I’m from the Netherlands and we actually have a problem that everyone speaks English so well that foreigners trying to learn Dutch have a really hard time cus every time they try to speak Dutch, we just automatically start speaking English
My sister in law lives in the Netherlands and she said she has a really hard time learning Dutch because everyone immediately speaks English when they realize it's not her native tongue. She could insist, of course, but that takes a lot of discipline 😅
@@moniquebaumann6847 I’d recommend your SIL to just tell the person she wants to speak in Dutch cus she’s trying to learn! People are usually really enthusiastic about that and will try to be helpful. Maybe except if she lives in Amsterdam, cus most people there don’t speak Dutch either ahahahaha :p
Teach them the propper settings for using you language - which is not in the line at the cafe - but at weekly activities such as sports etc. Those places you would take the time to use your mother tongue and English to help them along
I remember the owner of "Pick up limes" said the same thing. People use English all the time! I have a deutch from and her English is incredible, she said it's too natural for them
@@murphy7801 Not the Dutch accent. i Am Dutch. And if i hear some Dutch people speak English the hairs in my neck will stand up and leave. Horrible sound.
@@murphy7801 but we don't know why... Yesterday I was talking with a Dutch friend about a similar topic and told "but Spanish sounds powerful and majestic" and my face was like :V
Oh france... even if you are in paris, they refuse to speak to you in english. I just heard bad things about this country and people. They can't even answer yes or no 😂 Not everyone of course, just the majority, haha. But I would like to visit it anyways 😂😂
The French gave up when they saw the word 'Squirrel' and decided this was yet another English plot. They haven't figured out what the plot is for yet, but they're watching.
Are you kidding? France is like "Learning English is for subservient wimps who think languages other than French have any importance. Now behold my Francophone splendour!" (only they say that in French)
@@purplelibraryguy8729Says that Murican guy (trust me: it's a guy) we Europeans know all too well who can't speak a single word other than English and even manages to misspell Croisant and Spagetti and Pretsel...
Yeah, sorry about that. It is our way of being polite. We don't want you to struggle, so we switch to English to make it easier (and probably more efficient 😉 we like efficiency) to communicate.
As a French person, can confirm. Most people I know barely understand it (if they even know more than a few words), and even though I consider myself as fluent, I know my pronunciation is a big mess 😂
In Scandinavia we made a pact to learn English really well to avoid another misunderstanding like that one time in Lindisfarne. That spiraled out of control really fast!
it's all germanic languages close between them same as romanic language (italian, spanish, french, romanian, catalan, prouvençau etc) and slavic languages (russian, czech, slovakian, serbian..), easy to learn between another
@@LePierrackOfficielnah, it's mostly just exposure to the language. Like movies and tv-series are never dubbed, video games are not translated. And pretty much everyone I know also reads books and listen to podcasts and audio books in English almost every day.
@@prageruwu69are English movies and tv shows dubbed in your country or do they have subtitles? I know that in NL they only use subtitles and that makes a huge difference in learning English easily.
I was once on a plane in Sweden and our flight attendant had the most beautiful english. I cant even begin tondescribe the angelic music that flowed. I askes where he was from and he said he was from Copenhagen and spoke several languages. That was over 10 years ago and that man's voice lives rent free in my head
It's true, Danes have a very pleasant accent when they speak English, because it mostly softens their consonants. It's very comfortable to listen to. Here in Norway it's a completely mixed bag 😂
@@Zeverinsen my girlfriend's mom is danish and she speaks the most beautiful English! her accent is so soothing and relaxed-sounding with that really pretty 'soft' quality you mention.
Nececity is the mother of invention. Nearly noone outside NL speaks Dutch and Holland isn't gigantic. So learning at least one other language fluently to interact with your neighbours is just practical.
English is learned from the age of 4 (i have been a pre school teacher for over 3 years) And german (and french too) is at least learned for over 2 years in middle school. And german is actually quite similar to dutch.
My Opa speaks perfect Frisian, Dutch, English, Swiss German, Romansh and German. Most Germans can't understand Swiss German and even most Swiss can't speak Romansh. People from the Netherlands are crazy good with languages 😅
In the Netherland we don’t dub programmes meant for adults, we use subtitles. I think hearing really helps with learning English. In Germany they even use dubbing in cinemas.
They didn't used to with children's tv either but nowadays almost all children's tv is dubbed which sucks. I wanted to bring my much younger cousin to the new Asterix movie because I loved the old ones when I was a kid but turns out Dutch cinemas only have it in Dutch! You can't see it in its original French anywhere! Fucking ridiculous. Fuck me if I'm going to sit through that entire thing in dubbed Dutch
That is the "advantage" when your language is spoken 5 times as often as Dutch. And I am completely against getting rid off the dubbing practice we have no. I mean, in the end we would improve our English and in the worst case lose our sexy German accent.
I prefer subtitles because you can hear the actor's real voice. every intonation is what actor deeply thought about and dubbing kinda alters that tiny detail.
@@jinyounglee7677 One pet peeve of mine in Hollywood movies is foreign-language dialogue without subtitles. (The studios assume that the mass audience hates to read more than they hate confusion...)
I'm a dutchie that learned English in Norway when I was like 8 and all my teachers I've had in the Netherlands are like, how tf are you speaking English with a Scandinavian accent and then I basically have to tell my whole entire life story lol
I was approached by a disheveled lady in Copenhagen central station. She was crying and spoke to me in Danish. I apologised and told her I don't speak Danish... She switched to a perfect English and said "Please help me, I'm homeless..."
@@ashfur3453I'm Swedish and I cant understand Norwegian or Danish. I can kind of read Norwegian and figure it out from context clues, but I just speak English in Denmark and Norway
@@budsif the languages are too different on their own like Danish with crazy pronunciations, Norwegian is more similar to English and Swedish is more different from my perspective
Met a Danish girl who spoke really good English, assumed she's been taught well at school, she told me it was because she couldn't find anime with Danish subtitles so needed to get better at English. Respect.
I heard this a lot, being Dutch myself. We are so used to adapt to other languages, I can imagine your frustration. But only a handful of people in the world speak our language lol, that's why we're used to speak other languages. In school languages like English, German and French are mandatory (English + at least 1 other foreign language).
@@Elle_C. Acquaintance of mine had a similar experience in Denmark. She traveled to Denmark to study there for a year or two and she tried to learn a bit of Danish before she went. Before she did a similar thing in Japan and everybody was so flattered and supportive for her trying, she went to Denmark expecting the same... only for her Danish friends to basically IMMEDIATELY lose patience with this stumbling communication nonsense and switching to fluent english 😄😄😄
It's kinda sad isn't it? I don't want my language dying out it but it is already happening. At some point the whole world will have this bland homogenized global culture and language.
@@regenen I understand your point, but I also welcome the time when we can all communicate in one language. The only worry I have is that it will divide the world even more, instead of bringing people together. Because there will always be countries which don't want to participate. But it would be good if we would all speak the same 2nd language and that would probably be English.
@regenen I just wish I had more chance to practice. As an American learning a second language that isn't Spanish is a huge accomplishment. But shout out to the older men in the country side. They are the only people that happily and patiently speak with me. 💙
I went to the Netherlands in 2001 and I was so happy they could speak English. It was a school trip and I couldn't find a Dutch to English dictionary before I left, so I was afraid I wouldn't be able to talk to anyone. But I had no issues at all. No one spoke Dutch anywhere. I heard English everywhere I went.
I got a Dutch boyfriend and he himself is perfect English ( we talk in English to each other) his dad is perfect English and German so I can just switch languages with him… I relate to your comment to 100%
when I was like 12, there was a Norwegian national in my friend group, they'd often be accused of lying about their origin because they only had a tiny accent
@@Moss_piglets actually not true. a lot of of people have something called “chameleon effect”. it basically means that you unconsciously copy the accent or the dialect of the person you are talking too. almost all people have it to some extent, but for some (>10%) its especially strong. i learned english when i was about 15, my default accent is american (i watch a lot of sitcoms). many times in my life i ve been talking to someone (swedish, german, indian, indonesian, african, scottish, korean..) and they thought i m from their country or lived in it for a while. it wasnt even taking place in their country, so no other reasons to think that. no person was able to tell where im really from, which is russia. still live in russia btw and the majority of time talk in russian. and still no accent. had the effect since i was born, noticeably copying my babushka’s ural dialect when i was a 1 year old baby. we traveled for vacations to ukraine, belarus, gruzia, karelia and other places and often been asked if me and my brother live there by parent’s friends or even random people like cashiers. my family told me all these childhood stories not that long ago and i connected the dots after that, before i just thought i was good at languages or something. and the effect actually makes it a lot easier to learn languages. for me and my brother its definitely an autistic thing and it is most common in those on the spectrum, but neurotipical people can have it as well.
I worked with someone visiting from the Netherlands in the United States. Their English was fantastic and even understood all the idioms and slang when I spoke with them. I was humbled because I can’t do the same despite also being raised bilingual 😅
The Dutch rank 1st when it comes to language proficiency in English in countries that don't have English as an official language, so I'm not surprised. There are multiple reasons for that though.
Dutch isn't a large enough nation to have consistent dubbing. So, a lot of kids grow up watching English TV with Dutch subtitles. Add on being formally taught English in school from a young age, and most Dutch folks are fluent in both English and Dutch. German is like sideways Dutch with a few changes, so it doesn't take much to have a passing understanding of the language.
