How to learn and remember vocabulary

OK Lucy

Bine Lucy

quick question

Întrebare rapidă

Why did you use pigeons

De ce ai folosit cuvantul porumbei

as your main example

ca exemplu principal

throughout this whole video?

pe parcursul intregului videoclip?

Look, don't worry about it

Nu te ingrijora

it..it will be fine.

Va fi bine..

If you ask a language teacher

Daca intrebi un profesor

how can I improve my vocabulary?

cum pot sa imi imbunatatesc vocabularul?

They'll probably say something similar to:

Probabil ca raspunsul sau va suna cam asa:

read books

citeste carti

watch films

uita-te la filme

speak with natives

discuta cu nativi

do vocabulary exercises

fă exercitii de vocabular

and repeat, repeat, repeat!

si repeta, repeta repeta!

These are all valid points!

Toate aceste puncte sunt valabile

When I was learning Spanish

In perioada in care invatam limba spaniola

I managed to expand my vocabulary incredibly quickly

am reusit sa imi imbunatatesc vocabularul incredibil de repede,

and this is thanks to a method that I created for myself.

iar acest lucru i se datoreaza unei metode create de mine

This method probably already exists

Probabil ca aceasta metoda exista deja,

but I identified my need and I created a solution.

insa eu mi-am identificat necesitatile si am gasit o solutie

I needed something that I could do

Aveam nevoie de o metoda prin care sa invat

bit by bit

putin cate putin

day by day

zi de zi

And I'm gonna explain to you how you can do this method too

Si va voi explica si voua cum puteti folosi aceasta metoda

My method is going to help you train your brain

Metoda mea va va ajuta sa va antrenati creierul

to start thinking in that second language

pentru a gandi in cea de-a doua limba

so, what's the first step?

asadar, care este primul pas?

Well, when you wake up in the morning

Ei bine, cand te trezesti dimineata

you somehow need to remind yourself

trebuie sa iti reamintesti ca

that today I'm going to be searching for words that I don't already know.

astazi voi cauta cuvinte pe care nu le cunosc

Constantly!

si trebuie sa faceti acest lucur in mod constant

So whether you put a poster on your door

Fie ca lipiti un poster pe usa

a post-it note on your fridge

un post-it pe frigider

a reminder on your phone

sau un memento pe telefon

anything to remind you that today

folositi orice metoda prin care sa va amintiti

new words!

sa invatati cuvinte noi in fiecare zi

So, from the minute you leave the house

Asadar, din momentul in care iesiti pe usa

you need to be on the look out

trebuie sa fiti in permanenta in cautarea

for words that you don't know

oricaror cuvinte pe care nu le cunoasteti

Try to start thinking in the language that you're trying to learn

Incercati sa incepeti a gandi in limba pe care doriti sa o invatati

for me it's Spanish

cum este in cazul meu, spaniola

So, I'm thinking in Spanish

drept urmare, gandesc in spaniola

I see a pigeon

Vad un porumbel

'paloma'

'paloma' (in spaniola)

OK, I know that one

Ok, il cunosc pe acesta

I see a bus stop

Zaresc o statie de autobuz

I'm not sure how to say that in Spanish

nu sunt sigura cum se spune in spaniola

so, I whip out my phone quickly

asa ca incep repede sa caut pe telefon

write it down in English

scriu in limba engleza

and then I forget about it

si apoi uit de el

and I keep on doing that throughout the day

si continui sa fac asta pe tot parcursul zilei

So you're constantly on the look out

E bine sa fiti in permanenta in cautare de cuvinte noi

Do I know that in Spanish?

Stiu cum se spune la asta in spaniola?

Yes I do. Left it.

Da, stiu. Trec mai departe

Do I know that in Spanish?

Pe acesta stiu sa il traduc in spaniola?

No, I don't. Write it down.

Nu, asadar in notez

You might end up with five words at the end of the day

Poti invata 5 cuvinte noi pana la sfarsitul zilei

You might end up with twenty words

sau poti invata 20

at the end of the day

it depends on your level, and also where you are

depinde de nivelul tau si de mediul in care te aflii

By doing this you are train your brain

Facand acest lucru, iti pui mintea la contributie

to become accustomed to

pentru a te obisnui

thinking about things in that second language

sa percepi lucrurile in cea de-a doua limba

and it will help you towards fluency

si asta te va ajuta sa devii fluent

Then, you're also creating a list

In plus, iti faci si o lista

on your phone

pe telefon

of all the things that you've seen throughout the day

cu privire la toate lucrurile pe care le-ai vazut pe parcursul zilei

that you don't know how to say

si pe care nu stii sa le traduci in limba straina

Now the important part of this

Acum, partea importanta este

comes when you arrive home in the evening.

