The fact that his "I don't speak it well" is still good enough to recognize it in casual conversation.... Incredible. I've dabbled in some languages, but the hardest part was always understanding the layman variations.
He didn't do well with bulgarian tho 😅 idk about the other languages but he literally said "I don't speak bulgarian" in Russian....the man was flustered as well 😂
Lmao true ahahah when he switched to French and said that sentence about positivity, I had to read the subtitles cuz I couldn't understand what he was saying 😭 But he's doing good tho
I love when he just throws in random phrases that you just wouldn't say in normal conversation like "I like to eat at restaurants" that's me when I learn a language 😅 I hold on to certain phrases and try to throw them in for padding lol
@@jzgame1 Yeah, it is rather dishonest to say he speaks some of them. I can only really speak for the only language I know outside of English though, which is Japanese, and his Japanese is very beginner level. I imagine he'd have a hard time understanding any dialect.
@@jzgame1 I wouldn't count it as him just memorizing few sentences of each language because while speaking some of them he made grammar mistakes. I myself know 5 languages from different clusters so I can see that he really makes up those phrases by himself. It was evident when he spoke languages like Russian which has a really strange relationships with sentences' structure. Plus collocations and limited use of phraseology just screams that he really learned language to every-day level
@@taraktach7152 the sentences wouldn't be so irrelevant to the point of nonsensical, though. He's just half-remembering the couple of phrases he memorized so he can call it a day and say he knows the language.
@@jzgame1he already talked about how he isn’t that great at many languages, and is just trying to show that he knows it. I found it weird until I realized like what else is he supposed to say the these strangers that he just met
@@commentbot9510 I think he doesn't have a whole lot of practice with Japanese yet; for someone who isn't super used to hearing both of them, Korean and Japanese can sound a bit similar. ~:~
This is incredible!!! Just the fact that he recognizes it so fast and can actually hold a conversation is way more than just “learning phrases”! I’m impressed 😁
@Clayton Catlin They obviously mean that if you're not proficient enough in a language then you can't "carry" a conversation with another person so you're not capable of "holding" a conversation with someone trying to speak with you... Always gotta be that person that wants to sound smart.
Hahaha they really surprised me. They started with Japanese and Chinese, and I was so happy that I spoke them. I never expected the 4 other Asian languages haha
Mhm, it’s a really strong accent but impressive since I don’t know how to speak Mandarin, only understand some. But I do know how to speak Cantonese lol
@@Wwanonymouswarrior I know he can speak many languages but that is not the point of my initial comment. I am just saying generally as a Chinese person too, we often get laughed at when we speak with an accent, even when we can generally communicate pretty well. 不是她, 是"他". 他是个男人.
This is literally so impressive. Why can some people learn so many languages just like that. I mean his mandarin wasn’t the greatest in terms of pronunciation/tone which is especially important in Mandarin, but hey, it’s not like I know a million languages.
I love this! I see a lot of people pointing out that some languages were quite elementary like it's a bad thing, but it is honestly so valuable to know even just a couple sentences in another language. It instantly allows you to meet and connect with so many new people because it's not about being fluent in a language, it's about having enough love for languages, cultures, and people all over the globe that allows you to connect with others. For example, when I visited Korea I was much more successful in communicating just by learning the phrase "I don't speak Korean, but I can speak English in Japanese." Hearing it in their native tongue made them more relaxed and open to communicating in a language we shared, while trying to do everything completely in English would have been more stressful.
This is amazing. It’s so neat to connect with people of different cultures on the linguistic level. I hope I can learn this many languages in my life!!!!
@@strongpowerman7544 that’s not a waste of time lol, you’re able to talk to people of other cultures and be able to carry a conversation and not just talk with gestures, if anything everyone should do that if capable. It’s only a waste of time if you make it a waste of time, being bilingual is also great in a work setting
This guy is so honest like even when he can speak a bit of that language he admits that it's not good enough. Appreciate your honesty and moreover your love for learning new languages
@@Vikkyyee idk about other person but for me 3 months to just know like the basics, I'd say the vocabulary of a 4 yr old. Although I had the upper hand bc i learnt it in school
The problem with sign language is that it's not universal, by that I mean, you have American Sign Language, and I've seen others use a Spanish version, and a French (European?) version.
Fact, that's not fluent at all. Memorizing some phrases isn't being fluent. I'm fluent in 3 languages and in those 3, I understand everything, can have fully conversations, write and read.
I appreciate that he can admit that he’s not fluent in languages. And even when he can have conversations it’s not like he can pass as a native speaker which takes even more time to learn. He’s still a very talented person to want to learn and successfully speak at the level he wants to get to.
Man, even him saying "No, I don't speak Bulgarian." is impressive. It's a simple sentence but it made him sound fluent. As a Bulgarian myself, I approve :) .
@@RadzBG и аз ще донеса една дюлева от дядо от Варвара в шише от Банкия... да обменим опит с научни цели 😉🍻 и почваме на руски да говорим, та още по-българки да се почувстваме, нали сестро😂
@@graciie77 Чудесно, сестро! Ще дадем и на другите при мен да пробват, да имаме повече субекти за този експеримент! Говорим по руски и айде, вече сме 101% българи! 😁🇧🇬
@@-Oddish- most Irish people speak English cause Britain took over them. So galick is taught but alot of people forget it cause it's not really used in Ireland.
It seems like you could master Norwegian quite easily because of your Danish, it seems you lose a few times each time you do this because of Swedish and Norwegian. But your ability is just incredible, I love these videos.
@@apeflight5553 yeah fr norwegian dialects are crazy. When i moved from oslo to the west coast i literally couldn’t understand people at first, and I’m 100% native norwegian 😭
@@Katalystic Hehe, for me the difference isn’t that big. However, I am from the west so perhaps I am just used to our dialects being harder. However, Sogn og litt nordover på Vestlandet, det er døden for meg. Eg klarer ikke å høre på de fra nord, de dreper ørene mine.
