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Steve, I really like your channel and have learned a lot from it. Thank you very much! You said that the best way to expand your vocabulary is to listen and read more. But I have a question, can I remember the spelling of the words I recognize through extensive listening and reading? I mean, can I accurately write these words when I'm about to write an article?🙏
Hello Steve Kauffman I'm from Turkestan in Kazakhstan i can speak 6 languages Uzbek Kazakh Turkish Russian English and French.Among these languages Uzbek is my native language Kazakh is my state language Russian is my official language English French and Turkish are my foreign languages.İ took English and Russian course in tutor school i studied Kazakh at school but İ studied Turkish and French at home on my own.
Linguists' opinions on Turkish Grammar Prof. David Cuthell : “I know many foreign languages. Among these languages, Turkish is such a different language that it is as if a hundred high mathematics professors came together to create Turkish. A dozen words are produced from one root. Turkish is such a language that it is a language of emotion, thought, logic and philosophy in itself.” ------------------- Max Müller “Even reading a Turkish grammar is a real pleasure, even if he hasn’t had the slightest desire to speak and write Turkish. Those who hear the skillful style in the mods, the compliance with the rules that dominate all the shots, the transparency seen throughout the productions, the marvelous power of the human intelligence that shines in the language will not fail to be amazed. This is such a grammar that we can watch the inner formations of thought in it, just as we can watch the formation of honeycombs in a crystal… The grammatical rules of the Turkish language are so orderly and flawless that a committee of linguists, an academy, approves this language. It is possible to think that it is a language made with consciousness. ----------------------------- Prof. Dr. Johan Vandewalle;, now I have learned about 50 languages . After learning languages with very different systems, the language that I still admire the most, the language that I find most logical and mathematical is Turkish.” johan Vandewalle (The text is written by him. It is written by him in Turkish.) “…I think that a native Turkish speaker thinks in short sentences, and when speaking, he builds complex structures by connecting these short sentences in various ways. This "tendency to connect sentences" can be weak in some speakers, and strong in others, almost to the extent of a disease. The linguistic structures that emerged in this last situation reflect the superior possibilities of the human mind in the best way. Although I have studied many languages belonging to different language groups, I can say that I have never come across a structure that fascinates me as much as complex sentence structures in Turkish. If you let me be a little sentimental, I sometimes say to myself, “I wish Chomsky had learned Turkish when he was younger too…”. I'm sure then modern linguistics would have been shaped according to Turkish, not English…” ------------------ *Receiving the Babylonian World Award, Belgium's Ghent University Center for Eastern Languages and Cultures, Dr. Johann Van De Walle explains why he is interested in Turkish today: “Turkish can be learned in a very short time. The rules in chess are logical, simple and few in number. Even a seven-year-old can learn to play chess. Despite this convenience, the person playing chess does not get bored throughout his life. The game possibilities are endless. It is a very magical feature that the same situation exists in the Turkish grammar system. Turkish grammar is a language that has a regular and unexceptional character almost as much as mathematics. -------------- Paul Roux: "Turkish is a mathematical language full of thought and intellect." *Moliere: "Turkish is language to be admired; you can express a great deal by a few words." *French Turcologist Jean Deny : "The Turkish language suggests that it was formed as a result of the consultation and discussion of an elite committee of scholars. Turkish verbs have such a peculiarity that they cannot be found in any of the Arian languages. This feature is the power to form new words with affixes”. Jean Deny *Herbert W. Duda:“Turkish, which expresses all thoughts and feelings in the most perfect way, has such a rich vocabulary that everyone admires this language and accepts it as the most perfect scientific language.'”. *Herbert Jansky: “Turkish language is an extremely rich and easy-to-understand, easy-to-learn scientific language in terms of vocabulary, phonetics, orthography, syntax and vocabulary.” ************* page 257 in book (The Science of Language by Max Müller in 1861) It is a real pleasure to read a Turkish grammar, even though one may have no wish to acquire it practically. The ingenious manner in which the numerous grammatical forms are brought out, the regularity which pervades the system of declension and conjugation, the transparency and intelligibility of the whole structure, must strike all who have a sense of that wonderful power of the human mind which has displayed itself in language. Given so small a number of graphic and demonstrative roots as would hardly suffice to express the commonest wants of human beings, to produce an instrument that shall render the faintest shades of feeling and thought;-given a vague infinitive or a stern imperative, to derive from it such moods as an optative or subjunctive, and tenses as an aorist or paulo-post future;-given incoherent utterances, to arrange them into a system where all is uniform and regular, all combined and harmonious;-such is the work of the human mind which we see realized in “language.” But in most languages nothing of this early process remains visible. They stand before us like solid rocks, and the microscope of the philologist alone can reveal the remains of organic life with which they are built up. In the grammar of the Turkic languages, on the contrary, we have before us a language of perfectly transparent structure, and a grammar the inner workings of which we can study, as if watching the building of cells in a crystal bee-hive. An eminent orientalist remarked “we might imagine Turkish to be the result of the deliberations of some eminent society of learned men;” but no such society could have devised what the mind of man produced, left to itself in the steppes, and guided only by its innate laws, or by an instinctive power as wonderful as any within the realm of nature. *page 260 (264 in pdf). there is one feature so peculiar to the Turkish verb, that no analogy can be found in any of the Aryan languages-the power of producing new verbal bases by the mere addition of certain letters, which give to every verb a negative, or causative, or reflexive, or reciprocal meaning Sev-mek, for instance, as a simple root, means to love. By adding in, we obtain a reflexive verb, sev-in-mek, which means to love oneself, or rather, to rejoice, to be happy. This may now be conjugated through all moods and tenses, sevin being in every respect equal to a new root. By adding ish we form a reciprocal verb, sev-iş-mek, to love one another. To each of these three forms a causative sense may be imparted by the addition of the syllable dir. Thus, I. sev-mek, to love, becomes IV. sev-dir-mek, to cause to love. II. sev-in-mek, to rejoice, becomes V. sev-in-dir-mek, to cause to rejoice.
@@liambyrne591listening to the language and repeating is how people gain language RUclips has many videos to learn languages and by using basic then using translators you could improve yourself
This woman is gifted and very intelligent, she was able to find the right method to learn alone and quickly, she is a very good example for young people who do not want to waste their time on futility.
@@lukasmoskit3406 According to research, one of which was published in the Journal of Memory and Language, it was discovered that there is a correlation between learning a language and cognitive abilities. Other studies literally showed increased neuroplasticity in language learning, suggesting learning several languages changes brain anatomy. "A study conducted in 2012 measured structural changes in the prefrontal and temporal cortices, particularly looking at changes in grey matter density. Grey matter is comprised of the cell bodies of neurons, and this area is generally associated with intelligence, attention, memory, and language processing." (News Medical Net). Only takes common sense and logic for anyone to realize speaking more than one language at a very young age like this requires great ability to recall, synthesize various rules and language applications, and then differentiating between them. Finding it uncomfortable to give credit where credit is due when someone doesn't look like you or belongs to a culture you don't like requires a level of open mindedness many lack.
@@code17179 According to research, one of which was published in the Journal of Memory and Language, it was discovered that there is a correlation between learning a language and cognitive abilities. Other studies literally showed increased neuroplasticity in language learning, suggesting learning several languages changes brain anatomy. "A study conducted in 2012 measured structural changes in the prefrontal and temporal cortices, particularly looking at changes in grey matter density. Grey matter is comprised of the cell bodies of neurons, and this area is generally associated with intelligence, attention, memory, and language processing." (News Medical Net). Only takes common sense and logic for anyone to realize speaking more than one language at a very young age like this requires great ability to recall, synthesize various rules and language applications, and then differentiating between them. Finding it uncomfortable to give credit where credit is due when someone doesn't look like you or belongs to a culture you don't like requires a level of open mindedness many lack.
As a Turk, I am completely proud of her hard work. She encouraged me to learn English way more. Im gonna keep running toward my goals until Im successful. My biggest dream is to become a plane hostess on Turkish Airlines.
