We Tried to Learn Europe’s Oldest Language in 7 Days

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In a moment of stupidity, we thought it would be a good idea to try and learn a language in a week.
It was a gruelling challenge and we owe a debt of gratitude to many people. This would have been a very different (and less interesting) week without the input of Eider, Maite, and Aitor who helped us immeasurably.
Also, thanks to Mikel and Gurutze at the Euskararen Etxea. We recommend it thoroughly.
Finally, thanks to the wonderful Basque band Skabidean for letting us their song 'Betirako'.
Basque is a jewel that has survived thousands of years and is now thriving especially among the youth. It was an honour to study it and we hope other people decide to do the same.
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@agurtzanemallona 2 года назад

You have learned more euskara in 7 days than some people who live here all their life. Congrats! You two are great. Zorionak eta mila esker gure hizkuntza ikasi daitekeela frogatzeagatik. 💝

@garikoitz1512 2 года назад

Bai baina el subjuntibera de los cojones me está jodiendo la vida. No es extremadamente difícil pero vale ya no? El euskara es complicado vale ya de mentir joder.

@jonpeley 7 месяцев назад

That's entirely true. Some people from Extremadura or Andalusia living here since 1960 won't even try it. Mila esker Agur!

@BL-sd2qw 12 дней назад

As someone who lives there, this is 100% true.

@josemiguelpolyglot 6 месяцев назад

Kaixo, lagunok! 7 egunetan mordo bat euskaraz ikasi duzue, zorionak! I was so excited to see your first tool to learn survival Basque was the Intrepid Guide's 99 phrase, as I wrote them and recorded them myself for Michelle Frola, the site's owner. I'm a Colombian Bascologist with Basque ancestry (C1 in Basque). Galdera bat: euskara ikasten jarraitu ote zenuten? Zein mailatara iritsi zarete? Besarkada bat Kolonbiatik eta eutsi beti goiari!

@aitziberoterourteaga1512 22 дня назад

i'm Basque and it just blows my mind how you guys could learn soo much in just 1 week, I really mean it. Thank you so much for the video and for learning our language!

@agurtzanebasterra8669 2 года назад

Congratulations!! And thank you for your effort 👏👏 you are more than welcome to come back to the basque country. If you have learned so much in just seven days😱 I can’t imagine what you can learn if you spend a month here… well done guys! Eskerrik asko eta laster arte!

@saraysantana3158 2 года назад

Zorionak!!! Well done and thank you for making Basque a more visible language 😊.

@johnd5740 Год назад

Kaixo! I enjoyed my time working for a company near Loyola. Spent a whole summer there. Quickly learned, "Beste bat/bi." As an Asian American dude saying egun on, eskerrik asko, iz horriegotik, and other small greetings/gestures, the joy/pleasure from the locals was just priceless, and I feel like they saw me more then just someone visiting.

@Lukixe 2 года назад

It is very much appreciated the interest you have shown!! Zorionak eta eskerrik asko!

@asiersanz8941 2 года назад

Astonished. Good job and great respecto for our language, culture and land. Mika esker eta jarraitu ikasten!

@xabier1375 2 года назад

Awesome job guys! I love how you've somehow debunked the idea that Basque is an impossible language to learn. Many people just don't try because of this idea. More vids like this!

@garikoitz1512 2 года назад

Xabi everybody knows euskera os fuckin complicated, do not lie to the people like that. Nos i am learning subjuntibera and I wanna die. STOP SAYING FALSE THINGS

@inigoansa 2 года назад

Zorionak bideo ederra egin duzue! Nire neskalaguna italiarra ta bi urte daramatza euskara ikasten eta oso zaila egiten ari zaio. Bideoa erakutziko diot zuen energia isladatzeko. Eskerrik asko!!

@hodeizambrano7582 2 года назад

Eskerrik asko gure hizkuntza mundutik zabaltzeagatik. Eskerrik asko Bikote! Besarkada bana!

@maikeus3948 2 года назад

Harrigarria benetan! Oso ondo egin duzue. Milesker eta aurrera!

@norastorgarlensiu1979 2 месяца назад

Agertu egin zaut ta laket dut.

@Frenchie2809 2 года назад

Born linguist! I am learning Basque at the same time! Excellent

@jonander1992 Год назад

Couldn't believe when I saw you were in Bergara, my hometown. Truth to be told that kind of level in 7 days is more than spectacular

@igorgauna6412 2 года назад

So impressed, guys! Thank you !!!

@josevisky 2 года назад

Zorionak, bikote!! Eta eskerrik asko Euskal Herriko erdaldunei koloreak ateratzeko eredu bat emateagatik!

