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i'm often told that i have a good accent in my languages, so how do i achieve that? is it even important/worth it? find out in today's cozy lil podcast-type video. leave me a comment if you found it helpful! how are you doing?
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💌 about me: my name is Elysse, I'm 24 years old from the southern U.S. I've been learning languages for about 8 years, and I speak English (native), Spanish (C2), German (B2/C1), French (C1), Portuguese (B2), American Sign Language (advanced), and Turkish (A2). I'm interested in learning Hebrew, Chinese, Georgian, and maybe Náhuatl as well :)
00:00 i have a perfect accent (apparently)
00:51 should you even care about this?
1:25 the alphabet isn't as simple as you think
2:46 compare your native + target langs more
3:52 listen to native, natural speech more
5:03 learn native speech on Lingopie!
6:32 practice by yourself - with these tools!
6:56 use text-to-speech on your phone & laptop
7:20 Youglish is great for mimicking natives
8:17 Forvo is also good for that
8:30 try and fail A LOT (with natives)
9:08 stop waiting to be corrected
9:42 short life update :) bye

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@daria-oq3mn Месяц назад

i personally don’t mind having an accent or sounding “foreign” but i also don’t want to have the accent that is typical for my native language (i hope that makes sense)

@Leo-dm7in Месяц назад

If you don't mind me asking, why don't you want to have the accent that's typical for your native language?

@m_ron2742 Месяц назад

@@Leo-dm7inprobably because it sounds really harsh and can sometimes make it hard for others to understand you

@azra9233 Месяц назад

Same here, but I feel like speaking English without sounding German is impossible… :/

@whoreforjaneausten Месяц назад

same. russian accent sounds so bad, my ears bleed when I hear it, hope it's not how I sound

@RecklawTheAmazing Месяц назад

I fully agree. Sometimes its actually pretty nice to have a bit of an accent. If people can tell you're foreign, they'll usually be more understanding of misunderstandings. I don't want to sound clearly American when I speak German, but I've been told I sound Dutch

@Piir_s Месяц назад

As a native french, I would tell you're a foreign by your accent, however I would assume you have lived in France for a while because your accent is really good. I think that, at the end of the day it does not matter. If people understand you than why sweat it! Regardless you are very impressive and motivated me to pick up language learning again. Wish you all the best ❤

@sara8614 Месяц назад

The the obligatory comment from a french person 😅 J'aime votre langue et j'essaie de l'apprendre moi-même. Mais vous êtes vraiment gouvernés par l'Académie française. La pureté que vous ressentez pour votre langue est un peu rebutante pour les étrangers qui souhaitent apprendre.

@funkymunky8787 Месяц назад

It matters because of people’s bias.

@quantus5875 Месяц назад

Yes, I think Elysse is guilty of a lot of people being too nice. I think her speaking is excellent -- but native level pronunciation is extremely hard to achieve. You can get really good like you said -- but native is hard.

@cWjkL8ysxOkrH66 Месяц назад

@@quantus5875 specially since she speaks many languages, ppl usually can only sound native in 2 languages tops.

@orangotango9231 Месяц назад

He didnt say anything mauvais tho@@sara8614

@EvenRoyalsNeedToUrinate Месяц назад

I'd also like to share a tip that was a game changer for me! If your country has foreigners from a country using your target language you get the 'opposite mirror' effect, let me explain: My example as a German, learning Spanish: I look on YT for Spanish/Latino celebrities, influencers, football players etc that live in Germany and have that recognizable Spanish accent. The thicker the accent the better you recognize the differences between languages. E.g. you'll immediately hear as a German that most of them omit all the pauses (glottal stops) and connect all sillables and words with each other which Germans don't usually do. Having noticed that, you finally might be able to work on getting rid of your 'sillable stops' while speaking Spanish yourself (a feature that all Spanish varieties have but that usually wouldn't be broadly covered in learning materials). There are even things that you can visually see just by looking closely to foreigners speaking your language:) Wondering if I'm the only one using that technique..at least I haven't seen it on YT yet.

