Polyglot Explains How To Learn A Language Fast

PolyGlot otkriva kako brzo naučiti jezik

Learning another language is impressive,  but imagine learning 20 languages.  

Učenje drugog jezika je impresivno, ali zamislite da naučite 20 jezika.

Well, this incredible feat has been achieved  by today's guest, Steve Kaufmann from YouTube  

Pa, ovaj nevjerojatan podvig postigao je današnji gost, Steve Kaufmann s YouTube

channel, Steve Kaufmann, lingosteve. He's also  the CEO of lingQ, which I will link down below,  

kanala, Steve Kaufmann, lingosteve. On je također izvršni direktor lingQ-a, što ću povezati u nastavku,

which is a fantastic learning resource  for anyone learning another language. 

što je fantastičan resurs za učenje za svakoga tko uči drugi jezik.

So, what can we learn from such an  incredible linguistic brain? Let's find out. 

Dakle, što možemo naučiti od tako nevjerojatnog jezičnog mozga? Hajde da vidimo.

Hello, Steve, it's lovely to meet you, I'd  like you to just spend a few moments telling  

Zdravo, Steve, drago mi je što smo se upoznali, želio bih da provedeš nekoliko trenutaka govoreći

my audience a little bit about who you are,  and what you do when it comes to languages.

mojoj publici malo o tome tko si i što radiš kada su jezici u pitanju.

I enjoy learning languages, I've learned  languages, you know, throughout my life  

Uživam u učenju jezika, učio sam jezike, znate, tijekom života

for various reasons. And in particular, in  the last 15 or 16 years, I've been very much  

iz raznih razloga. Konkretno, zadnjih 15 ili 16 godina jako sam se

involved with learning languages online, I  have a YouTube channel called lingosteve,  

bavio učenjem jezika na internetu, imam YouTube kanal koji se zove lingosteve,

together with my son, I co-founded a platform  for learning languages called link lingq.com.  

zajedno sa svojim sinom sam suosnivao platformu za učenje jezika pod nazivom link lingq. com.

I'm currently learning Arabic and  Persian. And, yeah, I like languages.

Trenutno učim arapski i perzijski. I, da, volim jezike.

Okay, so how many languages do you actually know?

Dobro, koliko jezika zapravo znaš?

To some extent, I would say 20! I can easily communicate, like right away now  

Donekle, rekao bih 20! Mogu lako komunicirati, kao što je trenutno

10, or 12, and other 8 languages or so that  I did learn well enough to use when I was in  

10, ili 12, i drugih 8 jezika ili tako da sam naučio dovoljno dobro da ih koristim dok sam bio u

the country or that I'm in the process  of learning? And it would, you know,  

zemlji ili da sam u procesu učenja? I bilo bi, znate,

I'd need a little bit of work to get them  up to a decent level, let's put it that way.

trebalo bi mi malo rada da ih podignem na pristojnu razinu, recimo to tako.

You said you had a method. So, tell me my students  are desperate to know, What is your secret?

Rekao si da imaš metodu. Dakle, reci mi da moji studenti očajnički žele znati, koja je tvoja tajna?

I believe that the brain gradually gets used  to a language, you have to be exposed to a  

Vjerujem da se mozak postupno navikava na jezik, morate biti izloženi

certain amount of the language for the brain  to start to get used to it. And so, I spend  

određenoj količini jezika da bi se mozak počeo navikavati na njega. I tako,

most of my time in sort of listening and reading  and then when I have the opportunity I speak,  

većinu svog vremena provodim u nekakvom slušanju i čitanju, a onda kada imam priliku govorim,

but my focus is on comprehension, accumulating  vocabulary through a lot of listening and  

ali moj fokus je na razumijevanju, gomilanju vokabulara kroz puno slušanja i

reading. That's the sort of approach that we  have, you know, made, I think, more efficient  

čitanja. To je vrsta pristupa koji smo, znate, učinili, mislim, učinkovitijim

in lingQ. But but the idea is that you have to  give the brain a chance to acquire the language.

u lingQ-u. Ali ideja je da mozgu morate dati priliku da usvoji jezik.

