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Lýdia Machová - Language mentor
Lýdia Machová teaches people how they can learn any language by themselves.

Why you should listen

Lýdia Machová has learned nine languages without ever living abroad or in a multilingual environment. She maintains seven of them at a fluent level, and she usually learns a new one every two years. After meeting dozens of polyglots, or people who speak a lot of languages, she now shares the principles of language learning with the world as a language mentor.

Machová was the main organizer of the world's biggest polyglot event, the Polyglot Gathering in Bratislava, Slovakia, in 2017 and 2018. She holds a PhD in translation studies and previously worked as a professional conference interpreter. She is based in Slovakia but travels often on her mission to help people learn languages in their own ideal way.

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Lýdia Machová: The secrets of learning a new language

Lýdia Machová: Siri ya kujifunza lugha mpya

Filmed: 2018-10-23

Readability: 3.9

7,231,347 views

Unataka kujifunza lugha mpya lakini unaogopa au hauna uhakika wapi pa kuanzia? Hauhitaji kipaji chochote maalumu au "jeni ya lugha," anasema Lýdia Machová. Katika hotuba hii changamfu, yenye hamasa, anaeleza siri za wanaisimu(watu wanaoongea lugha nyingi) na anashirikisha kanuni nne za kusaidia kufungua kipaji chako kilichojificha cha lugha -- na kufurahia wakati ukifanya hivyo.

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00:13

I love learningkujifunza foreignkigeni languageslugha.

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Napenda kujifunza lugha za kigeni.

00:16

In factukweli, I love it so much that I like
to learnkujifunza a newmpya languagelugha everykila two yearsmiaka,

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napenda sana kiasi kwamba hujifunza lugha mpya kila baada ya miaka miwili,

00:20

currentlysasa workingkufanya kazi on my eighthnane one.

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sasa hivi najifunza lugha ya nane.

00:22

When people find that out about me,
they always askkuuliza me,

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Pale watu wanapogundua kuhusu mimi, mara huniuliza,

00:25

"How do you do that? What's your secretsiri?"

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"Unafanyaje hivyo? Siri yako ni ipi?"

00:27

And to be honestwaaminifu, for manywengi yearsmiaka,
my answerjibu would be,

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Na niwe muwazi, kwa miaka mingi, jibu langu litakuwa,

00:30

"I don't know. I simplytu
love learningkujifunza languageslugha."

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"Sifahamu. Napenda tu kujifunza lugha."

00:33

But people were never
happyfuraha with that answerjibu.

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Lakini watu hawakufurahishwa na jibu hilo.

00:36

They wanted to know why they are spendingmatumizi
yearsmiaka tryingkujaribu to learnkujifunza even one languagelugha,

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Walitaka kufahamu kwanini wanatumia miaka kujaribu kuijfunza hata lugha moja,

00:40

never achievingkufikia fluencyufasaha,

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kamwe hawafanikiwa unenaji,

00:41

and here I come, learningkujifunza
one languagelugha after anothermwingine.

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na mimi natokea, nikijifunza lugha moja baada ya nyingine.

00:44

They wanted to know
the secretsiri of polyglotspolyglots,

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Walitaka kujua siri ya wanaisimu,

00:46

people who speaksema a lot of languageslugha.

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watu wanaoongea lugha nyingi.

00:49

And that madealifanya me wonderajabu, too,

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Na hii ilinifanya kushangaa, pia,

00:50

how do actuallykwa kweli other polyglotspolyglots do it?

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wanaisimu wengine wanafanyaje?

00:53

What do we have in commonkawaida?

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Kitu gani tulichonacho?

00:54

And what is it that enablesinawezesha us

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Na kipi ambacho kinatuwezesha sisi

00:56

to learnkujifunza languageslugha
so much fasterharaka than other people?

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kujifunza lugha kwa haraka kuliko watu wengine?

00:59

I decidedaliamua to meetkukutana other people
like me and find that out.

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Niliamua kukutana na watu wengine kama mimi ili kutambua.

01:03

The bestbora placemahali to meetkukutana a lot of polyglotspolyglots

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Sehemu nzuri ya kuonana na wanaisimu wengi

01:05

is an eventtukio where hundredsmamia
of languagelugha loverswapenzi

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ni katika hafla ambapo mamia ya wapenzi wa lugha

01:08

meetkukutana in one placemahali
to practicemazoezi theirwao languageslugha.

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hukutana pamoja.

