Paris, how many languages do you speak?

[@KolydoscopeMusic]

Her flipping the “what do you think of life in Paris” question on you before immediately whipping out a cigarette is about the most French thing I’ve seen in quite some time 😂🐢

[@miaoumisou8589]

She thought he asked her to translate his question to English.

[@sahilkhurana_]

​exactly

[@Walid_walid829]

@@miaoumisou8589no , she's understand him very well

[@guilhemtapie7134]

​​​​​​@@Walid_walid829The way he asked her to tell him what she thinks of life in Paris is the same way you ask someone to translate a sentence. He literally said : "Can you say in English : what do you think of life in Paris"

[@karikaru]

@@guilhemtapie7134 I think both are true. As an advanced language learner these are the types of comprehension problems you run into where the context or intonation would indicate his meaning but someone who hasn't had as much experience in building that context of American/English speaking culture wouldn't catch that. I'm learning Persian right now in Asia and I try to keep track of these situations where my questions are misunderstood because it's not necessarily a vocabulary problem but a contextual problem. What's obvious in one culture and background might be not so in another. Jokes are especially tricky because the predictable patterns and shared cultural knowledge aren't there and it's really easy to just look like you're making another error in a language you're not as familiar in. These aren't even problems that are unique to language learners but also cross-cultural communication of all kinds like inter-generational communication within your home country or someone from a poor inner city talking to someone from a wealthy suburb.

[@siroko2853]

Man I love the cinematic aspect behind this video, those little shots of the streets and the common life between the different interviews. It really brings something keep that up!

[@dagmarvandoren9364]

The truth is,we are forced to speak english....you know why......if Russia would dictate.....russian.....my countrymen. German. China chinese......we lost the war it's English....usa. maybe Spanish. Stubborn. Mentality. And lots of them....all ok...law of nature. Alles liebe.....weiter sprechen...soft ch. Bitte.....

[@agneseditsstuff]

I fully agree!

[@魏天易]

Pretty like James Benning

[@adoberoots]

The confusion for the girl with the life in Paris question happened because of the way you asked the question! You asked “Est-ce que vous pouvez dire en anglais qu’est-ce que vous pensez de la vie à Paris?” - which sounds like “Can you say in English ‘what do you think about life in Paris?’” - as if you’re asking her to translate that sentence! Next time try “Est-ce que vous pouvez me dire en anglais *ce que vous pensez* de la vie à Paris?” which is like “Can you tell me in English what you think about life in Paris?” Bon courage ! ;-)

[@yvesd_fr1810]

Oui, agreed !

[@garmit61]

Think she knew what was the question but chose to turn tables on the interviewer. Cute response.

[@adoberoots]

@@garmit61 maybe, but it really does not seem or sound like it at first. She does seem to realize when she doubles up and asks him “What do you think?” But the first time around her intonation and way of saying it aren’t like a question but like a translation, in my opinion. Also, his question truly does sound like he’s asking for a translation in the way it’s worded - I might have answered the same way to be honest.

[@adoberoots]

@@garmit61 there is also the possibility that she intentionally translated it instead of answering as a way of letting him know he didn’t ask the question the way one should.. But she doesn’t seem like that sort of person to me

[@laszlosimay4592]

That's funny, I went to school with her 😂

[@evelynarquette]

It was really nice to see so many French speakers speak a little slower and enunciate their words when speaking to Dan. Helped me as a fellow French learner to follow too!

[@diamandcharme-kerhorest7221]

I live in an immegrant community in France and alot of people are actually very frustrated by that cause they are speaking french fluently but have an accent and the natives are treating them like they are some random lost tourist 🥲

[@azecece1]

@@diamandcharme-kerhorest7221 Don't worry, i'm native french but with strong south accent and I have same problem when I go to north. The feeling of superiority is triggered as soon as a flaw presents itself

[@x2y3a1j5]

@@diamandcharme-kerhorest7221 Yeah, but the same it's true in reverse: many Arab and Black immigrants in Paris with a thick accent tend to treat you like 🚽bc you're from outside their ethnic/religious/cultural group. For instance, one of the Pakistani butchers round the corner where I've been buying my chicken for +10 years, he's all very fluent, normal and just professional with his ethnic/religious/cultural customers (we are in a very mixed area in the 19th) but he goes to great lengths to show us Whites/Christians/Westerners very clearly that he deeply despises us, so he puts up this very thick accent on purpose. And I have countless other exemples. In short, if you don't speak like a racaille, they speak to you like 🚽

[@Beach_comber]

@@azecece1 Why do they do this? Is this part of their training at school? They're famous for it.

