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Steve's Language Learning Tips, How to Become a Polyglot

How to Become a Polyglot

The first step to becoming a polyglot is to learn one more language. Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here and today I want to talk about how to become a polyglot. Now, remember if you enjoy these videos, please subscribe, click on the bell for notifications. If you follow me on a podcast service, please leave a review.

I do appreciate it. So how do we become polyglots? Now the reason I'm talking about this is because, um, my wife and I were playing golf the other day at our golf club with a couple, uh, probably in their sixties. And often you, you know, you're, you're teamed up with people you don't know, this was our first chance to meet this couple.

And they told us they were going on a bicycle trip with their friends, eight couples going to Girona in Spain, uh, to bicycle around in Catalonia. So I said, are you going to learn Catalan or Spanish? Of course, I was going to push LingQ, you know. So, which I did of course, but to no avail. Uh, and so I said, are you gonna learn Catalan or Spanish or Spanish?

And the answer was, well, I've heard that you can get by with English. All right, true enough. Perhaps, maybe, maybe not. I don't know. In the city of Girona, uh, certainly at the hotel and the restaurants you can get by in the shops, but then, um, outside of Girona I don't know. I think if you're in a little town and you get a flat tire and you're in trouble, uh, maybe English is not so common.

I simply, I just don't know. But for me, if I were going on a bicycle trip to Catalonia, I would learn Catalan. Now I speak Spanish, but so I have the mentality of a polyglot to me that would be fun. Fun to explore Catalan, if I learned Catalan, I would read books about Catalonia in Catalan.

I would speak to people in Catalan. I, that gives me a great sense of pleasure. I, I feel that I'm enriching my life by learning another language, connecting with people in their language. I have the mentality of a polyglot. Uh, I tweeted about this and I called this the English language disease, that English speakers, they have the option, or they think they have the option of not learning the language because we can get by.

And most of the responses to my tweet, we're very much in agreement. Gee, that's too bad, blah, blah, blah. But one fellow from England, or maybe he was somewhere else. But his, his description showed that he's from Manchester, he says where I live, there was just a Portuguese person showing a Danish person around our compound and they were speaking English.

That's just the reality. That's how it works. Too bad. So that person also doesn't have the mentality of a polyglot. So number one, to become a polyglot, you have to want to become a polyglot. You have to like speaking languages, not just one, but several. So that is a mindset. Okay. The second thing is, you know, I didn't set out to become a polyglot.

I had not really heard the term polyglot in English. To me, a linguist was someone who spoke several languages, but I also didn't set out to become a linguist. I got interested in French. And then I had the opportunity to learn Mandarin and then I was in Japan, so I learned Japanese on my own. And stepping back when I was in France, I would hitchhike around in Europe and I would always try to speak uh, the local language. So I think what I find, what I think is useful to note there is that the first step to becoming a polyglot is to learn one more language. Okay. Because for people who have never really acquired fluency in another language, who have never converted themselves into a fluent speaker of another language, they don't have that feeling. So the... you can't, sort of skip past the stage of learning one language to become a polyglot. You learn one language. You now feel confident that you can learn languages. You enjoy the process, or maybe you don't. Um, I think if you're doing it the right way, you can enjoy it. And then what happened to me and I think what would happen to a lot of people is you... "gee, I learned one language. Now I'd like to learn another language." Because the experience of speaking another language, of connecting with people in their language is so rewarding that we want to do it again and again, and that sense of satisfaction that actually we were able to succeed in, in this task, which is not such an easy task, uh, but that sense of satisfaction makes us want to do it again. Now, another thing about becoming a polyglot, in my opinion, we shouldn't be afraid. Obviously, when we go from language now B to language C and then language D that means that we aren't spending time on language B. So we're leaving language B because I firmly believe we never master another language.

We can always improve in that other language. And yet we make the decision, I'm not going to become even better. Let's say my best foreign language is French. So I'm not going to become even better in French. Or let's say that the next language is Japanese. And I know there are great gaps in my Japanese learning.

Okay. I'm not going to work on becoming even better in Japanese. I'm going to go and explore a new language. So there's a choice there. You sacrifice sort of what I would consider the futile pursuit of perfection. Now other people can disagree and they want to pursue perfection, that's fine. I'm not sort of making any value judgements, but I think to be a polygloy, it's different than trying to become perfect in one language. So we accept the fact that we're going to not be as good in some of the languages that we have learned. We even accept the fact that there's going to be interference, not only from our own language, which is always the case, but there's going to be interference from these languages that we have learned in the new languages that we are trying to learn, because I find myself sometimes when I'm searching for words in Russian the other day I hadn't spoken Russian for a long time and I was speaking Russian I'm searching for words and up comes Persian. So the more languages you have in your head bouncing around as your brain is going down different pathways to find words there greater likelihood is that it's going to go into some rabbit hole, as they say.

Uh, where you're into an yet another language. So I think part of becoming a polyglot is accepting that you're going to be less than perfect. That means you're going to speak with mistakes. Your pronunciation may not be perfect, but you have this, this, um, sense of achievement and the, the, uh, intellectual stimulus of discovering a new world yet another new world with all of the people, and as you learn another language, then the people of that language come alive, the history comes alive. And so I think the secret to being a polyglot is to be interested in many different languages and cultures. Um, it may be that some people are motivated to learn languages in order to demonstrate that they they're able to learn languages and, and you know, like another notch on my belt.

I only had eight languages now I have nine. And that can also be a valid, um, you know, motivation for becoming a polyglot, just to demonstrate your prowess at learning languages. Uh, I wonder if that can sustain you though, because if all you want to do is show off. Look, I can say a few things in this other language. That doesn't take a lot of, of time and effort and you can get to where you can say hello, how are you in many different languages.

And, uh, that too is fun. I'm not criticizing that, but in so far as my own motivation as a polyglot, if you look at my experience, not with Persian and Arabic, which are my 19th and 20th languages, I've been at them for more than two years. It's not a, it's not like three months. And, uh, I'm continuing to discover new things about those languages in those cultures.

And I do want to get back to Turkish and I hear that we have, we may have our LingQ mini stories done up in Urdu, in which case, once we get LingQ 5.0 launched, we will add Urdu and then I would like to get into Urdu as my approach into the south Asian languages, because then because I'm a bit lazy at learning new writing systems, then I won't have to, you know, learn either Hindi or Punjabi writing systems.

And I'll still be able to get some sense of the sounds of, of those languages. I may still end up learning the writing system, we'll see. But you know this again, as a polyglot, I have this tremendous world of languages to look forward to, and I don't know which languages I'm going to explore in the future. Uh, I think we'll have Tagalog.

We'll have Vietnamese at LingQ. Thai, maybe, uh, maybe Indonesian, maybe Swahili something on the African continent. I don't know. But as a polyglot, my motivation is to get in there and explore these, but I recognize that each and every one of them is going to be a lot of work, uh, but enjoyable. And, but for me, that's fine.

That's what I have to look forward to. So perhaps that's my perspective on how to become a polyglot. But to summarize, you have to be motivated to learn languages. You have to be interested in learning these languages. You have to be interested in a particular language. You learn them one at a time. And as you achieve success in one language, you may find that you're motivated to learn another language.