@unaihernaezauzmendi9787 2 года назад

Harrigarriak zarete! Bejondeizuela!

@villeporttila5161 2 месяца назад

This is such a good video - interesting topic, well shot and edited, perfectly paced. I'm surprised it's not on a view count ten times what it actually is. Well done fellas

@rtperrett 2 года назад

That bookshop looks amazing, what an amazing atmosphere, we don't have anything like it in the US.

@neverescence Год назад

This is such a good video omg it deserves so many views

@jonpeley 7 месяцев назад

Dut and so on is the helper of the verb. It means the time and subject of it. As they told you we have names and the final of it will tell you what we're talking about. Laguna means friend, lagunarekin means with the friend, lagunarengana means up to the friend, lagunarekin means due to the friend, and so on.

@ares19711971 2 года назад

I really enjoyed your video, guys! It is incredible what you have achieved in only seven days. I am Catalan and currently studying Basque. Badakit euskara oso hizkuntza zaila da baina egia esan hizkuntzak maite ditut eta arrisku handiak ere bai.

@ollieandsebastian 2 года назад

Zorte on! It is a privilege to study such a beautiful language. Perhaps we'll try Catalan soon - Sebastian

@adrianmatthews4953 2 года назад

Wow, one of your best videos so far guys. Really impressive, what lovely people. I felt I was there with you. Keep these videos coming, they are so interesting. Enjoyed the comedy of Ollie being constantly eating when he should be talking 😀

@aiertxuu5310 Год назад

Well... Basque Country and Food, you know 😍

@andyteale9045 2 года назад

Another great video lads! Very informative, especially as I never knew about this language! The video also reminded me of some of the best elements of travelling, like meeting up with a variety of new people quickly in different settings, and often randomly!! Top effort on learning the language as well - impressive effort for seven days. You're both clearly very good linguists! Nice touch at the end too, making the point on just how hard it is to learn a language, appreciated that! 😀

@ariznoagaalbenizszjauregui5090 2 года назад

Wow, awesome job guys. Izugarrizkoa lana egin duzue!!

@uxoaelustondoerauskin5295 2 года назад

Zorionak eta eskerrik asko bioi!!

@liide7427 2 года назад

Uauuu!! Eskerrik asko!!! Oso bideo interesgarria!! Eskerrik asko bikote!! 😍😍😍

@ikerfernandezdecorreszubia1419 2 года назад

Great job!!! Zorionak😉

@EkaitzIturbeltz Год назад

Among the most difficult things when learning Basque are the conjugation (especially NOR-NORI and NOR-NORI-NORK, most of my non-native friends have a hard time with this), and the dialects. As a northerner, some southern accents and sub-dialects are quite tricky to understand, even though I'm native speaker

@alejandroospinamunoz379 2 года назад

zuen euskara ona da zazpi egunetan 👍👍💯

@ChronicCraftsman 2 года назад

Amazing, it just goes to show that if someone really puts themselves into learning something it can be done, great content again and inspiring.

@manueliradier423 2 года назад

You guys got a better level in seven days than some of my friends in their lives learning in school (without much ineterest sadly) Mila esker eta horrela jarraitu, ikaragarriak zarete!

@3katu Год назад

Outstanding job you've done in seven days! Zorionak eta eskerrik asko!

@joses.4078 2 года назад

The end got me surpised haha It proves to me that the other people who claim to "learn" a language in only "7 days" are liars, or most of them Others even want to achieve fluency in that short period of time, others select languages that they already know properly, others learn for a month or more but it was "7 days" (cutting parts in their videos and changing date on their devices), even I found a Mexican guy who was learning Spanish in 7 days but lol, every time he spoke in English, he had a Spanish-native speaker accent from Mexico and no, I'm not exagerating, my native language is Spanish and I know overly well how people sound when they speak English :/ Tho, you learned more than one could do in a week, you were vey honest with it You guys are such an inspiration for me, I really like your content btw :D

@ramdas363 2 года назад

Rare honest youtube vloggers. I didn't know such a thing was possible, haha.

@lupitacajero7185 Год назад

All Mexicans Don't speak Spanish; he might have had an accent because his native language is an indigenous language. I know families who speak an indigenous language in their homes, and not Spanish.

@sebastienlopezmassoni8107 Год назад

Eskerrik Laguna. That’s hype me to learn Euzkera

@arantxaegurzadonado4286 Год назад

Good job boys! the best way to learn a language is to practice, comunicate and not have same. Txalo handi bat zuentzat, lan ederra egin duzue. Since I was very young I wanted to learn English, finally with more than fifty I did it. Egunero landu behar da. 👏👏👏

@euskarasatorraaprendereusk1305 2 года назад

Mila esker, Ollie and Sebastian!

