Montreal, how many languages do you speak?

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

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  • @TheNewTravel
    @TheNewTravel  2 года назад +382

    *Ok RUclips, now it's YOUR turn.... how many languages do you speak?*

    • @MiriTranslation
      @MiriTranslation 2 года назад +3

      5

    • @zulmakarnacha
      @zulmakarnacha 2 года назад

      2.5 but used to speak le francias n le homgul

    • @JoseAntonio-tt2mb
      @JoseAntonio-tt2mb 2 года назад +10

      Se algum nativo do Canadá quiser aprender português comigo de graça ,eu posso ensinar .

    • @JoseAntonio-tt2mb
      @JoseAntonio-tt2mb 2 года назад +1

      @@zulmakarnacha english

    • @jonova3187
      @jonova3187 2 года назад +6

      English, Castellano, e un po Italiano

  • @elfulano5884
    @elfulano5884 2 года назад +4853

    I'm surprised that the Swiss lady is monolingual.

    • @karima_MK
      @karima_MK 2 года назад +349

      No because depending on the region, you don't need to speak one or another, also because of professional purposes. There are four languages so it's quite a lot.

    • @antoni-olafsabater9729
      @antoni-olafsabater9729 2 года назад +246

      It’d be quite hard for me being unilingual in Switzerland ! I met people in Zurich from that town that I spoke in french with. No trouble. Their French was great

    • @helgaioannidis9365
      @helgaioannidis9365 2 года назад +279

      Yes I was surprised, too because in Switzerland at schools they insist on all kids learning at least one of the official languages of the country. Often the French speaking Swiss aren't happy with learning German, but usually they know Italian.

    • @elbertanecito6797
      @elbertanecito6797 2 года назад +70

      Me too.. i expect swiss would be either french/english or english/german

    • @fercho9924
      @fercho9924 2 года назад +35

      It's kinda weird i think that cause i know much people there ando usually they know at least 2 languages

  • @coolbreeze5683
    @coolbreeze5683 2 года назад +1658

    It's cool, I wasn't expecting to see so many people in Montreal knowing Spanish as a third language. I guess it's easy to learn Spanish if you have a foundation in the French language and vice versa.

    • @jmd6776
      @jmd6776 2 года назад +161

      Spanish is extremely important in the Americas

    • @MistahShootrES
      @MistahShootrES 2 года назад +32

      @@LandenLaliberte I think they included central america as part of south america. I'd probably do the same mistake, as sometimes people also mistake latin america being the same as the geographical term, south america.

    • @13tuyuti
      @13tuyuti 2 года назад +27

      @@charlolel what you're really saying is "not really only in about three quarters of the totality of the Amerias"

    • @nic12344
      @nic12344 2 года назад +91

      There's a big Latin community in Montreal!
      Also, most high schools in Quebec offer Spanish as a third language elective (that's how I learned it).

    • @930chiory
      @930chiory 2 года назад +37

      But it's definitely easier for french speakers to learn spanish than it is for us spanish natives to learn french.

  • @pittsboy2008
    @pittsboy2008 2 года назад +2331

    The guy who didn't want to respond the survey but gave you a grammar lesson, that's somewhat representative of my experience in Montreal. Younger people usually switch back and forth between English and French, but most of my interactions with older people have been like that. You try your best to speak French, they notice an accent and reply in (often fairly good) English, then you switch to English and they reply in French. That when they don't start correcting your mistakes. It can very tiring to say the least.

    • @guillaumericher-rochon4902
      @guillaumericher-rochon4902 2 года назад +69

      That's a shame that is representative of your experience. I would have hope people were past that :(

    • @spartuz71
      @spartuz71 2 года назад +274

      That guy was rude plain ans simple, I'm 51 years and I speak Frenchlish which is English mixed with French. That man was so rude. And your French is pretty man, you did a fantastic Job!

    • @marymarcoux3459
      @marymarcoux3459 2 года назад +317

      The saddest part is that the old guy wasnt probably trying to be mean or anything. He is from a generation that was constantly corrected about the way they either speak french or english. That is also one of the reason some older french canadians are afraid to speak english :(

    • @wallstreetoneil
      @wallstreetoneil 2 года назад +57

      @@guillaumericher-rochon4902 nope - it's everywhere - seen it many, many times - especially if they know you are from Ontario - they just get rude

    • @tanbir11
      @tanbir11 2 года назад

      @@marymarcoux3459 na he is just a turd

  • @o1l2i3v4i5e6r7
    @o1l2i3v4i5e6r7 2 года назад +588

    For those wondering : Spanish is commonly taught in schools in and around Montreal, as an '"option" class that you can choose in high school. I personally even had Spanish lessons in primary school. There is also an important Spanish-speaking community in the city since the 1970s.

    • @OdinWannaBe
      @OdinWannaBe 2 года назад +32

      lexical similarity between French and Spanish is about 75%, its easier for them to learn french.

    • @trevorchabot864
      @trevorchabot864 2 года назад +2

      my school had to ditch spanish because english teachers were using "work to rule" to fight for equal salaries as francophone teachers and Ontarian teachers.

    • @lawtraf8008
      @lawtraf8008 2 года назад +7

      @@OdinWannaBe I'm still struggling to learn spanish even tho French is my first language

    • @OdinWannaBe
      @OdinWannaBe 2 года назад +1

      @@lawtraf8008 of course, nobody said its easy

    • @ninamatthews8747
      @ninamatthews8747 2 года назад +1

      @@lawtraf8008 but was English easy for you to learn?

  • @ikarusxv
    @ikarusxv 2 года назад +76

    I moved to Montreal because of my job, and I was a little afraid of my daughter struggling with French, but she learned very fast! School teachers are very good and very kind to foreigner kids, I'm very grateful.

  • @joselassalle4958
    @joselassalle4958 2 года назад +1036

    Chinese "dialects" are really different languages, in most cases unintelligibles from each other. The same goes for the Italian "dialetti".

    • @theobanse1494
      @theobanse1494 2 года назад +33

      Maybe she was really talking about dialects of Mandarin Chinese but yeah more probably other Chinese varieties idk

    • @SkillzKillzBR
      @SkillzKillzBR 2 года назад +22

      @@theobanse1494 Guaranteed she speaks fuzhounese

    • @WChocoleta
      @WChocoleta 2 года назад +64

      Completely agreed. I speak Mandarin (native) and Cantonese. Linguistically they are two dialects, in that they have close proximity in grammar and vocabulary, and it's relatively easy to learn either one from the perspective of the other. But from a mutually intelligibility standpoint they're more like two seperate languages, mostly due to the differences in pronunciation and word choices.

    • @vincentmoh8253
      @vincentmoh8253 2 года назад +50

      @@SkillzKillzBR she sound like a Singaporean to me both English and mandarin

    • @JohnLee-dp8ey
      @JohnLee-dp8ey 2 года назад +13

      Like Cantonese is basically Chinese French & Hokkien is basically Chinese German

  • @hdufort
    @hdufort 2 года назад +787

    I was born on the north shore of Montréal in the mid 1970s. It was a very French area, almost everyone was unilingual when I was a kid. It took me a while to become proficient in English, especially learning the locutions and cultural references. When it comes to TV, for examples, Québec has a very strong production (series, TV shows, movies) and people watch a lot of Québécois TV even today. Contents from the rest of Canada was minimal, although it has improved over the last few years.
    Today I speak French, English, Spanish. I understand basic Portuguese, Catalan. I know a little bit of Japanese. I love to travel, open to the world, and I am proud of my Québécois culture and heritage.

    • @margaritalucas3709
      @margaritalucas3709 2 года назад +30

      Le meilleur commentaire que j'ai lit jusqu'à maintenant 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

    • @antoni-olafsabater9729
      @antoni-olafsabater9729 2 года назад +21

      Molt content que sàpigues una mica de Català !

    • @gabrielmendes912
      @gabrielmendes912 2 года назад +19

      je suis brésilien et je parle espagnol portugais anglais et je veux apprendre le français

    • @ojrivas6843
      @ojrivas6843 2 года назад +9

      🤗, Sou mexicano e falo quase os mesmos idiomas que vc; espanhol, inglês, português, catalã, um pouco de francês e italiano. Forte abraço!

    • @antoni-olafsabater9729
      @antoni-olafsabater9729 2 года назад +4

      @@ojrivas6843 falas catalão também ? Muito obrigado !

  • @barcham
    @barcham 2 года назад +297

    It is rare to find unilingual people in Montreal. Most speak English and French, often with a third language that could be anything from Spanish to Italian to Chinese or go ahead and pick one, because if you walk around Montreal over a few days, you will likely hear many different languages being spoken. If you are under 60, and grew up in Montreal, you are at least functionally bilingual.

