Foreign Languages, one reason why I love Switzerland. French, Italian, Swiss German (German) and Rumansh in one country. If I drive like and hour south-west I'm still in Switzerland, but people already speak French there and their culutre is also very influenced by the French one...gosh, that's great!And guess what, I can learn: Latin,Spanish,Italian,Russain, Hebrew and Chinese at my school and I have to learn German,English and French. I love it! <3 Visit Switzerland guys! You're gonna love it!
in the highschool i visited you could do spanish I and spanish II. and that was it. in my german school i could have done English, french, spanish, latin (ok, i don'T think you need it ;) ), and chinese. and we also had language clubs. so that was a huge difference. and i think most american students didn't learn the language, they memorized sentences... somehow...
Sehr schön gesagt muss ich sagen! Ich bin ein Austauschschüler in Deutschland, und Leute denken immer, dass wir einfach ignorant sind weil wir wenig fremde Sprachen lernen. Dies ist total wahr! This is exactly how I feel as an American. :)
From where I live, Denver, Colorado, I must travel 2,637 km before I reach Montreal, Quebec. I must travel 900 km before I reach Juarez, Mexico. Most Americans just see learning another language is useless, especially because most Europeans learn English anyways. It seems that the only useful language to Americans would be is Spanish.
I personally think that if you know at least one other foreign language that really helps you see things in a different way. I also think that that exact same thing goes for learning an instrument.
I wish I would've studied German instead of Spanish, I've studied Spanish for about 5 years, German in my opinion is a more beautiful language.. maybe I'll start? I'm still in high school maybe ill go to the library and get some books :)
@sillyjontag321 German is definitely going to be a better language for you if you're in business. German is my third language, but I can't speak it fluently yet. In the European Union, German is definitely the best language to know, even better than English.
@TheMooseofBattle I always are under the impression that Europe settles with English as a common language. I know that many neighbours to Germany speak German (because of tourism, and the usual cultural sharing). But I would never think that it is that important within the European Union. I guess Germans are not under the impression of influencing other cultures with their language (or otherwise). Maybe we're just oblivious or we don't hold ourselves as that important.
@Schmidt54 In Sweden, most students study French or Spanish as a third language. But if you're smart, you pick German because Germany is an economic superpower and pretty much controls the entire EU, both directly and indirectly due to the large population and political power.
Plus: German should be easier to learn (let's say) for a Swede than French, especially when you know English too. I mean the languages are quite similar, aren't they? (Germanic languages) =)
@GidE0n23 Despite English and German being West Germanic languages, they still have less in common than German and Swedish, which is a North Germanic language. The grammar on the other hand is completely different when you compare German and Swedish, but once you get the hang of it it's pretty easy.
I'm from Texas and I've been hearing Spanish all my life and can hardly speak a lick of it. I'm better with German. But I can't get rid of my accent when I speak German lol.
It is very bad when you are in germany and there are some englands who think they dont have to try speak german or any other language because the whole world speak english . I want to say something not everone speak english
@claton95.... Texas public education only sucks for the poor, minority filled schools.. And I don't think they do any sort of teaching not even the flatness of earth or how it came about...
@claton95 .. The bad scores from the shit schools get averaged into the scores of the better schools.. You must understand loads of illegal alien and low income schools exist here...
@allpeeps4me I've heard the argument that Mexican students coming across the border don't do well in education because they don't speak English as their first language. Well if that's true then howcome there's all these Asian students that come over and don't speak a word of English and next year their getting perfect sat scores
@ExileDragon I'm sorry but that is flat out not true.I know kids that come to America from Asia that speak no English and in two years they get a perfect score on the SAT.
Gah! My high school sucked. You're not even allowed to speak any language other than English unless you were in a foreign language class specifically. You'd get punished if you did. They said it was for "security reasons." Fucking assholes.
When I saw this I was hoping you guys would also be talking about differences in accents. I often hear Germans saying "You can't speak English, people are going to hear you're from Germany", whereas when you talk with English people, most of them say "That's just another 'English accent'". I put this horribly, but I hope you get what I mean.
I'm from the USA, and I am in my fourth year of German and my second in Russian, and I agree completely that language programs need to be increased in America. We can't go on forever thinking that everyone else is going to learn our language just for us.
In my high school in Maryland the foreign languages are German, French, and Spanish. I took german in 9th grade and I'm now on my second year of german :) Some people say german is hard but I really enjoy learning german and learning about german culture. I plan on going to Germany when I get enough money saved up. Germany is a very beautiful and amazing country and I can't wait to go to Germany!!! Ich liebe Deutschland :D
my family brought me up bilingual and I live near Quebec in the US so I know French on top of English and German and learned Farsi from Iranian neighbors as a kid and I have learned Spanish and Italian easily from the classes and lessons... Languages are easy once you get the hang of it... In the US, they think speaking English is all that matters...
I actually only need 5 minutes to the Czech Republic, it's about 13 kilometres away! Though I can't speak the language, but I'm fluent in German, English and I work hard for also speaking French fluently!
Interesting. I’m from England. most foreign people I know are very proficient with English, not only that, they usually know 2 or 3 other languages. My mate from Cologne is fluent in English & Latin, & knows some Spanish. I think the problem is arrogant laziness, most of my friends didn’t care about foreign languages at school. The general attitude was "well they all speak English anyway, so why bother learning!" which is shit!
J'ajouterai aussi que cette diversité d'accents s'observe aussi à travers les différentes régions de la France. Je trouve donc votre mépris du québécois injustifié.
Pardon, mais je suis très mécontent de la faible estime que vous avez du français québécois. Je trouve plutôt blessant l'emploi de l'expression «some kind of french» que vous avez utilisé pour désigner le français utilisé au Québec. Il ne faut pas confondre le joual et les différents accents régionaux du Québec avec une faible qualité de la langue française. Il s'agit plutôt d'une variété, d'une diversité, qui est, selon moi, tout à fait saine.
Another thing is: German is a clear language. You actually don't have any specific habits that stand out or that you can't give up that easily. Like the 'rolling R' for the Italian/Spanish/Russian language. Or the R like Americans/British people pronounce it. Or as much 'äöü' as the Finnish language. Or as much 'ch' as the Arabic language, etc. Because of that it's very easy for us Germans to learn another language.
In America you have to go to Canada or to Louisiana to some French, you have to go to Pennsylvania to hear Dutch or sometimes German, and you have to go to New York to hear some Italian.....it doesn't take much to not hear Spainish though. The places that speak foreign languages in the U.S. are rare and small.....so Europe does have it easy in this sense.
