Speaking 5+ Languages with my Polyglot Grandma (Part I)
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I had a conversation with my Grandma that included English, French, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew, (and we also touched on Arabic and Greek).
We spoke a little bit about what it's like moving to different countries, and adapting to a new culture or language. I hope you enjoy.
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Timestamps if you want to skip to specific languages:
0:21 - English
0:47 - Italian
1:37 - French
2:23 - We touch on Arabic
3:00 - A few words in Greek
5:11 - Hebrew
6:31 - Spanish
"It wasn't hard, it just took time." I appreciate this.
LEGEND
this just give me hopes
Awww such a sweet words from an old woman💖💖💖
Respect!
But: only 1 - 2 years!
Your grandmother is very gifted with languages as you are too! Not everyone has this gift. Languages make life more interesting & comfortable- Ciao
I respect her. She is literally the person I wanna be in the future.
same here !
Exactly!
Kesinlikle benim de.Çok tatlı bir kadına benziyor T_T
Emily Brontë She sure does :) It is so impressive what she has.
Me too. Im learning english, japanese, italian and korean, well, spanish is my mother leng. At first I wanted to learn chinese but ugh its really difficult, shes a motivation for me.
As a native Spanish speaker, I have to say… wow. That argentino accent it’s so clean and the idioms that you use too, it seems to me that your personality changes between all the languages? it’s pretty cool all the language variety in your whole family
Saludos desde Mexico a ti y a tu abue ❤
ella habla 95% argento jajaj suena a cualquier abuela argentina, muchas de las cuales no tienen el castellano como su lenguaje nativo.
Él suena a un italiano que aprendió castellano en Argentina, pero pensándolo quizás su acento haya variado temporalmente por el tema ese de que justo al momento de hacer el video estaba aprendiendo italiano
@@licanueto Es lo que pasa cuando hablas 5 mas idiomas sabes
Im from the netherlands one politician here speaks also like 5 or 6 languages. She gave as advice to young people: learn a language, because everytime you do that you add a new personality, and ofc develop yourself.
realized the same abilities, he plays different personalities between languages
Justamente el acento del chico en español suena un poco raro, tiene un poco mas de tonada italiana que el nativo actual de la capital.
As an Argentinian person (especially one who hasn't lived there for over 8 years), hearing you speak Spanish in our dialect was so heartwarming. The second I heard your grandma say "la Argentina" instead of just Argentina I melted. Thank you so much for sharing this
Dialecto =/= jerga.
Where do you live? I'm starting to learn to speak Spanish (with a Latin accent) because I'm from Brazil and I think it's easier for me
jajajajja la jerga de un idioma no es un dialecto, estás diciendo que el español argentino es un dialecto por dios cuanta ignorancia.
@@Sarahlynn___ En vez de jactarte en tu conocimiento humillando a otro por una equivocación, es mejor enseñarle cómo se dice. Un ignorante no es quién no sabe sino quién no quiere saber, de ahí el "ignora-". No crees? Hay que tener más respeto por la gente. Ya que estamos, por qué no nos explicas la diferencia?
I don't know what I'm most jealous of... Their language skills or the enormous respect they have for one another. It's beautiful to watch.
my grandma wants to force marry me in another country LMAO, the difference tho
God bless her, and the wonderful grandson who looks like he absolutely adores her.
YES
I am jealous of both the Connection with Grandma and the language skills😢😢😢😢 I miss my Grandma
Yeah, that's the feeling. I noticed that was really satisfying to watch this video, but didn't know exactly why. There it is.
- how many languages can you speak?
Nathniel - yes
Grandma - *YES*
Me: portuguese and learning english
@@isabellydepaula8457 É BR é?
Grandma: sí*
Me: speaking Hochdeutsch, Badisch, English and Colombian Spanish at home.
Speaking with friends in french and Portuguese.
I learn Italian but I don't use it apart from talking with a couple of friends.
Learning Russian, arabic, esperanto and Chinese.
@@wilmergomez2498 ok boomer
Your grandmother is such an inspiration ❤️
👍👍
As a language lover, this is seriously a wonderful video.
Her hebrew has this old vibe that we barely hear today, I love it!
