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bonjour, merhaba, anyong-ha-sae-yo,

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Hey guys, so a lot of people ask me how I manage to maintain all 
my 10 languages.

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Am I that smart, and how I memorize all the words in all the 10 
languages?

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The answer is if I don't study them, they are not at the tip of 
my tongue, and I cannot pull them and use them right away.

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So in this video, I'm going to tell you about how I maintain all 
my 10 languages

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and also give you tips on how you can maintain your languages. 

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So if you can speak 2,3, or more languages, this video will be 
beneficial to you.

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The amount of effort that you need to put in in order to maintain
a language actually depends a lot on the level that you're at.

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The better you are at a language, the less tendency for you to 
forget. 

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For example, I speak Thai as a native language, and my English 
and my Korean is almost native-like.

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So with these 3 languages, it's almost impossible to forget. I 
don't really have to spend time to study it.

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My Spanish, my French, my Chinese, and my Portuguese these 
languages I use them very often.

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Like for example, my Spanish, I talk in Spanish with my in-laws 
because my boyfriend is Colombian.

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And French, I have a dungeons and dragons, it's like a game, you 
know, group. 

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That I have and I talk to them, and I have class.

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I have like a meetup for dungeons and dragons every week 
(online).

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So there I can practice, I can meet my friends, and you know have
fun with my French. 

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And Chinese, I teach it very often. I teach every week, and also 
I'm living in Brazil right now. 

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So I'm using Portuguese everyday.

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Also, in addition to that, I'm teaching all these languages that 
I just said as well.

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So through that, I get to come back to it, and like when I try to
explain something using that language, 

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it brings me back to the language, and I get to improve myself 
and not forget the language.

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So to summarize, I maintain these languages by

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teaching them, using them very often, or getting to a very high 
level that it's almost impossible to forget.

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So what about Turkish? I'm maintaining this language by studying 
it very hard. 

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I'm studying it at least 2 hours per day on my own. I watch a lot
of Youtube videos, and I study the subtitle.

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I also find teachers on italki to talk to them like twice per 
week.

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So this is how I maintain Turkish and actually not just 
maintaining but really like trying to improve it.

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So 2 more languages, Indonesian and Japanese. 

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With these 2 languages, I don't have enough time to maintain it. 

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So, actually, I'm letting it go for a while. So it's like now 
dormant, resting somewhere inside my head. 

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It's not at the tip of my tongue. I cannot use it right away. 

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If someone comes to me and tries to engage in a conversation, 
they would know I'm really like rusty, you know. 

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And so... but it's there somewhere, and I know that I can bring 
it back anytime that I want.

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I just have to spend like 1 month, 3 weeks to study it. 

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But I'm not that stressed about it. 

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Maybe one day, when I go to live in Japan, maybe when I go to 
live in Indonesia,

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I'm going to study really hard, and I will get it back. 

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And it will get to a level where maybe 1 month to get back to my 
level, and the rest is like improving now. 

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So the point is languages are like muscles.

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If you don't work out, if you don't study, if you don't do 
anything with it, you will forget. 

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And that is inevitable, especially if you are not at a very high 
level.

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So now, let's talk about how you can maintain your languages.

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If you don't know many languages, then you are lucky.

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Because it's easier, so much easier to focus on 1 or 2 languages
to maintain.

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So for you guys, just try to find time to study.

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Like, wake up in the morning like me. When I wake up right away, 
I turn on my Youtube video. study. 

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Cause right now, I'm focusing on Turkish right. So every day, 
it's Turkish Turkish Turkish.

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But for those that know a lot of languages, it's difficult.

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What you have to do is you have to prioritize the language that 
you think you will get to use that will come in handy.

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For example, you are going to Indonesia in 5 months, 

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you gonna start practicing it, getting back your Indonesian, 
maintaining it, you know, getting it back.

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That should be prioritized.

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I see a lot of people in a dilemma. Which language should I 
maintain?

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Korean or Japanese or Turkish or Thai. So if you don't have that 
much time to study all of them then you have to prioritize,

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you gotta choose the one that you want to study more.

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And then kinda let others go, let other stuff go for a while.

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It's not like you are going to forget stuff because it's still 
like your asset. It's still right there.

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You can come back, you can bring it back. When you want to come 
back, it's not like you have to study from 0.

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You have to accept the fact that the more languages you know, the
harder it is to maintain.

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And I also suggest you to schedule a regular class with a teacher
once per week or twice per week, 

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whatever, to maintain the language.

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By doing this, you are forcing yourself to study, to maintain, 
and if you have to pay, then pay.

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Because I see a lot of people that say I don't want to pay, but 
actually, you know what, by paying,

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by using your money which you value, you are giving it to someone
else, 

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actually many times it helps you to study harder because you know
that you have to pay that person. 

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So that's why every time I know I have to pay for a class, I am 
happy because I know I will be more concentrated,

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I will try harder because I don't want to waste my money.

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Thank you guys so much for watching this video.

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If you like this video, don't forget to press like and subscribe.

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And also, I have a Patreon page where you can support me in 
making all these videos

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and doing what I love starting from just 1 dollar. 

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If you have any questions or have any opinions, I would love to 
see them in the comment section.

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So all right, guys, have fun maintaining your languages, and I'll
see you in the next video. Bye!