Just in the same way, I guess that children  when they're learning to speak, do they are  

Isto tako, pretpostavljam da djeca kada uče govoriti,

absorbing the language all around them,  aren't they before they even start to  

upijaju li jezik svuda oko sebe, zar ne prije nego što počnu

really try to communicate back with us.

stvarno pokušati komunicirati s nama.

Right! And we have a big advantage  over children. And we already have  

Pravo! A mi smo u velikoj prednosti pred djecom. A mi već imamo

a large vocabulary in our own language, whatever  language that may be. So, we have concepts,  

velik vokabular na svom jeziku, koji god to bio. Dakle, imamo pojmove,

words in our own language that the children aren't  even aware of in their own language. So, we do  

riječi na svom jeziku kojih djeca nisu ni svjesna u svom jeziku. Dakle, imamo prednost

have a head start over the kids, although they  are more natural and less inhibited. Let's say.

u odnosu na djecu, iako su prirodnija i manje inhibirana. Recimo.

I think that's one of the biggest things I  try and teach my students in particular is to  

Mislim da je to jedna od najvećih stvari koje pokušavam i posebno podučavam svojim studentima da

try not to let your fear of mistakes hold  you back. I think it's important to try and  

ne dopuste da vas strah od pogrešaka sputava. Mislim da je važno pokušati

just, just make mistakes and put  yourself out there and try to use  

samo, samo pogriješiti i pokazati se i pokušati koristiti

the language as much as possible. I fully agree with that. Yeah.

jezik što je više moguće. U potpunosti se slažem s tim. Da.

You are a native English speaker, right?  So, what motivated you? What was the first  

Vi ste izvorni govornik engleskog, zar ne? Dakle, što vas je motiviralo? Koji je bio prvi

language you learnt? What motivated  you to learn so many languages.

jezik koji ste naučili? Što vas je motiviralo da naučite toliko jezika.

I was born in Sweden. So, for the first five years  of my life, I spoke Swedish. Now, I've been in  

Rođen sam u Švedskoj. Dakle, prvih pet godina svog života govorio sam švedski. Sada sam u

Canada for 71 years. So, I mean, English is my  natural language. It's my native language. It's  

Kanadi već 71 godinu. Dakle, mislim, engleski je moj prirodni jezik. To je moj maternji jezik. To je

the one that I speak the best, most naturally. But I think the fact that I was exposed to  

onaj koji najbolje govorim, najprirodnije. Ali mislim da je činjenica da sam bila izložena

another language when I was a small child probably  helped, you know, as a 1617 year old in Montreal,  

drugom jeziku kad sam bila mala vjerojatno pomogla, znate, kao 1617-godišnjak u Montrealu,

I got very interested in French because of a  professor that we had, and I ended up going to  

jako sam se zainteresirao za francuski zbog profesora kojeg smo imali, i na kraju sam odlazak u

France spent three years there did my university  education in France. And then after that,  

Francusku proveo sam tri godine tamo i završio sveučilišno obrazovanje u Francuskoj. A onda

I worked for the Canadian government, and they  were looking to train people in Mandarin Chinese. 

sam nakon toga radio za kanadsku vladu, a oni su tražili obuku ljudi na mandarinskom kineskom.

So, I was selected, and I was sent to Hong Kong  to learn Mandarin Chinese. And then thereafter, I  

Dakle, izabran sam i poslan u Hong Kong da učim mandarinski kineski. A onda sam nakon toga

learned I lived in Japan, my family, my wife, and  kids, we lived in Japan. And so, once you realize  

saznao da živim u Japanu, moja obitelj, moja žena i djeca, da živimo u Japanu. I tako, kad jednom shvatite

that, in fact, is not that difficult to learn  languages, then it's something I like to do. And  

da, zapravo, nije tako teško učiti jezike, onda je to nešto što volim raditi. I

I've continued doing. And particularly in the last  15, 16 years, since the age of 60, I decided to  

nastavio sam raditi. A posebno u zadnjih 15, 16 godina, od svoje 60. godine, odlučio sam

learn Russian and after Russian then Czech and you  know, I learned Ukrainian and Korean and Greek and  

naučiti ruski i nakon ruskog pa češkog i znate, naučio sam ukrajinski i korejski i grčki i

so I put more effort into it the last 15, 16 years  than I than I did in the previous sort of period  

tako sam ulagao više truda u to zadnjih 15, 16. godine nego ja u prethodnom periodu

of my life where I was mostly working didn't  have so much time to spend on language learning.

mog života u kojem sam uglavnom radio nisam imao toliko vremena za učenje jezika.

