This one was a piece of my heart. I cried during the edit 😂. Why do you learn languages? Don't forget to subscribe - I'm getting my film maker on these days: bit.ly/2r8fRns
The human spirit desire to communicate and connect ... with another human spirit.The spirit is so willing, but the flesh is weak.People like you and me desire to communicate with gods many more children a cross all galaxies. I guess that’s why I prefer to learn all languages in the spirit instead of the flash because you can hold more language data www.bible.com/1/mat.26.41.kjv
I RESONATED WITH THIS PHRASE SO HARD and maybe that’s why I’ve never felt tied down to one language or culture and feel fine/ WANT to be thrown into a foreign place and learn their cultures
Ironically I felt that because of being a cultural orphan/everything I automatically couldn't fit in any because at the end of the day I would just be the foreigner of my own community. At first, learning languages was the way for me to bridge the gap but when it never solved the underlying problem I just ended up taking languages with no correlation to me. Such is life lol
This video made me want to cry because growing up in America I saw my family's culture from a glass window. I saw my Brazilian family eating together on Facebook, but never got to know how it was made or understand the jokes said between them. I grew up around my português family, but was not taught to dance or speak to my elders. I would then go home to my American family and feel like I had an extra piece of me nobody would understand. People don't realize how important passing down your family's culture is. I didn't get to visit my family in Portugal until I was 17 and I'm still learning portuguese now (struggling). I will go to Brazil when the pandemic is over to learn that part of my culture as well. I will learn my Tias recipes. I will not stop learning until I can pass my cultures to my children. Any parent who thinks passing on their culture is not important I assure you your children will appreciate it so much someday.
I love learning languages, i used to know English Spanish French and Portuguese... know i can say i know fluently only English and Spanish, but I'm learning mandarin now
je n'aurais jamais commencé à prendre le français au sérieux sans tes videos, et maintenant l'apprentissage des langues est devenu un des mes traits de personnalité lmao
I only speak English so far, but I want to learn Te Red Maori, Vagahau Niue to speak the language of my ancestors and I am currently learning ’Olelo Hawai’i as I am living in Hawai’i. For me, it was important to learn the language of the indigenous culture to show respect not only for the native peoples but also for the ‘āina that I am fortunate enough to call home. Your language journey inspires me to keep it up!
This made me want to cry. I have wanted to learn languages, travel the world and connect with people since I was young in middle school. It seems so distant now as my life has taken a turn in a very different direction. But this inspired me greatly, so thank you!
Hi Jo! 22 year old Atlanta resident here. I’ve been a long time subscriber but recently started binge watching all your content as I set forth on life post college. I hope to travel the world and study how race impacts different countries and cultures. You awaken the love I have for travel and language. Merci beaucoup ✨
This is so incredibly inspiring! Learning different languages has been a goal of mine for sooo long. I just procrastinate so much/tell myself I dont have time, or convince myself that something else is more important. Part of me feels like at 25 I'm too old but I refuse to believe that and watching this has made me really want to give it my all! You're actually like a superhero it's just so so cool!! 👏🏾👏🏾❤❤❤
SMH where are these videos from Finland and Japan, I want more of Jo😭👏🏾. Mas vc e meu pessoa favoritaaaa!!! Sigue haciendo las cosas que se esta sentir feliz!
I have Brazilian parents but i was born here in England, London. The culture here is obviously very different but the only reason I still know how to speak Portuguese is because my parents only talk to me in Portuguese. This has helped a lot because there are some parents that don’t do this, Im definitely gonna try do the same with my future kids. But even when I go to Brazil everyone says I have an accent cuz im gringa🙃 Right now im finishing off learning spanish in school - it is very easy❤️ and this vid was AMAZING
Lmao same im born in the US to colombian parents and speak fluent spanish/feel close to my roots but am still considered a gringa😐 it's a struggle fr lol but lmk if u ever need help w/ spanish:)
This is why I want to learn languages! To be able to have more discussions because things can’t change until we are able to listen, understand and talk to each other and the only way to do that is by communication. I think there is so much power to learning languages ✨watching you over the years has inspired me so much and I have also realised I am the only one stopping my growth in learning languages with my limiting beliefs of myself. I need to commit and learn because I love being able to speak and understand others🥰
This is beautiful! Toda vez que assisto seus videos penso em minhas filhas. elas tem 2 e 5 anos, e a mais velha nasceu no Brasil mas viemos para o Canada quando ela era bebe. Elas tambem foram expostas por enquanto a 3 linguas, e isso eh o dia a dia, voce aprende pra se comunicar, pra sobreviver. Um outro video que voce fez contando sua historia me marcou muito, porque fala sobre como escolhas que sua mae fez moldaram quem voce eh hoje, uma cidada do mundo, e isso eh o que esta acontecendo com minhas filhas tambem. Um dia elas terao essa bagagem e serao pessoas diferentes devido as escolhas e sacrificios meus de hoje. I love your videos so much, au revoir!
