Trying to speak 7 languages (that I don't speak)
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- čas přidán 1. 08. 2024
- Today I'm trying to speak 7 languages that I don't speak. I'm going to listen to Google Translate audio and repeat it. Just to be clear - I am not trying to memorise the phrases, I am trying to catch and imitate the audio as accurately as possible. I am also not trying to become a polyglot. So far, I am pretty happy with the two languages I speak - Russian and English. But languages are interesting for me anyway, and I sometimes familiarize myself with them, not trying to achieve fluency, though.
I have zero to very little experience with those languages:
00:00 - intro
00:50 - German - very little experience, I know it has noun cases, that's it
02:03 - French - studied it a little, did mostly phonetic exercises, I know how to say hi in French.
4:00 - Spanish - I have more experience with Spanish than with any other language (except English). Took some Duolingo and Busuu lessons.
05:41 - Polish - I studied it a little years ago and remember only one phrase. Although my fist language is Russian, Polish is quite hard for me.
07:16 - Greek - zero experience, got no idea what it sounds like
08:48 - Dutch - zero experience
09:50 - Japanese - I've heard it a lot but never studied
If you speak any of these languages, would love to hear your feedback! :)
#languages #languagelearning #multilanguage
I'm not trying to learn the phrases, just to catch and imitate, repeat them. That's why they are so weird😄
The German one was honestly quite good, much better than what I hear from (native) English speakers. Only the "k" in "Willkommen" and the "ü" in "herumführen" were kinda off.
The whole second sentence was pretty much perfect on first try though :)
I only know Japanese as a second language, but one thing I think was a bit off was the long vowels (the ones with the line above in the English transcription) being pronounced too short.
Also, Chinese would have been fun I think :D Learning that at the moment, and the pronunciation is quite challenging. Maybe a part two some day? :)
Thank you, I think I said "kh" in "Wilkommen". I think that German and Russian are more similar phonetically than German/English, I heard German speakers speaking Russian super well. And now I know how to say Zoo and Post Office in German :) As for Japanese, I didn't even know there were long and short vowels. This is btw something we don't have in Russian, so you might have noticed I mispronounce some words in English too (such as 'man/men').
I think I'll do a part two someday or even one with tonguetwisters😄
My dude, your spanish is almost spot on( you just need to make an alveolar R) and your french could be far worse.
Thank you! I guess, the languages are just quite close phonetically! Great to know the French part wasn't terrible :) Thanks a lot for feedback :)
OMG. Good luck. :D
Thank you :)
You might have a really prefect aural skills to pronounce all these phrases so good! :)
Thank you! :) I think my practice in English pronounciation helps. Also, most of the languages are not totally unfamiliar to me. I have heard them, at least.
Español y ruso se parecen mucho en pronunciación. Se ve que es fácil, lo de gramática sería otro tema
Сергей, привет тебе из Польши) я считаю, что у тебя прекрасно выходит. Поскольку ты просил фидбек, то вот: в слове lodów - Л должна быть мягкой, типа "лёдув" ))
Спасибо!) Я не расслышал этот момент, наверное, но это легко теперь запомнить из-за сходства с "лёд") Буду в Польше, хоть мороженое смогу купить😄
Great video ❤️ you made me laugh 😜
Thank you! :D
I found it funny that you apologized for the german sentence. You didn't even really practice and still it was understandable. Especially the second sentence was flawless!
Thank you! It just felt like I really messed it up :) Glad to know it sounded good!
Wow!! That was one tough Greek phrase! You did very well with the short, first one but the second sounded much more difficult and was longer. The transliteration we use doesn't help. 'G' for the Greek gamma is much closer to я , and 'ch' is much closer to Russian 'x'. Greek is tough and I think you did great for having no knowledge of the language! (definitely better than me when repeating Russian words - and I won't even start on the Waterloo that is Danish :))
Thanks a lot for your feedback! It was really the first time I heard a person (well, a machine) speaking Greek. I think I need to learn more about it now :)
@@sergeysvids2756 I heard from non-Greek native speakers that what they found hard with Greek was the use of declensions, but you have that in Russian, so that will be a great help when/if you decide to learn more about it! One way to hear more speakers would be to listen to Greek songs. there are many different genres, so maybe you will find something you like. :)
The Dutch was good! :)
Thank you, it was the first time I tried to say something in Dutch, and I have heard very little Dutch in my life :)
Polish almost perfect, but sometimes you changed "O" to "A"
Thank you! The vowels are pretty hard :)
Are you ethnic Nivkh who is indigenous of Sakhalin Island?
You look pretty similar to Korean and also Japanese.
He said under one video that he has Korean or Japanese ancestry, but natively speaks Russian.
I think ethnicity is more about culture than ancestry. Like I am also ethnic Russian, but people sometimes perceive me as not, cause I look somewhat "dark", because 1/4 of my ancestry is unknown, probably from Caucasus or romani. Plus 1/8 Polish. Some people in Russia have rather...khm...nationalistic and xenophobic views, so they obsess with what westerners call "race", but many people don't
Lol try Welsh, it is something!
Oh, I just looked it up, it's so hard :)
especially pronouncing Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch ))))
@@Valeria-th3ms I think I can now, but very slowly, and my "LL" pronunciation wouldn't be good. I basically am learning written Welsh, even though I know how things are pronounced, I don't do it myself. (I in general almost never speak, don't remember when I had a chance of speaking English last time, even though I read and write and watch and listen to things in English every day)
Dude, you used the fascist version of the Spanish flag 😬