01:11

There are severalkadhaa suchvile polyglotpolyglot eventsmatukio
organizediliyoandaliwa all around the worldulimwengu,

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Kuna baadhi ya hafla za wanaisimu ambazo huandaliwa duniani kote,

01:14

and so I decidedaliamua to go there

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na kwa hiyo niliamua kwenda huko

01:15

and askkuuliza polyglotspolyglots
about the methodsnjia that they use.

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na kuwauliza wanaisimu kuhusu njia wanazotumia.

01:19

And so I metalikutana BennyBenny from IrelandIrelandi,

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Nilikutana na Benny kutoka Ireland,

01:21

who told me that his methodnjia
is to startkuanza speakingakizungumza from day one.

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ambaye aliniambia kwamba njia yake ni kuanza kuongea kuanzia siku ya kwanza.

01:26

He learnsanajifunza a fewwachache phrasesvishazi
from a travelkusafiri phrasebookKitabu cha misemo

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Hujifunza misemo michache kutoka katika kitabu cha misemo cha wasafiri

01:29

and goeshuenda to meetkukutana nativeasili speakerswasemaji

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na huenda kukutana na wenyeji wa lugha husika

01:30

and startskuanza havingkuwa na conversationsmazungumzo
with them right away.

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na kuanza maongezi nao moja kwa moja.

01:33

He doesn't mindakili makingkufanya
even 200 mistakesmakosa a day,

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Hajali kukosea kuongea hata mara 200 kwa siku,

01:36

because that's how he learnsanajifunza,
basedmsingi on the feedbackmaoni.

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kwa sababu hivyo ndivyo anajifunza, ukilinganisha na mrejesho.

01:39

And the bestbora thing is, he doesn't
even need to travelkusafiri a lot todayleo,

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Na kilicho bora ni kwamba, haitaji kusafiri sana leo,

01:42

because you can easilykwa urahisi have
conversationsmazungumzo with nativeasili speakerswasemaji

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Sababu kwa urahisi unaweza fanya maongezi na wenyeji wa lugha

01:45

from the comfortfaraja of
your livingwanaishi roomchumba, usingkutumia websitestovuti.

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ukiwa umepumzika katika chumba chako, ukitumia tovuti.

01:48

I alsopia metalikutana LucasLucas from BrazilBrazili

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Nilikutana pia na Lucas kutoka Brazil

01:50

who had a really interestingkuvutia
methodnjia to learnkujifunza RussianKirusi.

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ambaye alikuwa na njia ya kuvutia ya kujifunza Kirussia.

01:53

He simplytu addedaliongeza a hundredmia randomrandom
RussianKirusi speakerswasemaji on SkypeSkype as friendsmarafiki,

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Kiurahisi aliwaalika waongeaji wa lugha ya Kirussia wapatao 100 kama marafiki katika mtandao wake wa Skype,

01:58

and then he openedkufunguliwa
a chatsungumza windowdirisha with one of them

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na kisha alianza kupiga soga na mmoja wao

02:02

and wrotealiandika "HiHujambo" in RussianKirusi.

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na akaandika "Habari" kwa Kirussia.

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And the personmtu repliedalijibu, "HiHujambo, how are you?"

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Yule mtu alijibu," Nzuri, hujambo?"

02:07

LucasLucas copiedkunakiliwa this and put it
into a textmaandishi windowdirisha with anothermwingine personmtu,

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Lucas alinakili haya maongezi na kuweka katika chumba cha maandishi alipoanza soga na mtu mwingine,

02:12

and the personmtu repliedalijibu,
"I'm fine, thank you, and how are you?"

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na mtu alijibu. "Nipo salama, asante, na wewe hujambo?"

02:15

LucasLucas copiedkunakiliwa this
back to the first personmtu,

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Lucas alinakili tena na kuweka katika soga na mtu wa kwanza,

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and in this way, he had two strangerswageni
have a conversationmazungumzo with eachkila mmoja other

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na katika njia hii, aliwafanya watu wawili wasiojuana kuwa katika maongezi

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withoutbila knowingkujua about it.

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bila kufahamu hilo.

02:23

(LaughterKicheko)

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(Kicheko)

02:24

And soonhivi karibuni he would startkuanza typingkuandika himselfmwenyewe,

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Si punde alianza kuchapa maneno mwenyewe,

02:26

because he had so manywengi
of these conversationsmazungumzo

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kwa sababu alikuwa na maongezi kama haya mengi

02:28

that he figuredimeonekana out how
the RussianKirusi conversationmazungumzo usuallykwa kawaida startskuanza.

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kwamba aligundua jinsi gani maongezi ya Kirussia ambavyo kwa kawaida huanza.

02:32

What an ingeniouswenye ujuzi methodnjia, right?

