Revealed: The Languages Billionaires Learn (And Teach Their Children!)
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- 💰 There are 3,228 billionaires alive today. But do these billionaires learn foreign languages? Have languages helped them make their cash? Or do they even care? And more importantly, what languages do they teach their children?
In this video, I investigate the languages spoken by 16 billionaires from all around the world, and one language in particular that they are making sure their children learn...
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"Persian" and "Farsi" refer to the same language, so Qod Nisanov speaks 5 languages, not 6.
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0:00 - Intro
0:15 - #1: Bernard Arnault & Family
1:07 - #2: Richard Branson
1:31 - #3: Aliko Dangote
1:53 - #4: Tatyana Bakalchuk
2:46 - #5: Jack Ma
3:25 - #6: Bill Gates
4:07 - #7: Mark Zuckerberg
4:33 - #8: Stefano Pessina
5:01 - #9: Jeff Bezos
5:21 - #10: Elon Musk
5:56 - #11: David Vélez
6:24 - #12: Michael Bloomberg
6:58 - #13: Naguib Sawiris
7:29 - #14: Jan Koum
7:49 - #15: Qod Nisanov
8:14 - #16: Patrick Soon-Shiong
8:43 - The Billionaire Kids
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Olly, what do you think about this Tesla bots ar other apps/programs for instant translation.
Bro, you made a mistake! Persian and Farsi are the same. It's one language with two names.
I want to learn European Portuguese. Do you have something for that?
The first language I tried to learn was Spanish, because in my state Spanish speakers are usually paid more. It was a terrible motivator for me, I succeeded when I changed to the language of several of my favorite authors and found it enriched my mind and soul.
Did you see the video of Elon Musk trying to speak German at a conference in Germany?
I started learning German in my late 40s. I have made so many life-long friends because of it. Because of German, I have had so many experiences that I never thought I’d have including going to Germany and visiting my language partners. German will always be my “first love” but now I just started taking Russian. My only regret is not learning languages earlier. Don’t listen to people that say you’re too old to learn, you can do this! Just do it! 😀
Viel Erfolg!
great comment, thanks. ❤
How did you make friends who spoke German?
Your story with languages is so cool! I love German as well (and I also learned English before German)
I'm 41 just started learning standard german a little over a year ago love it. Also learning about the culture. I use easy german, wdr and ndr for listening. How about yourself?
My desire to learn German led me to enrolling in university at 52 years old! I am now 55 with one semester to graduating with a bachelor's degree in Foreign Language, major German and a minor in History (mainly German focused). I have maintained an A average throughout with only two Bs in a couple history classes. I am an inducted member of Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society. I had the amazing opportunity to take a summer semester in Berlin, Germany and Vienna, Austria. I had planned to take a full fall semester in Germany by scholarships, but COVID-19 made that dream impossible. One of the most amazing experiences of my life was that short summer semester! Learning German has influenced my High School daughter to also learn German. Through my German professor, I learned my daughter was eligible at 15 years old to study in Germany for a year. She can do this through her High School years. She is a freshman, so, her entire High School education can be in one of the world's best school systems! All these things would never have occurred without the desire to learn a new language!! I am currently learning even more German with your course packages in Storylearning. Thank you!!!
I've heard that argument so many times, that we should get rid of foreign language classes so we can do coding classes. Funny enough it all seems to come from monolingual English speakers. Like do they just expect everyone to just learn English for them? Frustrating argument.
Im 50 and that was being said even when I was in junior school.. the problem is that or with the ways they "teach" languages you dont have English kids .. thinking is the the past or present participle ... should I use the pro noun or the noun... ..but just read speak repeat .. learn to spell read speak write. if they taught languages like that ie like you learn as a child ..then it would not be an issue. also there is somethings which are just quite hard when you speak one language and not another like verb placement etc. etc..
I'm a native trilingual (sort of - I'm a native hearer of Spanish and my French is out of practice). I'm not a native speaker of 6502, which I learned in my teens. I now write programs in C++ and am starting to learn Haskell.
