Hello. Hi, everyone.
Welcome to our channel.
I'm Zoe.
I'm Mahya.
I'm Chinese.
I speak Chinese, of course.
English, French, Turkish, Persian,
French, German, Arabic, Arabic.
I'm Iranian
And I can speak in nine languages.
Of course, Persian is my native language
Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French,
English, Russian, Italian.
and a bit Turkish
And this is our first video together.
I'm so excited.
I think we have to say how we met each other.
Yeah, I found you because I watched your video.
I was so impressed. I was like, oh, my God.
We have six common languages.
We have to do something together. Yeah.
And magic happens, she came to Turkey
to Istanbul.
That's why I'm so excited for this video.
Yes. We need to mention that we are
still learning these languages
and we have different levels in these languages.
Some languages we just started
like my Persian, Turkish
and Turkish again.
So we hope that this video inspires you and
encourages you to go and learn your target language.
And we try to give you some tips
and tricks about language learning in this video.
So keep watching.
Let's get into the video first
so the first language: English
of course, English.
So how did you learn English?
So my mom is an English teacher.
So since I was five, she tried
so hard to teach me English.
But I was really naughty at that time.
I didn't really like to learn English, so
I would not really pay attention to that.
But when I grew up, I realized that
no matter how many languages you can speak
English is still the most important language in the world.
So I took my English classes more seriously,
and I gave some kind of self study.
And that's how I learned this beautiful language.
But you have never lived in an English speaking country.
No. Never.
How about you? No. Me too.
How did you learn English?
Actually, it's a funny story.
I'm like most of Chinese students.
We learn English at school, but we don't practice.
I have a lot of friends.
They have very high score at school
in English, but they can't even speak.
I had the same problem.
I remember five, six years ago,
I was learning French in France.
My English was horrible. I couldn't speak.
I couldn't hold a conversation like this.
So I was like, no, I really have to fix it.
I really have to do something because
English is very important as you said.
So I did something
I love to listen to BBC.
But BBC.
They really have a lot of things on
their platforms, not just radio or videos.
They have BBC learning English.
They have different kinds of content.
At that time.
I was listening to a podcast
called the Reith Lecture and this podcast
The good thing is they have transcription.
So I printed all the transcriptions
of each lecture, every morning,
I just read and check the
vocabulary and repeat with the podcast.
So it's very important to
pay attention to the accent.
I really fix word by word in English,
but even now, I still have a problem
in my English, but I'm working on it.
Yeah, that's a really great method.
And thank you so much for sharing with us.
So we will put the link of the podcast in our description
Arabic!!!
Habibi!!!
Standard Arabic or dialect?
Dialect
Which dialect?
Syrian dialect
And you?
My dialect is a mixture of Iraqi ,Levantine and Egyptian
I also want to learn the Iraqi dialect
Really?
nice
It’s a bit hard .isn’t it?
No, if you know Persian language, it will be easy for you
really?
Yes there are some common words
Why did you learn the Arabic language?
You are Chinese, why did you learn Arabic
Because my grandmother is Syrian
No, I am kidding
Because I love the Arabic language a lot.
In general, I am interested in the Middle East
and the Arabic language is very important.
I have travelled a lot to Arab countries as well
not only for the sake of the language, but also for the culture.
the culture, nice nice
and you?
I have been studying Arabic for 10 years
Like you, I also travelled to Arab countries, and there I learned Arabic.
First of all I learned standard Arabic
then I learned Libyan dialect then Tunisian dialect and then Lebanese dialect
and in Iran I studied the Iraqi dialect because in Iran there are many Iraqis
and Iranians who speak an Iraqi accent.
In Iran, we also have Iranians in southern Iran, near the borders of Iraq
you are right
they speak Arabic, they speak in Iraqi accent.
This is why when I speak Farsi, I have an Arabic accent
Really?
Yes, I'm from south of Iran
you are right
After I went to China( I am a student of economics in China)
There, I have made friends with all nationalities
Arabs they say when we see you, of course, you look Arab Arabs they say when we see you, of course, you look Arab
but we do not know where exactly you come from.
So, Arabs, please in the comments write my dialect is for which country exactly .
What do you think?
And me too, where am I from?
I am from Syria
How did you learn different dialects?
I was living in Egypt, and I learned the Egyptian dialect
and as for the Syrian dialect
because I have many Syrian and Lebanese friends in France
and I talked a lot with them
and I also love many Syrian series
and I watch many Syrian series on YouTube
other thing
there is a very nice book
what's the name ?
"Syrian Arabic Voices"
In this book, there are about 10 people
Syrian, they are all Syrians
And they talk about their stories
So there are different topics
there is a book that has audio and new words and there is translations
nice
it is great to learn the Syrian dialect
Now, Chinese
I need to change my character
Change change
Chinese Mahya
Hello everyone
can you tell everyone why you are learning Chinese and how you are learning it?
Of course, you now know that I speak different languages
At the age of 18, I discovered that I could speak four languages of the United Nations
French, Spanish, Arabic and English
Then I realized I didn't speak two other languages: Chinese and Russian.