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Njia yenye werevu sana, si ndiyo?

02:34

And then I metalikutana polyglotspolyglots who always startkuanza
by imitatingkuiga soundssauti of the languagelugha,

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Na kisha nilikutana na mwanaisimu ambaye muda wote huanza kwa kuigiza sauti za lugha,

02:38

and otherswengine who always learnkujifunza the 500
mostwengi frequentmara kwa mara wordsmaneno of the languagelugha,

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na wengine ambao amara zote hujifunza maneno 500 ya mara kwa mara katika lugha,

02:43

and yetbado otherswengine who always startkuanza
by readingkusoma about the grammarsarufi.

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na wengine ambao huanza kwa kusoma kitabu cha sarufi.

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If I askedaliuliza a hundredmia differenttofauti polyglotspolyglots,

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Kama ningeuliza wanaisimu mbalimbali mia moja,

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I heardkusikia a hundredmia differenttofauti
approachesmbinu to learningkujifunza languageslugha.

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Nilisikia namna mia moja mbalimbali za kujifunza lugha.

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EverybodyKila mtu seemsinaonekana to have a uniquekipekee way
they learnkujifunza a languagelugha,

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Kila mtu alikuwa na njia tofauti ya kujifunza lugha,

02:57

and yetbado we all come to the samesawa resultmatokeo
of speakingakizungumza severalkadhaa languageslugha fluentlyufasaha.

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na wote mwishoni huja na matokeo sawa ya kuongea lugha baadhi kwa ufasaha.

03:02

And as I was listeningkusikiliza to these polyglotspolyglots
tellingkuwaambia me about theirwao methodsnjia,

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Na nilikuwa nawasikiliza wanaisimu hawa wakinieleza kuhusu njia zao,

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it suddenlyghafla dawnedasubuhi on me:

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ghafla ikaniamsha:

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the one thing we all have in commonkawaida

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kitu kimoja ambacho wote tunacho

03:11

is that we simplytu foundkupatikana waysnjia to enjoykufurahia
the language-learningmasomo ya lugha processmchakato.

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ni kwamba tumeweza kutafuta namna ya kufurahia mchakato ya kujifunza lugha.

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All of these polyglotspolyglots
were talkingkuzungumza about languagelugha learningkujifunza

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Na hawa wanaisimu wote walikuwa wanaongelea kuhusu kujifunza lugha

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as if it was great funfuraha.

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na ilikuwa inafurahisha sana.

03:21

You should have seenkuonekana theirwao facesinakabiliwa

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Ungewaona nyuso zao

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when they were showingkuonesha me
theirwao colorfulrangi grammarsarufi chartschati

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walipokuwa wakinionyesha chati za rangi zikielezea sarufi

03:25

and theirwao carefullykwa makini handmadehandmade flashflash cardskadi,

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na kadi za maneno zilizotengenezwa kwa uangalifu,

03:28

and theirwao statisticstakwimu
about learningkujifunza vocabularyMsamiati usingkutumia appsprogramu,

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na takwimu zao kuhusu kujifunza maneno ya lugha kwa kutumia programu ya simu janja,

03:31

or even how they love to cookkupika
basedmsingi on recipesmaelekezo in a foreignkigeni languagelugha.

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au wanavyopenda kupika kutokana na maelezo ya upishi yaliyoandikwa katika lugha ya kigeni.

03:36

All of them use differenttofauti methodsnjia,

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Wote wanatumia njia mbalimbali,

03:38

but they always make sure
it's something that they personallybinafsi enjoykufurahia.

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Lakini wanahakikisha ni kitu ambacho binafsi wanapendelea kufanya.

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I realizedgundua that this is actuallykwa kweli
how I learnkujifunza languageslugha myselfMimi mwenyewe.

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Nimegundua kwamba hivi ndivyo mimi hujifunza lugha.

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When I was learningkujifunza SpanishKihispania,
I was boredkuchoka with the textmaandishi in the textbookKitabu cha maandishi.

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Nilipokuwa najifunza Kispanyola, nilichoshwa na maandishi katika kitabu.

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I mean, who wants to readsoma about JoseJose

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Namaanisha, nani ambaye anataka kusoma kuhusu Jose

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askingkuuliza about the directionsmaelekezo
to the traintreni stationkituo. Right?

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akiuliza kuhusu uelekeo wa kwenda kituo gari moshi. Sawa?

