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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 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 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 Lesson, You Learned:

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

1. I journal in the languages to practice them.
2. I journal about my language learning to assess what I've done, what I'm struggling with and what I want to get to next.

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 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 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 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 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 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 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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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Hello" in German - hallo

"How are you" in German - Wie geht's?

"I'm well" in German - Mir geht es gut

Forma; greeting in German - Wie geht es Ihnen?

Featured Trade Secret:

When you first start learning a new language, especially one like German, pronunciation is key to being understood and understanding others. A great way to start grasping this is to increase your listening in the language. Can you find a German show, movie, music, or podcast to listen to? Even a German YouTuber you follow can work wonders! The more you listen, the better you'll be able to speak and understand the cadence of the language. Thankfully, German has fairly consistent pronunciation, so once you get the basics, you'll be ready to go!

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

Shannon's perspective on fitness and a few practices you can try out:

• Listen to a foreign language podcast while working out
• Listen to foreign language music to get pumped for my exercise
• Listen to a foreign language podcast while on a walk
• Complete language lessons with an app like Duolingo or Drops while on the elliptical or stationary bike
• Watch a foreign language tv show while on the elliptical or stationary bike
• Take an exercise lesson in a foreign language (even if it's watching a youtube video lesson)
• Count reps, points, sets, etc. in your target language for a bit of number practice.

Featured Trade Secret:

You use similar parts of your brain when you learn as when you move and so combining the two has a good chance of improving neural connections.

So even if sport or fitness aren't your thing, try adding some sort of physical motion or movement to your language learning to one of your study sessions this week. It can be doing a walk around the room as you listen to a podcast, or one squat between each prompt/question on Duolingo.

However you want to go about it is up to you.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Hello" in Russian - Здравствуйте (zdravstvuyte).

"How are you" in Russian - как дела (kak dyela)

"I'm well" in Russian - хорошо (khorosho)

Casual greeting in Russian - Привет (privyet)

Featured Trade Secret:

When you first start learning a new language, especially one like Russian, pronunciation is key to being understood and understanding others. A great way to start grasping this is to increase your listening in the language. Can you find a Russian show, movie, music, or podcast to listen to? Even a Russian YouTuber you follow can work wonders! The more you listen, the better you'll be able to speak and understand the cadence of the language.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Hello" in Spanish - hola

"How are you" in Spanish - como estas ?

"I'm well" in Spanish - bien

Another way you can greet someone in Spanish is with - buenos días

This literally means "good day" or "good morning"

Featured Trade Secret:

When you first start learning a new language, especially one like Spanish, pronunciation is key to being understood and understanding others. A great way to start grasping this is to increase your listening in the language. Can you find a Spanish language show, movie, music, or podcast to listen to? Even a Spanish speaking YouTuber you follow can work wonders! The more you listen, the better you'll be able to speak and understand the cadence of the language.

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• Language Conqueror

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

• One: 일, il
• Two: 이, i
• Three: 삼, sam
• Four: 사, sa
• Five: 오, o
• Six: 육, yuk
• Seven: 칠, chil
• Eight: 팔, pal
• Nine: 구, gu
• Ten: 십, sip

These numbers can be stacked together to create bigger numbers. So eleven if just 10 + 1: sibil. 12, sibi, and so on. When you get to 20, it becomes 2 + 10: isip. All the way up to 100 which is 백, baek.

Featured Trade Secret:

Since Korean has two number systems, it can sometimes be confusing to know when you should use the numbers we learned today. But an easy thing to remember is that these numbers, the Sino-Korean numbers, are used for all bigger numbers past 100. That's because the other number system, the Native Korean numbers, only go up to 100. And you can use the numbers we learned today to talk about most things except age and hours of the clock.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

Shannon's perspective on mindfulness and a few practices you can try out:

• Journaling in your language
• Doing yoga by watching videos in your language
• Meditation
• Follow a recipe
• Remove distractions
• Read

Featured Trade Secret:

There's a technique called grounding that I really love. It's where you focus on doing something to relieve anxiety or stress and bring your mind back to the present moment. It's often about focusing on your senses and the action you're doing. For example, counting your breathes, noticing how the air is cooler coming in than out, how the ground feels under your feet, etc. You can also do this with movement: noticing how your body feels as you stretch, focusing on one specific part of the body, and so on.