Especially when you know Turks often do not speak many foreign languages unless they lived in other countries. By the way, this is not a criticism of Turks as Turkey is a country that has never been colonized so in a way, Turks are similar to Brits and French who struggle learning foreign languages.
Hello, I saw this video by chance on RUclips and came across your comment. As a person who's lived in Toronto, Canada for many years and completed my education there, and has worked as a cabin crew member at Turkish Airlines to have such different experiences after returning to Turkey, I can say this: give it a try, but before that you better think and search about working conditions, otherwise it might be kinda disappointing for you after a while you start working. You also should research the negative aspects as much as you investigate the positive aspects. Also, never give up on studying about different languages n improving your English. In many fields, you'll absolutely need it. Wish you the best luck 🤞🏻
@@HalfBloodOttervücudunu mu gördün ne kadar aptalca sözler.O kapalı ve sadece yüzü görünüyor. Yüzünden 40 yaşında göründüğünü mü çıkardın. Sizin gibi embesiller bu platformda yorum yapmamalı.
You guys are not just fluent in languages, you guys are very cultured and knowledgeable about various topics and you have very strong communication and speaking skills .
When we are talking about America. A person who knows three and more languages is very educated person. A person who knows just two languages is an immigrant. And a person who knows only one language is 100% American.
In fairness, the continental US alone is large enough to span from Ireland to Syria north to south and from Spain to Russia west to east. I have lived in another country and visited many more and let me tell you, most people only speak their native language.
I'm an American who knows three or more languages. I only went to community college and the only thing I passed was the party. Point taken though. On my travels, Switzerland impressed me the most with the average person being so multilingual.
in brief: The video is an interview with Iclal, a young polyglot from Turkey, who speaks a wide variety of languages remarkably well and has learned them all at home. She discusses her perspective on grammar and shares her experience learning different languages such as Russian and German. Iclal emphasizes the importance of finding a balance between grammar and other language skills. Iclal shares that Turkey is a multicultural country with a lot of tourists, providing an opportunity to practice different languages with native speakers. However, she believes that language learners should wait until they reach an A2 or B1 level before having meaningful exchanges with native speakers. To reach that level, she recommends focusing on learning the basics and building a foundation in the language. Iclal uses the internet to find conversation partners and prefers platforms like Tandem, HelloTalk, and Conversation Exchange. She believes that people can learn languages effectively without visiting other countries, as long as they have a strong determination and take advantage of available resources.
Wow, quel talent !! À 18 ans, c'est vraiments incroyable ! Moi, j'ai mis 50 ans pour parler 7 langues ( dont le russe que j'ai déjà oublié ) mais je ne les maitrise toujours pas aussi bien que cette jeune fille exceptionnelle. Bravo et chapeau bas ! 👏👏👏
Some years ago, I met an 11-year old Yemeni girl who lived in a mountain village. She could also speak 7 languages fluently: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Japanese. She said she had learned them through interacting with tourists. I was amazed, but she told me other children in her village were like her, too!
She is a really really hardworking girl and I am proud of her as a Turk. All of her success is the result of her effort. Not about istanbul, not about Turkiye. Just the benefits of technology and her studious character. No pain no gain. She is very diligent. Go Iclal go, crash’em all 😂
Very true! Sadly though in the US we rarely learn other languages. That's what I admire about other countries! They realize the value and importance of speaking multiple languages. Even just one extra language to your native one is an accomplishment and so very useful! Anyway love your comment, very beautiful 😊
This so incredible, i'm Brazilian and learning english about some years, see people that speak three, four, or more languages so nice it's absolutely amazing.
It's always awesome seeing other people share the same passion as you! 😍 I also learned four languages in five years and worked with all of them in different companies. English, French, Italian and Dutch while my native language is Arabic. :)
@@Multiple_subtitled_films pimsleur method is the best because it teaches native way. and it has lots of language options. and the best thing is you can speak everything in the lesson after each lesson . you learn 1 lesson per day. you can speak daily basic level language in a month. another good method but this teaches only english "Effortless English" another good method is reading stories. and lingq mini stories is good for it
У вас прекрасное русское произношение! Я много лет учу английский и французский, но не добилась такого естественного произношения, как у вас во всех языках. Вы огромная молодец!❤
@@mustafaatalay212 i never met her in person, but she went to a high privileged high school and i saw her did. i dont think a 30 year old woman would be going to high school at that age
Many south Indians learn 4 by 13. One romance (French) one Germanic(English), one dravidian (Their mother-tongue), one Indic (Hindi). If you include languages belonging to the same class, many of them learn more than that. Once you grasp Hindi, you can easily pick up sanskrit, Urdu, and Punjabi, all belonging to Indic class.
@@mustafaatalay212 You heard the concrete evidence in the way she spoke her different languages. You don't want to believe it because you realize you do not have the perseverance or intelligence to do the same.
@@bertsanders7517 I'm not you so you cannot judge me kid , you and people like you tend to believe that what extraordinary groundless things because all of you bunch of .... ( I didn't fill in the .... it is up to you kid)
I think the Turkiye government would do well if she could be hired in the Turkiye diplomatic service. She is a credit to all Turkiye. May she have a wonderful life ahead.
They generally do not like someone greatly skilled like her in turkey. In turkish state, the officers can be selected only by the children of the close tied families of government because of obligated nepotism for the continuation of the government and the state (government and the fake opponents).
She have incredible talent and effort. I hope İclal have the opportunity to visit these countries whose languages she know. I appreciate her effort, keep it up!
Much respect to this young ambitious talented girl ! I am from Turkey and there are a lot of people who can't even speak Turkish that well yet she speaks 7 languages ..!
Wow, this was truly impressive! Her pronunciation in Russian is especially amazing! A lot of time and effort put to achieve this! Good work and impressive results!
Me rating her skills: - English: B2/C1. Strangely enough. She doesn't natural in this language. - French: C1. Great but she needs some immersion. - Russian: C1. Technically impressive. - Italian: B2. - Arabic. B2 but she needs to learn one or two dialects. - Spanish: B1. She obviously doesn't care. - German: A2/B1. Her accent is good but that's it.
@@Big-guy1981 it can be considered normal for someone who is born as a monolingual and has learned all of these skills within the borders of her own country without any support to not be able to achieve naturalness even if she speaks well enough because no matter how well you speak, you are still calculating in your brain and you don’t fully possess the spirit of that language. She didn’t acquire this skill, she learned it.
@@Big-guy1981you cannot assign these levels just from this interview mr amazing. Since for one you do not know these languages at native level so who are you to even try to judge? 😂 Remote jealously is a weird thing.
Some comments are just jealous of her bcs she may be younger than you but already speaks 7 languages. Wouldn’t be better if you take it as an inspiration? Like I am 22 and I only speak 3 languages, but this girl inspires me instead of discouraging me. Stop being jealous 🤷🏻♂️
@@samd3046 It went really good. I started to be able to understand some podcasts and easy readings. BUT I stopped practicing. I wasn't consistent, probably because I lost my motivation. At first, I did it to see the process of acquiring a foreign language, which I understand better now. It might have been better if I had someone to speak with around. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the process. I will get back to Italian. For now, I feel like I have a debt to German (Deutsch) that I involuntarily started many years ago and is still reminiscing in me effortlessly. Let's ee.
I must say I waited for the Russian part with some trepidation but she did wonderfully well. The grammar was a bit off sometimes but it didn't matter at all because the intonation was perfect and it was really nice to see someone in love with our difficult language. If I were a foreigner, I wouldn't even try. I found myself smiling, listening to her speaking Russian, as if she were a Russian I could like in real life. 😊 Thank you for an interesting video!