You have to be unafraid of interference from languages that you have previously learned. You have to be unafraid of the fact that some of the languages that you have learned will actually get very, very rusty. You may in fact, not be able to speak in that language. Like if you were to ask me now to speak in Romanian or Greek, I would, I wouldn't be able to do it.

And yet I know that I have learned those languages to a level where I went to the country and I was able to communicate and that's okay because I can't, you know, if you have 20 pots on a stove, it's very difficult to keep them all, you know, simmering without burning any one of them or without the fire going out here and there.

So that's fine. So all of those things, I think, uh, are part of the, the, um, you know, at least in my case, the attitude of a polyglot, I can't speak for other polyglots. So there you have it. How to become a polyglot. I hope you enjoyed it. Thank you for listening. Bye.

How to Become a Polyglot Wie man ein Polyglott wird Cómo convertirse en un políglota Comment devenir polyglotte Come diventare poliglotta ポリグロットになるには 다국어 구사자가 되는 방법 Jak zostać poliglotą Como se tornar um poliglota Nasıl Çokdilli Olunur? Як стати поліглотом 如何成为通晓多种语言的人 如何成為通曉多種語言的人

The first step to becoming a polyglot is to learn one more language. The first step to becoming a polyglot is to learn one more language. El primer paso para convertirse en políglota es aprender un idioma más. La première étape pour devenir polyglotte est d'apprendre une autre langue. ポリグロットになるための最初のステップは、もう1つの言語を学ぶことです。 O primeiro passo para se tornar um poliglota é aprender mais um idioma. Hi there, Steve Kaufmann here and today I want to talk about how to become a polyglot. Hola, Steve Kaufmann aquí y hoy quiero hablar sobre cómo convertirse en un políglota. Olá, Steve Kaufmann aqui e hoje quero falar sobre como se tornar um poliglota. Now, remember if you enjoy these videos, please subscribe, click on the bell for notifications. Ahora, recuerda que si disfrutas de estos videos, suscríbete, haz clic en la campana para recibir notificaciones. Agora, lembre-se, se você gosta desses vídeos, inscreva-se, clique no sininho para receber notificações. If you follow me on a podcast service, please leave a review. If you follow me on a podcast service, please leave a review. ポッドキャストサービスで私をフォローしている場合は、レビューを残してください。 Se você me seguir em um serviço de podcast, deixe um comentário.

I do appreciate it. Eu aprecio isso. So how do we become polyglots? Então, como nos tornamos poliglotas? Now the reason I'm talking about this is because, um, my wife and I were playing golf the other day at our golf club with a couple, uh, probably in their sixties. Now the reason I'm talking about this is because, um, my wife and I were playing golf the other day at our golf club with a couple, uh, probably in their sixties. Ahora la razón por la que estoy hablando de esto es porque, um, mi esposa y yo estábamos jugando al golf el otro día en nuestro club de golf con una pareja, uh, probablemente en sus sesenta. 今私がこれについて話している理由は、ええと、私の妻と私が先日私たちのゴルフクラブでカップル、ええと、おそらく60代でゴルフをしていたからです。 Agora, a razão pela qual estou falando sobre isso é porque, hum, minha esposa e eu estávamos jogando golfe outro dia em nosso clube de golfe com um casal, uh, provavelmente na casa dos sessenta. And often you, you know, you're, you're teamed up with people you don't know, this was our first chance to meet this couple. Und oft hast du dich mit Leuten zusammengetan, die du nicht kennst, das war unsere erste Chance, dieses Paar zu treffen. Y a menudo, ya sabes, estás, estás en equipo con gente que no conoces, esta fue nuestra primera oportunidad de conocer a esta pareja. そして、多くの場合、あなたは、あなたが知っている、あなたはあなたが知らない人々とチームを組んでいます、これはこのカップルに会う私たちの最初のチャンスでした。 E muitas vezes você, você sabe, você se juntou a pessoas que não conhece, essa foi nossa primeira chance de conhecer esse casal.

And they told us they were going on a bicycle trip with their friends, eight couples going to Girona in Spain, uh, to bicycle around in Catalonia. Y nos dijeron que se iban de viaje en bicicleta con sus amigos, ocho parejas que iban a Girona, en España, a recorrer Cataluña en bicicleta. そして、彼らは友達と自転車旅行に行くと言っていました。8組のカップルがスペインのジローナに行き、カタルーニャで自転車に乗っています。 E eles nos disseram que iam fazer uma viagem de bicicleta com seus amigos, oito casais indo para Girona na Espanha, uh, para andar de bicicleta na Catalunha. So I said, are you going to learn Catalan or Spanish? Então eu disse, você vai aprender catalão ou espanhol? Of course, I was going to push LingQ, you know. もちろん、私はLingQをプッシュするつもりでした。 Claro, eu iria empurrar o LingQ, você sabe. So, which I did of course, but to no avail. Also, was ich natürlich getan habe, aber ohne Erfolg. Entonces, lo hice, por supuesto, pero fue en vano. Donc, ce que j'ai fait bien sûr, mais en vain. それで、もちろん私はそれをしましたが、役に立ちませんでした。 Então, o que eu fiz, é claro, mas sem sucesso. Uh, and so I said, are you gonna learn Catalan or Spanish or Spanish? Uh, und da habe ich gesagt, lernst du Katalanisch oder Spanisch oder Spanisch? ええと、私が言ったように、あなたはカタロニア語またはスペイン語またはスペイン語を学ぶつもりですか? Uh, e então eu disse, você vai aprender catalão ou espanhol ou espanhol?

And the answer was, well, I've heard that you can get by with English. Und die Antwort war, nun ja, ich habe gehört, dass man mit Englisch durchkommt. Y la respuesta fue, bueno, he oído que puedes arreglártelas con el inglés. 答えは、まあ、英語でやっていけると聞いたことがあります。 E a resposta foi, bem, ouvi dizer que você pode se dar bem com o inglês. 答案是,好吧,我听说你可以用英语过关。 All right, true enough. In Ordnung, wahr genug. 大丈夫、十分に真実です。 Tudo bem, é verdade. 好吧,千真万确。 Perhaps, maybe, maybe not. Vielleicht, vielleicht, vielleicht nicht. たぶん、たぶん、そうではないかもしれません。 Talvez, talvez, talvez não. I don't know. Ich weiß nicht. Não sei. In the city of Girona, uh, certainly at the hotel and the restaurants you can get by in the shops, but then, um, outside of Girona I don't know. ジローナの街では、確かにホテルやお店で行くことができるレストランでは、ええと、ジローナの外ではわかりません。 Na cidade de Girona, uh, certamente no hotel e nos restaurantes você pode se virar nas lojas, mas então, hum, fora de Girona eu não sei. I think if you're in a little town and you get a flat tire and you're in trouble, uh, maybe English is not so common. Ich denke, wenn du in einer kleinen Stadt bist und einen platten Reifen hast und in Schwierigkeiten steckst, äh, vielleicht ist Englisch nicht so verbreitet. Je pense que si vous êtes dans une petite ville et que vous avez un pneu crevé et que vous avez des problèmes, euh, peut-être que l'anglais n'est pas si courant. Acho que se você está em uma cidade pequena e tem um pneu furado e está com problemas, uh, talvez o inglês não seja tão comum.

