Conversations with a Polyglot: What does it take to learn a language effectively?

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Steve Kaufmann @Thelinguist is a Canadian polyglot who speaks around 12 languages and knows around 8 more.
And in this interview, he’s going to share valuable advice on language learning, and joins me for a conversation about the different aspects of learning and speaking a second language.
Watch our interview on Steve’s channel: • Tips to Improve Your P...
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00:00 Intro
01:10 Getting to know Steve
04:08 Finding the right way for you as a learner
05:50 Do people change when they switch between languages?
08:52 Active vs. Passive learning
14:55 Practicing speaking
16:53 The fear of misunderstanding & the importance of being exposed to different speakers
21:54 The experiences of different non-native speakers in English
29:28 Fluency & embracing mistakes
38:15 Outro
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[@Andrew_Cretu]

I am a Roumanian native speaker and one day I heard Steve speaking my language. It was amazing. I have been so overwhelmingly impressed with his talent.

[@giornoalex9611]

Your language it's so freaking amazing.....i am learning too and I want to accomplish an accurate and decent level 🤠🤠 (Spanish speaker here)

[@Andrew_Cretu]

@@giornoalex9611 Really? I am speechless Atunci, eu iti urez succes,insa, cel mai mult, ai nevoie de rabdare, nu este o limba usoara limba romana. .

[@rdigo100]

Q F

[@amelrodriguez7716]

I am Algerieen, and happy to listen to you both. I speak Arabic, and French. My English is improving 😘😘😘

[@jaynimaroff2286]

Hadar: I heard you first on Steve’s channel where I found out that you learned English as an adult. Not only is your English flawless, but 100 out 100 Americans would think you were born in the U.S. Even if one speaks English fluently, to the ear of a native speaker, one word or one sound would be a give away that you are a non-native speaker. Your lack of a foreign accent is astounding and extraordinarily rare. כל הכבוד!!!

[@nguyenngoc2528]

I would say that both of your approaches are complementary, not contradictory. As Hadar's student, I enjoy the way she leads us through the fear of speaking by understanding our mindset, doing intentional practice, repetition, and speaking more and more. Furthermore, I believe that the goal of learning any language is to communicate, not to perform. Particularly in English, since it has so many different accents and none of them are better than the others. The key is knowing that our English is enough and making mistakes is beneficial. It is simply a matter of letting go of our idealized threshold we assume we should reach to become fluent. Our goal is to communicate, not to perform. Thanks Hadar and Steve for an amazing conversation!

[@polyglotsjourney]

Steve is deffinitely one of the most amazing language enthusiasts in the world. Great interview 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@user-mn5zo2vz7s]

I'm subscribed to Steve's channel and regularly watch his videos but as a teacher i have realised that in most cases i can't apply his tips in my lessons. Learning multiple languages and teaching a language are 2 very different things because when you learn a language the whole process depends on you, whereas when you teach, it also depends how motivated a student especially a child or teanager is and not everything depends on you. His advice is mostly efficient for the other polyglots rather than someone who is starting to learn his first foreign language.

[@putinisakiller8093]

Many language learners teach themselves here and there. It turned out to me that it is VERY difficult to find your proper teacher or way of learning. I've been learning English for years and didn't find the right approach yet even though I've watched, practiced and listen to a big variety of language schools. :)

[@darioshub]

Languages are a passion for all polyglots. I speak around six languages and recently made a short video of myself speaking in all of them.i'm sure I'll keep wanting to learn more since it's something that I enjoy doing ever since I basically learned how to read. Greetings to all polyglots from Croatia!

[@ernestomaldonado2547]

His spanish is good ... the finest accent is from Buenos Aires- Argentina, a mix between spanish and italian from my perspective.

[@kwizerajoseph]

It's such wonderful interview, however I do appreciate the hard work of our Tutor Hadar, few days ago, somebody recommended me this amazing chanel, and less than one month I gotta a massive product of pronunciation, most especially on variety nuances of American English. Therefore, we gotta hop along with our practices as well as most helpful advice from differentials people's experiences.

[@hadar.shemesh]

😍

[@custoconecta]

Its so clear to hear a both talking.

[@cecygonzalez1604]

Wow! Something clicked with me when he mentioned the accent and being proud. Thank you so much!

