I've been learning French for the past four years of high school, and I still have a hard time understanding everything, but in this video you did pretty amazing!
This vid is 10 months old, I'd be surprised he's still in the friend zone, I thought he'd move on or some. Btw, this vid just randomly got recommended to me, prob just like you, so I know nothing about this guy and his channel
yes!! it just shows the reality, that learning a new language is not just easily done in 30 days . You need so much more time to really be able to have a real conversation with sb thats talking in the language (:
@@godemperormeow8591 It all depends on where you are coming from and which languages you know. If you only know english, I bet everything else looks hard.
thanks! I honestly think learning German has helped a lot. They're not the most similar but just having learned a different language from english made it a lot easier to adapt to another one.
@@zackburkhardt I'm guessing you consume at least some European content, and yes learning German definitely helped you. It seems like most Americans are not exposed to European culture (or World culture for that matter) at all, and when they then go to learn another language they just can't do the pronunciation because all of their life has been American English and American content.
@@beirch yeah unless you've got family or really good friends, you're just not exposed to other cultures/languages at all basically. Or if you are, its so minimal that it doesn't help you learn
@@zackburkhardtyes, you’re way too hard on yourself, having heard your closing thoughts. You’re able to physically pronounce sounds like a native. Anglophones usually stop at the “R” and “A” sound in foreign languages (because the whole Latin alphabet is drastically different in English (“ayy-bee-see-dee”) compared to the alphabet the rest of European languages share, whether they’re Romance, Germanic or Scandinavian (“ah-bay-say-day”)). So yeah, German really DID help a lot! Learning Dutch first would have made a softer transition between English and German, and English and French, but glad you went the hard way 😂💪
I met my wife at school and since she’s Italian, I learned Italian in secret to surprise her. I first tried during the evenings and weekends with a language course book (this was the 1980s), but it bored me. Since I already learned French at school and was quite good at it, and the similarities between French and Italian are quite extensive, I got myself an Italian novel instead and worked my way through it over a three week summer holiday that I spent away from her with my parents. Whenever I came across a word I couldn’t guess exactly, I wrote it down, and every few dozen words collected I looked them up one by one in a dictionary. By the end of the holiday there wasn’t a word in that 180 page novel I didn’t know, and I could have told the story by heart, in Italian. It was a full immersion and a bloody hard piece of work, but young love is powerful. We’ve raised three bilingual kids together, and I took the Italian part of that, by the way.
I have never learned Italian language just English, German, French but in one day I had to translate Italian Albanian language pair. She is speaking very slowly.
When I was in third grade high school, it was almost 2 and half school years I had started learning French I had to interpret Albanian French language pair. You should continue learning French, for example the news cast in French language. Then watch movies in French language
@@TigerGreeneno he absolutely should not have, it would’ve ruined the moment. Even if I’m into someone, if they move in for a kiss on camera without asking before cameras are rolling I’d be grossed out
I find your comment to be quite interesting. I wonder if maybe I’m stuck in a real-world “search bubble”. Almost all of my friends and acquaintances who have studied a foreign language have studied French. (The rest having studied German or American Sign Language.) So, French language proficiency, or at least familiarity, feels like the the norm. I’ve been lucky enough to have visited over 20 countries (on business) and always make a point to learn a minimum of 25-50 words used there*, such as those for courtesy and directions. To me, this is not only a matter of showing at least the most basic level of respect, but also very practical. Is this really something that most people visiting France, Quebec, etc. do not do? Are, for example, Ugly Americans even uglier (rude) than my personal experiences suggest? * the exception being The Netherlands and, to a lesser extent, Germany, because locals all but demand to use/practice their English instead. ;) Still, basic respect is shown on both sides. Because time marches on whether we like it or not, I’m now older than I’d prefer to admit. Is it possible that, even in a world where language learning resources are now _infinitely_ more plentiful, younger visitors to French-speaking countries/regions are actually showing _less_ respect? Respectfully, I’d be curious to learn what your experiences have been. Thanks and be well.
@@a1nelson Allow me to answer as a native french and I'm not sure I understood your comment well, but if you're wondering if tourists who visits France make an effort to learn a few words or not, I personally don't find that most people do so, or they say very well-known words that they probably already know. (Most of my encounters with tourists have been in ski resorts or in Paris, where there are a lot of young people coming in groups, so my opinion may be biased.) But i don't find rude to not learn some French though and sometimes they've a friend who speaks french really well in their group. Tell me if i'm wrong on what you asked ;)
@@a1nelson Well I'm from The Mediterannean Side of France, and this a really touristic site, and when I see all of cultures and tourist from the World, None of them will try our language, they will constantly speak english even for the most easy things to ask, Be well too!
