Yeah, but its like it's a stunt. When traveling you meet these sort of people all the time that say they can speak various languages, and technically they can "speak" them, but its like the guy just makes the sounds but doesn't understand them, or he's only studied the first 2 chapters of each language book.
I think that person meant that you must have plenty of the stories to tell, based on the places you’ve visited and I think the exact same thing. These men have inspired me. 🙏🏼
@@polyglotdreams hey Tim have you done any research into the Javanese language or Aksara Jawa? And here's to practice your Chinese characters as well 😉 因为我们的这个爪哇岛的方言快要消亡了，而我作为印尼人对于这个语言的未来没有那么明显的贡献。。
Spanish: si si si si si French: Oui Oui Oui Oui Oui "Very great" "You speak very well" "I would like to have a drink with you," "Let's be friends" "I want a chicken gyros" *Thumbs up* *Hand shake* Wouter: I am polyglot
"I learned Greek in Crete" "Nice to meet you" "Do you love Greek music?" "Yes. Nice to meet you. I want a chicken gyros. But Greek is a difficult language."
A literal translation of his conversation in arabic: “I speak little arabic but know arabic really well, but you were in egypt, you were in Morocco. Morocco really really good. Love hospitality here( referring to the place in which he sat) and food.” “You like food. The shawarma and falafel” “But you speak a lot of language” As you can clearly see its at best a crude pronunciation of every syllable and at worst an incomprehensible trial. Not trying to discourage him, but he would need to improve his Arabic by quite a lot to be considered proficient. Particularly, he should focus on the peculiarities of Arabic grammar like how to ask a question and when to use plurality.
Yep, Im no polyglot either (only speak three languages including native) and it's like Wouter just bought a textbook for each language, read the first chapter, then quit lol.
I was going to type the same thing. I've barely left my country, and this guy didn't just go all over the place, he learned, studied, and read their literature. I'm mind-blown.
@@AaronMetallion like i dont how to people can do it im actually curious. how can you move to another country to live there and work like u need some money right
Thndrstrike hahahahaha i waited this very moment "my natural born language" (french) and it was ... hmmmm interesting to see one of them pretty confortable and the other .... "oui oui oui oui ... elles sont belles tes lunettes" hahahahaha i wasn’t ready 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Considering he barely speaks any of these languages at all besides some basic phrases everyone can learn in a day, it seems he really hasn't lived everywhere.
@Dídac Canadell Parareda He barely got any norwegian words right, I couldnt even understand what he said(Im swedish btw but I can understand and speak some norwegian)
Tim tells you he learned Mandarin and Japanese in Japan. Later on when you start speaking Japanese you ask him if he has ever been to Japan, are you listening to what he's telling you?!
I noticed that too. He doesn't seem to be paying much attention, it's not a real conversation (in any language). Tim is a true polyglot, Wouter seems to know some key phrases in lots of languages, but can only really express his thoughts fluently in a couple of languages. Still impressive, of course, but I think he needs to show more patience. He does a lot of yappin in these videos, to impress people, but I think that he would learn way more if he showed some patience and listened to others. I also suspect that Wouter doesn't read a lot of literature, unlike Tim. And to be perfectly honest, his English is just mediocre, which is weird to me, cause English is sooo similar to Dutch. I would actually disgaree with Tim concerning that, because he said that German was easier to learn than Dutch, but maybe that depends on which language you start off with. Anyway, when you watch these videos, at first you're blown away, but then you start noticing that he relies heavily on generic, key phrases, and he isn't really engaging with most people. That being said, he did inspire me to be honest. I'm sitting here thinking to myself; am I just lazy? Cause I speak multiple languages, and I always thought I could learn more, or improve, but never really bothered to do so, and now I kinda feel like I owe it to myself to maybe put some more effort into it.
Thanks. He is still young but has a lot of passion. I didn’t want to participate in this game because it is hard to speak in 30 or 40 languages without hearing at the same time as in the case of a conversation with a native speaker. Under those conditions much more comes to me and my accent and prosody are better.
This old legend Tim really exposed you as he showed the audience what the true meaning of a polyglot is. He can actually hold intelligent conversations in multiple languages, while you can only replicate memorized sentences you hear tourists yell on a night out. This is the difference between a master and a poser.
That's not the point, it is not a competition, this is all fun and learning, i just see it as two people sharing their love of languages, maybe the older person knows a lot more (obviously) but you don't have to be negative. Wouter wasn't showing off to Tim or to anyone really, he just likes speaking a lotta languages and likes to share his love of speaking many languages with people.
Looks a little bit artificial. Actually, the younger guy mainly says the same things in whatever language he uses: love your accent, do you wanna be my friend, let's have a beer, I have a friend here and there... He doesn't really succed in having a real conversation and reacting, to the specific information the other gives. In the other hand, the older guy is very amazing! He's able to say very specific things and talk about his personal experience in so much languages! It seems actually that his WHOLE life has been dedicated to languages, as he lived in so much different countries, and seems keen on literature. To me, through the limitations of the younger guy, this video actually shows how hard it is to master just ONE language. Yes, it's possible to learn a few words in many languages to show off and give the illusion that you speak a language by saying quickly a bunch of basic more or less prepared sentences, but to maintain a real conversation and express yourself, who you are as a unique individual, it's a lot more work and a huge self dedication!
Your responses are so generic and robotic. I admire your language skills but I feel like Tim was trying to have a conversation with you and you kept saying "wow you are so good, I hope we can speak some languages"
You have to consider that he's much younger than Tim (the other guy), and that he may have not been to all those countries. But the fact that he can understand up to 18 languages is already really incredible, even if he can't have a fully fluent conversation.
I’ve watched a few of these and it seems like you more or less say the same thing to each person every time like here Tim is trying to have a conversation and you’re just interested in going to the next language
Yeah, he says the same basic shit in every language. He's that super hyped dude who goes on and on about things no one wants to hear about. He's a show off, he just wants to say everything he knows in every language and that's it. The older man tried to say something meaningful, that's why he took more time instead of blabbering about dumb shit like the other dude. :/
@@JohnSmith-hq6fl dude the purpose of the video is speak as many languages as they can, hes gotta rush into switching between languages otherwise the video would be 2hrs long, and he learned all those languages with help of friends and tourists, not in an academy like many ppl do. Hes an artist who sells drawings and speaks 20 languages who has a youtube channel in wich he encourages ppl to learn more languages, yall just a bunch of haters lol
@@harrymoreno5481 Yeah, but it gets annoying after a while. My point was, he could've learned some meaningful things in these languages, not the same shit and repeat it. He said things in this "conversation" that were totally out of place. It was funny as hell, but he should listen some more and form adequate replies. I also wouldn't call myself a speaker of so many languages when I know a few phrases. :P
i can relate.. he is "talented" to be able to speak a lot of languages (out of the pronunciation), but i'd like to see a continuous conversation, not a repetition of "can i be your friend?", "nice to meet you", "it's cool" in 30 languages.. the old man on the other side, is a real polyglot..i'm wondering if he was a spy when he was young (or maybe he is a spy)..lol
@@BliTzeDGames He just stated what was seen in the video, he wasn't defending anyone. But your tiny brain couldn't handle it and had to make a moronic assumption.
The old guy is more verse because he stayed and studied language in university and school for years so his grammar is a bit accurate and he can manage good conversation than him because the young guy I've noticed some of his words are very common and basic like robot answering questions but his language skills is already above average than normal.
In 2:52, Tim says: "I've read all of Jorge Amado's works and after it I was always listening to Brazilian music such as Maria Betânia, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil...". It's really cool to see his interest not only for the language itself but for the culture it is linked to :)
Muito top mesmo. É uma pena que só os estrangeiros se interessam pela nossa cultura. O povo brasileiro mesmo não gosta da própria cultura e o governo atual reflete muito nisso.
Man, this was painful to watch. Tim seems like such a genuine person who knows languages to its core and takes time to understand the culture around it, and is passionate enough to want to talk about it and have a conversation. Meanwhile, Wouter just kept introducing himself again and again :p Props to both, but if i was Wouter I'd just have listened more and said less.
mm or yes, or ja or ja or mm or sou or hai or ii or ... I mean no matter what language most people when they understand something they say yes, or understand or good or is that so, is it so, to make sure that the other party understands that they are listening.
I feel like wouter wants to prove something to other people. But it just feels weird and cringe to watch it. The guys really wants to talk about like cultural stuff and not chicken gyros or beeing friends the 10th time. No front
Try this: keep 1 topic on the conversation and switch code in the middle of it, otherwise it just looks like you know only basic travel sentences on each language
I cringed almost every second of the video, this dude speaks 4 languages at a good level but he knows how to say stuff like "hi" "can we be friends" "I'm hungry" In a lot of languages, so he calls himself an ultra motherfreacker mega blaster polyglot.