To be fair, you don't learn in school that well because of the lack of submersion. I took French for four years from Jr high to high school. I definitely don't speak French...
Honestly, if you just look at actual job opportunities and statistics, if you know how to code and you speak English you are going to be much better off than someone who doesn't know how to code but speaks 9 other languages. if you're goal is just to make money, coding/IT/business skills and certifications are more useful than foreign languages. That said I think speaking another language is invaluable for other aspects of life.
Yes.
I'm surprised Musk isn't teaching his children Klingon or High Valyrian.
😂
Isn't he an alien?
@@joshuddin897 ya, aliens don't need to know any extra languages, its all stored inside of their brains. ive taken a liking to the idea that elon is from the base reality, and comes down to spark an interest in advanced tech to move forward our timelines progress. The closer the simulated world gets to the base world the more likely that the reality could begin to produce alternative outcomes, which will feed a database that monitors all simulated realities. That theory is sort of in line with what is know as Ancestor Simulation theory, and that theory has it that the simulations are modeled exactly after the history prior to the singularity, that an advanced species which could be human, or now completely robotic are trying to run as many simulated realities to figure out how they came to be or how they could have done things differently, to make for the most optimal base reality. Just some sci fi type of ideas. but if you are open minded, its fun to ponder any possibility. There is a saying that Fact is stranger than fiction, so barring your mindset based on social taboos would be a shame.
but what secret language does mark zuckenburg speak if he is a lizard? 😳
💯
I speak 4 languages on a daily basis and find it very useful, especially when travelling. I have learned some basics of 2 more languages. Even if it wasn't helpful at all, I just enjoy the process of learning, "cracking" the code, finding some resemblance between the languages etc.
PS: But I am not a billionaire lol
Привет, кем работаешь?
@@vasilenegru2893 привет, а я работаю грузчиком))
@@user-fi4yd2kf6g и при этом ежедневно говоришь на 4 языках?
Какие языки знаешь?
Почему не находишь другую работу?
@@vasilenegru2893 я поляк выросший в Чехии, теперь живу в Англии и изучаю русский))
Меня устраивает физическая работа, там не надо думать, а я же человек простой.
@@user-fi4yd2kf6g Holly fuk, как это вообще возможно? Я тебя не понимаю
Aren't Persian & Farsi two names for the same language? (exonym vs. endonym)
That’s exactly what I was thinking
yes; Persian is the English term referring to Farsi
That's what i thought
yeah i was like what
My first thought exactly. Similarly I once read a newspaper article listing all the different languges spoken by pupils at an English school, and Swahili and Kiswahili were listed as two languages.
Olly, your presentation style is getting so good, so smooth! Funny, engaging, great pacing, fun script. Keep up the great work!
Agree!
He's improving :D All his videos are very refined at this point.
I appreciate that! Although my incredible team is doing most of the work there, so credit where credit is due!
It’s so true about languages opening doors to new opportunities. I am a native English speaker, started learning Spanish because I enjoyed it, am currently spending a month in Argentina, and might end up moving here. I spoke some German as a child since my grandmother is from Germany, and once I increase my fluency, I can go visit extended family there. We also have family reunions in Germany about every ten years. From starting to study Korean, I was able to meet and befriend incredible people who immigrated from Korea and/or came to the US for university.
Thoughs doors are forever locked to dyslexic people and nothing short of genetic engineering will change that.
I'm 48 and only speak English, but I did just get your short stories in Norwegian book, so we'll see. fingers crossed!
I am currently learning both Spanish and Mandarin. I took 2 years of Spanish in high school, but didn’t learn/remember a whole lot. It’s so widely spoken in the USA, though, so such a useful language to study!
My sister is adopted from China and I think Mandarin, apart from being challenging and impressive to know how to read and speak, would also be another useful language to know!
I recommend learning Hindi as well.
As someone who also speaks Afrikaans, I am happy to see that Afrikaans popped up twice 😁
By wanting to learn French I met a girl who is now my girlfriend :)
sameee :)))
Maybe I should learn Italian.....😅
So you speak French?
