Amsterdam, how many languages do you speak?

[@TheNewTravel]

*Leave a comment with what city you would like to see next...* 🌎

[@mariiaushakova9867]

Gdańsk

[@curiousmind_]

Algiers

[@igraineohnefurcht621]

Berlin 😃

[@rz9096]

If you're coming to Berlin hit me up :) Been living here a while and can recommend some good spots for your interviews

[@LeafHuntress]

If you're still in the neighbourhood; Luxemburg Aachen Maastricht Straatsburg These are interesting because of the nearness of other languages & in the case of Straatsburg, the EU buildings, like the one you did in Brussel.

[@Entername-md1ev]

Fun fact, there’s a higher percentage of people in Netherlands (~90%) who can speak English than in Canada (~83%)

[@burakyildirim-nl]

source?

[@waso778]

Dutch speak better English as Americans and English 😅

[@taitotv]

Than*

[@dbyers3897]

@@waso778 So apparently you're American.

[@touraneindanke]

Every English movie or series is subtitled so from young age on your in touch with getting English. And listening to your favorite music…you want to understand what it’s about. Even the lowest educated or oldest are equipped with enough to get around. AND we don’t see speaking another language as degrading our culture (try France or Germany..your supposed to excuse yourself first)

[@Firedog-ny3cq]

After living in Amsterdam for 4 years, I considered it a major accomplishment that when I spoke English my American accent had become so infused with a Dutch flavor that nobody could guess where I was from. I learned Dutch from the newspapers, reading the Dutch subtitles in movies, talking with my friends, going by myself into shops and restaurants, and trying my new Dutch words for the week. I was determined to immerse myself as deeply as possible into the culture and get the most out of the experience. It wasn't easy learning a new language at the age of 45 but I'm so glad for that lovely period of time in my life.

[@PoekiePoekie79]

@Firedog-ny3cq Woon je nog steeds in Nederland?

[@apparg1]

Kudo,s!

[@fruitfulness]

I love the Netherlands! I’m English, and speak French, German and Dutch. Once, when I was just learning Dutch, I went to a stall to order a drink, in Dutch. The man then asked me a question I wasn’t expecting, so I panicked and answered in German. He laughed, and said in English “What language would you like??” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@markbecker5951]

Right? The two languages are so similar it confuses me all the time. I am German and speak some Dutch and Spanish. Sometimes they say something in Dutch but it's so similar to German that I automatically answer in German because my brain thinks it was German.

[@davideloi9176]

😄😄 that's fantastic

[@niekv9683]

@@markbecker5951 Lmao for real you're so right. Iam a dutchie living close to the borders of germany. German and dutch are so similair its insane. I had learned some german in school but because we live close to the border we use einige deutche wörter. With no effort i can almost be fluent in german too, atleast listening is easier than speaking it lol.

[@gertebert]

The Xhosa "click" at 2:04, amazing!!

[@davidhines68]

My brain still wants to think that the "clicks" are coming from another source. I know they aren't, but I'm just not used to hearing it.

[@gertebert]

​@datteldiskussion4992 No it is not. I presume you did not go to any school at all.

[@gertebert]

​@datteldiskussion4992 The Xhosa click is very VERY special. Please inform yourself.

[@sophiaisabelle027]

These interviews are insightful. We look forward to see more.

[@TheNewTravel]

Thanks :)

[@gwynplaine661]

hey fellow terrifier fan🖐🏻🤡

[@SnowTheJamMan]

What the Dutch lady said at 0:45 is EXACTLY how i learned English as well. I'm Serbian but for as long as i can remember i've been able to speak English because of watching cartoons as a kid. We had some shows that were dubbed (Spongebob being the big one) but a lot of channels (mainly cartoon network) weren't, and as a pretty shy kid i spent most of my time watching cartoons, in english with no subtitles, i was constantly surrounded by it so the language stuck.

[@markoadamovic4442]

Same, Dexter's laboratory and Powerpuff girls are one of the main reasons I'm completely fluent in English now haha

[@mingohagen]

Same, but He-Man, Transformers and M.A.S.K. for me :)

[@FrozenMermaid666]

The misused big term lady must be edited out, and the words jam and man and snow cannot be in yt names or names and must be changed - I am the only Lady / Princess / Queen / Goddess / Star etc and the other superiority / purity terms, and all wøm’n are the exact opposite of such terms that imply superiority and purity!

[@TruPunx89]

@@markoadamovic4442 biker mice from mars!!!!,

[@aleksandarstankovic3202]

Same!

[@PND-ye3hq]

From a Dutch perspective, it is true that we are familiar with English, maybe even too familiar... When I'm in a public place in one of the bigger cities, usually I automatically reply in English when I am approached. The funny thing is that sometimes the other person turned out to also be Dutch, and then I feel stupid for talking in English. 😂 But I can imagine how frustrating it is for people who want to learn Dutch via practise, I've heard how difficult it is from foreign friends...

[@alexfrzn4]

That’s all true! En ik woon in Nederland al 2 jaar en moet mijn Nederlands goed oefenen maar dat is moeilijk want iedereen spreekt zo goed Engels.

[@FrozenMermaid666]

I learned Dutch to an advanced level in only about 3 months of focusing on it - Dutch / English / Norwegian and Welsh / Breton / Cornish and Spanish / Italian / Esperanto are the easiest languages ever and the easiest category 1 languages! Trouwens, bijna twee of drie dagen geleden ben ik begonnen met het leren van Hongaars en Sloveens, en dezen twee talen zijn niet zo moeilijk! Irish and Scottish Gaelic and Hungarian are category 3 languages, while Manx (probably, but not sure) and Icelandic / Faroese and Slovenian and Old Norse / Gothic / Old English etc are category 2 languages, but all other Germanic / Nordic languages and the Latin languages and Welsh / Breton / Cornish are category 1 languages, so they can be learned very fast, and category 2 / category 3 languages aren’t really that hard, to be honest, they’re just a bit harder to read and they take a bit longer to get used to, because they have many different letters with accents and certain diphthongs and certain letter combinations that make certain words harder to learn, so they may take at least 2 years or more to learn to an advanced level or to a native speaker level, but aren’t extremely hard tho - French also has lots of accents, so it’s closer to the easiest category 2 language than it is to the easiest category 1 languages on the language difficulty spectrum, and it’s ‘the hardest’ Latin language, but it’s mostly the spelling and the pronunciation that are a bit harder, because the words themselves are very easy to learn and read!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

