How to Learn Any Language in Two Months, Part 2: SENTENCE MINING

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How to learn any language by sentence mining, aka gathering as many sentences, with audio, as you can find and memorizing them via spaced repetition.
Some things I discussed in the video:
Anki, a program for creating and reviewing flashcards with a built-in spaced-repetition algorithm that maximizes your review efficiency:
ankisrs.net/
CantoDict sentences, hundreds of Cantonese sentences and audio:
www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/scri...
Tatoeba, an awesome sentence database with hundreds of thousands of sentences in different languages, often with audio:
tatoeba.org/eng/
Glossika, a review system that gives you 3,000 sentences in a huge variety of languages, including oddball ones that you can only find there like Belarusian, Armenian, and Wenzhounese:
glossika.com/
Bing Mandarin-English dictionary, a SUPERB resource for finding Mandarin examples (as well as a one-stop-shop Mandarin/Chinese dictionary) -- automatically compiles what has to be millions of examples from across the web.
dict.bing.com.cn/?form=BDVSP4#...
(None of these are paid endorsements, btw.)
You can get my Cantonese Anki deck, which has about 400 example sentences in Cantonese, English, and Mandarin, with audio, right here:
www.dropbox.com/s/pzsfy2qbnk1...
And don't forget to subscribe! And help me out on Patreon here:
/ ariinbeijing
Thanks for visiting Ari in Beijing! I've honed my Mandarin Chinese to near native-level fluency through a variety of tips and tricks that I share with you each week. So whether you're studying Mandarin, Cantonese, English, another language, or are simply interested in language in general, please SUBSCRIBE and stick around for a while! And leave a comment if you want to chat! I’m always happy to help!
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@ariinbeijing 3 года назад

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@betavulgaris7888 8 лет назад

Also, a better way than spaced repetition is to act out your sentences. Actually squeeze some lemon onto some toast and say the sentence as you're doing it. Then use the same grammatical structure and actually put a book on the table, etc. Don't poo on the carpet though.

@Noname-yx5dc 7 лет назад

Beta Vulgaris I

@gavinblower558 7 лет назад

Beta Vulgaris too late

@sipa3137 7 лет назад

@susanheffley9609 6 лет назад

It is a beautiful language in terms of the writing system. But it sounds like a pre-historic half bread human language.

@susanheffley9609 6 лет назад

Mate lmao I've grown around native speakers of arabic is a fucking disgusting language

@humanalltoohuman 3 года назад

If my baby's first sentence was "I pooped a little on the carpet", I'd be pretty impressed. :D

@SpeakTagalogWithJC 2 года назад

lol 😂

@aeea3306 3 месяца назад

They'd probably say, "I poop"

@superelectrasuperheroe4079 7 лет назад

I'm studying spanish for 4 months, but only started immersing myself 2 months ago. I listened to spanish music, movies, shows etc. and talk to natives. I also started reading grammar book and even memorized it, but overtime I keep forgetting the conjugations. Until I realized how I learned my 2nd language when I was young - totally submerging myself to the language without even taking a formal class. Now instead of memorizing conjugations for future perf. preterit, past imperf. and etc, I started writing down complex phrases that I can use in everyday life. Today it has been 2 months, and I made 5x the progress I did before.

@ayoayo1044 7 лет назад

Superelectra Superheroe i hate having to learn all the conjugations in spanish

@aidanaamalbekova6101 7 лет назад

When You Question Your Friendships your nickname describes my existence

@natharoa3355 7 лет назад

Si quieren yo les puedo ayudar :)

@lafiera0219 7 лет назад

Listen to anuel 😂

@immanibrown6505 7 лет назад

Natha Roa de verdad

@hernancortes7602 6 лет назад

I never would've imagined Ben Shapiro could speak Cantonese

@MadsenAltamirano 5 лет назад

😲 OOOHHHHHHHHHHH 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@KabooM1067 5 лет назад

put it on 1.5x for increased similarity.

@gonzalo_rosae 5 лет назад

@@KabooM1067 HAHAHAHA u nailed it

@glennkelly4058 5 лет назад

Ben Shapiro destroyed me with facts and missiles.

@milkboccle 4 года назад

Nanof Urbiznis i already have it on 1.5 as default as everyone always talks so slowly!! Haha

@jp1907 7 лет назад

Unlike most of these negative comments I came here to better myself, therefore, thank you so much! I have been studying mandarin in a classroom setting for four years and due to this video I will be trying all of things tips to advance my mandarin. You are an inspiration and are very brave for sharing your tips knowing not everyone would be receptive. But I wanted you to know you have inspired at least one person, and I will be using your methods in my daily life.

@ariinbeijing 7 лет назад

Jasmine Purnell thanks Jasmine, definitely appreciate it!

@JoseMorales-vv5fx 6 лет назад

how has it gone jasmine >

@TedEhioghae 6 лет назад

Jasmine Purnell Please answer, I didn't understand what he said in the video and I would like you to explain to me what the tips were...