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I wanted to readsoma "HarryHarry PotterMfinyanzi" insteadbadala yake,

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Nilitaka kusoma "Harry Porter" badala yake,

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because that was
my favoritefavorite bookkitabu as a childmtoto,

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kwa sababu ndicho kilikuwa kitabu nikipendacho sana nikiwa mdogo,

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and I have readsoma it manywengi timesnyakati.

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na nimekisoma mara nyingi.

04:00

So I got the SpanishKihispania translationtafsiri
of "HarryHarry PotterMfinyanzi" and startedilianza readingkusoma,

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Kwa hiyo nilipata tafsiri "Harry Porter" katika lugha ya Kispanyola na nikaanza kusoma,

04:04

and sure enoughkutosha, I didn't understandkuelewa
almostkaribu anything at the beginningmwanzo,

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na kwa uhakika, sikuelewa chochote kile mwanzoni,

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but I keptimehifadhiwa on readingkusoma
because I lovedkupendwa the bookkitabu,

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lakini niliendelea kusoma kwa sababu nilikipenda kitabu,

04:10

and by the endmwisho of the bookkitabu, I was ableinaweza
to followFuata it almostkaribu withoutbila any problemsmatatizo.

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na mwishoni mwa kitabu, niliweza kukifatilia bila matatizo yoyote.

04:14

And the samesawa thing happenedkilichotokea
when I was learningkujifunza GermanKijerumani.

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Na jambo sawa lilitokea wakati nikijifunza Kijerumani.

04:16

I decidedaliamua to watch "FriendsMarafiki,"
my favoritefavorite sitcomsitcom, in GermanKijerumani,

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Niliamua kuangalia "Marafiki," ucheshi ninaopendelea, kwa Kijerumani,

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and again, at the beginningmwanzo
it was all just gibberishGibberish.

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na tena, mwanzoni ilikuwa upuuzi tu.

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I didn't know where one wordneno finishedkumalizika
and anothermwingine one startedilianza,

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Sikuelewa ni wapi neno moja limeishia na lingine lilipoanzia,

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but I keptimehifadhiwa on watchingkuangalia everykila day
because it's "FriendsMarafiki."

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lakini niliendelea kuangalia kila siku kwa sababu ilikuwa ni "Marafiki."

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I can watch it in any languagelugha.
I love it so much.

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Naweza kuangalia katika lugha yoyote. Napenda sana.

04:31

And after the secondpili or thirdtatu seasonmsimu,

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Na baada sehemu ya pili au ya tatu,

04:33

seriouslykwa uzito, the dialoguemajadiliano
startedilianza to make sensehisia.

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kiukweli, maongezi yalianza kuleta maana.

04:37

I only realizedgundua this
after meetingmkutano other polyglotspolyglots.

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Nilitambua hili baada ya kukutana na wanaisimu wengine.

04:40

We are no geniusesujuzi

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Sisi si wenye talanta

04:41

and we have no shortcutnjia ya mkato
to learningkujifunza languageslugha.

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na hatuna njia za kukatiza katika kujifunza lugha.

04:44

We simplytu foundkupatikana waysnjia
how to enjoykufurahia the processmchakato,

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Tumeweza kutafuta njia ya kufurahia mchakato,

04:48

how to turnkugeuka languagelugha learningkujifunza
from a boringboring schoolshule subjectsomo

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namna ya kubadili usomaji wa lugha kutoka kama somo la shule lisilofurahisha

04:51

into a pleasantmazuri activityshughuli
whichambayo you don't mindakili doing everykila day.

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hadi katika shughuli ya kuvutia ambayo hutaona shida kuifanya kila siku.

04:55

If you don't like writingkuandika
wordsmaneno down on paperkaratasi,

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Kama hupendelei kuandika maneno kwenye karatasi,

04:57

you can always typeaina them in an appprogramu.

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unaweza mara zote kuyachapa kwenye programu ya simu.

04:59

If you don't like listeningkusikiliza
to boringboring textbookKitabu cha maandishi materialvifaa,

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Kama hupendelei kusikiliza vitabu vinavyochosha,

05:02

find interestingkuvutia contentmaudhui on YouTubeYouTube
or in podcastspodcast for any languagelugha.

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tafuta video zinazovutia katika Youtube au katika vipindi vya lugha.

05:06

If you're a more introvertedintroverted personmtu

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Kama wewe ni mtu unayependelea upekee

05:08

and you can't imaginefikiria speakingakizungumza
to nativeasili speakerswasemaji right away,

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na hauwezi kuwaza ni namna gani utaweza ongea na wenyeji wa lugha moja kwa moja,

05:11

you can applytumia the methodnjia of self-talkbinafsi kuzungumza.

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unaweza kujifunza kujiongelesha mwenyewe.

