This Man Speaks 32 Different Languages
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7 жыл бұрынIoannis Ikonomou works for the European Commission as a translator. It's a prestigious position, and yet it still sells him short. You see, Ioannis speaks 32 living languages. He belongs to a very small and special group of people called hyperpolyglots who have the extraordinary ability to attain fluency in many different tongues. According to Ioannis, there's no special trick or easy way to become a hyperpolyglot, but the best way to start is to boldly put yourself out there and SPEAK.
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@cassmets8357 5 жыл бұрын
when you speak british, american, australian and canadian
@aqilahsapian5094 5 жыл бұрын
Add new Zealand
@rosewood3294 5 жыл бұрын
It took me 30 seconds to realize that you can only speak one language.
@Ripouliei 4 жыл бұрын
And south african
@williamchen8698 4 жыл бұрын
@@Ripouliei .............u mean afrikaans/dutch/zulu/xhosa/khoisan/etc
@Ripouliei 4 жыл бұрын
@@williamchen8698 yes chill out man im not south afrikan so i dont know all that shit
@apulanta13 4 жыл бұрын
"Bonjour." "Your French is very good!" "Gracias."
@Greezy2000 4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@melissa9905 4 жыл бұрын
The return of Mr. Bean.....
@Phantom-pt2yx 4 жыл бұрын
@@melissa9905 lol true
@Tei_022 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@R4ttlehead666 4 жыл бұрын
Mr Bean reference? 🤣🤣🤣 love it
@Henry-wi7vj 4 жыл бұрын
The Duolingo bird is satisfied. His family will be spared.
@johanneswohler5476 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@Son_of_aesthetics 3 жыл бұрын
Funny😂😂😂
@saptirtv7608 3 жыл бұрын
Greek because he is from Greek?
@Aabajdjti 3 жыл бұрын
HE DOESNT KNOW HAWAIIAN SO HE SHALL BE PUNISHED
@Sammy-yf2sb 3 жыл бұрын
PLSS-
@szzzz-uu9fc 4 жыл бұрын
Him: "when I was 20 I had already learned 15 languages." Me, 18yo: *cries in native language and broken English*
@thewheekingrodent 4 жыл бұрын
Me, also 18yo: *Cries in English, the only language I can speak*
@jumpiestudios5265 4 жыл бұрын
I just turned 21, and am currently learning my third language.
@Matthew-fj6eu 3 жыл бұрын
@@jumpiestudios5265 Cool! I'm 21 too, what is your third language? Mine's German
@jumpiestudios5265 3 жыл бұрын
@@Matthew-fj6eu My first language is German, my second is English, I'm currently learning French. I'm keeping it European so far. It's easier to learn languages that are related.
@looseygoosey1349 3 жыл бұрын
me: Cries in English and broken Native Language
@KE_GB 5 жыл бұрын
*DUOLINGO BIRD WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*
@1998Danielon 4 жыл бұрын
hahahahaha nice one
@johni-m8944 4 жыл бұрын
He is the duolingo bird
@Angela-nd2ub 4 жыл бұрын
legends say that he is the only one to escape the duolingo owl
@louisgarneau15 4 жыл бұрын
*its an owl*
@chess4072 4 жыл бұрын
I started using Duolingo for Russian (and a bit of Korean) a few days ago. I'm scared to miss a day so thankfully i did my lessons today.
@bibin1836 6 жыл бұрын
I said "Si" at a taco bell once
@augustinedaudu9203 5 жыл бұрын
Oĺe!
@uxxxa5901 5 жыл бұрын
Good for you!
@Son_of_aesthetics 5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@averagejohnson3985 5 жыл бұрын
You said if?
@ulisesr614 5 жыл бұрын
It’s pronounced _Sí_ I’m going to have to ask you to leave. **escorts you out of Taco Bell**
@pepefrog4066 3 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to meet him in person when we visited Brussels with my university department, in October of 2019. A wonderful person, I had a brief discussion with him about dead languages (Latin, Anglo-Saxon etc.)
@kets4443 2 жыл бұрын
Did you talk to him in latin/old english
@branestron9521 2 жыл бұрын
Why should i believe someone named pepe frog(dead meme).
@tortoisepetforest3875 Жыл бұрын
Nice 😎
@goldflower6892 Жыл бұрын
@@branestron9521 Because why would someone make that up?
@iamapokerface8992 Ай бұрын
@@goldflower6892 exactly but the point is why not? people make the most senseless lies
@yoshi_drinks_tea 4 жыл бұрын
The real question is... When he thinks, what language does the voice in his head speak in?
@Sassenhaim 4 жыл бұрын
He's glad he has no schizophrenia. Do you see that angry German guy arguing with that Frenchman 😂 Mean while the shrink doesn't understand a word of Mandarin he is saying 😝
@SUPERNOVA0360 4 жыл бұрын
@@Sassenhaim .
@MRxavo17 4 жыл бұрын
Usually you think in the dominant language at that moment
@SUPERNOVA0360 4 жыл бұрын
@Jonathan Williams Stfu
@britte848 4 жыл бұрын
I have learnt English and if I want to I can think in English! But sometimes if I want to speak Dutch again it is hard to think in Dutch🇳🇱😂
@nitsky123 4 жыл бұрын
Plot twist: He can't actually speak 32 languages and just memorized a few phrases for the video
@ariana-ll2yf 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@Geo-st4jv 4 жыл бұрын
Alot of the polyglot videos have people know like the most basic words in a language
@arka3334 4 жыл бұрын
@Adam THERIN yes but hes a translator
@jvg4423 4 жыл бұрын
Well his dutch was terrible to be honest
@georgesk77 4 жыл бұрын
Nope he is the translator of the EU sooo nope 😂 also a few months ago many greek channels were talking about him
@Mikiyam 4 жыл бұрын
*he is the assassin duolingo bird sends when you miss your lesson*
@nerdemojireal 4 жыл бұрын
“Oh shit i missed my lessons!..” w-wwait, _Why do I hear Boss music??_
@dragonofthekings663 4 жыл бұрын
Lol
@ackervilleax9413 4 жыл бұрын
Diarrhea **surprised pickachu**
@thebeanz6593 4 жыл бұрын
Id miss a million days of duo just to meet this legend
@Ty-mu7gl 4 жыл бұрын
Wtf is that username tho
@icerenecake. 4 жыл бұрын
Man: *Speaks 32 languages* Google translate: alright, our job is yours now
@sivvansharma3023 4 жыл бұрын
Moochi UvU Also google translate: the bread is hot-> *my breakfast red spot*
@dianas7429 4 жыл бұрын
Well Google translator is the WORST translator out there so everyone could take its job lmao
@icerenecake. 4 жыл бұрын
@@dianas7429 lol
@moisttowlette1247 2 жыл бұрын
Google translate is shit
@ii_MnBCT 2 жыл бұрын
@@moisttowlette1247 like you!
