Language learning advice from a polyglot friend of mine: - start speaking as early as possible (ideally with language buddy) - watch youtube videos and other media in the foreign language - make notes of what you're not able to say / understand - transfer sentences into [Anki](https://apps.ankiweb.net/) using LLMs - use [Pleco](https://www.pleco.com/) asap ## Beginner resources ### YouTube [You Won't Believe My New Pregnancy Outfits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYFSCf1-nXU) [pov: you learned all chinese grammar in 5 minutes.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=CajY1Hb8pwY) ### Speaking Find a language buddy, ideally someone you know personally who is trying to learn a language you know and knows a language you are trying to learn. You can use online forums like [r/language_exchange](https://www.reddit.com/r/language_exchange/) if you don't know anyone. ### Vocabulary Mining Ask Claude to make you Anki flashcards, and add vocabulary to them as you encounter them when trying to speak Chinese with your language buddy. At the beginning, it's helpful to focus on learning vocab and pronunciation from pinyin rather than worrying too much about how to read the characters. ![[Pasted image 20261013135807.png|293]] ![[Pasted image 20261013140133.png|275]] Learning a word in Chinese 1. pinyin 2. tone 3. character 4. alternate meanings