Omg yesss!! I don't unterstand why I can't talk in French after 8 years of learning it!! But I've been learning English for 4 years and can talk it fluently! Hoooow
You should do what feels best for you, whatever that may be! We can all get inspired by seeing what other people do in these times, but what works for someone else to feel better doesn’t have to be the exact activity that will make you feel better at this moment. If you want to watch Netflix the whole day or do a 5 k every day or everything in between, that’s totally ok! 🌸❤️ I myself am in this ‘everything in between area’ of doing nothing today and tomorrow but then run a 5 k for 3 days straight. For me it’s all about balance! 🙏🏼 Have a lovely evening!
What I reccomend is that your mum must ALWAYS speak to you in Dutch during the day or during basic conversation and small talk then you tend to pick it up naturally. I didnt fluently speak my mothers first language until I was 11 and this really helped when she stopped speaking to me in english all the time
Agreed. That's the way. I used to speak Portuguese fluently when I was younger becuase my parents spoke to me and my brother in Portuguese but as they learnt english and I started school they just stopped speaking to us as much in Portuguese and I kind of unlearned it. I can read and understand it so well but I just can't speak it properly. I've been trying to force my parents to stop speaking to me in eglish
@@irrelevance3859 Uma boa forma de aprender é a ver televisão portuguesa, tente encontrar algum programa português que goste, pelo menos foi assim que aprendi Inglês!
she probably heard it a lot growing up, her mom's family is from there, so than you learn it quicker, and you get the accent. but it is damn impressive how good her vocab and grammar already is
dutch is relatively easy for native english speakers since its form the same language group.. if you commit to it for one week and also hear it growing up, visiting family it really isn’t all that hard to pick up
Dutch is the second closest language to English apart from Frisian (all West-Germanic) which helps but the fact that she grew up hearing it very often must have helped a lot too
So as fluent speakers, how is she doing honestly? Because as a native English speaker who only speaks English oh, it sounds pretty damn good to me but I can also hear we're parts of it are more English than others. Her mom said that she was really hard to understand, is she really hard to understand or is it just not the best pronunciation ever?
Chelsey Abbott when her mom said she couldn’t understand her I actually understood her. She is doing really well! Of course she has a strong accent but some parts are really good! I hope she keeps on learning, because she has so much potential!
@@chelsey8737 im from the Netherlands and it was not hard to understand at all. Like offcourse the way she bild the sentences wasnt Always that good. and i know you can say that about bij English too, its because im dyslectic so yeah. But she was doing really well especially because she learned it in 1 weeks time.
I love the connection she has with her audience, when I see her videos it does not feels like I am not seeing her through a screen , but rather am sitting next to her
I think it’s really funny how your mums dutch starts sounding more ‘English’ during the conversation because I feel like a lot of dutch people do this when speaking to someone whose first language isn’t dutch but tries to speak dutch. I am dutch myself but when I speak to someone who’s trying to learn Dutch I find myself adapting to their pronounciation instead of speaking proper dutch 😅
Yeah apart from pronunciation I also really associate with changing word order to make it easier for non-natives to understand. It's a terrible Dutch habit because my expat friends always complain they're unable to properly learn Dutch because of us. 😂
Ppendu oowhh ja denk dat dat in dit geval zeker ook wel meespeelt! Maar het is vooral ook iets dat ik bij mezelf heel erg merk (kom zelf uit het zuiden)
my dad didn't pass down german to me or my sister because he was afraid it'd be too confusing but I really wish he had because I've been trying to learn german for the past few years and I'm still struggling lol
It's not always that easy! I have never learnt German from my mum and I have never been able to learn it, it feels like my mind blocks it out or something. I was born in Italy and lived there until I was 3, in that period my mum tried to teach me German, but I always cried when she did that. Then we moved to Spain and, as I had two new languages to learn (Spanish and Catalan), she just dropped German...
@@UnJadedJade ahhh you replied 🥺 since I know a bit of French which is similar to mauritian creole I think I'd be a bit "easier" than learning Chinese etc.
@@whitney3196 omg.. are you mauritian too, I've studied french all through my school career to catch up and communicate with my mum better even though she's fluent in English too, I'm British dad's side and Mauritian mums side!!! Never met anyone the same ♥️🇲🇺
@@whitney3196 ah that's great, I'm half mauritian, I know creole saying and understand alot because of French enough for a phone call to the family, can't wait to go home soon
I don't know her situation, but it is very likely that she has been exposed to Dutch from a very early age, since her mom is Dutch. Not saying it isn't amazing how fast she learned, but the exposure could definitely have helped.
As a South African who's mother tongue is Afrikaans, I found this extremely entertaining, funny, and overall very wholesome. I am constantly fascinated by how similar Dutch is to Afrikaans, making them mutually comprehensible languages. I really hope you keep up your fluency!
Jade, you said a "goed hoor" so naturally. While the "hoor" is famously hard to translate. Although it's clear you're not a native speaker, your really sound like you get the gist!
Yes! I moved from Germany to Switzerland a few years ago, and went from knowing German and a bit of English to knowing German, English, French, Italian and Latin (you are required to take at least two 'national' languages at school for multiple years). Sadly, they're changing the curriculum in grammar schools so as to give mathematics and natural sciences more lesson time, and (myself included) not all students always appreciate learning about, say, the intricacies of French grammar.I still hope that the idiosyncratic linguistic set-up in Switzerland won't disappear altogether, it's kind of cool that things like food labels, our government's website etc. are all in various languages.
Haha, I’m from Groningen and It’s so cool to see someone learn Dutch. Not a lot of people do, since It’s not considered a beautiful language by many. Usually French and Spanish are way more popular, which I understand because they are really nice languages and Dutch is not really a relevant nor ‘beautiful‘ language lol. It’s really cool to see you connect with this part of your identity! And in just one week you made an incredible progress. Keep up with this work, and you will be able to have full conversations with you mom😉 Btw: I can confirm that your mother still sounds like a native, especially considering she has lived longer in England than in the Netherlands!
