if you want to learn another language than read write and listen whit what little you might know at first . look for free resources online like youtube vids and google translate (it makes mistakes but that helps you to). go deep into the language you're trying to learn no matter how difficult it gets at first, "never give up never surrender". I speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, and am learning Dutch and will go after Catala next. nice video man keep up the good work.
8 When you do a translation and it’s quite good but still not perfect, I mean there are few words that you translate or write in a wrong way, what do you do? Do you keep rewriting only the words you’ve got problems with or you keep doing translations?DAS INTERESSIERT MICH AUCH!!Ich lerne Englisch so !
I am on my way to start learning languages on my own. My name is Alexandra, I am 28 years old and I am Romanian. I only speak Romanian and English, but in school I studied also French and German, but my knowledge in both of them is poor. I would like to use foreign languages at work (for the time being I am in search of a job and I noticed that using fluently at least two foreign languages is required). Can you give me an advice regarding having a job using foreign languages? Mulţumesc :-)
right now i can speak 4 languages, but they all kinda happened naturally. My mother tongue is frisian which is a regional language. second language dutch because i live in the netherlands i grew up bilingual. I learned english also naturally by watching tv and a few lessons in high school. we also had german in high school and although i'm not fluent in german i can speak it fairly well i think. at least i can understand german good enough. sometimes i try to talk to german students.
Luca...you speak with a great American English accent! You're awesome dude. Your advice is right on the money. I'm currently studying French, German & Spanish and everything you're saying is true in regards to learning a foreign language. Keep kickin' ass!
Great work Luca. Seems you are so passionate about Thai things :)
I've came across the topic of Mind Mapping in organizing studies. Do you know this by any way. Out of your experience learning many languages can you give me a clue how I can use this in learning my French ASAP...
@natasjaJerjomina - Aah, yes, yes, that makes sense. He's from Italy, but his Italian accent is hardly noticeable. I'm from New England, and many people here have that accent. So, of course it would seem normal to me.
Now, I guess that was kind of arrogant of me to say earlier. I wasn't thinking... ;;;
I put my questions on the website where you teach Thai.
I hope that's the website where I should place it.
Am I right? Since I'm a novice I'm not sure but probably I can't put the name of your website here bacuse some error occures and I can't publish my post. If I'm wrong about the website where I should put my questions please feel free to send me an e-mail at tombaryla@gmail.com. Thank you very much in advance for your time and help.
8 When you do a translation and it’s quite good but still not perfect, I mean there are few words that you translate or write in a wrong way, what do you do? Do you keep rewriting only the words you’ve got problems with or you keep doing translations?
9 Do you listen to the same dialogues later, I mean as additional exercises to the schedule that you’ve presented? For example after 2 months, 4 months, etc.
@tombaryla Dear Tomek, I tend to answer all the questions in my blog (you can find the link on my Youtube channel), please feel free to post them there and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Luca
5 What do you do if you finish a dialogue faster than 6 or 7 days for example in 3 days? Do you go to a new dialogue or you keep repeating the one that you’ve learnt?
6 What do you think about rewriting a dialogue of a target language before doing some translations? I think it’s quite useful if we don’t know a given language at all. But maybe I’m wrong?
7 What do you do not to mix several languages together?
Hello! My name's Tomek,I come from Poland and I'm really impressed with what you've been doing. Because about a month ago I put your method into my studying of German and a week ago also into Spanish, I would like to ask you some questions:
1 Do you study several languages at the same time?
2 Do you always study a new language using your mother tongue or you also use other languages?
3 When you study a new dialogue do you do some additional translation, I mean literal one?
How long to get to a conversational level in a language? For you and how you make that!?Wie soll man anfangen eine Sprache zu sprechen?? Nach wie viel Zeit kann man anfangen zu sprechen wenn man 1 Jahr im beispiel Sprache learnt 2 St. am Tag??
@HelloImIsabella 'm an italian guy who speaks english spanish french and a bit of portuguese. I can tell you that Italian and Spanish are the hardest languages to learn by far! Despite this, I really recommend you to start learning it, couse reaching your goal in this particular field gives you a barely imaginable satisfaction. It can spread you doors that will allow you to do many many more things, to learn other populations, ideas, mentality..thats the coolest thing you could do, trust me.
do you know what his secret is learning languages?he loves them and it is a pleasure for him to do that.it's his favourite hobby.that;s the easiest way to learn a language!I can fully understand him.I am greek and i speak 8 languages included my mothertongue.keep going mate!you are doing great!I really admire you and it would be a pleasure for me to chat with you on the net.msn:pojke698@yahoo.gr,add me if you want to.see you
@pojkes The secret is practice :) and lots of it... force urself to use the languge on a daily basis, for instance carry a handbook with you in order to readily look up words that you are curious about, focus on learning vocabulary first, dont bother with spelling and sentence structure too much in the beginning or it might over whelm you. Interacting with people that speak the language helps tremendously as well but I imagine u dont have that option :)
Your accent is amazing, but if you were wondering, I noticed one slight mistake in pronounciation. at 5:27 when you pronounce the word "complicated", you should say COMplicated, with the stress on the first syllable, not the third.
I am greatly enjoying your videos, and I just subscribed!
learning a new language as an adult has more to do with you're brain than it does with the method, as a child our brains work differently in that they learn language very fast, some people are lucky though and retain this ability into adulthood. As for learning a languages, I focus on the vocabulary much more than the grammar. I find this much more effective, but were all different.
You are absolutely amazing. I have always had a desire to learn other languages but never had the discipline to actually do it. I start Spanish in the fall and will use these videos for inspiration.
These are some really great tips for learning new languages! At Brainscape, we use flashcard technology to help people learn languages, but check out our video response we have posted about the importance of speaking in order to learn a language! Keep up the good work!
@poliglotta80 Thank you very much! And I'm your fan, I'm starting to learn french just now. I'm studying by myself and I'm using your ideas, thank you very much you've inspired me! One day I would like to learn Italian! Eu sou do Brasil, se quiser praticar o seu português qualquer dia é só falar! Abraço Luca!
Está muy bien lo tuyo, te mando saludos desde Argentina. Pd: me quiero aventurar con el coreano y el japonés ¿Te ha interesado alguna vez aprender alguno de ellos?
I'm using a grammar book, and actually it has helped a lot. Do you think I should continue using it? I don't know if the grammar will stay inside my head.
Ich glaube, viele Sprachlernende geben auf, weil sie meinen, dass sie perfekt sprechen müssen, besonders schon am Anfang. Luca, hast du eine Idee, wie man sich von diesem Gefühl des Perfektionismus befreien kann? Als Pole spreche ich schon gut Deutsch und Englisch, aber ich glaube, ich nehme das Lernen anderer Sprachen zu ernst...
I think it's amazing that you can speak so many languages, im currently a freshman in college. Im majoring in biochemistry but i've been thinking about minoring in linguistics. As of now i speak english and i can also speak urdu... im taking arabic now... in about a year i think i'd like to start on a new on... should italian be fairly easy i have some limited spanish background. Also, WHY havent you picked up arabic? its sooo widely used. Again, this was very inspiring!
