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Added 2024-05-01 05:00:36 +0000 UTCWhat would you like me to discuss in the next Patreon video? I will respond to everything that you guys comment. Feel free to ask questions or advice or anything!
I'm releasing a video about Linguistics on YouTube tomorrow, so I will take some time this week to discuss Linguistics seriously on Patreon at the start of this next vid. Also, don't forget you can private message me here with questions or concerns!
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I didn't get to this one in the video as I recorded it before you asked. I've heard great things about the fsi courses specifically. I wouldn't personally use it, as I think it would strip a bit of the fun out of it, but if you prefer a structured approach, it could be an excellent supplement!
LS
2024-05-10 19:57:35 +0000 UTCWhat is your opinion on the fsi language courses
Vulcan
2024-05-10 07:37:10 +0000 UTCThe schedule is online, so I'd judge it on that. I've only ever been to a Polyglot Conference, which is a lot different so I really can't say. But what I can say is it will be very fun and motivate the crap out of you. Say hi if you see me!
LS
2024-05-08 19:15:27 +0000 UTCHello mr simp, I am considering attending the polyglot gathering on prague (need that met LS IRL role on discord) speaking 4 languages though since my uni is still ongoing I don't think I should attend the whole event. By past experiences which days are the nicest and most important ones? earlier or later days? Thanks
CircleTool
2024-05-08 19:10:57 +0000 UTCSpecifically for listening, there is a russian Youtuber Podcaster/russian teacher Russianwithmax who doesn't speak crazy fast and his russian speech is spaced like english speech. Also, the Youtube channel "LinasLessons" podcast series is smooth because your brain is seeing the captions AS your listening mind is trying to catch the words. Keep practicing listening specifically and not only reading.
Tyler LaBounty
2024-05-06 16:09:42 +0000 UTCHello dear Simp! I joined here because I got jealous of my own kid. We have international family, so I speak Russian with the kid, and father speaks Finnish with him. Between each other we speak American, so kid also got speaking it quite fluently. So can you imagine the situation - you are a 4yo, and you already a polyglot gigachad who can humiliate other people by speaking fluently three different languages! So I decided to catch up, I’ve been learning Finnish and reached intermediate level, and now I need to start Swedish because it would be profitable for my work. Do you have any tips about learning several different languages (let’s say two) at the same time?
Anastasiia Lampilahti
2024-05-06 15:10:13 +0000 UTCIm finding it near impossible to understand people speaking russian, and as a result, losing a lot of motivation for learning the language. Do you have any advice for this, and for how you peresonally overcame roadblocks when learning your first language?
Repacharge
2024-05-06 01:45:01 +0000 UTCIt seems that the ways you learn/acquire/practice/study, you really engage the part of your brain that is not just memory but SPEECH. Give us insight into targeting this because dude sometimes it seems that I'm inserting into the wrong part of my brain haha. Not enough speech activation part, apparently.
Tyler LaBounty
2024-05-04 16:21:38 +0000 UTCDo you have any advice when it comes to starting a new language? I’m finding it difficult because none of the interesting input I can find is comprehensible, unless I go word by word with google translate
Toby
2024-05-02 19:58:19 +0000 UTCI've been nerding out about studying methods and going down that ridiculous rabbithole recently, but today I took a second to reflect on my roots. As a freshman in highschool i changed my phone's language to French and felt SO COOL and had so much pride speaking it with my friends' parents and dropping "wesh gros"es at parties. While reflecting, I've realized the relationship between pride and motivation in my studies (and surely others) are insanely correlated. My french pride as a highschooler bulldozed through the many perfectionists in my class. that being said, can you just ramble about how cool it is that WE can take pride in OTHER peoples' languages?? (sorry i type like greg hefley)
Luca
2024-05-02 19:46:42 +0000 UTCregarding dialects - assuming you’re fluent in a language, say french or something, do you find that other dialects/accents are difficult to understand when listening to french? or do you just get so good that it’s no trouble? Do you find that you’re really aware of the difference in accents and have to adjust accordingly? furthermore, what are your thoughts on intentionally learning a distinct dialect within a language? Pointless or no? (I ask because I might like to learn the Isaan dialect of thai someday, which is very different from standard thai. However, the Isaan people can speak standard thai as well. But it is very similar to lao language.) keep up the motivational work i can’t wait to read your book! สู้ๆ นะ
Rosie
2024-05-02 01:15:03 +0000 UTCI'm curious about specific channels and apps you've used for Russian (and maybe a few other big languages)
Bean
2024-05-01 23:34:32 +0000 UTCHey, I'm learning 2 languages: - Italian (which is going awesome, with roughly the method you (and Refold and the aussie guy from Days and Words) describe: Lots of CI, a little grammar, but mostly fun. Low B2 level, super happy. - West-Frisian, a dialect / language closely related to Dutch (my native language), because that's where the family of my wife comes from. The problem with this minority languages is that there is very little digital content, mostly local news. So just consuming random media is difficult. Also it's clear that the dialect is slowly watering down in the direction of Dutch. The only upside: my wife and in-laws are native speakers. I've been tying to follow their conversations the last couple of years, and I am at a level where I can understand most of them and the local tv channel news. I just feel my vocab isn't where I want it to be, but a lot of funky words I encounter are deemed "old" by my wife. Also there are some sounds that have meaning in West-Frisian that aren't in Dutch (tone moving up or down in a diphthong, only in specific cases luckily), it's proving to be difficult to consistently hear these. Any tips? Just continue to talk with them over coffee until I reach D1 level?
Peter Smit
2024-05-01 19:09:00 +0000 UTCDo you ever do the Reading tasks on Pimsleur and do you ever redo Pimsleur lessons?
Dylan Brown
2024-05-01 18:47:13 +0000 UTCone question re: your linguistics video- is it really that common of a problem? (ppl getting distracted from practical learning by going DEEP on the shit that won’t help them?) and why do you think that is? is it elaborate procrastination, or a way for people to avoid the parts of language learning that feel more intimidating (ie human interaction for ppl with social anxiety)? or do most genuinely believe that studying “the study of languages” is the best way to get fluent? cause that’s whack Imo your perspective itself isn’t crazy controversial (except maybe to like school districts trying to design a very quantifiable curriculum). so it mainly leaves me wondering where the over-indexing-on-linguistics bug comes from (esperanto??)
Liz Shumpert
2024-05-01 18:08:51 +0000 UTCComment ça va language simp! Ca roule ma poule. Ma question: Est-ce que tu a utilisée LanguangeExchange.com pour apprendre le Français ? Et.. est-ce que tu pense il est mieux que discord pour amélioré parler ? Merci beaucoup mec
Josh P.
2024-05-01 11:13:51 +0000 UTCHello Mr Language, hope you are well. How much hopping around flirting with languages is bad, if it is bad at all? I want to pursue French but I have a consistent desire to flirt with a lot of languages and I fear French, my current girlfriend, might start getting jealous that im studying around. You mentioned before that you are brushing up on your good languages to use at a polyglot convention, but do you have any languages you want to flirt with afterwards?
JosephMother01
2024-05-01 07:13:01 +0000 UTCWhat’s the average/good timeframe for fluency for most languages. The average time you should put into a language everyday? Finally what sources should you use to learn? The main ones I want to learn after polishing my Arabic is definitely Spanish
Greatest Within
2024-05-01 05:04:11 +0000 UTC