@ArnoBrecker 4 жыл бұрын
He reminds the duolingo owl to take his lessons
@UltraLightGuzza 2 жыл бұрын
Top notch banter 👌
@sarahhh9776 7 жыл бұрын
gotta admit im a little jealous lol
@Jade.n. 7 жыл бұрын
his dutch was really bad though :/ sad to hear that
@asiyaalhaddad 7 жыл бұрын
Jade Nanarjain I was just about to comment that. I didn't understand a word lol
@bovko1 7 жыл бұрын
His pronunciation was horrible, but if you pay close attention what he says is actually gramatically correct.
@brandothepro8648 7 жыл бұрын
sarah nasr iz
@KassidyGonzales 7 жыл бұрын
I'm over here struggling to learn one language at school
@brayanguillen788 7 жыл бұрын
google translator in human form.
@ComradeSouth 7 жыл бұрын
Brayan Guillen but better
@Reddolphin-gu1uy 7 жыл бұрын
But accurate.
@sempermalus2674 7 жыл бұрын
But it's getting better over the time. A little scary.
@alexysese1437 7 жыл бұрын
not even his final form...
@foolst0p 7 жыл бұрын
Tommy De Filippo Lol so true
@chris-yq2bm 4 жыл бұрын
What I learned: He has a husband and is gay.
@Mako-po2cc 4 жыл бұрын
Must be such an important thing for Arab people
@eAVnghelista 4 жыл бұрын
I don't give a fuck about his orientations. He is so smart. you must have -IQ to laugh about this
@Kanal7Indonesia 4 жыл бұрын
So what? You lame
@Roody_Patootie 4 жыл бұрын
And I'm proud of him as a member of the LGBTQ community I appreciate this
@greektrump5227 4 жыл бұрын
@@Roody_Patootie I'm proud of him since he's from my country.
@dineshmerchant294 4 жыл бұрын
"So, How many languages you can speak "Yes"
@dominiquesunio395 7 жыл бұрын
Imagine him and his husband fighting over something, and he was there slurring 32 languages all mixed up, and his husband would be like, WTF!?
@zaurhasanov5458 7 жыл бұрын
SUPER RAD husband??
@Tigerseye1 7 жыл бұрын
SUPER RAD lol this comment has 32 likes
@YurimoHikashi 7 жыл бұрын
Zaur Hasanov he's gay
@obamayomama8291 7 жыл бұрын
Kryptix Gamer now 64
@FirewheelX 7 жыл бұрын
No, he's not. His husband is.
@lasemonk9425 7 жыл бұрын
Funny how everyone starts to say how one of his languages is kind of bad. His "..." was pretty bad, he didn't pronounce "..." properly. Like stfu, he speaks 32 languages, does he have to be 100% fluent in every one of them? Of the four languages I know, I understood everything he said, so I'd say that's already a good start. As long as people understand you, you speak the language. No need to be a poet to speak a language.
@user-sr6pq7dv8q 7 жыл бұрын
xd lasermonkey its normal that you dont speak it fluently but his dutch sounds like fucking arabic to me couldnt understand it not good，not great not fantastic really bad wasnt even dutch
@nicolewan4465 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but maybe at least understandable to natives? If natives are finding it hard to understand his Dutch and Mandarin, then can he really speak them?
@usmcvet78_54 7 жыл бұрын
And I'll bet YOU do TO!
@ashtona2404 7 жыл бұрын
USMCVET78 _ hey marine don't you have some crayons to eat?
@whateverangeltaken 7 жыл бұрын
Maybe criticism didn't take anything away from him knowing 32 languages.
@jaspeariv 4 жыл бұрын
“yes sir he’s right there, the guy who ate the duolingo bird”
@Thrawnrz 2 жыл бұрын
"If you speak to a person in a language they understand, it goes to their brain. If you speak to a person in their own language, it goes to their heart."
@potatohamstr6869 6 жыл бұрын
Does that mean he can watch anime without subs?! Damn I'm jealous
@jerry6463 6 жыл бұрын
anime is in japanese...
@TensyWasTaken 6 жыл бұрын
Ovillo Ronald idc I wait for subs I like to read
@reinhard4348 6 жыл бұрын
He said 32 language , japanese could be one of them
@remainingthoughts1448 6 жыл бұрын
I was thinking about that too
@maddymaddy3965 6 жыл бұрын
Anime is in Japanese not mandarin, china produces something like...Xi Yang Yang, search that up on google, it's a goat
@nah_taliab.6266 6 жыл бұрын
he didn't even hesitate when saying Mandarin omg
@aurora7554 5 жыл бұрын
Except for the fact that it really sounds robotic and weird. I had to slow down to understand what he's saying.
@zorka7889 5 жыл бұрын
@@aurora7554 thats why he said it...
@bluamii191 4 жыл бұрын
It’s true tho haha
@littleblueorchid 4 жыл бұрын
I kinda expected it.
@louielumactud286 4 жыл бұрын
@@aurora7554 oh em gee. Yes. It doesnt sound natural
@subhanpatel4355 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine spending your entire life trying to master one language while this dude can speak 32
@shadysam7161 3 жыл бұрын
Quality over quantity, my boy.
