Can you learn two languages at the same time? | Ask Ikenna

The age old question. How many languages can I learn at once?!

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[brucewinshell]

Student-Can I go to the bathroom?
Teacher-Que?
Puedo ir al baño?

[GhostOfJulesVerne]

Learning two languages is easy. Doko está la biblioteca desu ka?

[justarandomgirllol]

1:17 • the beginner
2:53 • the forced beginner
3:44 • someone who's not starting from scratch
4:28 • people who have a lot of free time and passion

[zikrytony]

Guy looks like The Rock's relative, The Pebble

[Ben-edpe]

I'm taking french in school but teaching myself russian at home and realised how badly laungauges are taught at school.

[AzzaYCF]

Just a couple of days ago I thought to myself, “Next Ikenna upload, I must ask him to do a video on his thoughts on learning two languages simultaneously.” And here we are!

Mind reading skills on point 👌

[mohamedmecheter]

I study French, Spanish, German and Russian and I improve my English at the same time and I think that everything passible if you have the motivation.

[laurab.]

And here I am, learning French and Spanish in school at the same time (oh and English btw). I started to learn French two years ago and Spanish since this year (of school) and in the beginning I mixed up Spanish with French, just like he said. Over time it got better, but I can definitely relate

[liv]

Learning 2 romance languages at the same time now it's nice grammar wise but vocab has me freaking out IT'S TOO SIMILAR !!

[Phoenix_playlists]

“My Japanese is at an intermediate level”
Understatement of the century 😅

[AnthonyMartinezmartinez]

Forget learning, I can’t even pick one to focus on. I‘d love to visit Japan when I grow up, so Japanese would be cool to learn. But I also live in a Hispanic dominated area so maybe Spanish would be more useful, BUT DAMNIT FRENCH SOUNDS SO AMAZING!

[amandatownsend]

If you've already been studying a language for many years and are finding it hard to progress beyond basic conversation and understanding what recommendations do you have to get past this point

[imhubs]

“If you’re studying German and want to learn Japanese-“ wow that really hit home

[carolvsworld]

I needed to hear this today. I was learning French very well, studying everyday, forming phrases by my own, even thinking in French. Then I had this urge to study Japanese because I started to watch animes again and I got hyped by the language. Now it's a mess because I am a beginner in both of them and since Japanese has a completely different alphabet I was obsessed to master it and forgot French for real. It's been 4 weeks (?) that I don't touch French and I'm starting to forget stuff, but I also can't focus on Japanese either because I am no longer used to maintain a study routine like I did with French.

I came here looking for a method to study them at the same time but honestly I think I should just hold on for a while and get myself into French intermediate since French it's easier for me, and then start Japanese, maybe learn Japanese from French (like apps/textbooks/etc teaching Japanese for French speakers). Also, there's this 80/20 method that I think will be useful for not forgetting what I already learned of Japanese: I spend 80% of my time focusing in French, and only 20% on Japanese, probably revising hiragana and katakana and a little vocab and easy phrases to help me improve reading. I think it's a good plan.

Anyways, thank you Ikenna, as always keeping it real. Love your videos! Greetings from Brazil. 🇧🇷💕

[shavonnelynch]

Lmao and then you have me learning (4th)Korean, (5th)Thai and (6th)Chinese at the same time in English which is my second language. I'd say don't do it but then again having more than 1 language to learn kind of helps me personally to stay motivated because the excitement of getting one word correct in one language makes me want to do the same in the other languages. So go with what you can handle I'd say

[loredanapm]

Oh thank you! I've been studying Italian and Portuguese for a while and since my Portuguese level is higher, I mix it up whenever I'm trying to speak Italian. So I guess I'm going just to focus on my Italian from now on until I feel satisfied with my level. I love your videos! Keep on doing them! :)

[mckenziemiller]

Hola, Ikenna, este comentario probablemente estará perdido en el mar de los otros pero quería decirte algo:
Me gustó mucho este video y creo que es una buena idea. Personalmente me encantaría ver más videos cortos así donde das consejos o trucos o tal vez nos das motivación o algo así, no se 😂.
Y también quería decir: Gracias por todo me has enseñado ikenna, si no fuera por ti entonces yo no hubiera aprendido hablar español. Espero que todo salga bien con tus estudios del idioma.
Que tenga un buen día 😃

[grazielly-tepf]

I just got obsessed with the mongolian culture and then started learning their language, but then I started learning french since it's very similar to my first language, and now I REALLY want to learn arabic cuz I fell in love with it (mainly cuz of the nabateans-)

so, in conclusion, when I try to speak in french I say:

bonjour! миний m'appelle Beatriz гэдэг

[AntiqueFlop]

Tomorrow, I’m taking the B2 exam on German, the second language I’ve been learning for quite some years (first was obviously English and my mother tongue is Greek). I wanted to learn Spanish really bad, yet I was really drawn to the japanese culture and the challenge of an entirely new script and structure drew me to japanese too. I feel confident enough to start learning Spanish using your and other polyglots’ advice and techniques to progress quick and, for the first time on my own, no tutors until needed. At the same time I’ll continue to the C1 level in German and maybe one day, once my Spanish is strong enough, I’ll invest in japanese finally :)
Thank you ikenna for being an inspiration and good luck to all my fellow polyglots venturing into a new language!