it is affordable even for us brazilians, R$2,100

@@ggnandex8737 aqui para mim deu 89 dólares a assinatura vitalícia, ou seja...cerca de R$ 470,00

Thank you so much for this offer, this might just help my Dad learn English as a second language. Also, I like your video so much, made me realize, even though I might not pass a IELTS exam of C1, but I do understand these jokes you just showed. Thank you. Subscribed!

I thought that didn't understand the jokes, but actually it's just that they aren't funny.

The real Oxford thesaura-dictionary, I did all these words you never seen before

Yeah, but that would mean that you can never reach fluency if you're simply not funny. See, that was a joke, so I'm fluent.

@@disuser-lp3qv1tm8flol that’s true

Looks like you are here to sell language mastery courses. Be careful with that, master baiting in public is not allowed here.

@@andyarken7906 haha

I am fluent in French, but nobody laughs at my jokes.

That's why you should watch memes in the language you're learning lol. At the end, the best way to learn a language is to use it on a regular basis, from series to memes, from songs to speaking online. Who knows, you may end up having better grammar than natives...

Thanks, i know it's not directly a praise for me , but yeah English is my second language and i m 16 years old now and pretty much understand English very easily, American accent is the easiest to understand for me , then British Accent is a little up but just one person using that accent and hearing them for a no. Of times that becomes easy as well and talking about Australian accent , i haven't had much of an exposure to it except for some celebrities using them in interviews , for those i do need subtitles sometimes, but watching English movies and series with or without subtitles has connected to me and now I easily understand word plays even , which is great i think .

english is not my first language and i got 3 of the 4 jokes..so...yeah. Mi è andata bene :)

@@aasthathakur8628 just work on using a few full stops

@@theresnothinghere59 sì ma non fanno ridere

So he is faking his laugh and acting like he understood the first times?

@@margotrobbie8582 Not faking exactly. More like reading the room for the mood. He has a tendency to overthink language to make sure he's not missing any meaning so sometimes he can't see the wood for the trees.

I thought that was a joke 😂

Your husband is blonde?

​@@JP-xd6fm You do know that girls laugh even when your joke isn't funny so you feel better about yourself, right? :)

"has changed" maybe? ;)

@@Auberge79 Nope, quit being a smartass. I deliberately used "is" instead of "has been" to highlight the proximity in time, and both are correct.

@@Auberge79 Both are correct.

Correct!

Lol or “My life has been revolutionised.”

As you said, more practice. But I would not worry that much about pronunciation. I worked for an international company, and there were so many accents... :-) Maybe try singing in English, might help with pronunciation.

Well I think it's quite normal. Meanwhile we listen as much as we speak in our native language (at home, at the groceries, etc), foreign languages usually function as a one-way road in our lives. Watching Netflix and KZfaq videos, basically. To change that, you have to spend enough time (days or rather weeks) in a proper environment, surrounded by native speakers - and your skills will improve. Words will begin to come out of your mouth. The knowledge is in our head but our brain is lazy, it will not switch unless it's forced to. That's why you can never really learn a language in school. You simply have to listen, learn and use it, like a two-year old.

@@lajosszel I like your comment. Yes, actually using the language is the best - in work, while playing online computer games, travelling to foreign countries...

You just described me lol

I'm in exact situation as you, i completely understand English whether it's american, british or Australian accent it don't matter i get it. However, when it comes time to speak i was literally lost and it extremely frustrates me😢i was thinking, how in the hell I can't talk after all listening and watching English almost every single day for hours????? Feel frustrated!

gg ziomuś

To wytlumacz mi ten drugi zart, bo nie załapałam 😊

This was a strategy that I applied for years. Yeah, I’m a wee bit lazier on reading books (except for history or sociological disciplines, unfortunately I haven’t had enough time to perform it recently). In the last two years I also red military guidelines on how the personnel or members apply certain strategies. In fact, newspapers and telegram channels in english are helping me so much every day. In addition, music (ok, punk and rock n roll are grammatically incorrect, but doesn’t matter at last) could be helpful as well, albeit you won’t pay enough attention when you gotta listen as you want just chilling (unless you won’t use lyrics, in fact I did that all the times when I had opportunity), movies or TV series with English subtitles are also an excellent strategy to boost your vocabulary and listening (years&years, don’t look up, hooligans, the Sopranos, the good fellas, breaking bad and many others which I don’t bear in mind)

How do you find native English speakers?

