Nobody found it a bit sad when he said it's hard to make friends on tour with his english? I never thought about how hard it must have been for him in the early years just trying to avoid conversations in the locker room :))
Before you laugh at Rafa: Someone who speaks three languages is 'trilingual.' Someone who speaks two languages is 'bilingual.' Someone who speaks only one language is 'American.'
2:17 “what are your tactics today?” “i’m gonna try my best, gonna use my forehand and my backhand too, try to have a good serving day, and try my best.”
@@DD-nt8uj He doesn´t speak french either. He said it because of the spanish word "deportividad" which means sportmanship but which literally translates to sportivity
@@diegovediavivar7965 ¿el Valenciano es un dialecto? Tanto catalan, valenciano y mallorquin es la misma lengua, cambian entre si algunas cosas y la pronunciación por las variaciones geografícas a lo largo de mil años de lengua.
SUGARPOP73 No one who tries should feel embarrassed, that’s the main reason why people don’t even try, fear to think that they are doing it wrong. Nadal is the best example of this. He couldn’t care less about what other thought, he just kept going and tried, sometimes it went well, sometimes it didn’t, but he just laughed at himself and moved on.
minyra r people are making jokes about his pronunciation and construction of sentences. That is totally out of order , people wouldn't do the same if he was from a protected " minority" . That pisses me off to start with and I can't understand why English speakers would think it's so funny especially when in general middle and working classes are rarely bilingual . Gareth Bale o David Beckham have never given an interview in Spanish due to their inability to learn the language.
SUGARPOP73 Can you define what do you mean with “minority” group in the context of your statement? I don’t think people makes fun of him, it really is part of the admiration and love for Rafa. I might be wrong, but I’ve never seen a comment saying something like “go to school” or “learn English”, or any other comment that diminishes Rafa’s effort, on the contrary, people love Rafa’s accent and the way he pronounces some words like surface (surfrace) or future. A lot of people would love that Rafa’s English had never improved, because that precisely was part of his enchantment, it still is, but in a smaller scale. I’m a native Spanish speaking person living in the US. I know what it is when you are in front of people speaking in a language that you don’t feel 100% comfortable with. Nerves are cracking and you just want to run away from the crowd. I think that’s precisely what people admire more from Nadal, that he faced those situations with grace and in the most beautiful and funny way. I can’t speak for those who didn’t choose to learn a different language and their reasons. I see your point though, when you say that they would never do an interview in Spanish. That precisely is what speaks volumes of Rafa. He is extremely humble.
For those saying Anglophones are even worse at foreign languages, this video is not an attack or a mockery on Rafa’s english! This is a fan made video in good nature to highlight how incredibly endearing Rafa is, and how unexpectedly funny he is. Rafa will not be Rafa with his iconic accent and rhetorical no at the end of every phrase! And we love him for it!
...but he laughs at himself and that's the key! As someone who teaches English (to Spanish students as it happens), the key is to change students' perception. By that I mean, learners invariably say "I am afraid to speak because others will laugh at me", so we have to change this perception to "I am not afraid to speak, and I don't care if others laugh at me...the more I speak, the better I will get!!...and in the end the only laughing will happen when I crack a joke...in English!"
@@Noelito40 I agree with what you said but that's not the point the original comment was trying to make. He was just correcting a wrong translation. Rafa does in fact say "Primera frase y ya la estamos liando o qué", and not "Primera frase y ya os estáis riendo", which is what was translated instead.
Absolutely incredible how his language skills have improved over the years , from just a few words to complete sentences on tennis and then discussions on a variety of subjects. And without formal English lessons.
@@doctordecisive Lessons are not going to help you a lot to learn a language, actually. Ask any polyglot. They learn language by acquisition. By surrounding yourself with the language. First with simple sentence and short stories and the more you know, the more difficult you can make it for yourself. I'm dutch and most dutch people don't learn english at school. Yes, they get lessons, but they don't improve it. They became good at english by gaming in english, by watching Friends, Lost, Prison Break, Oprah, Two and a half men with subtitles every day. The thing is: When you deliberately learn some grammar rules, you won't be able to think of them when you're trying to speak. But when you keep hearing phrases.. your brain slowly understands how it has to conjugate certain words.
