There are also neurophysiological benefits. The ability to code switch (change languages swiftly and even mid-sentence) results in the increased decision making ability, increased ability in being able to focus on a task, as well as a decreased risk of dementia! Would highlyyyyy recommend researching/reading around the topic of linguistics. As you can tell..I love linguistics 😂😍
Can I join your team??? I actually did a dissertation during my master's degree on the evolution of the relative pronoun "that" in the English language!! I know..... lol!
i loved this video! and yeah, i'm not even fluent in korean (YET!) but studying another language has absolutely given me a deeper understanding of english/language in general--which in turn has made me a better writer! an unexpected (but awesome!) benefit XD
Your first point was spot on (for that matter, so were all your points!). Studying the subjunctive in Spanish helped me to understand my native language (English) better, which was unexpected. And learning Spanish (especially the subjunctive) absolutely helped me to understand Ecuadorian culture better. 🇪🇨
Italian is a disaster. I tried to learn it last year. It was so complicated for me, the unremembered vocabulary, the dizzy grammar. I even nearly spewed out when I tried to immitate the sound "r".
Great video! I speak Finnish, English and Swedish fluently, and in advanced level in French, Spanish and German. I learned all those languages in school but I have a very strong passion for language learning. Learning those are taking already a lot of my time but I would love to learn Russian, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese!
@@Justastranger11 not as much as u would think but sometimes yes😁 In school essays I’ve sometimes written some words in different language I was supposed to
It’s very interesting how you share your experiences with learning fluently both French and Spanish. Some of the perks associated with that really struck me considering how all 3 (I include English because only a small percentage of its lexicon and grammar today is Germanic) are essentially in the same language group. My experiences are a bit different- though I’ve dabbled in German, French and Spanish, I’m at least semi fluent in 4, almost totally unrelated language groups (English, Bengali, Urdu and Arabic) and even though I found that knowing each of them hasn’t deepened my individual understanding of the other languages I know, I have noticed grasping other languages and meanings have been significantly easier as a result. Keep up the great work!
I just realised how hard it gets to learn a new language as I grow older.I learned English(at school), hindi(at school n my neighborhood) n bangla(at home n in my neighborhood) all together. Like I basically learned to speak, read n write together in the three languages n m fluent n use them all in a daily basis. But I tried to learn French in school n it was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done
Please make another video on reading in French, things you've learned since your last video on the topic, or just things you've read that you enjoyed :)
Love this! I completely agree with all of your points - learning new languages is a great thing to do in so man ways! I'm such a grammar nerd too - it's not until I started doing a TEFL course that I realised how complicated ours is in English and this along with learning German it has really made me appreciate my own language more! I think also learning new languages helps you to increase your vocabulary both in English and in other languages if they have similar roots - for example, the French penser is very similar to our word, pensive! :)
I also did a TEFL course and taught a bit of English as a second language, and that taught me a lot about my own language too! I had no idea how much regional slang I was using before 😅
I went to Vatican museums yesterday, and the perk was that I was able to listen in on basically any guided tour as I was making my way through the museum. All of them but one in Japanese. Especially since this summer I started learning Greek and I was able to understand something from the inscriptions on the works of art that were on display, I felt such a profound connection to the world! Regarding how everyone knows what an impressive skill languages are, unfortunately it's not always true. I don't know how to forget how a native English speaker commented once on the language skills of a guy whose English was AMAZING (great vocabulary, flawless grammar, and a comprehensible accent): "Yes, he speaks some English"...
Hey Andrea, great video as usual!!! And as usual, I completely agree with everything you said! As I was watching your video, I thought of something else: would you consider doing a video about the surprising embarrassing effects of speaking a 2nd language? (such as hesitating in your own language, forgetting the spelling of words in your own language or even inventing words or expressions that are completely impossible in your own language) I'm sure that as a bilingual person, those things must happen to you all the time, I know it does for me! One thing that I'm completely fighting against for instance is the expression "at the end of the day" in English, that I always want to say in French but actually "à la fin de la journée" doesn't mean anything in my own language, it's not idiomatic at all (when I say that, my friends who don't speak English usually stare at me thinking "what?")!
