5 techniques to speak any language | Sid Efromovich | TEDxUpperEastSide

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    Sid is our resident hyperpolyglot. He grew up in Brazil and after some journeying around the world, he now lives an exciting life in New York where he works as a Sugar Trader.
    Teaching has always been one of his passions and he has led groups of young leaders since 2006. He has given workshops, talks and classes in 3 different continents and is currently a Master Teacher in Skillshare where he teaches classes on nurturing happiness and learning foreign languages.
    Sid is also the founder of I Embrace You (formerly called Hug Don't Hate), based in Boston. After presiding over the organization and leading over 100 volunteers annually, he was recognized with the top leadership award in his graduating class at Boston University. He also holds an MBA from Purdue University and from Leibniz Universität. guywiththesmile.com
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  • @abbieamavi
    @abbieamavi Před 6 lety +4113

    I feel like this guy would be a great preschool teacher, he's so happy :)

    • @amanitaglover2429
      @amanitaglover2429 Před 5 lety +61

      Veni Vidi Amavi heck I'd love to have him in my language classes and I'm in 8th grade

    • @augustosantos9618
      @augustosantos9618 Před 5 lety +23

      He's brazilian

    • @Gutoknust
      @Gutoknust Před 5 lety +10

      ahahaha, you so damn right. Especially because what he has to say is so lame and basic. Techniques = tips, right? Actually very trivial tips...

    • @user-iz3rh4eg2z
      @user-iz3rh4eg2z Před 5 lety

      how much language you can speak?

    • @sanjjanajaiswal
      @sanjjanajaiswal Před 5 lety +5

      Yep! Wish he would teach me Chinese...

  • @denisesaoi933
    @denisesaoi933 Před 5 lety +2068

    He's so happy I wanna hug him

    • @RaneBane
      @RaneBane Před 5 lety +32

      Its actually the sad people you should be hugging.

    • @nickevershedmusic8927
      @nickevershedmusic8927 Před 4 lety +1

      Chucky Bananaz that’s true

    • @coffeebase9657
      @coffeebase9657 Před 4 lety +4

      @@RaneBane do you need a hug

    • @RaneBane
      @RaneBane Před 4 lety +6

      @@coffeebase9657 I don't need one but I've never turned one down lol

    • @Ezinma88
      @Ezinma88 Před 4 lety +4

      Did you notice that his domain address on one slide read "guywithasmile"? Perfect description.

  • @vphilendra
    @vphilendra Před 3 lety +570

    Man, I just wanna be as happy as this guy.

  • @atanasbaychev752
    @atanasbaychev752 Před 4 lety +2020

    I tried the shower technique... Long story short, we got into a fight.. we're not speaking to each other anymore 😒

  • @constanzaarroyo4717
    @constanzaarroyo4717 Před 5 lety +2546

    This dude seems like the nicest person in the world.

  • @SheyMirza
    @SheyMirza Před 8 lety +5707

    He's eaten the smily emoticon

    • @sidefromovich
      @sidefromovich Před 8 lety +237

      This made me laugh out loud. Hope you enjoyed the talk! 😀 - I had to...

    • @SheyMirza
      @SheyMirza Před 8 lety +28

      Sid Efromovich Haha yes, nice talk of course!

    • @trucmai2359
      @trucmai2359 Před 7 lety +14

      +Sid Efromovich: you brought me a funny talk show. I really enjoy it.

    • @luciensegurasegura3464
      @luciensegurasegura3464 Před 7 lety +11

      nah he's just GAY

    • @Erling01
      @Erling01 Před 7 lety +54

      It's in his facial database

  • @bubblebath2892
    @bubblebath2892 Před 3 lety +426

    Rules :
    1. Relax and allow yourself to make mistakes
    2. Scrap the foreign alphabet
    3. Find a stickler - who doesn't let your mistakes slide but also encourages you
    4. Do shower conversations
    5. Find a conversation buddy using Buddy Formula- choose a person where the common language between you two is the -target language (otherwise you'll switch to the easier language )

    • @Suraj2561997
      @Suraj2561997 Před 2 lety +3

      Useless without timestamps

    • @a1s2d3f4g5q1w2e3
      @a1s2d3f4g5q1w2e3 Před 2 lety +19

      (Raised as a polyglot before age 18)
      1:38. Relax and allow yourself to make mistakes - seek out the feeling of doing something ""wrong"" (i.e. not sounding like your native tongue).
      4:37. Scrap the foreign alphabet (suggests using phonemes from your native language)
      8:32. Find a stickler - who doesn't let your mistakes slide but also encourages you
      9:21. Do shower conversations - actively talk to yourself in the new language.
      11:18. Find a conversation buddy using Buddy Formula - choose a person where the common language between you two is the target language (otherwise you'll switch to the easier language )"

    • @tulasideviful
      @tulasideviful Před 2 lety

      @@a1s2d3f4g5q1w2e3 you're awesome! 🤩☺

    • @trangnguyenthi6448
      @trangnguyenthi6448 Před rokem

      @@Suraj2561997 mmmm

    • @GhostX-vs6vw
      @GhostX-vs6vw Před rokem

      preciate you i needed this for my homework

  • @avallach2061
    @avallach2061 Před 4 lety +1528

    How to speak any language:
    1) Learn the language
    2) Speak

  • @jasielcalixto
    @jasielcalixto Před 8 lety +4464

    Wow. I'm from Brazil and when you spoke in portuguese I thought to myself: Are you sure you're not brazilian? You speak portuguese better than me. Perfect Accent! I studied English by myself and now I want to learn german and french.

    • @leonorperezdeagudelo711
      @leonorperezdeagudelo711 Před 8 lety

      Dgchytcjcjudcvjmdfr

    • @lucascovrel
      @lucascovrel Před 8 lety +120

      ***** I thought the same! His portuguese is excellent!

    • @OlavoLealFernandes
      @OlavoLealFernandes Před 8 lety +375

      On the video description says he's Brazilian

    • @marissafeleciater7792
      @marissafeleciater7792 Před 8 lety +2

      *****
      The Award Winning French Learning System That Lets You Be Part Of The French Community at here >>> 4LearnFrench.blogspot.com >>>>>>

    • @brunocouto5550
      @brunocouto5550 Před 8 lety +114

      Olavo Leal Fernandes Actually, he GREW up in Brazil. Its not the same, but certainly gives him an edge

  • @floragreen8039
    @floragreen8039 Před 5 lety +2235

    5 Skills/ techniques
    - deep breath, relax, make mistakes
    - scrap the foreign alphabet
    - find a stickler (feel comfortable)
    - practice (shower conversations with yourself: both sides of conversation)
    - use language: buddy formula

  • @someonethatyouusedtoknow2984

    Step 1
    Change your games' language

    • @krisanalfa
      @krisanalfa Před 4 lety +37

      Or your smartphone language. And also your keyboard.

    • @Red-Ahmed
      @Red-Ahmed Před 4 lety +46

      This is how I learned English, games are almost never in my mother language (that plus cartoons when I was a kid). Now I speak 4 languages and am learning a 5th.

    • @yakshi.y6155
      @yakshi.y6155 Před 4 lety +1

      😄😄

    • @YohanBlake-hy7gb
      @YohanBlake-hy7gb Před 4 lety +1

      Timcan_57 I just started my first

    • @kelkel6371
      @kelkel6371 Před 4 lety +2

      Yes! I play the sims in Japanese. I have learned a lot thanks to that technique.

