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Learning Two Languages at Once

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I’m studying French and Russian at the same time When I become fatigued with one, I return to the other and feel totally recharged The two languages play off each other really well
Comment from : @joebeamish

I'm currently learning French and Italian at the same time and so far so good
Comment from : @gerardopc1

Closemaster brDropsbrDuolingo brLingo pie brLingo playbrBabadum
Comment from : @OzkAltBldgCo-bv8tt

I'm learning Chinese and German simultaneously
Comment from : @andyhighway711

مثلا بالعربي
Comment from : @alayakini7655

Just a thought, add the lingq dictionary for language 2 So when you click on new words (in my case spanish) in linq you see your native language (english) translation and the other language (eg portuguese)
Comment from : @IceDragonASLT

Can I dedicate a week to each language? Or study them day by day?
Comment from : @Loovellyyymeee556

Thanks for the tips Best wishes 😍😍😍
Comment from : @siamakalaei1148

Totally agree I’d say get to at least a lower intermediate level in one language before you start the next one, since that steep hockey stick part is more draining, and if you were doing two by at a time you might get burnt out brAlso, when you get to a lower intermediate level I feel like you can get more out of passive immersion like watching TV or being around people who speak the language which can help you learn without studying so you have more energy for the other language
Comment from : @icysamurai1485

It’s so canadian to compare something with a hockey stick
Comment from : @rr4919

What about scamming two people at the same time Steve?
Comment from : @RidleyHolmes-sr2tw

Eso fue un excelente histórico Estoy estudiando programa y Liendo español
Comment from : @DevlogBill

我在学中文 and ima start learning French at the same time, hopefully I think I won't have any problem with the word genders since I speak brazilian-portuguese and it also has this, so wish me luck! 🥲
Comment from : @wlevy3190

thx you
Comment from : @aixzi_official

I find it very difficult to stick to 1 language I feel that I am wasting time if I'm not studying at least 2 languages The problem is that something gets put off on the back burner
Comment from : @TimMcNamara-sh2cg

what if you try to learn a language that has some similarities such as Spanish and Itallian It could be quite confusing?
Comment from : @freemeow

Thank you!
Comment from : @andrew_rogovoy_art

I think if you learn standard Arabic you don’t have to learn or spend much time o Egyptian!!! Egyptian is Arabic When you are in Egypt they will understand you and you will understand them But I wouldn’t say this about Algerian or Moroccan I am Arab and I can’t understand them😢 ( street language) officials any Arabic speaking can understand I am Arab and türk ( of course both are my mother tongue) and Speak English and some French now learning Spañol and German 😢😢😢😢😢a bit difficult because I am 67 years old😢 !! I was looking for can I learn two languages at the same time So came cross to your video THANKS A LOT ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Comment from : @serapugurlugil9214

Hi, Steve ! I´m Armando from Spain, I have a medium level of English and I have been thinking about starting to study German Do you think it is a good idea? Thankss
Comment from : @Motherloversss

Right now I am learning Chinese for business reasons and Spanish as a hobby because well, it’s fun 😅
Comment from : @mynailfairy

مشكور يا شيخ ستيف كوفمان أنا من الهند ، والآن أنا أدرس ٣ اللغات ، الاماينة، العربية والإسبانية ❤
Comment from : @hafeez_kkdv

I think the two languages should not be close, so Arabic, Egyptian Arabic and Farsi seem too close to me When I started studying Czech my rather solid Croatian started to decline because these two languages are similar and eg my vocabulary and the cases began to be muddled😢brIt's quite natural but has to be considered Now for the umpteenth time I start again with Turkish again, really different no danger of mixing these two😅 But in my experiene once I start speaking a newly acqired language all the other former acquired languages show up for example I look for a word in Czech and the Croatian term turns up or vice versa II guess it is the brains' language learning circuits lightening up🎉😂
Comment from : @squaretriangle9208

im a while into russian 2 years but just now starting to be at the point i recognize a lot of the common words but lack vocab to be fluent and grammar i want to learn hebrew the alphabet has been way more challenging than cyrillic, but i am learning is this a bad time to learn two languages
Comment from : @bobby6427