05:13

You can talk to yourselfwewe mwenyewe
in the comfortfaraja of your roomchumba,

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Unaweza kuongea na nafsi yako ukiwa katika chumba chako,

05:16

describingkuelezea your plansmipango for the weekendmwishoni mwa wiki,
how your day has been,

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ukieleza mipango yako ya mwisho wa wiki, siku yako ilikwendaje,

05:19

or even take a randomrandom
picturepicha from your phonesimu

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au hata kupiga picha zisizo na mpangilio katika simu yako

05:21

and describekuelezea the picturepicha
to your imaginarykufikirika friendrafiki.

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na kuelezea kuhusu picha hiyo kwa rafiki yako wa kufikirika.

05:25

This is how polyglotspolyglots learnkujifunza languageslugha,

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Hivi ndivyo wanaisimu hujifunza lugha,

05:27

and the bestbora newshabari is,
it's availableinapatikana to anyoneyeyote

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na habari njema ni kwamba, inapatikana kwa mtu yoyote

05:30

who is willingtayari to take the learningkujifunza
into theirwao ownmwenyewe handsmikono.

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nani ambaye yuko tayari kujifunza katika mikono yake.

05:34

So meetingmkutano other polyglotspolyglots
helpedimesaidia me realizekutambua

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Hivyo kukutana na wanaisimu wengine kulinisaidia kutambua

05:36

that it is really crucialmuhimu
to find enjoymentfuraha

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kwamba ni muhimu sana kupata burudani

05:39

in the processmchakato of learningkujifunza languageslugha,

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katika mchakato wa kujifunza lugha,

05:41

but alsopia that joyfuraha in itselfyenyewe is not enoughkutosha.

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lakini pia furaha yenyewe pekee haitoshi.

05:45

If you want to achievekufikia fluencyufasaha
in a foreignkigeni languagelugha,

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Kama unataka kuweza kufikia ufasaha katika lugha ya kigeni,

05:48

you'llutasikia alsopia need to applytumia
threetatu more principleskanuni.

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utahitajika kutumia kanuni tatu zaidi.

05:51

First of all, you'llutasikia need
effectiveufanisi methodsnjia.

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Kwanza, unahitaji njia zilizo bora.

05:55

If you try to memorizekukariri a listorodha of wordsmaneno
for a testmtihani tomorrowkesho,

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Ukijaribu kukumbuka listi ya maneno kwa ajili ya mtihani wa kesho,

05:58

the wordsmaneno will be storedkuhifadhiwa
in your short-termmuda mfupi memorykumbukumbu

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maneno yatahifadhiwa katika kumbukumbu yako ya muda mfupi

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and you'llutasikia forgetkusahau them after a fewwachache dayssiku.

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na utayasahau baada ya siku chache.

06:03

If you, howeverhata hivyo,
want to keep wordsmaneno long termmuda,

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Kama, hata hivyo, unataka kukaa na maneno kwa muda mrefu,

06:06

you need to revisekurekebisha them
in the coursebila shaka of a fewwachache dayssiku repeatedlymara kwa mara

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unahitaji kuyarudia katika kipindi cha siku chache

06:09

usingkutumia the so-calledkinachojulikana spacenafasi repetitionkurudia.

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ukifanya kitu kinachofahamika kama kurudia kwa nafasi.

06:11

You can use appsprogramu whichambayo are basedmsingi
on this systemmfumo suchvile as AnkiAnki or MemriseMemrise,

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Unaweza kutumia programu za simu ambazo zinatumia mfumo huu kama vile Anki au Memrise,

06:15

or you can writeandika listsorodha of wordneno
in a notebookdaftari usingkutumia the GoldlistGoldlist methodnjia,

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au unaweza kuandika orodha ya neno katika kijitabu ukitumia njia ya Goldlist,

06:19

whichambayo is alsopia very popularmaarufu
with manywengi polyglotspolyglots.

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ambayo ni maarufu kwa wanaisimu wengi.

06:21

If you're not sure whichambayo methodsnjia are
effectiveufanisi and what is availableinapatikana out there,

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Kama huna uhakika ni njia ipi inayofaa na kipi kinachopatikana,

06:25

just checkangalia out polyglots'polyglots'
YouTubeYouTube channelsvituo and websitestovuti

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angalia chaneli za Youtube na tovuti za wanaisimu

06:28

and get inspirationmsukumo from them.

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kupata hamasa kutoka kwao.

06:30

If it worksinafanya kazi for them,
it will mostwengi probablylabda work for you too.

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Kama inawafaa wao, lazima itakufaa na wewe pia.

