Hey everyone and welcome back to my channel. I haven't made a video in Afrikaans for such a long time.
I think when I make videos in English, more people watch it compared to Afrikaans
So I don't realllyyy want to make this in Afrikaans because people say English is more accessible,
but here I am again with Afrikaans!
and it's just a quick video to say how it's going with my languages
the past week or so was Polyglot conference
or "veeltalige konferensie" if I want to speak pure Afrikaans rather
and it's super fun
This week I got a lot of language speaking practice in
I was at about 3 or 4 Hungarian practice sessions where I spoke only Hungarian for about 1 hour to 30 mins each time
There was a game we played in Spanish,
I spoke a bit of French
And I also watched some other talks, about language usage and Twitter, and about
how to learn languages that don't have lots of resources available, etc
there are tons of interesting sessions going on at the polyglo- multilingual conference.
so yeah I just wanted to say that's something that has been fun for me the past week or so
it's just like languages have been so strong around me the whole time
people who are interested in languages,
language practice sessions, it's just so fun.
I am also continung with my Hungarian and Spanish lessons.
Basically for the whole year I've been taking 1 hour of Hungarian lessons on italki each Monday
it's going really well
and I'm coming to the point where I really feel like I can communicate comfortably in the language
of course I am still far from fluent, but I feel that the language is flowing more easily
My tutor and I can start making jokes, and I just feel really positive about Hungarian
About 2-3 weeks ago I restarted taking Spanish lessons on italki
I tried one tutor and they were just okay
and then I found another tutor who has more energy, we have a lot in common, and can enjoy talking together
and that's what's important to me. Finding someone who I can connect with and enjoy talking to
I'm realizing that I learn a lot more just from listening and speaking
I rarely "study" in Spanish. I read a lot and I also listen,
but I find that most of my learning is done through listening and talking to people.
at the beginning of the year I thought I'd learn a different set of languages every 3 months
but it just so worked out that I just fell so deeply in love with Hungarian and Spanish
and basically I'm spending most of my time on those two languages.
I haven't forgotten about other languages which I'm learning like Japanese, Korean, Chinese and French
the other languages that I am not mentioning: I'm still interested but they aren't a priority right now
Right now Hungarian and Spanish are just the two languages that excite me and that I enjoy the most
And like I always say, it's just my hobby, so I can learn what I want, when I want
Something else I'm trying is to lower the expectations I have for myself
Especially for Hungarian which is a difficult language
if I set lower standards for myself, so to say,
then it's more fun for me.
I also felt like I must write everything down that I didn't understand, but now
during the conversations we have at Polyglot Conference in Hungarian,
I have some sticky notes where I write down new words just every now and then
I don't write everything down nor do I record it to listen to it
I am taking it easier, writing less down and spending more time to just listen and use the language as much as possible
That's just my quick news about Spanish and Hungarian
and that's all! I just wanted to come and say hello and sorry for not posting in such a long time
lots of things going on in my life and work is busy but I am still alive and enjoying my languages!
I hope you are too. Sending all my love and I'd love to hear how it's going with your languages. See you in the next video!