@@zackburkhardt as someone who is learning a language and also struggles to think of words sometimes, (and is also planning to go to georgia tech funnily enough lol) i appreciated this aspect a TONNN because it really helped me know that im not the only one who struggles with this. Great video, and i hope youve found more success in this and your other challenges! :D
As a self-taught french learner myself, his lack of understanding what she’s saying is so relatable. Speaking is so much easier than listening at first! Ive been at it for 18 months now, so understanding her was pretty easy, but i wouldve been just like him at the 30 day mark. Hang in there bro it gets easier with practice!
I was moved and entertained by your video. What matters most was your cute intention, your courage and your willingness to try. It was an honor watching your 30 days! Thank you for sharing this with us!
a lot of people say that languages are the keys to unlocking new cultures and cultural experiences and I could def see that with your german story! cool video zack!
@Dor_atarItalian is quite easy though. But it depends of your mother tongue, I guess. Since Italian is really similar to French, I learned it in almost 2 weeks.
@Dor_atar But there’s something I don’t understand. If you’re fully Italian, you were supposed to learn Italian while you were a toddler. Why you had to learn it?
It's easy to memorize phrases, but when I started learning Japanese it was so hard to understand what people would say back to me. I had to study a lot of examples of conversations in UA-cam videos or TV shows to get a better grasp on common vocabulary used in responses to the phrases I knew.
"If you speak to a man in a language he understands, that goes to the head. If. you talk to him in his language, that goes to the heart." - Nelson Mandela And this is very true! 😊
I don’t feel this way as an English speaker because so many people have learned it. But I hope I make someone feel this way when I learn other languages.
Its crazy to think we are so blessed to have the internet to be able to share these experiences with random people around the world! This was so genuine bro!! You red as a tomato had me dying lol keep it up!
I always enjoy hearing a native French pronounce words. It's so hard to imitate that accent. But you did a damn good job in such a short time. I took French in high school for 3 YEARS and I can only say bonjour! and baguette. Lol
@@zackburkhardt its a hard journey for an English speaker since almost all sounds are totally foreign to their mouth. But it’s mastered, the merit you’ll have, the appreciation you’ll receive and feel, and the image you’ll give to the natives will be 🔥 So continue the journey!
Hello, i am french and our language is very difficult to learn. Even more in 27 days. This is amazing to be able to talk in french just like that. Your stress at the begining of the talk is visible. I feel the same thing when i must talking english. Great job, Bravo 😉
There's that special bond between you. Hope it goes well between you two, you both seriously have that really special look when staring at each other. Bon courage dude
Even though you did not understand much of what she said, you did AMAZING considering the short amount of time spent. I think you may have just needed to talk to different native speakers in the meantime maybe on learning apps but that might not be possible and I think it’s great you learned something new!
Je suis tombé sur ta vidéo par hasard avec l'algorithme et franchement bravo pour les efforts que tu as fait pour apprendre notre langue pas si évidente! Bonne continuation 😊
Hi, I'm french and I'm very happy to see someone learn my language. I've been trying to improve my English for several years now (more than ten years) and I'm still making mistakes. So don't worry if you make mistakes, the important thing is to make the effort to learn and to be proud of your progress. I read my first book in English a few months ago now and I was proud to be able to understand 70/80% of its content.
I loved the surprised expression on the hotel bartender's face in Tokyo when he told me in English how much I had to pay for an coke and I read the sum back in Japanese. It was so satisfying and it seemed to me that he was pleasantly surprised as well. Keep up the good work.
Bravo !! Ça me fait plaisir de voir des gens apprendre le français et tu te debrouilles bien ! Continues comme ça ! Sur internet on peut croiser beaucoup de gens qui se moque des français. Mais toi, tu t'intéresse et ca fait plaisir. Mercio et bonne continuation.
Accent, pretty impressive! This was very realistic and probably the speed that I learn languages too, unlike other videos I’ve seen where people seem to have a fluent conversation after just a few weeks, which is so discouraging to those of us who really struggle. The thing is, there is a lot more to learning a language than people sometimes realise. It’s not just learning words or phrases, it’s comprehension, pronunciation, being able to read and write the language. It’s understanding how to use verbs in the past present and future. It’s word order. Etc etc. My Dutch is still not fluent despite living in the Netherlands well over 23 years and at this point I’ve pretty much given up as I have very little social interaction anyway. But despite this I still really enjoy learning languages. Just enjoy the process and don’t worry about how fast you learn it, it’s all about human connection and that is what you should focus on the most.