I simply, I just don't know. Ich weiß es einfach nicht. 私は単純に、私は知りません。 Eu simplesmente, eu simplesmente não sei. But for me, if I were going on a bicycle trip to Catalonia, I would learn Catalan. しかし、私にとって、カタルーニャへの自転車旅行に行くなら、私はカタロニア語を学ぶでしょう。 Mas para mim, se eu fosse fazer uma viagem de bicicleta para a Catalunha, aprenderia catalão. Now I speak Spanish, but so I have the mentality of a polyglot to me that would be fun. Jetzt spreche ich Spanisch, aber so habe ich die Mentalität eines Polyglotten, das würde mir Spaß machen. Now I speak Spanish, but so I have the mentality of a polyglot to me that would be fun. Ahora hablo español, pero entonces tengo la mentalidad de un políglota para mí que sería divertido. Maintenant, je parle espagnol, mais j'ai donc la mentalité d'un polyglotte pour moi, ce serait amusant. 今はスペイン語を話しますが、多言語の精神があり、楽しいと思います。 Agora falo espanhol, mas tenho a mentalidade de um poliglota para mim que seria divertido. Fun to explore Catalan, if I learned Catalan, I would read books about Catalonia in Catalan. Es macht Spaß, Katalanisch zu erkunden, wenn ich Katalanisch lernen würde, würde ich Bücher über Katalonien auf Katalanisch lesen. カタロニア語を探索するのは楽しいです。カタロニア語を学んだら、カタロニア語でカタロニアに関する本を読むでしょう。 Divertido explorar o catalão, se eu aprendesse catalão, leria livros sobre a Catalunha em catalão.

I would speak to people in Catalan. Ich würde mit Leuten auf Katalanisch sprechen. 私はカタロニア語の人々と話します。 Eu falava com as pessoas em catalão. I, that gives me a great sense of pleasure. Ich, das bereitet mir große Freude. 私、それは私に大きな喜びの感覚を与えてくれます。 Eu, isso me dá uma grande sensação de prazer. 我,那给了我莫大的快感。 I, I feel that I'm enriching my life by learning another language, connecting with people in their language. Ich habe das Gefühl, dass ich mein Leben bereichere, indem ich eine andere Sprache lerne und mich mit Menschen in ihrer Sprache verbinde. 私は、他の言語を学び、その言語の人々とつながることで、自分の人生を豊かにしていると感じています。 Eu sinto que estou enriquecendo minha vida aprendendo outro idioma, conectando-me com as pessoas em seu idioma. I have the mentality of a polyglot. Eu tenho a mentalidade de um poliglota. Uh, I tweeted about this and I called this the English language disease, that English speakers, they have the option, or they think they have the option of not learning the language because we can get by. Uh, ich habe darüber getwittert und ich habe das die englische Sprachkrankheit genannt, dass Englischsprachige die Möglichkeit haben, oder sie denken, dass sie die Möglichkeit haben, die Sprache nicht zu lernen, weil wir damit zurechtkommen. Uh, tuiteé sobre esto y lo llamé la enfermedad del idioma inglés, que los hablantes de inglés tienen la opción, o creen que tienen la opción de no aprender el idioma porque podemos arreglárnoslas. Euh, j'ai tweeté à ce sujet et j'ai appelé cela la maladie de la langue anglaise, que les anglophones, ils ont la possibilité, ou ils pensent qu'ils ont la possibilité de ne pas apprendre la langue parce que nous pouvons nous en sortir. ええと、私はこれについてツイートしました、そして私はこれを英語の病気と呼びました、英語を話す人、彼らには選択肢がある、または彼らは私たちが通り抜けることができるので言語を学ばないという選択肢があると思っています。 Uh, eu twittei sobre isso e chamei isso de doença da língua inglesa, que os falantes de inglês têm a opção, ou acham que têm a opção de não aprender o idioma porque podemos sobreviver. 呃,我发了推文,我称之为英语语言疾病,说英语的人,他们有选择,或者他们认为他们可以选择不学习这门语言,因为我们可以过得去。

And most of the responses to my tweet, we're very much in agreement. Und bei den meisten Reaktionen auf meinen Tweet sind wir uns sehr einig. そして、私のツイートに対するほとんどの回答は、非常に同意しています。 E na maioria das respostas ao meu tweet, estamos muito de acordo. 对我的推文的大部分回复,我们都非常同意。 Gee, that's too bad, blah, blah, blah. Meine Güte, das ist schade, bla, bla, bla. ねえ、それはあまりにも悪い、何とか、何とか、何とか。 Nossa, que pena, blá, blá, blá. But one fellow from England, or maybe he was somewhere else. Aber ein Bursche aus England, oder vielleicht war er woanders. しかし、イギリスから来た一人、あるいは彼はどこか別の場所にいたのかもしれません。 Mas um sujeito da Inglaterra, ou talvez ele estivesse em outro lugar. But his, his description showed that he's from Manchester, he says where I live, there was just a Portuguese person showing a Danish person around our compound and they were speaking English. Aber seine, seine Beschreibung zeigte, dass er aus Manchester kommt, er sagt, wo ich wohne, da war nur ein Portugiese, der einen Dänen auf unserem Gelände zeigte, und sie sprachen Englisch. Pero su, su descripción mostró que él es de Manchester, dice que donde vivo, solo había una persona portuguesa que le mostraba a una persona danesa nuestro complejo y estaban hablando en inglés. Mais sa, sa description montrait qu'il venait de Manchester, il dit que là où j'habite, il n'y avait qu'un Portugais qui faisait visiter notre enceinte à un Danois et ils parlaient anglais. しかし、彼の説明によると、彼はマンチェスター出身で、私が住んでいる場所には、私たちの敷地の周りにデンマーク人を見せているポルトガル人がいて、彼らは英語を話していました。 Mas a dele, a descrição dele mostrava que ele é de Manchester, ele diz onde eu moro, só tinha um português mostrando a um dinamarquês o nosso complexo e eles falavam inglês. 但是他的,他的描述表明他来自曼彻斯特,他说我住的地方,只有一个葡萄牙人带着一个丹麦人在我们的院子里转,他们说的是英语。

