send them this video to get them off my back and understand that their way/ reasons aren't the only way/reasons.
I'm definitely a fluency hunter. Currently learning French and planning to learn Russian in the second half of the year. My goal is always a conversational level.
I’m 💯 Multi-Fluency Hunter! :3 trying so hard to push my Italian to B2 without fully getting distracted with Japanese, but there is like 2 other languages that are looking fineee~
ciao, sto imparando l'italiano anche c: il mio livello della lingua non e molto alto, ma mi piace pensare che sto diventando abbastanza buono. (probabilmente ho fatto tanti errori in quella frase lmaoo
Hey, I am trying to learn Italian as well, at the same time as russian. How did you get from an A2 level (where I'm at rn) to a B1-B2? thanks
@@gonzalo4526 Hey! Assimil is no joke, it will take you to B1, B2. That's why it's so popular in Europe. I also recommend Ikenna's FME book, i read it and after months of using that method, it also gave me the confidence that i needed to learn languages
@@gonzalo4526 Oops, I have 2 accounts XD sorry*I'm the same person
@@violetsandsunsets4911 Bellissimo :0 come è il tuo parlare e ascoltare? Il mio lettura è la migliore, ma sono terribile in gramatica.... XD
Let’s see which one I am 🤔
I am 3rd. Focusing on English, after that I will start Spanish 😊
Moi je suis la même que toi, et j'apprends l'Espagnol aussi! J'ai une question. Est-ce que tu trouves que apprendre une langue comme la langue Espagnole ça te va plus facil que les autres langues? Je suis curieux, parce que pour moi-même apprendre la langue Espagnole ça me va très bien parce que je trouve que Espagnole se ressemble un peu à la langue Française
@@melvinflobbe2383 and now in english again xD
@@TheperfectfrenchwithDylane me too. Just on English, for now, and after, Italian, I guess.
@@ibimsdernice8235 Er hat einfach nur gefragt obs einfacher ist ne Sprache ,also Spanisch zu lernen wenn man schon französisch kann lol. Also weils ähnlich ist,so hab ichs zmd verstanden
I think ima get the book cus i need to learn some languages-
Thanks :D
i separate my weeks in many learning time :
Monday : 30 min French (my native language) + 30 min Japanese
Tuesday : 30 min Spanish (my other native language : thx mom ^^) + 30 min Greek
Wednesday : 30 min Japanese + 30 min italian
Thursday : 30 min russian + 30 min Korean (I start)
Friday : 30 min Japanese + 45 min English
Saturday : 30 min Chinese (i start) + 30 min Portuguese + 15 min arabic (i start)
Sunday : I try to do 15 min in each language , so : french, english, spanish, portuguese, italian, russian, japanese, chinese, korean, arabic, greek (so 2h45 to learning) and if i still have the motivation, i try to do finnish for 15 min.
BUT when i start a new language, i use the first sunday to learn 3 hours this langage , after this moment, I go back to my usual schedule ^^
I think i can't learn only one language i need to change everytime what i do . With my friends, we like to change the language in the same conversation without warning. I think that shows what kind of dissipated people we are.
PS : Even if I learn several languages at the same time, I have a methodology and in each learning session, I have clear and precise objectives linked to each language and, above all, to each level. It's not a random learning ^^
Wow you were raised with both French and Spanish? Lucky!
@@lalegende2746 ^^ i also think i am lucky. Indeed, even though French is my language, I find it very complex and subtle. For a foreigner, it should not be easy to learn this language.
What is this bullshit haha. Good luck making progress. You should learn 2 languages at the same time at most.
@@wernherv.b.928 like you want, i learn like this. i can see some progress so i'm happy. If you don't do like that go away and shut up.
@@wernherv.b.928 yea shutup bot account
Loved the video like always! You always inspire me To learn more. Because of you I'm learning Japnese and can understand A whole lot from Anime without Reading subtitles
"I mess up my tones sometimes, sue me."
Literally me when I accidentally yell at my mom when I meant to just say it in a normal tone.
He meant a different kind of tone 😂
@@cubecomber9162 I know I was just joking around haha
@@emmyemmss yeah, Idk why but when I got a panic attack I can't speak normally, it sounded like a yell
@@emmyemmss and my hands are like having a stroke lol
@@nauka7565 I've had the same and also shouting random words and/or phrases, but it happens very rare.
I'm the multi fluency hunter. Many Africans are usually multilingual.
Any one other than us, UK and Australia are multis
@@souravstan France, Italy...
