Teen Speaks Over 20 Languages

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11 жыл бұрын

Prodigy hyper-polyglot Tim Doner has been teaching himself languages since he was 13. He now speaks nearly 20 languages! Join Tim on a cultural tour of New York unlike any you've ever heard!
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@GuitarHeroSkara 11 жыл бұрын

I'm 17 and I'm just sitting here eating my oreos.

@kuroneko4447 10 жыл бұрын

you sir are amazing. I'm barely bilingual

@digitsdigitsdigits808 11 жыл бұрын

He's no prodigy. He's just dedicated. He says it himself.

@DmitryPilaev 11 жыл бұрын

Currently I can speak English (my native language is Russian), German, Mandarin. Studying Swedish and Japanese, soon going to pick up Arabic and Spanish. Thanks for inspiration, Tim!

@hauziae 11 жыл бұрын

they could have coloured most of the map if he speaks spanish

@ExtremeSupremeX 11 жыл бұрын

Im kinda jealous

@StudioAnnLe 11 жыл бұрын

That's fantastic!! I need to learn another language!!

@cget 11 жыл бұрын

I don't think this kid realizes the type of careers he could get into. . .

@notti9351 11 жыл бұрын

Wasn't surprised when I realised he was left-handed too. 4:17

@JessbecauseKeniam 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome! i know three languages and was trying to choose between Japanese and Korean maybe i should learn both!

@badreligion292 10 жыл бұрын

I hope this kid grows up to become Daniel from Stargate SG1

@Mf7d89 11 жыл бұрын

Omg so what if he doesn't know Spanish, he speaks 20 other languages!! He could learn Spanish in a day if he wanted to, relax guys.

@neoazazello 10 жыл бұрын

really inspired meee:) thanks fellow

@03455146644 11 жыл бұрын

I speak Pashto, Urdu, Hindi and English. I understand some Arabic and I am learning Spanish. And I am here thinking that I speak a lot of languages!

@Lucasdbv2604 11 жыл бұрын

His voice changes depending on the language he's speaking lol

@JohnShowalter1 11 жыл бұрын

What impresses me the most about him is his humility. He is willing to ask anyone for clarification, even during this video. Well done, sir! :D I only have half the languages he does, and I'm much older!

@axelmairtons3095 9 жыл бұрын

huh,i didnt know my language (greek) was dead haha :P i guess he means ancient greek but i wouldnt call it dead people never stopped using it the language never died,it just involved we are taught ancient greek at school(kinda) so a lot of greeks can either read or speak ancient greek or they can do both

@Junhishiryu 11 жыл бұрын

I can speak five languages: Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, English, Indonesian (and little bit malaysian). Too bad no one supports me and often times I'm just self studying. I only rely on available resources - internet for example. I don't have money to afford formal education about languages. But by the way, this guy is really awesome. If he's going to speak filipino, primarily the tagalog, the grammar has a resemblance with Indonesian and Malaysian so it's not that hard to learn.

@kippensaus20 10 жыл бұрын

before i watched this video i read the title, and i was 100% sure he coudn't speak dutch ''yet''. en ja hoor, ik had gelijk ;))

@Atldoc1 11 жыл бұрын

he should run for secretary of state

@Lions4322 11 жыл бұрын

Being dedicated is a huge part of being a prodigy.

@Ginjinkun 10 жыл бұрын

OMG he's watching Psycho-Pass to study Japanese xD おいおい、サイコパスじゃないか（笑）他在看【心靈判官】學日文啊！ 애니메 PSYCHO-PASS를 보고 일본어를 공부하고 있어요! Está vendo o anime PSYCHO-PASS estudar Japonês! ...yep that's all I got T_T

@kathleenmae3362 11 жыл бұрын

I'm FIlipino but I grew up in HK and I speak English, Tagalog, Cantonese and Mandarin fluently. The fun thing about knowing different languages is that I can think of a phrase in a language and translate it around when I'm doing a composition for school.

@Lexig7197 11 жыл бұрын

I have watched so much anime i have watched over the years and i cant speak Japanese. SMH

@user-xm7hu4gp9b 11 жыл бұрын

Thnkr: Prodigies, Restoring hope for the human race.