  • @t1ara_tw1g
    @t1ara_tw1g Před 4 lety +354

    Are we going to ignore his "What I'm most often asked other than for my phone number..."

  • @EstherJesintha
    @EstherJesintha Před 7 lety +3197

    I know seven languages too...C, C++, Python, SQL, Javascript, HTML, and what did I miss? Oh yes, English!

    • @joshua50101
      @joshua50101 Před 6 lety +46

      C is kinda old, come on, do not lie to us, you don't use it anymore. :P

    • @devil1403
      @devil1403 Před 6 lety +93

      yall dummies actin like html & n css a real language 💀

    • @kiswahilikitukuzwe2547
      @kiswahilikitukuzwe2547 Před 6 lety +32

      Esther Jesintha
      Well, you know C, C++, Python, SQL, Javascript, and HTML but languages but can you speak them?

    • @wesleybarini4212
      @wesleybarini4212 Před 6 lety +16

      hey man could teach me english?

    • @jlezama8453
      @jlezama8453 Před 6 lety +17

      C,C++,python, and java are almost identical...

  • @goatision2895
    @goatision2895 Před 7 lety +2787

    I talk to my cats in Swedish to practice it,, it works pretty well

    • @emmabackman6648
      @emmabackman6648 Před 7 lety +34

      katter är de bästa lärarna 😁

    • @domesticcat1725
      @domesticcat1725 Před 7 lety +34

      Turtle CaldPikls that's my way to practice Japanese

    • @agod5608
      @agod5608 Před 7 lety +4

      Turtle CaldPikls I created an internet roleplay character to which I apply all new information. by using reality to illustrate my imagination,my imaginary becomes real. voila one world.

    • @domesticcat1725
      @domesticcat1725 Před 7 lety

      A God I don't understand, can you link me to the char or something?

    • @agod5608
      @agod5608 Před 7 lety

      Senpai OC www.virtualtourist.com/chicogringodegundo

  • @thainavotu
    @thainavotu Před 4 lety +125

    I'm brazilian and first I was impressed with how an american could speak spanish and portuguese so well. Then I realized he grew up in Brazil and now I'm completely amazed of how he speaks english so perfectly.

    • @raquel.flores
      @raquel.flores Před 2 lety +6

      Olá, @AmyMatz! Também me surpreendi com a perfeição do português dele! até ler que ele cresceu aqui, o que fez muito sentido. De qualquer forma, ainda assim, é impressionante ele conseguir falar sem sotaque mesmo depois de muitos anos fora do Brasil. Nunca tinha visto dicas tão incríveis pra aprender outros idiomas!

    • @MrDusuke
      @MrDusuke Před rokem +4

      He speaks indeed English pretty well, but I'm also Brazilian and I could notice his Brazilian accent really quick in the first minutes of the video. Still, his accent is "better" than most Brazilians I've heard before (just to make it clear: there's nothing wrong about having an accent if you pronounce it good enough for people to understand you).

    • @jdsjnsnjdmdns6253
      @jdsjnsnjdmdns6253 Před rokem

      @@MrDusuke para de mentir kkkkk ele morou pouco no Brasil e tem um inglês PERFEITO

    • @kainanperes1309
      @kainanperes1309 Před rokem +2

      @@jdsjnsnjdmdns6253 não é mentira. Eu notei o sotaque de brasileiro dele em 5 segundos de vídeo. Eu consumo Inglês o dia inteiro, não assisto nada em português. Talvez isso ajude a perceber mais facilmente. Fica essa dica pra você, e com o tempo vc vai perceber tbm.

  • @niyabellaqua
    @niyabellaqua Před 4 lety +93

    The smile is glued on his face. It’s good to see people who are very presentable looking.

  • @musicgaines7170
    @musicgaines7170 Před 6 lety +1714

    #1 make mistakes
    #2 forget your languages rules
    #3 find sticklers
    #4 shower conversations in the language ur learning.(dosent have to be in shower.)
    #5 coversation buddy

    • @Aritul
      @Aritul Před 6 lety +16

      Adrenaline migraine Thank you!

    • @numantursun466
      @numantursun466 Před 6 lety +4

      He knows greek!!amazing!

    • @petermueller69
      @petermueller69 Před 6 lety +13

      i didn't get what sticklers are

    • @svdn8368
      @svdn8368 Před 6 lety +37

      Peter Müller That’s someone who you know and trust enough to tell you when you make a mistake. Someone who helps you get better, without the fear of hurting your feelings. Normaly we are far to polite to correct anyone when they make a mistake. A stickler will tell you, not to make you feel bad, but to help you in your path to master the language or any other study you’re doing.

    • @LolLol-rt7jw
      @LolLol-rt7jw Před 6 lety +64

      I always look for these types of comments to save time thanks man.

  • @eyelashz9136
    @eyelashz9136 Před 7 lety +1250

    my steps are just:
    1. learn the alphabet (except for mandarin and its dialects because mandarin is a rebel).
    2. learn phrases. don't just cram new words into your head.
    3. break down the words and see how a sentence is structured. then make your own sentences.
    EDIT: by sentence structure I mean like Subject, Verb, Object kind of thing.

    • @estebanvelarde1
      @estebanvelarde1 Před 7 lety +56

      Yup, currently learning japanese and i can understand 50% of what i hear in anime and know hiragana, katakana and 100 kanji lmao.
      German is next it will be hella easy to get a decent job with 4 languages btw spanish and english already learned.

    • @anixias
      @anixias Před 7 lety +2

      Dude same with the Japanese Esteban!
      also spanish and english already learned and some german! but I dabbel in mandarin and korean and stuff

    • @estebanvelarde1
      @estebanvelarde1 Před 7 lety +2

      AnixiasPlays yeah mandarin is really scary written, i personally would learn conversation first with michael thomas audiobooks and then slowly grind the han characters, but i'm not really that interested in china as a culture at the moment even though i know it's a really super important language

    • @danielanastuta4972
      @danielanastuta4972 Před 7 lety

      lol

    • @estebanvelarde1
      @estebanvelarde1 Před 7 lety

      Daniela Nastuta lol xd

  • @gestordetrafego2306
    @gestordetrafego2306 Před 4 lety +290

    I'm Brazilian, his portuguese is perfect.

    • @matadorescrew
      @matadorescrew Před 4 lety +25

      Claro pô, ele é brasileiro também kkmmmk

    • @matadorescrew
      @matadorescrew Před 4 lety +5

      Of course it is haha he's brazilian as well

    • @gestordetrafego2306
      @gestordetrafego2306 Před 4 lety

      Really? Lol hahahahahah

    • @gestordetrafego2306
      @gestordetrafego2306 Před 4 lety +21

      Pensei que o cara era importado pô

    • @gaubi8543
      @gaubi8543 Před 4 lety +10

      Poxa fiquei chocada que ele falava Br perfeito, se é daqui então faz sentido. Bem q tinha cara de Br msm

  • @dabachinno1425
    @dabachinno1425 Před 4 lety +258

    Omg I’m not the only one who talks to themselves in a different language in a shower. That’s how I learned I have a pronunciation problem 😅

    • @maryan0285
      @maryan0285 Před 4 lety +5

      Yes. Movie dialogs and interviews 😂😂😂

    • @huamanyevelyn5d582
      @huamanyevelyn5d582 Před 3 lety +7

      me too , in my spare time I'm talking to myself in english or with my parents and they don't understand me

    • @wangarimaina8620
      @wangarimaina8620 Před 3 lety +1

      😂😂😂😂I laughed too hard at this

    • @vascobgoode5227
      @vascobgoode5227 Před 3 lety +2

      @@huamanyevelyn5d582 in my case I talk to my dog in English

    • @user-jg5xm8um8y
      @user-jg5xm8um8y Před 3 lety +5

      I've done car practice to learn to pronounce. A few years ago, I literally spent over 3 weeks trying to practice/perfect the name of an Eritrean guy's name (because it was very different sounding and kind of fun). And now I'm better at rolling an "r." And he was happy/excited that I could pronounce his name correctly lol

  • @Pirosbor
    @Pirosbor Před 10 lety +275

    I think I spend too much time looking for the "perfect method" when I should just be practising it!