Buddy is trying to talk to you about his learnings in Geneva in French, and you hit em with the "French is no problem for me. I hope we can speak all the languages together". Then later on, randomly you say, "We can drink something together". Its just a phrase that you've learned and think that it works when you don't understand someone. "J'aime l'accent de tois" is such a random thing to say. Then follow it up with "do you like French jokes" *facepalm*. I'm anglophone Canadian so my French isnt top quality, but I can say I'm bilingual because I can carry out a conversation and stick on topic. I admire that you can somewhat understand or speak so many languages, but you are far from fluent in most. Your English isn't bad, although it's easy to tell that it isnt your first language. You can claim to be fluent in English. But try to avoid saying yes in all these conversations. You hit em with the "si" and "oui" so many times. Tim genuinely can speak French fluently; all of his sentances made sense and stayed on topic. You might almost think that he is French, because some places in France have that exact accent (or I'm trippin). His grammar is probably better than mine, and I've spoken French my whole life (as a secondary language). Props to you both, but Wouter should stop saying random robotic things. And definitely do not say "French is no problem for me", because it kinda is.
I loved the part when Tim was talking about the difference in culture between France and Switzerland and Wouter responds with "I like your glasses" looool he didn't understand a thing of what he said there
@@akpolska You're right, I didn't even catch that. That place is surrounded by France, so I assumed that they would use the French way of counting. I'm actually curious where they use that version of counting. My grandfather uses it, and he is from the Congo, which makes sense because it was owned by Belgium, and I know they use it there.
@@akpolska Yah. They definitely use it in Switzerland and Belgium, although I'm 100% sure that they do not use it in Quebec. I go there every year, and they use the French version. Quebecois French is horrible though.
The thing is, Wouter can speak in many languages but the other guy knows how to actually have a conversation and not just put in his 2 cents of every language
He can't actually speak many languages. He just memorized a few stock phrases in many languages. That's not speaking it. He's not even A1 level in them.
@Xalpha23 i agree with you, he just memorized basic conversation every foreign language. He even cant reply properly because he dont understand any shit.
My philosophy on polyglots fits this guy really well: "Speaking multiple languages only means that you're equally stupid in all of them". The old man has actual stories to tell, and the capability to convey them in different languages without having to really think about them (he only really stops to think when he's trying to remember parts of the story). Wouter cannot even convey his simplest thoughts in most of these languages, let alone doing them seamlessly.
In Wouter's defense, he's less than half this man's age. That has to be taken into consideration. Even if you can only say basic things in 30 languages, it's still very impressive. Personally, I spend my time concentrating on three, if I can speak three with a high level of fluency, that's a great personal achievement for me.
Wow. So I'm a native Japanese speaker and Tim's Japanese was spot on. The accent, intonation was near native and he clearly understands the culture to be able to speak it in that natural manner. The interviewers however seems to understand the words but not necessarily the nuances behind the language. I suspect this is probably true for many of the languages he claims to be able to speak.
For Chinese and Cantonese, it is the case. He kept saying ”好厉害”、“对”which means “you are great” and “yes” to reply most of Tim’s words. And Tim has a good skill of Mandarin although not that perfect, which I can confirm. Also Tim has better pronunciation than him.
I am learning japanese and I can confirm that I speak japanese better than him even if I might not have large vocab as him.. his accent is too off and too formal to be fluent
Let's be honest, the old fella has way deeper knowledge and the Dutch guy only knows some basic sentences. It's like my french, my accent is amazing but I only know a bit because I had it in high school for 2 years and I barely speak it.
Actually ... his french is SUPER bad. I mean it’s my mother language and I don’t understand anything about what he is saying. But the old man …DaMNnn he has no accent and he made no mistakes it’s amazing !!
@@licornemagique7534 I noticed that posters of native languages have pointed out Wouter sounds bad or odd in some of his conversation. Examples: Native speakers of Spanish, Portuguese, French, Korean and Mandarin. I find Wouter motivational and it is clear in most of his videos, he is at a superficial level in his languages, due to trying to learn so many. It is noticeable, in this video he cannot understand the older fella. I used to do stuff like that with Spanish, when I first started nine years ago. A lot of yes, or acknowledgement, but not know what the hell was being said.
as a polyglot being able to speak Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Konkani, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch and Russian, he spoke fine but with a strong accent and a little rough around the edges for French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi
I swear this dude is a fake. He switches languages the moment the real deal starts asking questions. And he keeps saying "will you be my friend, i love your accent, you are great" come on man, memorizing phrases dont count.
Lol yeah... This youtuber obviously barely knows a couple of words in all languages all he calls himself a polyglot. I would be surprised if he can speak even 3 languages in a level higher than A1
I am really overwhelmed with Tim's real knowledge of languages. He is a real polyglot and shouldn't be compared to this guy, who just knows basic phrases of 20 languages and says he is a polyglot. In way of native Slovak speaker and C2 Czech speaker, his Slovak and Czech was mixed together and with little bit of Polish and Russian, but we have to say, these are really tough languages with low population of native speakers, so lets forgive him. And also, he speaks 20 langueges fluently so lets be quiet and learn from this tremendous man. Great respect Tim.
Slovak here - I approve of Tim especially his motivation since he learned Slovak relatively well despite him probably never need to use it. God bless him
@Sapien It does not work if the goal is for the sentence to be grammatically correct. *Do* and *make* in this context are both Light verbs (www.wikiwand.com/en/Light_verb). Which verb works is somewhat arbitrary, but in this case the correct light verb for mistake is make, and so the statement "made a mistake" is correct. In contrast, do is the wrong light verb, so the phrase "did a mistake" is ungrammatical.
Martin K yep we all eared/saw the very same shit lol 😅 I shared this video to my friends from east Europe (for the part polish/Ukrainian and Russian) to check if it was the same deal than in french (my natural born language), English, German, Italian and Spanish. And ... the result was the same lol The left man is way more impressive just because ... He actually speaks! lol ;)
@@miskeyp when i see polygot video on youtube i always wait for the french portion since it's also my native language and it's the only way for me to see if they are bullshiting us, and i have to say the left guy was pretty good for someone who probably didnt pratice the language for 10+ year. The right guy tho, he's bullshitting
Pedro Rodriguez hahaha clairement! lol With the little particularity that he actually speaks French from Switzerland! ;) (septante/nonante, cela ne pouvait être que suisse ou belge de toute manière ;p). But the other guy .... he just knows few sentences in those languages (barely right but came out of nowhere regarding to the main topic of their discuss). So yes, the left one is pretty good, the other one can’t be compared in any case to the other one lol ;p
@@miskeyp Septante et nonante c'est belge, et le gars a gauche à beaucoup plus d'expérience, c'est compliqué de comparer un gars de 60-70 a qqn de 27-28 ans.
luluwaza YT belge ET suisse. (Merci j’habite à côté, on peut même rajouter huitante lol) En effet question expérience, difficile de comparer, mais même sur les autres langues, il n’y a clairement pas photo! (Cf les autres com de ce thread)
Tim: "I've been learning Japanese and Chinese at the same time, while I have been in Japan" ... few moments later... Wouter:"Have you ever been to Japan???"
@Xalpha23 I speak (natively) some of the languages he speaks and he is terrible. I can disregard the accent and pronunciation but sometimes he butchers the whole structure. Same with that other dude laoshu505000 !!
National Autistic Socialism that really depends, man. Many people want to learn as many as possible because it’s simply cool to surprise people by speaking even just a bit of their homecountry’s language. We can’t judge them if they admit they only know a bit of each language
@@AlAminOYT I like Laoshu but I was curious about his Mandarin. I've been learning Mandarin and I notice he says things that don't seem native, or correct, but the Chinese people he interacts with seem to just go along with it and are just pretty impressed that he even knows as much as he does. I want my Mandarin to be fluent and accurate.
I definitely see your point, I'm fluent in French and German and I can see that he makes mistakes in those but when you consider how much he can understand and how many ideas he can convey to native speakers somewhat effortlessly it's really impressive
Thai part at 3:15 Tim: Do you like Thai music? Wouter: Yes, I like it very much. I was in Bangkok and I learned the Thai language there. I really thank all the Thai people. By the way, you're very good (at Thai). Tim: I learned Thai 30 years ago. Eh. actually 25 years ago. I taught at Chula (Chulalongkorn University) in the BBA and MBA programs. I also wrote a book (or article) about management in Japanese companies in Thailand. Wouter: ... transitioning to Chinese.
Good guess. You know the CIA has a fast-track language learning method for its operatives, that you learn to speak most common phrases in about 1-2 days. He studied Iranian only for 30 hours he said. Soviet union, Iran, west Germany, China. He also read a lot of literature and tried to understand the culture. The CIA, uses the world Factbook with information compiled by various anthropologists to gain insight on local populations, their culture, their differences etc. It helps you blend in. And if you take into account the time and money needed for all this traveling, reading literature, studying languages, and that a man has also to work to survive, it's easier to combine all those into one thing. High probability of former CIA operative.
True. I got that even without speaking Polish at all, thanks to Russian. xD Only Tim is a real polyglot with different levels of knowledge on each language. Wouter is a phony who memorizes some random phrases.
@@Untracker I came here to say that, too :-D I might try to defend Wouter, though. I think enthusiasm and effort are more important than mastery and fluency. Especially when people are saying all the time "communication, you need to talk with people".
