Ep1Pt2 Polyglot Stu Jay Raj Multilingual Presentation

[ederno5150]

thanks alot for all this advice you are a really good motivator you really encourage people to keep learning thanks

ederno5150 from mexico

[MrGrinningManiac]

Your video was amazing and normally when I see these types of things I get a bit down because I think "I'll never be THAT good at THAT many languages". However, I'm learning Hindi and I understood a LOT of what you said in Hindi and that's given me the kind of positive feedback you described with your "playing 1 native speaker against another" trick. Thanks for that!

[stujaystujay]

@MrGrinningManiac I find that technique is really effective ... it generates its own energy!

[jasminetea6161]

You say your Japanese is "crap", but I was really impressed that your intonation seemed so natural! Usually language learners think of this as an "advanced" aspect of a language to work on, but I can see that you probably give this (as well as body language) a high priority from the beginning. I'll have to keep this attitude in mind when I take on Spanish soon: get the Spanish-speaking mentality down regardless of how many words I know. Thanks for another awesome video :)

[stujaystujay]

@jasminetea6161 Thanks ... my Japanese is really crap - and I actually have no excuse for it. I should have invested more time in it. I would love to spend a lot more time in Japan.

[DJVM95]

Why is there a British flag? Should be Australian.

[kruzkuba1985]

thats the same way that use for learning languages by the way ur chinese and your thai are pretty good, how can learn so many languages , i only can speak 5????????:.(

[DalyCityLife]

Your vietnamese needs a lot more polishing ahaha. you are right it is very similar to cantonese and thai. when you said nha trang 2 weeks. you said the 2 like hai phong (wrong tonal) lol and the "week" is bit off. its like "tuan....g", a slight g to it and saying the "Tuan" name

[Momislov]

¡¡ Estoy impresionado !!

Saludos desde España (Islas Canarias)

[tiestiestiesties]

Hoi Stu Jay,

Heel inspirerend om te zien dat je zoveel talen kunt spreken! Ik kom zelf uit Nederland en, omdat dat zo'n klein land is, leren we op school al Engels, Duits en Frans, sommigen ook Latijn en oud-Grieks. Ik heb zelf in Italie gewoond, ik merkte dat je het pas echt goed leert als je met de mensen praat. Een probleem is alleen dat de Italianen zo graag Engels willen leren spreken en daardoor heel vaak in het Engels reageren.. Moet herkenbaar zijn voor je!

Groet,

Ties

[stujaystujay]

@magorianworld jump in, learn what filters are at work and try and remove them so that you can reproduce what you REALLY hear as much as you can... rather than what they tell you you should be saying as a 'foreigner' learning Tieng Viet

[Lucaswaxmann]

Hey Raj.,

You are the greatest inspiration ever ... i wish i had the willpower and brain capacity to take on as many languages as you. Unfortunately i haven't heard you take on my native language yet... have you ever tried German?

[stujaystujay]

@Lucaswaxmann I would love to really get into learning German. I still have a few years left in me yet - I'll see what I can do! :) Have you joined my language and Mind Mastery group yet at stujay dot om? Perhaps it will give you the stamina that you need!

[JMX2280]

Very impressive, Stu. I was impressed by your abilities to speak Japanese, even though you gave yourself one star.

日本語で知りたいことがあれば遠慮なく聞いて下さい。

[stujaystujay]

@JMX2280 No... my Japanese is really crap.. that's why i included it here - to show that not all languages are learned to equal degrees.

[MusartJD]

This is absolutely incredible, you are extremely gifted. Not everyone can do what you do. you are a tremendous inspiration for everybody. Thank you for sharing these beautiful clips and God bless.

[stujaystujay]

@MusartJD THanks Musart.

[Echteseele]

Simpatico il tuo italiano! Il tuo accento mi ricorda quello dei sardi (abitanti della regione Sardegna). [sono italiano madrelingua]

[jaegerhund]

It's amazing how a new language finally clicks ----- it's like your brain has been working on it in the background and presto.

