Langfocus

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@poppypoppy98 6 минут бұрын

Generation Z are killing the Spanish language in the Philippines as they prefer to speak English now.

@user-bh8yj1hh1e 26 минут бұрын

You should compare it with Chechen or Azerbaijani 🤣

@nkdaud6099 Сағат бұрын

Was thinking if you could dive in to Indonesia’s traditional languages like javanese, sundanese, balinese, acehnese, and so on.. ? :)

@AdamBurianek92 Сағат бұрын

Iranians say something like "vale" as "yes" and it reminds me of Spanish word "vale" which means "ok", "good" 🙃 surprising connection

@Langfocus Сағат бұрын

Yeah, “yes” is “bale”.

@Studiacapta Сағат бұрын

This is so cool to see. I learned Persian to fluency as an LDS missionary, and your pace of learning is ridiculously good. Seriously. You even picked up the colloquialisms and shortcuts (like “irani” for Farsi and “eh” for “ast” lol) that beginner books don’t usually teach you, which I didn’t think would happen in two weeks. You’re absolutely killing it man😤😤💪

@Langfocus 46 минут бұрын

Thanks! If you listen to my reflection at the end, you’ll hear me talk about focusing only on what I think I’ll need for the situations I’ll be speaking in. That’s an accelerated approach that gets you far for a certain purpose, but you miss a lot along the way, and will have to fill in the gaps later. For example, I focused mainly on first person singular and second person plural/polite verb forms, because I thought those would be most important for basic conversations with strangers. I focused mainly on present tense, and a little bit on past tense. I practiced a small number of verbs I thought would come up often, and learned some auxiliaries that could help me make lots of sentences. And I learned the subjunctive present forms of verbs (ie. like “bekhoram” for “I eat”) to use with auxiliaries like “want” and “can”. Learning by diving in meant I didn’t have to learn things that are foundational but not immediately useful. It’s like the antidote to all of the weaknesses of using a textbook as a beginner. Of course it leaves you with a lot of gaps in your ability, like when Banafsheh taught me the word for “interesting”. So it’s not a smooth ride and doesn’t allow you to hold onto any ego about your ability. You get checked very quickly. It’s also worth noting that I know some Arabic, which helped a lot in terms of vocabulary.

@alexgader8769 2 сағат бұрын

Come visit us...

@Langfocus 2 сағат бұрын

Hopefully someday! I would go now if I didn't have a family and could travel more easily. Some people tell me it's dangerous, but personally I'm not scared.

@i.a.dearnley9377 2 сағат бұрын

I've been learning Welsh, my mother tongue recently! I've watched your videos on irish gaelge and celtic vs Semitic languages. A welsh video seems only fair🤣

@edgarviens 2 сағат бұрын

A big thank you! I plan to learn persian this summer.

@user-go6qw5ug5w 3 сағат бұрын

Россия как и Англия в свое время провела реформу языка. Современный русский это избавленый от огромного количества тюркизмов язык.Ломоносов и Пушкин заменили тюркизмы на греческие, красивые польские/славянские слова. Так же очарованый Европой Пётр 1 добавил в наш язык голандские/французские слова

@TomuCow 3 сағат бұрын

i was shocked when i found out you were american/canadian (forgot now) i always thought you were german or dutch

@HijaziArabic101 3 сағат бұрын

11:32 She pronounces ع here the Arabic way. Is that common in her region? 🤔

@Langfocus 2 сағат бұрын

I'm not sure. I know more Arabic than Persian, so maybe I used the Arabic ayin and she mirrored it (said it the same way) to make it easier for me to understand. She does know some Arabic so she can pronounce the ayin, but I think she studied it on her own; she didn't grow up speaking it (as far as I know).

@williambranch4283 4 сағат бұрын

A great language.

@GiulianoDiaz-cn2rd 4 сағат бұрын

Me and the other 70% of latinoamericanos viendo este video: 💀

@dipannath9319 4 сағат бұрын

I only know Bengali, Hindi and English.

@Andrew650913 4 сағат бұрын

Is the “Taiwanese” language part of the Min language? It’s another is Southern Min language.

@Andrew650913 4 сағат бұрын

Could indigenous people in Taiwan learn Indonesian, Malay or Tagalog more easily?

@Caprabone 4 сағат бұрын

I would like to learn enough Icelandic to be able to pronounce my ancestors names correctly 😂

@Bjfhdnd 5 сағат бұрын

Don’t get arrested!

@likebot. 5 сағат бұрын

Aren't Persian people so wonderful? I've never been made to feel unwelcome by an Iranian. And they make the best of pizzas too.

@Andrew650913 5 сағат бұрын

Is there any connection between Malay and Austronesian ( Malay - Polynesian)? Wow. Your video already explained the connection. I wish more people in Taiwan know about this. Very interesting!