I don't know any other tennis player that has displayed such bad language skills over his entire career, which such small improvements. Especially since he is a top player he gets much more air time.
I listen to fellow Americans try to speak Spanish all the time and it hurts me when they don't even attempt a spanish accent, like you said it is ear torture
Rafa Nadal speaks Spanish, Catalan, some French, some Italian and his late English is definitely good enough. I dare anyone who is making fun of him to honestly say if they can do better.
Jess C I assure you everyone around him, watching him, and the people laughing in the background have a great respect for him. He’s a beast on and off court. It’s an innocent laugh and he’s laughing too...all in good fun. Only the most miserable kinds of people would honestly have an issue with his english...and he’s clearly been improving during his time on tour
Well, I fluently speak English, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin and can understand a fair bit of Macedonian, Bulgarian and Russian. Is it better? Nadal is a big public figure, a sporting legend. His early English was a total embarrassment. It never had to be perfect, but come on...
@@moosa1037 of course he's obligated to know English. It's essential in communicating on and off the court. Are you seriously not understanding this? The whole world speaks English, and someone like him no need. Fucking hell man...
I speak fluent spanish, fluent english, solid french, intermediate portugues and intermediante italian. But it's definitely NOT EASY. Most people speak just their native language and MAYBE a 2nd language, so most people should NOT make fun or Rafa accent when he is not speaking his native language.
I simply adore how he is a bit shy and awkward when he speaks English! Even when he is not good at languages, he is incredibly endearing. I think we love him all the more because of it!
No English is perfect. An American will speak English in a different way than the British. Australians have a different accent. Even inside UK the way Scotts speak is way different from the way Irish speak. Here I am talking about native English speakers. Where there is so much difference between Native English speakers what do u expect from a person whose native language is Spanish? For me Rafa's English is quite fluent and that's what matters.
@@naveed8022 My first language is spanish and it doesn't make me oblivious to the fact that english is a lot more than the different accents in english speaking countries, there's also things like grammar and a bunch of other stuff i had to learn on my own, just like Rafa. I'm sure i also sound pretty funny when i speak, so i can even relate to Rafa's evolution, you don't have to lecture me about struggling with english, i know all about it, but our english is quite fluent and that's what matters.
@@Ciclopea2 Actually he has some little problems with the grammar and verbs in general, but it's sooo normal because he didn't study it in school like us, teenagers, he learnt during the years ALONE which is why some people still can't understand this fact. He could have just spoken only in Spanish during his career, but he made an effort to be understood by all his fans too :D
@@tennisradu you should read my previous comment, i had to also learn english ALONE, self taught, it's almost a compliment how you have to come to lecture me about Rafa's english when i went through the same thing because spanish is also my first language, even in my original comment i mention that i LOVE that his english is not perfect, what i don't understand is why you feel like you have come to defend him, when there's NOTHING to defend him against, i LOVE Rafa, broken english and all.
I like the younger version of Rafa! He smiles a lot more and speaking English with that ultra heavy spanish accent even heavier than today made him look only more sympathetic!
I think most people don’t realize that English isn’t the only language out there. This guy probably can speak a few European languages too. Good on him for improving. Being bilingual or multilingual should be praised rather than criticized in America.
Ese Bale no tiene respeto al español. Eso suele pasar a los native English speakers, piensan que no necesitan aprender otros lenguajes ya que todos deberían saber inglés. Yo vivía en Madrid y en mi primer mes ya entendía la gramática a la perfección. Solo me quedaba aprender mas vocabulario.
Let Rafael Nadal be your inspiration to learn English...Look at how he laughs at himself initially, then at 4:37 he seems to be getting more confident..his confidence clearly grows and at 7:01 he even corrects himself...and finally, in the end, he's giving speeches in English! Saludos y felicitaciones Rafa!!
