[#郵票南非志 🇿🇦 -- 最大的波耳人國家 -- 南非共和國]

荷蘭人最先殖民南非好望角，但是在十九世紀受到英國殖民挑戰，結果要向內陸和東北敗走。這些荷裔「波耳人」在內陸建立了一些獨立國家，其中「南非共和國」 ( South African Republic * ) 是最大的一個。南非共和國在十九世紀中葉建國，以荷語為國語，存在了半個世紀，最後遭英國吞併為殖民地。荷裔人在南非歷史有著重要角色，今天南非的國民當中，白種人口有超過一半操南非語 (Afrikaans) -- 一種從十七世紀荷語發展而來的語言。

* 今天的南非是 Republic of South Africa

How long does it take to reach C1 (advanced) in a language you're learning? 💭

🤔Someone asked this on Twitter today and it got me thinking. I wonder why questions like these are so common. It's good to have a broad understanding of how long it might take, but there are way too many factors at play, making it impossible to have a single answer to this question.

📚If you're fluent in Dutch and learning Afrikaans, it might take you a few months or years, depending on the time you put in to learn and practice, to become fluent. The two languages are that similar.

🤠But if you're a native French speaker learning Korean, for instance, the two languages are very different in terms of grammar, pronunciation, sentence structure and even writing system. It would require hours and hours more effort than the above example.

🗻In another instance, 2 native English speakers could both start learning Japanese. Person A spends hours weekly studying, getting speaking practice in, listening and getting immersion down, and works hard. They could reach N3 (intermediate) level in a year and a half if they put in a ton of effort and if Japanese is all they focus on. Person B might even live in Japan, but if they don't put in the work and just rely on some weekly classes and barely do their homework, they might never even reach N5 (beginner) despite living in Japan. 🤔

As you can see, it's really impossible to ask these questions and have a cookie-cutter answer for each person and each language. Let's rather put time in to be immersed in languages rather than get stressed about how long the process might take. What do you all think? 💖🥳

Hey guys! For those of you new to my page, hi! I'm a polyglot YouTuber from South Africa and this is my wacky intro. My aim for this video was to see how fast I could switch between languages mid-sentence, mid-thought or mid-conversation. It might confuse you to follow all the switches, so I added flags to indicate the language at the top right, and I kept English subtitles for every spoken part.

I hope you enjoy it! I tried some new editing styles as well, so feel free to let me know what you think. If you have a polyglot intro video too, link it in the comments so I can check it out.

Languages spoken in order of fluency (not order of appearance)
English, Afrikaans, Korean, Japanese, French, Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Hungarian, Indonesian. Arabic, Hindi, Tagalog

Luca and I hang out and answer some questions you sent in on Twitter & Instagram - from whether or not languages change the way we think to what the hardest language to learn is - we had a great talk!

Q&A we did on Luca's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGZqWAkebEc

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:36 How to avoid mixing languages
7:31 How languages change the way we think and process info
13:24 What's the hardest language to learn?
18:18 Which languages benefit us the most?
20:36 Turning reading and writing into aural comprehension
24:36 Does handwriting work to fix things in your longterm memory?
29:10 Methods that weren't effective & what we changed
32:22 When did we hear about each other and meet?
36:29 Should you focus on one accent in a language?
38:39 [French] How do you choose languages to learn?
41:06 [Dutch/Afrikaans] Why is it so hard to speak a language?

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My brother and I try to answer questions from the Sibling Tag in Afrikaans, French and English. (And some words from our own made up language!)
You might remember my brother from the Guess the Language challenge video we did here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE-x5TjHz-k

Timestamps:
0:00 Meet my brother
00:21 Who is the oldest? (Afrikaans)
00:43 Likes and dislikes about each other (English)
01:37 What do we have in common? (French)
02:33 Funniest memories (Afrikaans)
03:34 He embarrassed me in Japan
04:42 Fighting over bananas (English)
05:25 Mastermind - our favorite game (French)
06:44 He hurt my feelings :(
07:25 Dating each other's friends... (Afrikaans)
08:08 Made-up words & nicknames for each other
09:38 Embarrassing photos? (French)
10:37 Our hideous Boomer Selfie

[Filmed in February before travel restrictions]

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Welcome to my channel! My name is Lindie and I share my love for languages through my polyglot progress and language learning tips here. South African by birth, I spent most of my life in France, Pakistan, the UAE and Japan. Now I work as a UI/UX designer in Singapore. I'm a Christian and strive to shine God’s light in all I do. May this channel inspire you to reach your language goals!

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Language community, it's time we get back to the heart of what it means to be a polyglot and not hold back on sharing more linguistically diverse content. How can we foster a more supportive, accessible and diverse community? ?

There are so many "Polyglot speaks X language" videos but not many that actually share the process and progress behind it. Why are we worried that uploading a video in another language will not get as many views as in English? Isn't language diversity worth more than views? ? ... and yes, that's exactly why this entire video is in Afrikaans! ??

It's not easy and there are so many factors to take into consideration - I feel the struggles too! What are your thoughts? ? (Press CC for English subs)

Afrikaans channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIedNl4r7Hd8SnXiEjXMbKg

Timestamps:
00:00 Video preview
00:21 English videos and accessibility
01:25 A weird issue in the community
02:10 Changing the status quo
03:14 Is it really a problem?
03:44 How we can fix the problem
04:34 My videos in other languages
05:04 PoLyGLoT SpEaKs 20 LAnGuAgeS and exclusivity
06:09 4 polyglot YouTubers I admire
07:01 Ideas and closing

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?ABOUT

Welcome to my channel! My name is Lindie and I share my love for languages through my polyglot progress and language learning tips here. South African by birth, I spent most of my life in France, Pakistan, the UAE and Japan. Now I work as a UI/UX designer in Singapore. I'm a Christian and strive to shine God’s light in all I do. May this channel inspire you to reach your language goals!

New here? Best videos → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRCVN94KILKXGx45JKaVBSpPkrpXhrhRe
FAQ → https://lindiebotes.com/faq/


?BOOKS I USE

Practical Chinese Grammar → https://geni.us/PracticalChineseGram
Japanese for Busy People on Amazon → https://geni.us/JapaneseForBusy1
Advanced Japanese for Busy People → https://geni.us/JapaneseForBusy3
Korean Grammar in Use Intermediate → https://geni.us/KoreanGrammarUse
Korean TOPIK exam prep → https://geni.us/TOPIK2prep
Short Stories in Spanish → https://geni.us/spanishshortstories


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