4 Of The Greatest Polyglots Attempt A Language In One Hour | Full Version

Join us as we challenge four famous polyglots in Berlin to learn as much Romanian as possible in only one hour. Teamed up with native speakers, they reveal their techniques for rapid language acquisition. Is being a polyglot a matter of talent or skill? This video showcases how polyglots learn so fast. Get inspired, and maybe pick up a few tips on becoming a polyglot yourself!
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[@nathanpiazza9644]

two of them are obviously the same guy

[@BabbelPlus]

Very clever camera work here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2Sco4CLjL2ll5I :)

[@pvtdipwad2944]

nathanpiazza They're twins

[@MrGrimlocke]

they share the same brain which helps them learn twice as fast

[@spacecowboy2711]

@@pvtdipwad2944 r/wooosh

[@93Macgirl]

WTF

[@andreibazi]

As a Romanian, I can attest that they pronounce the words very well, great job guys :)!

[@BabbelPlus]

Good to see we have an independent adjudicator here :) They did sound quite authentic.

[@SteppingStonevlogs]

Antonio Sarosi I would be horrificly bad at pronouciation... but I would give it a shot for a laugh 😂

[@monstachix28]

Andrei Bazi learning Romanian

[@Lorixx3]

M-am si mirat cand am auzit ca vrea sa invete lb romana. Greetings from Romania guys!

[@liimakino]

I'd love to learn Romanian, I felt it was so similar to my language, but when I started to study, it was harder than I thought 😅😅😂

[@SykPaul]

these guys make me feel stupid

[@Missmelouche]

Me too 😭

[@isrocristi]

You would be surprised of how similar the European languages are, you just have to try.

[@OberoonMarteel]

SykPaul do Esperanto

[@user-uc9py3gy8x]

Testing123 Romance languages are similar. Germanic languages are completly differint but share common words if that makes sense. Still youre right, if you try hard it is easy.

[@LuMichelini]

These guys make me feel inspired :) This will be me one day, I'm already a polyglot, so I can only add languages!

[@AzrentheLanguageNerd]

Man, I wish that teachers in language classes taught in a way where you're "forced" to become conversational in a short period of time. Usually I find that in most language classes that's not the norm at all, which causes people to go a very long period of time before being able to communicate. With these guys, I felt like the tutors' focus was almost entirely on getting them to be able to speak, even if it was just a little bit. This causes them to be able to communicate within such a short time frame. It'd be awesome if there were more teachers out there who took a leaf from this video :/

[@onetouchtwo]

I think the problem is that some teachers (or their handlers) are obsessed with following books rather than focusing on output.

[@AzrentheLanguageNerd]

Mark Canlas Very well could be :/

[@popsorcatalin1433]

Well I guess the problem is that in a class there are at least 20 students...so as a teacher you can.t sit with everybody in private to make them speak ...

[@lunarul]

class focuses not on being understood, but on being correct. the way these guys were talking at the end was very good for any Romanian to understand what they were saying, but it was unacceptable for a language class. I have learned English as a foreign language in school and have learned good grammar and spelling and vocabulary. All this was very useful while conducting my business exclusively in English for many years, I was writing better English than native speakers. Yet when I moved to the US I had a hard time speaking to people and understanding what they were saying. conversational English is a completely different beast and I believe being fluent in a language can only be learned by living among native speakers.

[@tuparlesfrancais6019]

I agree with you, but as a French teacher, I give class in one-on-one, I sometimes meet students like them, who ask questions, and have a special ability to understand the structure of the language, and manage to make quickly sentences by themselves. But it's not that common. If you look at the video, you'll notice that the learners are leading the conversation, not the tutors. That is what makes the difference for me. I'm learning Macedonian by myself and I apply the same method as them, only with the basic questions, talking with locals. You need to have a huge appetite for learning to learn fast. They look like they do have a huge appetite for learning Romanian, and that works!

[@nikkieasley6204]

And in one hour in my Spanish class we learned “Me llamo”

[@geeeex2708]

lo siento mucho amigo

[@jennamathews541]

"yo soy de.." "a mi me gusta.."

[@illegalheathers1580]

And you just know that everyone pronounces it like "mhee lahm-yo"

[@micahtshibangu7402]

Como te llamas Me llamo internet user

[@nix8447]

conventional classroom structures are v different tho

[@harmoniaaydeegonzalez7020]

Y'all should do sign language! That would be interesting for a language :)

[@sarahlong5559]

Harmonia Gonzalez that's an absolutely amazing idea!