    • @MisterM2402
      @MisterM2402 Před 10 lety +22

      That's me all over! Hearing about different methods is interesting though, I guess.

    • @IrgendEineZecke
      @IrgendEineZecke Před 10 lety +2

      Pssssssshhht.
      Same problem here :(

    • @sarban1653
      @sarban1653 Před 5 lety +1

      I'm doing both haha.

    • @morgz_tv
      @morgz_tv Před 4 lety

      Pirosbor same

  • @thegood9
    @thegood9 Před 4 lety +156

    Is this a permanent record of the happiest person in the world?

    • @monalisa6379
      @monalisa6379 Před 4 lety +9

      nope, that's Bob Ross, he is the second happiest lol

  • @user-fo9kc
    @user-fo9kc Před 4 lety +54

    As a Chinese speaker, his Chinese sounded great, and the accent is beautiful too

    • @Hidalgojev
      @Hidalgojev Před 4 lety +10

      Is the same in spanish. I'm a Spanish speaker.

    • @snowleo810
      @snowleo810 Před 4 lety +7

      I'm German, and his german also sounded brilliant

    • @Gabriel-mi4sd
      @Gabriel-mi4sd Před 2 lety

      Yeah, I'm Brazilian and his portuguese is just perfect, even though he's not born here, just grew up.

    • @iamjayz0210
      @iamjayz0210 Před 2 lety

      r u serious?

  • @navegandonaweb
    @navegandonaweb Před 4 lety +34

    why am I crying? It was beautiful watching him speaking all of these languages. Like they were all just one. Tem um olho na minha lágrima kkk. Emocionei.

  • @justmessi1474
    @justmessi1474 Před 7 lety +1684

    I will save you the time;
    1) Make mistakes. 2) Scrap the foreign alphabet. 3) Find a stickler (helping buddy) 4) Shower conversations (like really, speak in the language and ask for directions) 5) Repeat number 3 😂😂😂

    • @taylorsanders57
      @taylorsanders57 Před 7 lety +1

      Just Messi thanks 😂

    • @katenka_ana3997
      @katenka_ana3997 Před 7 lety +1

      thanks dude

    • @jonoboyleenglishteacherand1689
      @jonoboyleenglishteacherand1689 Před 7 lety +8

      It's the natural first stage of acquiring and remembering the strange sound. 'who oh' allowed me to interpret pinyin huo. chun for example is not ch un; but chew won. So yes it's exactly what you need to aid pronunciation. Grammar is grammar a wholly different realm which you then acquire through practice and mistakes.
      As for reading and writing - they are a different skillset, requiring painstaking work - generally less necessary to ones needs. There are plenty of illiterate Chinese.
      Why crit an expert trying to help?
      你说过了这是你的第一次方法;搜易为什么你想抱怨

    • @germanleonardochicallarive469
      @germanleonardochicallarive469 Před 6 lety

      I agree with Pablo Shalom

    • @samermohamed7644
      @samermohamed7644 Před 6 lety +9

      Thank you. I was looking for this comment

  • @NargisFakhri
    @NargisFakhri Před 7 lety +683

    i can't stop smiling while watching him

    • @dawnlittle2501
      @dawnlittle2501 Před 7 lety +46

      Me too, what a great warm personality he has.

    • @willwill-ux4vz
      @willwill-ux4vz Před 7 lety +6

      smile

    • @Lilly-iv4rk
      @Lilly-iv4rk Před 7 lety +4

      He is charming yes XD

    • @MrAdryan1603
      @MrAdryan1603 Před 7 lety +4

      Nargis Fakhri: He is so sexy and charming, no? Mmmm y es muy guapo! Mi tipo de hombre heheh

    • @chloe2258
      @chloe2258 Před 7 lety +1

      Adrian D ... El es no guapo, el es muy feo..

  • @magdalenaf.5966
    @magdalenaf.5966 Před 4 lety +151

    Shower conversations, yes! I always used to have deep talks with myself when I was learning English. Good to know that I wasn't alone, haha

    • @vanismachannel2335
      @vanismachannel2335 Před 4 lety +3

      YaY

    • @burakgizlice8749
      @burakgizlice8749 Před 4 lety +5

      Actually, you were alone xD

    • @Skateblack007
      @Skateblack007 Před 4 lety +2

      That I was not the only one*

    • @asiam.5671
      @asiam.5671 Před 3 lety +2

      I always used to talk to myself in my mother tongue. Came in handy when I started learning a new language :D

    • @hambos
      @hambos Před 2 lety

      Actually when I get emotional I prefer English bcz I've connected them with strong feelings, unlike my mother tongue, in which I am more restraint (and no I m not from Eastern Asia)

  • @NotWithThatAttitude
    @NotWithThatAttitude Před 4 lety +378

    "Take a deep breath...."
    doesn't say to breathe out
    *turns blue*
    edit: I hate to be the person that does his but thx for the likes!

  • @danielthompson6448
    @danielthompson6448 Před 8 lety +245

    I love smiley people, make you feel so warm and happy! good guy and good tips.
    Thanks

    • @Gin2761
      @Gin2761 Před 8 lety +2

      +Daniel Thompson Right?! Made me happy just from watching!

    • @tishasomeone9141
      @tishasomeone9141 Před 8 lety +1

      +Daniel Thompson I love happy people too! It makes me feel more comfortable, and the message is easier to understand.

    • @dmitriyobidin6049
      @dmitriyobidin6049 Před 8 lety +1

      +Tisha Herrera message is easier to understand because of charisma, and smile is a part of charisma. Look at watch?v=iKHTawgyKWQ, amazing talk without a single smile ))

    • @vinialvesx
      @vinialvesx Před 8 lety +1

      +Daniel Thompson brazilian charisma

    • @danielthompson6448
      @danielthompson6448 Před 8 lety +1

      +Jonathan N Textbook adolescent, always the contrarian, you'll grow out of it.

  • @Michael_Kao
    @Michael_Kao Před 5 lety +248

    13:21 Recap
    1:29 0.Take very deeeeeeeep breath (relax)
    1:57 1.Make Mistakes
    4:36 2.Scrap the Foreign Alphabet 8:00 8:11
    8:26 3.Find a Stickler
    9:20 4.Shower Conversations
    11:07 5.Buddy Formula
    14:31 哈~這翻譯真逗趣,連中文都翻...只是結尾翻糟了.~"現在你們都可以走“"了”XD.

  • @gokhanilter2546
    @gokhanilter2546 Před 4 lety +32

    I am so happy when he is talking because he is always smiling

  • @wissalkherbache4995
    @wissalkherbache4995 Před 3 lety +6

    cutest most adorable personality ever ! we need this guy to teach our professors how to teach languages so that people could start learning some more

  • @ailinos
    @ailinos Před 8 lety +154

    This guy has amazing energy, damn. I wonder what makes him so happy.