@@pilotlist6276 I am aware (it is why I said that there are multiple reasons for that) and so is the fact that movies and TV shows are rarely ever dubbed. Never underestimate the benefits of exposure to a language when learning one, especially from a young age, but also in general. Learning it at school is not the reason. People in other places learn it at school too and yet, there are major differences when it comes to proficiency.
Back in the day when countries had very few TV channels, the Netherlands would be able to pick up BBC TV, they also got into the habit of listening to BBC radio in WW2. They don’t tend to dub English language TV and films either.
As an Italian future (possible) english teacher, I'm kinda happy my job isn't really at risk any time soon, our patriots can't really speak it at all XD
My husband and I visited some friends in Denmark and we met so many people from Sweden, Norway and Finland and Switzerland. Perfect English with little accents that made it more charming. Such polite and beautiful people I miss them! And yeah they can speak multiple languages it’s so cool👍🏻
I studied Finnish and met a lot of Finns over the years. I'm sure they do speak good English, I just can't understand it at all. The accent is cute for sure, but many Finns have one so strong you cannot make out what they're even saying.
@@mareli82 almost same in Denmark now too but from 1st grade. Being a substitute teacher I forgot this at the beginning of my job some years ago and was surprised how good the 3rd graders in a class already were at English 😂 I was met with dumbfounded looks by the kids which was fair enough when I said “wow your English is so good” and they met me with a “duh we have had it for some years now”… We used to be taught in English from 3rd grade or so, but the jump from 3rd to 1st is already making a huge difference! Only makes me think, how amazing will their proficiency be in the future ?! 😯
Nordics always prouded themselves in being fluent in english since decades. A big factor is that they've been learning english at a young age for multiple generations now, so virtually anyone can speak english. And then there's France.
The biggest factor is not dubbing tv shows/movies, except for little kıds that can't read yet. School isn't a good way to learn a language, I mean plenty other european countries teach english from 1st grade and don't speak english as well (because of dubbing). School definitely has something to do with it it, because there still are differences between the countries that dub, but being consuming english on a daily basis is the most important thing.
Maybe for Scandinavian and Germanic languages speakers English is easier? Then, for romance language speakers... 🇪🇸🤦 You can teach, they learn...or not
The Nordic countries are to smale to dub everything, so almost all foreign not-child media, have subtitels, so you are exposed to english all the time. Becuse all can english, books and games are not always translated.
Everyone I've met from Sweden who speaks English speaks it so well and their accent, when they speak with me, is a neutral American accent. It's incredible!
I work in international education and I'm always so impressed at the students we get from Nordic countries & Netherlands because their English is so good (outside of UK students of course haha). Wide vocab that's pretty advanced and accents are very minimal. Honestly German students are close behind, their English is very good. Though I'm impressed at all my international students as the level of English it takes to do well in college is pretty high.
I mean we kinda have no choice as e.g., many university courses here are in English (I'm from Germany) and I think this also is the case in many Nordic countries
@@CupcakiiiiiYou’re right, you all are already prepared so you can take English level college classes. But even in casual conversation, often my Nordic & German students accents are really good.
Another reason might be that the tv program rarely gets dubbed. So they get used to hearing the original languages (mostly english) since their childhood.
Swede here, idk what you all think but in my opinion the Swedish accent is horrendous🙈 and I’m no better than anyone else. But what do I know, my standards might just be high
Can’t believe we finally got mentioned! Norway is always ignored, we feel like we’re not existent on RUclips, so it was nice being mentioned by a big creator! Don’t forget, these are my experiences, so if you experienced something else don’t push it upon me like it’s an fact please. Yo so many brunost gangsters.
Wait till Esc season starts again, then you'll probably will see a lot about Norway again. Both entries of the last years (Tix with fallen angel, and subwoolfer with give that wolf a banana) were unique and memorable! I love that you don't shy away of voting for entries that are out of the box! That is something the german NDR could learn a lot from! :)
@@altudy english my second language, I live in USA and was taught : If john and i go shopping When subject John is not in sentence .= i go shopping If John is tall and I am tall, but John is taller, John taller than I ( am); because you wouldn't say, me am tall. Thanks for the reply. After 60 years of this rule in mind each time i have to think about I/me in a sentence, i doubt i will change. But good to know what is likely the British v American rule.
@@avalerie4467except you dont need to? Because the sentence doesnt necessitate you to add a pronoun in the first place in this case. You indeed dont say "me am tall" but in the sentence "he is taller than me" the subject isnt "me" its "he" one subject one verb "me" is the complement. In the sentence "they are taller than i (am)" "I" makes no grammatical sense in this context because it doesnt add anything to the sentence unless "am" is more than just implied, but then whats the complement to this verb. Because "they are taller" needs a complement as its the opening to a comparison and "I am" has nothing either, its 2 differing subjects and verb within the same sentence and neither has compliments. In complex sentences like "they know better than i do how much this thing cost" this rules makes more sence, but in such a simple sentence it just doesnt ?" Im french and for once i think it makes more sense to say "il est plus grand que moi" (he is taller than me) has 1 subject 1 verb 1 complement. "Ils sont plus grand que je le suis" (they are taller than i am) you will never see this second form being used, its clumsy and doesnt really add anything because me is perfectly suited to convey that the one speaking is comparing himself in the first place. Mind you not trying to insult english, id be insulting french too given how much we influenced english but why make things harder for yourself when sometime the simplest solution is best?
@@avalerie4467 If you are the subject it becomes I, else it is me since you became the object. So In OP's case "They" became the subject while OP became the "Object"
I talked about that to my friend in Portugal and he speaks perfectly English. He said it's very easy how they learn English, in Germany every series or movie is synchronized to German. In lot's of other european countries they have to watch it in English with native titles on the screen. My school English from back in the 70s was very basic. I learned the most at a late age by watching YT, Netflix, etc. in English. I'm now watching series in Spanish and it took about 3 month to pick up the melody of the language and i can follow basic conversations now. This is much fun😊
I learned a lot of Spanish from the TV there, though sometimes the late night films were in English with subtitles. Mad respect to whoever had to translate the Australian song Waltzing Matilda into Spanish for the film On The Beach.
Did some off-route wandering in Amsterdam, tried to ask directions in (incredibly bad) French, they said "I speak a little English" with such a flat tone that I couldn't hear an accent. Shockingly good. Also, Dutch is like 50% incredibly complicated German compound words and 50% English cognates (or whatever the word is for 'the same word that English borrowed a few hundred years ago')
@@woodysmith2681 We do usually speak some French and German, but unless a Dutchman chose to continue it in the latter half of secondary school, odds are our skills are going to be quite rusty haha. You have the best odds of someone being able to help if you start with English :)
I love going to Europe to hear different languages being spoken. Then they effortlessly switch to English when talking to foreigners. It’s a really lovely experience!
Except French people, apparently, but I'm Canadian so I just speak to them in French. I've also noticed that the supposed arrogance and snottiness of French people is completely false. It's only true of Parisians. The rest of France is filled with nice people.
@@marc-andreservant201 yeah i can still feel the absolute shame i felt during that paris visit when i couldn’t understand the language. Be kind people 😭
absolutely correct! all the countries you mentioned have most of their media in english because they are too small to have “proper” dubbing. e.g. simpsons in the netherlands would be english with dutch subtitles. in germany every character would have its own individual german voice (that mostly stays over a lifetime of the voice actor).
Hahaha I love that people appreciate how well Dutchies speak English. Thank you!❤ Also... Icelanders are amazing English speakers! Found out in the past few months, they're awesome! Kids in elementary school are already really good at it here.
The only reason Iceland wasn't in this is because all twelve of them were too busy at the gym, it is best to ask these questions on a Tuesday if schedule so allows.
it's all germanic languages close between them same as romanic language (italian, spanish, french, romanian, catalan, prouvençau etc) and slavic languages (russian, czech, slovakian, serbian..), easy to learn between another
@@robinvogel5128 Yes, the same is going to happen to Dutch. Globalization is destroying languages at a rapid rate. First the local dialects dissapear, which already happened for a large part, and then the main language will slowly lose importance and gets replaced by a more dominant language like English.
We had a Swedish foreign exchange student and sometimes I said US slang terms and I stopped for a second about to explain them but he knew them already 💀 I was like bro if I could speak Spanish as well as you speak English it would actually be a miracle.
The funny thing is that since English is basically a "hobby" for us non-english speakers, we also "collect" slang words and use british, aussie, american, redneck and ghetto english depending on what word fits best for our purpose.
@@B1gLuputhis!! My theory is that it started as on big melting pot of slang from all the tv Series we watched growing up, and then we just kept building our vocabulary from that!
Lived in Netherlands for a while and they made it so easy for us to communicate since most of everyone there can speak English. 10/10 would live there again
I have family members in the Netherlands. I only recently realised that everyone there is so fluent in English. My 5 year old cousin can speak English fluently. I'm literally so impressed.
Kids Learn it mandatory in school. Over 90% of dutchies speak English. Even my grandmother learned so e words and my mum struggles but gets really far with her hands and feet and some broken words.
And then you have France : we’re probably the worst when it comes to speak English 😂 Edit: it appears I have started a mayhem over which European country is the worst English speaker🤣🤣🤣
I mean many people here still have broken English and an accent when I hear them speak so I really don’t know about us being good at English but anyways
I'm glad you said Norway and Denmark, my parents are going on a cruise through those countries and Iceland, and I feel better knowing they will be able to communicate if they run into any problems. We live in Southern California. Ya know, right across the border from Mexico. And I took Spanish for 11 years in school. I'm not fluent. Nope. Nope, nope.