Tu abuela es increible, sin duda tiene un talento increible, igual que vos... yo tambien tengo facilidad para aprender idiomas, pero me sorprende que ella aun recuerda sin practicar.
She literally lives to respect people. She learned languages out of respect. Beautiful vibes.
Totally on your side ❤️
Interesting how her parents, and the parents of her husband, died. Alone in Argentina and Italy? Whom has she respected then?
Exactamente eso estaba pensando. Respeto mucho a tu señora abuela. Un abrazo grande a la distancia.
@@bogmelochej you don't even know her family and her whole story/situation that time.
I consider the topic of migration of well off people in search of a better place away from motherland and family in general.
Nathaniel : How many languages can you speak?
Grandma : Yes.
jajajaja
No dijo yes dijo "diez" es solo q se le movió la casetera jajaj
@@dantesouls5577 se nota que no entendiste el chiste
@@lagentequetelavendetambien2092 claro q la entendí estuvo buena, tú si no entendiste el mio porque tuvo un poco d sarcasmo y no sé si se entiende casetera en todo lados (dientes postizos).
hahahahahhahaahaahahahahahahahah
It's impressive how she can just switch to Italian even though she hasn't lived in Italy for 55+ years! Great video
Даже только от эмоциональной атмосферы и манеры общения можно удовольствие получить! ))
orkish is not welcomed.
дааа, это настолько приятно смотреть... не помню чтобы ещё когда-то настолько наслаждалась видео
Полностью согласен, я аж замотивировался учить языки😊
Прекрасная бабушка и чудесный внук
полностью поддерживаю!
Stranger ask what’s your accent?
Grandma: Yes
I feel like she have a slightly french accent in every language cause I was sure she was french even before she talked about her parents.
@@justarandomperson.4205 yesss, exactly what I felt! When she said French was her native I knew it. But it's soooooo delicate and almost none, it's amazing
😂
@@justarandomperson.4205 But her French had a little accent
@@danielphung6146 si elle en a un il est très très léger, je trouve qu'elle parle comme n'importe quelle personne française
If she has one its very very subtle, I think she talks like any native speaker
Me: waiting for polish
The guy: dokładnie
me: like
Ja szukam obecnie czasu kiedyś się zaczyna bo mi się nie chce reszty słuchać xd
@@rikitaczystawodka947 to szkoda bo naprawde fajna historia i przyjemnie sie slucha
Zaczyna się w 10 minucie, aczkolwiek polecam obejrzeć caly filmik.
Mxms ooaowo owkdjc ncbvbvhytyr jsjd fj a djdis a y jdjdjd
jaka minuta/
I respect how this guy jumps from language to language himself with no stop and still has enough humility and respect for his grandmother to praise and admire her skills and fascinating life history.
Who wouldn't?....
She may double his age and still in total control of her comands ....
I love your grandma! She is so natural on camera. Talking to wise elders so beautiful, its like a fine aged wine. Loveful Regards.
She’s so inspiring because she never complained for not having a stable home. She enjoyed, accepted and learned from every country she was in! I love her 🥺❤️
Cheers to this comment
I give you a like
fcats
Yeah
Me: speaks English, French, Spanish, Arab and italian
Also me: read subtitles just to make sure
Creo que a todos nos pasa, and they started to speak in Spanish and we say, wait, lo conozco hahahaha
jajajaj con que yo lo hago con mi idioma nativo
Aya EF are you North African?
lol I've been the like number 400
@@jlugoholt clearly me brazilian who speaks portuguese when i try to speak french but ending up speaking in korean
i love "to go backwards, you have to turn around". ive never heard anyone say that before but it makes so much sense. even in day to day life, you can't just rewind. our older members of society are full of such wisdom and amazing stories that always make me feel connected to the past --- in a way that makes me realize it wasn't that long ago at all! your grandma is phenomenal. :)
As someone who is fully EN - ES bilingual, grew up with Italian grandparents, and lived in France for a little bit… I’m so proud of myself for how much I was able to understand! This was beautiful to watch! Thank you for sharing this with us! Your grandma and her eternal wisdom is everything I aspire to be!