Tim is really good at French. He learned French in Switzerland, as he said he's using Swiss numbers "septante", which is "soixante-dix" in France French. Wouter is answering really poorly, 9:07 "I like the accent of you", and the best part 9:35 "Where would you cut the sunglasses overthere, I think it's very very very tasty, I like glasses".
He actually used the the word “compre” which derives from ‘comprar’ which is the Spanish word for “to buy”. He said “compre il” so he’s trying (a bad try and with a mix of languages) and he just got lucky that the other guy actually knows Spanish and French and could infer what he wanted to say so he obliged and answered without embarrassing him. He was still wrong since it should have been ‘compraste’ and he used “compre”. I give him that he knows some phrases in many languages, but that a polyglot does NOT make!
My impression is that Wouter does very good in most of the languages listed on his badge. The thing is he is still quite young, I have been around the world using languages for 44 years as an adult and I am very impressed by how far he has gotten so far.
Wow you made my day. Such a nice comment of a master polyglot! For people who read this comment: you can see my levels of the languages on my badge. I have C1 or C2 level in just Dutch and English. I have a B1 language in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog and Mandarin (that means that I'm not fluent, but I can survive in these languages easily). All the other languages which I speak, like Arabic, Russian, Thai etc are just A1 or maybe A2. I am pretty open minded for any feedback, because I love to improve. So don't hesistate if you have any constructive advice or if you want to add me on facebook to help me. Cheers :)
LOL !! Mr Keeley Tim is a genius, and he has invested his whole life in language learning. A Great man. I think he doesnt care about your fifty dollars LOL ( it's almost an insult to play with him for money )
Um its awkward yeah but think that he said in greek Do you speak greek? And he said yes and he replied saying "your welcome" what kind of logic is that
Yeah, let's not forget he learns mainly from tourists who stop by. He talks with them while he paints or whatever. He can probably speak English and 1-2 more languages well, the other ones consist of basic phrases and are meh.
While still very impressive and honestly better than like 90% of people, Wouter only knows how to say a few fixed sentences in each language. Noticed this after watching a few videos and this video confirmed it. "Yes" "I love learning many languages" "I have friends in (country)" "You speak (language) very well" "Can we be friends" "(Some food or clothing item)"
@SigneM-Formaldehyd#1-dr I am not sure if you are talking about Wouter or me. Anyhow, I have not studied much Danish but I understand a lot since I studied Norwegian ... Bokmål (Måske ved du allerede. Bokmål er den mest udbredte af de to norske officielle målformer, den anden er nynorsk.)
Tim looked so relaxed when switching languages, I really want to hear all his travel stories, he must have a lot. This video motivated me to continue learning.🤓🤓🤓
The moment when Wouter speaks my mother language I realize how funny he is, btw the talented man sitting next to him is absolutely a lingual master and I hail from 🇨🇳
I appreciate how the other was trying to have a good conversation based on the languages initiated and try to make the conversation interesting. The younger guy knows a wide variety of languages but it seems he only had learned 10 sentences in multiple ways, very limited. Like he asked if the my can be friends, talks how he wants to visit a certain country, etc. Bottom line is, i’m amazed with Tim. :-)
Keeley Tim I started to become a fan of you after watching you on this video. I saw more videos of you thenafter. I speak only English, Filipino and Beginner level German; but I hope to meet you in person. Thanks for inspiring others Tim, all the best.
Tim is such an interesting person to sit and talk with. The other guy just knows the 50 most common words of each language and declares himself a polyglot
Wouter does tend to memorize phrases, but he almost always at least understands something about the grammar involved (even if he doesn't know the grammar very well). He also makes a very good effort on accent, and some of his accents are remarkably good. He can understand and converse at least a little, which is WAY harder than just memorizing a Swadesh list. He's also getting better all the time. Always adding new languages, trying to master his old ones. See his most recent stuff. The dude is crazy. If he lied about it or was dishonest, who cares? You know the truth, and you shouldn't expect better from a dude who speaks like 50 languages, of course most won't be fluent. But he is extremely impressive. I mean Laoshu was the same way.
Sorry to say but you have been beaten on this one. The man have the skill to make a long conversation with a much better grammar in pretty almost all languages. Not to mention the obvious life experience advantage. You in the other hand, most of the times just gave generic and/or evasive words, maybe due to the lack of proper grammar. Do not get offended, just wanted to point that you still need to put even more effort on your language skills. Also, I would love to see you having an conversation battle with laoshu5000. He is also an polyglot and make videos on youtube. Cheers.
When he said I want a chicken gyros, I died! 😂😂 I am a Greek native speaker. Both of them can't really speak Greek. They were using some English words mid sentence. It is commendable, however, the amount of languages they speak. Especially Tim, seems to have a much better understanding of each language.
Ναι φίλε λολ, δεν είμαι Έλληνας (αλλά φιλέλληνας) αλλά μιλάω Ελληνικά σε ενδιάμεσο επίπεδο. Είμαι από τη Βραζιλία και τα Πορτογαλικά τους ήταν αρκετά καλά όμως ειδικά του γέρου αν και κάνουν βασικά λάθη λόγω των Ισπανικών και Αγγλικών false friends. Αλλά δεν πρέπει να είμαι Έλληνας να δω ότι τα Ελληνικά τους οι δυο είναι χάλια λολ
I honestly feel like you shouldn't call yourself a polyglot. Out of all the languages you claim to speak I would say you only speak 3-4 to a decent level (which is still pretty cool). However, claiming to speak a language when you just know how to introduce yourself and some basic phrases is just deceitful.
@@whengrapespop5728 Bilingual is 2. Trilingual is 3. Multilingual is for the 4-5 range and a polyglot is typically for 6+ with a very high level of proficiency.
I think he means "I can do that" like a self motivation moto. I don't think he actually means "it is not an issue" hahaha (I am just interpreting from seeing the guy 2 times in youtube videos)
Tim is genuinely a really awesome guy, who knows how to hold conversations. I cringed so hard at your "si" as well as you changing the subject whenever you didn't know how to reply. So many of the languages were kinda broken and had a bad sentence structure. Sorry but not sorry
It is a lot easier when the person I am talking with is a native or fluent; it greatly increases my ability to switch languages (i.e. taking to one native and then immediately with another) and we actually have a conversation.
These top comments are overwhelmingly negative. And that is easy when you are sitting behind a keyboard. Look...yes the older guy was more fluent and he got generic responses...but Mr. Corduwener tries, has passion, and likes what he is doing. Now...you can criticize all you want, but he brought you this interesting video (and other interesting videos) and...he puts effort in. Yes, the comments may be true, but to the content creator all I can say is thumbs up and keep doing what you are doing. The world appreciates it.
No, most comments aren't "negative" but rather constructive criticism which is totally warranted here. The level of knowledge he shows in this video right here is very shallow, repeating the same phrases (except 3-4 languages he speaks more fluently) and switching languages when the conversation becomes more complicated. You don't have to be a hater in order to state these facts
Good guess. You know the CIA has a fast-track language learning method for its operatives, that you learn to speak most common phrases in about 1-2 days. He studied Iranian only for 30 hours he said. Soviet union, Iran, west Germany, China. He also read a lot of literature and tried to understand the culture. The CIA, uses the world Factbook with information compiled by various anthropologists to gain insight on local populations, their culture, their differences etc. It helps you blend in. And if you take into account the time and money needed for all this traveling, reading literature, studying languages, and that a man has also to work to survive, it's easier to combine all those into one thing. High probability of former CIA operative.
If you're claiming Korean to be one of the 19 languages that you can speak then I'm embarrassed for you. This type of dishonesty is really sad to see and undoes the hard work that you've put in with the languages that you have do have proficiency in.
I think he isnt really into trying to converse someone, just expressing he knew "many languages" by throwing phrases. I can't even spot a back to back argument or even an answer.
Bro, they are remarkable in some languages. Absolutely not all of them nor most and some I don't consider to be a language just a dialect but I won't specify which cause it's a sensitive topic (I agree with Wouter the guest is very amazing and super) Besides someone had to say it, anyways... the effort and time put in learning languages is always remarkable and profitable to the brain before the pocket.
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He has short term memory loss. Everytime he switches to a new language, they meet for the first time again.
It’s not hard to make an original comment
The thing is you don't know the effort the brsin has to make to change from a language to another and continue with the same topic.
this sobject its perfect!
Yeah, but its like it's a stunt. When traveling you meet these sort of people all the time that say they can speak various languages, and technically they can "speak" them, but its like the guy just makes the sounds but doesn't understand them, or he's only studied the first 2 chapters of each language book.
@@shivipivi Was it not original? Well 191 people say differently.
You can speak more than 30 languages but this old man has a lot more interesting things to say
Old man? thanks .... still feel fit and young
He's not probably that old only early 60s still a lot of life to live
@@davisjackson9154 That is right ;-) ... 62 and very fit and strong, thank you.
I think that person meant that you must have plenty of the stories to tell, based on the places you’ve visited and I think the exact same thing. These men have inspired me. 🙏🏼
@@polyglotdreams That guy is a joke compared to you. Huge respect.