[@azecece1]

@@Beach_comber Because humans are animals and in animal reign there is dominators and dominated ? Or maybe because Paris is a big economical center in France and , with previous explaination, more money = dominator ? Idk

[@tcbbctagain572]

It's actually really surprising that you actually found French people that actually speak regional languages of France like those 2 girls

[@alexandreleloup1932]

Totally wrong

[@ginagiangiobbe8002]

I agree! I was (probably ignorantly) expecting Occitan (Provençal) and learned Béarnais! I only knew a handful of the regional languages, now I will look into these other ones! Thanks for the video ✌️

[@SM-ef7yp]

Incredible how people from Scandinavia speak great English

[@Entername-md1ev]

Based on stats, there’s a higher percentage of people who can speak English in Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Denmark than in Canada 😅

[@karima_MK]

It's taught at am early age but also because a lot of TV shows are not translated because its small populations up there.

[@FreeWorldCitizen]

That’s because they don’t have the choice ! Their languages are not strong and spread as French or Spanish. Basically in France you have access to absolutely everything in French from American tv show to scientific books. On a daily basis there is no need to speak another language that’s why we are worst than Scandinavian countries

[@vmoses1979]

@@Entername-md1ev Haha. Those damn Quebecers bringing the average down. Quel dommage.

[@vmoses1979]

@@FreeWorldCitizen That's not quite it. Of course they can get access to everything published in English in their respective languages. It's that Scandinavian/Dutch languages are Germanic like English so it is more easily accessible to them. As well they don't have historical and cultural baggage that makes them predisposed to sideline English like the French. Finally- I don't think French people are good at languages barring the related romance ones. French peoole speaking English frequently have quite thick accents.

[@elisaidir2837]

Le monsieur Algérien Kabyle qui donne une petite leçon d'histoire ça fait plaisir!

[@loulouthe1750]

balek

[@faatnaa]

@@loulouthe1750 personne ne t'a demandé ton avis ( :

[@teloneys2845]

@@loulouthe1750 Si tu t'en balek d'un truc intéressant, on s'en balek royalement de ton commentaire inutile

[@backintimealwyn5736]

Il l'a coupé vite fait quand on est arrivé en territoires tabous. Même les anglos savent d'instinct que c'est interdit d'en parler.

[@koko-mc2dm]

Pourqoui est interdit !?

[@raatroc]

Afrikaans is not derived from German but from Dutch!

[@louisl.-s.4143]

He probably mixed up German for Dutch because in Afrikaans German is Duits

[@pascalgotlib1781]

Le néerlandais est proche de l'allemand et quasiment compris par tous les hollandais .Donc les afrikaners qui sont des colons hollandais en Afrique aussi.

[@thomasharter8161]

@@pascalgotlib1781 Do you speak German and Dutch?

[@JimmiAlli]

Afrikaans is a Germanic language just like Dutch.

[@1hinita]

I thought so! Afrikaans is more similar to Dutch so when he said German, I was confused.

[@TheHajsan]

Seeing how happy that girl got when you complimented her english made me smile (12:26) And indeed, she could comfortably answer two languages to that question I think!!!

[@OlivierDALET]

She was indeed better than the guy who said he could speak English 'plutôt bien'!

[@milhanou229]

If you get the chance you should try this in other french cities. I think you'd get pretty different results in Strasbourg (more german, alsacian, turkish,... or Nice (more italian, nissart,...) for instance

[@joakimtag7820]

Nothing turkish in alsace its a poor muslim country.

[@saullandiof5768]

people in every other French city are so much friendlier than Parisians

[@Elias-ef7zb]

​@@saullandiof5768Paris c'est la france la vrai

[@szasbaddest1]

@@Elias-ef7zb oh tg

[@alganis3339]

@@saullandiof5768 I'm not going to say it's false but the people in this video (the foreigners) were saying that parisians were friendly and disagreed with this cliché. We should define first what is a parisian because there is not a lot of parisians who were born and raised in Paris. Most of them are coming from the province and very often are moving back later in their lifes.

