How do you teach a parakeet to talk?

How do you teach a Parakeet to talk? my bird only chirps

well I've never had a parakeet but I thought of a good idea, why not get a tape recorder with you repeating the same thing over and over for about 30 minutes then just play it to your parakeet till he gets so sick of hearing it that he might copy it, OR tell you 'ok, I get the idea,now turn this damm thing off ' LOL

Is it by itself? We have 6 at the moment, and tried teaching them to talk but.. no use. If you only have one, it will bond to you MUCH more, and is more inclined to pick up on speech. I hear if you repeat one work many many times a day, it will pick up on it. Well, good luck.

Well,that depends on how much time you spend with it. Only teach it one word at a
time,and,no matter how funny or cute you think it is,don't teach it curse words.If a dream
crush walks through the door,that's NOT going to be funny 2 you or the guy/girl.What if it
shouts,''Baby,your damn hot!''