That's just the reality. Das ist nur die Realität. それが現実です。 Essa é apenas a realidade. 这就是现实。 That's how it works. So funktioniert das. それがどのように機能するかです。 É assim que funciona. Too bad. Schade. 残念な。 Muito ruim. So that person also doesn't have the mentality of a polyglot. Diese Person hat also auch nicht die Mentalität eines Polyglotten. Então essa pessoa também não tem mentalidade de poliglota. 所以那个人也没有通晓多种语言的心态。 So number one, to become a polyglot, you have to want to become a polyglot. Also Nummer eins, um ein Polyglott zu werden, muss man es wollen. Então número um, para se tornar um poliglota, você tem que querer se tornar um poliglota. You have to like speaking languages, not just one, but several. Sprachen muss man mögen, nicht nur eine, sondern gleich mehrere. あなたは1つだけでなくいくつかの言語を話すのが好きでなければなりません。 Você tem que gostar de falar idiomas, não apenas um, mas vários. So that is a mindset. Das ist also eine Denkweise. C'est donc un état d'esprit. それが考え方です。 Então isso é uma mentalidade. Okay. OK. The second thing is, you know, I didn't set out to become a polyglot. Die zweite Sache ist, wissen Sie, ich wollte kein Polyglott werden. La segunda cosa es, ya sabes, no me propuse volverme políglota. La deuxième chose est, vous savez, que je n'avais pas l'intention de devenir polyglotte. 2つ目は、私はポリグロットになるつもりはなかったということです。 A segunda coisa é, você sabe, eu não planejei me tornar um poliglota. 第二件事是,你知道,我并没有打算成为一个通晓多种语言的人。

I had not really heard the term polyglot in English. Den Begriff Polyglott hatte ich im Englischen noch nicht wirklich gehört. 私は英語でポリグロットという用語を実際に聞いたことがありませんでした。 Eu realmente não tinha ouvido o termo poliglota em inglês. To me, a linguist was someone who spoke several languages, but I also didn't set out to become a linguist. Für mich war ein Linguist jemand, der mehrere Sprachen beherrschte, aber ich wollte auch kein Linguist werden. Para mí, un lingüista era alguien que hablaba varios idiomas, pero tampoco me propuse ser lingüista. Pour moi, un linguiste, c'était quelqu'un qui parlait plusieurs langues, mais je n'avais pas non plus l'intention de devenir linguiste. Para mim, linguista era alguém que falava várias línguas, mas também não pretendia ser linguista. I got interested in French. Ich begann mich für Französisch zu interessieren. Je me suis intéressé au français. フランス語に興味を持ちました。 Eu me interessei pelo francês. And then I had the opportunity to learn Mandarin and then I was in Japan, so I learned Japanese on my own. Und dann hatte ich die Gelegenheit, Mandarin zu lernen, und dann war ich in Japan, also habe ich alleine Japanisch gelernt. そして、マンダリンを学ぶ機会があり、日本にいたので、自分で日本語を学びました。 E então tive a oportunidade de aprender mandarim e estava no Japão, então aprendi japonês sozinho. And stepping back when I was in France, I would hitchhike around in Europe and I would always try to speak uh, the local language. Und zurückgenommen, als ich in Frankreich war, bin ich in Europa per Anhalter rumgefahren und habe immer versucht, äh, die Landessprache zu sprechen. Et en prenant du recul quand j'étais en France, je faisais du stop en Europe et j'essayais toujours de parler euh, la langue locale. そして、フランスにいたときは、ヨーロッパをヒッチハイクして、いつも現地の言葉を話そうとしました。 E voltando quando eu estava na França, eu pegava carona pela Europa e sempre tentava falar uh, o idioma local. So I think what I find, what I think is useful to note there is that the first step to becoming a polyglot is to learn one more language. Ich denke also, was ich finde, was ich für nützlich halte, ist, dass der erste Schritt, um ein Polyglott zu werden, darin besteht, eine weitere Sprache zu lernen. ですから、私が見つけたもの、つまり多言語になるための最初のステップはもう1つの言語を学ぶことであることに注意するのが役立つと思います。 Então eu acho que o que eu acho, o que eu acho útil observar aí é que o primeiro passo para se tornar um poliglota é aprender mais um idioma. Okay. Because for people who have never really acquired fluency in another language, who have never converted themselves into a fluent speaker of another language, they don't have that feeling. Denn Menschen, die nie wirklich eine andere Sprache fließend beherrscht haben, die sich nie zu einem fließend sprechenden Sprecher einer anderen Sprache entwickelt haben, haben dieses Gefühl nicht. 他の言語を流暢に話せるようになったことがなく、他の言語を流暢に話せるようになったことがない人にとっては、そのような感覚はありません。 Porque para as pessoas que nunca adquiriram realmente fluência em outro idioma, que nunca se converteram em um falante fluente de outro idioma, não têm esse sentimento. So the... you can't, sort of skip past the stage of learning one language to become a polyglot. Sie können also nicht über das Stadium des Erlernens einer Sprache hinausgehen, um ein Polyglott zu werden. Donc le... vous ne pouvez pas, en quelque sorte, sauter l'étape de l'apprentissage d'une langue pour devenir polyglotte. だから...あなたは、多言語になるために1つの言語を学ぶ段階をスキップすることはできません。 Então o... você não pode, meio que pular o estágio de aprender um idioma para se tornar um poliglota. 所以……你不能,有点跳过学习一种语言成为通晓多种语言的阶段。 You learn one language. Sie lernen eine Sprache. Você aprende um idioma. You now feel confident that you can learn languages. Sie fühlen sich jetzt sicher, dass Sie Sprachen lernen können. Agora você se sente confiante de que pode aprender idiomas. You enjoy the process, or maybe you don't. Sie genießen den Prozess, oder vielleicht auch nicht. Você gosta do processo, ou talvez não. Um, I think if you're doing it the right way, you can enjoy it. Ähm, ich denke, wenn du es richtig machst, kannst du es genießen. Um, creo que si lo estás haciendo de la manera correcta, puedes disfrutarlo. Euh, je pense que si vous le faites de la bonne façon, vous pouvez en profiter. Hum, acho que se você estiver fazendo da maneira certa, poderá se divertir. And then what happened to me and I think what would happen to a lot of people is you... "gee, I learned one language. Und dann ist mir passiert, und ich denke, was vielen Leuten passieren würde, bist du... "Mensch, ich habe eine Sprache gelernt. Y luego lo que me pasó a mí y creo que lo que le pasaría a mucha gente eres tú... "Caramba, aprendí un idioma. そして、私に何が起こったのか、そして多くの人に何が起こるのかはあなただと思います...」そう、私は1つの言語を学びました。 E então o que aconteceu comigo e acho que o que aconteceria com muitas pessoas é você... "nossa, eu aprendi uma língua. Now I'd like to learn another language." Jetzt würde ich gerne eine andere Sprache lernen." Agora eu gostaria de aprender outro idioma." Because the experience of speaking another language, of connecting with people in their language is so rewarding that we want to do it again and again, and that sense of satisfaction that actually we were able to succeed in, in this task, which is not such an easy task, uh, but that sense of satisfaction makes us want to do it again. Weil die Erfahrung, eine andere Sprache zu sprechen, sich mit Menschen in ihrer Sprache zu verbinden, so lohnend ist, dass wir es immer wieder tun wollen, und dieses Gefühl der Zufriedenheit, dass wir es tatsächlich geschafft haben, bei dieser Aufgabe, die keine solche ist eine leichte Aufgabe, äh, aber dieses Gefühl der Zufriedenheit macht uns Lust, es noch einmal zu tun. Porque la experiencia de hablar otro idioma, de conectar con la gente en su idioma es tan gratificante que queremos volver a hacerlo una y otra vez, y esa sensación de satisfacción de que en realidad pudimos lograrlo, en esta tarea, que no es tal una tarea fácil, eh, pero esa sensación de satisfacción nos hace querer hacerlo de nuevo. Porque a experiência de falar outra língua, de se conectar com as pessoas na língua delas é tão gratificante que a gente quer repetir, e aquela sensação de satisfação de realmente termos conseguido, nessa tarefa, que não é tão uma tarefa fácil, uh, mas aquela sensação de satisfação nos faz querer fazê-lo novamente. Now, another thing about becoming a polyglot, in my opinion, we shouldn't be afraid. Ahora, otra cosa sobre convertirse en políglota, en mi opinión, no debemos tener miedo. さて、ポリグロットになることについてのもう一つのことは、私の意見では、恐れるべきではありません。 Agora, outra coisa sobre se tornar um poliglota, na minha opinião, não devemos ter medo. Obviously, when we go from language now B to language C and then language D that means that we aren't spending time on language B. So we're leaving language B because I firmly believe we never master another language. Wenn wir jetzt von Sprache B zu Sprache C und dann zu Sprache D wechseln, bedeutet das natürlich, dass wir keine Zeit mit Sprache B verbringen. Also verlassen wir Sprache B, weil ich fest davon überzeugt bin, dass wir nie eine andere Sprache beherrschen. Obviamente, cuando pasamos del idioma ahora B al idioma C y luego al idioma D, eso significa que no estamos dedicando tiempo al idioma B. Así que estamos dejando el idioma B porque creo firmemente que nunca dominaremos otro idioma. 明らかに、現在の言語Bから言語C、そして言語Dに移行するとき、それは言語Bに時間を費やしていないことを意味します。したがって、他の言語を習得することは決してないと確信しているため、言語Bを離れます。 Obviamente, quando passamos da linguagem agora B para a linguagem C e depois para a linguagem D, isso significa que não estamos gastando tempo na linguagem B. Portanto, estamos deixando a linguagem B porque acredito firmemente que nunca dominamos outro idioma.