@Keidane keith I understand most conversations but I have a hard time speaking it
I think Zuckerberg's partner is Chinese so that would make sense why his little.one is learning it. Personally, I know Spanish to a B2-C1 level and it's only benefited me career wise. I work for the landscape industry so it makes me insanely marketable in the USA and the coworkers that speak very little English that I work with seem more comfortable with me once they realize I know Spanish ❤
The likely biggest reason is Zuckerberg is also trying to get Facebook into the market in China, which is currently banned.
I could be mistaken but I believe his partner speaks Cantonese and not Mandarin.
@@gudmundur-heimisson if that's true, she's still Chinese and would be able to speak both. They share the same alphabet, but mandarin is spoken way more broadly
@@Adrian13rams actually she is American and her parents are Cantonese speakers from Vietnam, not China. I don’t know anything about her home life specifically but I do know many Vietnamese Cantonese speakers (Hoa people) who do not speak or understand any Mandarin. The reason Cantonese speakers in modern China also speak Mandarin is because it’s taught in schools, the languages are not mutually intelligible without study, although there are some structural similarities which would make it easier for a Cantonese speaker to learn Mandarin and as you point out they use the same written language.
The reason why Zukerberg is learning hindi and teaching his kids too is due to the huge market in India.
I just want to say that you’re my favourite language RUclipsr and I love your videos
Samee :)
Wow, thank you!
I used to live near a community of German speakers in the US. Out of curiosity, I started learning the language and soon discovered a passion. Without a clear purpose I simply learned; then, at some point I met someone that suggested me to continue my studies in Germany. I never really considered doing anything special with the language--other than reading literature and philosophy. But upon hearing these words something moved inside me. This passion was now fueled with a purpose. I knew I had to do it. Now, I am studying Artificial Intelligence in Germany. I decided to take the degree in German to further improve my German and challenge myself.
Even though I already passed C1, and I am studying in German, I never stopped learning German a single day. After years, the language still sparks in me a child-like amusement when I discover new words. German language is something else... anyways I digress.
Wish you all the best in your language learning journey.
The benefits of learning another language is your ability to see another perspective and sometimes think differently. Also the science is in being at least bi lingual is that it can help prevent but not for definite Alzheimers ... In my own case English native obviously and at one stage was quite able to speak Irish Gaelic and was okay with French via school. However, now with half German kids I have stepped up learning German but its hard to switch when you work in technical fields and all documentation dealing with vendors etc. is via the medium of English. However, I intend to get German to the level of C1 which I can do when required with English but also really get back my Gaelige as well.. I will revisit french but I love the sound of Russian and all the brilliant literature in Russian to tackle. I suppose my point is sometimes I despair with people only learning a language for "businesss reasons" you can miss on so much just taking it as it is.. my previous partner was a polygot English German Swedish ... I hear it gets easier if you if learn more and more but its very easy to "brain freeze" particularily with spelling I find ..but onwards upwards toddler steps etc. I do have an issue with how languages are taught ..straight in verbs nouns pro nouns etc. of course its important but just listen repetition .. and OUTPUT ... ..like a child then get or aquire a functional level bring in the spelling and vocabulary.. now I give your story reading the exception as you are also just gently inputting and getting a feel for the language but you also have to try to form sentences type write.. .. the reason the world is upside down on this is that it sticks to archaic methods of teaching..
Gaeilge abú :)
Wait a minute, or rather - 1:54 minute: my name is spelled with those letters - Ольга, I speak three of those languages - Russian, English and (some) German, and I am a "humble language teacher." So, all that stands between me and billionairess status is... inventing a "wildly successful online store"?? ON IT 😎
you should definitely make a video about the languages in the formula 1 world, there are a lot of cultures colliding there
Interesting
Nico Rosberg is a standout in this area.
This video is a great example of the deft story telling by Olly, which makes his videos compelling to me. And also why I eventually purchased the 101 Stories for Spanish. I got started reading it and I realized this seems really good for me. I just recently got it but with the first conversation I was picking up a little new vocabulary and encouraged by the fact that I could decode much of what was going on, even though I didnt know all the words. Anyway, I really appreciate the videos as entertaining and encouraging me to keep spending time with my Spanish.