i’ve been watching you since i was in middle school and now i’m in my second year of college and you have literally helped me so much throughout this time ❤️ you encouraged me to try and chase what i truly love, so thank you 🥺❤️
I'm rewatching this and realize how much you inspired me. My ass was in the states dreaming Iof living in France. It's now been 4 years of me living here. And now after a trip to Italy I'm learning Italian and having so much fun.
you have no idea how much this means to me! just having started to study my third language, french, in uni, I've been feeling like I've made the wrong choice and should have decided on something more 'useful'. You just reminded me of why I love languages so much! 💛💛
I learn languages because I want to travel the world and be able to live and meet people with no boundaries- right now I only speak English and mediocre Japanese, but I want to be able to speak French, Cantonese, Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian and Korean too - I know that’s a lot and probably a lifelong journey, but I think that I can do it !!! I gotta brain
I started learning Swedish on a whim. I was bored, lonely, and confined, attending trade school during the pandemic and doing nothing but going to class, going out to restock food and supplies, and hanging out in my room. Once I started, I realised Swedish folks and products were everywhere in my life, so it felt meant to be. I've been dipping my toes into French, because it's a shame not to know it as a Canadian, but I had to drop it for now because I have returned to full-time work and I don't have time.
Thank you for this video. I began my language learning journey in 2020. English is my native language, spanish is my second language and now I’m learning Egyptian Arabic. I always tell ppl I love how learning languages breaks down the invisible walls that hinder us from connecting with new cultures. Your video is inspiring.
I cannot express how exciting it was to see you speak Finnish here! I've been (very slowly) teaching it to myself to feel more connected with my family, in hope that the next time I visit Finland I'll be able to speak to them in their language rather than English.
Thank you so much for making this Jo!! I have been inspired by you for a couple of years and I am preparing to move to a whole new country and learn one of many languages. Thanks for showing me that anything is possible
Can you please make a video about your process when learning a language, what do you learn first, grammar or vocab or with watching videos and series? That kind of stuff Love you btw
You are so inspiring Jo! If it wasnt because of you ,Id have never have found the courage and motivation to come to France and learn a New Language! You rock ✨
You are amazing. Im so glad I found someone who loves culture as much as I do. I love languages and some people thought I was crazy for wanting to learn 7 languages.
You're literally my spirit animal!!! I'm been interested in language since i was a child. Ironically i actually was not able to talk to really about 4 or 5 due to me having a comprehension delay. Which nobody can tell. I can understand patios because my family is Jamaican, i speak English but know a lot of Spanish and a few things in 5 other languages. But i want to be fluent in every language i can!
I love connecting and meeting new people, and also learning about other cultures. Languages have always fascinated me since I was young, and languages are so interconnected with culture that by learning one, it opens up door to many new things. I grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia so my native tongue is Bahasa Indonesia, but learned English at a young age (around 5-6) so I speak both languages fluently. Currently I'm in Seoul, studying Korean! After this I hope to pick up where I left off with Japanese & French (I started dabbling and self-taught myself on and off in 3rd grade). Then few more languages I'd love to learn
I feel like other cultures are so loving when it comes to their language they might laugh but it’s not in a hateful way. They are always willing to help and not judge you.
My parents (both from Puerto rico )did not know English when they moved from Puerto Rico to the states in the 90s.I was born 3 years later after arriving. And although on paper we were considered Americans (puerto rico is a US territory) i didnt begin to learn english until i was 6 years old. Automatically that made me the translator everywhere we went . At the drive thru i would order our food , i would translate at the mall and even over the phone . I didnt know it back then but what i thought was a setback was a setup for my adult self . Thank you for sharing this video, it made me tear up
Wow I’ve also loved learning languages as well. I became fluent in Spanish, taking it in school, and my best friend is Mexican. I went to Mexico with my school in high school, and continued in college. I translated when I had a job at the bank. My mom also was headed to France then she became pregnant with me! Now I’m teaching myself French. Because I want to communicate more with the African diaspora, in which French is a common language. But also as a way to connect with my mom who decided to brush up on her French :) I also found that teaching myself French, helps me with my Spanish which (if you don’t use it, you tend to lose it) lol. But learning French brings it all back.
This was inspirational. I relate to you. My mom is Greek and she and my sister live there. My mom told us she never taught us Greek because she thought it would confuse us too!
Wow Jo I loved this video so much! I love learning new languages because it connects me to cool people from different cultures that I wouldn’t have met otherwise. I admire how you were able to make this passion of learning languages into your career. My goal in life is to do the same! I am currently 19 going to school Manhattan and I kinda feel like I am following your footsteps. You are an amazing role model Jo and I am so grateful for you!
Obrigado por esse vídeo Jo! Você é uma inspiração pra mim de sucesso e crescimento pessoal, ainda mais do jeito que você é tão orgulhosa das suas raizes brasileiras.
This was a work of art. Thank you for sharing your amazing story with us. Keep inspiring and motivating the world to learn about other cultures and connect with the world around them. I'm studying Spanish this year. You encouraged me to put more time and dedication into trying to speak it!! Thank you!!!