@liliheidari564 11 жыл бұрын

omg i just know Persian ,Arabic and English. i wanna learn more good luck Tim

@destinydcp 11 жыл бұрын

This video is great! It's inspiring. I want to learn Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Shona and ASL :)

@vobiesie 11 жыл бұрын

this kid is going to work for the CIA

@IvdW_ 11 жыл бұрын

Wtf this guy speaks Dutch? I speak Dutch as well and I don't understand the language sometimes. It is awesome that he speaks a language that about twenty million people speak.

@LadyBellaCookiez 11 жыл бұрын

I only know, English, Portuguese, and Spanish. What an amazing 'talent'!! :)

@Urstupidumbass 11 жыл бұрын

This young man is either going to be personal tutor for the most prominent people in the world or a one-of-a-kind translator for the leaders of the world. Very impressive.

@ToddShannonmusic 11 жыл бұрын

Show me a prodigy that isn't "dedicated". Pure dedication might account for being fluent in 3 languages at age 17...but 20? That is exceptional ability. Don't see how his dedication makes him not exceptional.

@golbinnom 11 жыл бұрын

oh he didn't learn spanish >

@MrPantherVII 11 жыл бұрын

i speak english and turkish and i must say his turkish is pretty impressive for someone who speaks an additional 19 languages

@DistortedV12 11 жыл бұрын

ummm.....does he have something against the Spanish language?

@diego777cas 11 жыл бұрын

I have loved learning languages too, but as I keep getting older and more busy, I can't find time to continue studying :( So far, I know Spanish and English at high levels, but French is getting up there. I know introductory sign language and German. I need to work on those and Arabic as well as begin on Mandarin.

@JunkGathere 11 жыл бұрын

In Denmark it's common to speak 2-3 languages fluently and understand even more, but this is damn beautiful. 20 languages... Unbelievable

@thedaver8 11 жыл бұрын

his English is incredible. :)

@NatalieAmor 11 жыл бұрын

OMG he is amazing!! It makes me so inspired to keep learning French! I live in Australia and it is very similar to the US in the way that we are only raised learning English. My school never had a full second language course for students, there was one option, but I never really had an interest as a teen. But I'm taking up learning french as a hobby now :-)

@esraaa8d 11 жыл бұрын

I've got so much respect for this guy. I'm a Turkish girl who lives in The Netherlands and I can speak English fluently. So I could help him, but he's to far from here :P. I was learning Japanese, Korean and Arabic (in my own time), but because of college I didn't had the time for it. This guy gives me the feeling to start learning these languages again, and I'm gonna do that :D. Thank you Tim :)

@Giguit 11 жыл бұрын

But... Greek isn't dead.

@TheCookiDoctor 11 жыл бұрын

I understand the way you learn with TV because that is the way I learned English. I'm from Serbia and I can speak fluid English because when I was a kid Disney Channel and Jetix didn't have serbian subtitles so I had to make myself understand.

@demon6937 11 жыл бұрын

this man doesnt need subtitles watching anime dubbed in japanese seriously cool and with games that are exclusive for example in japan where the final fantasy series are in japanese

@Gruess2you 11 жыл бұрын

man this guy motivates me even more to learn more languages! thank you!

@AbdullahhMurad 11 жыл бұрын

He can speak my language!!!

@NickBond007 11 жыл бұрын

Good job man ;) Glad you picked up Farsi!

@SPK7777-7 11 жыл бұрын

there was a great point there - learning languages is like learning its cultures -- exactly my point. Good for you and best wishes on new ones!

@demon6937 11 жыл бұрын

he has no problem playing games with many language support

@kyokushin0283 11 жыл бұрын

I'm learning English in NE who is from Japan. I respect u so much!! Actually I was thinking about studying other language, but my English is still poor so I just focus the English that's why I gave it up. However I changed mind that I will try some language soon!! Your presence gave me courage. Thank you! 日本語も頑張ってください！！

@myloveforanimerocks 11 жыл бұрын

Wow he is amazing! U know what? I'm going to start learning Spanish soon in my junior year and practice some Italian and Japanese at home by myself.