@@suayipgrnz7101 in the British outskirts, in the tubes is no longer pretty feasible. Just drop in Fulham Road, perhaps you could find a fantastic opportunity

All great ways to improve your English! Especially the subs on movies. I recommend a drama or romantic comedy then watch a scene at a time. Watch the same scene for one week and learn the English and repeat it with the actors. It really works!

@@suayipgrnz7101 At the height of the covid-19 pandemic, I was assigned to mind the sole entrance to the fast food restaurant where I am working so as to scan customers’ temperatures and monitor the limited number of them allowed inside. Nearby are expatriates’ residences from Britain, United States and Australia so there are many regulars who patronise this restaurant. I decided then and there to practise speaking English with both men and women; I was so glad plus relief that they understood me and responded to my mundane questions about their health, about the weather, etc. But now that the entrance restrictions have been lifted, my main duty is in the beverage cell. I miss those days of casual interactions.

I live in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state in Brasil. As it borders Uruguay and Argentina, some people have an easier time with Spanish. However, the Uruguayan accent is more difficult to understand for me because it has a hissing sound. Very different from Mexico and Spain.

Am learning spanish and english, but i like spanish more than english.. Me gustaria vivir en estados unidos 😁

It could be of your interest... I have Spanish podcast with captions in Spanish and subtitles in 12 different languages. I started just two weeks ago but I have podcast (Intermediate level. I speak a tiny bit slower than usual) and a vlog video where i speak normal speed Spanish! I hope it's of help for you 😊

As a non native speaker, these jokes where too easy to understand, yet, still, I have a lot to learn. I can articulate phrases with decent time but not out of the blue when improvising. Still can't write adequately without a spellcheck software, and I'm heavely relient on basic grammer instead of focusing on scaling my vocaboulary. Now, when it comes to speach... hEelL naAHh XD.

Spoiler: you won't 🤣🤣 English is a walk In the park compared to Spanish. Besides, Latinos and españoles are more open than English people so jokes are an everyday thing more difficult to understand for a foreigner

Can you tell us what the joke was? I need it

@@rodolfosebastiangonzalesgu4078 We were playing DnD. My character was a light cleric themed around fire. One of the other character wandered ahead at some point which made the rest of the party pretty angry. At which point might character said : "When we'll find him, I'll give him a good scolding !" as she was casting fireball on some monsters....

​@@spiritofthemoonlessnightgood one and clever.

@@spiritofthemoonlessnight Haha, this reminded me of my own story. When I was young, I played one of the early Mortal Combat games with a friend of mine. I played Subzero (an ice-based character) and my friend chose Liu Kang (who can throw firebolts). I played defensively and my friend was on fire, sending firebolts at me non-stop, leaving me no chance to do anything. Eventually I found a window and sent a frostbolt at him, which took him by surprise and froze him in place. “Chill out a bit” I commented, and my friend laughed. It was not in English actually, but in my native language the analogue of "chill out" also has a double meaning.

@@blacktigershearthstoneadve6905 Haha Yes, that's a good one too ! :)

I genuinely think English is so much easier to learn as a second language than say Dutch or Swedish. The vast majority of western media and entertainment is produced in english and it's really an every day thing to a lot of us

"..most will never..." ...try.

The only minor challenge arises when trying to comprehend individuals who struggle to suppress their laughter... I had to listen to the first two jokes twice! 🙂 However, in response to your comment, the issue with other languages is that they tend to be considerably more complex than English. My native language, Czech, for instance, with its intricate grammar, complex declension system, and unique pronunciation, can be more challenging for non-native speakers compared to English, which has a relatively simpler grammar structure and more straightforward phonetics.