Grandma got dat wisdom, doe. "If you like the place, learn the language." Yes, ma'am.
So true. And what an amazing lady.
So true. And not just that. Somebody told me once, that when you are talking to somebody in their second, third... language or whatever, you are talking to their brains, but, if you talk to somebody's mother tongue, you reach their hearts.
I'm catalan, and people just assume we speak spanish, so they just bother to learn spanish. When someone from Iceland, Poland, Germany... speaks my language, makes me feel appreciated you know... I speak five languages: catalan, spanish, english, italian and portuguese. And I learnt the last two languages cause I lived two months in Rome in 2016 and two months in Lisbon in 2018. Speaking spanish and catalan, and also english, to me it wasn't so difficult to make myself understood there, but I made the effort to learn their language, and now are mine as well.
😍
That's why Gareth Bale isn't good in Spanish 😅
@Marie P. I get that for some people that's a rational response, especially if you're only going to visit for a couple of days (or not at all). I still stand by learning the language if you like the place though. You can't appreciate a culture or a person fully until you speak with them in their native language, in my experience. If you like a place you are severely handicapped in how much you can truly experience if you don't learn the language.
I also feel very uncomfortable forcing someone else to speak english (my native language) in their own country because it would show that as a visitor I'd not taken any time or effort to even try to show some respect. Also in many English speaking countries the vast majority of tourists are forced to speak our language so I try to offer them the same courtesy when I'm travelling.
She speaks italian with a spanish accent, she's so cool!
And Spanish with Italian accent 🤣🤣🤣 so cool
@@tynka.martynka0 more like an Argentinean accent, which itself sounds Italian.
@tp230 ah true! That makes sense
El español argentino tiene acento italiano
@@eteone1 El Argentino de capital, del resto del país no tanto
Jurei que ela ía soltar um Português Brasileiro do nada. Eu ía ficar tão feliz kkkkkkk Mas foi incrível ver esse vídeo!! Realmente é incrível falar 5 idiomas. Un giorno ci arriverò! heheh
Só faltou um pt-br pra completar mesmo
pprt
Eu tbmmmm aaaaa
Só consegui entender 3 idiomas, só sei o básico de inglês
Sim kkkkkk esse é o comentário br que eu tava procurando por aqui ❤
Quiero tener una abuelita asi 🥺😭😍🥰 Hermosa mujer!! cuanta sabiduria en una sola persona!! Ame!
The fact that he said "genre" when he spoke French just shows how deep he went to learn the language
Complétement 😂
can I ask why? sorry, I just undestand french based of my spanish and italian lol
@@Gilarytta Because "genre" is usually used nowadays in french discussion.
the word "genre" assures the speaker that he is being listened to and responded to. It is a tic of language.
@@manon8169 ohhhhh thank you so much!
@@Gilarytta and I would add that "genre" is a sort of equivalent to "like" in sentences like this "c'est genre normal pour toi ?", in English it would be "its like normal to you?" don't know if im clear or not
I'm more impressed that he's speaking all the languages too
same lol without accents as well
Same haha
Yes, I agree 😊 he's handsome and impressively good in speaking those lamguages.
@@makatangcocinero8267 Dokładnie. ;)
@@nnnnnn3647 nie ma za co
Impresionante el nivel y el acento de español totalmente definido de los dos, hablan como verdaderos hispanohablantes natales
I'm Brazilian and I speak 4 and a half languages.. 😅 I lived 2 months in Italy and started learning. Being a French, English and Spanish speaker, I'm thrilled to watch them. It's amazing! It inspires me to keep learning! She's a life goal! ❤❤
Que legal!! Bom ver brasileiros por aqui ❤
Eu falo fluente inglês e estou aprendendo alemão e finlandês
eu tbm, é muito foda a gente entender eles falando (pelo menos no inglês e nas línguas latinas) e trocando entre os idiomas e sentir que a gnt tá entendendo tudo mesmo não sendo 100% fluente. Obs: tbm falo inglês, francês e espanhol e um pouco de italiano
SIM, si, yes, oui . De acuerdo. Totalmente!!
wow de verdad hablas español?