Well I'm from San Antonio Texas which has the highest percentage of Hispanic people in the US above 60% so I'm exposed to Hispanic people but even they only speak english. America is just wierd like that I guess, though it feels normal to me.
That's not true. Yes, there are some dialects but there is a kind of german everyone learns in school and can(/should) speak. There's a worse dialect where I grow up and I can't speak this dialect, only real german^^
@solidturckie The German learned it from the books, like you would any second language, the other guy has learned from hearing it and conversation, just like you would any first language.
@fosterslover Maybe you can answer my question: Where do Americans usually go on vacation? E.g. we usually went to Italy, Spain, Greece.. Well Middle Sea countries is the ones I prefer. But where does the majority of the Americans go to?
Well I'm fortunate enough to go to southern California once a year. I live on the east coast, but most of my family is from California so it's very easy and inexpensive for me to make the trip. In general though, any place with warm weather or attractions will be a popular spot. Common vacations, however, often stay within US borders because of cost (making for a much blander experience). International travel is rare and a much bigger deal here than I assume it is in Europe.
@fosterslover Yeah international travelling is normal around here. People e.g. say that Mallorca somehow consists to Germany and not to spain because many Germans go there every year. Although each country usually has their favourite spots to go to. e.g. in Turkey you always meet so many Russian people and in noth Mallorca there are many British people and in South Mallorca Germans. But travelling within the borders mostly for a weekend trip, long vacation is abroad.
well where I am in Canada i had to take french from grade 1 to grade 10. I'm in grade 11 now and I took grade 11 French :p hha but that is the only language offered here in New Brunswick :/ it's sad. I'm doing my best to teach myself German.. hahaa its not easy .. :(
@tahaxx14 German is a pain to learn. And I was born speaking it! Spanish is really easy for me to use and read because it is like my first language, English, but German is hard because of the word structure. Good Luck!
Alex, you went to Gymnasium then? Language learning really is becoming more popular with some schools emerging for little children that immerse them in foreign languages from pre-school. More high schools are getting serious about teaching languages too. :) Depending on where you live in the US you can be exposed to different languages. I know in Oregon there are a lot of Hispanics and you hear spanish A LOT and near Portland our big city there are a lot of Russian speaking people too.
@domoarigato7 jaa kann auch sein xD. ich meine nur...weil der jim ist immer so chillig... und im vergleich sieht dann der alex immer voll aufgeregt aus
I speak english fluently and am learning spanish. The only foreign language we have a good bit of where I live in Alabama is Korean. You'll just be walking down the hallway and hear a whole lot of random things you cant understand. it's really confusing since most of them don't speak very good english either
@BbeBecky One thing I don't get about polyglots is the criteria that a person holds for "knowing" a language. Do you mean being able to read, write and speak, or speak to get by, speak and hold a moderate conversation, or a philosophical or political one? Where is the line drawn?
Well, I can speak 5 languages pretty good: German, English, Russian, Persian and French and, for the most part, I can speak Hungarian, Chechen, Kazakh and Turkish pretty well too. I also know a few words in Swedish, Thai and Arabic (but only words that I've learned through Persian).
Also ich kann ungefähr 5 Fremdsprachen sehr gut sprechen:
Deutsch (die Muttersprache) Englisch (die Erziehungssprache), Russisch (die Vatersprache ;)), Persisch (die Uninebenfachsprache) und Französisch (die Gymnasiumssprache) ich kann auch zum großen Teil sehr gut Ungarisch, Tschetschenisch, Kasachisch und Türkisch sprechen.
und einige Worte auf Schwedisch, Thailändisch, Arabisch (aber nur was ich durch Persisch gelernt habe) sind mir auch bekannt.
I can speak German well enough as in, when I go to Germany I can get around fine. However, when I'm in Germany, as soon as somebody finds out that I'm from America, they don't want to speak German with me anymore, then only want to speak in German (which always makes me feel weird). I was wondering if you guys had any insights here. Ich soll mein Deutsch übung!
yeah you could drive 20 hours and still be in america. family road trips... bad times
in nyc it's a little different.. we mostly start in middle school and learning spanish is actually convenient because a majority of the people around you speak it
i think if your mother tongue is german it's quite easy to learn english because the grammar is really easy and many words are similar...i learned italian for four years and i can't speak it but i can understand short conversations...
Britain's as guilty as America for failing to learning foreign languages. I'm only just starting to taking learning Germany seriously now cause my girlfriend's from there
@mytubetravel oh that's a good thing. hey dude if you got any questions concerning the german language, just write me. I'll try my best to help you out.
Предлажем да се уче страни језици одређене државе у САД школама пропорцијално броју ученика који уче енглески језик у другим државама.Рецимо ако 5 милиона ученика у Мексику учи енглески у школама нека у САД 5 милиона ученика учи шпански у школама итд
Somewhat true that some cultures are limited only within homes but it depends on the geographical area. I grew up and was exposed to many diverse cultures in Pittsburgh PA. And Pittsburgh is the epitomy of a melting pot of the USA. Many Germans including myself emigrated here many years ago. And I was instantly surrounded by many beautiful diverse ethnicities and sections of the city where many cultures integrated beautifully with one another, which uniquely characterizes Pittsburgh..! :)
@Sprounge I really feel for you.It is very dishonest because you people learn english in Netherlands and yet in USA in public schools nobody learn Dutch
@trnjana netherlands are the only country where dutch is spoken... i don't really affront any dutch but dutch is unimportant.at this time the most important languages are english, french, spanish, german, japese and now also chinese. i think german, french and japese will get more and more unimportant. i'm german and i notice tha we use a lot of english words when we speak " german". many technical terms are now already english, like shifting cultivation or appeasment-policy.
@reggaegottheit You meant the opposite that you noticed that while you use a lot of german words when you speak "english " since english as dialect of german came from german in 5th century and since changed a lot. Dutch is very important like any other language just in case due to we never know what kind of discoveries and writings researchers will find under the surface of the earth or inside the oceans,lakes etc....besides nena 99 luft balons sound far better on german then on english.
Hm.. of course there is a certain sense to learn one of your neighbour's language if they are so close like here in Europe.
But not having so many neighbouring countries, like the US, shouldn't be an excuse.
I think learning a language is always useful, not only from a practical point of view, but also as far as a different world view is concerned. The world looks different in every language and the language alone tells something about the culture and the people. It open one's mind!