Your comments are very helpful, inspiring and well-spoken. I am an American learning Chinese. In your other video I was impressed that you could speak Chinese so well after only about one year. 做得好。 你也写了那些字幕吗？Thanks again for your advice.
I discovered that the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle has lots of resources on their website for those looking to learn German. My favorite is their daily podcast "Langsam gesprochene Nachricten," five to ten minutes of news in German spoken slowly for the foreign learner. I don't know if any other countries' broadcasters have anything similar, but I thought I'd put it out there as one example of the internet resources available to people.
I liked your vids man, there a great inspiration. I am an american teenager trying to learn German because I just think the language is very interesting and I know alot of doors could be opened for me by being bilingual, I have one simple question, language learning is fun but sometimes I can give up on it easy due to lack of discipline, how over the years of your experience of learning languages did you keep perseverance in it all? Thanks -Andrew
@andrewl5201 Thanks. The answer is simple:..my passion for languages was and is still huge. I gave this rose a lot of water, litte by little, every day. Instead of withering, I saw it flourish. I literally saw the potential of speaking many languages unfold. It brought me all sorts of beatiful things. The life I had tells me every day that I am doing something great for me. And tht's the simple truth that keeps me going on with this adventure. Give it a try and you will stay motivated. Luca
@andrewl5201 Warum probierst du nicht einmahl was deutsch zu reden mit jemanden in Deutschland ueber Skype: Why not try and speak some german with someone from germany through skype.
@3510211 No, I picked up 90% of what I know by staying in Italy. I've never been to the US for example. Living in-country is a huge language learning booster, but it is not a myth that one has to go abroad if they want to learn a language well. The important thing is the friends that you see, the things that you watch and listen to,a and, ultimately, your general attitude towards learning, towards languages..and towards people .Luca
@luidavinci Thanks for all the nice comments left on my videos. If you have any specific questions, you can ask them directly on my blog the polyglodream (the thread is on my the main page of my channel) :-) Luca
Luca, it's heslop01 (from polyglot) - I've really been inspired your videos and it's helped me as i've not been studying my languages recently as i've not had the inspiration to do it.
Ciao, luca! Sono americano, ma ho studiato in Italia 2 anni fa. Volevo sapere sei fai l'interprete? Sennò, ci dovresti fare per sicuro. Parli perfettamente l'inglese. Lo parli con un accento meridionale. Sei mai stato in Texas, per caso? Fammi sapere, pezzo di pazzo!
Ciao Luca, grazie per i consigli che mi hai dato, eh! Volevo chiederti: parli spesso del corso di tedesco della De Agostini. Cercando ne ho trovati due. Uno, l' "il tedesco per tutti" , con le frasi numerate ed i building bocks. L'altro, "il tedesco per te" più tradizionale. Tu quale hai usato?
@roweritt Ciao. Adesso non sono a Roma e quindi non posso andare a controllare, ma senza (quasi) ombra di dubbio ho usato "il tedesco per tutti", il corso uscito nel 1996. 96 volumi. Sono sicuro che se cerchi da qualche parte lo trovi (su Internet forse qualcuno ce l'ha). Non so che differenza c'è fra i 2 corsi che hai citato, ma quello che ho fatto io è eccezionale. Luca
I only realized now after reading comments that your Italian, and you speak much better than most native british or Americans. I would recommend reading about different accents and "types of English" (old English and middle English.
Wirklich klasse wie du das machst! Eu gosto de assistir todos os seus videos. Where I can find this text as a file to download? Mina sawut Petja, rediwsa no CCCP, mit zwei Jahren bin ich nach Deutschland gekommen e agora eu moro no Rio de Janeiro há nove meses e estou aprendendo portugues. Abraco meu amigo voce muito simpatíco.
Another excellent theatrical language performance from Rome, Italy. Luca you are the man!! those five negative commentaries must be from those college language professors that are part of our unsuccessful language system that has been established for years leaving many fruitless and frustrated students wondering what when wrong...cheers :P
i have a question: do you use a dictionary frequently? or you first try to speak with a native and after search how to write the words? i hope you could understand what i asked =p
it's a hardly work to learn how to think in other language and to forget for a while (the) mine...i suffering with it. bye!
I thought you were American the way you speak English! So, your English is unbelievably good. I am studying Russian right now and parts of it are very frustrating, but some of the stuff I learned a few weeks ago are now incredibly easy. So, I am retaining new words and am able to pronounce them a bit better. I agree that learning a new language can be difficult, but I love the Russian language and learning a new language is on my top 10 things to do list.
Oh man, your accent is so funny. Don't take offense at that - It's actually really good - it's just not perfect. I'm an American, so I rarely ever hear foreigners try and speak with my accent. My point is that it allows me to see how others perceive the American accent, which is a real trip xD
But yeah, in the process of typing this comment I perused a couple of your videos. Fucking tops, dude, tops. You have my respect.
Wait, so you write something down in the language you're trying to learn, then write that down in your native language, then try to re-write it in the language you're trying to learn?
I just started learning Italian, my native is obviously English haha. I literally just started as in last night. I hope to catch on to basic concepts in the next six months before I go and visit your wonderful Italy. I have a bit of Canadian French background from school so it may be a little smoother for me to catch on
Luca I am really inspired. You have given me a practical tool. My native languaje is spanish, I am currently devoted to improve my french which I think is in an middle intermediate level. There are other languajes that I am interested as well. Do you think is a good idea to embark in the process of learning two languajes simultaneously. Please respond. Thank you.
@badboy172009 Thanks for the nice words. As far as your question is concerned..it really depends on a number of things. In general, I always suggest one learn a language at a time. If you really want to learn 2, try to tackle 2 very different languages, otherwise you run the risk of establishing what I called "entangled patterns" in your head (which turns into confusion). Luca
@poliglotta80 mais alors comment faites-vous pour maintenir un bon niveau dans 8 langues differentes si vous etes occupe par l'apprentissage d'une enieme langue?
io non parlo italiano but i want to because of laura pausini! she's the best italian singer ever. it's a good thing though that she sings in spanish because i speak spanish.
I watched your videos alot. You are one of a kind an alpha and a Beta guy.