How interesting! There's always a new motivating approach in Olly's videos. How about famous scientists/other historical figures next?
I work in a multicultural, widely recognized financial intuition not because I studied banking which I did not but as I studied English. I could learn Anti-Money-Laundering mechanisms/ schemes just because I knew English. So I recommend everyone to learn foreign languages, it is not rocket science and it gives so many opportunities one would not even imagine doing themselves in future ;) Additionally, there is a lot of information which is not translated into our mother tongue and those who can speak foreign languages are always ahead as they have access to more information in different languages. I speak Polish as my native language, English as my second language and recently I started learning Spanish and I plan to add later on French.
I grew up listening to my dad speaking Egyptian Arabic, but he only spoke English to me. I somehow picked it up. Later I learnt French, Italian for my degree. At 40 I started learning Spanish I started teaching it at 44. I'm now teaching Egyptian Arabic, French, English, Italian and Spanish. My mum speaks Egyptian Arabic she's English. She's good at it.
They learn the language of Money and they employ experts in every aspect they require 😀
I love your latest linguistic topic. Thank you.
I'm nowhere near fluent, but I did strike up a conversation with a Polish-German immigrant at an open house. That was a lot of fun. Ironically I only got this time because the parents of my kiddos all failed to show up.
Love the vids... Just one tip if I may.... When you show something we have to read, stick to the German rule of 2 seconds per line so that we stand a chance of reading everything without having to pause or re-wind. That would be great, thanks!
By the way I speak English, Français, Ελληνικά und Deutsch. I‘ve currently challenged myself to learn 5 languages at once: Turkish, Italian, Japanese, Spanish and Arabic. Wish me luck!
I started learning German at the beginning of the pandemic, because I always wanted to. I fell off the wagon, but I plan to get back into it this year.
So interesting! Would love to help people with their language learning journey.
I love this video!!!!! Thank you!!!!!! This is so helpful and I like your presentation.
Olly, as a self-learner of English, (and basic Spanish, just because I like the language), I'd like to know why do you think some people are better at learning the languages themselves? What in your opinion, makes it possible for them to learn it easier than others? Do you think there is a certain quality that enables them to do that? I think having a good (musical/phonetical) ear helps. Would love to hear what you think. Maybe you could make a video about it?
Don't be dyslexic. If you are not dyslexic you can learn any language in 1 month. If you are dyslexic you max out at 0.9 languages including your native language.
Very cool. I've noticed a lot of sports people speak languages as well. Nico Rosberg is fluent in German, French, English, Spanish and Finnish. He also speaks Italian.
Finnish? No way :D if he does then it’s really weird that he has never spoken Finnish publicly and that he only speaks English with the Finnish media.
I got hired for a French speaking jjob after learning French in France and now travel to French speaking countries for business.
“If you’re short on cash … “ - hilarious …
I learned English in a very young age it raised my grades in both school & college helped me graduate helped me in my job in the oil sector where a lot of people don't speak my native tongue & made me get my US tourist visa after applying only once
Learning Catalan has earned me not only very close friends, but also the opportunity to do research abroad through a common Catalan speaking friend. It is such a rewarding and humbling experience speaking Catalan with its native speakers :)
You became rich in a more meaningful way 😊
I always wanted to learn Polish but I did some research and was also told by many I should learn Russian first because it's the most widely spoken Slavic language, plus it will help me greatly when I start Polish. So, I did and I'm loving it and I can't wait to dip into Polish once I learn enough Russian.
If you wanted to learn polish then why not just learn polish…? You could’ve just learned polish first then Russian. Going from polish to Russian is easier than Russian to polish.
This didn't age well xD
The Polish will love you when you'll speak Russian to them xD
@Almost every Polish person I know has asked me why the hell I would want to learn their language and then nudged me to learn something more useful. I have a Polish friend who told me to join her in learning Russian instead.
