How do polyglots learn so many languages and not mix them up?

Luca and I hang out and answer some questions you sent in on Twitter & Instagram - from whether or not languages change the way we think to what the hardest language to learn is - we had a great talk!

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:36 How to avoid mixing languages
7:31 How languages change the way we think and process info
13:24 What's the hardest language to learn?
18:18 Which languages benefit us the most?
20:36 Turning reading and writing into aural comprehension
24:36 Does handwriting work to fix things in your longterm memory?
29:10 Methods that weren't effective & what we changed
32:22 When did we hear about each other and meet?
36:29 Should you focus on one accent in a language?
38:39 [French] How do you choose languages to learn?
41:06 [Dutch/Afrikaans] Why is it so hard to speak a language?

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[MsNewyorkstar]

Best advice ever is to put short phrases instead of just words on flash cards! I watched this video and started doing it that way in the past month and it has transformed my studying.

[igdixkv]

Me trying to learn Japanese:
My brain: の

[etiennebichon]

As a Frenchman, I'm totally impressed by the French from Luca. This is purely native level, it's ridiculous

[Meyra_]

Oh what a lively chat, brings life into my language learning dormant desire. Been slacking off and my Turkish is going down in flames.. was nice to hear you guys talk about the syntax of Japanese Korean Turkish and the challenges we face on them.. actually all was interesting! Those 45min just flew by. Thank you!

[jnnschnll]

As a German I could understand quite a bit of both, Afrikaans and Dutch.

[lillyflwr]

I would love to see a multi-language chat!!

[MariaTheMillennial]

Ik was zo verbaasd over jullie Nederlands en Afrikaans. Erg mooi om te horen hoe jullie in deze talen praten en elkaar ook verstaan. Maar ook dat Luca zo goed Nederlands heeft geleerd en nog steeds herinnert( ook al heeft hij het lang niet gesproken). Zo zo de gehele video was leuk! Veel geleerd weer van jullie, zo als altijd :) ありがとうございます❣

[chillthais]

Omg the language switching part was amazing, really interesting to see!!! Please, do it more in other interviews, Lindie, it was SO fun!!!

[methoxyll]

Some of the most authentic polyglots! Thanks for the advice

[dorapetrovic]

Thank you both for sharing your thoughts and experiences, especially in such a non-pressuring, non-judgmental and overall positive tone. It’s always a pleasure to hear you discuss certain aspects of language learning in such depth.

[jesuisbenoit]

You guys are awesome. Luca's smile is soooo charming.

[igorgodfig]

Great conversation! I was surprised to see you guys talking using Afrikaans/Dutch!! I am learning my 3rd language now which is Dutch, and I am using English to learn Dutch as Lindie does. My native language is Portuguese. Also great to see Luca speaking in Dutch and I could get everything! Goed gedaan jongens! Geweldig!

[sarahenglish]

I've been watching Luca's videos for years, and I've always appreciated his advice. Thank you, Lindie and Luca.

[plumhead]

Multi language chat would be so AWESOME! Great job, both!

[PetraStaal]

I am liking this video before finishing it, because I know it's going to be good.

Edit. Oh my god! I loved the Dutch and Afrikaans part. I can tell Luca's grammar in Dutch isn't as good as it used to be but his pronunciation is still excellent!
Thank you. This made my day!

[timothydouglas]

Reading and listening at the same time: excellent advice! Maybe this is why using YouTube videos with subtitles has helped me so much recently

[ChrisBadges]

Thank you for this excellent conversation, Luca and Lindie! And thank you for the Afrikaans part, Lindie! It motivated me so much! What an ingenious idea to talk about language learning in the actual languages: A listening training with our favourite topics and speakers! About 30:00 Well, knowing Lindie from her videos and how tastefully she designs things, the flashcards must have looked really great on paper, so they were probably indeed time-consuming. I have never seen anything that you have written that didn't look great, Lindie, great inspiration!

[KMMOS]

What a wonderful, lovely, and inspiring video! Two snapshots in a photo locket ...
I am a recently monoglot American learning Mexican Spanish and starting German.
I started with Pimsleur for pronunciation; I'll follow with Assimil for bidirectional work.
Luca's French fluency is tempting me to add French to my Thanksgiving dinner platter.
Thank you for the practical comments about handwriting and notebook maintenance.

[rosanna]

A crossover episode! My two favourite polyglots (✯◡✯) I'm currently struggling with Polish and Japanese but this helped me and inspired me so much, ty ♡

[minjosof]

Wow I love when you guys do videos multiple languages! C'est vraiment cool surtout quand on entend une langue qu'on connaît ^^