@@Noelito40 I mean he has lots of money to get good instructors to let him be a good speaker in English bc sometimes learning by ourselves is boring so we give up easily, u understand?
His English has come a long way for sure. Sure he doesn't speak it as well as a number of other top guys in the sport, but there isn't a strong presence of English education in Spain as their is in a number of other European countries. Most of the other guys on tour grew up learning the language and it's definitely easier to learn at a younger age.
Love this😂 2 additions that could be made: 1) What happen-ed in Monte Carlo happen-ed, what happen-ed in Barthelona happen-ed and whathappen-edinMadridhappen-ed 2) The discussion with the reporter about Ash Barty and “polemics”
@@dogbraincatbody5966 Hahaha who are you to say Rafa what he has to do? Education system in Spain is very poor, that's the reason why most of Spanish people can't speak other language fluently. Also with the dictator Franco we suffered a long period of autarchy that disconnected us from the rest of the world for decades. Would you speak a lot of languages if you were from Spain? I doubt it folk.
@@rasplasdsg Nadal is great player and fighter, but be honest, Novak and Roger speak 5 languages and Rafa barely one foreign. He travels a lot like other players so he had enough opportunities to learn.
I think Rafa had a good passive English knowledge, so he understood almost everything, but his active skills were not the best, in the end of the video he learned speaking English fine. Not everybody is capable to learn easily another language, everybody borns with different abilities, some needs more time.
the truth is that Rafa does not care to get the polished accent...and use excessive vocabulary or wannabe phrases like the other english speaking tennis folks do...he knows to communicate what he has in his mind as answers to journalists' questions... and he does that very well... we should actually appreciate his respect for mother tongue and the way he abides by it... he has even stuck to his village without going to foreign places for training etc...all others including federer and jokowitch have gone all over the world for training... Rafa deserves respect for all that he does without doing the fashionable things that the other tennis guys and gals have done...
Very interesting video. Even though Nadal was busy with his career, he was able to get practice speaking English when he was still young enough to be able to pick it up quite well. I love his interviews in English now, because he knows enough to get his points across concisely, and it's always interesting hearing how people who think in another language bring that thinking to English.
The first 30 seconds of this video has made me laugh more than anything on UA-cam in 2019 😂 No disrespect, Nadal you are a goat. And Also now bilingual. More than most can say.
He's improved a lot. That's quite a great achievement to see Rafa's progresses. Man, look at Franck Ribery, this guy just learnt Italian in 3 monthes. Un-believable ... and some ppl think he's dumb
Oh please, spare me. I am Brazilian, living in UK for 20 years and all the time see British people who don't know how to use they're, their and there. Too much for lecturing foreigners speaking English. They mess up their own language.
English pronunciation is not easy at all for native Spanish speakers; it takes a lot of practice, and time to get it right or close to it. The accent likely does not ever go away completely unless of course you were a teenager when you started speaking the new language,
I am Rafa Nadal and amai NoOOoOOOOOOoOOoOO
..-=)'lol
Huh?
@@kristysokoloski9089 00:00:09
Lmaooooo
Yes lol
English people talking spanish it's worse.
are+ xD
Hahaha
is*
English people say "HoOollaa mouy boenoss diaz" english crowd "omg he speak spanish so welll"
Y después usan muletillas de otros idiomas y se creen los más cultos, como el pardon? Que imagino que vendrá del francés
Nobody found it a bit sad when he said it's hard to make friends on tour with his english? I never thought about how hard it must have been for him in the early years just trying to avoid conversations in the locker room :))
For those wondering, start watching around 2:56
That is so true! I never thought of that. Must have been tough
Which year do you think is this conference from?
@@BSHIV i try my best hehehe but I don't have money 2:04
There were a lot of argentinians and spaniards at the time tho
Before you laugh at Rafa: Someone who speaks three languages is 'trilingual.' Someone who speaks two languages is 'bilingual.' Someone who speaks only one language is 'American.'
100% true. Most Americans do not want to learn another language either. It is sad.
and/or Mexican
True
:-) correct and they think they are super intellectuals because of their english speaking skills...
