Boston, how many languages do you speak? 

Those DNA tests that are commercial like that, are complete junk. It is proven that they are very ambiguous and non specific and throw up different results for the same person. You can test that by taking three tests with the same company ( if you can be bothered ). They are nothing more than a money making scheme and you have to read the small print disclaimers where they basically say: "these results are just a very rough idea and do not necessarily reflect heritage" or words to that effect. Fact is, the only way to really find your accurate heritage, is via MONTHS of laboratory analysis of your DNA material. Unfortunately, these companies operate within the law - but they are misleading millions of people are like a DNA fashion mafia, taking advantage of the interest people have in the subject. Fact is, their tests throw up wildly different results for the same person. Look into that before promoting rip off junk.

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How come you didn’t ask the Americans to speak in the languages they claim to know?

they were roommates

@@tegarguritno Aware

Both were obese

They speak the language of love

3:53!

I can teach you

​@@izaiasbispodossantosrodrig875 Não.

ITALIAN IS THE MOST ROMANTIC AND A VERY PRETTY LANGUAGE THE PORTUGUESE FROM BRAZIL IS VERY PRETTY AS THEY SPEAK THE WAY THEY ARE HAPPY SINGING

@@elisabethshaefer8849 mama mia

How well can people from Portugal understand Brazilian Portuguese?

you are very beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤

how are you ❤

acho que ela tem um probleminha de fala msm

Meu mais novo vício é ficar vendo esses vídeos pra ver se acho alguém que fala do português brasileiro 😂

​@@SirCommonersimm acho q na vdd ela tem problema pra formular oq ela quer dizer e acaba se atropelando

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@@1MM730 🐢

O Brasil é um país lindo. Desculpe se meu português é ruim, estou aprendendo ainda.

Wait a sec, you don't speak Spanish in Brasil? Kkkkkkkk é brincadeira, eu adoro a língua portuguesa, e por isso aprendí falar português

@@MassachusettsTrainVideos1136 kk muito obrigado, português muito bom a propósito 😍

@@fixer1140 kkkkkkkkkkkkk já tinha vindo responder até triste, porquê só vi a primeira frase pela notificação 😭😭

Those people frequently also think Brazil is part of Mexico.

It was specifically the levantine accent, I presume he's Syrian/Lebanese/Palestinian

Very beautiful. Wish I could speak

​@Yer a wizard Harry There is nothing scary about it.

Yes , Arabic is a beautiful language As my native tongue i love how there's so many different dialects Not to mention classical Arabic and modern standard Arabic And the best thing is literature and script In my opinion no script is as beautiful as Arabic script it's just out of this world Thank you for your kind words

@@aminaaden2921 don't mind him there's always that one ignorant stupid comment whenever someone comments about how beautiful Arabic is

If I learn Norwegian would I be able to understand Danish & Swedish?

@@LilT9180 Basically yes, but understanding spoken Danish is going to be trickier.

@@LilT9180 Yes, Norwegian is like a bridge between the three languages, it shares a lot of the phonetics of Swedish and written Danish is fairly similar. Spoken Danish can be a bit tricky but a lot of words is similar between Norwegian and Danish. You will get the hang of it, I'm sure. 😁

I speak 4 Slavic languages, but i'm from Ukraine so nothing strange

Well, one guy (somewhere in the beginning of the video) said he spoke Croatian, that's a Slavic language too. Too bad the interviewer didn't ask him to say something in Croatian.

I'm from Finland and apart of Finnish i can spek swedish, english and spanish

@@aleksitoyryla6224 I’m from Estonia! Glad to see you!

I definitely want to learn Polish and Estonian

you are very beautiful ❤❤❤❤❤

I am Brazilian, after reading this I will make sure I will say a few words in BR.Portuguese while I speak English 😂😂😂😂

@@adrianostarks-chaves9256 Tá bem pra mim, mano! kkkk! Todos os sotaques do português do Brasil soam muito mais belos do que qualquer outra língua do planeta (even the ones west of São Paulo where they pronounce the “R” like an English R, LOL), incluindo o francês, que é muito superestimado (overrated?) na minha opinião. Oxalá que minha gramática não tem muitos erros. Então, se cuida (cuida-se).

@@Dhi_Bee sua gramática está maravilhosa! Se cuida!

Os Portugueses ficam putos de saber que as pessoas de outras nacionalidades acham nosso português brasileiro, muito mais belo de se ouvir. Todos concordamos que português de Portugal é feio demais kkkk.

Spanish is the most beautiful language humanity has ever made up

Damn, my girlfriend (who’s German) did a volunteer job for a year in great Barrington! Im from Boston.. but great Barrington is indeed great in the summer!