I'm so happy for her, that's really amazing. I'm also working on speaking, writing, reading multiple languages as well. I have attempted to learn including my native language English 10 languages but im focsuing on Spanish and Thai right now at this time, but it's really difficult sometimes to eventually becime fluent but im learning the best I can. Definitely an inspiration! 🙌🏾
Parabéns por nos demonstrar que sim é possível aprendermos o que quisermos, costumamos nos limitar achando que nossa mente não é capaz de aprender. Mais se quisermos realmente e se esforçarmos em aprender tudo é possível! 👏👏👏🔥
Hallo Steve und Iclal :-)) Hab mich ins unermessliche gefreut euch beiden zuhören und zu sehen, tatsächlich hab ich damals, euch beiden in einem gemeinsamen Interview entdeckt und gehört :-)) Ihr seid beide inspirierend Persönlichkeiten :-))) Zu mir bin Marokkaner, allerdings spreche ich die deutsche Sprache deutlich besser, da ich in Deutschland aufgewachsen bin. Mein Englisch ist so limitiert und deshalb freue ich mich immer wieder euch zu hören. Ich wünsche euch beiden alles erdenkliche gute und nur weiter so wie bisher 🙋
Did she say how many hours she learns and practices each week? I don’t think I caught that bit of info. Most people only at best have an hour or two each day they can commit to acquiring a new language. She must have a significant amount of free time in order to accomplish such a feat. I can’t imagine it has been otherwise. Good for her though. Her accomplishment is impressive.
She is just a phenomenal person, amazing. I think she is not only hard worker, also she’s talented. It’s wonderful how not being in Russia she speaks in Russian, without accent, it blows my mind, I am so impressed 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Learning any language requires lots of effort, cleverness, discipline, interest, motivation and above all practice. I'm still learning English because is one of my favorite hobbies, I'm really passionate about doing it ❤. On the other hand, studying Grammar is crucial to mastering a language because it's the root that any language has. Throughout my school years I wasn't interested in learning English because the language was taught with an irritating, boring and outdated method, you know, and now I've got a new perspective on English which is good and encouraging. We have plenty of language learning tools on the internet nowadays so we don't have to make silly excuses to not learning languages. In my opinion, to get into the language learning field, we must have a good reason to start learning our target languages, then studying the basics of the language such as greetings, straightforward phrases or expressions and key vocabulary at the beginning of our language learning journey to build up a compelling progress and finally start speaking the language with native speakers even if your level at it is so low. I've never had the chance to meet English-speaking people to practice my English with but I mustn't give up and I have to move on. Looking for meet-up groups to practice a language by speaking it isn't very hard either but where I live is certainly difficult to do so due to many other things and personal issues. Anyway, every single person is different, we have a nice personality to do anything such as learning languages on our own in order to improving our language learning skills and achieving the desired/wanted fluency that we have been waiting for so long.
You're really amazing and you inspired me I will follow you on RUclips. From Algeria 🇩🇿 I speak French Arabic and I am learning English. I need really to learn from you.
As a polyglot who lives in Europe, I can advise you that you will find speakers of other languages primarily by going to interest groups, like Internations or Meetup. People on the street here don't normally just speak to you in various languages, but rather just in the local one. Unless you plan on traveling around a lot between countries, of course. My point is, that living in a multicultural tier 1 global city like Istanbul, you have all the opportunities right where you are. If I were your age again, I would love to live in Istanbul. I visited there once, and it is an amazing city!
There are millions in İstanbul. It is not about istanbul, its about the girl Herself, her effort. Ordinary Turkish people cannot speak any foreign language, even an easiest English daily conversation of A1 level. We (as Turks) have a profound problem of learning language as a nation. She is one of the brillant stars of young Turks. So, maybe you should Just appreciate Iclal herself and her effort.
@@leroisoleil97 we are a very hospitable nation and would like to help anyone who wanna learn Türkish language🌷 when you come, be careful about istanbul because it is a metropol and very crowded with any kinda nation and people. A turkish muslim philosoph Rumi says: come whoever you are, come, come again!
@@mutluumutlu Thank you very much!😊 Turkey is a wonderful country with amazing people. That's what everyone who was there says. My brother and nephews studied there. As for me, I hope that one day I can visit your beautiful country and get to know your culture, traditions and Turkish language better. Yes, and of course Turkish cuisine! 😋
True words my friend! Wonderful advice. Even where I am in Phoenix there should be loads of different meet ups for different cultures and languages. I am going to start looking now! Never really thought of that before. Thanks for the advice. Also I love your username!
I'm a Portuguese speaker from Brazil, and I can confirm that she speaks the latin languages very well, which is usually not easy for someone who is not a native speaker of any of them. 😱
Am happy and blessed to see other polyglot's. I know many people don't realize how many of us there are in the world! There are many people in the world who really don't understand how easy it is to learn languages. It's only a mater of discipline and desire in my opinion! AM so proud to see this young lady accomplish this!
I agree with you, I love grammar - it's there to help us crack the language code, not to hinder us. My dad is learning Turkish, I would love to learn it as well!
I have to point out the fact as a foreigner living in Turkey for around 5 years that Turkish people are not much into learning new languages, now it's changing, but very slowly. So, it's quite appreciative how she did that
Masahallah incredible women. Hope it offer inspiration to others. Self paced learning with beautiful pronunciation is brilliant. She us a natural born programmer of the highest quality
@@Big-guy1981I think you are projecting on your personal abilities. Her Arabic is not amazing, but I admire her talent and self learning, also she still has few years of experience, she will be better over time
Вау. Я специально пишу этот комментарий на русском, чтобы выразить уважение и поддержку этой девушке. Честно сказать, как человек из России, я никогда не понимал, зачем кому-то учить русский, ахах Но раз уж кто-то дерзнул встать на этот путь (и он не говорит ни на одном из славянских языков), это дойстойно уважения. У вас очень неплохо получается, Iclal! Так держать :))
@@TadParker objectively speaking, Russian is in top 10 most spoken languages on the planet and one of the official UN languages so it's quite useful, although not as useful as French or Spanish. Still the most useful slavic language by far.
@@MrOnion-js1ls Yes, you are right. All residents of the former Soviet republics speak Russian. We are all bilingual, except Russians. We know at least 2 languages - native and Russian. Plus foreign languages, if desired. Therefore, if you know Russian and travel around the CIS, there will be no problems with communication.
Your English, french and all the languages you speak are amazing. I really like watching these kinds of videos because my dream is to speak many languages☺
@@mohamedmnissar238 ممكن تطور في مستواك في كذا لغة في نفس الوقت عادي يفضل من وجهة نظري انك ماتكونش بتتعلم أكتر من لغة واحدة من الصفر في نفس الوقت لكن عادي تتعلم جنبها أي عدد من اللغات انت بالفعل مستواك مش قليل فيهم +اللغات عايزة ممارسة مستمرة فلما تكون بتتكلم لغات كتير لازم تمارسهم كلهم باستمرار
I learned 6 languages myself as well, and I learn 4 now as I my goal is to speak 10. Listening is a great tip, and in my case implementing creativity in learning. When something is boring it's harder to learn.
Great !!!, I’m older than this young lady but I speak just 5 languages for now: French, English, Arabic, Swedish and Turkish. French and Arabic since I’m originally from Algeria and lived in France and Belgium , Turkish i have learned it when visited Istanbul and worked there for a while as a French teacher , and finally Swedish language did learn it when i started working in Sweden and Norway . I hope to start learning Spanish soon with my little daughter because she wants to learn it 🙏 Language is the key 🔑 to the world , it connects us to each other. Make us understand other cultures and communities, interact with each other , share emotions and skills….. etc it’s just wonderful to see many polyglots worldwide 🍀👌
although my German is not that good, but when she started speaking this beautiful language it touched my heart. A language is not only words, it is a collection of feelings, thought, memories and many amazing things combined together, you're really amazing.
me encanta mucho ver personas como yo que les gusta nuevos idiomas, soy de angola(Africa) e estoy perfeccionando mi español, inglés y estudiando desde cero italiano, alemán y kikongo, gracias Steve por esto video, qué motivacion ojala nosotros logramos eso tambien.