"I taught at a university for a newspaper"
Response: "I want to eat something"
สอนการบริหารที่จุฬาลงกรณ์ เขียนหนังสือเป็นภาษาไทยเกี่ยวกับการบริหารของบริษัทญี่ปุ่นในประเทศไทย Sorry but หนังสือเป็น did sound like หนังสือพิมพ์
@@polyglotdreams hey Tim have you done any research into the Javanese language or Aksara Jawa? And here's to practice your Chinese characters as well 😉 因为我们的这个爪哇岛的方言快要消亡了，而我作为印尼人对于这个语言的未来没有那么明显的贡献。。
i hear not like something but like "together"
phom yaak kin kao duai
sam Williamson frlll
Lol
Spanish: si si si si si
French: Oui Oui Oui Oui Oui
"Very great"
"You speak very well"
"I would like to have a drink with you,"
"Let's be friends"
"I want a chicken gyros"
*Thumbs up* *Hand shake*
Wouter: I am polyglot
hahaha they just learn basic sentences
and the ” I speak a bit of this language”
@@hansaroos203 to be fair the gentleman seems to speak some of these pretty well
LMAO
😂😂😂
"I learned Greek in Crete"
"Nice to meet you"
"Do you love Greek music?"
"Yes. Nice to meet you. I want a chicken gyros. But Greek is a difficult language."
Hahahahahahaha LOL
🤣🤣🤣🤣
A literal translation of his conversation in arabic:
“I speak little arabic but know arabic really well, but you were in egypt, you were in Morocco. Morocco really really good. Love hospitality here( referring to the place in which he sat) and food.”
“You like food. The shawarma and falafel”
“But you speak a lot of language”
As you can clearly see its at best a crude pronunciation of every syllable and at worst an incomprehensible trial. Not trying to discourage him, but he would need to improve his Arabic by quite a lot to be considered proficient. Particularly, he should focus on the peculiarities of Arabic grammar like how to ask a question and when to use plurality.
His italian was really bad, felt more like spanish ...
the third Son 😂
The First guy: i want to relax..
Dude: si, si, si, si, di, si, si, im on cocain, si, si, si, si
this made me laugh hard
😂😂😂😂
"I was working as interpreter in DDR"
Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja
it was so annoyingggg
lmfao
Wouter in each language: „nice to meet you“
He meets Tim 25 times
I am dead 🤣🤣
i'm dying, came back to life and died again laughing.
I peed myself
I’m no polyglot but it kinda seems like he’s just memorised textbook phrases and doesn’t understand properly
Yup
Yep, Im no polyglot either (only speak three languages including native) and it's like Wouter just bought a textbook for each language, read the first chapter, then quit lol.
"I bought a book too" thanks for the input wouter
@@Jimmy-qx7sf nigga said read the first chapter and quit 😭😭😭
@@Jimmy-qx7sf yeah , I speak 4 but I can tell the one I know, that he can't speak shit in those !
I would love to just sit down with Tim and ask him about his life. This guy has lived it my god
I was going to type the same thing. I've barely left my country, and this guy didn't just go all over the place, he learned, studied, and read their literature. I'm mind-blown.
Wait what I love your videos and Tim’s have fun on whatever wipe your playing now and have fun with your satchels
no shot
yeaa,,this guy travels the world,,,lots of experiences /stories to tell
@@AaronMetallion like i dont how to people can do it im actually curious. how can you move to another country to live there and work like u need some money right
*DRINKING GAME:* Take a shot every time Wouter wants to be friends with Tim.
Do you want us to die of alcohol poisoning? Because that's how you die of alcohol poisoning.
No every time he said si
@@wiktornordqvist528 owi owi
HAHAHAHAHAHA
One year later I'm just now getting back sober thanks a lot Jerry 🤣🤣
"The cultural differences between France and Switzerland are very interesting"
"Nice to meet you! We can speak many languages together!"
feel like speaking to a chat bot lol
Thndrstrike hahahahaha i waited this very moment "my natural born language" (french) and it was ... hmmmm interesting to see one of them pretty confortable and the other .... "oui oui oui oui ... elles sont belles tes lunettes" hahahahaha i wasn’t ready 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@miskeyp tu me fumes 😂
That is where i kinda feel off, he being a Dutch should have no problem speaking French.
@@miskeyp I started learning French two months ago and am at the same level of Woulter, unfortunately he is another A1 "hyperpolyglot"
Has this guy lived everywhere? I feel like he's lived 30 times already
Seems like he's mastered the reincarnation and been living over 300 years:)
Considering he barely speaks any of these languages at all besides some basic phrases everyone can learn in a day, it seems he really hasn't lived everywhere.
hes 66 years old, you can live many places in that amount of time, its not hard to believe
@@Comintern1919 not Wouter, the other guy, the guest
.
I think he's a retired super spy.
Well. As someone who speaks 7 languages, I find this guy just spitting pre made phrases. And that's ok I mean, but it's very noticeable.
As someone who speaks 1.5 languages, its very noticeable 😂
As smone wo speks 0.79 languge, it veery notisible..yews..zi, zi...zi.
.... .. .... ... 0 ..... .. ......
@@The_NSeven 1101011011110101
-_- --- - - --_ _- __-
He just knows some basic lines, and basically memorized them..while Tim actually knows how to speak properly
@Dídac Canadell Parareda right 😂
@Dídac Canadell Parareda polish accent not confirmed either
@Dídac Canadell Parareda He barely got any norwegian words right, I couldnt even understand what he said(Im swedish btw but I can understand and speak some norwegian)
Tim speaks polish with good flow and understandablebig, plus for accent cuz its hard, Wouter does what Smid 429 said.
azzorzer tim? He didnt say a lot of words but i understood it. (Also swedish)
Imagine talking to someone and out if the blue they say "hello how are you, I want a chicken gyros"
I’d kill myself
Hello, how are you? I want some chicken Gyros.
Hello, how are you? I want some chicken Gyros
@@liqritrs8391 JESUS THIS IS FUNNY LMAO
Hello, how are a chiken gyros? I want you.
The older gentleman has a better understanding of the languages he speaks. His skills are much more impressive
0:00 English
1:08 Spanish
2:03 Portuguese
3:15 Thai
3:51 Mandarin
4:40 Cantonese
5:00 Mandarin again
5:20 Italian
6:01 Russian
6:45 Polish
7:17 Ukrainian
7:54 French
9:48 Indonesian
9:53 Japanese
10:20 Korean
10:52 Tagalog
11:06 Greek
11:56 Afrikaans
12:20 Danish
13:17 Hebrew
13:45 Arabian
14:21 Dutch
15:12 German
17:14 Vietnamese
------------------------------
18:43 Slovenian
19:32 Czech
20:27 Hungarian
20:45 Slovak
21:37 South Vietnamese
21:58 Nepali
22:18 Cambodian
23:32 Norwegian
23:42 Malaysian
Groetjes uit Nederland
Like so that everyone can find their language as quick as possible
come on guys, learn serbian and u will know croatian also bosnian😁
I’m surprised that he can speak vietnamese pretty fast and I’m here, a vietnamese guy who sometimes struggle in my own language
@@bent4332 yes solo se hablar español
Hmmm sadly no Indian languages 😁
Khmer** not “Cambodian “
Tim tells you he learned Mandarin and Japanese in Japan. Later on when you start speaking Japanese you ask him if he has ever been to Japan, are you listening to what he's telling you?!
Lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
He's listening, he just doesn't understand it.
Nah he likes repeating the same sentences over and over again
He's just making conversation.
I noticed that too. He doesn't seem to be paying much attention, it's not a real conversation (in any language). Tim is a true polyglot, Wouter seems to know some key phrases in lots of languages, but can only really express his thoughts fluently in a couple of languages. Still impressive, of course, but I think he needs to show more patience. He does a lot of yappin in these videos, to impress people, but I think that he would learn way more if he showed some patience and listened to others. I also suspect that Wouter doesn't read a lot of literature, unlike Tim. And to be perfectly honest, his English is just mediocre, which is weird to me, cause English is sooo similar to Dutch. I would actually disgaree with Tim concerning that, because he said that German was easier to learn than Dutch, but maybe that depends on which language you start off with. Anyway, when you watch these videos, at first you're blown away, but then you start noticing that he relies heavily on generic, key phrases, and he isn't really engaging with most people. That being said, he did inspire me to be honest. I'm sitting here thinking to myself; am I just lazy? Cause I speak multiple languages, and I always thought I could learn more, or improve, but never really bothered to do so, and now I kinda feel like I owe it to myself to maybe put some more effort into it.
I was getting second-hand embarrassment for the guy on the right the whole time. Tim is amazing though and he really is what you can call a polyglot.
Thanks. He is still young but has a lot of passion. I didn’t want to participate in this game because it is hard to speak in 30 or 40 languages without hearing at the same time as in the case of a conversation with a native speaker. Under those conditions much more comes to me and my accent and prosody are better.
I believe Tim would be considered a Hyperpolyglot. Excellent to witness
This old legend Tim really exposed you as he showed the audience what the true meaning of a polyglot is. He can actually hold intelligent conversations in multiple languages, while you can only replicate memorized sentences you hear tourists yell on a night out. This is the difference between a master and a poser.