@ciprianmarinescu8503 11 жыл бұрын

I'm really impressed, amazing job!

@AlphaGeminorum1 11 жыл бұрын

Two things immediately stand out about this amazing young man. He's left handed and he speaks English at an extremely rapid rate. This tells me his brain is wired differently than most people's brains.

@justinreck8440 11 жыл бұрын

Wait. Greek isnt dead.

@slocorini 11 жыл бұрын

This is awesome. I've been learning German for about 2 years now in school, but even then I couldn't compare with him in his Hebrew or anything. It's inspirational! I love learning it, though I definitely wish I was better at actually speaking it and communicating vs. just being able to write and read it. But this motivates me to practice speaking it much more! Language learning is so much fun!

@gabssnake 11 жыл бұрын

No spanish or portuguese? that's a whole continent with only two languages

@knightryder600 11 жыл бұрын

Of all the THNKR prodigies, this is the one I envy most!!

@Dragonight4135 11 жыл бұрын

This is just amazing! I admire such talent. I can barely get myself to speak two! If you were to learn Spanish, you would cover a lot more of the world, which would be the coolest thing ever. But I understand that he probably learns the languages with the history that he's interested in.

@MarioDoiron 11 жыл бұрын

His french is excellent. Bravo jeune homme, continuez votre beau travail!

@HeliusSlayer 11 жыл бұрын

I love Tim. He is awesome. Such a smart dude.

@bengkulujambi2012 11 жыл бұрын

Holy moly....that was amazing man.....unbelievable....

@poetryrb 11 жыл бұрын

This young man is so motivating. I'm living in Korea now and desperate to learn Hangul. I love the quote he mentioned from Nelson Mandela: "When you talk to a man in his second language, you talk to his brain. When you talk to a man in his first language, you speak to his heart." Tim is the kind of president America needs; he'd be someone who can connect with hearts of people all over the world.

@BritishGuysAreHot123 11 жыл бұрын

What no Korean? Hahaha! 20 languages, I can barely speak three! I'm amazed!

@Ponyxlnl 11 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! This guy is my Hero!

@mistytinker13 11 жыл бұрын

I've been teaching myself Japanese for a while, and I find that what is actually difficult is not learning vocabulary, more the sentence structures and how different they are.

@JonahGhost 11 жыл бұрын

you kick ass tim! 완전 멋저!

@rcnacura 11 жыл бұрын

This is very inspiring!

@rstrela 11 жыл бұрын

This guy is amazing

@ALICExMARIAHxROSE 11 жыл бұрын

Wow. ^_^ that's exactly how I feel about learning a language! I took Japanese at school for the last 2 years (I'm 16 now) and this summer I'm learning Romanian. And at school next year I'm taking manadrin Chinese and Russian. (Russian isn't offered at school so I'm learning that on my own) ^_^ I wish someone had told me a lot sooner how FUN it was to learn languages!

@TeamFilthyz123 11 жыл бұрын

He is amazing.

@euphony93 11 жыл бұрын

I've been subscribed to his channel for a while. He's pretty amazing

@nickscan7763 10 жыл бұрын

mantenere apprendimento della lingua italiana di romanticismo

@_Checkmang 11 жыл бұрын

He is truly inspiring.. I'm curious to see how very linguistically diverse he will be in years to come!

@299312AA 11 жыл бұрын

I know Polish from my parents, Norwegian because I live in Norway and English from school. I am starting in mini-high after the summer, then I'm going to learn German. I am planning to learn Portugeuse, Spanish and French too so I can travel in Latin-America and such.

@pwg0070 11 жыл бұрын

He would make a great peace maker.

@kennethchan3276 11 жыл бұрын

that's amazing and inspiring!

@JennuYasha 11 жыл бұрын

I minored in Japanese in University but have kind of let it go in the last year or so and this inspired me to keep at it.

@natcary7 11 жыл бұрын

People like Tim can bring the world much closer together, good luck to him!