I agree that you never know when a language you have been learning will be useful and profitable for you. I've been learning french since I was 13 and all the jobs I've had so far required french. I've worked as a teacher, interpretor for French kids during their camp in Poland, forum moderator, waiter in France. I mean I've never had a serious full time job yet but I would love to have a job related to french or languages in general
Interesting video as always 😍
Thanks Nina!
Language learning isn't the shortcut to get rich in the material sense of the word but in all the other ways
Mike Bloomberg had said he wanted to be a physics major in college. But at John's Hopkins, where he went to college, in order to major in physics, he would have had to take German, to be able to read important physics papers in their original language. Not wanting to make the effort, he decided to major in business instead. Schade.
Worked out well for him.
What a shame.
I learned German after my first trip there. Didn’t realize how easy it was. Spanish I just picked up over the years, actually from childhood? Somehow I became fluent and didn’t even realize it.
I have a question for you(about learning strategies): I want to teach my children both English and German as a foreign language. What method should I use so they won't mix up the two languages? For example, should I teach them 1 week English, 1 week German? Or should I teach them different words at the same time, for example while I teach them the colours in English, I teach them the numbers in German, so they don't mix up the different connotations? Or teach them both and focus on minimal pairs? Maybe I should teach them one language first and then commence with the other? I would really like some expert advice here, because I don't want to confuse them.
I'm not an expert, but I do speak both English and German and I'm currently learning Japanese and Korean, so here's how I try to avoid mixing up words.
I think it's important to read a lot, because it gives you a good feeling for what e.g. German words "look" like (or sound like for audiobooks). You eventually pick up on spelling cues, e.g. lots of german nouns and in "-ung", "-schaft", and "-chen" - all of which never pop up in english.
@@bogdanstamenic2836 thank you. I admire your language learning capacities. Yes, I also read a lot, and agree that's a good method of learning. However, I think that's rather for advanced learners and for older ones, like teenagers and adults. My main problem is, how to teach these to my children, from a beginner level . My daughter is 3 yo and she cannot read yet. -- On the other hand, like I said I agree that reading is an important part of language acquisition, it's important to keep in mind- just for more advanced learners.
Okay, I am interested to see if there are other diverse multilinguals/ polyglots.
Examples: Musicians, athletes, etc...
An off the wall suggestion is board game players, that speak other languages. (Chess will likely be the most popular)
I will start with the Polgar sisters Susan, Sofia and Judit all who are high level chess players and all are multilingual.
(Hungarian, Spanish, English, Hebrew, German, Russian, Esperanto)
Magnus Carlsen (English/ Norwegian), also understands Swedish and Danish.
That was fun! Well done.
OH MY GOOOOSH
It's 10:30 at night, and I _JUST_ realized the book I was looking for 12 hours ago written by _you_ lolol
I was considering just today on getting your russian short stories book today at barnes and noble, but didn't because I'm not strong enough in Russian yet to understand the basics of it. So I was looking for the spanish one on b&n and on bam online since I know more of it and realized it's you.😂🤣 bruhhh, that's so cool, I want the spanish one so bad but my store didn't have it there today😭🤣
Even if Elon Musk invented robots that could speak multiple languages I would still learn. I enjoy the process!
Ha, Musk robots are just dancers in spandex costumes
If you’re in a situation where you’re gonna be around foreign language speakers for an extended amount of time, it would be more beneficial to learn the language rather than rely on a translator. Though the translator would be good for people who often travel to see the world and don’t have the time or ability to learn the language of every new place they visit.
Love the shirt!
Learning a new langauge has created many strange expiriences for me. I started teaching myself Japanese about six years ago. I was able to do a TEDx talk last year in Japanese, and I've been asked to come on TV shows in Japan. I was guest for a full hour on a show called ワタシが日本に住む理由, because I've also been teaching myself the almost-dead Akita dialect. I got to write an article for the local paper in JP, and I write Tanka poems that get published in the paper sometimes. I also was able to translate an old story called "Agubanba" into English that a youtuber aquintance of mine made into a short animated video. My Japanese is ok, and there have been some expiriences here in Japan that were awful, but those moments were great.