@LangueTech Месяц назад

I'm Gambian and my native language is Wollof. I studied English as a second language and mastered the phonetic alphabet on my own(RU-vid really helped with that). Mastering the IPA Really helped coz I could pronunce words I've never seen before just by reading their phonetic spelling(it's a nice skill to have,trust me!). I also learned about connected speech and all that jazz so whenever I speak to native speakers on the phone they usually ask about my "accent" and are immediately surprised after I tell them that English is not my native language 😂.(This might also be due to the fact that I speak the language very fluently.) I am trying to achieve the British RP accent for my future career (Journalism)

@carlito6038 Месяц назад

nobody speaks RP anymore and phonetic transcriptions are not accurate sometimes. you might find dr goeff lindsays youtube channel useful

@NoRygBu Месяц назад

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@daviddaytona Месяц назад

This is an exceptional video, and congratulations on your life update! I especially appreciate your explanation on how the sound of a letter can change when combined with certain other letters. I knew they did, but it has not occurred to me to understand why and how phonetics change in this way. I'm weak on linguistics, but I'm sure there are plenty of resources for laypeople to help understand this better. Thanks again for all the effort you put into your content.

@gamzeugur155 Месяц назад

Hi Elyse 🙋‍♀️I know you are a native English speaker but I love your English accent. It’s so nice to hear. So elegant, clean and not exaggerated with the “r “ letter. Other than that I like your contents and how you openly share your learning journey with us. Thank you!!🙏💐

@sheco97 Месяц назад

lol I laughed at "not exaggerated with the r letter" I never noticed that in native English speakers but I think from now on I'll notice it more often after your comment cause yeah some people tend to show off about their accent (in any langauge not just English)

@gamzeugur155 Месяц назад

@@sheco97 Hahahahaha😂😂🙋‍♀️

@hannofranz7973 Месяц назад

It's your pitch that perfectly adapts to different languages and your pronunciation is really good.

@rbrookanderson Месяц назад

Thanks for sharing these suggestions! And for the resources youglish and farvo - nice! I don't necessarily want to erase my American English accent... I mostly just want to be understood when I speak Spanish. :) And lessening my accent seems to help. It can be really difficult sometimes (and humorous!), because my partner's family is Cuban and Puerto Rican and I've been learning Spanish with Colombian and Argentinian teachers. Totally different accents haha! :D Congrats on going freelance!

@bear3s Месяц назад

Your portuguese accent is indeed quite good, I think it can improve only on the rhythm of the words and the tone as well (for you to sound more confident while speaking it). But yeah, it's one of the best accents I've heard, really impressive

@CrisOnTheInternet Месяц назад

To me she's using the same accent from Spanish

@bear3s Месяц назад

@@CrisOnTheInternet are you Brazilian as well? I personally didn't recognize much of Spanish accent on her speaking

@CrisOnTheInternet Месяц назад

@@bear3s Spanish native speaker who speaks Portuguese, but to be fair my experience makes my comment biased, I also find Elysse voice unique, it's still confusing to me that she's American 😆.

@tangente00 Месяц назад

Even though in this video she only said 1 German sentence, just judging from that 1 sentence: 100% native. 0% foreign accent.

@Ollie-Sprache Месяц назад

Elysse, did you consider coming to the international Polyglot gathering of 2024? It was in Prague and was really amazing. Next year you should consider coming!

@V1CTOR07 Месяц назад

Elysse speaks our Portuguese so well, I'm happy as a Brazilian Congratulations 😊👏❤

@caioalves182 Месяц назад

I kinda agree with the turkish and brazilians, elysse. Your accent/speaking skills are just amazing, i usually focus a lot on speaking well the language that i'm learning so i really admire that on you. Obrigado pelo ótimo vídeo como sempre😁

@elyssespeaks Месяц назад

Thank you! 😃

@JapaneseAccentChannel Месяц назад

Sugoi!! This is awesome stuff

@Iuripiotrowskidarosa 29 дней назад

Wow, first time I heard your Portuguese, I actually thought you were Brazilian! Great work! 👏🏼👏🏼

@0kz0 2 дня назад

Para de mentir, safado.