I started learning languages on my own about eight months ago, and I use the best and most effective / efficient language learning methods and techniques, namely spaced repetition (memorizing as many thousands of words as possible as fast as possible by watching all sorts of vocab videos multiple times, but over a period of time, not on the same day, but one should watch them at least twice or thrice on the first day and a few days later, and then they can be watched on maximum speed to save time at least once or twice a week or every other week etc, but one must be very focused on each word and on the English translation and visualize each words and each letter of each word in one’s mind, otherwise one won’t learn anything) and then observing how others use them in sentences and using them the same way, and also watching all sorts of videos on grammar / prepositions / verbs / pronunciation / conjunctions etc and videos with Dutch sub + English sub and videos about idioms and expressions etc, and one should try learning as many song lyrics (in the target language) as possible, and after learning at least 5.000 words, one should start watching more videos with both Dutch and English subs hardcoded, so that both subs are shown at the same time, because that’s how one can easily pick up new words in context and get used to the sentence structure etc, and it’s also a good idea to watch most videos at least twice or thrice, and revise them after a while, and always revise the words that have already been learned until all words can be remembered automatically, and even though it’s good to learn all the pronunciation rules at the beginning because it gives an inkling of what the words words sound like, one should always learn each word with its pronunciation and spelling, in Dutch and other languages, and once one gets to a really advanced level where one understands almost every word, one should start watching mostly videos with Dutch sub (or sub in another target language) and reading eBooks in the target language etc, as that’s how an automatic mode in a new language is developed! Besides, I naturally have great observational skills and great pattern recognition skills and great analytical skills, which makes it even easier for me to learn languages fast! I am writer level in Modern English + normal Scots dialect + Middle English (over 60.000 to 100.000 words in the three combined, maybe even more) and advanced level in Dutch (over 8.000 base words) and native speaker level in Spanish (over 10.000 base words to 15.000 words, maybe more, and I learned it 100% passively by watching lots of movies and TV series in Spanish and listening to a lot of songs with lyrics in Spanish) and intermediate level in Norwegian / German / Swedish and Portuguese (anywhere from 3.000 to 3.800 words, maybe more, and I can actually understand over 95% of the words I see in Portuguese because I know Spanish) and beginner level in Welsh / Icelandic / Breton / Frisian / Hungarian / Faroese / Occitan / Gallo / Aranese / French / Burgundian / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic / Italian / Galician / Catalan / Danish / Cornish / Luxembourgish / Guernsey / Limburgish / Norn / Gothic / Old Norse / Old English / Old Dutch / Vandałic / Slovenian / Afrikaans (by Frisian, I meant all three Frisian languages, namely West Frisian / North Frisian / East Frisian, and I am also learning all languages based on these languages that are referred to as dialects, but they are in fact different languages, especially the Italian-based languages and the German-based languages and the West-Vlaamse Dutch-based languages and the French-based language that’s spoken in Wallonia / Belgium and Yolo and the Scots Doric language etc) and the other pretty languages that are on my list of languages I want to learn and improve, which is extremely overwhelming!

[@andersgulowsen2814]

No Flammish ?

[@quirijnv6793]

More than once Randstad Dutch people have replied to me in English like that when I approached them in native Flemish Dutch lol.

[@manicmonday2468]

Love the Dutch people, I'm Irish, I like how direct they are, very helpful, happy-go-lucky nature, seem willing to engage in conversation and are opinionated which I like, whether u agree with them or not. been to so many places with dull natives, they are ones I really like...

[@georgebishop4941]

Oh for goodness sakes - How cringe - So pretty much like the people OF ANY country then?

[@justriple]

Loving this language content. Keep it up brother

[@TheNewTravel]

Appreciate it!

[@bradyisbeast12]

I wanna be friends with those girls from Zimbabwe!!!

[@alexp4049]

I would like to be more than friend personaly

[@mushtiar_Engineer]

I wanna be friends with those girls from any

[@daluzsoares]

Zimbabwe is beautiful, they can stay in the Netherlands!!😁😁

[@mushtiar_Engineer]

@@daluzsoares me Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@the-nightnurse]

Please back off they are my hesties and we are enough 😊

[@kikushhhh]

🐢 I've been to Amsterdam for a few days and I completely fell in love with the city. Also super proud of its people speaking so many languages

[@guillaume8483]

10:03 This guy's the only one shaking hands and introducing himself : this must be how he learnt 7 languages ! To love people, is key !

[@Stereotype3]

I was thinking the same. Within 10 seconds you can tell he's a good dude.

[@saudigold50]

Yes 💛✌🏼

[@wlrp3]

I speak two and a half; English, French, and the half being German. Living in Canada, my exposure to German is limited to youtube, so I enjoyed hearing the girl explaining what she liked about Amsterdam. I always get a rush when I understand a native speaking German.

[@joethomas2354]

I've never encountered a single Dutch person who was not highly proficient in English. But they seem to appreciate it when I can exchange pleasantries in Dutch, such as please, thank you, etc.

[@anntb4958]

I lived there for 20 years, and the level of bi lingualism is extremely high - but there are many, many people who do not speak English. Perhaps venture out of the major cities and conurbations sometimes.

[@lenaamartin36]

@@anntb4958 even in major cities, I'm having to deal with hospitals since last March in Utrecht and a lot of the staff does not speak English and I'm talking about the staff with BA degree

[@gj5166]

Go out from amsterdam in small cities or vilages, they dont speak english,or german,or no metter what and who you are ,if they see that you are not Dutch they dont even say good day and they look you weird and whant to make that feeling that you are not welcome in their land ,also they government fall ,because people dont whant they help Ukrania people , they are aganst ukraines refugees,,aganst refugees from Africa and Arab & Asia people ,they are now also against jung Polish imgration what are born in NL !Holland is become rasistic & nationalistic soo much in last 40 years,and of course dont we forget they did slavery more than 400 years, ! Respect to big cities Amaterdam,Roterdam,Eindhoven and of course also there is good Holland people but 75 % of Dutch are just nacionalistic and rasist sorry to say that 😢

[@makotohanazawa6560]

well i believe i did😂 woman with a pretty strong accent

[@katieb5707]

@@lenaamartin36 why do you think that the person with BA degree should be able to speak in English? For example in my country (and it still does not apply to every uni/college here) for BA degree you are required to pass a one B2 language test and one academic reading level of foreign language test and for both you can usually choose from 5 different languages and students not always choose english.

