The Struggles Of Learning A Foreign Language

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[@jbcu.7943]

The struggles of learning Latin- whenever you say something in Latin someone thinks you're summoning satan.

[@MorbidlyMaddie]

+Laura V Or they look at you like they think you belong to the undead.

[@jbcu.7943]

+LilEvilJane YES! It doesn't help that I'm pale 😂

[@jbcu.7943]

+Hermiabeth6345 salve !

[@MorbidlyMaddie]

Laura V I read a few courses Latin and i swear! When people don't know it it's like: GRAB THE CRUCIFIX!!!

[@dobridjordje]

+Dobric Djordje lingua latin est formosus

[@julieh2650]

After learning french with 5 years i be like je suis une banane

[@quagmire541]

*un ananas

[@janamertens9031]

OMG ME TOO. Je suis une baguette

[@dawnbronze6668]

...You're a sandwich?

[@senorananas]

C'est possible!

[@snmh9026]

5 years for saying: I'm a banana 😂😂

[@annasnotabanana]

I've been in French class for like 3 years and I don't really know how to say anything. Like I know what things mean when I read them, but if someone says something to me I can't understand them. It's probably because my teacher focuses on teaching us how to write, spell, and read French instead of actually teaching what the words sound like and stuff..

[@mythloverb5931]

AnnaIsNotABanana that's literally every Foreign Language teacher. They want us to learn how to write stuff but if we're ever stranded in the/a country that speaks that language we'll be powerless to get help.

[@ochampagne1157]

omg same up until this year the school board or someone idk noticed that we couldnt really use the french bc they only focus on the writing and grammar and barley any speaking but then this year their mainly focusing on the speaking and now i dont know how to spell anything in french lmaoo

[@jamesng.6387]

AnnaIsNotABanana phamily

[@AGWeblinks]

AnnaIsNotABanana Yeah I speak fluent French and I always try to have conversations with those who are learning it but they always say they are better at writing it

[@exstalle2736]

Omg literally thats what they do in the class

[@mimixxko]

I too am learning french....freakin' gender for everything!!!!

[@zorka7889]

Yevhenii Surniaiev Yes, i am hungarian and this whole gender thing, even the gendered pronouns in english was sooo new to me, when i learned about it :"o

[@mariellaberry4930]

Try german!

[@hederaivy2537]

I fucking know right! LIKE AHHHH, MEMORIZATION 😔

[@vvkii4534]

Venus Patil I had to learn German 3 years ago cuz I Iver here and EVERY FREAKING THING HAS A GENDER LIKE WHY ;-; and ye Hungarian too

[@zainabj7032]

I know right!!

[@irenepst]

_When you live in Europe and learn Japanese_

[@jellyinjam]

Struggles

[@t8xicity103]

same

[@badballerina3773]

Same

[@dawnriddler]

the struggles...

[@RinBobBatman]

I'm lucky enough that my old school taught Japanese, but my new school doesn't.

[@TheRealIronMan]

I learned English so I can watch TV shows like Game of Thrones without subtitles, also the bonus is now I can enjoy cool videos on KZbin.

[@carpetgal751]

Me too ^^

[@l.madrid8815]

Well can I point out that you sound better at English than I do? Maybe it's because i'm stupid or something, but you are really good O.o!

[@nikkim7038]

Same here! It was really rough, but internet helped me a lot. I have watched a lot of series and I follow a lot of American, Canadian and English youtubers. Now I'm learning French and Chinese, but I'm still improving my English c:

[@Grodman5]

I learned English because it's part of education

[@carpetgal751]

Grodman5 yeah but they dont teach ALL

[@hhhilde_]

I had french in school for 4 years and I'm still so bad at it

[@EmIdc]

BastilleFallOutChemicalArctic same, I'm on my fifth year

[@beccafailslife4495]

Honestly classes won't work for speaking. Practice on your own or travel to a place where they speak French.

[@eleonoramustafaeva1303]

+BeccaFailsLife difficulty 6.

[@nassimadouai7930]

I'm from Belgium so I'm a French native speaker. If you have some questions just ask me I'd be glad to help :)))

[@claireeaton6611]

Mrs Black omg help me my accent sucks

[@tinizizi3732]

I kinda wish I could speak French, it sounds so sophisticated

[@haileyboerchers4286]

roger taylor je parle le français

[@andicarusfell8387]

Moi aussi Je parle un peu français

[@sik7988]

Hailstorm Sushi that means I speak french, no?

[@thatb1h855]

euhhh un peu ?? la magie de la langue, j’suppose, est perdue une fois que vous commencez à l’apprendre

[@ladyluna6326]

Allô! Moi aussi, lol 😆

[@mulberriespiss9212]

when you're learning languages no one actually speaks, Latin and old greek🙂

[@idontcaretbh2999]

Do you already speak 5 other languages and want to brag, or did you come here just to comment? But that's still really cool!

[@sandradevries3907]

Hell yeah!

[@tzesikakola9235]

That thing with the old Greek.. god...

[@faulkner8831]

Saaaaaaaaaaame

[@solanaceae6079]

They're actually interesting soooo............

[@LaranjaChannel]

That last scene is so important because it makes you realise that you probably know more than you think. I am learning German and once two tourists came to me and asked me (in English) where a certain street was. I answered them in English and said the street was not far away from where we were and the women replied in German to the man "Wir sind nicht weg" and I understood what she said! :D This must sound a bit stupid but for me, at the time, meant a lot because I understood what a native German speaker said! And I didn't know they were German (I actually thought they were British) so I wasn't on "German mode", I wasn't expecting to hear German, which means I just understood her naturally! These little moments make you go on like nothing else! :)

[@Ling74750]

+Laranja Channel Gratulation und noch viel Glück beim Deutsch lernen :D Warum hast du dich dazu entschieden Deutsch zu lernen?