@@sannajoyizaks7725 Dankje!! Ik kom uit noord ierland, maar I grew up in cyprus :) (not sure how to say that one haha). Ik studeer in Groningen :) I'm trying to learn dutch through watching shows - maybe you have a recommendation?
@@tijmenvis waarom zou ze n accent mix hebben zoals wij. Ze spreekt t elke dag heel de dag. Voor minimaal al zolang als her dochter leeft. Dusja. Dan ben je brits
This really touches my heart! When your mom is talking in Dutch my heart melted. It really amazes me how personal it feels because someone is speaking my language (heartwarming but also strange hahaha) dikke knuffel vanuit Nederland!
Not everyone is great in learning languages, and this woman is also very smart. And someone from the uk will have it way more easy to learn the dutch language than someone who speaks arab for example
Aww Jade!! This is so cool, it’s so nice to see how happy your mum is when you speak Dutch!! You’ve inspired me to dig out my German grammar books which I haven’t touched for six months!! 😅
My whole family is Chinese but having been born and raised in the UK, I've really struggled to pick Cantonese up despite having gone to Chinese school and having the language spoken around me my entire life, but my parents mostly speak to me in English and obviously at school I learnt English as my first language. It's actually so embarrassing bc others my age can actually hold convos and I can't🙈 I left Chinese school last yr bc hated it lmao. But now I'm going to try learn it by myself!
Ahh, good luck! I'm not Chinese but I'm learning Cantonese (I have a few videos on my channel ;)). Just get your parents to speak it to you a lot and watch a bunch of TVB HK dramas hahaha Good luck! xx
O gosh, I’m in the exact same situation! I’m Chinese too, but I was born and raised in the Netherlands so my Chinese is pretty rubbish oops :) I could speak Mandarin when I was little but I’ve lost it after going to a Dutch school and only speaking Dutch most of the time. I feel so embarrassed too when I’m not able to speak in Mandarin and I really want to be able to speak the language again. (I hated Chinese school too lol)
Fun fact: Your mama has got a very English accent when she talks Dutch but also still has got that Fries dialect going on. Your next challenge should be the Fries language if you want a real challenge. :')
Fries is actually closer to English and therefor easier to learn for native English speakers. It's actually one of the easiest languages to learn for them! (You can fact check this, it's true)
I've been learning Dutch on Duolingo for a while now, mostly for the fun of learning a new language plus it's quite easy since my first language is German. I've been a little more serious about learning Dutch recently so watching these videos is so fun because I actually understand a few things.
i studied dutch at undergrad here in the UK and then did my masters in amsterdam and what I found most helpful for my language was when I got a cafe job to support myself alongside uni! while i was at work i had to switch between english and dutch all day and it did wonders for my more conversational language skills. i definitely recommend trying to immerse yourself in the language at least once a day - even just having it in the background is so helpful in the long term! it’s been 5 and a half years since i started learning dutch and youtube is still one of my go-tos for listening practice (i like disfordazzle’s vlogs). your spoken dutch is already so good and you clearly have great comprehension skills too! keep it up, veel succes! 🇳🇱 l💕
Wow, after just one week your Dutch is amazing!!! And reacting to your mum feeling self-conscious about her Dutch skills, I'd say she's still got it! The word order was a bit off here and there, but I kind-a felt that was mainly because she was helping you understand what she was saying by dividing her sentences in smaller pieces.
As a bilingual English/Dutch person, watching this makes me feel so blessed that my parents decided to teach me both languages. Power to you for deciding to learn Dutch! Zet 'm op!
It's absolutely bizarre how well you've managed to teach yourseld Dutch in such a short period of time. I'm Dutch myself and have to say you sound like you've lived in the Netherlands for a long time! Props to you, as I know it's a really complex and confusing language to learn 👏
Your mom is right. She translates her English thoughts into Dutch. This is also because we Dutch people like to adapt to people whom speak other languages. Especially in English. I love that your mom is from Friesland and likes Groningen so much! You're doing great, learning Dutch! Keep going!
This is so cool! I love that your mom has the patience to teach you Dutch. She’s precious!! My dad tried to help me with German and quit about 10 minutes in. 😂
Jade, wat is je Nederlands goed! Een tip: vaak kan je de “r” uitspreken op de Franse manier! In plaats van de “r” te rollen, komt hij meer vanuit de keel. The r also has different pronunciations in Dutch depending on where in the word it is, so that’s difficult.. But I figured since you speak French it could be helpful to know!
I'm watching this video for the 3rd or 4th time I think (the previous times a long time ago), I've now been learning Dutch for a while and understood almost everything I'm so happy! I started following you about 6 years ago and my English was still very basic, it took me all those years to understand your "Let's chat" videos and now you're teaching me one more language 🤍
We’re a trilingual family: English, Dutch and Norwegian, living in Norway. My kids speak Dutch exactly like you! So funny to hear the similarity😊 So even though you say you weren’t brought up bilingual your level is pretty good! Our kids speak Norwegian amongst themselves, English with me and Norwegian/Dutch with their dad. We wanted the kids to be able to talk with their oma. I grew up bilingual myself (English, Dutch) and realised very early on how practical that was. Good luck!
This is so great!!! Glad you were able to learn! I'm actually bilingual (Hebrew and English), and used to be trilingual (I used to speak Nepali when I lived in Nepal) but I lost all of it:( Ive always hoped that when I visit Nepal maybe Nepali would come back to me😂
i'm also learning dutch, it's been almost two years and i think i'm a B1 level, she is already so good and i'm jealous 😭 i also watched wie is de mol 2019 btw it's so weird that she watched it too
@@olivierlensvelt5698 ik spreek Italiaans en Engels! Ja, het is makkelijk want ik heb Engels geleerd maar sommige dingen zijn heel moeilijk. Ik wil oefenen, natuurlijk ✨
Being an Indian, I do not have any connections to the British or Dutch. Neither do I understand what your mum spoke!But, somehow, I watched the whole video without skipping even a second☺️ Just loveee you. Loveliest human being you are. So down to earth and cute. SUBSCRIBED❤️
🇳🇱: Als een Nederlander wil ik een groot compliment geven. Ik vind het heel knap van je dat je al zo goed Nederlands kan spreken binnen een week. Ik doe je het zeker niet na en ik vind je erg duidelijk. Respect naar jou!