That's not the point, it is not a competition, this is all fun and learning, i just see it as two people sharing their love of languages, maybe the older person knows a lot more (obviously) but you don't have to be negative.
Wouter wasn't showing off to Tim or to anyone really, he just likes speaking a lotta languages and likes to share his love of speaking many languages with people.
"Lets be friends" "you speak it very well" "very great". Repeat in 30 languages for Vouter
@@josefjusufssob4351 Which is bad?
@@boogeyperson316 If that's what he's doing then it's awful.
I can barely understand Tim speaking Mandarin lol
Looks a little bit artificial. Actually, the younger guy mainly says the same things in whatever language he uses: love your accent, do you wanna be my friend, let's have a beer, I have a friend here and there... He doesn't really succed in having a real conversation and reacting, to the specific information the other gives. In the other hand, the older guy is very amazing! He's able to say very specific things and talk about his personal experience in so much languages! It seems actually that his WHOLE life has been dedicated to languages, as he lived in so much different countries, and seems keen on literature.
To me, through the limitations of the younger guy, this video actually shows how hard it is to master just ONE language. Yes, it's possible to learn a few words in many languages to show off and give the illusion that you speak a language by saying quickly a bunch of basic more or less prepared sentences, but to maintain a real conversation and express yourself, who you are as a unique individual, it's a lot more work and a huge self dedication!
Tim: talks about lusophone literature (even if briefly)
That dude: sim, sim, sim, sim, sim.
@Blue Sky Yeah maybe he'll get some valid criticism as well, imagine.
@Blue Sky "u CaN't cRiTiCizE wHeN yOu CaN't Do iT" stfu
Your responses are so generic and robotic. I admire your language skills but I feel like Tim was trying to have a conversation with you and you kept saying "wow you are so good, I hope we can speak some languages"
@@goqsane That is something really rude and hateful for you to say.
@@nadialexa Revealing the facts for the sheople who actually for fall his "knowledge" of languages.
@@goqsane "for fall his knowledge"? You're not the right person to criticize, honey.
You have to consider that he's much younger than Tim (the other guy), and that he may have not been to all those countries. But the fact that he can understand up to 18 languages is already really incredible, even if he can't have a fully fluent conversation.
@@goqsane how many languages do you speak? Bet you're not even fluent in your native language.
I’ve watched a few of these and it seems like you more or less say the same thing to each person every time like here Tim is trying to have a conversation and you’re just interested in going to the next language
Yeah, he says the same basic shit in every language. He's that super hyped dude who goes on and on about things no one wants to hear about. He's a show off, he just wants to say everything he knows in every language and that's it. The older man tried to say something meaningful, that's why he took more time instead of blabbering about dumb shit like the other dude. :/
@@JohnSmith-hq6fl dude the purpose of the video is speak as many languages as they can, hes gotta rush into switching between languages otherwise the video would be 2hrs long, and he learned all those languages with help of friends and tourists, not in an academy like many ppl do. Hes an artist who sells drawings and speaks 20 languages who has a youtube channel in wich he encourages ppl to learn more languages, yall just a bunch of haters lol
@@harrymoreno5481 Yeah, but it gets annoying after a while. My point was, he could've learned some meaningful things in these languages, not the same shit and repeat it. He said things in this "conversation" that were totally out of place. It was funny as hell, but he should listen some more and form adequate replies. I also wouldn't call myself a speaker of so many languages when I know a few phrases. :P
i can relate..
he is "talented" to be able to speak a lot of languages (out of the pronunciation), but i'd like to see a continuous conversation, not a repetition of "can i be your friend?", "nice to meet you", "it's cool" in 30 languages..
the old man on the other side, is a real polyglot..i'm wondering if he was a spy when he was young (or maybe he is a spy)..lol
Si si si si si si si
Someone: What do you think about Holocaust
This guy: *si. Nice to meet you. I speak Holocaust a bit. I want gyros*
😂
😂😂😂lol
😂😂😂😂😂
Hahahahha
You had me crying bro😂😂😂😂and the sad part is that exactly what he'll say😂😂
He literally told him it was nice to meet you about 100 times
@Blue Sky imagine replying to every comment vehemently defending some random guy on a youtube video, get a hobby
Even if it’s a new conversation I think you don’t need to say “ nice to meet you” all the time
@@BliTzeDGames He just stated what was seen in the video, he wasn't defending anyone. But your tiny brain couldn't handle it and had to make a moronic assumption.
The old guy is more verse because he stayed and studied language in university and school for years so his grammar is a bit accurate and he can manage good conversation than him because the young guy I've noticed some of his words are very common and basic like robot answering questions but his language skills is already above average than normal.
Van Allen exactly! Perfect way to describe the scenario
I swear, I speak fluent english and spanish, and his spanish, although he has a cuban accent, is the best! Wouter's spanish is so basic
In 2:52, Tim says: "I've read all of Jorge Amado's works and after it I was always listening to Brazilian music such as Maria Betânia, Gal Costa, Gilberto Gil...". It's really cool to see his interest not only for the language itself but for the culture it is linked to :)
Sim, sim, sim, sim, sim, sim, sim
Legenda: "Literatura brasileira", Fala: "Música brasileira", muito bom.
Achei massa tb!
Muito top mesmo. É uma pena que só os estrangeiros se interessam pela nossa cultura. O povo brasileiro mesmo não gosta da própria cultura e o governo atual reflete muito nisso.
E o sotaque dele é ótimo, também. Já o rapaz da direita até deu para entender, mas a gramática parecia de uma criança...
Man, this was painful to watch. Tim seems like such a genuine person who knows languages to its core and takes time to understand the culture around it, and is passionate enough to want to talk about it and have a conversation. Meanwhile, Wouter just kept introducing himself again and again :p Props to both, but if i was Wouter I'd just have listened more and said less.
True
Wouter in every language "I like this language because I have many friends who speak it and I like the music" over and over again
I think he just gets excited meeting other polyglots
stop saying SI in spanish jajajajja u can say vale, entiendo, etc
Jajajajaja
Si, gracias!
@@WouterCorduwener JAJJAJAJA te admiro bro
he says yes constantly when he is listening with any language xd
mm or yes, or ja or ja or mm or sou or hai or ii or ... I mean no matter what language most people when they understand something they say yes, or understand or good or is that so, is it so, to make sure that the other party understands that they are listening.
"Nice to meet you, I want a chicken gyros." Mad language skills
Skeeter Jenkins It's like my grandfather coming back from vacation
😹😂😂😹😹😹 lol nice to meet you
😂😂😂😂😂
He spoke very bad greek and arabic , not trying to be rude.
Pretty much as Greek as it gets
Wind: Blows
Polyglot: NICE TO MEET YOU
😂😂😂
I feel like wouter wants to prove something to other people. But it just feels weird and cringe to watch it. The guys really wants to talk about like cultural stuff and not chicken gyros or beeing friends the 10th time. No front
But at least they are friends in 10 different languages now 😂
Try this: keep 1 topic on the conversation and switch code in the middle of it, otherwise it just looks like you know only basic travel sentences on each language
He does only know those
Alej Random that’s all he knows tho
everytime he said "can we be friends" cause he cant think off a new phrase I cringed pretty hard
Or "nice to meet you" lmao
I cringed almost every second of the video, this dude speaks 4 languages at a good level but he knows how to say stuff like "hi" "can we be friends" "I'm hungry" In a lot of languages, so he calls himself an ultra motherfreacker mega blaster polyglot.
@@NicoMMAbr *xXultraMotherfreackerMegaBlasterPolygonHDXx* joined the game
@@heavyplateenjoyer polygon lol
@@NicoMMAbr Hahaha
Buddy is trying to talk to you about his learnings in Geneva in French, and you hit em with the "French is no problem for me. I hope we can speak all the languages together". Then later on, randomly you say, "We can drink something together". Its just a phrase that you've learned and think that it works when you don't understand someone. "J'aime l'accent de tois" is such a random thing to say. Then follow it up with "do you like French jokes" *facepalm*. I'm anglophone Canadian so my French isnt top quality, but I can say I'm bilingual because I can carry out a conversation and stick on topic. I admire that you can somewhat understand or speak so many languages, but you are far from fluent in most. Your English isn't bad, although it's easy to tell that it isnt your first language. You can claim to be fluent in English. But try to avoid saying yes in all these conversations. You hit em with the "si" and "oui" so many times.
Tim genuinely can speak French fluently; all of his sentances made sense and stayed on topic. You might almost think that he is French, because some places in France have that exact accent (or I'm trippin). His grammar is probably better than mine, and I've spoken French my whole life (as a secondary language).
Props to you both, but Wouter should stop saying random robotic things. And definitely do not say "French is no problem for me", because it kinda is.
I loved the part when Tim was talking about the difference in culture between France and Switzerland and Wouter responds with "I like your glasses" looool he didn't understand a thing of what he said there
You can't say Tim is french as he is using the septante for 70. Which shows he learned it in Switzerland as he said.