Oof, what you said about not fitting in anywhere and searching for home really hits me. I'm Russian American, moved when I was in elementary school so I feel like I grew up in both places, but also like I'm the odd one out no matter where I go. The concept of being a "third culture kid" really rings true to my experience and seems to resonate with what you were saying too. I almost feel most at home traveling, even though I'm a bit of a homebody.
WHEW!!! Who's cutting the onions?! Thank you for your story and letting us know that it IS possible to not only follow, but live in your dreams! I want to learn Spanish and darn it, 2021 is the year that I do it! I want to live up to my full potential. Keep going, JO!
literally had the same story ahh!! born in espirito santo, moved to nyc at 12 and now learned italian, spanish, and next french (along with already having portuguese and english under my belt). It was so real when you mentioned feeling like a cultural orphan because ive never been able to explain that to my friends whove lived here their whole lives. Feeling like im too brazilian to be american but going back home and being too american to be brazilian... its a weird place mentally to be for sure. but i wouldnt have chosen it any other way.
I love learning languages but I feel like it’s so hard to find people to converse with. Moving to California it was easier to find people who spoke different languages. But retaining vocabulary seems so difficult I can read and write and speak but when it’s time to listen it’s like wtf did they say. I’m freshening up my Spanish. Started Italian 4 months ago with the random Italian woman who happened to be an in home Italian tutor so I can try to trace my ancestry in Italy 🥺 i learner Arabic Im the masjid but I haven’t used it since 2018 lol but I need to tackle one thing at a time
Thank you so much for the all the years of entertainment and hope that you have given me. You have honestly given me the desire to learn more and to try to be a better person. Thank you so much!! You are such an amazing person and I hope you really know that. Merci beaucoup!!!!
Hey Jo! I really resonated with the last sentence. I feel honored to share my struggle(as a woman and as a latina in america) in the languages I’m learning with people from all around the world in order to make it a better place.
You just inspired me to go back to what I realized I love. Arts, writing, photography, crafts, language. We often really forget who we are with the pace of our life, we let things go and forget about us. You just opened my eyes and made me take a step back and realize that before work, bills, and all of the stress of the world, we come first. I love the narrations of your videos.
WOW, you're amazing! I'm learning English now. I'm from Russia but I really want to speak English fluently and correctly. I want to know English as good as I know Russian. I suppose that I have a B2 or C1 level now. I understand almost everything that native speakers say, but it's pretty difficult for me to speak without any doubt and without translation to my own language. But I feel a big progress from summer (I started learning English every day on the 14th of July). English is much easier than Russian. But there are so many rools and topics that aren't easy to learn. The most difficult topic for me now is "Phrasal Verbs". I wish good luck for everyone who learns another language. This process is so interesting! (I hope I haven't made any mistakes in my comment).
i’m not sure if you’ll see this, but this really inspired me to start learning Portuguese again. i forgot how much i loved it until i saw this and it’s put so much in perspective for me. thank u!
Amazing! Even better to know that you are brazilian ♡ eu também sou e tenho uma paixão gigantesca por aprender línguas, parece que a cada língua que aprendo é um pedacinho da história daquele lugar que carrego comigo. Seu vídeo me tocou muito!
thank you, jo, merci, gracias e grazie. ces sont just poquitos idiomas that i have learned from your inspiration. my life would be so different without you, please never stop creating content ❤️
The past couple months I've been feeling extremely unmotivated when it comes to languages, and social anxiety has very negatively affected my conversations in these languages I'm trying to learn. I hate that feeling of not having the words to express myself and I get frustrated with how I'm not at the level I want to be at. I realize I frequently beat myself up over mistakes and awkward moments and I'm trying to learn to be ok with mistakes and shortcomings in language because those things help us learn faster. Your videos have helped me immensely in realizing my passions and I really appreciate you sharing these intimate details with us. This video is inspiring me to look back on where I started and how far I've come, and most importantly why I started in the first place.
Hoje eu estava na minha escola na aula de espanhol (aqui em Londres) e a minha professora mostrou este video para gente! Todo mundo amou❤️❤️vc é uma inspiração👑👑 Today I was in school in my Spanish lesson (here in London) and my teacher showed my class this video! Everyone loved it❤️❤️you are an inspiration👑👑
Esse video nao tem visualizacoes suficiente.... que video mais lindo e artistico. I feel you so much watching this... I am Brazilian and American too... you got a new subscriber! ❤
This is such a beautiful video. I first started learning languages because I had to, as part of the school curriculum Finnish and English were mandatory and even though it was annoying at first (6yo me was not too impressed) they have been two very important languages for me to get by and learning them made me interested in learning more. New languages open up so many doors and so many new opportunities. And it has given me lifelong friends I wouldn't have had otherwise.
The Paris story is killing me. My mom has always dreamed of going to Paris. I was never too excited to go there but I got a chance to tag along on a friends trip. I now love Paris and want to move there but I do not speak any French. I want to take my mom there before it’s too late.