@camelbro Месяц назад

Easy languages is amazing, such a great resource.

@justcomments335 Месяц назад

Hope everything's well! I look forward to more videos soon!

@elyssespeaks Месяц назад

More to come!! i am well :-)

@malikdelaun782 23 дня назад

Elysse its sooo true!! Being an american in germany and always getting asked where I am from because they just cannot tell - i love looking at them with a straight face when i say the USA. Because I cannot stand for the negative connotation people automatically come with. It's really up to us small numbers to make small differences over time.

@Helga2408 Месяц назад

Elysse, you really have a good pronunciation! Greetings from a Bulgarian polyglot!

@NewAge374 Месяц назад

I didn't expect to find such helpful tips despite that I don't typically struggle with accents and I'm even less worried about not sounding in a way that I'm not understood. Since following you, I've found new ways to think about language learning and I understand better how much dedication is required. Currently in my life I cannot have a a goal to become a true polyglot but I will use your tips to work on the language that I want to have a more consolidated control of, focusing on Greek. Others like Catalan, French, Italian, Portuguese and German will have to take a back seat. Regarding this video, I wonder how well these tools do compared to full immersion in a target society. Particularly the fact that in real life you'll find people speaking with different accents, due to their origins, socio-economic background, age, speech impediments etc. I'd love to find something like Youglish for Spanish for starters!

@ulzzangloverxD 18 дней назад

Perfect accent is a stretch but your respective accents are great !! Much better than the vast majority of foreigners learning these languages.

@DEUTSCH-kurzundknackig Месяц назад

The correct pronunciation is an important part of a language, I think. Great job!

@neskwga-faze.1759 Месяц назад

Hiya I'm working on my Accent and I got incredible tips with your video, I appreciate it! Btw I'm a Brazilian and I can you have an accent, But it is very weak, I'd say 5% foreign well done

@sydkotar Месяц назад

I feel the avoiding stereotypes thing. My Spanish accent sucks and so I'm always asked where I'm from and then it turns into a conversations about the US and what it's like there. But I can say most of the conversations have been positive even though the negative ones stand out more. Generally people are curious about the US since they know a lot about it from pop culture but have never been.

@lucyfromsiberia 16 дней назад

Wow! That's awesome! Knowing a lot of languages is cool. The accent doesn't matter so much.

@coryjorgensen622 Месяц назад

I've been told the same thing about Arabic and Icelandic, and I think it comes down to lots of listening.

@pierreabbat6157 Месяц назад

There's no such thing as speaking a language without an accent. I have a slight foreign accent in at least two, and probably all three, of my native languages. I do less than usual vowel reduction in both English (first) and Russian (fifth), I distinguish /b/ and /v/ in Spanish (third), and I distinguish all four simple nasal vowels (some native speakers sound to me like they don't) but I think I pronounce some of them by nasalizing English vowels that don't exist in French (second). My father was from Le Trait, so that may be a regional accent. My accent is certainly not Parisian.

@NewAge374 Месяц назад

That first sentence is also really important to remember. The standardised pronunciation in every language follows pretty strict rules, even if they are implicit. Natives also speak with an accent and oftentimes they can change it to fit more to the standardised version they learnt at school and hear in national media, just like they can switch a what could sound like a dialect when they go deep into that region. A good example of when sounding like a native can still mean like there are a handful to a dozen options is when there multiple official languages in a country which are equally used in education and society. I had to think of how in Catalonia, Spain a lot of people grow up bilingual, and some people speak Castellano with a noticeable Catalan accent and some others speak Catalan with a noticeable Castellano (maybe from Madrid, Andalucía or anywhere else). It goes without mentioning that Latin-American immigrants often don't change accents to sounding more like peninsular Castellano. Sure there are places where they face discrimination for it, unfortunately, but you'd have to be extremely isolated with your regional accent to pretend not to understand their words for their pronunciation.