@BlauerBooo It's really just to show how it is harder for Americans to learn another language. We have Canada to the north, who also speaks English, and Mexico to the south. It really helps to have native speakers to talk to and the hear it all around you, and most Americans cannot just simply drive to Mexico for that. As for French, there's Quebec and Haiti, rest is on the eastern hemisphere. Hundreds of languages on your side, English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese on ours.
@LadySeraph You forgot a lot of French-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere--Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Saint Martin, Saint-Barthelemy, Dominica and Saint Lucia.
@LadySeraph I'm not sure where in America you're from, but I can practice Spanish and Russian with native speakers close by where I live in America. One doesn't need to drive to a foreign country in order to learn a new language. There are plenty of people in the world who have never been to an English-speaking country, yet still speak the language fluently. Also, there are natives of the W.H. who speak Dutch, Hindi, Creole and Indian languages.
@vatonorteno Mid-west. I can practice Spanish if I go to a ghetto. It just makes it easier to be able to immerse yourself in a language completely. To hear it all around you and to speak it. Also, even if someone does speak another language, they usually only do so at home, and when in public, they speak English. I was chatting with this one Venezuelan woman at work, and asking if we could speak Spanish, but she refused cause she wanted to get better at English.
@vatonorteno Where do you live? I was going to say something very similar. I live in Brooklyn, in a West Indian & Latino community. There are Middle eastern an Jewish communities nearby and Italian and Russian communities a little further away, but still in Brooklyn.
We english speakers make excuses for not learning other languages. I live in Trinidad which is 6 miles away from spanish speaking venezuela and we couldn't care less to learn spanish despite multitudes of spanish speakers on the island. American and British culture supply all our needs - books, novels, pop music, Oprah, Lifetime television (and cable in general) the premier league and when it's time for the olympics we just simply back america
We are about to be stationed in Germany for a few years. As a Texas girl I don't think I'd have a chance with the culture. Thanks for educating me and I hope I do not make a complete ass of myself.
@LuzerJay haha, when in doubt say you are from Canada to avoid the inevitable politcal debates. Texas. You would be more lucky if you were from the east or west cost. lol. Don't worry you'll be fine. You will meet friendly folks, but Germans imho are less superficially nice, they can be more harsh, but don't mistake it for hostility. Chances are they are just more straightforward. just a quick heads up.
It`s totally true what you said in this vid. It`s really important to learn other languages and get into other cultures. Because I picked french I could spend one year in paris and that was the best time of my live so far I made so many experiences and could actually participate in the community there which is obviously only possible if you know how to use the language. Keep going please! I have the feeling that I watched every single video of you for three times now :-)
I think that another thing is that almost everyone in the world speak english...i just went to europe for 3 weeks and there werent many places i went when if i asked they said they didnt speak english
I started learning english when I was 3 and german when I was 5 years old...and trust me it payed of...just yesterday I got my "Deutsches Sprachdiplom" diploma and it's realy usefull and helpfull in life...
ah, I moved from Germany to America. And language here? Very "unimportant". I can learn Chinese - teacher is possibly a communist Hebrew - teacher is insane Spanish - useful or ASL - slackers live here. I've resorted to learning languages on my own and everyone is so surprised that I can actually speak some other languages that aren't English and maybe Spanish or German (learning or speak all three) Everyone else in school minus a couple people just wants to finish language ASAP, which is sad
I like the fact that we Europeans start learning different languages pretty early. I mean, I started learning English in 3rd grade, French in 6th and finally Spanish in 10th now ( I even could have picked Latin in 7th too, but I considered it uninteresting ;D )
So if I cross the border now, I might understand other people & I can understand all these videos on youtube in English :D That really does mean a lot to me! :)
Now that I'm in Germany full-time, I'm working on my theory that it's easier to teach 80 million Germans to speak English, than it is for me to learn German. It also kind of blows me away that I'm only 30 km from the French border, so I can go to a totally different culture, have lunch and be home again before dark.
I go to school in North Dakota (east of Montana, west of Minnesota and this is a shocking North of South Dakota). And we start taking either German, French, Latin(dead language) or Spanish in eighth grade but we get to try out a little bit of each languages for a semester in 7 grade.
Next year I get to take German whick I picked and am very excited to take because my ancestors are from Germany and German's a funn language to learn in my opinion. Plus my favorite band is German.
The key to learning foreign languages is immersion. Unfortunately, that can be very expensive for Americans. I don't think I really felt comfortable with my German speaking abilities until I studied abroad in Freiburg for 5 months and had the opportunity for immersion.
ah nice vid! I'm from Canada and yea learning french is mandatory for the first couple of years... there are even schools where you can speak "only" french to learn quicker. The only reason I am taking it serious (grade 12) is cause of some french student exchange girls that came to my school haha xD... but there were some german girls too but they don't offer that language at my school =(
Hey warum macht ihr nichts neues mehr ... mir gefallen eure Videos sehr, da ich jetzt gerade ein 10 monatiges Austauschjahr in den USA fast hinter mir habe.
I want to travel around the Western Europe and my first language is Russian and second is English.So,do I have to learn German,Swedish,Italian,Spanish,French, Norwegian,Polish,....in order be well accepted by locals?
i live in germany and i learnd englisch french and spanich my little sister is only in 8 classand learns english latin and italien.
but i understand that it doesntmake sense toyou in us bcs if you dont come in a area where they dont speak enlgichyou dont ahve to learn it and know it.
i always wanted tolearn other languages bcs if we were in holidays in french or italy or spain i always wanted to understand the other kids there it was fun to play and talk with them and get to know other cultures
That's right,English is basically the World language.Everyone who's doing any type of business should know English.Even here on "you tube",people are mostly communicating in English.So it doesn't make sense to learn foreign language of a country where you barely ever visit if you know that many people there speak English anyway.
It's hard to learn foreign language if you don't have opportunity to practice it.I "studied" English in school for many years but I still couldn't speak it until I came to the US.Only in the US my English was improving.I'm always surprised when I hear that someone can speak many languages.Guys how do you do that?Seriously.I can't even speak English very fluently yet,even though my vocabulary is pretty big.
i think it's really cool that we can learn so much different languages here in Germany. At my school for example i'm learning english,french,spanish and i have learned latin for 4 years. We also can learn italian.
I think learning languages is really useful, because you also learn something about the culture of that land.
Americans don't learn a second language because there is zero incentive or necessity.
1) The US only borders 2 countries, Canada and Mexico. Canada speaks English, Mexico speaks Spanish but we do not have a close relationship with them. Mexico is a 3rd world shithole.