As a native Russian speaker, most of the time when foreigners try speaking Russian their accent sounds so cute to me. His Russian reminded me more of Ukrainian at times bc of his pronunciation haha but overall it was good enough.
@@vminhope3040 In school, they are labeled as "just dialects", but when people talk, they really don't understand each other. Making them separate languages, not just dialects.
Ok it seems the replies aren’t helping but there are a lot of languages in the Philippines and those languages have dialects from different groups of people it’s crazy how my dads side speaks bisaya but there are words that my mothers side (Which I communicate with mostly) dialect just makes me wonder why is it so different? Note that my mom was born almost at the other side of the island and my dad at the opposite side, mom grew up with that city bisaya gal while dad was the one in the secluded mountains with small neighbours (those neighbours are my relatives) dad is also part of my family clan and mom was the rich relatives type, tbh tho Even if it’s a dialect I can still understand it. Also I grew up speaking English for 3 years until I started picking up bisaya since it’s literally my native language, shout out to the bisaya gals
The finnish person said the ”do you speak finnish” in a hard dialect for a person that does not speak finnish to understand and this guy understood. Amazing.
I'm a little confused, he said "Puhutko Suomea?" It's not even colloquial Finnish it's standard written Finnish. Undoubtedly the easiest for a non-native speaker to understand and definitely not a hard dialect.
This video made me smile! I love how you aren't afraid to speak the amount you know. You are engaging and people respond to your openness and friendliness in kind. I always feel nervous trying to speak a foreign tongue and that anxiety can stop me from improving. You show us that trying is all it takes! I grew up in a bilingual family in the USA (Spanish and English although some only spoke Spanish). and with many Russian and Ukranian-speaking people. When I went to college, I took Russian in class for fun and it is amazing how much you learn in a casual chat. I roomed with people who spoke Hindi and Arabic, then later with people who spoke Irish language and Urdu. I wish I had your ability to retain languages, but I only got words and phrases. You remind me of all the great people I have met and grown with who spoke many languages...and watching you have positive interactions with people gives me the courage to continue studying languages and go find people to chat with! THANK YOU! You seem very kind! SUBBED!
Wouter, I remember watching a video of you and another polyglot speaking about 20 different languages together from many years ago. I rediscovered you just recently and glad you're still at it! Very impressive 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Me too! I saw the same video they both had wonderful conversation. I just found his channel again today and I'm subscribed now because his talent is absolutely amazing
"In Greece the things are not nice, and you should never come there." "Great idea, I want to go to Greece!" I love the videos but I couldn't help but chuckle at that exchange
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@@nikolaskl4093 Weird. I was in Athens about 2 months ago and I loved it! So charming and the people are very nice and friendly. I will go back for sure.
8:30 aww i was really looking forward to hearing him speak Bulgarian. could you please ask them all next time to speak a bit of their language for us to hear, thank you :)
yeah, i was thinking the same. i think some prople from this video do not actually speak the languages, but only wanted to test him and get a bubble tea (he spoke more than the people who said they knew the language)
I'm an Indian and I would really like to try this with him . I grew up learning 4 languages at the same time. I would really be happy to see if he can speak my native languages!!🤗
Trying to learn Hindi now and it's sooo hard since I have to learn brand new letters at the same time. The roman writing of the words is not consistent in apps and texting which makes it tricky. बिल्ली for instance, can be written billy, billie, billi or billee...
Don't be haters saying he's just saying simple phrases! That's a lot of languages to remember and it's very impressive and appreciated in my opinion! His Spanish was good ✨❤️
For me, learning English was the top of my capabilities (not to mention that my English isn't perfect...). I'm amazed by people who knows many languages, you're awesome :)
Yeah I was surprised to see the Latvian guy, but even more surprised he didn't recognize it or even guess Lithuanian, Russian or Ukrainian since it is more a Slavic language. To me, Latvian is always recognisable since all the words end with an "s" (or it just sounds like it). The only word I know is saldejums and that ends with an "s" :).
@@0Tikrimoos0 "Čau, mani sauc Miķelis. Man patīk skriet, trenēties." All words do not end with s. There are dialects in Latvian. Latgalian could sound like slavic, but west Latvian do not sound like slavic for sure. It sounds more Finnic. Because Latvian is very influenced by Livonian language.
@@ShamankaIlona Huh, to me it has always sounded like an Estonian tries to speak Russian but puts a lot of "s" sounds in between or something. Thank you for sharing the knowledge though, I always have thought where the Livonian language has gone and how much has it affected your language, since it was a big part of the country a long time ago.
Amazing! Меня тронула девушка, что говорит на аглийском, русском и казахском. Себебі мен қазақпын және қазақ тілін жақсы көремін. This video very cute and makes me happy!😊❤️
Loved this video. Always was fond of learning languages however i can. By picking them up listening and exposing myself to them. It’s always nice to be able to talk to people in their native tongue.
Has anyone ever tried any fictional languages with you in one of these challenges? And more importantly can you speak any? I'm thinking of Tolkein's Elvish, or Klingon, for example. With the release of Metroid Dread there's also an incomplete but partially translatable and speak-able language for the Chozo species that I've been enjoying learning snippets of.
I wonder which language you found the hardest to learn. In general I speak Dutch and English, my German is not really good and I understand some French. I wish I could learn it this easily as you do, one of the very few things I would like I could (speak many languages, fluently).
I am so amazed of the girl Lena!!!!! I wheezed really loud when I heard her speaking kazakh. As kazakh, I feel really proud and enjoyable, Алға Қазақстан және Қазақ тілім!!🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿
@@someonewithabrain6023 It's not rare. Olly Richards, Steve Kaufmann, Jan& Lucas, Laoshu505000, Stuart Jay Raj... etc. There are many RUclips polyglots who can speak Cantonese quite well. You can find it easily in RUclips.
While technically not spoken, I would try my hand with ASL. Spanish and Japanese seem to be very common learns so I wouldn't have much of a shot with those, but I feel like leaning a local sign language is a very useful skill and yet I never see it come up.