@goldrichig2885 Месяц назад

Elysee can u pls make a video on improving your american accent! Im an ESL speaker, and id love to know!

@zeynepiremgunes7302 Месяц назад

Indeed I can tell you are a foreigner when you pronounce some words in Turkish but your accent is still really good. A lot of foreigners especially struggle with the letter "ı" but you nail it. Sometimes you even sound like a native. So you deserve the compliments 😊

@anna-lena9313 Месяц назад

Okk I am 1 month in learning a new language and I think I follow the right path even if it takes TIME. I follow a course that teaches the alphabet and besides 33 consonants and 13 vowels there also hundreds of special combination. So good thing I just have to follow the course ( not discover it myself) but I need to be patient and accept it’s gonna take months. I started to study some spoken grammar and simple words. I try to appreciate every little win :D

@orangotango9231 Месяц назад

Years rather than months

@gringa23 Месяц назад

When I speak Spanish I have a Mexican accent or Caribbean accent depending. When I talk in Portuguese, i can’t tell

@jeremybischak6640 Месяц назад

How do you practice speaking and incorporate new vocab words in your speaking when you have no one to talk to?

@itaystav6111 26 дней назад

Hi Elysse, I really like your videos, you have a lot of great tips for making studying a language more enjoyable, so thank you very much! I understand that you studied\ are studying Hebrew, if you are still interested in the language I'll be happy to help!

@renatobrasil3999 Месяц назад

Wow Youglish, great tip. Thanks a lot!

@RemyZombie Месяц назад

I loved your Brazilian. Congrats

@elyssespeaks Месяц назад

i love speaking 'Brazilian' hahfghsfghkf

@macalloway1 Месяц назад

I can only speak for Spanish and French, but both accents were great from what I could hear. From my experience it helps to do accent work separately from conversations for the first few months because a lot of the hesitance to talk tends to come from wondering if we’re being understood, and you can alleviate that by working on consonants and rhythm with Latin based languages . A big part of why people develope accents is because in the beginning we don’t identify nuanced sounds in the language very well and we bridge the differences with similar but not identical sounds in our mother tongue. This is the danger for those of us that aren’t gifted in grammar and pronunciation because by the time we can discern the difference between certain sounds if we’ve been talking a lot early on we can start to habitually replace the French ‘R’ and the ‘R’ sound from English and not everyone can easily unlearn those habits. Not to mention it takes time to train your tongue muscles to recreate non native sounds even if you know that you aren’t saying it correctly. Things like reading out loud and listening to media in the target language help tremendously especially since once you’ve developed habits it’s hard to unlearned once you associate them with normal everyday behavior. Worry less about pitch because it naturally adjust over time as long as you listen to and speak with native speakers frequently. Fortunately, I have a lot of friends that learned languages as adults to ask questions about these things

@zdrawns Месяц назад

omg your portuguese is AWESOME

@sonny.v925 29 дней назад

3:26 😂 -- great video though. Thank you!

@theturquoiseball1255 Месяц назад

Hi Elysse! What would be your advice on learning Levantine Arabic fast? I have been stuck on the start for a few months. Thanks!🙏🏼

@elyssespeaks Месяц назад

never learned it! but for any language just make sure you're getting lots of beginner listening input, studying consistently, connecting with the culture, music, etc.