I've been learning french for 4 months now and I could understand most of the videos, both your and your friend's sentences. I feel honestly kinda proud of myself as apart from my class I don't have any sources for listening to french right now (by choice) and the people in my class are obviously not natives. And natives have a diff accent and speed so it's not easy. Kudos to you brother! You held great convo on only 30 days or 27 to be precise of learning a language
That's so cool. And I really liked that she didn't try quickly to correct you. And the notepads are best and also conversation to improve your french. At least, it worked for me to improve my english
Insane video, I'm so happy to someone have the courage to share a real 30 days learning challenge. Your level is really good for 30 days only and for me is better than most of people would do in 30 days. UA-camrs wants ppl to dream of what they could do in 30 days even if they never will because it's most of times scam or simply very talented gifted hardworking people which isn't the average :)
this is such a wonderful thing to do for your friend and a great way to learn a new language especially with french being so difficult!! (unfortunately it really, truly, disappoints me how many people, even today, can not comprehend a boy and girl just being friends, even then the act of not being able to refrain from making assumptions about strangers relationships, wish the world was a bit more accepting about such things)
I think you did well for 30 days just keep at it, don’t stress. French is not easy, I grew up speaking and learning French in Senegal, once I moved to the US I realized how difficult they made the French language. Like what! So many verb tenses and prepositions!
I was just scrolling through the videos until i came across this one. And i really loved it. Ur dedication to learn French just to surprise and communicate with ur friend makes me feel that you're a kind and lovely person. Keep up the Good work❤❤❤. Also you deserve a family so i am ur subscriber now, yay🎉🎉
13:20 In the States, one of the equivalents of that phrase would be "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" at least here in the south. I was born in Cameroon in a French Province in Cameroon and I have been living in the states since 2009. You did VERY well for someone who had such little amount of time!
Really good job with the French! I'd be nervous too hahahaha...she speaks English really really well as well! Usually the accent from a French person is thick but it's like she had grown up in the US!
I’m an American who’s been fascinated by La langue française for many years. I never took a formal class; I learned it all on UA-cam and through music. My progress was nowhere near as fast as yours. This video simply blew me away that you could put together decently complex sentences after just two weeks. I’m very proud of you brother.
Dude you're amazing! You were great during the conversation! And the accent was actually pretty good! I admire you, it took me years to learn english. From a native french
As a french, thanks you, thanks for your effort, even if your french isn't prefect, it's still cool to see peoples learning this language, France love you bro !
@@zackburkhardt We LOVE when someone tries to speak our (very difficult) language. You'll always get warm welcomes if you try just a little with natives ;) You did a great job with your pronounciation, the 'r' sound in particular is very hard to get, especially for english speakers, props man !
Well done, and appreciate your keeping it real. Honestly it's hard to put yourself out there and be vulnerable when you're new to learning a language - even practicing with a friend/loved one. Very admirable, and keep it up!
the meaning she described for "on ne change pas une équipe qui gagne" is not correct ^^ it's a rough equivalent of "if something ain't broke don't fix it"
Bro, I have to say thank you. I have been struggling with French for like 3 years and this video was quite motivating to me. I understand French properly but I struggle a lot with writing and speaking so I am kind of restarting my studies. Thanks for motivation, pal
"I'm gonna treasure that memory forever" - this is actually very strong dude. Props to you, you did a really good job and put a real effort into this. Be proud of urself mate.
Why no one mention the thing that he's friend who knows french very well does not used difficult constructions and speak veery slowly. If you know french i think you know what i mean. She literally speak as a french learner not as a native speaker. And i found it very cute. Sorry for my mistakes, i'm only learning english
@@mendelmurphy5016 Dans le sud de la France, les gens qui habitent près des Pyrénées prononcent les R de manière plus latine, tandis qu'au nord les R sont plus allemands.
As a native you did a fantastic job in 30 days I'm so proud of you I wouldn't do that myself I have been learning English for many years I can say that is the level I had after six months to one year Congrats bro you're so brave ❤
I’m legitimately impressed with your progress here in only that short period of time. I took classes for 2 years in German as a second language, and while it was (if I may brag for just a second) my best class in those years, I don’t think I picked things up quite this quickly at the beginning. That being said, I’m not really a fan of comparing myself to others, but I appreciate your showing that dedication to a personal goal can really pay off! 😃 As a side note, I did take just one week of a French language class about 14 years ago, but the two main phrases I learned are still engrained in my memory 😄
Y'all are too kind. Can't believe I'm saying this but I might be a fan of the French.
T'es le meilleur frérot le plus dur c'est de s'y tenir et d'être discipliné
just ask her out bro
Nah, we need an update!
I've been learning French for the past four years of high school, and I still have a hard time understanding everything, but in this video you did pretty amazing!
So you asked her out yet?