We can always improve in that other language. 私たちは常に他の言語で改善することができます。 Sempre podemos melhorar nesse outro idioma. And yet we make the decision, I'm not going to become even better. Und doch treffen wir die Entscheidung, ich werde nicht noch besser werden. Y, sin embargo, tomamos la decisión, no voy a ser aún mejor. Et pourtant, nous prenons la décision, je ne vais pas devenir encore meilleur. それでも私たちは決断を下しますが、私はこれ以上良くなることはありません。 E ainda que tomemos a decisão, não vou ficar ainda melhor. 然而我们做出了决定,我不会变得更好。 Let's say my best foreign language is French. Nehmen wir an, meine beste Fremdsprache ist Französisch. Digamos que mi mejor idioma extranjero es el francés. 私の最高の外国語はフランス語だとしましょう。 Digamos que minha melhor língua estrangeira seja o francês. So I'm not going to become even better in French. Also werde ich im Französischen nicht noch besser. だから私はフランス語でさらに良くなるつもりはありません。 Portanto, não vou ficar ainda melhor em francês. Or let's say that the next language is Japanese. Oder sagen wir, die nächste Sprache ist Japanisch. Ou digamos que o próximo idioma seja o japonês. And I know there are great gaps in my Japanese learning. Und ich weiß, dass es große Lücken in meinem Japanischlernen gibt. Et je sais qu'il y a de grandes lacunes dans mon apprentissage du japonais. そして、私の日本語学習には大きなギャップがあることを私は知っています。 E sei que existem grandes lacunas no meu aprendizado de japonês.

Okay. I'm not going to work on becoming even better in Japanese. Ich werde nicht daran arbeiten, in Japanisch noch besser zu werden. Não vou trabalhar para me tornar ainda melhor em japonês. 我不会努力让日语变得更好。 I'm going to go and explore a new language. Ich werde gehen und eine neue Sprache erkunden. Vou explorar um novo idioma. So there's a choice there. Da gibt es also eine Auswahl. ですから、そこには選択肢があります。 Portanto, há uma escolha lá. 所以那里有一个选择。 You sacrifice sort of what I would consider the futile pursuit of perfection. Sie opfern das, was ich als vergebliches Streben nach Perfektion bezeichnen würde. Sacrificas una especie de lo que yo consideraría la búsqueda inútil de la perfección. あなたは私が完璧の無駄な追求と考えるようなものを犠牲にします。 Você sacrifica o que eu consideraria uma busca inútil pela perfeição. 你牺牲了某种我认为是徒劳的追求完美的东西。 Now other people can disagree and they want to pursue perfection, that's fine. 今、他の人々は反対することができ、彼らは完璧を追求したいと思っています、それは問題ありません。 Agora outras pessoas podem discordar e querem buscar a perfeição, tudo bem. I'm not sort of making any value judgements, but I think to be a polygloy, it's different than trying to become perfect in one language. Ich treffe keine Werturteile, aber ich denke, ein Polyglologe zu sein, ist etwas anderes, als zu versuchen, in einer Sprache perfekt zu werden. No estoy haciendo juicios de valor, pero creo que ser políglota es diferente a tratar de ser perfecto en un idioma. 私は価値判断をするようなものではありませんが、多言語だと思います。1つの言語で完璧になろうとするのとは異なります。 Não estou fazendo nenhum julgamento de valor, mas acho que ser poliglota é diferente de tentar se tornar perfeito em um idioma. So we accept the fact that we're going to not be as good in some of the languages that we have learned. Also akzeptieren wir die Tatsache, dass wir in einigen der Sprachen, die wir gelernt haben, nicht so gut sein werden. ですから、私たちが学んだいくつかの言語では、私たちがそれほど良くないだろうという事実を受け入れます。 Portanto, aceitamos o fato de que não seremos tão bons em algumas das línguas que aprendemos. 所以我们接受这样一个事实,即我们将不会在我们学过的某些语言上做得那么好。 We even accept the fact that there's going to be interference, not only from our own language, which is always the case, but there's going to be interference from these languages that we have learned in the new languages that we are trying to learn, because I find myself sometimes when I'm searching for words in Russian the other day I hadn't spoken Russian for a long time and I was speaking Russian I'm searching for words and up comes Persian. Wir akzeptieren sogar die Tatsache, dass es Störungen geben wird, nicht nur durch unsere eigene Sprache, was immer der Fall ist, sondern auch durch diese Sprachen, die wir gelernt haben, in die neuen Sprachen, die wir zu lernen versuchen, weil Ich ertappe mich manchmal, wenn ich nach Wörtern auf Russisch suche. Neulich hatte ich lange Zeit kein Russisch gesprochen und ich sprach Russisch. Ich suche nach Wörtern, und jetzt kommt Persisch. Incluso aceptamos el hecho de que habrá interferencia, no solo de nuestro propio idioma, que siempre es el caso, sino que habrá interferencia de estos idiomas que hemos aprendido en los nuevos idiomas que estamos tratando de aprender, porque A veces me encuentro cuando estoy buscando palabras en ruso. El otro día no había hablado en ruso durante mucho tiempo y estaba hablando en ruso. Estoy buscando palabras y aparece persa. 私たちは、常にそうである私たち自身の言語からだけでなく、私たちが学ぼうとしている新しい言語で学んだこれらの言語からの干渉があるという事実さえ受け入れます。先日、ロシア語を長い間話さず、ロシア語を話していたときに、ロシア語で単語を検索しているときに、単語を検索していると、ペルシャ語が出てくることがあります。 Até aceitamos o fato de que vai haver interferência, não só da nossa própria língua, que sempre acontece, mas vai haver interferência dessas línguas que aprendemos nas novas línguas que estamos tentando aprender, porque Às vezes me pego procurando palavras em russo outro dia não falava russo há muito tempo e estava falando russo estou procurando palavras e aparece o persa. 我们甚至接受这样一个事实,即会有干扰,不仅来自我们自己的语言,情况总是如此,而且我们在尝试学习的新语言中学到的这些语言也会受到干扰,因为我有时发现自己在前几天用俄语搜索单词时,我已经很长时间没有说俄语了,我正在说俄语,我正在搜索单词,然后出现波斯语。 So the more languages you have in your head bouncing around as your brain is going down different pathways to find words there greater likelihood is that it's going to go into some rabbit hole, as they say. Je mehr Sprachen Sie also in Ihrem Kopf herumschwirren haben, während Ihr Gehirn verschiedene Pfade entlanggeht, um dort Wörter zu finden, desto größer ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass es in irgendein Kaninchenloch geht, wie sie sagen. So the more languages you have in your head bouncing around as your brain is going down different pathways to find words there greater likelihood is that it's going to go into some rabbit hole, as they say. Entonces, mientras más idiomas tengas en tu cabeza rebotando mientras tu cerebro recorre diferentes caminos para encontrar palabras, es más probable que vaya a entrar en algún agujero de conejo, como dicen. Donc, plus vous avez de langues dans votre tête qui rebondissent alors que votre cerveau emprunte différentes voies pour trouver des mots, plus il est probable qu'il ira dans un terrier de lapin, comme on dit. したがって、脳がさまざまな経路をたどって単語を見つけるときに頭の中で跳ね回る言語が増えると、彼らが言うように、それがウサギの穴に入る可能性が高くなります。 Portanto, quanto mais idiomas você tiver em sua cabeça, enquanto seu cérebro percorre caminhos diferentes para encontrar palavras, maior a probabilidade de que ele vá parar em algum buraco de coelho, como dizem. 所以当你的大脑沿着不同的路径寻找单词时,你脑海中的语言越多,它就越有可能像他们所说的那样进入某个兔子洞。