06:34

The thirdtatu principlekanuni to followFuata

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Kanuni ya tatu ya kufuata

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is to createkuunda a systemmfumo in your learningkujifunza.

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ni kutengeneza mfumo katika kujifunza kwako.

06:39

We're all very busybusy and no one
really has time to learnkujifunza a languagelugha todayleo.

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Wote tupo bize na hakuna aliye na muda wa kujifunza lugha mpya leo.

06:43

But we can createkuunda that time
if we just planMpango a bitkidogo aheadmbele.

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Lakini tunaweza pata muda kama tukipanga mbele kidogo.

06:47

Can you wakewake up 15 minutesdakika earliermapema
than you normallykawaida do?

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Unaweza kuamka dakika kumi na tano mapema kabla ya muda wa kawaida wa kuamka?

06:51

That would be the perfectkamilifu time
to revisekurekebisha some vocabularyMsamiati.

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Huo utakuwa muda mzuri wa kuweza kupitia baadhi ya maneno.

06:54

Can you listen to a podcastpodcast
on your way to work while drivingkuendesha gari?

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Unaweza sikiliza kipindi ukiwa unarudi nyumbani wakati unaendesha?

06:58

Well, that would be great
to get some listeningkusikiliza experienceuzoefu.

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Sasa, hiyo itakuwa nzuri kupata uzoefu wa kusikiliza.

07:01

There are so manywengi things we can do
withoutbila even planningkupanga that extraziada time,

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Kuna vitu vingi tunaweza fanya bila hata ya kupanga muda wa ziada,

07:05

suchvile as listeningkusikiliza to podcastspodcast
on our way to work

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kama vile kusikiliza kipindi ukiwa unaelekea kazini,

07:07

or doing our householdkaya choreskazi.

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au wakati unafanya kazi za nyumbani.

07:09

The importantmuhimu thing is
to createkuunda a planMpango in the learningkujifunza.

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Kitu muhimu ni kutengeneza mpango katika kujifunza.

07:12

"I will practicemazoezi speakingakizungumza
everykila TuesdayJumanne and ThursdayAlhamisi

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"Nitajifunza kuongea kila Jumanne na Alhamisi

07:15

with a friendrafiki for 20 minutesdakika.

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na rafiki kwa dakika 20.

07:17

I will listen to a YouTubeYouTube videovideo
while havingkuwa na breakfastkifungua kinywa."

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Nitasikiliza video katika Youtube wakati nikipata kifungua kinywa."

07:21

If you createkuunda a systemmfumo in your learningkujifunza,

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Kama utatengeneza mfumo katika kujifunza,

07:24

you don't need to find that extraziada time,

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huna haja ya kutafuta muda wa ziada,

07:26

because it will becomekuwa
a partsehemu of your everydaykila siku life.

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kwa sababu itakuwa namna ya maisha yako ya kila siku.

07:29

And finallyhatimaye, if you want to learnkujifunza
a languagelugha fluentlyufasaha,

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Na mwisho, kama unataka kujifunza lugha kwa ufasaha,

07:33

you need alsopia a bitkidogo of patienceuvumilivu.

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unahitaji kuwa na subira kidogo.

07:36

It's not possibleinawezekana to learnkujifunza
a languagelugha withinndani two monthsmiezi,

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Haiwezekani kujifunza lugha ndani ya miezi miwili,

07:39

but it's definitelydhahiri possibleinawezekana to make
a visibleinayoonekana improvementkuboresha in two monthsmiezi,

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lakini inawezekana kabisa kufanya mabadiliko yanayoonekana katika miezi miwili,

07:43

if you learnkujifunza in smallndogo chunkschunks everykila day
in a way that you enjoykufurahia.

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kama utajifunza katika kiasi kidogo kidogo kila siku katika namna ambayo unafurahia.

07:47

And there is nothing
that motivateshuhamasisha us more

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Na hakuna kitu ambacho kinatuhamasisha zaidi

07:49

than our ownmwenyewe successmafanikio.

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ya mafanikio yetu.

07:51

I vividlywazi rememberkumbuka the momentwakati

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Nakumbuka vizuri wakati

07:53

when I understoodkueleweka the first jokeutani
in GermanKijerumani when watchingkuangalia "FriendsMarafiki."

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nilipoelewa utani wa kwanza kwa Kijerumani nilipokuwa naangalia "Marafiki."