I am a dutchmen living now in Brazil. Me and my wife and her 2 kids lived before in Holland. It is hard to speak portuguese. Having an electric engineering back ground and so flexible in the languages would be a treassure for your employer, if not you have to reconsider your employer! Anyhow, if you are coming one time to brazil, I would like to drink a beer(wine) with you here, Cheers mate,
@poliglotta80 I'm going to be going to college this fall to study Spanish and Chinese. I have already taken four years of Spanish. My school didn't have a very good program, so unfortunately I'm not as far a long as what I would like to be or should be after having taken four years of the language. Watching this video helped me to feel more confident that I will be able to reach my goal of being able to speak the languages i want to. Thank you!!
man you are so awesome, ive been studying spanish and russian for 2 months and everytime i get frustrated and overwhelmed with it , i come watch your videos and they really do inspire me to continue
@aroberson54 This is the kindest message I've received in a long time. Thanks! It feels good to be useful and inspiring for some of you out there :-D Luca
Hola luca! Usa ud. tus idiomas en tu trabajo?Cuándo comienza a aprender tus idiomas? Tengo 17 y estudié espanol por tres años, y quiero aprender muchos mas! Quiero ser como tu exactamente. Me ha da mucho esperanza que es posible. Aprenderás mas? And I am an american and i am impressed with your accent
@eauclairewisconsin Hola. No, los idiomas no son mi trabajo. He empezado a aprender inglés con 10 , pero he empezado a aprenderlo de verdad solo 3 años despues. Me alegra de que te haya dado ganas de aprender más idiomas sabes? Lo considero un gran cumplido, lo de dar motivation a los demás :-). Cuidate :-) Luca
@eauclairewisconsin Hola dejame corregir algo en tu texto se dice: "Sus Idiomas en su trabajo? Cuando empieza a aprender sus idiomas?" "quiero ser como usted exactamente o quiero ser como tu?" "Me ha dado mucha esperanza" just little details that you need to correct.
Wow, you have a VERY convincing American accent, but you need to work on your voiced s's. (You pronounce "phase" like "face".) As a native speaker of Norwegian, I struggle with the same thing myself. It helps to be aware of it, though. Your Swedish is also pretty good, jeg forstår deg uten problemer ;) Keep it up!
ciao luca...complimenti per i tuoi linguaggi anche se posso parlare solo per italiano, inglese e piu o meno spagnolo...volevo chiederti quanto c'hai messo per imparare bene l'inglese (e per parlare bene intendo e che metodi particolari hai usato, se hai usato metodi particolari, per passare da sapere l'inglese base a parlare quasi come un native speaker (nel tuo caso con un buon accento americano)...
@dag8876 Caro amico, quello che ho fatto per l'inglese come per le altre lingue l'ho detto (e scritto nel blog che trovi nel thread proprio sotto al video) qui. Di solito studio attivamente una lingua un anno e mezzo, e poi smetto di "studiarla" e comincio ad "usarla" (leggendo libri e giornali, guardando telegiornali e film, parlando con madrelingua) e la "curva di apprendimento" diventa esponenziale.
which language did you find the 'easiest' to learn?. You mother tongue is Italian so Im guessing a language similar or to Italian?. I'm thinking of learning a language like Spanish or Italian but I fear that I will forget it as I live in an English speaking country and know on one who speaks a foreign language.
@DJPWNSTAR don't spend money on rosetta stone. If you can get it from a friend or from your local library then use it. Keep in mind that rosetta stone will not get you fluent in a language like they claim. you should use it alongside other methods. Rosetta Stone only teaches you how to say things in one certain context and not in all of the ways commonly used. Check out Steve Kaufmann's videos about rosetta stone. I do not recommend it.
Hi Luca! First of all, I wanna congratulate U! I've read about your method (Target L-> Native L => Target) and as a beginner, I have a Q about it. You thinkin' about word-2-word transl. or just a "gist"-transl.? Well, I can only translate a language into another if I've already understood it properly, can't I? But if I've really understood it properly why I have to translate it? I hope U get my point, cos my English is not so good, but I'm very interested in your opinion on this issue.
Dear friend,take a look at the right side of the video, there-s a thread to the blog of a friend of mine where the method is explained more in depth, as you request. Have a good day. Luca
woow so nice and such an inspiration, im took a spanish course i nschool and the teacher took the fun out of it and rushed it so i got a bad mark but now i will try to learn it by myself!! btw you are so good in languages and so cuteeee :)
The critical period hypothesis states that the first few years of life is the crucial time in which an individual can acquire a first language if presented with adequate stimuli. If language input doesn't occur until after this time, the individual will never achieve a full command of language.
But in your case this hypothesis is clearly false...
Thanks for the comment! I think that there is no universal and commonly accepted theory. We are all different and have different goals, techniques and points of views when it comes to learning languages. Nevertheless, general and reasonable principles do exist in this regard. 对我来说，我喜欢语言，一旦我学习了一门语言，我就会尽我最大的努力去学好它 :-)卢卡
Wow,I have never encounter any foreigner who can speak Mandarin before, let alone writing.You are amazing! Because Chinese is a character-based language,it's very different from European languages.
Thank you for the video and the good advices.Best regards.
You are really too gentle. I don't consider myself a genius, and such comments kind of make me blush, because I know I don't deserve them. The point I want to get across with these videos is: we can ALL learn languages well if we know how to do it and if we have passion. All you need is a good car (method) and a lot of fuel (passion). You can go pretty much everywhere with these 2. Have a great day :-) Luca
Дорогой друг, текст, предлагаемый на этом видео уже существует на русском языке, мой русский друг перевел это для меня, но я сниму это видео сам, который будет называться "Простой способ выучить иностранные языки", только для русскоязычных друзей. Лука
@kotapaka! I think so! I've been talking to an english speaking friend from USA on skype. Actually, language learning websites are cool to find e-pal you can speaking English with in exchange of your main language. It's interesting.
Can you please explain the elementary method. You hear a sentence, repeat it, then write it down in your native language. Then the next day, you do this again with a new sentence. Then the third day, you translate the sentence you learned the first day into the language you are practicing? Then the fourth day you'd do the same to the sentence you learned on the second day...right?
You're very helpful and encouraging indeed. I started to "re-learn" Spanish with your method (in my case that almost means a start from scratch haha) and you know, I've learned much more for two weeks than I would have learned for 2 months in my university. :) Thank you, Luca!
Dear Rebecca, you can send me a PM and I will forward you the whole script. I also created a thread to the blog where this method has been presented "officially" ("further information", right side of the video). Thanks again for your enthousiasm ^^ Luca
Indeed, to learn a foreign language one needs to establish ties with the culture which is around the language that one is studying. There is no way to learn a language in a satisfactory way without absorbing some culture in the process. I love your videos, dude!
I am a polyglot to :) I speak swedish (mother tongue) English (from school) Greek, spanish, italian. But I can understand five more languages those are arabic, french, german and some farsi and some chinese :)
My method is that i build a culture around me :) listen to music, youtube clips, TV, comics and native friends :)
Much thanks from Russia! You do great work for many people. 5 stars! By the way, have you tried to do british pronunciation as good as you do american? And what do you think how difficult this pronunciations in comparing?
Luca, congratulations on your work. One language that I tnink is challenging is Brazilian Portuguese (my native language) . It is kind of different from other latin languages like italian (which I`m studying now). Have you ever tried it? Ciao
Dear friend, I recently started learning Portuguese from Portugal and made a video in it where I explain why I made this choice. Thanks for your kind words anyway :-) Luca
Luca, obrigado pela resposta. Não sei exatamente em qual vídeo você comenta sobre estar aprendendo português. É muito legal você querer aprender minha língua. Se em algum momento precisar de uma dica, é só avisar. Ciao (or as we write in Portuguese "tchau")
Hi, I'm a polyglot myself, and I speak English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese (Brazilian), German, and also studying Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean (since I'm living in Asia at the moment). The Brazilian Portuguese accent is not easy, but with constant drilling, I learned it to near native levels. My strategy has been listening and imitating audiobooks, memorizing dialogues. listening to music, and using Rosetta Stone. I love Brazilian Portuguese, and I've worked hard to learn it.