    • @barcham
      @barcham 2 года назад +12

      @D Anemon And too many people speak only French.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 2 года назад +11

      @D Anemon
      Only 7% of Montreal's population speak exclusively English.

    • @user-mrfrog
      @user-mrfrog 2 года назад +10

      @@shauncameron8390 And according to the latest census figures, that number is rising! The bilingualism rate is now higher among young francophones in Montréal than among young anglophones!

    • @serpentsfix
      @serpentsfix 2 года назад +1

      @D Anemon You clearly know nothing about Montreal's history

    • @sbourassa9198
      @sbourassa9198 2 года назад +6

      @@barcham imagine going to Toronto and complaing that there too much English...

  • @MrBreaknet
    @MrBreaknet 2 года назад +114

    J'aime beaucoup comment tu prends le temps de t'adresser à différentes personnes et comment tu les laisses exprimer leurs idées.
    Continue le bon travail.
    VL

  • @oscare.quiros6349
    @oscare.quiros6349 2 года назад +302

    I am really impressed that sooo many people spoke three languages. Good for them, and for Montreal.

    • @christophedel2642
      @christophedel2642 2 года назад +7

      Less and less people speak French in Montréal it is for this reason CAQ win the election

    • @thprmr
      @thprmr 2 года назад +30

      @@christophedel2642 Les statistiques disent le contraire. Ta gueule.

    • @ambradeluna
      @ambradeluna 2 года назад +4

      @@thprmr Je suis pas pour la CAQ, mais je comprends pas pourquoi t'as besoin d'être impoli?

    • @leob4403
      @leob4403 2 года назад

      @@ambradeluna être impoli est amusant

    • @lawtraf8008
      @lawtraf8008 2 года назад +3

      @@christophedel2642 So there's a growing tension from French Canadians ?

  • @Ivan_Palomo
    @Ivan_Palomo 2 года назад +134

    Me ha sorprendido la cantidad de gente que hablan español en Montréal. Genial.

    • @vommir.
      @vommir. 2 года назад +17

      Sí hay muchos latinos en Montreal! :)

    • @melissa-annefrigon7973
      @melissa-annefrigon7973 2 года назад +24

      Es un idioma hermoso. Yo habla Francés, mi idioma materna, pero el español es de mis idiomas favoritos del mundo y aprenderlo es uno de mis mayores logros.💖 (Lo pude hablar con mi ídolo, Sebastián Yatra, y me sorprendió hablándome en francés, así que realmente creo que saber varios idiomas es una riqueza.)

    • @Ivan_Palomo
      @Ivan_Palomo 2 года назад +2

      @@melissa-annefrigon7973 Así es

    • @Ivan_Palomo
      @Ivan_Palomo 2 года назад +7

      @@melissa-annefrigon7973 Tu écris vraiment bien en espagnol 😃 mais il y a seulement une petite erreur, le mot « idioma » est masculin, alors on dit « un idioma hermoso ». Le reste, c’est génial 👍🏻.

    • @pandorabox5532
      @pandorabox5532 2 года назад +1

      Desde hace varios años muchos latinos han emigrado a Montreal y México tiene un tratado comercial con Canada, es por eso

  • @businesszeus6864
    @businesszeus6864 2 года назад +82

    3:40 it's people like him that give us such a bad rep... I'm all for protecting and maintaining French but being condescending towards someone who was genuinely making an effort is just rude and not helping anyone.

    • @mcmelon9156
      @mcmelon9156 2 года назад +15

      I'm french canadian and all my ancestors were, I love my Province and Quebec is a country in my heart, but this guy has a condescending and unpleasant attitude, the beauty of Montreal is the multiculturalism that sprouts from all the good people in the city, when you fall in love with Montreal and that you live in it, your love reverberate through out the city. The people's love of Montreal make it what it is.

    • @George-2115
      @George-2115 2 года назад +9

      Yes, the attitude was a bit rough, but I appreciate that he gave a useful correction. I'm from Toronto. I speak English and Polish fluently, and French, Spanish and Russian only at a pretty basic level. When I first went to Montreal, with only a bit of high school French, I was initially turned off by encounters like that (they are rarer now). Later when I went to France, I found that the attitude there (especially in Paris) was at least as bad. I then learned the "trick" of pretending that I was from Poland and didn't know any English. Suddenly they would be able to understand and converse with me in French.

    • @businesszeus6864
      @businesszeus6864 2 года назад +8

      @@George-2115 i was born in Montréal but my family is from France, and let me tell you i have never met more obnoxious and rude people than French people. French is my first language, but just because of my accent, some people in Paris would reply to me in English or act as if they couldn’t understand what i was saying…
      But in Québec, for the past 15-20 years, they started teaching English in all primary schools, and now there’s a lot less of rude french gatekeepers and a lot more people are bilingual, so things are getting better i’d say.

    • @George-2115
      @George-2115 2 года назад +4

      @@businesszeus6864 Agreed. I remember, back in the 1980's, they took a survey at a linguistics conference. One questions was what languages they spoke. The only linguists that were monolingual were those who spoke only English or only French. I suspect that now, or soon, the English will be alone in that group.

    • @JackDertee
      @JackDertee 2 года назад +7

      To be honest, this guy's answer would be the typical answer you get from older generation of Quebec. They tend to speak with a Staight to the point approach. They don't take into account feelings and they don't care about feelings either. It's more of a cultural thing and not about who you are or where your from. I'm from Quebec and every old people I know speak like that to each other and even to me. It's just how they grew up.

  • @Santos.Sarmento
    @Santos.Sarmento 2 года назад +311

    I speak English and French and when I was in Montreal I had fun switching from one language to the other during the conversation, everyone I spoke with followed this change very naturally!
    Greetings from Brazil.

    • @lukegus0
      @lukegus0 2 года назад +3

      I had to do this and it thru me for a huge loop cuz I was practicing my French but it was back and forth and I was breaking a sweat trying to understand

    • @MariaFernandazz
      @MariaFernandazz 2 года назад +4

      Você fala português também não?

    • @Santos.Sarmento
      @Santos.Sarmento 2 года назад +5

      @@MariaFernandazz se essa pergunta é para mim, sim, português é uma das cinco línguas que falo.

    • @shantemoore6265
      @shantemoore6265 2 года назад +12

      😅 I was born and raised in Montréal! I know what you are writing about...some affectionately call this "franglais" lol

    • @Santos.Sarmento
      @Santos.Sarmento 2 года назад +4

      @@shantemoore6265 and that's just part of the magic of the lovely Montreales!

  • @randymorash7013
    @randymorash7013 2 года назад +20

    I have been a primarily English speaking tourist in Montreal and found most citizens accommodating and helpful as I used my very limited French to ask directions to get around or to order in restaurants. Montreal is a real international city, with a French heart. I really recommend it as a destination, so much to see, such great food.

    • @ikarusxv
      @ikarusxv Год назад +1

      That's something I like about living in Montreal. When I try to speak French, people help me to carry on. Which is not the same in France (or at least Paris), where people switch to English if you don't speak French perfectly.

  • @ramrunsfast
    @ramrunsfast 2 года назад +469

    I just moved to Montreal a week ago and I think it would be interesting asking people who moved here how long did it take them to learn to speak French here.

    • @titanoriginel7823
      @titanoriginel7823 2 года назад +82

      They don't learn it

    • @andresmorenoedits
      @andresmorenoedits 2 года назад +19

      It took me a year :)

    • @NotTodaySatan557
      @NotTodaySatan557 2 года назад +5

      Great idea!!

    • @therealempress
      @therealempress 2 года назад +24

      It depends...if they go to school, or live with French or English people.

    • @m.e.3862
      @m.e.3862 2 года назад +34

      If you live with a French boyfriend/girlfriend it's easier to learn

  • @rain0344
    @rain0344 2 года назад +345

    I appreciate your effort speaking french! 🤙🏼
    Also, lots of people seem to speak Spanish in Mtl 😍
    Español es mi lengua materna (by default I understand a bit of Portuguese and Italian) así que podemos practicar juntos y bailar también- pourquoi pas!? 🤣

    • @fionnaaragazza7777
      @fionnaaragazza7777 2 года назад +14

      Don't worry , it's the same in France, most people choose Spanish after English , due to the fact it's closer to the French language and more sun than in Germany.

