Snack-Sized Languages

In this episode of the podcast, we focus on learning how to say goodbye someone in Russian and you'll learn the phrases for "goodbye," "bye," "see you later," and how other ways to bid someone farewell in Russian. Wondering how to how to say bye in Russian? You'll learn how with these Russian phrases in this week's snack-sized lesson.

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In This Lesson, You Learned

"Goodbye" in Russian - До свидания (Da svidania)

"Bye" in Russian - Пока (Paka)

"See you soon" in Russian - До скорого (Da skorava)

"Take care" in Russian -  Давай (davai), this also means "okay" and is a very diverse, useful word

Featured Trade Secret:

Now that we've learned how to say "hello" and "goodbye", you know how to start and end your conversations in Russian. Now it's time to start using it! Finding a Russian friend you can chat with will be super helpful on your journey to learn Russian. Whether you find a language exchange partner online through an app, a Russian tutor on a site like iTalki, or even just finding a Russian community of Instagrammers to chat with (yes, that's a thing!) — find someone to start talking with in Russian.

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In this episode of the podcast, we focus on learning how to handle very basic directions in Korean and you'll learn the phrases for "here," "there," and "where." Wondering how to ask where something is? You'll learn how with these Korean phrases in this week's snack-sized lesson.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Here" in Korean - 여기 (yeogi)

"There" in Korean - 저기 (jeogi)

"Where" in Korean - 어디 (eodi)

To say something is located here or there, you add 여기예요, so it's here becomes 저기예요 and it's there becomes 예요.

Featured Trade Secret:

When you're working on directions, it can be overwhelming at first. It's a lot of information to process at a single time. Talking about where things are, how to get there, and where things are located in relationship to other things. A great way to start understanding directions is by starting simple. Learn left, right, straight. Then expand to go straight, turn left, turn right, on the left, on the right. By slowly building, you'll get comfortable with directions so that when the time comes, you'll confidently understand directions given to you in Korean!

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In this episode of the podcast, we focus on learning how to say goodbye someone in Spanish and you'll learn the phrases for "goodbye," "bye," "see you later," and how other ways to bid someone farewell in Spanish. Wondering how to how to say bye in Spanish? You'll learn how with these Spanish phrases in this week's snack-sized lesson.

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In This Lesson, You Learned

"Goodbye" in Spanish - adiós

"Bye" in Spanish - chao

Until... - hasta ...

And this can be followed by a lot of things. Until later is hasta luego. Until soon (or "see you soon") is hasta pronto. And until next time is hasta la próxima. And until tomorrow is hasta mañana.

Featured Trade Secret:

Now that we've learned how to say "hello" and "goodbye", you know how to start and end your conversations in Spanish. Now it's time to start using it! Finding a Spanish friend you can chat with will be super helpful on your journey to learn Spanish. Whether you find a language exchange partner online through an app, a Spanish tutor on a site like iTalki, or even just finding a Spanish community of Instagrammers to chat with (yes, that's a thing!) — find someone to start talking with in Spanish.

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In this episode of the podcast, we talk about journaling and how to use it to help you with your language studies.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

That language journaling can look many different ways. Here are two methods I use:

Featured Trade Secret:

Having trouble getting into the habit of journaling? Start by writing even just one sentence a day. Or, you can journal in other ways. For example, my daily journal is more about personal stats — my workout routine, if I studied my languages, and whether or not I've done other things related to the habits I'm trying to build. This check-in can be done in my target language! Get creative with how you journal.

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In this episode of the podcast, we focus on learning how to handle very basic directions in Japanese and you'll learn the phrases for "here," "there," and "where." Wondering how to ask where something is? You'll learn how with these Japanese phrases in this week's snack-sized lesson.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Here" in Japanese - ここ (koko)

"There" in Japanese - そこ (soko)

"Where" in Japanese - どこ (doko)

In Japanese, there's another word you use to say "over there", it's あそこ (asoko).

Featured Trade Secret:

When you're working on directions, it can be overwhelming at first. It's a lot of information to process at a single time. Talking about where things are, how to get there, and where things are located in relationship to other things. A great way to start understanding directions is by starting simple. Learn left, right, straight. Then expand to go straight, turn left, turn right, on the left, on the right. By slowly building, you'll get comfortable with directions so that when the time comes, you'll confidently understand directions given to you in Japanese!

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In this episode of the podcast, we focus on learning how to say goodbye someone in German and you'll learn the phrases for "goodbye," "bye," "see you later," and how other ways to bid someone farewell in German. Wondering how to how to say bye in German? You'll learn how with these German phrases in this week's snack-sized lesson.

