American was shocked by European Word differences!! (Spain,Italy,German,France)

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[@MarioAlcarazMoreno]

“Italy was DECENT”, “I HAVEN’T CONSIDERED visiting Spain”, in France there is “CHEAP WINE”. Italy is the country with most UNESCO places, Spain the second most visited nation and France has one of the best wines in the world. She has offended all those countries where it hurts the most for them 🤣

[@Pepecigar]

She just spouted some stereotypes and showed how Americans are so narrow minded, while being the country with the modt obesity

[@MarioAlcarazMoreno]

@@Pepecigar Basically

[@n3493]

Nobody in the usa has good taste what do you expect.

[@MarioAlcarazMoreno]

@@n3493 But this girl has neither education. If someone from USA or any other nation ask me about his country I would say I like it a lot, it has magnific places, food, climate, etc but not with this arrogancy of minuspreciating our culture, products, etc

[@lombingo]

This girl has clearly not good social skills.

[@annina8nove147]

" I've been to Italy, it was decent"... Ok continua a mangiare la pizza con l'ananas va

[@antisgamozero]

3 per volta, fra l"altro... 😁

[@girouarddolivier2049]

Pizza with 🍍 is the best

[@annina8nove147]

@@girouarddolivier2049 cagarella fulminante is better

[@quellapersonadidiscord7816]

@@girouarddolivier2049 Giampiero passami il fucile

[@SaroCata86]

@@antisgamozero 😂

[@pastvz2781]

She's the most American person to ever set foot on that studio... the way in which she just offended every single country in the first minute lol

[@robertbheatcoker8638]

heheheeh I believe native english speakers which does not speak other language can not figure out a mispronunciation.. I believe they do not have the skill of "guessing" in terms of speaking, something in english you want to say something really really obvious even when it is in front of them and they do not help... it is like... waiting for the SUPER CORRECT pronunciation, then they do not know other language and can not pronounce other sounds.. they always come back as a reference to english.. it is super wire for english learners, I learned first German, and they understand me when I talk even when I make 100 mispronunciation and grammar mistakes per minute.

[@user-uk6qt1qn8o]

I don’t know any American who would do that. It’s like they picked the dumbest person in the world to be on this video.

[@bluesoul7163]

I've been to Italy.... it was decent... Damn two seconds and she is just proved how american she is lol 🤣.

[@crazyg2982]

as an italian that "decent" broke my heart just a lil ...ahaha

[@esausantibanez3702]

Lol I thought the same thing! She saying that and saying “I’m from America” bitch please.

[@laviniacampisi8131]

@@crazyg2982 ahahaha, ho pensato esattamente la stessa cosa

[@Misterjingle]

@@crazyg2982 I'm French, and I love Italy, It's waaaay more than decent haha

[@maxdelpo5578]

Decent is so diminutive..

[@lucafusillo5987]

Did the american girl really just give a whole speech about how many different accents there are in the us? In Italy there are about 25 different LANGUAGES, not accents or dialects, completly different languages. The same goes for most big european countries.

[@drloydinkorea]

There are literally over 100 languages spoken in America maybe more. She was referring to how difficult it is to understand specifically English, in some states because we have so many different dialects and accents that sounds so different. Some of them literally sound like different languages. That is she was talking about if you listen. I’m sure in your country is well. I am sure Your country also has different accents and dialects of your primary language which makes it harder for you to understand your primary language in different areas depending on where you live.

[@carboluka]

Si ma che c'entra scusa, stava parlando con la francese ahahah

[@lilliceribelle]

@@carboluka si ma anche in Francia ogni regione a accenti molto molto diversi. Il nord e il sud sembrano lingue diverse.

[@lucafusillo5987]

@@drloydinkorea I think you misunderstood me. There are many different dialects in the US, in Italy it’s literally completely different languages. Someone from Louisiana might speak a different dialect then someone from Oregon, but both dialects derived from english. In Italy it’s not like that. Venetian or Sicilian for example didn’t derive from today’s Italian, they already existed before. By the way I’m just taking Italy as an example but the same goes for many other European countries.

[@lucafusillo5987]

@@carboluka centra che è ridicolo fare un discorso del genere a qualunque europeo

[@andyx6827]

American girl: "I like the French word, because it's similar to English." Also American girl: Can't pronounce the "E" or the "U" or the "R", because it's so different from English 😂

[@Charles25192]

Well, a big part of English words come from French

[@avb4805]

@@Charles25192 yes 25 000 words

[@marcoantonelli4282]

@@Charles25192 yes but it doesn't actually mean they're similar. Words come from french but the phonetic is completely different

[@User-1huzf4ljg8]

@@marcoantonelli4282 Yeah but u have to think about the read part. I mean, as a French guy who doesn't speak English, it was easy for me to read it (when i was playing vidéo games for exemple). I could understand even if my English was really bad at this moment. But when came the time to speak it or listen it.. Damn, was so hard. Now, I try to improve it everyday.

[@marcoantonelli4282]

@@User-1huzf4ljg8 yes, I agree and understand the feeling, but if we're talking about the similarity of two languages we have to take the oral aspect. French is a perfect example of how the languages develop orally; the written version of a language is a mere convention. So they can share some words but they're not so similar for what concerns grammar, morphology etc. as italian and spanish (and french, or any other latin language) do.