@Sassenhaim 4 жыл бұрын
Speaks polish with his husband is what surprised me the most. Because it's still a bit daring in Poland to be openly gay, Because of religious beliefs.😔 I support free people, who are who they choose to be👍🏻❤️
@kennyPAGC 4 жыл бұрын
Also if I'm not mistaken in Greece they're pretty traditional and there's certain degree of homofobia in parts of the population. So really surprising having a Polish and Greek gay couple. Well, good for them.
@5904454 3 жыл бұрын
He did not CHOOSE who he wanted to be. He is just who he really is.
@GeeztJeez 4 жыл бұрын
I mean, he still can't speak Minecraft enchantments languange so...
@crapcantbeholy1389 4 жыл бұрын
Got 'em! Checkmate!
@deth9794 4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the official name of the alphabet is "The Standard Galactic Alphabet". And also, it's not a language, it's an alphabet.
@GeeztJeez 4 жыл бұрын
@@deth9794 I see, thank you professor
@MrHugox83 4 жыл бұрын
or can he?
@winterglue274 4 жыл бұрын
If you can’t read it you are useless
@iReppoGames 7 жыл бұрын
The problem with learning so many languages is that you miss some small nuances and pronunciations that makes you noticeably different from the actual native speakers. Still impressive as fuck, though
@juanaguilera9121 7 жыл бұрын
I'm from Spain, and when I heard him speak... dude he speaks it perfectly, just amazing.
@ms.mittenz 7 жыл бұрын
Juan Aguilera his Spanish was good. his Dutch on the other hand did not sound like Dutch at all... guessing some accents are easier then others
@kotoriimbued2340 7 жыл бұрын
Yes, true, his french was not that good on the authentic accent side (me being a native speaker), but you know.... its 32 languages
@iReppoGames 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm french too and it just sounds a bit off in the way he pronounces stuff
@legorickdeckard229 7 жыл бұрын
Ayla Soares from what i've noticed greek and spainard spanish have pretty much the same sounds and have very similar accents, so it must be easier for him.
@Ramon314 4 жыл бұрын
I am Dutch and I can't understand anything of what that guy is saying in "Dutch"
@princerobertojoao6951 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@koningbielel4807 3 жыл бұрын
Ik leef mijn leven in meerdere spraken, meerdere talen, niet maar een. Zoiets
@randysantana6147 3 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha same, I thought wtf is this.. Een dialect uit de achterhoek?
@Leafeon-gd5en 3 жыл бұрын
@@randysantana6147 must be his accent then
@koensmedema247 3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha yes i had that too, I couldn’t understand any words he prenounced
@danielliew8819 Жыл бұрын
You have inspired me to learn more languages. Thank you sir!
@michaelarone2937 7 жыл бұрын
I noticed he spoke very slowly in Chinese, as I'm sure he wanted to get the tones correct. The hard part about Mandarin is not the learning, but speaking to peoples from all over China who speak mandarin with different accents and intonations.
@camiblutube7116 6 жыл бұрын
Da Long Finally, someone said this! I only speak English, but I kinda figured that it was more to these languages that meets the eye!
@soomiewleng5227 6 жыл бұрын
对呀
@no2deh3rman 6 жыл бұрын
Very true. In my country also, all of our states have different languages and cultures. Even within states there are different accents and dialects.
@ArtisticMX7 6 жыл бұрын
Da Long billions of people with accents and intonations
@no2deh3rman 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome! China is a big country so I would imagine the differences of dialects throughout your country.
@funsizedfireball 6 жыл бұрын
jesus christ dis dude speaks 32 languages while im here still trying to learn english (which is my first language)
@c0stas9 5 жыл бұрын
lmao
@YaBoiManraj 5 жыл бұрын
I know 3 languages
@CaptainNoch 5 жыл бұрын
I know three languages, four if I had not given up learning Mandarin. Though, I am now attempting a fourth language, Japanese.
@SnekNyx 5 жыл бұрын
@@CaptainNoch i know 4 languages and it gets harder to learn new ones the more languages you already know
@remybuitenhuis2433 5 жыл бұрын
He speaks 31 because his dutch was not.understandable
@Piixyurii 4 жыл бұрын
This is the man my dad wants me to be for no reason
@johnsherfey3675 4 жыл бұрын
This is what I want you to be for no reason. I believe you can do It! Also, I'm not your dad sorry kid.
@vadiks20032 2 жыл бұрын
don't be the one somebody wants you to be. be the one who you want to be you can even be a serial murderer if thats what you like doing
@pedrocortes1 4 жыл бұрын
*top 10 rappers the duolingo bird was too afraid to diss*
@willwalker24601 4 жыл бұрын
The reason it sounds unlike the languages he's speaking is he has an extremely thick accent
@jhin6181 4 жыл бұрын
How ironic, lmao. The dude that speaks 32 languages has a fucking accent xd
@Septiccatgaming 4 жыл бұрын
Do you speak 30 languages? Doubt it.
@willwalker24601 4 жыл бұрын
@@Septiccatgaming I didn't say that, I was just pointing it out cus a lot of the comments say stuff like "It didn't sound like so & so language"
@jhin6181 4 жыл бұрын
@@willwalker24601 Don't mind such people. They get offended by every little inconvenience and what not. People like that aren't worth your time
@ihatemyselfuwu3960 4 жыл бұрын
@@jhin6181 no such thing as not having an accent lmao??
@Ethentent 6 жыл бұрын
This guy is exactly who I wanna be. A gay hyperpolyglot who speaks languages for a living.
@maxblanchard5258 5 жыл бұрын
Me too though
@Terence.McKenna 5 жыл бұрын
Nobody asked
@mert.e 5 жыл бұрын
God me too
@maxblanchard5258 5 жыл бұрын
@@mert.e where does one acquire such a wonderful boyfriend?
@mert.e 5 жыл бұрын
@@maxblanchard5258 you tell me
@RafaelCardoso299 Жыл бұрын
Such a cool video ! This is really impressive!
@omovitruviano Жыл бұрын
Love his by the way coming out between one language and an another.