Nacio en Egipto, se fue a Italia, hablaba Francés, vino a Argentina y habla mejor que yo lpm.
xD
JAJAJAJ literalmente
JAJAJA ESO ES EXACTAMENTE LO QUE YO PENSÉ VIENDO ESTE VIDEO
lit
eso mismo
This woman is everything I aspire to be.
Me too!
I totally agree with you, she's amazing! :)
Muriël den Biesen Not me … her life it looks so hard to be handled....
Same! I should strive to learn more languages. Most of my relatives speak at least two languages and one of my cousins speak around 8 languages, mostly European, and I kind of envy her. I guess I need to step up my game on Korean, Japanese and Chinese.
Yes, I don’t think that many people understand it, but she didn’t just learn all those languages to be able to travel through Europe or to brag with friends, she did it because that was the best way to adapt to a new place as an immigrant and that is incredibly brave.
Incredible! I believe that this ability and smartness make this woman look more like a mother rather than a grandma.
Your grandmother is so intelligent and has a positive attitude. You inherited her love and aptitude for languages.
Your grandma speaks English with an incredible Italian accent and speaks Italian with an incredible Spanish accent! She's wonderful!
Esatto ahahaha
Hahaha appunto
Concordo🇮🇹
E dato che l'ignoranza mi ha sopraffatto, esprimo con molta maleducazione, viva la figa
@@davyddenysenko3444 Lmao
she literally speaks like an argentinian grandma
Cami Arguello, She also sounds like an Italian Nonna (grandma in Italian)
Posta!
Jajaj total
Tal cual
😍
I am so impressed that she spoke with such good accents in each language so quickly. Whenever I try to start speaking in another language, it takes a few sentences to really get my brain switched over to how my voice should flow. What a wonderfully motivating video to watch to keep me consistent in my goals to become a polyglot
That kind of relationship i had with my grandma. I miss her so much, you should to enjoy her!
A big hug for you guys!
I´m a Spanish native speaker (I live in Colombia), and the Spanish they spoke was perfect!, the Argentinian accent is noticeable btw...
si, tienen un acento argentino muy marcado y su español es perfecto
Algún día llegaremos todos los curiosos de este video a ese nivel en varios idiomas
@@Santiago.M. como yo jeje
Siii, me sorprendió el perfecto acentoargentino que tienen ambos aaa (soy de Argentina tamb)
debe ser porque en su familia se mantuvo el español argentino como lengua materna durante su estadía en estados unidos.
- how many languages can you speak?
Nathaniel: Yes.
Nathaniel grandma : Si.
@Biracial Boy there's definitely a snowball effect after the second language. But 5 is really something
@@nimamaleki1595 czcams.com/video/SFjmlvx6bFQ/video.html
Love listening to you speak in multi-languages. Recently I sat down and made a list of the languages I am either fluent or know some basic words and phrases. It came to 16. I know it allows me to think in ways a mono speaker cannot. English is my third language and the one I am most comfortable in speaking. We are a multi-national family. I was born in Germany, took French and Spanish in school, can understand Dutch, Danish, and some Hebrew. I can also understand Gothic German, and Yiddish. What I learn from this is if you learn one language you can understand some of the associated languages.
Ulrich Semrau Don’t you get the languages mixed up, or forget words through lack of use? I would love to be multilingual. I know english (obviously) and dutch as I live in the Netherlands but I have forgotten most of the french and german I learnt at school. I tried to to teach myself Japanese over the course of several months a couple of years ago but I barely remember a word now. I think some people just have a better developed brain for languages. I have lived in the Netherlands for 18 years but still struggle with certain dutch phrases now and then.
I‘m German and I learned English, French and Spanish in school. It is interesting to figure out how much I understand in French and Spanish. Even Italian was understandable because of the Spanish skills. Your granny is awesome!
Je parle le français, L'anglais et l'espagnol. Les deux dernières citées,je les ai apprises à l'école au collège puis au lycée.
J'aimerais tellement être à votre place avec une telle grande mère aussi polyglotte.
Ça se voit et ça se sent qu'elle est très intelligente.
L'amour des langues est atavique dans votre famille.
Je vais me mettre à l'allemand et au portugais. Merci pour cette vidéo c'est la meilleure que j'ai regardée sur youtube.
