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Hey Ikenna I really enjoy all of your videos and language wisdom and I’ve been inspired to learn some languages as well. I read your book and loved it and will follow it for all my languages, but there are some languages that I can’t use Assimil for. What can I do for any languages that doesn’t have a course in Assimil for my native language?
Hello! If it's not too much trouble, could you also put the japanese subtitles when speaking japanese? I'm learning the language and matching words to sound atm. Japanese subtitles really help.
You learning that language huh? Oh translate me this sentence "if ever the sky will need some light, the universe will cosmologically allign and create new forms of light" They gave me the most fucked up sentences I swear to god
that's what i experienced at 7 yo, couldn't understand a world of Akon's songs back then, now they play Panda by Desiigner and i still don't understand 😂
@Crocerella nah people are just annoying, I’m a native Spanish speaker and if someone tells me they’re learning my language I don’t ask em questions that I know they won’t be able to answer. I guess it’s funny tho cuz whenever someone asks me things in French I’m like “yeah, I only speak Duolingo my friend” and I just nod and smile in confusion lmao
@Manfreski Ah those kind of weebs.....as someone who is currently learning japanese screw them. The japanese in anime is very different from real life japanese conversation.
@@pak3ton anstatt zu sagen " ich bin auch deutsche lernen" würde man sagen "ich lerne auch deutsch" also die form von "sein" (hier bin) weglassen und dann passt das so einigermaßen ( nur so als feedback, bin nämlich deutsche)
@A҉L҉E҉X҉ S҉ yeah I get you, and I am learning german, so ever time someone asks me and I tell him, he starts saying some weird stuff thinking that's how germans speak.
Some people just don't care enough to learn a new language. It's like that in a lot of the world, if not most of it anyways. I mean it's not exactly like it's easy, tbh it's one of the most tedious, tiring and time-consuming processes I've ever undergone, especially if you're not that interested in the language to begin with.
@ThatRandomLady "In a lot of the world" is absolutely correct, I think you're just misinterpreting that to mean "the vast majority of the world". In the majority of the natively English speaking world this is just how most people are. Beyond that this exists also in China, Japan, and many (most, even) rural communities in developing countries.
@@m_uz1244 I’ve been learning Italian for 7 weeks now and I’ve loved every second of it so far. The only parts that make me anxious... is the speaking part. When speaking live, I don’t have the luxury of looking at Google Translate for quick reference xD Even though I’ve only been learning for 7 weeks, I know a fair amount cause I constantly consume Italian media and music etc.
My whole family went from this to not believing i actually knew the language to making me translate random stuff to "please teach your cousin the language (for free)". I live alone now.
TheBeaTle they’ll just be hovering over your shoulder, while you keep erasing and saying “it probably doesn’t even look like you” and awkwardly laughing
the worst is this: "oh you learning korean?" "yes i'm not that good yet tho" "how much do you understand then?" "idk abt 30% maybe" *anyone saying anything in korean on TV or on RU-vid* "What did he say? Did you understand everything?"
Me with Japanese rn. If you don’t understand literally every single word that’s being said, the multiple different meanings of said words, and a myriad of other factors including intonation, pitch accent, grammar rules, and situational context well enough to understand a sentence immediately before a new sentence is started, then no, obviously I can’t tell you what they just said. If you don’t understand EVERYTHING they said, then you’re really just guessing, and what fucking good is that really?
Funny story: I’m a native english speaker and I have conversations with non-natives in English. There’s nothing quite as humbling as having a Russian correct your grammar.
@@jackevans3609 as a non-native English speaker, I have noticed that non-natives tend to obsess over perfect grammar and spelling. While natives don't seem to care as much regardless if it's a mistake or lack of knowledge. Pretty sure this is true in other languages too xD
Dude, you're learning Norwegian? Say something in Norwegian! *says something in Swedish cuz they won't know the difference anyway* Dude, you're, like, fluent!
Right?!? People have asked me to translate whole ass movies for them like bro I clearly am still at best beginning my intermediate phase of learning geez
dude, i grew up bilingual because half my family is from Germany and i grew'up in America, but i am STILL learning the grammar structure lmao- even though i can watch, read, listen to almost anything, speaking/writing with perfect grammar is hard!