[@gilmanromima2205]

the lady is wonderful

[@dubagentselekions8221]

I'm a self made linguist from South Africa, I speak around 13 +- languages, South Africa alone has 11 languages and i understand all but can maybe speak 8. English/sePedi/seSotho/seTswana/isiNdebele/Cambodian/Korean/Afrikaans/Thai/Hindi...etc

[@fabianperez3149]

Wuau it is like when you have the two better and preferred teachers together, they are the best.

[@OksanaRepetskaya]

I think the language logic changes the way you act and think in different languages. So I agree about the reasoning)

[@oquiala]

I love Steve, it's impressive to see the same person speaking in so many different languages. When speaking Spanish is very good, it's great to hear other people speaking my language.

[@damasceno39]

Hi Hadar! Excellent video, wonderful class! Thank you so much, this sort of videos are very important to me because I’m brazilian, I’m not confident in English, so I need to study everyday, I need to write, to read, to listen and to speak. Currently I’m living in Vancouver since July, 2021. Please don’t stop this channel, I love your videos. Thank you so much.

[@RayullahUllah-ch9dz]

Interesting to hear about your help with this morning and thank you for letting us

[@BelieveInTheTruth.]

Thanks alot dear teacher from Nepal 🇳🇵 for your helpful sharing.

[@michelepaupelard2335]

Hadar, I discovered you thanks to Steve. I think you both provide different help when we want to learn English. I have always followed Steve's advice, but since watching your videos , I notice that by working on the pronunciation, I improve my understanding. Thank you Hadar , thank you Steve ( who speaks extraordinary French with a lovely accent )

[@margett__]

Thank you so much for this wonderful episode! My personal experience definitely supports what Steve has shared. As a teenager, I was learning both French and English more or less simultaneously. Our school program required to pick at least one foreign language, and I chose French. I loved it so much and did very well, but apparently, French was taught to me the way they teach languages in schools meaning textbooks all day every day. Then, English entered my life, but mostly in the form of KZbin. I learned some basics from books, but most of my learning experience was happening through videos. I was regularly exposed to loads of English, but never perceived it as intentional practice. I was doing it just for fun, no specific purpose in mind other than finding whatever information I was interested in at the time. Let me tell you, today I'm so much more fluent and comfortable in English than French, even though I technically spent more years on the latter. The combination of lighthearted approach and excessive listening did the trick for me. I now practice English more intentionally and have certain goals in mind, such as improving my pronunciation and vocabulary. However, I'm confident to say this initial jump was possible due to me being constantly exposed to other people speaking. Which then gave me enough confidence to speak to others. Something that never happened in class while learning French. We were always too busy with grammar, reading and tests. I'm 100% on board with what Steve is saying. Intentional practice and speaking are important, but the benefits of listening shouldn't be overlooked, especially at an early stage of one's language learning journey. This is how you initially learn the rhythm and eventually catch the flow.

[@ali-25yearsold]

thanks for sharing!

[@Sprachliebhaber-Languagelover]

What prevented you and even now prevents you from doing in French what you did in English? That is, listening to podcasts, watching videos, etc. Learning a language is not just going to school but living the language. And if you realized that what you did in English is for you the most effective way, why didn't you follow the same path? Or is it that you did not want to learn French?

[@margett__]

@@Sprachliebhaber-Languagelover while in school, what prevented me was the academic overwhelm. Even though I loved the language so much, French in my mind was associated with piles of homework and my teacher’s expectations of me to perform at a certain level. As a good student interested in languages, I was often made to participate in language competitions even when I didn’t feel like it. I believe at a certain point both internal and external pressure just led to burnout when I couldn’t bring myself to practicing at all. Watching KZbin in French in my spare time was the last thing I wanted to do after classes. English, however, was associated with whatever I felt like doing at the moment, and there was no academic pressure to perform. I never felt like I HAD to memorize new words and phrases in English (something I was constantly feeling in French), learning was happening at my own pace. I never stopped loving French, but I forgot how to enjoy the process. This is why the element of enjoyment is so incredibly important, something that both Hadar and Steve also point out. I’m happy to tell you that now, a few years later, nothing really prevents me, this is exactly what I’m incorporating into my daily routine ☺️ This realization I shared in the initial comment is fairly recent, so it’s going to take some more time of listening experience for me to familiarize myself with the rhythms and patterns of French the way it happened in English. My comment didn’t imply I dropped French all together. It was just a comparison derived from my personal experience to demonstrate how different approaches led me to different results, especially when it comes to my confidence to use language in real life situations.

