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I remember when I was 18yo and I first told my parents I'm gonna learn Japanese. They both laughed at me and said (in french because I'm french) "I give you one week to give up". My brothers said "we both know you will never speak Japanese lol" At this time I just silently thought they are right. But honestly, I was passionate about this language. And I didn't give up so easily. Now I'm 23yo, my boyfriend is Japanese, I'm near to be fluent, and I'm leaving France next April for living in Japan. That's the definition of : Work in silence and let your success speak lol. Good luck everyone, sometimes even the people who should be the most supportive with you are not, and it's okay. The most important is to be passionate about your things!! (it reminds me the song of Moondog "Do your thing"!)
Love this! I still think about some of the doubtful comments people made like a year ago whenever I get demotivated. That stuff really does stick, even if they have come around and become more supportive.
What you said about being fragile at early stages of language learning really hit me because it is true for a lot of things in life. When you try something new, people can easily discourage you because you yourself have doubts. It is best to stick to it until it starts working out before you start listening to what ppl have to say about it.
@AfroLinguo in my view, you don't have to listen people what say, do the things you love it, for instance if u want to learn Japanese do it right now don't waste your time, people don't care what u doing and they don't mind I remember when my members know that I can speak fluent they shock, in addition some of them make a fun of me but I don't ,I keep going ?
I don't leave my house and I can't walk either. 🤣 You made me laugh so hard! Thanks! I hope you feel better. I started learning Spanish about the same time you did and I followed your advice and I'm now appoximately a B2 in Spanish. Thanks for the encouragement!
it was a similar condition for me, just i had learnt french, now understanding most of content like news or youtube videos, i didnt take an test of any level but i think i am at B2-C1 in french when it comes to comprehension
@@Arrait__ Ikenna has a whole set of videos about learning spanish. For me, I used RU-vid, Netflix, Italki.. and occasionally duolingo just to play and to keep my streak so I knew how long I've been learning Spanish. I've also used Anki from time to time when I really needed to memorize something but it's boring so I don't use it all the time.
@@Charmirea i find watching like childhood shows / old favs that u vaguely remember storylines of in spanish, no subtitles. So ur not completely lost and u can pick up various phrases / bits n pieces
Point #1 and #2 are so important, ive been learning korean for like 5 months and have met a few people who i can practice with. Just being told that your pronunciation is good, or that you're getting better gives more confidence and makes you want to keep going.
Not wrong in the least with third-party sabotage. I have my college teacher discouraging me from learning Mandarin because of videos like ‘Language: Crash Course Psychology #16’ emphasizing difficulty of recognizing phoneme subtlety in other languages because of her personal bias towards my family court case. People can be downright rancid when they want to be
I feel like it is just the worst thing ever, when you have a teacher who is straight up discouraging you. I had a teacher like that too, who I opened up to about my goals and he just straight up made me feel like I was crazy to even dream about them.
Really, I’ve been learning language at school for 10 years without any happy emotions. Now I begin from scratch my linguistic travel with fun. Thanks to you. You give me an inspiration 🌚🌝🪐
As someone with no hearing in one ear and moderate loss in the other from birth, adhd, and an anxiety disorder, the world is already against my language learning. I have a hard time talking to people because I get anxious about my pronunciation, my speaking may be shit, but ive been learning for 7 months and I don't plan on giving up anytime soon, just taking it at my own pace
Dude u know it's okay if u speak is shit but keep going, u got this perhaps u process is low and doesn't the way you wanted but it's not quit , besides doesn't matter Ur pronunciation is awful honest people don't care 🙂
Stay strong. I'm dealing with some ears problems and I can't use earbuds for awhile. I spend months (close to a year) without using it. It's so painful.