07:57

I was so happyfuraha and motivatedmotisha

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Nilifurahia sana na kuhamasika

07:59

that I just keptimehifadhiwa on watchingkuangalia that day
two more episodesvipindi,

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kwamba niliendelea kuangalia sehemu mbili zaidi siku hiyo,

08:02

and as I keptimehifadhiwa watchingkuangalia,

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na nilivyoendelea kuangalia,

08:03

I had more and more of those momentswakati
of understandinguelewa, these little victoriesushindi,

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Niliendelea kuelewa zaidi, ushindi huu mdogo,

08:08

and stephatua by stephatua, I got to a levelngazi
where I could use the languagelugha

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na hatua kwa hatua, nilifika katika hatua ambapo ningetumia lugha

08:11

freelykwa uhuru and fluentlyufasaha to expressonyesha anything.

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kwa uhuru na ufasaha kuweza kuelezea chochote.

08:14

This is a wonderfulajabu feelinghisia.

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Hii ni hisia ya kusisimua.

08:16

I can't get enoughkutosha of that feelinghisia,

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Siwezi tosheka na hisia hiyo,

08:18

and that's why I learnkujifunza
a languagelugha everykila two yearsmiaka.

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na ndiyo maana najifunza lugha mpya kila miaka miwili.

08:21

So this is the wholeyote polyglotpolyglot secretsiri.

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Kwa hiyo ndiyo siri nzima ya mwanaisimu.

08:23

Find effectiveufanisi methodsnjia
whichambayo you can use systematicallykiutaratibu

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Tafuta njia madhubuti ambayo unaweza kuitumia kwa mfumo

08:26

over the periodkipindi of some time
in a way whichambayo you enjoykufurahia,

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katika kipindi cha muda fulani katika njia ambayo unafurahia,

08:29

and this is how polyglotspolyglots learnkujifunza
languageslugha withinndani monthsmiezi, not yearsmiaka.

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na hivi ndivyo wanaisimu hujifunza lugha ndani ya miezi, na siyo miaka.

08:35

Now, some of you mayinaweza be thinkingkufikiri,

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Sasa, baadhi yenu mnaweza kuwaza,

08:36

"That's all very nicenzuri
to enjoykufurahia languagelugha learningkujifunza,

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"Ni vizuri sana kufurahia kujifunza lugha,

08:39

but isn't the realhalisi secretsiri
that you polyglotspolyglots

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lakini si kwamba nyinyi wanaisimu

08:41

are just supersuper talentedwenye vipaji
and mostwengi of us aren'tsio?"

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mna talanta sana na wengi wetu hatuna hiyo talanta?"

08:45

Well, there's one thing
I haven'thawana told you about BennyBenny and LucasLucas.

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Hivyo, kuna kitu kimoja sijawaambia kuhusu Benny na Lucas.

08:49

BennyBenny had 11 yearsmiaka of IrishKiairishi GaelicKigaeli
and fivetano yearsmiaka of GermanKijerumani at schoolshule.

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Benny alikuwa na miaka 11 ya kiselti cha Kiyalandi na miaka mitano ya lugha ya Kijerumani shuleni.

08:55

He couldn'thaikuweza speaksema them
at all when graduatingkuhitimu.

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Hakuweza kuongea baada ya kuhitimu masomo.

08:58

Up to the ageumri of 21, he thought
he didn't have the languagelugha genejeni

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Mpaka miaka 21, aliwaza kwamba hakuwa na jeni ya lugha

09:02

and he could not speaksema anothermwingine languagelugha.

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na hakuweza kuongea lugha nyingine.

09:04

Then he startedilianza to look
for his way of learningkujifunza languageslugha,

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Kisha akaanza kutafuta njia yake ya kujifunza lugha,

09:07

whichambayo was speakingakizungumza to nativeasili speakerswasemaji
and gettingkupata feedbackmaoni from them,

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ambapo ilikuwa ni kuongea na wenyeji wa lugha na kupata mrejesho kutoka kwao,

09:11

and todayleo BennyBenny can easilykwa urahisi
have a conversationmazungumzo in 10 languageslugha.

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na leo Benny anaweza kwa urahisi kufanya maongezi katika lugha 10.

09:17

LucasLucas triedwalijaribu to learnkujifunza EnglishKiingereza
at schoolshule for 10 yearsmiaka.

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Lucas amejaribu kujifunza Kiingereza shuleni kwa miaka 10.

09:20

He was one of the worstmbaya zaidi studentswanafunzi in classdarasa.

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Alikuwa ni moja ya wanafunzi wanaofanya vibaya darasani.