Hey, I am from Belgium ( the dutch speaking part) and I think that you did really good. Even I have sometime problems with the tenses in dutch (espescially the past tense), so I would say well done! keep learning and "veel succes en ik vind je video's super leuk en inspirerend!"
i’m so excited for this second video! i think this was such an interesting idea (+ as someone who is bad with languages this has been unfathomable to me 😂). Thank you for always producing such amazing content Jade! 💖💖
Wow your Dutch is so good already! Impressive! It's also quite funny to hear you literally translate from English sometimes. I find myself doing the same since I lived in the UK when I was little and am now doing a bachelor's degree that's taught fully in English. So, like your mum said, I end up having weird sentence structures sometimes. It's kinda funny to recognise the thought process. Keep up the good work! Hats off to you cause I hear from many people that Dutch isn't particularly easy to learn!
Its really cool to hear you pick up the Fryslan “r” from your mum! Thats a real advantage because I feel a lot of british people struggle with that sound.
I'm literally in your position right now, my dad is German and I was born in Germany. But I guess I forgot speaking it, a little bit. Your video encouraged me. I'm going to try to learn German again. Thank you so much. By the way I love watching your videos❤
Jade wat vind ik jou geweldig🤩! En wat knap dat je het Nederlands al zo snel oppikt!!! Het was een plezier om naar je filmpjes te kijken. Veel liefs van uit Groningen ❤️
Dual nationality kid who wasn't raised bilingual here! I'm from a Dutch/French family but wasn't taught any French growing up. I'm really impressed that you managed to learn Dutch so well in such a short amount of time! I only started learning French when I was 19 and now, 12 years on, I've gained a very decent level of fluency. So you got this! Goed gedaan :)
OMG! Congratulations! My family is German :))) Decided to try writing again!!! Also, may I add, that your channel has been so inspirational! Doing my own now on my journey through A-Levels and (hopefully) Med School!!!
Aah you sound so great! Don't worry about making mistakes, you sound better than a lot of non-native people who have already been living in the Netherlands for a few years (no shade implied). Any Dutch person will be astonished at how well you already know the language! Tbh no one ever really goes the extra mile to become fluent in Dutch, so we dutchies really appreciate it when someone is trying to learn the language. Even if someone makes the tiniest effort to learn a few words it's already a huge compliment to us! So don't be embarrassed about mistakes, you're doing great and it's part of the process! ^-^
I am English and My mum is dutch and from Friesland too! She was born in Heeraveen! I used to speak it fluently when I was 5 but now I’ve forgotten everything! I still understand it though! I would love to learn for my Oma too, she doesn’t speak English and she won’t be with us much longer ... You did amazing and your accent is so good too! I might try to learn again now! X
RUclips's algorithm brought me here, but as a Dutch person, i really like your challenge! It was fun to see you and your mom interacting and I feel you learned the language rather quick. It sounds good! Also, Esmee's switch between her Dutch accent and her British pronunciation are WORLDS apart. Props to her for that.
There's a huge difference tho. Maybe it's just me but I have to focus really really hard to understand Afrikaans. I can understand what Germans are saying relatively well without trying too hard. Kinda weird since Afrikaans was basically born out of Dutch while German is an entirely different language.
Yess! Im Dutch but went to South Africa last summer and sometimes people would come up to me and speak Afrikaans and we were actually able to hold a conversation!
Can I ask why weren’t you raised bilingual? It’s rare to see a situation like yours and I’d be really interested in the reason behind it. Also you made such a good progress! Congrats giirl!💛
@@janna2234 maar, sorry, ook vrij nutteloos. In friesland. De meeste mensen spreken ook Nederlands. Paar mensen misschien niet, voornamenlijk echt oude mensen, dus binnen zeg 30 al helemaal niemand. Maar wil je naar de rest van nederland. Zoals ze wilt naar Amsterdam, dan zal ze aan fries niets hebben. jkt vooral op oud engels. Ik ben ook vloeiend in engels, maar toch kan ik het niet eens combinerem om fries te verstaan naast de paar woorden die het zelfde zijn.
I thought your conversation with your mum was amazing. Dutch is a really hard language to learn and speak fluently. My situation is literally the opposite - my mum is a Belgian (Flemish) and my dad is English and I grew up in Antwerp, Belgium. So Dutch was my day-to-day language and we only spoke English when my dad was at home (he worked abroad a lot). But I am glad my mum made us read in English etc, because I suck at learning languages (I do not have a lingistically inclined brain) but because of how we predominantly watched English programmes and read in English, I would considered myself bilingual. I think it is amazing how well you progressed in just a week! Kei tof om deze video te zien en ik ga hem opslagen zodat ik mijn leerlingen voor het vak Engels kan laten zien wat mogelijk is als je echt iets wil bereiken in een taal [maar voor hun dan in de andere richting :) ]!
You actually did so well omg! This was honestly so impressive and very fun to watch as a native Dutch person! Dutch is a really difficult language and some of our grammar is extremely illogical in my opinion. Definitely look forward to seeing you improve even more!!
Ik ben onder de indruk! (I'm so impressed) It's so cool to see you learn our language. Dutch is a very difficult language, especially grammar. The conversation you were having with your mom (after only studying it for a week, wow???) was so cool to see!
Seriously you’re doing really well! The accent is actually really good too! Don’t beat yourself up too much, Dutch really is hard and you’re doing really well!
Jade's dutch after 1 week is better than my french after 8 years 🙃
Emma Demarsin same 😂
couldn’t relate more!!😳
Omg yesss!! I don't unterstand why I can't talk in French after 8 years of learning it!! But I've been learning English for 4 years and can talk it fluently! Hoooow
Same hahahaha
Serine Messouaf sure! French speaking?