[@LaranjaChannel]

+Roman74750 Danke schön! :) I hope you don't mind me answering in English. I am still not confident enough to write in German :P I think the most important reason is that I love foreign languages, including German! As I have come to learn more and more German I like it more and more! It is such a logic language, I love it! I am actually learning adjective declension now and I am not loving it because it is hard! xD Second is that I intend to work in Germany or Austria for a time so I am stepping ahead of time and learn as much as I can! :D

[@Ling74750]

***** I don't mind :D That's really interesting to hear as unfortunately many native English speakers think that German is an ugly language. Good luck with German grammer...it's logical but still pretty hard in my opinion. I'd recommend going to Germany and not Austria because the Austrian dialect makes it even harder for foreigners to learn German but that is up to you. I'd also recommend the KZbin channel "Easy German" it's a great and entertaining way to learn a foreign language.

[@LaranjaChannel]

+Roman74750 Thanks for understanding! :) I am actually not a native English speaker, I am Portuguese! :D We do have a lot of German tourists here every year (specially in the summer) so it's almost common to hear German once or twice, here and there! :D Many friends and colleges of mine say that German is an ugly and violent language. When I said to them that I wanted to start learning a foreign language many said to me not to learn German because it's an ugly language. And those comments had an influence on me because, even though I didn't agree, I started learning German way later than I wanted because of those comments. I am on my 3rd year of German now and I belive if it weren't for those comments I would be on my 5th or 6th year. All my teachers (so far) are from Germany so maybe I will take your opinion and go to Germany :)

[@Ling74750]

***** Oh this really sucks. I did know that Germand has a bad reputation but I didn't think I would actually hold people back from learning it. Just keep on going it well be worth it :D

[@suuske4450]

For some reason I love this video so much

[@nicki002]

Suuske same!

[@Hannah-mx4gj]

Amelié !

[@Bella-gy4fu]

I'm learning German and the hardest part is MEMORY

[@rayann8225]

PinkUnicorn32 353BellA Viel Glück beim Lernen :)

[@livemusicisalive1030]

PinkUnicorn32 353BellA nice, if you ever need help just message me :D

[@vvkii4534]

* Bella * 3 years ago when I over to Germany I had no idea about german and learnd it in school.Oh god it was hard to get along with the teachers and classmates but I survived

[@jlapierremusic]

Ich lerne gern Deutsch aber er ist sehr schwer!!😅

[@salmagique]

ich lerne deutsch jetzt

[@racheljaii3320]

I took three years of Spanish in high school. It's been two months since that and I have already forgotten everything

[@beatricepoverini2247]

Same, and two years later I barely understand what people say lol

[@lucilaloe]

el español es difícil

[@an_impasse]

El español es a veces difícil y a veces fácil. La pronunciación es OK, pero la gramática es más o menos.

[@Kaskaderka016]

The problem with languages is that you need to practice them constantly and not only at school :/

[@valentinacastro494]

que mal yo soy latina aprende a estudiar y a memorizar lo que aprendes

[@ChazzScreamsBekoo]

I'm learning korean. The hardest part is trying to stay motivated when you have no friends to practice with.

[@ChazzScreamsBekoo]

honestly that would be awesome

[@simplychloe9326]

I'm learning French, and I've gotta say that texting them random phrases (I say "I don't understand" and "to the left" a lot for some reason) and them responding confusedly is very entertaining and motivating for me XD

[@CultureDive]

Why don't you see if there is a language exchange program near by you, so you can try and practice with other people.

[@ithilgreenleaf8184]

Download language exchange apps. You can talk or text with people in your preferred language.

[@hanhyun3305]

korean here kk

[@alwlll9151]

Oh my god. I don’t think people actually understand how good it feels to grow up knowing only English and teaching yourself a whole other language. It’s the best feeling in the world to feel proud of yourself and being able to understand something else. #self accomplishment 👍🏻👍🏻✌🏻

[@MangaArtFanatic]

weeeeell for people that dont speak english as a native language learning it is kind of a must sooo since most people speak 2 languages you dont feel that proud of yourself xDD Now that i am in uni most students i know are picking up a second foreign language :P In anycase languages are cool to know :D

[@zuzu6864]

Like the person above said, you are not forced to learn English. Everyone I know is either fluent or semi fluent in English because you have to take it in school.

[@jay_dmp]

I am learning Japanese, and I get overjoyed when I read sentences without looking at the romanized version for once.

[@morganl.kennedy3619]

がんばります!

[@shiinaaaaaaa]

mostly, I just wanna learn other languages so I can watch anime/kpop vids without reading the subtitles 😂

[@rfyroz]

Same 😂

[@geesuslookatthatalpaca7471]

Fellow Army!

[@rfyroz]

Yeah its really tough😢

[@MrAnimebuster]

+Len Sheene My dream

[@hgrxcez]

Same

[@soyutii1164]

I've been 'learning' French for 7 years and pretty much all I know is bonjour

[@Pepper_Ann007]

+Frnk Fr Th Mmrs oh my gosh yes me too! :'(

[@oceanstaiga5928]

I stooped after 4 years because i didnt got anywhere with it :D now i'm doing japanese and already feel better about it :)

[@alyssaeldridge2661]

I spy gee;)

[@worlddream3615]

+Frnk Fr Th Mmrs It's because French it's a hard language by prononciation, writing, conjugation...I know what I'm talking about, I'm french!

[@pikdame]

+Jason Pathmarajah (Jaypath) There are lots of countries where you can/have to learn French. I did it in Germany and still am here in England

[@asmrqueen4348]

Learning Spanish Day 1: bonjour.. I mean hola!After 1 year: hablo espanol buen y ingles muy bien! *secretly hides google translate*

[@joegambitt7414]

Hablo español e ingles muy bien*

[@ehzhou]

Learning asl. Everyone says "what are you doing with your hands?"

[@elliaforsyth5638]

Same. I love asl tho

[@Sofia-wo9iw]

wha's asl

[@amena2290]

So many people are learning Korean…including me.

[@ThatGirlKris1]

+Amena Martin same :D

[@LyneDayes]

+ThatGirlKris1 It's all for KPOP

[@crystareo9442]

(ur profile pic hehe °v°) Is it hard or eh not really?