2) Most Europeans learn English as a second language, not other Euro languages. English is the premiere global language, and since Americans already speak it we don't need a second language to function like Europeans do.
@MercenarySlick English is a "Euro language" too, you know. But I think you underestimate the connection between learning a language and showing interest in someones culture. Hence even if there is no incentive, if you say you don't need to learn other languages that still really sounds arrogant.
Foreign Languages, one reason why I love Switzerland. French, Italian, Swiss German (German) and Rumansh in one country. If I drive like and hour south-west I'm still in Switzerland, but people already speak French there and their culutre is also very influenced by the French one...gosh, that's great!And guess what, I can learn: Latin,Spanish,Italian,Russain, Hebrew and Chinese at my school and I have to learn German,English and French. I love it! <3 Visit Switzerland guys! You're gonna love it!
NummereZwoi 5 days ago
in the highschool i visited you could do spanish I and spanish II. and that was it. in my german school i could have done English, french, spanish, latin (ok, i don'T think you need it ;) ), and chinese. and we also had language clubs. so that was a huge difference. and i think most american students didn't learn the language, they memorized sentences... somehow...
MsPoeckchen 6 days ago
We are the strongest nations
neaeraa1 1 week ago
Germany + France and US stay togheter
neaeraa1 1 week ago
I am an anlophone, but I live in quebec, which means I've been learning french since kindergarten.
Forthelemon 1 month ago
Spent a year in Aachen Germany and loved it. I'll be studying at the RWTH and I can't wait :D
777Clong 1 month ago
I love english :D
i'm come from germany but I love to speak English.
It's a great language (:
Best regards from Germany. =)
ElenaSmith787 2 months ago
Why is there thomy mustard?
TheRonPut 2 months ago
Sehr schön gesagt muss ich sagen! Ich bin ein Austauschschüler in Deutschland, und Leute denken immer, dass wir einfach ignorant sind weil wir wenig fremde Sprachen lernen. Dies ist total wahr! This is exactly how I feel as an American. :)
789mopedman 2 months ago
@789mopedman I have no idea what you said just now. Try speaking American it's the only language I understand
tommoore2012 2 months ago
@tommoore2012 Du bist ein schlechtes Beispiel :D
789mopedman 2 months ago
I am in the process of learning both several computer languages (if that counts) and Finnish :)
GunsOfThePhoenix 3 months ago
From where I live, Denver, Colorado, I must travel 2,637 km before I reach Montreal, Quebec. I must travel 900 km before I reach Juarez, Mexico. Most Americans just see learning another language is useless, especially because most Europeans learn English anyways. It seems that the only useful language to Americans would be is Spanish.
Renagade1325 3 months ago
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Renagade1325 3 months ago
The USA is not a melting pot. Thats a myths. The different ethnics that exists in huge numbers are very well separated.
llothar68 3 months ago
I am in love with Jim!
jorandb 3 months ago
I personally think that if you know at least one other foreign language that really helps you see things in a different way. I also think that that exact same thing goes for learning an instrument.
deinteil23 4 months ago
pommes rot weiß
malthor1st 4 months ago
I wish I would've studied German instead of Spanish, I've studied Spanish for about 5 years, German in my opinion is a more beautiful language.. maybe I'll start? I'm still in high school maybe ill go to the library and get some books :)
sillyjontag321 4 months ago 3
@sillyjontag321 German is definitely going to be a better language for you if you're in business. German is my third language, but I can't speak it fluently yet. In the European Union, German is definitely the best language to know, even better than English.
TheMooseofBattle 3 months ago
@TheMooseofBattle I always are under the impression that Europe settles with English as a common language. I know that many neighbours to Germany speak German (because of tourism, and the usual cultural sharing). But I would never think that it is that important within the European Union. I guess Germans are not under the impression of influencing other cultures with their language (or otherwise). Maybe we're just oblivious or we don't hold ourselves as that important.
Schmidt54 2 months ago
@Schmidt54 In Sweden, most students study French or Spanish as a third language. But if you're smart, you pick German because Germany is an economic superpower and pretty much controls the entire EU, both directly and indirectly due to the large population and political power.
TheMooseofBattle 2 months ago
@TheMooseofBattle
Plus: German should be easier to learn (let's say) for a Swede than French, especially when you know English too. I mean the languages are quite similar, aren't they? (Germanic languages) =)
GidE0n23 2 months ago
@GidE0n23 Despite English and German being West Germanic languages, they still have less in common than German and Swedish, which is a North Germanic language. The grammar on the other hand is completely different when you compare German and Swedish, but once you get the hang of it it's pretty easy.
TheMooseofBattle 2 months ago
My mom was from Ireland.
FreedomOfTheUSA 5 months ago
Alex is one awesome person!!!
WishMonkeyscanskype 5 months ago
döner
InMyMindShow 5 months ago
I'm from Texas and I've been hearing Spanish all my life and can hardly speak a lick of it. I'm better with German. But I can't get rid of my accent when I speak German lol.
LoveSenseDimension 5 months ago
If you guys make a new video you should do gas prices
jan8919 6 months ago
Die ganze Zeit musste ich mich fragen, warum da ne Tube Senf rumliegt?
Also: Warum liegt da ne Tube Senf rum? :D
deThadeuz 6 months ago 12
@deThadeuz try searching "mustard men thomy" on youtube and you will get an answer :-)
AlexandJim 6 months ago 4
@AlexandJim Just got here by accident and found out I once asked a really important question. So: "Was lange währt, wird endlich gut."
Thanks for the clarification! :)
deThadeuz 3 months ago
It is very bad when you are in germany and there are some englands who think they dont have to try speak german or any other language because the whole world speak english . I want to say something not everone speak english
deutscherbayer1 6 months ago
@deutscherbayer1 same here i agree, it isnt the worlds language.
OPL21stJS 6 months ago
Jim said something about Mexicans in Mississippi-- is he from MS, then? :D
EmberOfTheMystics 7 months ago
@EmberOfTheMystics
He is!