[@BabbelPlus]

Thank you for your suggestion!

[@Raquii98]

Yees please!

[@CowsCanCook]

Every country has a different sign language! Which one would they choose? But agreed, cool idea

[@Raquii98]

Abby Maybe ASL? As fas as I know it's the most widely used.

[@oliviatouba9313]

In 10 minutes and 51 seconds, I learned that "and" in Romanian is pronounced "shi."

[@kspdfl]

Olivia Touba Yes but it's written as "și".

[@ileana5299]

Haha

[@thetongueofangels1882]

sammmme lol

[@geeeex2708]

@@kspdfl a zis clar "its pronounced". Hai sa facem pe desteptii ca atata stim ca natie

[@eris4734]

that's what shi said

[@Lucian86]

Not surprisingly, the Italian guy has the best pronunciation

[@Luxdesign28Roserviciiweb]

Because our languages have a lot of similarities. He have only a small problem with the pronouncing of diacritics... but this can be corected very quick if he will want to try to learn romanian better.

[@golem7492]

luxdesign28 If he learns at this speed and continued learning, I'm sure he is perfectly fluent by now.

[@explorerpigeon8462]

TLC well...he also knows other romance languages including his native italian....and on top of that he knows russian and polish. so romanian for him is like a walk through the park.

[@superelectrasuperheroe4079]

TLC Lol, he quickly pick up accents. I've seen his video talking in different languages, the natives on the comment section take him as their own if not for saying he's from Italy.

[@RobertKaucher]

Actually, it should not surprise anyone that Luca had the best pronunciation. I'd have put money on him for that in nearly any language.

[@SakuyaLuigi]

I thought those two guys were just doppelgangers, but it turns out they're twins. xD

[@jessykapop]

Omg!me toi

[@ReeThealien]

How did I not notice that!!!?? Maybe I thought they were the same person LOL

[@amoldivo]

It's fun if you can practice together with your twins >,

[@huresohn]

i love that doppelganger was transformed from german to english. english people pronounce it so funny.

[@stevethea5250]

@@ReeThealien It has been very hard to get masks for NON-ASIAN (not racist just fact) people to get masks. I’m Asian, I haven’t been able to find masks. Your fact is skewed (intentionally or not) with underlying racism.

[@totresp]

Being a native Romanian speaker, I can say that they all did an amazing job. Very entertaining and motivational!

[@BabbelPlus]

The very best endorsement! Thanks!

[@theCein]

@totresp is right, they performed very well ! Romanian is not a easy language. Cheers to them !

[@chirilovmatei3364]

"trebuie sa bem bere" (we must drink beer) -> that guy had the best tutor!

[@BabbelPlus]

It was obvious what was on his mind from the very beginning. Celebrating success or commiserating failure, the result would have been the same.

[@ipanda4749]

Babbel what is the music used in this video

[@seriekekomo]

This is so cool, I loved it! Obviously, not everyone can in one hour do as well as they did, basically because these people are professional language learners!! They already know a bunch of romance languages and they also know how to approach a new one, so I didn't expect less from them, I knew this was gonna be a huge success!!

[@BabbelPlus]

Really glad you liked it! There will be more videos coming out featuring some of these gentlemen over the next few weeks, so watch this space!

[@seriekekomo]

I'm looking forward to see them. :D

[@BabbelPlus]

Here's a peak just for you (and anyone else who decides to click on the link... ) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h2HVYZiLiNaKjKs

[@seriekekomo]

Babbel What a nice gesture, thanks!!

[@davide3158]

They're nothing but a bunch of crooks! Luca has been studying Romanian for months.

[@panquake1252]

As a fellow romanian I can tell you they did a great job in only an hour. They have a few mistakes here and there and their accent is sometimes off, but I can understand what they're saying and they are pretty close to the real deal.

[@NuevoVR]

panquake shut up weeb

[@domenicaaburtodelafuente4504]

Kian shut up rude man

[@LuMichelini]

WOW! As a native Portuguese speaker (and polyglot, too!), I'm surprised to realize I understand a LOT of Romanian - which I've never had contact with before! Anyways, they are all AMAZING, both the tutors and "students"! And...please give me that Romanian tutor any day, my my!