Most native English speakers don't care about learning foreign languages
Roger : Do you know what are you gonna give me at christmas yet ?
Nadal : youknowwhatimgoingtoswitzerlandtoplayanexhibitionmatchforyourfoundation
G(o)ld
Looool
I laughed so hard at this 😂
Rapha laughing at others Tenisskills
Oh hush
Cállate la boca
Dude never edit and thank people for likes it looks sooo pathetic. Looks like you have nothing else going for you in your life.
Kamishininoyari Bro Chill
@@MelbourneMaster lol look at you, expert de idio't
2:17
“what are your tactics today?”
“i’m gonna try my best, gonna use my forehand and my backhand too, try to have a good serving day, and try my best.”
Interviewer got bored
😄😄😄 he is hilarious, so sweet
he looked a complete package in his teens/twenties... perfect athlete...
and after " well an incréhibl'match he played so well, was ready to takes my chances ..." :o)
i love the fact that, even though he could easily get a translator, he kept trying! and he didnt mind if people would laugh or something.
"Sportivity" - Rafael Nadal 2006.
😅
"Polemics" - Rafael Nadal 2019
@@alejandrozapatamarcos456 because in Spanish there's "Polémicas"
Could be a word. French sportif/ve > sportivité like actif/ve > activité = activity
@@DD-nt8uj He doesn´t speak french either. He said it because of the spanish word "deportividad" which means sportmanship but which literally translates to sportivity
He speaks mallorquín, catalán, spanish, english understands italian and french... not bad for a tennis player.
Mallorquín and catalán are the same , also valencian
@@cv9818 Si, quien sabe hablar Valenciano / Mallorquín, también sabe hablar Catalán
@@levello8394 en teoría si,aunque el valenciano es un dialecto y se diferencian en algunos puntos y palabras muy concreta
@@diegovediavivar7965 ¿el Valenciano es un dialecto? Tanto catalan, valenciano y mallorquin es la misma lengua, cambian entre si algunas cosas y la pronunciación por las variaciones geografícas a lo largo de mil años de lengua.
@@iRaYm0n muy bien krak esa es la definición de dialecto
How many English speakers here can speak Spanish without embarrassing themselves?
SUGARPOP73 No one who tries should feel embarrassed, that’s the main reason why people don’t even try, fear to think that they are doing it wrong. Nadal is the best example of this. He couldn’t care less about what other thought, he just kept going and tried, sometimes it went well, sometimes it didn’t, but he just laughed at himself and moved on.
minyra r people are making jokes about his pronunciation and construction of sentences. That is totally out of order , people wouldn't do the same if he was from a protected " minority" . That pisses me off to start with and I can't understand why English speakers would think it's so funny especially when in general middle and working classes are rarely bilingual . Gareth Bale o David Beckham have never given an interview in Spanish due to their inability to learn the language.
SUGARPOP73 Can you define what do you mean with “minority” group in the context of your statement?
I don’t think people makes fun of him, it really is part of the admiration and love for Rafa. I might be wrong, but I’ve never seen a comment saying something like “go to school” or “learn English”, or any other comment that diminishes Rafa’s effort, on the contrary, people love Rafa’s accent and the way he pronounces some words like surface (surfrace) or future. A lot of people would love that Rafa’s English had never improved, because that precisely was part of his enchantment, it still is, but in a smaller scale.
I’m a native Spanish speaking person living in the US. I know what it is when you are in front of people speaking in a language that you don’t feel 100% comfortable with. Nerves are cracking and you just want to run away from the crowd. I think that’s precisely what people admire more from Nadal, that he faced those situations with grace and in the most beautiful and funny way.
I can’t speak for those who didn’t choose to learn a different language and their reasons. I see your point though, when you say that they would never do an interview in Spanish. That precisely is what speaks volumes of Rafa. He is extremely humble.
@@minyrar7107 And that's half his charm. The other half is just as charming!
Bruh this video is a joke.