Why does this matter? Because if you approach language learning with stress, anxiety and a cluttered mind, it's hard to focus and absorb what you learn. Practicing mindfulness before you start learning will help your mind ease into it and remember things more efficiently.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

SK: One in Chinese - 一 yī

Two - 二 èr (there are actually two ways of saying two in Chinese, but we won't get into that for now. To keep things simple, we'll just focus on the word for two you use when counting)

Three - 三 sān

Four - 四 sì

Five - 五 wǔ

Six - 六 liù

Seven - 七 qī

Eight - 八 bā

Nine - 九 jiǔ

Ten - 十 shí

Featured Trade Secret:

So one of the things I like to do to practice numbers is do all my counting in the language I'm learning. For example, if I'm working out, I count my reps in the language. If I'm working on a recipe, I count the measurements in the language. If I'm walking up the stairs, I count the steps! You get the picture! As you do countable things this week, do your counting in your language. It will reinforce your counting and numbers!

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

• One: いち, *ichi*
• Two: に, *ni*
• Three: さん, *san*
• Four: し / よん, *shi / yon*
• Five: ご, *go*
• Six: ろく, *roku*
• Seven: なな / しち, *nana / shichi*
• Eight: はち, *hachi*
• Nine: きゅう / く, *kyuu / ku*
• Ten: じゅう, *juu*

So in Japanese, there are two ways to read four, seven, and nine. And while both ways are used depending on the word, it's more common to use yon, nana, and kyuu. Why? Because of Japanese superstitions! The word shi can also be the word for "death" (死), and ku is the reading for the kanji character for "suffering" (苦). Because of this, 4 is an unlucky number, and the readings shichi and ku are slightly less common.

Featured Trade Secret:

So in Japanese, there are two ways to read four, seven, and nine. And while both ways are used depending on the word, it's more common to use yon, nana, and kyuu. Why? Because of Japanese superstitions! The word shi can also be the word for "death" (死), and ku is the reading for the kanji character for "suffering" (苦). Because of this, 4 is an unlucky number, and the readings shichi and ku are slightly less common.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

One in French - un

Two - deux

Three - trois

Four - quatre

Five - cinq

Six - six

Seven - sept

Eight - huit

Nine - neuf

Ten - dix

Featured Trade Secret:

One hack I used to memorize numbers is... I counted down with my microwave when cooking food. This helped me practice larger numbers, and also get out of the habit of memorizing numbers by order. It's easy to remember 1, 2, 3, etc., when you're used to the order they come in. But can you easily recall the number 12 without counting up to it? Counting backwards is great practice to break that habit and get used to the numbers.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Goodbye" in Chinese - 再见 zài jiàn

"Bye" in Chinese - 拜拜 bài bài! (it's an English loanword you'll hear used)

See you... - ...见 *...*jiàn

And this can be preceded by a ton of things. Until tomorrow is à míngtiān jiàn. Until Monday is xīngqíyī jiàn. Until next week is xià ge xīngqí jiàn. And until later is huítóu jiàn.

Featured Trade Secret:

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

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

• "Bye" (casual) - 안녕, annyeong
• "Goodbye" (when staying and the other person is leaving) - 안녕히 가세요, annyeonghi gaseyo
• "Goodbye" (when you're the one leaving) - 안녕히 계세요, annyeonghi gyeseyo
• "Bye" - 잘 가요, jal gayo, or 잘 가, jal ga

Featured Trade Secret:

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

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• Language Conqueror
• Italki

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Goodbye" in Chinese - 再见 zài jiàn

"Bye" in Chinese - 拜拜 bài bài! (it's an English loanword you'll hear used)

See you... - ...见 *...*jiàn

And this can be preceded by a ton of things. Until tomorrow is à míngtiān jiàn. Until Monday is xīngqíyī jiàn. Until next week is xià ge xīngqí jiàn. And until later is huítóu jiàn.

