It's kind of like code-switching, he has a new accent based on whoever he is addressing lol

I'm not really sure if he does that on purpose (I mean he is so clever that it could possibly be true), however, it happens to a few people that if they speak with somebody with a blunt accent, they sort of absorb their accent. For instance, I'm Italian and I come from Rome, but when I speak with somebody from Naples I tend to pick up a different cadence. For that same reason, my accent when I speak English is a hot mess. In school, I mainly just learnt English grammar, so the speaking, the listening, the writing and the reading, I've learnt them all as an autodidact, by watching videos and movies, reading books, writing to foreign friends, listening to music, and now that I live in England by interacting face to face with native English speakers and people from other parts of the world (mainly Europe). Now when I speak, my accent can literally morph from one to another in the same sentence and when I talk with somebody from England, I probably sound different than when I talk with somebody from another country. It's something that I do subconsciously for the most part.

I do understand the mirroring you speak of, but RM will do an entire concert where all of his speeches and asides are in a specific accent using regional colloquialisms depending upon the place.

I really don't think he does it on purpose. I'm swedish and usually I'll speak with a more "American" accent when speaking english, however, whenever I've been to England or Scotland I end up speaking in a more "British" accent and I wont even notice it. It usually sticks with me for a few weeks after getting back to sweden as well. Honestly, sometimes I just need to watch a British movie or tv-show and my accent changes for a few hours.

I don't think it's on purpose but he does it unconsciously it happens to me too lol maybe it's because i too learned English by shadowing English shows music films etc it comes naturally to us?

eh. i mean- U AINT LYING ahahahahah

I hope you are kidding. As the saying goes "don't sell yourself short", so do not think somebody is better than you (or you are better than somebody either). Sticking to the topic (English speaking ability), RM has the mindset to continually improve himself (and so can you if you think you're one of the 25% with so-so English)...FIGHTING.

Angela Obar You- You took that way too seriously-

@@bangtantrash1978 That's why I said I hope @eh is kidding. Sorry if it sounds so intense, but you will if one of your family went thru a lot of counselling and a stint in rehab because you've heard something similar too many times. Who knew that BTS UN speech literally "spoke" to her. So I had seen the positive impact of BTS.

I don’t see a lie. He literally speaks English better than me😂

rach ding I agree, I think there's also some New York mixed in from watching Friends, plus oldschool hiphop (which was the style referenced in Respect) many of the artists came from New York

Yes. It's a mistake to think he only learned English through watching Friends. He was rapping and listening to rap in middle school.

Park Haruka ew and you are rude for what? She wasn’t insulting him calm down 🤢🤢🤢exactly why Army get called toxic

Tenisa white she is not an army her profile pic or user says other wise so just because someone says something good about bts it does not make them an ARMY

@@babedavis1263 how was OP being rude? You are the one being way to sensitive.

Yes,I think that was the most stressed situation if I were him and he still did it sooooo well!!

They showed only the recent ones. With Jimmy Fallon, James Corden and their MOTS7 media conference.

@@bts.dnabwl4586 i seen (: lol but the video mentioned his English skill so I thought I would mention his speech, maybe provide a new vid idea idk

i think that’s a great video but it doesn’t really showcase how he speaks conversationally, and it’s less natural since its a practiced speech

@@sierradube4264 His UN speech may have been practiced, but as a person who native language is not English, his speech at the UN was damn straight showcasing a skill... which you can see that title suggested so that is why I politely mentioned his speech. I wasnt focusing on whether it was "conversational".. just mentioning a video that could possibly be used as a future video idea (like i stated in my previous comments) (:

I would say everyone _can_ do what he did. I wouldn't put it down to "genius" unless he was speaking fluent Korean when he was a 1 year old. I guarantee he worked really, _really_ hard at perfecting his English; there's no other way, genius or no genius, but anyone can do it with enough motivation.

I think another thing a person should remember when trying to learn Korean through dramas, is to not watch the historical dramas since they obviously spoke differently in historical times than modern times, otherwise when you start speaking in Korean, you will look like a weirdo because you are speaking very old fashioned haha.

I learned English by watching icarly 😔✊

He also said he was top of the class in his English studies in school, Koreans learn English in school too. He also studied abroad in New Zealand for a few months. Friends was not the only way he learnt English.

I don't think that "naturally" smart is a right words to describe him, cuz he works hard, he got everything by himself.