Me: "Yeah, I'm learning Japanese, but I'm still like at the very basic level." My friend: *show me a Japanese song lyrics full of kanjis and methaporical words* "Can you translate this?" Me: "No" My friend: "But you said you're learning Japanese..."
me learning the basics words and hiragana my friend: Can you read this? *Proceed to show korean manual* Me: That is korean mate My friend: Liar i know this is japanese you just aren't truly learning japanese
I think, it´s the same with me. Me: studiyng portuguese because I love it so much. English: *exists*. Everyone: did you learn English? my mother tounge it´s Spanish, and yeah, I learned English and I´m not good after all (I didn´t use translator).
Same goes with me, I was learning Esperanto on Duolingo and my family said "wHy nOt eNgLisH?", and now, I'm here... Speaking a language I didn't want to learn, but still useful. (my native language is Spanish)
Me: “I’m learning korean” Mom: “Why not something more useful like Spanish?” Me: “But I really love this lan-“ Mom: “Plus, their letters looks like drawing, how you’re going to learn that?” Me: “That’s why I’m going to pract-“ Mom: “How do we say house in Korean?” Me: 👁👄👁💧 Mom: “You’re still a beginner”.
@@saturn7.7.7 ignore them. Korean is amazing and worth learning. And they're wrong like your mom is. There are a lot of Koreans around the world so, in case you meet some of them in your work environment, you will be able to speak to them in Korean if you keep studying now. Koreans don't just exist in Korea. That would be self centered to assume.
@@aebiia same thing at the first guy, even if Japanese is simpler(the language, but the alphabet it's harder )it's still used in lit countries(rarely in Nord/Sud Korea and Japan)
"I've heared you learn a language." "Hey yeah I do" "So say something" "something!" "No, I mean say something in language you learn" "-something..." "Oh, ok... so what language do you learn?" "English."
I told my German teacher I'm learning languages. On the next lesson I had to stay in the front of the blackboard and I had to make a speech about these languages. Never again
Me : learning korean normally Dad : just learn chinese Me : learning chinese Also he : why don't u complete french? Me: so korean or chienise or french Also heee : Do what u want Studing korea.. He : Noo chinese fisrt!
My parents: “Who are you going to speak Japanese to?” Me:“It’s one of the hardest languages to learn and I wanted to challenge myself!” Me mentally: *I want to take Japanese media and engulf it like thanksgiving dinner*
“Say villager in german!!” *doesnt know villager in german* “YoUrE sTiLl a BeGiNnEr” edit, this comment is very embarrassing but how did it get 4k likes😭💀
@@clarissaarias4073 damn, distinguish double and aspirate consonants was so hard that I gave up learning Korean and moved to chinese (which isn't easy XD)
It reminds me this: Me: I'm colourblind. People immediately: *Take something* What color is this object? XD P.D. I'm not colourblind, it was just an example.
It's the same as, I'm gonna have glasses *Proceeds to go 5 meters away* How many fingers are there ? Why do people always want to test what you say is true
"i'm learning korean" grandma: *sees somethings in japanese* COME HERE MEL, TRANSLATE THIS! me: but i don't know japa- grandma: AREN'T YOU LEARNING CHINESE?
