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i want to learn a new language
like i want to make videos
i want to open my channel
you have to do it
don't just think about it
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you have to practice
you have try different resources to improve your skills
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first question is
from Miguel congratulations i'm currently learning spanish
and french but i hope to one day learn at least
seven languages my question is what language do you think in
and also is it possible to forget word in your native language
hmm very interesting questions to be honest i
train myself to think in different languages
when i was traveling
iran i really forced myself to only think in Farsi
it is a good way to practice the language
every day when i woke up
i just tell myself i gonna think everything describe everything
only in Farsi
if there are words
i don't know i will check directly on google
and
save it in the list
and during my studies and academic work of course
for example if i work with french
i only think in french if i read in english only in english
if i have to do my fieldwork
if i have to conduct some interviews with arabic speakers
i will prepare myself
from the morning or even
from the day before i will already train my brain
i will send a signal to my braid i will only
think in arabic
and i will speak to myself only in arabic
actually this is the best exercise to train your brain to switch
quickly from one language to another and
not to mix them
i think that's why sometimes i also dream
in different languages as well
is it possible to forget what in your native language is
yes and it happens quite often
sometimes i was just pop up in other languages automatically
and i just couldn't find the words in chinese
i still remember sometimes
while i was talking to my mom i wanted to describe something
but
i just couldn't find the world
and i just keep saying mom you know
i want to say that you know
my mom doesn't understand english she was like
i can't help you i don't know what you're gonna say
and
yes
but the worst thing is that when it comes to
academic topics is really difficult for
me to talk about academic topics in chinese
because i've learned
all the terms and expressions
even a logic in french and english
i read almost everything in french and english
and so
it will be very difficult for me to talk about these topics
in chinese
congratulations
zoe
thank you for making such valuable and passionate content oh
that's so sweet
my questions do you have a favorite language
do you think you have different personalities
in different languages
and are you interested in learning
another languages
you guys really have a lot of questions
in fact
i have a several favorite languages arabic farsi and turkish
because i'm fascinated by the middle east
i don't want to hide it
you can see the halft
the books here are all about the middle east
and i like the culture i like the people
they are very welcoming and friendly
very easy to practice language to
to communicate with people
and personalities yes when i speak for example
arabic farsi or turkish
i can find myself
very expressive a lot of hand gestures
sometimes a bit dramatic but i know it's me
it's my personality i like it
i like this vibe
but for example
when i speak german i was like
hmm who's that person i just feel a bit
weird and
french is very interesting because it's my academic language
i've learned this language
in an academic context so
it's a language i used to
do debate i used to talk about serious topic
that's why i sometimes i feel like i have this kind of
attitude i have to sell very
intellectual or smart when i speak in french
and a lot of expressions as well for example
i always say "oui et non" like yes or no
we should not generalize, we have to nuance, it's not simply like that
because you want to have more nuances in your argument
and chinese interesting because
i don't know if you guys know
i speak several chinese dialect
with my friends and family we speak
derelict from the south from my province Guangxi
Guiliu dialect
so
there's a bit dramatic style as well uh
that's why when i speak mandarin chinese i feel like very
formal for example
if one i want to greet someone in mandarin chinese
i will say um
you're like "hello, how are you doing"
even when I say "Nihao", it sounds very formal for me
uh but in my dialect for example i would just say
"what's up man"
it is completely different style
okay another question
oh it s about if i want to learn a new language
there s another friend 高甜甜
she asks hi zoe
congratulations
so proud of you i'm truly inspired by your language journey
thank you Tiantian
my questions for you are you planning to learn
more languages after the seven
which language came to your mind first
spanish because i want to travel to south america in the future
and because i like the music i mean journey is speaking
and maybe portuguese after spanish but not now
many people say oh
spanish is so easy for you because you know french
i know it's easy
the problem is i don't have time
i hope i can have forty five hours per day
but i mean "that's life"
and you guys know i'm focusing on improving my four languages
arabic persian
turkish and german
and i have to do my phd
m i'm running my youtube channel i just can't find the time um
because with my personality if i decide to learn this language
i really want to do it regularly
i really want to speak frequently in the future
i really want to have a concrete plan
even have a project in the future to use this language
for me
the number is not important i prefer to learn the language
deeply to live a bit in the country
to understand the culture to travel to communicate with people
i think this is more important for me
um i also want to learn
iraqi dialect because i want to travel to iraq
maybe other arabic dialects as well
um Kurdish i want to learn Kurdish as well
there are several kurdish, like kurmanji
i want to learn Farsi Dari
the accent in afghanistan and
pashto i want to learn pashto as well
but i mean for the future
is from instagram from david char3
what is the most difficult language
you have started and what made it so challenging
absolutely arabic
i don't even have to think about this i was desperate guys
i wanted to give up one thousand times
but thanks god i didn't
and i made it after three years
i can say this is the thing i'm most proud of
everything just so difficult in arabic
the pronunciation is difficult
because there are a lot of syllables