Spainish speaking countries aswell
@@lewishopkins5779 I wouldn't say it's that way for most latin americans
@@qpowlmdmdm yes obviously as Latin Americans will likely speak English and their parents language of Spanish. I'm talking about people that have always lived on Spanish speaking countries
I’m 18 and I speak Italian, English, Nigerian (as a native, I’m half Italian half Nigerian), Spanish, Chinese. I’ll start learning Japanese next year and possibly fit Korean somewhere in there. My biggest aim would be Arabic 👌🏽👌🏽
I wish to speak about 10 languages (+ Portuguese, Russian) by the age of 30. I would love to learn Cantonese and Shanghainese as well!
I like to dedicate years to each language, from 3 to 5.
Wow thats so awesome i can only speak 3
1 English
2 Swedish
3Somali
I am fully somali and i im 12
I am learning Spanish right know:>
Good luck with learning languages!
@@TheRealCatzilla you too, good luck!
I wish Turkish was in the list of the languages which you wanted to learn. It's easier than Arabic for a native English speaker but there are over 6000 thousand arabic loanwords in the language so learning one of those languages would mean a head start to the other indirectly.
@@raiany195 is there a massive difference?
@@raiany195 but they can understand each other, right?
Fluency sage over here! I used to want to learn Spanish, German, and Chinese, but I started focusing on Chinese exclusively pretty quickly. It's just the one I'm most excited about and interested in.
So definitely Multi, born in Poland but basically raised in the UK my whole life, and i'm trying to learn spanish to a near-native level.
Let me tell you, Polish has a surprising amount of similarities to Spanish, which surprised me (but also helps me learn it, so ye -w-)
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Perhaps I'm a sage, though in the near future I want to start learning other languages more quickly, like a hunter. I'm of course learning spanish atm, and I've picked up on my learning greatly less than a year ago. I think i'm able to have *some* sort of conversation, though i'm not confident to speak to a native yet and plus i'm a bit shy in case i mess things up x3
-Although, virtual reality exists..--
-And there is this app/game called Mondly, it's basically a way to simulate real conversations in other languages (you do need VR to play it).-
-For me at least, I think it'll eliminate that stress of talking to a real person, so at least i can relax more lol.-
-I've yet to try it, though I'm prolly gonna go on it shortly after writing this comment lol.-
*Edit:* Guys nvm, Mondly is dogshit xD
Hm, would be funny to see Ikenna review it-
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As for the other languages I want to learn, I've picked out French and Russian. Russian because, for one, I'm polish, so it should be easier to learn, and because the language is dope xd
And French because, well i've got a couple french frens that I really want to be able to talk with in their language -w-
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And so, das me-
A Multi Fluency Sage/Hunter
I’m definitely a Fluency Fighter, I’m a native English and Spanish speaker, and i can speak Portuguese and French to a high B1 level, and then I’m on A1 with Italian, Mandarin, and German. Ikenna how did you study Mandarin? Loved the video!
Definitely a Sage. Been focused on Russian for almost 3 years now. Want to be at least C2 and spend some time in that area of the world. Definitely already thinking about starting in on another soon. Too many to choose from though! Love your vidoes Ikenna!
Yeah, that's good to hear bro. I just started studying Russian a few months ago. Progress has been slow because I've been stressed. I have a long way to go but I will not quit until I get to C2 level because I want to live in a Russian speaking country. The women are just damn gorgeous over there bro, I'm not going to lie!
Good luck on your journey!
I think I'm a fluency sage because just imagining myself being able to speak Spanish makes me bust into tears 😭
I am a Fluency Hunter. I was raised multilingual, and am learning Irish and Indonesian this year. I already know French, German, Latin, ASL, English, Spanish, Esperanto, and Japanese. I always wanted to learn Irish, and decided last year to start that. My new friends in a game speak Indonesian, so I also started that one last year. I am in year two of those languages, but still speak the others almost daily. I don't know what else I would ever learn. I will figure that out after I get my B2 on these languages.
Thank you for empwering people and sharing your perspectives.
Thank you, ikeena. Your vrchat videos inspired me to start learning Japanese. I'm about a month in and already know the alphabets, some Kanji and most of the grammar! Suddenly, everything spoken in Japanese make much more sense to me, even though I don't understand 90% of what has been said: it's so cool when you recognise an phrase in an anime the meaning of which actually differs a lot from the subtitles.
I'll continue studying, and maybe one day I will be able to explore the japanese world on my own!
For those who are unsure how to start: first - learn both kanas, it's absolutely necessary and easy; second - get a notebook and imagine that you are in a lesson, except you are the teacher - start with particles and basic concepts like desu and iru/aru, KEEP GOOGLING, Google youtube tutorials - those from Miku are great, Google everything you don't understand or have trouble with - your search history will be littered with "Japanese when..." or "Japanese what is... " and so on, it's the most important part, honestly, Google is your friend and most people don't understand that.