    • @Koralene
      @Koralene Před 8 lety +1

      Right? I want to be that happy too 😃

    • @harishsharma2974
      @harishsharma2974 Před 8 lety +9

      +Alan S He's high on life.

    • @ChrisKsan
      @ChrisKsan Před 8 lety +2

      Weed can certainly help with that :)))

    • @yvakhojin2562
      @yvakhojin2562 Před 8 lety +5

      maybe he just loves what he is talking about :D ..really loves...that smile really is amazing xD glued on

    • @sidefromovich
      @sidefromovich Před 8 lety +12

      Love. Languages were always a lot of fun, but they were just a means towards the more important end: human connection.

  • @demonight2
    @demonight2 Před 5 lety +1153

    Ok... I'm alone here at my room watching this, and for some reason, I applauded in the end.

  • @lanwangji47
    @lanwangji47 Před 4 lety +34

    I nearly teared up at the end when he demonstrated his various foreign language skills. I just love this topic so much and I'm so passionate about it. Currently learning French and Korean. Inspiring man!!

    • @skrienasenka2881
      @skrienasenka2881 Před rokem +3

      "Currently learning French"
      1) Why do you inflict yourself that much pain
      2) I'm french so if you need a stickler, I can help you

    • @choeyoonsun1
      @choeyoonsun1 Před rokem +1

      새해 복 많이 받으세요. Wish you an awesome year in 2023.

    • @lanwangji47
      @lanwangji47 Před rokem +1

      @@choeyoonsun1 새해 복 많이 받으세요! ~ 건강하고 행복하세요 🧡

    • @lanwangji47
      @lanwangji47 Před rokem

      @@skrienasenka2881 Haha true, tis a beautiful language, though! And thank you, that's very kind 😊

  • @miinah1996
    @miinah1996 Před 4 lety +18

    omg i love his smile
    he's like radiant with positivity

  • @dinifroggy
    @dinifroggy Před 5 lety +580

    Those conversations between you and yourself really expose the lalnguage gaps. They are really useful.

    • @amarjeetsharma7359
      @amarjeetsharma7359 Před 4 lety +5

      Absolutely

    • @mein_alias
      @mein_alias Před 4 lety +4

      @Lana Joy oh that's an awesome idea, might do it as well

    • @blankblank1284
      @blankblank1284 Před 4 lety +5

      I can reccomend Duolingo and Memrise. Both have a wide database of languages, Doulingo even has some conlangs like High Valyrian and Klingon.

    • @Laperdash
      @Laperdash Před 4 lety

      @@blankblank1284 I have duolingo but it sucks you can only select 1 language at a time

    • @blankblank1284
      @blankblank1284 Před 4 lety +3

      @@Laperdash
      That is 100% false. I have Duolingo, and have around 8 courses currently active.

  • @tainahollo
    @tainahollo Před 9 lety +269

    Most of these polyglots have grown up in multilingual families or neighbourhoods. It really seems to be an advantage to learn several languages as a child!

    • @RudolfKlusal
      @RudolfKlusal Před 9 lety

      Exactly!

    • @secondBluesM
      @secondBluesM Před 9 lety +58

      Perfect excuse.

    • @tainahollo
      @tainahollo Před 9 lety +15

      As well as I understand, most of them have learned two or three languages in early childhood which has made learning new ones much easier. So I do not mean they have not had to do anything themselves! Give your children at least two languages from the beginning if at all possible and you give them a head start!

    • @Patrick_Iradukunda
      @Patrick_Iradukunda Před 9 lety +3

      that's how i learned too. now, it is almost impossible to learn a new language when you have no one to talk to in that language

    • @tainahollo
      @tainahollo Před 9 lety +13

      Scottico Who is making excuses? :O
      If you have two (or more) languages in your family, PLEASE speak both of them to your children! Many speakers of minority languages, especially endangered ones, think their language is inferior and of no use to their children, so they speak only the majority language to them. But bilingualism is an advantage as such - if the child forgets one of the languages later (of course I hope not!), the brain has benefited anyway, because it seems early bilingualism moulds the brain permanently.
      And it is great if some endangered languages are kept alive in the process!!! In my opinion linguistic diversity is as important for the human culture as biodiversity is for the nature. I admire people who keep their mother tongues alive, and people who want to learn small and endangered languages, in addition to bigger and more "useful" ones.

  • @kseshaobelasgreshi
    @kseshaobelasgreshi Před 3 lety +2

    He is so sunny and positive that I can't stop smiling!

  • @khyatipandey
    @khyatipandey Před 4 lety +7

    his smile is so contagious.. I was smiling the whole time

  • @beccaska
    @beccaska Před 5 lety +374

    Why is he always smiling??? Omg I want to be like him!

    • @TheWesleyfelipe
      @TheWesleyfelipe Před 5 lety +17

      because he is brazilian

    • @regivaldosilva7114
      @regivaldosilva7114 Před 5 lety +1

      @@TheWesleyfelipe kkkkkkkkk

    • @fatyambitious4764
      @fatyambitious4764 Před 5 lety +2

      I smile all the time too, because I believe that life is beautiful and I have to live the moments as they are😊

    • @simpyzee8088
      @simpyzee8088 Před 5 lety

      Borzah Yankey, search it up

    • @ahmadayyash3032
      @ahmadayyash3032 Před 5 lety

      @@tirzxh are you serious ?!
      I really like this country and realy realy hope to visit it in the future ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @luthandogushman
    @luthandogushman Před 5 lety +715

    I'm from South Africa and I speak Xhosa, Zulu, Sotho, Afrikaans, French and I'm, learning Lingala and Swahili

    • @bhagvanrabari-mrpte3115
      @bhagvanrabari-mrpte3115 Před 5 lety +16

      Great dear..

    • @perplex611
      @perplex611 Před 5 lety +9

      Tu ne peux pas aussi parler anglais

    • @thanhpham-oe7tw
      @thanhpham-oe7tw Před 5 lety +2

      Luthando Gushman You can teach me to learn English

    • @thanhpham-oe7tw
      @thanhpham-oe7tw Před 5 lety

      contact me via sk trangpham-nb1 thanks very much .

    • @chrispin3604
      @chrispin3604 Před 5 lety +7

      Am from Ghana too and lived some years in South Africa but you see the truth Ian.. those languages are only spoken and used in the SAID belt .. and that’s it .. it like Turkish once you leave Turkish the language ends there

  • @username-pb9ui
    @username-pb9ui Před 4 lety +73

    i’m brazilian so i feel like i cheated when he asked me to say the portuguese words out loud

  • @tomasfontes1699
    @tomasfontes1699 Před 3 lety +9

    I'm Brazilian and his Portuguese is perfect !