For those saying Anglophones are even worse at foreign languages, this video is not an attack or a mockery on Rafa’s english! This is a fan made video in good nature to highlight how incredibly endearing Rafa is, and how unexpectedly funny he is. Rafa will not be Rafa with his iconic accent and rhetorical no at the end of every phrase! And we love him for it!
Umm… I’m a native English speaker and I don’t suck at foreign language. I actually take time to get the flow, pronunciation, and accent right.
1:26 "it's a dream for me" says "thats a new one heh" down low in spanish hahahahah
He is sooooo charismatic...
Ohh oh. That's what he said? Haha. Been trying to figure that one out for years. Finally! Thanks =)
He actually says "shit, this one is tuff"
at 1:16 he actually says: “First sentence and I’m already messing up or what?!”
...but he laughs at himself and that's the key! As someone who teaches English (to Spanish students as it happens), the key is to change students' perception. By that I mean, learners invariably say "I am afraid to speak because others will laugh at me", so we have to change this perception to "I am not afraid to speak, and I don't care if others laugh at me...the more I speak, the better I will get!!...and in the end the only laughing will happen when I crack a joke...in English!"
@@Noelito40 I agree with what you said but that's not the point the original comment was trying to make. He was just correcting a wrong translation. Rafa does in fact say "Primera frase y ya la estamos liando o qué", and not "Primera frase y ya os estáis riendo", which is what was translated instead.
@@AlexandreFortesYT Yo sé! ;-)
@@AlexandreFortesYT estás mal, lo que dice es, la primera frase y ya me están bardeando (ya me están atacando)
@@Noelito40 The key of the comment is the actual correction of the translation. I suppose that changes something. Dumbass.
Absolutely incredible how his language skills have improved over the years , from just a few words to complete sentences on tennis and then discussions on a variety of subjects. And without formal English lessons.
It's not incredible. It's just normal.
@@babelclub9017 I would say it's even not enough to be normal. After all those years he should have been much better at it.
A player with his commercial prospects and media obligations would have definitely taken English lessons.
@@doctordecisive Lessons are not going to help you a lot to learn a language, actually. Ask any polyglot. They learn language by acquisition. By surrounding yourself with the language. First with simple sentence and short stories and the more you know, the more difficult you can make it for yourself. I'm dutch and most dutch people don't learn english at school. Yes, they get lessons, but they don't improve it. They became good at english by gaming in english, by watching Friends, Lost, Prison Break, Oprah, Two and a half men with subtitles every day. The thing is: When you deliberately learn some grammar rules, you won't be able to think of them when you're trying to speak. But when you keep hearing phrases.. your brain slowly understands how it has to conjugate certain words.
I don't know any other tennis player that has displayed such bad language skills over his entire career, which such small improvements. Especially since he is a top player he gets much more air time.
You should hear Americans speaking French, it's an ear torture.
Or Frenchs speaking English, for the matter :D
oui
Or American's speaking English
I listen to fellow Americans try to speak Spanish all the time and it hurts me when they don't even attempt a spanish accent, like you said it is ear torture
You should hear Thomas brunkle type English. It’s eye torture.
Rafa Nadal speaks Spanish, Catalan, some French, some Italian and his late English is definitely good enough. I dare anyone who is making fun of him to honestly say if they can do better.
Jess C I assure you everyone around him, watching him, and the people laughing in the background have a great respect for him. He’s a beast on and off court. It’s an innocent laugh and he’s laughing too...all in good fun. Only the most miserable kinds of people would honestly have an issue with his english...and he’s clearly been improving during his time on tour
Well, I fluently speak English, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin and can understand a fair bit of Macedonian, Bulgarian and Russian. Is it better?
Nadal is a big public figure, a sporting legend. His early English was a total embarrassment. It never had to be perfect, but come on...
@@liberty0758 It never had to be anything. He plays tennis. Public figure or not, he was never obligated to know English.
@@moosa1037 of course he's obligated to know English. It's essential in communicating on and off the court. Are you seriously not understanding this? The whole world speaks English, and someone like him no need. Fucking hell man...
