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Hey guys, Today I'll be making a Q&A. 

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So I'll be answering some questions that I get asked in my 
comments. 

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So before we go to that, I just want to update you that I'm 
right now in Colombia (Now I'm in Turkey lol), 

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and I made some vlogs about my travel in Colombia. I made it
in Korean, in Spanish, in English, and in Thai, 

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and if you're learning Thai, don't forget to subscribe to my
Thai Channel so you can learn Thai.

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All right, let's get going to the first question. This 
question is from atmanx5. 

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"Are you planning on learning a new language for next 
year?".

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The answer is I'm not planning to learn new language. I'm 
planning to improve my Turkish, my Japanese. I'm also 
learning music. 

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So I don't have any time for learning new languages. 

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But in 2023, I'm going to be learning Russian, and that is 
confirmed 

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because I really really want to learn Russian.

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"What is your weakest language out of the 10 that you 
speak?". 

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My weakest language is Japanese because I do not practice 
enough. 

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I learned all the grammar, I can speak it, but I have not 
had enough speaking practice.

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The next few questions are from 1D Obsessed.

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"Which of the languages you speak did you struggle the most 
with learning and why?".

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I struggled the most with Turkish because Turkish is so 
different from any of the languages that I know. 

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And mostly the vocabularies because, in language, you need 
to memorize vocabularies, and Turkish is just so different.

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There's no base that I can hold on to. So I really struggled
in memorizing vocabulary.

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The second question is,

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"what is your favorite language to speak in". 

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I love speaking in French because I like the sound of it. I 
feel like when I speak French, I have to change the way I 
pronounce things. 

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For example, the "r" sound in french is "r". 

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And the, for example, the "I", "I" is "je".

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If I want to say I love french, it's "J'adore le français". 
And the little "r" at the back is so fun to make. I love 
making this sound. 

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"What are some learning strategies that helped you learn 
languages? I ask because I'm having trouble staying 
motivated".

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I actually made some video on how to learn languages from 
scratch. I'm going to put the link in the description. 

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And I also talked about how to stay motivated. I'm going to
put the link as well. But to answer it here.

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The way that I stay motivated is that I always imagine that 
there is gonna be something cool happening in my life 
through this language.

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And I convince myself that it's gonna happen, it's gonna 
happen. In 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, whenever, but it's 
gonna happen, and it's gonna be worth it.

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For example, Korean. When I started learning Korean, I 
didn't know how I can really put it to use, 

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but after learning it for 4 years and struggling so hard to 
learn, I got a job as an interpreter, and then it changed my
life in many ways.

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So to conclude that, it's just you have to convince yourself
that language is going to bring something great and 
something that you can never imagine.

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"Is part of your passion for learning languages because you 
like learning about different cultures and countries?".

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Yes, and it's my only reason. If I'm not interesting in 
cultures and countries, I don't think I'd be learning 
languages because it's a lot of time investment. 

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I love talking to people, I love traveling, I want to know 
about stuff, I'm so curious about the world, and that is why
I'm learning languages.

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"What countries have you visited, and where were they?".

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So I'm Thai, born in Thailand, so Thailand, Vietnam, 
Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, 
Taiwan, Turkey, 

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and in Europe France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, In 
South America, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and then United 
States. 

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And aside from Brazil, all these countries that I've 
visited, I've learned the language in Thailand before I went
to the country and get to really use the language.

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"Do you find it hard to understand some people with a heavy 
accent?".

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Yes, I think it's something that I have to get used to.

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For example, in Spanish, I still struggle with this because 
there's some part of Colombia, like, for example, Cartagena 
in the northern part of Colombia, that they

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they like to cut the word really short. For example, 
sometimes they talk without "s".

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One time the taxi driver said, "Veinte do" instead of "dos" 
because "dos" is 2. But he said "veinte do," and I was like 
"what?" 22 is "vinti do" and not veinte dos.