[@Mintan23]

haha yeah

[@kirstenpruitt131]

+Jocelyne Lopez ikr

[@laurieadda]

i love how all these 14-year-old girls in the comments want to learn korean for their "oppa". come to korea. see how your oppa really is and then decide if you only wanna learn an entire language just for him lmfao

[@cb9825]

I agree. learning a new language is a good thing though.

[@heyhanpan]

+Seolhyun Lee same here

[@dsph9996]

+Seolhyun Lee omg same

[@streamnctdreamwegoup2631]

i actually want to learn korean because i want to understand the lyrics of the songs or if i ever have the chance to go to a fanmeeting to ask them something or ask them something on twitter because not many can respond in english or speak good english or even to go live there someday idk

[@streamnctdreamwegoup2631]

+Seolhyun Lee same here lol

[@caitlinbellaviti8634]

I've taken french for 8 years in the school system and haven't learned anything useful.

[@natileroxs5226]

Cait Bell tbh learning a language in school isn't very good since a lot of the learning is slowed down because of the amount of people and having to follow a certain curriculum. My sister tried to learn French in school but fell behind because her teacher only payed attention to a few people.

[@youngarchivest9092]

Take a different class, you seem unmotivated which is why you get nothing out of it.

[@nanasshi6011]

Caitullus B IKR. That also happened to me and what I got out of these 8 years is actually embarrassing. - I speak like a 3 year old. - I know how to say: “ I want to go to the toilet” - I can count from one to ten really fast, but cannot understand native speakers because they are too fast. lol - And I know that creepy kindergarten song about Alouette. *Sigh* I really want to re-study it but I’m too absorbed in Korean.

[@sert0ri82]

Young Archivest you have to take french lol you can’t just not take lessons😂🤦🏻‍♀️

[@bread553]

I'm the same way with Spanish. I can ask where the bathroom is, name colors and numbers, and randomly pick out a verb or two

[@anusha668]

I speak four languages: Hindi Japanese Marathi English... ...and I'm learning Spanish.

[@Galawookie]

Anusha, be careful with Spanish verbs, I am Spanish/French and they are not so easy...

[@swatisawant9148]

Hey sis!! Same here but instead of Spanish... I'm learning mandarin I also speak English, hindi, Marathi, and Japanese

[@jahnavee_palsodkar]

So happy to find another person who speaks Marathi!

[@intakhabshaikh8128]

you can also speak urdu as its very similar to hindi (not similar in writing but similar in speaking)

[@nathanhofmann2645]

That girl is like me trying to speak German alone

[@sarahjudith8433]

Kannst du gut Deutsch? Ich komme aus Deutschland. :)

[@nathanhofmann2645]

Ich weiß das nicht.Ich habe seit ein paar Monate Deutsch lernen begonnen.

[@sarahjudith8433]

Nathan Hofmann Also ich habe verstanden was du meinst! 😁

[@nathanhofmann2645]

Super!

[@kemeticperspective]

I feel you man.

[@spottyfawn]

Anyone else Canadian and chuckling?

[@ilane3929]

Yesss 😂

[@Hieelife1]

+Christy Potato giggling in other words

[@emmanuelleconnors-lee6641]

ME!!!!

[@kikialeaki1850]

Me. When she said, "J'aime votre chapeau", I heard 'potre' for some reason.

[@smokingweapon]

good day to you Ema, that's a curious name.

[@ot2081]

* *_BONK_* * _Capitalism._

[@user-pr9lk1ls2f]

_hi danganronpa pfp._

[@tash3745]

*masterpiece*

[@leviepine1876]

I've been doing French in school for 4 years and I can hardly speak a word of it. I can however understand what people are saying in French. I don't speak the language but I understand it. Anyone else like this?

[@sv2677]

Levie Pine I’m in the same boat, except with Hindi.

[@navjotsingh2251]

Shiv Verma I’m the same but with Punjabi :/ my Hindi is better lol

[@BreathingYourLife]

Every time I have the opportunity to talk in English with someone in real life and not just online I get so scared and shy so I don't talk with them at all but I wanna travel to a lot of countries where people talk English... I have a problem :(

[@Lauracharland]

A lot of my friends deal with this on a daily basis. I am from Montreal, Canada so we talk to English speakers everyday as well as French speakers. Don't be shy. They will be very impressed that you can talk 2 languages!😊

[@Andrew-jv7tc]

+BreathingYourLife So many people in the United States are immigrants that we are used to hearing foreign accents and language mistakes. Also, remember that learning a language means you have to make mistakes, and there are tons of people willing to help you.

[@le_marsh9744]

+BreathingYourLife I get comments all the time when I don't know how to translate a word from english to french or when I act like the ''teacher's pet'' by wanting to talk in english with her. I want to go back home so much :'(

[@BreathingYourLife]

+Andrew Gertz I have the idea that people for almost every part of the world that people from Latin America are less than them so I think when they hear my accent they're think I'm less than them but I really hope it's not like that and I get over it and I'll travel the world and talk with everyone 😁

[@is8000]

you just described the story of my , because I'm Arabic and I can speak English but can't in front of people or even friends, I always get super shy and i make mistakes ..... btw I can speak it but just online like this :( (same this with French)

[@irumamiu]

she still speaks better french than me XD

[@fang8459]

Was thinking that 2 and I have french classes since grade 6 (I'm now in grade 10😂)

[@Stell482]

+fang ahaha same! I don't even know what I was thinking bc now i decided to do it for GCSE :'( i barely even remember anything XD

[@beastybutterfly5372]

I have french for 4 years now and im was like what!!!

[@psychoillogical4368]

EXACTLY

[@lizatorres4351]

I have had french classes since kindergarten lol

[@bb____________]

aka me trying to learn Korean

[@ataxyia]

Bea c Same.