I got motivation to learn Ukrainian since my mom signed up for them to live in our house for how long they want too. This is a great way and motivation i think for me to be able to learn the language :D
Dear Ikenna, I rarely post comments but oh man you deserve it, I’ve been following your channel for quite a while now, it all started with my journey to learn German and boy oh boy your videos really are something! Love the effort you put on them, your experience is priceless and overall the image you give us is so chill that I enjoy your videos for a long time, I am so sorry for your health, felt bad for myself knowing that someone so positive and awesome/active like you is in your situation, but hey, all that aside and the light you shined spreading motivation is enough to make many remember who Ikenna is, real real thank you and big support from Portugal, may your legacy be legendary
For me as a native german speaker, i learnt french, now learning japanese, the nice thing is that japanese has a similar sentence structure like turkish which is also my motherlanguage
My brother! I pray that not only will you change the world with some kind of language app that you develop but that you will be revived 100% with your health situation by the grace of God! God bless you & your mission & don’t ever stop what you are doing my bro!! 🙏 💯
Hello! I am making a lot of progress in my Chinese, and I already know how to say basic things such as "I want a coffee" or "how much does it cost" or "Thank you" or "Goodbye" I can also introduce myself in Chinese and say my interests or hobbies in this language. The numbers and stuff. And this in only five days!
Don’t be discouraged by people saying it’s a really hard language. This is isn’t personal experience but it isn’t as hard as people say it is. At least they emphasize the wrong things imo
i struggle so badly with finding vocab for tagalog and I do so much better when I can look back at & read the words over again does anyone know where I can find a bunch of words for tagalog or any language
Hi Ikenna! Not to be weird, but I had a dream that your app was on the Oculus App Store so the whole thing was in VR lol. It was really cool, we were in space and I guess we had some weird lightsaber battle over vocab or something I can't really remember. But yeah, thanks for all the helpful tips! Really looking forward to the app!
I am mostly introverted but, I was reading that people who are introverted when there are to many people and things going on it just overstimulates the senses.
I think you just unlocked a level in my brain. I’m currently learning Hindi from my friends but learning the grammar is quite difficult, I’m gonna take your advice and look into reading manga and watching movies in the language I want to speak.
You are my mentor. I started learning Japanese 6 months ago besides college study. Now I am quite good at it. But I haven't spoken yet. Now I started reading manga and Repeating Pimsleur lessons.
No, get the most important words of the language out of the way. There are many options and what you pick isn't that important as most core decks (most common words in the language) share many similarities, but you should pay attention to two things: 1. No more than a few thousand cards. It is critical to not spend too much time on core decks and move on to mining (explained in detail on this site). That is not happening any time soon if you are doing Core30k. 2. Cards should be voiced. Make no mistake; you are still mostly incapable of correctly perceiving said language sounds and only thousands of hours of auditory input will fix that. A core deck with audio by natives in said language is a good way to start.
I feel like I don't understand how to properly do immersion. I tried learning a language for nearly 2 years, and got no where, and I did listen to podcasts, watched videos and movies, all in the language. It felt useless though because I felt like after a while I just stopped paying attention since I couldn't understand what was being said. Like is there any benefit to just passively listening to a language you don't understand, and if not, how do you actively listen when you don't understand what's being said?
1) Trusting people telling you you can't lean a language. 2) Bad study Methods, not using immersion. 3) Going against the Dopamine current & not being consistent.
My mom tried to tell me to study French instead of Spanish. After studying up on French and the grammar, I made the choice to study both. My mom found it humorous and just said that I bested her
Okay but I am listening to my target language by watching tv shows but understand none of it, surely you have to build up vocab to actually understand what you’re hearing before you jump right in to immerse yourself.
sure, but immersion on its own, naturally words will become to have more meaning and sound less and less like running sentences that never end. i did immersion of like 4-6hours each day for like two weeks and I went from understanding 2 percent to about 15. I only knew like 300-500 words at that time
It’s time to be a big boy and actually immerse myself into Japanese, it’s been a year and I can hold a steady convo, but during the convo I probably can’t express myself that much. Thanks bro
Ikenna! You have helped me a ton with language learning and helped me realise what my hobby is, learning languages. I am currently learning Japanese and watching your videos makes me feel so hyped to learn💕 Thank you so much, cheers from Iceland
I lost motivation for learning Gaeilge (Irish) a few weeks ago, and this video resparked my interest, I'm going to try and do it again, I was only using duolingo which was probably the problem, thanks so much for this, can't wait for your app
From watching many of your VR videos, just a little tip which will make your Chinese sound much better. Make sure you don't use the word 是 so much. 是 is only used for nouns. When used for adjectives it just sounded really strange.