    • @BroadwayRonMexico
      @BroadwayRonMexico 2 года назад +5

      It's not too surprising. Spanish is pretty close to French, and it's a very widely spoken language. Beyond native French or English, and the inevitable immersion with the other, Spanish makes a lot of sense to learn

    • @lawtraf8008
      @lawtraf8008 2 года назад

      @@BroadwayRonMexico I'm still struggling to learn spanish while being a native French speaker

    • @gabriela.barario
      @gabriela.barario 2 года назад +2

      muchas escuelas aca tienen espanol como clase de idioma opcional

    • @RogerRamos1993
      @RogerRamos1993 2 года назад

      Bailar? 😂

  • @paulorobertovieiradeolivei9036
    @paulorobertovieiradeolivei9036 2 года назад +31

    Portugais c'est ma langue maternelle. Je parle aussi le français, l'anglais et je comprends très bien l'espagnol et quelques mots en suédois.

  • @othercarib
    @othercarib 2 года назад +28

    Cool - Montreal was my hometown and I grew up there. I migrated to the US years ago but still pride myself in knowing French and actually took French Literature classes at college here to broaden my reading. I recognize some of the areas in the video and it makes me nostalgic to go back.

    • @n01-o7y
      @n01-o7y 2 года назад +1

      Je suis Belge de la partie francophone et je me suis toujours demandé, comment c'est la vie en Amérique du Nord. Est ce que ca ressemble aux États-Unis et au Canada mais version francophone ou c est un mélange de la culture nord américaine et française (europe) en même temps. Je devrai un jour aller visiter cette ville. Mais d ailleurs vous trouver notre français européens bizzare quand on parle par rapport aux français américains du nord

    • @malakas211990
      @malakas211990 2 года назад +2

      why u migrated to the usa ? canada is better than usa

    • @Tsusday
      @Tsusday 2 года назад +1

      @@n01-o7y Donc pour faire un peu simple, nous somme autant proche de la culture américaine que les Belges et les Hongrois. Bon en rigolant un peu moins, la culture au Canada est vraiment différente d'une province à l'autre, (l'Alberta ressemble vraiment beaucoup au Texas des US, et le Nouveau-Brunswick ressemble un peu à la Belgique avec ces plusieurs langues utilisés) la relation entre le Québec et la majorité du Canada anglais est similaire à celle des Belges et des Français, on se tape sur la tronche, mais on s'aime quand même (petite exception pour l'Alberta qui a réussi à nous détrôner de la province la plus détesté autant par le Canada anglais et français haha). Le respect fait toujours parti selon moi de la définition du canadien moyen, le type qui s'excuse souvent, n'aime pas les embrouilles(sauf si cherché bien sûr) et une grande ouverture d'esprit.
      Côté économique, la vie au Canada est un peu plus dispendieuse qu'au US dût à leur surproduction massive, leur pouvoir d'achat supérieur et leur peur irrationnelle de payer des taxes et aider son prochain. On gagne par contre sur la qualité des produits, par exemple le lait américain se compare souvent à la pisse de chameaux comparé à celui canadien. Le prix des maisons est relativement stable au Québec, mais on ne peu pas en dire autant dans le reste du Canada, surtout en métropole.
      Côté politique, nous sommes centre gauche pour la majorité, mais aussi gauche que la définition européenne. L'éducation est à 95% payé par l'état, 100% pour le médical et environ 80-100% pour les prescriptions de médicaments. Au Québec, nous avons le principe de protection de la langue française puisque nous sommes une minorité dans le pays et avec une langue semi-mourrante. Et nous sommes très laïque, c'est à dire AUCUNE connection de l'état(école, police, hôpital, services de transports publiques, emplois gouvernemental etc) et la religion, certaines personnes nous traîtent de racistes, mais après avoir connu plus de 100ans de persécution et de contrôle par l'église catholique, on ne veux plus rien savoir de la religion main dans la main avec l'état.
      Les État-Unis sont de plus en plus critiqué au Canada, autant pour leur interférence dans nos politiques que pour la mauvaise réputation qu'ils ont en voyageant notre beau et calme pays (le convois anti-vaccin a reçu beaucoup de donations venant des US et plusieurs avaient des drapeaux Trump). Donc leur réputation prend un bon coup depuis les 7dernières années.
      Les Québecois en fait n'ont aucune difficulté à comprendre ou interpreté le français de france, belge ou suisse, c'est plutot l'inverse en fait. Les français on plus de difficulté à comprendre notre accent et expressions. Malgré cela, nous parvenons quand même aisément à avoir des discussions ou des rapprochements. Petit fait amusant, la France utilise le mot "ferry" pour un bateau de passagé, quand au Québec on utilise le mot "traversier", il y a plusieurs cas ou les français utilisent plus de mots anglais que nous dans leur dialect haha!

    • @SOT233
      @SOT233 Год назад +1

      @@n01-o7y Le Canada ressemble aux États-Unis mais sans la violence et les armes à feu. Autrement dit, les villes canadiennes sont dans l'ensemble très sécuritaires, ce qui n'est pas le cas aux États-Unis. Le Québec est aussi différent du reste du Canada, non seulement en raison de la langue mais aussi parce que les Québécois ont gardé un petit côté "européen" que l'on retrouve moins dans le reste du Canada. Autrement dit, les Québécois aiment sortir et profiter "de la vie". Montréal est particulièrement apprécié, autant des Européens que des Américains. Assez paradoxalement, les Européens aiment le côté "américain" de Montréal, alors que les Américains aiment son côté "européen". Cela dit, malgré ce petit côté "européen", le Québec demeure bel est bien une société "nord-américaine"... mais avec une petite touche européenne.

  • @abbasrizvi9389
    @abbasrizvi9389 2 года назад +101

    Montreal is amazing, went to an Iraqi restaurant and the owners 2 little kids were running around, couldnt be more then 6 or 7. To each other they were speaking French, to their Dad they spoke arabic and to me they spoke English.

    • @OdinWannaBe
      @OdinWannaBe 2 года назад +20

      Their dad is smart, they learn french in school and are around Quebec culture then he teach them arabic at home and keep them to their root. Later on as they grow up its gonna be waaaay easier to be fluent in all

    • @Tsusday
      @Tsusday 2 года назад +7

      Yup, this dad is a real immigrant and most likely a hardworker with a big heart, one who knows the value of culture and languages! And I have so much respect for those who put efforts into learning our culture while not fully losing theirs.
      I'm interested in knowing the restaurant's name, I've never had iraqi food and I usually go to montreal for food trips. I love that Canada is getting more socially diverse than it was 20years ago!

    • @abbasrizvi9389
      @abbasrizvi9389 2 года назад +1

      @Tsusday hmm, I was staying at Centre Sheraton on Rene Levesque. It was walking distance. I totally forget the name. This is back in 2006 or so.

    • @Tsusday
      @Tsusday 2 года назад

      @@abbasrizvi9389 I'll scour the lands nearby! Thanks for the reply still!

  • @shantemoore6265
    @shantemoore6265 2 года назад +214

    I was born and raised in Montréal.
    I speak English, French Spanish, Jamaican patois and some creole. I have lost much of my conversational Japanese unfortunately but love languages and Montréal's true language and culture DIVERSITY.

    • @theblackryvius6613
      @theblackryvius6613 2 года назад

      Suh mi affi nuo if yuh jumiekan oswa ayisyen ou ye

    • @fs400ion
      @fs400ion 2 года назад +8

      Diversity is not a culture though. Diversity needs to converge towards one "culture commune"

    • @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY
      @FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY 2 года назад +1

      Do you understand Haitian Creole ?

    • @shantemoore6265
      @shantemoore6265 2 года назад

      @@FrancisLitanofficialJAPINOY Hello! For the most part...I know how to say a few words and sentences also. Since many are words that my male friends taught me when I didn't know what I was saying, some of them are not things I would practice or say on a regular basis! 😅

    • @Carlos.Grande
      @Carlos.Grande 2 года назад

      Made up languages dont count

  • @luanrg
    @luanrg 2 года назад +32

    J'aimerais beaucoup aller a Québec. Je suis brésilien et je pense que le Canada c'est comme une modèle aux autres pays du continent en plusieurs de secteurs.

    • @bustamantedavid
      @bustamantedavid Год назад +2

      tu doit venir a Montreal, c'est une ville formidable :)

  • @lizzy3486
    @lizzy3486 2 года назад +21

    I'm also from the Montreal area, my first language is French, I speak fluently English and German and I'm currently learning Korean!

  • @jimmysvane837
    @jimmysvane837 2 года назад +5

    I love videos like this. They make me happy because I love languages and how they connect with people's life stories.