Making his way out of the friend zone, one croissant at a time. Godspeed mon frère.
haven't learned how to make pastries yet but thats next on the list
@zackburkhardt we want to see a croissant baking video
This vid is 10 months old, I'd be surprised he's still in the friend zone, I thought he'd move on or some. Btw, this vid just randomly got recommended to me, prob just like you, so I know nothing about this guy and his channel
@@Qrispy_Qing I'll write it down
@@zackburkhardtlol , you're bad liar 💀
finally a realistic video with someone who learns a language and continues to struggle instead of being fluent in a short time
yes!! it just shows the reality, that learning a new language is not just easily done in 30 days . You need so much more time to really be able to have a real conversation with sb thats talking in the language (:
@@bestgamtingIkr and then there is Xiaomanyc being like
“I learned Korean in 24 hours!” 😂
Xiaomanyc enters the chat.
@@theturquoiseball1255 bruh frrr
ong
"and that's how I met your mother"
he hearted it 👀
@@MrSharkFIN He hearted everything ☠️
@@hyuaahaha this cracked me up:))
En français s'il vous plaît
@@k-town873 ?
As a native, you did an excellent job in only 30 days !
Thanks!
Can we be friends please, i need to find English native friend
@@zackburkhardt yeah and french is a really hard language you did a very good job
French is really easy. Hungarian is the definition of hard.
@@godemperormeow8591 It all depends on where you are coming from and which languages you know. If you only know english, I bet everything else looks hard.
she was cute she didn't talk fast to you to understand what she was talking, adorable
C'est exactement ce que je pense. 😊
@@scortchyv8260 Bah en vrai heureusement, le mec il a apprit pdt juste 30j le français donc bon si elle commençait à débiter à toute vitesse 😭
@@askaat Les anglais ils font ça, aucun effort pour qu'on les comprenne
I'm quite impressed for how good your pronunciation and even accent is for such little time.
thanks! I honestly think learning German has helped a lot. They're not the most similar but just having learned a different language from english made it a lot easier to adapt to another one.
French pronunciation has rules, which is much easier than English
@@zackburkhardt I'm guessing you consume at least some European content, and yes learning German definitely helped you. It seems like most Americans are not exposed to European culture (or World culture for that matter) at all, and when they then go to learn another language they just can't do the pronunciation because all of their life has been American English and American content.
@@beirch yeah unless you've got family or really good friends, you're just not exposed to other cultures/languages at all basically. Or if you are, its so minimal that it doesn't help you learn
@@zackburkhardtyes, you’re way too hard on yourself, having heard your closing thoughts. You’re able to physically pronounce sounds like a native. Anglophones usually stop at the “R” and “A” sound in foreign languages (because the whole Latin alphabet is drastically different in English (“ayy-bee-see-dee”) compared to the alphabet the rest of European languages share, whether they’re Romance, Germanic or Scandinavian (“ah-bay-say-day”)). So yeah, German really DID help a lot! Learning Dutch first would have made a softer transition between English and German, and English and French, but glad you went the hard way 😂💪
I met my wife at school and since she’s Italian, I learned Italian in secret to surprise her. I first tried during the evenings and weekends with a language course book (this was the 1980s), but it bored me. Since I already learned French at school and was quite good at it, and the similarities between French and Italian are quite extensive, I got myself an Italian novel instead and worked my way through it over a three week summer holiday that I spent away from her with my parents.
Whenever I came across a word I couldn’t guess exactly, I wrote it down, and every few dozen words collected I looked them up one by one in a dictionary. By the end of the holiday there wasn’t a word in that 180 page novel I didn’t know, and I could have told the story by heart, in Italian. It was a full immersion and a bloody hard piece of work, but young love is powerful.
We’ve raised three bilingual kids together, and I took the Italian part of that, by the way.
Thats crazy actually👏🏼
Wow what a story. Thats awesome!
Grandissimo , bel lavoro!
I have never learned Italian language just English, German, French but in one day I had to translate Italian Albanian language pair. She is speaking very slowly.
When I was in third grade high school, it was almost 2 and half school years I had started learning French I had to interpret Albanian French language pair. You should continue learning French, for example the news cast in French language. Then watch movies in French language
That look on her face when you started talking to her in her native language... So Cool and so awesome.
the best part fr
That's the exact moment he should've moved in for a kiss.
Blown opportunity
@@TigerGreeneno he absolutely should not have, it would’ve ruined the moment. Even if I’m into someone, if they move in for a kiss on camera without asking before cameras are rolling I’d be grossed out
@@corvacopia clearly you don't know about body language. Autism will do that. He definitely should've gone in for the kiss.
@@corvacopialiterally
She does an amazing thing that people don’t normally do for language learners. She slowed waaaaay down. What a gift.
yeah she definitely managed to find the perfect speed immediately, was super helpful
As a Native French, this is impressive, I like when strangers try our language because it's really rare!!
I find your comment to be quite interesting. I wonder if maybe I’m stuck in a real-world “search bubble”. Almost all of my friends and acquaintances who have studied a foreign language have studied French. (The rest having studied German or American Sign Language.) So, French language proficiency, or at least familiarity, feels like the the norm.