I love the enthusiasm for languages!! I think food and sharing languages are two things that can bring complete strangers together, it's such a beautiful connection
By being Scandinavian you know like 3 languages by default. Probably 4 or 5 if you are Finnish or Sami.And most know English. So potentially 6 languages just from exposure
Depending on the extent to which you’re able to express yourself on top of how dissimilar each language is from your own naive Lang, then yes, it’s very impressive and worthy of flexing.
I think it's cool that everyone could ring English on his shirt before answering the question with a different language. This is such an inspiring video 🙂
Yeah , I mean you can't say that you can speak a language if you don't have a minimal level in it , It's not bc I know "arigato" that I can speak japanese
@@foxja1 oh! i don’t mean the subtitles.. i mean when he said when he said he speaks korean. i would say he is a beginner in korean more than he is fluent or fully speak it.. because he said, “저는 한국어를 입나다” which actually makes no sense, but i was just pointing out that he quickly changed it to, “저는 한국말 할수있어요” which again makes sense if you used google translate but not common to say. honestly knowing that much languages must be confusing at times, and he did gave the bubble tea in the end for cantonese but i would not say he speaks it.. don’t take my previous comments to heart, sorry if you did ;;
@2:04 I am German and speak Cantonese.. I have no idea what language you are trying to speak but it is not Cantonese there lol. I mean I can hear what you are TRYING to say but yeah. That is F for the language but A+ for attempt!! That being said it is honestly good enough since NO ONE would expect you to speak or even attempt to speak Cantonese. Keep it up mate
I speak Polish, English, and Lemko (a dialect from the region that borders Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine) I can guarantee he doesn’t speak the third. That bubble tea is mine
I know it’s a small thing but it’s nice to see him asking people if he can use their input on his channel - I’m sure it happens off screen for other content creators but I don’t often see them asking permission and keeping it in the video, it’s just a nice thing of respect. Keep it up, man!
I have been watching your videos for along time ago. It's my first time to hear someone who is speaking my Native Language which is Berber (Tamazirt ).
I speak, read, and write the following languages fluently: Bengali, Thai, English, French, Hindi. I'm in the process of learning Spanish. I'd love to see him try to learn Bengali or Thai haha.
The guy who spoke it sounded native Norwegian, so he was probably born in Norway to one or two Latvian parents, as Norway get a lot of workers from Latvia and Poland
Wow your finnish has improved a lot. Sounds pretty natural but there is some little caps between words and a little bit of an accent. Otherwise very good and understandable speaking :)
see i like this because you're not smug about it; you are genuinely connecting with people and show a genuine interest for language and people. i feel some polyglot youtube channels are trying to flex or show off somehow. i like how you give them bubble tea if you feel that you don't speak it well enough!
I have never been so genuinely impressed before. Not jealous, but impressed. My jaw dropped, in awe, smiling ear to ear. Why did I think I was in heaven hearing this man speak each language?
I’m 14. I was at Amsterdam the same day as you on a trip. I can speak Vietnamese, English, Norwegian, Danish, Studying French at school (2nd year), Korean (1/2 year)
Seeing my Cantonese fellows walk up to him and get that bubble tea made me proud of Canto gang. Even though my canto speaking is horrid, my parents and relatives still all (natively) speak Canto so I can at least (mostly) understand it conversationally, and his canto accent was definitely rough.
Dangit, it's normal speaking and having conversations in each own language in Scandinavia 🙈 so weird giving him a pass because you can't speak Norwegian while you speak understandable Danish
@@ElMona poenget var at fyren snakket forståelig dansk og ga nordmannen pass For meg er det stikke motsatte når det gjelder å kommunisere med svensker og dansker, eneste gangene jeg stopper opp, er med samme grunnene når jeg snakker med nordmenn med dialektord jeg ikke har hørt før, da lærer jeg nye ord
The fact that his "I don't speak it well" is still good enough to recognize it in casual conversation.... Incredible. I've dabbled in some languages, but the hardest part was always understanding the layman variations.
shut up mr uganda
He didn't do well with bulgarian tho 😅 idk about the other languages but he literally said "I don't speak bulgarian" in Russian....the man was flustered as well 😂
@@graciie77 but he gave that man free bubble tea lol
@@graciie77 wow Sherlock, thats why he said he doesnt speak it. Maybe he chose Russian, because its slavic too
@@graciie77 also italian was really poor and weird, but there's of course time to improve it (or should i say learn it)
side note: props to this man for wearing a tshirt while everyone else is wearing winter jackets
Lol
Yeah he is that one dude we all know
That's just living in the Netherlands !
That is because he is Dutch 😉
lol that is weird
I was impressed until he got to a language I speak and then I realize he is just BARLEY speaking coherent sentences 😭
Same! Props to him for remembering so many phrases in Russian and other languages though. :D
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Lmao true ahahah when he switched to French and said that sentence about positivity, I had to read the subtitles cuz I couldn't understand what he was saying 😭 But he's doing good tho
It's impressive either way, but I could tell that he wasn't fluent in Japanese when he kept saying 私は (watashi wa) every sentence.
@@Sen_413 same lmaooo
I love the guy who's like, "no, I'm not that into bubble tea," then proceeds to try and get as many bubble tea coupons as he can 😂
Also, you should try learning Axomiya (Assamese). It's a beautiful language!
@@flibbertygibbette Any sites to learn assamese?I am going to assam next month!
For his gf maybe
Wonna aa Paelzisch konn wär ich echt b'eidruggt.
He was a business man doing business
I love when he just throws in random phrases that you just wouldn't say in normal conversation like "I like to eat at restaurants" that's me when I learn a language 😅 I hold on to certain phrases and try to throw them in for padding lol
Yep kudos to him for being interested in learning some sentences in every language but he doesn't speak any of these languages, except for 3 or 4.
@@jzgame1 Yeah, it is rather dishonest to say he speaks some of them. I can only really speak for the only language I know outside of English though, which is Japanese, and his Japanese is very beginner level. I imagine he'd have a hard time understanding any dialect.