[theoremkie]

Wow, simply amazing :) The only language I understood was Japanese, but you can speak a lot of languages which is really impressive. I could see why you gave 1 star for your Japanese, but that doesn't make it any less impressive! You have a talent, I'm envious. ^^ Have a nice day :)

[NV417]

i like ur spanish accent!

[zlatinko333]

Stu,

Awesome! I was wondering, what is your opinion of Rosetta Stone? I think the approach is very logical.

[carl206rc]

you are very good speaking spanish but I have one advise for you: try to speak a little bit slow so you don't commit mistakes like "yo tenia novia en chile por decir cuatros años" it's better if you say "yo tuve novia en chile por 4 años?. I know you know it but yo made that mistake beacause you were speaking to fast. and tell me, How many lenguages do you speak?

greetins =)

[RATHAHONNI]

You we're given the gift of learning languages,not all of us have your Clarity.Sadly.

[ragazzoshitfuck409]

testing.

[buraddoh]

Hey stu!

I am fluent in English, Romanian, Russian and Danish (to some extent). I can also manage Chinese, and less, Japanese (around 3 years of learning, each). I can also pretty good understand German.

But I'm amazed about how much you can!!

Cool!!

I would reallyt appreciate if you'd tell me, what language do you think I should improve? Which language do you think is important to know?

[Rebeccadmd]

Hey Stu,

You're amazing and inspirational! I'm currently brushing up on Indonesian just for the fun of it, maintaining my Arrernte (a Central Australian Aboriginal language that I use in my work) and I'm going to start learning Hindi next year. Now thinking about reactivating my high school German.

My questions are: What methods do you use to maintain fluency in the many languages you speak? And: do you ever attempt to learn more than one language at a time?

[stujaystujay]

Hey Rebecca... wow, that's wild - you speak Arrente!

I am always learning languages simultaneously... I find synergies by finding memory points between the new languages... short circuiting English.

As far as maintaing fluency - it's a matter of creating an environment around you that keeps you using it! - Facebook is great for that :)

[halfstepdown88]

What exactly do you mean short circuiting English?

I am currently learning Spanish and then I want to learn Mandarin, would you suggest I start studying some mandarin now instead of waiting?

[stujaystujay]

@halfstepdown88 Totally! ... don't limit yourself to learning one language at a time. You're brain will surprise you. The more you learn, the easier it is to learn, and those other languages start working as guides / pegs for the other languages that you're learning. In any one day, I will be learning at least 5 or 6 languages.

[Nabagas]

hey Stu, while I'm having insomnia I'm surfing the web and watching some videos, but when I found yours, I was amazed with your so big interest in languages :) as Lithuanian I speak English, Russian, almost fluently, I also was trying to learned Finnish and French, but I gave up learning French it's too tough for me though.

> are you thinking to get a closer look to Baltic languages ? for example Lithuanian or Latvian ? they r so similar :)

>

take care thanks for the answer.

[stujaystujay]

I woudl love to. I've actually just started looking into Turkish these couple of days - so it's my first step toward Eastern(ish) Europe. The Baltic languages I feel are a missing link in the languages I have under my belt. A Turkish friend of mine is fluent in Russian - I might look at trying to learn both at the same time from him.

[m32amir]

Hej Stu! Great videos and impressive language skills! I just had a quick question. Would you consider adding French or Portuguese to your collection?

[stujaystujay]

I would love to - I've dabbled with Portuguese... Just a matter of time i guess

[VanSensei]

I've heard you're pretty much fluent in Thai.

[arclight2012]

I'm surprised that after studying three Scandinavian languages, you haven't tried to tackle German! I'm sure you could probably read it already without a problem.

Great videos, keep it up!

[stujaystujay]

I'd love to get into German ... Back when i was right into the scandinavian languages, It was always on the cards, but over the year other 'motivations' for other languages came about and German slipped by the wayside. I'm sure it's not too late though!