Russian and German have cases, but so does Turkish. One difference is that, in Russian and German (and several other IE languages as well, such as Ancient Greek and Latin), the accusative indicates direction toward, whereas in Turkish, it appears to be the dative that indicates direction toward. Another is that Russian has several declension patterns, and -у (-u) could mean accusative, dative, partitive (genitive variant), or locative (prepositional variant), depending on declension. Turkish declensions vary in vowel harmony and consonant voicing, but don't have completely different patterns like Russian.
As russian I must say that she speaks really good. Vocabulary is perfect. Order of the words is good. Sometimes she makes mistakes with endings of nouns and verbs but it absolutely acceptable because we have very complicated system of cases (roles), genders, single-plural forms. Endings of adjectives, numerals, pronouns, participles, gerund, verbs depend on the the noun's case, gender, single-plural. For example english nouns lost cases, but english pronouns preserved only two cases - I-Me, He-Him, She-Her, They-Them. In Russian we have SIX cases and sometimes exceptions in this sytems/ I can not imagine how foreiners learn russian. Great respect to this girl!!!
@@zie9171 not as good as it could. I can write like this. Reading is not a problem either. Even speaking is easy. But english sound recognition is really difficult thing. I think every language has its light and difficult aspects. English and Chineese have simple grammar but difficult phonetics and wrighting. Russian has difficult grammar but easy writing ang phonetics
@@zie9171 yes, you are right. But it is true for restricted period of time. I did not dive deeply into this issue. But it is true for the first half of 19th century for sure. They all spoke russian as well. Greatest russian poet Pushkin could use it in he verses. He was killed by a frenchman. Tolstoi inserted the whole pages in French in his War and Peace. Russian aristocracy was not ethnically russian. All the tsars starting from Peter the 1st took wifes from Germany. Recently appeared a phonogram with voice of russian tsar Alexander 3rd. He is speaking russian with strong german accent. Yes. They all spoke russian, very often french.german. very seldom english.
I used to speak 4 languages; now, only 2. I had forgotten Russian practically, overnight, when we changed countries and I had to learn English. I have picked up just enough French to be able to survive in Paris as a tourist. I would love to be able to perfect my French but I am no longer able to retain anything 😢
@joebeamish Yes, I'm reading a French (paper) book now, on Catherine II, and am intent on finishing it. It's a tome, really, quite thick. I recall I read the tome "Centennial" by James Michener at age 15, after six years of learning English in school. The hard part is having to look up new words and scribble translations in the margins.
For me, it is hard not to mix up Spanish and Italian. My Spanish used to be pretty good before I started to learn Italian. Now, then speaking spontaneously, there are always italian words and ending popping up and vice versa.
As a Turk🇹🇷 i also have a dream of learning many languages i am trying to improve my english to an advanced level i want to learn languages such as russian italian Japanese and german
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Steve, I really like your channel and have learned a lot from it. Thank you very much! You said that the best way to expand your vocabulary is to listen and read more. But I have a question, can I remember the spelling of the words I recognize through extensive listening and reading? I mean, can I accurately write these words when I'm about to write an article?🙏
Hello Steve Kauffman I'm from Turkestan in Kazakhstan i can speak 6 languages Uzbek Kazakh Turkish Russian English and French.Among these languages Uzbek is my native language Kazakh is my state language Russian is my official language English French and Turkish are my foreign languages.İ took English and Russian course in tutor school i studied Kazakh at school but İ studied Turkish and French at home on my own.
Linguists' opinions on Turkish Grammar
Prof. David Cuthell : “I know many foreign languages. Among these languages, Turkish is such a different language that it is as if a hundred high mathematics professors came together to create Turkish. A dozen words are produced from one root. Turkish is such a language that it is a language of emotion, thought, logic and philosophy in itself.”
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Max Müller
“Even reading a Turkish grammar is a real pleasure, even if he hasn’t had the slightest desire to speak and write Turkish. Those who hear the skillful style in the mods, the compliance with the rules that dominate all the shots, the transparency seen throughout the productions, the marvelous power of the human intelligence that shines in the language will not fail to be amazed. This is such a grammar that we can watch the inner formations of thought in it, just as we can watch the formation of honeycombs in a crystal… The grammatical rules of the Turkish language are so orderly and flawless that a committee of linguists, an academy, approves this language. It is possible to think that it is a language made with consciousness.
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Prof. Dr. Johan Vandewalle;,
now I have learned about 50 languages . After learning languages with very different systems, the language that I still admire the most, the language that I find most logical and mathematical is Turkish.”
johan Vandewalle (The text is written by him. It is written by him in Turkish.) “…I think that a native Turkish speaker thinks in short sentences, and when speaking, he builds complex structures by connecting these short sentences in various ways. This "tendency to connect sentences" can be weak in some speakers, and strong in others, almost to the extent of a disease. The linguistic structures that emerged in this last situation reflect the superior possibilities of the human mind in the best way. Although I have studied many languages belonging to different language groups, I can say that I have never come across a structure that fascinates me as much as complex sentence structures in Turkish. If you let me be a little sentimental, I sometimes say to myself, “I wish Chomsky had learned Turkish when he was younger too…”. I'm sure then modern linguistics would have been shaped according to Turkish, not English…”
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*Receiving the Babylonian World Award, Belgium's Ghent University Center for Eastern Languages and Cultures, Dr. Johann Van De Walle explains why he is interested in Turkish today: “Turkish can be learned in a very short time. The rules in chess are logical, simple and few in number. Even a seven-year-old can learn to play chess. Despite this convenience, the person playing chess does not get bored throughout his life. The game possibilities are endless. It is a very magical feature that the same situation exists in the Turkish grammar system. Turkish grammar is a language that has a regular and unexceptional character almost as much as mathematics.
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Paul Roux: "Turkish is a mathematical language full of thought and intellect."
*Moliere: "Turkish is language to be admired; you can express a great deal by a few words."
*French Turcologist Jean Deny : "The Turkish language suggests that it was formed as a result of the consultation and discussion of an elite committee of scholars. Turkish verbs have such a peculiarity that they cannot be found in any of the Arian languages. This feature is the power to form new words with affixes”. Jean Deny
*Herbert W. Duda:“Turkish, which expresses all thoughts and feelings in the most perfect way, has such a rich vocabulary that everyone admires this language and accepts it as the most perfect scientific language.'”.
*Herbert Jansky: “Turkish language is an extremely rich and easy-to-understand, easy-to-learn scientific language in terms of vocabulary, phonetics, orthography, syntax and vocabulary.”
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page 257 in book (The Science of Language by Max Müller in 1861)
It is a real pleasure to read a Turkish grammar, even though one may have no wish to acquire it practically. The ingenious manner in which the numerous grammatical forms are brought out, the regularity which pervades the system of declension and conjugation, the transparency and intelligibility of the whole structure, must strike all who have a sense of that wonderful power of the human mind which has displayed itself in language. Given so small a number of graphic and demonstrative roots as would hardly suffice to express the commonest wants of human beings, to produce an instrument that shall render the faintest shades of feeling and thought;-given a vague infinitive or a stern imperative, to derive from it such moods as an optative or subjunctive, and tenses as an aorist or paulo-post future;-given incoherent utterances, to arrange them into a system where all is uniform and regular, all combined and harmonious;-such is the work of the human mind which we see realized in “language.”
But in most languages nothing of this early process remains visible. They stand before us like solid rocks, and the microscope of the philologist alone can reveal the remains of organic life with which they are built up. In the grammar of the Turkic languages, on the contrary, we have before us a language of perfectly transparent structure, and a grammar the inner workings of which we can study, as if watching the building of cells in a crystal bee-hive. An eminent orientalist remarked “we might imagine Turkish to be the result of the deliberations of some eminent society of learned men;” but no such society could have devised what the mind of man produced, left to itself in the steppes, and guided only by its innate laws, or by an instinctive power as wonderful as any within the realm of nature.