I speak fluent spanish, fluent english, solid french, intermediate portugues and intermediante italian. But it's definitely NOT EASY. Most people speak just their native language and MAYBE a 2nd language, so most people should NOT make fun or Rafa accent when he is not speaking his native language.
All people here whining about people laughing at Rafa , can't you se that the guy is having fun and people are having fun with him not at him ..
I simply adore how he is a bit shy and awkward when he speaks English! Even when he is not good at languages, he is incredibly endearing. I think we love him all the more because of it!
ua-cam.com/video/ZXuCngV2-wY/v-deo.html he loves a good old scratch and sniff on every point too! Endearing?
I love that his english is a lot better but not quite perfect and i hope it never gets to that point, no? it wouldn't be Rafa :) thank you for this.
No English is perfect. An American will speak English in a different way than the British. Australians have a different accent. Even inside UK the way Scotts speak is way different from the way Irish speak. Here I am talking about native English speakers. Where there is so much difference between Native English speakers what do u expect from a person whose native language is Spanish? For me Rafa's English is quite fluent and that's what matters.
@@naveed8022 My first language is spanish and it doesn't make me oblivious to the fact that english is a lot more than the different accents in english speaking countries, there's also things like grammar and a bunch of other stuff i had to learn on my own, just like Rafa. I'm sure i also sound pretty funny when i speak, so i can even relate to Rafa's evolution, you don't have to lecture me about struggling with english, i know all about it, but our english is quite fluent and that's what matters.
@@Ciclopea2 Actually he has some little problems with the grammar and verbs in general, but it's sooo normal because he didn't study it in school like us, teenagers, he learnt during the years ALONE which is why some people still can't understand this fact. He could have just spoken only in Spanish during his career, but he made an effort to be understood by all his fans too :D
@@tennisradu you should read my previous comment, i had to also learn english ALONE, self taught, it's almost a compliment how you have to come to lecture me about Rafa's english when i went through the same thing because spanish is also my first language, even in my original comment i mention that i LOVE that his english is not perfect, what i don't understand is why you feel like you have come to defend him, when there's NOTHING to defend him against, i LOVE Rafa, broken english and all.
@@Ciclopea2 no, I wasn't lecturing you, I just tagged you because of UA-cam 😂 that's remarkable, great effort 😻
Omg he was soo cute and charming back then, well he still is but his more badass now.
He is*(please don't hate me 😖)
@@_sam_k_ Yes he still is ;)
@@rileyreese3991 she was pointing your grammar mistake
ikr omg
Even with his broken English he puts "journalists" in their place....
I like the younger version of Rafa! He smiles a lot more and speaking English with that ultra heavy spanish accent even heavier than today made him look only more sympathetic!
Still Speaks better English than Harry Kane 😂
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
I think most people don’t realize that English isn’t the only language out there. This guy probably can speak a few European languages too. Good on him for improving. Being bilingual or multilingual should be praised rather than criticized in America.
His reply on that Gareth bale question is awesome. Can see why Florentino sees him as hia successor.
Ese Bale no tiene respeto al español. Eso suele pasar a los native English speakers, piensan que no necesitan aprender otros lenguajes ya que todos deberían saber inglés. Yo vivía en Madrid y en mi primer mes ya entendía la gramática a la perfección. Solo me quedaba aprender mas vocabulario.
@@Clan_Uchiha990 ole! Así es.. no se esfuerzan lo más mínimo :S
timestamp?
Pretty savvy financial thinking
1:27 JAJAJAJAJAJA he says "hostia es nueva esta..." right after the "it's a dream for me", which means 'damn this is a new one..'
He is the cutest tennis player.
I love him,he my idol.
No no I am nervous but I do my best!! Rafa killed the interviewer with his positive attitude
That first clip of Rafa is beyond cute !! 🥰😍
Unbelibebale progression!
no one:
UA-cam recommends:
Let Rafael Nadal be your inspiration to learn English...Look at how he laughs at himself initially, then at 4:37 he seems to be getting more confident..his confidence clearly grows and at 7:01 he even corrects himself...and finally, in the end, he's giving speeches in English! Saludos y felicitaciones Rafa!!