Putain je suis trop impressioné de voir que tu parles toutes ces langues sans accent !!! (je peux pas vérifier dans toutes les langues mais vu les commentaires...) J'aimerais trop savoir parler déjà les trois langues que j'apprends (anglais, italien et allemand) aussi bien que toi !!! Félicitations !!! Bravissimo !
Luca, es ist eigentlich egal, welche Sprache du sprichst, du sprichst mir zu schnell, deshalb kann ich dem nicht so gut folgen. Das Problem habe ich bei den anderen polyglots nicht.
After 1,5 Jear learning I´m between good and verry good !Am I stupid?
TheMartikaa 1 week ago
if you want to learn another language than read write and listen whit what little you might know at first . look for free resources online like youtube vids and google translate (it makes mistakes but that helps you to). go deep into the language you're trying to learn no matter how difficult it gets at first, "never give up never surrender". I speak English, Spanish, Portuguese, and am learning Dutch and will go after Catala next. nice video man keep up the good work.
WakkoXtreme 2 weeks ago
youre english is flawless almost cant belive it....io sono americano but parla calabrese
almichael29 2 weeks ago
You have never attended any language school ? If yes, didi you relay on materials that contains books and CDs or just books ?
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Thank you for your effort. I wonder if you can send me the text as I could not hear you properly. Thank youb
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8 When you do a translation and it’s quite good but still not perfect, I mean there are few words that you translate or write in a wrong way, what do you do? Do you keep rewriting only the words you’ve got problems with or you keep doing translations?DAS INTERESSIERT MICH AUCH!!Ich lerne Englisch so !
TheMartikaa 3 weeks ago
If you could recommend a short list of books for learning languages (particularly Spanish ) what would they be?
guitarmessiah95 1 month ago
you are so cute ive been studying itailan and its definately a hard road for me. everyday for 15 months i studied and studied.
Greencloud8 1 month ago
I am going to try your strategy. It sounds interesting.
AlimeProductions 1 month ago
I am on my way to start learning languages on my own. My name is Alexandra, I am 28 years old and I am Romanian. I only speak Romanian and English, but in school I studied also French and German, but my knowledge in both of them is poor. I would like to use foreign languages at work (for the time being I am in search of a job and I noticed that using fluently at least two foreign languages is required). Can you give me an advice regarding having a job using foreign languages? Mulţumesc :-)
ALEMT83 1 month ago
I love this!
Actingitout 1 month ago
This is so helpful but I have school. And my parents are not gonna buy Dutch/Italian stuff for me lol
zomgseriosuly 1 month ago
How long did it take you to master the 8 languages that you speak?
zomgseriosuly 1 month ago
You're very inspiring :)
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right now i can speak 4 languages, but they all kinda happened naturally. My mother tongue is frisian which is a regional language. second language dutch because i live in the netherlands i grew up bilingual. I learned english also naturally by watching tv and a few lessons in high school. we also had german in high school and although i'm not fluent in german i can speak it fairly well i think. at least i can understand german good enough. sometimes i try to talk to german students.
frisianmouve 2 months ago
Luca, sei Italiano???
Pissio96 3 months ago
Luca...you speak with a great American English accent! You're awesome dude. Your advice is right on the money. I'm currently studying French, German & Spanish and everything you're saying is true in regards to learning a foreign language. Keep kickin' ass!
mattfirebird 3 months ago
Its too noisy so i couldnt get anything
jdtash90 3 months ago
Wait, wait, -- is English not at least one of your first languages??
And thanks for this. :>
chibiariel 3 months ago
I hate interductions
amassi2010 4 months ago
Great work Luca. Seems you are so passionate about Thai things :)
I've came across the topic of Mind Mapping in organizing studies. Do you know this by any way. Out of your experience learning many languages can you give me a clue how I can use this in learning my French ASAP...
sivori1980 4 months ago
i loveeee your accent :)
natasjaJerjomina 4 months ago
@natasjaJerjomina - I didn't notice an accent. o_O
chibiariel 3 months ago
@chibiariel well for me it is, i dont know where heres from but hes not from uk, so its an accent for me :L
natasjaJerjomina 3 months ago
@natasjaJerjomina - Aah, yes, yes, that makes sense. He's from Italy, but his Italian accent is hardly noticeable. I'm from New England, and many people here have that accent. So, of course it would seem normal to me.
Now, I guess that was kind of arrogant of me to say earlier. I wasn't thinking... ;;;
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I put my questions on the website where you teach Thai.
I hope that's the website where I should place it.
Am I right? Since I'm a novice I'm not sure but probably I can't put the name of your website here bacuse some error occures and I can't publish my post. If I'm wrong about the website where I should put my questions please feel free to send me an e-mail at tombaryla@gmail.com. Thank you very much in advance for your time and help.
tombaryla 4 months ago
E io che facevo il figo perchè parlo italiano, inglese non perfettamente e spagnolo...
propriono 4 months ago
Some more questions from Tomek:
8 When you do a translation and it’s quite good but still not perfect, I mean there are few words that you translate or write in a wrong way, what do you do? Do you keep rewriting only the words you’ve got problems with or you keep doing translations?
9 Do you listen to the same dialogues later, I mean as additional exercises to the schedule that you’ve presented? For example after 2 months, 4 months, etc.
tombaryla 4 months ago
@tombaryla Dear Tomek, I tend to answer all the questions in my blog (you can find the link on my Youtube channel), please feel free to post them there and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Luca
poliglotta80 4 months ago
Another questions from Tomek:
5 What do you do if you finish a dialogue faster than 6 or 7 days for example in 3 days? Do you go to a new dialogue or you keep repeating the one that you’ve learnt?
6 What do you think about rewriting a dialogue of a target language before doing some translations? I think it’s quite useful if we don’t know a given language at all. But maybe I’m wrong?
7 What do you do not to mix several languages together?
tombaryla 4 months ago
Hello! My name's Tomek,I come from Poland and I'm really impressed with what you've been doing. Because about a month ago I put your method into my studying of German and a week ago also into Spanish, I would like to ask you some questions:
1 Do you study several languages at the same time?
2 Do you always study a new language using your mother tongue or you also use other languages?
3 When you study a new dialogue do you do some additional translation, I mean literal one?
tombaryla 4 months ago
How long to get to a conversational level in a language? For you and how you make that!?Wie soll man anfangen eine Sprache zu sprechen?? Nach wie viel Zeit kann man anfangen zu sprechen wenn man 1 Jahr im beispiel Sprache learnt 2 St. am Tag??
TheMartikaa 4 months ago
I reeeeeeaaally want to learn Italian, if there is anyone that can possible help me, and/or show me a website that is good. thanks!