[@janabroflovski2572]

Bea c I'm learning korean, but is easy

[@bea-pf3uk]

oof same

[@parkjaehyungbestboy922]

Same

[@sallyreynolds5756]

Same my sister keeps calling me a koreaboo because i sometimes speak to her in korean and my voice pitch kinda rises

[@tlts5881]

"Elle explore la France grâce au fromage" ca m'a tuee

[@idkatthispoint4091]

moon ie mais oui ptdkrjrjr

[@suddenlystanning8307]

Oh mon dieu oui

[@gracesanders1759]

même haha 😂

[@thatb1h855]

la même mdrrrr

[@aoifemorrissey4647]

You should do the struggles of being sarcastic or the struggles of being friends with someone who's sarcastic or the struggles of being sarcastic and no one understanding

[@alyreadsbooks7560]

The last one especially

[@axeavier]

That's been done

[@Maracujakeks]

Yeah, the struggle is real

[@susanneplays1545]

Or the struggles of not understanding sarcasm or social rules

[@aoifemorrissey4647]

+SusanneIsDead that would be hilarious. I think Sara would be good for the not understanding social rules.

[@eshbaby6614]

Ashly is my spirit animal. I love seeing videos of her

[@eshbaby6614]

+Esh Baby J'adore Ashly parce qu'elle est très mignon. Français est difficile mais l'écrit est très facile. Je déteste parler.

[@aminebkl637]

+Esh Baby c'est moi en anglais,je trouve l'écriture très facile mais à l'oral aïe aïe aïe...

[@aminebkl637]

+Esh Baby c'est moi en anglais,je trouve l'écriture très facile mais à l'oral aïe aïe aïe...

[@eshbaby6614]

+Amine Bkl Oui, je suis d'accord. Mes parents pensent la même chose. Ils ne parle anglais comme la langue maternelle.

[@aminebkl637]

+Esh Baby je ne sais pas pourquoi,mais je pense que c'est parce que il ni y'a vraiment pas avec qui parlait anglais et par le qui je veux dire un vrai anglais afin que je puisse improuver

[@puffpastry7712]

French is a good language, I can speak french fairly well, and I think it's adorable! English is too boring.

[@frodonpotter7237]

well, I am french and for me french is aweful, I prefer english so much

[@souhailnaji1343]

Je parle les deux mais je préfère l'anglais meme si que j'avais appris le français en premier it's just that french is too Bougie(No offense)

[@kira-wd2jq]

I think everyone likes languages that aren't yours better. I for example love English, but I dislike speaking in my native tongue which is German...

[@jennag2525]

Kira My native language is Chinese and I like that better than French and English

[@user-wb1vm9ex4k]

You probably only think that because it’s so widely spoken

[@andrewgalvan3466]

I'm learning Japanese and that sticky notes thing was a great idea I never thought of that

[@Jasmine-mh3kf]

Watching this instead of studying for my Spanish oral exam...

[@jameighelizabeth8408]

+The Phantasm LITERALLY ME RIGHT NOW

[@brookeelizabeth4362]

DOING THE SAME EXACT THING

[@katieboyle7492]

I have to study for a written one

[@waadiihh]

+The Phantasm OMG THAT'S ME

[@erickalena]

+The Phantasm ¿Te ayudo?

[@barrykhadidiatou357]

When you don't have to take French in high school because you're a native speaker

[@rinu8835]

Tu es très chanceux.. I am learning it in my school..

[@rinu8835]

***** The struggle in learning french is finding a native speaker to practice your french with... oh and lets not forget about the conjugations, they can be a bit confusing at times... But anyways i am very honoured to have had the opportunity to learn an amazing language like french...

[@MrMegaDboy]

+khadidiatou B yeah, passer de l anglais au francais c'est vraiment dur, je plains les anglophones. Being bilingual is so much amazing

[@poojapotdar2737]

I'm learing French but im really bad at writing And i feel very nerveous to converse to strangers coz i dont think im that good thats the main reason im kinda scared to appear for the exam aswell :(( Can someone give me any suggestions to improve my skills :)

[@rinu8835]

Guys currently I am having exams at my school and tmw is my french exam.. Honestly i am freaking out, my teacher said that we would mostly have continuous writing for my french exam. Ahh!! 😯 well bye i am going to study....

[@lucasbastos7385]

I know English, portugese, German, and I'm gonna start Japanese. wish me luck!

[@lucasbastos7385]

Jeffrey D lmao😂

[@miraclev2529]

GOOD LUCK ! 👊👊

[@GermanRamirez-qu7ho]

this is by far one of my favorite Violet videos.

[@matchakaren]

The French that the person spoke at the beginning was so bad

[@danahdusha]

XDDD thx I'm not the only one thinking that

[@Maracujakeks]

C'était pas le mieux mais aussi pas mal. Les Américains ont des problèmes avec la bonne prononciation.

[@danahdusha]

cottoncandymunch ouais et alors? Je suis Canadienne ma première langue et le français et l'anglais ma deuxième (mais bon c'est vrai que je ne fais que parler l'anglais ). Je veux dire, écrire c'est quand même dur mais la prononciation non. Quand le dude lui avait dit que son anglais était pas mal, il faut ce l'avouer qu'il ne l'était pas. L'anglais c'est très facile et quand je le parle j'ai aucun accent, pk quand elle parlait le français elle en avais un de ses accents!?

[@Mikyle]

+cottoncandymunch CERTAINS Américains... Il y a des Américains qui parlent parfaitement le français. Moi, je ne suis pas comme eux 😂

[@demedhel]

+Mika Goto I don't think he made any mistake and his pronunciation was quite good actually. He doesn't have a natural rhythm yet but he's perfectly understandable. +Sky berry En même temps les québecois sont un peu perdu au milieu d'un océan d'anglophones alors rien d’étonnant à ce qu'ils aient plus facile en anglais que les américains ont facile en français (si t'as regardé la vidéo, t'as peut-être remarqué que la difficulté de trouver un partenaire d'apprentissage a été abordée...).

[@radbeauty6]

Learned Latin for 5 years and it's a dead language.