[@ryanjohnson7548]

The girl with the bangs is insanely cute

[@justinllamas1]

Her name is Thea Bohn and she’s from Germany. She mainly does the videos for German in 60 seconds.

[@emeraldfraser5223]

Omg right

[@iMilanSpinka]

I cannot disagree.

[@dr.corneliusq.cadbury6984]

Yeah, Luca really lucked out

[@botDepot]

I agree!

[@ale52x]

the italian quy had the language advantage, his language is more similar than for the english ones:)

[@kooolkidninjamaster]

ale52x Italian and Romanian are surprisingly similar I mean they're both Latin languages so

[@amoldivo]

I believe all of them know Italian lol

[@littlemermaid8638]

@@kooolkidninjamaster english is also a latin language just sayin'

[@codyjeter553]

Jassy Jass English is a West Germanic language.

[@diogomonteiro1397]

@@littlemermaid8638 its a germanic language the latin languages are portuguese spanish frenchitalian plus romanian and some other smaller ones

[@alinefelix7999]

Damon and Jo are youtubers polyglots. They are amazing!!!

[@lovelypacific]

Aline F love them! Did you watch that episode where Jo learnt Italian in Rome in one week?😅 Before Babbel came along I didn't know this sort of speed learning was a thing!

[@TheGael128]

Aline Félix they're great KZbinrs and amazing with some languages, but I don't think they're polygots

[@SweetLitzLM]

Gael Moreno both can speak english, spanish, french and portuguese fluently and jo speaks italian and damon german so i guess they are polyglots

[@francescacappai2652]

Aline Félix yeah they areee

[@Anthony-tu2mm]

Francesca Cappai I've never heard them describe themselves as polyglots, so I disagree.

[@vancewade6251]

I'm now realizing how dumb I was (It has roman(ce) right in the name!), but I've always thought romanian was a slavic language, not a romance language very close to italian/spanish.

[@elizabethc.z]

Same here!

[@samueldocski4426]

Yup. Romantic language thanks to the Romans settling in the region due to the rich salt deposits there. It’s the only romantic speaking nation in Eastern Europe. Beautiful nation :) influences in food and culture are Slavic but the language and people are romantic.

[@catsy26]

Romania. Roma. Rome. Italy.

[@spegnagmaglorious3590]

Vance Wade same, until recently I thought the same thing

[@valbastiancontraio2795]

You aren't completely wrong , many words are slavic , see Da to say Yes , that makes the language so difficult to understand for Italians

[@rafaelarias9759]

I've been following Luca for a long time, I know he has studied Romanian before. Just like any other polyglot, we all are curious in all languages and at some point study a language even if we don't always go through with them. Of course Luca is an amazing polyglot, but this video is not completely honest. We don't know if these polyglots started from 0 knowledge. Nice video though!

[@modelstatue]

True! The only person I suspect had no prior experience was Alex and he did a great job. The two Youlden brothers and Luca seem to have quite a bit of basic background already with Romanian. They're all my idols though!

[@duthegee]

I think it would have been a lot fairer if they picked a language like Nahuatl or Navajo... definitely not an Indo-European language.

[@amazingabby25]

Yes hey I’m trying to learn Nauruan do you have any resources

[@jonseilim4321]

Want to be a polyglot? Grow a beard.

[@cynthiaaaa5204]

Jon Sei Lim I'll get right on that 😅

[@harizrizki4823]

I have a beard (longer than my profile picture) but I just speak my mother tongue and english, still struggling in japanese, spanish and german for years already. Maybe need to grow my beard longer..

[@Ryukarinn01]

If you grow a beard you will become and dwarf or an elder from Skyrim

[@ivyspoison6887]

Thats not always true 😂😂😂

[@frozenxwolf]

My boss is the only polyglot I know he too has a beard

[@Error-lt6zr]

*sits on couch, eats slice of pizza*.. "i can do that"

[@NuevoVR]

Tom Marshll do it then

[@Error-lt6zr]

Haha i already have..

[@louiseelizabeth5391]

Владимир пушкин I believe in you!