*page 260 (264 in pdf).
there is one feature so peculiar to the Turkish verb, that no analogy can be found in any of the Aryan languages-the power
of producing new verbal bases by the mere addition of certain letters, which give to every verb a negative, or causative, or
reflexive, or reciprocal meaning
Sev-mek, for instance, as a simple root, means to love. By adding in, we obtain a reflexive verb, sev-in-mek, which means
to love oneself, or rather, to rejoice, to be happy. This may now be conjugated through all moods and tenses, sevin being in every
respect equal to a new root. By adding ish we form a reciprocal verb, sev-iş-mek, to love one another.
To each of these three forms a causative sense may be imparted by the addition of the syllable dir. Thus,
I. sev-mek, to love, becomes IV. sev-dir-mek, to cause to love.
II. sev-in-mek, to rejoice, becomes V. sev-in-dir-mek, to cause to rejoice.
I listened to the video so how did she learn these languages unless I missed it
@@liambyrne591listening to the language and repeating is how people gain language RUclips has many videos to learn languages and by using basic then using translators you could improve yourself
Her accent is so natural in each language that she almost sounds like a different person when she switches languages. Very impressive !
This woman is gifted and very intelligent, she was able to find the right method to learn alone and quickly, she is a very good example for young people who do not want to waste their time on futility.
If you do the same job every day, no one can do it better than you.
Intelligence and a good memory are different things
@@lukasmoskit3406 According to research, one of which was published in the Journal of Memory and Language, it was discovered that there is a correlation between learning a language and cognitive abilities. Other studies literally showed increased neuroplasticity in language learning, suggesting learning several languages changes brain anatomy.
"A study conducted in 2012 measured structural changes in the prefrontal and temporal cortices, particularly looking at changes in grey matter density. Grey matter is comprised of the cell bodies of neurons, and this area is generally associated with intelligence, attention, memory, and language processing." (News Medical Net).
Only takes common sense and logic for anyone to realize speaking more than one language at a very young age like this requires great ability to recall, synthesize various rules and language applications, and then differentiating between them.
Finding it uncomfortable to give credit where credit is due when someone doesn't look like you or belongs to a culture you don't like requires a level of open mindedness many lack.
@@code17179 According to research, one of which was published in the Journal of Memory and Language, it was discovered that there is a correlation between learning a language and cognitive abilities. Other studies literally showed increased neuroplasticity in language learning, suggesting learning several languages changes brain anatomy.
"A study conducted in 2012 measured structural changes in the prefrontal and temporal cortices, particularly looking at changes in grey matter density. Grey matter is comprised of the cell bodies of neurons, and this area is generally associated with intelligence, attention, memory, and language processing." (News Medical Net).
Only takes common sense and logic for anyone to realize speaking more than one language at a very young age like this requires great ability to recall, synthesize various rules and language applications, and then differentiating between them.
Finding it uncomfortable to give credit where credit is due when someone doesn't look like you or belongs to a culture you don't like requires a level of open mindedness many lack.
@@lukasmoskit3406 Not really a good memory is an indicator of strong intelligence
This woman is incredible. She never missed a bit through the languages and transitions. Anhygoel!
Yes, she's great, and transitioning between languages is particularly hard, even if you're good at each language. She does very well!
So true. 🎩🎩🎩Off to her.
She made a mistake in Arabic..but of course she is amazing
❤ Oh ghosh ! Elle est formidable ! 🙏
@@mohammadhalima8444قالت انها غير جيدة في اللغة العربية وانها تدرسها فقط في المدرسة
As a Turk, I am completely proud of her hard work. She encouraged me to learn English way more. Im gonna keep running toward my goals until Im successful. My biggest dream is to become a plane hostess on Turkish Airlines.
Especially when you know Turks often do not speak many foreign languages unless they lived in other countries. By the way, this is not a criticism of Turks as Turkey is a country that has never been colonized so in a way, Turks are similar to Brits and French who struggle learning foreign languages.
Dream big.
Hello,
I saw this video by chance on RUclips and came across your comment. As a person who's lived in Toronto, Canada for many years and completed my education there, and has worked as a cabin crew member at Turkish Airlines to have such different experiences after returning to Turkey, I can say this: give it a try, but before that you better think and search about working conditions, otherwise it might be kinda disappointing for you after a while you start working. You also should research the negative aspects as much as you investigate the positive aspects.
Also, never give up on studying about different languages n improving your English. In many fields, you'll absolutely need it.
Wish you the best luck 🤞🏻
Tebrikler. Bir Türk olarak seninle gurur duydum. ❤🎉
@@ajaydalaya2195 bigger
My goodness. An old soul in a young body. Such maturity and self knowledge.
Young body?? Homegirl looks 40yrs old 😂
jelly@@HalfBloodOtter
@@HalfBloodOttervücudunu mu gördün ne kadar aptalca sözler.O kapalı ve sadece yüzü görünüyor. Yüzünden 40 yaşında göründüğünü mü çıkardın. Sizin gibi embesiller bu platformda yorum yapmamalı.
@HalfBloodOtter she really doesn't. Maybe you have really bad eye sight due to your age
@@HalfBloodOtterwe aint talking about looks we talking about her biological age dmb4ss
Look at Steve's look of pure joy and happiness to see a young polyglot, a kindred spirit. So wholesome all round! ❤
Bu Yorumla amacın gerçekten sadece Steve’i övmek mi?
Neye alındın burada tam olarak aysegul
@@who9938 ne alınması pardon? Kadının yeteneğini övmek yerine adamı övmüş sadece. Sen niye bana hömeriyorsun?
You guys are not just fluent in languages, you guys are very cultured and knowledgeable about various topics and you have very strong communication and speaking skills .
This is hilarious after she got almost every single one of these languages certified in C2😂
When we are talking about America. A person who knows three and more languages is very educated person. A person who knows just two languages is an immigrant. And a person who knows only one language is 100% American.
LoLxD
🤪😜👌
100% US-American.
In fairness, the continental US alone is large enough to span from Ireland to Syria north to south and from Spain to Russia west to east.
I have lived in another country and visited many more and let me tell you, most people only speak their native language.
I'm an American who knows three or more languages. I only went to community college and the only thing I passed was the party. Point taken though.
On my travels, Switzerland impressed me the most with the average person being so multilingual.
You are such a brilliant Turkish girl, iclal. We are proud of you 👏 👏 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
in brief:
The video is an interview with Iclal, a young polyglot from Turkey, who speaks a wide variety of languages remarkably well and has learned them all at home.
She discusses her perspective on grammar and shares her experience learning different languages such as Russian and German.
Iclal emphasizes the importance of finding a balance between grammar and other language skills.
Iclal shares that Turkey is a multicultural country with a lot of tourists, providing an opportunity to practice different languages with native speakers.
However, she believes that language learners should wait until they reach an A2 or B1 level before having meaningful exchanges with native speakers.
To reach that level, she recommends focusing on learning the basics and building a foundation in the language.
Iclal uses the internet to find conversation partners and prefers platforms like Tandem, HelloTalk, and Conversation Exchange.
She believes that people can learn languages effectively without visiting other countries, as long as they have a strong determination and take advantage of available resources.
Thank you for the summary!
Thank you for summarizing!
Thank you!
Did you use chat gpt to summarize?
She forgot the nature talent. Each person has his own ability.she can but we can not
The most amazing part about it is acquiring and retaining all of the vocabulary to speak at a fluent level
Wow, quel talent !! À 18 ans, c'est vraiments incroyable !
Moi, j'ai mis 50 ans pour parler 7 langues ( dont le russe que j'ai déjà oublié ) mais je ne les maitrise toujours pas aussi bien que cette jeune fille exceptionnelle.
Bravo et chapeau bas ! 👏👏👏
Some years ago, I met an 11-year old Yemeni girl who lived in a mountain village. She could also speak 7 languages fluently: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Japanese. She said she had learned them through interacting with tourists. I was amazed, but she told me other children in her village were like her, too!