@theturquoiseball1255 Месяц назад

@@elyssespeaksSure thing! Thank you! I will try to discipline myself to do that…

@pat559ais Месяц назад

@@theturquoiseball1255 Take a look at these books if you haven’t already: The Olive Tree Dictionary - Minerva Publishing (probably the best dictionary available on the dialect) Speaking Arabic: A Course in Conversational Eastern Arabic - Minerva Publishing (These come with CDs with audio of native speakers for every lesson) The 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic - Fridrik Tiedermann (covers more than just the verbs and also has audio recordings for all the entries) You might also want to consider learning MSA first (not necessarily fluently) since it gives you an understanding of the grammar and linguistic nature of Arabic from which all the dialects are derived. (For this I recommend ‘A New Arabic Grammar’ - Haywood & Nahmed) Arabic is a tough language, both in terms of pronunciation and fluency in speaking as well as grammar. It won’t be like learning a European language where you can rely on encountering familiar sounds, words and syntax, so I recommend practicing speaking it a lot. I also would encourage you to focus on one of the Levantine groups (Syrian/Lebanese or Palestinian/Jordanian; I would recommend the latter based on the books I listed and because they are closer to the other dialects in pronunciation) There are several youtube channels that cover the dialect: School of Yalla Arabic one Day at a Time - Levantine Learn Arabic with Maha CGE Jordan Institute for Arabic Studies (this is the guy that wrote 101 Verbs) Learn Levantine Arabic The Levantongue Learn Arabic with Manar (Syrian) ArabiClearly (Syrian) Arabic with Rana (Lebanese) (There’s no problem with learning from the subdialects once you’ve progressed some; they are extremely similar but you want one as a base) Once you’ve become an intermediate speaker I recommend watching the حلوة يا دنيا series from Roya TV. This series basically consists of interviews with people about towns and cities all over Palestine and Jordan. A good Syrian radio series is حي المطار, but it’s not for beginners.

@theturquoiseball1255 26 дней назад

@@pat559aisThank you!

@speakfrenchlikeme2772 Месяц назад

Very good French accent indeed 👍. Kudos from a French person.

@josecontreras7153 Месяц назад

Nunca he escuchado a un americano pronunciando "focus" de esa manera ( como en español)

@nthmost Месяц назад

"Slow news" might be detrimental, IMHO, when leaned on too heavily for input. People separate words way more when they are slowing speech down, whereas normal-speed speech includes "bridge" sounds (e.g. as well as more contractions (think "chuis" in place of "je suis"). When learners overuse slowed-down speech, they end up stuck at a comprehension plateau, many times because they have the mistaken belief that they need to understand everything in Nuacht Mall (slow news in Irish) before they should even start listening to TG4 (the Irish language content channel) or Radio Belfast. The reality is you should get way more of your input, proportionally, from speech at-speed even if you can't understand it yet, so that your brain adapts to picking out words at that speed and with all of those contractions and separations. Again, EVEN if you don't understand it. People also judge themselves way too harshly if they can't get everything in normal speech. Likely because the education system teaches people that you need to master everything in French 101 before you go on to French 102. The reality is that this is just an artificial way to keep yourself at a beginner-to-intermediate level for way longer than you need to be, because no one is grading you but yourself!

@IncredibleStan Месяц назад

There is nothing wrong with having a recognizable accent, especially an American one. I don't try to run away from being American because nobody else runs away from who they are. Just be a good human being and there will be no issues.

@elyssespeaks Месяц назад

you have yours i have mine :)

@IncredibleStan Месяц назад

@@elyssespeaks well, if it gets you to your goals, then I have no choice but to respect that 🫡

@josmith5419 Месяц назад

Yeah, I didn’t understand her viewpoint with that. If anything, she can be an example to others of what a polite, cultured American is.

@IncredibleStan Месяц назад

@@josmith5419 I understand the viewpoint, I just don't agree with it. A lot of these sentiments are grossly exagerated, espcially on social media. Personally, I"m not going to go out of my way to hide who I am because it may make someone else uncomfortable. Now If I want to sound as authentic as I can for it's own sake, then alright.

@josmith5419 Месяц назад

@@IncredibleStan yes, I agree with you. With my languages I try my best to pronounce the words the best I can, but it’s to be understood, not because I’m ashamed of being American.

@thesurfingwalrus 25 дней назад

when I'm using jiveworld, should I be translating spanish into english in my head, or just naturally try to hear only spanish?

@tonis-g6129 Месяц назад

Youglish sounded like a good idea until they asked for credit card info for the free service

@mars-jr5uu Месяц назад

Hii Elysse

@Sweepout Месяц назад

I feel that about trying to not sound American because of how the world views us. (for good reason a lot of times lol) Not me eating Kartoffelpuffer mit Apfelmus while watching this lol Good luck on leaving your other job! :)

@LosInmortalesGallos 28 дней назад

Your spanish is pretty good.