Code switching does not change accents. It's the switching of languages in a conversation or sentence. It's most common for people who are bilingual/multilingual. It's actually pretty common in the Philippines.

@@ehramaricaban5452 It also includes dialects which are specific to different regions; this includes vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar. I teach communications and it's a large part of my lesson plans. What you state is widely understood to be the only aspect of code-switching though, but in fact, it is only part of it. I didn't learn the other part until college.

@@vcwloves9864 ohhh. ok got it😊. I thought code switching was only languages, didn't know it's so wide spread

@@ehramaricaban5452 Yeah, it is. The science of communication is so varied...it's actually pretty cool.

@@Shadow247night switching accents/dialects was the first definition i ever learned about code-switching, specifically the way many in the black community use AAVE with each other but have their "white voice" for situations where they want to command a higher status (speaking to a boss, for example).

Remember his iconic "Shut up Malfoy" on VLive XD

same pfp bois. :P

@JamaisVuJoon As a British person, to me he really doesn't sound British at all, even in that interview. He just pronounces a few words a bit British like. He still has a very American accent.

@@emilia2108 I know! Even for me, it's a very American accent. But I just appreciate his efforts and whatever. That's one of my motivations when I learning Eng too:)

He once said he likes it, so he tries to learn it.

I completely agree with you. I've often thought the same thing myself. I think that the other members are acutely aware of how important RM is to them, and it's obvious that they absolutely adore him for the wonderful person, friend, leader and mentor that he is.

And INCREDIBLE LEADER🤗🤗🤗

Kathy McDonell you’re so right. Bts’ appreciation of each other shines through everything they do. Even if they weren’t as close as they are I’d still be in awe of their working relationship!

I think his proficiency in English inspires other members to work hard on their English as well. He bring awareness to how valuable the skill comes in their profession. Notably they have all improved significantly over the years especially Jungkook.

i completely agree with you. he plays many important roles in BTS.

I completely agree. He most likely got the basics in the classroom and used "Friends" as a supplement to learn it better.

And on top of that, I guess he got his motivation too from music. Heavily influenced by American rappers and dreaming to be one, make his way as an underground rapper, this I feel push him more not to let go learning English. Reading books also a big contribution.

I agree because I also pick up the accent and speaking style of the area I am in...although sometimes it might take a day or two for it to happen. I never do it intentionally. I once worked in Southern California and when I returned to my home, people laughed at my accent until I reacclimatized to my hometown. It’s not that the accent was funny. Rather it was that I had acquired a “foreign” accent in such a short time.

I totally get that, I mostly learned English online, I won't say I have a certain accent apart from English mixed with a bit of my native language. When I went to England, in about 2 days I started taking over the accent. Just like they mentioned in the video it's like shadowing or mirroring if you will.

@@somebodyontheinternet4842 Mirroring. Yes I agree eith you.

I think it’s just how he pronounces words. Americans pronounce words differently than those who are British or Australian, and I think he is subconsciously pronouncing words according to how the person he is talking to pronounces them. Nothing wrong with it haha and I always think it’s interesting hearing the different accents people can pick up depending on how they learned English! Hongjoong and San from Ateez, RM from BTS, Felix or Bangchan from Stray Kids (obviously lol), Mark from NCT, the majority of Monsta X, and Jackson from GOT7 all have different accents. It also depends a lot on their fluency in the language! LANGUAGE IS SO COOL I SHOULD STUDY MY TARGET LANGUAGE MORE

I totally get the picking up a different accent and vocabulary depending on who you're speaking to. I only speak English (I'm American), but I often find myself unconsciously using different vocabulary when speaking to my British friends or my step-mom, who's from Germany. When I talk to my British friends, I tend to use "full stop" instead of "period" or "mental" rather than "crazy", but I don't do it on purpose at all. I only realize after I stop and think about it haha. My step-mom's English is quite good, but sometimes she uses words and phrases in a way that flows differently from my usual way of speaking, and I also tend to copy that when I talk to her.

Keep going! 😊😊 You can do it!

존의인생Life of John Thank you💜 That's nice of you.

good luck! 💜

섹시한겸둥이정국면 good luck!!! 화이팅 !!!

I have been trying (and failing) to learn Korean for a bit. Is there any K-dramas or similar things you could recommend?

Dale La Dell That’s what I was thinking.