Featured Trade Secret:

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

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• Language Conqueror
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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Please" in Korean - juseyo

"Thank you" in Korean - gomawoyo / gamsahamnida

"You're welcome" in Korean - anieyo / cheonmaneyo

Featured Trade Secret:

If you're receiving something from someone, you also need to have good body manners. Make sure to accept the gift with both hands and a slight bow while you say thank you. This shows you care about what you're receiving, and will take good care of it.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Please" in Japanese - kudasai / onegai shimasu

"Thank you" in Japanese - arigatou / arigatou gozaimasu

"You're welcome" in Japanese - dou itashimashite

Featured Trade Secret:

When it comes to showing politeness in Japanese, it often depends on who you're talking to. You'll notice shop staff use more formal speech with you, saying things like irrashaimase to welcome you to the store, and lots of gozaimasu endings to be more polite. Gozaimasu is the humble form of the verb "to be", it's often used to be extra polite.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Thank you" in Chinese - 谢谢 xièxie

"Thanks a lot" in Chinese - 感谢 gǎnxiè

"Please" in Chinese - 请 qǐng

"You're welcome" - 别客气 bié kèqì or bukeqi bú kèqì which literally means "don't be polite" and I'll get to why that is in just a moment.

Featured Trade Secret:

This episode's trade secret is from Shannon and it's all about keqi.

And this is an important one because it's very different from Western culture where we go out of our way to show our gratitude to those closest to us.

If you tell your Chinese friends thank you, you're telling them you feel there's a need for formality between the two of you. In other words, distance. Instead, to show a friend gratitude, just return the favor or gift. The idea of reciprocity is important.

So, if for example, they drive you to the airport. Instead of thank you, you make yourself available to drive them the next time they need a lift! If they bring you back a gift after traveling—you know what to do!

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

Caitlin's method for learning with food: Learn to talk about your food preferences. What you'd like to order. What you don't want to order. What you can't eat.

Featured Trade Secret:

Shannon's trade secret:

As you know, I LOVE food. I'm all about trying new dishes, going to new restaurants, drooling over amazing food photos on instagram... And speaking of which, Instagram is a great place to learn a little language around food. If you learn how to say "x food" in your language, you can search for it as a hashtag on instagram and find recipes, descriptions of tasty food, and more!

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Thank you" in French - merci / je vous remercie

"Please" in French - s'il te plaît / s'il vous plaît

"You're welcome" in French - de rien

"Thanks a lot" in French - merci beaucoup

Featured Trade Secret:

In this episode, Shannon is also going to share a trade secret with you.

Yes! As you know, I love to travel. And for work, I've had the opportunity to travel to a lot of places. And while studying music in school, I even lived in France for a time. One of the things I learned while I lived there, which is unusual for here is a little bit about French etiquette. In an earlier episode, you learned bonjour is hello in French. And in France, when you enter a shop or café, you don't try to walk in unnoticed like you would here in the US to avoid being approached. In fact, it's rude if you don't say bonjour when entering a shop or store or café in France.

And there's a special thank you that's slightly more formal that's usually reserved for service workers — it's merci bien. So when a waiter hands you a coffee, or a shopkeeper helps you find a clothing article in your size, you might use this thank you.

It's also a way to say "no thanks" in French in other situations. Merci bien, mais non. Thank you, but no.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

Shannon's method for learning with dramas and tv shows: Find a drama or tv show you might be interested in watching in your language. As you watch, make a point to write down 5-10 phrases that you find useful using Shannon's stop and rewind method.

Featured Trade Secret:

When it comes to learning with TV, try taking it in short chunks rather than long episodes. Watching short clips online can help you start to get the hang of the topics on the show. Plus, doing a bit of research into what the show is about and learning some vocab around that can give you a heads start. If you know you're going to watch a high school drama, learn phrases for "classroom", "teacher", "student", and so on, so as soon as you jump into the show, you understand a bit of it.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Goodbye" in Japanese - sayounara

"See you later" in Japanese - ja ne / ja mata / mata ne

"See you tomorrow" in Japanese - Mata ashita

Featured Trade Secret:

Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is about what to do when you're feeling burnt out or when you just don't have enough time. With all the changes that have happened lately, this has been music for me. I haven't had a single performance in over a year! And so it's been hard to keep up music regularly with all the other things I have to do. And I realized the same could be true for language. So one of the things I did to create opportunities for me to work on music is sign up for a course. That way, I have deadlines, assignments, accountability and a need to work on it daily. It was just about committing to something to give myself a reason to spend time with that. And if you're struggling to regularly study, this could be a great way for you to find a way to commit to your language.