Uh, where you're into an yet another language. Uh, wo Sie in einer noch anderen Sprache sind. Uh, donde estás en otro idioma. Euh, où vous êtes dans une autre langue encore. ええと、あなたはさらに別の言語に興味があります。 Uh, onde você está em um outro idioma. So I think part of becoming a polyglot is accepting that you're going to be less than perfect. Ich denke also, ein Teil davon, ein Polyglott zu werden, besteht darin, zu akzeptieren, dass man weniger als perfekt sein wird. ですから、ポリグロットになることの一部は、あなたが完璧とは言えないことを受け入れることだと思います。 Então, acho que parte de se tornar um poliglota é aceitar que você não será perfeito. That means you're going to speak with mistakes. Das heißt, Sie werden mit Fehlern sprechen. それはあなたが間違いで話すつもりであることを意味します。 Isso significa que você vai falar com erros. Your pronunciation may not be perfect, but you have this, this, um, sense of achievement and the, the, uh, intellectual stimulus of discovering a new world yet another new world with all of the people, and as you learn another language, then the people of that language come alive, the history comes alive. Ihre Aussprache mag nicht perfekt sein, aber Sie haben dieses, ähm, Erfolgserlebnis und den, äh, intellektuellen Stimulus, eine neue Welt zu entdecken, noch eine weitere neue Welt mit all den Menschen, und während Sie eine andere Sprache lernen, dann werden die Menschen dieser Sprache lebendig, die Geschichte wird lebendig. Tu pronunciación puede no ser perfecta, pero tienes este, este, um, sentido de logro y el, eh, estímulo intelectual de descubrir un nuevo mundo, otro nuevo mundo con toda la gente, y mientras aprendes otro idioma, entonces la gente de esa lengua cobra vida, la historia cobra vida. Sua pronúncia pode não ser perfeita, mas você tem esse, esse, hum, senso de realização e, o, uh, estímulo intelectual de descobrir um novo mundo, outro novo mundo com todas as pessoas, e conforme você aprende outro idioma, então o povo daquela língua ganha vida, a história ganha vida. And so I think the secret to being a polyglot is to be interested in many different languages and cultures. ですから、ポリグロットになる秘訣は、さまざまな言語や文化に興味を持つことだと思います。 E então eu acho que o segredo para ser um poliglota é se interessar por muitas línguas e culturas diferentes. Um, it may be that some people are motivated to learn languages in order to demonstrate that they they're able to learn languages and, and you know, like another notch on my belt. Ähm, es kann sein, dass manche Leute motiviert sind, Sprachen zu lernen, um zu demonstrieren, dass sie in der Lage sind, Sprachen zu lernen, und, und Sie wissen schon, wie eine weitere Kerbe in meinem Gürtel. Um, puede ser que algunas personas estén motivadas para aprender idiomas para demostrar que son capaces de aprender idiomas y, ya sabes, como otra muesca en mi cinturón. ええと、彼らが言語を学ぶことができることを示すために、そしてあなたが知っているように、私のベルトの別のノッチのように、言語を学ぶことに動機付けられている人もいるかもしれません。 Hum, pode ser que algumas pessoas sejam motivadas a aprender idiomas para demonstrar que são capazes de aprender idiomas e, você sabe, como outro entalhe no meu cinto. 嗯,有些人学习语言的动机可能是为了证明他们有能力学习语言,而且你知道,就像我腰带上的另一个缺口一样。