HelloImIsabella 4 months ago
@HelloImIsabella 'm an italian guy who speaks english spanish french and a bit of portuguese. I can tell you that Italian and Spanish are the hardest languages to learn by far! Despite this, I really recommend you to start learning it, couse reaching your goal in this particular field gives you a barely imaginable satisfaction. It can spread you doors that will allow you to do many many more things, to learn other populations, ideas, mentality..thats the coolest thing you could do, trust me.
cuoreviola89 4 months ago
Is it Ok to start learning two languages at the same time?
EastOrick 5 months ago
@EastOrick well,you should learn them once,after you mastered one language,then go on the next one ;)
soccerruben1 4 months ago
do you know what his secret is learning languages?he loves them and it is a pleasure for him to do that.it's his favourite hobby.that;s the easiest way to learn a language!I can fully understand him.I am greek and i speak 8 languages included my mothertongue.keep going mate!you are doing great!I really admire you and it would be a pleasure for me to chat with you on the net.msn:pojke698@yahoo.gr,add me if you want to.see you
Greetings from Greece!
pojkes 5 months ago
@pojkes The secret is practice :) and lots of it... force urself to use the languge on a daily basis, for instance carry a handbook with you in order to readily look up words that you are curious about, focus on learning vocabulary first, dont bother with spelling and sentence structure too much in the beginning or it might over whelm you. Interacting with people that speak the language helps tremendously as well but I imagine u dont have that option :)
lmos26 5 months ago
Your accent is amazing, but if you were wondering, I noticed one slight mistake in pronounciation. at 5:27 when you pronounce the word "complicated", you should say COMplicated, with the stress on the first syllable, not the third.
I am greatly enjoying your videos, and I just subscribed!
cornbagel 5 months ago
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trikalee23 5 months ago
learning a new language as an adult has more to do with you're brain than it does with the method, as a child our brains work differently in that they learn language very fast, some people are lucky though and retain this ability into adulthood. As for learning a languages, I focus on the vocabulary much more than the grammar. I find this much more effective, but were all different.
lmos26 5 months ago
You are absolutely amazing. I have always had a desire to learn other languages but never had the discipline to actually do it. I start Spanish in the fall and will use these videos for inspiration.
Thank you.
fatchuk812 6 months ago
These are some really great tips for learning new languages! At Brainscape, we use flashcard technology to help people learn languages, but check out our video response we have posted about the importance of speaking in order to learn a language! Keep up the good work!
theEdTechInsider 7 months ago
Could you post in your website what you've said?
vitzbrito 7 months ago 3
@vitzbrito Just did :-) Luca
poliglotta80 7 months ago 3
@poliglotta80 Thank you very much! And I'm your fan, I'm starting to learn french just now. I'm studying by myself and I'm using your ideas, thank you very much you've inspired me! One day I would like to learn Italian! Eu sou do Brasil, se quiser praticar o seu português qualquer dia é só falar! Abraço Luca!
vitzbrito 7 months ago
You rock man thk you for sharing......
antuanlove 7 months ago
I learned Italian in high school was quite good at it actuallly but now I can only remember one word: frigorifero :) Shame on me
sondano 8 months ago
did you once say that english isn't your first language, if it isn't it's perfect, and that inspires me to continue with my studies
watupboy101 8 months ago
Está muy bien lo tuyo, te mando saludos desde Argentina. Pd: me quiero aventurar con el coreano y el japonés ¿Te ha interesado alguna vez aprender alguno de ellos?
missodango 8 months ago
Dear Luca.
What are the languages that you were able to speak when you were 19?
Je veux faire une comparaison. :))
Merci beaucoup.
Alan
Alanoueslati 9 months ago
I'm using a grammar book, and actually it has helped a lot. Do you think I should continue using it? I don't know if the grammar will stay inside my head.
elvein1 9 months ago
Ich glaube, viele Sprachlernende geben auf, weil sie meinen, dass sie perfekt sprechen müssen, besonders schon am Anfang. Luca, hast du eine Idee, wie man sich von diesem Gefühl des Perfektionismus befreien kann? Als Pole spreche ich schon gut Deutsch und Englisch, aber ich glaube, ich nehme das Lernen anderer Sprachen zu ernst...
JimCooper89 9 months ago
I think it's amazing that you can speak so many languages, im currently a freshman in college. Im majoring in biochemistry but i've been thinking about minoring in linguistics. As of now i speak english and i can also speak urdu... im taking arabic now... in about a year i think i'd like to start on a new on... should italian be fairly easy i have some limited spanish background. Also, WHY havent you picked up arabic? its sooo widely used. Again, this was very inspiring!
bbajjjj 9 months ago
u're super inspiring!
i'm speaking several languages little by little :)
good luck with your russian!
annavodkalegend 9 months ago
constant, natural, and pleasant. (quoting luca, minute 4：20)
=)
gpcompu001youtubable 9 months ago
do you think busuu is effective???
mandojavier17 10 months ago
Your comments are very helpful, inspiring and well-spoken. I am an American learning Chinese. In your other video I was impressed that you could speak Chinese so well after only about one year. 做得好。 你也写了那些字幕吗？Thanks again for your advice.
Jojo007407 10 months ago
Some of the viewers (like 6 or something) don't understand English :P
SaBracaSam 11 months ago
You are awesome!
hollikjoetoeb 11 months ago
I discovered that the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle has lots of resources on their website for those looking to learn German. My favorite is their daily podcast "Langsam gesprochene Nachricten," five to ten minutes of news in German spoken slowly for the foreign learner. I don't know if any other countries' broadcasters have anything similar, but I thought I'd put it out there as one example of the internet resources available to people.
docpepper75 11 months ago
do you have a facebook?
missearth2003 11 months ago
I liked your vids man, there a great inspiration. I am an american teenager trying to learn German because I just think the language is very interesting and I know alot of doors could be opened for me by being bilingual, I have one simple question, language learning is fun but sometimes I can give up on it easy due to lack of discipline, how over the years of your experience of learning languages did you keep perseverance in it all? Thanks -Andrew
andrewl5201 1 year ago 10
@andrewl5201 Thanks. The answer is simple:..my passion for languages was and is still huge. I gave this rose a lot of water, litte by little, every day. Instead of withering, I saw it flourish. I literally saw the potential of speaking many languages unfold. It brought me all sorts of beatiful things. The life I had tells me every day that I am doing something great for me. And tht's the simple truth that keeps me going on with this adventure. Give it a try and you will stay motivated. Luca
poliglotta80 1 year ago 15
@andrewl5201 Warum probierst du nicht einmahl was deutsch zu reden mit jemanden in Deutschland ueber Skype: Why not try and speak some german with someone from germany through skype.
Frankydoesitalso 11 months ago
did you learn any of these languages without actually being in the country?
3510211 1 year ago
@3510211 No, I picked up 90% of what I know by staying in Italy. I've never been to the US for example. Living in-country is a huge language learning booster, but it is not a myth that one has to go abroad if they want to learn a language well. The important thing is the friends that you see, the things that you watch and listen to,a and, ultimately, your general attitude towards learning, towards languages..and towards people .Luca
poliglotta80 1 year ago 15
What doors has knowing so many languages opened for you, Luca?
luidavinci 1 year ago
Excellent! Thank you for sharing this!
luidavinci 1 year ago
@luidavinci Thanks for all the nice comments left on my videos. If you have any specific questions, you can ask them directly on my blog the polyglodream (the thread is on my the main page of my channel) :-) Luca
poliglotta80 1 year ago
@poliglotta80 Va bene, Luca. Thank you! :)
luidavinci 1 year ago
Luca, it's heslop01 (from polyglot) - I've really been inspired your videos and it's helped me as i've not been studying my languages recently as i've not had the inspiration to do it.