I sometimes use words of one language in another. Usually it's between Spanish and French (el robinete del agua fría) but I can use French or Spanish words in English (degringolate (which has nothing to do with gringos), derribate). When I hear "at the end of the day", I wonder "at the end of *what* day?"! A benefit of growing up hearing two closely related languages is that I can intuitively understand sound correspondences.
Same happens to me and i mix some words or i know how to say something in English which is my second language because that word fits the situation but in Spanish doesn't make sense and when I'm trying to explain to my friends from Mexico some experiences that i had in English sometimes i mess up lmao
You mean Tagalog ? I've been learning German which I personally it's kinda easy compared to French if you already know English , German and English is kinda like Italian and Spanish . The hardest part if anything is actually trying to understand natives speaking to you and trying to pick it up
Since you already speak English my advice for learning German is relate to English - not sure what’s your native though but both language are very close. The grammar is nearly identical - well German might is a more like a superset but you can always use the English grammar rules, which makes it easier to everyone who will listen to you yes also native speakers. There is no need to show off
I am always learn new things from your videos. I never understood English grammar and sentence structure until I took a year of high school Spanish, which I have since forgotten. However, I still remember the English grammar that I learned in Spanish class. I took a boat tour on the Oslo fjord and the tour was given in Norwegian, German and English. I understood enough of the German to realize that the tour guide gave a different tour in German than she did in English. Like she had modified her spiel to fit her audience, so I actually learned more than I would have learned if the tour had only been in English. After 45 years I probably have 95% less comprehension than I had in the late 70s when I was in Germany. Finally, I did sometimes when attempting to learn Norwegian pull up the German word when I could not remember the Norwegian word. I found Norwegian far more difficult than German to learn. Never did learn to speak it, but I could sort of read it. Thank you for your videos. I am learning new things every time I watch your videos.
I'm so glad my videos are helpful for you! Thank you for watching and commenting!! I have had similar experiences to that on tours. I love being able to hear both and getting ALL the information :D
I completely agree that learning a foreign language forces you to learn your native language grammar. For French learners, there's a good book: "English Grammar for Students of French". I've read that the hardest mental task ever measured (through functional MRI I believe) is simultaneous translation. After having a conversation in French (the language I'm learning), I certainly feel like I've had a mental workout. Simultaneous translation must be so much harder.
Love this kind of video because I can relate haha I’m french but I lived in the US for 5 years. I think it’s so freeing to know different languages. You have more options as you said, you can read/listen to two different langues thus cultures. I love being able to read an article in french then read another one in English. Just so much fun.
This is a great video. It is true that there are times when translations cannot do justice to the original. For example, it would be hard to translate this sentence into a foreign language and do it justice: It rains coconuts and pineapples in Hawaii, not cats and dogs. It is really helpful to read poetry in its original language. What rhymes in one language may not rhyme in another language.
I live in the UK and I am doing French & Spanish at A Level (qualifications required to go to university) and at university I will be studying MA (Hons) French, German & Spanish
portuguese my first language , grew up learning English , about to be fluent in spanish and currently learning High Valyrian (fictional language from the Tv Show Game Of Thrones). By the way I understand French and Italian , since they're close to portuguese and Spanish
Definitely agree about learning more about your own language. I only did French in secondary school but I remember the teacher referring to perfect and imperfect tenses and we all just looked at her blankly like "??????????????????"
~6 minutes There is the Italian proverb "Traduttore, traditore", to translate is to betray; meaning you can never truly and fully convey the original meaning of something. When you start comparing translated arts you realize why (ambiguous terms, terms that changes a bit, etc.).
Andrea « adolescent » « exercice you » are you frenchifying your english ? Rosie from NotEvenFrench also made a video lately about French spilling on her attitude and kiwi english.
