Thank you so much for making this video! And that's amazing that you learned most of your Japanese after 15, you sound like a native speaker! I thought you'd been speaking it your whole life.
Sasha Henley Yes, I've just been really busy with school and work and I also have not yet mastered how to use a mac to edit my videos LOL. My boyfriend broke my computer so I got a mac and now I don't know how to do anything T-T
+SakuraKisetsu i saw your videos too, it really helps me to get back to school now im not scared and nervous anyore it's a miracle actually cause i never thought I would get used to my school here and im not in an exchange student program even though i can't speak japanese
Your family is so interesting! It's crazy that English, Japanese, and Korean floats around in your family like that haha. When I was growing up many of my White friends would tell me that they wish they could speak another languages besides English since I spoke Vietnamese at home. My parents knew English too, but it was their second language so they kinda just knew enough. I kinda feel bad that I think my Vietnamese is just conversational, so I don't think I could teach my kids someday Vietnamese since I'd probably be considered illiterate in Vietnamese. Some of my friends think its interesting that I can speak Japanese too, it was just a language I've always wanted to learn so I took classes in college :)
you should totally teach your kids vietnamese its better to be illiterate then not know at all and if you introduce them to the language threw tv shows at a younger age it can help them and you too i have a friend who is Vietnamese and cant really speak it that well becuase she doesnt want to use itand it kinda breaks my heart to see she lose a giant part of her culture
I feel like I can kind of relate to you. My siblings and I are with 7 as well. I have 3 older sisters and 3 younger brothers and my sisters and I speak English fluently, but my brothers and parents do not. I converse in English with my sisters alot, and its kind of like a secret language, but recently my mothers been trying to understand/ understanding more and more and it makes me feel kinda scared, but happy at the same time haha. Also, I live in the Netherlands, but my mom is a white, christian, Dutch woman and my father is a black, muslim, Sudanese man, so I kind of grew up in different cultures as well. None of my siblings ever learned Arabic, though. It's because my mother never knew any and my dad would usually just speak Dutch to us. He was usually working when we were young as well. All we learned were basic words like hello, what you say before a meal, etc.
Amira waarom spreek je dan Engels met je zussen? Hebben jullie ook in Amerika gewoond of zoiets? En als je moeder Nederlands is heeft ze toch wel Engels gehad op school? :)
thanks a lot for the video, your family is so adorable and interesting! another question: do all of your siblings have names in Korean, Japanese and English? Or is it like random? I mean one is called Brian (English), one Benji (I guess Japanese?) and one Kyuntae (Korean?), and you and your sisters mostly English? did you get your Japanese name Chiho after moving to Japan or did you already have it?
I really like to hear about families like yours: so many different languages! My family is like that aswell. My mom is Russian, father is Georgian and we live in Estonia. I'm fluent in Russian and Estonian but my parents can't really speak Estonian well. I also go to German/Estonian school so my German is quite good. My mom's an English teacher so I guess my English is not that bad (but my Russian accent is terrible!). I also learn Spanish and I'd like to learn Korean but there aren't any teachers in Estonia:( I can't speak or understand any Georgian (father doesn't live with us and when I see him we speak Russian which is even easier for him). My little sister who lives with my dad also speaks Russian. Oh also I can speak Russian perfectly but I'm bad at writing and grammar because I've never learned Russian grammar properly and it makes me anxious. Yeah, it's complicated.
Those of you who speak English fluently should really do your best to teach it to your family, especially your younger siblings who (I think) are young enough to pick it up easily. They might initially resist it because they see it as nothing more than a chore but they'll realize the importance of it when they're older and out pursuing a career.
I used to have a language barrier with my siblings too. Actaully I also had language barrier with my father since I literally met him when I was 6. My mom and dad divorced when I was 6 months and I grew up with my maternal grandparents in France. My grandfather is French and my grandma is Turkish but she didn't teach me any. When my father decided to take me I didn't know any Turkish and I moved Turkey without knowing anything about it. I lived in Turkey about 4 years and then moved to US and lived there until I was 17. I'm not sure but suddenly my mom wanted me around after 17 years of her absence and I moved back her. She married with a German guy and has 2 kids. When I moved at her, I didn't know any German and kids were young to know English. I stayed with them until college and moved back to Turkey. But oh gosh having language barrier with like every relative is so stressing. I couldn't communicate with my paternal grandma because she can't speak French. And I had to go through this like every 5 or 6 years. I'm glad that I finally settled down somewhere. I ain't intention of moving and starting over from scratch.
