Steve, I really like your channel and have learned a lot from it. Thank you very much! You said that the best way to expand your vocabulary is to listen and read more. But I have a question, can I remember the spelling of the words I recognize through extensive listening and reading? I mean, can I accurately write these words when I'm about to write an article?🙏

Hello Steve Kauffman I'm from Turkestan in Kazakhstan i can speak 6 languages Uzbek Kazakh Turkish Russian English and French.Among these languages Uzbek is my native language Kazakh is my state language Russian is my official language English French and Turkish are my foreign languages.İ took English and Russian course in tutor school i studied Kazakh at school but İ studied Turkish and French at home on my own.

Linguists' opinions on Turkish Grammar Prof. David Cuthell : “I know many foreign languages. Among these languages, Turkish is such a different language that it is as if a hundred high mathematics professors came together to create Turkish. A dozen words are produced from one root. Turkish is such a language that it is a language of emotion, thought, logic and philosophy in itself.” ------------------- Max Müller “Even reading a Turkish grammar is a real pleasure, even if he hasn’t had the slightest desire to speak and write Turkish. Those who hear the skillful style in the mods, the compliance with the rules that dominate all the shots, the transparency seen throughout the productions, the marvelous power of the human intelligence that shines in the language will not fail to be amazed. This is such a grammar that we can watch the inner formations of thought in it, just as we can watch the formation of honeycombs in a crystal… The grammatical rules of the Turkish language are so orderly and flawless that a committee of linguists, an academy, approves this language. It is possible to think that it is a language made with consciousness. ----------------------------- Prof. Dr. Johan Vandewalle;, now I have learned about 50 languages ​​. After learning languages ​​with very different systems, the language that I still admire the most, the language that I find most logical and mathematical is Turkish.” johan Vandewalle (The text is written by him. It is written by him in Turkish.) “…I think that a native Turkish speaker thinks in short sentences, and when speaking, he builds complex structures by connecting these short sentences in various ways. This "tendency to connect sentences" can be weak in some speakers, and strong in others, almost to the extent of a disease. The linguistic structures that emerged in this last situation reflect the superior possibilities of the human mind in the best way. Although I have studied many languages ​​belonging to different language groups, I can say that I have never come across a structure that fascinates me as much as complex sentence structures in Turkish. If you let me be a little sentimental, I sometimes say to myself, “I wish Chomsky had learned Turkish when he was younger too…”. I'm sure then modern linguistics would have been shaped according to Turkish, not English…” ------------------ *Receiving the Babylonian World Award, Belgium's Ghent University Center for Eastern Languages and Cultures, Dr. Johann Van De Walle explains why he is interested in Turkish today: “Turkish can be learned in a very short time. The rules in chess are logical, simple and few in number. Even a seven-year-old can learn to play chess. Despite this convenience, the person playing chess does not get bored throughout his life. The game possibilities are endless. It is a very magical feature that the same situation exists in the Turkish grammar system. Turkish grammar is a language that has a regular and unexceptional character almost as much as mathematics. -------------- Paul Roux: "Turkish is a mathematical language full of thought and intellect." *Moliere: "Turkish is language to be admired; you can express a great deal by a few words." *French Turcologist Jean Deny : "The Turkish language suggests that it was formed as a result of the consultation and discussion of an elite committee of scholars. Turkish verbs have such a peculiarity that they cannot be found in any of the Arian languages. This feature is the power to form new words with affixes”. Jean Deny *Herbert W. Duda:“Turkish, which expresses all thoughts and feelings in the most perfect way, has such a rich vocabulary that everyone admires this language and accepts it as the most perfect scientific language.'”. *Herbert Jansky: “Turkish language is an extremely rich and easy-to-understand, easy-to-learn scientific language in terms of vocabulary, phonetics, orthography, syntax and vocabulary.” ************* page 257 in book (The Science of Language by Max Müller in 1861) It is a real pleasure to read a Turkish grammar, even though one may have no wish to acquire it practically. The ingenious manner in which the numerous grammatical forms are brought out, the regularity which pervades the system of declension and conjugation, the transparency and intelligibility of the whole structure, must strike all who have a sense of that wonderful power of the human mind which has displayed itself in language. Given so small a number of graphic and demonstrative roots as would hardly suffice to express the commonest wants of human beings, to produce an instrument that shall render the faintest shades of feeling and thought;-given a vague infinitive or a stern imperative, to derive from it such moods as an optative or subjunctive, and tenses as an aorist or paulo-post future;-given incoherent utterances, to arrange them into a system where all is uniform and regular, all combined and harmonious;-such is the work of the human mind which we see realized in “language.” But in most languages nothing of this early process remains visible. They stand before us like solid rocks, and the microscope of the philologist alone can reveal the remains of organic life with which they are built up. In the grammar of the Turkic languages, on the contrary, we have before us a language of perfectly transparent structure, and a grammar the inner workings of which we can study, as if watching the building of cells in a crystal bee-hive. An eminent orientalist remarked “we might imagine Turkish to be the result of the deliberations of some eminent society of learned men;” but no such society could have devised what the mind of man produced, left to itself in the steppes, and guided only by its innate laws, or by an instinctive power as wonderful as any within the realm of nature. *page 260 (264 in pdf). there is one feature so peculiar to the Turkish verb, that no analogy can be found in any of the Aryan languages-the power of producing new verbal bases by the mere addition of certain letters, which give to every verb a negative, or causative, or reflexive, or reciprocal meaning Sev-mek, for instance, as a simple root, means to love. By adding in, we obtain a reflexive verb, sev-in-mek, which means to love oneself, or rather, to rejoice, to be happy. This may now be conjugated through all moods and tenses, sevin being in every respect equal to a new root. By adding ish we form a reciprocal verb, sev-iş-mek, to love one another. To each of these three forms a causative sense may be imparted by the addition of the syllable dir. Thus, I. sev-mek, to love, becomes IV. sev-dir-mek, to cause to love. II. sev-in-mek, to rejoice, becomes V. sev-in-dir-mek, to cause to rejoice.