@meldeoo 6 лет назад

Jasmine Purnell any results?

@its_drez 3 года назад

@@TedEhioghae Essentially, just drill yourself really hard on complete sentences in whatever language you're learning in order to simulate a more natural, "native" learning environment. You can use anki or some other flashcard reader to achieve this form of learning, and there are hundreds of flashcard sets (for anki) for most of the major languages that you can use for common day to day sentences. Memorize them in order to become more proficient at your chosen language. That's really the main idea of what he's getting at. Although it's been 2 years so I don't know if this will be of any help lmaooooooo

@hanilanguages 3 года назад

I used Anki on my experiment in Learning 2 languages in 4 months, and using Anki, I achieved my goal. I learned 3,000 words in Spanish and Russian just in 4 months. For me the best tool for learning so far.

@ktremblay6479 2 года назад

Hi, I am learning russian using anki as well. Just started 3 days ago, did you drill vocabulary or sentences? Not sure whats better.

@googler5879 2 года назад

@@ktremblay6479 how are you doing now ?

@hanilanguages Год назад

@@ktremblay6479 I focused first with vocabulary. A lot of people tell you to speak from the first day but what works for me is to learn vocabulary first because if you know a lot of words already, it's easy to apply them in sentences. While learning vocabulary, those words which are hard for me to remember, I'm creating sentences using it in another deck using the words I know good. And it helps me a lot to remember the words faster.

@MrWackydoodles 3 месяца назад

please teach me how you did it! how many cards did you have for vocab per day?

@Larstig81 7 лет назад

Omelette du fromage

@saffieyz1 7 лет назад

Lars A DEXTER? Is that you?

@lukediafrica9619 6 лет назад

Saffiey SaffSaff LMAO

@moetrons2938 6 лет назад

Lars A cheese omelette lmao

@JohnDoe-dy2ft 6 лет назад

Non. Omelette AU fromage !

@chai2670 6 лет назад

Lars A ....says Dexter :))

@ReasonableRadio 5 лет назад

I'm extremely skeptical that anyone can "learn" any language (you know, be able to express at least 90-95% of what they want to say) in 2 months, but the flashcards look like a great addition to any ongoing learning program so thanks for the tip there

@user-ub2jp7tg6k 7 лет назад

Duolingo is good for sentence mining

@AJGress 7 лет назад

Yeah, I thought so too

@jeffreyd508 7 лет назад

Duoling0 is annoying in that you can't skip the writing part. Most people don't need writing until later and need to jump into speaking. The app wont move you forward until you TYPE in a sentence.

@idontknow9651 7 лет назад

125 125 it's is

@adarkdwarf5950 7 лет назад

you can learn fake languages but not japanese.

@user-ub2jp7tg6k 7 лет назад

Fake?

@elishasummers9517 5 лет назад

1:14 I would be freaking out about the carpet before the baby speaking

@artie8561 6 лет назад

I am a native Cantonese speaker! Keep it up man! A lot of respect for taking on the 2nd hardest language in Chinese which is the hardest language!!!!😯

@Dropkickurteacher 2 года назад

I know I’m 3 years late but Chinese isn’t the hardest language

@barontuna 2 года назад

@@Dropkickurteacher i would say that it is for English speakers one of the hardest since it’s not an indo European language and it has a complete different alphabet. It’s very likely one of the hardest for English speakers

@PIXELGamerzXvlogs Год назад

Isn’t Cantonese not Chinese? Chinese is mandarin.

@your-mom-irl Год назад

@@PIXELGamerzXvlogs both are considered Chinese. Mandarin is just the common language for all Chinese people. Canto mandarin are similar although not nearly mutually intelligible

@KelyrinYourSafeSpace 7 лет назад

That was such a great video ! :) I loved the conclusion about accountability. My biggest struggle is that I love learning a new language, but I have such a hard time pushing further than the first plateau (the one after being able to handle very, very simple conversations)

@megans6743 7 лет назад

I agree with others; A language cannot be fully learned in just a month or two, especially if one is not exposed to native speakers regularly and has a full time job or other responsibilities that take up time. Perhaps in a month, you can learn a considerable amount of vocabulary as well as sentence structure and grammar, but not at a level where one can be considered fluent. It takes time and practice to train the brain and the mouth (speaking a different language with distinctly different sounds can be tiring on the tongue!). I also feel like one should use as many resources as possible, this includes communication with native speakers, books, articles, movies, music, and things such as duolinguo and resetta stone. How could they hurt? However, these are useful tips and should be used to further language learning.

@jcvp2493 7 месяцев назад

A language can't be fully learned, period. But you can get to a level where you can use it relatively easily.

@kelseyhay7074 4 года назад

When he speaks a different language and then switches back to English it takes me a while to adjust again😂

@Nicolethelinguaphile 7 лет назад

Funny, I was just telling my esl student about this the other day. I don't know why I didn't think to do this with my own language learning. I guess sometimes we have to step back a little and evaluate what we're doing. I also didn't know it was called sentence mining. Great tip. Thanks for sharing.