And he's also lived in Switzerland for couple of months that's why he's really good at English . (source : Bon voyage season 4 He mentioned that he lived there for couple of months )

Yeah, was looking for this comment

I love that I'm finally finding a reaction to that interview bc I LOVED THAT! The guys are always so funny in the back and i was so happy the show included subs for that

Definitely. The overall IQ is just an average. Most people are much more intelligent in some areas than others. If I could take a guess, RM could be slightly above average in areas like maths and chemistry, but be extremely outstanding (like 180+ IQ) in areas like language and music.

Just wanna say, as a fluent Japanese speaker, that his Japanese is not fluent (I've watched the videos where he speaks Japanese). In fact, it sounds like he just memorized phrases (which is still really impressive, don't get me wrong), but the ones who actually seem to be closest to naturally speaking are Jimin and J-Hope!

@@luis41397 I was about to say this

@@luis41397 That's really interesting, thanks for sharing that info. Although I think it's possible that he's better with Japanese writing and language rather than conversational Japanese, as they also write Japanese songs. I'm only assuming, since I think their Japanese songs would've gotten bashed if the lyrics were bad or nonsensical.

a random user haha my grandma never spoke so much kapampangan around us that me and my sibling only knows Tagalog, besides English. It’s nice that you can learn by listening, I learn from my environment to learn about the whole culture. Learning Tagalog in Philippines helped me learn the whole culture and language while learning English in a North American country helped me learn the different culture and language. Btw, I think that having a higher IQ really just helps with the mental problem solving situations as you say. I have average IQ but people say I’m smart. I have low EQ but people say I am sympathetic. In the end I guess it just depends on the person and a quiz doesn’t define everything :(?

XD that's why we love him

Pointless comment! Has zero to do with the video here.

@@abydosww i think it's something like, "in exchange" for his high IQ, he got the unfortunate tendencies for destruction.

@@abydosww Hey. I mean this person IS saying facts. They did want to know more about this man.

He hasnt destroyed much lately (as far as we know) His airpods though 😭

I do the exact same thing all the time. If something has subtitles they must be read!

Omg, I didn’t even know I did the exact same thing until I read your comment

Same, especially me because I have hearing loss 😭

Its the Kdramas and the MV's

He actually does that too when speaking korean lol ilsan, his home town, is a satellite city of seoul and he usually speaks like any other seoulite, but when speaking with jhope or suga or any other ppl speaking with local accent, he mimics that very naturally.

I just want to say 'urban/hip hop' accent is not really the right thing to say. The accent you mean is Southern American accent. The accent is similar to the accent picked up by black communities and evolved into their own version of the accent over time, and its likely he learnt it from them.

MidnightEkaki I’ve seen some black armys point out that he actually does seem to have a “blaccent” because he prob could’ve picked it up from listening to black rappers when he was younger? I feel like that’s what he mainly has a lot of his mannerisms from actually but that could be subjective on my part

of course he does :)

Yam Yes indeed, RM was influenced by Rakim, a fantastic lyrical US rapper - a true OG.

Yeah, it was 3 months when he was 13

Honestly I wouldn’t remember a single thing😂 maybe I’m just stupid

it's exactly 4 month (he said it during Bon Voyage shooting) but that's very short time to learn a language. it's near impossible to speak English almost like a native like him by studying only 4 month. it's more correct to say he studied by himself.

@@user-iz1tw1ul1s I agree. I have studied 4 months in Finland recently and I have also had Finnish class to learn Finnish, but I could barely cover the basics when the 4 months was over.

I think he was probably studying before in Korea for school and stuff so he might have had the basics down already but living somewhere where he HAD to speak it everyday would definitely accelerate the learning process . Speaking from experience, it's also so much easier to learn a language when we are younger.