I just don't like to talk even in my native language especially with strangers or people I don't usually interact with or know well, even when I decide to speak i can't keep the conversation on and the people most of the time are not interested in that
Being consistent is definitely my problem. I start with 1-2h, 3-4 times a week, then 1h 2 times, etc.. and eventually I just stop doing it. I need to work on myself. >
since i'm still a student, i get discouraged every day by my peers. They'll make fun of you for attempting to learn a language other than Spanish (I'm in an area where that's the only other language that's "useful" to know). However, despite the harsh words they throw my way, I try my best to ignore them and keep working. It's quite funny considering that sometime in the future, they'll see themselves and where I'm at. Since Japanese is VERY, VERY hated where i am, I found it super hard to focus when people made fun of me for it. I'm doing what I enjoy, and what I'm happy with, so no matter what ANYONE SAYS, I'll keep working. I want you to also keep working and trying your best no matter what because, at the end of the day, who's winning? Because the one spending their time mocking you, and making fun of you for learning a language is getting nothing out of it. If you keep working while they're busy mocking, you can show them that nothing can stop you! now, you GOT this, and just remember, there's an entire COMMUNITY of people out there that speak that language, and just imagine all the food you can eat, all the culture you can experience, the friends you could make. It's worth it. I'm sure it is. :)
I been learning a language for so many years,but i still cannot speak it well,lol,,,,,i noticed maybe i should watch more TVshow after i watch this video
0 th/st/nd ??? i know that i can reach (pretty much) fluency in another Language, i've already done it with egnilssh 1st point, i have never told anyone i learn russian 2nd i watch a lot of russian yt videos with subtitle, even though i know i understand barely anything 3rd i try my best to be consistent, i manage to learn every day, but i hate it, that on like 2-3 days of the week i can barely find time to do so. maybe i only learned 15 minutes that day conclusion. the ONLY thing that works is being exposed to your target language, no matter the form (and not just 5 minuted a day, that won't do the trick either) (can someone give me good russian media sources, yt channels, movies, etc.)
Does anyone here is currently on Japanese? I've been studying for 4 months now, but really need someone with motivation to do some exchange. Got discord anyone? ps.: I'm on a couple discord servers that people do voice chat 24/7, but I'm not sure if that's what I need at this moment, it would be better to have someone to study a certain subject or a book chapter, topic, youtube video or whatever together, and do that weekly.
man i know that this would be extremely helpful if i watched this but RIMURU IS MY WAIFU/HUSBANDO AND YOU IMPERSONATE HIM men((((( can not handle this. you'r enot Rimuru man(((((((((((((((((((((((()()()((()()()))((()(((((((
POV : you've tried to learn arabic for 6 years but only know how to say the word "in" in it and you have a test tomorrow but you're crying at 3am watching videos to learn it a bit
Is changing the language on your phone worth it as a beginner? I go back and forth on this cause then I will take too much time figuring out what everything says on my phone
Yes. It’s tedious and sometimes annoying at first, but it pays off big time when you are on the other side. Don’t feel bad about looking the same stuff up over and over again, you will remember it after enough times. Good luck.
I’d say that if you’re a complete beginner, learn how to read the script first and have some basic to intermediate vocabulary before having your phone in that language. I found that it really does help in immersion, but it could be too overwhelming for a beginner to dive in to immediately.
It didn't work to me. Reading with translation and trying to speak is better. Talking to yourself in your target language is OK if you didn't have someone to talk to.
I support you but I really didn’t like this comparison, saying that the chicken is the main dish is bs. Millions of people don’t eat meat and are in better shape that the ones who do…
I think, a lot of the times it's nerves. I do not have many people to speak my language to so, it's fear of "messing up." I know how the language is supposed to sound.
With the first point, I've told many people that I'm learning Japanese and the vast majority of them have been very supportive. It has even influenced my mom and one of my friends to start on their own language learning journey. So I'd say take that piece of advice with a grain of salt, personally.
I totally agree dude. This is part of the main reason why I've pardoned, downgraded, or excused several "friends" from my life's path. #OmitNeysayers #CtlAltDelNeysayers #ForGiveMeUniverseForNotBeingSorryForTakenAction