[@henri_ol]

I will always love how similar italian and spanish , my favorite languages , are to each other

[@andreanecchi5930]

as a basis they have Latin, for which they sometimes seem similar

[@melaniemuller6199]

Yes I feel from writing the french fits too since the latin roots

[@axwleurope9519]

Spanish people usually have problemas to understand others, even portuguese, maybe because phonetic is very simple in Spanish

[@ivanovichdelfin8797]

​@@axwleurope9519 That's true.

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

True 🧡🧡🧡

[@gabius83]

Besides the "Italy was decent" and "I liked the cheap wine", that I'm still trying to cope with- she lived in England and didn't even considered visiting Spain, one of the most visited countries in the world? Also it's the way she says it, if felt condescending to me. As in "why would i think of going there". She could have said "I didn't get to visit many countries" or "I wasnt't able to visit Spain". But no, she managed to be offensive,¡. Although, considering the way she talked about a gorgeous country like our brother Italy, maybe it's a blessing. Cannot fathom what she would say about Spain. The sangría was OK?

[@omiluna7362]

What can you expect from an overweighed USA girl used to donuts and sandwiches ?

[@cranci]

She is the stereotypical ignorant American

[@pierrejeanandre6582]

Ok Karen

[@SuperHelmut12]

Americans...

[@Micha-qv5uf]

Bro she doesn't even know that Spain and the UK are close to each other. Americans don't have a world map in their head. They just get into a plane and wonder where they get off.

[@annalty]

Crazy how no one reacted when she talked about the US having so much linguistic variety (apparently) that they're used to understanding other languages/accents. She said this to Europeans 🤣. We literally have so many different languages and dialects. USA strikes again. Lol

[@delfino0274]

Exactly!!! Seriously so funny she had the audacity lol

[@dangrth]

Or the fact that she is saying that in a room where three out of four people have very alive dialects (and France is only half an exception with Breton, Alsacian or Corsican being very much alive) and all four have different accents from natives inside their very own country ! Like France is very different in the north and the south of the country, and same for Italian. You can literally have people who are born 300km apart and have different accents and yet American is supposed to be the land of diversity...

[@Noah_ol11]

Andrea and Stefania showed how people from Italy can understand Spanish more easier than the other way around , but of course , as both are Latin languages there're many words similar , sounds as well

[@pablo8286]

To be fair that sentence the Italian guy said would be understood by 95% of Spaniards, i've no idea how she didn't get it lol

[@sans_hw187]

The asymmetry is even bigger with French and Spanish or French and Italian. A francophone can understand a lot of Spanish and Italian with very minimum training, while the other way around they will get next to nothing of what is said in French.

[@JP-en7cc]

As I've heard from an Italian friend It's usually easier for Italian speakers to understand Spanish than the other way around due to Spanish using words that exist in Italian, even tho they are not commonly used since they sound like old words. In Spanish the Italian words that are used nowadays may not exist on the other hand.

[@axwleurope9519]

@@JP-en7cc there are words in Spanish from other origins different then Latin. Also un portuguese

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

🤩🧡🤩🧡

[@backgroundnoiserelax526]

This American girl is not the brightest marble in the jar right? She is mocking other's words and all, but she is the only one in the room that talks just one language. The other guys speak AT LEAST two, and most probably 3 or 4 languages.

[@sergiosanchez1365]

As a Spanish, I can comfirm that it is true that Italians and Portuguese understand Spanish almost perfectly, but Spanish find it a little more difficult for them😂😂

[@axwleurope9519]

Because the Spanish phonetic is very simple

[@sergiosanchez1365]

@@axwleurope9519 Exactly, we pronounce the words as they are written😂😂

[@valerial5837]

@@sergiosanchez1365 in Italian we also pronounce the words as are written

[@izzydaizzy3745]

It's because we just have A, E, I, O, U. Other languages can make (and distinguish) other vocal sounds. So we struggle to know what they are saying because many times their words don't sound as strong as ours, we can't put a finger on what was that word, what were the letters they said

[@BlackHoleSpain]

@@valerial5837 That's *NOT* true at all. For example, the C in ciao sounds as "ch", but letter CH in chimico sounds as "k". Letter Z sometimes is "ds" and other times is "ts". G before e or i sounds like "y" and you need to insert H to sound like a real G. Combination GLI is pronounced as spanish LL. SC sounds as "sh"... too many exceptions.

[@bernardinelermite1133]

As a Swiss person, I can understand all of them, lol. French, German and Italian because they are national languages in Switzerland, English because (almost) everyone learns it, and Spanish because it's so similar to Italian.

[@Helga7850]

yeah...CH is like a EU in miniature.

[@viridiscri9713]

Swiss are OP

[@gadsdenflag5218]

Which part of Switzerland are you from?

[@bernardinelermite1133]

@@gadsdenflag5218 The French speaking part, in a bilingual French/German canton, close to the French and Italian border.

[@backgroundnoiserelax526]

Don't worry, the dumb American girl will laugh at you anyway, of course in English, her only language. :)

[@juniorthekid1867]

She is Literally the living American stereotype

[@nikkvelta2284]

🇪🇸🤝🇮🇹 somos hermanos para siempre que no se os olvide

[@33amra33]

"it was decent" the audacity right before the 15 seconds mark.

[@nicoladc89]

In Italian usually people say "computer" but in the IT manuals there is often written "calcolatore" or "elaboratore". Anyway computer, like almost all the scientific/technologic English words, is derived from Latin. In Italy nobody say "cartier" with a strong r at the end, but "cartiè" without the r.