  • @leylaaliyeva3947
    @leylaaliyeva3947 Před 6 lety +1299

    I grew up speaking
    1. Azerbaijani (my mother tongue)
    2. Russian (my old school was a Russian-speaking school)
    When I moved, at school I learned
    3. English (cause the school is an English-speaking school)
    4. Norwegian (the school is in Norway)
    At school, they also teach me
    5. Spanish (I’m not quite fluent, but I’m pretty good)
    Because of K-Pop (BTS), and K-Dramas, I am teaching myself
    6. Korean (Hangeul, 한국어)(I know how to read and write, so I just need to work on expanding my vocabulary)
    I’m 15 years old.
    Edit: Woow I didn't expect 1.3K likes. THANK YOU

    • @mrbeansfan9036
      @mrbeansfan9036 Před 6 lety +54

      ouuu Russian is so difficult!! I applaud you, that's a lot of languages

    • @aynurackel3605
      @aynurackel3605 Před 6 lety +38

      You can also say i know Turkish, dont you

    • @leylaaliyeva3947
      @leylaaliyeva3947 Před 6 lety +36

      Aynur Açıkel Since Azerbaijani and Turkish are somewhat similar, you can say I can uderstand some Turkish, but I can't speak it, unfortunately.

    • @aynurackel3605
      @aynurackel3605 Před 6 lety +4

      Leyla Aliyeva yeah, i've same problem too :)

    • @moiquiregardevideo
      @moiquiregardevideo Před 5 lety +27

      Knowing so many radically different languages is indeed more impressive than the performance of this guy in the video.
      Basically, you deserve as much nice words as we see in the comments.
      I learned a large number of languages... not to the level of being fluent but still speaking with the accent of the professional linguists who created the "learn x language in 30 days" or the "assimil" series of language lessons. Quite often, Chinese people started to talk to me at normal speed, convinced by my prononciation that i could understand everything.
      I hope you keep learning even if you may encounter indifferent or even negative reaction.

  • @azizamirisse4845
    @azizamirisse4845 Před 5 lety +136

    This guy spreads happiness with his smile!

  • @meshalmashol3984
    @meshalmashol3984 Před 4 lety +10

    Oh my god, this man is extremely wonderful, I wanna be like him in the confidence.

  • @chinestory2095
    @chinestory2095 Před 4 lety +23

    I came across your TEDx talk in my process of preparing one, and found it fascinatingly similar to the ideas I have with the Chinese language, fundamental principles, including 1) visualization, 2) contextualization, 3) meaningful repetition, 4) mental association.

  • @HarmonyOfElements
    @HarmonyOfElements Před 10 lety +29

    This was so great! He was so enthusiastic and present, had humour and a smile on his lip and in his voice was happiness! Truly a great speaker, even though my attention span sometimes fall on the short side, he caught it perfectly!

  • @hanthithu2701
    @hanthithu2701 Před 9 lety +36

    Yesterday I watched this video with subtitles, today I look back I can understand better.Thanks for your interesting talk :)

    • @hanthithu2701
      @hanthithu2701 Před 9 lety +1

      Myung hak 명학 thanks! It is also interesting to me, good times for you :)

    • @TruongPham-bo8ub
      @TruongPham-bo8ub Před 9 lety +3

      Nice too meet you Thu. My name's Truong and i'm come from Hai phong, Viet Nam. I would like make a friend with you., it's all right?

    • @hanthithu2701
      @hanthithu2701 Před 9 lety +3

      truong pham yeah .. Sure , we can be good friends. Glad to see you, my new friend :))

    • @themightychabunga2441
      @themightychabunga2441 Před 9 lety +1

      truong pham Ok my friend. Teach me some Viet-Namese Truong and I will do my best to answer any westen type questions you have. Be comforted and ask me anything you wish. and we will be fast friends.Welcome!

    • @efisgpr
      @efisgpr Před 9 lety +1

      Hi Truong & Thu. I'm Alex & it's really nice to see how kind & polite you both are. It makes me happy that Duolingo is working on the Vietnamese (from English) course already. I can't wait to learn it! :)
      Have a good one.

  • @sudan47
    @sudan47 Před 3 lety +81

    The only two ways to speak the language fluently is: listening and speaking as much as you can. The End..

  • @lisaredford6462
    @lisaredford6462 Před 4 lety +5

    Love the passion and happiness of this guy. Bet he could teach anyone another language

  • @Peterwhitlock
    @Peterwhitlock Před 10 lety +13

    Guy makes sense off the bat and makes more sense as he goes! he is correct all the way...a good ted talks worth watching when young to click in early...give this ted talks to even little kids!

  • @DrumminDock
    @DrumminDock Před 8 lety +140

    Hello fellow language learners! There is a great app out there: HelloTalk that links you with native speakers of the language you want to learn. For instance: you want to learn Dutch and you are a native German. You get in contact with a native Dutch speaker (from Holland or some parts of Belgium) that corrects your messages, in return you correct some of his messages and sentences that he wrote in German. It's definitely worth trying. Myself I'm learning Spanish and 'teaching' Dutch in return.
    Mucha suerte! Good luck!

    • @cadeferguson1704
      @cadeferguson1704 Před 8 lety

      Thank you!

    • @hibamazouri626
      @hibamazouri626 Před 7 lety

      Thank you

    • @MiniClayDude
      @MiniClayDude Před 7 lety +2

      Yes I can absolutely vouch for you here. This app is AMAZING!

    • @ricardo2780
      @ricardo2780 Před 7 lety +1

      I did not know that. Anyway, do not make the mistake of learning Spanish the wrong way, the traditional and non natural way..

    • @Nenzo_
      @Nenzo_ Před 7 lety

      I agree it's a great app

  • @bw9709
    @bw9709 Před 4 lety +5

    So happy to see someone passionate explaining something so fascinating that they've learnt. This was fascinating indeed

  • @quesya7678
    @quesya7678 Před 2 lety +2

    Is he brazilian???? Because his portuguese is so perfect! I'm brazilian and that sounds like a native speaker to me. Amazing!

  • @MarceloMoreira91
    @MarceloMoreira91 Před 8 lety +60

    This guy is more fluent on my mother language than I am.

    • @xoreign
      @xoreign Před 8 lety +2

      +Crazy Horst you do know what native language means right...

    • @carolinemudinutti9325
      @carolinemudinutti9325 Před 8 lety

      +Marcelo Moreira, I think you are brazillian, right? We have a great author about linguistics: Marcos Bagno. He writes in an easy way about language and maybe can help you to think it. Because we have this feeling of not being fluent on our language and this isn't true.

    • @michellesobreira1
      @michellesobreira1 Před 8 lety +3

      +Crazy Horst I have a cousin that grew in that situation. His mother is brazilian, his father german, they speak with each other in spanish, and they lived in Finland. Now he has only 7 years old and already speak this four languages.

    • @bibisampaio4557
      @bibisampaio4557 Před 6 lety

      Marcelo Moreira
      ele fala portugays melhor que "nois"

  • @duhneesy293
    @duhneesy293 Před 4 lety +56

    When I'm feeling negative and down, I want him to just talk to me.

  • @br101nt
    @br101nt Před 3 lety +7

    Que motivação desse cara, Sid, Estou estudando Inglês e caí aqui nesse vídeo, show de bola. Great!

  • @SpoodleProductions
    @SpoodleProductions Před 4 lety +10

    something that's always cool to do is to watch a movie in a foreign language with subtitles so you know what's going on, and then when you rewatch it, forego the subtitles. Then since you already understand what's happening, you can focus on the language. If you're fairly new to the language, you can focus on picking out separate words and sentences and structure, and if you have a basic knowledge of the language, you can pick out phrases you know and use context, along with what you know from seeing it with subtitles, and use that to piece together the gaps in your knowledge to understand the language as they speak it. I've done this a couple times for Spanish, and it was actually pretty helpful for me. I highly recommend the movie La Misma Luna if you're doing this for Spanish, because both English and Spanish are spoken in different parts of the movie.