[@Sprachliebhaber-Languagelover]

@@margett__ Thanks for your detailed answer and congratulations for your new language learning journey enjoying French. I understand that being overwhelmed is more than a good reason to avoid making any commitment to make an extra effort, but you invested time consuming resources in English. It was just a matter of switching languages. I also understand that you wasn't in the position to enjoy the change, but knowing the effect of willingness and the fact that in spite of the situation you really liked French, a switch in attitude was the answer. As that's water under the bridge, what matters is that now you are enjoying and learning French. Happy language journey! 🙂

[@margett__]

@@Sprachliebhaber-Languagelover yes, absolutely! Willingness to commit to something is crucial, that’s completely true. But at that time I didn’t even know I could do that as I thought what we were doing in school was the way to go. My experience with English, as effortless and fun as it was, has completely changed my mindset and my perspective on language learning. Thank you so much for your question! Judging by your channel name, you’re a language learner yourself. What are you thoughts on the matter? How do you approach languages? Where do you start and how do you go about it? I’d be interested to hear your thoughts!

[@lolyruiz4266]

Excellent interview, Hadar! ❤ ❤I noticed that sometimes you had to wait to speak because Steve was talking so much 😊😂, but you demonstrated your manners and let him speak. Steve, where's the chivalry for letting ladies speak first?😂 ( I respect you,Steve but you must improve it😊,first the ladies he he).Ahh,Steve , when an interview speaking with Hadar in her native language for? ( So you can practice with her).Both of you are wonderful,keep it up❤❤

[@RitaOFigueiredo]

Such an engaging and insightful conversation! You and Steve have a different approach to language learning, but in my point of view, both complement each other.

[@BlackWhite-dz8zt]

I loved this conversation, a very human way to explain how to improve the language that we leard and cop with the anxiety feeling of being perfect and just trying to do our best!! Thank you so much for both of you 🫶

[@saratewelde9327]

What a beautiful conversation ❤ I love it the way that you clarify your thoughts.

[@ceph8998]

Great conversation

[@franciscojose6496]

Good morning great teacher hadar god bless you and your family ever well let's go study

[@candraputraalim7412]

You are very kind people..my fell happy see you ..talk with smiling sweet so i njoy watching your vedeo thank you so much ..sorry i am beginning...in ingglis

[@vladimirsavenkov2424]

Это точно. Цель изучения иностранных языков-коммуникация, общение, возможность делиться информацией.

[@ekaterinaratsina4664]

Great example of finding an agreement together! I’m convinced that everyone is unique and their own way of learning and I like this idea to expose yourself to different cultures, different accents, different learning approaches, try everything and choose what works for you! Take the best from the best! And both of you are the best and I learned great things from both! Thank you for providing us with these wise insights and showing a great example of respect and collaboration ❤

[@franztavares7009]

Thank you Hadar for this conversation with steven, this is what i had been facing when communicate with native speaker

[@tricotilla]

Wowwwwww!!!! My best two together!!!! That's finally a dream came true!!!! I've been waiting for this moment for so long!!!!!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@carloseduardodrumond5513]

I've been a fan of Hadar's content since taking her fantastic program. I was fortunate to have had the opportunity for some online tutoring sessions with her. Additionally, I've gained a lot of knowledge from Steve Kaufmann's KZbin channel.

[@arlenecorrea2068]

I loved this interview, so encouraging!

[@archetipigenova5047]

Ciao Steve, prezioso come sempre. A me piaceva tantissimo il tuo sfondo con la libreria..

[@giornoalex9611]

My English it's not that perfect but i could say that its was so rewarding that i learned a lot with both,in English and the tips that i was looking for in the past.ty so much hadar

[@raulcervantes1190]

I'm proudly Hadar's team! 😁😎

[@anil3004]

Thank you so much. I need take an assessment in the next weeks and this interview help me a lot.

[@mazenalhussain2158]

thanks for this Conversation !