Like, I'm dutch and can confirm that this is absolutely INSANE after one week.
Echt niet normaal
Hoe dan
Jaaa! Ik vil doe dat, maar ze spreekt te goed (dat is geen goed zin 😂)
Heb je een Nederlands liedjes playlist alsjeblieft??
@@salome_psychostudy_asd er is jammer genoeg geen goede Nederlandstalige muziek 😅 Maar succes met je zoektocht hahaha
@@orionlavinmartinez3186 Dank je !!
Jade: Learns a language, does yoga, eats healthy
Me: have not left the bed in 2 days
You should do what feels best for you, whatever that may be! We can all get inspired by seeing what other people do in these times, but what works for someone else to feel better doesn’t have to be the exact activity that will make you feel better at this moment. If you want to watch Netflix the whole day or do a 5 k every day or everything in between, that’s totally ok! 🌸❤️ I myself am in this ‘everything in between area’ of doing nothing today and tomorrow but then run a 5 k for 3 days straight. For me it’s all about balance! 🙏🏼 Have a lovely evening!
@@marlieshogeveen Omg I love this answer I agree 100%💕
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Heel herkenbaar 😂
😂😂😂
Jade: Learns Dutch in a week
Me: after 13 years doesn't know how to use dt
I am a born Dutchman and have always lived in the Netherlands for 49 years but I still find the dt difficult lol
@@diederikvl70 ^
It's actually dt
@@chrisvanvilsteren6462 oml yessss , told you I didn't know 😂
Ik haat Nederlands les
Jaden: "Je moet langzaam praten voor mij" (please speak slow)
ESmee: (in one single breath) "oke, is goed zal ik doen" (alright, I will do that)
Hahaha dit!
Haha precies
Honestly zelfs ik kon het bijna niet verstaan 😂 the irony ik ging echt stukk
@@AlmaBunk HAHAHA deze chick praat kaolo snel. Ik moet de afspeelsnelheid van de video verlagen om haar te kunnen verstaan
Classified 😂😂😂
I’m native Dutch and I have to say WOW I’m so impressed with how good your Dutch actually is after just a week!!! Keep up the good work! 👏
Ze doet het echt goed!💪
Bizar hè!
Ja, ze spreekt echt heel goed
Ja ik zelf ben niet nederlands maar vloeiend nederlamds heb ik pas in 4 maanden geleerd
Echt niet te doen
What I reccomend is that your mum must ALWAYS speak to you in Dutch during the day or during basic conversation and small talk then you tend to pick it up naturally. I didnt fluently speak my mothers first language until I was 11 and this really helped when she stopped speaking to me in english all the time
That is a great one!!
definitely!
Agreed. That's the way. I used to speak Portuguese fluently when I was younger becuase my parents spoke to me and my brother in Portuguese but as they learnt english and I started school they just stopped speaking to us as much in Portuguese and I kind of unlearned it. I can read and understand it so well but I just can't speak it properly. I've been trying to force my parents to stop speaking to me in eglish
@@irrelevance3859 Uma boa forma de aprender é a ver televisão portuguesa, tente encontrar algum programa português que goste, pelo menos foi assim que aprendi Inglês!
Yesss, i have a little cousin and his mom (who's dutch) only speaks to him in dutch and his dad only in spanish, so he speaks perfectly both languages
What the actual HOW CAN SHE SPEAK SO WELL????
she probably heard it a lot growing up, her mom's family is from there, so than you learn it quicker, and you get the accent. but it is damn impressive how good her vocab and grammar already is
dutch is relatively easy for native english speakers since its form the same language group.. if you commit to it for one week and also hear it growing up, visiting family it really isn’t all that hard to pick up
shes been learning too
Most english speakers still have a chubby accent after a week tho and it's funny hearing it, so keep on learning dud
Dutch is the second closest language to English apart from Frisian (all West-Germanic) which helps but the fact that she grew up hearing it very often must have helped a lot too
bij sommige woorden had jade echt eigenlijk een nederlands accent
Ja dat is waar maar ja ik ken veel belgen die ook zo praten
Ja inderdaad
Het is ook niet alsof ze nog nooit Nederlands had gehoord :p
ISLA ' dat weet ik nu ook wel maar het is wel moeilijk voor haar.
Shanaya Vanden bergh uiteraard! Nederlands is vet lastig voor non-natives
I am a Dutch girl and I'm honestly so impressed how fluent your Dutch sounds after just a single week of learning it! :)
It's so much fun to watch this when you're Dutch yourself haha
Right?!
I know right hahaha
So as fluent speakers, how is she doing honestly? Because as a native English speaker who only speaks English oh, it sounds pretty damn good to me but I can also hear we're parts of it are more English than others. Her mom said that she was really hard to understand, is she really hard to understand or is it just not the best pronunciation ever?
Chelsey Abbott when her mom said she couldn’t understand her I actually understood her. She is doing really well! Of course she has a strong accent but some parts are really good! I hope she keeps on learning, because she has so much potential!
@@chelsey8737 im from the Netherlands and it was not hard to understand at all. Like offcourse the way she bild the sentences wasnt Always that good. and i know you can say that about bij English too, its because im dyslectic so yeah. But she was doing really well especially because she learned it in 1 weeks time.
I love the connection she has with her audience, when I see her videos it does not feels like I am not seeing her through a screen , but rather am sitting next to her
🥺 this makes me so happy! Thank you for making me feel comfortable enough to talk to you guys like friends
Same!
die moeder woont al zo lang niet meer in Nederland en toch hoor je duidelijk dat ze Fries is lol
MAAR ECHT k woon in Friesland ben ni Fries ofzo maar ze praat met zo’n fries accent
Vond ik ook!
Dacht ik ook gelijk!