@@user-qr9nf7zp1w well, i'm brazilian and whenever i say i'm brazilian american people use to say "hola" and when i say i don't know spanish they're like "what? But aren't you brazilian? Oh, i'm sorryy, you speak brazilian right?" (brazilian is not a language, in brazil we speak portuguese), so... I guess they do face those comments
I hate the "say something" and you're like "okay, what do you want me to say?" And the person says "oh I don't know, say something". Like, OKAY BUT WHAT DO I SAAAAYYY because it's really awkward. Once my teacher asked me to write and say something in Italian (my second language) in front of the class. I didn't know what to say, and she told me "oh whatever, just say something else" because I had already introduced myself "hi, my name is... I'm from etc..) two minutes passed, it was getting awkward as hell, 20 kids looking at me, so I said the most random thing in my head "I like chicken" , don't ask me why, I was in panic, and when I told them what I said....well things got even more awkward :')
I'm mexican and my teacher asked me to "show off" my english skills in front of the class TuT Like: DUdE WHaDAyA WAnT ME To SAY?! I'm not that kind of talkative person TuT
@@kcyccyck6556 * "io piacio pollo" is absolutely wrong, "io" means "Me" and "piacio" is not even a word, maybe you meant "piace" (i like/a me piace/mi piace),the only right thing you said is "pollo"
@@Manuel-zc7po ok man I'm starting to learn italian and I'm using the only things I can which is Duolingo which equals a dog's vomit either way thanks for correcting me
@@kcyccyck6556 Idk if you're still trying to learn it but if you are, I strongly recommend you don't only use Duolingo. There's many, many more things you can do to learn that will help you heaps and tons more in both the short and long term. I'd recommend familiarising yourself with basic grammar rules and commonly needed conjugations using RU-vid videos, etc. and then doing various exercises of all kinds (reading, writing, speaking, listening) and while you're doing all that you should watch some form of media like shows or movies etc. with subtitles, and when you become more and more confident, start taking the subtitles away for some time.
I think i´d be even more embarrassed if they´d ask me to say a particular line and I didn´t reach that particular part of my dictionary yet. Like, knowing and acquiring a language and being able to communicate with it isn´t translating.
True. Even when you speak a second and third language to a near native level or a really high level, you still spend three years in uni for a Translation Bachelor. (Four in anglophone countries, ig.) And they say you can't even do much with a Bachelor, you need to specialize in your Masters to get good jobs. So yeah. Daily communication and being able to translate specific expression accurately are defintely not the same thing.
Been through this... I just used some words that might have meant that sentence. I didn't want to say that I don't know how to say it precisely cause, y'know...
My mother language is dutch and I learned english trough games to the point that everyone can understand me well. The luck here is that the people who ask me to say something in dutch are of course english so I speak in my mother language
'Well, I'm learning Korean.' 'Why Korean?' 'I'm just interested in the culture and music and-' 'Wait, do you like kpop?' 'Yeah, but that's not-' 'oMg wHaT a kOreAbOo-'
"So, I'm learning Kore-" "why." "I really love different languages, you k-" "how can you read it, is it those chinese songs?" "Actually n-" "why not Spanish?" everyone finding this comment a year later ^^
When someone finds out im fluent in another language: “oH wHaT iS mY nAmE iN cHiNeSe tHeN“ Me: “bro i dont know’ Them: “wElL tHeN yOu’rE nOt fLuEnT tHeN” Me: 👁 👄 👁 This is literally a conversation I’ve had before, just because I’m fluent does not mean i know what your name is in my language, bro, unless you parents gave you a Chinese name when you’re born then I cannot physically translate the name. I can break down the name like: is-a-bell-a and say it in a different tone, but thats it. 😃
Ikr! I said I just starting learning the japanese alphabet to a classmate and he said "whats my name in japanese" like fr I didnt say I know the whole alphabet (I mean alphabets but yk) and I said "I dont know" and then he said "then you lied" and I opened my phone and I went on an app for drawing and typed some hiragana characters and he was like "oops..."
Yeah, it's freaking stupid. Like dude, your name is your name in every language. It just has different pronunciations. Unless if course there's this language I don't know that completely changes your name, XD
Me : learning Korean Parents: ahhh she's trying to learn Japanese because of those Chinese guys Me : no mom im not learning Japanese it kore- Parents : ahhh yes I know she is learning Chinese Me : no mom its- Parents: its because of those Chinese guys i know dear ...im ur mom after all My mind : so am I adopted? Me : no mom im learning Korean... Parents: yeah I know both are same Korean and Chinese are both Asian so its same... Me : mom for the 1000th time im saying IM . LEARNING. CHINESE. Parents : thats what i said but anyways bye....im busy now Me : i- how can she make me forget the language im reading so hard for the past few months
lol this happens to me all the time i didn't tell anyone I'm learning Korean 😂 but my sis found out and exposed me in front of my parents and the next day i was practicing my mom came in and was like "it's all because of the Chinese guys"
Lol my dad did this but he was like (I speak brazillian portuguese) "Good morning" at night. Detail I said I'm learning spanish and it is almost the same as portuguese. We say "Boa tarde" instead of buenas.