😅 I've noticed myself using some French-isms, yes... They usually happen when I'm changing between the languages or, like in this video, talking about both!
Visiting India or researching about India would help a lot. If you have ever read Mr. Dan Coyle's works, you would remember that in his book "The Talent code" he has explained about how talent hubs form and operate in every part of the world. e.g. Brazil and endless supply of football players. An average college educated Indian can speak 3 languages by default. English, Hindi and his/her regional language. It's like "So what the big deal about that?!!" for him/her. Diversity has been the biggest advantage of India w.rt being multi-lingual. Post - Independence from Brits, the states in India have been divided based on languages. There are currently 29 states in India which means there are more than 20 constitutionally recognized languages. When i say 20+ regional languages, please do not get the impression that they are regional dialects. They are separate languages themselves. They have different scripts, grammar, and sentence pattern etc. Every 400 Kilo meters in any direction you travel within India you would see an entirely different culture, language, cuisine, and gene pool. It's a sub-continent. Plus, India has the oldest of all languages. It is called "Tamil". Older than Hebrew, Greek and Latin by the way. Another very old and Classical language we have is "Sanskrit". The European languages have borrowed many words from Sanskrit. E.g. Maatra in Sanskrit is Mother in English, and Madre in Spanish. Bhraata in Sanskrit is Brother in English. The word for 'table' in Spanish is "Mesa" which is has its roots from the Tamil word "Mesai". Every state in India also has easily about 25% of families who have migrated from some other state with in the country. This means the kid gets to learn one extra language also apart from 3 to make friends in the school. The Indians learn languages subliminally. I wanted to make it a more deliberate ritual. I realized in 2011, "Oh yeah, I can speak 3 languages. Already I am a poly glot. Why not become a hyper one!" So I started learning a neighbouring state's language called "Telugu". I was fluent in telugu by 2013. then I started learning "Nepali". Official language of Nepal. Very similar to Hindi. I learnt it by 2018. So i can speak 5 languages as of now. Tamil (mother tongue), English, Hindi, Telugu and Nepali. Then I decided to go global.. Aprendiendo espanyol ahora como sexto idioma :D So the take away is, if you are so passionate about being a polyglot and if you are also a bit lucky to travel internationally, do visit India..!
Not too long ago I wanted to live abroad yet I was not confident to ever be proficient enough in English. Today, I feel as comfortable in English as in my native language. I often speak German to English speaker or vice versa without noticing as I think in both languages equally. That being said I speak mostly Spanish today as I live in South America and all people around me „just“ speak Spanish and I am feeling the same happening with Spanish now what happened to English not too long ago. I am turning 37 in a couple of weeks and I have to say you are never too old to learn a language naturally if and just if you have the right motivation. Too bad I got punished with the worst accent you can have in any language after Hindu 😝
Hello, I learned Spanish and English because of school and my parents, but I really want to learn French because it would open up so many more opportunities have any suggestions?
Gracias por este video! Tengo pregunta. Mi idioma nativo es ingles y hice la decision para tomar clases de francés y quiero ser trilingüe en ingles, francés, y español porque quiero vivir en Nueva York y eso es muy cerca de Quebec. El otro día estuve hablando en español con una mujer que no habla ingles bien. Estuve accidentalmente usando palabras de francés. Es normal?
I'm a weird person since I was born in London to Russian immigrants. For the first five years of my life, I spoke Russian at home and English elsewhere but when I was five, my family moved to Moscow and I spoke English only at my international school that I attended and Russian elsewhere. Then, when I was ten, we moved back to London and I have lived here since. I have no first language and I have no foreign accent in either language. I'm about as bilingual as it gets.