Before I went to Denmark I used a language app to learn Danish for like 6-7 months in preparation. I barely needed any of it at all because everyone spoke to me in English and I think even had English menus. I used it a tiny bit in grocery stores 😅
I often just switch to English when ordering anything in Copenhagen💀 Then I hear the batista talk to their coworkers in danish and they hear me and my friends talk in danish like 👁👄👁 We all kinda dumb like that here in Denmark, cuz instead of acknowledging the awkward teehee moment we just continue like nothing happened
I love the way they turn AH to OH and a park becomes pork. Also how they pronounce K as "thinly" as possible. They don't listen to rock, they listen to rocq
@@sanbilgeWhy would anyone change park into pork?! Have never heard any Swede do that when speaking english.. And since park is also park in Swedish (with a small difference in pronounciation) that's even a dumber statement! Please don't say that as a matter of fact when it's not even true
@@ln8173 You know what's beautiful about accents? I don't need to expect anything and even if I naively would, it wouldn't mean a thing. Excuse me while I emphasize what you mean by (with a small emphasis in pronunciation). did you mean: accent? Additionally, what's the reason that you'd perceive a simple quirk as a slander?
Went to visit my cousin in Sweden this year (we’re both from Scotland, she moved there a few years ago, she speaks fluently and I don’t know any language besides English) and had such an easy time getting around and speaking to people. They could even understand the Scottish accent mostly which is an achievement.
I had that happen to me in my own home country, Wales, GB. I was with a German and someone from my own country complimented me on how good my English was. Slowly and loudly. 🤣
@@LaureninGermany Oh no. 😂 My parent were on holidays in the US and they complimented my Mum's English for not gotten a German accent, caused by living in Germany with my father. 😂 But English is not her first language.
I lived for a brief time in Italy with a group of Swedes. I’m from New York and was blown away by how excellent their English was, and was even more shocked when one of them said he gets judged by his Swedish friends for how “bad” his ( basically perfect) English was, just because he had the slightest accent!
Lol this is generally true for urban areas with younger folk but once you get out into the countryside it is a whole different place. I was once stuck on the Autostrada with my Slovenian mom and American dad, we tried to call the police, nobody spoke a word of english. So we got connected to the english line... and neither did they. Still, the officer who came by was awesome he personally got us set up with the tow truck and acted like he'd known us his whole life. One other funny story: We stayed in the hills above Napoli in a tiny village (there were literally people riding horses on the road). Our AirBnB was run by the owner of a local restaurant in town and his wife. Now, we were traveling with our VERY American friends. One of them, lets call him Giuseppe for the sake of privacy (though I assure his real name is VERY Italian), is a New Jersey Italian who is very proud of that part of his identity. Giuseppe comes from an Italian family through and through but he cannot, for the life of him, speak a word of Italian. This is despite being able to imitate the gestures and body language of a genuine Italian. So this guy walks up to the wife, who spoke no english, and introduces himself as Giuseppe. I don't know if it was the way he said his name or the way he greeted her but for some reason, in her eyes, he was as authentic an Italian as any. Our poor friend realizes his mistake quickly when she starts excitedly talking to him in rapid fire Italian as he stands there nodding along. I'm not sure if she knew he wasn't understanding a word she was saying or if she even cared but he was instantly like a long lost son to her. It was hilarious but also kinda wholesome. One of the most entertaining weeks of my life lol.
as a german, i agree that the scandinavians i met online spoke english very well, and the one guy i talked to in sweden did as well, but tbh i was in the netherlands multiple times and it was often difficult to communicate in english, contrary to what i had heard about them
My immediate reaction to seeing Norway was "THANK YOU THANK WERE FINALLY BEING F***ING RECOGNIZED, YES!" I barely ever see Norway being mentioned in country related videos so this was really nice❤ Tusen takk!
I immediately thought of Norway when I saw the title because my ex spoke flawless English as did everyone he introduced me to! Just an easy to understand, ridiculously sexy accent.
My best friend is from Belgium and not only does she speak English better than me half the time, but she also speaks two other languages, she amazes and impresses me every day
You Swedes should make a video series with the comical adventures of the Swedish Chef from the Muppets driving a Volvo or Saab while listening to ABBA. It could be like a Swedish Mr. Bean. 😜 -Dave the Bloody Yank
Every dutch person i meet just has flawless english and it still blows my mind. Usually if someone isnt english but speaks it perfectly i guess either Sweden or Netherlands.
denmark has WILDLY good english. i remember a little girl coming up to me and saying something i couldnt understand, so i said "sorry?" as a way to say i speak english, and she said "oh, i like your shirt" in perfect english. i was bamboozled.
Norwegians play another league with english (danish, swedish and dutch, i dont know). Im spaniard but bilingual (my dad was irish) and i can tell after being in Norway like bazillion times in different regions and cities, that its impressive how everyone are fluent in english, even old people in remote towns. They even are good understanding my moms kinda gibberish when trying to communicate with someone who doesnt speak spanish (she has no clue of english even though she was married for 40 years to an irishman hahahaha but at least she tries not so successfully)
luxembourgouis. german. french, english, some dutch or even portugese thet speak it amazes me each time i visit. oh and some spanish and italian folks too. and im already proud at my dutch english and some german.
@@Sarah83_loves_bass Not really tho. maybe the small part near Germany, but most people who's first language is French don't speak Dutch or German. The Belgians from the coast or Brussels are way more likely to speak multiple languages because of all the tourist.
@@roxannehoff2889 That's why I wrote EAST-Belgium, also called the "german speaking community" if I translate it into English 😉👍🏻 Most people don't know that Belgium has in fact 3 "parts", a french speaking one, a vlaams one and a german speaking part (East-Belgium) 👍🏻
i love how this translates as a group of superhero's showing up to battle. i'd definitely watch a show about the badass vigilantes Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Netherlands
Well, as a native French speaker who learned English all by himself (god our English classes are bad), I do agree that when I travel to Norway and the Netherlands, it’s actually amazing to be able to communicate ! 😍
@@moxiebombshell Well, I don't know much about your french classes but our english classes are clearly one of the worst when it comes to learning another language... Without even mentioning that a lot of our teachers are actually french people with a terrible accent, that during highschool you are laught at by your peers if you try an "english" accent and that we often have to talk in english about boring subjects that are often outdated already or just plain caricatural like the "junk food" in the US or the "New rich" hated by the old rich in the 19 century's GB... You can also add to that list that we have one teacher for often more than 30 students and that we are far more often graded on "written english" than on "speaking english" which is clearly a shame when you understand that to learn a language you need TO SPEAK IT and not really write it... 😮💨I think I've spat enough venom for today
I tried to learn as much French as I could, so I could research my best friend's family history. I gave up, stumbled onto a French cousin of hers and moved onto Chinese. Somehow Chinese makes more sense than French, but admittedly I struggle hard with romance languages. We're not even going to talk about my Spanish grades in high school.
@@Natalie37854 I'm Dutch and Yes we are above average, but Swedish people are definitely better. We know the words but a lot of us don't really know how to pronounce them or speak with a huge accent.
When I went to Brussels and Antwerp though, I actually find it incredibly difficult to find English speakers. Only a few people I could find to help me with directions and recommendations, and even then, their English wasn't perfect. I'm saying this as a speaker who's from the UK.
When I clicked on this video, I actually guessed you'd say Norway, Sweden, Denmark and The Netherlands! It's true, they're amazing. Finland and Iceland are also good. I've heard it's because these countries don't dub their TV shows and movies, they use subtitles instead. As opposed to Italy and Spain, for example. Israelis speak pretty good English too.
As a Norwegian, I'm pretty sure it's because our dubbing industry is kind of...tiny?? Not very prioritized at all. Sometimes it feels like we only have ten voice actors. Of course we mostly only do the cartoons. (live action dubbing happens too (or used to?) but MAN it's bad)
So true! I believe they don't dub English movies as much, so they're more used to hearing English with subtitles in their own language. At least that's what I know from my Norwegian mum.
My mum is dutch but I live in Italy and every time a go to the Netherlands to visit my relatives I always have the same problem: I try to speak to people in Dutch but since it's not so good they switch to English, and since im a lot more fluent i go with it. This way I stay lazy and never get to better my dutch😂😭
Yea sorry 'bout that. We're just trying to make ya more comfortable (and if it's in any kind of service setting we also want things to be efficient so we can get to more people)
Next visit just tell your relatives you want to practice your Dutch. It's direct and honest, just the way the Dutch like it. They will understand and be more patient in the conversation. (I assume 😉)
Yeah. I know several English speaking expats and they find it almost impossible to learn Dutch outside of language classes. Even when they indicate that they want to converse in Dutch they just don't get the chance.
The best English is obviously spoken in the countries that consume the most English films and TV without dubbing them. Which are the smallest ones cause the markets are too small for dubbing to be competitive.
I’m Danish, and going to norway in a week with my kids. My son who is 7 asked me How we would communicate with the people there since we don’t speak their language. I told him they also speak English, and he said “awesome! That means I can talk to them too!!” 🤣 Now he’s been going around for two days telling random people that he can talk to Norwegians cause they speak English…like this is some hidden information that only he knows🤣🤣
You Swedes should make a video series with the comical adventures of the Swedish Chef from the Muppets driving a Volvo or Saab while listening to ABBA. It could be like a Swedish Mr. Bean. 😜 -Dave the Bloody Yank
Sometimes that happens in German dubs as well. For example Christoph Waltz did his own dubbing for the german dub of his english movies. Or Christopher Lee did his "King Haggard" in the "Last Unicorn" in the german dub as well. Sadly no one seemed to have remembered this when it came to dubbing the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He could have dubbed himself again, but it didn't happen.