[@Ridobu1]

I'm currently learning Swedish and I'm just so proud I could understand what the first danish girl said. Carry on with these videos, they're actually really motivating.

[@majstrindlund7263]

They are not very similar ! I can barely understand any danish at all 😂 Norwegian is easier in my opinion ! Lycka till med svenskan ;)

[@LMoneL]

@@majstrindlund7263 They are very similar, but may require some practice! I study at university of Copnehagen, and many students here are swedish or norweigan. In my experience they understand me well the majority of the time when I speak danish, and I understand the swedes and norweigans well too. A swedish girl I met said she struggled understanding danish the first month she was here, but now she doesn't have any problems at all. If we just practiced each others languages a bit, we would do so well. The problem is most people panic, and believe they don't understand it, then switch to english.

[@wordcoffee101]

Me too. I am studying Swedish and I am surprised by how much Norwegian and Danish I understand.

[@jamieflame01]

Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are three dialects of the same language each with their own army.

[@Србомбоница86]

​@@carl9901English no , Scandinavian languages are same language even now ,just different dialect

[@sber3911]

The singer has a good voice soothing and kinda rough at the same time. His makeshift guitar was very awesome ! Keep up the good work with your videos!

[@anita0354]

Zoumafrika's music is amazing!! Really loved it. Greetings from Uruguay ❤

[@L-mo]

I enjoyed this. I needed a trip to Paris! The Turkish gentleman nailed the thing about English - easy to pick up, difficult to be fluent in. I subscribed to this channel as the creator has a gift with people.

[@ellevehaler1758]

Agreed! I’m really glad my English has developed “naturally,” over time thanks to music, video games, TV shows and such. I’m pretty positive I wouldn’t be able to fully grasp it if I were to pick it up from zero now. (Mainly because it’s not really phonetic, and the way it works is sometimes a little weird, even when compared to other Germanic languages)

[@FS_5023]

The music at the end is just great! I really loved the melody!

[@ngommamadou8234]

every time i see your videos, my feeling to learn other languages increases.

[@elielson6094]

So does mine.Saludos de Brasil!

[@ryanolsen294]

même

[@Bostologia]

go on

[@McGuire40695]

Love this video so much! I was just in Paris (and London) a few weeks ago, and definitely enjoyed my time there! I'm an American, and obviously a native English speaker. I know very basic French, even less Spanish, and it was helpful enough to get through some conversations. I was with my mom, who has a physical disability (used a wheelchair to help get her around on long hauls), and it was nice to see how pleasant everyone was, even the French who didn't know a lot of English. Telling them I can read it better than I can speak it made it a lot easier, too! Reading the menus and translating them to my mom was helpful, too! When I head back to Europe (or even drive up to Montreal), I definitely would love to get better at speaking French!

[@ILOVEDAVIDCAVAZIS]

Paris ❤ I think it’s not that hard to communicate in English there because it’s a cosmopolitan city, but if you go to the French countryside, the story is quite different! I love your channel!

[@elrevah]

I got in the countryside in a non touristic region in the center west of France and I found many people who actually spoke English pretty well to my big surprise, and I didn't have any problem to communicate so far. And the people were very polite, pleasant and respectful. Btw, in most non-English speaking countries in the world it's more difficult to find people who speak English, sounds logical, right?

[@ILOVEDAVIDCAVAZIS]

@@elrevah it depends on the country, but usually we expect it to be difficult in countries like France, Italy or Ukraine.

[@abonnessansvideos-qn9yb]

​​​@@ILOVEDAVIDCAVAZISe truth is that many persons are able to speak English, since we study at school, 3 languages (with French). If you want some information in France, it's better asking people between 18 and 35 years old, normally they would be able to answer, at least with the basics ☺️... And there are no real differences in the "Countryside" since we are all educated in school, where we learn English. Those who travel more have a better English, it's normal, but normally, every person in the range that I told you, can speak ^^ You should go in South America to people who really don't speak english 😂😂 I'm here for 7 months, and it's funny seeing that sometimes even in some information points, they don't speak english (it's rare but it happened in Brazil 😂) . I speak Spanish so I don't have problems, but it amazed people here, when you can speak 3 languages even if it's far from being perfect 🤭 Big difference with Europe

[@arturoaguayo3450]

@@abonnessansvideos-qn9yb Mexican here, the reason is almost all the region speak the same language, the contact wirh anglophones is almost zero, movies and TV shows are dubbed into spanish, all is in spanish, even in southern U.S. you can live only speaking spanish cause of the inmigrants and their descendants. And of course most of people can't afford english lessons due to lack of money or time but some more simply aren't interested in learn languages and those are the worst because they have bachelor's degrees, between 25-30 yo or further and still monolingual.