The spanish is mostly cap, they could never hold a conversation. the bar for "knowing" another language is pretty low in the US. It's just the little they learned from HS French/Spanish.

Lol most Canadians don't even speak French.

​@@AnonymousReader-er4eg wtf....

@@AnonymousReader-er4eg In Quebec, most people speak French. :)

@@flawyerlawyertv7454 I'm Canadian so I am well aware of our French-speaking province, but you forgot to mention that only 22% of Canadians live in Quebec, which is the only province in Canada where the majority of the population can speak in fluent French. Maybe near the Ontario-Quebec border and some parts of the far-West, there are French speakers, but they are not very many in number. Of the 15 largest cities in Canada by population, only 2 (or 3 if you include Ottawa) have a considerable French-speaking population. Outside of Quebec, it's mostly just English speakers... hearing French being spoken outside of Quebec used to be more common in the past than it is now actually...

It depends on each one and their circumstances. I learned French at the university and I had no (big) problem talking to people in French in France, Belgium and Canada as well as to francophones travelling or living in other countries.

@@Sprachliebhaber-Languagelover right I agree with you. If someone can find high quality education that really teaches the language then why not but for someone like me who studied his whole life in Egypt, I can confirm the the education quality here sucks that's why everybody here or in similar education conditions gotta study on their own. 😁

​@@saeed_aborashed Yeah it is Egypt😂

I think a big factor is whether you actually want to learn. Similar to yourself I studied French and German at school because it was mandatory, but I had no interest in languages at the time and learnt very little. At age 30 I decided I wanted to learn a new language and studied Norwegian, now I'm studying Swedish (very similar) and Dutch. The difference now is interest and motivation. You can have all the resources in the world, but if you're not interested they're no of use. Congrats on your progress in language learning 👍

@@saeed_aborashed "It's the same the whole world over".🤣 There are several problems learning languages at school, but mainly two. 1) Public schools are more interested in numbers, standars and exam results than in their students' learning, whereas some private schools and academies are more interested in the money they earn. 2) Many students don't really get involved in learning, they just want to pass the exams, reagarding schools, or they think that their teachers are the only ones responsible for their learning and that they do not have to make any effort beyond paying to the academies or schools. When one studies by oneself, there's no way to blame the teacher, just the resources, but even then, oneself has chosen them. I had a good experience learning French at university, but I worked hard during those three years. My experience with English has been completely different: I've been learning mostly on my own for 30 years, though more intermittently than steadily.

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As an American I agree it’s pretty disappointing how much of our population can’t even speak another language especially one like Spanish which is widely spoken and relatively easy to learn

right if half a dozen is 2...

​@@nickolasbarboza312 not so much Spanish. US Americans (of Generational descent) don't even know ASL (American Sign Language)😢

@@nickolasbarboza312 that's because you don't have to learn another language because most of the world knows your language so I can see why that is the case there.

@@curiousmind_ true but learning a second language has a lot of benefits. But you’re right they don’t have the necessity to learn a second language

😮 8th! my first language is ASL and good luck with that 😊

I am French Portuguese background and thinking moving from LA to Boston. It seems that Boston will be the right place for me.

I think it is because they are so close to different countries and travel. In America, we travel the same distance, but it is still America.

As a European, people, especially Americans, overestimate Europeans. Most Europeans (outside of the UK and Ireland) speak two languages, their native language plus English. A large part of Spain and France really only speak one as knowledge of English there is poor. Some people with migration background speak 3, the language spoken at home, the language of the country they grew up in, plus English. People being able to speak 3 is already uncommon, but more than 3 languages is really rare. And if that is the case, they often speak some languages that are similar to each other. Like Dutch and German or Spanish and Portuguese. At least from my experience.

Unfortunately they speak spanish only at basic level.Only If spanish were the global language!!!

@@osmanemral6092 well it’s the second most spoken language by native speakers so.. it is actually huge!

@@itsalex7229 you are right,spanish is spoken by almost 500 million people as native but it isn't mainly used as the language of science and politics and it is behind english.I wish the situation would change in the future ,and spanish would beat english and become the common language of mankind

I challenge you to learn Arabic

@@user-ku8un3jv9e It could be an uphill struggle but I don't think arabic is so difficult as english after overcoming the opening stages of its grammer

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Because he is a very strange dude, having interest for all kinda cultures and languages but not the Russian one which is definitely one of the greatest of all time...

​@@Leodicapri0 сейчас это не модно))

I believe the main reason is because he doesn't want to risk getting demonitized due to the fact that posting any content relating to Russia is discouraged by most social platforms, because it likely means losing advertisers who don't want to associate their brand with this country since they're labled as the "bad guys". It's ultimately about money for most people.