맞아요..모든 멤버들이 특출난 재능과 내면의 아름다움을 가지고 있지만 알엠은 다른 멤버들과는 좀더 다른 재능을 가지고 있다고 해야하나...확연하게 특별해 보이기 힘든 자신의 내면의 아름다움과 어두움을 음악적으로 풀어나가는 재능이 아주 특별해요. 그래서 다른 멤버들보다 더 알엠은 자세히 알고 싶게 만든다고 해야하나...뭔가 대화해보고 싶은 사람이예요. 모든 멤버들이 방탄으로서도 너무 멋지지만 개개인으로서도 매력이 철철 넘쳐서 최애 차애를 가리기 힘듬요..남준이가 멋진글을 올릴땐 남준이가 최애이다가 진이의 아재개그를 볼땐 진이고 매일 매일 새롭게 빠져드느라 하루 하루가 바쁘네요~

저도 공감 합니다. 저건 프렌즈만 봐서는 되는게 아닙니다. 외국인 만나서 대화도 많이 해봐야 하는데 지금이야 이제 토크쇼도 나가고 영어로 인터뷰 많이 하지만 이전 방탄이 막 해외에서 주목 받고 그때 영어 했을때부터 프렌즈로만 시청해서 되는 수준을 넘었어서.. 대체 어떻게 한건지ㅋㅋ 해외 생활을 안했는데. Fluency는 충분히 한국에서도 가능한데 문화를 익히고 제스쳐 까지 같이 가져가서 이해 하는건 진짜 힘든건데 국내에서만 있어서는..

Me too! He worked so hard so I can work hard too

RM is just freaking smart...he got 148 IQ. The members also said he is fluent in japanese as well and quick to learn other languages as well if he wants. He is just naturally talented in pick up new language. And i do think he learn english so he can apply to his lyrics writing as well. He is just freaking genius.

i learned english also from the internet only! and even native speakers told me that i sound american

Yeah that is called "mirroring" or the "Chameleon Effect", it's when people like RM subconsciously copy or imitate the actions, accent, or mannerisms. It's so cool to see that in person!

Ah cool, I learnt something new. Thank you 💜

존의인생Life of John I unconsciously do that with friends from different English regions. At first they thought I was mocking them, but I wasn’t even aware I was doing it! They now understand and find it funny, thankfully. I love accents and slang in general, so that might explain why.

I'm a native English speaker from the US, but I've found that I sometimes mimic certain accents a bit when talking to people with that accent, and sometimes I've noticed that I start to have a fairly heavy accent when talking to people that have super heavy accents and often don't know/understand very much English. I thought it was just me, and usually I don't even realize that I've doing it until I realize that I suddenly am saying words differently and an using hand gestures. I wonder if it is because my dad is from a totally different region of the US than we live in, and my mom is from Europe and according to my friends she has an accent? I don't hear it though, so I can't confirm, although I've heard some of my mom's family speak English and they have an accent, so I guess it would make sense. Wow this comment is much longer than I meant it to be.

Agreed. There is a lot going on in his speech, it's pretty unique.

왜 눈물이 나니😭😭😭 울 남준이는 정말👍👏😍💜

정말 남준이의 언어능력은 최고죠 대단한 사람 맞아요 최고의 리더죠 남준이가 4개국어 하는걸로 알고있어요 일어도 독학으로 했는데 제일 잘하죠 최고에요

이때부터 보라해가 시작됬군녀

우리 남주니❤ 정말 최고로 자랑스럽다

No, not comedy king... The Joker guy......😎😎😎

The Worldwide Handsome, Comedy King, Joker Guy 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

네 인정이죠?! 👍👍

Oh gosh thank you for the like.. 🙏

that's probably because most american tv shows are based in new york

From Philly and thought he sounded a lot like the East Coast too

Yeah. I'm from PA (close to New York) he definitely has an east coast accent

Agreed I’m from New York

Yep!

Also, "snatching wig" lols

Yes, RM’s UN speech was so impressive and heartfelt. Here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pbqVZ8lex6ipe5s.html

와 그쵸 🤗🤗🤗🤗

우리 준이 호주에 갔을때는 호주 발음까지도 연습해서 가더라구요 진짜 이 배려 깊은 사람

재미있게 보셔서 감사합니다! 저도 하면서 재미있었어요!

잘 봐셔서 감사합니다! 쉐도잉 가끔 어렵지만 도움이 많이 될 것 같습니다 😊👍

sora omg that is me with Korean🤯 I watched Korean dramas back in early 2000s when i was a kid without translations and I picked up so much like idek how lol

joonieverse omg I wish I was you guys. I’m not smart though because I know like four or five words in Korean even though I’ve watched so many dramas. It just all goes over my head lol

Kpop Forever lol I just think everyone is deferent when it comes to learning.... u might wanna try watching variety shows? It was the biggest part of my improvement.. next thing I knew I was speaking with locals korean at my work place lol

That's how a friend of mine learned English when she was little.