I only had eight languages now I have nine. Ich hatte nur acht Sprachen, jetzt habe ich neun. 私は8つの言語しか持っていませんでしたが、今では9つの言語があります。 Eu só tinha oito línguas agora tenho nove. And that can also be a valid, um, you know, motivation for becoming a polyglot, just to demonstrate your prowess at learning languages. Und das kann auch eine gültige, ähm, Sie wissen, Motivation sein, ein Polyglott zu werden, nur um Ihre Fähigkeiten beim Sprachenlernen zu demonstrieren. そして、それはまた、言語学習の腕前を示すためだけに、多言語になるための有効な動機になる可能性があります。 E isso também pode ser uma motivação válida, você sabe, para se tornar um poliglota, apenas para demonstrar sua proeza em aprender idiomas. 这也可以成为一个有效的,嗯,你知道的,成为通晓多种语言的动机,只是为了展示你在学习语言方面的实力。 Uh, I wonder if that can sustain you though, because if all you want to do is show off. Uh, ich frage mich, ob dich das unterstützen kann, denn wenn du nur angeben willst. Uh, me pregunto si eso puede sostenerte, porque si todo lo que quieres hacer es presumir. Euh, je me demande si ça peut te soutenir, parce que si tout ce que tu veux faire, c'est te montrer. ええと、それがあなたを支えてくれるのだろうかと思います。 Ik vraag me af of dat je kan ondersteunen, want als je alleen maar wilt pronken. Uh, eu me pergunto se isso pode te sustentar, porque se tudo que você quer fazer é se exibir. 呃,我想知道这是否能支撑你,因为如果你只想炫耀。 Look, I can say a few things in this other language. Schau, ich kann ein paar Dinge in dieser anderen Sprache sagen. Olha, eu posso dizer algumas coisas nesta outra língua. That doesn't take a lot of, of time and effort and you can get to where you can say hello, how are you in many different languages. Das kostet nicht viel Zeit und Mühe und Sie können in vielen verschiedenen Sprachen zu dem Ort gelangen, an dem Sie „Hallo, wie geht es Ihnen“ sagen können. Eso no requiere mucho tiempo y esfuerzo, y puedes llegar a donde puedes decir hola, cómo estás en muchos idiomas diferentes. Isso não leva muito tempo e esforço e você pode chegar onde pode dizer olá, como vai em muitos idiomas diferentes. 这不需要花费很多时间和精力,而且您可以到达可以用多种不同语言打招呼的地方,您好吗?

And, uh, that too is fun. Und, äh, das macht auch Spaß. そして、ええと、それも楽しいです。 E, uh, isso também é divertido. I'm not criticizing that, but in so far as my own motivation as a polyglot, if you look at my experience, not with Persian and Arabic, which are my 19th and 20th languages, I've been at them for more than two years. Ich kritisiere das nicht, aber insofern meine eigene Motivation als Polyglott, wenn Sie sich meine Erfahrung ansehen, nicht mit Persisch und Arabisch, die meine 19. und 20. Sprachen sind, bin ich seit mehr als zwei Jahren dabei Jahre. No estoy criticando eso, pero en cuanto a mi propia motivación como políglota, si te fijas en mi experiencia, no con el persa y el árabe, que son mis lenguas 19ª y 20ª. Não estou criticando isso, mas no que diz respeito à minha própria motivação como poliglota, se você olhar para minha experiência, não com o persa e o árabe, que são meus 19º e 20º idiomas, estou neles há mais de dois anos. 我不是在批评这一点,但就我自己作为多语种的动机而言,如果你看看我的经历,而不是波斯语和阿拉伯语,它们是我的第 19 种和第 20 种语言,我已经学习了超过两年年。 It's not a, it's not like three months. Não é um, não é como três meses. 这不是一个,它不像三个月。 And, uh, I'm continuing to discover new things about those languages in those cultures. Und, äh, ich entdecke weiterhin neue Dinge über diese Sprachen in diesen Kulturen. E, uh, continuo descobrindo coisas novas sobre essas línguas nessas culturas.

And I do want to get back to Turkish and I hear that we have, we may have our LingQ mini stories done up in Urdu, in which case, once we get LingQ 5.0 launched, we will add Urdu and then I would like to get into Urdu as my approach into the south Asian languages, because then because I'm a bit lazy at learning new writing systems, then I won't have to, you know, learn either Hindi or Punjabi writing systems. Und ich möchte zurück zum Türkischen und ich habe gehört, dass wir unsere LingQ-Minigeschichten möglicherweise in Urdu erstellt haben. In diesem Fall werden wir, sobald wir LingQ 5.0 gestartet haben, Urdu hinzufügen und dann möchte ich es bekommen in Urdu als meine Annäherung an die südasiatischen Sprachen, weil ich dann, weil ich ein bisschen faul bin, neue Schriftsysteme zu lernen, dann muss ich weder Hindi noch Punjabi-Schriftsysteme lernen. Y quiero volver al turco y escuché que tenemos, podemos tener nuestras mini historias de LingQ terminadas en urdu, en cuyo caso, una vez que lancemos LingQ 5.0, agregaremos Urdu y luego me gustaría obtener al urdu como mi acercamiento a los idiomas del sur de Asia, porque entonces, como soy un poco perezoso para aprender nuevos sistemas de escritura, no tendré que, ya sabes, aprender los sistemas de escritura hindi o punjabi. トルコ語に戻りたいのですが、ウルドゥー語でLingQミニストーリーが完成する可能性があります。その場合、LingQ 5.0がリリースされたら、ウルドゥー語を追加します。南アジアの言語へのアプローチとしてウルドゥー語を学びます。新しい書記体系を学ぶのが少し怠惰なので、ヒンディー語またはパンジャブ語の書記体系を学ぶ必要がないからです。 E eu quero voltar ao turco e ouvi dizer que temos, podemos ter nossas mini histórias LingQ feitas em urdu, caso em que, assim que lançarmos o LingQ 5.0, adicionaremos urdu e então eu gostaria de obter em urdu como minha abordagem para as línguas do sul da Ásia, porque então, como sou um pouco preguiçoso em aprender novos sistemas de escrita, não precisarei, você sabe, aprender os sistemas de escrita hindi ou punjabi.

And I'll still be able to get some sense of the sounds of, of those languages. Und ich werde immer noch in der Lage sein, ein Gefühl für die Klänge dieser Sprachen zu bekommen. そして、私はまだそれらの言語の音のいくつかの感覚を得ることができるでしょう。 E ainda poderei ter uma noção dos sons dessas línguas. I may still end up learning the writing system, we'll see. Vielleicht lerne ich noch das Schriftsystem, wir werden sehen. Todavía puedo terminar aprendiendo el sistema de escritura, ya veremos. Je finirai peut-être par apprendre le système d'écriture, on verra. 私はまだ書記体系を学ぶことになるかもしれません、私達は見るでしょう。 Ainda posso acabar aprendendo o sistema de escrita, veremos. 我可能仍然会学习书写系统,我们拭目以待。 But you know this again, as a polyglot, I have this tremendous world of languages to look forward to, and I don't know which languages I'm going to explore in the future. Aber Sie wissen das noch einmal, als Polyglott habe ich diese enorme Welt der Sprachen, auf die ich mich freuen kann, und ich weiß nicht, welche Sprachen ich in Zukunft erforschen werde. しかし、あなたはこれを再び知っています、多言語として、私は楽しみにしているこの途方もない言語の世界を持っています、そして私は将来どの言語を探求するのか分かりません。 Mas você sabe disso novamente, como poliglota, tenho esse tremendo mundo de idiomas pela frente e não sei quais idiomas vou explorar no futuro. Uh, I think we'll have Tagalog. Uh, ich denke, wir werden Tagalog haben. Uh, acho que teremos tagalo.