@shaolin89 8 лет назад

Nice video, Ive bought the Glossika Japanese and Cantonese and I can really recommend it as well:) Props

@thanhlytherapy 7 лет назад

you're really good! I minimized this video window before the video started, and when I heard someone speaking Cantonese, I thought I had accidentally clicked on an Asian channel!

@britishaccentmethod 6 лет назад

Great video and advice, I’ve used this method with Portuguese and Japanese and it works. Combine it with lots of speaking, and you’re setting yourself up to succeed.

@MrWackydoodles 2 месяца назад

I’m doing 10 sentences and 10 vocab a day on anki to learn Japanese, I also say the sentences outloud, do you think I’ll be able to speak Jap in 6 months?

@jays9591 6 лет назад

What an admirable, inspirational and fun young person! I have enjoyed many of your videos. Please keep going. Your tips for learning languages have been hugely valuable to me ... Well, the durian video was a good laugh too. Thank you.

@Laggie74 6 лет назад

That is pretty amazing for just one month. Cantonese is my native tongue, but I'm trying to learn Vietnamese at the moment. Thanks for the great advice on learning languages.

@lukasschneider989 6 лет назад

I truely Agree with you. I am Hindi and Rajasthani speaker Indian. I learned Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Marathi, Bengali and Assamese (All are Indian scheduled languages except my mother tongue Rajasthani which make me feel so sad). I know English (Both British and American). I am learning French, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese. I learned all Indian languages all by my own and sentence mining. It helps you very very much.

@smudge8882 2 года назад

That's amazing!! I am in total awe. I know a lot of those languages don't have as many speakers anymore, so it's wonderful you learned them. :)

@EgyGaming 7 лет назад

Great advice that helped hundreds of people to learn language fast and properly I hope your channel get up and be the most successful channel for helping people

@tatianasilina4232 6 лет назад

I really find your advice very helpful and true. I've been learning English for quite some time already and I couldn't actually speak it when I was learning it at school (where we learned grammar mostly and some vocab). The thing moved from the dead point only after I found a tutor (who was amazing by the way). And what she did was that she was giving me lists of sentences and phrases in different categories (like food, hobbies, travelling etc) and she would practice conversation with me using those given patterns. Only after that I was able to start speaking. That's why I totally support your methods! So good luck on your journey! You can do it! PS. I really dislike those who write there negative comments. Looks like they have nothing else to do. It's just pathetic. So don't pay attention. You are awesome. Good luck!

@loot6 6 лет назад

The reason it sticks in your mind for a kid is because when your mum says she 'puts a little food on the table' she actually also DOES that. The kid sees her doing the action she's describing as well as the items she mentioned in the sentence. Its also repetition but its the visual aspect and very often the physical aspect if you as a kid hold whatever object your mum refers to. This is the most vital thing. Although nobody seems to know these things except me. What's the quote from Homer Simpson? "Everyone is stupid but me". Also on a side note, duolingo IS sentence mining. That's what its designed for although several people have already commented that.

@em-vo4ml 4 года назад

THANK YOU.

@Shoudori 4 года назад

@@em-vo4ml Duolingo does not contain content made by natives, for natives. You aren't sentence mining natural sentences that natives would use.

@em-vo4ml 4 года назад

Sulay i didn’t say that duolingo was actually. i agree with her comment about holding an object up and connecting visuals to words. love how you assumed that i agreed with a fraction of a comment😌

@Shoudori 4 года назад

@@em-vo4ml That's fine then. It's just that your over-the-top tone shows a lack of experience, so I assumed that you were agreeing with that part too. Excuse my misunderstanding.

@ishish8816 3 года назад

On avg. you need to hear a “foreign “ word in context 38 separate times to remember it and use it. That’s why cartoons like Peppa pig etc dubbed in the language help so much. Because there’s context. Imaging and action.

@jeffreyd508 7 лет назад

00:16 who the fuck points like that? Freaking me out...

@sukindiamuzik 7 лет назад

Jeffrey D 😂😂

@jmz1736 7 лет назад

The-One-And-Only its just upside down but it's still a weird way to point lol

@VasHappeninTV1 7 лет назад

best comment on the internet so far

@popularsadgirl 7 лет назад

fr 😂😂😂

@juliawang2888 7 лет назад

hahahahahah!!!!!

@SingaporeanInKorea 6 лет назад

Thats what I found the most useful too... memorizing entire sentences thru anki. I built my own deck of 2500 over the course of about 2 years and I actually use these and benefit from these more than the 1.5 years of korean language course that I did before.

@miowmiow9431 6 лет назад

Hey, I'd like to say that the two websites you introduce are awesome! Thanks a lot!!!!!