When few people outside your small country speak your language, English is very helpful. A Norwegian told me that many university textbooks are in English because it's too expensive to print them in Norwegian.
Also at a University level a lot of terms are not used outside of scientific circles, So translating words to your native language may cause even less people to understand you.
True, textbooks tend to be in English. Only exception I know of, on the top of my head, is when studying to become a teacher in Denmark. Then the books will almost exclusively be in Danish, at least partly because of the uniqueness of the school system here. My guess is that it is somewhat similar in Norway and Sweden.
@@fastertovein Spain we have most of the books translated. Is the second more spoken language by natives. That's also why in Spain we are not exposed to english since we are really young. Like, we have all material adapted in Spanish (series, films, books, researches...). And we are one of the worst countries in Europe in level of english.
@@adaplay13as my Spanish reaches as far as “dos Cerveza por favor”, followed by “gracias”, I have a lot of respect for anyone who can speak more than one language with any competence.
After going to Sweden last year, I can say they speak English quite well. Made getting around so much easier since we didn't have to rely on just my poor Swedish to communicate.
Great Britain: *sobbing uncontrollably*
Low key think some of them speak better English than a lot of Brits
@@oscarkaczersorensen2245 as a Brit, 100%. I travelled Denmark and Netherlands and they speak it absolutely flawlessly
Honestly, it's easier to understand European English than some British accents.
we are sobbing uncontrollably but not because other countries can speak better english than us.
Weird ass language man. You speak the weirdest language
I’m from the Netherlands and we actually have a problem that everyone speaks English so well that foreigners trying to learn Dutch have a really hard time cus every time they try to speak Dutch, we just automatically start speaking English
My sister in law lives in the Netherlands and she said she has a really hard time learning Dutch because everyone immediately speaks English when they realize it's not her native tongue. She could insist, of course, but that takes a lot of discipline 😅
@@moniquebaumann6847 I’d recommend your SIL to just tell the person she wants to speak in Dutch cus she’s trying to learn! People are usually really enthusiastic about that and will try to be helpful. Maybe except if she lives in Amsterdam, cus most people there don’t speak Dutch either ahahahaha :p
Teach them the propper settings for using you language - which is not in the line at the cafe - but at weekly activities such as sports etc.
Those places you would take the time to use your mother tongue and English to help them along
I remember the owner of "Pick up limes" said the same thing. People use English all the time! I have a deutch from and her English is incredible, she said it's too natural for them
_"and we actually have a problem that everyone speaks English so well"_
Yeah.. everyone. 😂
For example: ruclips.net/video/AD1hJCYcpEs/видео.html
I love how every picture is set in a city and then Norway is just ✨mountain✨
Well Norway is known their mountains and nature
@@Brownie928yeah also there is a lil city but she covers it,you need to look closely to see it
@@EnesBaturArabaSkt do you know which city, I live in Norway
@@Brownie928 no..😂
@@Brownie928 Pretty sure it's Reine in Lofoten
Italy, France and Spain looking at eachother like
Yeah but people find their accents sexy thankfully
@@murphy7801 Not the Dutch accent. i Am Dutch. And if i hear some Dutch people speak English the hairs in my neck will stand up and leave. Horrible sound.
@@murphy7801 but we don't know why... Yesterday I was talking with a Dutch friend about a similar topic and told "but Spanish sounds powerful and majestic" and my face was like :V
Oh france... even if you are in paris, they refuse to speak to you in english.
I just heard bad things about this country and people. They can't even answer yes or no 😂
Not everyone of course, just the majority, haha.
But I would like to visit it anyways 😂😂
@@alyssum130they aren't obligated to speak English.
France : Don't LOOK AT ME!
😂
No we are certainly not 😜
The French gave up when they saw the word 'Squirrel' and decided this was yet another English plot. They haven't figured out what the plot is for yet, but they're watching.
Are you kidding? France is like "Learning English is for subservient wimps who think languages other than French have any importance. Now behold my Francophone splendour!" (only they say that in French)
@@purplelibraryguy8729Says that Murican guy (trust me: it's a guy) we Europeans know all too well who can't speak a single word other than English and even manages to misspell Croisant and Spagetti and Pretsel...
My uncle speaks Dutch because he lived in the Netherlands for a while, but he rarely got to use the language due to their amazing English! 🙂
Yeah, our english (apart from native enlish countries) is the best in the world
A lot of foreigners here complain about that. People immediately switch to English when you aren't Dutch, making it difficult to practice Dutch.
Yeah, sorry about that. It is our way of being polite. We don't want you to struggle, so we switch to English to make it easier (and probably more efficient 😉 we like efficiency) to communicate.
Same here! I was so excited to visit family there so I studied and practiced daily. Never used it.
yeah if you want to learn Dutch.
take a class. you won't use it.
This feels like an anime intro, all the characters look ready to fight ahaha
So true
I was gonna say the same thing :D
Yes
I would watch this anime 😂and I don’t usually watch anime
🤓
France and Spain silently leaving through the back door...
😂😂😂Italy is following behind you's through that door.
As a French person, can confirm. Most people I know barely understand it (if they even know more than a few words), and even though I consider myself as fluent, I know my pronunciation is a big mess 😂
Scandinavians speak lovely clear English, in my opinion.
Yessss I learn Swedish from a Swedish person, and she spoke English so well that I thought she was American
In Scandinavia we made a pact to learn English really well to avoid another misunderstanding like that one time in Lindisfarne. That spiraled out of control really fast!
it's all germanic languages close between them same as romanic language (italian, spanish, french, romanian, catalan, prouvençau etc) and slavic languages (russian, czech, slovakian, serbian..), easy to learn between another
@@LePierrackOfficielnah, it's mostly just exposure to the language. Like movies and tv-series are never dubbed, video games are not translated. And pretty much everyone I know also reads books and listen to podcasts and audio books in English almost every day.
@@persikosaft learn something instead of denying the truth, you imperialist
My Scandinavian friends speak English so well, I often forget that it's not their primary language
Exactly!
i'm scandinavian and i sometimes forget that english isn't my primary language 💀
Norwegian here. I went to the US once and met a teacher who said I was better than some of his students.
@@prageruwu69 im danish, and for periods of my life english has been my primary language.
@@prageruwu69are English movies and tv shows dubbed in your country or do they have subtitles? I know that in NL they only use subtitles and that makes a huge difference in learning English easily.
I was once on a plane in Sweden and our flight attendant had the most beautiful english. I cant even begin tondescribe the angelic music that flowed. I askes where he was from and he said he was from Copenhagen and spoke several languages. That was over 10 years ago and that man's voice lives rent free in my head
It's true, Danes have a very pleasant accent when they speak English, because it mostly softens their consonants.
It's very comfortable to listen to.
Here in Norway it's a completely mixed bag 😂
It can also be unpleasant, but that is mostly when it is more towards Danglish 😅 🫣
@@Zeverinsen my girlfriend's mom is danish and she speaks the most beautiful English! her accent is so soothing and relaxed-sounding with that really pretty 'soft' quality you mention.
Danish accents in English are awesome
"lives rent free in my head" 😂 Loved it!
Me from the UK: *emotional damage*
European countries, not UK.
@imaginaryMdA the uk is european
@@ImaginaryMdA I need to know which continent you thought the UK was part of if not the European one...
@@igloo_REAL You guys left us. You guys left us Dutch people with Germany. And every body know what can happen.
* AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
People from the Netherlands are somehow perfect at their native language, English, and German at the same time and that puts the fear in me
Nececity is the mother of invention. Nearly noone outside NL speaks Dutch and Holland isn't gigantic. So learning at least one other language fluently to interact with your neighbours is just practical.
English is learned from the age of 4 (i have been a pre school teacher for over 3 years) And german (and french too) is at least learned for over 2 years in middle school. And german is actually quite similar to dutch.
dutch is kind of a mix of both languages, so that helps
My Opa speaks perfect Frisian, Dutch, English, Swiss German, Romansh and German.
Most Germans can't understand Swiss German and even most Swiss can't speak Romansh. People from the Netherlands are crazy good with languages 😅
Few of us truly speak German. It's a u useless language for us to learn. When Germans and Dutch meet we speak English.
As a German, I can confirm that the Nordics generally speak better English than Germans do.
And the Dutch even better then the Nordics. But that language is half German half English. 🤣
@@axolotl-guy9801 It's not half German at all.
@@dutchgamer842 closely related though. Sounds different but if you speak one you can sorta read the other.
@@dutchgamer842 I mean I can understand and read dutch despite the fact that I cant really speak or know any words for certain at all
NL can into nordics now?
In the Netherland we don’t dub programmes meant for adults, we use subtitles. I think hearing really helps with learning English. In Germany they even use dubbing in cinemas.
They didn't used to with children's tv either but nowadays almost all children's tv is dubbed which sucks. I wanted to bring my much younger cousin to the new Asterix movie because I loved the old ones when I was a kid but turns out Dutch cinemas only have it in Dutch! You can't see it in its original French anywhere! Fucking ridiculous. Fuck me if I'm going to sit through that entire thing in dubbed Dutch
That is the "advantage" when your language is spoken 5 times as often as Dutch. And I am completely against getting rid off the dubbing practice we have no. I mean, in the end we would improve our English and in the worst case lose our sexy German accent.