[@MN-vz8qm]

Calculateur was used in France at first, and is still used for supercomputers

[@Stefan0R8]

Finalmente qualcuno che conosce la sua lingua

[@nicoladc89]

@@MN-vz8qm well as a Latin word, I honestly prefer "calcolatore" (calculator, calculareur etc...) to "computatore" (computer) and "elaboratore" is even better. Anyway I often listened people in the IT call it "macchina" (machine).

[@anotherone_yt]

Never heard any Italian say CartieR ahah when he said it I was confused

[@riccardoghelli4076]

Fuori dagli ambienti accademici è raro sentire "calcolatore"

[@artirobja5109]

the Spanish Girl is a Superstar

[@sorormimm493]

What’s so interesting about this video is the self-composure and interpersonal nuance. Simply watching the woman from the USA and her body language was so very different than those from across the pond!

[@helgaioannidis9365]

As a German living abroad I really felt with Nele in the beginning, when every language except German was mentioned positively. I can't count how many times I was told by people from other countries that German sounds ugly, that German is too harsh, that they never would want to learn German. I also happen to speak Italian and I get so different reactions about Italian. Even if I can understand why people don't like the sound of German, it just doesn't feel nice when your mother tongue is so openly treated as something unpleasant. Because our identity is also based on our language. What I always found interesting is that, when I don't speak standard German, but Bavarian, which is a variation of German threatened of extinction, I get far more positive reactions to the sound, except from people from the north of Germany.

[@frenchfan3368]

Ich bin Amerikaner und die Deutsche Sprache gefällt mir sehr. Meine Meinung nach, Deutsch klingt schoener als Spanish oder Italienisch. Ich bin ja die Ausnahme.

[@axwleurope9519]

It sounds harsh and has long words with a lot of consonants together. But that doesnt mean is bad language or something negative.

[@manuelwirtz4833]

I think it depends on where you live abroad. In Thailand people told me they like german a lot more than the french one because of history. For me this show that a sound of a language often is associated with something positive oder negative

[@lavatoconpirlana]

Whenever I hear someone speaking German it reminds me of hiking in the Dolomites (especially in the northern part), I love hearing it. I actually overheard some German speaking tourist at the beach the other day and I thought about that. It's not harsh at all!

[@helgaioannidis9365]

@@lavatoconpirlana your nick is fantastic 😂😂😂 are you from Lombardia?

[@coolangel300]

I'm Australian and I went to the US I asked for water they didn't know what I meant and told me to pronounce the "American way" this was in LA and NYC. I disagree even if they have a lot of different accents within the US they are not used to "world" accents😂

[@sebastienl5169]

Yeah, I'm talking to different people in the world and my accent is not great. Still most of the time people can understand me, unless it's an American, they have a really hard time understanding.

[@Anonymous-sb9rr]

British person: Can I have a bo'oh'o'wa'er?

[@someguy2744]

In NYC it's: Wada

[@mogheanil]

yeah they have a tendency of doing that, was ordering a subway near niagara falls in the outlet & told the lady to put capsicum in my sub, said its called bell pepper i was like bitch just put it in

[@dangercat9188]

I'm from NYC and I would've understood you because I have a fascination with accents from around the world. But I have a hard time telling the Aussie and Kiwi accents apart though lol.

[@LcjvLucile]

Thanks World Friends for having us 😊 We are quite amateurs and being in front of a camera can be so impressive! It was my first time and had a blast recording this. I’m glad to read the language exchange and word backgrounds in the comment section. Everyone was so nice and all the participants were really patient, affectionate and each of us tried to represent the best that we could our native countries. Special mention to Ashleigh who had the main role in this, again, this is not easy to do but she nailed it ! Was so friendly and a genuinely nice person !

[@pandamilkshake]

How did you sign up for something like this? Did they reach out to you at random? Did you sign up somewhere? I'm really curious because these look *very* fun.

[@J0HN_D03]

En regardant la vidéo, j'ai vraiment le sentiment que l'Espagnole ne t'aime pas du tout... Elle ne sourit jamais quand tu prends la parole et te regarde vraiment d'une manière très antipathique. Quel est ton ressenti à ce sujet??? 🤔🤔🤔

[@LcjvLucile]

@@J0HN_D03je pense que ce n’est qu’une impression, tout le monde était très sympa, Mikka y compris ☺️ Je pense que c’est difficile de retranscrire la vraie ambiance derrière la caméra. On est tous un peu impressionné par le tournage.

[@LcjvLucile]

@@pandamilkshakeyeah it was kinda random, in Korea the foreigner community is not that big.

[@J0HN_D03]

@@LcjvLucile D'accord. Restons positifs alors ✌🏻😇

[@danbarbosa6940]

I'm still waiting for the latin languages video with French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian

[@miaa_paan]

Catalan and galician

[@qrsx66]

@@miaa_paan Exactly, no one thinks of those !

[@glucosepouches]

@@qrsx66 Because those five are the main ones in their respected countries, every other romance language is small and often similar enough to one of the main 5 romance languages. You wouldnt want everyone repeating the same word, instead of comparing languages, it would turn into comparing accents. There are 38 other romance languages besides the main 5, too many to include.

[@FurtivePenguin]

it would be so dope to get such a meet !!

[@vesrra8185]

@@glucosepouches wdym? Every romance language is similar to others. LANGUAGES not dialects. You are talking about those.