I listened to the video so how did she learn these languages unless I missed it

@@liambyrne591listening to the language and repeating is how people gain language KZfaq has many videos to learn languages and by using basic then using translators you could improve yourself

LoLxD

🤪😜👌

100% US-American.

In fairness, the continental US alone is large enough to span from Ireland to Syria north to south and from Spain to Russia west to east. I have lived in another country and visited many more and let me tell you, most people only speak their native language.

I'm an American who knows three or more languages. I only went to community college and the only thing I passed was the party. Point taken though. On my travels, Switzerland impressed me the most with the average person being so multilingual.

can you believe it . i can not.

Do you believe that this woman was 18 years old xd When we profoundly examine his face and skin you have to understand that she is far away to be 18 xd, his appearance seems at least early of 30's

​@@mustafaatalay212 most people say they know 7 languages . Just one language to be mastered may take more than 17 years 😂 .

@@mustafaatalay212i know her, she actually is 18(now 19). yall are just too jealous and insecure to think that she is 30 lmao💀

@@mozztek You are enough liar to say that you know this woman xd , pfff, I just put forward my opinion, did it disturb you ? Also, can you believe that to reach advanced level (so called advanced) is possible within 1 2 year ? Language journey lasts life time. So all of my suggestion to you that dont believe everthing before to see concrete evidence. If you have read up to here thanks for your time 😘.

If you do the same job every day, no one can do it better than you.

Comme une française native*

Especially when you know Turks often do not speak many foreign languages unless they lived in other countries. By the way, this is not a criticism of Turks as Turkey is a country that has never been colonized so in a way, Turks are similar to Brits and French who struggle learning foreign languages.

Dream big.