How do you navigate switching  between the languages when you  

Kako se snalazite u prebacivanju između jezika

if you ever in a situation where  you do have to switch? How do you  

ako se ikad nađete u situaciji da morate mijenjati jezik? Kako se

navigate that? And do you have any tips or  tricks for switching into a different language?

snalazite u tome? I imate li savjete ili trikove za prelazak na drugi jezik?

I mean, you just have to get going in the language  and the brain will take over. Like I trust my  

Mislim, samo moraš krenuti s jezikom i mozak će preuzeti. Kao da vjerujem svom

brain and and I'll make mistakes you know the  language is.. I'm obviously.. my Spanish is a  

mozgu i griješit ću, znaš da je jezik.. očito sam.. moj španjolski je

lot stronger than my Portuguese so when I speak  Spanish, I will or at least Portuguese I'll mix  

puno jači od portugalskog pa kad govorim španjolski, hoću ili ću barem portugalski miješati

in Spanish. If I'm with Portuguese people  more or Brazilian people more than there'll  

na španjolskom. Ako sam više s Portugalcima ili više s Brazilcima, bit

be less of a mixture. I never worry about  that the main objective is communicating.  

će manje mješavine. Nikada ne brinem o tome da je glavni cilj komunikacija.

Communication. And, and of course, my  goal is comprehension. So as long as I  

Komunikacija. I, naravno, moj cilj je razumijevanje. Dakle, sve dok

have that level of comprehension, and I can  understand what the person is saying, I don't  

imam tu razinu razumijevanja i mogu razumjeti što osoba govori, zapravo se ne

really worry too much about how you know elegantly  I express myself how many mistakes I make,  

brinem previše o tome kako znaš elegantno izražavam se koliko grešaka napravim,

it doesn't really bother me. I don't consciously  switch. It's not something that I deliberately do.

to me zapravo ne smeta . Ne mijenjam se svjesno. To nije nešto što namjerno radim.

Ok. I know when my background previously was  in acting, and I would, I would learn different  

U redu. Znam kada je moje iskustvo prije bilo u glumi, i ja bih, naučio bih različite

accents. And I had a trick, which was to or just  have a phrase that belonged to each accent that  

naglaske. I imao sam trik, koji je bio da ili jednostavno imam frazu koja pripada svakom naglasku koji

would give me the target sounds for that accent  that I would say that phrase, and that would  

bi mi dao ciljane zvukove za taj naglasak da bih izgovorio tu frazu i koji bi

help me to sit into it. But it's not I guess it's  not the same when you have different languages.

mi pomogao da sjednem u nju. Ali nije valjda nije isto kad imate različite jezike.

No, no, no, no, I think that's true.  Sometimes, if you're having trouble switching,  

Ne, ne, ne, ne, mislim da je to istina. Ponekad, ako imate problema s prebacivanjem,

you got to find a word or a phrase, in that new  language, I gotta find something that I can say  

morate pronaći riječ ili frazu, na tom novom jeziku, moram pronaći nešto što sada mogu reći

in Russian now because I've been speaking  Chinese. And so, I'll say that and then  

na ruskom jer govorim kineski. I eto, reći ću to i onda

stumble a bit and slowly I'll slide into the  Russian. So yeah, I think that's a good strategy.

ću malo posrnuti i polako ću skliznuti u ruski. Pa da, mislim da je to dobra strategija.

You mentioned age, but you didn't say how old you  are. Do you mind me asking how old you are now?

Spomenuli ste godine, ali niste rekli koliko imate godina. Smeta li ti da te pitam koliko ti je sad godina?

Yeah. I'm 76.

Da. Imam 76 godina

Wow. 76! And what age were you when  you picked up your last language?