[@corinab.6364]

I started this school year and I still have 3 1/2 years to go...rip any tips?

[@sophiemontecalvo7503]

I LOVE LATIN

[@chiara.]

Me too, it's annoying

[@yane2282]

Maybe try harder

[@bremerfarfan8991]

I respect you so much

[@bunnyofdeath8465]

I’ve been learning french for a couple years and I keep coming back to this video and finding I can understand more and more words !

[@klys2608]

the ending was so wholesome. ty.

[@shayt245]

I've been learning english for 12 years during school and i still don't feel comfortable enough to randomly talk to people in english

[@jhopeismybias7570]

same!

[@BernardoPatino]

+Alejandro Chavarria Mira chamo, qué te pasa, deja la grosería y respeta

[@BernardoPatino]

+kaya t People should know that your username is a pun in Spanish

[@pirchi101]

+Jazz Kaname I had it for like 7 years, and I even think sometimes in English. I feel pretty comfortable with it, and as long as noone wants to discuss literature or something like taht with me, I am fine.

[@shayt245]

+Nintendostyle same, i think in English all the time and i feel comfortable writing in English and everything but i feel so uncomfortable talking in English

[@CinnamonPanda]

Im 13 and i can speak fluent English and welsh, i am learning French in school and i am teaching myself Japanese You can do ANYTHING you put your mind too

[@getalifetoday1]

+BlueLightSky I'm teaching myself japanese too. It's a fun language.

[@nandxna]

may i ask where y'all are learning japanese from?? because I would like to start learning, I just don't know what I should use.

[@getalifetoday1]

+Nandana Suresh I watch KZbin videos and talk to native speakers. KZbinを見て日本人と話します。

[@CinnamonPanda]

+Nandana Suresh i learn it from www.busuu.com

[@getalifetoday1]

One of the best websites for japanese is Maggie Sensei. If you are trying to learn japanese, then please check out this website. It's really useful to me. 一番サイトはマギー先生のサイトです。日本語を習ってみてるなら、このサイトをチェックしてください!　私にとって、とても便利です。

[@lizziec4062]

the last scene made me smile so hard she looked so happy

[@ziggyseyepatch9546]

I have no idea why I keep coming back to this video

[@seykai]

When you learn Japanese and none of your friends speak it...

[@moshiayox321]

I can relate >.

[@TR-es1zw]

私も -_-

[@tiamelancholyjeoncockity]

いよ 、私お前に話して

[@MRKLBS]

+Alexandre Auberger 私も日本語を勉強しています, I'm studying it at my University (it's an extracurricual thing that's only for a year), and my problem is that I don't have any Japanese friends and my sensei's Spanish (I'm latino) is so good that I feel kinda weird speaking in Japanese with her :P

[@TR-es1zw]

You guys should try getting a Japanese penpal...it's not as convenient as talking in real life, but it's still nice. I used an app

[@JamesV84]

Speaks French, opens wine with bicycle pumps? Is there anything this girl can't do?? (apart from be with Andrew) I love Ashly :)

[@megantunnicliffe5661]

I'm so early, I don't know how to reply to your comment :)

[@JamesV84]

+Megan Tunnicliffe Your reply was perfectly fine to me :)

[@averygrace3935]

aww I miss ashdrew :(

[@massa4792]

can someone please explain me what happened with ashdrew?

[@alfiefg7011]

i love you.

[@bellasbeans4299]

At my high school 90% of my class took Spanish and 10% took French. I decided to take French because I wanted to be different and also I think it's a beautiful language. 3 years later and all i can remember is to say my name and to ask what time it is, also swear words.

[@blaireross4316]

Everyone in this video are so sweet, talented, and beautiful!! I love them all!!!!😍♥️

[@CobaltTheLioness]

Je suis une pomme de terre.

[@kikennaburedo9018]

XD

[@getgot3461]

lmao 😂😂

[@dicksdrugsanddebutantes9305]

Oui, je aussi.

[@Rabb88]

Vraiment???

[@CobaltTheLioness]

Oui! C'est vrai!

[@Anvocnighma]

That's me with Japanese.

[@lpscinder9900]

Ikr

[@katalinstreet]

Ikr!! They should do a japanese version too!

[@potatoO0o]

+Sammy P I gave up on Japanese :(

[@pachamaridamofasat7803]

+pewpewpew but the grammar is so easy compared to latin languages

[@idcdogs9626]

Me too.

[@listenboi_bts6167]

I am studying korean.. and the grammar is literally impossible ㅠ ㅠ

[@linb2815]

This is the motivation I needed

[@Nepustus]

I'm learning English, German, Swedish at school and Japanese with myself. Confusing

[@piercedsiren]

when all the languages mix up in your head

[@manurossini2965]

u should try learning one language at a time, and then when you master one of them u move on to the other. It is realy harder if u try to learn all of them at the same time.

[@miljananisavic6998]

salem saberhagen In my country we are forced to take english when we are 8,then comes german in five years and latin in highschool so maybe she also can't choose :/

[@ianmclean5437]

Nepustus . Jättebra lycka till du!

[@KakashiHatake-gr7jc]

こんにちは。

[@gennykoala2113]

maybe i shouldn't have attempted to learn japanese, korean AND italian at the same time 😂😭

[@victoriapark6926]

That is a pretty bad idea ha... Especially Japanese and Korean together which are pretty similar languages (not to be racist, they just are)

[@julydelarue3024]

+Tori Park they really aren't lol

[@xyz_7022]

I'm currently trying for... not fluency, but the ability to spot basic grammatical mistakes, ability to read an actual book and hold a straightforward conversation, I guess?... before I move onto starting another language. It kinda sucks because it feels like it is taking forever. I am considering changing things up a little and studying the languages with completely different roots at the same time so I feel like I am progressing at a better pace. I definitely couldn't hack Korean and Japanese at the same time, that's pretty awesome!