[insanelygreatproduct]

as someone learning tieng viet as a second language, i was wondering if you would say vietnamese is the hardest language to pronounce?

[thexrevolution]

*cuando yo era estudiante

* durante 4 años

* y no tengo muchas oportunidades

*y trabajando para miss universo.

good job! :D

[chufdj]

This guy is a god damn 'leviathan' of knowledge. Truly inspiring, actually. Really makes me think how lazy i am when it comes to taking my language learning more seriously. Took me almost 2 years to become 'semi- proficient' in spanish.

I think we should all hold this guy in massively high regard, promote him to some high position of authority, something like that...

[ammarsandwich]

Whenever I see Stuart or Luca or this bald dude on youtube it motivates me to put more effort into learning all the languages. Been a lazzy bugger for a month or two.

Keep up the work guys, this is truly inspiring

[naylonlove]

I'm also a polyglot (10 lang.) and I like seeing people with the same passion for languages :)

What impresses me the most about your language skills is that it seems you have less difficulties speaking a language than writing it. It feels like you didn't learn from books, but rather by talking & hearing. Looks like travelling a lot and meeting new people is the key, right?

I often find myself having difficulties while speaking a foreign language, while writing & reading is no problem at all.

[DenyChan4ever]

well, italian isn't easy, but... you must try harder! (i'm from italy)

[watatooie]

lol, its fun anyway, that made me laugh :)

keep up the videos Jay!

[SerdnaSagrav]

How many English accents can you do?

[stujaystujay]

hahaha.... 'Strine' (Australian) is definitely one!

[keawolus]

I'd love to earn money with languages someday because I love them and I am pretty talented, I think. I also grew up bilingually (German+Polish).

But a little problem could be my laziness :D

By the way, all respect for all the stuff you've learnt.

[yap09]

i literally LOL'ed when u did the morse code

[Xenthoid]

me too...

[alifshinobi]

You really are my hero! Seriously!

[Korzahn]

Kan du snakke norsk?

[translipcorsia]

¡Miércoles!, como decimos acá en Colombia. Es maravilloso ver semejante nivel de adquisición de segundas (terceras, cuartas, quintas etc.) lenguas. Una verdadera inspiración para quienes apenas un segundo idioma como el inglés representa una dificultad tan enorme. ¡Felicidades Stu!

[RysioACF]

The last thing Stuart said was: "Stay tuned for the next episode". Personally I am looking forward to see the next episode!

[Azshi815]

hey! I it is amazing thet you speak languages fluently! I know exactly how you feel when you learn new languages.

I learn Mandarine, Spanish, English, Tagalog, Portuguese and German.

By the way your Japanese is nice, I can tell you because I am Japanese^^

[AHumbleNarrator]

All I can say is... wow. You're an inspiration. I figure that given the languages you know, you're able to communicate with probably well over half of the people on this planet... and there is something beautiful about that :).

[stujaystujay]

Thank you for your humble narration :)

It is an amazing thing to tap into the software of people all over the planet... the more you know, the more you realise you don't know!

[Lsrpwer13579]

Your amazing. Even if your not perfect in each language, it's still so amazing and nobody else has any room to talk, because they're probably not as talented as you. But im sure you already know all that.

Have you ever used rosetta stone?

I just don't know what to think about that language learning software. It's so much money, and there just seems to be cheaper ways to learning a new language.

[jonmahoney04]

You're awesome man, inspiring.

[AzureEyesD]

lol @ the code at the end.

[mOeRuToRa]

한국어배우세요. ㅋㅋ

[stujaystujay]

Thanks Speeder :) All coaching is warmly welcomed.

[IISpeeder]

I am a Spanish Speaker. I am Very pleased with your video. you really speaks Good Spanish, Italian and Japanese. Maybe you make mistakes

( In Spanish your trouble is the grammatical agreement. but your intonation and stress is very good. You can emule the Argentinian and

caribean intonation. ) but I understand you

very well.