@@guilhermefigueiredo766 It's kinda a reasonable assumption. It's like asking a person learning Japanese if they watch anime. Of course it's more reasonable when there's no other obvious external influences and the choice of Korean/Japanese seems "random" i.e. the person has no immediately obvious ties to the language.
@@m_uz1244 Even worst to learn japanese to watch anime. And it's bad too to learn korean only because of music, this is ridiculous, but for teenager and children that like anime or this korean songs is reasonable, but for adults that like watch japanese cartoons or like to listen songs to teenager is really weird.
@@guilhermefigueiredo766 Eh, life's too short for that kind of judgmental thinking, let people like what they want to like so long as it's not hurting anybody. And if anime inspires someone to seriously learn Japanese and they end up actually doing it then that's still a huge accomplishment, and the same goes for K-Pop even
"oh so you're learning [insert language here]?" "oh yeah it just really interests me and I love learning" "so you wanna be [race/ethnicity of language] now?" -_- let me live peopls
Bruh I promise you your comment is super accurate people will swear up & down that you no longer wanna be your race just because of your interest in another culture/language people be mad you learning n shit like fam what!? 😆🤦
Ah yes. I felt this but it’s my dad who assumes that four months of learning Japanese is equal to fluency and keep asking me to read him something in Japanese. Like, father dear. I can only identify five kanji out of thousands.
Random person: oh! You speak this language?! Say something! *Your options for response:* 1. Idk, what do you want me to say? 2. Idk, what do you want me to say? 3. Idk, what do you want me to say? 4. Bitch, no. 5. Idk, what do you want me to say?
Me too. It's something that people won't understand unless they get out of they're American shell and look into culture. Quite the cringe for us language learner's.
@@oshenpiller9948 it's not just in America, it's everywhere, also the most irritating thing is when you wanna learn a language just for the sake of it and your family is like "when will this language be helpful" like, I just wanna learn it, I don't care, am I the only one with this problem? I'm Greek and I wanna learn Korean, what's so bad about it, for God's sake
@@OrfeoulaLove same. Literally everyone, "wHy ArE yOu LeArNinG jApAnEs?;!? WhY aRe YoU lEaRnInG fReNcH?;?+;2(2;9?". Like, I don't knoooow, why are you sitting on your ass everyday watching TV for your whole life, you blob of garbage? I just want to learn damnit.
Yeah 🙄 honestly when I get asked “why French?” and I answer with something along the lines of it’s a beautiful language they usually say “when will you use it” but it’s quite fun to learn a language, it doesn’t have to useful in anyway
Here’s some things I get often: “GeRmAnS sUcH aN AnGrY SouNdInG LaNguAgE wHy WoUlD yOu wAnT tO lEarn It?” “WhY dOnT yOu lEarN a LaNgUaGe ThAt’lL bE UsEfUl?” Just “wHy?” “SaY sOmEtHinG.” The eye roll ™️
My friends were like: "you know, you are never going to learn japanese. It takes like 10 years to speak even a little. I saw this half japanese guy who still doesn't know all the words even after 10 years." So i never got very far. Not because their comments were discouraging but because my motivation was laking. I could tell all the things that were wrong with my friends comments like how half japanese doesn't have anything to do with how fast you learn the language or how for others 5 years is the same as 10 is to someone else.
OK but I'm not even learning German, I'm literally from Germany, and now live in the UK. My friend's Mum found out and started speaking to me in the worst German I've ever heard, it was barely understandable, and then when I didn't understand her immediately announced I must be faking it. Like, seriously? You learnt German for 2 years in high school about 30 years ago and you expect anyone to understand you?? I just had to nod and smile and pretend everything was OK but that was painful.