@AltaroRitmerZaxmer Месяц назад

You are amazing. But I don't have the patience to learn a new language. So until now I usually use translation machines like Google Translate or Immersive Translate to help me😂

@greenLimeila Месяц назад

Your French accent is quite good for a foreigner but saying it's "perfect" or "with no accent" is serious clickbait

@aleph_zero Месяц назад

Her brazilian portuguese is perfect, sound native like.

@elyssespeaks Месяц назад

and that’s okay sometimes ✨ the tips were delivered regardless

@RafaeplSalvador Месяц назад

@@aleph_zeroNo, it's not, but don't have any problem with that, she has a good portuguese.

@aleph_zero Месяц назад

@@RafaeplSalvador Eu não diria bom, pra mim é excelente. E tbm não tenho problema nenhum qto a isso.

@577zkerr Месяц назад

Early input, early output, and don't stress. Great stuff, Elysse!

@kaaaren_ss Месяц назад

i've just realized that your voice looks like Yunjin from Lesserafim's voice when she speaks English-

@JuliusStein-eo3wi Месяц назад

I learned a lot of english through audio books. First listening in my native language, and then in english. And I wasn't really good in english.

@maelstrom57 16 дней назад

Your French accent is great but that R sound will give you away without fail.

@kendallkruyse8170 Месяц назад

I only want to learn Spanish and speak it with Latin American, Probably Mexican accent but is someone thought I was any nationality other than US would be happy, no third language here what is your advice (in General not just the accent stuff) only interest in Spanish

@GgM-bs1fu Месяц назад

I have not watched the entire video but I have heard and seen Elysse speak Spanish in other videos and to me she sounds like 95 to 99% like a native. However I have a question to those who don’t agree that she sounds like a native in Spanish at all: 1. What do you believe gives her away as far as accent is concerned? 2. If you don’t believe you can totally sound like a native if you have acquired the language late in life, would you agree that it is possible to learn to sound like one some of the time, in other words, for instance, 70% or 50% of the time in a conversation? This is just an example. Btw Elysse you don't have to reply to this as I am really curious as to what those who don't think you sound native really think. Anyways, really enjoy your content. Thanks.

@quantus5875 Месяц назад

I speak Spanish -- and yeah -- I'd agree with you. It's good 95%+ native. Not 100% but really good.

@inenfmk 29 дней назад

I noticed many people virtue signal and tell you that you shouldn’t try to get rid of your accent. They say it’s unnecessary. But if we’re being honest, if you sound like a foreigner, people will perceive you as a foreigner. You can know the culture and history of the country you live in perfectly, but if you pronounce sounds differently, the question “Where are you from?” will haunt you forever. So if you don’t want to be a forever outsider, you should try to reduce your accent as much as possible.

@LeahFriedman-gj9qo Месяц назад

@carlosbarross Месяц назад

I've been learning English by myself at home and I'm at intermediate level, but I can understand better than the other ones. Why I can understand you but I can't absorb what u said? I understand but I kinda forget what u said seconds later and I'm lacking speaking skills 😢😢😢😢😢

@swiftie1373 12 дней назад

Nossa eu to bem assim com alemão

@ba8898 Месяц назад

To be honest, when an English learner has an American accent or a British accent because they spent more time focusing on such superficialities than improving their English as a whole, I find that they sometimes sound a little bit irritating. I'd rather hear your Russian accent and be impressed by your excellent command of English vocabulary and grammar.

@Lindalindali Месяц назад

Youglish kannte ich noch nicht, vielen Dank für den Hinweis!

@SD-ft5xj 29 дней назад

I think for Turkish yes you have an accent but its better than most other foreigners

@RaianeR-ex7mh Месяц назад

But how/ where can I find native speakers?

@elyssespeaks Месяц назад

exchange apps like HelloTalk, Tandem, also classes with natives on italki or Preply!