Bellissima testimonianza Jo! Adoro imparare le lingue ed e’ per questo che sono approdata al tuo canale. Ho avuto la fortuna di abitare per un po’ di anni in Brasile ed e da sempre sto tentando di migliorare il mio inglese. Sei veramente un bel mix di culture😉
I love learning languages because I love traveling and being able to connect with others around the world and also with my friends. It’s so fun learning languages in general. I’m definitely a language nerd and proud of it. Currently I’ve been learning Spanish and Arabic my two favorites and would love to start learning Portuguese soon solely because of your Portuguese videos😩 I loved this video!!!
Totally relate to the 'Cultural orphan' thing, not fully one thing or another. But, as I grew, I adopted being a 'Cultural Nomad' choosing the languages, traditions, foods, values that make sense to me - not appropriation, just respect for parts of the human experience I wasn't born into. I'm not in the US, so there are certain moments of your story I found difficult (hiding because of being undocumented) but love that you adapted and connected with real curiosity, an authentic desire to understand others' experiences through language.
okay i'm kinda emotional right now, but girl, your videos give me hope. right now i speak portuguese and english and i'm willing to learn italian because you inspire me so much and i'm pretty sure others like me who follow you since the beginning feel the same. seeing how you've grown up to become this amazing polyglot entrepreneur makes me feel proud of you as if you were a close friend. this is just the beginning of your journey and i'm here to see you thrive day after day!!! ♥
Wow amazing video!! I can relate to a lot of what you said. I work in healthcare and I try to always learn at least 1 word from every patient I meet who speaks a different language. They are in a foreign place under difficult circumstances so the least I could do is say a word that is familiar and comforting to them.
I love what you said about Italian. I studied French and Spanish at school and continued with Spanish at uni but always wanted to learn Italian so started it from scratch at uni. I did my semester abroad in Italy and it's my favourite language that I speak now. It's not that useful in the grand scheme of things but I love it!
This one was a piece of my heart. I cried during the edit 😂. Why do you learn languages? Don't forget to subscribe - I'm getting my film maker on these days: bit.ly/2r8fRns
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Awe lil 90s baby
sono italiano , tu mi ispiri fortemente, spero di poter imparare bene l'inglese, devo trovare prima di tutto la giusta motivazione
Love this, another super though-provoking and innovative vid! Are you not on Patreon?
The human spirit desire to communicate and connect ... with another human spirit.The spirit is so willing, but the flesh is weak.People like you and me desire to communicate with gods many more children a cross all galaxies. I guess that’s why I prefer to learn all languages in the spirit instead of the flash because you can hold more language data
www.bible.com/1/mat.26.41.kjv
"I felt like a cultural orphan. Or maybe... a cultural... everything." I loved that so much.
All my inbetweeners PLEASE RAISE YOUR HANDS!
I RESONATED WITH THIS PHRASE SO HARD and maybe that’s why I’ve never felt tied down to one language or culture and feel fine/ WANT to be thrown into a foreign place and learn their cultures
Ironically I felt that because of being a cultural orphan/everything I automatically couldn't fit in any because at the end of the day I would just be the foreigner of my own community. At first, learning languages was the way for me to bridge the gap but when it never solved the underlying problem I just ended up taking languages with no correlation to me. Such is life lol
@@jofranco im here!!!
ugh frrr im like a gringa for Brazilian Portuguese but im also a gringa for English even though both are my mother tongues🥲
This video made me want to cry because growing up in America I saw my family's culture from a glass window. I saw my Brazilian family eating together on Facebook, but never got to know how it was made or understand the jokes said between them. I grew up around my português family, but was not taught to dance or speak to my elders. I would then go home to my American family and feel like I had an extra piece of me nobody would understand. People don't realize how important passing down your family's culture is. I didn't get to visit my family in Portugal until I was 17 and I'm still learning portuguese now (struggling). I will go to Brazil when the pandemic is over to learn that part of my culture as well. I will learn my Tias recipes. I will not stop learning until I can pass my cultures to my children. Any parent who thinks passing on their culture is not important I assure you your children will appreciate it so much someday.
The next video journal i make is going to be about being an in betweener FOR SURE
“I learn languages because when I was a baby I was born with a brain” Jo Franco. So after all it’s simple as that y’all!😂
Maravilhosa!!! You just brought tears to my eyes. Much love from your Brazil
I never would have started learning other languages if it wasn’t for you!!! So thank you for inspiring so many of us ❣️
I love learning languages, i used to know English Spanish French and Portuguese... know i can say i know fluently only English and Spanish, but I'm learning mandarin now
As lelê said, I also would be glad to help you with Portuguese
Wow!! That's great. I am learning Mandarin now too. What level do you have in Mandarin?
Literally my favorite polyglot ever and my goals for learning languages ❤️
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"not using our brains, our cards to their maximum potential would be an injustice to everything that came before us." okay WOW jo that really hit me.
It is WAY too early for you to have me in my feels like this bestie. 😭 Love you! Beautiful work, as always.