@Pupot1 7 жыл бұрын
He's gay, travels the world, works with the UN, and knows 32 languages, my new life goal has been set
@ThePainkillerHun 7 жыл бұрын
with the EU;)
@mkrzeminski89 7 жыл бұрын
you can eff off then
@ArtCore616 6 жыл бұрын
The gay part is optional
@kittii2167 6 жыл бұрын
lance lim 300th like XD
@matthewrizkhla3593 6 жыл бұрын
lance lim don’t be gay you would suck and be a stupid little Moron
@sk011151 7 жыл бұрын
The difficulty of a foreign language is just a concept relative to our mother languages. For Japanese and Korean speakers, Mandarin is definitely not excessively complicated to learn at all. Being a Chinese speaker myself, I find European languages way harder than Asian ones.
@s00048 6 жыл бұрын
YL lv True.
@RestingJudge 6 жыл бұрын
I mean if someone speaks an indo European language it is easier to learn them. I cannot make heads or tails of east Asian language 😂
@Someone-cd7yi 6 жыл бұрын
Is that a real girl? English is a Germanic language, not Latin.
@MrKholishUmar 6 жыл бұрын
Een trotse Nederlander Yes it is, but it has so many words derived from latin
@managersejinstan1523 6 жыл бұрын
Een trotse Nederlander People can argue both. A lot of English words have Latin roots, hence why it's easier for English speakers to learn French, Italian and Portuguese than most
@Exderius 3 жыл бұрын
Keep up the great work
@ChilenoAlemanCanada 4 жыл бұрын
PSA: To speak 32 languages fluently and maintain them is nigh impossible. *Maybe* you have learned them all to fluency at some point, but with that number there will likely be some left in the dust long enough that you no longer speak them well or at all. ("Use it or lose it.") Unless, of course, you dedicate your life 100% to maintaining all 32 of your languages. Which would be stupid. Besides, it seems several of the languages he spoke here weren't quite up to snuff. This guy probably speaks a lesser number of languages (who knows-could be 8 or 12 or 17) and has studied 32. ALSO: You do *not* need to travel to learn a language. People need to quit spreading that myth.
@kubajcz 4 жыл бұрын
You dont need to travel, but it is very effective to do that.
@3rdvoidmen594 4 жыл бұрын
@Clementine's Thigh Gap his Chinese was shabby as well, I would say he talked like a guy who studied Chinese for a week at most. Edit: Even less, and Chinese isn't that hard tbh.
@3rdvoidmen594 4 жыл бұрын
@Clementine's Thigh Gap I am Indian and I speak far better, been living in Wuhan for 5 years now. Yes Wuhan 😁
@thatdinocalledvk5273 4 жыл бұрын
3rdVoid Men 你还住在武汉吗？I thought they evacuated all the foreigners lmao
@3rdvoidmen594 4 жыл бұрын
@@thatdinocalledvk5273 我现在不在中国。在印度. 有个人没有来。Depended on our choice, if we wanted to or not go back to our country. Had every help from the university to stay in quarantine.
@predictivetextisforaunts 4 жыл бұрын
Dude can speak 32 languages and most of the comments are more concerned with his sexuality? He’s clearly a very intelligent man, who cares what his sexual orientations are?
@vagabaassassina3461 4 жыл бұрын
I do
@predictivetextisforaunts 4 жыл бұрын
Vagaba Assassina That says more about you, than about him.
@kaleb7832 3 жыл бұрын
That's internet for ya
@painzrt7928 3 жыл бұрын
I didn't see any comment about it.a
@generichuman2044 3 жыл бұрын
In all honesty, I didn't even realise he said husband until I read the comments. I guess my brain just thought, "yeah it's normal, the guy is in a loving marriage"
@th1rt3 7 жыл бұрын
I can speak 5: English, Canadian, American, Australian and New Zealand. I'm so talented I know😂😂
@link2271 7 жыл бұрын
Holly Wilkins Canadian's speak English and French. You should know French then
@kerfuffle5722 7 жыл бұрын
I'm a French-Canadian and I don't speak French. I'm actually learning both Greek and sign language, and how to write and read Braille.
@link2271 7 жыл бұрын
I'm learning Italian and Russian
@HitlerRants 7 жыл бұрын
French is literally a prerequisite in Canada. Not necessary in like BC but like if you are on Ontario you know whats up.
@darrellwhiten-boone4308 7 жыл бұрын
Holly Wilkins I can speak English Spanish Russian French and that's it
@jeanettelebarron3306 Жыл бұрын
I am greatly impressed!!
@klaroxy7552 3 жыл бұрын
I always feel so excited in these lot language videos, and he even mentioned hungarian language. But I always, always, every single time have to dissapoint in that because its never on the "popular country" list sadly. Which I can understand but bruh.. Nice video! And here am I struggling with single english language to learn xd
@Checco105 4 жыл бұрын
1:21 WHAT KIND OF MOUSE IS THAT?!
@xstingrayx 4 жыл бұрын
Evoluent Vertical Mouse 80,00$
@DaviAreias 4 жыл бұрын
You unlock it after learning your 15th language
@isimsiz1531 4 жыл бұрын
@@DaviAreias 😄
@subspace2913 4 жыл бұрын
it's an ergonomic mouse
@Ludwig1625 4 жыл бұрын
A mouse that prevents carpal tunnel perhaps? Seen as it is an ergonomic mouse
@reindfield5253 4 жыл бұрын
"They call me Mr worldwide"
@zmir01 4 жыл бұрын
Reinfield - Calamity 😂😂😂
@kenogu436 4 жыл бұрын
I’m a hustler baby !!
@andyw.3048 4 жыл бұрын
*madman..?
@ickleronny 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, if he makes lyrical music, it'd be super interesting
@cestmoi5702 4 жыл бұрын
Hé understands the world better because of his study of so many languages. Bravo, sir. Bravo. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
@ladynight3790 2 жыл бұрын
Ioannis really makes me feel inspired to speak more Languages. Sure my family's language is a bit rusty sometimes but I'm still learning. Plus, I'm willing to speak others like my biggest goal for example, Japanese. And of course, a few European Languages as well.
