If you haven't seen it already, I made the same video idea in Montréal! 👉 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fatmjNx5v6fUpWg.html Which city did it better? You decide! 😎

Speaking another language is a gift. Don't ever let someone talk down on you, just because you can speak a different language. We all should learn more than just our own language, there is a whole world out there to explore.

The lady at the final of the video was really impresive. She's just enjoying learning.

Sadly in "Toronto" Is Native Mohawk (Tkaronto) For : "Where there are trees standing in the water" And yet you will not find many Native people in Toronto And even fewer that still speak the tribe's languages. Gives you a grasp of people that speak other foreign languages from either being from another country Or having parents of a country that speak it at home. I speak English, Français, Nehiyawok. - Cree. I am Metis which also has its own blended language that also forms a dialect with Acadian French

The old lady at the end of the video is very cool. So humble and down to earth when she mentions she's reading The Hobbit in Latin.

I like that the last person asked "how fluently"? That makes a huge difference in how many languages a person "really" speaks. Also, a person can read more languages than he speaks, since when one reads, one does not have to form the language's phonology, just understand it. Good video.

So cool to see people speaking so many languages.

In Belgium we have 3 national languages (dutch, french and german) so everyone learns at least 4 in school (including english). So most people here know at least 2-3 pretty well. People with an immigration background will often add one to that (arabic, greek, italian, turkish etc.) Always wonderful to be in a place where such a diversity is possible.

the last lady, it's so comforting to look at her 💚

the woman who spoke latin at the end seemed really interesting I wanted you to ask more question hahaha, good video

I love that you do this kind of on-the-street investigative reporting. It really gives the feel for a place.

So oddly satisfying to watch this video . I for sure have forgotten how good it feels to talk to a stranger and learn something about their life . Thank you for sharing this

It's nice to see the older woman at the end of the video use her mind to still learn and not be giving up on life hope to be the same at her age.

I also live in Toronto, and I think it's interesting that you didn't find any person who speaks Portuguese and English considering that there are many Brazilians here.

The woman at 4:47 seems like such a joyful, kind person! These videos are nice- it's cool to see a look into strangers' lives. Very human and reflective.

8:06 - What a lovely lady! I dont know do you do this intentionally, but you edit these videos in a way that they touch a person who watches it. You always put some landscape scene in between and you always put right persons in right places in a vids. There is no heavy editing here, like adding background music, effects, some special faetures...we just see people, hear them speaking, background sounds coming from cars, nature, etc, and yet all your videos feels like they have a soul. I really enjoy watching it cuz of that. Keep up the good work. Cheers :)

I'm not from Canada, but everyone shares their experience, so I'll do it too :)) I speak only two languages ​​- Russian (native) and English. But I also speak some French (from school), Spanish and Latin (from university). I'm currently learning Japanese at a Japanese language school so I can speak it too but I'm far from being fluent lol I really like to learn foreign languages. I noticed that when switch between them, the personality slightly changes haha ​​at least it happens to me all the time. When I speak my native language I’m harsh and quite serious, when I speak English I’m more talkative and friendly, when I speak Japanese I get a little shy and very polite haha

I love how diverse Canada is 😌

Personally I speak 3 languages (Uzbek, English, Korean) fluently and two others (Russian and Turkish) at an elementary level. Speaking another language is a huge gift and I benefited from it a lot.

3:44 this guy is adorable. I can't help but smile looking at him.