I can relate to your younger brothers. I used to live in Germany so I could speak conversational German fluently (to the point my cousin who was studying German in high school at that time was "amazed') but I forgot everything after I moved back to Korea when I was 8..
having a mother is a blessing that thousands of people wish they had...just like what you said in one of your vlogs that people always want to have what they don't have and everyone has to appreciate what they already have i know you never said you don't want your mom but it always seems that you'd rather be alone then being with your mom or with your siblings then being with your mom...her wanting to learn a lang you know is because she want to understand you when you're talking or that she want to share the same thoughts...her not letting you do whatever you want whenever you want is because she's worried on you you may say but she doesn't really take a good care of me the fact she raised 7 kids is amazing just think about it if you became a mom could you take care of 7 kids???...when you become a mom you appreciate what she did for you way more...lots of love..god bless you
Alo, love. x You've got a point there, but we don't know what happens if steph is off the camera. Maybe she's bonding with her mom or whatsoever. Besides, she's 21 years old to cling on her Mom :) I'm like steph and my mother dont mind at all. We have a different family types and steph's family is unique. So maybe it's not bad if she decided to say she doesnt want her mom to learn english. She never said she WAS AGAINS on it. :) God bless you, my love. x
the similarities between our families is insane! theres 7 of us too (4 girls and 3 boys) and we speak english arabic and german but my brothers only speak english its so weird!!!!
OMG i feel like there is something is missing i mean if ur parent cant speak English when u were in america at that and u didnt learn japanese at that time too how do u guys speak to each other i mean what was the language u all were using ? because u said when u were in america u dont know japanese at all i think ,, and ur parent too they dont speak English also so no english no japanese so ? do u guys speak korean ? all of u ? please if anyone knows just tell me im just confused
When Steph was back in America, her and her family would communicate in Korean since her and her family lived near/with all of their Korean relatives and Steph's dad is Korean (his first language is Korean) and Steph's mom when to a Korean university so her Korean was perfect. Hope that helps clear things up a bit :)
I love how you have such a big family because I have four sisters, plus you are so lucky to have lots of brother because I only have one younger brother and three older sisters.
Plus we have more then one language in our family because one of my uncles (I don't remember which one because I have nine and I was five) moved to Iceland and he ended up teaching me and my siblings when he moved back, and my grandparents on my dads side and my mums dad are welsh so we had to know how to speak welsh and me and my sister learnt Japanese along with French, Latin and Spanish but we live in Australia and our first language is English.
You and your sister are so pretty! So cool how you have gone about learning the languages you speak! Very interesting info about your family especially your brother's.You video's are so intersting!
A lot of companies in Japan according to trade magazines are going to transition to English as the companies official language due to all the issues they have conducting international technical business. I guess they lose a lot of time and money due to communication issues with technical material that is already complete like blue prints and designs etc....Same thing applies to internal communications that need to be in sync with people in other countries with other companies. Who knows how well it is going to work out. I think they gave some future date like 2020 for the change over. In this way it will not matter if they are doing business with a German company or a Dutch company or a Brazilian company if they all use English it means one common language for documents skipping the need for time consuming translation from Japanese into the specific target language for the company they are doing business with since most other populations around the world learn English in school or at University and so many people study in the USA at University or attend schools in their country that speak in English. Should be interesting to see how that goes. No one outside of Japan uses Japanese for technical, business or political documents so really they are by themselves politically and business wise with the use of Japanese it is not even one of the approved languages for international banking or for any of the large political organizations!On top of that it is a hard language to learn to read and right well too many character's. I love your video's!!! Thanks! .
i hope sara makes a youtube channel as well for vlogging & cooking etc ^^ coz when steph leaves im gonna your fam/everyone D': hehe btw sara is getting prettier too^^
I really wish I could have learned another language at a young age. I'm a white American with British parents who come from a long line of people who never bothered to learn any languages other than English. I'm learning Spanish in school and i'm trying to learn Korean at home but I'm not having a lot of luck. It's hard when you don't have anyone who can practice with you...
I wonder if ur dad got a bachelors or masters/doctorate. Middle eastern medicine sounds more like a doctorate and I wouldn't understand why he wouldn't be able to use it since degrees from America are highly sought after from international countries.
you look really cute with glasses xD hahaha that benji story xD but now he's so cute xD we use to talk about stuff in english cause my mum coudlnt understand it too xD but then now she knows it more so we cant do that anymore either xDD have fun at work sarahhh!! :D
There's juste something I don't get. Her parents can't speak English, only her younger brother knew Korean when they were living in America(even though she did said she could speak it a bit too, but apparently not fluently), and she didn't know how to speak Japanese before moving in Japan. So what language do they speak with their parents then? I'm confused!
+grutendon Never mind I had my answer. For other people wondering, she answers it in her "I'm trilangual" video, saying that she used to speak Korean with her parents back in America. (And she actually said that her younger brother could only speak Korean, not that he was the only one speaking it... I'm pointing out my own mistakes!)