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For English, for Korean, for Thai, I don't have any problem 
with this because I've had more time with the language 

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because it's been more than 10 years that I've been learning
these languages and I have a lot of access to the TV, and 
the movies, and also many friends. 

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So this can be improved with a lot of exposure to the 
language.

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"When you were learning English, what was some things you 
found confusing?".

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There were 2 things that I thought was hard for me.

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The first is the pronunciation because the word like "read" 
and "read" is written the same way, but it's pronounced 
differently.

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The word "live" and "lives" for example, it's written the 
same way, but why is it pronounced differently?

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And also another thing that I struggled with and I think I 
still struggle with right now is putting the "s" as a 
plural. 

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Because in Thai, my native tongue, we don't have "s". We 
don't really put plural in words. We just already can guess 
that it's supposed to be plural. We don't need "s".

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That's why I find it a bit hard, and I sometimes forget to 
put "s".

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The next question is from Nas Raken

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"Is there a format for how you approach language learning? 
What type of notebooks do you use? how do you organize your 
notes?".

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I made a 30-minute video on how to learn languages from 
scratch. I'm gonna put that in the link below. But if I had 
to summarize it to 3 points. It would be 

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I would learn the writing and reading system and the second 
is I'll learn from basic books. I'll focus a lot on being 
able to express myself. 

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Talking about what I want, what I like, and the last point 
is I'll move on to the real material as soon as I can.

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I feel like the last point is very important, and I feel 
like a lot of people don't really do it. They don't move on 
to real material as soon as they can.

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So language learning for me is not something passive. I 
don't just "okay, I'm gonna learn 20 minutes of memorizing".
It's not something chill for me.

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I treat it like a puzzle, and I always concentrate a lot 
when I learn languages.

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As far as writing notes, I don't really do that.

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A lot of people have their notebook to write like the 
exercises from 101 books. I usually just memorize the whole 
conversation in the book, 

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or if I were to memorize vocabularies, I would read a lot 
because after reading a lot of takes of the same theme, 

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the word would keep appearing and appearing many times, and 
through that, I feel like I get to memorize the vocabs

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automatically without having to put it in a flashcard or 
anything.

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The next question is from "Lucas Freitas", and this is asked
in Portuguese, so I'm gonna put the Portuguese subtitles 
below.

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"I'm learning (*want to) Japanese, French, and Russian.
Gostaria de aprender japones frances e russo.

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Do u think it's fine to study 3 languages at the same time?"
Vc acha q da pra estuda 3 linguas ao msm tempo?

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I don't think it's good to study these 3 languages
Eu não acho bom estudar esses 3 idiomas

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at the same time.
ao mesmo tempo.

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And actually, also for other languages in general because
E na verdade, também para outras línguas em geral porque

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I think you are wasting your time more than you should.
Acho que você está perdendo seu tempo mais do que deveria.

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The best thing to do is to study 1 language and to get to
E melhor estudar 1 idioma e atingir

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a level where you can talk and have a conversation
um nível onde você pode falar e ter uma conversa

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with a native speaker, and once you get to that level,
com um falante nativo e, quando atingir esse nível,

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you can start another one while maintaining that one
você pode iniciar outro enquanto mantém esse

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and actually not only maintaining but also improving
e, na verdade, não apenas mantendo, mas também melhorando

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that one through speaking.
aquele através da fala. 

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And, so every time I learn languages,
E, então, toda vez que eu aprendo idiomas,

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it would be like this one goes up to conversational level
Eu aprendo um idioma para o nível de conversação

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and then I learn another one, it goes up,
e aí eu aprendo outro, vai melhorando,

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and then another one and another one. 
e depois outro e outro.

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It's like stepping up like this but never at the same time.
Pouco a pouco, mas nunca ao mesmo tempo.

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"In what order do you recommend me to learn Japanese, 
French, and Russian?". 
"Se nao vc recomenda alguma ordem de aprendizado?""