  • @mouadel6026
    @mouadel6026 2 года назад +4

    I truly enjoy this kinda videos, greetings from Morocco 🇲🇦

  • @MetDaan2912
    @MetDaan2912 2 года назад +6

    This feels like a very old school RUclips video and I love it!

  • @xonyxia
    @xonyxia 2 года назад +163

    Montrealer here! So cool to see our city represented and being born here, I`ve always been surprised to see how most Americans and a good part of Canada speak english only.. It`s so natural here to know at least two! I speak french, english, spanish, italian and basic german :) Cheers!!!

    • @saeedyeslam1202
      @saeedyeslam1202 2 года назад +1

      What language is used in schools and government offices and streets?

    • @xonyxia
      @xonyxia 2 года назад +5

      @@saeedyeslam1202 In the whole province of Quebec mostly French, but in the city of Montreal itself I`d say english and french equally

    • @marksanders2168
      @marksanders2168 2 года назад +3

      If you want to know and even worse story of american history, there's a book called "slaughter of cities" by E. Michael Jones. Basically ethnic cleansing of non anglo Europeans.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 2 года назад +6

      @@xonyxia
      Montreal is French-only. The only places that have English and French equally are Anglo-majority suburbs like Westmount, Point-Claire, etc.

    • @adellp8515
      @adellp8515 2 года назад +1

      Hey, I‘m from Germany and I want to do an exchange year as a student in Montréal. Do you think it‘s a good place to improve your English Skills or is it only good to learn French?

  • @ginborgho
    @ginborgho Год назад +27

    that old man with the French lesson so rough 😭

    • @martinemjt
      @martinemjt 6 месяцев назад +4

      that s the attitude of many. it s not losing a language they re afraid of it s learning a new one.

    • @user-rk3me2qk6r
      @user-rk3me2qk6r 4 месяца назад +10

      @@martinemjt English is easy. As as Quebecer, I can assure you I'm one of many to protect my culture and the French language, and not because I can't speak English, but because I think it would be deeply unfortunate to let our culture be erased, forgotten, and replaced by ''Canadian Culture'', which is just a bland and boring copy of the USA without anything unique. I'm a hundred-percent sure almost all french speakers in Quebec would agree.

    • @aboomar6103
      @aboomar6103 6 дней назад +1

      Personally i live in Montreal, didn’t learn French yet but working on it but I’ll tell you for sure i love French culture. Im a history nerd and to me canada’s history is French. So I don’t see thr reason of some to be offensive against anglophones so long so they are respecting the culture. Learning a language takes time, respect should be always there, though.

  • @camilleyaelgotthart3228
    @camilleyaelgotthart3228 Год назад +7

    I live in Montreal, and I speak French, English, Spanish and Hebrew and I have basic knowledge of German! I love Montreal. The lady who came to Montreal to visit her daughter who had her baby is right. It's a beautiful aspect of our province. #Freedomoflanguage

  • @jkimgt
    @jkimgt 2 года назад +9

    I love how humble they answer "only 2" because for them its like the lower bar. Love it.

  • @nafismudhofar
    @nafismudhofar 2 года назад +4

    This is so wholesome 🥹 I’m smiling watching the entire video

    • @mx2000
      @mx2000 6 месяцев назад

      You must have skipped the guy at 3:40 then...

  • @e815usa
    @e815usa 2 года назад +36

    I am frim the US and speak, English, Spanish, and French. English is my primary language.
    Learned Spanish in grade school through high school and college, and can still speak at a medium kevel today.
    I took Adult School French over 20 years ago and can still speak French at a basic conversation level. I specifically learned French because of my love for visiting Montreal and for wanting to speak French with the locals!
    One thing to note. Since I knew Spanish, it was very easy for me to pick up learning French, since both are Romance languages!

    • @GonzaReformado
      @GonzaReformado 2 года назад +1

      También tienes la ventaja inmensa de contar con muchos hispano-parlantes en EEUU. Lástimosamente no contamos con francófonos para practicar y no hay escuelas para aprender francés tampoco.

    • @gmzakg
      @gmzakg 2 года назад

      Im fluent in 3 languages, first 2 being French and English and even then, I took Spanish as my 3rd language class in IB high school here in Mtl and even though I spoke French fleuntly (and am a grammar and litterature freak in French) I had the hardest time with Spanish...I took 4 years and really had to get to talking with friends from southern america to get it going...but the again they use a lot of slang and spoke so fast that it did take me a minute to kind of be able to follow the conversation and whatnot...speaking French made understanding Spanish a breeze but speaking and the worst part : spelling...oh boy

    • @mdte5421
      @mdte5421 2 года назад

      Americans say they’ve lived in Europe when they spent only a day :)

    • @gmzakg
      @gmzakg 2 года назад

      @@mdte5421 this was recorded in Canada so…unless you meant North America, you’re not really talking about the right people. And most Montrealers actually come from Europe so they do more than visit and even if that’s not the case, do you know how many students do exchanges in Europe for like a whole semester or year?

  • @crush42mash6
    @crush42mash6 2 года назад +11

    Montreal is so beautiful even when I come from Toronto area people are lovely. That’s the amazing thing about our beautiful country people speak more than one language from coast to coast.

    • @Shmerpy
      @Shmerpy 2 года назад +2

      On an Air Canada flight this summer from Vancouver to Nanaimo, the flight attendant gave the 'Safety talk' in English, French, and Spanish. Tres cool, si?

  • @eu46
    @eu46 2 года назад +7

    I thank you for this kind of content.

  • @rickbullock4331
    @rickbullock4331 2 года назад +17

    I was surprised at how many people spoke Spanish too. In Montreal I would expect a lot of people to speak French and English but the Spanish surprised me.👍👍

    • @jeanbolduc5818
      @jeanbolduc5818 Год назад +2

      Mexicans have big hearts and go along with quebec s culture.

  • @ronaldmoscovitch7531
    @ronaldmoscovitch7531 Год назад +1

    So well done thank you, I wasn't expecting to see so many people in Montreal speaking Spanish as a third language. Montreal has always been and always will be a multi-linguistic metropolis that speaks English & French..It shows this by the multicultural restaurants we proudly have in so many flavors.

  • @dorinpopa6962
    @dorinpopa6962 2 года назад +7

    Living in Montreal and South Shore since 2012. I was born in Moldova. I speak 4 languages fluently: Romanian, Russian, French and English. I used to speak decently in Spanish, but didn't have practice in years. I can understand if the speech is not too quick and reading is very easy for me.

  • @m.e.3862
    @m.e.3862 2 года назад +14

    I speak English and French and can speak a little Spanish. I can also understand some Portuguese, Greek and Italian and some basic German. I worked for years with Spanish speakers, Greeks, Italians, Portuguese, French and a classmate was German so just being around them you picked up phrases and words. It's also obvious that the speakers of the romance languages (i.e. Latin based languages ) are in Montreal since there's a lot of overlap between them.

  • @emericdion
    @emericdion 2 года назад +40

    People can say what they want about Quebec but you won't find many places in North America with so many bilinguals or trilinguals etc.

    • @Tony-og4oz
      @Tony-og4oz 2 года назад +4

      Not everywhere in Québec, just in Montreal. And if you go to Miami, New Orleans, Halifax, Ottawa and other places you will find lots of people that speak many different languages. So, yes you will find places with people being polyglotte

    • @94matheo
      @94matheo 2 года назад +3

      @@Tony-og4oz I live in small town in northern Québec and most people have a decent level of english. Most young adult quebecers can speak in english.

    • @Tony-og4oz
      @Tony-og4oz 2 года назад +1

      @@94matheosome pockets here and there but not the same level as Montreal.

    • @94matheo
      @94matheo 2 года назад +1

      @@Tony-og4oz No, most young quebecers have a decent level in english.

    • @shauncameron8390
      @shauncameron8390 2 года назад +1

      That's just Montreal.

  • @marcafterdark1003
    @marcafterdark1003 Год назад +10

    I lived in Lewiston maine it was illegal for French people to speak the French language the English Protestants founded defensive😢

  • @GavinColbert
    @GavinColbert 2 года назад +2

    Great potential--some tips: 1) standup interviews where you're in frame is a popular format for these videos and gives you the opportunity to add more of your personality and good for short clips for more views on RUclips shorts, 2) put subtitles on these videos 3) list what languages they speak somewhere to make it more visually appealing--hope these are helpful!

  • @davidostrowski679
    @davidostrowski679 2 года назад +28

    English (native), Español and Deutsch (conversational, not fluent), day to day Serbian and other Slavic languages (although reading is much better than speaking including cyrillic alphabet).
    The joys of being a Travel RUclipsr when you can say hello how are you in 93 languages LOL

    • @TheNewTravel
      @TheNewTravel  2 года назад +4

      Haha yes, travel RUclips means butchering basic pronunciation around the world!