Lale Amirova same
The King ja echt hè
8:23 Wow she sounded SO SO dutch here when she said "Oh leuk, goed hoor". I am proud👏
The fact that she’s on a level of basic conversation in a week is pretty crazy
I think it’s really funny how your mums dutch starts sounding more ‘English’ during the conversation because I feel like a lot of dutch people do this when speaking to someone whose first language isn’t dutch but tries to speak dutch. I am dutch myself but when I speak to someone who’s trying to learn Dutch I find myself adapting to their pronounciation instead of speaking proper dutch 😅
Denk je niet dat het ook komt door haar Friese accent? Fries ligt heel dichtbij Engels, en als Friezen Nederlands spreken, dan hoor je dat ook wel.
Yeah apart from pronunciation I also really associate with changing word order to make it easier for non-natives to understand. It's a terrible Dutch habit because my expat friends always complain they're unable to properly learn Dutch because of us. 😂
Ppendu oowhh ja denk dat dat in dit geval zeker ook wel meespeelt! Maar het is vooral ook iets dat ik bij mezelf heel erg merk (kom zelf uit het zuiden)
@@jiskaakkerman1485 Ja, absoluut, dat is ook zo. En hoe langer het filmpje duurde, hoe meer ik merkte dat je gelijk hebt. Vooral de zinsvolgorde.
Same👍
I actually never get why a parent wouldn't pass down their own language
@Mike yea absolutely and not just that, it's great for the kid later on, no matter the language
Well it’s not like a physical object or an heirloom that you can easily just pass down to someone🙄
I agree
my dad didn't pass down german to me or my sister because he was afraid it'd be too confusing but I really wish he had because I've been trying to learn german for the past few years and I'm still struggling lol
It's not always that easy! I have never learnt German from my mum and I have never been able to learn it, it feels like my mind blocks it out or something. I was born in Italy and lived there until I was 3, in that period my mum tried to teach me German, but I always cried when she did that. Then we moved to Spain and, as I had two new languages to learn (Spanish and Catalan), she just dropped German...
Esme’s british accent is top tier btw
Yesss
Dude if I didn’t know she was dutch i would have never guessed that she was. Purely based on her accent.
Charlotte Levy Nederlands ook
*Jade: "Please answer slowly"*
*Esmee: reacts at 300 m/ph*
Lmao 😂
Je spreekt mooi Nederlands, hebt een grote woordenschat. Geweldig. En je moeder's beheersingvan Nederlands is nog steeds perfect.
I've taken her approach and tried learning my mother's mother tongue :)
THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY! Not easy, but super rewarding 💛
@@UnJadedJade ahhh you replied 🥺 since I know a bit of French which is similar to mauritian creole I think I'd be a bit "easier" than learning Chinese etc.
@@whitney3196 omg.. are you mauritian too, I've studied french all through my school career to catch up and communicate with my mum better even though she's fluent in English too, I'm British dad's side and Mauritian mums side!!! Never met anyone the same ♥️🇲🇺
@@charchaz00 yeah, both my parents are mauritian and they never taught me any but now I want to be able to communicate with family back home :)
@@whitney3196 ah that's great, I'm half mauritian, I know creole saying and understand alot because of French enough for a phone call to the family, can't wait to go home soon
yOu LEARNED THAT IN A WEEK? :o You can hold a conversation! I'm so proud of you!!!
She could already speak it before
@@RachelJ715 No she couldn't
Rachel Munday nope she couldnt
I don't know her situation, but it is very likely that she has been exposed to Dutch from a very early age, since her mom is Dutch.
Not saying it isn't amazing how fast she learned, but the exposure could definitely have helped.
Oscar Gr Oh no definetly its just she couldnt speak any yet which makes it even more impressive
As a native Dutch speaker, I just want to say that your Dutch is amazing, Jade!
As a South African who's mother tongue is Afrikaans, I found this extremely entertaining, funny, and overall very wholesome. I am constantly fascinated by how similar Dutch is to Afrikaans, making them mutually comprehensible languages. I really hope you keep up your fluency!
Jade, you said a "goed hoor" so naturally. While the "hoor" is famously hard to translate. Although it's clear you're not a native speaker, your really sound like you get the gist!
It’s so weird going to countries like Switzerland, we in England generally only can speak English but in Switzerland they can speak 4!
Yessss! And Belgium! So much respect 👏
@@UnJadedJade I'm half swiss and I noticed that dutch sounds so much like swiss german 😆
which languages do they speak? I know they speak french and german. right?
Yes! I moved from Germany to Switzerland a few years ago, and went from knowing German and a bit of English to knowing German, English, French, Italian and Latin (you are required to take at least two 'national' languages at school for multiple years). Sadly, they're changing the curriculum in grammar schools so as to give mathematics and natural sciences more lesson time, and (myself included) not all students always appreciate learning about, say, the intricacies of French grammar.I still hope that the idiosyncratic linguistic set-up in Switzerland won't disappear altogether, it's kind of cool that things like food labels, our government's website etc. are all in various languages.
UnJaded Jade In Belgium we learn Dutch, English, French and German
Your mum looks so proud at your attempt to learn Dutch! This is such a cute interaction!
Haha, I’m from Groningen and It’s so cool to see someone learn Dutch. Not a lot of people do, since It’s not considered a beautiful language by many. Usually French and Spanish are way more popular, which I understand because they are really nice languages and Dutch is not really a relevant nor ‘beautiful‘ language lol. It’s really cool to see you connect with this part of your identity! And in just one week you made an incredible progress. Keep up with this work, and you will be able to have full conversations with you mom😉 Btw: I can confirm that your mother still sounds like a native, especially considering she has lived longer in England than in the Netherlands!
I live in Groningen, ayyy! :) It's so motivating to see her try and learn Dutch haha. Feeling more brave to try and improve too :D
German here!! Learning Dutch as my 7th language :))
Charlotte Hardy Good luck! Je kan het💪 Where are you originally from?
Random Comment daaamn your 7th? That’s so cool!
@@sannajoyizaks7725 Dankje!! Ik kom uit noord ierland, maar I grew up in cyprus :) (not sure how to say that one haha). Ik studeer in Groningen :) I'm trying to learn dutch through watching shows - maybe you have a recommendation?
She’s so good at this!
Ze is hier zo goed in!
i am shook at Esmee's englisch accent, like damn, can't do that lmao
Speaking a lot of english with brittish people.