It’s because of $$$$
@@houyamqueen4534 what do you mean? That you have to spend money to learn English.
@@Noelito40 I mean he has lots of money to get good instructors to let him be a good speaker in English bc sometimes learning by ourselves is boring so we give up easily, u understand?
Inspiration to learn English? What? 20 years on tour and he can barely construct a decent sentence and certainly not with fluency.
Wow he's improved so much since the old days!
He is a tennis player, not a professor. Why does he have to speak English?. In Spain we speak Spanish and proud of it
EXACTLY! for those who pick on Rafa's English. they can't even make themselves understood but Rafa does!
Exacto, Arriba España 😍🇪🇸
Es verdad
He was learning
Vivimos en un mundo globalizado, así que es la idea hablar unos 3 o 4 idiomas, sobretodo si es un personaje que debe viajar alrededor del mundo.
The Federer and Nadal video where they can’t stop laughing is one of my favorite things on the internet
Nobody:
Rafa after every sentence: nO?
Da Boss Man
So?
1:26 osstia es nueva esta
JAJAJJ BUENISIMO
Miled GD yo no lo he entendido xD
Yo creo que dice, "ostia, como va esto".
Pero bueno, cada uno oye una cosa jej
@@logicusmundi creo que dice bastante claro "ostia es nueva esta"
@@logicusmundi que va
He's come a long way. It's been great to see how his english has improved year after year
“If he expensive its gonna be alot of money”
Who cares about his English who out there plays tennis 🎾 as amazing as Rafa love the way he speaks
His English has come a long way for sure. Sure he doesn't speak it as well as a number of other top guys in the sport, but there isn't a strong presence of English education in Spain as their is in a number of other European countries. Most of the other guys on tour grew up learning the language and it's definitely easier to learn at a younger age.
"Wot?"
"Wot?"
I relate to this so hard. Learning a new language is difficult.
Dude, what a video! Appreciate man. Quality content.
Though his accent is different,but his cuteness is just bliss❤️❤️❤️
What cutie, he is adorable.
This was so great. Thanks for making it. Loved it.
Such a pleasure to watch Rafa play tennis.
Love this😂 2 additions that could be made:
1) What happen-ed in Monte Carlo happen-ed, what happen-ed in Barthelona happen-ed and whathappen-edinMadridhappen-ed
2) The discussion with the reporter about Ash Barty and “polemics”
Ayo that presser in Rome cracked me up. 😂
That's why we developed a highly complex balcony, to end with this infernal language.
I forgot how cute he was when he was younger. I mean, look at his little face 0:26
Loved all of it! The last speech at the tennis academy graduation ceremony was actually pretty deep. Vamos Rafa!
The “omnilliable” caption really hit for me, so spot on 😂
Love him even more after each and every minute of his mouth spitting words.. 😍😄😍
Have loved watching Rafas tennis and his interviews! Living my best tennis life!
Such sweet guy!
whAT?
iS tHaT riGhT??
Que tal su español?
Oli
@@charlesbromberick4247 De ruta
"Kids or girls" LOL 7:15
He probably thought kid might have been masculine, it’s tricky when speaking several languages
0:40 I escape in this court... LOL
Amazing to learn another language. Well done Rafa!
👏 Congrats Rafa! One more achievement for you. Your English has been improving so much
"Ah well helloo eberybody... i am Rafael Nadal, ju know I play unbelebable tenis”🤣🤣🤣
He looks so sweet and humble.
Who Cares how he speaks english when You are " ombilivibol" on the court!! Todos los españoles estamos orgullosos. Proud of him yo death 🤗
He's adorable....
And those who are laughing need to learn more about him.
20 grand slams and limitless money. And ofcourse, respect from everyone.🙏
Nadal is such a pleasure to watch. 5:15 no one could have put it better.
laugh at his english he laughs at your bank account
Language barrier??? It’s so cool he always laughed it off 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
What a legend
there should be a translator, specially in the big tournaments.
The other thing, it's probably not that important what they say. I wouldn't care as much, his English is unique and I understand it still.