Grazie per tuo video, ora, è mio missione! :D
heslop01 1 year ago
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Ciao, luca! Sono americano, ma ho studiato in Italia 2 anni fa. Volevo sapere sei fai l'interprete? Sennò, ci dovresti fare per sicuro. Parli perfettamente l'inglese. Lo parli con un accento meridionale. Sei mai stato in Texas, per caso? Fammi sapere, pezzo di pazzo!
artista227 1 year ago
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artista227 1 year ago
Ciao Luca, grazie per i consigli che mi hai dato, eh! Volevo chiederti: parli spesso del corso di tedesco della De Agostini. Cercando ne ho trovati due. Uno, l' "il tedesco per tutti" , con le frasi numerate ed i building bocks. L'altro, "il tedesco per te" più tradizionale. Tu quale hai usato?
roweritt 1 year ago
@roweritt Ciao. Adesso non sono a Roma e quindi non posso andare a controllare, ma senza (quasi) ombra di dubbio ho usato "il tedesco per tutti", il corso uscito nel 1996. 96 volumi. Sono sicuro che se cerchi da qualche parte lo trovi (su Internet forse qualcuno ce l'ha). Non so che differenza c'è fra i 2 corsi che hai citato, ma quello che ho fatto io è eccezionale. Luca
poliglotta80 1 year ago
I only realized now after reading comments that your Italian, and you speak much better than most native british or Americans. I would recommend reading about different accents and "types of English" (old English and middle English.
idwtsasoj 1 year ago
Or maybe irish
idwtsasoj 1 year ago
you're amazing! inspiring! have you picked up any languages outside of the indo-european family like finnish, quechua or lao?
kiente09 1 year ago
Wirklich klasse wie du das machst! Eu gosto de assistir todos os seus videos. Where I can find this text as a file to download? Mina sawut Petja, rediwsa no CCCP, mit zwei Jahren bin ich nach Deutschland gekommen e agora eu moro no Rio de Janeiro há nove meses e estou aprendendo portugues. Abraco meu amigo voce muito simpatíco.
lilauz 1 year ago
Another excellent theatrical language performance from Rome, Italy. Luca you are the man!! those five negative commentaries must be from those college language professors that are part of our unsuccessful language system that has been established for years leaving many fruitless and frustrated students wondering what when wrong...cheers :P
Ajax440 1 year ago 2
YOU ARE AWESOME!!!
EvaCortez 1 year ago
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i bet you cant speak Arabic xD
sadgirlsa 1 year ago
i have a question: do you use a dictionary frequently? or you first try to speak with a native and after search how to write the words? i hope you could understand what i asked =p
it's a hardly work to learn how to think in other language and to forget for a while (the) mine...i suffering with it. bye!
thales2008 1 year ago
I thought you were American the way you speak English! So, your English is unbelievably good. I am studying Russian right now and parts of it are very frustrating, but some of the stuff I learned a few weeks ago are now incredibly easy. So, I am retaining new words and am able to pronounce them a bit better. I agree that learning a new language can be difficult, but I love the Russian language and learning a new language is on my top 10 things to do list.
discjockeyfuture 1 year ago
Oh man, your accent is so funny. Don't take offense at that - It's actually really good - it's just not perfect. I'm an American, so I rarely ever hear foreigners try and speak with my accent. My point is that it allows me to see how others perceive the American accent, which is a real trip xD
But yeah, in the process of typing this comment I perused a couple of your videos. Fucking tops, dude, tops. You have my respect.
CanceledCzech 1 year ago
@CanceledCzech The way he speaks English is fine. I thought he was a native speaker of English, like me.
YouStoleMyTube 1 year ago
@YouStoleMyTube No he's right about it not being perfect. It's good though.
yurismir1 1 year ago
@yurismir1 Pretty sure I never said it was perfect.
YouStoleMyTube 1 year ago
yo i wanna speak italian. please tell me the fastest way to learn!!
sinslicer 1 year ago
Wait, so you write something down in the language you're trying to learn, then write that down in your native language, then try to re-write it in the language you're trying to learn?
CoutureBabeh 1 year ago
luca potresti aggiustare il fruscio in sottofondo??? non riesco a capire bene quello che dici nei tuoi vieo :)
salserope87 1 year ago
luca can you speak british english? lol
ladeliciosa244 1 year ago
I just started learning Italian, my native is obviously English haha. I literally just started as in last night. I hope to catch on to basic concepts in the next six months before I go and visit your wonderful Italy. I have a bit of Canadian French background from school so it may be a little smoother for me to catch on
Kaylawrites 1 year ago
@Kaylawrites canadian french is taught so poorly in school. i imagine the majority of people forget everything in 2 years
3510211 1 year ago
Asi que lo que estas diciendo es que la sumersion no es necesario pa aprender un idioma ?
Y me podrias dar una explicacion de lo que hablaba @ 5:10? gracias
converse48 1 year ago
8:45 - you (very ironically) pronounced "pronunciation" incorrectly.
Idolsofwood 1 year ago
thanks for the advice! I'm going to learn Cantonese since my dad speaks it, so he can help :p
MichelleSerenaXo 1 year ago
Luca I am really inspired. You have given me a practical tool. My native languaje is spanish, I am currently devoted to improve my french which I think is in an middle intermediate level. There are other languajes that I am interested as well. Do you think is a good idea to embark in the process of learning two languajes simultaneously. Please respond. Thank you.
badboy172009 1 year ago
@badboy172009 Thanks for the nice words. As far as your question is concerned..it really depends on a number of things. In general, I always suggest one learn a language at a time. If you really want to learn 2, try to tackle 2 very different languages, otherwise you run the risk of establishing what I called "entangled patterns" in your head (which turns into confusion). Luca
poliglotta80 1 year ago
@poliglotta80 mais alors comment faites-vous pour maintenir un bon niveau dans 8 langues differentes si vous etes occupe par l'apprentissage d'une enieme langue?
Milkiyih 1 year ago
@poliglotta80 4.
"Do you think is a good idea to embark in the process of learning two languajes simultaneously."
-Do you think it is a good idea to embark in the process of learning two languages simultaneously?
NebunLaCap 1 year ago
@badboy172009
1."My native languaje is spanish"
-My native language is Spanish,
2."improve my french which I think is in an middle intermediate level."
-improve my French, which I think is at a middle intermediate level.
3."There are other languajes that I am interested as well."
-There are other languages that I am interested in learning as well.
NebunLaCap 1 year ago
Bro I don't understand what you mean.
NebunLaCap 1 year ago
Bro I don't understand what you mean can you give examples after each tip?