@josesblima 7 лет назад

Hi, nice video, my 2 cents: We shouldn't try to learn as babies do. They learn by endless exposure of basic patterns (baby talk at start) and gradually getting more complex. But that process takes many years and many hours during those years. As an adult trying to learn a foreign language from scratch, I think you should use all your advantages and capability of understanding and learning. So I'd say following through a grammar book/course while you go about doing your sentence mining is essential.

@ariinbeijing 7 лет назад

José Lima totally agree actually, BUT I think how babies learn IS very important to us. If you look at how the best Europeans learn English it's by watching a ton of undubbed American or English TV and constant exposure to the media, not by memorizing textbooks

@gytisdramblewolfskis8521 6 лет назад

Very true, with english quite a lot of people learn it with very little actual learning. But it is a slow and not boring way. You can also sometimes watch with subtitles but trying to listen to actual sounds as well. This becomes even more effective if you do add additional learning but still spend most time on tv/games. Learn things that are very common sentence builders (I, am, do, ok, no, day, by, this, it etc). Then you understand most of the sentence just have to figure out the few uncommon words.

@KabooM1067 6 лет назад

We're not babies though so we actually learn faster than babies :^) We are superior intellectually to babies so what takes a baby 100 hours might only take you 20 hours or something. The number is out of my ass but you I stand corrected.

@friedchicken1 5 лет назад

I pooped my pants

@scottiusmaximus4298 5 лет назад

+Jose Lima You have a point. I think, and I'm a pretty ignorant newbie so I'm saying this with NO authority and only speculation, you should use lots of approaches. Maybe get some grammar workbooks. Listen to your target language through podcasts, radio, and watch with movies and such. Work an hour a day on a structured course. Spend some time sentence mining. It's the new thing I'm adding to my "self education journey" of a new foreign language.

@gusgalvanini 6 лет назад

dude, I came to the same conclusion as you... I find friends for that specific language mine for sentences record myself reciting it over and over and bam, learn it!

@tajneeley 4 года назад

I watch your main channel, and seeing you progress and help on here gave me motivation to keep going with Tagalog .

@almeduhh 4 года назад

TJ & BLESS I’m going to learn Tagalog after I get better and more consistent with Cantonese! Gotta rep the Filipino side in me🇵🇭🇵🇭

@banished4eva 6 лет назад

Thank you for the tips! i don't understand why everyone's mad, but i appreciate any advice right now. I'll see where i'm at in a couple of months

@pink1lipstic 7 лет назад

You had me subsdcibed at "I pooped a little on the carpet" Great channel!

@PauloVitorino5 8 лет назад

Nice videos man! I'm studying Arabic in University, but this summer I'm improving it wiht Glossika Fluency and it is really awsome!

@Salafyoon 7 лет назад

if u want exchange languish i am ready i am native arabic my whatsaap 00966548262461

@ilhamberberlady7417 7 лет назад

Paulo Vitorino thats awesome

@hosamalamir5400 6 лет назад

حظاً موفقاً :)

@Jameelo 6 лет назад

I'm a native Arabian, if you need anything, email me : jameelobiz@gmail.com 😁

@nusaibaii 6 лет назад

بالتوفيق ❤

@AxiomEcho 6 лет назад

Thank you for this! I've been listening to Spanish while drawing comics and I need to remember this

@LennefalkStudios 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing, hope the Cantonese adventures in Hong Kong went well 5 years ago! Just moved to Beijing after 4 years in HK but hope to pick up Mandarin again. Looking forward to the learning journey and using it for making travel vlogs 😊

@dhaoracle 6 лет назад

Thanks brotha. I'm trying to learn two languages at once but forget ass the inconsistencies in phrases confused me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

@hidayah5150 6 лет назад

I learn mandarin n japanese. I used to label the things inside my room. Hahaha. It sound childish but it helps a lot.

@vivianahernandez5832 7 лет назад

Loved this video! I love the tips! You made soooo much sense!

@BrianWellness 7 лет назад

your way lf explaining language learning is excellent.its very direct amd effective. on my own, i figured out the sentence mining methodology, with French..yeah...thats the way to go! works a million times better than grammer based learning.

@josenavarrete8709 3 года назад

LOVE YOUR ENERGY....I`M IN LOVE WITH CHINESE...EVEN THOUGH MY MOTHER tongue is Spanish I helps me all what is done through English...so thanks

3 года назад

Existe a versão Glossika para celular? Se sim funciona igual no computador? Grato!!

@pssilva3973 3 года назад

Digite esse nome na sua loja de aplicativos e veja se está lá.

@teerich2011 3 года назад

I do this somewhat by repeating phrases I learn in K-dramas and what I hear people say often ( look it up or ask them what they said to look up translation). I also message native Koreans and look for key phrases or conjugations I didn't learn before. It's easy to copy and paste texts and personalize them more when sensing to someone or talking in chatroom. Looking at song lyrics while listening in Korean also helps when I hear certain words again. Anyway, plan to follow these tips plus those in comments for next 4 languages I plan to learn, then compare to my knowledge of Korean. I love RU-vid!