I just found your channel a few days ago while I was searching about Universities in South Korea...I've been watching you videos since >.< haha #EyebagsBeGrowin haha
Wah Brian's only 1 year younger than me Lol Benji is me I speak english with my sister too and our parents didnt understand it at first and it was your secret language for a long time xD, then they got used to it and actually remembered the english they knew like 20 years ago :| now they can easily catch the words they know and now i have to pull my sister to a corner to tell her about the things that happened at school that day
i really hope you're not in indonesia bcs im leaving for korea in a few days:/ and have fun in the new country *can't wait for that vlog:D you guys are the first family i know with 7 kids too, my friend's family has 6 kids though.. oh and i don't know what my dad's job was too, cos they just dont talk bout it to me, and somehow i dont find it necessary to ask, and im a bit ignorant ;p
korean student on senior year studies 7am to 1am. those who aim to be top students studies even more after school, only sleeps 3 to 4 hours a day. yeah korean competetion sucks :/
wowwww so confusing 😂😂 Can you do a video and explain roughly about your family , like I'm so confuse about ur siblings name and the language barrier thingy , and do you move here and then for time to time ... you don't have to do it if its too personal 😅 oh by the way , how old are you ..
Thank you for sharing your family stories, this is so interesting to me =) But why did you grow up in America in the first place? Did your parents move there before they had kids? Maybe you mentioned it before, but I don't remember...
Kinda weird that you don't know your dad's work LOL. I also felt bad that you don't want your mom to learn English, I don't know kinda disrespectful for me. I feel like it might be something your mom wants to share with you or to better understand you that is why maybe she wants to learn English. But to each their own. So my guess is you are either going to Indonesia, Philippines or Taiwan? Those are the countries where your friends in the vlogs are from LOL
+Gracie C. Yeah, I couldn't agree more with what you wrote and thought! I don't know why Steph doesn't want her mom to be able to speak English. Ow, just because it's her secret language. But when I were Steph, I wouldn't know how to thank to my mom for growing me up and giving me the ability to go to schools in the U.S. so I can speak and understand the international language. Sorry for this comment but I am kinda disappointed from you today, Steph.
+aira robby im sure she's okay with her parents learning, but i understand her wanting a secret language (even though that could have been put in for entertainment). like, my family speaks English, but i learned korean in high school, so when im talking with my friends, i use korean when i talk about something i don't want my parents to know...idk.... maybe it's a cultural thing. i don't think it's something to be disappointed in her for. but everyone's intitled to their own opinion and i just wanted to share a possible other side of the story
+aira robby wahh xD noo you dont understand xD english is your first language? xD its not that she dun want her mum to learn it xD sometimes you just want to talk in another langugae to talk about stuff you dun want them to know about xD and english just happend to be the way you did that xD its the same with my mum xD it'd be cool if she learned english xD but when we need to talk about buying something outrageous xD or going somewhere outrageous xD and dun want her to know then we gotta speak in english xD and after a while we didnt know she started to understand more xD when we talked about our plans xD she would be like " i know you're saying youre gonna go do this and that!" xD haha so...now we add "dikie" to everything we say in english to confuse her xD youdikie knowdikie whatdikie idikie meandikie? xD and soon she figured that out too hahaha so now we cant talk about stuff she dun like in front of her without her knownign anymore xD its not that we dun want her to learn enlgish xD we teach her too! xD but its also fun when she didnt know it so we could talk about other stuff sometimes withouth her knowing xD and its the same with steph xD now dun be disappointe din steph!
+Gracie C. Oh gosh, I'm pretty sure Steph didnt mean it that way, Ive been watching Steph since September, havent missed a single vlog and I know for sure that she didnt mean it in a negative way. Thats just not Steph's nature to be mean. I'm sorry girl, you'rere obviously new to her channel. Disrespectful? Shit yall overthink way too much. Just let the girl vlog, and share her own thoughts without getting judged. Almost on every video, someone just hasss to jump down this girl's throat on everything. Steph has apologized too many times for her words, and theyre not even malicious or intentionally hurtful. I don't know man, i don't mean to throw a mini tantrum on here, but I'm just really sick of seeing Steph, this super bubbly and happy girl, get impacted by these all of these unnecessary comments.
Hi stef! I'm just curious are you still schooling? How do manage your time because I realized you need to work, study and do CZcams. You even have the time to go overseas!
How the hell do you guys stay financially viable with 7 kids in the household?! Did you finance all your trips abroad by yourself or did you get a lot of scholarships or did you just work your ass off your whole life?
If your dad is still studying where do you guys get money to support yourself? Im guessing you get money from youtube and your sisters support themselves, but how does it work otherwise? (Sorry don't mean to pry, im just curious)
can you do a video on similarities and differences between you and all your siblings? [ with most your siblings] personally i have a much older brother and sister and we're all different. my sister is 1.83 , blonde, naturally skinny, gray eyes. my brother 1.80[sh] dark hair , green and brown eyes. and I'm 167, chubby xD and brown eyes and hair. we all came out supper different looking, but also our likes and dislikes. my sister can't be around animals because of allergies, and she can't drink milk. my brother just doesn't like animal furr, and he also can't drink milk. I LOVE ANIMALS , and I don't drink milk because it tastes bad, but I can drink it. and all of us have an allergy to metal. my sister likes to show off how "rich" she is [she isn't] my brother likes to buy as cheap as possible, and only get what is needed. and I like more humble stuff, I'll only buy what I like, regardless of the price, be it cheap or super expensive. do you have any of these weird differences between your siblings?