@TheOnlyTaps Месяц назад

👊🏿🙏🏿

@Lucario-Good 18 дней назад

Vuestro español es perfecto😱

@jeremiahreilly9739 28 дней назад

Thank you for this and other videos. As a former American living in German speaking Switzerland, I. would rate your German and French as very, very good, but not native. Your accents do not scream American in any way. Bravo! A tip for some of your listeners would be to learn IPA. Language Jones on RU-vid has several introductory. videos on how to use IPA to improve pronunciation. A technical correction, although many languages use the "Roman Alphabet," the alphabets are actually different. The letters are the same, the sounds are not.

@JillyMae89 Месяц назад

There are just not enough resources to learn Turkish 😭😭 my boyfriend is turkish and as a native, he's honestly no help 🤣 I just feel so limited by other options

@daysandwords Месяц назад

Ha, people being overly nice is definitely a real thing. When I'd been learning Swedish for 10 months, I was told "Wow you sound SO Swedish" - and when I listen to recordings from myself then, I sound like... um... an idiot Australian trying to speak Swedish. Now that I actually DO sound Swedish, I don't get told it as often.

@Chris193_ 28 дней назад

Reading this made me giggle a bit but I did the same with my microphone and heard myself speak English and I’m like it’s that really me? 😂 I sound like an idiot also.

@bent7190 Месяц назад

You literally sound like a german native speaker

@howinonline Месяц назад

where are you living now?

@supertrrramp Месяц назад

a beautiful girl, Elysse is

@cute_axolotl Месяц назад

settle down yoda

@kakamausepic7366 Месяц назад

In german it’s äu not aü

@gs99_ Месяц назад

Hello. I would like to know if there is anyone here who is a native French speaker who is studying Spanish. We could exchange knowledge and tips about our languages. Let me know if you are interested. I am a 23 male native Spanish speaker who is learning French.

@genshinimpact_7358 Месяц назад

😂 nice Video Great german and french 。👍

@norabalogh5910 Месяц назад

I think there is something that I'm going to call "accent talent" -- the ability to hear and accurately produce sounds in a foreign language -- which is separate and distinct from the overall ability to learn languages. I (probably like Elysse) have a lot of "accent talent". I have a good accent in whichever language I'm learning. From the beginning, people praise me for my accent and I myself can hear it too, to be perfectly honest! I'm also good at saying people's names in foreign languages that I don't speak, often getting surprised reactions. Right now, learning Hungarian in my mid-sixties, my forth language learned as an adult, I can produce all of the basic sounds like "gy", "ő" etc...really without a problem, and also reproduce the overall sentence melody, whereas I see others struggling with these. On the other hand I know people who have tremendous knowledge of particular foreign languages but have an accent strongly influenced by their native language, and this throughout their lives. I wonder how much one can really improve one's accent? Maybe one can improve pronunciation of a few sounds, but really, overall, will there be a lot of improvement? I'm not sure that I've seen any examples of that..... ??? Might graceful, humorous acceptance of one's accent not be a better path if one does not possess all that much accent talent... and enjoying the aspects of language learning one is good at?

@melaniesyx 28 дней назад

I'm like you. I can speak a foreign language with a good accent from the very beginning and I don't train my accent at all. And I see other people working so hard on their accent and end up sounding a bit "pretentious". The result of accent training might not worth all that amount of time invested. But I guess it all comes down to personal goals and needs.

@UltraGayTony Месяц назад

2:27 It is äu and not aü you're referring to :)

@elyssespeaks Месяц назад

Typo from my editor! i am well aware hehehe

@pierreabbat6157 Месяц назад

Does "aü" occur in German, maybe in a compound word like "Firmaübung"? It does occur, rarely, in French, as in the surname Haüy.

@blussawi9143 Месяц назад

@@pierreabbat6157 Not as a diphthong as far as I know (as a native). In „Firmaübung“ the a and the ü are separated by a glottal stop

@pierreabbat6157 Месяц назад

@@blussawi9143 But is there such a word at all? "Firmaübung" I made up on the spot; I don't know of any actual word with "aü".