@@gcanaday1You say try and of course anyone could try, but the thing is that in a globalised world that has English as this kind of universal language, the average native English speaker will never feel the same need to learn another language as a non-native English speaker. Moreover (as the person above said) a good amount of the media that the average person is exposed to would already be in English by default, meaning they'd have to put way less effort than a native English speaker even to consume content in the language they are learning. I'd even add that these days the fluency in English is pretty much a requirement for any "respectable" job. So, considering that English for many aspects (particularly the grammar) could be seen as a relatively easy language to learn and adding up all the points listed above, unless a native English speaker were to move to another country (thus having the NEED to learn the respective offical language), it's highly unlikely (although obviously not impossible) that they could ever reach a comparable level of fluency.

​@@absolutelynobodycaresas a french speaking belgian English is indeed much more easier to learn than dutch

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Same 😂I was so happy that I got everything right, even though I’m an English native speaker. 😂

Tiber Septim Anna Lucia Schmitz You have eased my disappointment in myself. I am Ukrainian and did not understand a single joke. And here you both... Tada-ah! It turns out my business is not as bad as I thought! )))

Am native English, and our humour is advanced or subtle. Or context. Rarely it's blunt.

English is my first language but at the same time I take things very literally so the stationary store one blew right past me for a second.

It happends the same with me. For example the second joke i understood baby golf not baby goat

You understand her becouse she herself is no native speaker - she is from ukrain and i hear it perfect well😂

usually english teaching youtubers have clear voices because they have to communicate with an international audience

Es Americana. Te compadezco.

Don’t feel too discouraged. The one telling the joke with the baby goat had a very strong lisp. Takes time to get used to alternative speech patterns and accents, but you’ll eventually get there. You just gotta listen to more people that speak like that. I’m able to understand now, but it wasn’t like that before. I made an effort, because a lot of people in social situations, talk with mouths full, or imitate a lisp or speech impediment or put on a funny exaggerated accent to mess around with friends and colleagues, and I wanted to be able to follow, and even dish back, as good as I get it. En español, los nativos también tenemos problemas entendiendo por completo a los que tienen un ceceo o acento peculiar hasta que nos acostumbramos a sus patrones de habla, por estar continuamente expuestos a ellos.

As an American who’s been studying 📚 German by herself for a year. Finding Germans whom are not notably the most outward people to speak to as friends daily in German hasn’t been easy. But I’ve continued trying and learning and that’s what really matters to not give up!

@@abbiebenjamin3209 I 100% agree with you. Keep at it and you'll achieve it!!

Ik verstond het prima, begreep het uitstekend, ook de woordspelingen, maar ik kon echt niet om de grappen lachen. Veel te flauw. Knap als je in een vertaling daar nog iets grappigs van weet te maken

Most Dutchies don't need any translation when it comes to English. I talk English on a daily basis and would consider myself on a B2 level. Can't hide my (Dutch) accent wich isn't a big problem And yes I understood these jokes(not very funny) but I think you need to be better to have a C1 level.

Just like this one.

That's interesting. I found them quite easy to understand. Perhaps it also matters where one is from? Personally I'm from Norway. I have yet to see any Norwegians in the comment section so idk if other Norwegians feel the same way. Would be quite interesting to find out if it could be because of what ones native language is.

I heard “master”, too! Interesting.

@@julianbrisner4560 yes I believe it does have some influence. I speak spanish as my first language so I normally think I hear spanish sentences when I listen to someone talk in polish or japanese, by example (I must add that I do not speak neither of those languages, however I am trying to learn japanese and some other ones too)

@@julianbrisner4560 imma Norwegian, I got them all.

You're not fluent

I totally feel you, brother. For me, it's the same! Since I have more opportunities to listen english than actually speaking, I have the same problem. However, few days ago I started get some english texts or questions on ChatGPT and forced myself to answer/read out loud. It helps a lot!

friends taught me to understand joke ^^

@@yetresa Is one of your friend named Joe ?

I have the exact same problem. I am being better and better at understanding english (moi aussi je suis français, mais bon je me mets dans le rôle ! 😄), but I am a total shit when it's the time to talk, even saying something not that hard, I can't find my words. And another problem, I don't have any memory when listening english, it's like I am so focus to understand what I am hearing that I forgot to remember it. I guess I just need more practice, and as mentioned before the serie Friends (even tho I still have english subtitles on) is a great exercise

Three Men in a Boat is very funny! You’re not at all insane except in the best sense of the word! You should try the “Diary of a Nobody” by JKJ as well. Connie Willis makes quite a funny reference to Three men in a Boat in her “To Say Nothing of the Dog”.