NebunLaCap 1 year ago
try tamil please. its one of the hardest languages to learn with over 247 letters in the alphabet. i bet you cant do it :D
vepulan7 1 year ago
io non parlo italiano but i want to because of laura pausini! she's the best italian singer ever. it's a good thing though that she sings in spanish because i speak spanish.
ptjmwa 1 year ago
Oi Luca,
I watched your videos alot. You are one of a kind an alpha and a Beta guy.
I am a dutchmen living now in Brazil. Me and my wife and her 2 kids lived before in Holland. It is hard to speak portuguese. Having an electric engineering back ground and so flexible in the languages would be a treassure for your employer, if not you have to reconsider your employer! Anyhow, if you are coming one time to brazil, I would like to drink a beer(wine) with you here, Cheers mate,
gasgasjan 1 year ago
Luca, bist du heute Dolmetscher oder Übersetzer? Oder ist das eher ein Hobby von dir, oder beides? :)
BEBED0LLx3 1 year ago
@BEBED0LLx3 Bin weder Dolmetscher noch Übersetzer, sondern Elektro-ingenieur :-) Fremdsprachen sind nur ein Hobby :-) Luca
poliglotta80 1 year ago
interesting. I find the best way to learn is to study a lot every day
mamushi72sai5575 1 year ago
@poliglotta80 I'm going to be going to college this fall to study Spanish and Chinese. I have already taken four years of Spanish. My school didn't have a very good program, so unfortunately I'm not as far a long as what I would like to be or should be after having taken four years of the language. Watching this video helped me to feel more confident that I will be able to reach my goal of being able to speak the languages i want to. Thank you!!
Goalie9117 1 year ago
Thank you so much for posting all these wonderful videos. I want to become a polyglot, and you are an amazing inspiration to keep going! :)
ScarsonFilms 1 year ago
man you are so awesome, ive been studying spanish and russian for 2 months and everytime i get frustrated and overwhelmed with it , i come watch your videos and they really do inspire me to continue
aroberson54 1 year ago 37
@aroberson54 This is the kindest message I've received in a long time. Thanks! It feels good to be useful and inspiring for some of you out there :-D Luca
poliglotta80 1 year ago 19
Hola luca! Usa ud. tus idiomas en tu trabajo?Cuándo comienza a aprender tus idiomas? Tengo 17 y estudié espanol por tres años, y quiero aprender muchos mas! Quiero ser como tu exactamente. Me ha da mucho esperanza que es posible. Aprenderás mas? And I am an american and i am impressed with your accent
eauclairewisconsin 1 year ago
@eauclairewisconsin Hola. No, los idiomas no son mi trabajo. He empezado a aprender inglés con 10 , pero he empezado a aprenderlo de verdad solo 3 años despues. Me alegra de que te haya dado ganas de aprender más idiomas sabes? Lo considero un gran cumplido, lo de dar motivation a los demás :-). Cuidate :-) Luca
poliglotta80 1 year ago
@eauclairewisconsin Hola dejame corregir algo en tu texto se dice: "Sus Idiomas en su trabajo? Cuando empieza a aprender sus idiomas?" "quiero ser como usted exactamente o quiero ser como tu?" "Me ha dado mucha esperanza" just little details that you need to correct.
sonico73 1 year ago
your amazing man.
bettytoo2 1 year ago
Wow, you have a VERY convincing American accent, but you need to work on your voiced s's. (You pronounce "phase" like "face".) As a native speaker of Norwegian, I struggle with the same thing myself. It helps to be aware of it, though. Your Swedish is also pretty good, jeg forstår deg uten problemer ;) Keep it up!
Quifore 1 year ago
grazie
dag8876 1 year ago
ciao luca...complimenti per i tuoi linguaggi anche se posso parlare solo per italiano, inglese e piu o meno spagnolo...volevo chiederti quanto c'hai messo per imparare bene l'inglese (e per parlare bene intendo e che metodi particolari hai usato, se hai usato metodi particolari, per passare da sapere l'inglese base a parlare quasi come un native speaker (nel tuo caso con un buon accento americano)...
dag8876 1 year ago
@dag8876 Caro amico, quello che ho fatto per l'inglese come per le altre lingue l'ho detto (e scritto nel blog che trovi nel thread proprio sotto al video) qui. Di solito studio attivamente una lingua un anno e mezzo, e poi smetto di "studiarla" e comincio ad "usarla" (leggendo libri e giornali, guardando telegiornali e film, parlando con madrelingua) e la "curva di apprendimento" diventa esponenziale.
poliglotta80 1 year ago
Very good tips! Your American accent is amazingly good for someone who is not a native. I am impressed!
UniverseExpanding 1 year ago
@UniverseExpanding He's not a native? That is amazing :o
almostLiterate 1 year ago 2
which language did you find the 'easiest' to learn?. You mother tongue is Italian so Im guessing a language similar or to Italian?. I'm thinking of learning a language like Spanish or Italian but I fear that I will forget it as I live in an English speaking country and know on one who speaks a foreign language.
marcellin20a 1 year ago
我喜欢你的方法。我同意你说的话最多。
Codylangaugesblog 1 year ago
would you recommend Rosetta Stone to learn German and Russian
DJPWNSTAR 1 year ago
@DJPWNSTAR don't spend money on rosetta stone. If you can get it from a friend or from your local library then use it. Keep in mind that rosetta stone will not get you fluent in a language like they claim. you should use it alongside other methods. Rosetta Stone only teaches you how to say things in one certain context and not in all of the ways commonly used. Check out Steve Kaufmann's videos about rosetta stone. I do not recommend it.
Codylangaugesblog 1 year ago
Extremely inspirational! I am like a polyglot in the way that I love languages, however, I do not have the talent for learning that you do.
jimmihshs 1 year ago
Luca is soo cute !
Nena4511 1 year ago
Hi Luca! First of all, I wanna congratulate U! I've read about your method (Target L-> Native L => Target) and as a beginner, I have a Q about it. You thinkin' about word-2-word transl. or just a "gist"-transl.? Well, I can only translate a language into another if I've already understood it properly, can't I? But if I've really understood it properly why I have to translate it? I hope U get my point, cos my English is not so good, but I'm very interested in your opinion on this issue.
pingvin10 1 year ago
Dear friend,take a look at the right side of the video, there-s a thread to the blog of a friend of mine where the method is explained more in depth, as you request. Have a good day. Luca
poliglotta80 1 year ago
woow so nice and such an inspiration, im took a spanish course i nschool and the teacher took the fun out of it and rushed it so i got a bad mark but now i will try to learn it by myself!! btw you are so good in languages and so cuteeee :)
90mloda 1 year ago
我听说学习语言最好是在15岁之前，15岁之后人就不能完全掌握一门语言。
The critical period hypothesis states that the first few years of life is the crucial time in which an individual can acquire a first language if presented with adequate stimuli. If language input doesn't occur until after this time, the individual will never achieve a full command of language.