    • @tersangkabidah7928
      @tersangkabidah7928 2 года назад

      Why don't you add french into your sentences? You hate french???

    • @Maxatal
      @Maxatal 2 года назад

      @@tersangkabidah7928 yes

  • @turnleftrighthere2605
    @turnleftrighthere2605 2 года назад +18

    Love this video! I only speak English and Spanish. I wish I kept up with my French studies but I’m able to get by which some humour 😅

    • @TheNewTravel
      @TheNewTravel  2 года назад +6

      Having a sense of humour helps a lot with language learning. I'd never have the confidence to speak my broken french to strangers if I couldn't laugh at myself 😆

  • @mountainous_port
    @mountainous_port 2 года назад +272

    Whoa I didnt expect so many Spanish learners there.

    • @sammexp
      @sammexp 2 года назад +66

      Yeah, really useful in the Americas and easy to learn, when you know already French.

    • @LeoGarciaEspir
      @LeoGarciaEspir 2 года назад +42

      I believe those are more native speakers than learners

    • @artsylor
      @artsylor 2 года назад +42

      I just learned that spanish was the 3rd spoken language in Québec!

    • @krishm16
      @krishm16 2 года назад +49

      Spanish is very easy to learn once you already know French.

    • @NK72TO
      @NK72TO 2 года назад +11

      Relatively easy to learn Spanish (or vice versa French) if you know the other, easier than English. My wife came to Canada as a child via Spain knowing Korean and Spanish, went to French immersion school since it was easier for her to hit the ground running vs going to an English one.

  • @carlitoxb110
    @carlitoxb110 2 года назад +25

    7:51 his T-shirt though hahaha

    • @minskdhaka
      @minskdhaka 7 месяцев назад +1

      Funny, I didn't even notice it the first time around. 😀

    • @UserName23567
      @UserName23567 6 месяцев назад

      😂😂😂no way

  • @Fersh_16
    @Fersh_16 Год назад +8

    Me sorprendió que muchos hablan español😮 ahora mismo estoy en clases de francés:>
    ¡Espero algún día ir a Montreal!❤

  • @ezio9010
    @ezio9010 2 года назад +128

    Thank you for speaking french in quebec, we appreciate it a lot

    • @ulyssedesfleurs1238
      @ulyssedesfleurs1238 2 года назад +8

      I speak french, I've learn it in México😂

    • @tonyp749
      @tonyp749 2 года назад +3

      Your video is biased .
      You seem to have omitted Greeks Italians as well as Eastern Europeans. Your video is not informative because you have not included all of the demographics.l guess you need to educate yourself before you try to educate us!

    • @galoreinoso
      @galoreinoso 2 года назад +26

      @@tonyp749 Hummm... Who are you replying to?

    • @bobbiusshadow6985
      @bobbiusshadow6985 2 года назад

      @@galoreinoso lol .. to someone who deleted his/her comment? or maybe replying to the wrong comment (it happens)

  • @aurasphereDavid
    @aurasphereDavid 2 года назад +29

    And English community says they are in danger... Come on now... Let's be real here. English is not in danger at all! French has to be protected, as the only French State in North America.
    It is not an act against English. It is an act towards French, to preserve it. That's it.

    • @Olsjaz
      @Olsjaz 2 года назад +7

      Por eso tenes que escribir y hablar en francés, y no en inglés. Nosotros también tenemos que hablar y escribir más en español, para perseverar nuestro idioma. Mucha gente habla inglés hoy en día porque es un idioma muy fácil de aprender, pero no tiene comparación con nuestras lenguas romances que son muy hermosas; y no hablamos como los caballos.

    • @aurasphereDavid
      @aurasphereDavid 2 года назад +4

      @@Olsjaz Oui tu as raison. Au Québec, les langues pour lesquelles on devrait se battre sont les langues autochtones et le français.
      Hadid, tens razão. As línguas romanas são verdadeiramente lindas!

    • @DavidAlvarez-he6sd
      @DavidAlvarez-he6sd 2 года назад

      Y cómo lo vas a hacer ¿? Obligando a las personas a hablar la lengua que el gobierno quiera¿?
      C'mon it's not real @Paci89

    • @sbourassa9198
      @sbourassa9198 2 года назад +2

      @@DavidAlvarez-he6sd at what point does he say that he want to force ppl to speak French? That crazy how some ppl have a tendency to jump to weird conclusions. Does protecting and forcing, the same to you?

    • @CuernoPequeno1007
      @CuernoPequeno1007 25 дней назад +1

      ​@@Olsjaz I suppose you think Germans speak like horses? English contains elements of both Germanic and Romance languages. better than sounding like a pussy mouth. Your language is phonetic and i learned it quickly. LOL

  • @Skelly799
    @Skelly799 2 года назад +37

    My wife is from Montreal and she speaks French, English, Arabic, and Spanish. Our kids speak English and French. The first time we visited Montreal after our first daughter had learnt to read, on the way downtown in the taxi she exclaimed "Papa, everything is in French!"

    • @MoneebAli875
      @MoneebAli875 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/ZXbg5w9mwEU/видео.html

  • @tc2334
    @tc2334 2 года назад +11

    3:46 I feel like French is one of the only languages in which it doesn't feel rude to correct someone's grammar...especially when it comes to verbs. lol I hear French-speakers do this all the time, but it never feels terribly smug.

    • @OdinWannaBe
      @OdinWannaBe 2 года назад +11

      its how its done, there is a way to correct. But the old person that are agressive toward it ist because they lived inequality before where english were doing the same to them.

    • @lila_harris
      @lila_harris 2 года назад +2

      I am happy to get my French corrected, but that man said it in a very confrontational way. His tone seemed really out of control and annoyed.

    • @tc2334
      @tc2334 2 года назад +1

      @@lila_harris Really? I thought he was kinda nice. He even smiled a bit.

    • @D0rlisok
      @D0rlisok Год назад

      No, this man was a douche. I got quite uncomfortable

  • @meta14mil72
    @meta14mil72 2 года назад +5

    I know that the average that speaks Spanish in Canada is little but I'm still loving how el español keeps his influence in the entire continent everywhere .

  • @ferrisb1588
    @ferrisb1588 2 года назад +11

    What I love about Montreal too is if you did this in even more parts of the island you would have had many more languages added to that list 👍

  • @manasreddine85
    @manasreddine85 2 года назад +5

    J'adore votre vidéo, une question simple et efficace, des réponse belles, diverses, et tous répondent avec bcp de chaleur humaine, great bro, just keep going

  • @pbasswil
    @pbasswil 2 года назад +6

    Surprising how many Spanish speakers in this city! I shouldn't be surprised, I have recently accumulated quite a few Mexican neighbours (all lovely people, btw), out on Montreal's West Island.

  • @lunamaniya
    @lunamaniya Год назад

    Thanks!

  • @A13JMC
    @A13JMC 2 года назад +2

    An informative and enjoyable video. Well put together, being respectful of the people being interviewed. And thank you plus Merry Christmas and happy New Year ! I speak English and am learning French Canadian !

  • @CaptHollister
    @CaptHollister 2 года назад +4

    I speak three languages fluently and can get by in a fourth. For the past few years I've been teaching Italian to French-Canadian adults who take the course as a pass-time a couple of hours a week. Taking Spanish or Italian courses are popular pastimes.

  • @louislachapelle3157
    @louislachapelle3157 2 года назад +4

    You may speak the language you want as long as french is respected. Personally, I speak french and english. I’ve always been stuying both languages wich I find important.

  • @MrAtaguas
    @MrAtaguas 2 года назад +11

    0:46 huh quite surprising that a Swiss person only speaks French. Generally, I hear that Switzerland and Netherlands are the two western European countries with the highest proportion of multilingual people in western Europe

    • @xouxoful
      @xouxoful 2 года назад

      Yes, but she also says she can understand English. So I guess she’s just saying she’s not bilingual.

    • @liqiz1755
      @liqiz1755 2 года назад

      It‘s not even true, the scandinavian people knows more languages

    • @leaucamouille3394
      @leaucamouille3394 2 года назад +1

      In my personal experience living in Switzerland, I found that this statement is more true for the older German-speaking population. A good percentage of them are multilingual. The French-speaking Swiss, even though they study German in school, tend to not speak it fluently because Swiss German is in fact a group of many dialects and unfortunately they are only taught standard German in school so they get discouraged by this or they simply don't care enough to learn it because most German-speaking Swiss also speak French and/or English so communication is always possible.