This video made me feel happy. I love how simple it is and how nice ppl in the vid are. No toxic stuff on here

Being able to speak more than one language is something incredibly amazing because you have the ability to understand and communicate with more types of people, Which can broaden your horizon🎉

I never realized how speaking 5 languages is considered a lot. Living in a country where you're surrounded by tons of different cultures and ethnicities, you're basically forced to speak many languages (and when I say forced, i don't mean it in a bad way). Anyways, I can speak English, Dutch, Javanese, Spanish and Sranang Tongo (the native language) I'm from Suriname 🇸🇷

the last lady is how you spot language learners. they always ask "how well/ fluently?". The others with straightforward answers are more likely to be heritage speakers and not much language learners

I am learning my second language right now and although it’s really hard and frustrating at time, this video kinda gives me hope, even though I feel like a lot of people in the video learned languages from birth, I know it’s not impossible for me to achieve my dreams. I’m working on my third language but at a much slower pace, and man I envy those that learned multiple languages from birth, you think about language so much differently. Learning languages from scratch it damn hard, but I believe in myself

The hardest language in my own experience, is any second language anyone is learning. Once you master a 2nd language, you are ready for the next, once you master 3 languages, ready for the next, and so on. I speak, write and read 4 languages. German, Brazilian Portuguese, English, Spanish. But I can also understand a lot of written words in Italian and French, because many words are related to languages I already know very well. Besides that just a few words I have picked up from a couple of other languages. Folks it takes the desire and paying attention to learn. Really not that hard to do. Memorizing all nouns, and then the verbs using any bilingual dictionary is one way to go. Said dictionary already tells how to pronounce each word. Then just practice hearing the language and find opportunities to use and practice conversing in the language of your choice. Languages certainly open doors to opportunities in the job market and in life. You can also make many more friends, when you speak their language.

Toronto seems like such a welcoming place for immigrants and people of different cultures and they all appear to get along so well. This could really be a global example of an ideal city.

Hey! I felt like I was there in person, really enjoyed the interview! Cheers

it was really inspiring! being able to speak more than 1 language absolutely makes people's life richer!

Based Latin Hobbit Lady.

To the guy speak in Vietnamese that he doesn't know to speak a lot of Vietnamese, I can say your pronunciation was pretty good. Thank you for spending your time on learning Vietnamese ☺️

The final lady was so modest and yet so talented

As someone born and raised in Toronto, it's so easy to forget the little details like 'how many languages do you speak' and all of these answers seemed so normal to me... but after reading through comments realized how uncommon and unique this is. Love my city ❤

I’ve been learning English,and I’m upset because I find myself making no progress recently 😢 I totally agree that the hardest language is your second language.I’m so afraid of making mistakes and worried about my accent, so the anxiety always holds me back to speak English 😭

One of the many reasons I love Toronto. So many different kinds of people, every kind of language, culture, cuisine imaginable. You really see how different and how very similar people are around the world, once you strip away all the nonsense that divides us.

What a cool concept! These are really nice docu shorts! 👏🎬

It was a new experience seeing Toronto through the lense of your camera. Thanks! keep em' coming.

Could you ask them if they learned them as children or adults? And “What advice do they have to learning a new language?”

LOVE this video. Happy to come across your channel. I'll definitely check out more. 💚🤛

I am glad this video came to my attention randomly ❣️ it is such a fun to talk and know so many people.

It's so cool that so many people speak more than one language. It kinda shows that they are open.

These videos put a huge smile on my face!

0:24 You can tell that guy has a very good vibe. He looks chill, happy and very approachable.

The lady in the end gave me some sort of peace. I live in Toronto, Speak Spanish (Argentina), English, little bit French and learning 日本語 (Japanese). みなさん こんにちわ!

I’m not surprised. A have friends who came from different countries to Toronto. In my case my first language is Russian and I can speak pretty well in English and Finnish. However with time I’m starting to forget rest of the languages. In the past I could be able to speak, write and read in German, Kazakh, Swedish, but I didn’t practice them that much. Now I learning Spanish, because I fell in love with this language. My advice is to practice the language(s) that you learned or know, because it’s so cool and can open so much opportunities to you. From brain exercises to looking for different relationships/friendships that you might have in the future

I speak Spanish and English fluently... and I had doubts about learning Italian and German because I thought it would be too difficult to learn two whole different ways of speaking. This video proved me wrong and it really motivated me!

That old lady in the ending was so sweet!

Thumb up for the elderly lady in 8:30! Fantastic video!