Hello, I saw this video by chance on KZfaq and came across your comment. As a person who's lived in Toronto, Canada for many years and completed my education there, and has worked as a cabin crew member at Turkish Airlines to have such different experiences after returning to Turkey, I can say this: give it a try, but before that you better think and search about working conditions, otherwise it might be kinda disappointing for you after a while you start working. You also should research the negative aspects as much as you investigate the positive aspects. Also, never give up on studying about different languages n improving your English. In many fields, you'll absolutely need it. Wish you the best luck 🤞🏻

Tebrikler. Bir Türk olarak seninle gurur duydum. ❤🎉

She could be a great future ambassador for Turkiye.

As there is only one polyglot in Turkiye. Quelle ideé si folle.

Bu Yorumla amacın gerçekten sadece Steve’i övmek mi?

Yes, she's great, and transitioning between languages is particularly hard, even if you're good at each language. She does very well!

So true. 🎩🎩🎩Off to her.

She made a mistake in Arabic..but of course she is amazing

❤ Oh ghosh ! Elle est formidable ! 🙏

​@@mohammadhalima8444قالت انها غير جيدة في اللغة العربية وانها تدرسها فقط في المدرسة

She's not at a giga chad level yet.

and the one legally called Language Simp when you are going to learn Türkçe amk?

You should be his next guess.

Im looking forward to the day Albanian would be available at Lingq.

When will you be interviewed by the legend young master?

она уникум, не просто молодец, все эти языки она знает в 18 лет, сложно сказать на каком уровне, но тем не менее.

Very true! Sadly though in the US we rarely learn other languages. That's what I admire about other countries! They realize the value and importance of speaking multiple languages. Even just one extra language to your native one is an accomplishment and so very useful! Anyway love your comment, very beautiful 😊

@@AubzCelliTürkçe bir Atasözü bize: “Bir Lisan Bir İnsan” der. Yani İclal bünyesinde birkaç insanı barındırıyor😊

Thank you for the summary!

Thank you for summarizing!

Thank you!

Did you use chat gpt to summarize?

She forgot the nature talent. Each person has his own ability.she can but we can not

انا ايضا عربي مهتم بتعلم اللغات اعطيني الطريقة اللتي تعلمتي بها

@@dz-zw3fm I'm not sure whether this question is for me or iclal 😂😂

@@dz-zw3fm pimsleur method is the best because it teaches native way. and it has lots of language options. and the best thing is you can speak everything in the lesson after each lesson . you learn 1 lesson per day. you can speak daily basic level language in a month. another good method but this teaches only english "Effortless English" another good method is reading stories. and lingq mini stories is good for it

@@PimsleurTurkishLessons thank you i will try this method ♥♥♥🌹

Work professionally in many languages is wonderful , What is your profession ?

Me rating her skills: - English: B2/C1. Strangely enough. She doesn't natural in this language. - French: C1. Great but she needs some immersion. - Russian: C1. Technically impressive. - Italian: B2. - Arabic. B2 but she needs to learn one or two dialects. - Spanish: B1. She obviously doesn't care. - German: A2/B1. Her accent is good but that's it.

У неё не турецкий, а американский акцент. Азербайджанцы и другие тюркоязычные говорят по русски совсем по другому

@@Big-guy1981 it can be considered normal for someone who is born as a monolingual and has learned all of these skills within the borders of her own country without any support to not be able to achieve naturalness even if she speaks well enough because no matter how well you speak, you are still calculating in your brain and you don’t fully possess the spirit of that language. She didn’t acquire this skill, she learned it.

@@Big-guy1981you cannot assign these levels just from this interview mr amazing. Since for one you do not know these languages at native level so who are you to even try to judge? 😂 Remote jealously is a weird thing.

She dont have to learn arabic

Did she say how many hours she learns and practices each week? I don’t think I caught that bit of info. Most people only at best have an hour or two each day they can commit to acquiring a new language. She must have a significant amount of free time in order to accomplish such a feat. I can’t imagine it has been otherwise. Good for her though. Her accomplishment is impressive.

Ja hallo kannst du mir helfen das ich meine deutsche Aussprache deutlich verbessern kann ?

