🫵 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