As someone who speaks 4 languages, I felt that hard, it’s really awkward when people just ask for you to say something and be like “ah idk bro” LIKE PLEASE STAP
when my dad sees people speaking english in tv, he automatically look at me and says: "what are they saying? don´t look the subtitles, just tanslate it", and im always like: "Do you know how hard is to have to hear every phrase and translate to spanish in my head? and while im talking and thinking i have to pay attention at what they´re saying next for don´t lose the cohesion of the conversation?" then my brain explotes because im too forgetful and distracted
I told a co-worker I'm learning spanish and everytime I see her she wants to know what I've learned. And wants me to speak it. It's so annoying that now I do my best to avoid her.
If your coworker speaks Spanish then it could actually be a good opportunity to practice. Even if they don’t it could be. It just forces you to kinda get out of your comfort zone
also the reason your avoiding her is because your not living up to what you told her, tell her that you are learning in spare time, and if she ask you what you learn just tell her you didn't get time to do it this week, its that simple
You came here to get sympathy didn't you? Well, you won't find it! You have only yourself to blame for this situation. In fact, even your co-worker could blame you. What you are doing is shading her for her behavior, whilst you are creating distance between this caring person and yourself, for the sole reason that you don't deem yourself able to live up to your expectations of her expectations. This is all because you raised her expectations by falsely creating belief that your Spanish is better than it actually is. In fact, you are avoiding her after she was doing you a favor. When you told her that you wanted to learn Spanish, she might even have picked up a indirect request from you to her to create conversations in Spanish, since this is one of the best methods of learning a language. And instead of gratefully accepting this given opportunity, you turned yourself away from her. You broke the new shared interest between you two, you even ruined a potential great friend and relationship. Or even worse, you might just have lost a friend... Avoiding someone is one of the worst things you can do, because how do you react to it? "What is the reason that this person is avoiding me? I thought we had a fun conversation last time, did I say something wrong? Does this person hate me?" Avoiding is a cruel option, because it leaves her in constant doubt of her decisions, in constant doubt of herself, of her past. It creates uncertainty and self-encapsulation, in a place where friendship and joy could have lived. It creates a growing root for uncertainty that blocks proper self-reflection. It bends and twists the mind and weakens the spirit. All these seeds of anxiety grow and keep growing because she keeps thinking about it and it eats her. Eventually the symptoms start to show physically. She doesn't eat as much anymore, she can't even sleep as much anymore because the thoughts don't leave her alone at night. She takes less care of herself and now people actually start avoiding her more, thinking that she is weird and has issues. She falls even deeper in the dark hole of depression. And all the previously stated consequences keep amplifying. Suddenly, she doesn't care anymore. Every day is just another blur that comes and fades, she doesn't bother keeping up the mask anymore that she kept desperately holding on to. She lost interest in society, lost interest in friends, lost interest in family, even lost interest in herself. Luckily, this is only a possible outcome. It has only been a year, there is still hope. Not all light has faded away yet, and the darker the times, the brighter a light appears to the eye. YOU have the possibility to change the future, YOU have fate in your hands! Take the chance now that it lays in front of you, call her and tell her that you love her, no matter what. Even better, tell her all this in Spanish and apologize. Tell her how you behaved unreasonably, but that you were enlightened, that you understand now. A friendship formed after a disaster, only returns stronger than ever. No event is terrible enough that your reshaped band of friendship will be broken again. Never will either of you crave for something anymore, because you found it. You found a happiness that no other friend could ever give you. Not even if he was the most amusing person you've ever seen. Not even if he turned himself into a pickle. Funniest shit I've ever seen. Because the most amusing people hide themselves behind their mask. Who will make them laugh? Inside they cry the hardest. Inside they cry because they okay I'm just learning how to type with 10 fingers and this was a good exercise part 2 coming up next week
When they ask ‘why?’ I always wondered if they know all the opportunities you could get and amazing things you could see in other countries, like, it opens up your mind and helps you have an understanding and better knowledge of the other people that live with you on the same planet. I speak Spanish, I’ve been learning English for like 13 years now (basically since I was in kindergarten), I used to know a little bit of Portuguese, tried learning Norwegian (but failed, haven’t given up yet), and now I’m learning Korean, it’s very cool and fun, people should be encouraged to learn other languages but meh, some don’t care...