Neitschel 6 months ago
2:11 < I'm American and by 1st grade at age 6 I was already learning Spanish and French at a Texas elementary school
allpeeps4me 7 months ago
@allpeeps4me that's definitely not common for most American students
PsYcHo4MuSiC 6 months ago
@allpeeps4me what? I thought education in Texas sucked? Don't they teach you the earth is flat and it was made 3,000 years ago?
claton95 5 months ago
@claton95.... Texas public education only sucks for the poor, minority filled schools.. And I don't think they do any sort of teaching not even the flatness of earth or how it came about...
allpeeps4me 5 months ago
@allpeeps4me well they have to be 49th in Sat scores in the nation for a reason!
claton95 5 months ago
@claton95 .. The bad scores from the shit schools get averaged into the scores of the better schools.. You must understand loads of illegal alien and low income schools exist here...
allpeeps4me 5 months ago
@allpeeps4me I've heard the argument that Mexican students coming across the border don't do well in education because they don't speak English as their first language. Well if that's true then howcome there's all these Asian students that come over and don't speak a word of English and next year their getting perfect sat scores
claton95 5 months ago
@claton95
Asian immigrant families are a lot more affluent than immigrants from Mexico.
ExileDragon 5 months ago
@ExileDragon I'm sorry but that is flat out not true.I know kids that come to America from Asia that speak no English and in two years they get a perfect score on the SAT.
claton95 5 months ago
@claton95
Well, I'm glad your personal experiences count as irrefutable proof now. Look up some statistics on the issue.
ExileDragon 5 months ago
@ExileDragon
Although the culture of Asia definitely contributes to their success in America. In no way am I disputing that fact.
ExileDragon 5 months ago
Gah! My high school sucked. You're not even allowed to speak any language other than English unless you were in a foreign language class specifically. You'd get punished if you did. They said it was for "security reasons." Fucking assholes.
LadySeraph 8 months ago 4
When I saw this I was hoping you guys would also be talking about differences in accents. I often hear Germans saying "You can't speak English, people are going to hear you're from Germany", whereas when you talk with English people, most of them say "That's just another 'English accent'". I put this horribly, but I hope you get what I mean.
Maybe an episode about this topic?
Zettt1981 8 months ago
I'm from the USA, and I am in my fourth year of German and my second in Russian, and I agree completely that language programs need to be increased in America. We can't go on forever thinking that everyone else is going to learn our language just for us.
alphatotheomega7 9 months ago 8
In my high school in Maryland the foreign languages are German, French, and Spanish. I took german in 9th grade and I'm now on my second year of german :) Some people say german is hard but I really enjoy learning german and learning about german culture. I plan on going to Germany when I get enough money saved up. Germany is a very beautiful and amazing country and I can't wait to go to Germany!!! Ich liebe Deutschland :D
0790ryan 9 months ago 29
@0790ryan if you search for a guide in munich, here I am...always happy to hear from somebody, who actually wants to learn german :)
caelso08 1 week ago
my family brought me up bilingual and I live near Quebec in the US so I know French on top of English and German and learned Farsi from Iranian neighbors as a kid and I have learned Spanish and Italian easily from the classes and lessons... Languages are easy once you get the hang of it... In the US, they think speaking English is all that matters...
MrSpemat 10 months ago
I actually only need 5 minutes to the Czech Republic, it's about 13 kilometres away! Though I can't speak the language, but I'm fluent in German, English and I work hard for also speaking French fluently!
xSabi95x 10 months ago
Interesting. I’m from England. most foreign people I know are very proficient with English, not only that, they usually know 2 or 3 other languages. My mate from Cologne is fluent in English & Latin, & knows some Spanish. I think the problem is arrogant laziness, most of my friends didn’t care about foreign languages at school. The general attitude was "well they all speak English anyway, so why bother learning!" which is shit!
LadyRavencide13 10 months ago 2
I took latin in high school ;)
123GlobalFailures 11 months ago
im so glad your videos are back
09robbri 11 months ago
J'ajouterai aussi que cette diversité d'accents s'observe aussi à travers les différentes régions de la France. Je trouve donc votre mépris du québécois injustifié.
ThequebecerScandinav 11 months ago
Pardon, mais je suis très mécontent de la faible estime que vous avez du français québécois. Je trouve plutôt blessant l'emploi de l'expression «some kind of french» que vous avez utilisé pour désigner le français utilisé au Québec. Il ne faut pas confondre le joual et les différents accents régionaux du Québec avec une faible qualité de la langue française. Il s'agit plutôt d'une variété, d'une diversité, qui est, selon moi, tout à fait saine.
ThequebecerScandinav 11 months ago
I speak more spanish when in the US than in Mexico. I speak english 3/4 of the day when in Mexico.
coltzin12 11 months ago
Another thing is: German is a clear language. You actually don't have any specific habits that stand out or that you can't give up that easily. Like the 'rolling R' for the Italian/Spanish/Russian language. Or the R like Americans/British people pronounce it. Or as much 'äöü' as the Finnish language. Or as much 'ch' as the Arabic language, etc. Because of that it's very easy for us Germans to learn another language.
Sumpfdotterschnalle 1 year ago 5
Hochdeutsch or High German sometimes known as Standard German is the universal German with the other dialects tied to a specific region.
EmperorBloodRavens 1 year ago
In America you have to go to Canada or to Louisiana to some French, you have to go to Pennsylvania to hear Dutch or sometimes German, and you have to go to New York to hear some Italian.....it doesn't take much to not hear Spainish though. The places that speak foreign languages in the U.S. are rare and small.....so Europe does have it easy in this sense.
Liebelamour 1 year ago
Well I'm from San Antonio Texas which has the highest percentage of Hispanic people in the US above 60% so I'm exposed to Hispanic people but even they only speak english. America is just wierd like that I guess, though it feels normal to me.
Blaherestnoris 1 year ago
I speak like negative one and a half *lol*
Beakle 1 year ago
@HesseJames
That's not true. Yes, there are some dialects but there is a kind of german everyone learns in school and can(/should) speak. There's a worse dialect where I grow up and I can't speak this dialect, only real german^^
SilentKairyu 1 year ago
lol u guys are awesome xD ur english is really good :) do you live here in the US or is it just what u learned in school?!?
AmyInAmerica 1 year ago
i love how the german guy has a better grasp of the english language than the other guy
solidturckie 1 year ago 60
@solidturckie haha
Germtalia 4 months ago
@solidturckie The German learned it from the books, like you would any second language, the other guy has learned from hearing it and conversation, just like you would any first language.
Thrawn6211 4 months ago
@solidturckie Its true. He is from the south, most southerners are like that =)
Very nice people nonetheless.
Renagade1325 3 months ago
I really envy Europe's patchwork society... You're only a hop, a skip, and a jump away from a whole other world.
fosterslover 1 year ago 2
@fosterslover Maybe you can answer my question: Where do Americans usually go on vacation? E.g. we usually went to Italy, Spain, Greece.. Well Middle Sea countries is the ones I prefer. But where does the majority of the Americans go to?
