Lmao true ahahah when he switched to French and said that sentence about positivity, I had to read the subtitles cuz I couldn't understand what he was saying 😭 But he's doing good tho
I love when he just throws in random phrases that you just wouldn't say in normal conversation like "I like to eat at restaurants" that's me when I learn a language 😅 I hold on to certain phrases and try to throw them in for padding lol
@@jzgame1 Yeah, it is rather dishonest to say he speaks some of them. I can only really speak for the only language I know outside of English though, which is Japanese, and his Japanese is very beginner level. I imagine he'd have a hard time understanding any dialect.
@@jzgame1 I wouldn't count it as him just memorizing few sentences of each language because while speaking some of them he made grammar mistakes. I myself know 5 languages from different clusters so I can see that he really makes up those phrases by himself. It was evident when he spoke languages like Russian which has a really strange relationships with sentences' structure. Plus collocations and limited use of phraseology just screams that he really learned language to every-day level
@@taraktach7152 the sentences wouldn't be so irrelevant to the point of nonsensical, though. He's just half-remembering the couple of phrases he memorized so he can call it a day and say he knows the language.
@@jzgame1he already talked about how he isn’t that great at many languages, and is just trying to show that he knows it. I found it weird until I realized like what else is he supposed to say the these strangers that he just met
@@commentbot9510 I think he doesn't have a whole lot of practice with Japanese yet; for someone who isn't super used to hearing both of them, Korean and Japanese can sound a bit similar. ~:~
Hahaha they really surprised me. They started with Japanese and Chinese, and I was so happy that I spoke them. I never expected the 4 other Asian languages haha
I love this! I see a lot of people pointing out that some languages were quite elementary like it's a bad thing, but it is honestly so valuable to know even just a couple sentences in another language. It instantly allows you to meet and connect with so many new people because it's not about being fluent in a language, it's about having enough love for languages, cultures, and people all over the globe that allows you to connect with others. For example, when I visited Korea I was much more successful in communicating just by learning the phrase "I don't speak Korean, but I can speak English in Japanese." Hearing it in their native tongue made them more relaxed and open to communicating in a language we shared, while trying to do everything completely in English would have been more stressful.
This is incredible!!! Just the fact that he recognizes it so fast and can actually hold a conversation is way more than just “learning phrases”! I’m impressed 😁
@Clayton Catlin They obviously mean that if you're not proficient enough in a language then you can't "carry" a conversation with another person so you're not capable of "holding" a conversation with someone trying to speak with you... Always gotta be that person that wants to sound smart.
This is literally so impressive. Why can some people learn so many languages just like that. I mean his mandarin wasn’t the greatest in terms of pronunciation/tone which is especially important in Mandarin, but hey, it’s not like I know a million languages.
@@Vikkyyee idk about other person but for me 3 months to just know like the basics, I'd say the vocabulary of a 4 yr old. Although I had the upper hand bc i learnt it in school
The problem with sign language is that it's not universal, by that I mean, you have American Sign Language, and I've seen others use a Spanish version, and a French (European?) version.
Fact, that's not fluent at all. Memorizing some phrases isn't being fluent. I'm fluent in 3 languages and in those 3, I understand everything, can have fully conversations, write and read.
I appreciate that he can admit that he’s not fluent in languages. And even when he can have conversations it’s not like he can pass as a native speaker which takes even more time to learn. He’s still a very talented person to want to learn and successfully speak at the level he wants to get to.
This is amazing. It’s so neat to connect with people of different cultures on the linguistic level. I hope I can learn this many languages in my life!!!!
@@strongpowerman7544 that’s not a waste of time lol, you’re able to talk to people of other cultures and be able to carry a conversation and not just talk with gestures, if anything everyone should do that if capable. It’s only a waste of time if you make it a waste of time, being bilingual is also great in a work setting
@@-Oddish- most Irish people speak English cause Britain took over them. So galick is taught but alot of people forget it cause it's not really used in Ireland.
The finnish person said the ”do you speak finnish” in a hard dialect for a person that does not speak finnish to understand and this guy understood. Amazing.
I'm a little confused, he said "Puhutko Suomea?" It's not even colloquial Finnish it's standard written Finnish. Undoubtedly the easiest for a non-native speaker to understand and definitely not a hard dialect.
Don't be haters saying he's just saying simple phrases! That's a lot of languages to remember and it's very impressive and appreciated in my opinion! His Spanish was good ✨❤️
@@vminhope3040 In school, they are labeled as "just dialects", but when people talk, they really don't understand each other. Making them separate languages, not just dialects.
