Comments on: How Do I Learn 500 Languages At Once?! http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once You don't learn a language, you get used to it. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:27:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ライトニング http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-171573 ライトニング Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:34:44 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-171573 皆の日本語は下手糞なんだから 皆の日本語は下手糞なんだから

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]]> By: Romuś http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-95313 Romuś Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:29:05 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-95313 I didn't mean to put L1 in the second example, I was writing in haste and so a mistake occured :/ Oh, and the third good thing it does is making you capable to find a more accurate translation in 3 other languages than in one. You can translate one, say Korean item to Japanese, another to Spanish (e.g. couse it gives a better 'feeling' of the word). Plus it urges you to focus (I guess), couse you don't know what will be another card's language. I didn’t mean to put L1 in the second example, I was writing in haste and so a mistake occured :/

Oh, and the third good thing it does is making you capable to find a more accurate translation in 3 other languages than in one. You can translate one, say Korean item to Japanese, another to Spanish (e.g. couse it gives a better ‘feeling’ of the word). Plus it urges you to focus (I guess), couse you don’t know what will be another card’s language.

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]]> By: ライトニング http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-95208 ライトニング Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:25:18 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-95208 "and L1->L2 sentences" I meant L1->L1. Oops :P “and L1->L2 sentences”

I meant L1->L1. Oops :P

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]]> By: ライトニング http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-95206 ライトニング Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:24:14 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-95206 Except for the L1 Part. I do not think your L1 will expand after a certain age (Because you know most of it). Only way i think you can expand your L1 is to use L1->L1 dictionary and L1->L2 sentences. Though when you learn new words (atleast for me) a definition is fine and sentences are not necessary (L1->l1 Sentences) Except for the L1 Part. I do not think your L1 will expand after a certain age (Because you know most of it). Only way i think you can expand your L1 is to use L1->L1 dictionary and L1->L2 sentences. Though when you learn new words (atleast for me) a definition is fine and sentences are not necessary (L1->l1 Sentences)

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]]> By: Romuś http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-95193 Romuś Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:50:19 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-95193 Dunno if someone haven't mentioned it already, but this just popped up in my brain: using ALL foreing languages to learn a new one. Two good thigs it does - reinforcing former languages and widening available resources. So not L1=>L2=>L3=>Ln(Language now learning) but L1+L2+L3=>Ln Dunno if someone haven’t mentioned it already, but this just popped up in my brain:
using ALL foreing languages to learn a new one. Two good thigs it does – reinforcing former languages and widening available resources. So not L1=>L2=>L3=>Ln(Language now learning) but L1+L2+L3=>Ln

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]]> By: Tyler http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-86669 Tyler Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:53:47 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-86669 I completely agree. You'll find Stu Jay Raj, speaker of up to 14 languages, and reader of up to 17, say something along the lines of: "The difference of each language work off of eachother." I completely agree. You’ll find Stu Jay Raj, speaker of up to 14 languages, and reader of up to 17, say something along the lines of: “The difference of each language work off of eachother.”

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]]> By: Le Canadien errant http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-86596 Le Canadien errant Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:09:21 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-86596 Learning to understand many languages (at the same time or not) is more realistic. If you don't speak every language you've studied that doesn't mean you wasted your time. Just being able to understand people can really help you in many situations. And why polyglots don't get rich? It's quite simple: they don't have the time. Language learning is simply too much time consuming. Learning to understand many languages (at the same time or not) is more realistic. If you don’t speak every language you’ve studied that doesn’t mean you wasted your time. Just being able to understand people can really help you in many situations. And why polyglots don’t get rich? It’s quite simple: they don’t have the time. Language learning is simply too much time consuming.