    • @Mulmgott
      @Mulmgott 2 года назад

      @@leaucamouille3394 Most french speakers are just very lazy regarding foreign language learning. Very rarely do I come across a french speaking person that really is fluent in English or another language.

    • @Nesggy
      @Nesggy 2 года назад +3

      @@Mulmgott I don't see many native English speakers fluent in French either...

  • @antiquefuturistic
    @antiquefuturistic 2 года назад +4

    Depends on what neighborhoods of montreal you ask the people. The city is so diverse. Some neighborhoods like cote de neige speak more than 30 languages.

  • @garyK.45ACP
    @garyK.45ACP 2 года назад +2

    I lived in Montreal for a year with my work. I was surprised that many many people there speak Italian. In Montreal Nord, where I lived, there is a large Italian population. English and French, of course, are the primary languages, but I would say Italian and Chinese are also very commonly spoken.
    Myself, I speak English, French and Russian,.
    Having also worked in Switzerland, I was surprised to hear the Swiss woman say she only speaks French. My guess is, she didn't want to be bothered with questions. I never met a Swiss person who ONLY speaks French.

  • @stgmt6117
    @stgmt6117 2 года назад +9

    I know Russian, B2 English and I have been learning German for year... Thanks to this video I began to believe again I am able to learn these 2 languages together!

  • @berendhol4060
    @berendhol4060 2 года назад +6

    Everyone seems to learn Spanish in the Americas. I guess it makes sense because thats what the majority of people on the two continents speak, but at my school in the Netherlands the language isnt even an option. Not that we need more languages; the minimum amount of foreign languages in a Gymnasium high school is 5: English, French, German, Greek and Latin.

    • @jeanbolduc5818
      @jeanbolduc5818 Год назад

      USA is english .... not spanish , USA is a xenophobic country... British deported french Canadians to Louisiana but it was forbidden to speak french otherwise you would be in prison ... USA is still not an open minded country if you are black, asian, latinos etc

    • @spicyhoneymoon32
      @spicyhoneymoon32 Год назад +1

      Lot of people here in Montreal goes at Cuba for vacations 🤷😂

  • @Mooodyyhhh
    @Mooodyyhhh 2 года назад +7

    I’m from Montreal and I speak 5 :) I’m surprised there’s so much Spanish !! I don’t know many Spanish speakers here

  • @yesuare1756
    @yesuare1756 8 месяцев назад

    Damn, i just found your channel days ago and im totally addicted! Makes me happy to hear all these humble, amazing people and see the diversity in your content! Language is so intresting I so want to learn more! I only speak English, Swedish and I understand Norweigian but I would love to learn Portuguise! Keep on doing what you doing man, I appreciate it and I wish you all the best! Videos likes these make my day!

  • @ManhaDoAranha
    @ManhaDoAranha Год назад

    Quick note: I think the guy at 3:29 said he knew italian for many years, not thirty. Great video!!

  • @mf5779
    @mf5779 2 года назад +52

    On ne dit pas vraiment “Combien de langues est-ce que vous *savez*”, mais plus souvent “Combien de langues est-ce que vous parlez/tu parles?”

    • @TheNewTravel
      @TheNewTravel  2 года назад +14

      Merci!

    • @rkgrant
      @rkgrant 2 года назад +7

      ta guele

    • @mf5779
      @mf5779 2 года назад

      @@rkgrant On ne dit pas vraiment "ta guele", mais "ta yeule, le gros" ;)

    • @xouxoful
      @xouxoful 2 года назад +26

      @@rkgrant non : « ta gueule »

    • @allisongrant3094
      @allisongrant3094 2 года назад +5

      If you really want the idea of “know”, you can use connaître which is know as in familiar. If you use savoir you need another verb after and it will mean to know how to do something.
      Combien de langues connaissez-vous? OR Combien de langues savez-vous parler?
      I really enjoyed your video. I’ll be showing it to my French classes on Monday. High school classes in Ontario. Merci pour votre vidéo. Quant à moi, je parle (en ordre de compétence) anglais, français, allemand et espagnol. Je comprends un peu d’italien, de néerlandais et de danois. 😊

  • @zazadh8597
    @zazadh8597 2 года назад +3

    I was born and raised in Montreal your video is so nice I like that you tried to speak french it was cool I speak French English Arabic and trying to learn Italian but I do get some Spanish words because my sister speaks Spanish Montreal is full of diverse cultures languages which are amazingly fun to see hear and know I for sure want to learn more languages but for now, starting with Italian

  • @teresatevar3496
    @teresatevar3496 2 года назад +3

    Sorprendidísima estoy con la cantidad de gente que dice que habla español!

    • @juliam4100
      @juliam4100 2 года назад +2

      I met many people saying that they speak Spanish, but when I switch to Spanish, they can barely put 2 sentences together. 🤣Some people think when they know a couple of words or sentences, they speak the language.

  • @Droxal
    @Droxal Год назад +1

    I have landed a remote job, only speak English, and am potentially planning to move to Montreal for a year. This video was very helpful!

    • @denizuzunkaya3802
      @denizuzunkaya3802 Год назад

      what job specifically may i ask ?

    • @Droxal
      @Droxal Год назад

      @@denizuzunkaya3802 A product manager. But its a remote job so I can move anywhere in Canada :)

  • @powerzox8326
    @powerzox8326 5 месяцев назад +1

    Très bonne vidéo, les interviews sont très intéressantes!

  • @StefSSJ
    @StefSSJ 2 года назад +31

    Le problème à Montréal, c'est que les francophones parlent anglais, mais les anglophones ne parlent pas français. On ne devrait pas changer à l'anglais automatiquement, c'est important de préserver notre langue (Aux petits comiques sur Internet : oui c'est une généralisation et oui, il y a des exceptions. Mais c'est quand même majoritairement ça et on ne peut pas régler chaque cas individuel, merci.)

    • @defensivedriving6597
      @defensivedriving6597 2 года назад +3

      C’est exagéré car pour avoir un bon emploi il faut parler français.

    • @coreyhunt1199
      @coreyhunt1199 2 года назад +2

      Je connais beaucoup plus de francophones qui parle pas l’anglais que d’anglais qui parle pas le français.

    • @saijujiwara
      @saijujiwara 2 года назад +1

      le 'probleme', french people in montreal speak english lol. You mean, les francos in mtl are educated . To protect something, you dont need to force it. if you force it ben voila. people love freedom including yourself. now your guys are forcing the indigenous people to learn your language. please. cest pire que North korea.

    • @emiriebois2428
      @emiriebois2428 2 года назад

      @@defensivedriving6597 Le problème beaucoup anglophone apprennent le français par force mais refuse de se faire servir en français comme consommateur !

  • @MrThebigbill
    @MrThebigbill 2 года назад +7

    That's a very interesting vox pop, you see the newest evolution of this society where people are tending to speak a 3rd language, obviously spanish. It's especially usefull in north america and it would be interesting to know the reasons (leisure travel, immigration/cultural influence, business, etc).

  • @real1963
    @real1963 2 года назад +10

    Me sorprende la cantidad de personas (y no necesariamente latinas) que hablan español como 2ndo/3er idioma. Supongo que es en parte por la inmigración y la importancia del idioma en algunas partes de lo laboral, sea como sea que bueno ver una ciudad como Montreal y su diversidad.

    • @HMan2828
      @HMan2828 2 года назад +2

      Español es un curso opcional (en lugar del alemán en los E. U.) en todas las escuelas secundarias francesas de la provincia... Es porque es el cuarto idioma más hablado del mundo, y es más fácil que el hindi o el mandarín... :)

    • @MoneebAli875
      @MoneebAli875 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/ZXbg5w9mwEU/видео.html

    • @juliam4100
      @juliam4100 2 года назад +2

      Yo soy rusa pero hablo español tambien. Mi padrastro es cubano y vivimos en Cuba durante 5 años a fines de la década de 1980. Estoy perdiendo el español escrito ya que no lo practico suficiente, pero hablo muy bien el español todavía.

    • @MP-ve3zz
      @MP-ve3zz Год назад

      Los latinos hablan latín y no español

  • @streetsforhumans
    @streetsforhumans 2 года назад +1

    Really appreciate your videos. I live in Montreal, my mother tongue is German and I speak French, English and some Dutch and Italian

  • @shellyrobillard3074
    @shellyrobillard3074 Год назад +1

    So nice for us who speak 1 language to see. Quebec is a distinct culture and we should be proud of that.
    I understand how lucky I am to be born and raised in BC.
    Canada is amazing

  • @MariaFernandazz
    @MariaFernandazz 2 года назад +20

    I’m Brazilian so I speak portuguese and I learned english on my own. I want to start learning a third language, I don’t know if I should chose spanish ou french. I would like to learn spanish so that I can talk to the rest of Latin America, I’ve always had the dream to visit every latin country but spanish is very similar to portuguese so I feel like learning french would be more challenging and I also think it’s a beautiful language.