I’ve been lucky enough to have visited over 20 countries (on business) and always make a point to learn a minimum of 25-50 words used there*, such as those for courtesy and directions. To me, this is not only a matter of showing at least the most basic level of respect, but also very practical. Is this really something that most people visiting France, Quebec, etc. do not do? Are, for example, Ugly Americans even uglier (rude) than my personal experiences suggest?
* the exception being The Netherlands and, to a lesser extent, Germany, because locals all but demand to use/practice their English instead. ;) Still, basic respect is shown on both sides.
Because time marches on whether we like it or not, I’m now older than I’d prefer to admit. Is it possible that, even in a world where language learning resources are now _infinitely_ more plentiful, younger visitors to French-speaking countries/regions are actually showing _less_ respect? Respectfully, I’d be curious to learn what your experiences have been.
Thanks and be well.
@@a1nelson Allow me to answer as a native french and I'm not sure I understood your comment well, but if you're wondering if tourists who visits France make an effort to learn a few words or not, I personally don't find that most people do so, or they say very well-known words that they probably already know. (Most of my encounters with tourists have been in ski resorts or in Paris, where there are a lot of young people coming in groups, so my opinion may be biased.) But i don't find rude to not learn some French though and sometimes they've a friend who speaks french really well in their group.
Tell me if i'm wrong on what you asked ;)
@@a1nelson Well I'm from The Mediterannean Side of France, and this a really touristic site, and when I see all of cultures and tourist from the World, None of them will try our language, they will constantly speak english even for the most easy things to ask, Be well too!
mais de ou
What? People learning French is rare?According to Google even just Germany got 1.6 million students learning it in school
Love how you didn't edit out the awkward silences. Makes the video more authentic. I like authentic 👍🏾👍🏾
Glad you enjoyed! Thats definitely part of the goal - that's how life actually is.
@@zackburkhardt as someone who is learning a language and also struggles to think of words sometimes, (and is also planning to go to georgia tech funnily enough lol) i appreciated this aspect a TONNN because it really helped me know that im not the only one who struggles with this. Great video, and i hope youve found more success in this and your other challenges! :D
He even did the awkward silences in French. Dedication :D
i love the way how she waits patiently for you to speak😭😭
yeah she definitely took it easy on me haha
the rubbing of his hands to soothe himself as he is nervous, is SO UNREALISTICALLY authentic and adorable
As a self-taught french learner myself, his lack of understanding what she’s saying is so relatable. Speaking is so much easier than listening at first! Ive been at it for 18 months now, so understanding her was pretty easy, but i wouldve been just like him at the 30 day mark. Hang in there bro it gets easier with practice!
thanks! wish I'd have been able to keep it up more tbh
at some point it switches lol. Watching youtube is just so much easier than speaking practice
I was moved and entertained by your video. What matters most was your cute intention, your courage and your willingness to try. It was an honor watching your 30 days! Thank you for sharing this with us!
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
Exactly my thoughts!
a lot of people say that languages are the keys to unlocking new cultures and cultural experiences and I could def see that with your german story! cool video zack!
Preciate it Govind!
Congratulations! I also learned a language fluently to surprise my friend but he broke the friendship up before the surprise. :(
Man that sucks, I'm sorry. At least you've got the language out of it though
Sorry to hear. Create new and fun memories with the language; new and fresh connections. Peace and strength papa.
😂
Wow, I imagine the lack of closure in a situation like that must've weighed a lot on you. How did you manage?
Who tf breaks up a friendship!?
as a french person, the day 21 is FUCKING impressive !!! glad you are learning my langage ! i really hope u will continue this way
Preciate it!
@Dor_atarItalian is quite easy though. But it depends of your mother tongue, I guess. Since Italian is really similar to French, I learned it in almost 2 weeks.
@Dor_atar Good, but were you born in Italy? A lot of Italian who were born in foreign countries doesn’t necessarily know how to speak Italian though.
@Dor_atar But there’s something I don’t understand. If you’re fully Italian, you were supposed to learn Italian while you were a toddler. Why you had to learn it?
@Dor_atar Ahhh! Ok. Now it makes sense! Well it’s a good joke!
This man loves you girl! I hope you realize this!
Great to see people like you encouraging people to learn new things, languages, cultures, sports, etc :)
"on ne change pas équipe qui gagne", a subtle way to tell you she loves your friendship. Very wholesome. Cherish that!
Yeah, I thought that too. Because it wasn't very amusant.
subtle asf lol
Brutal
It's easy to memorize phrases, but when I started learning Japanese it was so hard to understand what people would say back to me. I had to study a lot of examples of conversations in UA-cam videos or TV shows to get a better grasp on common vocabulary used in responses to the phrases I knew.
Yeah totally! it was a different beast going from learning online to actually trying to speak and communicate with someone
Use ChatGPT so you will be surprised but not with an actual person!