@@ahtaimo Definitely will try! Thanks for the recommendation!

​@@dsodragon8152 The chapter is definitely funny! We had a extract from the chapter in our English textbook. It included the incident where they were packing all the things and everyone was just busting up laughing

So you're telling me you didn't get the jokes in War and Peace?

I hope your school is not in the USA

Don't waste time and get started then! 😊

Nice

Depois de 3 anos estudando seria preocupante é se não entendesse. kkkk

Hi Clesley, muito bom! O maior desafio em aprender um idioma é entender a forma de raciocínio daquele povo. O vocabulário deveria vir DEPOIS, ao mesmo tempo quase, mas sempre depois porque, expressões figuradas são o tom da maioria dos povos e mantém a conversa fluente. Por exemplo, você usou, depois de 3 anos estudando, "This shows that my effort is worth it". Legal! Mas, normalmente, os povos de idioma bretão usam do raciocínio para dizer que "parece que têm trazido resultados". Ou seja, seria algo como "It seems that's working!". Mas, é claro que no dia-a-dia, devem existir expressões ainda mais curtas para a mesma mensagem como "It pays off.." ou algo do gênero. A idéia é mais importante que as pelavras. As palavras devem sempre valorizar a idéia. Assistir tudo em inglês sem o uso das legendas, entender músicas em inglês, incluindo RAP, ajuda muito nessa forma de raciocínio que supera qualquer aula de gramática. Espero ter ajudado e que essa ajuda seja bem recebida!!! Desejo sucesso em sua carreira e que se divirta muito aprendendo cada dia mais o idioma aqui ensinado.

@@patrick0101 Verdade kkkkk Mas como eu disse, não estudo com muita frequência. Então, eu considero um bom avanço

@@patrick0101 depende do quanto e como você estuda né kkkkkkkkk, mas pra maioria das pessoas, sim, seria preocupante

it's impressive how comedy, that we so take for granted, is thoroughly rooted to culture and history... try translating puns - it just loses all its charm 😊 as a philosopher i wonder... ¿is rationality what makes us human, ¿or is it humor?? jejejeje

Same

Yes, it is my ultimate goal to become fluid. My country's weather has been helping me on that too, we're going through a pretty intense summer.

a level that we dont know because you are just typing , and this does not demostrate if you are a good or bad speaker, so please refrain of making such comments on these videos and let the professionals (like me ) to do it. thanks in advanced for your comprenhension.

Lies again? Learn English Physical Education

@@NazriB what ?? Are you under medication?? Please restructure your sentence and try again , thanks for your comprehension.

@@cmg.g6175 what is the problem? This person can comment if he want to help some people. I mean I don't know well english, am still learning and I don't see anything bad about his comment.Let people comment whatever they want and the readers are gonna to decide if they want to listen to his tip or not.

@@sugamaskooksugamaskook9283 I was trying to annoy him to have a fight in English , but he did not catch my intentions, however, if you want you can argue with me.

I'm English.

please I didn't even realised there was no subtitles when I watched it. It just came so naturally.

I understood the punchline of the second joke but it was hard because of the accent of the guys speaking. The baby goat part threw me off.

@@tiddybearkush Yeah same, if it wasn't for the accent I would 100% get it.

@@tiddybearkush same, i thought he said “ease” instead of “eat” and i couldnt hear “matter baby” clearly

@@tiddybearkush i couldn't hear bc of the audio cutting :/

Oh wow im gonna try this

use subtitles for the reading/writing

I never tought about that...

I think I am fluent in English with my 120 score of Duolinggo Test. When I enrolled in a US online college, I got bad grades in ENGLISH 122 Composition I class. Incidentally, my native peers also got a bad grades 😀. All and all, I took some tutoring and it went allright.

There's nothing wrong with your writing 🙂

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👍🏼

I understand both jokes and need no subtitles but they were not funny at all. I'd rather watch Penguinz0 videos.