Lol it's a very fake accent
precies dat, ik had bedacht dat ze gewoon beetje amerikaans brits mix had ofzo, maar dat was echt een geweldig brits accent
girl she lives in an English speaking country wat denk je dan
@@tijmenvis waarom zou ze n accent mix hebben zoals wij. Ze spreekt t elke dag heel de dag. Voor minimaal al zolang als her dochter leeft. Dusja. Dan ben je brits
This really touches my heart! When your mom is talking in Dutch my heart melted. It really amazes me how personal it feels because someone is speaking my language (heartwarming but also strange hahaha) dikke knuffel vanuit Nederland!
As somebody who is IN LOVE with all the stuff related to languages, I loved this video.
this is super impressive in just a week!! keep at it and keep refreshing what you've already learned :) x
You literally speak dutch better then a lot of foreign people who’ve been living here for years
Not everyone is great in learning languages, and this woman is also very smart. And someone from the uk will have it way more easy to learn the dutch language than someone who speaks arab for example
Het is erg indrukwekkend hoe snel het bij haar gaat. Het is alleen jammer dat haar moeder haar de taal vanaf de geboorte niet geleerd heeft.
@@doomie21 inderdaad die moeder had haar direct fries moeten leren
@@jortk7598 Met Fries kun je niet zoveel.
to be fair though it's specific, selective sentences. she's said her grammer needs more work.
oh my god I am shocked at how good she is! when she speaks Dutch fast she genuinely sounds as native as her mom, she has a wonderful accent
Aww Jade!! This is so cool, it’s so nice to see how happy your mum is when you speak Dutch!! You’ve inspired me to dig out my German grammar books which I haven’t touched for six months!! 😅
Dutch sounds quite similar to German, I actually understood some of it!!
Same!!
Same! It's so confusing because some things are basically the same in German and then some bits are completely different!!
im quite surprised that i could understand as German is my second language
Same! I was twice in Amsterdam and i could understand so much.
Kishor Khakhar Tbh I only know English and I feel like I understood some too 🤣😭
My whole family is Chinese but having been born and raised in the UK, I've really struggled to pick Cantonese up despite having gone to Chinese school and having the language spoken around me my entire life, but my parents mostly speak to me in English and obviously at school I learnt English as my first language. It's actually so embarrassing bc others my age can actually hold convos and I can't🙈 I left Chinese school last yr bc hated it lmao. But now I'm going to try learn it by myself!
i know this seems random,,, but i can help if you need some. i'm raised in hk and only came to the uk a year ago,, so yeah. nonetheless, good luck :)
idek ahaha thank you!
Ahh, good luck! I'm not Chinese but I'm learning Cantonese (I have a few videos on my channel ;)). Just get your parents to speak it to you a lot and watch a bunch of TVB HK dramas hahaha Good luck! xx
Guresu thanks!! I’ve got some HK dramas on my list and I’ll check out some of your videos too!
O gosh, I’m in the exact same situation! I’m Chinese too, but I was born and raised in the Netherlands so my Chinese is pretty rubbish oops :) I could speak Mandarin when I was little but I’ve lost it after going to a Dutch school and only speaking Dutch most of the time. I feel so embarrassed too when I’m not able to speak in Mandarin and I really want to be able to speak the language again. (I hated Chinese school too lol)
Fun fact: Your mama has got a very English accent when she talks Dutch but also still has got that Fries dialect going on.
Your next challenge should be the Fries language if you want a real challenge.
:')
Fries is actually closer to English and therefor easier to learn for native English speakers. It's actually one of the easiest languages to learn for them! (You can fact check this, it's true)
Je hebt het super goed gedaan voor enkel 1 week!
I've been learning Dutch on Duolingo for a while now, mostly for the fun of learning a new language plus it's quite easy since my first language is German. I've been a little more serious about learning Dutch recently so watching these videos is so fun because I actually understand a few things.
i studied dutch at undergrad here in the UK and then did my masters in amsterdam and what I found most helpful for my language was when I got a cafe job to support myself alongside uni! while i was at work i had to switch between english and dutch all day and it did wonders for my more conversational language skills. i definitely recommend trying to immerse yourself in the language at least once a day - even just having it in the background is so helpful in the long term! it’s been 5 and a half years since i started learning dutch and youtube is still one of my go-tos for listening practice (i like disfordazzle’s vlogs). your spoken dutch is already so good and you clearly have great comprehension skills too! keep it up, veel succes! 🇳🇱 l💕
I hear a little bit of: "postbode siemen". That was an old show on the dutch television. I love that your speaking Dutch so good!
zaai
Wow, after just one week your Dutch is amazing!!! And reacting to your mum feeling self-conscious about her Dutch skills, I'd say she's still got it! The word order was a bit off here and there, but I kind-a felt that was mainly because she was helping you understand what she was saying by dividing her sentences in smaller pieces.
As a bilingual English/Dutch person, watching this makes me feel so blessed that my parents decided to teach me both languages. Power to you for deciding to learn Dutch! Zet 'm op!
the way she said "weet ik wel" sounded like a true dutchie
Yeah! And when she said "oh leuk, goed hoor". It sounded SO Dutch!!
hanne or when she said “goeden morgen”
Dat klonk echt tata, mooi ❣️
I love the close bond you have between your mum and your whole family. This video really brighten my day, and I’m very thankful for it ❤️
It's absolutely bizarre how well you've managed to teach yourseld Dutch in such a short period of time. I'm Dutch myself and have to say you sound like you've lived in the Netherlands for a long time! Props to you, as I know it's a really complex and confusing language to learn 👏
Your mom is right. She translates her English thoughts into Dutch. This is also because we Dutch people like to adapt to people whom speak other languages. Especially in English. I love that your mom is from Friesland and likes Groningen so much! You're doing great, learning Dutch! Keep going!
So cute how slow mum is talking and how hard you are trying! Sooooo much respect.