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As a Portuguese speaker, I think French is the easiest
Como falante de português, acho que o francês é o mais fácil

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but actually whichever order is fine depend on your choice
mas na verdade qualquer está bem. Depende da sua escolha

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but not a good idea to learn 3 at the same time 
mas não é uma boa ideia aprender 3 ao mesmo tempo

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because they are so different.
porque são tão diferentes.

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The next question is from Baozi

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"Grace, what is the language that you use daily?
"quais as línguas que você mais usa no dia a dia?"

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And what was the language that most difficult?
"Qual foi a língua mais difícil de aprender?"

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And have you given up on any language?".
"Já pensou em desistir de aprender alguma língua??"

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The language that I use daily is Korean, Eng, Spn, and Thai.
O idioma que uso no dia a dia é coreano, inglês, espanhol e 
tailandês.

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And not to mention that I teach these other languages too,
E tambem eu ensino as outras línguas também,

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so I also use those languages daily
então eu também uso esses idiomas no dia a dia

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but not as much as the first 4.
mas não tanto quanto os 4 primeiros.

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The most difficult language for me is Turkish,
A língua mais difícil para mim é o turco,

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and I almost give up on Turkish many times,
e quase desisto do turco muitas vezes,

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but I am still learning every day,
mas ainda estou aprendendo a cada dia,

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and I'm still trying to improve my Turkish.
e ainda estou tentando melhorar meu turco.

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This question is from "Click".

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"If you could buy the instant knowledge and understanding of

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language - would you? Or is it the slow journey of learning

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and understanding, making mistakes, and milestones

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the force driving you in your studies."

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Frankly, I hate the slow journey of language learning,

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but it is necessary. It is something that you cannot avoid. 

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So my goal is always to discover the world, to learn about 
people and the language and the culture, so I cannot avoid 
this slow journey of language learning.

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to learn about people and the language and the culture,

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so I cannot avoid this slow journey of language learning.

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If I could have the instant knowledge of language right now,

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I would.

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The slow journey is a pain in the butt, but it's worth it.

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The next questions is from Lilianna

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"Are you planning to learn other southeast Asian languages 
like Lao, Khmer, and Burmese?".

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I want to learn Lao one day when I get to live there, and I 
really want to try to live in Laos because it's right next 
to Thailand.

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The next question is from Adrian,

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"What consideration goes into deciding what language you 
choose to learn? Is there certain things that make you 
choose one language over another?".

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Different languages that I learn has different reasons. 

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For example, Indonesian, I started learning Indonesian 
because I found a really good book. That's the reason that I
started learning. 

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Turkish was because I was so curious. People say that 
Turkish is so similar to Korean, and I wanted to know how 
similar they are. 

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But for the next one, which is Russian, it's because there's
so many speakers in many countries. Like the ex-soviet 
countries. A lot of people still using Russian.

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So I feel like, through this language, I'll get to discover 
so much. I'll get to talk to people from many different 
countries,

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and they all have different way of thinking, different 
cultures. 

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So I think it's going to be really interesting.

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The next question and the last one is from Gift Koomprapun. 
And she asks me,

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"What is the common thing that all languages have? What's 
something that you find unique and different about different
languages".

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Things that I find different and interesting are 
things such as tones. 

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In Thai, In Chinese, there are tones, and if you just change
the sound of it. For example in Thai, if you say "măa". 
It's dog. If you say "máa", then it's horses. 

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In Chinese, if you say "Mà". It's' to scold somebody. If 
you say "ma", it's a question.

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So I find the tones very unique.

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And also, languages like Turkish, Korean, and Japanese, the 
verbs at the back. So in order to understand what people are
talking, you have to listen until the end of the sentence. 

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Also, I find the loan words very unique. For example, the 
word "Computer". If you would say the word computer to a 
Thai person or Korean person, they would not understand. 

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You have to say with their accent. Like: "computErr" for 
Thai people and for Koreans "ComPuTer". Something like that.

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All right guys, thank you so much for watching. And if you 
have any questions at all, please write in the comments, and
I will be looking and answering your questions. CYA!