I prefer subtitles because you can hear the actor's real voice. every intonation is what actor deeply thought about and dubbing kinda alters that tiny detail.
@@jinyounglee7677 One pet peeve of mine in Hollywood movies is foreign-language dialogue without subtitles. (The studios assume that the mass audience hates to read more than they hate confusion...)
Tried to convince my friends to watch an ov movie. No chance, all pf the said "I want to watch the movie, not read it" 🤦♀️
I'm a dutchie that learned English in Norway when I was like 8 and all my teachers I've had in the Netherlands are like, how tf are you speaking English with a Scandinavian accent and then I basically have to tell my whole entire life story lol
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I was approached by a disheveled lady in Copenhagen central station. She was crying and spoke to me in Danish. I apologised and told her I don't speak Danish... She switched to a perfect English and said "Please help me, I'm homeless..."
What did you do then
Honestly I don’t understand danish and I’m norwegian…
😂
@@ashfur3453I'm Swedish and I cant understand Norwegian or Danish. I can kind of read Norwegian and figure it out from context clues, but I just speak English in Denmark and Norway
@@budsif the languages are too different on their own like Danish with crazy pronunciations, Norwegian is more similar to English and Swedish is more different from my perspective
Met a Danish girl who spoke really good English, assumed she's been taught well at school, she told me it was because she couldn't find anime with Danish subtitles so needed to get better at English. Respect.
That is so true
same w/ me in Sweden when I wanted to watch Grey's anatomy lmao
Same tho!! But I just sucked at learning it the way they did at school, they really tried to teach me.
I learned English by watching movies and anime too.
Danish girl in my class copying my English work ( ͡°ᴥ ͡° ʋ)
I spent a year learning dutch before moving to NL. The tears were real when i got there and realized id never use it
I heard this a lot, being Dutch myself. We are so used to adapt to other languages, I can imagine your frustration. But only a handful of people in the world speak our language lol, that's why we're used to speak other languages. In school languages like English, German and French are mandatory (English + at least 1 other foreign language).
@@Elle_C. Acquaintance of mine had a similar experience in Denmark. She traveled to Denmark to study there for a year or two and she tried to learn a bit of Danish before she went. Before she did a similar thing in Japan and everybody was so flattered and supportive for her trying, she went to Denmark expecting the same... only for her Danish friends to basically IMMEDIATELY lose patience with this stumbling communication nonsense and switching to fluent english 😄😄😄
It's kinda sad isn't it? I don't want my language dying out it but it is already happening. At some point the whole world will have this bland homogenized global culture and language.
@@regenen I understand your point, but I also welcome the time when we can all communicate in one language. The only worry I have is that it will divide the world even more, instead of bringing people together. Because there will always be countries which don't want to participate. But it would be good if we would all speak the same 2nd language and that would probably be English.
@regenen I just wish I had more chance to practice. As an American learning a second language that isn't Spanish is a huge accomplishment. But shout out to the older men in the country side. They are the only people that happily and patiently speak with me. 💙
I went to the Netherlands in 2001 and I was so happy they could speak English. It was a school trip and I couldn't find a Dutch to English dictionary before I left, so I was afraid I wouldn't be able to talk to anyone. But I had no issues at all. No one spoke Dutch anywhere. I heard English everywhere I went.
When You visit the Netherlands and try to speak English with them but they immediately hear your German accent and speak perfect German with you 🥹
Im from the netherlands!@!
Trade spirit!!!
@@jentebosma4042same
I got a Dutch boyfriend and he himself is perfect English ( we talk in English to each other) his dad is perfect English and German so I can just switch languages with him… I relate to your comment to 100%
Thats what happens we dutchies learn it in almost every high school mandatorely for the first 3 years
when I was like 12, there was a Norwegian national in my friend group, they'd often be accused of lying about their origin because they only had a tiny accent
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Lol but everyone has an accent no matter where you are from
@@Moss_piglets well obviously but Hyla’s saying “they only had a tiny Norwegian accent”
@@Moss_piglets actually not true. a lot of of people have something called “chameleon effect”. it basically means that you unconsciously copy the accent or the dialect of the person you are talking too. almost all people have it to some extent, but for some (>10%) its especially strong. i learned english when i was about 15, my default accent is american (i watch a lot of sitcoms). many times in my life i ve been talking to someone (swedish, german, indian, indonesian, african, scottish, korean..) and they thought i m from their country or lived in it for a while. it wasnt even taking place in their country, so no other reasons to think that. no person was able to tell where im really from, which is russia. still live in russia btw and the majority of time talk in russian. and still no accent.
had the effect since i was born, noticeably copying my babushka’s ural dialect when i was a 1 year old baby. we traveled for vacations to ukraine, belarus, gruzia, karelia and other places and often been asked if me and my brother live there by parent’s friends or even random people like cashiers. my family told me all these childhood stories not that long ago and i connected the dots after that, before i just thought i was good at languages or something. and the effect actually makes it a lot easier to learn languages. for me and my brother its definitely an autistic thing and it is most common in those on the spectrum, but neurotipical people can have it as well.
I worked with someone visiting from the Netherlands in the United States. Their English was fantastic and even understood all the idioms and slang when I spoke with them. I was humbled because I can’t do the same despite also being raised bilingual 😅
The Dutch rank 1st when it comes to language proficiency in English in countries that don't have English as an official language, so I'm not surprised. There are multiple reasons for that though.
@@EmmaHope88 considering the amount of words i ran into that are based on other languages we beter be
Dutch isn't a large enough nation to have consistent dubbing. So, a lot of kids grow up watching English TV with Dutch subtitles. Add on being formally taught English in school from a young age, and most Dutch folks are fluent in both English and Dutch.
German is like sideways Dutch with a few changes, so it doesn't take much to have a passing understanding of the language.
@@pilotlist6276 I am aware (it is why I said that there are multiple reasons for that) and so is the fact that movies and TV shows are rarely ever dubbed. Never underestimate the benefits of exposure to a language when learning one, especially from a young age, but also in general. Learning it at school is not the reason. People in other places learn it at school too and yet, there are major differences when it comes to proficiency.
Back in the day when countries had very few TV channels, the Netherlands would be able to pick up BBC TV, they also got into the habit of listening to BBC radio in WW2. They don’t tend to dub English language TV and films either.
I got asked in Sweden if I knew another language as they couldn’t understood my English… it’s my only language. I’m just Australian 😅
Now you made me in fear... and I'm Brazilian
Meanwhile Italians still reading 20 years “venti years”
As an Italian future (possible) english teacher, I'm kinda happy my job isn't really at risk any time soon, our patriots can't really speak it at all XD
i do this all the time when i speak or read other languages 😂
Or "venti iar". For some reason the -s gets always lost
Si si
Spain too
My husband and I visited some friends in Denmark and we met so many people from Sweden, Norway and Finland and Switzerland. Perfect English with little accents that made it more charming. Such polite and beautiful people I miss them! And yeah they can speak multiple languages it’s so cool👍🏻
in Norway they start to learn English in school at like 2 grade now, and due to movies and gaming most kids know a good chunk before starting school
@@mareli82 Yeah, most people can read, write and speak english really well, a lot of people (like me…) have a heavy norwegian accent though
@@mareli82Same in Switzerland
I studied Finnish and met a lot of Finns over the years. I'm sure they do speak good English, I just can't understand it at all. The accent is cute for sure, but many Finns have one so strong you cannot make out what they're even saying.
@@mareli82 almost same in Denmark now too but from 1st grade. Being a substitute teacher I forgot this at the beginning of my job some years ago and was surprised how good the 3rd graders in a class already were at English 😂 I was met with dumbfounded looks by the kids which was fair enough when I said “wow your English is so good” and they met me with a “duh we have had it for some years now”… We used to be taught in English from 3rd grade or so, but the jump from 3rd to 1st is already making a huge difference! Only makes me think, how amazing will their proficiency be in the future ?! 😯
Nordics always prouded themselves in being fluent in english since decades. A big factor is that they've been learning english at a young age for multiple generations now, so virtually anyone can speak english.
And then there's France.
The biggest factor is not dubbing tv shows/movies, except for little kıds that can't read yet. School isn't a good way to learn a language, I mean plenty other european countries teach english from 1st grade and don't speak english as well (because of dubbing). School definitely has something to do with it it, because there still are differences between the countries that dub, but being consuming english on a daily basis is the most important thing.
😂😂
Maybe for Scandinavian and Germanic languages speakers English is easier? Then, for romance language speakers...
🇪🇸🤦 You can teach, they learn...or not
The Nordic countries are to smale to dub everything, so almost all foreign not-child media, have subtitels, so you are exposed to english all the time.
Becuse all can english, books and games are not always translated.
I never try to speak english i France and spain its hopeless
Everyone I've met from Sweden who speaks English speaks it so well and their accent, when they speak with me, is a neutral American accent. It's incredible!
I work in international education and I'm always so impressed at the students we get from Nordic countries & Netherlands because their English is so good (outside of UK students of course haha). Wide vocab that's pretty advanced and accents are very minimal. Honestly German students are close behind, their English is very good. Though I'm impressed at all my international students as the level of English it takes to do well in college is pretty high.
I mean we kinda have no choice as e.g., many university courses here are in English (I'm from Germany) and I think this also is the case in many Nordic countries
@@CupcakiiiiiYou’re right, you all are already prepared so you can take English level college classes. But even in casual conversation, often my Nordic & German students accents are really good.
Another reason might be that the tv program rarely gets dubbed. So they get used to hearing the original languages (mostly english) since their childhood.
