I am an American. I lived in northern California, USA for my first 20 years and have lived in northern Nevada (one state east) for the last 20 years. I have an accent that is heard in basic American sitcoms. The accent Hollywood uses by default. My hearing is not good because of too many ear infections. I can hear, but it is like people are mumbling even when they are not. This affects my ability to understand accents that different from my own (as I am most familiar with my own). I use closed captioning or subtitles when ever I can. It isn't so bad in movie theatres because the volume is so loud, I don't have a choice but to understand (mostly). But, I prefer to watch at home where I can read what is said, especially if the camera is not on the person who is talking (because reading lips helps). This is also hard at work - with customers, or when interacting with other people elsewhere. I always apologize, tell them it isn't them, but me and my awful hearing. I like to make that clear because Americans can be horrible to tourists and immigrants ("Learn the language or go home." "If I can't understand you, you're aren't important enough to hear") I don't want them to blame themselves or think I'm a person who is judging them. Anyway, I was nervous when I saw that this video didn't have captioning because you're accent doesn't match mine so it I have to concentrate when I listen. However, you made it very easy for me! You spoke clearly, you enunciated your words, and you separated your individual words. I understood the whole video completely. I wanted to thank you for that. You made the need for captioning/subtitles unimportant for me. When a person speaks they're native language usually the words blur together, but another native speakers can understand just fine. If a person speaks another language well, they may start to blur those words, too. You did speak faster in your native language, but I was still able to separate the words easier than I usually could. I liked that you spelled and displayed the words you were saying. I'm a visual learner and find reading what a person is saying make it easier for me to understand or memorize foreign words. I have not been able to memorize (Mexican) Spanish through oral conversation. I have to see the words written down to get the pronuniciation correct and remember the word for later. And song lyrics have helped me to memorize American Sign Language better. I am not fluent in either language, but I can get the message across (mostly) of what I need to say. Having spanish speaking co-workers and customers (to practice on) helps. Or deaf customers for the ASL. I know this was a long comment, I hardly even explain anything simply. But, thank you, again. You speak English clearly and enunciate/pronounce very well, so that even with your accent I can understand you as easily as I would if you spoke with my accent. Through the comments I can see that you are well loved by your viewers so keep up the great work!
Just wanted to let you know that I am now doing your conversational course... I bought it a few months ago and now is a great time to do it. You already helped a great deal (a lot) with the pronunciation! I tend to avoid languages with lots of vowel sounds - my heritage is Dutch but I cannot speak it, because I can never get the vowels right. So thank you! Anyway, I was also going to ask: how is your Russian going? Are there any other languages that you want to learn in future?
Hei! I'm so so embarrased for this late reply! My Russian is beginner-level, I have been keeping it up with RUclips resources and Spotify resources, thank you so much for keeping me accountable. I'm so happy that you are enjoing my course. How is it going now with your Finnish studies?
When you're introducing yourself do you say
Olen (Name)
or Mä oon (Name)
Are they the same, or meant for different context?
Kiitos!
Thank you! It means the same, both are just slang
Thank you!! You're so lovely ♥️
Hei Fernanda! I am so, so sorry for this late reply! I'm so happy you liked this video!
I am an American. I lived in northern California, USA for my first 20 years and have lived in northern Nevada (one state east) for the last 20 years. I have an accent that is heard in basic American sitcoms. The accent Hollywood uses by default.
My hearing is not good because of too many ear infections. I can hear, but it is like people are mumbling even when they are not. This affects my ability to understand accents that different from my own (as I am most familiar with my own). I use closed captioning or subtitles when ever I can. It isn't so bad in movie theatres because the volume is so loud, I don't have a choice but to understand (mostly). But, I prefer to watch at home where I can read what is said, especially if the camera is not on the person who is talking (because reading lips helps).
This is also hard at work - with customers, or when interacting with other people elsewhere. I always apologize, tell them it isn't them, but me and my awful hearing. I like to make that clear because Americans can be horrible to tourists and immigrants ("Learn the language or go home." "If I can't understand you, you're aren't important enough to hear") I don't want them to blame themselves or think I'm a person who is judging them.
Anyway, I was nervous when I saw that this video didn't have captioning because you're accent doesn't match mine so it I have to concentrate when I listen. However, you made it very easy for me! You spoke clearly, you enunciated your words, and you separated your individual words. I understood the whole video completely. I wanted to thank you for that. You made the need for captioning/subtitles unimportant for me. When a person speaks they're native language usually the words blur together, but another native speakers can understand just fine. If a person speaks another language well, they may start to blur those words, too. You did speak faster in your native language, but I was still able to separate the words easier than I usually could. I liked that you spelled and displayed the words you were saying. I'm a visual learner and find reading what a person is saying make it easier for me to understand or memorize foreign words.
I have not been able to memorize (Mexican) Spanish through oral conversation. I have to see the words written down to get the pronuniciation correct and remember the word for later. And song lyrics have helped me to memorize American Sign Language better. I am not fluent in either language, but I can get the message across (mostly) of what I need to say. Having spanish speaking co-workers and customers (to practice on) helps. Or deaf customers for the ASL.
I know this was a long comment, I hardly even explain anything simply. But, thank you, again. You speak English clearly and enunciate/pronounce very well, so that even with your accent I can understand you as easily as I would if you spoke with my accent. Through the comments I can see that you are well loved by your viewers so keep up the great work!
Wow se on todella hyvä. Tervetuloa
Kiitos paljon!
Ole hyvä ☺
Just wanted to let you know that I am now doing your conversational course... I bought it a few months ago and now is a great time to do it. You already helped a great deal (a lot) with the pronunciation! I tend to avoid languages with lots of vowel sounds - my heritage is Dutch but I cannot speak it, because I can never get the vowels right. So thank you! Anyway, I was also going to ask: how is your Russian going? Are there any other languages that you want to learn in future?
Hei! I'm so so embarrased for this late reply! My Russian is beginner-level, I have been keeping it up with RUclips resources and Spotify resources, thank you so much for keeping me accountable. I'm so happy that you are enjoing my course. How is it going now with your Finnish studies?
I'm Braziliam. Now I studied Inglish and Finland at the same time! 😂😂😂😂😂...
English is a hard language to learn. It is very complicated. But, learning two languages at the same time takes intelligence and patience. Good luck!
one more thing that always pops up in comment section: ihana = beautiful. Is it correct? Im just guessing the meaning.
Ihana means lovely, but beautiful is a close translation too 😊👍
sightly
Thank you! Kiitos!