@@akpolska You're right, I didn't even catch that. That place is surrounded by France, so I assumed that they would use the French way of counting. I'm actually curious where they use that version of counting. My grandfather uses it, and he is from the Congo, which makes sense because it was owned by Belgium, and I know they use it there.
@@AB-yl1fv Yes you're totally right they use it it Congo because Belgium uses it too. I think Switzerland Quebec and Belgium use it
@@akpolska Yah. They definitely use it in Switzerland and Belgium, although I'm 100% sure that they do not use it in Quebec. I go there every year, and they use the French version. Quebecois French is horrible though.
Fun fact: Never trust the captions in Wouter's videos.
The thing is, Wouter can speak in many languages but the other guy knows how to actually have a conversation and not just put in his 2 cents of every language
He compensates with body language
He can't actually speak many languages. He just memorized a few stock phrases in many languages. That's not speaking it. He's not even A1 level in them.
@Xalpha23 i agree with you, he just memorized basic conversation every foreign language. He even cant reply properly because he dont understand any shit.
My philosophy on polyglots fits this guy really well: "Speaking multiple languages only means that you're equally stupid in all of them". The old man has actual stories to tell, and the capability to convey them in different languages without having to really think about them (he only really stops to think when he's trying to remember parts of the story). Wouter cannot even convey his simplest thoughts in most of these languages, let alone doing them seamlessly.
In Wouter's defense, he's less than half this man's age. That has to be taken into consideration. Even if you can only say basic things in 30 languages, it's still very impressive. Personally, I spend my time concentrating on three, if I can speak three with a high level of fluency, that's a great personal achievement for me.
*in Afrikaans*
Tim: Have you been to South Africa?
Wouter: Ah! You speak Afrikaans well!
Tim: No. Have you been to South Africa?
LOL
hahahahaha
His Afrikaans was not good hehe the old guy's was better. Verstan jy alles in Afrikaans? Ja ek verstaan alles, maar hy lyk asof hy verstaan niks
I can understand afrikaans because my native language is dutch. I cant speak it though
Wow. So I'm a native Japanese speaker and Tim's Japanese was spot on. The accent, intonation was near native and he clearly understands the culture to be able to speak it in that natural manner. The interviewers however seems to understand the words but not necessarily the nuances behind the language. I suspect this is probably true for many of the languages he claims to be able to speak.
Can confirm with the 10 second Tagalog bit. He kinda knows what he wants to say, but the execution needs a lot of work
For Chinese and Cantonese, it is the case. He kept saying ”好厉害”、“对”which means “you are great” and “yes” to reply most of Tim’s words. And Tim has a good skill of Mandarin although not that perfect, which I can confirm. Also Tim has better pronunciation than him.
I am learning japanese and I can confirm that I speak japanese better than him even if I might not have large vocab as him.. his accent is too off and too formal to be fluent
Confirm for Russian as well
His Spanish is pretty good as well, just needs a little more practice that’s all........but he’s good!
Tim: actually says something in different languages
Wouter: How to say yes in diffierent languages
Let's be honest, the old fella has way deeper knowledge and the Dutch guy only knows some basic sentences. It's like my french, my accent is amazing but I only know a bit because I had it in high school for 2 years and I barely speak it.
Actually ... his french is SUPER bad. I mean it’s my mother language and I don’t understand anything about what he is saying. But the old man …DaMNnn he has no accent and he made no mistakes it’s amazing !!
@@licornemagique7534 I noticed that posters of native languages have pointed out Wouter sounds bad or odd in some of his conversation. Examples: Native speakers of Spanish, Portuguese, French, Korean and Mandarin. I find Wouter motivational and it is clear in most of his videos, he is at a superficial level in his languages, due to trying to learn so many. It is noticeable, in this video he cannot understand the older fella. I used to do stuff like that with Spanish, when I first started nine years ago. A lot of yes, or acknowledgement, but not know what the hell was being said.
@@licornemagique7534 t'abuses , c'est compréhensible , c'est juste qu'il fait quelque fautes ..
as a polyglot being able to speak Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Konkani, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Dutch and Russian, he spoke fine but with a strong accent and a little rough around the edges for French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Hindi
@@JohnSmith-ho8yb if you think his french is fine you're very far from speaking french.
I swear this dude is a fake. He switches languages the moment the real deal starts asking questions. And he keeps saying "will you be my friend, i love your accent, you are great" come on man, memorizing phrases dont count.
He could have said chitichiti bang bang and the RUclipsr would be said oh si si siiii
Yes, the other guy is a language master and he keep saying greetings again and again.
Yeah Tim was going in he had backstories for each one and still spoke more I would love for him to start making content
Still speaks more then all of us combined. And he understands what the guy is saying.
Shut up
You can't even walk properly 😂
can i just say "hello" in 100 languages and that considers me as hyperpolyglot?...LOL
Clearly yes
Yes
Si...si...si...si 🤦🏾♀️😂
@@ItsNessaTho jajajaja si si si si si si
Lol yeah... This youtuber obviously barely knows a couple of words in all languages all he calls himself a polyglot. I would be surprised if he can speak even 3 languages in a level higher than A1
I am really overwhelmed with Tim's real knowledge of languages. He is a real polyglot and shouldn't be compared to this guy, who just knows basic phrases of 20 languages and says he is a polyglot. In way of native Slovak speaker and C2 Czech speaker, his Slovak and Czech was mixed together and with little bit of Polish and Russian, but we have to say, these are really tough languages with low population of native speakers, so lets forgive him. And also, he speaks 20 langueges fluently so lets be quiet and learn from this tremendous man. Great respect Tim.
Slovak here - I approve of Tim especially his motivation since he learned Slovak relatively well despite him probably never need to use it. God bless him
Nobody s perfect! Go speak 30 languages ahahah! He also mixed up Italian, it wasn't really Italian, but it's ok, right? XD.
I'd rather speak 4 languages fluent then 20 in this way...
First learn proper English because you just did a mistake
StalineLPB I’m pretty sure it’s “made a mistake”
I don’t see anything wrong Matias.
@Sapien I'd argue that the use of "then" instead of "than" is a lesser mistake compared with "did a mistake" instead of "made a mistake" tbh
@Sapien It does not work if the goal is for the sentence to be grammatically correct.
*Do* and *make* in this context are both Light verbs (www.wikiwand.com/en/Light_verb). Which verb works is somewhat arbitrary, but in this case the correct light verb for mistake is make, and so the statement "made a mistake" is correct.
In contrast, do is the wrong light verb, so the phrase "did a mistake" is ungrammatical.
Isnt the mistake fluently and not fluent?or im dumb
No offense to Wouter, but there's only one polyglot/hyperpolyglot in this video
Martin K yep we all eared/saw the very same shit lol 😅
I shared this video to my friends from east Europe (for the part polish/Ukrainian and Russian) to check if it was the same deal than in french (my natural born language), English, German, Italian and Spanish.
And ... the result was the same lol
The left man is way more impressive just because ... He actually speaks! lol ;)
@@miskeyp when i see polygot video on youtube i always wait for the french portion since it's also my native language and it's the only way for me to see if they are bullshiting us, and i have to say the left guy was pretty good for someone who probably didnt pratice the language for 10+ year. The right guy tho, he's bullshitting
Pedro Rodriguez hahaha clairement! lol
With the little particularity that he actually speaks French from Switzerland! ;) (septante/nonante, cela ne pouvait être que suisse ou belge de toute manière ;p).
But the other guy .... he just knows few sentences in those languages (barely right but came out of nowhere regarding to the main topic of their discuss).
So yes, the left one is pretty good, the other one can’t be compared in any case to the other one lol ;p
@@miskeyp Septante et nonante c'est belge, et le gars a gauche à beaucoup plus d'expérience, c'est compliqué de comparer un gars de 60-70 a qqn de 27-28 ans.
luluwaza YT belge ET suisse. (Merci j’habite à côté, on peut même rajouter huitante lol)
En effet question expérience, difficile de comparer, mais même sur les autres langues, il n’y a clairement pas photo! (Cf les autres com de ce thread)
This old man is absolutely a legend!
Lol, hes not old!
Old?! You must be blind🤦🏻♂️
Tim: "I've been learning Japanese and Chinese at the same time, while I have been in Japan"
... few moments later...
Wouter:"Have you ever been to Japan???"
it's a standard question, He ask it in every video about japanese
Lol
When a fake polyglot meets a real polyglot
@Xalpha23 I speak (natively) some of the languages he speaks and he is terrible. I can disregard the accent and pronunciation but sometimes he butchers the whole structure. Same with that other dude laoshu505000 !!
National Autistic Socialism that really depends, man. Many people want to learn as many as possible because it’s simply cool to surprise people by speaking even just a bit of their homecountry’s language. We can’t judge them if they admit they only know a bit of each language
@@AlAminOYT I like Laoshu but I was curious about his Mandarin. I've been learning Mandarin and I notice he says things that don't seem native, or correct, but the Chinese people he interacts with seem to just go along with it and are just pretty impressed that he even knows as much as he does. I want my Mandarin to be fluent and accurate.