I can believe that people from scandinavia are great at english, but aint nobody gonna tell me that Dutch people have minimal accents 😂
Swede here, idk what you all think but in my opinion the Swedish accent is horrendous🙈 and I’m no better than anyone else. But what do I know, my standards might just be high
Can’t believe we finally got mentioned! Norway is always ignored, we feel like we’re not existent on RUclips, so it was nice being mentioned by a big creator!
Don’t forget, these are my experiences, so if you experienced something else don’t push it upon me like it’s an fact please.
Yo so many brunost gangsters.
Helt sant vist du kan norsk da
Actually I think a lot of youtubers mention Norway and I'm happy about that cause Norway is my favorite country.
@@catkittycatcatkittycatcat3227 oh, then your lucky, I rarely see videos about us.
@@egg459 ja ja, jeg kan Norsk😂
Wait till Esc season starts again, then you'll probably will see a lot about Norway again. Both entries of the last years (Tix with fallen angel, and subwoolfer with give that wolf a banana) were unique and memorable! I love that you don't shy away of voting for entries that are out of the box! That is something the german NDR could learn a lot from! :)
I am English and when I went to Amsterdam and I was like wow they speak better English than me 😂
Than I.
Sorry 😔
@@avalerie4467'Than me' is actually grammatically correct.
'Than I' is a false over-correction.
Sorry.
@@altudy english my second language, I live in USA and was taught :
If john and i go shopping
When subject John is not in sentence .= i go shopping
If John is tall and I am tall, but John is taller, John taller than I ( am); because you wouldn't say, me am tall.
Thanks for the reply.
After 60 years of this rule in mind each time i have to think about I/me in a sentence, i doubt i will change. But good to know what is likely the British v American rule.
@@avalerie4467except you dont need to? Because the sentence doesnt necessitate you to add a pronoun in the first place in this case.
You indeed dont say "me am tall" but in the sentence "he is taller than me" the subject isnt "me" its "he" one subject one verb "me" is the complement.
In the sentence "they are taller than i (am)" "I" makes no grammatical sense in this context because it doesnt add anything to the sentence unless "am" is more than just implied, but then whats the complement to this verb.
Because "they are taller" needs a complement as its the opening to a comparison and "I am" has nothing either, its 2 differing subjects and verb within the same sentence and neither has compliments.
In complex sentences like "they know better than i do how much this thing cost" this rules makes more sence, but in such a simple sentence it just doesnt ?"
Im french and for once i think it makes more sense to say "il est plus grand que moi" (he is taller than me) has 1 subject 1 verb 1 complement.
"Ils sont plus grand que je le suis" (they are taller than i am) you will never see this second form being used, its clumsy and doesnt really add anything because me is perfectly suited to convey that the one speaking is comparing himself in the first place.
Mind you not trying to insult english, id be insulting french too given how much we influenced english but why make things harder for yourself when sometime the simplest solution is best?
@@avalerie4467 If you are the subject it becomes I, else it is me since you became the object. So In OP's case "They" became the subject while OP became the "Object"
I talked about that to my friend in Portugal and he speaks perfectly English. He said it's very easy how they learn English, in Germany every series or movie is synchronized to German. In lot's of other european countries they have to watch it in English with native titles on the screen. My school English from back in the 70s was very basic. I learned the most at a late age by watching YT, Netflix, etc. in English.
I'm now watching series in Spanish and it took about 3 month to pick up the melody of the language and i can follow basic conversations now. This is much fun😊
I learned a lot of Spanish from the TV there, though sometimes the late night films were in English with subtitles. Mad respect to whoever had to translate the Australian song Waltzing Matilda into Spanish for the film On The Beach.
As a Norwegian person I approve this 🗿
edit: TYSM FOR THE LIKES
I am on the same page as you, Luna
Do I have to learn the first language to get a job there? Always worries me
@@aprilspring2474 I guess
As a German I approve
Yep.
People from the Netherlands are SO good at english! Even children, they always impressed me when I worked at a tourist location in Sweden
Did some off-route wandering in Amsterdam, tried to ask directions in (incredibly bad) French, they said "I speak a little English" with such a flat tone that I couldn't hear an accent. Shockingly good.
Also, Dutch is like 50% incredibly complicated German compound words and 50% English cognates (or whatever the word is for 'the same word that English borrowed a few hundred years ago')
@@woodysmith2681Hold up, why did you try asking for directions in French while on holiday in *Amsterdam* ?
@@AtlasNL Only non-English language I speak and the Dutch tend to speak German and French as well. I was very off path.
@@woodysmith2681 We do usually speak some French and German, but unless a Dutchman chose to continue it in the latter half of secondary school, odds are our skills are going to be quite rusty haha. You have the best odds of someone being able to help if you start with English :)
Because they grow up speaking it and around people who speak it. It's not that surprising.
I love going to Europe to hear different languages being spoken. Then they effortlessly switch to English when talking to foreigners. It’s a really lovely experience!
It’s nice but don’t normalise it too much… I have European friends who are very anxious because it’s expected of them to have perfect English.
not foreigners. tourists.
@@delarkaBCN So.. foreigners?
Except French people, apparently, but I'm Canadian so I just speak to them in French. I've also noticed that the supposed arrogance and snottiness of French people is completely false. It's only true of Parisians. The rest of France is filled with nice people.
@@marc-andreservant201 yeah i can still feel the absolute shame i felt during that paris visit when i couldn’t understand the language. Be kind people 😭
absolutely correct! all the countries you mentioned have most of their media in english because they are too small to have “proper” dubbing. e.g. simpsons in the netherlands would be english with dutch subtitles. in germany every character would have its own individual german voice (that mostly stays over a lifetime of the voice actor).
As a Swedish, as soon as I saw the first title I went “nah you should check Scandinavia first” and was surprised they included us 🤝
Honestly people DO tend to forget scandinavia if it isnt about ABBA.
@@SessaeNah, Sweden has Greta Thunberg also.
And pewdiepie
Exactly!! (Blev nästan lite stött! 😂)
"As a Swedish". You should've said "As a Swede". Your English is not that perfect.
NL be like: HOLD MY STROOPWAFELS
Hold my dropjes too
Ze hebben geen woord in het Engels
(They don’t have a word for it oke)
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Ja
Ja. Gewoon ja.
Hahaha I love that people appreciate how well Dutchies speak English. Thank you!❤
Also... Icelanders are amazing English speakers! Found out in the past few months, they're awesome! Kids in elementary school are already really good at it here.
Icelandic is actually kind of dying out as a language, so most people just speak English...
The only reason Iceland wasn't in this is because all twelve of them were too busy at the gym, it is best to ask these questions on a Tuesday if schedule so allows.
it's all germanic languages close between them same as romanic language (italian, spanish, french, romanian, catalan, prouvençau etc) and slavic languages (russian, czech, slovakian, serbian..), easy to learn between another
@@robinvogel5128 Yes, the same is going to happen to Dutch. Globalization is destroying languages at a rapid rate. First the local dialects dissapear, which already happened for a large part, and then the main language will slowly lose importance and gets replaced by a more dominant language like English.
@@ZephirumUpload or the fact that Iceland is not a European country and she was only stating a list of European countries.
As a scandinavian i agree with these claims
We had a Swedish foreign exchange student and sometimes I said US slang terms and I stopped for a second about to explain them but he knew them already 💀 I was like bro if I could speak Spanish as well as you speak English it would actually be a miracle.
The funny thing is that since English is basically a "hobby" for us non-english speakers, we also "collect" slang words and use british, aussie, american, redneck and ghetto english depending on what word fits best for our purpose.
@@B1gLuputhis!!
My theory is that it started as on big melting pot of slang from all the tv Series we watched growing up, and then we just kept building our vocabulary from that!
Lived in Netherlands for a while and they made it so easy for us to communicate since most of everyone there can speak English. 10/10 would live there again
My brother lives in the Netherlands and has been working so hard on his Dutch but the locals always switch to English when he speaks to them.
@@scribbly2983Yes, becous our English, is beter then his Dutch😅
@@Daniel-qz8bp oh definitely, but he can't improve his Dutch without practice.
@@Daniel-qz8bp oh definitely, but he can't improve his Dutch without practice.
@@scribbly2983 Yes, but he aint paying us to teach him, time is money😅
Ehm... you're not going to make a "worst English" one, right? Greetings from Italy ❤️
The worst English speakers would be from England.
Lmao
come to andalucia mate
Spain for the win 😭
Don't worry mate, France has got your back.
Italy: ehm… pizza it’s world wide! *please don’t ask me anything else*
I have family members in the Netherlands. I only recently realised that everyone there is so fluent in English. My 5 year old cousin can speak English fluently. I'm literally so impressed.
Kids Learn it mandatory in school. Over 90% of dutchies speak English. Even my grandmother learned so e words and my mum struggles but gets really far with her hands and feet and some broken words.
My friend told me how her grandson corrected her: Dat is geen paars dat is PURPLE!
And then you have France : we’re probably the worst when it comes to speak English 😂
Edit: it appears I have started a mayhem over which European country is the worst English speaker🤣🤣🤣
In that regard, Italians are a strong competition.
I'm sorry but yes we french are terrible at english😅
Nah French in my experience are pretty decent. Better than Spanish or Italian for sure
Spain and Italy are quaking
@@dcollis1239 English Proficiency Ranking 2022: ... 32. Italy ... 33. Spain ... 34. France ...
Also, Finland. I was rather impressed to see that virtually everyone speaks English there, even elderly people in the middle of nowhere, up north.