This is probably the 3rd time I've watched one of your videos. I really love these videos to be honest. After watching your videos I decided I will go to SNU. I just have a question do they have programs for engineering? Also is it safe for a Muslim girl by herself to study over there? I'm only 16 in 10th grade and it will take me all the way into college to convince her.
+Zoya Atiq Ma'shallah. thank you so much! I want to go to Korea in an exchange program. I don't know how I'll convince my mother... it is going to be so hard. She is very protective, and cautious. I would love to know your sisters experience, but I'm not sure if I have a way to talk to her. Does she have an email or something? I'm a 16 Muslim girl so I hope it's okay!
exas4791 since i dont see a reply ill say my experience. i havent witnessed any, and sometimes i notice that the japanese are apologetic in a way because they recognize the korea split is partially their fault, mainly in the older generations.
Just a heads up your sister speaks kinda soft/muffled at times when you were on the subject of your siblings' age, so yeah if she could face the camera and talk that would be better :)
I really like to hear about families like yours: so many different languages! My family is like that aswell. My mom is Russian, father is Georgian and we live in Estonia. I'm fluent in Russian and Estonian but my parents can't really speak Estonian well. I also go to German/Estonian school so my German is quite good. My mom's an English teacher so I guess my English is not that bad (but my Russian accent is terrible!). I also learn Spanish and I'd like to learn Korean but there aren't any teachers in Estonia:( I can't speak or understand any Georgian (father doesn't live with us and when I see him we speak Russian which is even easier for him). My little sister who lives with my dad also speaks Russian. Oh also I can speak Russian perfectly but I'm bad at writing and grammar because I've never learned Russian grammar properly and it makes me anxious. Yeah, it's complicated.
Thank you so much for making this video! And that's amazing that you learned most of your Japanese after 15, you sound like a native speaker! I thought you'd been speaking it your whole life.
i miss ur vlogs by the way😢
+SakuraKisetsu yh me too, are you gonna post again?
Sasha Henley Yes, I've just been really busy with school and work and I also have not yet mastered how to use a mac to edit my videos LOL. My boyfriend broke my computer so I got a mac and now I don't know how to do anything T-T
+SakuraKisetsu i saw your videos too, it really helps me to get back to school now im not scared and nervous anyore it's a miracle actually cause i never thought I would get used to my school here and im not in an exchange student program even though i can't speak japanese
SakuraKisetsu Now you’re gone forever :((((
Your family is so interesting! It's crazy that English, Japanese, and Korean floats around in your family like that haha. When I was growing up many of my White friends would tell me that they wish they could speak another languages besides English since I spoke Vietnamese at home. My parents knew English too, but it was their second language so they kinda just knew enough.
I kinda feel bad that I think my Vietnamese is just conversational, so I don't think I could teach my kids someday Vietnamese since I'd probably be considered illiterate in Vietnamese. Some of my friends think its interesting that I can speak Japanese too, it was just a language I've always wanted to learn so I took classes in college :)
you should totally teach your kids vietnamese its better to be illiterate then not know at all and if you introduce them to the language threw tv shows at a younger age it can help them and you too
i have a friend who is Vietnamese and cant really speak it that well becuase she doesnt want to use itand it kinda breaks my heart to see she lose a giant part of her culture
I have a friend who teaches high school in Korea and she has to work from 8am-10pm O.O
I feel like I can kind of relate to you. My siblings and I are with 7 as well. I have 3 older sisters and 3 younger brothers and my sisters and I speak English fluently, but my brothers and parents do not. I converse in English with my sisters alot, and its kind of like a secret language, but recently my mothers been trying to understand/ understanding more and more and it makes me feel kinda scared, but happy at the same time haha.
Also, I live in the Netherlands, but my mom is a white, christian, Dutch woman and my father is a black, muslim, Sudanese man, so I kind of grew up in different cultures as well. None of my siblings ever learned Arabic, though. It's because my mother never knew any and my dad would usually just speak Dutch to us. He was usually working when we were young as well. All we learned were basic words like hello, what you say before a meal, etc.
Amira waarom spreek je dan Engels met je zussen? Hebben jullie ook in Amerika gewoond of zoiets? En als je moeder Nederlands is heeft ze toch wel Engels gehad op school? :)
You need to make a video
Could you do a Q&A video with all your sisters together? ♡
In bikinis!
thanks a lot for the video, your family is so adorable and interesting! another question: do all of your siblings have names in Korean, Japanese and English? Or is it like random? I mean one is called Brian (English), one Benji (I guess Japanese?) and one Kyuntae (Korean?), and you and your sisters mostly English? did you get your Japanese name Chiho after moving to Japan or did you already have it?