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In This Lesson, You Learned

"Goodbye" in German - auf Wiedersehen

"Bye" in German - tschüss! (and to make this sound cuter, you can say tschüssi)

Until... - bis ...

And this can be followed by a lot of things. Until later is bis später. Until then is bis dann. Until soon (or "see you soon") is bis bald. And until next time is bis zum nächsten Mal.

Featured Trade Secret:

Now that we've learned how to say "hello" and "goodbye", you know how to start and end your conversations in German. Now it's time to start using it! Finding a German friend you can chat with will be super helpful on your journey to learn German. Whether you find a language exchange partner online through an app, a German tutor on a site like iTalki, or even just finding a German community of Instagrammers to chat with (yes, that's a thing!) — find someone to start talking with in German.

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In this episode of the podcast, we focus on learning how to handle very basic directions in Chinese and you'll learn the phrases for "here," "there," and "where." Wondering how to ask where something is? You'll learn how with these Chinese phrases in this week's snack-sized lesson.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Here" in Chinese - 这里 (zhèlǐ)

"There" in Chinese - 那里 (nàlǐ)

"Where" in Chinese - 在哪里 (zài nǎlǐ)

To say something is located here or there, you add 在, so it's here becomes 在这里 and it's there becomes 在那里.

Featured Trade Secret:

When you're working on directions, it can be overwhelming at first. It's a lot of information to process at a single time. Talking about where things are, how to get there, and where things are located in relationship to other things. A great way to start understanding directions is by starting simple. Learn left, right, straight. Then expand to go straight, turn left, turn right, on the left, on the right. By slowly building, you'll get comfortable with directions so that when the time comes, you'll confidently understand directions given to you in Chinese!

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In this episode of the podcast, we talk about mnemonics and how to use them to help you with your language studies.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

Five of types of mnemonics you can use:

Acronym mnemonics: you might have learned ROYGBIV in school to memorize the colors of the rainbow, this is a great example of a spelling mnemonic.

Spelling mnemonics: this is when you create sentence to help you remember how to spell a word. For example: merci in French, this could be my energetic rabbit chews ice. It's best if you create these yourself to make them more memorable.

Order mnemonics: this is to help remember the order of something, like the planets or the notes of a music scale. "Every good boy deserves fun" is often used to help students remember the notes on the staff lines.

Rhyme mnemonics: An example of this is: thirty days have September, April, June and November...

Visual mnemonics: This is when you use a visual aid as a way to recall information and it's a very popular method used for language learning specifically.

Featured Trade Secret:

Try Drops! It uses visual mnemonics to help you memorize new vocabulary. It's one of my favorite tools because it's beautiful, fun, and there are tons of well-curated word lists available to you.

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In this episode of the podcast, we focus on learning how to handle very basic directions in French and you'll learn the phrases for "here," "there," and "where." Wondering how to ask where something is? You'll learn how with these French phrases in this week's snack-sized lesson.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Here" in French - ici

"There" in French - là-bas

"Where" in French - Où

To ask where something is, you can say "C'est où ?"

Featured Trade Secret:

When you're working on directions, it can be overwhelming at first. It's a lot of information to process at a single time. Talking about where things are, how to get there, and where things are located in relationship to other things. A great way to start understanding directions is by starting simple. Learn left, right, straight. Then expand to go straight, turn left, turn right, on the left, on the right. By slowly building, you'll get comfortable with directions so that when the time comes, you'll confidently understand directions given to you in French!

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In this episode of the podcast, we talk about the power of play and how to learn like kids to boost your language learning.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

As a parent, I've had firsthand experience seeing how kids learn languages. And I've been involved in supporting my children becoming multilingual.

One of the best strategies I've both observed and tried personally is that of play.

Play isn't all just fun and games. In fact, it's an effect way to learn, explore, process, and start to grasp new things — including language.

Are you playing in your language?

If not, it's something you should aim to implement.

Think about ways you enjoy playing in your native language — whether it's board games, mobile games, video games or something else. Try doing a bit of it in your target language.

Play is engaging, it's explorative, and it's fun. And it's so much more than that. All of this makes it an incredible learning tool.

Featured Trade Secret:

It's often said that kids are better language learners than adults.

I don't agree.

As adults, there are a lot of external influences and internal influences that "block" us from learning languages like children.

The first is that kids don't yet see mistakes as a "big deal". As adults, mistakes are terrifying. We have a greater awareness of ourselves and what we think other people think about us.

The other way kids are better language learners than us is that they have more free time. As adults, we have jobs, bills, hobbies, responsibilities, and other things that require our time. Kids have a lot more free time and don't feel the time pressures we feel as adults.

By rethinking how you handle mistakes and time restrictions, you can liberate many of the mental barriers you build up around language learning.

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