Do you mean Lappi?
People in Lappi speak better English properly because many tourists go there🤷♀️
Finns watch all movies and series in english with subs, not dubbed. I guess it helps a lot.
I mean many people here still have broken English and an accent when I hear them speak so I really don’t know about us being good at English but anyways
I regularly have this conversation in Finland:
"Excuse me, do you speak English"
"No, no, sorry" *proceeds to have a perfect conversation in English*
I'm glad you said Norway and Denmark, my parents are going on a cruise through those countries and Iceland, and I feel better knowing they will be able to communicate if they run into any problems.
We live in Southern California. Ya know, right across the border from Mexico. And I took Spanish for 11 years in school. I'm not fluent. Nope. Nope, nope.
"Wait, you're not from England?!" 😎 might be the best compliment I've ever gotten.
Were you drunk?
"HOLD MY OLIEBOL AND LET'S GET THE ENGLISH FIGHT STARTED💃"
💀💀
No no no, it’s *‘OLD ME OLIBOL AND LETS GET THE ENGLISH FIGHT STA’ED*
EY ITS :"HOLD MAH HUISWERK EN OLIEBOLLEN LETS GIVE PEOPLE A CULTURE SHOCK"😎
@@Riley_Ladyrose YASS
Heeey fellow dutchie😜
Before I went to Denmark I used a language app to learn Danish for like 6-7 months in preparation. I barely needed any of it at all because everyone spoke to me in English and I think even had English menus. I used it a tiny bit in grocery stores 😅
I'm guessing you also took out a bunch of banknotes that you later had a hard time getting rid of
No point in learning danish... it's not even possible. In fact, I wouldn't call it a language, more of a condition.
I often just switch to English when ordering anything in Copenhagen💀
Then I hear the batista talk to their coworkers in danish and they hear me and my friends talk in danish like
👁👄👁
We all kinda dumb like that here in Denmark, cuz instead of acknowledging the awkward teehee moment we just continue like nothing happened
@@trygveevensen171 haha yes, that was the last trip I bothered getting cash for 😅
That’s actually bad for the Danish language as it may “disappear”. Small languages have to be spoken for them to be alive.
Belgium impressed me a LOT, too❤
That MLG glasses is the most notable part of the video.
Like Major League Gaming? Are those a thing there?
not really
...What😭
why.. WHY ARE YOU EVERYWHERE!!
😊
Lmao as an Norwegian I can agree, but it’s actually my third language:))
What's #2? Suomi?
Hahah same, My first is Latvian, second is Norwegian, and English is my third
@@thomasboland540maybe its saami
My first is hungarian, then Norwegian, then English and some other languages
@@Katrini5555 I am from Latvia too, and I moved to Norway 11 years ago. But my first language is Russian, then Norwegian and English is at last.
My Swedish friend speaks amazing English. And the Swedish accent is just... perfection..
HARD agree
I love the way they turn AH to OH and a park becomes pork. Also how they pronounce K as "thinly" as possible. They don't listen to rock, they listen to rocq
@@sanbilge😂
@@sanbilgeWhy would anyone change park into pork?! Have never heard any Swede do that when speaking english.. And since park is also park in Swedish (with a small difference in pronounciation) that's even a dumber statement! Please don't say that as a matter of fact when it's not even true
@@ln8173 You know what's beautiful about accents? I don't need to expect anything and even if I naively would, it wouldn't mean a thing. Excuse me while I emphasize what you mean by (with a small emphasis in pronunciation). did you mean: accent?
Additionally, what's the reason that you'd perceive a simple quirk as a slander?
Love the appreciation for Norway! It’s our national day today, congratulations to everyone🎉
Went to visit my cousin in Sweden this year (we’re both from Scotland, she moved there a few years ago, she speaks fluently and I don’t know any language besides English) and had such an easy time getting around and speaking to people. They could even understand the Scottish accent mostly which is an achievement.
Yep we in Sweden have it vary easy to learn and understand British and Scottish. Idk why😂
Yeah we in Sweden learns English from Grade 1 so its pretty easy
as an american i can understand lighter scottish accents but the thicker ones may as well be ancient greek to me
Scottish, not Glasgow obvs :)
As an American, I’ve never heard a Scottish accent that I couldn’t understand, but the English…
A European was talking to me at a social event. I said, 'Your English is fantastic, where are you from?' He replied, 'I'm from London.'
I had that happen to me in my own home country, Wales, GB. I was with a German and someone from my own country complimented me on how good my English was. Slowly and loudly. 🤣
🤣
@@LaureninGermany Oh no. 😂
My parent were on holidays in the US and they complimented my Mum's English for not gotten a German accent, caused by living in Germany with my father. 😂 But English is not her first language.
@@lylavati oh it gets better…! 🤣
@@LaureninGermany Some English dialects are just confusing and sound like something else. 😂
I lived for a brief time in Italy with a group of Swedes. I’m from New York and was blown away by how excellent their English was, and was even more shocked when one of them said he gets judged by his Swedish friends for how “bad” his ( basically perfect) English was, just because he had the slightest accent!
Lol this is generally true for urban areas with younger folk but once you get out into the countryside it is a whole different place. I was once stuck on the Autostrada with my Slovenian mom and American dad, we tried to call the police, nobody spoke a word of english. So we got connected to the english line... and neither did they.
Still, the officer who came by was awesome he personally got us set up with the tow truck and acted like he'd known us his whole life.
One other funny story: We stayed in the hills above Napoli in a tiny village (there were literally people riding horses on the road). Our AirBnB was run by the owner of a local restaurant in town and his wife. Now, we were traveling with our VERY American friends. One of them, lets call him Giuseppe for the sake of privacy (though I assure his real name is VERY Italian), is a New Jersey Italian who is very proud of that part of his identity. Giuseppe comes from an Italian family through and through but he cannot, for the life of him, speak a word of Italian. This is despite being able to imitate the gestures and body language of a genuine Italian. So this guy walks up to the wife, who spoke no english, and introduces himself as Giuseppe. I don't know if it was the way he said his name or the way he greeted her but for some reason, in her eyes, he was as authentic an Italian as any. Our poor friend realizes his mistake quickly when she starts excitedly talking to him in rapid fire Italian as he stands there nodding along. I'm not sure if she knew he wasn't understanding a word she was saying or if she even cared but he was instantly like a long lost son to her. It was hilarious but also kinda wholesome. One of the most entertaining weeks of my life lol.
as a german, i agree that the scandinavians i met online spoke english very well, and the one guy i talked to in sweden did as well, but tbh i was in the netherlands multiple times and it was often difficult to communicate in english, contrary to what i had heard about them
I can testify that all Dutch people looks exactly like that!
More based on Amsterdam then the whole Netherlands in my opinion
@@koen23the glasses
I’m Dutch and I have that exact pair of glasses. Case closed!
😂😂😂 thanks for the laugh and Hi from Cologne 😄
*look 😂😂
Have to give it to the dutchies. Their pronounciation is always so on point.
Greetings from germany.
As an English woman, I’d also give it to the Dutchies 🙌🏻 probably over us too. 😂🤷♀️
My immediate reaction to seeing Norway was "THANK YOU THANK WERE FINALLY BEING F***ING RECOGNIZED, YES!"
I barely ever see Norway being mentioned in country related videos so this was really nice❤
Tusen takk!
I immediately thought of Norway when I saw the title because my ex spoke flawless English as did everyone he introduced me to! Just an easy to understand, ridiculously sexy accent.
Enig!! Eller en gang så jeg en video av at i Norge hadde alle tesla😅😂
Samme her!!
Same but with Sweden 🇸🇪!!! 😆😆😆🤩🤩🤩❤️🇸🇪
A friend from Norway just sounded so British. It is amazing. I'm learning Norwegian atm. Your pronunciation is a huge bonus on speaking English. 😄
My best friend is from Belgium and not only does she speak English better than me half the time, but she also speaks two other languages, she amazes and impresses me every day
It’s rarely that I see Sweden in these kind of videos, I’m happy someone included us!
Im not happy someone included you (im danish)
Jk
You Swedes should make a video series with the comical adventures of the Swedish Chef from the Muppets driving a Volvo or Saab while listening to ABBA. It could be like a Swedish Mr. Bean. 😜
-Dave the Bloody Yank
I edited the comment so you dont know why I had so much like
Right?! It says, "Do I look like a joke to you? 😒"
Reminds me of Liam Carps' smirk.
She looks like a movie character!!
U guys r weird
U guys are weird
Every dutch person i meet just has flawless english and it still blows my mind. Usually if someone isnt english but speaks it perfectly i guess either Sweden or Netherlands.
Sorry not Sweeden.
Norwegians definitely speaks better English than the Swedish 😅
Portugal too! Actually, for some reason, portuguese people can really easily adapt on speaking another language with a perfect accent
denmark has WILDLY good english. i remember a little girl coming up to me and saying something i couldnt understand, so i said "sorry?" as a way to say i speak english, and she said "oh, i like your shirt" in perfect english. i was bamboozled.
*laughs* In swedish
Laughs in The Click
Laughs in UK
laughs in fluent swedish, german and english
@@linibellini oh my
Höhöhöhö
The hairflip for the Netherlands...Slay
Norwegians play another league with english (danish, swedish and dutch, i dont know). Im spaniard but bilingual (my dad was irish) and i can tell after being in Norway like bazillion times in different regions and cities, that its impressive how everyone are fluent in english, even old people in remote towns.