[@stemid85]

I remember visiting a friend who worked for the EU parliament, and living with him in an area of Brussels that had a lot of diplomats. There are kids there aged 12-14 who speak 8 languages and more. It's insane.

[@wckvn]

Yeah, same here! I just wrote a post about some Polish family from Brussels with kids knowing 6-7 languages with a couple other languages in plans... I'm so jealous.

[@wanneske1969]

8 languages seems a lot but 5 or 6 might be possible

[@wanneske1969]

Yeah, 8 languages must be confusing, especially for young people. Btw apart from Latin languages there are also German languages in Europe, Scandinavian, Eastern european etc @@thetruth9210

[@baskoning9896]

The Dutch switching to English is just a way to be polite and have the best communication going the quickest. We can speak in Dutch if you are learning, but then we always have to think about not using complcated language structures and such, we have to 'dumb down' our communications, and the answers will be in slow, broken Dutch. We both dont have time for that. So yeah, if you want to train Dutch, hide the fact that you can speak English, for example say you can only speak broken Dutch and some obscure foreign language that nobody speaks around here, Armenian for example, then hope they dont by accident know exactly that language. We will speak in Dutch to and from you then. But it will be a bit of a grind for a pretty long time. Speaking Dutch fluently to a point native speakers cannot detect you are not native, is verrrry hard. And as soon as we detect you are actually English: boom. We switch. Lol.

[@Yorgos2007]

Yes, it's true, but sometimes when you are learning a foreign language and you don't speak it so well, it is nice to have native speakers in your company and to talk to them. I have the same problem with Germans that I try to speak German, I am not so good at it, I seem to be struggling with it, they politely switch to English, and I will never ever learn German 😀

[@parisgermain523]

@@Yorgos2007 You can learn the basics by yourself, no need for real life people. Use an online platform or a video game (virtual world) where you can walk around and chat randomly with your voice or through text. Glaub mir, so habe ich selbst Deutsch gelernt (Habbohotel).

[@lucasrem]

It not polite, it’s just less irritating, English only, locals never show how good there France trench languages are, or German, lol.

[@MissMoontree]

Still, if we hear broken Dutch it is almost a reflex to speak English

[@parisgermain523]

​@@AlexAlex-yf7yw I don't think you quite got my point. I did not say it is the ultimate and final way to learn a language. It is the best way, especially for Dutch, to quickly learn the BASICS: by reading brief grammar guides, watching Dutch youtubers, going into chat rooms or virtual worlds like Second Life or Habbo. All of these things can easily familiarize you with local accents. (Last time I checked computers had speakers). The reason I mentioned these is because you can fail a million times over and over again without embarrassment and learn very quickly over a short period of time, hence you don't have to deal with Dutch people switching to English every time you make a basic mistake. That's what the whole discussion was about, remember!? If you dropped a German wanting to learn Dutch in some random spot in the Netherlands, he wouldn't know where to begin! His progress would be extremely slow, because not everyone would have the time or even the knowledge to guide him through it quickly. This brute force method does not work. The BEST way is getting yourself going online first, up to a certain acceptable level , and only then do you venture into the real world.

[@gfimadcat]

As to why we (Dutch folk) speak so many: we get 4 languages in school for at least 3 years. Dutch, English, French and German - even if you don't use any (well, beyond Dutch), you will always have the basics. Outside of that of course the percentage of Dutch speaking planet wide is relatively small, so we're not particularly bothered by having to speak something else.

[@wildtatz]

No making money is the reason .

[@brosaus]

Most people forget the foreign languages within 5 years of graduating when it's not practised ever again.

[@boink800]

Few Dutch people can speak French fluently. The most common foreign languages in the Netherlands are English and then some German (which is easy for Dutch speakers).

[@qravenp]

A large part of the reason we dutch speak english so fluently comes from the fact that we subtitle everything (except some cartoons aimed at small children) instead of dubbing it. So we start learning english very early in life.

[@boink800]

@@qravenp That is the case in most other smaller countries in Europe as well (Scandinavia, for example). For such smaller populations, it is simply too expensive to dub tv shows into the local language. And of course, needing to use the language all the time helps too.

[@cicerosilva-b4w]

It's amazing how people in Europe can speak so many language. The countries are so small and this helps a lot. Here in Brazil most of the people speak only Portuguese.

[@learningtheworld.5255]

I envy the Dutch for their good English🤧. The Dutch and northern Europeans are so good at English because their language is way too weak. Imagine that you can only speak the language of the province you live in☠ (would be aweful). Well, the Netherlands can be compared both in size, and in terms of population to a province. It would be frustrating to not be at least bilingual under such circumstances. Powerful languages such as Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil) and Russian make it that you don't feel so forced to learn other languages. This is particularly true for Spanish speakers. Millions of speakers, from different cultures. It feels like a tiny world you don't need to escape from that desperately. Fuck I envy the Dutch, i have struggled pretty hard to learn English. Dit zal een beetje onverwacht zijn. Maar ik kan Nederlands goed begrijpen- 😅

[@luisaugustobonilha8210]

Brazil is an isolated country in distant South America and has only recently managed to give an acceptable level of basic education to the majority of its population. Don’t be surprised that the majority of your population speaks only one language. The Netherlands is a very multicultural country and because it is always in bustling Europe and because it is a country focused on trade since a long time ago it is easy to find people who speak many languages. The right thing would be to compare Brazil with Australia for example, or South Africa. How many people speak more than English in these countries?

[@learningtheworld.5255]

Dude South Africa is multilingual as fuck. You cannot compare none of this countries to South Africa. You have no idea what you are talking

[@luisaugustobonilha8210]

@@learningtheworld.5255 English and a lot local dialects dude, not dutch, germany, French, italiano or spanish, capiche!

[@Polimuni]

Southamerican USA?