[@raquelmg1671]

Thank You soo much Haddar to bring us this interview!!! So happy!!! 🇨🇷😊

[@jean-louismorgenthaler4725]

Wow! how interesting this exchange has been. Food for thought, indeed! A big thank you to both of you.

[@meedimeerban6468]

❤Thank you very much 🙏👍🌹

[@aniuskasteele4504]

I love 💕 the way you pronounce every single word, but not only that... It is the form in which you articulate every sound in each word.

[@willyArmonia]

Intresting interwiew with this guy thank you for share it this moment with us.

[@Gk-all]

Still not successful but with your love there are 60+ members in the family. Thank you all of you 🙏

[@chadbailey7038]

Great interview. You did an awesome job. Love the conversation. Love Steve. He constantly helps me to remember the goal is simple: successful- communication. I don’t need to o er complicate things! 😅

[@willianbarreiro9925]

Hello this interview was amazing, I love both of you guys. Everyday I'm listening different content on KZbin in order to improve my vocabulary and listen as well

[@juancarlosvillazon8163]

Fantastic interview. I love the idea of focus on what you already can do and be proud of that. Improvement should be focus on creating communication first. Accents can be an advantage specially if you believe that. On the other hand, if you let your accent to become an obstacle you are basically adding more difficulties to your language learning.

[@mohibquadri4053]

He's the Best in the business 💚

[@linvictor99]

My native language is Cantonese, learned Mandarin when I was young. Now I speak Mandarin everyday. I watched a video of Steve interviewed by a Mandarin speaker about Cantonese and Mandarin. Steve sounds amazing on both. To my surprise, when the interviewer speaks in Cantonese, her native language is mandarin, her pronunciation is good but doesn’t sound like Cantonese. I think it might be the placement is off. That’s the same problem I have when I speak English.

[@chaoslanguagelearning]

Great interview, and very informative from both of you. I speak Arabic and Persian, and I've recently started Hebrew. I was a bit confused when Steve said couldn't carry on with Hebrew being hard, and decided to start learning Arabic. I understand the point of Arabic being spoken by a large population etc, but on the point of Hebrew being difficult, I should point out Arabic is difficult as much if not more. So if one can learn either, they may well go for learning the other, as both languages have similar grammar and structure and share a lot of vocabulary and etymology between them. They originally belong to the same family of Semitic languages after all. Just a thought.

[@surajsinghmapingart2351]

very informative session👍

[@eustaquiozambrano2974]

Thank you so much. I will see you in the next video. 👍

[@user-dc7dt7iz6q]

Very interesting and helpful. Thank you very much for this perfect combination. As my limited personal experience, courage/encourage comes from knowing and accept our limitation. Confidence comes from practice and understanding. Human being = human begin = hi man begun

[@rerere232323]

Great video, very interestng

[@gianfrancoql8317]

Muy buen video para aprender ingles ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@hayesdabney]

Great Interview, both of you! I am learning so much! Thank you!

[@NocostEnglish]

Thanks Hadar Finally you did it Congrats

[@paolaavalencia9005]

Thank you so much for this video! 👏👏👏🌹

[@hadar.shemesh]

You are so welcome!

[@maricelyvalbuena6145]

Very interesting thoughts

[@drlakshmidasan5421]

amazing

[@vladimirsavenkov2424]

Спасибо🙏💕

[@fbarcelosr]

Very good video!

[@DawnPeacock]

Hi Hadar. I was really curious to hear how you responded to Steve’s arguments in favor of using reading as one way to improve fluency. But I’m not finding that in the conversation. (I haven’t listened to it all the way through yet.) I usually agree with you on most things but I also felt you made some assumptions and assertions about reading that were off base. (Guess that’s a sports metaphor but oh well, it’s the phrase I feel best expresses my meaning 🫢). Did you ever watch my video? You know I like to hash out differing viewpoints so I was hoping to hear back from you on my response to your video. But I know you’ve got your own great stuff going on so when I didn’t hear anything I chalked it up to that. (Another sports metaphor? 😂) Anyway… now I want to see what Steve had to say about your book video 😃 Be well & talk to you later 🌞

[@alinakocharyan2552]

great video

[@AlexanderBecerra23]

Learning a language is imitating

[@marcelosilveira7079]

I love Steve's point of view to learn a language from scratch. I used lingq to learn French to the point that I can now find any authentic material on the internet and use it for the language.