I speak Azerbaijani, Russian, Englisch, Polish, Turkish and learning Germany and Korean. My daughter (14) has 4 languages in scholl-azerbaijani, russian, english and french.

I love the Canadians are so polite and welcome to talk to other people in any language! I had experience in Amsterdam this summer and they found out I was Canadian they were so welcoming and let me on a tour boat that was packed.

loved the vibe this video had, you got urself a sub :)

I speak fluent Russian, English, Spanish. Médium level Belarussian, Italian, French. Basic level of Ukrainian, Polish, Portuguese. It includes reading, writing and verbal understanding ( audio). “How many languages do you know - that many times you are a man” (Anton Chekhov)

I’m currently learning a 3rd language 😅 hats off to everyone who can speak more than 3 languages effortlessly. I aspired to do the same one day 👍🏻

This type videos give me inspire to learn another language . My mother tongue is Turkish but with only one language you cant feel to belong to world. So you must learn at least one more language. I started with English and want to learn Russian German and French. Just start and talk then it will flow like a river. Thank you so much The New Travel💖🌍🌎🌏

Awesome video, I am also from Toronto which encourages me to speak more languages! I speak English, French, Arabic, Japanese, and some Spanish/Portuguese. Cheers !

The girl at 5:23 added Hindi after Urdu. They're basically the same languages, Urdu has just more farsi words and Hindi more Sanskrit. If you're fluent in either, the other is intelligible. It's like getting to say you speak two languages just by knowing one :)

Reading the Hobbit in Latin is so Nerdy. I'm jealous I'm not good enough in Latin to do that :P

I think learning a second language is a cool thing. Because learning a new language can broaden your horizons.

I’m from the US and I speak 5 languages. English is my native language but I am near fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and can speak French at a high intermediate level. My Korean (first language) is barely above basic since I grew up speaking English for most my life.

1:47 wild CJ the X spotted

4:03 I'm a Vietnamese and confirm that your accent really slayed ;) happy to hear someone speak Vietnamese

It's fascinating to see how people of different nationalities are able to communicate with each other in multiple languages

I'm Indonesian. I can speak 10 languages. • Indonesian & English. • Local languages in Indonesia : Languages ​​of Madura, Sasak, Java, Sunda, Bali, Betawi, Palembang, Manado. I love language ♥️

Человек начинает выглядеть совсем иначе как только говорит на другом языке.Это удивительно. Впечатление полностью меняется.

Dan: "No, I don't speak french like people in Montreal, no, no...'' Also Dan: "Yes I speak french, I'm from Montréal!"

Wow I'd love to visit Toronto one day. I speak 2 languages fluently (Japanese(native)&English(C2)). I also speak very basic Mandarin and Bahasa Indonesia. I enjoy learning different cultures through language learning!

I speak English, German, Russian, and Spanish. Once you've learned Russian, anything is possible, it has all the grammar a language could have, so when I moved to Spain I picked up Spanish quite easily as there were very few new grammatical concepts.

4:54 i love that she ask it back to you

persian arabic english french and now learning russian and i got more motivated by your vod tnx m8

I just discovered your channel and I enjoyed it. Thanks for what you do. They are quite a lot of good people around . Thanks 😊

There are so many people of various nationalities in Toronto!! I really want to visit there!

Well we can see mostly people living in Canada speak French, which is soo great. I'm in love with French and i love Canada as well. Great video btw.

Is this in Toronto? Looks so good. Much more peaceful and cleaner than the big cities in the US!

I tried learning Russian once, and I think Russian is one of the most beautiful languages. Now I am learning Japanese which is an awesome language to write, if you like detail. It is also a very complicated language, with many words which can have several, several meanings.

I am Japanese and a native speaker of Japanese. I'm studying Korean and English, so it's possible for me to have a slow conversation. I also tried Chinese, but it was difficult. I'm Japanese, so even if I can read some Chinese, I need to practice my pronunciation.