. Vau. 76! A koliko ste godina imali kada ste naučili posljednji jezik?

Well, you know, right now I'm working on I  say Persian and Arabic, the Arabic is tougher,  

Pa znaš, trenutno radim na perzijskom i arapskom, a arapski je teži,

because I'm doing a bit of Egyptian and a bit  of Levantine and a bit of Standard Arabic. And  

jer radim malo egipatski i malo levantski i malo standardni arapski. I

it's hard. The Arabic is difficult.  Persian. Those are the two languages  

teško je. Arapski je težak. perzijski. To su dva jezika

that I'm working on right now. With the  Persian it's not that bad, actually. 

na kojima trenutno radim. S Perzijcem zapravo i nije tako loše.

I understand a lot of podcasts, newscasts I  talk if I there's a lot of Iranian immigrants  

Razumijem puno podcasta, vijesti pričam ako ima puno iranskih imigranata

here in Vancouver, and I can chat with them.  And they're very encouraging when I do that.

ovdje u Vancouveru, i mogu razgovarati s njima. I vrlo su ohrabrujući kada to radim.

What do you think is the biggest obstacle for  learning any language, just a blanket obstacle?

Što je po vama najveća prepreka za učenje bilo kojeg jezika, samo opća prepreka?

The important thing is to put in the time, put  in the time with the language however you do it,  

Važno je uložiti vrijeme, uložiti vrijeme s jezikom kako god to činite,

you can watch TV programs, you can read, you can  talk to people, just spend time with the language 

možete gledati TV programe, možete čitati, možete razgovarati s ljudima, samo provodite vrijeme uz jezik

Don't worry about things you don't  understand, there's always going to be  

Ne brinite o stvarima ne razumiješ, uvijek će biti

things you don't understand. And some people  will pronounce better, and some people will  

stvari koje ne razumiješ. I neki će izgovarati bolje, a neki

pronounce less well. And it really  doesn't matter. I think the main thing is  

slabije. I stvarno nije važno. Mislim da je glavna stvar

to just stay with it and keep  going you will continue to improve.

samo ostati s tim i nastaviti dalje, nastavit ćeš se usavršavati.

Have you approached every language in the same way  

Jeste li pristupili svakom jeziku na isti način

or like your method, your your resource that  you'd like to use? Has it all been a very similar  

ili kao svoju metodu, vaš resurs koji biste željeli koristiti? Je li sve to bila vrlo slična

strategy that you've used? Or have, you had to  adjust your strategy, depending on the language?

strategija koju ste vi koristili? Ili ste morali prilagoditi svoju strategiju, ovisno o jeziku?

The strategy has been the same, you have to do a  lot of reading, reading and listening, reading and  

Strategija je bila ista, morate puno čitati, čitati i slušati, čitati i

listening. That's what I did. Long before I had  ever heard of Stephen Krashen, who, of course, you  

slušati. To sam i učinio. Mnogo prije nego što sam ikad čuo za Stephena Krashena, koji je, naravno,

know, is the great guru of input-based learning.  But it was obvious to me that that's what I had  

znate, veliki guru učenja temeljenog na inputu. Ali bilo mi je očito da to moram

to do. And I let the speaking kind of look at,  you know, look after itself. It's not something  

učiniti. I pustio sam govornika da gleda, znate, da se brine o sebi. To nije nešto o čemu

I worry about. It'll develop gradually through,  you have to speak a lot to speak well, you can't,  

se brinem. To će se postepeno razvijati, morate puno govoriti da biste dobro govorili, ne možete,

you know, I like some I remember speaking  to a group of immigrants here in Vancouver,  

znate, sviđaju mi ​​se neki kojih se sjećam da sam razgovarao sa grupom imigranata ovdje u Vancouveru,

who were from China. And they wanted  to learn enough English so that  

koji su bili iz Kine. I htjeli su naučiti dovoljno engleskog kako

they could speak to their kids’ teacher, or if  ever a policeman stopped them on the highway,  

bi mogli razgovarati s učiteljicom svoje djece, ili ako ih je ikada policajac zaustavio na autocesti,

you can't just, you know, get enough English so  that in a particular situation, once a month,  

ne možete samo, znate, dobiti dovoljno engleskog tako da u određenoj situaciji, jednom mjesec,

you can use it, it's not going to happen. If they really want to get good in English, they  

možete ga koristiti, to se neće dogoditi. Ako stvarno žele biti dobri u engleskom,

have to watch English television that they have  to get in, you know, spend a lot of time with the  

moraju gledati englesku televiziju koju moraju, znate, provoditi puno vremena s

language. So, the only thing that I did a little  differently was when I was learning Mandarin  

jezikom. Dakle, jedino što sam učinio malo drugačije je kada sam učio mandarinski