Ok it seems the replies aren’t helping but there are a lot of languages in the Philippines and those languages have dialects from different groups of people it’s crazy how my dads side speaks bisaya but there are words that my mothers side (Which I communicate with mostly) dialect just makes me wonder why is it so different? Note that my mom was born almost at the other side of the island and my dad at the opposite side, mom grew up with that city bisaya gal while dad was the one in the secluded mountains with small neighbours (those neighbours are my relatives) dad is also part of my family clan and mom was the rich relatives type, tbh tho Even if it’s a dialect I can still understand it. Also I grew up speaking English for 3 years until I started picking up bisaya since it’s literally my native language, shout out to the bisaya gals
"In Greece the things are not nice, and you should never come there." "Great idea, I want to go to Greece!" I love the videos but I couldn't help but chuckle at that exchange
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@@nikolaskl4093 Weird. I was in Athens about 2 months ago and I loved it! So charming and the people are very nice and friendly. I will go back for sure.
As a native Russian speaker, most of the time when foreigners try speaking Russian their accent sounds so cute to me. His Russian reminded me more of Ukrainian at times bc of his pronunciation haha but overall it was good enough.
I have never been so genuinely impressed before. Not jealous, but impressed. My jaw dropped, in awe, smiling ear to ear. Why did I think I was in heaven hearing this man speak each language?
Wouter, I remember watching a video of you and another polyglot speaking about 20 different languages together from many years ago. I rediscovered you just recently and glad you're still at it! Very impressive 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Me too! I saw the same video they both had wonderful conversation. I just found his channel again today and I'm subscribed now because his talent is absolutely amazing
Yeah I was surprised to see the Latvian guy, but even more surprised he didn't recognize it or even guess Lithuanian, Russian or Ukrainian since it is more a Slavic language. To me, Latvian is always recognisable since all the words end with an "s" (or it just sounds like it). The only word I know is saldejums and that ends with an "s" :).
@@0Tikrimoos0 "Čau, mani sauc Miķelis. Man patīk skriet, trenēties." All words do not end with s. There are dialects in Latvian. Latgalian could sound like slavic, but west Latvian do not sound like slavic for sure. It sounds more Finnic. Because Latvian is very influenced by Livonian language.
@@ShamankaIlona Huh, to me it has always sounded like an Estonian tries to speak Russian but puts a lot of "s" sounds in between or something. Thank you for sharing the knowledge though, I always have thought where the Livonian language has gone and how much has it affected your language, since it was a big part of the country a long time ago.
I'm an Indian and I would really like to try this with him . I grew up learning 4 languages at the same time. I would really be happy to see if he can speak my native languages!!🤗
Trying to learn Hindi now and it's sooo hard since I have to learn brand new letters at the same time. The roman writing of the words is not consistent in apps and texting which makes it tricky. बिल्ली for instance, can be written billy, billie, billi or billee...
@2:04 I am German and speak Cantonese.. I have no idea what language you are trying to speak but it is not Cantonese there lol. I mean I can hear what you are TRYING to say but yeah. That is F for the language but A+ for attempt!! That being said it is honestly good enough since NO ONE would expect you to speak or even attempt to speak Cantonese. Keep it up mate
This guy is so honest like even when he can speak a bit of that language he admits that it's not good enough. Appreciate your honesty and moreover your love for learning new languages
For me, learning English was the top of my capabilities (not to mention that my English isn't perfect...). I'm amazed by people who knows many languages, you're awesome :)
This video made me smile! I love how you aren't afraid to speak the amount you know. You are engaging and people respond to your openness and friendliness in kind. I always feel nervous trying to speak a foreign tongue and that anxiety can stop me from improving. You show us that trying is all it takes! I grew up in a bilingual family in the USA (Spanish and English although some only spoke Spanish). and with many Russian and Ukranian-speaking people. When I went to college, I took Russian in class for fun and it is amazing how much you learn in a casual chat. I roomed with people who spoke Hindi and Arabic, then later with people who spoke Irish language and Urdu. I wish I had your ability to retain languages, but I only got words and phrases. You remind me of all the great people I have met and grown with who spoke many languages...and watching you have positive interactions with people gives me the courage to continue studying languages and go find people to chat with! THANK YOU! You seem very kind! SUBBED!
I love the enthusiasm for languages!! I think food and sharing languages are two things that can bring complete strangers together, it's such a beautiful connection
Has anyone ever tried any fictional languages with you in one of these challenges? And more importantly can you speak any? I'm thinking of Tolkein's Elvish, or Klingon, for example. With the release of Metroid Dread there's also an incomplete but partially translatable and speak-able language for the Chozo species that I've been enjoying learning snippets of.
No, I disagree. She was nervous and barely said the most basic greeting. He was trying to prove he knew the language so he said more. Still impressive but his pronunciation was absolutely not better. Quite hard to understand.
She said one word bro 😭 you can’t prove he spoke better Cantonese when all she said was “你好”. But from the video alone, she had a better pronunciation of hello
@@簡-i6n he didn't even say that I'm a Cantonese local girl,which lauguages like chinese you understand a person accent and grasp of knowledge with just one or two words .