@erlantx 2 года назад

Oso ona, bikote!! Bejondeizuela.

@nahikari5389 2 года назад

Eskerrik asko bikote, nahi izatekotan emen duzue lagun bat euskera ikasten jarraitzeko, besarkada bat!

@aitorlarrazabal372 Год назад

I was very pleasantly surprised by your progress in such a small amount of time, from someone who has been speaking Basque all my life I invite anyone who is interested to give it a try, there are many people here ready teach whoever they can

@baronluigi2738 24 дня назад

Here some tricks: - Bat ( the animal)=One in basque - Oh so Gucci = Oso gutxi ( very little) -To say yor name = Take the NE from NEITHER ( we write as NI)+your name+nice ( we write Naiz) Will be something like NE LUIGI NICE.

@amaiamanzarraga5766 2 года назад

Aupa, mutilak! Eskerrik asko, bihotzez

@BereniceFrenchTutoringFun 2 года назад

Great video! You are really good with languages :)

@JosephOccenoBFH 2 года назад

Wow .. Your picture quality is so clear!

@ollieandsebastian 2 года назад

Thank you, I'll forward your comment onto GoPro 😀 - Ollie

@Biscaine Год назад

Eskerrik asko, lan bikaina eginen duzuena ! Bejondeizuela!!

@Biscaine Год назад

Video osoa ikusi ondoren , gustokoa izango nuke euskararen emborra ta sustraiak ezagutzeko Nafarrora joango bazinen, ala eta guztiz , Eskerrik asko berriz eta baliteke zuon hurrengo bideoan Nafarroan. 😃

@dylaninglis7136 2 года назад

Ederra!

@Non_gogoa_han_zangoa 2 года назад

Bejondeizuela!! bikain aritu zarete!

@garikoitz1512 2 года назад

Gora euskal herriaren askapena. Noizbait aske izango gara. Jo Ta Ke independentzia lortu harte.

@QuicoFerrero 8 месяцев назад

The video is excellent, BUT starts with a Flamenco dancer which is typical from Spain (or the rest of Spain), concretely from Andalusia, almost 700 kms away from there...

@elenaclerc6296 2 года назад

Zorionak !!!!! 💪💪🔥🔥🔥

@imacup.2667 5 месяцев назад

it's not the oldest overall, but the oldest living language in europe. But otherwise, a really cool video

@nereamarin1328 2 года назад

Zorionak bene-benetan , ez da gauza erraza eta garrantzitsuena ikasi duzue jada!

@TempleofBrendaSong Год назад

Kristo piztu da! Benetan Berpiztu da! ☦️

@edurnepunky6060 2 года назад

IRUÑATIK ZORIONAK BIKOTE!!

@claire366 Месяц назад

Thank you for the fun experience watching the language emersion. I am wondering what computer application you demonstrated at the hotel scene with the normative grammar color coded red/blue/green?

@RobCamp-rmc_0 5 месяцев назад

I recognized the rock band, Berri Txarrak, on the woman’s shirt. …that’s about it

@zaldieroamarrazkilaria 2 года назад

Zorionak!😀

@user-tb8hz2io4v 2 года назад

Regardless the age of the language, I like Basks and their country. I couldn't believe that during Franco's dictatorship this beautiful language was forbidden!

@plegar1172 Год назад

Oso bideo ona, euskara oso hizkuntza polita eta misteriotzua da, baina oso zailaa!!!

@chrisaraiza1593 2 года назад

I can’t wait to meet my roots

@TempleofBrendaSong Год назад

Average Spanish fan vs Average Euskera enjoyers

@Cris91Cordy Год назад

I've known about the existence of Basque language and location..... But never in my deepest thoughts I've says it was extremely difficult to study because it is not related to any other language known..... It is horrific 😐 I've learned Italian from Romanian ( both Latin) in 3 weeks and perfextiones accent in 2 months.... But holy shit this is too much

@KibyNykraft 5 месяцев назад

There is a vague resemblance to gaelic, albanian and to armenian ,but only barely so.

@inharserranogarrido8903 Месяц назад

Mila esker bideo hau egiteagatik, jakingo bazenute zelako mesedea egin diozuen euskarari, sinesgaitza irudituko litzaizueke. Zera da soilik bururatzen zaidana; eskerrak ematea, plazer handia baita gure hizkuntza ikasteko prest dauden pertsonak jasotzea. Eskerrik asko!