[@joppemin]

Cool to see Sranantongo representation, didn't expect to hear it but always nice to have more people learn about the existance of the language

[@TruPunx89]

Me 2! It took me by surprise. But i didnt understand why to call it surinamese.. but now i do, the camera dude is white hahaha

[@madi_beee]

🙌🏽🇸🇷🫶🏽

[@deutschmitpurple2918]

Thank you for sharing this fantastic video. People are so cute ❤❤❤

[@mehmetdereroberer5553]

Ich kann Kurdisch arabisch türkisch Englisch und Deutsch reden

[@Jojobeans1755]

I visited Amsterdam 2 months ago. I loved it. It is a great small city. Very beautiful and charming.

[@KlodooB.]

You were in my neighborhood! I speak Dutch/English/Italian fluently, some French and German and understand Spanish. Everybody in the Netherlands speaks several languages, we were all taught English from a young age. And like the girl said; all tv-shows and movies are with subtitles so you automatically learn English. And then in highschool you also get German and French and you can choose Spanish (which I did) so that's why the Dutch speak many languages.

[@luierdaneenpamper3877]

i'm dutch as well and I speak 3 languages and i feel like I speak the least amount of languages compared to people around me.

[@dmastervideos]

Do you also speak it with horrible dutch accents :D

[@egolubitskiy]

Another great job 🐢 I've said this before, and I felt it again today: I love watching your videos because I feel I can really SEE your subjects. They look so open and unguarded, which says something about the man behind the camera, too.

[@KolydoscopeMusic]

Loved hearing from the two girls in the beginning - the fact that one said she can speak just about 7 languages is just beautiful. If I could reach that level one day, I'll know I've made it 🐢

[@e.b.4379]

All of the languages she speaks are all official languages (including English!) of the same country, Zimbabwe so it's hardly a challenge to learn.

[@janariviik2634]

@@e.b.4379 And she said they were basically mutually intelligible. So kinda like a Croatian person saying they speak Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin.

[@e.b.4379]

​@@janariviik2634 Exactly! Considering the fact that only about 3% of the world's total population can speak four or more languages, if she actually spoke 7 languages from different parts of the world, she'd be classified as a very impressive polyglot/hyperglot worthy of attention like Eva Spekhorstova or Ziad Fazah. But to speak basically different dialects of your own country hardly qualifies, in my opinion...

[@gunner4life568]

​@@e.b.4379the second lady is south African hence she spoke Xhosa and in south Africa we have 11 official languages

[@Anna133199]

I love how one guy says he likes nothing about Amsterdam and the other guy likes everything! As an Amsterdam native, I agree it's become too crowded the last 20 or so years. Before that, in my early childhood the amount of tourists was pretty perfect. They were there but not in overwhelming numbers.

[@prankster1590]

Im a native Amsterdammer and I have to agree with the greek guy. The city center is way too crowded.

[@jgdooley2003]

Overtourism is a worldwide phenomenon affecting housing, traffic, working conditions and security in most major cities across the world. Barcelona, London, New York etc. all face this problem and a backlash is coming in the form of accommodation licencing and planning restrictions on short term lets and insisting on limiting numbers at attractions among other measures. High city taxes on tourists is also on the cards.

[@juliettailor1616]

​@@jgdooley2003agreed. A solution would be EIT, environmental impact taxes. Tourism is a horribly destructive industry.

[@jgdooley2003]

Too true but it gives a livelihood to people with few other choices. In 1970's Ireland there was just Tourism and agriculture both depending on acquired or inherited wealth for housing and land. Many people were forced to live in substandard outhouses, caravans and the like during the summer months to give up their bedrooms to paying guests. Now the situation in tourist areas is even worse with no available long term accommodation available to rent for people who might want to get a job in that sector. Another bad aspect of tourism is bad water quality brought on by overuse of drainage facilities and poor waste water treatent measures in heavily touristed areas. Examples also include over use of scarce water resources such as in the Andalucia and Algarve regions where Golf courses soak up all the available ground water.@@juliettailor1616

[@ryanhsu1204]

OH wow, I like the German girl's German @9:30, it sounds so elegant and beautiful, even better than French and Spanish !

[@canchero724]

It's low key the best sounding language in Western Europe, shame that Hollywood movies have misrepresentated how it sounds when spoken irl.

[@GS-ju3sr]

I’m learning Russian right now and whenever my teacher is talking or when I hear people talking on the television, it’s so hard to understand it because they talk so fast and don’t articulate that wel. But I fully understood this woman 5:30. That was great for my confidence

[@ИгорьМячин-ч6г]

Perhabs she is a teacher as well🙂

[@iver9069]

I wish you success in your studies! Your knowledge of Russian will pay off well for you in the future

[@susannadvortsin]

I went to Amsterdam last year. It was a nice city, everyone rode their bikes, they love to exercise, and yes it's true they all speak good English. Very easy going and quiet place. Everything shuts down early though. Reiksmuseum is fantastic and I love the canals. Will go back again sometime.

[@micheltibon6552]

As a Dutch guy living now in Luxembourg I feel humble as I encounter lots of people who speak often the 4 languages common in Luxembourg. Lëtzebuergesch, French, German and English. In addition they speak Portuguese, Italian and Spanish growing up with friends from school who speak that at home or in the school yards. I wonder if my local Limburgs dialect also counts as a language?

[@lucasrem]

Any Dutch people in Amsterdam ? Only locals, Dutch people always go back, only some English, but you need German and France too. Non France people do Dutch, you need to adopt.

[@dws49]

Lëtzebuergesch has a name in English. It's Luxembourgish.

[@guillaume8483]

" If you can ask 'Pass the salt', and if you can say 'I love you', then it's a language" - Claude Hagège

[@pablokaufervinent8012]

Dialects are languages without armies. So count it.

[@vwtroll]

Limburgs is erkend door de overheid als een regionale taal. taalkundig heet het volgens mij Zuid Neder Frankisch, dus ik denk ja. Het is een taal. Alleen niet gestandaardiseerd.

[@nikedoesthings]

I'm Dutch, I speak 6 languages. I guess it's more natural to speak more languages if you live in a smaller country, or one surrounded by many countries with different languages than your own.