I am very pleased with your worthful tips.

[julia2night]

Thank you for inspiring and giving out so much positive energy!! That's what one needs the most on the path of studying. Some teachers do bad for their students by saying: "You're not really good". I wish I had such positive teacher as you :)

[antonio202020]

STU is one cool dude.....I like how you don't pay any mind to typical idiots who say one of the languages you speak is bad....I don't let anyone get me down for learning Mandarin on my own...

[quagmire1807]

"...sometimes I don't even understand what I'm reading, but it doesn't matter - I know that it's all going into the back of my mind and it will be working, and sooner or later it's going to come out as the language."

Pretty good case for MAJOR INPUT there Jay =)

[ItalianMorrison]

he is a very good polyglot. but his italian needs to better

[stujaystujay]

I agree with you. It's been a LONNG time since my Italian has seen the light of day. I'm going to have to find a way to put me in a place where it'll get a workout.

[ATokyoite]

Ditto with Japanese. He seems to have a good base off which to learn more, but e.g. one would hear more formal language ("masu" forms, not "wakaru" but rather "wakarimasu" or even more complex humble form) spoken in any sort of media like this. 日本語の勉強も頑張るように。

[mairovster]

Morse code just kick ass! Awesome

[mairovster]

Very nice video! I speak Portuguese (native), English and Japanese. You English is really cool, but you need to work more on your Japanese. Since you can read kanji well, it will not be a problem for you.

Your Spanish is also very cool! I can't talk, but can understand it.

I hope you make more videos about languages and how you learn it. Regards!

[ATokyoite]

I agree with mairovster's comment about his Japanese.

[minhvo1]

Your Vietnamese still needs a lot of work,however,your language ability in general is truly amazing.Thank you for sharing.

[viiietdude]

I have to agree. However, I think that if he takes more time on it, he'll speak it well. And for those who don't understand Vietnamese, it wasn't his grammar, rather his pronunciation. The thing with Vietnamese like many tonal languages is that it must flow in order to work properly. I understand he only started learning it, so keep up the good work!

Hãy cố lến! Chúc bạn may mắn trong tương lai.

[wuerges]

Your japanese is really bad. Ehehe.

[stujaystujay]

yes it most definitely is :) Putting this clip up was good motivation though. I've spent the past week or so pushing myself to start getting my butt into gear when it comes to not being lazy with my Japanese. Rather than relying on my Chinese when it comes to just being able to read it, I've been getting stuck into learning all the proper Kun and On pronunciations. Watch this space! :)

[wuerges]

It gave me a lot of motivation too. I liked your advices, specially the one about tricking the 2 native speakers.

I'd specially like to hear more about career. I have a bit of languages background and I could never use it until now.

[esgrove]

I felt pleased watching your Japanese because it reminded me of my patterns when I speak it. That is, falling back on から　to end a lot of sentences. It seems one can speak passable Japanese with only から and けど, though it's not especially elegant. Still I aspire to be like you someday.

And to people criticizing your Japanese: You only gave it 1 star! What did they expect?

[RysioACF]

This is impressive. 15 language is something! Morse code at the end was really fun. You are inspiring. Thanks A LOT for posting.

[Torbyrne]

These videos are really cool. Good job! I love the morse code at the end too. It's nice to know I am not the only one who is THAT mad about languages! ;)

[stujaystujay]

The thing that I love about morse is that you actually do start hearing it as another language. The dots and dashes become actual 'word rhythms' which then turn into 'sentence rhythms' that you can see the meanings to as they play out. It's a dying art.

[stujaystujay]

Great to meet you. Thanks for swinging by.

[TheMasses101]

Wow I'm so excited to find out other people have learned all those languages as well! I didn't know the word polyglot, but I guess I'm one too:) I am familiar with about 15 languages. Cool:)

[Amaglev]

Hehe, you do have an australian accent xD; It's kinda cute

[laoshu505000]

Very interesting. I'm a polyglot as well. I love meeting other people who are just fascinated with languages like this. Keep it up.