@blussawi9143 Месяц назад

@@pierreabbat6157 I mean it’s not listed in the dictionary but I’d definitely say it’s a word. You can use it and people will understand. Making up words is allowed in German :D

@blazer9547 16 дней назад

Who is from jubilee

@SamA-xu9gy Месяц назад

Hello, I think that you were born in America and have a father and a mother of different nationalities. Therefore, you may have learned several languages through your family, and this helps you adapt to other languages and speak them with ability.

@elyssespeaks Месяц назад

hehe no, my parents are both southerners! from the US

@shutterchick79 Месяц назад

Wow Elysse, from the South! Given the "English only, this is 'Murica", culture there, that makes your achievements in languages even more impressive! Congratulations....

@illillyillyo Месяц назад

This is a really useful video, thank you! I just want to say, though, that everyone has an accent, it just depends on if you have a native, foreign, and/or regional accent. There is no such thing as no accent. If you speak or even use sign language, you have an accent.

@Halbtagsdichter-jv6ps Месяц назад

Anhand eines Satzes, kann man natürlich keinerlei Aussage tätigen, aber den deutschen Satz hast du tatsächlich ohne Akzent gesprochen. Nicht schlecht.

@lengraza3379 Месяц назад

Your German sounds really good, but not perfect, sorry. One can hear that you are not a native speaker, but it still sounds natural. Also you mean "eu/äu" in the beginning, there is no "aü" in German.

@TAISP2023 Месяц назад

Actually you do have a bit of accent in Portuguese. But by no means that’s a problem

@viinisaari Месяц назад

How I do it: autism

@phibik Месяц назад

the video, cool, but please, don't use the spanish saboya flag (it was offical like in 1863 for 2 years) and don't use brazilian flag for portuguese lol

@catboy721 Месяц назад

Wow -- do you speak all languages as rapidly as you speak English, or is that just tight editing? Great tips, though... thanks. And, I'm pretty sure it's TEL-uh-goo.

@user-nq6hy2tm2z Месяц назад

I can speak 3 languages with no accent 😎 mashallah

@LeahFriedman-gj9qo Месяц назад

@taekim2378 Месяц назад

One long advertisement - come on at least be a bit more up front about it

@seochangbinsarms Месяц назад

Who cares?

@IncredibleStan Месяц назад

Bro, nobody gives a shit

@Petr_97 Месяц назад

On ne peut pas vraiment juger ton accent avec quelques phrases en l’air... On peut rarement faire illusion très longtemps, à moins d’avoir vécu longtemps dans le pays...

@Furkan.58 Месяц назад

gerçekten türkçende aksan çok az. ama peynir derken y harfini biraz yuttun gibi

@sorenpx Месяц назад

It's a shame that you want to cover up the fact that you are American. You should be proud to be so. If other people would judge you negatively for being an American, are they worth your time?

@brittneymacgregor3807 Месяц назад

100% agree. Be proud of where you come from

@sorenpx Месяц назад

@@brittneymacgregor3807 Amen and thank you. I am so tired of anti-Americanism and even more tired of Americans who are ashamed of being so. The US may not be perfect but it has a pretty long track record of awesomeness!

@brittneymacgregor3807 Месяц назад

Exactly. Im tired of it too. No country is perfect nor innocent. I think its pathetic to be honest

@sorenpx Месяц назад

@@brittneymacgregor3807 It has seemed that the latest trend is westerners stumbling over themselves to apologize for some perceived slight of the past. It reminds me of the British on their knees and groveling over the fact that they once built a successful empire. I'm glad to see that there are still others out there who reject this and who aren't afraid to be patriotic.

@brittneymacgregor3807 Месяц назад

@@sorenpxI'm right there with you. And I'm from a VERY liberal state on the west side of the country ( I'm sure you can guess which one hahaha) so I'm used to being alone on this matter. But I'll always be proud of being from the USA 🇺🇸