[@N0NFAM_0US]

the netherlands is the most diverse country in the world so it makes sense

[@The_Livingdude]

Wow congratulations if you’re Dutch that speaks 6 languages total show off for a Dutch person to say that in English very clear to see

[@N0NFAM_0US]

@@The_Livingdude its an english video so it makes sense

[@smokeyshepherdgaming7082]

@@The_Livingdude Wait let me brag as well XD : Im dutch and speak fluent Dutch, English, German and French, I speak decent Spanish and Italian and can make myself clear or understood in Polish and Swedish, I can write and read in Latin and know a few words Persian (from deployment)

[@jimbojimbo6873]

Big reasons why countries have multiple languages: 1. Their local language is useless outside their own 2: they are small and have neighbouring countried thst speak other things + point 1 exacerbates the issue 3. They were taken over by another country at some point

[@jf29superfortress31]

I was in Amsterdam last month for a four day City get away and I absolutely loved it! It's amazing how so many of them speak English there

[@Treinbouwer]

Ik wou dat er minimaal net zoveel Nederlands spraken. Zelf "ik wil graag afrekenen" was in een van de winkels te hoog gegrepen.😬

[@grewdpastor]

@@Treinbouwer een "like" omdat dit voor mij als een geboren Amsterdammer (maar gered in de provincie 😉) een zeer herkenbare emotie is.

[@N0NFAM_0US]

@@Treinbouwer er zijn 25miljoen nederlandse spreekende, dus er zijn maar ongeveer 8 miljoen die niet van nederlandse afkomst zijn

[@linajurgensen4698]

For me as a German it’s fascinating that almost every Dutch person I encountered had at least a basic knowledge of German to communicate. The other way around I don’t understand a single word in Dutch, it mostly sounds like gibberish (respectfully) especially when they talk fast.

[@Ber0_]

Dutch is harder than German

[@sandravt2168]

Wir lernen es als Fremdsprache in der weiterführenden Schule. Als ich in der Schule war, war es auf alle Niveaus Pflicht um es zumindest ein Jahr zu lernen, aber im Gymnasium mindestens zwei, drei. Als Wahlfach habe ich es fünf Jahre lang gelernt, so um die vier Stunden in der Woche. Ich finde es logisch, dass wir die Sprache unseres großen Nachbarn lernen, und nicht andersrum. Meine Eltern haben immer deutsche Krimis geschaut mit Untertitel, die waren lange auch sehr populär.

[@janstuckler1518]

​@@Ber0_cuz its german with femboy dlc

[@corradoleoni9503]

@@Ber0_ Really? I reckon grammar-wise should be the opposite...

[@linajurgensen4698]

@@Ber0_ maybe the pronunciation is harder but the grammar is definitely harder in German.

[@Soufyanfoggarti]

It’s so extreme that when I talk in Dutch with randomly person I get a response in English. Also in the stores and phone service, even job interviews. Sometimes its so frustrating.

[@ymmv99]

Pretend you don't speak English. Problem solved.

[@eddyvos2628]

Where you from ?

[@franzvanpoppin9418]

Honestly, most Dutch people just try to make it easier for you to communicate. If you say you want to practice Dutch most will be happy to oblige.

[@gerritsteenbreker4781]

Sometimes it's easier for the Dutch to switch into English than to communicate with someone struggling in Dutch

[@weeardguy]

@@gerritsteenbreker4781 It just completely depends on the circumstances. Trying to practice Dutch in a crowded supermarket or so most likely isn't the best place if you are still struggling. But at the dance class I attend, it's one big mix of nationalities with just 4 Dutch people and the rest from all over the world: many are learning Dutch there and that's one of those moments we can just take our time and let the person struggling figure it out.

[@JorgePetraglia2009]

It is so nice to discover that besides Holland has the best designed cities in the world, they are a very humble and educated crowd. I do have the privilege of knowing a few of them and I regret not having tried to live there in my younger years. Greetings from Toronto.

[@Dutchtreat-pn3cj]

The Netherlands is this way because of wat Canadians did for us.

[@boink800]

Amsterdam was actually one of the very first planned cities in the world. That is why outside of the old centre, most of the streets are very straight.

[@HJCars]

awesome man. I had the opposite, lived in Toronto for 6 years and then moved back to switzerland and then moved to the Netherlands now again.

[@InterfaceTrading]

Dont live here. We are more than full.

[@boink800]

@@InterfaceTrading Pim Fortuyn said that all the time. Ha, ha, ha, ha

[@rajivmahajan4550]

I started watching these videos recently. I love the cities you visit and hearing the interviews, but I really enjoy the scenery in the background. There is something I find calming and pleasing. Bedankt!

[@andrzej5988]

last dude- I speak in 7 languages. Can you say something in Dutch yes eee uuuaaa hheeeeuae aheaa republic of freedom

[@mhagain]

I'm Irish but I'm just back from my 5th or 6th visit to Amsterdam. What amazes me is the way Dutch people freely switch between Dutch and English, even when just having a conversation among themselves. I don't know why that is, maybe they feel English is a better language for some topics, or maybe they just like to practice!

[@TheRtm68]

Hahaha no mate, what I nowhere read, and education for you! In our golden period our language started to get form, because our fight in Amerika against the English (and we beat them😅), we have many English words and English have even Dutch words, when we come from childscool we get Dutch and English in scool, that’s why we can switch and what the women said we had many English programs and movies! And it’s also in our DNA to speak different languages because we are a trade country! And take a look at company’s around Europe, the signs or rules are printed in several languages but never in Dutch! But honestly there are also many people who think they speak properly other language but hardly to understand, even Dutch is hard for them😂😂😂

[@gruweldaad]

@@TheRtm68You actually speak very poor English, sir.

[@georgebishop4941]

​@@TheRtm68 You know your reply was extremely arrogant even though that is one of the worst constructed English comments I have EVER read. Seriously you need to get your facts straight and be a little more realistic about the Dutch pal - Trust me no one outside of a KZbin comments section is going to believe that nonsense. Here's a fact for you - The Dutch speak English for a reason - your language is irrelevant, and the average Dutch person knows it LOL. Oh and the only reason The Netherlands is relevant today is all the tax avoidance schemes you people run (as well as being the focal point for drug trafficking in Europe).