[@unknownana9797]

Ily for no reason 😂

[@saebica]

Every single thing that they've said about our language and its influences and how it looks and sounds so similar to .. kind of all the languages they know, is just completely true. I always say that... If you know Latin, basic words in Turkish, basic words in Russian and Slavonic and the Slavic language used in the Church, some Italian, some Portuguese, some French and some German or some Hungarian, you can basically understand anything because the form of the word is not that different. I've always been really passionate and even though I've never got enough knowledge as a true polyglot, I can sincerely say that I've studied most of the grammar structures and I always look for the Romanian words and see what their origin is and it's really impressive. Amazing job, amazing team and I really wanna see at least one of those amazing people that just "absorb" languages speak mine, the Romanian language. Mult succes și sper ca in viitor să faceți mai multe videoclipuri legate de România și limba română pentru că avem nevoie de oameni ca voi să arate și celorlalte popoare cât de impresionantă este țara noastră.

[@bianca4194]

As a native Romanian I can say they were really receptive and quickly understood how this language works. I'm really fond of my country and language, and seeing other nations show interest in them is heart-warming!♥️

[@callumb-h7950]

"Portugal got lost and is now in the Black Sea" That... is actually hilarious.

[@silviadumitru7207]

great video. and shoutout to our Romanian teachers who speak awesome crisp and correct English

[@martinet1985]

they do?

[@silviadumitru7207]

can you speak Romanian the way they speak English??

[@martinet1985]

I could if I wanted to. Can you speak my native language the way they speak English?

[@silviadumitru7207]

Pi Niata could if I wanted ;)

[@martinet1985]

Silvia Dumitru See? Same logic applies. No need to get angry.

[@UnderMySkin17]

As someone who speaks spanish as a first language and who has also learned french for 5 years, latin for 4 years and also took some portuguese and italian classes, i find this very interesting :P i could understand some of the stuff they said without the subs too. Now i really wanna learn romanian!!

[@ancac6046]

Oh I'm so proud of them and so happy they liked Romanian! I'm a native Romanian, living in Portugal, so I speak Romanian and Portuguese; besides that, I speak English and Spanish, know a bit of French and understand Italian. I'm currently trying to learn Korean by myself! I've been loving this channel so much! Keep up the awesome work :)

[@francisco1962ify]

Good for you!

[@diogosantana6858]

Cidijsjdkkd Kskdjdjkd there are differences even in Brazil! Rio de Janeiro, Maranhão and Santa Catarina speak more like a mix of Portugal Portuguese with french accent but Brazilian vocabulary. São Paulo and others states from the South speak more like Spanish and American accent but Brazilian vocabulary (always Brazilian vocabulary) Northern have their own accent I think. Centre-east and North speak like natives and some Spanish. Hey, people in Portuguese community understand more Portuguese from Brazil than the Portugal! Portugal is the oldest one, the culturally preserved, but Brazilian one is easier because we speak not with the mouth closed and no consonant pronunciation. It's like the British and the American, in this situation Brazilians are Americans.

[@diogosantana6858]

But they both are cool and I recommend to learn two.

[@FatherOf0fucks]

Postugal's economy is going down the drain

[@margalidacampaner6632]

As a native catalan speaker I can't believe how similar romaniaan is to my language (much more similar than to spanish)

[@M_Julian_TSP]

Margalida Campaner Yeah true

[@wyqtor]

Imagine my surprise as a Romanian on my first trip to Spain back in 2000, when I heard people speaking a language using words like: foc, tot, greu, and so on (there are many other words written and pronounced the same with the same meaning).

[@guilhermeh1134]

as a portuguese speaker i understood 40%, romanian is hard to understand, italian and spanish are way easier

[@adib6318]

It sounds very similar to Portuguese and Italian

[@tonyderexxo7326]

Adib WELL, ROMANIAN IS A ROMANCE LANGUAGE. THAT'S WHY.

[@rubyr0f]

Adib a Lil bit like spanish

[@jslice6137]

Ruby Dance 루비 댄스 Spanish, Romanian, French, Italian, Portugese are all very Similar.

[@marcoandaloro478]

I speak Italian and Portuguese and I can say that some words sound similar because of the Latin roots but I can't understand it like Spanish

[@karnageninjaz5678]

magicmetal04 French is very different from all of them

[@sasaran13242]

I am romanian and I can tell you they speak Romanian very well, too well for just an hour.