We'll have Vietnamese at LingQ. Teremos vietnamitas no LingQ. Thai, maybe, uh, maybe Indonesian, maybe Swahili something on the African continent. Tailandês, talvez, uh, talvez indonésio, talvez algo suaíli no continente africano. I don't know. Não sei. But as a polyglot, my motivation is to get in there and explore these, but I recognize that each and every one of them is going to be a lot of work, uh, but enjoyable. Aber als Polyglott ist es meine Motivation, dort einzusteigen und diese zu erkunden, aber ich erkenne an, dass jeder einzelne von ihnen eine Menge Arbeit sein wird, äh, aber Spaß machen wird. しかし、多言語としての私の動機は、そこに入ってこれらを探索することですが、それらのすべてが多くの作業になることを認識しています、ええと、しかし楽しいです。 Mas, como poliglota, minha motivação é chegar lá e explorá-los, mas reconheço que cada um deles vai dar muito trabalho, uh, mas agradável. And, but for me, that's fine. そして、しかし私にとっては、それは問題ありません。 E, mas para mim, tudo bem.

That's what I have to look forward to. Darauf muss ich mich freuen. Eso es lo que tengo que esperar. C'est ce que je dois attendre avec impatience. それが私が楽しみにしていることです。 Isso é o que eu tenho que esperar. So perhaps that's my perspective on how to become a polyglot. Tal vez esa sea mi perspectiva sobre cómo convertirme en políglota. だから、多分それはポリグロットになる方法についての私の見解です。 But to summarize, you have to be motivated to learn languages. Aber zusammenfassend muss man motiviert sein, Sprachen zu lernen. En resumen, hay que estar motivado para aprender idiomas. Mas, para resumir, você precisa estar motivado para aprender idiomas. You have to be interested in learning these languages. Você tem que estar interessado em aprender essas línguas. You have to be interested in a particular language. Sie müssen sich für eine bestimmte Sprache interessieren. Hay que estar interesado en una lengua concreta. Você tem que estar interessado em um idioma específico. You learn them one at a time. Du lernst sie einzeln. Você os aprende um de cada vez. And as you achieve success in one language, you may find that you're motivated to learn another language. Und wenn Sie in einer Sprache erfolgreich sind, stellen Sie möglicherweise fest, dass Sie motiviert sind, eine andere Sprache zu lernen. Y a medida que vayas teniendo éxito en un idioma, puede que te sientas motivado para aprender otro. E à medida que você obtém sucesso em um idioma, pode descobrir que está motivado para aprender outro idioma.

You have to be unafraid of interference from languages that you have previously learned. Sie müssen keine Angst vor Störungen durch Sprachen haben, die Sie zuvor gelernt haben. No debe tener miedo a la interferencia de idiomas que ha aprendido previamente. Vous ne devez pas craindre les interférences des langues que vous avez déjà apprises. あなたは以前に学んだ言語からの干渉を恐れてはいけません。 Você não deve ter medo da interferência de idiomas que aprendeu anteriormente. You have to be unafraid of the fact that some of the languages that you have learned will actually get very, very rusty. Sie müssen keine Angst davor haben, dass einige der gelernten Sprachen tatsächlich sehr, sehr einrosten. Vous ne devez pas avoir peur du fait que certaines des langues que vous avez apprises deviennent en fait très, très rouillées. あなたが学んだ言語のいくつかが実際に非常に、非常に錆びてしまうという事実を恐れてはいけません。 Você não deve ter medo do fato de que alguns dos idiomas que você aprendeu realmente ficarão muito, muito enferrujados. 你必须不害怕这样一个事实,即你学过的一些语言实际上会变得非常非常生疏。 You may in fact, not be able to speak in that language. Möglicherweise können Sie diese Sprache tatsächlich nicht sprechen. Você pode, de fato, não ser capaz de falar nesse idioma. Like if you were to ask me now to speak in Romanian or Greek, I would, I wouldn't be able to do it. Wenn Sie mich jetzt bitten würden, auf Rumänisch oder Griechisch zu sprechen, würde ich es tun, ich könnte es nicht tun. Como si ahora me pidieras que hable en rumano o griego, lo haría, no sería capaz de hacerlo. もしあなたが今私にルーマニア語かギリシャ語で話すように頼んだら、私はそうするでしょう、私はそれをすることができないでしょう。 Por exemplo, se você me pedisse agora para falar em romeno ou grego, eu o faria, não seria capaz.

And yet I know that I have learned those languages to a level where I went to the country and I was able to communicate and that's okay because I can't, you know, if you have 20 pots on a stove, it's very difficult to keep them all, you know, simmering without burning any one of them or without the fire going out here and there. Und doch weiß ich, dass ich diese Sprachen auf einem Niveau gelernt habe, wo ich aufs Land gegangen bin und mich verständigen konnte, und das ist okay, weil ich es nicht kann, weißt du, wenn du 20 Töpfe auf einem Herd hast, ist es sehr schwierig halte sie alle am Köcheln, ohne dass einer von ihnen anbrennt oder ohne dass das Feuer hier und da ausgeht. Y, sin embargo, sé que he aprendido esos idiomas a un nivel en el que fui al campo y pude comunicarme y eso está bien porque no puedo, ya sabes, si tienes 20 ollas en una estufa, es muy difícil mantenerlos todos, ya sabes, a fuego lento sin quemar ninguno de ellos o sin que el fuego se apague aquí y allá. それでも私はそれらの言語を私が田舎に行ったレベルまで学び、コミュニケーションをとることができたのを知っています、そしてそれは私ができないので大丈夫です、あなたがストーブに20個の鍋を持っているなら、それは非常に難しいですそれらすべてを、あなたが知っているように、それらのどれも燃やさずに、またはあちこちで火が消えることなく、煮てください。 E, no entanto, sei que aprendi essas línguas a um nível em que fui para o interior e consegui me comunicar e tudo bem porque não posso, sabe, se você tem 20 panelas no fogão, é muito difícil mantenha-os todos, você sabe, fervendo sem queimar nenhum deles ou sem que o fogo se apague aqui e ali. 但是我知道我已经将这些语言学习到了一个我去乡下的水平并且我能够交流这没关系因为我不能,你知道,如果你在炉子上有 20 个锅,很难你知道,把它们都放在文火里,不要烧焦任何一个,也不要让火到处熄灭。

So that's fine. だからそれは大丈夫です。 Então tudo bem. So all of those things, I think, uh, are part of the, the, um, you know, at least in my case, the attitude of a polyglot, I can't speak for other polyglots. Also all diese Dinge, denke ich, äh, sind Teil der, ähm, wissen Sie, zumindest in meinem Fall, der Einstellung eines Polyglotte, ich kann nicht für andere Polyglotte sprechen. ですから、これらすべてのことは、ええと、ええと、ええと、少なくとも私の場合、ポリグロットの態度の一部だと思います。他のポリグロットについて話すことはできません。 Então, todas essas coisas, eu acho, fazem parte do, o, hum, você sabe, pelo menos no meu caso, a atitude de um poliglota, não posso falar por outros poliglotas. 所以所有这些,我认为,呃,是,嗯,你知道的,至少在我的情况下,多语言的态度的一部分,我不能代表其他多语言的人。 So there you have it. Da haben Sie es also. Então aí está. How to become a polyglot. Cómo convertirse en políglota. Como se tornar um poliglota. I hope you enjoyed it. Espero que lo haya disfrutado. Espero que tenha gostado. Thank you for listening. Gracias por escucharme. Bye. Tchau.