@lauramartin-bk9nr 7 месяцев назад

Spanish was born in La Rioja derived from vulgar Latin written and spoken by Basques. That`s why Castilian or Spanish and Basque share the same phonetics. Hence Spanish has Basque origins. Furthermore there is theory, albeit debated, that old Iberian was Basque or close to Basque.

@albertkundrat1734 Год назад

Methinks, they had to have migrated from legendary ATLANTIS, as recorded by Solon, when visiting ancient Egypt and Plato, in his Dialogues! Something WARNED these Proto-Basques to very-hurriedly get out of there, before it sank below the ocean waves! But who knows? Maybe these very Atlanteans thought these proto-Basques as SO UNLIKE Them as well!

@TempleofBrendaSong Год назад

No only descendants of Neolithic peoples not Atlantis

@albertkundrat1734 Год назад

@@TempleofBrendaSong Atlantis is as suppressed in public awareness as U.F.O's!

@pettanttarapattan6174 9 месяцев назад

Biba ziek ! :)

@JorgeGarcia-lw7vc 7 месяцев назад

I m curious if a Turkish, Japanese, Nahuatl, Quechua, or Georgian speaker went there to learn Basque, how much easier would it be for there.

@Elikerxutxi 3 месяца назад

Jajaj mutiko ea ulertzen dozun hauxe 😂😂

@AugustoOrthez-co8jv 3 месяца назад

GORA EUSKAL HERRIA TA ASKATAZUNA .... !!!!

@Ilvnbeles 2 года назад

Ederra 👌🤘🤘

@plixypl0x Год назад

Where does the map @0:15 come from?

@pepitaaralartxope2304 3 месяца назад

Oso ondo ikasi duzue. Zorionak. Igertzen da euskaraz eta ingelesez idazten ari garela, ez baitugu espainiar ergelen iruzkin nazkagarririk irakurri behar eta.

@mikelibaibarriaga1147 2 года назад

ZORIONAK BIKOTE!

@chescamoore1285 2 года назад

Unbelievable. Makes me feel rubbish though - been trying to learn Spanish for couple of years! Well done. And very entertaining. Wheres next...!?

@amaiamanzarraga5766 2 года назад

@@chescamoore1285 Spanish?

@garikoitz1512 2 года назад

Amaia we already know that you are abertxandal but many people do not know the difference. Please stop shareing your opinión of herri batasuna. STOPPPPPP!!!!!

@user-tb8hz2io4v 2 года назад

I wonder; if we don't know the origin and the age of a language, how we know that is the oldest in Europe? In the other hand, we have found Greek writings from 21st century BC (till today at least) hence we assume is much older.

@velouris76 2 года назад

Think it is based on several things: there are various theories as to the origin of the Basques, but the one most commonly held today is that they are direct descendants of the indigenous people of Europe, before the Indo-European migrations…so well before Ancient Greek (which is Indo-European) one pointer is that the words for certain basic tools all have the same root for the word for stone (which I think is “Aitz” in Basque)..that strongly points towards the fact those words originated when stone was the main material used for making these tools (i.e. the Stone Age, as opposed to bronze, iron etc). You say that there are Greek writings from 21st century BC, that cannot be correct, Greek is definitely in the Indo-European language family, and the Indo-European migrations were known to have happened between 6000 to 3000 BC….with these migrations, the Indo-European languages evolved…

@user-tb8hz2io4v 2 года назад

@@velouris76 Please note that Indo-European theory is strongly contested.

@KibyNykraft 5 месяцев назад

@@velouris76 Probably it was a reference to proto-greek ,that certainly existed in the 21st century BC . :)

@josecarloscuarezmahidalgo8307 7 месяцев назад

Hizkuntza polita baina saia

@uninhm Год назад

I realized it was scripted when you said "dezakegula" hahaha, I thought "there is no way they learnt that". Dena den, zorionak! Asko ikasi bazenuten, itxaro dut ahaztu ez zenutenik! Nik ere euskara ikasten dut.

@someinteresting 5 месяцев назад

So, you’ve learned Greek? Because there isn’t a spoken languages with a written form older than it.

@OwenKingItIx Месяц назад

W icl

@redl1ner170 Год назад

El video tiene más cortes que las sábanas de la cama de Freddy Krueger.

@torpedomental2465 Год назад

Zorionak

@Chankonabe69 10 месяцев назад

First

@user-yr1gm8to3r Месяц назад

No you dind’t

@basqueinenglish8378 Год назад

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