Un féru des langues depuis Abidjan.
I love when people have such respect for their grandparents.
It's beautiful!
cierto
Her accent in French is phenomenal. She sounds like she is a very highly educated Egyptian. Her accent in English though is very much French. But it’s perfect. Can you imagine how educated her kids must be, because her grandson sounds like an awesome person.
her accent in English sounds more Italian! french accents in English definitely sound way more harsh on "r"s than hers. she sounds exactly like an italian speaking english
@@jasmim6612 she sounds very Egyptian speaking Italian. The upper class in Egypt from her generation are super polyglots. Pronunciation was very strict and people focused very much on it. I know because my mother and aunts and cousins all sound just like her, speaking Italian or French. Before I even found out she speaks Arabic, I knew she did.
@I think... Even the son has an amazing French accent like wow
As a French person, if I didn't know he was English, I'd think he's French
Yeap she sounds a bit like my "pied noir" grandmother :)
And in spanish both have an eeexeeeleent accent
They literally sounds like native speakers
Alucinante. Me impresiona mucho tu acento argentino jeje. Tengo español nativo de centro america soy Venezolana pero viví 5 años en argentina y bueno me doy cuenta que tú español tiene ese acento, también es muy parecido a la acentuación del italiano y ya que muchos argentinos son hijos de italianos y por eso es más fácil combinar los idiomas y expresiones…. Yo estoy aprendiendo inglés 🥰 la amo a tu abuela
Не хотела я смотреть...но посмотрела и не пожалела. Какая портясная женщина, с насыщенной жизнью, пожила не только в разных странах, но на разных материках. Очень вдохновляет на изучение других языков.
As a guy who lived in Egypt and Italy, born in Tunisia going to a french school for my whole life and now living in London, I felt very touched by this
Hirigo wow mannn what a lifeee
born in georgia, parents from turkey and kyrgystan, grew up in albania going to an english school, now speaking german living in austria, are there more of us?
@@user-gg6sh7wr6d czcams.com/video/SFjmlvx6bFQ/video.html
Sai l'italiano? Io sono italiano se vuoi facciamo due chiacchiere
Ciaoooooooo
I’m bilingual but this just gave me the biggest push to learn even more languages
same!
was literally looking for a comment like this. says it all.
Already a polyglot with 4 languages going for 5 with french.
Of course you can!
@@jqa16 Going to 4 languages at 14 😘
I think the phrase "of course" is a universal indicator that you have made a real effort to learn a language. It's a common and very easy phrase, but most people who are just learning or aren't quite conversational (most tourists and such, especially English speaking countries) haven't made that effort. And people REALLY appreciate that. I've studied Spanish from 6th grade all the way through college. And as soon as I say "claro" o "claro que sí" to someone who I'm pretty sure speaks Spanish, their demeanor immediately changes and they'll often start speaking in Spanish with me. I love it! 🙂❤️
As a linguist and someone who speaks Swiss German, German, English and French (and learned Italian, learning Swedish on and off), I’m very impressed by both of you! These languages are all so different, and you sound great in all of them.
Me: know Spanish
Also me: read the subtitles
moi aussi
anch'io
Si re si
@@juanarisso1704 JAJAJAJJAJA
I didn't, I speak five languages: catalan, spanish, english, italian and portuguese. And I put my finger on top of the subtitles when they spoke a language that I understood. Cause if I have subtitles I end up reading and loose focus of what they're saying.
Not only is he speaking 5 languages with his grandma, but he's also having a full conversation with her. I don't think I've ever sat down and had a full genuine conversation with my grandparents
unfortunately i'm in the same boat. grandmother developed dementia and passed years back. pretty sad i never got the chance to really ask her about her life, i would've loved to document it.
actually, learning an extra language helps prevent dementia and Alzheimer's.
Mine passed away from breast cancer when I was 1. So I never got to know her either. I hear we might not have gotten along though.
@@NNNN-yj7qz no, it's not appropriate for everyone and not fully proved. I know several people who knew many languages, learned throughout their life, were intellectually developed and were prominent figures in science and died from dementia. After I learned about this, I was really shocked. Unfortuantely, there is no known way to prevent dementia. It can happen to anyone.