After you've done kanas, grammar and already can form some sentences, try this: Write down a text about youself, like a small essay aka "Hello, my name is _. I live in _ and I like _...", then translate it BIT BY BIT, NOT AS A WHOLE, via Google translate, but remember, Google translate is evil and will spit out incorrect and inconsistent stuff at you, that is why you must take one phrase, translate it, then try to simplify it (the Japanese phrase, not English or whatever language you were using) and then use jisho.com to look up words. Honestly, jisho is your best friend, unlike Google translate. If you need to translate a word or a 2-word phrase, use jisho, not Google. There's also a cool trick: say, you type the romanji "kuruma" into jisho and when it says "no matches", copy the hiragana just below the search bar and paste it into the bar, this way it will most likely find something.
Anyways, good luck and thanks for reading my broken English!
for those of you who are unsure how to start: don't take advice from someone who still thinks its "romanji"
I am a fluency hunter... I'm currently learning Japanese and started in January but literally for the last two months I'm like "ugh korean dramas, I neeeeeeeeed..."
Or "buen día" at my job.
I had the exact same problem at times I just consume way more korean media than japanese😂
Ohh i'm also learning japanese, started on february
Exactly !! Japanese all the way but man living In LA makes Spanish so convenient, to be fair the Japanese population here is also quite high
That’s exactly how I got into learning Korean. I was watching Japanese dramas to build my listening skills and stumbled on a Korean drama. Fell in love with the language and the fact that I don’t need to learn 3,000 kanji
I’m a sage! I dedicated 9 years to English and I intend to do the same with spanish (going 9months) and german (been on it for a few years)
Dude, you are so cool. I've loved learning languages my whole life and this channel has given me the motivation to pick it up again. Thanks man, I subbed 😊👍
I'm so excited to see how you pick up korean, youre truly an inspiration to me
I'm a multi something, but i wasn't voluntarily raised multilingual, I just grew up with so many English media that my brain involuntarily absorbed it. The downside is that now that I trying to learn new languages I don't know how to do it properly because I never had to study the languages I am fluent since I just grew up with both
I can definitely relate to the “uhhhhh” feeling.
Me and my friends went to Disney, we decided to visit the Epcot. We had dinner at an Italian restaurant. If you wanna know something cool about Epcot, each “country” has workers from that country.
I tried to order my rare steak in Italian. It took me a minute to figure out what to say, but I was understood and managed to keep up a conversation.
“Posso avere una bistecca al sangre.”
Or something like that, is what I said. Then we also had a short conversation. This was about a year ago. I continued to study Italian but took a break. I can still hold a good conversation, though.
As for which type I am, I think I am a fluency hunter. Right now I am studying French, Spanish and Italian in school (but I have to drop Italian in school because the course isn’t offered next year). Then, Greek, Japanese and Italian at home.
With Greek, I am learning it with some online friends on mine. I am just learning the alphabet right now but I would like to understand media and RUclips videos, as well as have an advanced conversation in Greek. My goal for Greek is B2.
For Italian I want to reach a higher level than Greek, maybe C1. I love the language, though I didn’t like my teacher. I want to be able to go to Italy and have no issues whatsoever. I want to be able to speak and understand (like) a native.
For Japanese, I want to reach a B2-C1 level. This will take a few years :( but hey, once I get a schedule going, it should be easy to keep up a streak! 私わエミリです！！！
Right now I am a B2 in Spanish about. I can hold a conversation, watch movies, and understand a good 90%. However, it’s the accents that get me! There are so many! The two easiest accents for me to understand are Mexican and Castilian Spanish. As, most movies I watch in Spanish are either Mexican or Castilian. Right now I am watching Moana in Spanish.
For French, I am going to be taking it in school next year and I also started studying at home and watching Cyprien. By the end of the school year I want to be a B1. As my checkpoint B exam is at the end of the year!
Then in college I want to take Spanish, French, Japanese and possibly Greek OR Italian. It depends on the college, really.
Definitely a hunter. But I'm not trying to learn multiple at the same time. Focus enough on one language to be conversational and then maybe move onto another if I have a specific motivation to do so.
I used to want to be native-like in the languages I learn. But now I am happy to communicate well enough to talk about anything I want and hopefully not make too many mistakes. So my goal is getting to a B2-C1 level in the languages I learn, but of course having fun on the way there :)
This is the best version of you I have seen. The break did you well. Keep bringing it like this. Will be looking forward to more when you get to it.💪
Fluency fighter: because I learnt French and German in high school 'til A2 level.
Newbie: because I am now learning Spanish which is like the first language I am actually learning by my own and until an at least conversational fluent stage.
Fluency hunter: because I want Spanish to get to this conversational fluent stage (B2) and hop on to Tagalog or Portuguese.
Fluency sage: because I got English to an advanced level (C1) and want Spanish to get there as well, whilst learning another laguage.
Haha who cares anyway..
What’s your native language? But that’s impressive mate!
Chinese people might ask, who is this "Sue Mi" he speaks of..