Do you think Japanese is still an economically advantageous language? One of my goals for the future is to open an international engineering firm and I am thinking about potential Asian markets. I like Japanese culture but I am also thinking of future business opportunities. I also know most Asian languages will take years to learn; so obtaining an idea now would be incredibly helpful.
@@LLL124Original well that will really depend on what industry you'll work in, but Japanese isn't completely worthless. Chinese and Hindi might be more advantageous depending on how their economies develop. Japan has been in an economic slump for almost 40 years now with little signs of recovery.
@@gaiusn9961
Ok, thank you.
It’s said in the video that Qod Nisanov speaks Persian and Farsi. Both of these terms refer to the same language. Based on the billionaire’s name, he is Azeri and probably speaks Azeri alongside Persian/Farsi.
Hey. I’m new to the channel. Maybe this has been answered in a different video but what are ways people use their language skill?
Just a question: you mentioned Qod Nisanov speaks Persian and Farsi but aren’t they the same language? Thanks, great channel!
If I have children, they will speak Spanish, French, Japanese and whatever my husband speaks. Send them to a Mandarin school as well. 👌🏾
Bloomberg's Spanish reminds me of Brad Pitt's perfect Italian in Inglorious Basterds.
😂
Positively surprised to see David Velez in this list. :)
The concept of a multi-billionaire successfully achieving election to the 'Mayoral' position of a city as significant as New York, (to my mind) raises more questions, than this particular fact might be attempting to answer.
he was the WORST! The only thing he was good for was banning smoking from public spaces and bike lanes. He also forced a third term no one asked for. His Spanish is so horrible.
I think the first language to learn for success in life is your native one. Learn it grammatically well, and then learn others grammatically well. it shows intelligence.
What benefits do you see in that besides a way to inflate your status in the society?
Zuck can just upload a language directly to his positronic brain, he's lucky
8:05 You do know Persian and Farsi are the same language? That's like saying "he speaks español and Spanish!!"
cool video!
As a polyglot I myself have proved that the languages I have mastered have given me so many opportunities in life. Foreign spouse, study abroad, living abroad, have many different native friends whom have helped me a lot in my life. Without all these opportunities, think I am just a stupid poor uneducated woman from a poor village and country.
Elon Musk speaks and understands german quite well and if he understands german and afrikaans he can understand dutch as well.
Olly our English pronunciation and spelling are gnarly but our grammar is easier than any European language I know of. The hard part of French Spanish or even farsi after you get past the alphabet is the verbs conjugations and tenses. I've always thought our grammar easy streamlined. Maybe Haitian creole which is super streamlined French is easier. But whose grammar is easier than ours
YES an appearance by "El Bloombito"! Haha
Bill Gates can afford to take a couple of years off to learn a language or two.
It reminds me of a professor in the university waiting to retire to learn to play piano, I don't understand that kind of mindset to wait till all the circumstances are perfect and then the time and the life goes by.
To me, it looks like billionaire status has little to do with foreign language learning. For instance, it's quite common for people in Africa to speak at least 3 languages, particularly if they've received a formal education. The educated Africans that I've met (most of whom are from the DRC, but also Eritrea and South Africa) speak their native tribal language (like Kinyarwanda), a regional language (like Swahili), and at least one colonial language (like French). Many times they'll also speak a fourth or fifth language, often English or another colonial or regional language or a nearby tribal language. Those from continental Europe who work in multinational corporations speak several European languages--again, common for educated Europeans with good employment (particularly those that come from countries with more than one official language). English speakers of any stripe or SES are much less likely to speak another language that people from Europe, Africa, Asia, or India in my experience. It's unfair, but English is a prestige language. International business, tourism, diplomacy, and education are often conducted in English regardless of the specific country they're happening in. If you want to attend a university in Mexico, you have to know English well enough to learn in it at the college level. If you want to sell goods to tourists, you have to learn English. It's your livelihood. Besides, the US is big enough that many Americans never leave the country. Even many who do, if they stick to cruising or visiting touristy areas, will never have to learn another language. I understand that Mandarin has a similar status in Asia, though Asian business owners (including the billionaires) have made much more of a point to learn English than most of their American counterparts. The exception would be the children of American billionaires, though in Zuckerberg's case, I think it has more to do with the fact that his in-laws are Chinese.