[@NathyIsabella]

that's exactly what I was thinking hahaha it can be confusing but it can also be helpful to learn Korean and Japanese at the same time, specially if know one a little better than the other... Like, you can do association between some words and grammatical points

[@Rarix]

Korean is very easy to learn. I suggest highly you start of with Hangul. Korean alphabet and then make your way up.

[@cookiek7567]

I’m 13 and learning Arabic in school , when I started the school when I was 11 I barely even knew how to read Arabic , but now a few days ago I had my writing exam for Arabic and wrote a lot more than I thought I could , and when I did the reading exam I understood most of the paper and it was a GCSE paper so I’m pretty proud of myself.

[@ezgic.7856]

this video is giving vibes like the old cartoons! If this was a cartoon series I would definitely watch it.

[@Bss1501]

RPZ LES FRANÇAIS QUI REGARDENT DES VIDÉOS BUZZFEED ! LIKEZ, ON EST LÀ :)

[@Lauracharland]

Je suis en fait Québécoise 😬😂😊

[@iulia2888]

+Laura Charland Moi aussi

[@clarasunya]

La france en fooooorce !!!!

[@inesctl7097]

France en force !!💪💪💪

[@camile9537]

+Balssou Je ne suis pas Française mais je sais la langue. :D

[@kizzy3563]

the only french sentence I can say after 4 years of french in high school: Je suis très fatigué. And it's almost always true.

[@samanthalomtatidze4989]

+Kiz zie lol, I'm learning french less than a year and I understood that. I guess learning with a teacher who's from Lyon is easier.

[@jessicakakaley2975]

+TheAlexSchuster 😂

[@helena54]

moi aussi

[@loulivebest]

+Kiz zie At least it means something xD

[@winterelton2442]

I can say Je suis une pomme but I'm not, so it's kind of awkward to say it to people

[@roboticdreamer]

I completely get the whole "language buddy" problem. I don't have many people who speak French, so I don't often get to practice with others.

[@bluewin13]

1:46 IS SO TRUE I'M LAUGHING

[@meilei8]

i want to learn korean too. but I need to learn my own language first (chinese) but i'm also too far in Japanese to back out.

[@thelanguagegirl2781]

yea, i am learning all three and it aint easy let me tell you lol. XD

[@meilei8]

TheLanguageGirl three at the same time?! i could not do that with my kind of commitment.

[@avalonp2726]

+蕾 I'm learning German, Dutch, Swahili and Korean right now all at varying levels, it's pretty fun but sometimes I mix them up

[@meilei8]

Avalon P yeah i get mixed between english and chinese a lot too. xD I thanked one of my teacher in Chinese accidentally just a couple of days ago. awks...

[@jonahs92]

I'm trying to learn Mandarin too! I'm not Chinese though. I am trilingual though! Yeah, it won't be easy for either of us lol.

[@nanaa8440]

When your home language isn't on google translate...

[@unitedchouettes2087]

Which language is it?

[@nalalou6797]

my native language isn't on google translate as well😂 it's swiss german

[@sallyjohnson9832]

I think the German on google translate is Hochdeutsch though... because sometimes it messes up for me when I ask my American friends what something means and then translate it they don't match. I'm not sure though

[@nanaa8440]

fam I'm Ghanaian so i speak akan, it's not popular so it's not there

[@salmagique]

omg yes saaame my native language is berber it's a local language in morocco and algeria, and it's not in google also berber has it's own system of writing, and i can't write it on my phone cuz it's not in the keyboard either

[@estefany7329]

This is so true!! It is so hard to find someone who speaks the language that you are studying.

[@amaya7074]

This is video speaks to me on a spiritual level. I learned Spanish by myself in high school and I'm now tackling korean becasue I wanted something more challenging and it is most definitely challenging.

[@serenatsukino5252]

The first one is too true for me. I want to learn Japanese but I have no one to practice with.

[@rosecrimes9242]

オケイ! 私 も! 私 も たすけて.....

[@gandalf8454]

same here

[@thelanguagegirl2781]

i am learning japanese! do you want to talk? XD 日本語

[@thelanguagegirl2781]

+Paulina Mostek i am also learning ukrainian XD

[@rosecrimes9242]

+TheLanguageGirl はい!!

[@jessali_]

Lol, try learning a language which hardly anyone speaks (Danish) or a dead language no one has ever even heard of (Ancient Tupí).

[@hl10gg]

+PotterheadGLeeK7 I love Danish! I tend geek out whenever I happen to hear Danish (or any Scandinavian language) in my home country ..

[@ellerence9379]

I'm also learning Danish, though it's more of an off to the side thing since I'm focusing more on Spanish right now, considering I'm more likely to use it. My godmother is from Denmark and lives there, so the only thing I could really use it on anyway, is to read her Facebook posts without looking at the translation.

[@thunderbird55653]

Never knew, heard, nor met anyone spoke Danish in my life, but there was this one time when NDPT (National Danish Performance Team) went to my college and they shared some experiences with the students. That was my first time ever meeting Danish people and heard Danish from the native speakers, it was sooo smooth I love hearing it :D

[@iloveonedirectionud]

we are obligated to learn ancient greek in school... I mean yeah sure it's nice to know my language and stuff but it's sO DIFFICULT UGH

[@deaththefairy]

+PotterheadGLeeK7 I'm learning Danish! I live in Australia and have never met anyone who speaks Danish unfortunately ;w;

[@esthershih5575]

the poet *slaps drum/bongo thing” ..“_capitalism_” im SOrrY I CANt 😂

[@suahabose4100]

"The poet. 'capitalism'." I laughed so hard lmaooo No but I totally relate to this, I'm learning French, Spanish, German and Hindi right now and it's definitely something you gotta work for

[@Nilouce]

Salut ! Je fais partie du public français habituellement silencieux mais là ... J'ai adoré cette vidéo !! Ashley, ton français est adorable et tu débrouilles vraiment bien ! Juste pour dire que cette vidéo m'a fait sourire tout le long et que vous avez des français qui vous regardent et qui ADORENT !