I appreciate the unfiltered and unedited conversation. Good luck with learning further!
Thanks! Glad you appreciated it haha
"If you speak to a man in a language he understands, that goes to the head. If. you talk to him in his language, that goes to the heart."
- Nelson Mandela
And this is very true! 😊
he was on to something fr
I don’t feel this way as an English speaker because so many people have learned it. But I hope I make someone feel this way when I learn other languages.
@@Julian-oj5ko maybe with dialect (e.x. british or american)
@@Julian-oj5ko then you dont understand the quote yet
@@milliondollarartboo
Its crazy to think we are so blessed to have the internet to be able to share these experiences with random people around the world! This was so genuine bro!! You red as a tomato had me dying lol keep it up!
Haha glad you liked it!
I always enjoy hearing a native French pronounce words. It's so hard to imitate that accent. But you did a damn good job in such a short time. I took French in high school for 3 YEARS and I can only say bonjour! and baguette. Lol
Thanks! yeah it sounds so nice when they speak it
@@zackburkhardt its a hard journey for an English speaker since almost all sounds are totally foreign to their mouth. But it’s mastered, the merit you’ll have, the appreciation you’ll receive and feel, and the image you’ll give to the natives will be 🔥 So continue the journey!
@@clemradiowhat would recommend for someone who is native speaker, but lost it when learning English?
You are very brave bro, your effort was amazing. Congrats!
Thank you!
Hello, i am french and our language is very difficult to learn. Even more in 27 days. This is amazing to be able to talk in french just like that. Your stress at the begining of the talk is visible. I feel the same thing when i must talking english. Great job, Bravo 😉
thanks! would've been a lot more stressed in a less comfortable environment so i cant imagine haha
There's that special bond between you. Hope it goes well between you two, you both seriously have that really special look when staring at each other.
Bon courage dude
This is so wholesome. Merci pour votre efforts
Authentic and motivational forreal 🙏🏾
thank you!
Even though you did not understand much of what she said, you did AMAZING considering the short amount of time spent. I think you may have just needed to talk to different native speakers in the meantime maybe on learning apps but that might not be possible and I think it’s great you learned something new!
Thank you! Keeping it a secret was definitely fun but yeah, it would definitely be easier to learn if I'd been talking to her the whole time
Je suis tombé sur ta vidéo par hasard avec l'algorithme et franchement bravo pour les efforts que tu as fait pour apprendre notre langue pas si évidente! Bonne continuation 😊
Merci!
Hi, I'm french and I'm very happy to see someone learn my language. I've been trying to improve my English for several years now (more than ten years) and I'm still making mistakes. So don't worry if you make mistakes, the important thing is to make the effort to learn and to be proud of your progress. I read my first book in English a few months ago now and I was proud to be able to understand 70/80% of its content.
Thanks! Thats great, keep it up
good job bro, super well-made video! J'espère que vous continuerez à apprendre le français!
Merci!
it's actually great that your learning french and got so good like in a month I had an american accent for like 3 months
I've heard the French love to hear an American twang when speaking french so maybe an accent isn't too bad...
I loved the surprised expression on the hotel bartender's face in Tokyo when he told me in English how much I had to pay for an coke and I read the sum back in Japanese.
It was so satisfying and it seemed to me that he was pleasantly surprised as well.
Keep up the good work.
its a great feeling, right? that's so cool, especially in a country where people automatically assume you can't speak their language
This is the sweetest thing you can do to make a friend happy
people like them still give me hope for future generations
Your pronunciation is actually pretty impressive 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks!
This was super commendable for the short amount of time you had to learn it! And the fact is she understood your questions almost perfectly
Thanks! She definitely knew what I was saying, not so much the other way around though haha
Bro u can see a crush igniting in her eyes😭😭😭 she has so much appreciation
He totally went from friend to crush really fast lol.
@@CleverPolarBearnah he most likely went from friends to besties lol
Bravo !! Ça me fait plaisir de voir des gens apprendre le français et tu te debrouilles bien ! Continues comme ça !
Sur internet on peut croiser beaucoup de gens qui se moque des français. Mais toi, tu t'intéresse et ca fait plaisir.
Mercio et bonne continuation.
I still like to tease the french a bit here and there but it's out of love :)
Such commitment to communicate with someone you care about, very nice!
I love your humility but you did a great job in such a short time! And you two are so cute and heartwarming.
Thank you for not faking the experience of learning a language. I believe many big youtubers fake progress for views.
She has such a beautiful soul ❤️. Be a great friend to her!
He will have to be because that's all he's ever going to be to her no matter how much french he learns.
@@movieswithmatticus5469 go be sad and depressing alone
@@movieswithmatticus5469 Projecting your deep rooted insecurities onto others on the internet isn't a great way of coping, try another way.