Chinese. In order to learn the characters, I  used spaced repetition system for the first  

kineski. Kako bih naučio znakove, koristio sam razmaknuti sustav ponavljanja za prvih

1000 characters. That was a system that I designed  by myself. But it was based on the principle that  

1000 znakova. To je bio sustav koji sam dizajnirao sam. Ali to se temeljilo na principu da

I had to keep on relearning, relearning, those  that I thought I learned, I put them aside, then  

sam morao nastaviti učiti, iznova učiti, one za koje sam mislio da sam naučio, ostavio sam ih po strani, onda

I worked with the others and stuff. It was a form  of spaced repetition, I won't go into details.

sam radio s ostalima i slično. Bio je to oblik ponavljanja u razmaku, neću ulaziti u detalje.

And the other thing that's changed, of course,  is lingQ because all of those activities are now  

A druga stvar koja se promijenila, naravno, je lingQ jer su sve te aktivnosti sada

more efficient. They’re taking advantage of you  know, modern technology, mp3, online dictionaries,  

učinkovitije. Koriste prednosti, znate, modernu tehnologiju, mp3, online rječnike,

the ability to bring in content from YouTube,  from Netflix, you know, everything that  

mogućnost unosa sadržaja s YouTubea, s Netflixa, znate, sve što

the internet makes available to us now for  language learning. So that has changed.

nam internet sada čini dostupnim za učenje jezika. Dakle, to se promijenilo.

You said that you're learning  two languages at the moment.  

Rekli ste da trenutno učite dva jezika.

In general, if someone has aspirations  to learn many languages, do you recommend  

Općenito, ako netko želi naučiti više jezika, preporučujete li

learning more than one language at a time? Or  do you think that's.. No. ..quite tricky to do?

učenje više od jednog jezika u isto vrijeme? Ili mislite da je to.. Ne... ..prilično zeznuto za napraviti?

Not a good thing to do. I don't know why I did  it. I initially I also had Turkish in there,  

Nije dobra stvar za napraviti. Ne znam zašto sam to učinio. U početku sam također imao turski unutra

too. I said, I don't know much about the  Middle East. I'm going to try to learn Persian,  

. Rekao sam, ne znam puno o Bliskom istoku. Pokušat ću naučiti perzijski,

Arabic and Turkish. So, I was sort of three  months on one. Three months on the other.  

arapski i turski. Dakle, bio sam otprilike tri mjeseca na jednom. S druge strane, tri mjeseca.

I dropped Turkish because because it's written  in the Latin alphabet, essentially, it's going  

Odbacio sam turski jer zato što je napisan latinicom, u biti će

to be easier. On the other side. Sometimes  people get tired of learning one language  

biti lakše. Na drugoj strani. Ponekad se ljudi umore od učenja jednog jezika za

they feel they aren't getting anywhere. You  can't keep on doing the same thing all the time.  

koji smatraju da nikuda ne uspijevaju. Ne možete nastaviti raditi istu stvar cijelo vrijeme.

The brain likes variety. So, to that  extent, occasionally moving off into  

Mozak voli raznolikost. Dakle, u toj mjeri, povremeno prelazak na

another language can be a good thing,  but it slows you it slows you down.

drugi jezik može biti dobra stvar, ali vas usporava, usporava vas.

Do you do anything to maintain the  languages that you've previously  

Činite li išta kako biste održali jezike koje ste prethodno

learned? So, you're now working on new  languages, but do you continue to listen  

naučili? Dakle, sada radite na novim jezicima, ali nastavljate li slušati

to different languages and just keep a  hand in to make sure you don't go rusty?

različite jezike i samo držite ruku kako biste bili sigurni da ne zahrđate?