[@annazinck9500]

I was so proud of myself that after like 8years of French I could read this comment and listen to this video, and understand most of it 😀 ma Francais c'est dacord, aussi j'ai dans ecole pour in autre 4 ans pour etudie les francais. Je ne pratique pas ma francais pour zero personnes dans ma famile parle y. Pardon ma grammaire. Bon jour, au revoir. 😀

[@jennbaker8476]

I'm in the first half of French one and I kinda understand and I'm SO PROUD OF MYSELF

[@ivanaxoelle]

+Nilouce i just started learning french last year and i'm sorta proud i knew how to read 70% of what you're saying (:

[@lucilecorbelle9000]

Enfin un français qui regarde buzz feed!!🙏🏻

[@Om-iq1oh]

Aw, je suis contente de trouver d'autres français qui regardent buzzfeed, je me sens seule des fois quand j'en parle autour de moi et que tout le monde me regarde de travers ;-;

[@hinab.5132]

Well I learnt English in one year. I'm French.

[@ariian3_rl]

Me too haha!

[@hinab.5132]

+arily182 Vraiment ? génial !

[@ariian3_rl]

Haha team des gens qui sont bilingues ;)

[@clairer1423]

WASSUP FAM

[@tombehaut]

hehe pareil, internet est le meilleur des professeurs ;)

[@mindclutter3651]

Fantastique! Your french is great Ashley

[@chaole1000]

People normally forget their foreign language after high school, but once you go to a foreign country where that language is spoken in, it comes back to you slowly. I took Chinese and Japanese in high school and I started remembering a lot of stuff when I went to Taiwan/ China, and Japan.

[@KateReemee]

Did ANYONE get the reference of the Red Balloon?!!

[@alyssamartinez167]

Yesss I was just checking the comments to see if anyone caught that

[@mikeike83]

+Farah H YES! Thank you!

[@lallallama]

Hmmm does it have anything to do with KPop? If not then... I have no idea

[@alyssamartinez167]

+Tania Tani no it's a reference to the French film called The Red Balloon

[@lallallama]

+Alyssa Martinez cries. Yup I have no idea

[@lokthuum]

French is such a fun language to learn, what I do to study is translate my favorite songs into French, it helps me learn a lot of words and verb conjugations since I sing the songs all the time. Music is a great way to memorize.

[@marine6271]

+Em StumpHHH I totally agree, something like 80% of my English comes from songs and TV Shows ^^

[@marine6271]

Isn't it too hard to learn? I mean, English or Japanese are very easy to learn for me masculine and feminine don't exist but but it must be super hard to remember if every single word is masculine or not (at least I had to learn it for German and I find it so difficult ^^)

[@CoccinelleMiraculeux]

Annica Harris nope! You should just be able to look at the word and determine whether it is feminine or not. For example, seeing a word ending in the suffix -ette typically means it is feminine, whereas words ending in n are typically masculine. It's more about recognising and understanding the rules of the language gender rather than memorising it. You'll also find you'll know quite a bit of French already, since 29% of the English language is French, or constructed off the same rules. Have a go, and see if you like learning it! Bonne chance !

[@intreoo]

Lol I agree. I’m not even learning French but I’ve learned quite a bit of words and definitions just by listening to my favorite French songs.

[@angeladavidson2350]

I'm taking French, and we had a thing for extra credit where we meet and speak French to other French students. One of the teachers asked me and my friend what we were studying right now in French, and my friend thought she asked if we studied French during marching band, so he said no. I thought she asked if we were in French class, but I was confused that my friend said no, so I said "oui" in a really drawn out way that showed I was definitely confused. And it wasn't even a yes or no question.

[@cressreeves171]

I feel depressed i studied French at a French school had such a passion but no support. My family constantly made fun of me for it, never cared to help me practice. Insulted the language,eventually i gave up..no one to practice with. It hurts when I hear the language, because i still love it so much.

[@MultiSuperllama]

after 8 years of French I understood what he said thank goodness 😂 Learning Romanian now!

[@oceanstaiga5928]

I understoof most of it, but stooped french after 4 years, now Leasing japanese for the next 3 in school :F

[@MultiSuperllama]

+Caro Honest how cool! o genku desu ka? 😁

[@madalinacristina2956]

Romanian? You are brave, mate haha. Mult succes!

[@MultiSuperllama]

+Madalina Cristina da! mulțumesc foarte mult 😁

[@andrea-lm6lk]

I'm French and my mother is Romanian so ..yeah xD You don't care uh x)

[@theashlynx]

and I'm over here learning asl (sign language)

[@thelanguagegirl2781]

me too! XD

[@sallyjohnson9832]

I am fluent in ASL and I know it doesn't seem like it, but it is really very useful. I work at Chickfila and just yesterday I had a deaf family walk in and my coworker was very confused when they were typing on their phone what they wanted. I stepped in and started to sign, it made the process much easier. This isn't the only experience I've had either. Plus you can talk across the room and with your mouth full! Not to mention it is a beautiful and expressive language! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

[@Anf1996]

Was searching through here for another ASL student! It is the most amazing language. As the other commenter mentioned it is very useful, but on top of that it is fun and beautiful!

[@avalonp2726]

I took asl for 5 years and then my school dropped it so I've forgotten most, im so sad about it

[@jasmaryzuniga7483]

I thought I was the only one, everyone's talking about Korean and German. They're all talking amongst one another but it's really difficult when you want to communicate with someone else who signs but the only way is either in person or if there's like skype/FaceTime or anything that involves a web cam :(

[@sruthimahalakshmi47]

This is lovely

[@MadameTamma]

I moved to Valencia about a month ago and there are times when I'm proud of how far my Spanish has come and other times I'm terribly embarrassed when I talk to new people and can't keep up with the conversation. social anxiety doesn't help much either 😥

[@yunozoldyck4275]

Am I the only one in the comment section who got into Kpop because they originally just wanted to learn the language?? Ahhh I'm trying to get hangul down, then it's on to the language..

[@yunozoldyck4275]

+Its A K-Pop Thing I think I've got it down, now it is time for the language! We can do it!!!