Wow!!
I met a guy in Lamu, Kenya who spoke about 5 languages but communicating with tourists. Never touched a book in his life.
Did you go to the Yemen? Normally, Yemeni people can’t go to the abroad, ı think
@@user-mm4ok1ml1iyyy I went there around 15 years ago.
@@eliasnavytangayes it happens . Some gifted kids under 15 can absorb the words from the first time they hear .
Je suis français et je peux vous dire qu’elle parle français comme une native. C’est juste incroyable
Comme une française native*
@@DoingSomeça se dit "comme une native"
Pas 100%. On l'entend étranger
@moonlight4780 oui absolument PARTOUT sauf en France ptdrrr.
Très très proche je suis d'accord. Juste un très léger accent
She is a really really hardworking girl and I am proud of her as a Turk. All of her success is the result of her effort. Not about istanbul, not about Turkiye. Just the benefits of technology and her studious character. No pain no gain. She is very diligent. Go Iclal go, crash’em all 😂
Very true! Sadly though in the US we rarely learn other languages. That's what I admire about other countries! They realize the value and importance of speaking multiple languages. Even just one extra language to your native one is an accomplishment and so very useful! Anyway love your comment, very beautiful 😊
@@AubzCelliTürkçe bir Atasözü bize: “Bir Lisan Bir İnsan” der. Yani İclal bünyesinde birkaç insanı barındırıyor😊
When are you going to learn Ancient Albanian Sign language?
She's not at a giga chad level yet.
and the one legally called Language Simp when you are going to learn Türkçe amk?
You should be his next guess.
Im looking forward to the day Albanian would be available at Lingq.
When will you be interviewed by the legend young master?
İclal'ının videolarını çok seviyorum. Onun bildiği her dilde konuştuğunu duyduğumda çok etkilendim! Video için teşekkürler🎉
This so incredible, i'm Brazilian and learning english about some years, see people that speak three, four, or more languages so nice it's absolutely amazing.
It's always awesome seeing other people share the same passion as you! 😍
I also learned four languages in five years and worked with all of them in different companies.
English, French, Italian and Dutch while my native language is Arabic. :)
انا ايضا عربي مهتم بتعلم اللغات اعطيني الطريقة اللتي تعلمتي بها
@@Multiple_subtitled_films I'm not sure whether this question is for me or iclal 😂😂
@@Multiple_subtitled_films pimsleur method is the best because it teaches native way. and it has lots of language options. and the best thing is you can speak everything in the lesson after each lesson . you learn 1 lesson per day. you can speak daily basic level language in a month.
another good method but this teaches only english "Effortless English"
another good method is reading stories. and lingq mini stories is good for it
@@PimsleurTurkishLessons thank you i will try this method ♥♥♥🌹
Work professionally in many languages is wonderful , What is your profession ?
My god, her accents and pronumciation were very good :o
У вас прекрасное русское произношение! Я много лет учу английский и французский, но не добилась такого естественного произношения, как у вас во всех языках. Вы огромная молодец!❤
она уникум, не просто молодец, все эти языки она знает в 18 лет, сложно сказать на каком уровне, но тем не менее.
7 languages at 18 is amazing
@@mustafaatalay212i know her, she actually is 18(now 19). yall are just too jealous and insecure to think that she is 30 lmao💀
@@mustafaatalay212 i never met her in person, but she went to a high privileged high school and i saw her did. i dont think a 30 year old woman would be going to high school at that age
Many south Indians learn 4 by 13. One romance (French) one Germanic(English), one dravidian (Their mother-tongue), one Indic (Hindi). If you include languages belonging to the same class, many of them learn more than that. Once you grasp Hindi, you can easily pick up sanskrit, Urdu, and Punjabi, all belonging to Indic class.
@@mustafaatalay212 You heard the concrete evidence in the way she spoke her different languages. You don't want to believe it because you realize you do not have the perseverance or intelligence to do the same.
@@bertsanders7517 I'm not you so you cannot judge me kid , you and people like you tend to believe that what extraordinary groundless things because all of you bunch of .... ( I didn't fill in the .... it is up to you kid)
Yeah, Steve, I’m impressed too.
I think the Turkiye government would do well if she could be hired in the Turkiye diplomatic service. She is a credit to all Turkiye. May she have a wonderful life ahead.
She could be a great future ambassador for Turkiye.
As there is only one polyglot in Turkiye. Quelle ideé si folle.
I totally agree
They generally do not like someone greatly skilled like her in turkey. In turkish state, the officers can be selected only by the children of the close tied families of government because of obligated nepotism for the continuation of the government and the state (government and the fake opponents).
She have incredible talent and effort. I hope İclal have the opportunity to visit these countries whose languages she know. I appreciate her effort, keep it up!
Icla and you, I'm very glad she's here, such an inspiration
İşte gerçek Türk kızı helal olsun iclal 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷
Sahte türk kızı kim oluyor?
o gerçek bir türk kızı değil;üstün özellikleri olan bir insan.
Secularists, liberals, and slaves of the West @@Ketusket
@@MultiWwe333 Oda kakasını yapıyor neden abartıyorsunuz ?
@@gurkankaraali9608 O da ayrı yazılır.abartmıyorum da sizin sıradanlaştırma çabanıza anlam veremiyorum!
Much respect to this young ambitious talented girl ! I am from Turkey and there are a lot of people who can't even speak Turkish that well yet she speaks 7 languages ..!
She’s young and inspires me to learn more languages
Wow, this was truly impressive! Her pronunciation in Russian is especially amazing! A lot of time and effort put to achieve this! Good work and impressive results!
Me rating her skills:
- English: B2/C1. Strangely enough. She doesn't natural in this language.
- French: C1. Great but she needs some immersion.
- Russian: C1. Technically impressive.
- Italian: B2.
- Arabic. B2 but she needs to learn one or two dialects.
- Spanish: B1. She obviously doesn't care.
- German: A2/B1. Her accent is good but that's it.
У неё не турецкий, а американский акцент. Азербайджанцы и другие тюркоязычные говорят по русски совсем по другому
@@Big-guy1981 it can be considered normal for someone who is born as a monolingual and has learned all of these skills within the borders of her own country without any support to not be able to achieve naturalness even if she speaks well enough because no matter how well you speak, you are still calculating in your brain and you don’t fully possess the spirit of that language. She didn’t acquire this skill, she learned it.
@@Big-guy1981you cannot assign these levels just from this interview mr amazing. Since for one you do not know these languages at native level so who are you to even try to judge? 😂 Remote jealously is a weird thing.
Some comments are just jealous of her bcs she may be younger than you but already speaks 7 languages. Wouldn’t be better if you take it as an inspiration? Like I am 22 and I only speak 3 languages, but this girl inspires me instead of discouraging me. Stop being jealous 🤷🏻♂️
Çok güzel bir video olmuş. Sohbet çok keyifli ve akıcıydı. Harikasınız. 💚
Great interview. I started Italian by myself from scratch 3 weeks ago and I suddenly feel hopeful.
How’s it going now
@@samd3046 It went really good. I started to be able to understand some podcasts and easy readings. BUT I stopped practicing. I wasn't consistent, probably because I lost my motivation. At first, I did it to see the process of acquiring a foreign language, which I understand better now. It might have been better if I had someone to speak with around. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the process. I will get back to Italian. For now, I feel like I have a debt to German (Deutsch) that I involuntarily started many years ago and is still reminiscing in me effortlessly. Let's ee.
This is fascinating, truly wonderful!!!🎉
I can't believe that she is only 18 years old, amazing!
Love these interviews. Very motivating 👏
I must say I waited for the Russian part with some trepidation but she did wonderfully well. The grammar was a bit off sometimes but it didn't matter at all because the intonation was perfect and it was really nice to see someone in love with our difficult language. If I were a foreigner, I wouldn't even try. I found myself smiling, listening to her speaking Russian, as if she were a Russian I could like in real life. 😊
Thank you for an interesting video!