@@jzgame1 I wouldn't count it as him just memorizing few sentences of each language because while speaking some of them he made grammar mistakes. I myself know 5 languages from different clusters so I can see that he really makes up those phrases by himself. It was evident when he spoke languages like Russian which has a really strange relationships with sentences' structure. Plus collocations and limited use of phraseology just screams that he really learned language to every-day level
@@taraktach7152 the sentences wouldn't be so irrelevant to the point of nonsensical, though. He's just half-remembering the couple of phrases he memorized so he can call it a day and say he knows the language.
@@jzgame1he already talked about how he isn’t that great at many languages, and is just trying to show that he knows it. I found it weird until I realized like what else is he supposed to say the these strangers that he just met
LMAO when the 2 dudes asked if he spoke Japanese and he replied in Korean “yes I can speak Korean” 😂
So I'm not the only one who noticed! 😂
But then he did speak in Japanese so I’m just confused now 😂
To be honest his Japanese is not good もうちょっと頑張ってね😊
his japanese isn't that great, the way he speaks isn't really natural, he says "watashi wa" way too much which makes his sentences weird
@@commentbot9510 I think he doesn't have a whole lot of practice with Japanese yet; for someone who isn't super used to hearing both of them, Korean and Japanese can sound a bit similar.
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This is incredible!!! Just the fact that he recognizes it so fast and can actually hold a conversation is way more than just “learning phrases”! I’m impressed 😁
True facts it’s literally true fact right there
@Clayton Catlin They obviously mean that if you're not proficient enough in a language then you can't "carry" a conversation with another person so you're not capable of "holding" a conversation with someone trying to speak with you... Always gotta be that person that wants to sound smart.
@@MrJUSTchr1s Exactly 😊
The two Asians speak so much languages it's crazy !
Hahaha they really surprised me. They started with Japanese and Chinese, and I was so happy that I spoke them. I never expected the 4 other Asian languages haha
@@WouterCorduwener Shanghainese isn't a language, it's a mandarin dialect.
@@darksnow1111 as long as it has unique characters it can be termed a language. And not just a dialect
@@successraphael6974 it's a dialect it doesn't have unique characters
@@darksnow1111 yep
As a Chinese person I can tell he has an extremely strong accent when speaking, unlike anyone I’ve heard before but it’s so impressive
Mhm, it’s a really strong accent but impressive since I don’t know how to speak Mandarin, only understand some. But I do know how to speak Cantonese lol
As an American, I can tell you a lot of Chinese immigrants speak English in my country with a very strong accent XD
Haha
@@trainerred6582 he’s being praised while generally (not saying you) if we have a strong accent we are laughed or mocked at, which is pretty sad.
@@AiyaaaJenny 因为她会说多种语言and peoples are still able to understand him
@@Wwanonymouswarrior I know he can speak many languages but that is not the point of my initial comment. I am just saying generally as a Chinese person too, we often get laughed at when we speak with an accent, even when we can generally communicate pretty well.
不是她, 是"他". 他是个男人.
I have cousins in southern Arkansas that could probably win free Boba Tea by simply speaking English. 😂
Pittsburgh too, got a weird accent and dialect there
Fr I used to live in south Arkansas 😭
LMFAOOOO
aye i was born and raised in arkansas then moved to florida. them florida mfs be verbally speakin braile
@@cameronk6771 I'mma make u mad
Ark-Can-Sis
Hehehehaw
This is literally so impressive. Why can some people learn so many languages just like that. I mean his mandarin wasn’t the greatest in terms of pronunciation/tone which is especially important in Mandarin, but hey, it’s not like I know a million languages.
It’s easier when your exposed to them on a daily basis
Same thoughts with the Arabic 👏🏽!!
Same for Japanese and Spanish, but yeah still impressive how he can communicate in that many languages lol
I dont think he goes for native fluency. just conversational
same in finnish, but i understand because finnish is pretty hard to pronounce
I love this! I see a lot of people pointing out that some languages were quite elementary like it's a bad thing, but it is honestly so valuable to know even just a couple sentences in another language. It instantly allows you to meet and connect with so many new people because it's not about being fluent in a language, it's about having enough love for languages, cultures, and people all over the globe that allows you to connect with others.
For example, when I visited Korea I was much more successful in communicating just by learning the phrase "I don't speak Korean, but I can speak English in Japanese." Hearing it in their native tongue made them more relaxed and open to communicating in a language we shared, while trying to do everything completely in English would have been more stressful.
I was like “he probably doesn’t speak Dutch”
*this is literally recorded in Amsterdam*
yeah, I saw the thumbnail and went 'wait I know that waterstones'
His name literally sounds Dutch..💀
@@merinikoghosyan4745 why would I look at his name tho 😃
@@NiccivVliet cuz it's the name of the channel
@@merinikoghosyan4745 but if I see a recommended video, I click on it, I’m not gonna scroll down to see their name first
This is amazing. It’s so neat to connect with people of different cultures on the linguistic level. I hope I can learn this many languages in my life!!!!
But what a reason
@@strongpowerman7544 ? What
@@AM-su6je reason of learning so much languages and waste time on it
@@strongpowerman7544 that’s not a waste of time lol, you’re able to talk to people of other cultures and be able to carry a conversation and not just talk with gestures, if anything everyone should do that if capable. It’s only a waste of time if you make it a waste of time, being bilingual is also great in a work setting
@@AM-su6je u anyway able to talk with people if u know english. Eng is just universal
This guy is so honest like even when he can speak a bit of that language he admits that it's not good enough. Appreciate your honesty and moreover your love for learning new languages
That Norwegian guy hit you up with an evil dialect not even children from Oslo can understand lmao
sounds pretty clear to me, i understood everything.
Idk man, he sounds like he came from Stavanger or something idk. Still very clear tho.
Lmao I thought he was speaking Swedish
Really only difference from oslo dialect there is the A endings instead of E, still very oslo friendly in my opinion
@@Katalystic oslo friendly?