@EndohMiharu 7 жыл бұрын
At what point does he consider a language "learned"?
@bullsfan4744 7 жыл бұрын
EndohMiharu probably when he can speak it fluently
@bullsfan4744 7 жыл бұрын
EndohMiharu Because as you probably already from posting that comment you can't really completely learn a language
@girlonline7825 7 жыл бұрын
Ayden Bopes only speak? What about the writing and reading skills?
@Tony-ky2ce 7 жыл бұрын
EndohMiharu i think it'll be when he can listening to that language fluently like mother tounge ( and reading-speaking it kinda normally)
@celestialcolosseum 6 жыл бұрын
+Girl Online Well it depends on the language, my first language is Turkish and it's phonetic so if you can write a word you can pronounce it, or if you hear/pronounce a word you can write it. But most of the languages aren't like this, for example English. In English words can sound the same but can be written as different words. This will make the writing part harder to learn. Hope i knew more than these two languages :l
@jamiefranta8808 7 жыл бұрын
So some people are more curious whether he's gay rather than how he managed to speak all those freakin languages lol people
@bigfoot.4451 6 жыл бұрын
Maybe being gay gave him super language powers
@andrewbuchanan3380 6 жыл бұрын
Jamie Franta ya i was shocked when he said husband lol
@syllevineo 6 жыл бұрын
Jamie Franta he mentioned that he has a husband so of hes gay and why does that even matter
@derickburke7171 6 жыл бұрын
Well of course hes gay he stated in the video that he has a husband
@crazyone1019 6 жыл бұрын
Jamie Franta yeah he gay. Cuz he has a husband. Not a wife.
@givanza1188 4 жыл бұрын
Imagine if everyone in the world spoke multiple languages.
@vanuatu2027 4 жыл бұрын
well then Americans like me would have a hard time
@11_sohamvaidya53 3 жыл бұрын
In India, multilingualism is very common...
@aaaaaaa6954 3 жыл бұрын
Or if everyone learned esperanto
@ksspeedblindfoldedsolving843 3 жыл бұрын
@@aaaaaaa6954 something interesting about Esperanto is that in Chinese is 世界语 世界＝world 语＝ language So it means "The language of the world"
@skkotbtw 2 жыл бұрын
@@Manzar534 i know 5, is it considered multilingual?
@user-zd3jz5pi6i 4 жыл бұрын
Google Translator: I speak every language in the world. This Guy: Hold my dictionary!
@krysztof6917 4 жыл бұрын
Kinda sad that Google translate doesn't have Cantonese
@shadysam7161 3 жыл бұрын
More like "I fuck up with every language in the world!"
@hahahaha-ih4md 6 жыл бұрын
I don't think Chinese is the most complicated language. In my opinion, the difficulty of acquiring a language is relative. Mostly depending on what your mother tongue is....
@jeiku5314 5 жыл бұрын
Talking is fine, writing is when things hit the fan.
@aurora7554 5 жыл бұрын
It really depends on your current environment, personal variables and cultural background. Let's say you're Chinese, then Japanese and Korean will be relatively easier for me due to the "boxed writing style", speaking isn't really a problem if you're willing and would love to learn the language. But at the same time, languages such as Arabic, Latin and Russian will be fairly difficult. The same method can be applied to all languages really! The language that is the closest to your language may be the easiest to learn for most people. If you're introduced a language that is completely different from yours in every aspect then it'll be a bit of a problem. PS. The speaking part is fine if you're willing to learn. But the Chinese writing system definitely kills.
@charcadamy5258 5 жыл бұрын
It really depends on what language/s you learned first. If you grew up speaking english and korean you would find most languages easier because korean and english are related to most popular languages
@ICanSpeakArabic 5 жыл бұрын
this is exactly correct.
@valiantpramana 5 жыл бұрын
Mandarin, , vietnamese, cantonese and something similar to them (language with tones) are always the hardest to learn for me
@writofmandamus 7 жыл бұрын
Dang, if he said that Mandarin is the most complicated language to learn, that means he hasn't learned Cantonese.
@Jamie-rh1sv 7 жыл бұрын
writofmandamus haha, Cantonese is easier for me, Mandarin really trips me up though, but it probably is because i grew up speaking Cantonese instead of Mandarin
@tielohnoms 7 жыл бұрын
And his accent for Mandarin sucks.
@aerebrown 7 жыл бұрын
Cantonese is a dialect, not a language :P
@tielohnoms 7 жыл бұрын
Cantonese is a language, not a dialect. Taishanese, Yangpingnese and the like are Cantonese dialects. ":P" The official language of Hong Kong and Macau is Cantonese.
@aerebrown 7 жыл бұрын
Okay I researched and there isn't a direct answer on whether Cantonese is a dialect or language. But it is considered a dialect in my country.
@Aritul 4 жыл бұрын
Fascinating!
@trapbois4573 Жыл бұрын
Yeah speaking the language often helps with memory, so far its English, Hindi and Marathi for me but my girl is Dominican so learning Spanish is the goal now.
@ayberkulgen5180 4 жыл бұрын
Him saying "I speak to my husband..." cleared my skin, watered my crops and drew out the happiest sigh.
@katt0906 4 жыл бұрын
Hes gay andi noticed that too i was like what dafuq
@ocular4925 4 жыл бұрын
Why?
@Koshijapan53 4 жыл бұрын
Gay people we stan!!!!!! Unite!!!!!!
@brikC 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah for me it like caught me off guard. So I disliked the video after he said that and stopped watching.
@edithorellana6426 4 жыл бұрын
@@brikC thats rude
@nickmcg 6 жыл бұрын
Wait so what language does he think in????
@mep6302 5 жыл бұрын
Greek, because he's greek (I'm not sure)
@anchetuh1181 5 жыл бұрын
Mau Pr not all the time u think in one language, sometimes u think in both. I speak Tagalog and I think taglish in my mind
@jeff8253 5 жыл бұрын
Well I speak 5 languages and I think different depending on the language I speak. For instance thinking in German while speaking English is not really helpful and leads to vague sentences.