My conclusion is that knowledge and use of foreign languages has more to do with their nationality and social situation than with their billionaire status (or how they got that status). It's sad, it's limiting, but that's the reality. And American billionaires reflect that reality more than anyone else.
Wow!! You really explained it well!!
@@AfroLinguo Thanks! Are you from Africa? How many languages do you speak?
@@tamoramuir2089 yeah I am from Africa. I speak 5 languages; Fefe (Cameroonian native language) French, English, German and chinese
So basically dyslexic people are screwed. Dyslexic people can't learn a single language (if you include reading and writing). Even native English dyslexic people can't learn English.
My new slogan „New languages create new opportunities“ That‘s it.
Hello, I don't know if you will see this question but I'm wondering when the Russian's course for beginner will be available? Looking forward to start this language, thanks
Next month!
Здравствуйте. Почему Вы хотите изучать Русский язык?
Looking at the demographics, I'd say Hausa and Yoruba are a good shout for important future languages, possibly even Amharic, Kituba and Lingala (in addition to the obvious Mandarin, Indonesian, etc). Nigeria is already on the radar as up and coming but Ethiopia has real potential too. Obviously the DRC has suffered a lot in the colonial and post-colonial eras; but with its demographics and its natural resources, it's economic potential could be insane. If I were a billionaire and were lucky enough to have kids, I'd be encouraging them to learn Mandarin, Yoruba, Hausa and Spanish FWIW.
I don’t think we should learn languages because they are useful, learn a language that you love to learn, one that you like speaking. If you like what you’re doing you will be happy to continue and you will thrive. If nothing can save us from death, languages and discovering the world around us might be what saves us from life.
Musk might be spending some time learning German I believe. He had a go at speaking some German on stage at the opening of Giga Berlin.
"why learn a new language?"..I mean... Why not? It can only benefit you. I see no disavantages. It makes you understand a culture more, the way people think etc.
The potential disadvantage is the opportunity cost of whatever else you're not doing when you're spending thousands of hours studying a language
@@Paul-yk7ds you said it..."whatever else you're not doing". It's a matter of choice.
@@sasharama5485 Not for everyone. Dyslexic people can't even learn their native language. How could you possibly think they could learn more than that?
Great video Olly, I would like to point out that Persian and farsi are the same language.
Glad you liked it! And our apologies for the mistake; we've added a correction in the description.
Zuckerman is the first fully functional human/robot...the way he moves...tells us something is off, but he seems so human lol
He's wearing a suit... a Zucker suit.
Interesting video. Just one correction: You say Nisanov speaks Farsi and Persian. It's the same thing.
they will be able to do in brain language exchange eventually. all the languages get put into a database, that then gets processed on some sort of wearable or surgically implanted tech, then when you think of a phrase that you would like to say in another language, you hear it in your head and can say it out loud, and when people say something to you in a foreign language, you brain processes the information in the language you have set as your base language.
8:06 Persian and Farsi are the same language tho , maybe he speaks both Tajik dialect and Iranian dialect? since he is from Azerbaijan and lives in Russia that makes sense since both Iran and Tajikistan have relations with these countries
mark zuck scares me sometimes 🤧😂
Normal Nigerian watching and seeing Danngote and realising I'm a native Hausa speaker.
I've heard that Zuckerberg's Chinese is abysmal. He allegedly has no concept of tones and people struggle to understand him.
As for myself, I studied three foreign languages in school. When looking for a job, English was always taken for granted during the interviews (the fools). What landed me the three most important jobs in my life was German. I'm sure it was more of a coincidence than anything else but being fluent in German made the difference.