I was wishing the whole time that someone would use sign language, that would've been amazing !
haha, I was just thinking that since I sign!
@@kd1330 how long did it take to learn ?
@@Vikkyyee idk about other person but for me 3 months to just know like the basics, I'd say the vocabulary of a 4 yr old. Although I had the upper hand bc i learnt it in school
The problem with sign language is that it's not universal, by that I mean, you have American Sign Language, and I've seen others use a Spanish version, and a French (European?) version.
@@오우켄 I don't think it matters where you learn it.
Maaaan I'm Indian and I'd buy him a bubble tea if he can speak any of my languages! This is super impressive 🙌
I bet he can't even speak one
@@9arwa9a32 He just made a video he can speak 5 Indian languages
The most impressive thing about this video to me is the fact that you are just wearing a freaking t-shirt while it's obviously freezing cold outside.
yeah it looks cold
Extraterrestrial
Its probably only 10 degrees Celsius not that cold
There’s not even snow. The weather is perfectly t-shirt-worthy 😆
This man speaks many languages but he says random things sometimes xD
Exactly. He memorises things to say, but he's not fluent
@@k.c7655 it's still not an easy thing to do
I chuckled when he said he likes to walk and buy russian salad
Fact, that's not fluent at all. Memorizing some phrases isn't being fluent. I'm fluent in 3 languages and in those 3, I understand everything, can have fully conversations, write and read.
I appreciate that he can admit that he’s not fluent in languages. And even when he can have conversations it’s not like he can pass as a native speaker which takes even more time to learn. He’s still a very talented person to want to learn and successfully speak at the level he wants to get to.
Man, even him saying "No, I don't speak Bulgarian." is impressive. It's a simple sentence but it made him sound fluent. As a Bulgarian myself, I approve :) .
гОвОрИш пО бЪлгАрСкИ...я нЕ гОвОРи пО бЪлГарСки
very Bulgarian moment, as a Bulgarian I got myself shopska salata and rakiya to enjoy this moment
Буквално го каза на руски 😃 направо и аз отивам да бутна една шопска с ракия с човека от горния коментар. Много българско 💅🏻
Веднага ти приготвям една салата, и имам 2 бутилки от кока кола с ракията на дядо, сестро! 💅
@@RadzBG и аз ще донеса една дюлева от дядо от Варвара в шише от Банкия... да обменим опит с научни цели 😉🍻 и почваме на руски да говорим, та още по-българки да се почувстваме, нали сестро😂
@@graciie77 Чудесно, сестро! Ще дадем и на другите при мен да пробват, да имаме повече субекти за този експеримент! Говорим по руски и айде, вече сме 101% българи! 😁🇧🇬
Learning multiple languages is really an awesome way to connect with people, also people seem so impressed when you speak their language 😊
Uhh.. yeah no. That much work just to make small talk with strangers on the street is definitely not worth it. Maybe if youre a YTer tho idk
Every video should be a new food. Next, pizza!!!
man, I really like your videos, what a nice surprise to see you here!
@@lucas-qr1br Thank you.
Guitaro 😳👋🏽
speaking other languages and gives out around 10-15 bubble teas, and gets thousands of dollars from youtube, that's a win-win
I've never met a single person outside of Ireland that even knows Irish is a language, maybe one day I'll get a free bubble tea 😂
I thought that was common knowledge?? I’d never heard it though until I met an Irish person that spoke it
Idk I thought that everyone knows that hahaha
Wtf hahaha had to look that up, I thought you were joking. Ive only heard of gaelic
I actually do know it's a language! I watch a lot of Smithsonian Channel and History stuff. 😎👍
@@-Oddish- most Irish people speak English cause Britain took over them. So galick is taught but alot of people forget it cause it's not really used in Ireland.
It seems like you could master Norwegian quite easily because of your Danish, it seems you lose a few times each time you do this because of Swedish and Norwegian. But your ability is just incredible, I love these videos.
I was wondering about Swedish, thanks for saying this!
As a norwegian person with swedish relatives i can agree
He basically speaks Norwegian already. The biggest challenge is probably picking up on all the Norwegian dialects
@@apeflight5553 yeah fr norwegian dialects are crazy. When i moved from oslo to the west coast i literally couldn’t understand people at first, and I’m 100% native norwegian 😭
@@Katalystic Hehe, for me the difference isn’t that big. However, I am from the west so perhaps I am just used to our dialects being harder. However, Sogn og litt nordover på Vestlandet, det er døden for meg. Eg klarer ikke å høre på de fra nord, de dreper ørene mine.
The way the two asian guys seemed like they may have been more than friends but wouter told him to get a boba with a nice lady was so funny
As a native Russian speaker, most of the time when foreigners try speaking Russian their accent sounds so cute to me. His Russian reminded me more of Ukrainian at times bc of his pronunciation haha but overall it was good enough.
Он, кстати, разговаривает на украинском)
Я почти ничего не понял из того,что сказал он,хорошо что хоть субтитры англ вставил
Cute? Aw
@@ГореловДмитрий-в8н was it hard to understand or was his accent just too thick(?)
@@Ourelleetsy he would mispronounce a lot of words, so it was a bit hard to understand
As a Filipino that lives in a country that has more than 100 languages, I'm busting out my Tausug and Bisaya
Languages?? Or dialects? I didn’t know that wow.
@@vminhope3040 there's 8 formal languages and more than a 100 dialects
@@vminhope3040 they’re languages and within those languages there are dialects
@@vminhope3040 In school, they are labeled as "just dialects", but when people talk, they really don't understand each other. Making them separate languages, not just dialects.