@Farid1213 6 сағат бұрын

I think this video is pretty interesting because it really reflects what the journey to learn a language is. I've tried to learn some languages a little bit and speaking with people I said complete nonsense most of the time but people in general are really nice when you're trying to learn their language so it won't really cause any trouble to you. People from Afghanistan and Iran too are espacially kind and friendly when you try to speak with them in persian, at least that's my experience I've interacted with them during a certain amount of time and i ve never seen as kind and gentle people as they are.

@Farid1213 6 сағат бұрын

I've hung out with afghans for a long time, I'm french and I live in france, and I have to say your video about persian helped me a LOOOOOT maybe I wouldn't even have become friend with them if I hadn't known that "farsi" meant persian thanks to your video and that it was spoken in afghanistan 😅😂🇦🇫 I've learnt more in detail afterwards by speaking with them and trying to learn a little bit more thank you so much you don't realize how important you are to so many people on internet 🙏

@Langfocus 3 сағат бұрын

Thank you, Farid! I'm very glad to hear that. :)

@sheheryardanish546 7 сағат бұрын

8:10 in Western Punjab Dialects this feature is still present I did - Mai keetem and in Past sentences the helping verb gets this I did - Mai keeta ha(m) [even if there is no helping verb in English there is in W.Punjabi] I was your Friend - Asaa tere yaar haa(sy)

@AD-hj9hi 7 сағат бұрын

As a Turkish person, I really enjoyed watching the video - specially when I realized there are a lot of comon words with Turkish, which most of them are Persian loan-words, like 'hayli' meaning also 'a lot/pretty/pretty much' in Turkish. Good luck with your language learnung journey! PS: I missed those good old days when you included your sense of humor in the videos. The puppy was a great supporting charatcter - and probably a paid actor

@dimitrix7438 7 сағат бұрын

1 big/fun difference is that the word "poepen" in dutch dutch means going to the toilet and in flamish dutch it means having s*x :-) greetings from flanders

@calebediel5398 7 сағат бұрын

Good. Now what's the word for "feces"?

@hlgshm 8 сағат бұрын

Great video, thanks Paul. Greetings from Russia.

@Langfocus 3 сағат бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you like it.

@ethanbober2634 8 сағат бұрын

This is such an awesome idea and I hope to see you try out more languages! I’m inspired to do the same kind of challenge with Romanian, but I think I’ll give myself a month instead haha!

@Langfocus 3 сағат бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, 2 weeks is bonkers but it also takes me a long time to produce the video so I knew I couldn't take a month.

@Just4Kixs 8 сағат бұрын

I learned Russian and Georgian in a condensed amount of time. Started with Russian first as a native English speaker, and then moved to Georgian as a native Cebuano speaker and L2 Spanish speaker. I used media, books, and videos online to help me start out. Then used sentence mining as well and my own native languages to help me learn and put things together. I can be at an A1 level in Russian and B1 in Georgian.

@Langfocus 3 сағат бұрын

Great work! If you know of any good recourses for learning Cebuano, let me know. I have one book I bought in Philippines, but it's not very good (like most language books published there, unfortunately).

@Just4Kixs 2 сағат бұрын

@@Langfocus You are correct. Most language books from there are terrible. I've got loads of PDF written resources for you if you want for free. I'm an avid lover and tutor for Cebuano. I can get you in touch with Austronesian linguists as well.

@ElDragow 8 сағат бұрын

We still use Jij and Je in belgium. There is literally 0 difference in the way we learn to write dutch in school. All the gramatical rules are the same. It's literally the same language. The difference only comes in the way it's spoken, since the way you speak a language is influenced by your culture aswel. Because of our french side, even in flanders using french has become part of tussentaal. Instead of saying "gaat het?" or "alles goed?" both basically meaning "how are you/is everything allright?" we say "ca va?" literally french but used as part of the tussentaal way of speaking.

@liluths4601 9 сағат бұрын

You’re speaking so well after only two weeks of learning Persian. And here I am trying to speak German as fluent as possible after none continuous learning of it for almost 10 years. 🥲

@Langfocus 8 сағат бұрын

Are you an introvert and book learner? I normally am, so it’s hard to force myself to take online lessons and talk to people, but that’s where most of the improvement comes from. The studying part is much more comfortable but doesn’t translate directly into speaking skills.

@TheDougwarren1 9 сағат бұрын

You have an ever so slight lingering trans-atlantic accent that most fluent non-native speakers have. But the main reason your accent sounds slightly off is because you are inconsistent with your vowel sounds. You are trying to speak RP, but sometimes slip into short vowels ("ask"). Even when you lengthen them, though, you often still don't do it enough - hence sounding clipped, or staccato.

@mymohammad 9 сағат бұрын

Happy to see you learn persian. I followed your videos all along. At this time, when we are catching world attention by standing on the right side of history and resisting cruelty, your persian learning is a great support ❤