[@xungnightvongousvelt2559]

The Romanian pronounciation is quite easy to do and even more for a Polyglot. Anyhow, what I wanted to add is that at least for me, Romanian language it's very similar to some Portuguese words and I'd say even more with Catalan ones. Obviously it has same similar words cause all of them comes from Latin (the most part); but for a Portuguese and Catalan speaker, we will find this language(Romanian) very easy to study.

[@gaiadonata9868]

I'm Italian and our mannerism of saying 'eeeeehhh' while thinking about what to say is what drives me crazy everytime. Easy way to spot an Italian speaking another language. Even Luca, a polyglot and language coach, does that xD Romanian is very pleasant to hear, imo. Maybe because for me it familiar, but it actually seems like a weird Italian dialect/Portuguese with some Slavic things. It's very fascinating!

[@razvanbarascu4007]

Romanians when think about something instead of 'eehh' say 'ăăă' which is just a voel and I don't know how to write it down in any other way😂😂

[@lucasgdrezes]

You see that the tutors are feeling so proud hearing the guys speak Romanian, haha. Amazing!

[@Grace-xg6lq]

You guys are such an inspiration to me! I'm studying French, German and Spanish at uni, hope to be as good as you some day! It's so refreshing to see people so enthusiastic about languages- I love it! Thanks guys :)

[@NuevoVR]

Grace Kirby cutie

[@elakazoglu8582]

That's what i want to do! Is there any way we could talk about it? It would mean such a lot to me

[@Hypnotiqu3]

Felicitari baieti! Este extraordinar ce ati reusit sa faceti intr-o ora!!! Way to go guys! That is amazing what you could achieve in one hour!!

[@elenaherreriascanas4693]

This is like music. The more you read sheet music, the faster you will learn the piece. The more languages you have in your brain, the faster you will learn a language

[@megumi1581]

wow romanian sounds a lot like Catalan and French with a bit of italian there i could understand almost everything!

[@megumi1581]

Antonio Sarosi​ No se a mi me sigue sonando a Español y Francés en las detonaciones jaja será por el acento? Yo hablo Frances Aleman Español Catalan y por supuesto Ingles y la verdad es que si que entendia la mayoria muchas palabras eran muy parecidas al Frances. Hice un poco de búsqueda en google y se ve que el Romaní es derivado del Latin es el unico país del Oeste que viene del Latín!

[@megumi1581]

Antonio Sarosi​ Tienes razón con lo de la gramática! Y si la verdad es que rumano no es que sea muy útil en la vida jajjaja

[@megumi1581]

Antonio Sarosi​ naci en españa mi madre es francesa y ahora vivo en austria

[@escflorin8844]

Elise Campos Wolf you begreep romanian but we cant begreep spanish and italian and catalana :))))))

[@D3bs1109]

That doesn't sound like French 🤔

[@illaudatus]

I never could grasp english from school... So i created may own environment by watching movies in different languages translated into english. Being exposed to conversations is the best way to understand and learn other languages. The next part was by reading books and newspaper articles. I only used the dictionary when for grammar and new words.

[@xSunnyDaysx]

Oprescu Florin I remember understanding English/American movies and sitcoms without subtitles when i was about 9-10 years old. And when i hit high school is when i understood how to speak... even though i could read in primary school. The more i got into American movies the more i learnt. And now when on a lot of social media platform is spoken i noticed my vocabulary started to expand. So it is al about being exposed to the language and being 'forced' to understand. In my case my interest in things where i was only able to get information in the English language is what forced me to 'learn' and get a better grip with the language.

[@fuckingdegenerate5733]

I began learning english by games , I played already in my native language

[@salsomanka]

Well done everyone! More content like this needs to be promoted over the Internet. This is real value!

[@viajandoporelmundo3369]

Haha judging from the title, I thought they were going to invent a new language in an hour. Nice surprise though!

[@migara1]

That's really impressive, well done guys!

[@BabbelPlus]

It's one of the most impressive feats we've ever witnessed. It was a joy to behold!

[@jeffreyd508]

Jealous! LOL, wonder if I can do that. English speaker in Ukraine trying to learn this damn Russian. AARrrrrgggh (clenches fists and looks to the sky)

[@magdalenaairi2260]

there is so many words that are pretty much the same in polish it's crazy to think how much similarities there can be between so many languages

[@priayief]

Absolutely fascinating! Thanks for posting.

[@BentleyandAngy]

it's really hard to pronounce)..Which technik do you usually to keep in mind new words??