Ok it seems the replies aren’t helping but there are a lot of languages in the Philippines and those languages have dialects from different groups of people it’s crazy how my dads side speaks bisaya but there are words that my mothers side (Which I communicate with mostly) dialect just makes me wonder why is it so different? Note that my mom was born almost at the other side of the island and my dad at the opposite side, mom grew up with that city bisaya gal while dad was the one in the secluded mountains with small neighbours (those neighbours are my relatives) dad is also part of my family clan and mom was the rich relatives type, tbh tho Even if it’s a dialect I can still understand it. Also I grew up speaking English for 3 years until I started picking up bisaya since it’s literally my native language, shout out to the bisaya gals
So impressive, the two boys that could speak so many languages were so impressive ! 😆
The finnish person said the ”do you speak finnish” in a hard dialect for a person that does not speak finnish to understand and this guy understood. Amazing.
I'm a little confused, he said "Puhutko Suomea?" It's not even colloquial Finnish it's standard written Finnish. Undoubtedly the easiest for a non-native speaker to understand and definitely not a hard dialect.
Yeah, no dialect there, I’m confused too
He did not even speak in a dialect
This guy not even speaking facts and getting upvotes.
@@Fuzzycat16 "Thanks for the info"-votes. But apparently not deserved :)
Respect. This man is knocking down barriers one language at a time.
This video made me smile! I love how you aren't afraid to speak the amount you know. You are engaging and people respond to your openness and friendliness in kind. I always feel nervous trying to speak a foreign tongue and that anxiety can stop me from improving. You show us that trying is all it takes! I grew up in a bilingual family in the USA (Spanish and English although some only spoke Spanish). and with many Russian and Ukranian-speaking people. When I went to college, I took Russian in class for fun and it is amazing how much you learn in a casual chat. I roomed with people who spoke Hindi and Arabic, then later with people who spoke Irish language and Urdu. I wish I had your ability to retain languages, but I only got words and phrases. You remind me of all the great people I have met and grown with who spoke many languages...and watching you have positive interactions with people gives me the courage to continue studying languages and go find people to chat with! THANK YOU! You seem very kind! SUBBED!
Wouter, I remember watching a video of you and another polyglot speaking about 20 different languages together from many years ago. I rediscovered you just recently and glad you're still at it! Very impressive 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I think I just watched that yesterday 😂
@@MishikiCx 🤣🤣🤣
Me too! I saw the same video they both had wonderful conversation. I just found his channel again today and I'm subscribed now because his talent is absolutely amazing
I actually didn't think he could speak a South African language 😭this guy is a maverick
Trust me I lost my mind a sec. Even that woman he was speaking to, whaaat lol
When I saw the thumbnail I said to myself that I would stump him with Zulu or Afrikaans but when I saw the lady speak it I got a shock of my life 😂
@Layla Buchner South Africa is one of the most successful countries in africa
@@dogsdreamtoo8427 how do you measure success?
@@Salma.Salma.Salma. Wealth per capita.
I am Norwegian and I genuinely thought you spoke really well. Please make more content. Ha en god dag! 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴
"In Greece the things are not nice, and you should never come there."
"Great idea, I want to go to Greece!"
I love the videos but I couldn't help but chuckle at that exchange
ikr hahahahha
Στην Ελλάδα τα πράγματα δεν είναι ωραία και εσύ δεν πρέπει να πας ποτέ εκεί,η αλήθεια είναι πως στην Ελλάδα όλα είναι διαλυμένα😂🇬🇷
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@@nikolaskl4093 Weird. I was in Athens about 2 months ago and I loved it! So charming and the people are very nice and friendly. I will go back for sure.
@@eisaimiaplempa5240 I never said how long I stayed in Greece 🙄🤏🏾
Imagine someone he met from India who speaks about 10 languages lol
Hindi, tamil, telugu, malayalam, kannada etc
seldom to even see Indians speak more than 4 fluently though.
@@Blaze6432 i speak 4 fluently tamil, Hindi, telugu, mallu
Us Indians love free shit - let's rob this guy 😁 I think he knows maybe two sentences in Hindi/Urdu but everything else is free game.
@@jdnaveen321 മലയാളി ആണോ
Why there is many languages spoken in india?
"Speak their language" = "I can say like, three sentences about speaking that language in that language"
8:30 aww i was really looking forward to hearing him speak Bulgarian. could you please ask them all next time to speak a bit of their language for us to hear, thank you :)
I love it when I see Bulgarians in videos but felt really disappointed when he didn’t want to speak it.Such a shame to not represent but whatever
I wanted to hear him speak some Slavic language like Croatian or Serbian
yeah, i was thinking the same. i think some prople from this video do not actually speak the languages, but only wanted to test him and get a bubble tea (he spoke more than the people who said they knew the language)
Shoot, I missed the bubble tea. I am Bulgarian lol
I'm an Indian and I would really like to try this with him . I grew up learning 4 languages at the same time. I would really be happy to see if he can speak my native languages!!🤗
same I bet he can't speak Kannada
@@FlyingMozzarella yes, thought the same
Trying to learn Hindi now and it's sooo hard since I have to learn brand new letters at the same time. The roman writing of the words is not consistent in apps and texting which makes it tricky. बिल्ली for instance, can be written billy, billie, billi or billee...
@@ElMona Don't worry, u can do it!
I was thinking the same thing! Haha.. I'm a Malaysian Indian where we speak at least 4 languages
Don't be haters saying he's just saying simple phrases! That's a lot of languages to remember and it's very impressive and appreciated in my opinion! His Spanish was good ✨❤️
For me, learning English was the top of my capabilities (not to mention that my English isn't perfect...). I'm amazed by people who knows many languages, you're awesome :)
If Finnish earned him a bubble tea, then Estonian would have scored as well :)
Guessing the same for Latvian :)
🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪🇪 I was thinking the same
Guessing the same for Lithuanian :)
Just hit him with ''põder põõnas põõsas, sõi õunu'', brain scrambles in glitchy errors. 🤣
он хорошо выражает мысли на русском, но даже с такой большой языковой базой у него очень сильный акцент :D
И в этом нет ничего страшного))
Ну и что? Главное, что все друг друга поняли
Finally Latvian. Not surprised that you don't know it and couldn't even recognize. Not the most popular language to learn as a foreign language.
mine is 100 times less popular LMAO
@@lawtraf8008 Which one is that?