[@saralampret9694]

The German girl is my kind of girl 😂😂😂 hahahahhaa. So you basically like everything except German 😂 This is what I thought 😂😂

[@hmvollbanane1259]

9:35 that's a huge misconception on her part. Maybe it would be a good idea to have Americans react to dialect variety within European languages as I can see how she came to her conclusion following her logic, however there are in actuality a lot more dialects with a way greater variety within European languages precisely because we didn't have a lot of migration, e.g. bigger cities like cologne even have multiple different dialects and some like e.g. Swabian are only about 40% intelligible for other native German speakers, whereas Americans mostly just have slightly different accents and not really dialects (just compare the differences between an Irish and an English dialect to any two American ones and you will see the difference in divergence)

[@YannTube]

I loved to see how Italians understand what Spanish people say. We Brazilian Portuguese speakers can also understand Spanish speakers without having learned it before, but they cannot understand us very well. Written italian is also very easy to understand

[@erminioottone5145]

If you notice, at one point the American girl says "like"

[@kellymcbright5456]

She's likely to like to be like that.

[@ryanzarmbinski7446]

The word "Soccer" comes from a shortening of the phrase "Associational Football," specifically the "soc" in "associational." Ironically, this term comes from England as it's a common shortening in England to add an -er (ex. 5 and 10 pound notes are fivers and tenners). Just like the imperial system of measurements, England invented the term, passed it to the US, then changed their terms to be in line with the rest of the world, presumably to join in on the teasing at our expense. Love the video! Greetings from Texas 🇨🇱🇺🇸

[@Silverfirefly1]

As an English man I had no idea of that origin, as a kid I think I just started associating it with the slang verb to sock (someone or something).

[@henri_ol]

The sport Football is from UK , the most popular sport in the world , soccer is most used in places where this sport isn't the most popular , like USA or Australia

[@saxon..falkenhayn2908]

Most sports were created by the British. Rugby, cricket, football, even baseball

[@Noah_ol11]

@@saxon..falkenhayn2908 Basaball is from USA , created in 1839 , New York

[@MeoMeo-wh7jf]

@@Noah_ol11 Lol

[@saxon..falkenhayn2908]

@@Noah_ol11 baseball was created by British.. they called it rounders

[@Noah_ol11]

@@saxon..falkenhayn2908 totally wrong , where did get this from ? Note even the guy who created was from UK , Abner Doubleday was from USA

[@deejohn4772]

I'm italian i've been in America for 2 weeks and it wasn't even decent xD

[@myriam6101]

French and italian are so beautiful

[@adiaguilo4927]

Actually, interesting fact is spanish people that also speak catalan can understand italian pretty well too, we have a lot of similar words and it's pretty fascinating to hear. My favorite similar phrase is 'La dona menja formatje a la finestra' learned it with some italian guys and kinda shocked me

[@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya]

¿Por qué la forma escrita del catalán se parece al francés aprende el asturiano sin los sustratos vascos y la falsa influencia celta? 😂😂😂

[@michelefavaretto627]

I'm pretty sure that most of the spanish people can understand whole phrases or even speeches in italian...just the spanish girl on the video seemed to be not so smart 😂

[@mickybcn7453]

FORMATGE....amb G

[@goodaimshield1115]

I've been to Italy and it was decent, and my favourite thing was "cheap wine". Americans... XD

[@inoumeni4539]

9:23 did she just said that US has more accents than Europe?

[@cicci0salsicci0]

Americans should do a statistic about how much time every years they waste saying the word "like"

[@marcosreynoso3901]

She starts talking about the countries as the stereotype of the standard American. "O yeah, Spain. I liked Money Heist"

[@MrSupervin94]

So if Italy is just decent because it has cheap wine, imagine how an american sees the rest of the world

[@rosechoco4466]

I’m Japanese. I have been learning English and French. So, I understood English and French words. My mother can speak these languages. She said « Italian end Spanish are very similar like sister. » Actually, when comparing, these languages are really, I think.

[@xenotypos]

Actually, written Italian is probably closer to written French, but yeah the prononciation differs widely (probably the germanic influence in France), so it makes sense Spanish is closer in that regard.

[@danemon8423]

@@xenotypos in some places in italy they have a really close pronounciation and vocabulary as in france

[@jandron94]

@@danemon8423 That's a bit weird : to French ears those Italians sound like French people talking Italian with a French accent. What a strange feeling.

[@danemon8423]

@@jandron94 yeah i know, as a french i had italian friends in university who spoke this kind of italian and it was so weird, caus e i could understand what they said and even their tone and pronounciation of "r" was similar to french.

[@jandron94]

@@danemon8423 vous avez idée de quelles régions ou villes d'Italie ils venaient ?

[@cjkim2147]

Just realized Spain also uses cachorro. I know that word is used in Portuguese.

[@mrminkiolangelo]

Italy, with 80% of world heritage was "decent".

[@Ruisumi_migeru]

In video games, by micro chat, all the Anglo-Saxons speak Spanish to the Italians, they think that Spanish and Italian are almost the same language and it makes me laugh, it's funny that the fact is a reality that Italian and Spanish are brother languages ​​🇮🇹🇪🇦♥️

[@yelnatsch517]

Most French people I know understand both Italian and Spanish. It's quite amazing actually.