I really like to hear about families like yours: so many different languages! My family is like that aswell. My mom is Russian, father is Georgian and we live in Estonia. I'm fluent in Russian and Estonian but my parents can't really speak Estonian well. I also go to German/Estonian school so my German is quite good. My mom's an English teacher so I guess my English is not that bad (but my Russian accent is terrible!). I also learn Spanish and I'd like to learn Korean but there aren't any teachers in Estonia:( I can't speak or understand any Georgian (father doesn't live with us and when I see him we speak Russian which is even easier for him). My little sister who lives with my dad also speaks Russian. Oh also I can speak Russian perfectly but I'm bad at writing and grammar because I've never learned Russian grammar properly and it makes me anxious. Yeah, it's complicated.
i have a language barrier too . its called men trying to understand women
Edgy Koala I'm a girl but that's funny
Omg thank your for answering my question Steph!:) (and Sarah too xD) love both of you ❤️
Those of you who speak English fluently should really do your best to teach it to your family, especially your younger siblings who (I think) are young enough to pick it up easily. They might initially resist it because they see it as nothing more than a chore but they'll realize the importance of it when they're older and out pursuing a career.
I used to have a language barrier with my siblings too. Actaully I also had language barrier with my father since I literally met him when I was 6. My mom and dad divorced when I was 6 months and I grew up with my maternal grandparents in France. My grandfather is French and my grandma is Turkish but she didn't teach me any. When my father decided to take me I didn't know any Turkish and I moved Turkey without knowing anything about it. I lived in Turkey about 4 years and then moved to US and lived there until I was 17. I'm not sure but suddenly my mom wanted me around after 17 years of her absence and I moved back her. She married with a German guy and has 2 kids. When I moved at her, I didn't know any German and kids were young to know English. I stayed with them until college and moved back to Turkey. But oh gosh having language barrier with like every relative is so stressing. I couldn't communicate with my paternal grandma because she can't speak French. And I had to go through this like every 5 or 6 years. I'm glad that I finally settled down somewhere. I ain't intention of moving and starting over from scratch.
I can relate to your younger brothers. I used to live in Germany so I could speak conversational German fluently (to the point my cousin who was studying German in high school at that time was "amazed') but I forgot everything after I moved back to Korea when I was 8..
ayah nya Korea dan mak nya Jepun?
kalau steph choi tonton bola jepun lawan Korea agak-agak Steph sokong tim mana ye.......
having a mother is a blessing that thousands of people wish they had...just like what you said in one of your vlogs that people always want to have what they don't have and everyone has to appreciate what they already have i know you never said you don't want your mom but it always seems that you'd rather be alone then being with your mom or with your siblings then being with your mom...her wanting to learn a lang you know is because she want to understand you when you're talking or that she want to share the same thoughts...her not letting you do whatever you want whenever you want is because she's worried on you you may say but she doesn't really take a good care of me the fact she raised 7 kids is amazing just think about it if you became a mom could you take care of 7 kids???...when you become a mom you appreciate what she did for you way more...lots of love..god bless you
Alo, love. x You've got a point there, but we don't know what happens if steph is off the camera. Maybe she's bonding with her mom or whatsoever. Besides, she's 21 years old to cling on her Mom :) I'm like steph and my mother dont mind at all. We have a different family types and steph's family is unique. So maybe it's not bad if she decided to say she doesnt want her mom to learn english. She never said she WAS AGAINS on it. :) God bless you, my love. x
+Chiho Bells ofc i i wouldnt know whats happeing behind the camera but just wanted t put that out there
lots of love and blessings
+Zahra Kayar ohh hehehe ^^ i hope we dont misunderstood each other so yeah sorry for interfering ^^
what is your daily life schedule? like how many hours do you study,play ?,your hobbies etc
Yay thanks for answering my question! :D
the similarities between our families is insane! theres 7 of us too (4 girls and 3 boys) and we speak english arabic and german but my brothers only speak english its so weird!!!!
kay s you speak 3 languages that's awesome, but were are you from ?
I guess you are mixed aren't you ???
How do your parents communicate to each other? Do they speak Korean to each other?
OMG i feel like there is something is missing i mean
if ur parent cant speak English when u were in america at that and u didnt learn japanese at that time too how do u guys speak to each other i mean what was the language u all were using ?
because u said when u were in america u dont know japanese at all i think ,,
and ur parent too
they dont speak English also
so no english no japanese so ? do u guys speak korean ? all of u ?
please if anyone knows just tell me im just confused
When Steph was back in America, her and her family would communicate in Korean since her and her family lived near/with all of their Korean relatives and Steph's dad is Korean (his first language is Korean) and Steph's mom when to a Korean university so her Korean was perfect. Hope that helps clear things up a bit :)
anuh thx
I love how you have such a big family because I have four sisters, plus you are so lucky to have lots of brother because I only have one younger brother and three older sisters.