I mean, I would love to, but there's just not  enough time in the day. You know, I like to  

Mislim, volio bih, ali jednostavno nema dovoljno vremena u danu. Znate, ja volim

play golf with my wife, I have other activities  and have an hour and a half, two hours a day,  

igrati golf sa suprugom, imam druge aktivnosti i imam sat i pol, dva sata dnevno,

maybe at most to spend on language. If I were to  spend that time on reviewing languages that I'm  

možda najviše za jezik. Kad bih potrošio to vrijeme na pregledavanje jezika koje

you know, would like to improve in or  whatever, maintain, I just don't have the time. 

poznajem, želio bih se poboljšati ili što god, održavati, jednostavno nemam vremena.

That's one interesting thing. When you  relearn something that you've forgotten,  

To je jedna zanimljiva stvar. Kad ponovno naučite nešto što ste zaboravili,

you end up better. And so, everything that I  put into it is all there it's stored. I can't  

završite bolje. I tako, sve što sam stavio u njega je sve tamo i pohranjeno. Ne mogu

bring it up right away, but I can go back  to it, quickly bring it up to where it was,  

to odmah iznijeti, ali mogu se vratiti na to, brzo ga dovesti tamo gdje je bilo

and just move on. So, I don't worry  about maintaining my languages, no.

i jednostavno krenuti dalje. Dakle, ne brinem o održavanju svojih jezika, ne.

You mentioned that you have a  YouTube channel as well as LingQ. 

Spomenuli ste da imate YouTube kanal kao i LingQ.

Right. Yeah. What do you do on your YouTube channel? So,  

Pravo. Da. Što radiš na svom YouTube kanalu? Dakle,

if my guys want to come over and see what  you do over there, what do you offer there?

ako moji dečki žele doći i vidjeti što radiš tamo, što nudiš tamo?

What I try to do is encourage people. You know,  relax, you can learn. Put in the time. Enjoy it. 

Ono što pokušavam je ohrabriti ljude. Znaš, opusti se, možeš učiti. Stavite vrijeme. Uživaj.

That's the message. I mean, I and I cover it in  different ways, different aspects of how we can  

To je poruka. Mislim, ja i ja to pokrivamo na različite načine, različite aspekte kako možemo

enjoy our language learning. Because enjoyment  is the key. If you enjoy it, you're gonna stay  

uživati ​​u učenju jezika. Jer užitak je ključ. Ako uživate, ostat ćete

with it. If you stay with it, you'll improve. It's  that simple. I think a lot of language teachers,  

s tim. Ako ostanete s tim, poboljšat ćete se. To je tako jednostavno. Mislim da mnogi profesori jezika

sometimes they overcomplicate things, there's  too much of an emphasis on trying to get people  

ponekad previše kompliciraju, previše je naglaska na pokušaju da se ljudi

to master stuff, master the grammar. First of  all, you can't master anything, but you're not  

svladaju, svladaju gramatiku. Prije svega, ne možete ništa svladati, ali nećete

going to get very good at incorporating, you know,  different aspects of grammar or even vocabulary,  

biti baš dobri u uključivanju, znate, različitih aspekata gramatike ili čak rječnika,

if you haven't been exposing yourself enough  to the to the language. And that's the message. 

ako se niste dovoljno izložili jeziku. I to je poruka.

Most of my videos are in English. I try to speak  clearly. And I think many people who are learning  

Većina mojih videa je na engleskom. Pokušavam govoriti jasno. I mislim da mnogi ljudi koji uče

English, listen to my videos. And of course, the  script, the transcript is available on LingQ,  

engleski slušaju moje videe. I naravno, skripta, transkript je dostupan na LingQ-u,

so they can actually study those as lessons in  LingQ. They listened to improve their English.  

tako da ih oni zapravo mogu proučavati kao lekcije u LingQ-u. Slušali su kako bi poboljšali svoj engleski.