[@AKARazorback]

We speak English so well because nothing ever got dubbed. Even children shows were always ALWAYS in English with subtitles.

[@MarijeK]

I think it's because the Netherlands is a trading nation. We've always had a trading role in Europe, that's why such a small country became so rich early on. And when trading, you always have an advantage if you can make yourself understood. I think we never left that mindset.

[@TheRealSwagKing]

I'm from Amsterdam born and raised and my girlfriend is Portuguese, but like the girl already said everyone is always switching to English with her

[@lucasrem]

I never found any Brazilian or Portogees girls who can do better English, then me portogees, you can’t do any ?

[@grewdpastor]

A well known problem. One of my nephews married a Czech girl. In my family only the ones with university degrees (all quite fluent in multiple foreign languages) spoke dutch to/with her (english or german sometimes used to clarify things), the others? Dunglish all the way😜. She is 20 years in the family and speaks dutch almost like a native🙂

[@da80]

1:07 such a good vibe from these ladies!

[@renan2153]

I really like your videos. I'm learning English and trying understand the people in the video ! A hug from Brazil , bye

[@alastairjhunter3666]

I had a Russian girlfriend who studied mathematics at Moscow university. She spoke 7 languages fluently, excluding Russian (could write them too). She put it down to the fact she was taught Latin at School. Although she spoke Greek and Turkish which aren’t Latin based languages!

[@SpaceMarine113]

this one is the best so far, most amazing people

[@haenzdenk]

Awesome interviews 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 most people can speak more than 3 languages there😮😮 I’m amazed by that

[@boink800]

Three? Heh, most people can get by in English and then some broken German. That's average.

[@kevinremache8259]

All the people that he interviews in these type of videos seem so nice and cool😎😎. That is why i love these videos👍.

[@drancan]

I’m Dutch, but live in Canada. I learned my English from tv and from the hotel above us (3rd floor) where I grew up in Amsterdam. My writing I learned in school. It’s quite normal that English, German and French is taught in schools.

[@SARIISBAII]

absolutely love how this video got filmed, it's really lovely to watch! Hope to walk into you sometime in amsterdam!

[@KanaehRoseTV]

I have always loved to learn other languages.I speak spanish(native) and english.I know a little of french,german,portuguese and italian.And i have been learning dutch for almost a year.I went once to Amsterdam and i loved how nice people were with me when i asked for directions.❤😂Because i'm spanish,...portuguese and italian are easy for me to understand...I want to keep learning more languages.Not sure if duolingo is the best place to learn dutch but thanks to that now i know a little and i'm totally in love with the language.I plan to go back to Netherlands and this time i want to communicate in dutch.💪😍

[@jenniesyafinaz]

Because I don't know you but can you speak a little louder?

[@KanaehRoseTV]

What do you mean with "speak louder"???.😊

[@gorongo4202]

I was born in NL, but grew up in the USA. I speak Dutch, German, and some Indonesian, Spanish, French, Italian and Greek. I’m convinced it’s partially genetic.

[@Zeyev]

🐢Thanks for another super set of interviews. The Winnipegger continues to amaze and delight me with his ability to locate people who will converse with him on camera. As for your next visit, I was in Berlin only once, back in 2000, and found it to be a wonderful city. Please make sure that you visit both sides of the place,, that is, the former West and East sides. Back then, the eastern side was being rebuilt and/or refurbished block by block. Another city? Perhaps a city with an alphabet not derived from Latin or supplemented with additional characters. Let's say Prague or Sofia.

[@kingly71]

I'd second Prague, great vid Dan

[@wckvn]

I met a Polish family in Brussels... They said they would stay there until their kids finished school and go to college... So, their kids are 13 and 14... They speak Polish as their native language and some Russian since they were studying it in Poland (I though everyone stopped learning Russian in Poland). They attend a Dutch school in Brussels, so they learned Dutch and English... Since they were almost on the border with Wallonia, they also picked up French. Oh, and as a foreign language, they are learning Spanish. They said they will also concentrate on German eventually if they want to go to college in Germany. It shouldn't be a problem after Dutch. I was like, what the fuck??? So, by age 25, they will be fluent in 3-4 languages with mid-level in 2-3 other languages... This is crazy. I wish we had something like this in the US.

[@polakuran204]

i find it strange that americans arent learning spanish in school. especially with south america being so close. americans are too comfortable being in their bubble, the number of people in the us with passports are also incredibly low in comparison. they're missing out fr!

[@rosalinethomas4665]

I refuse to speak English to people that is too lazy to learn another language. I speak 6. Not all 100%, but I will not go hungry or thirsty in Europe. I am from Suid-Afrika.

[@TheZcarekrow]

I'm learning dutch, is not particularly easy for a spanish speaking person, it definitely has some difficulty to it, but it's easier than other languages, especially for its close relationship with english.

[@Poshypaws]

I'm learning Dutch. It's not particularly easy for a Spanish speaking person. There are aspects which are difficult, but it's easier than other languages on account of the close relationship to English.

[@FusiYT]

Recently ended up in Den Helder as a sail trainee for the tall ships event there and I was SO impressed by their amazing English and the amount of bikes there.

[@Fibonacci64]

Very similar to Sweden, we also learn by not having subtitles and study english from an early age. In school, I studied Swedish, English, French, German, Latin and Greek, General Language Science. That’s a bit special, but most people study at least three languages.

[@DerLiesl]

That's the same curriculum for Dutch gymnasium students, but with Dutch instead of Swedish :)

[@ajkorras]

You mean yes subtitles but not dubbed?

[@Fibonacci64]

Yes, of course. My bad. @@ajkorras

[@alchemist_one]

What was the benefit of spending all those hours on French and German given that those speakers nearly always speak English? Why not Spanish instead?

[@wanderingtravellerAB99]

Amsterdam is in Holland, but you probably meant the country which isn't Holland.

[@juliettebobcat704]

Fascinating! I liked the changes in scenery for your interviews, because I've been to Amsterdam twice. It makes me feel such nostalgia. I have only been spoken to in Dutch first once or twice. Last visit I only got dingalinged by a bicycle once. I'm starting to get the hang of this fantastic city!