  • @endrankluvsda4loko172
    @endrankluvsda4loko172 Před 7 lety +457

    But does he know the language of love?

    • @BryanAJParry
      @BryanAJParry Před 7 lety +39

      Vietnamese?

    • @ZairoSeihara
      @ZairoSeihara Před 7 lety +8

      Endrank luvs da 4 loco Russian .....????

    • @zigv8325
      @zigv8325 Před 7 lety +29

      Of course, he said something in French

    • @antoine22
      @antoine22 Před 7 lety +24

      I didn't know that vietnamese is the language of love ahahah

    • @danieldelemos1865
      @danieldelemos1865 Před 7 lety +7

      I understood that reference

  • @valhalla-tupiniquim
    @valhalla-tupiniquim Před 9 lety +17

    I AM Brazilian. He speaks Portuguese incredibly well. Congratulations!

    • @valhalla-tupiniquim
      @valhalla-tupiniquim Před 8 lety

      How could I know?

    • @souza175
      @souza175 Před 8 lety +1

      Sid is our resident hyperpolyglot. He grew up in Brazil and after some journeying around the world,

    • @daykbd
      @daykbd Před 8 lety +1

      Tá escrito na descrição do vídeo que ele cresceu no Brasil.
      Just read the description box.

    • @RubenOrellanaAizprua
      @RubenOrellanaAizprua Před 8 lety

      +Dayane Oliveira I AM Ecuadorian, and He speaks Spanish incredibly well. Congratulations!!
      Portuguese from Portugal and Spanish from Spain are not the most common languages speaking around the world.

  • @callmejoon
    @callmejoon Před 4 lety +3

    Omg he needs to make a channel on CZcams he’s so charming i would saw his videos hours and hours

  • @kittyvu5045
    @kittyvu5045 Před 4 lety +23

    I love how the next two comments in the row are just how people either want to punch or hug him because he's so happy

  • @robroy25
    @robroy25 Před 10 lety +17

    Great stuff! I am living in Thailand and struggling to learn Thai. He has given me some good pointers to continue my dream of speaking Thai. Thumbs up!

    • @DrJoySmithMaxwell
      @DrJoySmithMaxwell Před 10 lety

      Wow, good for you! Keep it up & as Thai & English have little in common, do expect it to take some time than say Spanish or French learning. Good luck!

    • @brianhein3205
      @brianhein3205 Před 10 lety

      ***** I have to disagree. Even for someone who is at a very beginning level in Thai, learning the alphabet will put you on the fast track to replicating the sounds correctly and more importantly, the tones for each word. Speaking from experience, once you learn to read and write in Thai, conversation comes so much faster. The transliteration just doesn't cut it with this language... learning to read and write side by side with learning conversation and speaking will greatly reduce the confusion with tones and sounds. It's worth the extra effort!

  • @dudamendesmili1071
    @dudamendesmili1071 Před 7 lety +407

    Is his first language Portuguese? He spoke I better than me and I'm Brazilian '-'

  • @foreveryoung6108
    @foreveryoung6108 Před 2 lety +2

    5 techniques to speak any language:
    1. Make mistakes and just relax.
    2. Scrap a foreign alphabet.
    3. Find a sticklers (teacher, friend, stranger from internet...) - some one who will correct you, but in the same time will encourage you to get things wrong.
    4. Do shower conversations. Visualize situations where you will use your new language and try to use it for find gap in your knowledge.
    5. Your target language should be your best language in common. Find a friend to practice your language.

  • @bennattalmeida9496
    @bennattalmeida9496 Před 3 lety +9

    Eu tenho que agradecer esse cara, desde que eu assisti o video dele eu melhorei muito meu inglês e também o espanhol, claro que não seria possível se eu não colocasse em pratica!!! Muito obrigado Sid!!!!

  • @learn_french
    @learn_french Před 6 lety +374

    It was a really nice video and give some good motivation to start to learn a language. Thank you for sharing... and it is true that we can do some miracles when it comes to learning a new language quite fast.

    • @Bazza5000
      @Bazza5000 Před 5 lety +5

      I study French ever day as one person said you should be consistent. I do need to be open to making more mistakes. I just hate making mistakes for some reasons, but I guess you have to make mistakes to fine tune your skills.

    • @fantasticomundorpg7505
      @fantasticomundorpg7505 Před 5 lety +8

      I love your channel Vincent.

    • @ewelinaczapiewska1396
      @ewelinaczapiewska1396 Před 5 lety +2

      Your videos for learning french are the best!

    • @user-iz3rh4eg2z
      @user-iz3rh4eg2z Před 5 lety

      how much language you can speak?

    • @adenngordon4124
      @adenngordon4124 Před 5 lety

      Hi I welcome u Tanzania

  • @NimeEK
    @NimeEK Před 7 lety +150

    watched all in 1.25 speed. Speech becomes normal )

    • @silverspoongi8082
      @silverspoongi8082 Před 6 lety +5

      BlackSmith thank you

    • @Fortunadissimo
      @Fortunadissimo Před 6 lety +2

      Perfeito. Não é atoa que foi uma dica do Chuck Norris

    • @GoiabaTMBr
      @GoiabaTMBr Před 6 lety

      Eu não tenho uma habilidade de learning tão boa, prefiro deixar no normal e acompanhar a fala do modo em que está :/

    • @terrance2405
      @terrance2405 Před 6 lety +1

      I watched 2x ,

  • @borntodoit8744
    @borntodoit8744 Před 4 lety +62

    5 techniques to learn ANY language
    I paraphrase...
    *1. EXPLORE THE LANGUAGE* - try new words don't worry about getting it wrong or right. *Immediately* the more words your exposed to the more experience you will gain.
    *2. PHONETIC LANGUAGE* - scrap the foreign alphabet (you don't understand its sounds) in favour of a domestic alphabet (English that you do understand sounds). *Immediately* removes a layer of mis-information
    *3. USE CORRECTIONS* - using honest accurate feedback to correct your speaking/spelling/understanding of a new language. *Immediately* enforce minimum standards so you don't waste time learning the wrong sounds/grammar/etc
    *4. PRACTICE BY YOURSELF* - using imaginary scenarios have new conversations to stretch yourself beyond the class content. *Immediately* you practice the better you get, you also expand the potential experience envelope by considering new scenarios
    *5. PRACTICE WITH OTHERS* - use a buddy for conversation. Use a buddy who only has the target language in common with you. *Immediately* you will be forced to speak in the target language forcing you to get better "if you are to be understood". Both will be motivated if you only have one language in common.
    Makes sense...

  • @martincarra3227
    @martincarra3227 Před 4 lety +10

    I wanted to speak english... and now I'm listening all these conference without subtitles without noticing

  • @littleripper312
    @littleripper312 Před 8 lety +23

    He is so smiley :D

  • @ajachaney37
    @ajachaney37 Před 7 lety +229

    i feel like while you're studying the studying the language totally forget your mother tongue and only think in that language. Pretend as if your don't know anything and that language is the only way you can communicate:)

    • @lynxaway
      @lynxaway Před 6 lety +1

      I agree!

    • @jayjayjits794
      @jayjayjits794 Před 6 lety +2

      Aja Chaney this would result in the elongation of the language learning process. It’s better to use what you already know as a base to build upon as theres more than likely commonalities that between your first and new language.