Plus we have more then one language in our family because one of my uncles (I don't remember which one because I have nine and I was five) moved to Iceland and he ended up teaching me and my siblings when he moved back, and my grandparents on my dads side and my mums dad are welsh so we had to know how to speak welsh and me and my sister learnt Japanese along with French, Latin and Spanish but we live in Australia and our first language is English.
You and your sister are so pretty! So cool how you have gone about learning the languages you speak! Very interesting info about your family especially your brother's.You video's are so intersting!
So you have three younger bros, a younger sister sara, and an older sister jen, who is your 6th sibling?
I have 6 siblings so there's 7 of us where I'm from for some reason it's normal like that's a lot I agree
omg !!! she really looks like her sister .I actually thought at first they are twins !!
A lot of companies in Japan according to trade magazines are going to transition to English as the companies official language due to all the issues they have conducting international technical business. I guess they lose a lot of time and money due to communication issues with technical material that is already complete like blue prints and designs etc....Same thing applies to internal communications that need to be in sync with people in other countries with other companies. Who knows how well it is going to work out. I think they gave some future date like 2020 for the change over. In this way it will not matter if they are doing business with a German company or a Dutch company or a Brazilian company if they all use English it means one common language for documents skipping the need for time consuming translation from Japanese into the specific target language for the company they are doing business with since most other populations around the world learn English in school or at University and so many people study in the USA at University or attend schools in their country that speak in English. Should be interesting to see how that goes. No one outside of Japan uses Japanese for technical, business or political documents so really they are by themselves politically and business wise with the use of Japanese it is not even one of the approved languages for international banking or for any of the large political organizations!On top of that it is a hard language to learn to read and right well too many character's. I love your video's!!! Thanks!
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i hope sara makes a youtube channel as well for vlogging & cooking etc ^^ coz when steph leaves im gonna your fam/everyone D':
hehe btw sara is getting prettier too^^
Wow I have 6 younger siblings 2 are boys and there's 5 of us girls. We're a bit similar.
Yay!!! New video!!! Luv u steph!
Wow, the diversity of your family is crazy.
I really wish I could have learned another language at a young age. I'm a white American with British parents who come from a long line of people who never bothered to learn any languages other than English. I'm learning Spanish in school and i'm trying to learn Korean at home but I'm not having a lot of luck. It's hard when you don't have anyone who can practice with you...
I wonder if ur dad got a bachelors or masters/doctorate. Middle eastern medicine sounds more like a doctorate and I wouldn't understand why he wouldn't be able to use it since degrees from America are highly sought after from international countries.
you look really cute with glasses xD hahaha that benji story xD but now he's so cute xD we use to talk about stuff in english cause my mum coudlnt understand it too xD but then now she knows it more so we cant do that anymore either xDD have fun at work sarahhh!! :D
same age as Benji but when is his birthday? i want to see if I'm older or younger
It's 5 am, but I can't stop watching your videos... I really should go to sleep XD
There's juste something I don't get. Her parents can't speak English, only her younger brother knew Korean when they were living in America(even though she did said she could speak it a bit too, but apparently not fluently), and she didn't know how to speak Japanese before moving in Japan. So what language do they speak with their parents then? I'm confused!
+grutendon Never mind I had my answer. For other people wondering, she answers it in her "I'm trilangual" video, saying that she used to speak Korean with her parents back in America. (And she actually said that her younger brother could only speak Korean, not that he was the only one speaking it... I'm pointing out my own mistakes!)
Ahh I'm so excited for when you announce which country you've traveled to. Indonesia? USA?
Steph you and your sister look like twins on this video..you guys are so cute😊
I just found your channel a few days ago while I was searching about Universities in South Korea...I've been watching you videos since >.< haha #EyebagsBeGrowin haha
Wah Brian's only 1 year younger than me
Lol Benji is me
I speak english with my sister too and our parents didnt understand it at first and it was your secret language for a long time xD, then they got used to it and actually remembered the english they knew like 20 years ago :| now they can easily catch the words they know and now i have to pull my sister to a corner to tell her about the things that happened at school that day
If your Dad doesnt know much Japanese then your mom's the one who knows Korean for them to communicate enough to get married? How complicated.
slaiyfershin This is a year old comment but she explains @ around 6:14. :)
i really hope you're not in indonesia bcs im leaving for korea in a few days:/ and have fun in the new country *can't wait for that vlog:D
you guys are the first family i know with 7 kids too, my friend's family has 6 kids though.. oh and i don't know what my dad's job was too, cos they just dont talk bout it to me, and somehow i dont find it necessary to ask, and im a bit ignorant ;p
OMG kinda complicated family xD but Brian's born in the same year as me xD Anyways I love your videos~
korean student on senior year studies 7am to 1am. those who aim to be top students studies even more after school, only sleeps 3 to 4 hours a day. yeah korean competetion sucks :/
Paul Lee holy.. and i thought my senior year was tough.. damn
thx for the video
i always wonder why do enjoy other people narrating their lives and here i am loool
+Sweet Angel ohhh so glad to know that there is people with same interests as me lool
what do you want to know ??
wowwww so confusing 😂😂 Can you do a video and explain roughly about your family , like I'm so confuse about ur siblings name and the language barrier thingy , and do you move here and then for time to time ... you don't have to do it if its too personal 😅 oh by the way , how old are you ..