Killerkarpfen1990 9 months ago
@Killerkarpfen1990
Well I'm fortunate enough to go to southern California once a year. I live on the east coast, but most of my family is from California so it's very easy and inexpensive for me to make the trip. In general though, any place with warm weather or attractions will be a popular spot. Common vacations, however, often stay within US borders because of cost (making for a much blander experience). International travel is rare and a much bigger deal here than I assume it is in Europe.
fosterslover 9 months ago
@fosterslover Yeah international travelling is normal around here. People e.g. say that Mallorca somehow consists to Germany and not to spain because many Germans go there every year. Although each country usually has their favourite spots to go to. e.g. in Turkey you always meet so many Russian people and in noth Mallorca there are many British people and in South Mallorca Germans. But travelling within the borders mostly for a weekend trip, long vacation is abroad.
Killerkarpfen1990 9 months ago
1 hour drive to denmark!!! hell yeah!!!!
naeviaus 1 year ago
well where I am in Canada i had to take french from grade 1 to grade 10. I'm in grade 11 now and I took grade 11 French :p hha but that is the only language offered here in New Brunswick :/ it's sad. I'm doing my best to teach myself German.. hahaa its not easy .. :(
tahaxx14 1 year ago
@tahaxx14 German is a pain to learn. And I was born speaking it! Spanish is really easy for me to use and read because it is like my first language, English, but German is hard because of the word structure. Good Luck!
telemarker93 1 year ago
@telemarker93
*lol* don't worry, even native Germans aren't firm in their language.
Each region has its own grammar.
HesseJamez 1 year ago
let me see an american speaking romanian...:P i do.........Romanian FTW
paulhojda 1 year ago
As a Dutchman: GOOOOOOOOOOOO GERMANY!!!!!!!!!
GrungeBouke 1 year ago 45
@GrungeBouke Wohin ?
Dredgion 1 year ago
@Dredgion The Netherlands?
GrungeBouke 1 year ago
@GrungeBouke ?
claton95 5 months ago
Alex, you went to Gymnasium then? Language learning really is becoming more popular with some schools emerging for little children that immerse them in foreign languages from pre-school. More high schools are getting serious about teaching languages too. :) Depending on where you live in the US you can be exposed to different languages. I know in Oregon there are a lot of Hispanics and you hear spanish A LOT and near Portland our big city there are a lot of Russian speaking people too.
domoarigato7 1 year ago
@domoarigato7 well you hear spanish because they come from mexico argentina etc. (i dont mean that in a racist or deragatory way)
hardstyle905 1 year ago
lol alex ist immer drauf als hätte er speed genommen
hardstyle905 1 year ago
@hardstyle905
Ich dachte Alex war nur einfach immer eifrig order aufgeregt. Immer noch sehr aufgeregt. ;)
domoarigato7 1 year ago
@domoarigato7 jaa kann auch sein xD. ich meine nur...weil der jim ist immer so chillig... und im vergleich sieht dann der alex immer voll aufgeregt aus
hardstyle905 1 year ago
@hardstyle905 ja dass stimmt. :)
domoarigato7 1 year ago
I know German,Croatian,Serbian,English and French And my goal is trying to speak polish,Russian and Italian fluently
MRVK1NG 1 year ago
@MRVK1NG U are my Hero!!!
HMJoker78 1 year ago
I speak english fluently and am learning spanish. The only foreign language we have a good bit of where I live in Alabama is Korean. You'll just be walking down the hallway and hear a whole lot of random things you cant understand. it's really confusing since most of them don't speak very good english either
SmokinClovers1 1 year ago
German, English, French,(Polish), Danish, Spanish, Portuguese and Sinhalese,
yeah im from Germany ;)
BbeBecky 1 year ago
@BbeBecky I wish I could speak all of those languages :O
german, english, french, spanish, will learn japanese, polish and danish next year.
yeah I'm 13 and from germany ;)
HetaliaMyFuel 1 year ago
@BbeBecky One thing I don't get about polyglots is the criteria that a person holds for "knowing" a language. Do you mean being able to read, write and speak, or speak to get by, speak and hold a moderate conversation, or a philosophical or political one? Where is the line drawn?
POLAK1Nysa 1 year ago
ein zweiter Beitrag auf Englisch übersetzt:
Well, I can speak 5 languages pretty good: German, English, Russian, Persian and French and, for the most part, I can speak Hungarian, Chechen, Kazakh and Turkish pretty well too. I also know a few words in Swedish, Thai and Arabic (but only words that I've learned through Persian).
so final total: 12
JonVonD 1 year ago
Also ich kann ungefähr 5 Fremdsprachen sehr gut sprechen:
Deutsch (die Muttersprache) Englisch (die Erziehungssprache), Russisch (die Vatersprache ;)), Persisch (die Uninebenfachsprache) und Französisch (die Gymnasiumssprache) ich kann auch zum großen Teil sehr gut Ungarisch, Tschetschenisch, Kasachisch und Türkisch sprechen.
und einige Worte auf Schwedisch, Thailändisch, Arabisch (aber nur was ich durch Persisch gelernt habe) sind mir auch bekannt.
also die Endsumme: 12.
JonVonD 1 year ago
yeah thomy senf in amerika ... ^^
Wuschel2702 1 year ago
I can speak German well enough as in, when I go to Germany I can get around fine. However, when I'm in Germany, as soon as somebody finds out that I'm from America, they don't want to speak German with me anymore, then only want to speak in German (which always makes me feel weird). I was wondering if you guys had any insights here. Ich soll mein Deutsch übung!
msl1333 1 year ago
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bwild61 6 months ago
I started learning English in Kindergarten and I just began learning Spanish.