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je n'aurais jamais commencé à prendre le français au sérieux sans tes videos, et maintenant l'apprentissage des langues est devenu un des mes traits de personnalité lmao
omg j’ai vu ta chaîne youtube tu doit poster plus, jadore!
@@alyssajohnson5668 merci bien!!! j’suis ravi que tu les aimes, je veux faire de plus mais je n’ai jamais des bonnes idées 😂
I only speak English so far, but I want to learn Te Red Maori, Vagahau Niue to speak the language of my ancestors and I am currently learning ’Olelo Hawai’i as I am living in Hawai’i. For me, it was important to learn the language of the indigenous culture to show respect not only for the native peoples but also for the ‘āina that I am fortunate enough to call home. Your language journey inspires me to keep it up!
This made me want to cry. I have wanted to learn languages, travel the world and connect with people since I was young in middle school. It seems so distant now as my life has taken a turn in a very different direction. But this inspired me greatly, so thank you!
Hi Jo! 22 year old Atlanta resident here. I’ve been a long time subscriber but recently started binge watching all your content as I set forth on life post college. I hope to travel the world and study how race impacts different countries and cultures. You awaken the love I have for travel and language. Merci beaucoup ✨
You got this! (Atlanta resident here too :>)
I love this and I’m rooting for you! This is the same reason I wanna learn languages!
This is so incredibly inspiring! Learning different languages has been a goal of mine for sooo long. I just procrastinate so much/tell myself I dont have time, or convince myself that something else is more important. Part of me feels like at 25 I'm too old but I refuse to believe that and watching this has made me really want to give it my all! You're actually like a superhero it's just so so cool!! 👏🏾👏🏾❤❤❤
If you learned to speak a language at age 60, you’d be fluent by 65... and sound like a native speaker by 80. it’s never too late
Jo why is this so cinematic and truly heart-touching ❤️✨👏🏽🥺🥺
😍😍 that’s my new direction
SMH where are these videos from Finland and Japan, I want more of Jo😭👏🏾. Mas vc e meu pessoa favoritaaaa!!! Sigue haciendo las cosas que se esta sentir feliz!
I have Brazilian parents but i was born here in England, London. The culture here is obviously very different but the only reason I still know how to speak Portuguese is because my parents only talk to me in Portuguese. This has helped a lot because there are some parents that don’t do this, Im definitely gonna try do the same with my future kids. But even when I go to Brazil everyone says I have an accent cuz im gringa🙃 Right now im finishing off learning spanish in school - it is very easy❤️ and this vid was AMAZING
plus here i am kinda also considered a gringa cuz i do everything differently from british people and sometimes i kinda stutter words lmao
Lmao same im born in the US to colombian parents and speak fluent spanish/feel close to my roots but am still considered a gringa😐 it's a struggle fr lol but lmk if u ever need help w/ spanish:)
This is why I want to learn languages! To be able to have more discussions because things can’t change until we are able to listen, understand and talk to each other and the only way to do that is by communication. I think there is so much power to learning languages ✨watching you over the years has inspired me so much and I have also realised I am the only one stopping my growth in learning languages with my limiting beliefs of myself. I need to commit and learn because I love being able to speak and understand others🥰
I love the warm feeling home videos give me. Thanks for sharing yours 💗
Wait, where did that Finland and Japan footage come from? I want to watch those videos!
This is beautiful! Toda vez que assisto seus videos penso em minhas filhas. elas tem 2 e 5 anos, e a mais velha nasceu no Brasil mas viemos para o Canada quando ela era bebe. Elas tambem foram expostas por enquanto a 3 linguas, e isso eh o dia a dia, voce aprende pra se comunicar, pra sobreviver. Um outro video que voce fez contando sua historia me marcou muito, porque fala sobre como escolhas que sua mae fez moldaram quem voce eh hoje, uma cidada do mundo, e isso eh o que esta acontecendo com minhas filhas tambem. Um dia elas terao essa bagagem e serao pessoas diferentes devido as escolhas e sacrificios meus de hoje. I love your videos so much, au revoir!
i’ve been watching you since i was in middle school and now i’m in my second year of college and you have literally helped me so much throughout this time ❤️ you encouraged me to try and chase what i truly love, so thank you 🥺❤️
Wow we’re like old friends at this point 😍
I'm rewatching this and realize how much you inspired me. My ass was in the states dreaming Iof living in France. It's now been 4 years of me living here. And now after a trip to Italy I'm learning Italian and having so much fun.
you have no idea how much this means to me! just having started to study my third language, french, in uni, I've been feeling like I've made the wrong choice and should have decided on something more 'useful'. You just reminded me of why I love languages so much! 💛💛
If you want to do it for you, it’ll feel that much better
I learn languages because I want to travel the world and be able to live and meet people with no boundaries- right now I only speak English and mediocre Japanese, but I want to be able to speak French, Cantonese, Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian and Korean too - I know that’s a lot and probably a lifelong journey, but I think that I can do it !!! I gotta brain
Woah! I speak 4 languages fluently and now I’m learning italian and german. You’re one of my inspirations, Jo. 💗
I started learning Swedish on a whim. I was bored, lonely, and confined, attending trade school during the pandemic and doing nothing but going to class, going out to restock food and supplies, and hanging out in my room. Once I started, I realised Swedish folks and products were everywhere in my life, so it felt meant to be. I've been dipping my toes into French, because it's a shame not to know it as a Canadian, but I had to drop it for now because I have returned to full-time work and I don't have time.