@anchetuh1181 5 жыл бұрын
Jeff Lee sometimes when im talking in english, theres a word i forget or dont know, so my mind ends up thinking it in tagalog. its weird. like expressing ideas in another language is always so mch different in different languages
@kaylazx 5 жыл бұрын
Most polyglots think in whatever language they're speaking at the time. When I'm around English speakers, I think in English; around French speakers, I think in French.
@AmandaSbarros 4 жыл бұрын
So amazing,I love lenguage I hope I can learn a lot of them
@ilovegreen0150 4 жыл бұрын
Wow. Congratulations ❤️
@M0Kiiii 4 жыл бұрын
uhm i am dutch myself and i didnt understand a word of what he said😂💀 1:14
@susan-9366 4 жыл бұрын
Inderdaad, het leek meer op Duits haha
@M0Kiiii 4 жыл бұрын
Susan - het leek op op geen taal😂
@DillonTrinhProductions 4 жыл бұрын
@@M0Kiiii lies
@crasho 4 жыл бұрын
As a native Dutch speaker, I found it perfectly legible, although the grammar was way off. He said: "Ik leef mijn leven in meerderen spraken, in meerdere talen en niet maar in 1 taal."
@lisannevanpuyvelde2741 4 жыл бұрын
@@crasho ja, ik begreep ook wat hij zij maar het klonk zo als vele niet Nederlands talige proberen Vlaams of Nederlands te spreken.
@ezra3027 7 жыл бұрын
I'm from the Netherlands and I couldn't understand anything of what he just said..
@hernandezmosquedamark3896 4 жыл бұрын
I speak most of the languages he spoke thru the video, his performance; excellent.
@hipbubble7685 4 жыл бұрын
When he started talking dutch he had a very thick accent but it seems like he can talk his way around fine though
@nancycruz1756 6 жыл бұрын
DANG HE TALKED IN SPANISH SO PERFECT👏
@cedrics7374 5 жыл бұрын
His dutch and his french were of intermediate level, not that great. But hey, at least he can use it.
@MrSeksyy 4 жыл бұрын
LOL Nancy he talked perfectly. Venga! :)
@glorialeyva8227 4 жыл бұрын
verdad que si? creo que hasta tenia acento caribeño XDD
@user-ip8dg5uv5q 4 жыл бұрын
Gloria Leyva mi primer idioma es el español y yo si le he notado acento extranjero y extranjerizado en lo único que ha dicho en español que es una frase. es imposible que sepas si su español es perfecto con una simple frase que ha dicho. IMPOSIBLE. Tendría que hablar más tiempo para poder juzgar su español. Solamente ha dicho una puñetera frase. No es nada difícil decir correctamente una frase en otro idioma. Lo difícil es cuando se va más alla de una frase. Hablar etc. Y el no ha hablado en español. Solamente ha dicho una frase. 😒😒😒😒. De todas formas no le resto nada de mérito. Bravo por el. xD. Es muy bueno en lo suyo. Un crack.
@glorialeyva8227 4 жыл бұрын
@@user-ip8dg5uv5q Lo que digas. Pero que te conste que no hay un solo acento español. Mas de 20 paises lo tienen de idioma oficial y cada uno de ellos lo habla con un acento distintivo. Que si no suene como a tu pais no quiere decir que no lo hable bien :)
@Kira1Lawliet 4 жыл бұрын
The most difficult language is really a subjective question. In terms of pronunciation, Mandarin might be the hardest, considering not only the exotic phonetic system but also the tones, but grammatically it's actually one of the simples languages I've come across. In terms of grammar, Ancient Greek is probably one of the hardest I've had experience with. And, even though it's a dead language, Ancient Mayan beats Chinese out of the water in terms of script complexity.
@Diedela 4 жыл бұрын
Lmao I study Latin and Ancient Greek in high school, I dropped Latin because I thought Ancient Greek was easier.
@fatt_yoshi5507 4 жыл бұрын
Upcoming Archeologist?
@hexyko4850 4 жыл бұрын
Mandarin? Try Cantonese, 9 tones, they use traditional Chinese writing and HK uses a lot of slang. Have you ever heard of Xhosa? There are many difficult languages.
@hexyko4850 4 жыл бұрын
@@Spacebar You should differentiate. He was speaking Mandarin. I'd say Cantonese is much harder.
@khadijaali2609 4 жыл бұрын
@@Spacebar as a non native English speaker and someone who also has a bunch of non native friends it's actually mostly accepted that English is easy apart from pronunciation sometimes
@georgeramos3437 3 жыл бұрын
How beautiful it must be to dream in all sorts of languages!
@irzy6014 4 жыл бұрын
I'm Greek and this made me feel proud for some reason
@crazyabouthisrae 7 жыл бұрын
I wish i could learn languages easily too😭 totally agree with him on mandarin being difficult. Im chinese but english is my more dominant language and mandarin is so difficult because the grammar and structure is so different from english. To be honest though, i really could'nt understand what he was saying in mandarin cause his pronunciation is pretty bad. Also if im not wrong, he directly translated what he wanted to say in english in to mandarin and that kinda resulted in a weird sentence. :/
@celinechoo5972 7 жыл бұрын
crazyabouthisrae HAHAHA yes he does need to work on his pronounciation and tones more. english is my dominant language too! but i use mandarin to communicate with my mom.
@aribh4929 7 жыл бұрын
crazyabouthisrae Well its not that hard. You just need to be exposed to it and use it frequently. Like on a daily basis. My mom was from India so I learned her mother tounge without even meaning to because she spoke in it to her siblings and stuff
@bvbxiong5791 7 жыл бұрын
chinese grammar is not that different from english. yes, there are differences, like classifiers...but overall, its much more similar to english than korean and japanese, which are the completely grammatically different.