I definitely see your point, I'm fluent in French and German and I can see that he makes mistakes in those but when you consider how much he can understand and how many ideas he can convey to native speakers somewhat effortlessly it's really impressive
@@dmv1758 not really. These people who are surprised at first they will be quickly disappointed when they find out he is a fraud. Believe me
how old are you, answer in croatian
tim: 62 (šezdeset dva)
captions: 66
jesus christ let him talk stop saying “si” every 3 seconds
And in german he switched from „si si si si si“ to „ja ja ja ja ja ja ja“ 😂😂
LMAFO I LAUGH SO HARD
Thai part at 3:15
Tim: Do you like Thai music?
Wouter: Yes, I like it very much. I was in Bangkok and I learned the Thai language there. I really thank all the Thai people. By the way, you're very good (at Thai).
Tim: I learned Thai 30 years ago. Eh. actually 25 years ago. I taught at Chula (Chulalongkorn University) in the BBA and MBA programs. I also wrote a book (or article) about management in Japanese companies in Thailand.
Wouter: ... transitioning to Chinese.
But not before randomly saying, "yes I want to eat some food too"...weird...
He basically worked all around the world. I'm guessing he's a SPY
Good guess.
You know the CIA has a fast-track language learning method for its operatives, that you learn to speak most common phrases in about 1-2 days.
He studied Iranian only for 30 hours he said.
Soviet union, Iran, west Germany, China.
He also read a lot of literature and tried to understand the culture.
The CIA, uses the world Factbook with information compiled by various anthropologists to gain insight on local populations, their culture, their differences etc. It helps you blend in.
And if you take into account the time and money needed for all this traveling, reading literature, studying languages, and that a man has also to work to survive, it's easier to combine all those into one thing.
High probability of former CIA operative.
@@AncientSocrates Sounds quite interesting..
the subtitles completely missed Tim's line
Wouter: polish vodka is the best
Tim: polish girls are the best
lmfao
Chujowo mówią po polsku
True. I got that even without speaking Polish at all, thanks to Russian. xD
Only Tim is a real polyglot with different levels of knowledge on each language. Wouter is a phony who memorizes some random phrases.
@@E34Benzin yeah I've noticed that too. No real comprehension just cliche sentences.
Same with Hungarian. The subtitles say "Hungarian women are beautiful" when in fact he's trying to say "Hungarian is beautiful".
0:00 English 1:08 Spanish 2:03 Portuguese 3:15 Thai 3:51 Mandarin 4:40 Cantonese 5:00 Mandarin again 5:20 Italian 6:01 Russian 6:45 Polish 7:17 Ukrainian 7:54 French 9:48 Indonesian 9:53 Japanese 10:20 Korean 10:52 Tagalog 11:06 Greek 11:56 Afrikaans 12:20 Danish 13:17 Hebrew 13:45 Arabian 14:21 Dutch 15:12 German 17:14 Vietnamese 18:43 Slovenian 19:32 Czech 20:27 Hungarian 20:45 Slovak 21:37 South Vietnamese 21:58 Nepali 22:18 Cambodian 23:32 Norwegian 23:42 Malaysian
There is a proverb that says "
Jack of all trades, master of none"
"but oftentimes better than a master of one."
I'm not trying to defend Wouter or anything, just wanted to finish that quote.
He is not even a jack
@@Untracker I came here to say that, too :-D
I might try to defend Wouter, though. I think enthusiasm and effort are more important than mastery and fluency. Especially when people are saying all the time "communication, you need to talk with people".
Tim is really good at French. He learned French in Switzerland, as he said he's using Swiss numbers "septante", which is "soixante-dix" in France French. Wouter is answering really poorly, 9:07 "I like the accent of you", and the best part 9:35 "Where would you cut the sunglasses overthere, I think it's very very very tasty, I like glasses".
Arkros hahaha on va pas se voiler la face: cette partie nous a tous fait marrer lol 🤣🤣🤣
omg lol
His French was 😬 he could definitely fool non speakers but it was horrible
at least he doesn't use the "quatre vinght" HAHAHAHAHHAHA
He actually used the the word “compre” which derives from ‘comprar’ which is the Spanish word for “to buy”. He said “compre il” so he’s trying (a bad try and with a mix of languages) and he just got lucky that the other guy actually knows Spanish and French and could infer what he wanted to say so he obliged and answered without embarrassing him. He was still wrong since it should have been ‘compraste’ and he used “compre”. I give him that he knows some phrases in many languages, but that a polyglot does NOT make!
No offence but I feel like you know a little of each language
I'm not offended, don't worry.
Maybe you should go back and check his other videos. Is this a gut feeling or you speak also these 18languages and can judge objectively?
My impression is that Wouter does very good in most of the languages listed on his badge. The thing is he is still quite young, I have been around the world using languages for 44 years as an adult and I am very impressed by how far he has gotten so far.
Wow you made my day. Such a nice comment of a master polyglot! For people who read this comment: you can see my levels of the languages on my badge. I have C1 or C2 level in just Dutch and English. I have a B1 language in German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog and Mandarin (that means that I'm not fluent, but I can survive in these languages easily). All the other languages which I speak, like Arabic, Russian, Thai etc are just A1 or maybe A2. I am pretty open minded for any feedback, because I love to improve. So don't hesistate if you have any constructive advice or if you want to add me on facebook to help me. Cheers :)
All I will say he is extremely good for someone who learned most the languages in his own country
LOL !!
Mr Keeley Tim is a genius, and he has invested his whole life in language learning. A Great man.
I think he doesnt care about your fifty dollars LOL ( it's almost an insult to play with him for money )
Well said bro holy shit
samleth phomveha He didn't look like he doesnt care about fifty euros 😅
Its incredible how tim for almost every language he speaks he has a background story of his life.
"Let's be friends" -> (never becomes friends) -- if you say that one more time i'm gonna jump off a bridge
I think he says that because he doesnt have a real understanding of the language and learns that phrase in every language he can
Man, I laugh! LMAO
Or “let’s go for dinner/ a drink” and then never go
Um its awkward yeah but think that he said in greek Do you speak greek? And he said yes and he replied saying "your welcome" what kind of logic is that
Yeah, let's not forget he learns mainly from tourists who stop by. He talks with them while he paints or whatever. He can probably speak English and 1-2 more languages well, the other ones consist of basic phrases and are meh.
Tim: I studied portuguese for 4 months
Subtitles: I studied portuguese for 4 years
In fact Tim says: I was in Brazil only for 4 months my entire life.
But still, the subtitles are wrong
Alej Random i was confused because I was thinking “why do they say month for year in Portuguese?” Now I know you don’t haha.
And Tim said: I love Maria Bethânia and Gal Costa songs... and the subtitles aren’t accurate with their names translating to “Maria Bretana”
Tim starts speaking German,
Wouter: Ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja, ja
Ich spreche nicht Deutsch... :(
@@Hyblup absolut nicht
@@joselsuckau8317 si, si, si, si, si, claro, claro, claro, claro, si, si, si, si.
@@Matheus_Braz jaja re chanta
Kissen mein arsen ja ja ja ja baby !
While still very impressive and honestly better than like 90% of people, Wouter only knows how to say a few fixed sentences in each language. Noticed this after watching a few videos and this video confirmed it.
"Yes"
"I love learning many languages"
"I have friends in (country)"
"You speak (language) very well"
"Can we be friends"
"(Some food or clothing item)"
Why do you keep saying, "you are awesome" constantly??? It's driving me mad!!!
I dont think it can be called knowing 30 languages when you know just some simple sayings. Also you clearly don't understand most of what he says
Si, si, si, si, oui, oui oui oui, yah, yah, yah.
Wouter is still young, only 29, I love his passion and he does work hard.
He didn't say knowing, he said "game in 30+ languages" he said he speaks a little bit anyways
@SigneM-Formaldehyd#1-dr I am not sure if you are talking about Wouter or me. Anyhow, I have not studied much Danish but I understand a lot since I studied Norwegian ... Bokmål (Måske ved du allerede. Bokmål er den mest udbredte af de to norske officielle målformer, den anden er nynorsk.)
@SigneM-Formaldehyd#1-dr Keeley not Killer LOL :-)
Tim looked so relaxed when switching languages, I really want to hear all his travel stories, he must have a lot. This video motivated me to continue learning.🤓🤓🤓
Hope he's got his own channel
Tim: *good diverse language*
Wouter: CaN i bE yOur FrIenD
Drinking game.: Take a shot everytime he says "si" during the spanish
And same: take a shot everytime when he says oui during the french. 对 during the Chinese. はいduring the Japanese.
Aussi "ouais" pour français.
17 times. He said 'Si' 17 TIMES!!
Darric Taylor or every time he says «nice to meet you»
Ahahahahaa u want us to die ?
I hate when he repeat the same all the time, i think the old man is more intelligent and experienced in languages.
I like how the older guy talks and Walter just says yes yes yes , I like food
The moment when Wouter speaks my mother language I realize how funny he is, btw the talented man sitting next to him is absolutely a lingual master and I hail from 🇨🇳
I appreciate how the other was trying to have a good conversation based on the languages initiated and try to make the conversation interesting. The younger guy knows a wide variety of languages but it seems he only had learned 10 sentences in multiple ways, very limited. Like he asked if the my can be friends, talks how he wants to visit a certain country, etc.