he i can teach you Arabic if you want
Comment from : @IM-ws5if

ممنون استیو عزیز
Comment from : @3DpriningI

When are you no longer a beginner?
Comment from : @maceawilder

I can say with 100 certainty that LingQ is quickly helping me with Portuguese I've been learning for about a year and 8 months (my first language I've tried learning) by myself, I might add And a lot of this time was/is learning what's good for me (in terms of how to learn) For instance if I started another language now lets say Italian I'd have an idea of how to learn faster and better But I'm still not even on the shaft of the hockey stick But LingQ is helping sooo much I love being able to see progress in 1 month I'm at 3,000 known words, with many lingQs Roughly going up 110 known words minimum a day in 1-2 hours of working at it throughout the day Really trying hard to focus on my listening comprehension because it's very lack luster Glad I discovered LingQ and can learn in a fun way 😊 It's not just forcing myself to do this or that, I'm actually ENJOYING the process now
Comment from : @gamingwithpurg3anarchy157

My mother tongue is Arabic and now Im studying English and korean at the same time my level in English is advanced I mean I know the basics of the language but I'm confused because I dont know how to balance between both of them but I have fun especially with korean
Comment from : @nabaa3891

First time here, how old are you? brHow old when you started to learn languages? brHow long on average does it take you to learn a language in order to be able to converse with someone enough to "get by" ?
Comment from : @texaslovelylady

N no
Comment from : @賴文茹-y1w

درود بر شما من سطح C1 زبان انگلیسی و A2 فرانسوی و A1 ایتالیایی هستم و ویدیوی شما برای ادامه ی مسیر به من کمک کرد سپاسگزارم :)
Comment from : @homaebrahimian2525

I started learning English years ago and stopped studying at some point, im trying to keep it alive by reading books and watching movies in English However i recently started learning French just for fun and realized that learning languages are my true passion therefore i want to learn German as well but im afraid it might influence my vocubulary in French and English in a negative way I already started mixing up some words in French and German Also, i'll start to university soon My major will be either medicine or dentistry and these are both tough majors I do not know how i'll manage to learn 2 languages actively at the same time while studying in a difficult faculty Maybe I should just postpone German until I become B2 level in French Any advices?
Comment from : @jsuisEla

MANY THANKS! VERY INSPIRING! I will try to learn Turkish and German
Comment from : @valentina_fantasy

I am learning Spanish currently I need to learn French as well, but i am afraid to learn two latin based language's together Does anyone have anything to say about this
Comment from : @noahbake9436

♥️♥️♥️
Comment from : @luisalfredowalker67

خیلی هم عالی به نظر من فارسی از سخت‌ترین زبان هاست
Comment from : @ardahridary7919

Coming from a more or less bilingual family, I've been wondering whether an adult can acquire two languages at the same time just like a child in a bilingual family I think it's possible, but you need to have regular comprehensible input in both languages
Comment from : @HingYok

@stevekaufmann How do I avoid words "leaking" from one language to another Especially when these languages are quite equal For example I found myself speaking Spanish, using the word insieme (Italian) instead of guntos (Spanish) for together
Comment from : @FrankvanMarwijk1

Just so I understand what you're saying, would you recommend learning a second language only when you've gotten past the steep stage on your first language you're learning
Comment from : @montage1926

Everyone talks about the intermediate demotivatio but I think it's many times harder to keep your motivation in the A1 early A2 levels when you really only study and don't enjoy the language, everything is hard and new, you can't use native content at all it's horrible Once you get through that you can have fun with the language and learn with less effort
Comment from : @valteacup

I'm 2 years into Hebrew and I still feel like I'm in the steep part of the hockey stick LOL
Comment from : @Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr

I would like to add that you can try learning two languages at once when one of them is very similar to your mother tongue :)
Comment from : @Kira-np1df

I totally agree I have been learning Thai for 1 1/2 years at home and it was getting a little boring, so I picked up Russian 8 months ago ( again, learning at home) and I now switch back and forth during the week and feel the enjoyment coming back into learning Thai You have to like Mr Kaufmann said, get past the initial 3- 6 - 12 months with your first language, and probably better if the languages are not too similar as may get confusing But if you tell someone that you are learning 2 languages at the same time- expect to get some weird looks
Comment from : @little_engine_goes_to_Thailand