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm a fluency hunter. But I'm honestly proud of myself for knowing and regularly watching all of those RUclipsrs.... Including Ikenna
Jouw Nederlands is echt goed 👍. I learn german and tried some Norge in the past and spanish and really like to see your videos.
Again, super helpful! Now I understand my goals myself better.Thank you!
I’d say I’m a fluency sage, in some lamguages. I want to sound native in Greek, Chinese, Korean, and Spanish. The rest I want to learn i a, ok with just being conversational. I am midway between sage and hunter.
Me:*3 a.m. and is about to sleep
Ikenna:*post a new video
Me:yeah sleep can wait
And I'm totally the newbie
I'm learning French and Japanese 😭
I Don't Need Sleep I Need Answers
Mono fluency hunter here. Do you think there is a correlation between being brought up monolingual and wanting to learn ALL the languages? I always feel that I'm at a disadvantage and trying to catch up.
Definitely a possibility!!
Oh man...I think I might be a fluency fighter. I’m not fluent in many languages yet but I love the thrill of going up to someone and speaking even a little bit of their language with them. It makes them smile and it makes me happy to know I’ve made someone else happy 😊 I feel even the smallest exchange of phrases and jargon in another language can take you a long way.
FYI I speak English, French, Arabic competently and a little bit of chinese (mandarin and Cantonese) as well as some British and American sign language. I know some conversation starters in other languages but I am in no way stating that I am fluent
I'm a fluency hunter for now... I'm conquering Spanish and I'm at a conversational/ intermediate level and I'm really proud of myself.
The timing of this video was bad, I wanted to watch it at soon as I got the notification but I was in the middle of online classes. 😭😭😭😭
Learning My 3rd Language: Japanese!
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@@CelestialExility HAAHAHAHHA nah dude
@@leafpot587 私も !
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Me: let me learn Spanish
Also Me: Wait Hebrew is good.
Also Me: Wait should I learn Japanese or Korean?
Ikenna can u suggest me. Which should I learn Japanese Vs Korean?
If you want to be able to read it, try korean first, it's easier ^^ but you can learn japanese after that, because the construction of those two languages are similar
Neither are easy, from my experience the grammatical structure of Korean is an absolute nightmare, especially moving from English
korean ;)
Korean is a little easier in my opinion (because of the writing system).
The grammar of both, Japanese and Korean, is quite challenging.
I am very late but I think just go with your feelings and passion. If you like anime or want to communicate with Japanese people go learn Japanese. If you like to communicate with Koreans Korean is for you. This is based on what YOU like...
I think Im a fluency sage cause now im learning english and chinese and im all day speaking those lenguages . One day I' ve been stay awake for one day to learn all the different sounds and tones of chine because i like it, i like yhe process of learning a new lenguaje. This gives you a lot of good things to your mind.
Loved this video!
I believe I'm a sage! Been working on Germany and want to get to C2 so I can effortlessly live in the country. A few to come along after German.
I appreciate your content!!
Omg I’m so glad to hear that you’re gonna study Korean😭😭
RIP Laushu
RIP Laoshu 🙏🏻🕊🙏🏻🕊🙏🏻
Ikenna doesn’t even bother to say R.I.P to Laoshu.
@@mihaiduh6213 true.
I think I'm the fluency sages, because right now I'm focusing on trying to learn Korean and Chinese. For Chinese and Korean I'm able to write and pronounce the words (at a reasonable level) and write them, but can't remember the words that.
I'm interested on learning both of them, because I've heard and read reviews on how South Korea and China can help with the kind of job I want to do in the future. Also I want to travel to those places and commutate to them without them feeling uncomfortable to speak English if that's not their strong language.
Definately a blend between sage and hunter (mono) I want to become near native with german since I have a lot of work and study based plans there & have german native friends, now I am recently starting with mandarin and want to get to the point of conversing fine with others regardless of topic and the same goes for dutch and once I get competent with them (for me my tell of when I can move on is when I can understand media fine and any odd words I don't know are filled in through context). I do see the appeal of learning even more languages at a time but to a lesser extent to connect with more people but there is something much more wholesome of when a language just clicks and you can just talk to people with detail and have deeper conversations with them and just embrace the culture more and naturally progress
I’m a Newbie lol- but I want to be a sage/hunter blend
My goal is to be decently fluent in Japanese, and I got a lot of time! Just staring now at the ripe age of 14 years old ✌🏻
you still at it?
Yeah, how’s that goin for you?
I recognized everyone in the thumbnail, I clicked even faster than usual
my minimum has always been, "no more subtitles, i'm a champion"
Fluency Sage! I've been learning German for about a month, idk but i'm just really interested in the culture and want to speak fluently, no other language seems as appealing :)
Definitely a fluency hunter like yourself. On my 4th language currently (including English) ☺