Ameen

I agree that she is vague on the exact process she uses to get to A2/B1. She says that she starts with "the basics", which seems to include mastering grammar ( She mentions tenses and prounouns.) I really would like to know more detail about what she uses to master these basics. (grammer books?) She also doesn't talk all that much about vocabulary mastery, which clearly must be part of the "basics" to some extent. She is remarkable, but one would like to know how she does it. Perhaps this can help us understand her process: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJ2TjKyZ1b-ndaM.html and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/lbSSdJqXsa_bmp8.html

Hello, I'm Turkish, when I saw the videos of this girl, I wondered how she could do it in such a short time. I asked him on his channel. She gave very vague answers. He continued to give the same vague answers when other people asked the same question. It made me feel as if he didn't want to share his method with people. I hope I'm wrong.

@@placebo8256 Because there is no specific method other than studying like a nerd. She first studies grammar books as if she tries to pass an exam.

That's the only way you can do it! 🤗

Yes, that’s the trick to pronounce different sounds in different languages.

Да, это основное.

¿Por qué me atacas de ese modo?

Cierto, pero la procrastinación disfrazada de "progreso" nos gana a veces

@@janklow6742 A mi me pasó, solía ver muchos videos de estos temas, tanto en español como en inglés, pero un señor que pasó por lo mismo y perdió mucho tiempo viendo info sobre "como aprender X idioma", me abrió los ojos, hoy día él domina el japonés y varios idiomas más, y me ha dado excelentes consejos.

@@belmont6086y por qué no sigues esos consejos en lugar de estar aquí viendo videos de políglotas 🤭

Turkmusun

There are millions in İstanbul. It is not about istanbul, its about the girl Herself, her effort. Ordinary Turkish people cannot speak any foreign language, even an easiest English daily conversation of A1 level. We (as Turks) have a profound problem of learning language as a nation. She is one of the brillant stars of young Turks. So, maybe you should Just appreciate Iclal herself and her effort.

I also dream of living in Istanbul. At least live there for 1 year to practice my Turkish.

@@leroisoleil97 we are a very hospitable nation and would like to help anyone who wanna learn Türkish language🌷 when you come, be careful about istanbul because it is a metropol and very crowded with any kinda nation and people. A turkish muslim philosoph Rumi says: come whoever you are, come, come again!

@@mutluumutlu Thank you very much!😊 Turkey is a wonderful country with amazing people. That's what everyone who was there says. My brother and nephews studied there. As for me, I hope that one day I can visit your beautiful country and get to know your culture, traditions and Turkish language better. Yes, and of course Turkish cuisine! 😋

True words my friend! Wonderful advice. Even where I am in Phoenix there should be loads of different meet ups for different cultures and languages. I am going to start looking now! Never really thought of that before. Thanks for the advice. Also I love your username!

ну да, если ты не собираешься становиться орком, то русский тебе совершенно ни к чему😉. Пустая трата времени...

Why do we think that Russian is superfluous.

​@@TadParker she said she likes to communicate with people from Russian speaking countries. That of course includes Ukraine.

@@TadParker objectively speaking, Russian is in top 10 most spoken languages on the planet and one of the official UN languages so it's quite useful, although not as useful as French or Spanish. Still the most useful slavic language by far.

@@MrOnion-js1ls Yes, you are right. All residents of the former Soviet republics speak Russian. We are all bilingual, except Russians. We know at least 2 languages - native and Russian. Plus foreign languages, if desired. Therefore, if you know Russian and travel around the CIS, there will be no problems with communication.

Amazing? No. Solid? Yes. Her French and her Arabic are great. The rest is good but not top notch.

​@@Big-guy1981 for a self-taught 18-19 years old, it's amazing

@@Big-guy1981waiting for your amazing video.

Her Spanish isn’t the best but if she continues practicing she could get a better level

​@@Big-guy1981I think you are projecting on your personal abilities. Her Arabic is not amazing, but I admire her talent and self learning, also she still has few years of experience, she will be better over time

تعلم لغة ثم بعدها تعلم أخرى بهذه الطريقة ستشتت نفسك وسوف تمل بسرعة ولن تكمل