[@dangercat9188]

I speak Spanish and I could understand some Italian, Portuguese and even some Romanian words but I don't get french AT ALL lol.

[@Elichan88]

French people I know that also know another Latin language (Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian) can get everything when someone speaks Italian. But those who can only speak French, understand written Italian but don't get oral Italian at all... So I guess it really depends on the background of said french speaker :)

[@charles1413]

We must don't know the same French peeps. And I'm French!

[@Sir77Hill]

@@charles1413 I mean I'm French and when I was younger I had the opportunity to work in a fancy hotel where there were newspapers from different countries all around the world. Italian ones were rather easy to understand, whereas I could barely understand 10-15% of spoken Italian. It's not only an urban legend, it really does work like that!

[@charles1413]

@@Sir77Hill I don't disagree. We can read it but understand it orally? Nahhh ;) Notre langue a des sonorités tellement diffrentes que c'est pas étonnant

[@davidesperanza7701]

"Cheap wine" in Italy? Barolo and Brunello di Montalcino leaves the chat!😆

[@stefan8405]

Scommetto che entrava nei supermercati e comprava cartoni di tavernello.

[@omiluna7362]

YANKEES have no wine at all except in Napa Valley, California.

[@davidesperanza7701]

@@omiluna7362 californian wine is quite good; I tasted it a few times and I liked it. A bit overpriced compared to an Italian wine but maybe it can depends on the import costs.

[@Jmlisheid]

Love that when the German woman pronounced 'Europe' in French, it was the best, because the French r and German r are practically the same.

[@LaSa1]

As a German who had a French neighbor with a stubborn dog as a child, yes! I can curse very well in French now lol

[@enzog8973]

"It was decent" wtf, who are you?

[@eladrio2311]

"I went to Italy and it was DECENT" LMAO I'm mad and I'm not even Italian.

[@AylaMarianna]

lol the way she said "We'll see you soon!" at the end was really cute :D

[@judna1]

Catalans can definitely understand Italian better than only Spanish speakers. I learnt Italian by living in Rome for a couple of months years ago. And for me, being a Catalan speaker made the difference. Catalan and Italian share lots of words, like: "finestra" (window), "manca" (lacks), "mai" (never), "porta" (door)... and then others that are quite similar like: "amic (cat)/amico (it)" (friend), "aixugar (cat)/ asciugare (it)" (to dry), "família (cat)/famiglia (it)" (family)... Those words might look a bit different on writing, but the pronunciation is almost the same. Another thing that helped to learn Italian was English. Like you saw in this video they say "computer", and they use other words like "weekend" as well. So, that helped. I also learnt portugese later on, when I lived in Lisbon for a couple of months as well, this time by studying the language in a Barcelona's language academy during one month prior to the stay. Which really helped a lot, when I went to Rome the language course was online and during the stay, so I struggled a bit, it took me a month to become a fluent speaker. With the Portuguese course and such, it took me about two weeks to get fluent. Now I'm learning French, let's see what it takes me, I guess is gonna take me a while, both Italian and Portuguese are quite similar to both Catalan (my mother tongue) and Spanish, so it was easier to pick them up. I could understand the languages from the beginning. I can also understand some French, but it's a bit harder. Occitan though is a completely different thing, I could have a full conversation with someone that speaks Occitan (from South-France, North-Western Catalonia or North-Western Italy, any dialect really) and me speaking Catalan. Catalan is derived from Occitan, so the similarities are huge between one and other. In fact, yes in Catalan is "Sí", but in Old-Catalan it used to be "Oc" which is precisely how you say yes in Occitan. Anyway, going back to the Spanish/Italian mutual comprehension. I don't know why she didn't understand "Metroponitana" (subway/underground), since we called it "Metro" in both Catalan and Spanish, which is the short for "Metropolitano (sp) / metropolità (cat)", where the only difference is the gender, we use the masculine and Italians use the feminine. However, I can understand why she said "city" instead. Because city in Greek, or at least in Ancient Greek, is "polis" which is the root we use to call things like the surrounding of a city: "àrea metropilitana (cat)/ "area metropolitana (sp)" (metropolitan area), and a big city is also called "metropolis", so makes sense. The subway is called "metropolitan" because it's a"city train". English focuses on the fact that goes underground on in a subway, but; romance languages focus on the fact that is a train that only travels around the city and the surrounding area of the city. So it's interesting to see difference of perspective between the languages don't you think? And well, that's it. Sorry for the length of this comment, I hope you reach the end 'cause I think I made some points that can be conversation starters. Having said that, the only thing left to say is: Nice video and best regards from Barcelona!

[@axwleurope9519]

Yes also German and Chinese bc everyone knows catalan is similar to all the other languages in the world and they invented everything. 🤣

[@miaa_paan]

Ja, però els catalans parlem tots el espanyol, també som hispanoparlants XD

[@elgaston2981]

Also the word itself ‘Metropoli’ literally means a big city in Italian

[@judna1]

@@elgaston2981 Yes, but it's a greek word originally though.

[@joseantoniocastro1486]

Los españoles entendemos perfectamente el italiano aunque no sepamos catalán, son palabras que vienen del latín y las entendemos al 100%

[@izzydaizzy3745]

I love how german sounds, or maybe it's just how Nele talks but for me it seems so faeric

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

Really ? To me, it sounds like the noise of the construction work, next to my appartment window. 🤔

[@drop9482]

@@goofygrandlouis6296 yeah but nobody asked you how you feel

[@kellymcbright5456]

faeric?