[@christinaoliveira5335]

Hi Marcelo, Thank you for sharing your experience with learning French through lingq. Would you mind sharing what kind of strategies did you use to get to the point of using authentic material? Did you go through all the mini-stories? Did you enjoy any particular source of content? How long did it take you to get to the point where you can enjoy a variety of authentic content? Do you do a lot of passive listening every day? I've just started, but I'm having a hard time sticking to material that's not of interest. Portuguese is my primary language so I can sometimes have a general idea when listening to some French topics and because of that I have found myself gravitating out of lingq in search of more interesting content... but it's been a catch-22 since I can't satisfactorily understand full-speed, more interesting authentic content without a lot of translation... at the same time, going back to the mini-stories hasn't been very motivating. I'd appreciate any tips you have! Thanks a lot!

[@marcelosilveira7079]

@@christinaoliveira5335 hi. I listened to the mini stories a ton of times. Just like Steve. I also uploaded all the assimil (method for multiple languages) stories into lingq, and uploaded the innerfrench and français authentique podcasts. The secret is to listen to a lot of podcasts while you are doing something else like going to the gym. I was at the gym listening to Patricia's Home Language KZbin channel when I noticed that I could understand everything that she said. It was a joyous moment.

[@christinaoliveira5335]

@@marcelosilveira7079

[@christinaoliveira5335]

@@marcelosilveira7079 Thank you so much for sharing! You're so right! I need to listen to the mini-stories more. I understand they contain the basic structures of the language + the most used verbs. I must get past the fact that they are so unappealing to me and just get through them. I also listen to both podcasts you mentioned but mainly go through the ones already on lingq or watch them on youtube using the Language Reactor extension. Have you tried Alice Ayel and Piece of French? They're also good resources for everyday, conversational French- Alice has pretty helpful interviews and Piece of French has very cool vlogs. Anyways, thank you so much for reminding me of the importance of the mini-stories. Best of luck on your French journey!

[@marcelosilveira7079]

@@christinaoliveira5335 thanks for the suggestion. I found her KZbin channel. youtube.com/@aliceayel The other resources I'm using are Disney Films. - I have a Disney Plus channel with tons of films. I watch them with French audio. I heard a teacher in Korea saying all the young students that had great fluency told him they did watch them to learn English. The language is very clear and you can see the action.

[@d.rothenberg8295]

Hadar - almost flawless, well-spoken English for sure. Question: How do you approach students who state ''I have no self-confidence in English'' or those who write absolute Chat-GPT perfection, but speak making basic grammar mistakes?

[@jonah92861]

The only things I can hear that could possible give her away would be ending with a small plosive ‘t’ sound when the sound would be a stop ‘d’. Ex: here she says ‘sound’ and ‘invested’ like with a T sound at the end Some linked T sounds and often not doing the Stop T especially on -nt words. Some devoicing of J at the end into Ch But overall incredibly impressive and I recommend her to all my students.

[@Henry-teach-Chinese-in-jokes]

Hi, I’m Henry Guo. I’ve been spending more than 100,000 hours studying English humor and culture and more than 100,000 hours studying Chinese humor and culture. I can supply endless English/Chinese jokes (in English). I’m teaching Chinese language in jokes. Hope you like it

[@pierreabbat6157]

"Sun is essential" - with a name like Shemesh, obviously! Are there accents in Hebrew that you find difficult to hear? I have trouble with Ashkenazi; some vowels sound to me like they're in between, and when ת sounds like /s/ I may think it's ס. I haven't heard much (if any) Samaritan.

[@Natsukashigame]

How do you become in a polyglot person? Do you need to speak more than 3 languages? As a native?

[@RAVIKUMAR-dj9qj]

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[@SOYtu.]

❤

[@asusenalopez270]

I like that you followed up on the link between reasoning and the tongue you use. I have heard that people who speak more than one language are less likely to get Alzheimer's. Each language seems to link to its own neural network in the brain.