On m’a toujours dit que la langue française était la plus dure à apprendre au monde sauf que je suis française alors je n’ai pas vraiment eu d’effort à faire pour l’apprendre ahah
Japanese, I have to finish learning how to write in mandarin chinese (it's a pain, really), and I already speak French, English and Spanish... I also have been learning Latin for a year but we won't talk about it... xD
Biligual as a definition means that both languages are equally strong. Hunting for this level is not really efficient in my opinion. I do consider myself biligual however I speak 4 languages fluently. The other 2 are languages which I need to put more effort in while communicating however. So I am not trilingual by any means. A language is a tool - it’s totally up to you and your motivation which level is the right for you. You need English for work? You don’t need to be biligual to effectively communicate in English. On the other side I know people who do speak German as a second language and their level is better than a native speaker. Sadly? Not really. This is something you find in every country.
I speak English 🇬🇧 Je Parle Francais 🇫🇷 (I speak French) Parlo Italiano 🇮🇹 (I speak Italian) Hablo Espanol 🇪🇸 (I speak Spanish) Ich spreche deutsch 🇩🇪 (I speak German) Labhraím Gaelige 🇮🇪 (I speak Irish) I love lerning languages, and I really do encourage it! ❤️🥰🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸🇩🇪🇮🇪💓
US English is not the same as British English or Australian English or Canadian English or Indian English. I didn't invent how language evolution (or European colonization) works... 🤷♀️
US English is not the same as British English or Australian English or Canadian English or Indian English. I didn't invent how language evolution (or European colonization) works... 🤷♀️
You perhaps don't know it, but japaneses can't even speak english, they speak a sort of japanglish, which you absolutly need to learn if you want to understand them, the best way is to learn japanese.
"The limits of my language means the limits of my world."
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
There are also neurophysiological benefits. The ability to code switch (change languages swiftly and even mid-sentence) results in the increased decision making ability, increased ability in being able to focus on a task, as well as a decreased risk of dementia! Would highlyyyyy recommend researching/reading around the topic of linguistics. As you can tell..I love linguistics 😂😍
So interesting!! I definitely want to read more about that 😍
Grammar nerds unite ✌🏻
YES! 😎
Can I join your team??? I actually did a dissertation during my master's degree on the evolution of the relative pronoun "that" in the English language!! I know..... lol!
i loved this video! and yeah, i'm not even fluent in korean (YET!) but studying another language has absolutely given me a deeper understanding of english/language in general--which in turn has made me a better writer! an unexpected (but awesome!) benefit XD
Yes!! I've noticed that too! I feel like it's made me more aware of my different characters' ways of speech too :D
Your first point was spot on (for that matter, so were all your points!). Studying the subjunctive in Spanish helped me to understand my native language (English) better, which was unexpected. And learning Spanish (especially the subjunctive) absolutely helped me to understand Ecuadorian culture better. 🇪🇨
Japanese, Italian, and Spanish
Italian is a disaster. I tried to learn it last year. It was so complicated for me, the unremembered vocabulary, the dizzy grammar. I even nearly spewed out when I tried to immitate the sound "r".
Nguyen Nguyet Italian is easy
Being multilingual is great. But, man, but speaking languages that are so international like English, French and Spanish IS THE BEST.
If you'd ever make a video on grammar - either English or French, I'll be super excited and the first to watch it!
Great video! I speak Finnish, English and Swedish fluently, and in advanced level in French, Spanish and German. I learned all those languages in school but I have a very strong passion for language learning. Learning those are taking already a lot of my time but I would love to learn Russian, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese!
Do you get the languages mixed up a lot?
@@Justastranger11 not as much as u would think but sometimes yes😁 In school essays I’ve sometimes written some words in different language I was supposed to
@@kalakalanen4810 haha oh no, thank you for replying! Xx
Omg grammar nerd?! I love you already omg
It’s very interesting how you share your experiences with learning fluently both French and Spanish. Some of the perks associated with that really struck me considering how all 3 (I include English because only a small percentage of its lexicon and grammar today is Germanic) are essentially in the same language group. My experiences are a bit different- though I’ve dabbled in German, French and Spanish, I’m at least semi fluent in 4, almost totally unrelated language groups (English, Bengali, Urdu and Arabic) and even though I found that knowing each of them hasn’t deepened my individual understanding of the other languages I know, I have noticed grasping other languages and meanings have been significantly easier as a result.