Ailienor 1 year ago
french and english (fluently)
here in germany its normal
Skandinaver92 1 year ago
German, English, French, Latin and Thai... I got 16 a half month ago.... Yeah, I'm from Germany.
sinschae 1 year ago
@sinschae ไทย?
kengwer 1 year ago
@kengwer เป็นนักเรียนแลกเปลี่ยน มาจากประเทศเยอรมัน
sinschae 1 year ago
yeah you could drive 20 hours and still be in america. family road trips... bad times
in nyc it's a little different.. we mostly start in middle school and learning spanish is actually convenient because a majority of the people around you speak it
leeleestyle 1 year ago
lol first exposed to a foreign language at 16
i'm 15 and am studying my third foreign language
Monshteiner 1 year ago
i think if your mother tongue is german it's quite easy to learn english because the grammar is really easy and many words are similar...i learned italian for four years and i can't speak it but i can understand short conversations...
lilli2708 1 year ago
Britain's as guilty as America for failing to learning foreign languages. I'm only just starting to taking learning Germany seriously now cause my girlfriend's from there
mytubetravel 1 year ago
@mytubetravel oh that's a good thing. hey dude if you got any questions concerning the german language, just write me. I'll try my best to help you out.
hitechtonicleader 1 year ago
the THOMY tube from the mustardmen episode is still on the counter.....
satanic666sonic 1 year ago
Предлажем да се уче страни језици одређене државе у САД школама пропорцијално броју ученика који уче енглески језик у другим државама.Рецимо ако 5 милиона ученика у Мексику учи енглески у школама нека у САД 5 милиона ученика учи шпански у школама итд
trnjana 1 year ago
Somewhat true that some cultures are limited only within homes but it depends on the geographical area. I grew up and was exposed to many diverse cultures in Pittsburgh PA. And Pittsburgh is the epitomy of a melting pot of the USA. Many Germans including myself emigrated here many years ago. And I was instantly surrounded by many beautiful diverse ethnicities and sections of the city where many cultures integrated beautifully with one another, which uniquely characterizes Pittsburgh..! :)
ChicReal 1 year ago 2
I live in the Netherlands, and I speak 5 languages. inculding Dutch of course.
Sprounge 1 year ago
@Sprounge I really feel for you.It is very dishonest because you people learn english in Netherlands and yet in USA in public schools nobody learn Dutch
trnjana 1 year ago
@trnjana netherlands are the only country where dutch is spoken... i don't really affront any dutch but dutch is unimportant.at this time the most important languages are english, french, spanish, german, japese and now also chinese. i think german, french and japese will get more and more unimportant. i'm german and i notice tha we use a lot of english words when we speak " german". many technical terms are now already english, like shifting cultivation or appeasment-policy.
reggaegottheit 1 year ago
@reggaegottheit You meant the opposite that you noticed that while you use a lot of german words when you speak "english " since english as dialect of german came from german in 5th century and since changed a lot. Dutch is very important like any other language just in case due to we never know what kind of discoveries and writings researchers will find under the surface of the earth or inside the oceans,lakes etc....besides nena 99 luft balons sound far better on german then on english.
trnjana 1 year ago
IMO, I think the best languages to learn in high school are Spanish and Mandarin. Both have a lot more business/travel use in the world today.
ChurchOfArceus 1 year ago
In high school for Spanish class, we went on a field trip to the ghetto to immerse ourselves in the language. xD
LadySeraph 1 year ago 2
Hm.. of course there is a certain sense to learn one of your neighbour's language if they are so close like here in Europe.
But not having so many neighbouring countries, like the US, shouldn't be an excuse.
I think learning a language is always useful, not only from a practical point of view, but also as far as a different world view is concerned. The world looks different in every language and the language alone tells something about the culture and the people. It open one's mind!
BlauerBooo 1 year ago 2
@BlauerBooo It's really just to show how it is harder for Americans to learn another language. We have Canada to the north, who also speaks English, and Mexico to the south. It really helps to have native speakers to talk to and the hear it all around you, and most Americans cannot just simply drive to Mexico for that. As for French, there's Quebec and Haiti, rest is on the eastern hemisphere. Hundreds of languages on your side, English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese on ours.
LadySeraph 1 year ago
@LadySeraph You forgot a lot of French-speaking countries in the Western Hemisphere--Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Saint Martin, Saint-Barthelemy, Dominica and Saint Lucia.
vatonorteno 1 year ago
@vatonorteno yeah, bu nonetheless, it's not as if I can just simply drive 2-4 hours to any of those countries to practice speaking French.
LadySeraph 1 year ago
@LadySeraph I'm not sure where in America you're from, but I can practice Spanish and Russian with native speakers close by where I live in America. One doesn't need to drive to a foreign country in order to learn a new language. There are plenty of people in the world who have never been to an English-speaking country, yet still speak the language fluently. Also, there are natives of the W.H. who speak Dutch, Hindi, Creole and Indian languages.
vatonorteno 1 year ago
@vatonorteno Mid-west. I can practice Spanish if I go to a ghetto. It just makes it easier to be able to immerse yourself in a language completely. To hear it all around you and to speak it. Also, even if someone does speak another language, they usually only do so at home, and when in public, they speak English. I was chatting with this one Venezuelan woman at work, and asking if we could speak Spanish, but she refused cause she wanted to get better at English.
LadySeraph 1 year ago
@vatonorteno Where do you live? I was going to say something very similar. I live in Brooklyn, in a West Indian & Latino community. There are Middle eastern an Jewish communities nearby and Italian and Russian communities a little further away, but still in Brooklyn.
Genevieve1023 1 year ago
We english speakers make excuses for not learning other languages. I live in Trinidad which is 6 miles away from spanish speaking venezuela and we couldn't care less to learn spanish despite multitudes of spanish speakers on the island. American and British culture supply all our needs - books, novels, pop music, Oprah, Lifetime television (and cable in general) the premier league and when it's time for the olympics we just simply back america
MerchantofTarshish 1 year ago 2
is this an old video? because i laugh at the fact that you say "When would you ever need spanish?" thats just hilarious to me.
swizzle2012 1 year ago
@TechSlayer000 Houston and El Paso.
LuzerJay 1 year ago
We are about to be stationed in Germany for a few years. As a Texas girl I don't think I'd have a chance with the culture. Thanks for educating me and I hope I do not make a complete ass of myself.
LuzerJay 1 year ago
@LuzerJay Wht city in Texas? o_O"
TechSlayer000 1 year ago
@LuzerJay haha, when in doubt say you are from Canada to avoid the inevitable politcal debates. Texas. You would be more lucky if you were from the east or west cost. lol. Don't worry you'll be fine. You will meet friendly folks, but Germans imho are less superficially nice, they can be more harsh, but don't mistake it for hostility. Chances are they are just more straightforward. just a quick heads up.
MWcrazyhorse 1 year ago
Maybe it's different in California. Most of my friends speak at least one other language... I speak English, Japanese and Russian.
ryderawr 1 year ago
@ryderawr WOW. thats quite the linguistic arsenal you got there. how the hell long did it take you to learn that!?
swizzle2012 1 year ago
Europa in omne tempus!