Bottom line is, i’m amazed with Tim. :-)
Thank you for the kind words in your bottom line! Tim :-)
Keeley Tim I started to become a fan of you after watching you on this video. I saw more videos of you thenafter. I speak only English, Filipino and Beginner level German; but I hope to meet you in person. Thanks for inspiring others Tim, all the best.
@@ecks081 Thanks ... where do you live?
Keeley Tim I’m filipino, living in Kuala Lumpur. I work here.
@@ecks081 I live in Fukuoka, Kyushu Japan
That moment in the video when he said: “Sí”
I felt that.
What did you feel ?
@@daoudasoumare9237 you are dumb
@@alucardhellsing2912 😂😂😂
Tim is such an interesting person to sit and talk with. The other guy just knows the 50 most common words of each language and declares himself a polyglot
Tim is who I aspire to be, but Wouter is not.
How many languages do you speak
@@whataboutrick 4
Tim is really also and good hyperpolyglotte
Wouter does tend to memorize phrases, but he almost always at least understands something about the grammar involved (even if he doesn't know the grammar very well). He also makes a very good effort on accent, and some of his accents are remarkably good. He can understand and converse at least a little, which is WAY harder than just memorizing a Swadesh list.
He's also getting better all the time. Always adding new languages, trying to master his old ones. See his most recent stuff. The dude is crazy. If he lied about it or was dishonest, who cares? You know the truth, and you shouldn't expect better from a dude who speaks like 50 languages, of course most won't be fluent. But he is extremely impressive. I mean Laoshu was the same way.
Found out that hes saying the same sentences in tagalog in all of his videos.
Wouter.exe has encountered technical problems... recovering... recovering... "do you speak (insert next language)"
Sorry to say but you have been beaten on this one. The man have the skill to make a long conversation with a much better grammar in pretty almost all languages. Not to mention the obvious life experience advantage.
You in the other hand, most of the times just gave generic and/or evasive words, maybe due to the lack of proper grammar.
Do not get offended, just wanted to point that you still need to put even more effort on your language skills. Also, I would love to see you having an conversation battle with laoshu5000. He is also an polyglot and make videos on youtube.
Cheers.
Enzo stz laoshu has him beat
Tim and Laoshu make this guy look like a clown
Laoshu passed away unfortunately!
When he said I want a chicken gyros, I died! 😂😂 I am a Greek native speaker. Both of them can't really speak Greek. They were using some English words mid sentence. It is commendable, however, the amount of languages they speak. Especially Tim, seems to have a much better understanding of each language.
Ναι φίλε λολ, δεν είμαι Έλληνας (αλλά φιλέλληνας) αλλά μιλάω Ελληνικά σε ενδιάμεσο επίπεδο. Είμαι από τη Βραζιλία και τα Πορτογαλικά τους ήταν αρκετά καλά όμως ειδικά του γέρου αν και κάνουν βασικά λάθη λόγω των Ισπανικών και Αγγλικών false friends.
Αλλά δεν πρέπει να είμαι Έλληνας να δω ότι τα Ελληνικά τους οι δυο είναι χάλια λολ
They can do it
I honestly feel like you shouldn't call yourself a polyglot. Out of all the languages you claim to speak I would say you only speak 3-4 to a decent level (which is still pretty cool).
However, claiming to speak a language when you just know how to introduce yourself and some basic phrases is just deceitful.
yep!
I think he said he speaks around 8 or 9 to an extent of being able to easily hold a conversation. Which is a polyglot.
Polyglot means that you’re fluent in 2 or more languages. You have to be fluent though, I believe.
@@whengrapespop5728 Bilingual is 2. Trilingual is 3. Multilingual is for the 4-5 range and a polyglot is typically for 6+ with a very high level of proficiency.
vliegendehollander
I know, but although polyglot is typically used for a bunch, it originally just means 2 or more. Look it up.
I would have just let Tim tell me his life in as many languages he had desired. What a person, man...😃
Thanks
@@polyglotdreams You're a true polyglot,sir.Congratulations.
when he says “it’s not a problem for me” it annoys me sm idk why
anahita mem it’s arrogant!
Because it sounds like an arrogant behave and ... IT’S COMPLETLY WRONG! Hahaha
I think he means "I can do that" like a self motivation moto. I don't think he actually means "it is not an issue" hahaha
(I am just interpreting from seeing the guy 2 times in youtube videos)
I want a chicken gyros
Because trying to speak these languages totally is a problem for him
Knowing how to say "Nice to meet you" in several languages does not make you a polyglot Wouter ...
„I tought at a university for.......“
„i WaNT To EaT sOmEtHInG“
Even in his mother tongue, Wouter still used the same regurgitated phrases as in all the other languages he claims to speak
He is so in to it that he even forgot his mother tongue and can only speak the same phrases 😂
@@st4ndby faxxx
Tim is genuinely a really awesome guy, who knows how to hold conversations. I cringed so hard at your "si" as well as you changing the subject whenever you didn't know how to reply. So many of the languages were kinda broken and had a bad sentence structure.
Sorry but not sorry
It is a lot easier when the person I am talking with is a native or fluent; it greatly increases my ability to switch languages (i.e. taking to one native and then immediately with another) and we actually have a conversation.
@@polyglotdreams beautiful shade. I salute you, sir.
Nobody:
Wouter in every language: YES, YES, YES
And in german it sounded so weird when he kept going with „ja ja ja ja ja 😂“
These top comments are overwhelmingly negative. And that is easy when you are sitting behind a keyboard.
Look...yes the older guy was more fluent and he got generic responses...but Mr. Corduwener tries, has passion, and likes what he is doing.
Now...you can criticize all you want, but he brought you this interesting video (and other interesting videos) and...he puts effort in.
Yes, the comments may be true, but to the content creator all I can say is thumbs up and keep doing what you are doing.
The world appreciates it.
I'd memorize phrases too to get that damn nice youtube ca$h
Spotted the typical butthurt sycophant lol.
Great comment.
well put! very sensible comment
No, most comments aren't "negative" but rather constructive criticism which is totally warranted here. The level of knowledge he shows in this video right here is very shallow, repeating the same phrases (except 3-4 languages he speaks more fluently) and switching languages when the conversation becomes more complicated. You don't have to be a hater in order to state these facts
more like 'Hear me say 'yes' in 30+ languages'
LOL
Not rlly but ok
"Do you understand slovenian?"
"Mmh aha ok"
He clearly doesn't.
New title: How knowing 30 languages does not ensure communication.
"Can we be friends?"
"Yes, we are friends."
This guys trying to have a conversation and you’re trying to flex. Pffft.
Its aSsIsTaNt regional manager.. 🙄
Enter The Chicken
One is trying to have a conversation spontaneously and this guy sounds like he’s reciting a poem.
@Enter The Chicken the guy on right is like a chatbot
...watches...
....
.....continues watching.....
....
"Quality over quantity."
The failed high five at 2:32 killed me.
Bro let him talk we already know you can say si ffs
That guy was definitely a spy 😂😂
I thought the same thing. :D Worked in a factory in West Germany ;)
Wallahi
Of course he his! lol
Good guess.
You know the CIA has a fast-track language learning method for its operatives, that you learn to speak most common phrases in about 1-2 days.
He studied Iranian only for 30 hours he said.
Soviet union, Iran, west Germany, China.
He also read a lot of literature and tried to understand the culture.
The CIA, uses the world Factbook with information compiled by various anthropologists to gain insight on local populations, their culture, their differences etc. It helps you blend in.
And if you take into account the time and money needed for all this traveling, reading literature, studying languages, and that a man has also to work to survive, it's easier to combine all those into one thing.
High probability of former CIA operative.
If you're claiming Korean to be one of the 19 languages that you can speak then I'm embarrassed for you. This type of dishonesty is really sad to see and undoes the hard work that you've put in with the languages that you have do have proficiency in.
yeah I'm not fluent in Korean but I've been studying it for a while and I felt like his pronunciation was a little...off
If parroting a few phrases is "speaking a language", then I speak 20+ languages too. The guy on the left tried to form a sentence, at least.
wouter: im gonna beat this old man
old man: hold my glasses
I think he isnt really into trying to converse someone, just expressing he knew "many languages" by throwing phrases.
I can't even spot a back to back argument or even an answer.
Sí sí sí sí
Ja ja ja ja
Ye yes yep
Oui oui oui oui
You can say in Arabic: eh eh eh eh (it's like saying the German letter e)
Is this the only thing that comes to your mind when you listen to these remarkable people mate?
Bro, they are remarkable in some languages. Absolutely not all of them nor most and some I don't consider to be a language just a dialect but I won't specify which cause it's a sensitive topic (I agree with Wouter the guest is very amazing and super)
Besides someone had to say it, anyways... the effort and time put in learning languages is always remarkable and profitable to the brain before the pocket.
Eywa, eywa, eywa, eywa
@@MsJSSB A language is just a dialect with an army and navy.
@@maveri.k yes yes yes yes yes yes