@runescaper1459 11 жыл бұрын

i currently speak arabic hebrew and english at a very high level (my mother language is arabic) and im truying to learn russian and romanian i just wanted to help you out a bit because in the end you said in hebrew "אתם מסתכלים thnkr" and it is not correct מסתכלים is used to say looking but to say watching you have to say צופים so the sentence is " אתם צופים ב thnkr"" hope i helped you out :) thumbs up so he could see i love what this guy is truying to do and i admire his work

@aliaghamohamadi9911 11 жыл бұрын

wow amazing you learned Farsi(Persian) as well? Really hard language ...

@sturmkonigin4142 9 жыл бұрын

Pashto is an Indo-European language, not a semitic language, it's insulting that in the thumbnail of this video Pashto is depicted with an arabic alphabet, where actually its original alphabet is similar to those of Punjabi and Hindi. It's a sensitive topic because the indo-european populations of middle eastern countries are being heavily persecuted and forcefully assimilated by muslim-arab regimes, be more aware of that next time.

@Q8Police777 11 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Really mind-blowing.

@Cubannerd 11 жыл бұрын

He is an inspiration. I'm trying to learn german by myself but it's a pain.

@slocorini 11 жыл бұрын

I will agree with him on the movie watching thing. I've been watching movies and such for about a year now that are in German. And they help out A LOT, specially when you don't know anyone you can call up to have a conversation with.

@GhilleSasanach 11 жыл бұрын

I meet and chat with a lot of people around the world thru a few game and social sites. Being a house bound old person..I spend a lot of time on the internet. One thing that always amazes me is how folks from so many fantastic foreign countries speak to me in English...and THEN apologise for their "bad english"!! To which I respond that I cannot speak anything but English and I am amazed at their hard work and that they had absolutely nothing to apologise for, they were perfectly fine!

@sorankurdi 11 жыл бұрын

wow that was awesome, this guy is an inspiration to me, i personally speak Kurdish, English and Arabic (in Arabic i'm not fluent), but its only in English i can read and write, in the other two i can only speak it.

@march3883 11 жыл бұрын

keep working on your goal. don't let others effect your motivation in a bad way. i am studying my second language even though its a bit late for me to do so. but my reward for learning the language is to go visit the country that speak that language and have a fun memorable vacation. ^_^

@lovemypiano111 11 жыл бұрын

I am amazed at the breath of his knowledge, besides studying the language he studies the culture as well. That's the only way to learn anything. Smart, smart kid with a bright future. I hope he becomes a diplomat!

@danfelbm 11 жыл бұрын

tienes razón, algo a tener en cuenta es que formas idiomáticas, no son tantas, si aprendes inglés, muchas formas escandinavas serán similares (alemán por ejemplo) aunque, si él sabe francés e italiano, no le costará aprender español o portugues, de hecho seguramente lo entiende :) es por ese motivo que a hispanohablantes se les dificulta lenguas germánicas, y no tanto las romances...

@Hamidnwo 11 жыл бұрын

and of course he is left-handed :)

@123admini2r 11 жыл бұрын

Nice determination. Hope with his language skills and kindness, he would contribute to the development of societies

@riaoo1518 11 жыл бұрын

I used to think it's abnormal that I'm interested in 15+ languages and usually all I do in my free-time is learning languages but now I feel normal again hahah It must be hard to keep all of them at the same level, I tend to forget even easy English words

@martabortas4867 11 жыл бұрын

You can try learning croatian on serbian because if you learn one you also learn the former language of ex Yugoslavia.

@Zalionn 11 жыл бұрын

My goal is to learn 4-5. Feeling inspired.

@mybuddyrobin 11 жыл бұрын

Bravo young man! I have spent my life and heart travelling the world learning...welll ...trying to learn as much language as possible...you philosophy on language and culture is identical to mine. Sadly, I didn't know this about myself til mid 20's and now have a bit of damage to my memory section of my brain when I was late 30's. But I do hope to begin learning Ute soon. I am fluently bi-lingual and can get by in 3-4 others and can speak a bit of many many others....maybe 15? Good on ya!