This is truly a work of art! You’re such a talented filmmaker Jo!
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Me getting excited with jo every time she is speaking a new language it made me so happy
Oii, se quiser praticar português, fala comigo que te ajudo. Quero treinar meu inglês :)
@@mozart3399 Acho que vou aprender francês primeiro🤣😏
Bonsoir kkkkkk
Thank you for this video. I began my language learning journey in 2020. English is my native language, spanish is my second language and now I’m learning Egyptian Arabic. I always tell ppl I love how learning languages breaks down the invisible walls that hinder us from connecting with new cultures. Your video is inspiring.
wowwww this video is so great. The editing, the message, everything ✨ also baby Jo is so cute 🥺
i agree 100%
Oii, se quiser praticar português, fala comigo que te ajudo. Quero treinar meu inglês :)
I cannot express how exciting it was to see you speak Finnish here! I've been (very slowly) teaching it to myself to feel more connected with my family, in hope that the next time I visit Finland I'll be able to speak to them in their language rather than English.
Its so beautiful to see your memories from your childhood and that you have them 🕊💯
Thank you so much for making this Jo!! I have been inspired by you for a couple of years and I am preparing to move to a whole new country and learn one of many languages. Thanks for showing me that anything is possible
Can you please make a video about your process when learning a language, what do you learn first, grammar or vocab or with watching videos and series? That kind of stuff
Love you btw
Yesssss I can totally do that! And will with the next language ❤️
I loooove this! This is so encouraging and motivating for all the things I want to learn in life.
You are so inspiring Jo! If it wasnt because of you ,Id have never have found the courage and motivation to come to France and learn a New Language! You rock ✨
❤️❤️❤️ félicitations!
You are amazing. Im so glad I found someone who loves culture as much as I do. I love languages and some people thought I was crazy for wanting to learn 7 languages.
You're literally my spirit animal!!! I'm been interested in language since i was a child. Ironically i actually was not able to talk to really about 4 or 5 due to me having a comprehension delay. Which nobody can tell. I can understand patios because my family is Jamaican, i speak English but know a lot of Spanish and a few things in 5 other languages. But i want to be fluent in every language i can!
I just found your channel. As a polyglot who studies for the love of languages itself, I'm obsessed with your content!
I love connecting and meeting new people, and also learning about other cultures. Languages have always fascinated me since I was young, and languages are so interconnected with culture that by learning one, it opens up door to many new things.
I grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia so my native tongue is Bahasa Indonesia, but learned English at a young age (around 5-6) so I speak both languages fluently. Currently I'm in Seoul, studying Korean! After this I hope to pick up where I left off with Japanese & French (I started dabbling and self-taught myself on and off in 3rd grade). Then few more languages I'd love to learn
♥️ your life’s stories from the beginning until now…
Very thoughtful words
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I feel like other cultures are so loving when it comes to their language they might laugh but it’s not in a hateful way. They are always willing to help and not judge you.
My parents (both from Puerto rico )did not know English when they moved from Puerto Rico to the states in the 90s.I was born 3 years later after arriving. And although on paper we were considered Americans (puerto rico is a US territory) i didnt begin to learn english until i was 6 years old. Automatically that made me the translator everywhere we went . At the drive thru i would order our food , i would translate at the mall and even over the phone . I didnt know it back then but what i thought was a setback was a setup for my adult self . Thank you for sharing this video, it made me tear up
You inspire me to learn more languages XD
ahhh same
Oii, se quiser praticar português, fala comigo que te ajudo. Quero treinar meu inglês :)
@@mozart3399 Eu quero praticar!
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Your unstoppable...insatiable...everything! Thank you for sharing your story, soo moving.
Your content is such an inspiration. I’m learning my second language and watching your videos helps me to keep going when I want to quit. ❤
Wow I’ve also loved learning languages as well. I became fluent in Spanish, taking it in school, and my best friend is Mexican. I went to Mexico with my school in high school, and continued in college. I translated when I had a job at the bank. My mom also was headed to France then she became pregnant with me! Now I’m teaching myself French. Because I want to communicate more with the African diaspora, in which French is a common language. But also as a way to connect with my mom who decided to brush up on her French :) I also found that teaching myself French, helps me with my Spanish which (if you don’t use it, you tend to lose it) lol. But learning French brings it all back.
This was inspirational. I relate to you. My mom is Greek and she and my sister live there. My mom told us she never taught us Greek because she thought it would confuse us too!
love this comment!