    • @ramisgreenful
      @ramisgreenful Před 6 lety

      It's a very good lecture and i really appreciated his approach to whoever needs to learn a foreign language easier!

    • @4re92
      @4re92 Před 6 lety

      Never thought of it like that!

    • @axeglobaledunetwork5877
      @axeglobaledunetwork5877 Před 6 lety +1

      thts a great idea .. I sold try it # wanna learn more languages

  • @dalpeacepeace1807
    @dalpeacepeace1807 Před 3 lety +18

    He is awesome and the way he kept smiling at the audience made me really happy. I just could not stop smiling. Thank you so much for this video. I definitely want to learn more languages :)

  • @Evghenia_poledance
    @Evghenia_poledance Před 4 lety +1

    Amazing! He is so open, pleasant and kind person) His smile and speech were incredible!

  • @jomichelle8462
    @jomichelle8462 Před 5 lety +506

    This dude reminds me of Carl, the manager who took over the krusty krab in the "selling out" episode.

  • @slomo_thesloth6940
    @slomo_thesloth6940 Před 8 lety +9

    I'm German so obviously German is my mother tongue... but I've watched all my TV series in English and always spoke to myself in English... and I got to the point where I'm really confident in my English (even though I might have a little bit of an accent). Now I started to learn Korean. I've watched korean TV shows and listened to korean music for the past 4 years so I already know the basics. And now that I really started to focus on learning the language I made such a great step in just a few days. I followed your tips and used Korean to speak to myself and I was actually able to have a casual conversation in just 1 week. Also since I've always been very interested in korean culture it's actually really fun for me to learn the language. ^^

  • @1776iscool
    @1776iscool Před 4 lety +1

    I love how friendly this guy is, he reminds me of my best friend Alex.

  • @luanbatista8470
    @luanbatista8470 Před 4 lety +7

    HE IS BRAZILIAN. I'M SO PROUD OF HIM! ❤🇧🇷

  • @TheDonutAddict
    @TheDonutAddict Před 8 lety +178

    i didn't expect him to be able to speak Greek! dayum O_o

    • @thesecretlegends6092
      @thesecretlegends6092 Před 8 lety +1

      i can speak greek...lol .....i am greek :για εσας ειναι δυσκολα αλλα για εμενα πανευκολα.αν ξερεις εληηνικα απαντα.

    • @TheDonutAddict
      @TheDonutAddict Před 8 lety +3

      i am greek actually ^_^
      είναι όντως δύσκολη γλώσσα :Ρ

    • @Almatataa
      @Almatataa Před 8 lety

      +TheDonutAddict did he do a great job?

    • @TheDonutAddict
      @TheDonutAddict Před 8 lety +8

      alma ata yeah! he didn't have that typical strong Greek accent xD
      but the sentence he mentioned was correctly said and his accent is actually good ^^

    • @kaanbostanc9032
      @kaanbostanc9032 Před 8 lety

      how many of you guys are be able to speak turkish ?

  • @bennemann
    @bennemann Před 9 lety +18

    I'm Brazilian, and holy fucking shit, his Portuguese is SO EXTREMELY native-like that I got really scared of this man's skills. Much to my relief I found out from the video description that he grew up in Brazil. Phew!

    • @bennemann
      @bennemann Před 9 lety +5

      ***** E inglês evidentemente não é a sua, pois foi isso que eu falei no final...

  • @beautenison35
    @beautenison35 Před rokem +2

    I started learning Spanish and it's really helpful to know these tricks.

  • @sabinakamalova1133
    @sabinakamalova1133 Před 4 lety +5

    That's an amazing video👍 I really admired his technique of learning languages. It would be cool if I had a friend like him☺️

  • @sirihundstad7638
    @sirihundstad7638 Před 7 lety +14

    Love this talk!!
    My best tips are
    1) get a boy-/girlfriend who is a native speaker of w the language you wanna learn😂😂
    Haha but there are other ways as well😁 what I did was
    - switch language on my fb (and my phone eventually), admit it, you know where those buttons are anyways haha
    - follow people, newspapers etc on social media posting in that language
    - talk to myself, mostly did it while driving the scooter to school haha
    - Have a book or document ready so that whenever I learned a new word I could write it down and double check the translation(s)/meaning(s). In the beginning I mostly chose words I recognised were used often, later on I would write every new word as they got fewer:)
    So basically make that language a part of your everyday life. Randomly bumping into the languages on my facebook helped a lot really! And my English pronounciation got 100x better after I started watching youtubers:) I also think it's super interesting to look at the emythology of words and see how languages are connected.
    My native language is Norwegian, 2nd I learned is English, 3rd is German:)

    • @sidefromovich
      @sidefromovich Před 7 lety

      Good tips Siri! That's what my sister did too.

  • @jamjam5184
    @jamjam5184 Před 7 lety +126

    He seems too happy. Too happy people scare me.
    Good talk though.

    • @OmegaSunsLight
      @OmegaSunsLight Před 6 lety +1

      JamJam 😂😂

    • @esh1067
      @esh1067 Před 6 lety +7

      I think he is so stressful and hide it with crazy smile

  • @renanalvim5823
    @renanalvim5823 Před 4 lety +2

    That’s amazing video!!!! I just found out that now in 2019. I’m brazilian, with intermediate english, basic spanish and I started to learn french! I hope one day To achieve that fluency!!!

  • @ThiagoSantos-zx3qe
    @ThiagoSantos-zx3qe Před 4 lety +4

    I'm Brazilian and his portuguese was simply perfect

    • @joaozuffo9804
      @joaozuffo9804 Před 4 lety

      também achei, parece que ele é brasileiro

  • @xRAPxPaulistano91
    @xRAPxPaulistano91 Před 9 lety +175

    Awesome this guy grew up in Brazil, I'm from Brazil...

    • @jide5342
      @jide5342 Před 9 lety +3

      Michael Ventura de Souza Do you consider yourself Afro-Brazilian? Você se considera afro-brasileira ?

    • @xRAPxPaulistano91
      @xRAPxPaulistano91 Před 9 lety +2

      JoninhoFIFA Eu, não....

    • @jide5342
      @jide5342 Před 9 lety +5

      interessante, você tem a pele marrom e cabelo preto, curto , encaracolado, nos Estados Unidos , você seria considerado negro. por que você não se considera negro?

    • @MrBeiragua
      @MrBeiragua Před 8 lety +5

      JoninhoFIFA Os Estados Unidos tem um conceito diferente de "negro" do daqui Br. Lá existem resquícios de uma lei chamada "one drop rule" que caracterizava como negro qualquer pessoal que tivesse pelo menos um ancestral negro. Isso provavelmente era uma forma de desincentivar a missigenação. Aqui no Brasil e na américa espanhola, miscigenação era menos regrada, e desde o começo termos que diferenciavam miscigenados de não miscigenados surgiram, mostrando um certo entendimento diferente do que constitui um negro. Apesar de quase 100% da população brasileira ser afrodescendente, este termo é usado com uma conotação levemente diferente da do termo "african-american" nos EUA. Acho interessante estas diferenças culturais.

    • @jide5342
      @jide5342 Před 8 lety +5

      Sou muito consciente disso eu sou dos Estados Unidos e do americano africano , bem como metade nigeriano

  • @jerryjared644
    @jerryjared644 Před 7 lety +316

    I have proved this, talking to self in shower is useful.

    • @jerryjared644
      @jerryjared644 Před 7 lety +20

      Also, language exchange partners are important too.