Yeah I was surprised to see the Latvian guy, but even more surprised he didn't recognize it or even guess Lithuanian, Russian or Ukrainian since it is more a Slavic language. To me, Latvian is always recognisable since all the words end with an "s" (or it just sounds like it). The only word I know is saldejums and that ends with an "s" :).
@@0Tikrimoos0 "Čau, mani sauc Miķelis. Man patīk skriet, trenēties." All words do not end with s. There are dialects in Latvian. Latgalian could sound like slavic, but west Latvian do not sound like slavic for sure. It sounds more Finnic. Because Latvian is very influenced by Livonian language.
@@ShamankaIlona Huh, to me it has always sounded like an Estonian tries to speak Russian but puts a lot of "s" sounds in between or something. Thank you for sharing the knowledge though, I always have thought where the Livonian language has gone and how much has it affected your language, since it was a big part of the country a long time ago.
This video made me smile so much, it’s such a great feeling when someone takes the time and understanding to learn another language
I've never heard your danish up until now but it's very understandable, which is impressive considering our weird accents. Nice going!
I love how wholesome of a way this is to deal with the enthisic background of people. Its postitve and inclusive.
I love how the couple walked in during your intro, was pretty wholesome
Amazing! Меня тронула девушка, что говорит на аглийском, русском и казахском. Себебі мен қазақпын және қазақ тілін жақсы көремін.
This video very cute and makes me happy!😊❤️
it's so nice to see random strangers talking to each other again :) so touchinggg. thank you for this!
I will speak the language of common sense--it's cold please get a sweatshirt.
Loved this video. Always was fond of learning languages however i can. By picking them up listening and exposing myself to them. It’s always nice to be able to talk to people in their native tongue.
Has anyone ever tried any fictional languages with you in one of these challenges? And more importantly can you speak any? I'm thinking of Tolkein's Elvish, or Klingon, for example. With the release of Metroid Dread there's also an incomplete but partially translatable and speak-able language for the Chozo species that I've been enjoying learning snippets of.
I wondered. Could I go and recite some typescript code and call it a programming language?
hmm im thinking someone will do this comments ahaha, and might be fun if some guys just splashing binary numbers as the way communicate
@@bogdandamaschin9381 how are you going to speak? Jajaja
hmm ... doubt he knows mando'a ^^
I used to be able to speak a bit of Valyrian, but I wouldn't be able to use it conversationally anymore. Would have been interesting to try though
Language has a unifying power, and can bring us together as a peoples.
USA: "Press 1 for English or 2 for Spanish."
It's my first time seeing Bulgarians on your chanel! So nice:)
The Norwegian guy made it extra difficult for you, he was speaking a dialect 😄. Thanks for the video, it was a fun watch!
I wonder which language you found the hardest to learn. In general I speak Dutch and English, my German is not really good and I understand some French. I wish I could learn it this easily as you do, one of the very few things I would like I could (speak many languages, fluently).
Grüße aus Deutschland😊👍Ich finde französisch schon sehr beeindruckend. Mach weiter so
@@lisaschneider6061 Grüße aus Österreich
@@jxcimvrie @Lisa Schneider Grüße aus Rotterdam, Niederlanden
I am so amazed of the girl Lena!!!!! I wheezed really loud when I heard her speaking kazakh. As kazakh, I feel really proud and enjoyable, Алға Қазақстан және Қазақ тілім!!🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿
to see a Kazakh woman among so many people.it's incredible
Мен сені табамын деп ойламап едiм :)
Мен де күтпеген едім)
my mother is from Kazakhstan but I was never taught it sadly, I only know English and Russian
бұл шынымен де мені таңғалдырды
@@ixeqh My mother too but she doesnt speak it so i was also never taught it. She just speaks russian and german.
Wow you know some Cantonese! It's rare for language RUclipsrs to know Cantonese, it's mainly mandarin when they know Chinese, props to you!
@@Ejddjdbjssjdbb tell me another one, I would like to see more of them!
@@someonewithabrain6023 It's not rare. Olly Richards, Steve Kaufmann, Jan& Lucas, Laoshu505000, Stuart Jay Raj... etc. There are many RUclips polyglots who can speak Cantonese quite well. You can find it easily in RUclips.
".... it means like peace or something yeah? It means do you want eggs." had me absolutely rolling my guy. You are amazing!!!!!
Nice to see a South African language featuring ☺️
While technically not spoken, I would try my hand with ASL. Spanish and Japanese seem to be very common learns so I wouldn't have much of a shot with those, but I feel like leaning a local sign language is a very useful skill and yet I never see it come up.
"try your hand"? Haha nice one
Imagine sb trying out Esperanto. That would also be interesting to see.
We met him once and tried the dutch sign language.. But he couldn't 'speak' it..
I love the enthusiasm for languages!! I think food and sharing languages are two things that can bring complete strangers together, it's such a beautiful connection
5:20 lolll these 2 are trying to squeez every last drop out of the guy 😂 every last drop of bubble tea
he ask in Japanese and then you answer in Korean, that's so funny😂. Those two guys are really cool, they can speak all kinds of Chinese dialects
It is "Chinese languages", not Chinese dialects.
They are languages not dialects, you wont be able to speak them unless you learn.
@@mirae9163 Technically they are called dialects, but tbh none of the dialects can understand each other.
@@phoebelam5761 Linguistically they are called languages.
honestly, as a taiwanese speaker, I can't understand any of his taiwanese😂
Everyone amaze to his language skill while me much amaze for just wearing a t-shirt in a very cold place while everyone has wearing a thick jacket 😂
I want to see someone here try a signed language, see if he could get it.
that’s the only other language i know besides english! i’m not even in the community.
He asked you in Japanese if you speak Japanese and you say Yes, I speak Korean in Korean :D So awkward
dude try to speak in different languages, in any case he’s trying to learn and improve, but you’re just sitting out there and doing nothing…
so cringe
I am South African (I speak english and Afrikaans) to hear him speak a language from here is so awesome! Keep it up dude.