09:23

His friendsmarafiki even madealifanya funfuraha of him

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Rafiki zake walikuwa wakimtania

09:24

and gavealitoa him a RussianKirusi textbookKitabu cha maandishi as a jokeutani

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na kumpa kitabu cha Kirussia kama utani

09:27

because they thought he would never
learnkujifunza that languagelugha, or any languagelugha.

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kwa sababu waliamini hawezi kamwe kujifunza lugha hiyo, au lugha yoyote.

09:31

And then LucasLucas startedilianza
to experimentjaribio with methodsnjia,

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Na kisha Lucas akaanza kufanya majaribio na njia yake,

09:33

looking for his ownmwenyewe way to learnkujifunza,

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akitafuta njia yake ya kujifunza,

09:36

for examplemfano, by havingkuwa na SkypeSkype chatsungumza
conversationsmazungumzo with strangerswageni.

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kwa mfano, kwa kupiga soga na watu asiowajua katika Skype.

09:40

And after just 10 yearsmiaka,

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Na katika miaka 10,

09:42

LucasLucas is ableinaweza to speaksema
11 languageslugha fluentlyufasaha.

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Lucas anaweza kuongea lugha 11 kwa ufasaha.

09:47

Does that soundsauti like a miraclemuujiza?

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Je hiyo inaonekana kama miujiza?

09:49

Well, I see suchvile miraclesmiujiza
everykila singlemoja day.

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Sasa, ninaona miujiza kama hii kila siku.

09:52

As a languagelugha mentormshauri,

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Na kama mshauri wa lugha,

09:54

I help people learnkujifunza
languageslugha by themselveswenyewe,

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Nasaidia watu kujifunza lugha wenyewe,

09:56

and I see this everykila day.

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na naona hili kila siku.

09:57

People strugglemapambano with languagelugha learningkujifunza
for fivetano, 10, even 20 yearsmiaka,

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Watu hupata shida kujifunza lugha kwa miaka mitano, kumi, hata ishirini,

10:02

and then they suddenlyghafla take
theirwao learningkujifunza into theirwao ownmwenyewe handsmikono,

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na ghafla huchukua hatua ya kujifunza mikononi mwao,

10:05

startkuanza usingkutumia materialsvifaa whichambayo they enjoykufurahia,
more effectiveufanisi methodsnjia,

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kuanza kutumia makala wanazofurahia, njia madhubuti zaidi,

10:09

or they startkuanza trackingkufuatilia theirwao learningkujifunza

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au wanaanza kufatilia kujifunza kwao

10:11

so that they can appreciatekufahamu
theirwao ownmwenyewe progressmaendeleo,

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kwamba wanaweza kuridhika na maendeleo yao,

10:14

and that's when suddenlyghafla

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na hapo ndipo ghafla

10:16

they magicallymagically find the languagelugha talenttalanta
that they were missinghaipo all theirwao livesanaishi.

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kwa maajabu wanatambua kipaji cha lugha ambacho walikuwa wanakosa maisha yao yote.

10:21

So if you've alsopia triedwalijaribu
to learnkujifunza a languagelugha

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Kwa hiyo kama umejaribu pia kujifunza lugha

10:23

and you gavealitoa up,
thinkingkufikiri it's too difficultvigumu

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na ukakata tamaa,

10:26

or you don't have the languagelugha talenttalanta,

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na kama huna kipaji cha lugha,

10:28

give it anothermwingine try.

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jaribu tena.

10:29

Maybe you're alsopia
just one enjoyablekufurahisha methodnjia away

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Labda upo karibu kidogo na njia moja ya kuburudika

10:32

from learningkujifunza that languagelugha fluentlyufasaha.

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ili kujifunza lugha hiyo kwa ufasaha.

10:34

Maybe you're just one methodnjia away
from becomingkuwa a polyglotpolyglot.

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Labda upo karibu kuja kuwa mwanaisimu.

10:38

Thank you.

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Asante.

10:40

(ApplauseMakofi)

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(Makofi)

Translated by Nelson Simfukwe
Reviewed by Joachim Mangilima

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Lýdia Machová - Language mentor
Lýdia Machová teaches people how they can learn any language by themselves.

Why you should listen

Lýdia Machová has learned nine languages without ever living abroad or in a multilingual environment. She maintains seven of them at a fluent level, and she usually learns a new one every two years. After meeting dozens of polyglots, or people who speak a lot of languages, she now shares the principles of language learning with the world as a language mentor.

Machová was the main organizer of the world's biggest polyglot event, the Polyglot Gathering in Bratislava, Slovakia, in 2017 and 2018. She holds a PhD in translation studies and previously worked as a professional conference interpreter. She is based in Slovakia but travels often on her mission to help people learn languages in their own ideal way.

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