Keep up the great work!
Don't ever stop 'geeking out'. It's part of your wonderful charm.
Thank you! I'm not sure I could stop if I tried :D
I just realised how hard it gets to learn a new language as I grow older.I learned English(at school), hindi(at school n my neighborhood) n bangla(at home n in my neighborhood) all together. Like I basically learned to speak, read n write together in the three languages n m fluent n use them all in a daily basis. But I tried to learn French in school n it was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done
Please make another video on reading in French, things you've learned since your last video on the topic, or just things you've read that you enjoyed :)
I’m 15 and i speak 4 languages as goo as fluent and i’m learning 2 other languages
MargotGabriella that’s impressive! Go you, I only know french and English but would love to learn German and Spanish.
Bravo! 🙌
doesn't look like......
very impressive, which languages do you speak?
Love this! I completely agree with all of your points - learning new languages is a great thing to do in so man ways! I'm such a grammar nerd too - it's not until I started doing a TEFL course that I realised how complicated ours is in English and this along with learning German it has really made me appreciate my own language more! I think also learning new languages helps you to increase your vocabulary both in English and in other languages if they have similar roots - for example, the French penser is very similar to our word, pensive! :)
I also did a TEFL course and taught a bit of English as a second language, and that taught me a lot about my own language too! I had no idea how much regional slang I was using before 😅
I went to Vatican museums yesterday, and the perk was that I was able to listen in on basically any guided tour as I was making my way through the museum. All of them but one in Japanese. Especially since this summer I started learning Greek and I was able to understand something from the inscriptions on the works of art that were on display, I felt such a profound connection to the world!
Regarding how everyone knows what an impressive skill languages are, unfortunately it's not always true. I don't know how to forget how a native English speaker commented once on the language skills of a guy whose English was AMAZING (great vocabulary, flawless grammar, and a comprehensible accent): "Yes, he speaks some English"...
Yeees, I love being able to change between languages on audio tours! 😆
Hey Andrea, great video as usual!!! And as usual, I completely agree with everything you said! As I was watching your video, I thought of something else: would you consider doing a video about the surprising embarrassing effects of speaking a 2nd language? (such as hesitating in your own language, forgetting the spelling of words in your own language or even inventing words or expressions that are completely impossible in your own language) I'm sure that as a bilingual person, those things must happen to you all the time, I know it does for me! One thing that I'm completely fighting against for instance is the expression "at the end of the day" in English, that I always want to say in French but actually "à la fin de la journée" doesn't mean anything in my own language, it's not idiomatic at all (when I say that, my friends who don't speak English usually stare at me thinking "what?")!
I sometimes use words of one language in another. Usually it's between Spanish and French (el robinete del agua fría) but I can use French or Spanish words in English (degringolate (which has nothing to do with gringos), derribate).
When I hear "at the end of the day", I wonder "at the end of *what* day?"!
A benefit of growing up hearing two closely related languages is that I can intuitively understand sound correspondences.
Same happens to me and i mix some words or i know how to say something in English which is my second language because that word fits the situation but in Spanish doesn't make sense and when I'm trying to explain to my friends from Mexico some experiences that i had in English sometimes i mess up lmao
Yes, I've been thinking about doing a video like this at some point! 😅
I speak English,Italian and Filipino. I’ve been learning German lately and it’s so hard! Anyway cool video, keep it up💪🏻
You mean Tagalog ?