[@Meowster89]

I think Romanian is a lovely language. I started to learn this language 2 years ago but I stopped and I've forgotten so much. It's a language that not many people pick out to learn, so I'm excited that this video will spark an interest in people to learn Romanian.

[@Gidizz]

I've been following all of these guys for quite some time now (Luca for many years, then I found out about Alex, and in the relatively recent past I got to know the twins as well) and I must say this is the most impressive and fun challenge I've ever seen them engage in. Very well done video and a beautifully executed challenge! Extremely fun to watch and inspiring as well. :)

[@phgf9923]

I love studying language- I am currently learning my second language and hope to learn many more- if you are also interested in not just learning languages but also the study of language I really would recommend the Langfocus channel. Paul always gives such an in depth description of languages and this can also help you decide which languages you'd like to learn first. It's great and I bring it up because I love the channel just so much. I definitely recommend this to anyone interested in language especially if you are an English speaker.

[@jonathanmcculley3728]

This channel is so unique I love it. I downloaded the app and started learning Italian. For a novice to Romance languages (I mainly like Asian languages) I'm doing great. I'm already on lesson 6.

[@PassionforDreaming]

I would love to try to do a challenge like this, especially in Romanian or Italian. I speak Spanish, French, and Portuguese, so I can understand a little bit of what they're saying, but not too much!

[@alexandrutunsu4961]

Will be easy to learn Romanian if you know Italian,France and Portugese!

[@AzrentheLanguageNerd]

Me too! Lol funny finding you subbed to this channel too, haha. Are you subbed to any other language channels? I'm looking for others to subscribe to xD

[@PassionforDreaming]

Fancy seeing you here haha! I'll send you a private message with a list of channels when I get the chance (:

[@AzrentheLanguageNerd]

PassionforDreaming Haha sounds good

[@balak1]

"Will be easy to learn Romanian if you know Italian,France and Portugese!" Yes and no. Some latin origin words are really similar, some others evolved differently, as Romanian was isolated from the rest of the romance speaking word for a centuries. Moreover, there is a steady slavic influence in vocabulary and grammar. Plus, to the lesser extent and more in the vocabulary, from turkish, hungarian and greek. That's why this language is so beautiful, beceause it connects west and east.

[@kurioushan7032]

This is so amazing and so motivational & Inspirational. Thank you :)

[@BabbelPlus]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@westnilesnipes]

That Italian dude is a lot more fluent than the others, I mean he doesn’t stop to think as much when he speaks.

[@ikram96]

Amazing! I'd love to see more challenges like this!

[@1dJHorY1]

The Romanian girl with par scurt e frumoasa.

[@Hypnotiqu3]

up you go draga domnule :))

[@silkeemmers1425]

haha :))

[@benmariusc2845]

foarte pretty! ;)

[@alexperaza9475]

I don't speak Romanian but I know EXACTLY what you're saying and I agree :P

[@guilhermeotto9202]

Do you know her Instagram?

[@Lulu-mm3fb]

I speak Romanian and with a few more hours these guys would have been better than me. It was so different being able to understand people learning a language and seeing the translations and where I would change them. This was amazing 👍👍

[@kolbypalmer7816]

Mike, Alex, Luca, & Matthew you guys are an inspiration!!!! I am always motivated to do more by watching you guys. I wanna be like yall when I grow up. You guys speak around, what about 10 languages well, & yet you are still learning more. I absolutely love it! Keep doin what yall are doin!! to the Babbel media team: please make sure that Mike, Alex, Luca, & Mike hear or read this. I want them to know what a difference they are making. I speak English & Spanish. I love languages!!!! Next year, a friend & I will start to learn french through a tutor on italki & through self-study. My aspirations are to learn as best I can French, German, Portuguese, & Japanese in the next 10 years. Language lovers are hard to find. I live in the United States. In the city that I live in it is difficult to find people who are truly passionate about languages like these guys. what do I have to do take trip to Berlin & meet one of them? could I set up an appointment or something?

[@TheValentinco]

Bravo, chiar impresionant, cred ca un om care studiaza mai multe limbi straine face usor conexiuni in mintea lui mai usor

[@NoNo-wj6js]

Proof you don't need a service like Babbel to learn a language

[@davidd7917]

Solo necesitas un preceptor

[@alienordaquitania5579]

I always learn how to say um/uh in whatever language I’m learning so even when I’m struggling to remember things I can still sound like a native speaker

[@CiprianBindiu]

OMG guys! I'm speechless and impressed and intrigued in the same time! You totally nailed it! Amazing job everyone!