Kinda the same for me, I mistook "stationary" store for physical, in-world store as opposed to online shop but still found it funny 😁

Here in the US, the word “stationery” is very out dated and rarely used. Many younger native speakers would not understand the joke.

@@yuuya2111 There were actually three jokes :D BÄÄÄP... Failed!

Totally agree. When watching stand up in English the closer it is to my age group and area I live, the funnier.

Nice trick Thanks

I think you are a true master of english when you can perfectly understand two teenagers talking to each other

For me, understanding lyrics is the hardest part. I watch stand-up all the time and get it, but most songs I listen, are very hard to understand. Then I check the lyrics and don't understand why I didn't get it. It's frustrating.

​@@Raissa_MSousa well cuz they do make some words sound differently when they sing it 🤣

I passed the C1 last year. I hope my comment can help you determine whether you're good enough I think that *the listening part* is the hardest to practice for, but if you consume a lot of English content every day (without consciously translating anything) like you sound like you do, you'll do perfectly fine. If you are like me and you listen to various accents (I recommend Foil, Arms& Hogs on KZfaq they're hilarious) and if you watch things at 1.5 speed, the listening part won't be too hard. I do recommend to listen to some Scottish, though, because if the exam is the first time you hear it, it's going to throw you off a bit. *As for the essay writing,* it is very doable if you memorize some advanced connector words such as "therefore, nevertheless, despite x, however, no matter the x," and you make sure to use a clear structure with an attention-grabbing introduction that leads directly to the body of the essay (_"It is clear that this needs to be stopped. But how might this be achieved?"/ Although there are many solutions to this problem, I'll explore two of them in this essay"_), then has two paragraphs, and then an "In conclusion". Gonna > going to, can't > cannot for formality- just be sure to use proper English (also: use passive sentences, not active!) and throw in some.idioms and fancy words& expressions here and there. Same goes for *the second part of the writing exam,* although this one's generally less formal. *As for speaking*. Just listen to a lot of English and come up with some premade answer to the opening questions. Don't try to memorize them, that's stressful and you're goimg to black out. Just think of some things you can talk about and, again, throw in some more advanced terms and just have fun. I had loads of fun talking about all kinds of stuff (though I have to say, elaborating a bit on your answer is a bonus but don't make it a whole paragraph long. The examiners might just cut you off ^^') Lastly, we have *the reading and grammar part.* If grammar comes naturally to you, this'll be a breeze. If not, just make sure you understand basic grammar well, and most importantly- read A LOT. There's gonna be loads of words you just don't know, but every one you still learn counts. You're also going to need to understand the gist of a text in not so much time, so increasing your reading speed - even just a little - is always good. I learned the words "pinnacle" just days before I encountered it on my CAE exam :) *Anyway,* if you understood this whole comment easily, you're comprehension is pretty good. If you think you could write something as elaborate, or even a bit more formal (really, almost all my sentences in my essay started with linking words. They are your best friends when trying to impress the people correcting your test) - I think your general level of English would be good enough. It's always good to study a bit specifically for what the examiners want from you (esp. the writing part, speaking as well), but deciding on whether or not to take it should be base on your general level. I hope I didn't scare you. I had loads of fun at the exam. The people were lovely, and now I have this very official certificate saying that I can speak English well enough. No reason not to take it. It will most probably be a good experience. Really last thing (if you decide to go for it, that is), use words like reasonable and substantial and enormous instead of big and large. And "increasingly difficult" instead of "more and more difficult". Those words really add a lot of points to your score This might've been the longest comment I've ever written. I hope you go for it. I'm confident you can do it as long as you don't stress too much. Having fun is the best way to prevent a black out. Edit: maybe for the purpose of learning fit vocabulary, watch educational videos and maybe read some articles on things that are very present in modern day society such as the impact of smartphones, climate change, housing market problems, ecological crises and inflation, these topics could be used for the writing part and it's nice to know some niche vocabulary in this case

@@RGJBosma Thank you for helping me with this. I'll definitely follow your reccomendations. That must be the most useful reply I've ever recieved.

@@mitya7 im glad i could be of some help >.< Good luck with your preparations!

@@RGJBosma I'll probably do the C2 exam this year, this is definitely something I might wanna do. Thanks a lot bro, you're a real one!