    • @edbabine
      @edbabine 2 года назад +6

      You should learn Spanish because it will be easier for you because of Portuguese. Once you got Spanish in your pocket , French will be way easier to learn for you because you know Spanish. Me I know French, Haitian Creole and English. I'm currently learning Spanish here and there it was fairly easy to pick up because I already know French. I want to learn Portuguese because I like the Brazilian football and have Brazilian friend. I did one Portuguese lesson with an online professor to see what is like. I was surprise it's really Similar to Spanish to the point that I was mixing some Spanish word. The difficult part for me was the Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation is hard compare to Spanish .It also seem different to People from Portugal.

    • @carlitoxb110
      @carlitoxb110 2 года назад +1

      learn Spanish that will give you a free ticket to learn French so you become polyglot

    • @ricardonunez2204
      @ricardonunez2204 2 года назад

      It depends. If you want to immigrate to Québec (Canada French province) or France or other francophone country... French in order to find a job. If you're going to stay in Brazil, it sounds to me it's a better idea Spanish, I guess.

    • @jsphat81
      @jsphat81 2 года назад +1

      Oi Maria! Estuda o espanhol, meu idioma. Depois o francês. Eu estou aprendendo português do Brasil. Se o cara do vídeo me perguntasse, eu diria que falo dois e meio. Espanhol e inglês fluente, português intermédio. Eu sou do Equador e moro em NY.

    • @cube6485
      @cube6485 Год назад

      Maria, what you said was beautiful. I literally have the exact same dream and motive as you do, except I'm a Spanish speaker looking to learn Portuguese. Hope we're both able to accomplish our goals of seeing all of LATAM. Wish you the best.

  • @arnaudpayet7928
    @arnaudpayet7928 2 года назад +17

    The chinese lady did not get the point about the language law in Québec. Almost all native french speakers in Montréal are at least bilingual (English and French), but a vast portion of english speakers are monobilingual. So the law is to make sure those people learn french. So yeah, I agree with her that every one should be bilingual, andbasicaly the law will make sure that's the case, not just the francophones

    • @lorelilore
      @lorelilore 2 года назад +3

      I'm happy someone else noticed it ! La vaste majorité des francophones au Canada sont bilingues. Ce sont surtout les anglophones qui sont unilingues. C'est d'ailleurs récemment sorti dans les statistiques. Je pense que c'est un fait important à considérer avant de faire du Québec Bashing

    • @emiriebois2428
      @emiriebois2428 2 года назад +1

      Si elle est chinoise toi tu dois être français ! D'après son accent , elle est pas chinoise !

    • @emiriebois2428
      @emiriebois2428 2 года назад +1

      Tout comme le Francais , le chimois n'est pas juste parler en Chine !

  • @caiotorres6156
    @caiotorres6156 2 года назад +19

    I love Montréal. I speak 4 languages: portuguese, english, french and spanish :) The best part about the city is that I can speak all four of them

    • @SkillzKillzBR
      @SkillzKillzBR 2 года назад +3

      Non parli italiano, che pecatto

    • @caiotorres6156
      @caiotorres6156 2 года назад

      @@SkillzKillzBR Io voglio parlare italiano! I worked at a italian cuisine and it made me wanna learn it so bad hahahah

  • @tonyricci3522
    @tonyricci3522 Год назад +1

    one thing to understand which they dont teach you in school today is the french language is a{ latin language} . knew that when i ws 5 years old so more easier to learn italian spanish portuguse and moreetc . people dont know that . hope to make them aware ......more you speak different languages better is good for everybody from anywhwere ....take care ciao!!!!!

  • @languageswithotavio
    @languageswithotavio 2 года назад

    Hello, thank very much for sharing this video. It's really inspiring and interesting

  • @ForeverRepublic
    @ForeverRepublic 2 года назад +8

    I lived in Paris for many years but I love the Quebecois accent.

  • @StrefanA
    @StrefanA 2 года назад +20

    When I worked with Swiss people they all seemed to speak French and German with really good English also. Maybe they came from border region. Fun fact, you could tell from far off when the German speaking Swiss left the group and the rest switched to French. Their hands started waving!

    • @jadawin10
      @jadawin10 2 года назад +2

      As a Swiss, I speak French, German and Italian (the three main national languages). In Switzerland, learning at least one of the other three languages is compulsory in secondary school...

    • @juliam4100
      @juliam4100 2 года назад

      @@jadawin10 : I travel quite often through the Zurich airport. It is a big airport and a connection point to many of my flights and I love the service that comes with Swiss airlines. I also appreciate that the airport has a smoking lounge. :-) However, I was unpleasantly surprised since not many workers in that Zurich international airport speak other language than German. I am fluent in 4 languages, including French, which is one of the official languages of Switzerland, but once I almost missed my connection flight in Zurich since nobody was able to provide explanations in another language than German.

    • @jadawin10
      @jadawin10 2 года назад

      @@juliam4100As the French say: Some people couldn't find sand in the Sahara...😊

  • @noname-1224
    @noname-1224 2 года назад +4

    Fluent in English and French, at a semi conversational level in German (though I find reading/writing much easier), and I know a few words of Spanish and Romanian. I can't hold a full convo in the last 2, but I understand some phrasings and can ask for things in a pinch while on vacation lol.

  • @tacnasurf
    @tacnasurf 2 года назад +2

    Very nice video. I have to go to Montreal in a couple of weeks and I was a little afraid I'd have problems to communicate... Looks like it's gonna be ok speaking only english.

  • @ernestorevollar3632
    @ernestorevollar3632 Год назад +2

    Awesome!!! I didn't know that Spanish is widely spoken as well as English and French in that Canada's city and anywhere else within the country. I barely speak English and Spanish. Not fluently, though. Furthermore, I'd love to learn French, Italian, German, Portuguese, Turkish, Dutch, Russian and Ukrainian as soon as possible. It will take a long time to do so, though. But, I know it will be worth it because I said so. ❤

  • @BGTuyau
    @BGTuyau 2 года назад +3

    J'adore cette ville. Montréal me manque.

  • @bryanmorand1948
    @bryanmorand1948 2 года назад +3

    Combien de langue que vous "parlez" :)
    I live in Montreal and I appreciate your effort to speak french !

  • @christianvalenzuela5938
    @christianvalenzuela5938 Год назад +1

    The average is english, spanish and french. Im mexican and learning french already, i wasnot decided to learn french cause i didnt thought it was a popular language but it is! Im more motivated than never before.

  • @pierre-louislefour3699
    @pierre-louislefour3699 Год назад

    Great Job, it was a really nice video, we can all feel the good vibe you share through this !

  • @stevemorse108
    @stevemorse108 2 года назад +36

    When I was in Montreal I spoke in french and people got a bit of an attitude with me. One day I asked "Is there anything wrong?" and someone said "You are putting on a snobby accent" and it turned out that because I live in Switzerland they thought that I was a Canadian trying to effect a French accent, It made me laugh.

    • @bobbiusshadow6985
      @bobbiusshadow6985 2 года назад

      lmao

    • @OdinWannaBe
      @OdinWannaBe 2 года назад +3

      french accent sound snobby to Québécois hahahaha

    • @davidbouvier8895
      @davidbouvier8895 2 года назад

      That's interesting. I grew up in England and learned French at school. Long ago, when I was still in my teens, I visited the Jura, a French region close to the Swiss border. While there, I took a trip to Geneva across the border. I found the French in Switzerland easier to understand because it sounded much more like what I'd learned in school, i.e. 'posher'.

    • @stevemorse108
      @stevemorse108 2 года назад

      @@davidbouvier8895 I know the Jura very well; French and Swiss. I'm surprised by your comment because for me the French they speak in Suisse Romande and particularly in Geneva is a very simplified and dare I say 'bucolic' style of speach with an impoverished vocabulary compared to say the French spoken in Paris. Let me link a parodic video on the Swiss accent in french....which is full of expressions like de dieu de dieu or c'est super or still ça va le chalet all very unsophisticated. I went to law school in Geneva and find that even my professors used these colloquial expressions. ruclips.net/video/aOEngqD0Pa0/видео.html

    • @davidbouvier8895
      @davidbouvier8895 2 года назад

      @@stevemorse108 That was just my impression from one visit made many decades ago. So, I defer to your obviously much greater experience and knowledge of the region. In northern France (again, a very long time ago) I found just about every second person I encountered was a self-appointed grammar teacher ready to pounce, for example, on a noun gender error. But I never once encountered that attitude in the south.
      In Montréal, I once had an engaging trilingual conversation with a Spanish speaking couple who ran a convenience store, and their daughter, who insisted on addressing me in rather far from fluent English to which I replied in French.