Many say they find me easier  to understand that many,  

Mnogi kažu da mi je lakše razumjeti da mnogi,

you know, average native speakers that they  run into, but I also speak another language.

znate, prosječni izvorni govornici na koje naiđu, ali ja također govorim drugi jezik.

Fantastic. Fantastic. So, Steve, if it's  alright with you, I'd like to do a very short,  

Fantastičan. Fantastičan. Dakle, Steve, ako je s tobom u redu, želio bih postaviti vrlo kratku,

quick fire round of questions if that's  okay. Yeah, please. Yeah. Okay. So.

brzu rundu pitanja ako je to u redu. Da, molim te. Da. U redu. Tako.

Favorite language to learn?

Omiljeni jezik za učenje?

There is no favorite language,  the one I'm on is my favorite.

Ne postoji omiljeni jezik, najdraži mi je onaj na kojem sam.

Easiest language to learn?

Najlakši jezik za učenje?

The one that has the most common vocabulary  with a language you already know.

Onaj koji ima najčešći vokabular s jezikom koji već poznajete.

Hardest? 

Najteže?

Well, I would say you know, right  now, Arabic but Chinese. I mean,  

Pa, rekao bih da sada znate arapski, ali kineski. Mislim,

wherever there is no common vocabulary and  a different script. It's more difficult.

gdje god nema zajedničkog rječnika i drugačijeg pisma. Teže je.

Is a person ever too old to learn a new language?

Je li osoba ikada prestara da nauči novi jezik?

I haven't reached that age  yet. So, I don't think so.

Nisam još dostigao te godine. Dakle, ne mislim tako.

Fantastic. Grammar rules, love them or hate them?

Fantastičan. Gramatička pravila, volite ih ili mrzite?

Grammar rules are fun. If you have  enough experience with the language,  

Gramatička pravila su zabavna. Ako imate dovoljno iskustva s jezikom,

once you're familiar with the language,  

nakon što ste upoznati s jezikom,

it's fun to read grammar rules. And I would like  to see more grammar texts in the target language.

zabavno je čitati gramatička pravila. I želio bih vidjeti više gramatičkih tekstova na ciljnom jeziku.

Will you be learning any more languages after  you finish learning the ones, you're on now?

Hoćete li učiti još neke jezike nakon što završite s učenjem onih na kojima ste sada?

Likely, maybe Indonesia, and maybe Swahili? I  don't know. Whatever, it's fun, I enjoy it. And  

Vjerojatno, možda Indonezija, a možda i svahili? ne znam. Kako god, zabavno je, uživam. I

every time you learn a language, you learn  about the people, the culture, the history.  

svaki put kad naučite jezik, učite o ljudima, kulturi, povijesti.

So, it's more than just  the language. It's a whole,  

Dakle, to je više od jezika. To je cjelina,

you know, discovering different  parts of the world sort of thing.

znate, otkrivanje različitih dijelova svijeta.

Another question that’s just popped into my head,  and you've probably be one of the best people  

Još jedno pitanje koje mi je upravo palo u glavu, a vi ste vjerojatno jedan od najboljih ljudi

to answer the question is I always have  this debate with people about whether or not  

koji su odgovorili na to pitanje je da uvijek vodim debatu s ljudima o tome mogu li

some people who advertise you can  be fluent in a language in 30 days,  

neki ljudi koji vas reklamiraju tečno govoriti jezik za 30 dana ,

or you can be fluent in just two  weeks. Do you think that's true? 

ili možete biti tečni za samo dva tjedna. Mislite li da je to istina?

Not at all. Is it possible?

Nikako. Je li moguće?

Not possible. Well, I shouldn't say  

Nije moguće. Pa, ne bih smio reći da

not possible. I don't. It's not possible for  me. Very hard. It's not possible for me. And I  

nije moguće. Ja ne. meni to nije moguće. Vrlo teško. meni to nije moguće. I mislim

don't think there are many people who can learn so  quickly. One of the people I enjoy reading is this  

da nema puno ljudi koji mogu tako brzo naučiti. Jedan od ljudi koje rado čitam je