and south have never encountered
for example in chinese when we say HA
it's ha i'm sorry in arabic there's
other very difficult syllables as well pronunciation
as well
and the grammar was killing me
the conjugation is very complicated
and the declension
makes you can't even read properly
a text in arabic maybe after several years of a learning
this is arabic i don't even want to mention
the crazy number of vocabulary
and the irregular forms of plural plural forms
you just have to have a big huge memory
but no pain no gay
everything i have suffered while
learning arabic
makes learning other languages so easy
shariq hiba hiba
i don't know if i read your name correctly
which language is more interesting and easy to learn
Farsi when i say is easy
because i know already arabic i know arabic alphabets
i don't have a difficulty to pronounce some syllables
there are a lot of similar words
I've really gained a lot of time to memorize new words
and the grammar is just so easy compared to arabic
but the most important thing is because i love farsi
i just simply purely love this language
it's so charming and poetic
and i'm fascinated by persian culture
so it's very enjoyable for me to learn this language
so i just think everything's interesting even when i speak
farsi i just feel myself so sweet so cute i don't know why
maybe it's subjective
i don't know what's the opinion
okay next question is from instagram from
"just Noah"as well were there
ever people who criticize you for
wanting to learn other languages um
of course some people like to criticize everything
some people say why you are learning so many useless languages
english is enough
or with the ai technology in the future learning
language is a waste of time i think
you have heard
about this a lot
i just want to say
this is my personal tries i can learn whatever i want
secondly how do you know its usesless
maybe its useless for you
it doesn't mean its useless for me or for others
i use four languages in my phd research
arabic english french and german
and i got my three years scholarships because
of my language skills
it's always very highly valued in social sciences if
you speak the language after few work
i know you guys are always very curious about my
academic journey
for example the phd i'm doing the topic of my thesis is about in
the integration of the syrian refugee families
in france and in germany
i compare the integration policies of two countries
through an econographical
perspective i mean through the experience of the individuals
so it's very important for me to communicate with people
in arabic and i read most
papers in english and in english and french
sometimes in germans is still a bit difficult for my level
and maybe in the future i can read in turkish as well
because it's a very
important topic in turkey as well
back to a topic useless language
for turkish and
farsi
i plan to do research
on middle east in the future because it is my passion i love it
if i know these two languages
i will have more opportunities in the future
another thing i want to say is language itself is just a tool
it depends on
what you want to do with it and how you use it
and there's not only one standard for defining
whether something is useful
or not
not just like getting a job earning money
there are also other benefits it could be intellectual like
acquiring knowledges
breaking down stereotypes broaden in your vision
or just access to literature and poetry
or there are some social benefits as well making friends
traveling
and sometimes we don't just do things because they are useful
we can do it because they are enjoyable
one last thing
language learning is not just about
being able to speak the language
which may be replaced by the technology
it's rather about the
process the whole process of learning one thing
self discipline
motivation and concentration
it's more about
how to make a plan
how to manage your expectations
how to deal with obstacles and plateaus
how to deal with criticism from others
and how to know yourself better
those things are very important in our life
okay one last question for Esta she say
congratulations zoe you did it so quickly
so there's no surprise
give him how talented you are thank you Esta
what country would you like to live in permanently
very interesting question
i have traveled quite a lot of countries
there are two countries i really like one is turkey
another one is iram
there's another country i've never been to
but i really have a feeling of belonging to its syria i know
it sounds a bit weird
maybe it's because of the language
because i speak syrian dialect
maybe it's because of my research
because my my friends as well
i like countries win an ancient civilizations
thought of the history through his language is architecture
his customs his arts
and good vote that's very important i'm super foody
and a country like
turkey for example
like istanbul
has a very modern and europeanian side
i find this kind of a mixture very fascinating
that's why every time when i
go to Istanbul
I am Turkish
and the most important thing is people
these are three countries
really have a culture of hospitality it's very easy to
meet people to make friends
but i don't want to generalize i don't want to generalize it
is only based on my personal experience
of course it could be different depending on your personality
your nationality
your gender and i mean a lot of factors
it's still very difficult for me to say which
country i want to live permenantly because at the moment
i prefer a more
normandic lifestyle i mean to live between different cultures
different countries
practicing languages
and i'm still learning maybe it will change in the future
but at the moment this is the lifestyle i prefer
okay this is almost the end of the video that i know i know
there are still a lot of good questions
some questions are so good they deserve to be made into
new videos
like how do i organize my tie how do i avoid procrastinating
how do i balance
work study in life i think they are all very important
and these are great idea for new videos
maybe you can see more details in your future videos
and many friends ask me about the resource to learn
different languages
if you are learning arabic
you can check out this video
check out the descriptions
and chinese you can check this video and for other languages
i will publish the resources i use to learn different languages
on instagram and community in the following day
so just be patient
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