  • @pepepichu9584
    @pepepichu9584 2 года назад +4

    C'est ça ce que j'aime le plus de Montréal, de cinq personnes que tu rencontres, un minimum de deux vont au moins parler deux langues. Je crois que certains peuvent être surpris de ce phénomène,mais quand t'es un immigrant savoir plusieurs langues est quelque chose de normal

  • @marco.
    @marco. 2 года назад +20

    I love your videos, im trying to get a work permit and go to Montreal. Would love to speak french someday and be trilingual. 🇨🇱 🇨🇦

    • @DanielMorenoTV
      @DanielMorenoTV 2 года назад +1

      Dele nomas mi perro con tuti

    • @marco.
      @marco. 2 года назад

      @@DanielMorenoTV vale compare!!!

  • @charleshughes9255
    @charleshughes9255 4 месяца назад

    Been watching your content for years. Always chill and genuine to watch, and Montreal is a fine city. Would love to live there some day.
    Btw, you probs already know this, but in French, when you ask someone if they know something or someone, you use the verb « connaître », not « savoir ». So to ask, "how many languages do you know?", you’d say, « combien de langues vous connaissez ? » Or if you wanna ask how many they know how to speak specifically, you’d say, « combien de langues vous savez parler ? » If you use « savoir », you need to have a verb to follow it. The only exceptions are when you say something like, "I already know." That would be, « je le sais d’jà. » Or if you were to say, "I know that you speak French," « je sais que tu parles français. »
    Just helping out as it’s a common mistake that learners make, but it’s easily corrected. I’m late commenting on this video, so maybe you’ve already fixed it yourself. Keep up the content!

  • @yecasu182
    @yecasu182 Год назад +1

    Great content, thanks for sharing. You have a like and a new subscriber.

  • @karmendosa
    @karmendosa 2 года назад +23

    I am surprised because there were so many people that know Spanish which I think is not like that in terms of proportion. I am wondering if maybe you did the survey in some place frequented where spanish speaker like quartier latin?

    • @TheNewTravel
      @TheNewTravel  2 года назад +17

      I was also surprised! It may have been the area I filmed in. Another possibility is that latinos/latinas are outgoing and more likely to reply to my question hahaha

    • @alioth7403
      @alioth7403 2 года назад +26

      @@TheNewTravel I lived in Montreal for a few years since I went to university there. I noticed a lot of francophone Quebeckers like to learn Spanish because it's also a Romance language similar to French, so it's not super hard for them to learn it. Also, many of them have travelled to (or would like to travel to) Spanish-speaking countries, and some even listen to Latin American music regularly, so that's another factor. That was my experience when I lived there. I guess that explains why a lot of Montrealers speak Spanish.

    • @rkgrant
      @rkgrant 2 года назад +12

      he's in lafontaine park which is close to montreal's main Hispanic neighborhood centered around ave. beaubien and ave. bellechasse.

    • @sammexp
      @sammexp 2 года назад +5

      @@alioth7403 I am differently in your stats as a Francophone Quebecer, I learned Spanish for all those reasons.

    • @sammexp
      @sammexp 2 года назад +6

      @@rkgrant no really, at that point all of Montreal is a “Spanish” neighborhood. Most people responding with Spanish were obviously French Quebecers by their accents

  • @rickdina9285
    @rickdina9285 2 года назад +51

    From my perspective Montréal is a multicultural city. It is not New York and not Paris but somewhere in between. I love the fact that you can hear any language and that People are of every religion/colour/ gender . I want my children to grow up in an open minded multicultural environment. I see Montréal as an island of freedom/ creativity. There are People from everywhere living in Montréal and it is also a city With a lot of tourists. you cannot force People when they live here to speak only French when they are home if Tv is in both English and French. If they have relatives Who want to visit, if they do a family reunion, if they already speak several languages you cannot ask them to raise their children only in French that is Killing cultures and freedom will always prevail . I have a very Good German friend Who arrived in Montréal to play ultimate freezbee and met and ontarian English speaker they now have a lovely son here . When they are home he Hears German and English and when he is at the daycare it is French. I have another friend Who is half French half vietnamese he met his Japanese Wife in usa and had a cute little buddy here. They speak English home and Japanese as Well and the kid is at a French English bilingual daycare. And i have several other exemples of People i met Within 2 years living in Montréal. If you go outside Montréal i understand that People are French speakers and want to keep their culture. But I have traveled a bit and Montréal is unique. Montréal is the Cultural capital city of Québec and maybe Canada. there is very good energy flowing. lets keep it that way. It is a good mix let s keep it that way as there is room for everybody. Make peace in your hearts for your children to grow up peacfully.

    • @musashi542
      @musashi542 2 года назад +4

      the moment it hits the fun , people will start looking for their groups , just wait and you"ll know

    • @lebaladeur2356
      @lebaladeur2356 2 года назад +10

      After reading your text that I find very ''Peace and love'' Quebecers will always be those who speak more than one language other than French, unlike the ROC. Also they know how in the ROC the French language has been banned by courts and laws for many years. Yes Quebecers are open, but not ignorant of Canada's past towards them. Oui monsieur 🙂

    • @lawtraf8008
      @lawtraf8008 2 года назад +1

      It's way more diverse than both

    • @townsley2
      @townsley2 2 года назад +5

      @@lebaladeur2356 Vu de France, les arguments des anglos sur le sujet épineux de la langue semblent particulièrement hypocrites. Il n'y aurait aucun problème s'ils faisaient les memes efforts que les québécois à apprendre l'autre langue - et surtout, pour ceux qui s'installent à Montreal, s'ils apprenaient la langue locale. Le français est une richesse qui rend le Quebec unique en Amérique et force l'admiration 👍

    • @townsley2
      @townsley2 2 года назад +3

      How cute ! London, Paris and New York are even more multicultural than Montreal as they can fit the whole world within them, but at the end of the day business, justice and administration are delivered in english in London / New York and in French in Paris.
      Montreal is a french speaking city, it has been very tolerant with anglos & with people who refused to learn the language by adapting to their needs -something Toronto or other canadian cities would not do. The issue is not the government forcing french on new comers, the issue is new comers refusing to learn the language.

  • @cristalturbide5650
    @cristalturbide5650 2 года назад +84

    I speak French and English, and I would definitely count “franglais” or “frenglish” as another language 😂

    • @opticalfred4
      @opticalfred4 2 года назад +8

      Ark

    • @XxMusclecarsxX
      @XxMusclecarsxX 2 года назад +4

      @@opticalfred4 the whole frenglish thing is probably the cringiest shit I've ever heard

    • @darrenfleming7901
      @darrenfleming7901 Год назад +4

      @@XxMusclecarsxX how is it cringe I literally can't stop myself from injection english idioms and terms into my explanations now when I talk in French it's just a fact of being bilingual. Problem is our vocabulary doesn't perfectly overlap so sometimes you only have the correct word to describe something in one language, that's all frenglish is really.

    • @XxMusclecarsxX
      @XxMusclecarsxX Год назад

      @@darrenfleming7901 I'm bilingual as well and there's plenty of words to use in each languages to describe everything. Slipping in some words here and there is totally fine. But some people purposely, or by a lack of vocabulary, butcher french and talk ''frenglish'' and it's just weird. It's usually people from the suburbs thinking it's cool when moving to mtl. Quebec french is already arguably not so great so replacing half your words for english just makes it sound trashy and uncultured. Speaking languages properly isn't so hard.

    • @darrenfleming7901
      @darrenfleming7901 Год назад +3

      @@XxMusclecarsxX I think you're really judgmental and wrong. People describe certain things in english because that's how they usually hear of it and it's what comes to their minds, seeing a problem with a that is just being way too zealous about language. Also it's just not true that everything can be conveyed with the same meaning from one language to another and translating certain things does make a difference, especially idioms.

  • @mrsubramanian-hy9xb
    @mrsubramanian-hy9xb 7 месяцев назад +1

    7:52 The same guy who corrected 'repondez' to 'repondre' can be seen in the background.

  • @okokokokokok4328
    @okokokokokok4328 Год назад +1

    your french accent is so cute