[@dubmait]

In Spain it used to be balonpie for football. Soccer comes from association football

[@babosa3532]

nadie dice balompie

[@dubmait]

@@babosa3532 ya lo sé. He dicho " used to be" pasado

[@victorgomez4107]

Ni balonpie ni balompie. Se dice "balompié" y es una palabra estupenda. Lástima que no se use.

[@Miafreeher]

That's interesting. Balompie sounds the direct translation of football in french ballon (ball) pied (foot)

[@victorgomez4107]

@@Miafreeher We also have "balonvolea" for volleyball. Sadly nobody uses that either.

[@balo92]

I completely agree with the Italian guy about Football, like it does make sense and is totally logical with foot

[@alvaronunez8707]

She is so American 😂

[@Tweeteketje]

It's good that finally also a man is included ^^ And the Spanish girl is absolutely hilarious, please invite her more often! 10:36 "Today....blabla...The bus....blabla...The city..." 😂

[@backgroundnoiserelax526]

The Spanish girl is definetively NOT spaniard. She lives in Spain, but she speaks like Colombian or Venezuelan. But she is hilarious.

[@Kakonan]

@@backgroundnoiserelax526 I am from Spain and she's 100% spanish.

[@egofvckshoes7252]

@@backgroundnoiserelax526 Hahahha nope.

[@alexurfantasy]

The Spanish girl is definitely Latina , she even said she has family in Latin America so she’s at least half Latin American

[@angyliv8040]

@@egofvckshoes7252 she doesn’t have hispanic American accent.

[@DemanaJaire]

OMG, I love the Spanish girl. I need more of her on this channel.

[@lucywerner]

Love how people from the US will introduce themselves as "from America" as if the US are the only country not only on North America but South America as well 🙄

[@kellymcbright5456]

They are.

[@residentzero]

It's the only country in the world with the word "America" in their name. Literally. Yeah they're still very ignorant, but not on that part. Any other country in central, North or South America don't refer to themselves as from a continent but from their particular country. You don't hear a Colombian tell a Mexican "I'm from America and you?", and then the Mexican way "I'm from America". Doesn't make any sense

[@rbfailomkyodn4537]

DECENT ?!!! let me reminind you that you are talking about the most beautiful country in the world 🌎,🇮🇹

[@Daehawk]

Good lord are all Spanish girls so perfect?

[@Juanjo-pp9gh]

She isn't a stereotype of spaniard girl... she has latin american roots.

[@bre_me]

@@Juanjo-pp9gh but she’s white so her Latin American roots are probably Spanish roots either way

[@BlackHoleSpain]

@@bre_me White? Not at all, she's quite tanned. I might be wrong, but she has Colombian vibes.

[@bre_me]

@@BlackHoleSpain Yes she's tanned, but not to a level a white person couldn't be tanned to. It could be a natural or a fake tan, regardless, white people with that skin color are not uncommon at all, especially in Southern Europe. Look at her facial features. She doesn't look Native American or black mixed, which is what someone who you might identify as Colombian likely has.

[@dangercat9188]

With money, anyone can look perfect.

[@Jpeg13759]

So what, Europe is an conglomerat of many voices, and cultures. WE like it that way, Thank You.

[@gregmuon]

American football actually is derived from rugby.

[@matsreineke6072]

Wi-Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance,which you can only use if your W-LAN (Wireless Local Area Network) complies with the regulations of the Wi-Fi Alliance. In many countries Wi-Fi is just used as a general term for all W-LAN's. The term W-LAN is not at all only used in Germany. Also the german original word for "computer" would be "Rechner", which literally translates to "calculator/computer". But most of the germans, especially the younger ones, use the word "Computer".

[@CinCee-]

Did the American girl just step out the shower & 4get to dry her hair?

[@allancac]

I just watched to see Lucile. What was the video about? 🤣 I´m kidding. Great content! I like see the differences about culture and languages! Thanks, World Friends!

[@sid2751]

The American keeps talking that way « like.. I was like… like… it was like… » 😂

[@kellymcbright5456]

She is likely to like to be like that!

[@Feedforwrardjames9]

“I’ve been to Italy it was decent?” Yeah sure it’s bad not having guns at supermarket for 200 euros and pay 2000 euros for an ambulance! What a shame

[@julialopez1450]

Mika es una reina yo pienso

[@cocolosus00]

Soccer comes from association football. 'Soc' in the middle. For example in England there is a competition called the FA Cup, Football Association where clubs from all leagues participate.

[@matias5817]

In american "football" they basically use more the hands than their foot and they use a egg shape "ball" instead of a normal shape ball, basically Rugby

[@ulisescabrera1058]

Nelle is so beautiful shes my World friends crush. I cant get enough of listening to her talking German. And shes also rocking the Berling black fashion !! 🇩🇪

[@hueypautonoman]

I literally laugh out loud when she gets sassy. "What do you mean even Germany?" 🤣

[@omiluna7362]

FANTASMA!

[@SuperHelmut12]

Poi saremmo noi i provinciali...

[@sidasterdisaster]

For everyone offended about the “cheap” wine comment-USAmericans use “cheap” and “inexpensive” interchangeably, a lot of the time. She meant you can get inexpensive wine in other countries, not that it’s always poor quality.