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]]> By: Jetty http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-85425 Jetty Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:40:53 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-85425 日本語で書ける人はAjattをもう読んでないみたい。もう上達したんだから:D 日本語で書ける人はAjattをもう読んでないみたい。もう上達したんだから:D

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]]> By: akira117 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-31210 akira117 Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:22:49 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-31210 "10 days from now, so I need your advice on how to get my skills up really fast” Don't tell him about the language brain implant that is in development at Roswell that is top secret stuff. “10 days from now, so I need your advice on how to get my skills up really fast”

Don’t tell him about the language brain implant that is in development at Roswell that is top secret stuff.

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]]> By: Russ Msr http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-31208 Russ Msr Sat, 09 Jan 2010 20:04:00 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-31208 by the inch its a CINCH by the yard its HARD by the mile its a TRIAL by the inch its a CINCH
by the yard its HARD
by the mile its a TRIAL

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]]> By: Davis http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-30028 Davis Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:48:00 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-30028 This is a rather strict filter.... my previously blanked out word was a rather common word that denotes male/female. It does have several crude meanings, but really? How can we talk about languages when there are MANY that conjugate at least verbs using maleness/femaleness This is a rather strict filter…. my previously blanked out word was a rather common word that denotes male/female. It does have several crude meanings, but really? How can we talk about languages when there are MANY that conjugate at least verbs using maleness/femaleness

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]]> By: Davis http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-30025 Davis Tue, 22 Dec 2009 05:38:54 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-30025 As someone who did learn two languages at once (French, Spanish) I have to say that time's the only answer. Here in Canada, French Immersion is a class option where all your courses except English Language Arts are in French from Kindergarten through Grade 9, at which point courses are offered in French, yet you only need to take French Language Arts and one additional in French.At the same time, I was learning Spanish (yes, a very similar language) through our school classes and at home. Note: French Immersion programs kinda suck, though, because the only French you hear except the teacher's is a fellow intermediate/novice in the lower grades and you're bound to have several misconceptions about a word's meaning and grammar when you come out of one of them. One thing that most of my classes didn't shake till grade 10ish was how you chose "ma/mon"; most of us would transfer our sex upon them! As someone who did learn two languages at once (French, Spanish) I have to say that time’s the only answer. Here in Canada, French Immersion is a class option where all your courses except English Language Arts are in French from Kindergarten through Grade 9, at which point courses are offered in French, yet you only need to take French Language Arts and one additional in French.At the same time, I was learning Spanish (yes, a very similar language) through our school classes and at home.

Note: French Immersion programs kinda suck, though, because the only French you hear except the teacher’s is a fellow intermediate/novice in the lower grades and you’re bound to have several misconceptions about a word’s meaning and grammar when you come out of one of them. One thing that most of my classes didn’t shake till grade 10ish was how you chose “ma/mon”; most of us would transfer our *** upon them!

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Surely One Could Learn Multiple Languages At Once? http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-29930 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Surely One Could Learn Multiple Languages At Once? Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:01:05 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-29930 [...] got this really cool comment in response to this article where I urged people to calm down and focus on one language at a [...] [...] got this really cool comment in response to this article where I urged people to calm down and focus on one language at a [...]

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]]> By: Jimbo http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-29877 Jimbo Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:17:10 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-29877 Surely, if a child can be raised natively in three languages, it would be just as possible and in fact easier as an adult to do the same thing? Surely one could simultaneously learn, say, Japanese, Chinese and...I dunno, French? Why just one at a time? Surely, if a child can be raised natively in three languages, it would be just as possible and in fact easier as an adult to do the same thing? Surely one could simultaneously learn, say, Japanese, Chinese and…I dunno, French? Why just one at a time?

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]]> By: Overtaken by events http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-26446 Overtaken by events Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:37:00 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-26446 [...] How do I learn 500 languages at once?! [...] [...] How do I learn 500 languages at once?! [...]

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Managing Greed: How To Deal With Your Language Lust http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-26235 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Managing Greed: How To Deal With Your Language Lust Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:00:36 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-26235 [...] This is the third and probably final post in a multi-part series on Language and Society. Here is the first post. [...] [...] This is the third and probably final post in a multi-part series on Language and Society. Here is the first post. [...]