Thank you for sharing your family stories, this is so interesting to me =) But why did you grow up in America in the first place? Did your parents move there before they had kids? Maybe you mentioned it before, but I don't remember...
Hi Stefuno san 😊 do you like Riddle ? 😉 Next time i will give you some 😅
wow it's really nice to know about your family!😍😍
I thought they were younger!
Omg benji's the same age as me XD
+Hanyi Wang (you can marry benji when you grow up :D xD)
Haha, same! :3
I CAN MARRY BRIAN OR BENJI CAUSE IM 13 🌚👍🏻
Kinda weird that you don't know your dad's work LOL. I also felt bad that you don't want your mom to learn English, I don't know kinda disrespectful for me. I feel like it might be something your mom wants to share with you or to better understand you that is why maybe she wants to learn English. But to each their own. So my guess is you are either going to Indonesia, Philippines or Taiwan? Those are the countries where your friends in the vlogs are from LOL
+Gracie C. Yeah, I couldn't agree more with what you wrote and thought!
I don't know why Steph doesn't want her mom to be able to speak English. Ow, just because it's her secret language.
But when I were Steph, I wouldn't know how to thank to my mom for growing me up and giving me the ability to go to schools in the U.S. so I can speak and understand the international language.
Sorry for this comment but I am kinda disappointed from you today, Steph.
+aira robby im sure she's okay with her parents learning, but i understand her wanting a secret language (even though that could have been put in for entertainment). like, my family speaks English, but i learned korean in high school, so when im talking with my friends, i use korean when i talk about something i don't want my parents to know...idk.... maybe it's a cultural thing. i don't think it's something to be disappointed in her for. but everyone's intitled to their own opinion and i just wanted to share a possible other side of the story
+aira robby wahh xD noo you dont understand xD english is your first language? xD its not that she dun want her mum to learn it xD sometimes you just want to talk in another langugae to talk about stuff you dun want them to know about xD and english just happend to be the way you did that xD its the same with my mum xD it'd be cool if she learned english xD but when we need to talk about buying something outrageous xD or going somewhere outrageous xD and dun want her to know then we gotta speak in english xD and after a while we didnt know she started to understand more xD when we talked about our plans xD she would be like " i know you're saying youre gonna go do this and that!" xD haha so...now we add "dikie" to everything we say in english to confuse her xD youdikie knowdikie whatdikie idikie meandikie? xD and soon she figured that out too hahaha so now we cant talk about stuff she dun like in front of her without her knownign anymore xD its not that we dun want her to learn enlgish xD we teach her too! xD but its also fun when she didnt know it so we could talk about other stuff sometimes withouth her knowing xD and its the same with steph xD now dun be disappointe din steph!
+Gracie C. Oh gosh, I'm pretty sure Steph didnt mean it that way, Ive been watching Steph since September, havent missed a single vlog and I know for sure that she didnt mean it in a negative way. Thats just not Steph's nature to be mean. I'm sorry girl, you'rere obviously new to her channel. Disrespectful? Shit yall overthink way too much. Just let the girl vlog, and share her own thoughts without getting judged. Almost on every video, someone just hasss to jump down this girl's throat on everything. Steph has apologized too many times for her words, and theyre not even malicious or intentionally hurtful. I don't know man, i don't mean to throw a mini tantrum on here, but I'm just really sick of seeing Steph, this super bubbly and happy girl, get impacted by these all of these unnecessary comments.
+Gracie C. She said she don`t like her learning English, but if she wants then she can learn it. I think you are overthinking this.
wow~ brian is just a year older than me!! 😲😆💕💕💕
helo nice vids.. i just wanna know how you became fluent in japanese language. please give us tips. thanks..
im so confused.. what is her ethnicity?
Korean/Japanese.
Hi stef! I'm just curious are you still schooling? How do manage your time because I realized you need to work, study and do CZcams. You even have the time to go overseas!
there's 7?!?!!
