Hi, this is Lindie. Today I want to talk about
How I learn Hungarian, why I learn it,
and a bit about language learning
But I have a... idk how to say it in Hungarian
In English it's a disclaimer. My disclaimer is
I'm really a beginner
as i've only learnt Hungarian for a few months
It's a difficult language
but I don't think it's the most difficult language in the world
not the hardest on earth
lots of people say that Hungarian is the hardest language in the world
but I think maybe
Arabic or Mandarin is the hardest for some people
First, I want to talk about WHY I learn Hungarian
It's hard to answer
Cause I don't really know why
When I heard Hungarian for the first time, I thought
Hungarian is so beautiful, maybe the most beautiful in the world
I really love Hungarian music
My favorite band is Bagossy Brothers Company
I think their lyrics are really pretty
Really good
I really want to understand the lyrics
Trying to remember how to pronounce lyrics lol
One day I want to go to Hungary. I'd like to
go to Bagossy Brothers Company concert
Ah, that'd be nice. But now it's not...
I won't be able to go because of the v irus
Hopefully soon after all of this
So, why I study Hungarian
First reason. The language is really beautiful. 2 - I really like the music
And I really enjoy challenges
I think Hungarian is a good and a big challenge for myself
How I learn Hungarian
I have a Hungarian tutor
Yes. I have a tutor. Idk
My tutor is Hungarian
Because my tutor is a funny person, when I understand his jokes
I feel really good
I'm very happy
My motivation is when I understand words
I think, "wow, I am doing better today than I did yesterday"
For example yesterday
I didn't understand everything
But today I can understand
words
and I think today is good- argh
I CAN'T SPEAK!
So, I have a tutor and
I have one lesson every week
After that I try to study one or two hours a day
I really enjoy writing
and reading and listening to podcasts
My favorite podcast is Hungarian with Sziszi (Hi Sziszi!)
and
There are a few language podcasts
Like The Self Study Language Student
I don't remember more
I really listen to music every day
even if I don't understand everything, when I listen every day
I can remember words better
I have to practice speaking Hungarian
But I see this video itself as an opportunity to practice Hungarian
Sorry that my Hungarian is not good
Yet.. not yet
And every week I try to write an essay in Hungarian
Like about my favorite movie, about languages, about space
I really like space, spaceships... aliens
What are aliens?
I don't remember. I really like to write
words in Hungarian because when I write something about a topic I enjoy
like about my hobbies or design, I can concentrate well and
it's interesting
so I can learn a lot that way
Im able to learn. AAA
The last part of this video is
Which languages I speak
It's a bit hard to answer
because all languages are at different levels
not the same
For example I speak Korean quite well
as I learnt it for 11 years
but Hungarian just for a few months
so it's really hard to say how many languages I speak
as the levels aren't the same
but I think that I speak the following languages well
Korean, Japanese, maybe French
a bit of Spanish... and English and Afrikaans
and now I'm learning Hungarian and Vietnamese and Arabic (I forgot Tagalog and Chinese)
So why Chinese, Korean and Japanese?
Korean was the first self study language I did
and after that I thought that Korean has
a lot of similar languages
like Chinese and Japanese
and after that my family lived in Japan
I thought it was important to study Japanese
After that, now I live in Singapore
Singapore has lots of Chinese speakers. Singaporeans speak
Chinese sometimes. So it's important to speak Chinese
and now I want to talk a bit about my time
I don't have soo much time as my job is a designer
I'm a UI/UX designer, which means I design apps and websites
I don't have so much time so it's important to
idk how to say... make time? split my time well
so I try to do something every day
something small, like
listening to podcasts, writing, or looking at my words on Quizlet
and on weekends
I try to speak lots of French and Spanish with friends
There's a [speaking Spanish] language exchange. Idk how to say that in Hungarian
For 2 hours we practice Spanish and French on weekends
and I try to study Hungarian 1 hour a day
and in one week I have 2 lessons. Spanish and Hungarian
And of course I have a lot of apps on my phone
each languages has 1 or 2 apps
The most important advice is to do something daily, like listening to something or
writing stuff or using language apps. Beginners forget new words easily when they don't practice
Hmm, yeah
Thanks so much for watching my video
and bye!