Accent, pretty impressive! This was very realistic and probably the speed that I learn languages too, unlike other videos I’ve seen where people seem to have a fluent conversation after just a few weeks, which is so discouraging to those of us who really struggle. The thing is, there is a lot more to learning a language than people sometimes realise. It’s not just learning words or phrases, it’s comprehension, pronunciation, being able to read and write the language. It’s understanding how to use verbs in the past present and future. It’s word order. Etc etc. My Dutch is still not fluent despite living in the Netherlands well over 23 years and at this point I’ve pretty much given up as I have very little social interaction anyway. But despite this I still really enjoy learning languages. Just enjoy the process and don’t worry about how fast you learn it, it’s all about human connection and that is what you should focus on the most.
I've been learning french for 4 months now and I could understand most of the videos, both your and your friend's sentences. I feel honestly kinda proud of myself as apart from my class I don't have any sources for listening to french right now (by choice) and the people in my class are obviously not natives. And natives have a diff accent and speed so it's not easy. Kudos to you brother! You held great convo on only 30 days or 27 to be precise of learning a language
good job! that's dope that you were able to understand all of it. Thanks!
One of the cutest and realistic language learning videos I've seen yet. Don't worry mate, the other videos are pretty unrealistic.
HONEST video. Love it. Don't belive those fake youtubers out there man. I liked this video a lot
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it
That's so cool. And I really liked that she didn't try quickly to correct you. And the notepads are best and also conversation to improve your french. At least, it worked for me to improve my english
yeah she took it easy on me thankfully haha. good idea!
This man is amazing ! He needs more suscribers. Bravo tu es super fort !
preciate you
Insane video, I'm so happy to someone have the courage to share a real 30 days learning challenge.
Your level is really good for 30 days only and for me is better than most of people would do in 30 days.
UA-camrs wants ppl to dream of what they could do in 30 days even if they never will because it's most of times scam or simply very talented gifted hardworking people which isn't the average :)
nice job my friend,
I am very impressed by your ease after such a short time. you are amazing. kisses from France.
Ton geste est trop mimi haha ! et franchement avoir tout ça en 30 jours c'est vraiment bien, j'espère que tu vas continuer !
Merci!
This is awesome. Your English has gotten to be very good! Keep up the good work, Zack
He's from USA...
Thank you Alex.
I'm a native french and in 30 days your french is pretty good
not pretty good, fuckin amazing in 30 days.
@@v.c.7564 He's French so obviously that's what he means
Your friend was verry kind to speak slowly so you could understand ;)
Bravo a toi !
yeah she was very understanding of my lack of skill haha
this is such a wonderful thing to do for your friend and a great way to learn a new language especially with french being so difficult!!
(unfortunately it really, truly, disappoints me how many people, even today, can not comprehend a boy and girl just being friends, even then the act of not being able to refrain from making assumptions about strangers relationships, wish the world was a bit more accepting about such things)
so true.
I think you did well for 30 days just keep at it, don’t stress. French is not easy, I grew up speaking and learning French in Senegal, once I moved to the US I realized how difficult they made the French language. Like what! So many verb tenses and prepositions!
Incredible video!!! enjoyed watching so much
Thanks!
What a wonderful friendship :)
bro deserve this girl and paradise, god bless you je t'aime mec
I was just scrolling through the videos until i came across this one. And i really loved it.
Ur dedication to learn French just to surprise and communicate with ur friend makes me feel that you're a kind and lovely person. Keep up the Good work❤❤❤.
Also you deserve a family so i am ur subscriber now, yay🎉🎉
Thank you! glad you enjoyed it and that you're sticking around!
13:20 In the States, one of the equivalents of that phrase would be "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" at least here in the south. I was born in Cameroon in a French Province in Cameroon and I have been living in the states since 2009. You did VERY well for someone who had such little amount of time!
Yeah good point, we've got our own thing. thanks!
Thats so pure, i love it
having you as a friend is the best gift that she can imagine.!
you're so right
Starting with 1000 most common words is a great idea. You learned rly fast and you have a great pronunciations for a 30 days learning challenge!
thank you!
Really good job with the French! I'd be nervous too hahahaha...she speaks English really really well as well! Usually the accent from a French person is thick but it's like she had grown up in the US!
That's so sweet.I wanna friend like you
It's still a pleasure to see a foreigner learning our native language :)
my man is a man of dedication and pure will! This is so nice of you
This gave me the motivation to continue my Italian lessons. Thank you!
keep it up fr
When she said "The people i met" you secured it. Job well done lad
This video caused youtube algorithm to go crazy after 10 month
I enjoyed watching your video the progress and result
Thanks! Yeah it's crazy, it's just been blowing up the past few days
I’m an American who’s been fascinated by La langue française for many years. I never took a formal class; I learned it all on UA-cam and through music. My progress was nowhere near as fast as yours. This video simply blew me away that you could put together decently complex sentences after just two weeks. I’m very proud of you brother.