No, he should learn English like Roger and Novak.
His English is just fine. It's understandable enough.
@@dogbraincatbody5966 Hahaha who are you to say Rafa what he has to do? Education system in Spain is very poor, that's the reason why most of Spanish people can't speak other language fluently. Also with the dictator Franco we suffered a long period of autarchy that disconnected us from the rest of the world for decades. Would you speak a lot of languages if you were from Spain? I doubt it folk.
@@rasplasdsg Nadal is great player and fighter, but be honest, Novak and Roger speak 5 languages and Rafa barely one foreign. He travels a lot like other players so he had enough opportunities to learn.
7:32 the girl on the Top Left corner!!!!
Love you Rafa....
He is my my favourite love ❤️ you god bless you 😊😘😘😘😘 I mean Rafal
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Adorable...just adorable ❤️❤️😁👍
Yes Rafa has clearly improved his English level since a few years
I love this man!
I think Rafa had a good passive English knowledge, so he understood almost everything, but his active skills were not the best, in the end of the video he learned speaking English fine. Not everybody is capable to learn easily another language, everybody borns with different abilities, some needs more time.
the truth is that Rafa does not care to get the polished accent...and use excessive vocabulary or wannabe phrases like the other english speaking tennis folks do...he knows to communicate what he has in his mind as answers to journalists' questions... and he does that very well... we should actually appreciate his respect for mother tongue and the way he abides by it... he has even stuck to his village without going to foreign places for training etc...all others including federer and jokowitch have gone all over the world for training... Rafa deserves respect for all that he does without doing the fashionable things that the other tennis guys and gals have done...
It takes guts to put yourself on the spot like that, knowing that you may look a little silly. It’s admirable
Very interesting video. Even though Nadal was busy with his career, he was able to get practice speaking English when he was still young enough to be able to pick it up quite well. I love his interviews in English now, because he knows enough to get his points across concisely, and it's always interesting hearing how people who think in another language bring that thinking to English.
The first 30 seconds of this video has made me laugh more than anything on UA-cam in 2019 😂
No disrespect, Nadal you are a goat. And Also now bilingual. More than most can say.
Love him!
As with anything that Rafa does, he gets better and better with age. Nadal Is My Champion!
6:38 "surfrace" 😅👌
Rafa is indeed ombillibable!
he's so cute...the true goat!
He's improved a lot. That's quite a great achievement to see Rafa's progresses. Man, look at Franck Ribery, this guy just learnt Italian in 3 monthes. Un-believable ... and some ppl think he's dumb
U laugh at his english, he laughs at ur bank account
HAHAHAHHAHA
Oh please, spare me. I am Brazilian, living in UK for 20 years and all the time see British people who don't know how to use they're, their and there. Too much for lecturing foreigners speaking English. They mess up their own language.
It is practise that makes perfect . He is literate in four languages.
Esta comprobado según tienes menos pelo más sabes ingles
Rulf00 😂😂😂😂😂
Se llama experiencia
Se llama calvicie.
Pues entonces lo mío, ya es desgracia. :-(
@@abcabc4652 calvo y sin inglés? Hahahhaha ánimo nunca es tarde
Rafa, an icon
WOW! What a transformation!
He's adorable 🥰
why is everyone getting offended in the comment section.. bro its a fun video no need to get salty
damn.... and my mom has been living in america for almost 30 years and can't even conjure up a proper sentence with the grocery bagger. LOL
Lol same w my Taiwanese mother in law. 30 years in L.A. I can prob speak better Spanish than she English.
English pronunciation is not easy at all for native Spanish speakers; it takes a lot of practice, and time to get it right or close to it. The accent likely does not ever go away completely unless of course you were a teenager when you started speaking the new language,
Levels of English:
Beginner
Medium
Articulated
Very articulated
Ombillibable
Rafa
Wow, his English really improved. What an evolution.
hes so cute
Next = evolution of Rafa's hair
Euuuh...Are you sure evolution is the right word !?
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Love Nadal! At least he is trying to learn and speak english, which is more than I am doing what a star!