Me: *thinks knowing 6 languages is a flex
This guy: *exists
I learned all the turkic languages cause I'm turkish so I can speak like 9
By being Scandinavian you know like 3 languages by default. Probably 4 or 5 if you are Finnish or Sami.And most know English. So potentially 6 languages just from exposure
Depending on the extent to which you’re able to express yourself on top of how dissimilar each language is from your own naive Lang, then yes, it’s very impressive and worthy of flexing.
These videos are so enlightening, it’s easy to forget just how many languages there are
I like the more extended conversations. Really cool seeing people light up.
I think it's cool that everyone could ring English on his shirt before answering the question with a different language. This is such an inspiring video 🙂
That’s because English is basically Universal. English is a requirement in other countries besides their Native language.
no one:
him: “i am korean language. - can speak korean language”
me: are you sure you can speak it?..
i mean like yea,
he speaks like a million languages so i don’t blame him..
Yeah , I mean you can't say that you can speak a language if you don't have a minimal level in it , It's not bc I know "arigato" that I can speak japanese
In his defense he’s translating it back into English from Korean so things probably got lost and or we don’t have the word equivalent
@@foxja1 oh! i don’t mean the subtitles.. i mean when he said when he said he speaks korean. i would say he is a beginner in korean more than he is fluent or fully speak it..
because he said, “저는 한국어를 입나다” which actually makes no sense, but i was just pointing out that he quickly changed it to, “저는 한국말 할수있어요” which again makes sense if you used google translate but not common to say.
honestly knowing that much languages must be confusing at times, and he did gave the bubble tea in the end for cantonese but i would not say he speaks it..
don’t take my previous comments to heart, sorry if you did ;;
This one doesn't make sense.
@2:04 I am German and speak Cantonese.. I have no idea what language you are trying to speak but it is not Cantonese there lol. I mean I can hear what you are TRYING to say but yeah. That is F for the language but A+ for attempt!! That being said it is honestly good enough since NO ONE would expect you to speak or even attempt to speak Cantonese. Keep it up mate
His Russian was pretty rough but even a basic knowledge of all these languages is so impressive
Why are you wearing a T-shirt while everybody else is wearing warm clothes? 😂
Because he's cool.
👏👏👏 it’s a very rare skill to speak so many languages from different continents. I wish you the best
Me as an Indian trying hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Punjabi, gujarati, haryanvi, bihari 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Group party fixed 😂 I hope you know these languages 🤭🤭❤️❤️
I speak Polish, English, and Lemko (a dialect from the region that borders Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine)
I can guarantee he doesn’t speak the third. That bubble tea is mine
I don't even think he speaks Polish so it would be 2 for you.
I know it’s a small thing but it’s nice to see him asking people if he can use their input on his channel - I’m sure it happens off screen for other content creators but I don’t often see them asking permission and keeping it in the video, it’s just a nice thing of respect. Keep it up, man!
I have been watching your videos for along time ago. It's my first time to hear someone who is speaking my Native Language which is Berber (Tamazirt ).
I speak, read, and write the following languages fluently: Bengali, Thai, English, French, Hindi. I'm in the process of learning Spanish. I'd love to see him try to learn Bengali or Thai haha.
I believe he knows Thai lol y’all are some talented individuals. I speak the two most basic languages, Spanish and English haha
Buena suerte con el español!
@@ant.everest that's still pretty good! You should be proud of that!
Sahi mein aati hai hindi? 👀
> Doesn't speak my language
> I hate Bubble Tea
Few things bring us together more easily and quickly than food/language
I really wasn't expecting to see someone who can also speak latvian in this video. (I'm from latvia, and it's a pretty small country - so yeah.)
i know someone online who is latvian
@@Iemonic Cool!!
The guy who spoke it sounded native Norwegian, so he was probably born in Norway to one or two Latvian parents, as Norway get a lot of workers from Latvia and Poland
@@ElMona You're probably right.
I like how he speaks the language but admits he doesn't speak it well. I appreciate the honesty
i wonder if anyone has ever done any sign languages like asl or bsl? would that count?
I’ve never seen anyone try it in his videos but it should count for sure! It’s a whole language on its own
Wow your finnish has improved a lot. Sounds pretty natural but there is some little caps between words and a little bit of an accent. Otherwise very good and understandable speaking :)
see i like this because you're not smug about it; you are genuinely connecting with people and show a genuine interest for language and people. i feel some polyglot youtube channels are trying to flex or show off somehow. i like how you give them bubble tea if you feel that you don't speak it well enough!
You said "я по понедельникам изучаю русский язык" but subtitles says "on Thursdays". Понедельник is Monday :) Thursday is четверг
as an average person regarding languages who only speaks English. I'm so confused lmao, it's crazy how many languages there are
I have never been so genuinely impressed before. Not jealous, but impressed. My jaw dropped, in awe, smiling ear to ear. Why did I think I was in heaven hearing this man speak each language?
like how do you even get the time and patience to learn so many languages like I can't even
I’m 14. I was at Amsterdam the same day as you on a trip.
I can speak Vietnamese, English, Norwegian, Danish, Studying French at school (2nd year), Korean (1/2 year)
Seeing my Cantonese fellows walk up to him and get that bubble tea made me proud of Canto gang. Even though my canto speaking is horrid, my parents and relatives still all (natively) speak Canto so I can at least (mostly) understand it conversationally, and his canto accent was definitely rough.
Dangit, it's normal speaking and having conversations in each own language in Scandinavia 🙈 so weird giving him a pass because you can't speak Norwegian while you speak understandable Danish
Dude, I speak to Danes in English because they don't understand my Norwegian lol. Swedes have a hard time too, but I can speak in Swedish to them
@@ElMona poenget var at fyren snakket forståelig dansk og ga nordmannen pass
For meg er det stikke motsatte når det gjelder å kommunisere med svensker og dansker, eneste gangene jeg stopper opp, er med samme grunnene når jeg snakker med nordmenn med dialektord jeg ikke har hørt før, da lærer jeg nye ord