Jup

Thanks Victor! Moments like that are my favourite. I find the languages question is kind of a gateway to getting people talking, and if they want to share more I will listen. I'm trying to think of other interesting questions I could ask to learn about people's lives. If you have suggestions I'm always open to hear!

@@TheNewTravel Yes, I really liked it because you made a question and then the person went on talking about other stuff. He seemed eager to share about himself. I’m a student of literature and since I can remember I have always been amazed with the fact that out there there are many authors that write about stuff that one could think it’s “common” or not “literature material”. Minimalist circumstances about everyday life, personal life experiencies, childhood memories, jobs that people had to do to get by (I mean, who wouldn’t like to read a story about a boy that used to sell peanuts in a stadium? That’s an increidible type of archeology of a life right there. Also, did you hear what he said? He said he was raised “in the shadow” of the yankee stadium. That’s quite a rare a way to put it. I can imagine a tons of questions to ask him: was it incredibly cold during winter time living there where sun probably didn’t reach his house? Also, where there houses nearby? What was the neighbourhood like at that time?) are also incredibly rich and beautiful to read and hear cause they’re a huge chunk of what we are as individuals. So regarding the type of interview I think I should be somehow that segment of the Bronx guy, which is also beautifully edited I must say. Loved the contrast of the voice in the background with shots of the landscape and city. Often I find myself, in my life, talking of people of different origins and upbringings, some with a lot of money, others with not so much. I have come to realise I get along with mostly everyone, and you seem to be that type of person that people like to share stuff to like it sometimes happens to myself. Maybe you could use that to some extent to make a sort of “archeology” (fancy word, but somehow that’s what it’s) of the lives of everyday people. I’m sure your viewers will enjoy it. Btw, I’m not from America nor Canada. I’m from Argentina actually and I’ve been in contact with English since I was relatively young. That’s why I watch your videos, to keep in contact with the language and also see what people say. Sorry for the long post!

I agree! Don't matter where a Brazilian person be. We're unique, and it's really easy recognize someone haha!

I didn't see any brazilians in the video. The girl at 2:38 is clearly portuguese.

​@@module79l28 she has a strong Brazilian accent

@@jeanalex7698 - Strong? It's like you've never heard a brazilian speaking in English before. 😄

@@module79l28 I'm Brazilian and I know the accent of my compatriots

Heeey! çawî başî

I m bilingual because of my parents. I speak arabic, italian, sardinian dialect, and greek. I speak fluent french due to living 18 years in France.

Usually we learn in school and thats gives you a bit of context and knowledge. Brazil is surrounded by hispanos and we must learn + English of course. Not everyone will get fluency, as this is related to personal interests, goals, etc. but we should all know the basic.

sometimes it's a necessity in some countries , if your native language is not spoken by alot of people or there are several languages in your country , like i live in Belgium the dutch speaking part so we try to learn some french and we learn alot of english from popular culture , the french speaking people in my country feel less the need to learn another language since french is such a big language family

​@@lotuscabrio2937sardinian is not a dialect

You dont need to be naturally good..just to try ...am Moroccan and I speak arabe and amazigh a north african language..french since elementary school and english from high school...

I agree, I live in Berlin and when the question is asked there, the results are much better. Because Europe is more international than the USA.

@@norbertkuhn4072 i agree, people speak more languages in europe but it definitely isn‘t more international than the US

@Me Come to Germany; England, France etc.. and you change your mind. People from 195 nations live in my city. We have borders with nine different countries.

Which five languages do you speak, if i may ask?

@@ivanmolero7829 Only 3 , german, english and dutch.

are you ethnically wolof or fulani? Do non-wolof in senegal speak wolof as a lingua franca

Hmmm that’s gonna be hard, people in Argentina only speak one language for the most part

Great! Which languages do you speak?

Ahh as an American who learnt German, damn I agree with you. It used to be our second language and now it is virtually gone here, you won't really every use it unless you seek out the opportunity to use it. Spanish though, is quite the opposite. 1 out of every 4 or 5 people speak it, so it is everywhere

I’ve always thought German sounds so smooth - I really like the sound of it. Spanish has many accents, even among specific places. :) my personal favorite is the Colombian Spanish accent

​@@earthandwind820 yup that's my favorite spanish accent too. I'm a carribbean Hispanic so my accent may not be too nice lol.

​@@dangercat9188😂 you guys cut the words in half,,,,

@@alexissoto5662 lmfao

J'habite à Boston alors peut-être je suis biaisée, mais je crois que Boston est la meilleure ville à visiter aux États-Unis ! Il y a beaucoup d'histoire, des beaux parcs, et la vraiment culture uniquement de "New England".