How the hell do you guys stay financially viable with 7 kids in the household?! Did you finance all your trips abroad by yourself or did you get a lot of scholarships or did you just work your ass off your whole life?
aawiiee.. me and my younger brother have the same birthday.. ^-^ and we don't have any other sibling... our age gap is 9 years.. lol
If your dad is still studying where do you guys get money to support yourself? Im guessing you get money from youtube and your sisters support themselves, but how does it work otherwise? (Sorry don't mean to pry, im just curious)
What visa does your family have? I'm under the assumption that all or most of your family are American citizens.
at 2016 stepani more pretty then now wkwkwkwk :D
My bro birthday date is the same with my dad's and the month is the same with my mom.. lol
can you do a video on similarities and differences between you and all your siblings? [ with most your siblings]
personally i have a much older brother and sister
and we're all different. my sister is 1.83 , blonde, naturally skinny, gray eyes.
my brother 1.80[sh] dark hair , green and brown eyes.
and I'm 167, chubby xD and brown eyes and hair.
we all came out supper different looking, but also our likes and dislikes.
my sister can't be around animals because of allergies, and she can't drink milk.
my brother just doesn't like animal furr, and he also can't drink milk.
I LOVE ANIMALS , and I don't drink milk because it tastes bad, but I can drink it.
and all of us have an allergy to metal.
my sister likes to show off how "rich" she is [she isn't]
my brother likes to buy as cheap as possible, and only get what is needed.
and I like more humble stuff, I'll only buy what I like, regardless of the price, be it cheap or super expensive.
do you have any of these weird differences between your siblings?
omg 10pm not 8 woooh they study alot and i though i study alot
thank youuu for answering steph♡♡
Yay, thank you for answering my question
You're so alike!
We are 7 kids too in our fam :)
Also, sorry but what do you tutor people in? what subject?
+Bayyinah: Space Cowboy I believe she tutored English
+Andrew Hao oh okay! I now I see!!
This is probably the 3rd time I've watched one of your videos. I really love these videos to be honest. After watching your videos I decided I will go to SNU. I just have a question do they have programs for engineering? Also is it safe for a Muslim girl by herself to study over there? I'm only 16 in 10th grade and it will take me all the way into college to convince her.
+Zoya Atiq Ma'shallah. thank you so much! I want to go to Korea in an exchange program. I don't know how I'll convince my mother... it is going to be so hard. She is very protective, and cautious. I would love to know your sisters experience, but I'm not sure if I have a way to talk to her. Does she have an email or something? I'm a 16 Muslim girl so I hope it's okay!
+Zoya Atiq thank you so much!!! I surely will!! I really want to go to SNU!!
+Zoya Atiq Insha'allah
Hey steph. x What year is sarah? I mean what grade is she already?
Well in saudi arabia 7 siblings is normaaaal ~~ 😂 well , my family are 6 siblings 5 girls and one boy 👯💕
You look good with glasses
11?!?!?
Let me guess.. Your dad's a YAKUZA???
You said your father is Korean and your mother is Japanese. Could u share whether there is discrimination against Koreans in Japan?
exas4791 since i dont see a reply ill say my experience. i havent witnessed any, and sometimes i notice that the japanese are apologetic in a way because they recognize the korea split is partially their fault, mainly in the older generations.
You are beautiful older sister 😊
im late but yooo, im the same age as benji 💓
Just a heads up your sister speaks kinda soft/muffled at times when you were on the subject of your siblings' age, so yeah if she could face the camera and talk that would be better :)
Interesting 🤔
Thumbs up!
Your much prettier than your sister
i'm still wondering,, are you american, japanese, korean?? you look like asian :)
Since you know only English and your mom knows only Japanese, does that mean you two never communicate before?
She speaks japanese as well. She never said she only speaks english.
She can speak English, Japanese and Korean
holy shit.... 7 kids. what kind of a job do you need to support 7 kids in today's economy?
Make Chinese as a secret language haha, and 1 billion Chinese will understand ur family.. Whaatt!! Teehee
why do you have so many siblings omg >3
kicked out? good! stay out
omg u r cute
I think your mom just want to know English so that she can understand you guys better hehe, and maybe even be able to watch your channel?
hellloooz
Am I First?
yes you are, buddy! congratulation!
+Hilmi Thahiri Thanks! This is my greatest accomplishment in life so far.
Can you tell us personal stuff about your sex life please? Please don't be offended..I'm asking nicely
EsotericOccultist eeww pervert
Are you a doctor, buddy ? 🧐
I really like to hear about families like yours: so many different languages! My family is like that aswell. My mom is Russian, father is Georgian and we live in Estonia. I'm fluent in Russian and Estonian but my parents can't really speak Estonian well. I also go to German/Estonian school so my German is quite good. My mom's an English teacher so I guess my English is not that bad (but my Russian accent is terrible!). I also learn Spanish and I'd like to learn Korean but there aren't any teachers in Estonia:( I can't speak or understand any Georgian (father doesn't live with us and when I see him we speak Russian which is even easier for him). My little sister who lives with my dad also speaks Russian. Oh also I can speak Russian perfectly but I'm bad at writing and grammar because I've never learned Russian grammar properly and it makes me anxious. Yeah, it's complicated.