@user-ny1vt3ek4i 7 лет назад

Thank you for telling me about Anki!!!!

@jackcimino8822 7 лет назад

Have you done immersion? Have you spoken with native or fluent speakers? How do you make your own sentences?

@user-km2ei4vz3v 6 лет назад

I really appreciate your eager to share what you know and learn through hardship to achieve what you at right now .I also learn Chinese myself .Keep up .I hope I. am first one to watch your video post in future .👍👌✌️🙌

@eleonorepelletier7609 6 лет назад

This is amazing, thanks for the package!!

@missc4rt3r 7 лет назад

thank youuuuuuu i think this is going to help me finally get started on learning spanish... i've been trying to do duolingo and flash cards but i've been bored out of my mind!!!

@ariinbeijing 7 лет назад

Oh awesome that's great!

@yomna1585 7 лет назад

anna c saaame 🙌 I also wanted to learn Spanish 💕 good luck with your learning journey

@missc4rt3r 7 лет назад

Yomnă 유나1 thank you so much!! you too!! :)

@thedandi8905 7 лет назад

have nothing against your method but I do believe it is important to get a grasp of the grammar. Either through textbooks or through classes. People do study their native lenguage and babies do spend years studying the lenguage. Looking for patterns is very essential for lenguage learning but grammar is also essential

@AdanP 7 лет назад

I personally grammar are like suplements, but the sentences are the main dish. For me when i do sentences, and something just doesn't stick just glancing a bit at the grammar instantly makes things click for me. I remember i started learning my native language grammar when i was in like 2nd or 3rd grade of elementary school. I think our brains are pretty good at picking up the grammar via sentences naturally in a big part of the time.

@thedandi8905 7 лет назад

Yeah, I get your point, and that might work in some langagues specially ones close to english or whatever is your native langauge, but... That isn´t always the case, specially in languages far away from english. You can memorize thausands of sentences yet still not know why or how something is done.

@AdanP 7 лет назад

Yeah absolutely. i think the more far away the language is, the more difficult it becomes to do this. Personally , and this is just my style i don't mind having crappy grammar when speaking in the beginning cuz i mostly talk to people on timed language exchanges or 1hr italki sessions. I find that i'll totally suck in the beginning but i keep on talking. After a while, i pick up grammar naturally through context,or just what catches or frequently pops up for me during chats with friends or whatever. (i did this for korean and chinese, my native languages are spanish and english) I think particularly the important grammar will show up normally through normal conversation and this one takes care of itself. The hard advanced one is the one that sometimes u need to drill in really hard, cuz its just so hard to see it in daily conversation. (im talking about report writing, news and advanced stuff). But i agree with you :)

@thedandi8905 7 лет назад

Korean grammar is a pain to understand. My native language is also Spanish and I learned english fairly easily. I am also an intermidiate at Korean. In korean most grammar can just not be compared to anything in our native tounges.

@AdanP 7 лет назад

네, 맞아요~ 처음엔 한국문법 되게 어렵겠죠, 우리한테... 근데 계속 열심히 하시면 괸찮아질것같애요~ 화이팅! ^_^

@nicholasreitz5279 Год назад

This makes a lot of sense! Thanks for this video, there are a lot more examples out there now 6 years later. With how much anime I watch there are a lot of the same words and sentences I know because of different animes saying them and I laugh knowing what they said but I don't know any Japanese. I think I'm about to try this out with Japanese now!

@jeffreyd508 7 лет назад

Great vid. Good inspiration! I don't trust myself or others to make Anki decks as many times we will be making cards of incorrect or useless grammar/sentence structure. . I downloaded a huge Russian deck and my Russian buddy, after about 20 cards said "bro, trash this. It's all wrong" . I imagine Glossika has been done by native speakers.I will look into that. . I did the Babbel for a month. Liked it. Keeps you engaged.

@mohammedelnaiem3989 6 лет назад

Hey Ari! I'm a huge fan, and I hope you get this message. So I've decided to use youtube videos, copy the audio and slice them with Audacity, and then put them into Anki so that I can learn Chilean Spanish (not many teaching resources for that). In another video, you say that if you just listen to one sentence, you can master pronunciation. How do I balance the time, or will this sentence mining approach also help with pronunciation. If i want to get pronunciation right first, should I listen to that one sentence over and over again? Or should I just jump into sentence mining and do about 10-15 sentences a day?

@jojibot9193 6 лет назад

Isn’t sentence-mining essentially what Duolingo’s all about?

@MrLangam 5 лет назад

Yes, you can use duolingo to mine sentences from it and put it in your anki deck.

@the_greatest_unicorn 4 года назад

It is but the structure is not good for learning a language

@caciulavlad1672 4 года назад

@@MrLangam A lot of Anki and Duolingo users have already made cards of everything in Duolingo for a lot of languages.