Wow Jo I loved this video so much! I love learning new languages because it connects me to cool people from different cultures that I wouldn’t have met otherwise. I admire how you were able to make this passion of learning languages into your career. My goal in life is to do the same! I am currently 19 going to school Manhattan and I kinda feel like I am following your footsteps. You are an amazing role model Jo and I am so grateful for you!
This is such a beautiful piece, Jo! I'm immensely grateful to you for sharing it and boosting my language learning journey.
What an incredible, motivational video!! Not only the best language learning video I've ever seen, Jo's soothing voice adds up to it...
Obrigado por esse vídeo Jo! Você é uma inspiração pra mim de sucesso e crescimento pessoal, ainda mais do jeito que você é tão orgulhosa das suas raizes brasileiras.
This was a work of art. Thank you for sharing your amazing story with us. Keep inspiring and motivating the world to learn about other cultures and connect with the world around them. I'm studying Spanish this year. You encouraged me to put more time and dedication into trying to speak it!! Thank you!!!
😍 thank you!
Oof, what you said about not fitting in anywhere and searching for home really hits me.
I'm Russian American, moved when I was in elementary school so I feel like I grew up in both places, but also like I'm the odd one out no matter where I go. The concept of being a "third culture kid" really rings true to my experience and seems to resonate with what you were saying too. I almost feel most at home traveling, even though I'm a bit of a homebody.
WHEW!!! Who's cutting the onions?! Thank you for your story and letting us know that it IS possible to not only follow, but live in your dreams! I want to learn Spanish and darn it, 2021 is the year that I do it! I want to live up to my full potential. Keep going, JO!
🤣 cutting the onions ... that’s great
literally had the same story ahh!! born in espirito santo, moved to nyc at 12 and now learned italian, spanish, and next french (along with already having portuguese and english under my belt). It was so real when you mentioned feeling like a cultural orphan because ive never been able to explain that to my friends whove lived here their whole lives. Feeling like im too brazilian to be american but going back home and being too american to be brazilian... its a weird place mentally to be for sure. but i wouldnt have chosen it any other way.
Omg this video is so heart touching 🥺 I speak 5 languages and your video inspires me to rethink how these languages change me 💛
I feel the same way, I just don't speak as many languages! but I'm learning. I love your series on Netflix as well. Much love Jo ❤ 😍
I love learning languages but I feel like it’s so hard to find people to converse with. Moving to California it was easier to find people who spoke different languages. But retaining vocabulary seems so difficult I can read and write and speak but when it’s time to listen it’s like wtf did they say. I’m freshening up my Spanish. Started Italian 4 months ago with the random Italian woman who happened to be an in home Italian tutor so I can try to trace my ancestry in Italy 🥺 i learner Arabic Im the masjid but I haven’t used it since 2018 lol but I need to tackle one thing at a time
Amazing 🙌🏽
Omg Jo! Your mom is a splitting image of you when she's dancing! Adorable to see where you get ur feistiness.
you should see her with a power drill... 😂 home renovation videos coming soon
Thank you so much for the all the years of entertainment and hope that you have given me. You have honestly given me the desire to learn more and to try to be a better person. Thank you so much!! You are such an amazing person and I hope you really know that. Merci beaucoup!!!!
This comment is really special, thank you for taking the time to write it, and for sticking around with me ❤️
I love these storytelling/ journalistic videos!
Hey Jo! I really resonated with the last sentence. I feel honored to share my struggle(as a woman and as a latina in america) in the languages I’m learning with people from all around the world in order to make it a better place.
you were one of the first people that inspired me to start learning new languages
You just inspired me to go back to what I realized I love. Arts, writing, photography, crafts, language. We often really forget who we are with the pace of our life, we let things go and forget about us. You just opened my eyes and made me take a step back and realize that before work, bills, and all of the stress of the world, we come first. I love the narrations of your videos.
It's more than her history......................... i felt loved and inspired to be able to have the opportunity to live and learn.
WOW, you're amazing! I'm learning English now. I'm from Russia but I really want to speak English fluently and correctly. I want to know English as good as I know Russian. I suppose that I have a B2 or C1 level now. I understand almost everything that native speakers say, but it's pretty difficult for me to speak without any doubt and without translation to my own language. But I feel a big progress from summer (I started learning English every day on the 14th of July). English is much easier than Russian. But there are so many rools and topics that aren't easy to learn. The most difficult topic for me now is "Phrasal Verbs". I wish good luck for everyone who learns another language. This process is so interesting! (I hope I haven't made any mistakes in my comment).
i’m not sure if you’ll see this, but this really inspired me to start learning Portuguese again. i forgot how much i loved it until i saw this and it’s put so much in perspective for me. thank u!
Amazing! Even better to know that you are brazilian ♡ eu também sou e tenho uma paixão gigantesca por aprender línguas, parece que a cada língua que aprendo é um pedacinho da história daquele lugar que carrego comigo. Seu vídeo me tocou muito!
thank you, jo, merci, gracias e grazie. ces sont just poquitos idiomas that i have learned from your inspiration. my life would be so different without you, please never stop creating content ❤️
I’m in tears! This is incredibly beautiful.