But in your case this hypothesis is clearly false...
keyeskey 1 year ago 2
Thanks for the comment! I think that there is no universal and commonly accepted theory. We are all different and have different goals, techniques and points of views when it comes to learning languages. Nevertheless, general and reasonable principles do exist in this regard. 对我来说，我喜欢语言，一旦我学习了一门语言，我就会尽我最大的努力去学好它 :-)卢卡
poliglotta80 1 year ago
Wow,I have never encounter any foreigner who can speak Mandarin before, let alone writing.You are amazing! Because Chinese is a character-based language,it's very different from European languages.
Thank you for the video and the good advices.Best regards.
谢谢您啦，你是我学习语言的榜样。
keyeskey 1 year ago
you are the einstein of languages, you are amazing.
i want to learn more languages, but i dont know if my brain have the capacity to learn more.
tu és um genio.
rickcaprioli 1 year ago 5
You are really too gentle. I don't consider myself a genius, and such comments kind of make me blush, because I know I don't deserve them. The point I want to get across with these videos is: we can ALL learn languages well if we know how to do it and if we have passion. All you need is a good car (method) and a lot of fuel (passion). You can go pretty much everywhere with these 2. Have a great day :-) Luca
poliglotta80 1 year ago 4
Thanks! you just gave me the inspiration to continue my French studies :D, je parle francai comonsi comosa.
hotlatinob0y 1 year ago
А можешь все то же самое сказать по русски? :) Мне будет проще?)
AnneArsen 2 years ago 2
Дорогой друг, текст, предлагаемый на этом видео уже существует на русском языке, мой русский друг перевел это для меня, но я сниму это видео сам, который будет называться "Простой способ выучить иностранные языки", только для русскоязычных друзей. Лука
poliglotta80 1 year ago
Спасибо огромное :)
AnneArsen 1 year ago
AT 9:30 what (sound something like esimal) language series does he mention? thanks
matijakasij 2 years ago
Luca is talking about Assimil. It's an excellent series in French + your chosen language.
The article he's linked to explains his method in detail (note - there are two articles, so be sure to read both).
WomenLearnThai 2 years ago 2
mille grazie luca. !
MixtecaConJaguar 2 years ago 20
Hey, Luca. How do you catch the accent patterns. I noticed you use good intonation also. You can't learn that from books!
jossx1987 2 years ago
@jossx1987 Yeah you need native speakers. You need to go to the country or find some native speakers where you are and chat with them.
kotapaka 2 years ago
@kotapaka! I think so! I've been talking to an english speaking friend from USA on skype. Actually, language learning websites are cool to find e-pal you can speaking English with in exchange of your main language. It's interesting.
jossx1987 2 years ago
Fantastic!
PandaVsBear 2 years ago
Can you please explain the elementary method. You hear a sentence, repeat it, then write it down in your native language. Then the next day, you do this again with a new sentence. Then the third day, you translate the sentence you learned the first day into the language you are practicing? Then the fourth day you'd do the same to the sentence you learned on the second day...right?
themachine91090 2 years ago
You're very helpful and encouraging indeed. I started to "re-learn" Spanish with your method (in my case that almost means a start from scratch haha) and you know, I've learned much more for two weeks than I would have learned for 2 months in my university. :) Thank you, Luca!
locasea 2 years ago 9
Thank you, Luca. This was brilliant. I've written down all your tips in a word doc. Thanks so much for your inspiration.
Rebeccadmd 2 years ago 4
Dear Rebecca, you can send me a PM and I will forward you the whole script. I also created a thread to the blog where this method has been presented "officially" ("further information", right side of the video). Thanks again for your enthousiasm ^^ Luca
poliglotta80 2 years ago
Indeed, to learn a foreign language one needs to establish ties with the culture which is around the language that one is studying. There is no way to learn a language in a satisfactory way without absorbing some culture in the process. I love your videos, dude!
davidbenschwantes 2 years ago
Thank you from America
thefrenchdrop 2 years ago 11
I am a polyglot to :) I speak swedish (mother tongue) English (from school) Greek, spanish, italian. But I can understand five more languages those are arabic, french, german and some farsi and some chinese :)
My method is that i build a culture around me :) listen to music, youtube clips, TV, comics and native friends :)
fullgubben 2 years ago
Hablo algo espanol means "I speak something Spanish", but nice try.
briyen885 2 years ago
Hablo algo espanol.
I learn little French, Portuguese(Brazilian), Japanese, Korean, Cantonese, Hebrew and Vietnamese.
I can nearly read Russian alphabets. I can read some Hebrew and Korean alphabets.
I want some great ways to learn to learn foreign languages.
dafranx 2 years ago
Much thanks from Russia! You do great work for many people. 5 stars! By the way, have you tried to do british pronunciation as good as you do american? And what do you think how difficult this pronunciations in comparing?
karambaMoscow 2 years ago 3
the british one is much harder! (i know you didn't ask, but I'm sure many people can agree with me) :)
xNicoleSx 2 years ago
Hey, tengo el desafio para ti, aprende el polaco :)
KarikoPL 2 years ago
For every language course you can pay with your mastercard , but luca's tips are priceless :)
kalacz 2 years ago 34
Luca, congratulations on your work. One language that I tnink is challenging is Brazilian Portuguese (my native language) . It is kind of different from other latin languages like italian (which I`m studying now). Have you ever tried it? Ciao
renatoscutube 2 years ago 5
Dear friend, I recently started learning Portuguese from Portugal and made a video in it where I explain why I made this choice. Thanks for your kind words anyway :-) Luca
poliglotta80 2 years ago
Luca, obrigado pela resposta. Não sei exatamente em qual vídeo você comenta sobre estar aprendendo português. É muito legal você querer aprender minha língua. Se em algum momento precisar de uma dica, é só avisar. Ciao (or as we write in Portuguese "tchau")
renatoscutube 2 years ago
Hi, I'm a polyglot myself, and I speak English, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese (Brazilian), German, and also studying Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean (since I'm living in Asia at the moment). The Brazilian Portuguese accent is not easy, but with constant drilling, I learned it to near native levels. My strategy has been listening and imitating audiobooks, memorizing dialogues. listening to music, and using Rosetta Stone. I love Brazilian Portuguese, and I've worked hard to learn it.
adiaz80 2 years ago 5
Putain je suis trop impressioné de voir que tu parles toutes ces langues sans accent !!! (je peux pas vérifier dans toutes les langues mais vu les commentaires...) J'aimerais trop savoir parler déjà les trois langues que j'apprends (anglais, italien et allemand) aussi bien que toi !!! Félicitations !!! Bravissimo !
BritishItalian 2 years ago
Merci :-)
poliglotta80 2 years ago
grande Luca
westandalone80 2 years ago 5
Im so impressed by your passion to help people
but Im not so good in listening specially your are talking a bit fast so...
please,can you type what you said in the description or in the comments
please
sooobaaad 2 years ago
Luca, es ist eigentlich egal, welche Sprache du sprichst, du sprichst mir zu schnell, deshalb kann ich dem nicht so gut folgen. Das Problem habe ich bei den anderen polyglots nicht.
Fasulye2009 2 years ago
Vielleicht können du ihn frage zu aussprechen langsamer?
Ich hab kein problem verstanden.
dalsgaard12 2 years ago
Ich finde er spricht normal
Esoparagon 2 years ago 4