@@damianoabbina9967 thank you so much for your kind response! I wish you all the best with your exams and preparations

Meh

So true... He wasn't speaking clearly, a kind of mumble to me.

I liked how she explained the jokes, and she is very good, but jokes were not funny. Horrible choice.

correct, i think it was because pronuntiation

You are only learning English and still you got the first joke? Liar! You would have to know that British - and probably Aussies too - usually mute de "h" sound.

@@oswaldoramosferrusola5235 it´s pretty simple to understand , we are not in kindergarden we don´t need to know anything more that what a cat sounds like :v

gg

watching comedics or dad jokes video in english on youtube finally pay off !

I'm happy for you, good Luck while you are learning by yourself

A missionary trip? What does a missionary do? Teach the stupid colombians his supreme truth? I'll never understand why certain Christians can't just believe in their god and be happy, why they always feel compelled to convince other people of their faith. I think lawmakers should enact laws against "religious harrassement"...

It’s not weird at all, I have the same problem. Not being a good speaker on my own native language as well is definitely not helping. But I guess we lack use of the language. And autocorrection is why you might have problem with writing.

Need partner for practicing English

@@Master-mj5ml we could partner up

@@ironmashines4681 yes sure how do I contact you should I drop my whatsapp number

Speech is really the end point of challenge. I feel that too, but I try to improve little by little by studying alone, doing a mental exercise of thinking in English instead of Portuguese. As I don't have the opportunity to speak in English on a daily basis, I have to force myself. It's not very advanced but there's always some learning.

I used to teach at Berlitz. In order to assess the online test, I - also a German - took it in German. As it tests people learning German as a foreign language, you cannot score higher than C1.

Where can you do the test?

This would probably be the case for me too.. I never read in Dutch anymore except when scrolling through the Belgian news site. Everything else online is in English.

hahaha

Interesting that for similar situations you once used "you're", and once "your". As a non-native, I am really interested why you haven't used "your" for both sentences.

@@ArissXASI ...Although your question was for Cesar Zamora, I hope you don't mind me "chipping in" :-) Of course, it could have been a typo... but unfortunately, it's becoming such a generalized and widely spread mistake, that it could also be the case. "You're" in the first sentence is wrong. It should be "YOUR". Like, "your house", "your parents" or "Your voice" as in the second sentence, which is correct.

​@@ArissXAS Oops! It was probably a typing mistake, I understand the difference between these two. Thanks for the correction, I will edit it!

@@zfmsage8132 Yeah, “you're” is a contraction for “you are”. We're all learning so corrections are always welcome

@@zfmsage8132 thank you for explaining.

Damn, what is it your first one?

English is my 5th language- I know Russian- my mother tongue, Ukrainian, English, Kazakh and Czech, and conversational French and c2 German

@@Sasha_Plygareva I know 11 languages...Italian, English, German, Russian, French, Korean, Spanish, Ukrainian, Albanian, Portuguese and Chinese

@@ciri_riannon235 amazing! All at a fluency level or also at lower?

It's technically my third but I speak it better than my second language (and at times even better than my first) lol. Anyways what languages do you know? I know Italian (native language), Polish (in theory it's my second language but I kind of got out of touch with it), English and Spanish (I've been learning it since the 12th of August of 2022 but I know a great number of words, I rarely make errors, I'm pretty fluent when I talk and I can understand even the hardest accents: as of right now, I'd say that I speak it better than Polish)

Yes, in first grade actually. We are introduced to it as young as 5-6 years old. But, you have to put some effort into understanding what you are being taught later. Some people come out of high school, after 12-13 (!!) years of lessons, barely able to introduce themselves in English. It's so important to speak English outside of school. Also, you can build great vocabulary in school, know perfect grammar and understand almost everything, yet struggle speaking. Or on the other hand, have limited knowledge of grammar and vocabulary, but speak with ease and always find a way to understand and be understood by others. The more you speak English with people, the more skilled and confident you get, and that's the most important thing. I drago mi je što sam našla komentar još nekoga iz Crne Gore, na ovakvim snimcima. Ne dešava se često :)

@@btsprevodi vazda! 💪

Similar for me beying from Czech Republic, when I finished school, I could say maybe hello and thank you, most of my English is from games and movies, but it was still not enough. Everything improved fast when I started traveling with my father, he can't say even hello in English, so I have to take care about everything on our vacations which sometimes includes very bizare things like looking for his lost wallet and visiting police stations. But when you are in countries where they don't have English as native language, it's still not that good for you, you tend to pronounce things not correctly when you speak with someone who is on the same or even worse level.