I've been learning German which I personally it's kinda easy compared to French if you already know English , German and English is kinda like Italian and Spanish . The hardest part if anything is actually trying to understand natives speaking to you and trying to pick it up
@@carlosavelar4652 You may know this already, but I believe Filipino is also another term for a standardized version or form of Tagalog
I speak tagalog english. Studying japanese
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Since you already speak English my advice for learning German is relate to English - not sure what’s your native though but both language are very close. The grammar is nearly identical - well German might is a more like a superset but you can always use the English grammar rules, which makes it easier to everyone who will listen to you yes also native speakers. There is no need to show off
I am always learn new things from your videos. I never understood English grammar and sentence structure until I took a year of high school Spanish, which I have since forgotten. However, I still remember the English grammar that I learned in Spanish class. I took a boat tour on the Oslo fjord and the tour was given in Norwegian, German and English. I understood enough of the German to realize that the tour guide gave a different tour in German than she did in English. Like she had modified her spiel to fit her audience, so I actually learned more than I would have learned if the tour had only been in English. After 45 years I probably have 95% less comprehension than I had in the late 70s when I was in Germany. Finally, I did sometimes when attempting to learn Norwegian pull up the German word when I could not remember the Norwegian word. I found Norwegian far more difficult than German to learn. Never did learn to speak it, but I could sort of read it.
Thank you for your videos. I am learning new things every time I watch your videos.
I'm so glad my videos are helpful for you! Thank you for watching and commenting!! I have had similar experiences to that on tours. I love being able to hear both and getting ALL the information :D
Great video, you’d made me realize about so things I did I know about being multilingual, thanx!!!
I completely agree that learning a foreign language forces you to learn your native language grammar. For French learners, there's a good book: "English Grammar for Students of French". I've read that the hardest mental task ever measured (through functional MRI I believe) is simultaneous translation. After having a conversation in French (the language I'm learning), I certainly feel like I've had a mental workout. Simultaneous translation must be so much harder.
Thanks bro I'm going to look this book up and check it out
Love this kind of video because I can relate haha I’m french but I lived in the US for 5 years. I think it’s so freeing to know different languages. You have more options as you said, you can read/listen to two different langues thus cultures. I love being able to read an article in french then read another one in English. Just so much fun.
Yes! I love scrolling through multilingual social media feeds too :D
I am learning german, french, korean, spanish, and chiniese
This is a great video. It is true that there are times when translations cannot do justice to the original. For example, it would be hard to translate this sentence into a foreign language and do it justice: It rains coconuts and pineapples in Hawaii, not cats and dogs.
It is really helpful to read poetry in its original language. What rhymes in one language may not rhyme in another language.
Just started reading Harry Potter in French 😁😁
I hope you love it! 🤩
Wonderful video
I live in the UK and I am doing French & Spanish at A Level (qualifications required to go to university) and at university I will be studying MA (Hons) French, German & Spanish
portuguese my first language , grew up learning English , about to be fluent in spanish and currently learning High Valyrian (fictional language from the Tv Show Game Of Thrones). By the way I understand French and Italian , since they're close to portuguese and Spanish
I recommend Elvish from The Lord of the Rings! ;-)
@@Tranefine where can I do it?
Definitely agree about learning more about your own language. I only did French in secondary school but I remember the teacher referring to perfect and imperfect tenses and we all just looked at her blankly like "??????????????????"
~6 minutes
There is the Italian proverb "Traduttore, traditore", to translate is to betray; meaning you can never truly and fully convey the original meaning of something. When you start comparing translated arts you realize why (ambiguous terms, terms that changes a bit, etc.).
My first language is English, I am learning French and Spanish currently but I like to speak French more than I like to speak English or Spanish.
Andrea « adolescent » « exercice you » are you frenchifying your english ? Rosie from NotEvenFrench also made a video lately about French spilling on her attitude and kiwi english.
😅 I've noticed myself using some French-isms, yes... They usually happen when I'm changing between the languages or, like in this video, talking about both!
@@AndreaHeckler French-isms : gallicisms (en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gallicism)
Visiting India or researching about India would help a lot.
If you have ever read Mr. Dan Coyle's works, you would remember that in his book "The Talent code" he has explained about how talent hubs form and operate in every part of the world. e.g. Brazil and endless supply of football players.