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In This Lesson, You Learned

"Goodbye" in French - au revoir

"Bye" in French - salut! (you may remember this one from French greetings, it also works as a farewell)

Until... - à ...

Until tomorrow is à demain. Until Monday is à lundi. Until next week is à la semaine prochaine. And until later is à plus.

Featured Trade Secret:

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

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

Shannon's method for habit building: Find what motivates you to keep coming back to your learning and make it a part of your routine. If you miss a day, don't worry about it! There's no reason to feel guilty about a break. Just make a goal to get back to it the next day.

Featured Trade Secret:

Trying building your habit around a set time of day or a set action. For me, I like to study vocab in the morning while I drink my cup of coffee. That's my ritual, and it's become habit because my brain knows when I wake up and get my coffee, it's time to learn new words in my target language. So where you make this work in your own daily life?

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• Language Conqueror
• James Clear's "Atomic Habits"

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Hello" in Korean - annyeong haseyo / 안녕하세요

"Hi" in Korean - annyeong / 안녕

"Hello" on the phone - yeoboseyo / 여보세요

Featured Trade Secret:

@Caitlin Sacasas If you're just starting to learn Korean, get used to hearing how the language sounds. Find a Korean drama you like, or start listening to KPop or Korean podcasts. The more you can expose yourself to the language, the easier it will be to pick up the cadence of the language!

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Language Conqueror

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Hello" in Chinese - 你好 nǐ hǎo

"How are you" in Chinese - 你好吗？ nǐ hǎo ma

"Good morning" in Chinese - 早上好 zǎo shang hǎo

"Good evening" in Chinese - 晚上好 wǎn shàng hǎo

Featured Trade Secret:

Chinese is written in characters. It's a completely different writing system than what you're likely used to and it can seem overwhelming at first. Thankfully, Chinese has a standard romanization system that you can used called pinyin. It's fairly easy to learn and is a great way to start getting comfortable with the language without diving into characters right away.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

Caitlin's method for goal setting: Mapping out your flights of stairs to get to the rooftop view (your end goal!), and how working backwards from your end result to where you are now can help you plan more carefully and clearly.

Featured Trade Secret:

Goals are great, but they're not enough on their own. You need more than just goals. You also need systems. And these systems are the routines and tasks you put together and complete in order to reach your goals. Once you have your goals there's still work to do. You also need to spend some time determining what steps you need to take to work towards those goals.

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• Language Conqueror
• Why Goal Setting Isn't Enough
• Girl, Stop Apologizing by Rachel Hollis

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

"Hello" in French - bonjour

"How are you" in French - comment ça va? / ça va?

"I'm well" in French - ça va

Casual greeting in French - salut

Featured Trade Secret:

When you first start learning a new language, especially one like French, pronunciation is key to being understood and understanding others. A great way to start grasping this is to increase your listening in the language. Can you find a French show, movie, music, or podcast to listen to? Even a French YouTuber you follow can work wonders! The more you listen, the better you'll be able to speak and understand the cadence of the language.

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In This Lesson, You Learned:

How to say "hello" in Japanese - konnichiwa / こんにちは

"Good morning" in Japanese - ohayou gozaimasu / おはようございます ; ohayou / おはよう

Casual Japanese greeting - Using someone's name + -san / ‐さん

Featured Trade Secret:

Simplify your learning over the holidays by something quick and easy you can do each day to keep up your language learning no matter how busy things get.

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• Language Conqueror

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• Snack-Sized Language podcast
• Language Conqueror

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• Eurolinguiste
• 5-Minute Japanese
• Rebel Heart Beauty

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