German neuro scientist, I guess he says the brain  will always learn the brain is always dealing with  

njemački neuro znanstvenik, pretpostavljam da kaže da će mozak uvijek naučiti da se mozak uvijek nosi s

different experiences forming patterns. And  so, it learns, but the brain learns slowly,  

različitim iskustvima formirajući obrasce. I tako, uči, ali mozak uči polako,

the brain learns slowly and I think everyone  learning a language should be patient. Even if the  

mozak uči polako i mislim da bi svi koji uče jezik trebali biti strpljivi. Čak i ako je

vocabulary is very similar, say French and Spanish  or Spanish and Portuguese, it's still going to  

vokabular vrlo sličan, recimo francuski i španjolski ili španjolski i portugalski, ipak će

take a long time to get used to it to develop new  habits to feel comfortable. No, no, one month,  

trebati puno vremena da se naviknete na njega kako biste razvili nove navike kako biste se osjećali ugodno. Ne, ne, jedan mjesec,

three months, no, it takes time and you're  never perfect. So, you can always get better.

tri mjeseca, ne, treba vremena i nikad nisi savršen. Dakle, uvijek možete biti bolji.

Brilliant. So, the takeaway message for  people learning English because that's  

briljantno. Dakle, poruka za ponijeti za ljude koji uče engleski jer je

my audience's goal and mission. I know it's  not a language you learn but you're you know,  

to cilj i misija moje publike. Znam da to nije jezik koji učiš, ali ti znaš,

very well versed in taking on languages. The  takeaway message is to not worry about grammar  

vrlo dobro upućen u usvajanje jezika. Poruka za ponijeti je da ne brinete o gramatici

until later down the line. Lots of listening lots  of reading immersion and get speaking and make  

tek kasnije. Puno slušanja, puno čitanja, uroniti u čitanje i govoriti i

mistakes and don't worry did I miss anything else? No, no, that's it. Develop your.. You have to  

griješiti i ne brinite jesam li još nešto propustio? Ne, ne, to je to. Razvijte svoje.. Morate

develop habits and you will. And there's all  these different tenses in English but and you'll  

razviti navike i hoćete. I tu su sva ta različita vremena u engleskom, ali i vi ćete

get comfortable with certain tenses you mean,  and you'll hear other people using them and  

se priviknuti na određena vremena na koja mislite, i čut ćete druge ljude kako ih koriste i

it's just a gradual process of acclimatizing  yourself and getting used to a language and  

to je samo postupni proces aklimatizacije i navikavanja na jezik i

don't overanalyze and try to enjoy it. The  more you enjoy it, the better you'll do.

nemojte pretjerivati i pokušajte uživati. Što više uživate, to ćete bolje.

That's a really great message. Well, Steve,  

To je stvarno sjajna poruka. Pa, Steve,

it's been an absolute pleasure. I wish you  all the best of luck with the new language.

bilo mi je apsolutno zadovoljstvo. Želim vam svu sreću s novim jezikom.

Thank you! And Same to you. Brilliant. Okay, then. Thank you! 

Hvala vam! I tebi isto. briljantno. Dobro onda. Hvala vam!

Take care. Bye bye. Bye bye.

Čuvaj se. Doviđenja. Doviđenja.

Did you enjoy that? I did. If you enjoy watching these  

Jeste li uživali u tome? Učinio sam. Ako uživate u gledanju ovih

interviews and have another person in mind that  you would like me to interview them, please  

intervjua i imate na umu drugu osobu za koju biste željeli da je intervjuiram, napišite

do put their name down in the comments below and  tell me what you'd like me to talk to them about. 

njeno ime u komentarima ispod i recite mi o čemu biste željeli da s njom razgovaram.

I want to say a huge thank you to Steve, please  do go and check out his YouTube Channel and his  

Želim reći veliko hvala Steveu, molim vas idite i provjerite njegov YouTube kanal i njegovu

website the LingQ, which I will link down below. And if you're new here, don't forget to subscribe  

web stranicu LingQ, na koje ću povezivati ​​u nastavku. A ako ste novi ovdje, ne zaboravite se pretplatiti

before you leave so you don't  miss out on any future lessons. 

prije odlaska kako ne biste propustili nijednu buduću lekciju.

Until next time, take care. Bye

Do sljedećeg puta, čuvajte se. Pozdrav