[@staylight_]

I am actually learning Korean right now lol (kpop fan) and since my dad lived in SoKor for like 10 years he's helping me out because im self studying (sorry for my bad english) 😂 Hangul is pretty easy tho' but constructing sentence is kind of hard but you'll learn in the mean time.

[@Eroc6823]

+Yuno Zoldyck The letters in hangul are easy but making words and sentences is difficult for me

[@Moomoogirl1025]

i know how to read and write but like i need to know how to put words together and expand my vocabulary and theres so many koreans where i live but im not friends with any of them because all their friends are white or asians themselves xD

[@nikkilin8669]

+yuno zoldyck same here....

[@milafanway1]

lol that's me learning korean

[@roflacgu11]

+milafanway1 exactly xD

[@LBelle-kl6ox]

Same

[@tgnw6899]

I know how to say "Hello" in Korean. Only say though, I can't write or read it. Just words. 🙃

[@Nettynat123]

Same bc Exo and bts

[@milafanway1]

Tiegan Rochelle 으미으미 안녕하세요 ^^ yeah korean is difficult I just studied for less than a week and I'm too lazy to keep studying lately

[@xxbyyunaxx3314]

I learnet french till two years ago and i was so suprised i understood what the person said in the video. Its amazing.

[@kassiezogas3542]

*every time i speak greek to a non-greek speaker, they think it’s Spanish lol*

[@PhantomFreak2001]

Ever heard of Esperanto? Nope? Exactly

[@jamesward1175]

+Geauxcht Oh! Jes! Jes! Mi amas ĝi!

[@kapoiosgr]

+Geauxcht I have now where's my prize?

+James Ward G^in. Vi amas g^in.

[@yellowmesh7821]

+Geauxcht I have. I want to learnt it

[@thefaceofawsomeness491]

+Geauxcht It's an auxiliary language, and it's entirely rule based. I know about it because I was making my own language and researched constructed languages.

[@jae-leemunoz93]

Basically my life I'm trying to learn Korean 😂😂😂

[@Rarix]

same

[@ooyou]

Only so I don't have to find Eng subs the Korean variety shows....when my bias laughs, I laugh as well ;))

[@maisarahmohd8775]

Same

[@TKTS1409]

+Bts Trash Same :3

[@yasmineyasmine8382]

yeaaah same here 😂😂😂💔💔✌

[@bipgtm768]

I have been learning German for 7 month now. It is exactly like this. You want someone to speak with but not with one who is too good than your understanding. Its hard

[@haileyparsons3844]

this was posted on my birthday three years ago and I discovered it today

[@daniyajaweed5900]

who else is learning korean and japanese...?

[@getalifetoday1]

+K_life adventure I'm learning japanese.

[@DefineMorena]

Learning Korean

[@daniyajaweed5900]

Grace Osas aayyee high five! btw use hellotalk its amazing , i just started using it today... :) just suggesting..

[@DefineMorena]

K_life adventure Oh. I'm already using it. It's great!

[@daniyajaweed5900]

Grace Osas whats your name on it?

[@meanwall4792]

Im learning chinese but people now are starting with korean, I love the fact that nowadays the number of people interested in taking down the communication barriers between countries are increasing...but im a little angry that they are probably learning korean bc of kpop/kdramas...i shoudnt be cause everyone can do whatever they want

[@thelanguagegirl2781]

i am learning chinese too! XD ԅ( ˘ω˘ ԅ)

[@iratheexo-l538]

+Meanwall Chinese isn't that hard tbh, I'm sure you'll pick up it really soon ;) good luck!

[@AlexusTaco]

+Meanwall Kpop and kdramas introduced me to Korean culture and I’m a sucker for it now. Don’t knock all kpop/kdrama fans. :)

[@elizabethlow1653]

+trixchialoveskimchi6 Cantonese is the dialect

[@selinalim1661]

+trixchialoveskimchi6 Technically Mandarin and Chinese is the same.. well yes and no. Chinese is Mandarin cause when you speak Mandarin, you're speaking Chinese but Mandarin is only one form of Chinese - other examples of Chinese are the dialects, Cantonese, Hokkien etc. - so from that perspective it's a no

[@fmadiva]

Pshh at least people speak romance languages in the US try learning Japanese! Especially on the east coast 😡 I swear it's so hard to find Japanese speakers

[@alina6512]

That ending scene... BuzzFeed saw into the future... IT. 😱😂

[@cassiuscyparissus5567]

the narrator sounds like a quebecois who tries to sound French

[@yooocatch]

He's definitly american, not quebecois or french ;) The french accent is really hard to do for someone who's not a native. French speaking here x) It's the "r" that's a struggle, I think.

[@Cyrzai]

It's either you don't say the r, or you sound like a cat choking on a humongous ball of fluff.

[@rozeqrtz3096]

i was going to say alot of this doesnt sound like parisian french. it seems he adds extra words and uses different words for certain things which makes me think hes from canada.

[@Eclipsisse]

BellaSenju What is "parisian french" ? Lol. His French is actually really good, and not Canadian at all. We simply use more words in French than you do in English :)

[@souhailnaji1343]

J'avais l'impression qu'il était un sénégalais

[@gwenb1634]

When I try to learn Korean. 😭

[@paulamot9271]

i try to learn korean too😂 well, if i started i can't move back now

[@gwenb1634]

+Paula Mot annyeong 😊

[@not.mel.xo.]

I'm trying as well, but it's so hard!

[@dewdrop3815]

I WAS FINDING THIS COMMENT OML

[@teatime7929]

I was just thinking of this when I found this comment...kpop is the best

[@JesseNickelltheFourth]

You've got a wonderful sense of humor! :)

[@daisyg509]

I remember watching this video maybe a year ago and feeling kinda jelly that I don't speak but two languages and wanted to learn more. I watched this and didn't understand. Then I decided to get back into school and I took a French course and watching this a year later makes me happy because although I am still at a very novice level of French, I can say I understood A LOT of it! This is awesome!