@@btsprevodi I agree and I used to have to lick my lips to pronounce the words.

Great job

@@tomgaylord8184 Ty 😊

Facts, I thought updog died like 5 years ago

@@farfa2937 what's updog? 🤡

@@raceouzi not much, hbu? xd

Nice hint of watching the late night show! Thank you! Best regards from Ukraine, Odesa!

The third joke, the older man ask the younger man: "what's the matter, baby?"

Nice to hear you speaking US English, stop it....

@@QAYWSXEDCCXYDSAEWQ sorry, stop what? And why?

@@Shkvarka just kidding…

Glad to hear that

einfach nur relatable lul

I want to learn German, i speak portuguese

@@tavares8378 well good luck with that hahaha

​​@@tavares8378German is supposed to be pretty hard, but the language is actually very related to English. If you are fluent in English your chances of getting fluent in German should be pretty good. Liebe Grüße aus Deutschland.

Kenn ich zu gut. Jedes mal wenn ich dann mal mit meinen Freunden aus Amerika irgendwie im voicecall hocke sterbe ich einfach nur innerlich. Bin aber gerstern confident genug geworden Sprachnachrichten zu schicken, war Karneval tho, ich glaub das könnte auch erklären warum ich so confident war

I think it’s not enough to be fluent in a language to be able to make jokes. A lot of people are not good at making or telling jokes even in their native language. Something more is required for that.

I can't even tell a good joke in my native language so...

@@retro-bytes maybe not more but different skills

My point is that if someone has enough language skills to make other people laugh (not just telling jokes), that is a far better indicator of that person's level of fluency than just merely understanding a joke. If you understand a joke in another language it doesn't necessarily mean you are fluent in that language, like the video suggests. It certainly means you have good listening skills and perhaps a good vocabulary but it is not a good indicator of whether the person is fluent or not.

that's mastery (C2)

It's because she use neutral words which a student can understand but reality is different.

It's because she speaks super slow lmao

@@DrAElemayo and she's speaking loud enough. I hate it most when native speakers speak too quietly, I guess some people are quiet themselves and they always speak quietly, and it makes foreigners ask them to repeat louder. I adore people who speak too loudly, they are the best lol

I always understand almost everything in youtube videos, but in movies with effects and other sounds, it's much worse. Also in movies, they tend to use more complicated English.

@@Pidalin I was used to watch movies and series with english subtiles because it helped me a lot when I was learning so I'm still doing it rn But yeah I agree, most of the time it's harder to understand

Same here! Been 11 years since I started learning English through consuming and creating English content online. Speaking to many people (either native speakers, or people that also have the passion to become fluent) has also helped very well. Especially in the swear-word department, since half of the internet doesn't know how to speak/write without using the word FUCK at least once. I wasn't surprised, I'm the same in German. Swearing is too fun.

As someone who is on this journey, I can say jokes and understand them in Japanese. I get a lot of laughs from my Japanese friends/colleagues. It helps I'm into manzai Japanese comedy but to bring my British dry humour via the Japanese language, is difficult but doable.

I love that a lot of Japanese comedy relies on wordplay, it makes sense especially knowing how their language works. If you can understand such comedy you know you have a good understanding of that language. I wish to learn Japanese one day exactly for that reason. There are some novels I want to read that I already enjoyed in English, but a ton of language specific jokes were lost in translation, sometimes to the point it makes little to no sense in English when it's extremally funny in Japanese once somebody who knows the language explains it to you.

@ScoptOriginal Good understanding of the culture PLUS fluency-level. The 1 without the other is typically not sufficient.

You live in English country, so what's your point?

Exactly, I had never heard of that word either and didn't get the wordplay. It's just a word that I would never naturally come across.

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