An average college educated Indian can speak 3 languages by default. English, Hindi and his/her regional language. It's like "So what the big deal about that?!!" for him/her.
Diversity has been the biggest advantage of India w.rt being multi-lingual. Post - Independence from Brits, the states in India have been divided based on languages. There are currently 29 states in India which means there are more than 20 constitutionally recognized languages.
When i say 20+ regional languages, please do not get the impression that they are regional dialects. They are separate languages themselves. They have different scripts, grammar, and sentence pattern etc.
Every 400 Kilo meters in any direction you travel within India you would see an entirely different culture, language, cuisine, and gene pool. It's a sub-continent.
Plus, India has the oldest of all languages. It is called "Tamil". Older than Hebrew, Greek and Latin by the way. Another very old and Classical language we have is "Sanskrit". The European languages have borrowed many words from Sanskrit. E.g. Maatra in Sanskrit is Mother in English, and Madre in Spanish. Bhraata in Sanskrit is Brother in English. The word for 'table' in Spanish is "Mesa" which is has its roots from the Tamil word "Mesai".
Every state in India also has easily about 25% of families who have migrated from some other state with in the country. This means the kid gets to learn one extra language also apart from 3 to make friends in the school.
The Indians learn languages subliminally. I wanted to make it a more deliberate ritual. I realized in 2011, "Oh yeah, I can speak 3 languages. Already I am a poly glot. Why not become a hyper one!"
So I started learning a neighbouring state's language called "Telugu". I was fluent in telugu by 2013. then I started learning "Nepali". Official language of Nepal. Very similar to Hindi. I learnt it by 2018. So i can speak 5 languages as of now. Tamil (mother tongue), English, Hindi, Telugu and Nepali.
Then I decided to go global.. Aprendiendo espanyol ahora como sexto idioma :D
So the take away is, if you are so passionate about being a polyglot and if you are also a bit lucky to travel internationally, do visit India..!
I speak english, polish and german :D
Studying french but it’s pretty hard :3
Not too long ago I wanted to live abroad yet I was not confident to ever be proficient enough in English. Today, I feel as comfortable in English as in my native language. I often speak German to English speaker or vice versa without noticing as I think in both languages equally. That being said I speak mostly Spanish today as I live in South America and all people around me „just“ speak Spanish and I am feeling the same happening with Spanish now what happened to English not too long ago. I am turning 37 in a couple of weeks and I have to say you are never too old to learn a language naturally if and just if you have the right motivation. Too bad I got punished with the worst accent you can have in any language after Hindu 😝
Awesome! When are you doing a Video in Spanish?
I second that! I would like to see how fluent she is.
Haha - I would like to make one sometime! My speaking skills are pretty rusty right now though 😜
Will you do a video “2 années en France” in French then? 😎 I hope so!!!
Yes, I'm planning on doing another video in French soon! 😁
Hello, I learned Spanish and English because of school and my parents, but I really want to learn French because it would open up so many more opportunities have any suggestions?
Gracias por este video! Tengo pregunta. Mi idioma nativo es ingles y hice la decision para tomar clases de francés y quiero ser trilingüe en ingles, francés, y español porque quiero vivir en Nueva York y eso es muy cerca de Quebec. El otro día estuve hablando en español con una mujer que no habla ingles bien. Estuve accidentalmente usando palabras de francés. Es normal?
English, Spanish, and ASL here. French is next 😎
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I speak french arabic and english!
I'm a weird person since I was born in London to Russian immigrants. For the first five years of my life, I spoke Russian at home and English elsewhere but when I was five, my family moved to Moscow and I spoke English only at my international school that I attended and Russian elsewhere. Then, when I was ten, we moved back to London and I have lived here since. I have no first language and I have no foreign accent in either language. I'm about as bilingual as it gets.
Estoy aprendiendo Español y Frances.