A good video, but despite your speaking fast, I could still hear one interesting mistake somewhere at 8:05 you've considered Persian and Farsi to be two different languages. (Farsi is just Persian in Farsi, the root was phers- or something like this and next turned into fars-, with English borrowing the older wersion)
8:03 isn't persian and farsi the same language, just different names?
I hope to be one of those wealthy man and teach me kids Spanish one day. What a beautiful dream if it would come true!
I'm afraid my interest in minority languages won't earn me my million.
Maybe not, but it will lead to a fruitful life!
If it's any consolation, it wasn't their language abilities that earned them theirs either 😉
I can't believe you actually Said that!!!... you call yourself the vegan polygot. What is that title about?. "Minority languages"are the same reason why you learn any language, anything... Like Olly said, to enrich your life... humility, compassion, goodness, kindness, strength, love, excitement.... language learning teaches a person much more than the language...
Such a cool shirt
Most people inherit the money, so they learn languages, music, etc....
If you don't have to worry about money, life will look crazy different.
good video i think am stil watching.
As I understand it, by the mid 2050s French will be the most spoken language on Earth. This will be mainly be because the language is so widely spoken in West / Central Africa.
Only if it's the lingua franca again, and that depends on if these African countries can seriously gain clout. or if France can overtake Germany in regards to the EU.
Otherwise, either English stays dominant, or Mandarin takes over, or less likely, Russian returns in clout as the USA, China, and Russia are by far the three big players that bully everyone else.
@Gary Allen oh look a Sinophobe
When I was I looking for an internship, I got one in a German company that worked with Chinese customers, because I could speak Chinese. This was a great opportunity.
I am surprised that you don't know that Stefano has the accent on the e. Not Stefáno, but Stéfano.
Hi, I have a question for you, is using a story per se your method, or do you use something really specific with stories involved? Greetings 🖖🏽
The actual language courses are based on specific stories - you will be taken through a mystery story, chapter by chapter, while learning the language. All of the lessons are based on the story! :) There are also separate short story books you can buy for reading at your level (8 stories per book), as well as "101 Conversations", which is a mystery story in the form of dialogue between the characters.
@@lisanarramore222 awesome! :D
I LOVVVVE your t-shirt Olly 😍
Darling, the billionaire people usually come from ultra rich families. By the age of four five you end up having been exposed to at least 4-5 languages. That’s the result of being born into rich not the vice versa.
thank you! 👍
What an unexpected comment. Most, if not all as I didn't check each one in detail, of the billionaires in this video come from families that were wealthy at best, but none of them were billionaires, not even millionaires.
@@Karlyper wealthy is enough. Thank you.
@@Karlyper Exactly,
If you grow up in any major cosmopolitan city in the world, ( and nowadays many provincial cities as well ) you will have been exposed to a least 4 - 5 languages. Hell if you have Netflix, you are going to be exposed to several languages if you aren't locked into only watching Hollywood schlock. People need to stop using lack of wealth as an excuse for not reaching their maximum potential.
Persian AND Farsi? If not Farsi, what language is meant by Persian here?
Zucc has an AI assistant named Jarvis with the voice of Morgan Freeman? How original. (Just billionaire things...)
I met my wife studying Arabic! BTW, isn't Farsi and 'Persian' the same?
8:02 persian is the name of the language farsi in english. Those two are not two different languages
French school kids, especially those on an academic track, are required to learn 3/4 languages.
there are more chinese to market to than other countries, so mandarin is good for them, unfortunately it comes with a price, like loss of free speech, and taking on communistic ways. I don’t think they’re learning mandarin for the respect of the people and curiosity of the culture like we would
I agree!
You do know that Mandarin is spoken outside of Mainland China too? And the script is way older than communism. It's like saying you must become Muslim and practice polygamy to speak Arabic, or somehow saying "tabernak" in Quebec makes you Catholic? What? Lol
@Olly Richards, your Italian 🇮🇹 pronunciation is really good, but the name Stefano (3 syllables: stè / fa / no) has the stress on the first one!