I'm so surprised by the confidence with which she expressed herself in all those languages, I really love her 😅 I want to step over her place ❤❤❤❤❤
These types of videos always intrigue me😮
I'm so happy for her, that's really amazing. I'm also working on speaking, writing, reading multiple languages as well. I have attempted to learn including my native language English 10 languages but im focsuing on Spanish and Thai right now at this time, but it's really difficult sometimes to eventually becime fluent but im learning the best I can. Definitely an inspiration! 🙌🏾
Parabéns por nos demonstrar que sim é possível aprendermos o que quisermos, costumamos nos limitar achando que nossa mente não é capaz de aprender.
Mais se quisermos realmente e se esforçarmos em aprender tudo é possível! 👏👏👏🔥
This is such a gift! Sure she has worked hard but in this case working is not enough she is talented. So proud of her as a Turkish woman.
fantastic interview!! 😊
Hallo Steve und Iclal :-))
Hab mich ins unermessliche gefreut euch beiden zuhören und zu sehen, tatsächlich hab ich damals, euch beiden in einem gemeinsamen Interview entdeckt und gehört :-))
Ihr seid beide inspirierend Persönlichkeiten :-)))
Zu mir bin Marokkaner, allerdings spreche ich die deutsche Sprache deutlich besser, da ich in Deutschland aufgewachsen bin. Mein Englisch ist so limitiert und deshalb freue ich mich immer wieder euch zu hören.
Ich wünsche euch beiden alles erdenkliche gute und nur weiter so wie bisher 🙋
Did she say how many hours she learns and practices each week? I don’t think I caught that bit of info. Most people only at best have an hour or two each day they can commit to acquiring a new language. She must have a significant amount of free time in order to accomplish such a feat. I can’t imagine it has been otherwise. Good for her though. Her accomplishment is impressive.
Ja hallo kannst du mir helfen das ich meine deutsche Aussprache deutlich verbessern kann ?
She is just a phenomenal person, amazing. I think she is not only hard worker, also she’s talented. It’s wonderful how not being in Russia she speaks in Russian, without accent, it blows my mind, I am so impressed 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
This is incredible and so inspiring!
What a beautiful girl, I’m so impressed of her speaking!
Learning any language requires lots of effort, cleverness, discipline, interest, motivation and above all practice. I'm still learning English because is one of my favorite hobbies, I'm really passionate about doing it ❤. On the other hand, studying Grammar is crucial to mastering a language because it's the root that any language has. Throughout my school years I wasn't interested in learning English because the language was taught with an irritating, boring and outdated method, you know, and now I've got a new perspective on English which is good and encouraging. We have plenty of language learning tools on the internet nowadays so we don't have to make silly excuses to not learning languages. In my opinion, to get into the language learning field, we must have a good reason to start learning our target languages, then studying the basics of the language such as greetings, straightforward phrases or expressions and key vocabulary at the beginning of our language learning journey to build up a compelling progress and finally start speaking the language with native speakers even if your level at it is so low. I've never had the chance to meet English-speaking people to practice my English with but I mustn't give up and I have to move on. Looking for meet-up groups to practice a language by speaking it isn't very hard either but where I live is certainly difficult to do so due to many other things and personal issues. Anyway, every single person is different, we have a nice personality to do anything such as learning languages on our own in order to improving our language learning skills and achieving the desired/wanted fluency that we have been waiting for so long.
in my speaking exam, I introduced you and İclal to my class. and they amazed by that!! and now I'M FREAKING OUT MAN! TWO POLYGLOTS IN ONE VIDEO
She’s fabulous.
She's amazing.
You're really amazing and you inspired me
I will follow you on RUclips.
From Algeria 🇩🇿
I speak French Arabic and I am learning English.
I need really to learn from you.
Harikasın İclal 💖 Seni izlerken mutluluktan gözlerim doldu. Yolun açık olsun 🪷
As a polyglot who lives in Europe, I can advise you that you will find speakers of other languages primarily by going to interest groups, like Internations or Meetup. People on the street here don't normally just speak to you in various languages, but rather just in the local one. Unless you plan on traveling around a lot between countries, of course. My point is, that living in a multicultural tier 1 global city like Istanbul, you have all the opportunities right where you are. If I were your age again, I would love to live in Istanbul. I visited there once, and it is an amazing city!
There are millions in İstanbul. It is not about istanbul, its about the girl Herself, her effort. Ordinary Turkish people cannot speak any foreign language, even an easiest English daily conversation of A1 level. We (as Turks) have a profound problem of learning language as a nation. She is one of the brillant stars of young Turks. So, maybe you should Just appreciate Iclal herself and her effort.
I also dream of living in Istanbul. At least live there for 1 year to practice my Turkish.
@@leroisoleil97 we are a very hospitable nation and would like to help anyone who wanna learn Türkish language🌷 when you come, be careful about istanbul because it is a metropol and very crowded with any kinda nation and people. A turkish muslim philosoph Rumi says: come whoever you are, come, come again!
@@mutluumutlu Thank you very much!😊
Turkey is a wonderful country with amazing people. That's what everyone who was there says.
My brother and nephews studied there.
As for me, I hope that one day I can visit your beautiful country and get to know your culture, traditions and Turkish language better.
Yes, and of course Turkish cuisine! 😋
True words my friend! Wonderful advice. Even where I am in Phoenix there should be loads of different meet ups for different cultures and languages. I am going to start looking now! Never really thought of that before. Thanks for the advice. Also I love your username!
I'm a Portuguese speaker from Brazil, and I can confirm that she speaks the latin languages very well, which is usually not easy for someone who is not a native speaker of any of them. 😱
Thats quite impressive iclal! I congratulate you for your success :)))
really impressive, she's great 😃
One of the best interviews I ever saw. brilliant and very cleaver girl.
Perfect achievement! 👏👏👏I understand her in English, Russian and a bit in Turkish, Congratulations💐💐💐
Very good 👍 I guessed the guest before I watched the video) Respect!
Am happy and blessed to see other polyglot's. I know many people don't realize how many of us there are in the world! There are many people in the world who really don't understand how easy it is to learn languages. It's only a mater of discipline and desire in my opinion! AM so proud to see this young lady accomplish this!
Wow 😮 She is 18, but she can speak many languages fluently. Now, I think I try to harder to learning languages. This video motivated me, thanks😇
Incredible she even changes the shape of her mouth with the languages 👏
That's the only way you can do it! 🤗
Yes, that’s the trick to pronounce different sounds in different languages.
Да, это основное.
Wow, so inspiring! I wish i had a friend like her in real life to learn with!
I agree with you, I love grammar - it's there to help us crack the language code, not to hinder us. My dad is learning Turkish, I would love to learn it as well!
I am really proud of you İclal ❤
I have to point out the fact as a foreigner living in Turkey for around 5 years that Turkish people are not much into learning new languages, now it's changing, but very slowly. So, it's quite appreciative how she did that
Masahallah incredible women.
Hope it offer inspiration to others.
Self paced learning with beautiful pronunciation is brilliant.
She us a natural born programmer of the highest quality
She is amazing. I can personally say her Spanish was very impressive. She speaks so comfortably in all the languages.
Amazing? No. Solid? Yes.
Her French and her Arabic are great. The rest is good but not top notch.
@@Big-guy1981 for a self-taught 18-19 years old, it's amazing
@@Big-guy1981waiting for your amazing video.
Her Spanish isn’t the best but if she continues practicing she could get a better level
@@Big-guy1981I think you are projecting on your personal abilities. Her Arabic is not amazing, but I admire her talent and self learning, also she still has few years of experience, she will be better over time
Вау. Я специально пишу этот комментарий на русском, чтобы выразить уважение и поддержку этой девушке. Честно сказать, как человек из России, я никогда не понимал, зачем кому-то учить русский, ахах
Но раз уж кто-то дерзнул встать на этот путь (и он не говорит ни на одном из славянских языков), это дойстойно уважения.
