Become a polyglot in 2025: How to learn two or more languages at once

American here. I find it easy to learn new English vocabulary words. So I'm going to have a new mindset that I'm learning new vocabulary and not a new language. We'll see how that works. Fingers crossed.

You're just the best polyglot I've seen online. ❤

This girl live in the future

Super helpful!

This vedio really helps me a lot. I always struggle between japanese and english, because I want to learn both languages well. I wish Lindie can talk more about how to build up different mindset. Thank you. xoxo

For me it's not so much a question about HOW to learn three languages at once, but to keep them separated when I'm talking. Sometimes I'm stuck in the one language when I am in another one. And in those moments it's really difficult to get rid of that "spell". Also with really easy words. Recently our teacher asked me what means 'cup' in Hebrew (kos), and there was 'pohar" etched in my mind. And this happens quite often.

That's why you don't start learning two languages at the same time. This way you don't need to split your time 50-50 between two. After 2 years of learning language A, say, 70% of your time would go to language B that you just started. After another couple of years the focus would go on language C, while B will need less studying and A even less and so on.

That happens naturally as the more fluent you are in a language, the more you incorporate it in your daily life. Essentially you create new time slots for learning without it being deliberate studying e.i. learning how to cook something or get directions to a place in the given language you already speak fluently. In other words what you would do anyway in your daily life, outside of your studying hours.

Any tips for learning French for someone who only knows English and Afrikaans (Germanic languages)? Pls

Thank you Lindie! God bless you.❤️

Great video. I agree, it's all about mindset! I constantly struggle between wanting to focus on one language for exponentiontial results, and the joy of constant exposure to a multitude of languages I love. I've accepted the fact that it's too difficult for me to sacrifice variety for efficiency, but there will be times where an important specific goal will come up and then I will focus mainly on one language for a little while. I do find it quite challenging to be an abolute beginner at more than one language at a time, so I do avoid starting 2 languages simultaneously. One strategy that I'm currently experimenting with and that I quite like for now is to do one specific activity in one language, and then switch around after a while. The most common activities I do are reading novels, reading the news, watching tv shows, journaling, listening to podcasts, listening to audiobooks and thinking/speaking to myself. Except for podcasts, I "assign" one language to each activity. For instance, I will for a while (mainly) read a novel in korean, read the news in dutch, watch tv shows in thai, journal in english.... It's not strict rules, but it helps in actually "finishing" things, making progress in one specific activity, and maintaining several languages at once. If I read books in 3 languages at the same time, then I feel like I am not making progress in any of them. I think I'll keep playing with this strategy for a bit. Until I try something new haha.

Donyou think splitting screen and learning two languges at the same time would be a good idea?

Great advice, as always Lindie!

For 2025, i am going to focus on korean and german. For korean, i am on beginner intermediate level but i have ignored korean this whole year and this month i realised i missed learning korean. And for german, i really wanted to start a fresh new language. And if anyone wants to be my Accountability partner, it would means a lot. And please like this comment to remind me to be consistent❤

As someone who's already a Polyglot, this is still useful to me. I speak Slovak, Czech, English and Russian. And I'm learning Spanish. But I'm also still actively learning Russian, as I still need practice. And I find it kind of hard to remember all my Spanish vocab as easily as it was with Russian. And I think learning both of those at once is the reason why it's so hard, or maybe Spanish is just harder ┐⁠(⁠´⁠ー⁠｀⁠)⁠┌

Lindie i just fan you but please suggest me book and resource s for english fluency when i speak something i got stuck my mind goes blank please help me

I was stressed out about work and i barely slept a wink. It was nice to see some positive talk. Thank you.

10 months ago I tried learning 4 at the same time (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French), switching every day or two, after like 2 months I added Japanese, about 2 months later I dropped french cause it wasn't progressing and wasn't really fun for me, and like 6 weeks ago I dropped Portuguese for now. Currently I am like 2 days of Spanish, 2-3 italian and 2-3 Japanese. Maybe will go back to others in 6-12 months but 3 is enough for now.

Thank you for your video❤ I have to learn German but something in my brain block me ☹️ and I postpone it always. Hope 2025 will be finally my start

There is one exception to the idea of having to split your time. Say you have a whole 2 hours a day to study a language, but you get bored in 1. Switching languages could keep your interest up and enable you to actually use both hours instead of ending up scrolling

More along the lines of the rule rather than the exception, I was actually trying to learn 3 languages at once, but I had to reprioritize. It was actually my middle priority language I did away with, keeping my low priority language. Why? Because the middle priority took too much time from high, whereas low (toki pona) is just for fun so I pick it up when I can, which is rather infrequent.

Hi Lindie with your very high intelligence some may say you have an unfair advantage. God Bless you. Have a lovely Christmas and New Year Lindie.xfrom Declan an english fan in London

I've been learning English for five year and I'm not be able to speak English fluently lol

But, at least I can understand this video!

I tried learning Japanese Spanish and Korean all at once… it didn’t go well😂 I would make sentences in 4 languages (including English) but I had to decide what language was more important to me so I’m just learning Korean and Spanish now and it’s a lot more manageable

Good evening lindie your videos are very good congratulations 🎉.