Aiii eu não consigo explicar o porque eu tô chorando.
Provavelmente esse vídeo falou com a minha alma, valeu por isso Jô 🥲🥲
Such a beautiful & inspiring story. Thank you for sharing.
The past couple months I've been feeling extremely unmotivated when it comes to languages, and social anxiety has very negatively affected my conversations in these languages I'm trying to learn. I hate that feeling of not having the words to express myself and I get frustrated with how I'm not at the level I want to be at. I realize I frequently beat myself up over mistakes and awkward moments and I'm trying to learn to be ok with mistakes and shortcomings in language because those things help us learn faster. Your videos have helped me immensely in realizing my passions and I really appreciate you sharing these intimate details with us. This video is inspiring me to look back on where I started and how far I've come, and most importantly why I started in the first place.
Let’s keep each other excited about it ❤️
This is an awesome video, Jo
You are so inspirational!
Keep on keeping on!
God bless you always!
Profound respect and love for the path you are on.
Hoje eu estava na minha escola na aula de espanhol (aqui em Londres) e a minha professora mostrou este video para gente! Todo mundo amou❤️❤️vc é uma inspiração👑👑
Today I was in school in my Spanish lesson (here in London) and my teacher showed my class this video! Everyone loved it❤️❤️you are an inspiration👑👑
Esse video nao tem visualizacoes suficiente.... que video mais lindo e artistico. I feel you so much watching this... I am Brazilian and American too... you got a new subscriber! ❤
This is such a beautiful video. I first started learning languages because I had to, as part of the school curriculum Finnish and English were mandatory and even though it was annoying at first (6yo me was not too impressed) they have been two very important languages for me to get by and learning them made me interested in learning more. New languages open up so many doors and so many new opportunities. And it has given me lifelong friends I wouldn't have had otherwise.
The Paris story is killing me. My mom has always dreamed of going to Paris. I was never too excited to go there but I got a chance to tag along on a friends trip. I now love Paris and want to move there but I do not speak any French. I want to take my mom there before it’s too late.
Bellissima testimonianza Jo! Adoro imparare le lingue ed e’ per questo che sono approdata al tuo canale.
Ho avuto la fortuna di abitare per un po’ di anni in Brasile ed e da sempre sto tentando di migliorare il mio inglese.
Sei veramente un bel mix di culture😉
I love learning languages because I love traveling and being able to connect with others around the world and also with my friends. It’s so fun learning languages in general. I’m definitely a language nerd and proud of it. Currently I’ve been learning Spanish and Arabic my two favorites and would love to start learning Portuguese soon solely because of your Portuguese videos😩 I loved this video!!!
This was a nice video. Could feel the genuineness. Gracias por hacerlo. Me da energia ayudar mas lenguas
Totally relate to the 'Cultural orphan' thing, not fully one thing or another. But, as I grew, I adopted being a 'Cultural Nomad' choosing the languages, traditions, foods, values that make sense to me - not appropriation, just respect for parts of the human experience I wasn't born into. I'm not in the US, so there are certain moments of your story I found difficult (hiding because of being undocumented) but love that you adapted and connected with real curiosity, an authentic desire to understand others' experiences through language.
Jo, you are amazing. AMAZING. Please keep doing what you do.
Greetings (Χαιρετίσματα) from Cyprus!
PARAKALOOOOO! 😍
JOOOOO LIKE JOOOOO??? WOW. this video is everythinggggg. period.
this was beautiful! 💛
okay i'm kinda emotional right now, but girl, your videos give me hope. right now i speak portuguese and english and i'm willing to learn italian because you inspire me so much and i'm pretty sure others like me who follow you since the beginning feel the same. seeing how you've grown up to become this amazing polyglot entrepreneur makes me feel proud of you as if you were a close friend. this is just the beginning of your journey and i'm here to see you thrive day after day!!! ♥
U killed it. Thanks for inspiring me..
In love with this video!!! learning languages is so important! Also those home videos are so precious ❤️
Estou chorando.. não entendi tudo mas eu senti ♡ lindo vídeo :,)
Preciso colocar legendas em PT!
Gosh she's living the life I want to live. Looks so magical and exciting! You go Jo! I can't wait to leave the states and see this beautiful world! :D
I wish you’d make more Italian videos 🥺
Wow amazing video!! I can relate to a lot of what you said. I work in healthcare and I try to always learn at least 1 word from every patient I meet who speaks a different language. They are in a foreign place under difficult circumstances so the least I could do is say a word that is familiar and comforting to them.
THIS VIDEO IS SO BEAUTIFULLY DONE!!
That little smile when you sit down in the hairdresser’s chair.
Wishing you many more moments of feeling seen.
I love what you said about Italian. I studied French and Spanish at school and continued with Spanish at uni but always wanted to learn Italian so started it from scratch at uni. I did my semester abroad in Italy and it's my favourite language that I speak now. It's not that useful in the grand scheme of things but I love it!
This warmed my heart ❤️