@@flowerpower593 possible (as there are exceptions everywhere), however, that's what a lot of prominent language experts state among reasons to learn a language in the sense that it's not only the body that needs exercise but also the brain.
Cuando los escuché hablar como porteños, el corazón me latió con todo. Hermosos. Dios bendiga a tu abuela.
This video is a treasure, thank you so much for sharing this lovely moment with your grandmother to us around the world!
Estoy bastante sorprendido, no sólo por el hecho de hablar varios idiomas sino ser capaz de cambiar su acento como un nativo de ese país/región. Mis respetos para esta señora.
Alfredo Alonso y para el chaval tambien
Siii y lo que más me sorprende, es que esos tiempos eran muy diferentes para aprender idiomas, y saber hablarlos tan fluido... Es impactante
Eso no me parece tan complicado. Mi profesora de inglés en el colegio aprendió español en México, así que habla con el acento de allí. Depende de dónde lo aprendiste. Nosotros también aprendemos o bien inglés americano ó británico.
hmarkuse la cosa en todos los idiomas es practicarlo con alguien diariamente, es la única forma de aprender bien bien
@@ers231 Gracias, doctor obvio.
When she started to talk spanish with that perfect argentinian accent i feel like...
Wacho lpm ARGENTINA PAPAAA
Ahre
TIERRA DEL DULCE DE LECHE, EL DIEGO Y TU VIEJA
sii amigo fue muy sorprendente
@@lautaromartinez4658 es indones el dulce de leche. ni america ni europa
Vamo argentina mierdaaaaaaa
Love your grandmother and her story, so wonderful!
Man!!! What an amazing grandma, I wish I could a grandma like her 😍. God bless you guys!!
Imagínate que te insulta está señora, una locura.
te da vuelta el craneo
Y más con los insultos argentinos, son muy creativos jajaja
te putea en hebreo, tremendo yo quiero experimentar una puteada de esa mujer
@@karimgarcia2796 El último que recuerdo es tobogán de piojos.
Te destruye en 3 idiomas distintos
It's Funny that Nathaniel is so amazed at his grandmother when HE HIMSELF can also speak that many languages !!!!
he may speak the language, but SHE LIVED IT.
And she is a Grandma! It’s so much easy to learn language these days for most people
Mal H i know right
As we say in French, "une pomme ne tombe pas jamais loin tu pommier" (an apple never falls far from the tree).
He says it himself: She didnt have the internet back than, and that amazed him.
Your grandma is an incredible woman!God bless her!❤️
Watching this video was so inspirational for me. It reminds me an influence which my grandmother had on me. Greetings from Wroclaw Nathan.
Me: nativa de español -argentina-
Also me: *lee los subtítulos en inglés cuando están hablando en español*
Sí jajajaaj
I relate 😂
Jajajajaja pensé que era el único
jasjajsa me pasó lo mismo, btw fachero el charly volador
También lo hago, como si fuera mi idioma materno.
I'm a native French speaker, their french is perfect
On est d’accord
En même temps c’est sa langue maternelle
@@-kellys apres il a un mini accent mais bon il gere un max😅et la mémé aussi
@@-kellys non non il est américain
@@YomFilms mais la mamie elle a dit que ses parents parlaient le fr dcp ils lui ont appris j
This video felt very wholesome. I like that you just kept switching to a different language whenever they became relevant to the story & especially when you said that there are good people everywhere. Beautiful 💚
I want to commend you for making this video by the way it was recorded. I love when you guys jumps from one language to the other. It desearves a big congrats. Hope you're able to keep up producing such content.
Yo: entiendo sólo español.
También yo: miro el vídeo completo como si entendiera.
El italiano es relativamente entendible al igual que el francés, de todas formas mire y escuche todo el video también jajajaja
X2 JAJJSJAJSJAJ
X4
X2
Para eso estan los subtitulos, buscalos en configuracion
Cuando comenzaron a hablar español como nativos argentinos quedé shook
Increíble, como cambian hasta el acento
@E L D R E S J eso t lo inventaste
@@Ruisumi_migeru el pibe lo dice en un momento
@E L D R E S J "El hombres"
@E L D R E S J man*
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video. Your Grandmother is an absolute inspiration ❤
Much much love! I love seeing fellow polyglots that appreciate cultures and languages ❤️❤️❤️
People in the comments saying this is normal for Europeans...