ca atunci cand ajungi acasa seara

So when you get home from work

cand te intorci de la serviciu

or university that day

sau de la universitate

you need to dedicate a couple of minutes

trebuie sa dedici cateva minute

to creating a word diary

pentru a completa vocabularul

I use a notepad for this because

folosesc un carnetel

I like to use use two pages per day

folosesc doua pagini zilnic

so, I write the date

scriu data

I write a short sentence about what I did that day

scriu o fraza scurta despre ce am facut in ziua respectiva

And then I go ahead and I look

si apoi ma uit

at the words that I didn't know today

peste cuvintele pe care nu le cunosc si pe care mi le-am notat azi

on my phone and I add them into my diary

pe telegon si le adauc in carnetel

so...

astfel

So the words I saw today were;

cuvintele pe care le-am invatat azi

pigeon, litter, bus stop, jeweller's and skyscraper

porumbel, gunoi, statie de autobuz, bijutier si zgarie nori

and I don't know how to say those in Spanish

si nu stiu sa spun aceste cuvinte in spaniola

So I move on to the next page

si trec la urmatoarea pagina

And I go and search them on the internet

si incep sa caut pe internet

So the first word was pigeon

si primul cuvant a fost porumbel

So I get my computer

asa ca imi iau calculatorul

I use a website like 'WordReference'

si folosesc site-ul "WordReference"

I search 'pigeon'

caut cuvantul 'porumbel'

and I listen to the pronunciation

si ii ascult pronuntia

'paloma'

'paloma'

great, 'paloma'

bun, 'paloma'

and then I add that to my word diary

si apoi adaug un cuvant nou in carnetel

one of my words was 'skyscraper'

unul dintre cuvintele pe care nu le cunosteam

that I didn't know

a fost 'zgarie-nori'

so I use 'WordReference' to search for 'skyscraper'

asa ca utilizez 'WordReference' pentru a cauta 'zgarie-nori'

and then I listen to the pronunciation

si ascult cum se pronunta

'rascacielos'

'rascacielos'

'Rascacielos' ok, and I add that to my word diary

'rascacielos', ok, si il adaug in carnetel

'rascacielos'

'rascacielos', bun!

great! And then I just keep on doing that

Si apoi continui sa fac acest lucru

Untill my list is full!

pana cand lista mea este completa

and then I have a definitive list

si apoi am o lista finala

of all the new vocabulary

cu toate cuvintele noi

that i saw today

invatate astazi

So ideally you need to do this diary every day

asadar, ideal ar fi sa va notati in carnetel zilnic

Make it a part of your life

si sa introduceti acest obicei in rutina dumneavoastra

and a part of your routine

So what you're actually doing by following this process

ceea ce faceti astfel prin intermediul acestui proces

and this method is

si al acestei metode

you're training your brain

este sa va antrenati creierul

to be constantly looking and confirming

pentru a putea urmari si confirma

that it knows words in that second language

ca stie traducerea cuvintelor in cea de-a doua limba

and immediately

si imediat

when it doesn't know

atunci cand nu o cunoaste

alert! you write that word down

alerta! va notati cuvantul

and then you know that you're going to search for it later.

pe care ulterior o sa il cautati

It's really interesting to look back through

este interesant sa analizati carnetelul

your word diary after months of doing this process

dupa luni de zile

because you see words and you just think

pentru a vedea ce cuvinte ati inregistrat

'Oh my god, I can't believe I didn't know how to say that!'

'Doamne, nu-mi vine sa cred ca nu stiam cum se spune la asta!'

When you wake up the next morning

Cand va veti trezi in dimineata urmatoare

after having completed your diary the night before

dupa ce ati completat carnetelul cu o noapte inainte

You'll immediately see

veti observa imediat

skyscraper = rascacielos

'zgarie-nori' = 'rascacielos'

pigeon = paloma

'porumbel' = 'paloma'

You just are constantly, it's there, it's in your mind.

si va intra in reflex

Once you've trained your brain to think and process in this way

de indata ce v-ati obisnuit creierul sa gandeasca astfel

it's going to be so much easier to pick up vocabulary

va va fi mult mai usor sa va dezvoltati vocabularul

and also to identify where your vocabulary is lacking!

si sa descoperiti ce cuvinte va sunt inca necunoscute

For many of you, this might not work!

Pentru multi dintre voi, aceasta metoda poate sa nu functioneze

Give it a try

Insa, dati-i o sansa

if it does work I'd love to hear about your success stories

daca este eficienta, va rog sa-mi spuneti in sectiunea comentariilor

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