    • @JC-mu5wt
      @JC-mu5wt Před 7 lety

      I can feel you haha 🤓

    • @michellecornell9308
      @michellecornell9308 Před 7 lety +2

      Jerry Jared yes easiest way to learn a language i to take a lover 😄 my dad speaks 10 languages 😁

    • @anaf.3353
      @anaf.3353 Před 6 lety

      Jerry Jared I thought it was just me!!!!

    • @user-wb1vm9ex4k
      @user-wb1vm9ex4k Před 5 lety

      Do you talk out loud or just in your head?

  • @sanskrutiswami8276
    @sanskrutiswami8276 Před 4 lety

    He is full of energy and enthusiasm!!!
    It motivates others.

  • @monicas2433
    @monicas2433 Před 4 lety

    I wonder if he'll be my German or Italian stickler?! His enthusiasm is so infectious! I woke up in a bad mood and now I'm all smiles! What a gift! Grazie! Danke! Thanks!

  • @luanabatista3539
    @luanabatista3539 Před 5 lety +174

    When he started to speak I thought to myself "he must be brazilian, I feel like he has a brazilian accent while speaking english" and then when he started to show portuguese words like "mão, cocô" etc I was like I KNEW IT!!!!!! I'm not saying he's brazilian, because I don't know that, but he does have a brazilian accent! and yeah i'm proud of myself because i noticed it hahaha

    • @letticia13
      @letticia13 Před 5 lety +18

      I also could tell right away he is a Brazilian Portuguese native speaker, regardless his amazing English.

    • @josehenriquefs888
      @josehenriquefs888 Před 5 lety +17

      According the description of the video, he grew up in Brazil

    • @kauann4096
      @kauann4096 Před 5 lety +38

      I had the feeling that he was brazilian too haha... and I don't know why eu to respondendo em inglês sendo q somos brasileiros

    • @nathanxavier6710
      @nathanxavier6710 Před 5 lety +4

      @@kauann4096 kkkkkkkkkkkkkk

    • @gabriellygoncalves2818
      @gabriellygoncalves2818 Před 5 lety +3

      I’m from Brazil 🇧🇷

  • @HT-ye3py
    @HT-ye3py Před 7 lety +24

    If you are hardworking person ,you can learn everything.I think this most important rule.

  • @user-no7nh6go8g
    @user-no7nh6go8g Před 4 lety +36

    I tried shower conversation for 3 years, finally I am able to speak in 3 languages. thank you so much.

    • @masumehansari8036
      @masumehansari8036 Před 3 lety

      안 녕 하 세 요.
      저 는 마 수 메 입 니 다. 저는 이 란 사 람 입 니다.
      Hello.
      Did I write it correct??
      I'm Masume from Iran and I want to learn your language.
      Can you help me?

    • @aimen5295
      @aimen5295 Před 3 lety

      @@masumehansari8036 you got the spelling right but there shouldn't be gaps between syllables of the same word, so when written as one the words would be 안녕하세요..저는 마수메입니다. 저는 이란 사람입니다. I hope that helps

    • @masumehansari8036
      @masumehansari8036 Před 3 lety +1

      @@aimen5295 of course it helps me. Thanks for the correction. 😇

    • @aimen5295
      @aimen5295 Před 3 lety

      @@masumehansari8036 no problem! :)

    • @masumehansari8036
      @masumehansari8036 Před 3 lety

      @@aimen5295 I was surprised to have a message after about seven month!!

  • @placebo_effect
    @placebo_effect Před 4 lety +12

    I'm a Canadian learning Japanese! It's going well:) keep practicing! 😊💗

  • @SophyaAgain
    @SophyaAgain Před 8 lety +111

    I do believe there is a kind of universal rule to any language. I mean, I do believe in what Chomsky said about that. People who has mastered a second language usually have no difficulty in learning a third, forth language, etc. But for some people learning a second language is something incredibly difficult. I was shocked because his Brazilian Portuguese was perfect. But then he grew up here...
    But the only so called secret that I know when it comes to language is an extensive reading, listening, watching, speaking, writing and dictionary. And it takes a lot of time and dedication.

    • @xex2kok
      @xex2kok Před 8 lety +4

      Fully learning a language is quite difficult for sure. I also believe once you get that second language out of the way, even if you aren't fluent, it will help a lot in learning others. I think you can get a pretty good understanding and learn enough to have a basic conversation or get around in the country much faster though. That's all you really need for a visit and can then begin improving.

    • @Anmar__
      @Anmar__ Před 8 lety

      I do not know about this "if you learn a second language, the third,etc will be easier." I can speak 2 languages since I was 6 and I was also learning French but I can't really speak it till now.

    • @xex2kok
      @xex2kok Před 8 lety +1

      Anmar Safadi This is just what my friend tells me as he has learned many languages. He is fluent in at least 3 and can converse in more. He said it is easier to learn now because he knows the tricks that help him at this point. He can also better teach others because he understands the issues they may be having.

    • @Anmar__
      @Anmar__ Před 8 lety

      xex2kok I guess I have trouble learning a first new language, as the two languages I speak have been with me a since first grade or before.

    • @xex2kok
      @xex2kok Před 8 lety

      Yeah it is much easier to learn when you are young. My friend is from Afghanistan so he grew up learning Pashto and some others. I forget when he moved to the US but he was still a kid and had to start learning English at that point. I think after English he had an easier time since it wasn't a native language he was taught.

  • @b0zina
    @b0zina Před 5 lety +802

    I can speak a lot languages too 😁
    1.Serbian
    2.Croatian
    3.Bosnian
    4.Montenegrin
    5.Russian
    6.Spanish
    7.English
    Ben de Türkçe öğrenmek istiyorum 😎

    • @ertan1147
      @ertan1147 Před 5 lety +48

      Elit egitim diye bir set var, onunla türkce ögrenebilirsin. There is a tutorial thats called "Elit Egitim" which you can learn (Turkish). Turkish language comes from Ural-Altaic language family and turkish is from the Altaic part. the languages in this part are: turkish, japanese, mongolian, korean. If you would come from one these countries, you could learn easily and even if you would come from Ural part such as finnish, hungarian or estonien, you could also learn a bit easier. So it will bw tough for you but you can make it. My swiss wife is learning turkish and she is quite good and her level is around B1. I heard that many people learn turkish by watching turkish serial or TV.. Unfortunately turks do not publish so much video tutorial for learning turkish or podcast for foreigns.. I dont know why but it will be difficult for you to find some basic sources.. hope it helps..

    • @b0zina
      @b0zina Před 5 lety +39

      Martin Boss Çok teşekkürler, :) I will watch that video,this summer I met some Turkish people and one girl and that inspired me to learn it also :) Also I want to come to Istanbul to visit .

    • @ertan1147
      @ertan1147 Před 5 lety +1

      Yabancilar icin türkce ögretmeni misin?

    • @b0zina
      @b0zina Před 5 lety

      Ecem yürek İlgilenirim,how do you do it,online ?

    • @DianaStrukova
      @DianaStrukova Před 5 lety +26

      lol mostly useless languages. Congrats)

  • @n.hemavathi3451
    @n.hemavathi3451 Před 24 dny

    He was smiling throughout entire video. It's an Entertainment way to learn. What a positive and happy man!
    I know two languages, but l have struggled to maintain proficiency in one. Some of the people speak several languages.

  • @soujablo8574
    @soujablo8574 Před 3 lety +10

    His german is perfect, without any accent!