@meateater7092 7 жыл бұрын
His chinese is right.. he said "慢慢意识到了怎么*可*(才)能学习(到)好多外国语言 just replace the star with the bracket and you get the accurate sentence.. Lol
@nylon4529 7 жыл бұрын
Oh your bilingual(think how you spell this) me too
@AJAdkins99 7 жыл бұрын
A lot of people are saying his pronunciation is poor in many languages, but if you actually listen, his grammar is perfect and he uses natural sounding phrasing.
@Mertiy7 6 жыл бұрын
Nah he didn't even conjugate the verbs in Turkish
@AJAdkins99 6 жыл бұрын
Mertiy ok sorry I don't speak Turkish so I couldn't catch that one
@rowanjin4119 6 жыл бұрын
His mandarin was very good :)
@mauricemaenhout5320 6 жыл бұрын
his dutch was also horrible i couldn't understand what he was saying and I'm a native dutch speaker...
@nigelmulliniz4021 6 жыл бұрын
His Mandarin is pretty good, better than mine even
@fsr4773 Жыл бұрын
I was literally talking with him last night I was at a party in Brussels, then I Googled him and I fell of my chair, such a humble man.
@MVahag 4 жыл бұрын
I think there's a number of languages a polyglot can learn after which the quality of each will start to deteriorate, considering the extreme amount of time you need to learn and maintain a language knowledge up to an upper intermediate level (where I myself consider that I have learnt the language). And 32 is way past that number. Judging from the comments from natives he is at lower intermediate level at best for some of the languages.
@sophieedel6324 2 жыл бұрын
He seems to be much lower than even "intermediate level" in these languages. His Dutch is plain incomprehensible to me, what he said made no sense.
@roidaniel10 4 жыл бұрын
Ioannis Ikonomu: I speak 30 languages laoshu505000: Hold my beer
@jacquelineliu2641 4 жыл бұрын
Roi Daniel Ioannis's Mandarin is very hard to understand for me, and I'm a native speaker. Laoshu on the other hand, speaks it almost like a native speaker.
@nessie4215 4 жыл бұрын
While I love laoshu, it's obvious that for some languages, he learns basic phrases like "I'm learning this language. I like this language. I can speak these other languages" but when he tries to do more he can't. Hope it doesn't sound like hate, just something I noticed. I'm curious if the guy in the video is the same.
@elguero9279 4 жыл бұрын
Jacqueline Liu to be fair, Mandarin is laoshus second language and he has said before it is his strongest language aside from English
@Greezy2000 4 жыл бұрын
@Boodha Aadamee (In Retrospect)
@zak.travis 4 жыл бұрын
@@nessie4215 that's just how laoshu starts off, he learns more after that, just those things first so he can start a conversation more easily and get experience listening and speaking
@dino5624 6 жыл бұрын
And I am here like a potato that only can talk 2 languages
@bigfoot.4451 6 жыл бұрын
*speak in
@srnigromante9214 6 жыл бұрын
Chicken Skateboard Thats already one more than an average person
@dccarter7123 6 жыл бұрын
Fler än mest!
@AzuReGravity 6 жыл бұрын
No One No, it’s speak lol
@YaBoiManraj 5 жыл бұрын
I speak 3 Hindi, Punjabi, and English
@yerusalemabreha4578 4 жыл бұрын
Wow impressive. I remember trying to learn Russian & Japanese and both were difficult for me.
@chenrailing2106 3 жыл бұрын
Bro I study in Singapore and this guy's Chinese is better than some of my classmates no joke
@shsshshhs1974 4 жыл бұрын
I'm chinese and I didn't really understand what he said 😂😅
@IamSome1 4 жыл бұрын
Its because u have no brain, Jk xd I did not understand either ...
@user-ip8dg5uv5q 4 жыл бұрын
Μακης Ο. No. If he is a native Mandarin speaker and he does not understand what Joannis says in Mandarin , it.is not because he has not a brain, it is n because the Mandarin spoken by Joannes is bad. When a native speaker does not understand what you say in his/her language , that is a bad sign...xD.
@shsshshhs1974 4 жыл бұрын
მე მარია hehe his accent was realllyyyy strong and hard to understand
@alexaaa7174 4 жыл бұрын
@@user-ip8dg5uv5q I can't understand what you're saying cuz of the bad grammar
@jasperknaepen1044 4 жыл бұрын
Its the same with the dutch, barely understandable but still a good try.
@alishanicolepeace 6 жыл бұрын
He said one sentence in 5 languages. I want to know how many languages he can speak Fluently, not just the basics.
@bayernjoan5021 5 жыл бұрын
He speaks fluenlty 16 languages.He said that in an interview
@hsuhorn 5 жыл бұрын
bayern joan that’s pretty good
@traininggrounds9450 4 жыл бұрын
No that's his own estimation of "fluent". The only real determination of fluency is having at least 3 native speakers not tell the difference between you and the other native speakers. If they can't tell then that is true fluency. Or, if you think that's too staunch then call it "native" level speaker and then true fluency is when 3 native speakers don't have to try to understand what you are saying when you say it. Plenty of people here have said his mandarin was bad, his dutch was horrific and who knows what else people would say about his other languages he "speaks".
@buenvidanadz1969 4 жыл бұрын
Is there a list of the languages that he knows?
@JohnSmith-tj6vz 4 жыл бұрын
Amazing.
@novembermoon6869 7 жыл бұрын
Why does everyone feel the need to ask if he's gay? If he says he has a husband, that means he's not straight. Besides, it doesn't matter what his sexuality is.
@finleycastello6512 7 жыл бұрын
upside down smile, IKR! People need to calm down.
@Fr_87 7 жыл бұрын
upside down smile straight men don't have husbands, ever.
@jaydenhpiano5600 7 жыл бұрын
but hes gay
@boopdoop8595 7 жыл бұрын
ZeckDoesStuff what if he's bi?
@boopdoop8595 7 жыл бұрын
ZeckDoesStuff wait nvm I just read something about it
@HaydenLau. 7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, don't know about the rest, but his mandarin is pretty terrible. Still impressive i guess
@wcnmvp3820 6 жыл бұрын
I've heard that Mandarin is easier for English speakers because they can identify certain tones and syllables whereas he is Greek (native language being Greek) and because they have a different writing system, it would be harder for him to learn and pronoucne
@nigelmulliniz4021 6 жыл бұрын
It's pretty good in my opinion
@burakthecreator5492 6 жыл бұрын
Turkish is pretty bad too
@sophiewang8406 6 жыл бұрын
It's definitely not the best but I think it's amazing considering how difficult it is.