У вас очень неплохо получается, Iclal! Так держать :))
ну да, если ты не собираешься становиться орком, то русский тебе совершенно ни к чему😉. Пустая трата времени...
Why do we think that Russian is superfluous.
@@TadParker she said she likes to communicate with people from Russian speaking countries. That of course includes Ukraine.
@@TadParker objectively speaking, Russian is in top 10 most spoken languages on the planet and one of the official UN languages so it's quite useful, although not as useful as French or Spanish. Still the most useful slavic language by far.
@@MrOnion-js1ls Yes, you are right.
All residents of the former Soviet republics speak Russian.
We are all bilingual, except Russians. We know at least 2 languages - native and Russian.
Plus foreign languages, if desired.
Therefore, if you know Russian and travel around the CIS, there will be no problems with communication.
Your English, french and all the languages you speak are amazing.
I really like watching these kinds of videos because my dream is to speak many languages☺
حاليا احاول تعلم اربع لغات ،انجليزيه و يابانيه و كوريه والمانيه ،🤙💙💙بسببك ومقاطعكم الجميله
تعلم لغة ثم بعدها تعلم أخرى
بهذه الطريقة ستشتت نفسك وسوف تمل بسرعة ولن تكمل
@@mohamedmnissar238 ممكن تطور في مستواك في كذا لغة في نفس الوقت عادي
يفضل من وجهة نظري انك ماتكونش بتتعلم أكتر من لغة واحدة من الصفر في نفس الوقت لكن عادي تتعلم جنبها أي عدد من اللغات انت بالفعل مستواك مش قليل فيهم
+اللغات عايزة ممارسة مستمرة فلما تكون بتتكلم لغات كتير لازم تمارسهم كلهم باستمرار
@@AmirWagih-l9e عندما يكون مستواك متوسط ممكن
اما انا تكلمت عن الشخص المعلق الذي سيبدأ من الصفر
اللغة ليست بالأمر السهل تعلمها تحتاج صبر ومداومة
Truly amazing! Çok teşekkür ederim 😊
Turkmusun
I learned 6 languages myself as well, and I learn 4 now as I my goal is to speak 10.
Listening is a great tip, and in my case implementing creativity in learning.
When something is boring it's harder to learn.
Do you have any tips to memorize words, specially in languages that are much different from our usual ones?
which languages do you know
What an amazing young lady! I wish I had that level of talent for language learning.
Great !!!, I’m older than this young lady but I speak just 5 languages for now: French, English, Arabic, Swedish and Turkish. French and Arabic since I’m originally from Algeria and lived in France and Belgium , Turkish i have learned it when visited Istanbul and worked there for a while as a French teacher , and finally Swedish language did learn it when i started working in Sweden and Norway . I hope to start learning Spanish soon with my little daughter because she wants to learn it 🙏 Language is the key 🔑 to the world , it connects us to each other. Make us understand other cultures and communities, interact with each other , share emotions and skills….. etc it’s just wonderful to see many polyglots worldwide 🍀👌
Add Norwegian easily, and then if you want a good laff, add Danish😂
although my German is not that good, but when she started speaking this beautiful language it touched my heart. A language is not only words, it is a collection of feelings, thought, memories and many amazing things combined together, you're really amazing.
Aferim İclal. Gururumuzsun 🇹🇷♥️👏👏
i m improved and really happy cuz as a turkish, see person like her really gorgeous
Always loving hearing other fellow polyglots. We should do a reunion one day! I feel so isolated with my love for languages
Incredible her fluency in different languages. Congratulations
Bonne continuation avec l'apprentissage des langues.
Merci infiniment pour cette magnifique vidéo.
me encanta mucho ver personas como yo que les gusta nuevos idiomas, soy de angola(Africa) e estoy perfeccionando mi español, inglés y estudiando desde cero italiano, alemán y kikongo, gracias Steve por esto video, qué motivacion ojala nosotros logramos eso tambien.
Russian and German have cases, but so does Turkish. One difference is that, in Russian and German (and several other IE languages as well, such as Ancient Greek and Latin), the accusative indicates direction toward, whereas in Turkish, it appears to be the dative that indicates direction toward. Another is that Russian has several declension patterns, and -у (-u) could mean accusative, dative, partitive (genitive variant), or locative (prepositional variant), depending on declension. Turkish declensions vary in vowel harmony and consonant voicing, but don't have completely different patterns like Russian.
What a lovely person 😊. Russian is such a difficult language but she did quite well. Well done! I wish I could speak so many languages
Damn she's good, and at her age 👏
As an Arab, I think she did a great job with the Arabic language. This gave me the boost I needed for today!
This is really amazing, very extraordinary!
As russian I must say that she speaks really good. Vocabulary is perfect. Order of the words is good. Sometimes she makes mistakes with endings of nouns and verbs but it absolutely acceptable because we have very complicated system of cases (roles), genders, single-plural forms. Endings of adjectives, numerals, pronouns, participles, gerund, verbs depend on the the noun's case, gender, single-plural. For example english nouns lost cases, but english pronouns preserved only two cases - I-Me, He-Him, She-Her, They-Them. In Russian we have SIX cases and sometimes exceptions in this sytems/ I can not imagine how foreiners learn russian. Great respect to this girl!!!
Your English is perfect.
@@zie9171 not as good as it could. I can write like this. Reading is not a problem either. Even speaking is easy. But english sound recognition is really difficult thing. I think every language has its light and difficult aspects. English and Chineese have simple grammar but difficult phonetics and wrighting. Russian has difficult grammar but easy writing ang phonetics
@alexeyeglazov am I right in thinking the old Russian aristocracy spoke French?
@@zie9171 yes, you are right. But it is true for restricted period of time. I did not dive deeply into this issue. But it is true for the first half of 19th century for sure. They all spoke russian as well. Greatest russian poet Pushkin could use it in he verses. He was killed by a frenchman. Tolstoi inserted the whole pages in French in his War and Peace.
Russian aristocracy was not ethnically russian. All the tsars starting from Peter the 1st took wifes from Germany. Recently appeared a phonogram with voice of russian tsar Alexander 3rd. He is speaking russian with strong german accent. Yes. They all spoke russian, very often french.german. very seldom english.
Thank you for that. Fascinating history.
She is quite impressive, I must say.
I used to speak 4 languages; now, only 2. I had forgotten Russian practically, overnight, when we changed countries and I had to learn English. I have picked up just enough French to be able to survive in Paris as a tourist. I would love to be able to perfect my French but I am no longer able to retain anything 😢
Do you read and listen to books in your lost languages? That could be a way to revive them, couldn't it?
@@7YBzzz4nbyte I’ve finally discovered the key: not memorizing so much, but just consuming with interest. Read and listen a lot.
@joebeamish Yes, I'm reading a French (paper) book now, on Catherine II, and am intent on finishing it. It's a tome, really, quite thick. I recall I read the tome "Centennial" by James Michener at age 15, after six years of learning English in school. The hard part is having to look up new words and scribble translations in the margins.
For me, it is hard not to mix up Spanish and Italian. My Spanish used to be pretty good before I started to learn Italian. Now, then speaking spontaneously, there are always italian words and ending popping up and vice versa.
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AMMMMAAAZZZING...SORRY I think she has a gift. I know she worked hard but seems to me their is a gift for this too.
I wanted to learn German because found her channel. She is amazing
She's a genius!
As a french person, her french is incredible
Maşallah çok güzel konuşuyorsunuz, aksan da çok iyi
я в восторге! и русский у нее очень неплохой!! я считаю, что русский для иностранцев -нереально сложный. русские то окончания часто путают.
Какая умная девушка, восхищаюсь
As a Turk🇹🇷 i also have a dream of learning many languages i am trying to improve my english to an advanced level i want to learn languages such as russian italian Japanese and german