Some people are genuinely curious why exactly, and I appreciate that. Estoy aprendiendo español porque mi familia hablan español (mis tíos, mis primos y mis abuelos) y quiero entender mi familia. Támbien la cultura de México es muy interesante. I am learning Spanish, because my family speaks Spanish (My aunt's/uncle's, my cousins and my grandparents) and I want to understand my family. Also the culture of Mexico is very interesting. I just felt like practicing for a bit, so I wrote why I'm learning Spanish in Spanish. I'm sure I made plenty of mistakes though.
Me: **studies spanish for hours every day** Someone: "Hey, you're learning Spanish? Say something." **all the Spansih I've ever learned vanishes suddenly from my brain**
"Oh I speak Hawaiian" "How do you say [Swear word] in Hawaiian?" "It's more complicated than that, because the direct meaning of [Swear word] in Hawaiian isn't a swear word." Truer words have never been spoken
In my case it's, 'you should be learning sPaNiSh NoT rUsSiAn' even though I've been learning Spanish for 5 years and it's impossible to confuse the two languages ajsjsj
I literally hate when people do this to me 😭😭😭 I’m currently bilingual and now learning my third language with many more to come and I get so flustered lolol
This isn't true for me at least if your learning a language (I'm learning Korean) It's either one of these answers (Based on my experience) 1. You're a Koreaboo or Weaboo depends on the language. 2. What are you going to do with it.
I got the "eww koreaboo" thing from my FRIEND who also had been learning korean and was interested in kpop and stuff up till a year ago but then she said she "grew out of it" I personally just think it's all really interesting, it's something different than american lol, and I love languages anyway! I speak two languages fluently, am intermediate in another, high beginner in another and Korean would be my 5th. I dont think theres anything wrong with that but hmmph.🤷♀️
@@sophiaB270 "grew out of it"... sounds like your friend is trying to make herself feel better by thinking what she did with giving up the language is a mature act 🙄 Smh can't stand people like this. Keep doing what you enjoy doing, dude. Saying this for everyone, actually. If you like it, don't give it up because "it's ChIlDiSh"
@@Reena2784 thank you💜 I was really quite...hmm, how should I say this...hurt? By what she said at the time. Now I dont really care though. We actually fell out lately, not over this exactly, but there were other problems let's just say. But now I'm glad it happened actually. I guess u could say I grew from that friendship and from the breakup of it too. This is getting so deep lol, I didn't mean for that to happen sorry😂 idek what the point of this is, I guess i just wanted to share a part of my story hahaha anyways, all the best with your language learning journey (if u are learning one lol) nothing bad EVER comes from learning another language!😁
@@Reena2784 exactly what I was thinking! I hate people like this too who try to make themselves look better or more mature than you for no other reason besides the fact that their either a jerk or insecure.
I don't know what u all are talking about. This is where u get to have some fun. Insult them by telling them all the things they do that annoy you. Then call them some really random objects. All while they're nodding away and smiling at you. I think you'll find that it's actually quite fun!
I love these short skits you do! They're absolutely hilarious and add more character to the channel. My favourites so far are the Anime Hip-hop and "When you hear someone speaking your target language" ones.
me: oh I started korean yesterday friends: rEALLY??? then say some daily expressions in korean me: but i just started it yester- friends: dont care, you should’ve already known that
When I was two weeks into learning Japanese my sister asked me “you can probably have casual conversations now, right?” DUDE I have barely learned the vowels😫😫
Me: “I’m learning Portuguese” Idiots: “I thought you were Greek?” HAUDJWOHDJWKWKWKKW I CAN LEARN A LANGUAGE THAT IS NOT MY NATIVE LANGUAGE!!! AND I AM ALSO PORTUGESE, NOT ONLY GREEK AND- I’ll stop now thanks for letting me vent. Also: the song at the end is the song that’s constantly repeated in Meteor Garden :’)
Eles são muitos estranhos. Si tu queres aprender o português é muito bem e depois tu podes aprender o grego. Eu acho que é muito giro falar o português 🇵🇹
When they ask me to say something in the language that I know/am learning, I just say "what do you want me to say" or " I don't know what to say" in that language and they get mesmerized 😂 I like that feeling tho