[truthfocused]

Nice video. I'm hoping to becoming fluent in Spanish and Korean within 2 years. Thanks for your tips and lessons!

[highflyer]

I can't imagine how nerdy morse code would be like if it was used in public the way you just did....

[highflyer]

Wow, ur english sounds really australian.... hehehehehe..

[alhaqq2006]

Stu, these videos are awesome and inspiring - I'm sure Kogneit has a bright future with your talent and energy. Your blog is great too, although I hope one day you'll consider publishing a book explaining your unique teaching methods in further detail. It'd be a great tool for all us autodidactic langauge learners. I'm particularly interested in your "thinking in meaning" approach, although I'm not really sure how to incorporate it into my own language learning.

[howtwosavealif3]

alaa japanese is a little rusty, sorta basic but um well yo umade sentences. I guess listen to lotsa japanaese to improve pronunciation but well your chinese is pretty damn good so.

it seems chinese is harder than japanese

[stujaystujay]

japanese VERY rusty and VERY basic :) ... but thanks for the comment. I personally think that Japanese is a little more difficult than Chinese.

As I've mentioned in other comments - I'm happy though that I've put this out in public, as it will serve as a good measuring stick / good motivation for me to raise the level of all my languages in the future.

[poliglotta80]

Your videos are great Stu, thanks for sharing with us your ideas and your enthusiasm about learning languagues...Can I allow myself to give you some advice about your italian? It's good, but you should try to pronounce the words without stressing them too much. We Italians do sing when we speak, but your intonation is a bit exaggerated. Still..way to go, you are of the people who got me started learning languages again, so..thanks!:D

[stujaystujay]

Hey Luca!

Great to have you swing by. Thanks so much for your suggestion too. I totally agree with you. You're language ability is phenomenal. I happily receive any help you can throw my way. I haven't spoken italian since I was around 9-10 years old. I would love to be able to slap it in to shape!

Would be great to get together and all of us do something useful with our languages in the future.

[poliglotta80]

Thanks so much for the compliments Stu, you are great too:D It would be MY honour to coach you in Italian and be coached by you in Mandarin Chinese (I just started learning languages again as I told you). Whenever you want we could have a chat on skype. Great presentation by the way!:D

[tspier2]

I always enjoy watching your videos. I am a student of linguistics, so I always understand what you're talking about. It's awesome that you got to meet Stephen Krashen though! =]

My biggest hurdle in language learning is vocabulary. I absorb the grammar without hardly thinking, but I don't know a goo way to acquire it quickly. Do you have any suggestions?

[MashaGu]

Great :)

I agree, do what you love, and what you love will eventually yield. So I won't worry about people questions "but what will you do? Translation".... it's nice to know there are other possibilities out there!

[MashaGu]

great! I am dying to use my languages in my future career... and indeed people say to my annoyance "what are you hoping to do? be a translator?" But honestly, I don't know! But I'm sure some interesting opportunities will come my way.

I took someone's advice: "do what you love, and then everything will fall into place". I will live by that.

[albertoavena]

You are truly amazing. You've given me a whole new view on languages and the things you can do with them. Currently, I'm learning a third language and at first, the feeling of learning something new was really fun. But after studying for a few years, I stress about studying so much and get angry at myself for not understanding something new right away, and don't seem to have fun studying anymore. I'll definitely try to change my attitude though and try to enjoy it more. Thank you

[stujaystujay]

I find that a good portion of the 'fun' and motivation in learning the language comes from the people that you're using it with and the ANTICIPATION of the people that you can use it with. Just think of each language that you learn - how many millions of people is it going to open you up to. Each one of them has a potential to have a wild influence on your life. That's exciting.

[Munster82]

It truly is!

[Liface]

Thanks a lot man. I learned a lot from this!