Very intresting thank you
Comment from : @mamad3soot891

Thank you very much for this videos! It helps me a lot and I'm learning a lot with it
Comment from : @leticiabitty2061

No matter,how many languages you learn; finally you or we have to speak or write in English to Coney our message to mass Lol
Comment from : @pradeep4773

Yep I am starting a 90 day challenge in Greek and Latin in the new year
Comment from : @lj2070

I must have seen this video before, because I started to learn two languages at the same time and it was as you say
Comment from : @danyelacastro6639

Steve, you are my favourite polyglot because of your views about learning languages You give more importance on input
Comment from : @FarmanAli-mq4qq

I try to start this challenge today💪👧
Comment from : @aidagholampour100

Спасибо что добавили субтитры brСубтитрлерге Рахмет!brThanks for subtittles!
Comment from : @stephencurry8078

Спасибо за видео, хочу выучить одновременно английский и японский, не знаю как это сделать, разрываюсь между этими двумя языками, ещё изучаю react, redux, typescript brОчень сложно пока
Comment from : @stephencurry8078

Nice, enthusiastic gentlemen Very inspiring
Comment from : @iskatel39

You've mentioned a thing that's important for me I'm learning french, and I'm beginner in french, but at the same time I still learn english, and I felt like some improvents that I made was put in a passive way so I'm worried about get into french and put more vocabulary in the passive mind, which was what happens when I begin to study french My idea was to use the english material to learn french, which works quiet bit, but at the, you really need to immerse ourselfs into the language to make sure that you have some kind knowledge of the idiom What I really find interesting about it, is that I can undertand most of the french because I have many words in my vocabulary that is similar with the french, so I will keep trying to improve my english and learn french at the same time
Comment from : @renanvinicius6036

I'm learning two languages the same time 😁 Korean and English
Comment from : @um-bu3mk

Thank you everytime
Comment from : @佐藤昇-q6o

I'm working on my Chinese but I'm also in my fifth year of Spanish at school and I legitimately forgot how to say "horse" in Spanish the other day and my brain went to French and Chinese before I overheard someone say caballo
Comment from : @amandastevens1117

A big thank you for sharing this pricesless infromation StevebrI have got one question which how do polyglots practise the langauges that they now?? brfor exampl, I know 5 langauges fluently but I still have problem practising them in order to not decrease my fluency level
Comment from : @arihatimali3105

Steve, you’re awesome but your shirt is driving me crazy You’ve got two different patterns going on in the front
Comment from : @samstone1977

I tried to learn more than one language at the same time, but I found myself stretched thin and taking forever to reach my goalsbrAfter taking one language at a time, I started cruising with little to no difficulty
Comment from : @alimamulma3sum14

Amazing video!!!
Comment from : @lucianodomingues2290

I think I'm addicted now Wow!
Comment from : @DanielMejia-vz4wt

Tell me you’re Canadian without saying you’re Canadian - “Language learning is like an upside down hockey stick”
Comment from : @i_noah_guy18

Watching from Brazil I really love your channel, you can learn a lot in one single video Such a wisdom
Comment from : @danieluchoa8230

Thank you, Steve Do you believe there is a list of more important words for any language that we would learn first?
Comment from : @kazemhozhabr8372

Yes I'm a total beginner in arabic (which is a difficult language for me) and I'm missing that excitement in understanding things/ improve quickly that I cannot yet reach in arabic So I decided to also start studying french (knowing other 3 romance languages gives me a nice head start) to have that feeling of reward, dopamin rush, whatever While continuing learning arabic slowly without feeling bad for not learn fast
Comment from : @Pamela_

3:50 would you say that first ledge would be your first 10,000 words on LingQ?
Comment from : @markchavez738

Merci Steve ! I really needed to hear this because I am learning French but the Haitian Creole language is calling my name! LOL
Comment from : @foreverlearningfrench