🫵 So you wanna learn Tongan?

Then you’re in the right spot — here’s how I learned Tongan in 29 days without boring myself to death and giving up… (and how you can too!)

🚗 Road Trip Framework: 3 secrets to learning languages that they don’t teach in school

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVHJ4kMC0t0

📥 Input

• Guided Course: Focusses on technical aspects like grammar, sentence structure, etc..
• Vocab: Learn 500-2,000 of the most commonly used words
• Immersion: Podcasts, songs, journaling, reading, etc..

📤 Output

• Conversation: Talk with a native speaker who understands that you’re trying to learn
• Story-Speaking: Use the 3-column system
  • Transcribe your attempt
  • Write the intended message in English
  • Get correct translation
• Writing: Complement speaking with writing exercises

⚙️ Maintenance

• Sleep: One of the big 3 for health
• Study Breaks: 30-min input, 60-min output, 20-min break
• Mission: What’s your why?

🛠️ Helpful Tools

• AI Tongan Language Tutor - I made a chatbot trained on Shumway’s book and 4,000+ Tongan words that’ll answer all your questions about the language.
• Google Translate - Perfect for on-the-go translations and practicing different phrases