People from England: 👁👄👁
Omg hey lanaaaa
I know a bit of Spanish, and I’m a native English speaker
I'm from New Zealand but oddly speak Fluent Portuguese and Spanish 😆
@@downundabrotha I'm Greek and besides English, I speak French, Italian and Spanish.
more, and more, in the USA there are people who know Spanish, and also there are many in the USA that have a foundation of other languages....but no way to practice or use that language....
You didn't find this video...
This video found you.
yeah haha
Yessss
You didnt find this video*
exactly hahahah i was looking for american high school and i found it
That's true!
What a wonderful interview. Thank you for sharing this!
Me encanto tu abuela. She's such an amazing person!
Es increíble, manejan el español con tremendo acento argentino
Es por el italiano es similiar su acento al del español de argentina
Los Argentinos son los hermanos lejanos de los italianos
El chico no tiene acento argentino, tiene acento italiano que es más exagerado.
@@edumx2015 solo el italiano influenció el acento argentino
@@armandguillen6149 si ..Siempre pensé eso...Pero luego investigue y si era cierto. ..Por la inmensa migración Italiana de los siglos 19 y 20....
I am dying to know the kind of food that is cooked at her home.
Tagliatelle con ragù
Same💕
@Roosje Keizer sounds good to me
I know Rhodes! International menu!
Empanadas
Your grandma is a gem. ❤️ She must be very proud of her grandson managing to learn so many languages to speak with her!!! ❤️
As an Italian who has lived in Bulgaria, Ireland, Belgium, Indonesia, Uganda, England, Niger and Switzerland, I 100% align with the point of learning a new language as a means of integration. Speaking the local language is the first main step you need to take to begin understanding a new place. Love this content, Nathaniel!
“ that’s crazy to me,” as he does it himself. This was great to watch
because she is an elderly woman .... agist misogyny at work.... grandmas are always butt of the joke to compare someone to someone stupid. 🤷🏽♂️
@@af.2198 what?
@@shiningshores4808 u don't get it
@@af.2198 no, ur comment is just stupid
Cuando empezó a hablar en italiano pensé: seguro el español q tiene es de argentina Jajajaj buenísimo
Se nota mucho
Tiene marcado a fuego el acento argento
Just wow. Bravo. Thanks for sharing!
This interview and part 2 with your abuela are still my favorite interviews on languages. I still love it. You both are amazing.❤
When you understand some of the languages they're speaking, and don't realize the switches between languages lol
same xD
it's so fun! for me it happens with spanish and english, cause i can understand both on a fluent level, while when they speak italian, which is my first language, their accent is much more recognizable to me than a "learnt language"
lol I was so confused because didn't notice a couple of the transitions and then was like, oh right...
Same hahahah
Hahaha same!
It's fantastic to be multilingual
Except when you mix everything like me
@@matildebarralalves7893 yeah it's my dream but it's not that easy to have a balanced level in all of the languages mostly when it's more than 5
im the 500 liker lmao
@@xeroxedits1809 hahahaha true
I can speak 4 languages (arabic,italian,french,english and a little bit of german but not so much)
Amo las conversaciones con los abul@s. Nada mejor! Qué tiempo tan special!
This is absolutely the best video I’ve ever seen on CZcams in my entire life….thanks grandma for this incredible life lesson
Since she started talking in Italian I knew the accent in spanish was going to be argentinian
But it is not due to talk in italian is because she literaly lived in Argentina
@@nicochillemi4749 Yeah I know, but she started talking in Italian first
yo tambien jajajaj
@@FranP25 jajaja si flaco, tenes razón, seguí así y pórtate piola
@@fargox8483 Gracias bro
When you live in Europe knowing at least 3 languages isn't surprising, it's when you know 5 or more where people start getting impressed
Why does literally everywhere in Europe learn 2 extra languages and then in Britain we just learn none :/
@@jameschandler127 xenophobia perhaps
@@jameschandler127 English speakers dont feel that they need to learn other languages since its the dominant language around the world. The same happens here in the U.S. Also its common for people in Europe to know multiple languages because Europe is comprised of various different countries that speak different languages all in close proximity to each other so it helps to know multiple languages if you want to travel across Europe and engage in trade an communication. I'm sure the European Union encourage cross-learning of languages as well.