[@jee76]

Caro Marco, il rugby e il football americano sono due sport distinti e addirittura il pallone ha forma e dimensioni diverse. Ah, gli italiani pronunciano "Cartier" senza la R finale, alla francese appunto. Buona continuazione.

[@mynameisgiovannigiorgio1027]

ovviamente noi italiani sappiamo che è un brand francese quindi cerchiamo per lo meno di dirlo alla francese magari non perfettamente

[@andyx6827]

The German girl also mispronounced it like someone who has no idea, on purpose. I've only ever heard "Ca-Tié" here in Germany (with no R at all). Absolutely nobody says "Ca-Tyeah", but I think the production team tells them to pronounce it as if you have no idea.

[@Nurali..]

🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 beautiful languages and beautiful accents...🙄

[@Micha-qv5uf]

Americans talking about accents is kinda cute. They have no idea :D

[@ivanovichdelfin8797]

10:30 As a spanish from Spain I understood: "Today I went ... with the bus, the city" (I thought metropolitan was city and not the metro) I think he said: Italiano: Oggi sono venuto qui in studio con l'autobus e la metropolitana" Spanish: Hoy he venido aquí al estudio con el autobús y el metro" Note: I've never estudiado italiano.

[@giorgiadesanctis1883]

I'm italian and since when I was a child I could understand some spanish sentences even though I didn't study Spanish till University (now I'm 21)

[@saxon..falkenhayn2908]

because your both the same

[@axwleurope9519]

@@saxon..falkenhayn2908 not the same, there are many different words from different origins in both languages but the sound in the overall language is similar

[@giorgiadesanctis1883]

There are words that are similiar and other words that are very different, for example: English: home/house > spanish: casa - italian: casa English: love> spanish: amor - italian: amore English: book > spanish: libro - italian: libro But there are also many words that are different, because they are different languages There are also some fake friends, spanish words that are very similiar to italian ones but have different meanings: In italian there is the word imbarazzata (embarrassed/awkward) In spanish there is the word embarazada, but it means "pregnant"😂 (in italian: incinta 🤰)

[@vampigrrl]

@@giorgiadesanctis1883 that's right . but you could also say "encinta" in spanish, same meaning as "pregnant" 😅

[@giorgiadesanctis1883]

Oh thank u 😂

[@jeandelgadeshion8396]

A bit correction the word anana is only used in argentina to reffer to pineapple in the rest of latin america it's like spanis Piña.

[@jeandelgadeshion8396]

Spain*

[@lisastenzel5713]

Ahhh!! 🤣😆 From now on...whenever my computer acts out, freezes etc...I call it comPUTAdora! Fuuun! Oh...So much fun at work with that...no one will know I am angry 😈😁

[@valsett3385]

italian could be considered as a sort of link that connects french and spanish. Indeed italians are able to understand both french and spanish, but if you ask a french to understand spanish or the other way around they would find more difficulty to do it.

[@ShinryuZensen]

Well, we got invaded by both in the past so it's natural I think...

[@Nico-iv3wr]

No, we italians don't understand French. Tbh, Portuguese is easier than French

[@fselva5222]

Everyone is from a country, except Ashley, who is from a continent…

[@drloydinkorea]

Actually we all live on continents do we not? We live in countries on continents. Just saying.

[@MrBallistico]

I have no idea why "football countries" have no idea where the term soccer comes from. The rules of football (or soccer) as it is played today were codified in England. Modern soccer is an English game (probably something else "football countries" don't realize). The common version of football originated as Association Rules Football (as opposed to Rugby Rules Football, American Football, Gaelic Football, ...). The english slang for Association Football back in the day was Soccer. I believe the term was commonly used in England through the 1950's. Soccer continued to stick in American and Australian english. The bottom line is that the term is not American.

[@andyx6827]

I personally knew that. But that's because I'm a fan of this sport. It's not hard to understand that other people might not know this. Also, the only "football" countries in here were Spain and France. Italy and Germany have their own words for it

[@c.i.a8359]

Of course they wouldn’t know, it was the uk who started this soccer word

[@offsdexter2]

in other words it was always football, just like you say "pc" everytime but you wouldn't say the word "computer" didn't exist because of that. Its cool that most countries evolved.

[@goodaimshield1115]

Why would people in France or Spain know the story of UK or football? Do you think everybody in those countries is interested in England or football history to the point of researching its history? You're either entitled or just stereotyping. Get a live.

[@lukaspieper633]

I would claim most know that it originated in England, like the imperial measurement system. But people are confused why the US keeps using those super outdated things

[@user-su2ew5rq9o]

I would say that you need to make same movie with Eastern Europe languages. I’m sure that it would be interesting challenge for British or American people and interesting to listening differences between Eastern Europe languages. Almost all video about French/English/Spanish, need to be brought something new :)

[@brittakriep2938]

In german language you can also say Rechner to a Computer, ( french ordinateur could be the Same). Hund is in english dog, but english persons know hound, and german persons know Dogge. English annimal names are often similar to german ones. Cat/ Katze, bear/ Bär, sheep/ Schaf, goat/ Ziege, but dated Gais, horse/ Pferd, but dated Ross, whale/ Wal, fish/ Fisch, roe/ Reh, hare/ Hase, mouse/Maus, spider/Spinne, weazle/ Wiesel, owl/ Eule, Eagle/ Adler, Falcon/ Falke, cow/ Kuh, calf/ Kalb, bull/ Bulle, steer/ Stier, cock/ Hahn, but locally Gockel, hen/ Henne, sow/ Sau, swine/ Schwein.