The lady in the end got my heart! She is cool, i remember a bit of latin since two universities studies but not enough to read books in it

Awesome! I love how Toronto becomes home for so many people from all around the globe. I hope I'll get to see it in person some day

Torontonian here. I speak English natively, a bit of French from school (in a truly pitiful state) and some Korean through self-study. My speaking is better in Korean and my listening is better in French

My mother tongue is Arabic; besides, I speak English and Spanish at very good level. My German has deteriorated a bit due to lack of practice. now I am learning Turkish. I struggle moving between these languages. I forgot to say that I have learnt French up to B1 level. لقد كانت هذه الحلقة رائعة جداً, شكراً جزيلاً لك Fue muy agradable, muchas gracias İlginç bir bölümdü. Çok teşekkür ederim Es war eine interesante Folge. Vielen Dank C'etait un episode interessant, merci beaucoup

Very interesting and I like the vibes of this video. You are a good interviewer. 👍👍👍

I am fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Japanese, Korean, French and Spanish. So so in Italian.

Lovely video... I'm from Costa Rica. I speak Spanish, English and some Italian, French, Portuguese and Mandarin. Pura Vida!

I miss Toronto so much! I was there until the first week of October and then I had to come back to Italy... But I really would like to still be there! 😭❤️

I speak ChineseMandarin and Spanish fluently and English intermediate level and I can tell you Learning language is hard process but is Worth, because provide your from different views to see things and this is amazing

Hi, Dan... Awesome video! I speak English, Lithuanian, and fairly modest Mexican Spanish! I was born in America but Lithuanian was my first language as a child growing up in my Lithuanian immigrant family. The Spanish comes from living in El Paso which is 85% bilingual here and my interests in visiting Mexico.

My native is Azerbaijanian. I also speak Turkish, English and Russian. And I plan to work on my Italian. Well, I'm 17 yet , I still have enough time :)

4:58 hindi and Urdu are the same with some different wiring systems. Every indian and pakistanian knows it.

PART TWO NEEDED!!!

I love how Indian people learn many languages and also dialects. I wish in my country it was common to learn more than 1 language

The guy at 1:00 looked grumpy at first but just lit up when he was asked to say something in Greek :)

I speak 1 language and 8 1/2 languages. My biggest problem with learning languages is that I am stuck in the midwest where the best you can hope for is to run into someone who speaks spanish moderately somewhat fluently. I spent a lot of time on duolingo and a few other sites for learning languages, but I don't get much real world practice. I hope to one day travel the world.

"I’m reading the Hobbit in Latin"

I wonder how different the responses would be in other neighbourhoods. I notice that a lot of the interviews were near the Queenspark circle which would mean that you had a higher percentage of University of Toronto students and those working in government.

The comment to the guy who speaks zero whose gf impressively speaks 4 languages - awesome! I hope she isn't pulling all the weight in other areas of the relationship. That said he is Korean and I suspect he speaks at least two languages. Dan what I loved most about this video is that Toronto is not like some (not all) other parts of NA where many people only speak one language.

"I'm reading the Hobbit in Latin!" Dying over here.

Cool video 😊 I also Can say 0 languages I live in Toronto as a new immigrant. But my English is not perfect which I should keep learning And while I am trying to speak only English to learn more, I feel like I lost my native language which is Korean . Sometimes I can’t speak some word right away in Korean I wish I could speak more languages!

me and the rest of my family can speak several languages ​​portuguese, spanish, italian, france, hebrew, punjabi, malay and also english.. both of my parents often move from one country to another for work and now we are back home, I'm from portugal..my mother is of malaysian sikh descent btw🙋🏻‍♀️

I’m from Toronto born and raised and am impressed at how many languages torontonians can speak! I speak 3 (English, French, and Cantonese) but I’d love to learn Spanish in the future

My jaw dropped when the lady said she was reading the hobbit in Latin, holy shit that's hardcore. Hopefully one day I can start reading Tolkien's work in latin too. Wow.

Loved that lady at the end and her asking “how fluently”?