[@Sbaykal]

Софи Марсо 😊

[@coconutpineapple2489]

Why does she think all of English learners fear having mistakes. Nobody doesn't say anything when he/she was asked something from someone when you travel. Nobody doesn't answer when she/he was asked what is your purpose of your visit at the airport. Most people aren't afraid of making mistakes, they just don't have anything they want to say. You don't need early output, because you don't have anything you want to say. But if you kept doing input, you could speak English when someone asked you something, because you already know lots of English pattern and words, and you have to answer. If you really want to know something when you travel, you will likely speak English without having fear, because you have to speak.

[@hadar.shemesh]

I don’t think all of English learners fear of making mistakes. But I highlight to make sure this experience is not erased by people who have the privilege of not worrying or caring about what people think, or not having been criticized for their mistakes. While this may have not been your experience when traveling aboard, this HAS been for many others, especially for immigrants and people working in global companies.

[@BobHiltner]

PRO-cess--first time I've heard Steve speak Canadian, so chalk up another language for him. Never heard him say "aboot," though.

[@jinushaun]

The interview seems kind of confrontational. I think it’s important to remember that once you are fluent in 4 or more languages (like Steve), the way you learn/process/digest a new language will be fundamentally different from someone struggling to learn a second language. Also, someone who has a goal of being conversational as fast as possible will study differently than someone whose goal is fluency.

[@hadar.shemesh]

I absolutely agree. But also, there’s nothing wrong with disagreeing or confrontation if it’s done with respect as it gets people to think!

[@romilsahay7584]

*My question is:* *1.I don't wanna anyone throw garbage anywhere.* *2.I don't wanna anyone to throw garbage anywhere.* *Which one is correct? * *Why is the "to" preposition used before the verb in this sentence?*

[@seanarmstrong8460]

I’ll give you a strictly grammar based answer. The “to throw” is an example of the infinitive form of the verb. This means the verb doesn’t change any form because everything is controlled by the “wanna” or want modal verb. The unaccented English would be written this way. I don’t want anyone to throw garbage anywhere. Another more natural way to say it is this way. I don’t want anyone throwing garbage around. Since I am the subject of the sentence, the verb want is about my feelings. The throw verb is not my action. I’m just describing it, so it’s better to use “to throw” or “ throwing” in this sentence. I hope that made sense.

[@solountiposinbigotehace84a66]

I don't want anyone to throw garbage anywhere.

[@hielum1337]

!!!

[@eydimartinez3175]

I am not afraid of speaking English with a native, I am a afraid of speaking English with a Hispanic speaking English, they tend to switch to Spanish as soon as they identify the accent, and if they notice we are struggling, I don't understand why, they might not want to complicate themselves but they should let us struggle cause that's the best way to improve

[@lolyruiz4266]

You should try to understand why some Hispanic people have a tendency to prefer speaking Spanish, but of course, you cannot generalize this to all Hispanic people because many prefer to continue speaking in English. In fact, there are even many Hispanic people who speak English better than native speakers. It's important to be open-minded and not be afraid to speak English with a Hispanic person. Jumping to negative conclusions that they may not want to struggle is unfair, as it's actually quite uncommon that a Hispanic person to not allow you to struggle with the language. Hispanic people are generally known for being friendly, educated ,workers and very empathetic, due to cultural reasons.

[@tammiesterling4631]

Did you actually read Steve Kaufman’s book??

[@hadar.shemesh]

Was I interviewing him about his book?

[@RayullahUllah-ch9dz]

I would like to hear that, I can do it tomorrow if Allah of course hi there

[@vladimirsavenkov2424]

Особенно красивая.

[@RayullahUllah-ch9dz]

Where are you you now, How are doing 30 days learn English with common conversation cora are welcome and thank do it tomorrow if Allah of course welcome I would like it here at your convenience store I would be happy if Allah bless your helping

[@robenssaint-juste8766]

GOD love you in the name of JESUS CHRIST our savoir amen...

[@vladimirsavenkov2424]

Хадар,ты красивая в этом платье!

[@jamalhamad9110]

i told you speak slowly please

[@Sprachliebhaber-Languagelover]

You can slow down the playback speed by clicking the gear icon (settings).

[@harfiyatkamyonu7786]

it's been 10 minutes since she uploaded the video but people commented like great conversation even though the video is 38 minutes lol When did you finish watching the video lol ?? these people are weird !! are you bot or real?

[@solountiposinbigotehace84a66]

😂