@primeartonline-pianocovers1535 3 года назад

You need real exposure to the language, Duolingo is artificial and dumb-downed for foreigners. Listen to real, native media and TV shows raw without subtitles, look up words you dont know every few minutes, and sentence mine and you have yourself an extremely effect method to acquiring your target language.

@superioritycomplex647 3 года назад

Duolingo does it so wrong

@gooreum2023 7 лет назад

this method is really soo effective! this is how i learned my second language: english! i never took a single course besides what they teach at school and everyone around me just speaks spanish. i just learned by watching movies and videos and listening to music, memorizing the lyrics and repeathing them... now i'm learning a new language the 'traditional way', been learning it for a whole semester now and really there isn't a great improvement... how did i never think about this? I'll practice sentence mining from now on...

@josephglover4546 6 лет назад

I had to check to see if my RU-vid was set to 1.5x speed. LOL! This guy is bursting with energy!

@nickblooruk 3 года назад

I don't know why, but the avocado toast reference made me smile. I can almost picture their accent.

@ify3198 7 лет назад

Trying to learn Spanish but I know I lose interest to things quickly so hopefully this method would keep my interest and excel my learning. I already speak two languages fluently, hopefully Spanish would be my third.

@IMSEXY602 Год назад

Do You start Learn spanish Again? ¿Tu Empezaste a aprender Español de nuevo?

@IMSEXY602 Год назад

It's a good thing That Someone From Another Country want Know the Spanish Language ❤️

@Sweet_Treat_ 7 лет назад

Thank you I've just been trying to learn words I didn't even think to use anki for sentences.

@wushudavd3324 4 года назад

Thank you. I’m going to take your advice as I attempt to learn Cantonese.

@0101799 7 лет назад

Heyyyyy You speak veryyyyyy goodddddd cantonese xd You know what? I was shocked at the beginning of the video xd Ps: I'm from Macau :) So I'm a Cantonese native speaker !! I'm using Glossika to learn polish right now!

@rodrigolima9938 7 лет назад

I *did* learn some English with Doulingo...I mean the basic, which helped me A LOT to improve it later...So I don't get why people say it is shit! '-'

@DREIKVENONW 6 лет назад

Rodrigo Lima I agree with you. I think duolingo is a good way to start learning a language. It's like your first contact with the language, it's not so boring or hard to understand. It kind of motivate you to learn more!

@mchobbit2951 6 лет назад

Because they expect it to make them fluent, which it won't.

@kaliciasmith8442 7 лет назад

Thanks I've been trying to learn French for the longest time new sub

@wild4fp 7 лет назад

Hey. I like watching your videos, as they are clear and informative with the videos not being too long. I agree on sentencing/phrases, get a long sentence in is a good way to learn, also with the sentence add in a new word or item to mix it up, like you have done. I want to achieve as on occasions I feel time passes by without me learning much, in general.

@TheMadnessangel 6 лет назад

How to Learn Any Language in Two Months : learning instead of watching video xD

@memestopicxd7649 3 года назад

Ah shit you got me

@w7n424 3 года назад

Shut up 😂

@amirasafwat7101 5 лет назад

That's how I learned my English! And now I'm fluent.

@MrWackydoodles 2 месяца назад

just anki?

@divinebiscuit5554 6 лет назад

wow I never thought of such a simple method thank you gracias brother :)

@camiloferrer1476 7 лет назад

Very professional, thank u so much, I found this quite interesting!

@johnvoigt67 8 лет назад

I'm thinking about using your tactics to study Russian, (I'm already somewhat fluent in mandarin, otherwise that's where I'd start), but are there any other tactics besides these 2 videos that you are going to make a video about?

@ariinbeijing 8 лет назад

Yeah, my last tactics video is going to be about actually speaking with people: main thing there is a website called Italki, which offers free or cheap language exchange

@ariinbeijing 8 лет назад

Good luck btw!

@johnvoigt67 8 лет назад

+ariinbeijing Ah that makes sense. Thanks man, and your Cantonese is coming along faster than I expected, hopefully that's how my Russian will go XD

@springdaywater4616 7 лет назад

John Voigt i am learning russian

@kashinimeyo 6 лет назад

No, don't learn Russian that way. The way we English speakers have adapted to learning speech can't be applied to Russian or any other Slavic language at all just because there really is no structure to Russian at all. You can put the subject literally anywhere, negation anywhere, verb anywhere, object anywhere and the meaning will be the same just because they have 6 different grammatical cases for verbs, two-three of which we don't even have in English at all. I can't learn languages by sentence mining very well, but I definitely can't learn Russian by sentence mining just because I'm not a native speaker. I can definitely tell you that it will take years to sentence mine Russian if you're not actually dropped in Russia with absolutely nothing. I say that as being a polyglot. Russian is harder than Japanese and even Mandarin for me just because there's no flat way to say something in Russian.