This is so cool! I love that your mom has the patience to teach you Dutch. She’s precious!! My dad tried to help me with German and quit about 10 minutes in. 😂
Side note by I love how Jade looks like a little school girl in this video - so cute!
Jade, wat is je Nederlands goed! Een tip: vaak kan je de “r” uitspreken op de Franse manier! In plaats van de “r” te rollen, komt hij meer vanuit de keel.
The r also has different pronunciations in Dutch depending on where in the word it is, so that’s difficult.. But I figured since you speak French it could be helpful to know!
Also depending on which part of the country!
I'm watching this video for the 3rd or 4th time I think (the previous times a long time ago), I've now been learning Dutch for a while and understood almost everything I'm so happy!
I started following you about 6 years ago and my English was still very basic, it took me all those years to understand your "Let's chat" videos and now you're teaching me one more language 🤍
We’re a trilingual family: English, Dutch and Norwegian, living in Norway. My kids speak Dutch exactly like you! So funny to hear the similarity😊 So even though you say you weren’t brought up bilingual your level is pretty good! Our kids speak Norwegian amongst themselves, English with me and Norwegian/Dutch with their dad. We wanted the kids to be able to talk with their oma. I grew up bilingual myself (English, Dutch) and realised very early on how practical that was. Good luck!
This is so great!!! Glad you were able to learn! I'm actually bilingual (Hebrew and English), and used to be trilingual (I used to speak Nepali when I lived in Nepal) but I lost all of it:( Ive always hoped that when I visit Nepal maybe Nepali would come back to me😂
Yesss it's so helpful being immersed! I hope to live in The Netherlands some day ✨
omg!!! I grew up trillingual with Nepali, Polish, and English and I lost my Nepali as well :((
How did you learn so much so quickly?
You were really good, I could even understand a bit (I'm german).😁😊
i'm also learning dutch, it's been almost two years and i think i'm a B1 level, she is already so good and i'm jealous 😭 i also watched wie is de mol 2019 btw it's so weird that she watched it too
Goed bezig! Blijf oefenen. Ik weet niet waar jij vandaan komt maar mensen die Engels spreken als moeder taal kunnen makkelijker Nederlands leren.
@@olivierlensvelt5698 ik spreek Italiaans en Engels! Ja, het is makkelijk want ik heb Engels geleerd maar sommige dingen zijn heel moeilijk. Ik wil oefenen, natuurlijk ✨
carmen lekker bezig! Er is een leuk RUclips kanaal waar je de Nederlandse cultuur kunt leren. Wellicht leuk om te kijken, het heet “Bart de pau”.
@@olivierlensvelt5698 dankjewel!! ik zal naar de video's kijken
Being an Indian, I do not have any connections to the British or Dutch. Neither do I understand what your mum spoke!But, somehow, I watched the whole video without skipping even a second☺️ Just loveee you. Loveliest human being you are. So down to earth and cute. SUBSCRIBED❤️
🇳🇱: Als een Nederlander wil ik een groot compliment geven. Ik vind het heel knap van je dat je al zo goed Nederlands kan spreken binnen een week. Ik doe je het zeker niet na en ik vind je erg duidelijk. Respect naar jou!
Hey, I am from Belgium ( the dutch speaking part) and I think that you did really good.
Even I have sometime problems with the tenses in dutch (espescially the past tense), so I would say well done!
keep learning and "veel succes en ik vind je video's super leuk en inspirerend!"
voltooid deelwoorden zijn een pain in the ass man
Wie vind het ook dat Jade op een paar dagen heel goed nederlands kan!
i’m so excited for this second video! i think this was such an interesting idea (+ as someone who is bad with languages this has been unfathomable to me 😂). Thank you for always producing such amazing content Jade! 💖💖
Wow your Dutch is so good already! Impressive!
It's also quite funny to hear you literally translate from English sometimes. I find myself doing the same since I lived in the UK when I was little and am now doing a bachelor's degree that's taught fully in English. So, like your mum said, I end up having weird sentence structures sometimes. It's kinda funny to recognise the thought process.
Keep up the good work! Hats off to you cause I hear from many people that Dutch isn't particularly easy to learn!
Its really cool to hear you pick up the Fryslan “r” from your mum! Thats a real advantage because I feel a lot of british people struggle with that sound.
I'm literally in your position right now, my dad is German and I was born in Germany. But I guess I forgot speaking it, a little bit. Your video encouraged me. I'm going to try to learn German again. Thank you so much. By the way I love watching your videos❤
I’m learning German too, bc I have a friend that is from Austria :)
lol love how I understood their entire conversation just because I'm German
Jade wat vind ik jou geweldig🤩! En wat knap dat je het Nederlands al zo snel oppikt!!! Het was een plezier om naar je filmpjes te kijken. Veel liefs van uit Groningen ❤️
Wow! I’m native dutch and I am so impressed! You speak Dutch very well after only one week. Love to see a video where you talk with your oma.
Dual nationality kid who wasn't raised bilingual here! I'm from a Dutch/French family but wasn't taught any French growing up. I'm really impressed that you managed to learn Dutch so well in such a short amount of time! I only started learning French when I was 19 and now, 12 years on, I've gained a very decent level of fluency. So you got this! Goed gedaan :)
OMG! Congratulations! My family is German :))) Decided to try writing again!!! Also, may I add, that your channel has been so inspirational! Doing my own now on my journey through A-Levels and (hopefully) Med School!!!
Oh I love this!!
UnJaded Jade Thank you! Did it early for my GCSEs but haven‘t tried in years 😬
This is the actually the most motivational thing I've ever watched❤
This is really really impressive! As a dutchie: Lekker bezig Jade!
Aah you sound so great! Don't worry about making mistakes, you sound better than a lot of non-native people who have already been living in the Netherlands for a few years (no shade implied). Any Dutch person will be astonished at how well you already know the language! Tbh no one ever really goes the extra mile to become fluent in Dutch, so we dutchies really appreciate it when someone is trying to learn the language. Even if someone makes the tiniest effort to learn a few words it's already a huge compliment to us!