[@mariageorgiadiaconu4007]

You did an amazing job, guys!! Ați făcut o treabă minunată!!!

[@NotSoNaturalLife]

Romanian reminds me of Portuguese

[@babyianna]

I'm romanian and I visited Portugal this summer. I couldn't understand anything. For us, romanians I guess italian is the most similar language.

[@RaduVarga]

Same here, visited Portugal, but understood much more in Spain than there. But the similiarity is with the pronounciation probably.

[@miculp]

dintre toate limbile latine portugheza e cea mai similara cu romana, dar la scris , la pronuntat suna a limba slava,insa mult mai usor de inteles cand e vorbita e portugheza din brazilia

[@MultiSciGeek]

Same here. For me it's like if a Russian person spoke Spanish it would be Portuguese, and if a Russian person spoke Italian it would be Romanian.

[@jeff-erson]

Natasha Medeiros yes i'm brazilian and some word is similar, but i've been listening english and spanish however i can got some word in this video

[@Natalia-ev4bp]

Awesome!! Îmi place foarte mult! (I like it very much). They are right, Romanian is like a salad of the other languages they had learnt before. Although Romanian language is mostly latin it has so many influences that make it difficult to learn. That's because throughout the centuries everyone wanted a piece of Romania to claim as theirs, so today we have a latin language with Hungarian, Russian, Turkish, Serbian, German, French and lately English sounds and words. So like a language salad :) These guys are great at learning new languages so it's not something that comes too difficult to them. And If you already speak Italian or Spanish or any other romance language you can learn basic Romanian too. I've learnt Spanish just by watching TV because it sounded so familiar. Pero no se escribir muy bien en espanol. :) Trebuie să bem bere acum! Bere românească...Timișoreana. :)))

[@nabasdaily1961]

super, formidable c'est video.. merci beaucoup

[@CutsiePie_]

This has inspired me to do this experiment in my own community. I love the fact that they learnt through conversations more than books

[@ingridritter2601]

wow! Cat de interesant este sa-i vad pe toti alaturi aici. Chiar imi plac. Mai ales de Luca. When someone speaks your language, touches your heart, was something like this a quote. Indeed:) I really can't believe it they did this.

[@Manu2k]

the italian guy had the best accent but all of them leant very quick the basics :D .. nice done, guys

[@carolyngracemarie]

My mind is so blown. These people are impeccably talented. I would so very much like to have the same progress with Mandarin. I also study Spanish in school but at school the teacher never has us talk in class except for speaking benchmarks, 1 per quarter. It’s really a shame that she doesn’t have us converse more often, and my class is the second highest the school offers.

[@Avgvstinvs]

I can only say this: amazingly done! Congratulations!

[@TheMerdiff]

And I'm here saying " you too" when my waitress says " enjoy your meal"

[@alexmga9303]

Luca has a very special technique for learning different languages. He is really impressive

[@moonchild708]

I started learning Romanian 2 years ago and only had the motivation to learn about 7 words. Today, I tested myself using the same video, and I was able to recall the words I knew before, despite not practicing or watching the video in 2 years.

[@lex736]

As a fellow Romanian, I can say that they were all amazing. This was very motivational and has made me want to live again. Thank you, Babbel, for this amazing experience.

[@ruben519]

I'd love to try this with the Occitan language. As I speak Catalan, Spanish and French, it would be really interesting to challenge myself with Occitan.

[@jadatoav]

Thea could teach me klingon or just jibberish and i wouldn't mind.

[@CarlyJS]

Omg it sounds so much easier than I thought. And indeed, you can hear a bit of Italian and Portuguese. Since I'm a Spanish speaker, those are easy for me to learn.it kinda makes me wanna learn it. I really enjoyed the video

[@LiaM_3.16]

Oh ... my ... God!!! Sunteti extraordinari!

[@Unwiniscooler]

I love this video for many reasons however I'm a little disappointed that Babbel can put a video like this together, but not actually allow people to learn Romanian through them (which I would 100% do and commit the hours to if it were possible) :'(

[@BabbelPlus]

We completely see where you're coming from - we'd love to add Romanian, and this video definitely served to make it just a little bit more likely...