English, French, spanish, japanese and a few programming languages(i am 14)
I'm fluent in 4 languages, but I speak 24 total. It totally annoys my family, if I speak them mixed up, and they are monolingual 🤣
Plus! It's always fun when you don't want people to find ut what you're saying/ writing to do it on another language! haha :P
I'm fluent in English and Spanish and studying Japanese
I'm 13 and I speak 3 languages...now I'm learning japanese for anime😁
Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu and English are what I speak as of now. Soon, I will branch out to Persian, Korean and Japanese.
I KNOW 13 LANGUAGES 6 OF THEM ARE ADVANCED. I can say that, it is not how many language you know. it is how deeply do you know them ?
I speak English (because that's the language i was first taught), French, now im learning Romanian.
French & Russian
How do you practice your other languages?
I speak Arabic, English and French fluently, in addition of Russian and Spanish like a begginer but my pronunciation is perfect.
Eager to hear your perfect Spanish pronunciation ;-)
On m’a toujours dit que la langue française était la plus dure à apprendre au monde sauf que je suis française alors je n’ai pas vraiment eu d’effort à faire pour l’apprendre ahah
Japanese, I have to finish learning how to write in mandarin chinese (it's a pain, really), and I already speak French, English and Spanish... I also have been learning Latin for a year but we won't talk about it... xD
Niiice! That's impressive :D
Yes learning English made me understand my mother tongue better
Spanish, German, English and ok French
What level of proficiency does one need to have in each language in order to be considered bilingual or multilingual?
Biligual as a definition means that both languages are equally strong. Hunting for this level is not really efficient in my opinion. I do consider myself biligual however I speak 4 languages fluently. The other 2 are languages which I need to put more effort in while communicating however. So I am not trilingual by any means. A language is a tool - it’s totally up to you and your motivation which level is the right for you. You need English for work? You don’t need to be biligual to effectively communicate in English. On the other side I know people who do speak German as a second language and their level is better than a native speaker. Sadly? Not really. This is something you find in every country.
@@marcello4258 Thank you.
I love your videos! and your accent. Can you tell me where are you from? Thank you very much.
I'm from the Midwest US, not too far from Chicago 😊
@@AndreaHeckler thank you! I'm from São Paulo Brazil and I'm using your videos to working on my spoken English and listening compression.
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Arabic . French . English and Spanish fluently
Tagalog English and spanish.
Ik 9 languages n am working on my 10th which is French n that R is killing me
Hi,Im also 24 years old
I speak English 🇬🇧
Je Parle Francais 🇫🇷 (I speak French)
Parlo Italiano 🇮🇹 (I speak Italian)
Hablo Espanol 🇪🇸 (I speak Spanish)
Ich spreche deutsch 🇩🇪 (I speak German)
Labhraím Gaelige 🇮🇪 (I speak Irish)
I love lerning languages, and I really do encourage it! ❤️🥰🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸🇩🇪🇮🇪💓
Study Portuguese!🇧🇷
Get this as a challenge!
Je parle français aussi , anche Io parlo italiano ,hablo Espanol tambien ,ich spreche Deutsch, 我也会说中文。😂
Please make a video with your hubby
Since when english is from the states ( american flag)?
US English is not the same as British English or Australian English or Canadian English or Indian English. I didn't invent how language evolution (or European colonization) works... 🤷♀️
I know English, Latin, Spanish, Russian, and bearly any German
Isn’t multilingual when you know more than 3 languages? 🤔🤔
At least 3
Francesca Pagni
That’s trilingual, 4+ is multilingual ♡
@@wewewewewewewewwewe oops, I forgot about that one 😂 thanks Alexandra!
Francesca Pagni
You’re welcome ◡̈
That US flag as a indicator of speaking the US language has me triggered
US English is not the same as British English or Australian English or Canadian English or Indian English. I didn't invent how language evolution (or European colonization) works... 🤷♀️
You perhaps don't know it, but japaneses can't even speak english, they speak a sort of japanglish, which you absolutly need to learn if you want to understand them, the best way is to learn japanese.