So don't be embarrassed about mistakes, you're doing great and it's part of the process! ^-^
holy shit, after watching the 1 week video, I am STUNNED to see how much progress you have made like wtf??
I literally cheered when her mom said that she’s from up north and loves Leeuwarden 😂
quarantine uitspraak: “karrantenne”
zo spreken hen het uit: “karrentiene”
wat😂😂😂
Oke Boeie is niet grappig
Ja t valt echt op hoe ontleert dr moeder is
@@tonyluvbalony6837 wat wil je, ze woont al langer in Engeland dan dat ze in Nederland heeft gewoond en spreekt het daar niet.
lol ik zie jou echt onder elke video die ik ook kijk
Of je houd je bek gwn
You‘re getting there, whooo🥳 this is so much after just one week!!
I am English and My mum is dutch and from Friesland too! She was born in Heeraveen! I used to speak it fluently when I was 5 but now I’ve forgotten everything! I still understand it though! I would love to learn for my Oma too, she doesn’t speak English and she won’t be with us much longer ... You did amazing and your accent is so good too! I might try to learn again now! X
Giirlll you spoke SOOOO good!! And you only learned Dutch for 1 week!! That's AMAZING
"Ik wil met oma praten"
My heart 🥺
@ yesss, and you?
@ wait, no, how did you know?
Is your mother "fries" ?
Edit: five seconds after me typing this, she said the answer.
Dude how can you speak literally fluent in one week? That's insane!
A lot of studying and listening. Repition is the key. Some people learning language is easier。 Motivation.
It’s so sweet that your accent is a little Frisian ❤️ and your Dutch is actually pretty good. I’m impressed.
RUclips's algorithm brought me here, but as a Dutch person, i really like your challenge! It was fun to see you and your mom interacting and I feel you learned the language rather quick. It sounds good! Also, Esmee's switch between her Dutch accent and her British pronunciation are WORLDS apart. Props to her for that.
This legit sounds like Afrikaans. Not much of a difference actually
Afrikaans is derived from dutch!
There's a huge difference tho. Maybe it's just me but I have to focus really really hard to understand Afrikaans. I can understand what Germans are saying relatively well without trying too hard. Kinda weird since Afrikaans was basically born out of Dutch while German is an entirely different language.
H W 😌
WHY IS GAMORA?! That is weird though. We all have different things that we are better at though. The brain is a wonderful thing🌈
Yess! Im Dutch but went to South Africa last summer and sometimes people would come up to me and speak Afrikaans and we were actually able to hold a conversation!
Can I ask why weren’t you raised bilingual? It’s rare to see a situation like yours and I’d be really interested in the reason behind it. Also you made such a good progress! Congrats giirl!💛
Good job! If you keep it up you'll be fluent in no time. If your mam's from Friesland though... you should give Frisian a go. Much cooler!
Miskien kinst wol begripe of net.
History With Hilbert sowieso snapt ze je niet
Nederlands is al lastig genoeg. Nederlands heeft meer nut dan fries.
@@dutchik5107 fries llijkt veel meer op Engels dus is een stuk makkelijker te leren
@@janna2234 maar, sorry, ook vrij nutteloos. In friesland. De meeste mensen spreken ook Nederlands. Paar mensen misschien niet, voornamenlijk echt oude mensen, dus binnen zeg 30 al helemaal niemand. Maar wil je naar de rest van nederland. Zoals ze wilt naar Amsterdam, dan zal ze aan fries niets hebben.
jkt vooral op oud engels.
Ik ben ook vloeiend in engels, maar toch kan ik het niet eens combinerem om fries te verstaan naast de paar woorden die het zelfde zijn.
I thought your conversation with your mum was amazing. Dutch is a really hard language to learn and speak fluently. My situation is literally the opposite - my mum is a Belgian (Flemish) and my dad is English and I grew up in Antwerp, Belgium. So Dutch was my day-to-day language and we only spoke English when my dad was at home (he worked abroad a lot). But I am glad my mum made us read in English etc, because I suck at learning languages (I do not have a lingistically inclined brain) but because of how we predominantly watched English programmes and read in English, I would considered myself bilingual. I think it is amazing how well you progressed in just a week! Kei tof om deze video te zien en ik ga hem opslagen zodat ik mijn leerlingen voor het vak Engels kan laten zien wat mogelijk is als je echt iets wil bereiken in een taal [maar voor hun dan in de andere richting :) ]!
You actually did so well omg! This was honestly so impressive and very fun to watch as a native Dutch person! Dutch is a really difficult language and some of our grammar is extremely illogical in my opinion. Definitely look forward to seeing you improve even more!!
“You have to speak slowely”
“Yeah yeah yeah will do”
*speaks super duper fast* hahahah
Imagine how the situation would be, if Jade's mum spoke Frisian instead of Dutch....😉.
Frisian language is like old English
I wouldn't have a problem with that
i love this and im only 2 minutes in!
Ik ben onder de indruk! (I'm so impressed) It's so cool to see you learn our language. Dutch is a very difficult language, especially grammar. The conversation you were having with your mom (after only studying it for a week, wow???) was so cool to see!
you just gained a dutch sub! this is so much fun to watch!
Wth, jouw Nederlands is zo goed woow.
I’m Belgian and my mother tongue is french, but we had to learn Dutch in Brussels haha
I am from Friesland as well!! In Friesland we also speak another language, called Fries or Frisian in English. Does your mom also speak Fries??
Dat is toch een spraakgebrek? ;P
@@Cruoninga bruh groninger zeker
Zou wel grappig zijn
@@paderon9424 haha klopt inderdaad ;p
Het kan vriezen, het kan dooien, maar ik heb het liefste dooie friezen😉💚🤍
😂 Me being amazed of how Jade's a carbon copy of her mother for 10 minutes
Dutch is THE most difficult language when it comes to grammar .. me as a dutchie just wants to applaud you for how well and GOOD you are. Forreal!!!!
Seriously you’re doing really well! The accent is actually really good too! Don’t beat yourself up too much, Dutch really is hard and you’re doing really well!