That’s not true lol. The girl didn’t get to speak after 你好嗎 (or it wasn’t shown in the video) and although the guy speaks really well as a non native, his tones are all messed up and any native speaker can tell he’s not native. Meanwhile the girl spoke with perfect tone and pronunciation with 你好嗎. She’s probably shy so she didn’t speak much. Not to put down the guy bc he’s already very impressive but you shouldn’t put down the girl either bc she was indeed speaking better tho she didn’t speak much
By being Scandinavian you know like 3 languages by default. Probably 4 or 5 if you are Finnish or Sami.And most know English. So potentially 6 languages just from exposure
Depending on the extent to which you’re able to express yourself on top of how dissimilar each language is from your own naive Lang, then yes, it’s very impressive and worthy of flexing.
I know it’s a small thing but it’s nice to see him asking people if he can use their input on his channel - I’m sure it happens off screen for other content creators but I don’t often see them asking permission and keeping it in the video, it’s just a nice thing of respect. Keep it up, man!
I was thinking that, if i were here i could get that drink for free, but this guy went crazy and start speak in kyrgyz🇰🇬, lol, i haven't expect that 🤯😃😃😃
I am so amazed of the girl Lena!!!!! I wheezed really loud when I heard her speaking kazakh. As kazakh, I feel really proud and enjoyable, Алға Қазақстан және Қазақ тілім!!🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿
I speak Polish, English, and Lemko (a dialect from the region that borders Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine) I can guarantee he doesn’t speak the third. That bubble tea is mine
Seeing my Cantonese fellows walk up to him and get that bubble tea made me proud of Canto gang. Even though my canto speaking is horrid, my parents and relatives still all (natively) speak Canto so I can at least (mostly) understand it conversationally, and his canto accent was definitely rough.
The guy who spoke it sounded native Norwegian, so he was probably born in Norway to one or two Latvian parents, as Norway get a lot of workers from Latvia and Poland
I wonder which language you found the hardest to learn. In general I speak Dutch and English, my German is not really good and I understand some French. I wish I could learn it this easily as you do, one of the very few things I would like I could (speak many languages, fluently).
I speak, read, and write the following languages fluently: Bengali, Thai, English, French, Hindi. I'm in the process of learning Spanish. I'd love to see him try to learn Bengali or Thai haha.
Mega onder de indruk door je taalkennis Wouter! Limburgs wordt in Nederland wel geclassificeerd als streektaal, hierdoor wordt het ook als minderheidstaal in de EU beschermd. Of het een taal is kan dus echt wel over worden gediscussieerd.
I’m 14. I was at Amsterdam the same day as you on a trip. I can speak Vietnamese, English, Norwegian, Danish, Studying French at school (2nd year), Korean (1/2 year)
" I want to go to the supermarket to buy some Russian salad..... What are you doing in Amsterdam now? " This is why I appreciate polyglots who mastered their language more than dudes who learned a couple of phrases in every language but cannot hold a basic conversation... bye
This guy would owe a million bubble tea if he was in the Philippines as we have over 170+ languages spoken here and each has it's own variation and I doubt he would know how to speak even 20 of those let alone all. 🤣
As a Singaporean, my mum can speak Chinese, Malay, English, Cantonese, hokkien and teochew fluently. Now that you mention it, it's A LOT. I've mostly considered the Chinese dialects and mandarin as one language
Dangit, it's normal speaking and having conversations in each own language in Scandinavia 🙈 so weird giving him a pass because you can't speak Norwegian while you speak understandable Danish
@@ElMona poenget var at fyren snakket forståelig dansk og ga nordmannen pass For meg er det stikke motsatte når det gjelder å kommunisere med svensker og dansker, eneste gangene jeg stopper opp, er med samme grunnene når jeg snakker med nordmenn med dialektord jeg ikke har hørt før, da lærer jeg nye ord
*RU-vid opening* : "Hello everyone, this is free bubble tea if I don't speak your language. Today I'm going to..." *passers by stop in front of camera* *Wuoter probably* : Okay forget the intro, I guess we'll start then😂
just a tip from a fellow Japanese learner. There is no need to say watashi wa / Boku wa. Native Japanese people are able to differentiate when you are talking about yourself or about others!
Honestly even if he doesn’t speak them well it’s still impressive. Many people live for years in another country and can’t speak the language at all. Not only can he recognize so many languages but he can communicate, even if it’s rudimentary. Great job!
Not a lot of Indians around or they could have taken you for a ride! An average Indian would know 3-4 languages, I know 5, 3 of which are not so popular.
I’m like the last guy. I speak Latvian and Swedish fluently. On the side note I was practicing German for 4 years and Spanish for 2, but I’m not good at them. But yeah I wasn’t expecting the last guy at all. I was thinking to myself the whole video, if there would be any Latvians, which there were. It surprised me because Latvia is such a small country and there aren’t many of us. There are also many Russians that live in Latvia. It made me happy to see that there are actually still some of my people spread around the world, because I’m so scared that in the next generations the language will die out. Because there are Russians in Latvia all kids have to learn it, and it makes me sad when I hear Latvian teenagers having conversations in Russian.