[@seanchadwick9036]

Traditionally, the sport has been mainly referred to as soccer in Australia. This is primarily due to Australian rules football taking precedence of the name in conversation due to its greater cultural prominence and popularity - similarly to North America and gridiron football. However, in 2005, the Australia Soccer Association changed its name to Football Federation Australia, and it now encourages the use of "football" to describe the association code in line with international practice. All state organisations, many clubs, and most media outlets have followed its example. The Macquarie Dictionary observed, writing prior to 2010: "While it is still the case that, in general use, soccer is the preferred term in Australia for what most of the world calls football, the fact that the peak body in Australia has officially adopted the term football for this sport will undoubtedly cause a shift in usage." This was highlighted shortly afterwards when the Australian prime minister, speaking in Melbourne, referred to the sport as football, emphasising her choice when questioned. The Australian men's team is still known by its long-standing nickname, the Socceroos and "soccer" is still the most popular term for the sport in Australia.

[@peterritchie5593]

football is a class thing the upper class could afford horse's polo ect the lower couldn't so every game played with a ball not on a horse is football, rounders soccer rugby tennis etc

[@offsdexter2]

thats cool, never shame in changing. If every country but give up a bit we would reach common grounds everywhere.

[@Chrysobubulle]

Mikaela looks like the reincarnation of Denise Richards 😂

[@00Mali00]

After the adjustments? 😅

[@poppers7317]

Oh, she died?

[@meomeo3449]

"Cartier" è un cognome; in italiano si dice "cartiè", alla francese. No "cartier", proprio no.

[@spiritofthewinds9089]

I would love such a video including more slavic people :)

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

Great video

[@anotherone_yt]

I'm still trying to understand if this format is inherently bad for Americans or if they actually are this annoying.

[@ImperatoreDante]

shows a picture of a monitor and she says "computer"

[@jamesgunewardene298]

Ive been to germany many times,its a amazing beautiful country.lovely people.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@rafikikirafi7791]

I would have loved to see more language familys. They could invite someone speaking a slavic language aswell for example. But here they have three latin/ romanic based and one germanic based language but theres so much more to europes languages! :D Maybe you could do a video with a germanic, latin/ romanic, slavic and maybe even baltic language family. Would be very interesting i think.

[@axwleurope9519]

We Spanish also can understand quite a lot of Italian but Mika was not very fine today

[@MGdelOeste]

It's quite curious. The Italian guy resembles Franco Battiato and the Spanish girl looks like a Latin American reggaeton artist. It seems the cast was made to match certain American stereotypes after all 🤔

[@ciuffredaluca]

french accent sounds so interesting!

[@banaduck2445]

the capital B in FuBball is a cute solution😂

[@ulisescabrera1058]

I jumped when they substituted the esszet for an actual "B" it took me by surprise lmao. Though alternatively they could use "ss" a better replacement i think 😅

[@andyx6827]

@@ulisescabrera1058 Yeah, the correct substitute for "ß" would be an "ss" instead of "B". They don't know that though. What blows my mind is that someone apparently wrote it manually instead of simply copying it from Google Translate, lmao :D

[@againstallodds4983]

It seems we got new dreamteam from Spain, Esa mujer está hermosa!

[@kellymcbright5456]

The poor italian girl, nobody likes her...

[@pandamilkshake]

"Ordinateur portable" "Ordinator...to mobile?" "...portable" *"Oh, portable!"*

[@gabrieleguerrisi4335]

Ashley: "I have never been to mainland europe. I have been to Italy: decent place" Me: so you have choosen ignorance. And death

[@anndeecosita3586]

Me: You either chose ignorance, did not to clean the wax out of your ears or you don’t speak/understand English fluently. What you quoted was not what she said. She said she used to live in the UK which is not mainland Europe. She didn’t say she hadn’t been to mainland Europe.

[@gabrieleguerrisi4335]

@@anndeecosita3586 I read the subtitles and so they say. It's up to me their fault? Vogliamo vedere che se io ti parlassi in italiano, anche standard e corretto, scandito e lento, non capiresti un cazzo? Non è colpa mia se voi americani parlate persino la vostra lingua di merda. Non si capisce un cazzo. Vi mangiate le parole. You eat your own letters and words. So it's a bit difficult to undestand you: too bad and fast pronounced

[@gabrieleguerrisi4335]

@@anndeecosita3586 and, by the way, the main part in my comment was about "so you chose death" cause she dare to say "italy is decent" No. Decent is average, isn't it? Italy is not decent. Italy is one of the most wonderful countries in the world for history (I dare to remember you even the most fucked up town in italy is more ancient then whole Us), arts, culture, science and also, even it's a lot urbanised, landscapes. The entire "western" culture has gone through the Boot and most part of it was made by us italians directly. You know you write with italian letters and count with italian numbers, don't you? Moreover, you can't understand my humor. Of course the "you chose death" was a joke, a mock. Half to american ignorance and half upon italian anger about foreigners opinion about Italy

[@Thunderworks]

You're mad because she say that Italy is just a decent place.

[@goodaimshield1115]

@@anndeecosita3586 Me: you are so triggered you mixed the point XD

[@ajescudero]

Italian used too technical wording to test the Spanish girl.

[@enricacantori2984]

In italiano Cartier si pronuncia Cartie...il ragazzo non lo sa?