They even are good understanding my moms kinda gibberish when trying to communicate with someone who doesnt speak spanish (she has no clue of english even though she was married for 40 years to an irishman hahahaha but at least she tries not so successfully)
luxemburg entering the chat with speaking 4 languages normally
luxembourgouis. german. french, english, some dutch or even portugese thet speak it amazes me each time i visit. oh and some spanish and italian folks too. and im already proud at my dutch english and some german.
East-Belgium too (german, french, english and dutch) 😅👍🏻
@@Sarah83_loves_bass Not really tho. maybe the small part near Germany, but most people who's first language is French don't speak Dutch or German. The Belgians from the coast or Brussels are way more likely to speak multiple languages because of all the tourist.
@@roxannehoff2889 That's why I wrote EAST-Belgium, also called the "german speaking community" if I translate it into English 😉👍🏻 Most people don't know that Belgium has in fact 3 "parts", a french speaking one, a vlaams one and a german speaking part (East-Belgium) 👍🏻
@@cynthiavanteylingen7922 wooow that's so AMAZING!
i love how this translates as a group of superhero's showing up to battle. i'd definitely watch a show about the badass vigilantes Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Netherlands
Agreed. So would i
Well, as a native French speaker who learned English all by himself (god our English classes are bad), I do agree that when I travel to Norway and the Netherlands, it’s actually amazing to be able to communicate ! 😍
I hope they weren't as bad as my American French classes were 😬
@@moxiebombshell Well, I don't know much about your french classes but our english classes are clearly one of the worst when it comes to learning another language...
Without even mentioning that a lot of our teachers are actually french people with a terrible accent, that during highschool you are laught at by your peers if you try an "english" accent and that we often have to talk in english about boring subjects that are often outdated already or just plain caricatural like the "junk food" in the US or the "New rich" hated by the old rich in the 19 century's GB...
You can also add to that list that we have one teacher for often more than 30 students and that we are far more often graded on "written english" than on "speaking english" which is clearly a shame when you understand that to learn a language you need TO SPEAK IT and not really write it...
😮💨I think I've spat enough venom for today
I tried to learn as much French as I could, so I could research my best friend's family history. I gave up, stumbled onto a French cousin of hers and moved onto Chinese. Somehow Chinese makes more sense than French, but admittedly I struggle hard with romance languages. We're not even going to talk about my Spanish grades in high school.
HOW IS YOUR HAIR THIS OBEDIENT AND SMOOTH LOOKIN!!!
I met a dutch boy one time and I've never seen anyone speaking such sleek English as him ngl
The Dutch speak much better English than Germans. They’re the best non native English speakers for sure
@@Natalie37854 I'm Dutch and Yes we are above average, but Swedish people are definitely better.
We know the words but a lot of us don't really know how to pronounce them or speak with a huge accent.
I think dutch are statistically at the top
But we do be having the dutch accent
@@dj_koen1265 lmaooo. completely agree. even tho now can kinda switch into a american accent aswell.
I went to Amsterdam recently and was amazed by the fact that literally everyone can speak PERFECT English, and many can speak German too 😳😳😳😳😳
the glasses for Netherlands 😂
And that pose.... She looks hot!
Meanwhile, France : zis is euuh... enteRtainin 😅
When I went to Brussels and Antwerp though, I actually find it incredibly difficult to find English speakers. Only a few people I could find to help me with directions and recommendations, and even then, their English wasn't perfect. I'm saying this as a speaker who's from the UK.
Facts! I was 3 days ago in Norway and I was amazed by how good and natural they were speaking English
You were in Norway 3 days ago, and they speak English naturally (how we do something is usually 'ly') ;)
Norway - you say what?
Sweden - pick me, pick me
Denmark- let's do this
The Netherlands- you called?
Norway, Sweden, Netherlands and Denmark have one thing in common
We do not dub English movies.
In Germany they do
That's why.
When I clicked on this video, I actually guessed you'd say Norway, Sweden, Denmark and The Netherlands! It's true, they're amazing. Finland and Iceland are also good. I've heard it's because these countries don't dub their TV shows and movies, they use subtitles instead. As opposed to Italy and Spain, for example. Israelis speak pretty good English too.
As a Norwegian, I'm pretty sure it's because our dubbing industry is kind of...tiny?? Not very prioritized at all.
Sometimes it feels like we only have ten voice actors. Of course we mostly only do the cartoons. (live action dubbing happens too (or used to?) but MAN it's bad)
So true! I believe they don't dub English movies as much, so they're more used to hearing English with subtitles in their own language. At least that's what I know from my Norwegian mum.
My mum is dutch but I live in Italy and every time a go to the Netherlands to visit my relatives I always have the same problem: I try to speak to people in Dutch but since it's not so good they switch to English, and since im a lot more fluent i go with it. This way I stay lazy and never get to better my dutch😂😭
Yea sorry 'bout that. We're just trying to make ya more comfortable (and if it's in any kind of service setting we also want things to be efficient so we can get to more people)
Next visit just tell your relatives you want to practice your Dutch.
It's direct and honest, just the way the Dutch like it.
They will understand and be more patient in the conversation.
(I assume 😉)
Yeah. I know several English speaking expats and they find it almost impossible to learn Dutch outside of language classes. Even when they indicate that they want to converse in Dutch they just don't get the chance.
Hetalia’s new season looks really strange but it’s good to see the nordics in something
Also Finland 🇫🇮 they speak great english too
but the accent makes it sound like they don`t. Good vocabulary, horrible pronunciation
@@rustknuckleirongut8107 rally english is the best
I watch a beautiful Finnish woman who has a knitting podcast. Perfect English. I think she lived in London for a while, though.
Agree!
We were in Austria and everyone spoke amazing English!
The best English is obviously spoken in the countries that consume the most English films and TV without dubbing them. Which are the smallest ones cause the markets are too small for dubbing to be competitive.
This is a valid point; makes sense commercially.
Dutch is also one of the closest language to english
What about England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
Also, Dutch invite more migrants to come work in their country, the default language is English then.
sweden never dubs tv and movies for adults, but not because it's a small country, more because we prefer subs and dubbing is considered for kids
Ireland:fades away into the distance
Ireland is excluded because yall speak English as mother tongue.
and also your english is hard to understand to none native speakers, like thick british accents.
@@seldom_bucket I find Brittish and Irish accents easier than Indian accents.
@@TheZashii
Have you ever heard a thick Scottish accent?
Norwegians are insanely good at English. Everyone speaks it perfectly even little kids
I’m Danish, and going to norway in a week with my kids.
My son who is 7 asked me How we would communicate with the people there since we don’t speak their language.
I told him they also speak English, and he said “awesome! That means I can talk to them too!!” 🤣
Now he’s been going around for two days telling random people that he can talk to Norwegians cause they speak English…like this is some hidden information that only he knows🤣🤣
As a native English speaker whos been there they dont . But holy shit they speak my language so much better than i speak thiers.
@@ML-hm7oc Why don't you speak Danish to them and they Norwegian to you? 🤔
After all, they’re all germanic people😅
Yesss I just commented the same!!! Every time I’ve spoken to someone from Norway they always spoke flawless English with hardly any accent!
Sweden really does speak english well! ISTG They are awesome!
as someone who is dutch i can confirm that we do indeed always wear those glasses 😌✨
😎
I go to Holland like 4 times a year cuz I’m half Dutch and I literally have seen people weqr those… no joke
If I lived in Germany I would visit Finland that's where my mother was born and it's such a beautiful country
as a swede, I felt SEEN. I felt HEARD.
If you don't speak good english in sweden, YOU WILL BE SHAMED!
You Swedes should make a video series with the comical adventures of the Swedish Chef from the Muppets driving a Volvo or Saab while listening to ABBA. It could be like a Swedish Mr. Bean. 😜
-Dave the Bloody Yank
@@davea6314 ... what?
@@avianKneecaps comedy
@@davea6314 oh
So true for Scandinavian countries... Actually they are very smart people too... Nordics and Scandinavians...
Just watched Ragnarok (Norway) and The Rain (Denmark) and the english dub done by their cast themselves ❤️
some of the german series that contain english dubs are done by their cast themselves as well :D
Sometimes that happens in German dubs as well.
For example Christoph Waltz did his own dubbing for the german dub of his english movies.
Or Christopher Lee did his "King Haggard" in the "Last Unicorn" in the german dub as well.
Sadly no one seemed to have remembered this when it came to dubbing the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He could have dubbed himself again, but it didn't happen.
When few people outside your small country speak your language, English is very helpful. A Norwegian told me that many university textbooks are in English because it's too expensive to print them in Norwegian.
Also at a University level a lot of terms are not used outside of scientific circles,
So translating words to your native language may cause even less people to understand you.
True, textbooks tend to be in English.
Only exception I know of, on the top of my head, is when studying to become a teacher in Denmark. Then the books will almost exclusively be in Danish, at least partly because of the uniqueness of the school system here. My guess is that it is somewhat similar in Norway and Sweden.
@@fastertovein Spain we have most of the books translated. Is the second more spoken language by natives. That's also why in Spain we are not exposed to english since we are really young. Like, we have all material adapted in Spanish (series, films, books, researches...).
And we are one of the worst countries in Europe in level of english.
@@adaplay13as my Spanish reaches as far as “dos Cerveza por favor”, followed by “gracias”, I have a lot of respect for anyone who can speak more than one language with any competence.
After going to Sweden last year, I can say they speak English quite well. Made getting around so much easier since we didn't have to rely on just my poor Swedish to communicate.
Dutch I’ve learned usually speak some of the best and usually get along w Americans rlly good