I had been learning Italian for awhile, then decided to add Spanish. I've also wanted to learn Koine Greek for some time so began to throw that in the mix. When I mentioned to my iTalki tutor that I also had an interest in Modern Greek she suggested I study them together since they're not that different. Sure! Why not? Then my curiosity recently got the best of me and I thought I'd "just" learn the biblical Hebrew alphabet, which has now turned into a daily session of Hebrew. Oh, and I recently began kicking the tires of Slovenian. All that while trying to maintain the German and French I once knew... Can you make a video on how to schedule all that?! :)

This year I tried to learn korean and french I go to an academy for korean and I wanted to do french by myself first. And I had forgotten how difficult it is to start from zero. So I sucked at time management and motivation so I eventually dropped the french. But tbh I do think about going back. This video was great Lindie

THIS EXPLAINS WHY MY LANGUAGE LEARNING HAS BEEN SO SLOW! haha I've been trying to learn Japanese and Spanish for around five years now but I've also been trying to learn since middle school so I'm just not as consistent as I would be now but I'm just starting to feel more good in my languages haha

If your math is correct, I cannot do new languages at the same time. 😁 I still don’t think my Italian (2 1/2 years non stop) is where I want it to be. Starting a new language has been a challenge. 🙏🏼

Oh ya, Taiwan flag on your laptop 💻 ❤

I wish I could do language stacking through my highest level language (Irish/Gaeilge), but sadly, English still dominates books published in Ireland for learning. Perhaps someone will do a Spanish text book one day through Irish. For now, I'm probably going to write out things in Irish and then try to figure out how to write the same in Spanish, Japanese, etc. to stack languages on my own.

I was learning Nihongo around the time you started with it as well but I stopped at N5 and even forgot most of it by now. I mean it’s been YEARS. I’ve thought of getting back to it recently and on top of that I also want to learn Spanish. So a decision has to be made. I’ve gone with learning Spanish first for 3 months and will reevaluate when the time comes. Wishing you all the best for your language learning goals!

Thanks for always being so inspiring. You are amazing, Lindie!

Thank you for the tips! They're amazing
My goal for 2025 is:
1) to keep improving in English C1 (probably I'll take the exam)
2) French - B1/B2 (also want to take DELF B2)
3) Spanish - A1/A2 just to have fun talking with my Spanish-speaking boyfriend
Not language related goal is to keep learning music theory to be able to read sheet music while playing the piano

Quien mucho abarca, poco aprieta...No sé si estoy de acuerdo con este método de aprender varios idiomas al mismo tiempo. Es mejor concentrarse en obtener un nivel avanzado en un lenguaje que dividir tú tiempo abriendo varias.

Where i am why i just see your chanel i try to learn english and another languages but so difficult im glad to see you

How do you stay thin? Is it genetics?

Thank you for this! I have big big goals with my languages in 2025!
I speak English fluently and I am B2 (very hard intermediate plateau) with Russian. I plan to move to Turkiye and study for university to teach ESL in 2025, so I need to rush my Turkish from A1 to much higher to move in! I'm very excited :)

my motivation reason is to be a polyglot and treat with many tourists cuz im a tour guide ♥️

muchas gracias por cada uno de tus videos me mantienen motivada

I am subscribing because I am currently learning English and your perfect way of speaking English is very clear to me, althought sometimes I can get lost in the conversation.

I’m gonna be honest as I had aspirations to become a polyglot in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, Japanese, and Arabic. It’s really not worth it. All it is, is essentially a flex. Add to that, maintaining more than one or two other languages other than your native is exceedingly hard and therefore your proficiency in some won’t be as strong as others. If you really want to, I’d say go for it, but only if you have the money and plan on using every language you learn everyday. I’m learning Spanish to fluency for both work and my cultural upbringing and Italian for my wife. We both plan on using both of these languages together all the time more than English. Practicality matters heavily and language learning is beyond expensive. It’s quite literally a financial investment that you need to be prepared to be in for the long haul. If you’re not willing to allocate the time and money, don’t do it.

Hi there it's Abbas here from Hisper Gilgit baltistan Pakistan native to Burushaski ( language isloted) language...
Do you want to learn

I need a book tour😭💗💗

Hi, Lindie, nice video, my 2025 plan:
Improve my turkish/ türkçe and scottish gaelic/ àlbanach gaelige. And I'm going to learn my second asian language: Vietnamese/ Tiên Viêt 🇻🇳.

Would the Japanese/Korean example work with languages with a formal/standard version & dialects?

I am currently in Cyprus doing a Fulbright ETA (English Teaching Assistantship) and, while English is widely spoken here, I still am trying to learn Greek and Turkish at the same time.

One strategy I have is using my time on the bus: while I ride the bus within Larnaca (where I am stationed), I learn Greek, but I learn Turkish on the intercity bus to and from Nicosia.

I also try to speak to the locals in their languages (generally Greek in the southern part of the island and Turkish in the northern).

Hello! Idk if you had ever made a video about this, but could you make a video about how you could use your languages to make money? I've been a follower of your account since 2017 and had been learning my languages respectively. I honestly had lost hope of even continuing this journey at this point because I feel incompetent against like job requirements. C1 etc, certificates to get into entry level jobs. I was hoping if you could share your experience about this, and how you could get a job. with my languages i'm at best in the lower intermediate, and upper intermediate level but I honestly can't find a job despite learning languages for these long.