McQuackor 1 year ago
It`s totally true what you said in this vid. It`s really important to learn other languages and get into other cultures. Because I picked french I could spend one year in paris and that was the best time of my live so far I made so many experiences and could actually participate in the community there which is obviously only possible if you know how to use the language. Keep going please! I have the feeling that I watched every single video of you for three times now :-)
decowomen 1 year ago
das Ende ist extrem lustig ^^
ShadowKeyKnight 1 year ago
California's spanish -speaking population is 12,442,626 34.72%
i work at a pres. school about a year now the kids already learning it
2nd important language is chinese
jan8919 1 year ago
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jan8919 1 year ago
I think that another thing is that almost everyone in the world speak english...i just went to europe for 3 weeks and there werent many places i went when if i asked they said they didnt speak english
mandycc15 1 year ago
I started learning english when I was 3 and german when I was 5 years old...and trust me it payed of...just yesterday I got my "Deutsches Sprachdiplom" diploma and it's realy usefull and helpfull in life...
anteracmacash 1 year ago
ah, I moved from Germany to America. And language here? Very "unimportant". I can learn Chinese - teacher is possibly a communist Hebrew - teacher is insane Spanish - useful or ASL - slackers live here. I've resorted to learning languages on my own and everyone is so surprised that I can actually speak some other languages that aren't English and maybe Spanish or German (learning or speak all three) Everyone else in school minus a couple people just wants to finish language ASAP, which is sad
spockezri 1 year ago
I like the fact that we Europeans start learning different languages pretty early. I mean, I started learning English in 3rd grade, French in 6th and finally Spanish in 10th now ( I even could have picked Latin in 7th too, but I considered it uninteresting ;D )
So if I cross the border now, I might understand other people & I can understand all these videos on youtube in English :D That really does mean a lot to me! :)
Thanks for your videos!
believinginthegood 1 year ago
This is so great how you guys mentioned this thing. It's so true how it is here in America. In many ways I wish I live somewhere in Europe.
yuichituba 1 year ago
Now that I'm in Germany full-time, I'm working on my theory that it's easier to teach 80 million Germans to speak English, than it is for me to learn German. It also kind of blows me away that I'm only 30 km from the French border, so I can go to a totally different culture, have lunch and be home again before dark.
zebidee55 1 year ago
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jan8919 1 year ago
I go to school in North Dakota (east of Montana, west of Minnesota and this is a shocking North of South Dakota). And we start taking either German, French, Latin(dead language) or Spanish in eighth grade but we get to try out a little bit of each languages for a semester in 7 grade.
Next year I get to take German whick I picked and am very excited to take because my ancestors are from Germany and German's a funn language to learn in my opinion. Plus my favorite band is German.
tokzimmer483 1 year ago
@tokzimmer483
what's your favourite band? made me curious ^^
BeyondOrwell 1 year ago
@BeyondOrwell Tokio Hotel
tokzimmer483 1 year ago
they also speak a little of icelandic in Canada.
MiaMountainLover 1 year ago
The key to learning foreign languages is immersion. Unfortunately, that can be very expensive for Americans. I don't think I really felt comfortable with my German speaking abilities until I studied abroad in Freiburg for 5 months and had the opportunity for immersion.
payn0094 1 year ago
I like the tube of mayo or senf. lol :)
c4gray 1 year ago
ah nice vid! I'm from Canada and yea learning french is mandatory for the first couple of years... there are even schools where you can speak "only" french to learn quicker. The only reason I am taking it serious (grade 12) is cause of some french student exchange girls that came to my school haha xD... but there were some german girls too but they don't offer that language at my school =(
Morelloo1 1 year ago
A video covering marijuna use/laws, views on the topic, social accepitability.. etc. would be greatly appreciated.
abcludi 1 year ago
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amerikanfreundin 1 year ago
@amerikanfreundin According to wikipedia, the US is approximately 27.5X the size of Germany.
bazookajoe290 1 year ago
@amerikanfreundin
USA = 9.629.091 km²
Germany = 357.111 km²
(sorry, can't work with squaremiles)
so USA is 27 x larger - Alex was closer!
HesseJamez 1 year ago
Hey warum macht ihr nichts neues mehr ... mir gefallen eure Videos sehr, da ich jetzt gerade ein 10 monatiges Austauschjahr in den USA fast hinter mir habe.
boers93 1 year ago
I want to travel around the Western Europe and my first language is Russian and second is English.So,do I have to learn German,Swedish,Italian,Spanish,French, Norwegian,Polish,....in order be well accepted by locals?
otamanlvhs 1 year ago
i live in germany and i learnd englisch french and spanich my little sister is only in 8 classand learns english latin and italien.
but i understand that it doesntmake sense toyou in us bcs if you dont come in a area where they dont speak enlgichyou dont ahve to learn it and know it.
i always wanted tolearn other languages bcs if we were in holidays in french or italy or spain i always wanted to understand the other kids there it was fun to play and talk with them and get to know other cultures
queenmaryable 1 year ago
That's right,English is basically the World language.Everyone who's doing any type of business should know English.Even here on "you tube",people are mostly communicating in English.So it doesn't make sense to learn foreign language of a country where you barely ever visit if you know that many people there speak English anyway.
otamanlvhs 1 year ago
It's hard to learn foreign language if you don't have opportunity to practice it.I "studied" English in school for many years but I still couldn't speak it until I came to the US.Only in the US my English was improving.I'm always surprised when I hear that someone can speak many languages.Guys how do you do that?Seriously.I can't even speak English very fluently yet,even though my vocabulary is pretty big.
otamanlvhs 1 year ago
i think it's really cool that we can learn so much different languages here in Germany. At my school for example i'm learning english,french,spanish and i have learned latin for 4 years. We also can learn italian.
I think learning languages is really useful, because you also learn something about the culture of that land.
Bijoux304 1 year ago
i'm very good at english and i use it very often.. like now.
but i also got latin in school and i suck at it. i mean, where do i use latin?!
HalloBettinaBremm 1 year ago
Americans don't learn a second language because there is zero incentive or necessity.
1) The US only borders 2 countries, Canada and Mexico. Canada speaks English, Mexico speaks Spanish but we do not have a close relationship with them. Mexico is a 3rd world shithole.
2) Most Europeans learn English as a second language, not other Euro languages. English is the premiere global language, and since Americans already speak it we don't need a second language to function like Europeans do.
MercenarySlick 1 year ago
@MercenarySlick English is a "Euro language" too, you know. But I think you underestimate the connection between learning a language and showing interest in someones culture. Hence even if there is no incentive, if you say you don't need to learn other languages that still really sounds arrogant.
pantachorhei 1 year ago