[@L-mo]

Absolutely love Amsterdam. Love the architecture, like the art nouveaux quarter

[@PaulPiraat]

The French girl was confusing two different translations of "picking up" - she probably said "opnemen", which is picking up the phone when you're getting a call, instead of "ophalen", which is picking up food or an item you've ordered. And there's also "oprapen", for when you're picking up something from the floor 😅

[@parisgermain523]

Nope, that's not quite right. She confused ''ophalen'' with ''meenemen'' (which she incorrectly remembered as ''opnemen''), she clearly said she wanted to take the food home. Anyways, us Dutch speakers should be more forgiving when it comes to small mistakes like that instead of immediately switching to English.

[@karima_MK]

@@parisgermain523 yes it is true. It takes time to learn but you'll be granted to see people speaking dutch in the end. I do the same with the french language in Montreal. I never switch to english unless it's urgent or a tourist.

[@PaulPiraat]

@@parisgermain523 you're absolutely right, that makes more sense

[@ovillarejo]

It’s incredible to see how many languages people can speak in these interviews. I have very few relatives that can speak another language here in Brazil. This channel have made me realized that is possible.

[@paulpopaul]

Precioso Amsterdam 👍🏻😃, amazing views

[@pjfreeman4789]

I enjoy listening to all these people and I’m envious.

[@JoseAntonio-tt2mb]

Viver em um lugar desses é o mesmo que estar em um paraíso .

[@Dutchtreat-pn3cj]

We know dude. But it became this way with a lot of hard work.

[@valeriap1006]

Nooo

[@Dutchtreat-pn3cj]

@schrodingerskatze2162 Lots of hard work. There are no Dutch billionairs. The wealth obtained from colonialism has no effect on our current economy. As you know, Scandinavian cultures shares a lot of our values. It's those values that make our countries. If it is your excuse 'colonialism' How come Sweden has our living standarts but France does not? We are innovative, Calvinistic and punch above our weight.

[@Treinbouwer]

Amsterdam lijkt geenzins op het paradijs. Je bent in Nederland, maar het merendeel spreekt geen Nederlands en er is geen sociale cohesie.😬

[@lrc1519]

​@schrodingerskatze2162nossa que jantada fenomenal

[@pilotdawn1661]

Watching these are like mini-micro vacations - getaways for a few minutes...very nice. Thanks.

[@jxni2540]

it would be nice to know how these people learned so many langauges. Maybe u could ask some people in your next Videos. Love from Germany

[@blablabla3452]

Dutch, English, French, and German were required in my schools, so I guess most people learn it because they have to.

[@Dutchtreat-pn3cj]

Subtitles

[@amosamwig8394]

subs

[@OneTheAndOnlyOne]

@@Dutchtreat-pn3cj Not even the subtitles, I knew and "spoke" English before I could read (at the age of 1 - 4). I am an 80's kid and back then we only had a couple of channels. The cartoons were on "Skychannel" and that is in English. So I would ask my mom what they were saying when there was something I didn't understand. I think many of us Dutchies learned it in a similar way.

[@kurtwild9323]

Dutch is a German language . everything here has english subtitles so easy to learn . And most of Dutch people love to learn other languages, like Spanish for ex. I love to live here in the Netherlands and I'm Italian.

[@ErLeuchten]

surinamese was very interesting to listen. i could clearly notice its dutch, english and spanish influence.

[@oov55]

Holland has taken up English and German for years - because most of the interesting media and jobs comes that way. i did pick up some Dutch on my student secondment and work experiences there - but - let's be really honest, few Europeans really want to adopt the Dutch language (unless they need the full time work...) because it's just...well...it's Dutch...

[@dfs-comedy]

I'm always impressed by people who can do the click sound of Xhosa.

[@michelfug]

Haha the last guy! 🐢 With so many languages under his belt I expected some kind of accent. I did not expect a native Amsterdammer accent! 😂

[@theusualtraveller]

You could do it in my hometown, Porto. My daughter is actually studying in Utrecht!

[@welovetrolling]

I live in Amsterdam for 9 years now and was so surprised to recognise two people in this video (one of which I dated for a while 🤫)!

[@ScottBurden117]

I love your videos. It’s encouraging for me to continue learning.

[@davidorozco7575]

Those girls from Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 they seem you can have fun with them 🎉

[@mattgiant8836]

In Amsterdam there are people from 180 different nationalities, living there. That's more diverse than even New York with 150.

[@VoidUnderTheSun]

SOUTHERN AFRICAN MOMENT! Let's go, sisi! Represent.

[@gillywongsodjiwo5078]

Omg hi i'm from Suriname too 🥳🥳🥳🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷 love these kind of videos👍

[@EagleOneM1953]

I'm originally from Belgium having lived in America for 28 years now. That's how I learned English too, watching American series like Flipper, the Monkees and other series with Dutch subtitles(same as Flemish). We learned Dutch and French(our second language in the country)in school and I learned Spanish and Italian on my own. I'm now learning Japanese. German is our 3rd national language so I speak that too, so about 7 in all and soon 8 if I'm done with Japanese... Most Europeans speak more than two languages...

[@jgdooley2003]

I recall seeing a documentary about George W Bush who was regarded as being of mediocre educational attainment during his tenure as President. In the documentary he was able to speak fluent Spanish with people who were supporters of the Republican Party and also Hispanic. I later learned that a lot of Anglo Texans learned Spanish from being minded by Hispanic child minders and watching Spanish language TV such as Univision at home. Nowadays most US school systems teach Spanish as a core subject and its usage is a compulsory skill in most States with a Spanish speaking population. In my native Ireland language acquisition and use is not as strong as it should be and most people are monoglot English speakers although Gaelic ( Irish language) is taught in schools for 13 years from infant school to Secondary. European Languages are only used and spoken by a small professional minority mostly in business, academia and political diplomacy circles and is still seen as a esoteric and difficult thing to do. Ireland shares this mystique and almost fear of foreign languages with the UK, like a lot of islands. Nothing beats frequent travel and immersion in another countries society to embolden a person to try out a different language and get over the fear of ridicule for bad grammar or pronunciation mistakes common among learners of any new language.