@allenwaker1542 5 лет назад

I’ve learned german by watching RU-vid videos and reading news it’s even better then this becuase it’s real people in real Situations

@hotrodjones74 7 лет назад

I'm going to give Glossika and Anki a try with French. I've learned a fair bit of French using different methods including reading. I actually painstakingly read The Foreigner (L'étranger) by Albert Camus in French. I just need to build up my vocabulary and basic comfort with French grammar structures before digging into the mechanics of the language.

@faune8394 3 года назад

我看见thumbnail里面有anki我立马点进来了！！！！五年前我怎么没看见这个视频！！！你的视频做的真的很好！！！

@tcpjh 8 лет назад

Wouldn't it be better to just read as much as possible in the target language? For beginners most of the fairy tales written for elementary school kids are just fine. That's how I got familiar with English. But it is also true that grammar is to some extent essential as well. As for now I have reached a solid beginner level on Japanese from where I can start reading those mentioned stories and it really feels great to know that I can make a meaning out of a bunch of once weird strokes called Kanji. In case anyone has problem finding stories which fits their level, 'Graduated Readers' is a good way to go for Japanese (self) learners though it's a bit pricy.

@ariinbeijing 8 лет назад

Yes, reading is incredibly important, but it's very difficult for beginners in Chinese because of the characters. So I recommend concentrating on listening and speaking first and then reading

@minutekanji7082 7 лет назад

"once weird strokes called Kanji" XD Nowadys I suppose you have already reached the intermediate level in Japanese. がんばってね！！＼＼\٩(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و//／／

@minutekanji7082 7 лет назад

Leaf Spring It's a japanese expression that means something like: "Good luck,, keep it up, do your best"

@JoeGrimer 7 лет назад

Avocado toast?? ;)

@famine1435 7 лет назад

It's delectable! Especially with sliced red onion, sauteed butterfly prawns and a dab of sea salt & crushed peppercorn.

@amberlocsaknot 6 лет назад

Absolutely delicious!!

@nav5722 6 лет назад

Joseph Grimer it’s delicious

@jimmypedro5741 4 года назад

Yes

@nikjost3137 3 года назад

Wow so youre telling me my teacher is actually cool and ahead of time since hes teaching us using anki? You love to see it

@dann2678 7 лет назад

omg thank you so much for this !!! Haha this is perfect for me since learning korean for me has been difficult

@doesitmatter4918 6 лет назад

he is right tho.. that's how i learned english, my grammar is bad tho you have to study for grammar

@Dbf1339 6 лет назад

doesitmatter better to know some enough to help you though that's good your learning I'd learn words first then grammar/rules

@saph004 6 лет назад

As a English native speaker, we study grammar aswell. I'd be super suprised if you weren't making mistakes with grammar.

@AzuReGravity 5 лет назад

Don’t worry, a ton if native english speakers don’t know the difference between their, there, they’re and your and you’re. As long as youre understandable it’s not that big of a deal

@morphidae 5 лет назад

Yup. I went from 0 to proficient in English in around 8 months. Taught myself with the TV and a dictionary.

@aditheroyal3927 5 лет назад

Gabriela Velasco that's awesome , but how did you look up words in a dictionary if you don't know what it looks like ? Did you watch it with English subtitles too?

@mikeb3717 7 лет назад

To be fair to one of his points, kids DO read textbooks in their native languages as a learning tool. It's called school. How many textbooks have bolded key-words for you to learn? How many classes did you have to take to learn the grammar, proper comma usage, and the difference between adjectives and adverbs?

@cling6389 6 лет назад

Bro not gonna lie but most people don't know what they are or how to use commas correctly and also there are many people that didn't go to school and get taught those things that and fluent in the language lol. And new flash, loads of people used to not be able to read but could still speak fluently. But using your logic unless you can read and know how to use commas, you can't speak. lmao

@guestofearth 6 лет назад

Cling Writing in a language is a pretty important aspect of fluency.

@itsbecca 6 лет назад

This is what I'm saying. Learning language "like a baby" is an okay concept, but understand that once you're "done" you'll be at the level of a baby. My english (native language) was pretty okay at 4. I could talk to and understand most people, but being able to speak/read/write as well as I do now came through years of learning grammar and writing in school. I've also read hundreds of books over time. If you want to "naturally" progress like a native learner then those are the next steps. Sorry, there are no shortcuts fluency.

@marmitechickenlegs8331 6 лет назад

many people in britain during medieval england never had books yet they still learnt how to communicate and there were way more poor people than rich people yet they still managed to have their descendants to understand

@NSpam-gp4uh 6 лет назад

Mike B actually, idk if you noticed, but we need to learn how to speak the fucking language before we actually can learn how to read and comprehend it. What type of backwards thinking are you playing on yourself

@jackylin6525 6 лет назад

Thanks for ur helpful advice and materials. I would like to have the Cantonese deck.

@jimgerth6854 6 лет назад

I agree that it's not really possible to learn a language in two months, however I think that this specific technique of hearing sentences in context is a very good way to learn a new language and in my experience it can really speed up vocab leading.