@@smks8er I do think that I need to learn another language though? I am also (for now) in the European Union.
In Asia too, I'm from India and when i say i speak 2 languages, my friends would be like "you speak only 2?" 😆
Your grandma is very inspiring. Thank you for the video. Tell your grandma thank you. You are also inspiring too. ❤
just stumbled on this video and I am in aw!! As someone who's main language is french but not using it that often anymore for the last 20 years, I feel like I'm losing my french speaking ability. So seeing her speaking french with such ease and soo good after not really speaking it for 60 years, I am speachless and also hopefull!!
His grandma must be soooo happy being able to have someone to talk to her in different language but also remembering about her past in a certain place of her life
While they were talking in french I was reading subtitles until I realized, I am french, I understand this language
Is French difficult to learn?
I think yes, some pronunciations can be quite difficult, and it can drive you crazy sometimes 😄
@@vanmarx1171 and most of all, it's better to learn with a good teacher or just with french people
@@phantomgllx3464 okay thank you so much. I'll be watching tutorials 😊
Phantom Gllx I find I read English “hard of hearing” subtitles when I watch English TV with my deaf mother - it seems you can’t stop reading them even when you understand the language!
Usually i dont comment but this is so inspiring and you guys have so much energy and passion for culture ! I loved this and i'll tackle new languages starting now
I really enjoyed watching you communicate. I love your positive attitude towards different cultures and your love for languages (and people). ❤
The coolest grandma on the internet!!!!
@Damian Malczewski I know, right!!! She was traveling the world and experiencing it before it was modern.
@@FearlessDreams czcams.com/video/SFjmlvx6bFQ/video.html
for sure :)
Fearless Dreams agreed!
@Damian Malczewski This is what a role model looks like
You: go to the comments section
Everyone: *flexing hard*
fr fr 😔
Oh lol
Yup, kinda annoying to be honest.
Twoja babcia jest wspaniałą osobą. Macie ze sobą wspaniały kontakt. Serdecznie pozdrawiam. Thank you🤗
Да, она очень умная и знающая
Your grandmother is a wonderful lady, not only because of her language skills, but especially since she had to start from scratch in a new country several times over and did so with such a positive attitude! Most people would feel lost and disconnected after so many drastic changes. It does explain why both you and your parents are so prepared to start again in another country with an open mind. What an inspiring family you are!!
Everybody in the comments: speaks multiple languages
Me: *cries in american*
Just give it a try: watch your movies with foreign subtitles, read your fav children's book in easy languages like spanish. Don't even dream of starting German- it's a nightmare to learn, start with Spanish, italian or French. Learn only a few basic words and you have done more than 99% of the other Americans ;)
I feel this
@@Hndjdj400 I speak Bengali, Hindi, English and Urdu :))
@@Hndjdj400 trust me, when you live in Europe . You speak at least 2 languages. So they aren't lying
@@Hndjdj400 if you’re Norwegian, you know Norwegian, Swedish and might understand danish, and in school you learn English and Spanish/French/ German. So you kinda have to know 3+ languages.
Americans: totally impressed
Europeans: this is normal
Argentinos: Que flashas norma ndeaaaaaaaaaah
en europa es mas normal hablar varios idiomas porque se paresen y puedes ir de pais en pais mas facil
Milson Diaz por eso puso que para los europeos es normal xD.
Mexicanos en el drive thru: buenas hablas español
@@escrotodemono1529 JAJAJAJAJAJ
Lamentablemente la mayoria de los latinos no quieren dar el esfuerzo de aprender inglés
@@kevin1ortega es re facil el inglés amigo
Nathaniel you do pretty good as well. You take after your grandmother! Hats off to you both
I loved this! You definitely got your grandma in you. You should be very proud.