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]]> By: Fdsfdaafsd http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-26208 Fdsfdaafsd Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:17:54 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-26208 Language is something you have to put your time into. If you really are going to learn multiple languages at once you can either simutanously suck at all of them or you can be okay in most of them. Khatz had to put in 10,000 hours of work to pwn really hard in Japanese. That proves you can really in a way spend your whole life in one language and still find new things to learn. Like Khatz said "sucking will stop but learning never will". It never will there's too much imformation for one single human being to comprehend. So for anybody wanting to do multiple languages at once try it. Khatz defied all logic just by doing this and suceeding in it. Do it it's always nice to prove somebody wrong. :D Language is something you have to put your time into. If you really are going to learn multiple languages at once you can either simutanously suck at all of them or you can be okay in most of them. Khatz had to put in 10,000 hours of work to pwn really hard in Japanese. That proves you can really in a way spend your whole life in one language and still find new things to learn. Like Khatz said “sucking will stop but learning never will”. It never will there’s too much imformation for one single human being to comprehend.

So for anybody wanting to do multiple languages at once try it. Khatz defied all logic just by doing this and suceeding in it. Do it it’s always nice to prove somebody wrong. :D

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]]> By: Ionize http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-26173 Ionize Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:50:33 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-26173 *agreed* Well put that was. Japanese is my L3 of choice (and due to my studies at university). Before I started Japanese I was all over English and now I feel confident in using it. Sometimes the same question creeps up on me, too. May I be able to keep on learning some more English and immerse myself in Japanese at the same time. The answer is very simple. No! I either indulge myself in some nice movie, TV program or book in English or I go with Japanese. Right now my focus clearly is on the latter, but at points I really long to go for some English, as I love the language and still enjoy watching some nice broadcasts like CSI, How I Met Your Mother or just listen to some of my favorite music. In the end I decided to give me kind of a break from Japanese at times and enjoy, for example, a single episode of my favorite show. This way I keep my touch in English and after the quick interruption I fall back to Japanese and enjoy it even more. Best regards from Germany Ionize *agreed* Well put that was.

Japanese is my L3 of choice (and due to my studies at university). Before I started Japanese I was all over English and now I feel confident in using it.

Sometimes the same question creeps up on me, too. May I be able to keep on learning some more English and immerse myself in Japanese at the same time. The answer is very simple. No! I either indulge myself in some nice movie, TV program or book in English or I go with Japanese. Right now my focus clearly is on the latter, but at points I really long to go for some English, as I love the language and still enjoy watching some nice broadcasts like CSI, How I Met Your Mother or just listen to some of my favorite music.

In the end I decided to give me kind of a break from Japanese at times and enjoy, for example, a single episode of my favorite show. This way I keep my touch in English and after the quick interruption I fall back to Japanese and enjoy it even more.

Best regards from Germany
Ionize

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]]> By: Radek http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-26163 Radek Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:59:52 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-26163 A professor from my university once said: "What's good in knowing five different languages if you have nothing interesting to say in any of them?" Like Khatz said, learn one language, but learn it good. And do something relevant with it for crying out loud! :) A professor from my university once said:
“What’s good in knowing five different languages if you have nothing interesting to say in any of them?”

Like Khatz said, learn one language, but learn it good. And do something relevant with it for crying out loud! :)

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]]> By: All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Language As An Investment http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/how-do-i-learn-500-languages-at-once#comment-26140 All Japanese All The Time Dot Com: How to learn Japanese. On your own, having fun and to fluency. » Language As An Investment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:00:27 +0000 http://www.alljapaneseallthetime.com/blog/?p=456#comment-26140 [...] is the second post in a multi-part series on Language and Society. Here is the first post. Long ago, Sir Isaac Newton gave us three laws of motion… But Sir Isaac’s talents [...] [...] is the second post in a multi-part series on Language and Society. Here is the first post. Long ago, Sir Isaac Newton gave us three laws of motion… But Sir Isaac’s talents [...]

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