@sotepniques 2 года назад

i learnt to speak Korean in 2 months using anki 11 hours aday

@harris7915 7 лет назад

Babies learn language slower than adults. All they have is all the time to learn a language, they are immersed in the language and have nothing to do. Adults on the other have a lot of shit to deal except learning a new language. So, it takes time, there is no magic method to learn a language.

@lukediafrica9619 6 лет назад

Harris No you idiot, during the 1st until the 36th month of his life the baby is constantly overwhelm with the complexity around him Images,Faces,languages,colors...in order to adapt his brain start to work really hard to find pattern, and combine them together to understand the world around him, this why it's a this period of time when The baby is exposed to complex music such as Jazz or Classical he's most likely to develop the perfect pitch, about learning a language an adult can do the same too but the fact that he has been using the same language for a long time and his brain become so anchor and fix upon it, it become harder for him to adapt to a whole new language

@CereyuEVioro 5 лет назад

Harris To learn the structure of the language can actually be done quickly, but learning all of the vocabulary does take a LOT of time.

@wanderingwade8877 9 месяцев назад

He was so thin and handsome back then.

@lilmj1st 8 лет назад

Thanks so much for this video very informal and inspiring

@johnwalterknych3856 6 лет назад

Great Video. Helpful. Thanks man.

@patrickvesnina 6 лет назад

How on earth yo are saying that you have learned one of the world's toughest language - Cantonese, in just two months. Are you nuts? You deserve a stunner! 🙆

@hindutamizhan8487 6 лет назад

Do you speak Tamil or learning it

@MrKarlozz 6 лет назад

He's adhering to a script lol. Of course he isn't fluent

@MrRyanMinnick 7 лет назад

Cantonese is such a beautiful expressive language. More so than Mandarin in my opinion.

@xCr0nus 6 лет назад

They both sound like a dying cat.

@LCSTMLSN 6 лет назад

Wow... Someone’s dead inside...

@AsmaaPurity 6 лет назад

Kalsiddon hahahahahaha

@MadsenAltamirano 5 лет назад

I love your reply Kalsiddon 😂😂😂

@tortureh2371 4 года назад

@@xCr0nus they are , Chinese and Japanese and Korean sound like DYING CAT

@engespress Месяц назад

I believe in your sentence pattern drilling method. It's a very quick way of acquiring languages.

@paulwalther5237 3 года назад

This video is like a teaser. I'd like to see the Anki decks and stats showing how much, how long you studied. And how much you credit Anki with your language achievements vs just good old plain immersion.

@dariowalker6665 4 года назад

Is this xiaomanyc?

@sebastiancarvajal3855 4 года назад

Yep

@glorbnorgaborg37yearsago10 3 года назад

No this is his twin brother

@zthreetwo9874 3 года назад

No this is Ben Shapiro

@EDBravo-bo8uw 3 года назад

Oh no, He's nobody

@iansryan 7 лет назад

Not planning on watching this video. Just here to say: Please stop with the clickbait. Languages require far more than 2 months to learn, especially if the language you're learning is very different from your native language. Try learning Korean in 2 months as a native English speaker. You will still be like a baby learning to walk.

@learningabouteverything1412 7 лет назад

Learning a language does not take more than two months if you put in a lot of work everyday you can learn any language in just 2 months.

@iansryan 7 лет назад

You're clueless. You may be able to learn shitty conversational Spanish in 2 months if you're a native English speaker. But high-quality Korean or Japanese? Give me a break. Don't comment if you don't know anything about the subject.

@learningabouteverything1412 7 лет назад

Ian Ryan whatever dude you want to talk shit but can't can't handle the truth. The truth is anyone can learn a language in two months again you got to put in the hard work though of studying a lot of hours everyday. But if you got to be a jackass to other people to make yourself feel better then fine. I'm done talking to ignorant people like you.

@iansryan 7 лет назад

I can tell that you have limited language-learning experience. Please return to the conversation after you've put in the effort to learn a language like Japanese or Korean (assuming you're from the Anglosphere).

@learningabouteverything1412 7 лет назад

I can tell that you are very ignorant and are too lazy too put in hard work to see that you can learn a language in two months if you would actually put in the effort. Oh well no reason to keep on talking to a person that's dumb as wood because you will never understand. this conversation is over now kid unlike you I have a life and am now blocking you so feel free to keep complaining if you want I don't care because I am not going to see your reply.

@raymundcamat 7 лет назад

may we know your name you never mentioned

@Shadday_Xo 7 лет назад

Raymund Camat 😂😂😂

@NicholasPadilha 5 лет назад

You found the right way to learn a new language. Of course an audio with the translation isn't the best way... When we're kids we learn not only by listening to and repeating, we learn by visualizing the things our parentes points out. They say "mama or papa" and points to themselves and we learn from that and point to them... And so it goes on in life... We never get rid off people teaching us... Liked the video though