So when I was in college I decided to study Chinese
Why?
Because Chinese is one of the most important languages in the world
So that's when I came to China to study, and then I learned Chinese in two years.
I'm already a fourth-year college student
Then I'm writing my thesis.
Wish you good luck
You know there are many friends who are learning Chinese, and everyone says Chinese is difficult
Do you have any advice
Of course, apart from Arabic, Chinese is also the most difficult language in the world
Arabic is more difficult
I think the most difficult part of Chinese is pronunciation
And the tone of voice
So I think we need to listen more and speak more
In this way we can improve our speaking skills
Then I listen to Chinese music and watch Chinese movies every day
I try to imitate Chinese people when they speak
I listen to them, oh, they speak like this
They speak like this
In the process of learning Chinese, do you have some app or podcast that you think is good
I took the HSK Level 5 last week
How was that?
It's passed!
Congratulation
I use the app "HSK online"
I think it's very good
Because they teach you all the words of HSK
From HSK Level 5 to HSK Level 6
I use this app
There are just different levels, right?
yes
Very good
Very good, everyone should download this app
Ok, we will write to our link
There is very much content
Help yourself, you are very welcome
No no dear
Help yourself
Ok
Is this Baslogh?
Baslogh
I like Baslogh very much
Yes, thank you, good appetite
Where did you learn Tarof?
from my friend
I heard this word(Tarof) a lot, what does this word mean?
In Iran, when someone offers you something
it is polite to say no at first or to reject
Then when the person insists on it for the second time take it
it is not that polite if you accept it for the very first.
We have the same thing in China
the same?
Yes, we call it "Ke qi"
Chinese people also have Tarof
In Iran, I heard the word "help yourself"
another word is "eat eat"
Because while I was in iran, I was staying with a friend's family
the mother of the family always tell me to "eat eat eat"
ok, how did you learn this language?
First, I learned with a book
the more I learn (Persian) the more I like it
exellent
There is a very good platform called "Persian Conversion"
which is very good because on this platform a girl and a boy talk about different topics
And with the Iranian accent
this is very important.
I usually listen once or twice
I mean without the transcript
then I listen to it with the transcript
because there are so many new words
I check all the new words
and then repeat with the text
very good
like this, but now my Persian is still not very good
very good
No no no
I am learning
Hello friends
Turkish
Ok, my Turkish is not good
me too
take it easy
But we are learning, we are studying
How long have you been studying Turkish?
I've been learning Turkish for almost four months
Now I live in Turkey
very good, but I don't know Turkish
Is Turkish difficult?
yes, Turkish is a bit difficult
Not easy
But I am Irianian
Persian, Arabic and Turkish are quite similar
For exemple. "Kitap" is the same in three languages
the same
Are you studying Turkish now?
yes
How?
"Istanbul A1"
and "Yedi iklim A1"
is these books in Turkish or in English?
In Turkish
Is that good?
Very good. And you? How do you learn Turkish?
At the beginning, I studied with a book
But this book is in French
Then I do language exchange with a turkish girl
we speak very often
Her name is Hilal
Hello, Hilal
What's more, I listen to a lot of Turkish songs
Do you like Turkish songs
Yes I like it
I think, Turkish, this language is very beautiful for singing
Do you know any good Youtube Channel?
Of course, there are
There is one Youtube Channel called"Easy Turkish", very good, do you know it?
No
This kind of channel, they have different languages, for exemple, "Easy French" "Easy Turkish"
This channel is very good because in every episode they talk about one topic
Do you know "Turkishle" channel
No, is it good?
yes, very good
So you are learning French
Do you think there are some very effective methods you want to share with...
I think we all agree that grammar is the most difficult part
For me, personally, masculine and fenimin are difficult
For me too, because it doesn't exist in Chinese, even in English
Even in Persian
it doesn't exist in Persian
That's why, when I was learning Persian, yes, there is no masculine and fenimin
Even in Turkish
Yes
I love it, so I use the book ''Grammaire progressive du français''.
I know this book, it's very good
So I practice and do the exercises with this book, it is really effective
It's true that grammar is very complicated but it's still important at the beginning to have a good basis in French
For me personally, especially for someone who already has an intermediate level, for example, like you
For example, in French, I listen a lot to
Because I really like radios
Est-ce que tu connais la radio qui s’appelle ‘’France Culutre’’?
There are really different topics, sometimes there are quite deep topics
Like sociological, philosophical and political topics
This is a very good way to understand the culture
Because when you learn a language, it's not just a language, it's also the cutlure
the language
it's the culture
This is the end of our video
Frankly, there is not enough time to share all the methods, all the things
Because this is the first time we've done the video together
Are you going to stay here for a week?
We have plenty of time to make more videos
In fact, I would like to make videos for each language
To really share how we learn, what resources we use, what methods we use
To really give you the information you need
This is our goal
It is to inspire you
yes, it's our objective
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