[@galasariaeledriel]

Duolingo is launching a Romanian course on the 30th of October. You're welcome ;)

[@Unwiniscooler]

Queen Lulubell you are a STAR. Thank you so much!! Or should I say mulțumesc frumos!

[@galasariaeledriel]

You're welcome! Cu plăcere! :) Have fun learning it!

[@Unwiniscooler]

Thanks - not long to go now eeee!

[@grumpy8133]

These people's I.Qs must be off the charts!

[@artemis522]

I have studied english for so many years in school, and I always wondered how would it be like for people to learn my language. I loved to see how well they did and how fluently they talked.

[@me5ng3]

I'm Romanian, speak 5 languages and these guys left me really impressed. The way they learn and approach the learning process is really amazing.

[@nikobellic328]

Brilliant!

[@ThePurpleCosmos]

"BEAUTIFUL evil language thank you" I loved that part 😄😄 this was so entertaining and motivating!

[@michaellapite9240]

This is really cool, especially as Romanian is the language I want to learn so it's easier when I visit my old uni friend. However, Babbel doesn't have Romanian on the ipad app or website which seems really weird considering this whole video shows learning Romanian in an hour! Is Babbel going to add Romanian to it's languages seeing as it's now promoting using the language?

[@andreiutut]

That was very good guys! Congrats from Romania! Felicitari! 😁

[@lvodniza]

I like Romanian! But the only Romanian i know is from Dragonstea din tei

[@sapphirecat5548]

Lorena Vodniza lmao same

[@mateicatuneanu2453]

Dragoste means love Tei is a tree Din=in Love in Tei

[@dasenkadaria8305]

@@mateicatuneanu2453 Tei is linden in english

[@dasenkadaria8305]

@@mateicatuneanu2453 So this could be translated as The love in the linden

[@aldenbarnes2179]

y’all should try polish. i tried to learn polish bc that’s where my family is from (moms side) and oh my gosh it’s so hard

[@ioankatalin3965]

ati facut.o foarte bine domnilor, felicitari!

[@midnightsky1407]

I've been learning Romanian on and off for two years. Glad to see I still remember a lot of this stuff. I still mess up on writing sentences because I know in Romanian they write words in sentences backwards. That sometimes messes me up. I'll write something the way you would write in English and then discover it doesn't make that much sense in Romanian and I have to switch words around.

[@melisa6609]

They have learnt more Romanian in 1hr than I have learnt French in 3 years

[@anaisa5844]

Im so glad my language is actually recognised by people.

[@zacharytrudell2411]

This is very inspiring. I watch this video, and videos like it, when I think that I can't learn

[@zozzy9664]

Amazing idea! Would love to try

[@MorpHeer]

Amazing

[@alimohammedov981]

i swear babbel is very very good lo leraning leanguages in short time you should try it

[@bryansp9745]

i want to try, is it any good ? with absolutely none knowledge of the target language ???

[@alimohammedov981]

it will be easy

[@pythagorasofsamus2690]

Ali Mohammedov i have no fucking money

[@lilalove7804]

Babbel is only good to start, after A1 level it's not going to work anymore. Try finding someone whose mother tongue is the language you want to learn and just talk. Start watching videos on KZbin ( they do many language videos on how to count, verbs, adjectives etc) and reading simple books. It's the only way really if you are on a budget. Forget about babbel, you are never going to get there with that app, use it just to learn basic sentences and things.

[@KL-es9bt]

I don't think so.. Duolingo is really helpful

[@silviascegaliu]

Woooaw, complimenti,ma il miglior acconto l'ho sento da Luca. Siete speciali

[@geolupascu]

Ce tineri frumoși și minunați în intenții și implicare ❤

[@buzzinboi3770]

Ive been learning French in school for 3 years now and I still can barley make conversation, I've learnt mote French using my duolingo app than in class. Can any of you recommend ways to learn languages faster, I've changed my phone to French and I've done other things but I just feel like I've wasted 3 years

[@martinandreas7953]

sunt grozavi!!

[@PietroGrandi909]

definitely impressive! good job!

[@parquetman]

Romanian, unfortunately the forgotten idiom among the other 4 (four) romance languages - portuguese, french, spanish and italian. One day I'll learn it... ;o) Awesome video, thanks for sharing, hugs!