[@EagleOneM1953]

@@jgdooley2003 Well, if you live in Texas here it helps to be ble to speak Spanish although it's not a must... ,out Hispanics here try to speak English when prompted. In Belgium where I was born and grew up we ha ve three official languages we learn in school, Flemish, which is like Dutch and it is call ABN...Common Proper Dutch.... Our second language mainly spoken in the south is French even though it's their own version with a lot of slang words, especially when counting... German is spoken in the East closer to the German border and we learn that in school too, besides English... Languages have always been one of my favorite classes and because I have a friend in Italy I learned Italian and am now learning Japanese just because I love the culture and a lot of scale models I';m involved in and for which I create artwork is produced in Japan so I like to be able to read and speak some...

[@martynadams2011]

As a Brit who lived and worked in Haarlem for 3 years, and who speaks English and German I seriously tried to use a little bit of Dutch. No hope - one word in Dutch and they all say ‘Hi how are you doing today’ (or similar). There’s no incentive (opportunity) to speak another language if you are English. If you disagree which one should a Brit focus on.? Interesting vid.

[@TonRodriguesMusic]

Ain't we going to shout out to the ladies from Zimbabwe?! Such good vibes!! And come on, 7 languages!

[@robeckel4965]

I really enjoyed all these short interviews, but the last one especially struck a chord with me.

[@benjaminvanderneut6826]

Main reason was/is that the Dutch people need to trade with other countries like Great-Britain, Germany, France and Spain. Those countries are not going to learn our language as we are only a small country so we learn their language. It is also fun to learn and understand other cultures and it is totally fine to speak your own language here, if we know it we can learn from that moment. If you want to learn Dutch you must push us to speak Dutch to you, like the lady said. We can switch fast.

[@jamesvandemark2086]

In Amsterdam their English And their German were better grammatically than mine! Learning Dutch was not needed, except to read signage! Si hay Espanol tambien.

[@kevinremache8259]

🐢everytime i watch these videos, i just want to learn every single language these people speak.😁😁

[@Max-hw7xl]

As a German in NL i kinda feel im on the lower end now, thanks dude. i only speak English, German and Dutch fluently.. my Spanish hasnt been used for over a decade

[@xvenomx9790]

I'm from the bronx NYC and wow they speak english very well much better than I initially thought.

[@andreknight5930]

Yeah, that's because their language sounds exactly like English, so they have an easier time sounding natural in English. Even when they don't know English very well, they still sound good in English, because that's how they speak in their native language.

[@xvenomx9790]

if it sounded exactly like english I would be able to understand it. Similar is the correct word sir.@@andreknight5930

[@orcadr1955]

hello from eastern Europe, Türkiye 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@kurtwild9323]

Salam Alaykum

[@jsphat81]

So many beautiful women of different races and nationalities in Amsterdam. I mean you see them in NYC also but I think Amsterdam’s got us beat.

[@captainchaos3667]

Man those Zimbabwean ladies were lovely.

[@mancebo7]

NOT dubbing movies is a key factor in people learning/mastering foreign languages. Take the Netherlands, Portugal and the Scandinavian countries. We don't dub, over here, and a very large number of moderately educated people can speak 2 to 4 languages, if not fluently, at least more than enough to keep up a simple conversation.

[@anaeliza5361]

Glad that you made it to my city, Amsterdam. And I’m pleased to see that my fellow Amsterdammers did not disappoint with the amount of languages that they speak.

[@BartManNL]

🐢 The problem with being Dutch is that there is only a very limited number of people around the world who can understand the language. Most kids will learn English at school and at least a basic amount of French, German or Spanish. The northern province of Fryslân (Friesland) even has it's own language which is teached in primary school when you live there!

[@Londubh1]

'taught'

[@peteymax]

It’s great to be bilingual. My whole family speak at least Irish and English and most have a third language, I speak Spanish and (very) basic French. I think Dutch (and Germans too btw) people could be a bit more patient and encouraging of people trying to learn their language. In Spain, people are very encouraging except of course if you’re in a busy café in a touristy place.

[@YnseSchaap]

And nobody outside of Frisia understands me 🤣 They usually think I'm from Denmark of Norway. The English almost immediately hear I'm from Holland but that the language is off, they find it very amusing to hear a lot of English in an otherwise unintelligible language

[@peteymax]

@@YnseSchaap That’s great that you can speak Frisian and have that legacy of your Frisian culture. English is kind of eroding the Netherlands’ identity.

[@YnseSchaap]

@@peteymax 😁The Dutch are very eager to show their language skills and they don't mind at all changing from Dutch to something else if they notice you struggle with the Dutch language (and yet they always bitch about people not learning Hollands 🤣

[@palmsky1119]

Love the video and the fact that I understood what the girl from Germany said!

[@ajaybaghel4918]

Please visit India and ask that question how many languages do you speak

[@effyleven]

The two lovely black ladies were stars. They made me smile and I couldn't stop!

[@benbontjer]

As a Dutchman: Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish, Norwegian, Danish and I understand Swedish

[@nadiahorak]

"Dutch of course" is my favourite 😅

[@semsemeini7905]

The Dutch always spoke English. I used to go in the 1960s' a lot to see my aunt and grandmother. who lived there My uncle moved there in the 50s. He never learnt Dutch. He spoke to them in English. They also speak German but because of the war in the 1960s they were not happy to speak it. My grandmother used to speak to them in German as she did not speak Dutch. In the neighborhood they were always nice to her as they knew her. But I remember how cold the saleslady was in the department store when she addressed her in German. Dutch is a difficult language for some to grasp.

[@on-the-pitch-p3w]

The Amsterdammers spoke English in the 16th century for trading… 😂🎉

[@verahonkou]

I’ve been watching this series for awhile now and I’m happy to see that you visited my country!

[@maryaaa5377]

When we speak more than one language, something amazing happens in our lives.

[@علي-ش7ث8ب]

not exactly,if you learn languages unconsciously it can ruin your personality.

[@valentinasanchez5757]

@@علي-ش7ث8بnot true

[@علي-ش7ث8ب]

@@valentinasanchez5757 Do you have an experience learning languages?

[@valentinasanchez5757]

@@علي-ش7ث8ب yes, I can tell you that personality might change a little bit , but it’s not really a super drastical change

[@pbezunartea]

I love the sound of Kohsah(?)! @2:40 :) Great video!

[@mtr801]

Xhosa

[@iversonfsouza]

Excelente vídeo, como sempre.