Thanks man!
Just be simply proud. That's a touching thing to do, and a challenge too.
Dude you're amazing! You were great during the conversation! And the accent was actually pretty good! I admire you, it took me years to learn english. From a native french
thanks!
As a french, thanks you, thanks for your effort, even if your french isn't prefect, it's still cool to see peoples learning this language,
France love you bro !
You're quite welcome. glad to have the love! my opinion of the french low key changing a lot from the reception to this video
@@zackburkhardt We LOVE when someone tries to speak our (very difficult) language. You'll always get warm welcomes if you try just a little with natives ;) You did a great job with your pronounciation, the 'r' sound in particular is very hard to get, especially for english speakers, props man !
@@geriellindemannvhaseyar3513 thank you! good to know you guys appreciate it haha
@@zackburkhardt So you had a bad opinion about french people even while having a french friend ?
@@LouiseRose-k6o yeah some of the stereotypes were reinforced but we're working on it
"I learned an entire language for you"
"I have a boyfriend"
😂😂😂😂
7:31 LMAOO I ALMOST CHOKED ON MY FOOD I DIDNT EXPECT THIS😭💀💀😭💀
so glad someone commented on this and enjoyed it haha
i’ve been learning french on and off for a few years and finally starting to take it seriously. props to you because it’s nerve wracking!
It is for sure. Keep it up!
she's a gem keep it.
BRAVO !!
Tes progrès sont impressionants, continue d'apprendre le français mec !
How is your french going now? Did you continue learning? If you continued, it would be so nice to hear you speak it now :D
I haven't kept at it unfortunately, been moving on to other things. But I plan to work on it again in the future and will definitely have an update!
@@zackburkhardt Continue. Tu vas y arriver ;)
I just discovered your channel and its very welcoming and warm
glad you liked it!
Well done, and appreciate your keeping it real. Honestly it's hard to put yourself out there and be vulnerable when you're new to learning a language - even practicing with a friend/loved one. Very admirable, and keep it up!
thanks!
This is so nice 🥺 Kannst du ein Video auf Deutsch machen?
Auf jeden Fall! Ich werde dieses Sommer in Deutschland leben und ich werde mindestens eine Deutsche Video machen.
bro why dont you just tell her you love her???
never learned how to say it...
@@zackburkhardt you do. this is how
@@zackburkhardt HAHA you do you bro
@@zackburkhardt bro never say a girl i love you. Just let it flow with time everything will fall into place. I ve been there before too.
@@zackburkhardt "Je t'aime!" 😜
the meaning she described for "on ne change pas une équipe qui gagne" is not correct ^^
it's a rough equivalent of "if something ain't broke don't fix it"
Smh I'll see what she has to say for herself
Bro, I have to say thank you. I have been struggling with French for like 3 years and this video was quite motivating to me. I understand French properly but I struggle a lot with writing and speaking so I am kind of restarting my studies. Thanks for motivation, pal
Awesome, glad it's helping!
"I'm gonna treasure that memory forever" - this is actually very strong dude. Props to you, you did a really good job and put a real effort into this. Be proud of urself mate.
thank you!
Why no one mention the thing that he's friend who knows french very well does not used difficult constructions and speak veery slowly. If you know french i think you know what i mean. She literally speak as a french learner not as a native speaker. And i found it very cute.
Sorry for my mistakes, i'm only learning english
Actually in the south of France the pronunciation is more Spanish. Only in the north/Paris they talk with those R's
Ah see maybe I just need to go to the south.
Not at all
Je suis désolée mais vous dites n’importe quoi😅! La prononciation du sud de la France n’a rien avoir avec l’espagnol ! Renseignez-vous !
@@mendelmurphy5016 Dans le sud de la France, les gens qui habitent près des Pyrénées prononcent les R de manière plus latine, tandis qu'au nord les R sont plus allemands.
You meant like Italian. But if you talk about Pays Basque, I’d say you are correct.
Now I feel like I want to learn a new language 🥲
Give it a shot!
As a native you did a fantastic job in 30 days
I'm so proud of you I wouldn't do that myself I have been learning English for many years I can say that is the level I had after six months to one year
Congrats bro you're so brave ❤
thanks! made it a lot easier to have a friend who I knew would be excited regardless of how good I was
I’m legitimately impressed with your progress here in only that short period of time. I took classes for 2 years in German as a second language, and while it was (if I may brag for just a second) my best class in those years, I don’t think I picked things up quite this quickly at the beginning. That being said, I’m not really a fan of comparing myself to others, but I appreciate your showing that dedication to a personal goal can really pay off! 😃
As a side note, I did take just one week of a French language class about 14 years ago, but the two main phrases I learned are still engrained in my memory 😄