@smalpiper4999 6 жыл бұрын
His Dutch was eh... I’m Dutch and was unable to understand him without the English subtitles.
@maxvanderschaaf7358 4 жыл бұрын
I'm dutch, out of all the dutch he spoke. I didnt understand a word he said. Good job
@markdelacruz3036 2 жыл бұрын
I hope he can/will speak Filipino as well. I myself is also a lover of different languages, but nothing beats my mother tongue, Filipino.
@YurimoHikashi 7 жыл бұрын
Very inspiring. Awesome guy😍 I'm currently trying to learn Japanese. I only speak Dutch,Thai and English right now and I want to learn more!
@Lolrunnermemeking 7 жыл бұрын
Pobody's Nerfect 麦わら帽子 weeb
@kyungsoonation6189 7 жыл бұрын
+Lolrunner really...😑
@sebastian3358spawn 4 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Athens Greece 🇬🇷 Btw im half Greek and half Polish. All i need is 29 more languages!
@ingridl3259 4 жыл бұрын
Superpower right there!
@laseixd492 3 жыл бұрын
Portuguese!!😚💞 *Eu amo a minha língua!! Viva a Língua Portuguesa!* 💞
@theSelodijehermano 7 жыл бұрын
The best part is when he said he spoke Polish to his husband.
@Karla-rb5jg 7 жыл бұрын
Dionicio Baca Agreed
@princerobertojoao6951 4 жыл бұрын
😂
@cmirso2510 2 жыл бұрын
Siema kurwa byku jak tam
@tubomi8 7 жыл бұрын
His dutch was basically complete gibberish. Without the english subtitles I had completely no idea what he was saying. I am dutch btw.
@formicidae6710 3 жыл бұрын
Ho Chi Minh also learned about the same amount of language at this man. He learned them by listening to the foreigners on the ship that he worked on. He is a legend to Vietnamese
@thevigilant266 4 жыл бұрын
This person has a power that very few people have
@AtakanCaMinecraft 4 жыл бұрын
His spanish was quite good i didnt like his turkish though it wasnt even mediocre
@alventuradelacruz522 4 жыл бұрын
Si, su español tenía un acento un poco de ruso pero bién pronunciado
@AtakanCaMinecraft 4 жыл бұрын
@@alventuradelacruz522 si exactamente pero su turco entendí nada
@Alfreeod 4 жыл бұрын
The one who rocks si si yo tampoco lo entendí.
@birhancakar8825 4 жыл бұрын
How tf you know both langueges im turkish but his turkish was awful
@AtakanCaMinecraft 4 жыл бұрын
@@birhancakar8825 ogrendim ahshshshsh ispanyada yasadim bir sure
@andradastoiciu8067 7 жыл бұрын
he is such an inspiration, I'm at 5 languages right now, Romanian, French, English, Spanish, and Italian, and learning 2 others, Japanese and Korean, I really hope one day I will reach his level
@fay-amieaspen6046 3 жыл бұрын
Some have said other languages like Welsh Gaelic etc. English is one of the hardest especially as most people in the UK don't speak it properly or correctly same goes for French.
@wifistrokes 4 жыл бұрын
the actual dutch translation: i live my life in multiple speaking *mumbling about ‘speaking’* not just one (he probably confused talen (dutch for languages) with sprachen (german for languages) but i thought it was funny
@UndefinedStasis 7 жыл бұрын
He is fluent in 32 languages...while i would be hard pressed to even name 32 different languages
@wcnmvp3820 6 жыл бұрын
1. Mandarin 2. Cantonese 3. Korean 4. Japanese 5. Haitian Creole 6. Amharic 7. Greek 8. Spanish 9. Pig latin 10. Russian 11. Mongolian 12. Thai 13. Telugu 14. Hindi 15. Lao 16. Filipino 17. Swedish 18. German 19. French 20. Maltese 21. Ukrainian 22. Latin 23. Azerbaijani 24. Turkish 25. Polish 26. English 27. Albanian 28. Arabic 29. Persian 30. Italian 31. Swahili 32. Afrikaans
@wcnmvp3820 6 жыл бұрын
those were just what I could think of off the top of my head
@joelcosita 7 жыл бұрын
I absolutely LOVED the part where he went from Spanish to Russian!!! I grew up speaking Spanish and English and I studied Russian in college and I also spent a month in Russia a few years ago for a language immersion course. It felt so normal to me when he switched from Spanish to Russian! I didn't skip a beat and for a quick second I didn't even realize that he made the switch only because I understood him perfectly.I studied German at the same time I studied Russian and I just love both of those languages!!! I should make a KZfaq video about it.
@caseyaulbach7693 4 жыл бұрын
His Mandarin is very wishy-washy. His sentencing & grammar are fine, but his accent is so thick that you can't ascertain which tones he is trying to use. Similar story with his Spanish - proper sentence structuring, subpar pronunciation. He needs to put down the books and pick up a laptop, download Skype and start talking to native speakers more often. Still, he is way more talented than me.
@powerbounce3445 4 жыл бұрын
同意
@dante350 4 жыл бұрын
His Spanish wasn't bad to be honest
@smileychess 4 жыл бұрын
His Russian had a thick accent, hard to hear, but seemed functional.
@EdgarthenaturalJimenez 4 жыл бұрын
His spanish is superb.
@KrishnaDasLessons 4 жыл бұрын
Birds_of_Dander With Spanish, the way you speak it doesn't really matter, it is more about clarity. But with Chinese, pronounciations are incredibly important, like if you mispronounce a word it can change its meaning. So I think it is more quantity over quality here.
@jlushefski 3 жыл бұрын
This is cool, but there should be some coverage or examples as to his practicing habits or learning techniques.
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