[@zavatta9024]

la provence va à l'école comme les parisiens, autrement dit on parle aussi bien anglais que vous

[@etiennewijler6830]

The couple from South-Africa that said that Afrikaans is a derivative of German really hurt my Dutch heart...

[@theherk]

They were some long drinks of water though.

[@tariq_al_fahim170]

They mixed Dutch with Deutsche

[@guiltydwarf495]

Well, Dutch kinda is a dialect of Low German, some linguists might argue. Just as Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are sorta dialects of the same language.

[@strivold4922]

It's a Germanic language, that's probably what he meant.

[@naam_loos]

​@@guiltydwarf495with that logic (lower) German is a dialect of Dutch as well...

[@philippel.5013]

Zoumafrika, I love your song. Your positive vibe comes dancing off the screen like a ray of sunshine on a happy morning. Have a great life! Every time you sing your song, you make everyone else's existence a little bit more joyful.

[@V1ctor_Sm]

That men with handmade guitar is made my day ! Thank you ❤

[@languagesolehsoleh]

4:54I don't speak French but I think she said the Provençal language which is a dialect of Occitan in the Southeast of France.

[@noefillon1749]

Yes, that's what she said

[@maten146]

That is indeed what she said.

[@OlivierDALET]

As a matter of fact, both girls speak occitan; a different dialect though. I suppose they should understand one another if speaking Béarnais and provençal

[@irisl2359]

It's a good thing that you showed more than just the center of Paris and the 16th arrondissement, I find that people online never show the diversity of architecture, wealth and culture in Paris

[@manulp9778]

Happy to see that many people loving Paris 😍

[@amc9862]

Paris sucks!

[@odalissk]

Très intéressant sur l'amazigh, personne ne me l'avais jamais expliqué comme ça. Bienvenue à Paris

[@thenumidianman3989]

la langue s'appelle tamazight avec différentes variantes comme kabyle, chaoui, chenouia, m'zab tamazight, touareg tamazight...etc Le tamazight n'est pas seulement parlé par les Kabyles, mais aussi par d'autres amazighs.

[@lucasokley]

5:17 The fastest man alive

[@lisaanimi]

He was in a hurry

[@HfrdH4]

He was running for his life

[@ginagiangiobbe8002]

😂😂😂

[@nickcrane888]

I was at a hot springs resort in Iceland in the 70's and started talking with a group of Icelandic high school students, 16-18 years old. I was 20, my buddy 22. I had English and limited French, my friend English and some French. The Icelanders each spoke at least 4 languages, Icelandic, English, plus at least one other Scandinavian language and a Romance language. Swedish/Norwegian/Danish/Russian, between one and three of the 4. French/Spanish/Italian, between one and three of those and a few spoke German. They also had sophisticated questions about US politics and culture. I later studied Spanish, Portuguese and German and brushed up on my limited French, partly inspired by that interaction with teenage polyglots as well as travel and business in Latin America and Europe.

[@blayris3559]

Finally, after watching all these amazing videos in different cities, it's time for the city where I grew up Paris! Cheers from Maastricht, Netherlands!!! 🐢

[@niallinjapan642]

the Algerian guy talking about our amazigh culture is so cuteee

[@MediterraneanMan26]

Im so glad Kabyle language is still thriving outside Algeria 🇩🇿😁

[@brahmaistrash.indiaisatoil5292]

I am not kabyle, but he made me happy especially when he said that's its the language of north Africa

[@hnlr7385]

yes

[@Hayekenshort]

@@brahmaistrash.indiaisatoil5292 the absolute truth that many so called "arab" algerians still have hard time to comprehend

[@spiritusIRATUS]

Me too, I thought North African countries were completely arab-ised, these are ancient cultures that should be preserved.

[@astronotics531]

They are preserved in Algeria, and you can learn Kabyle as early as elementary school. @@spiritusIRATUS

[@ZenWalks]

Again, you're amazing. It's so nice the natural way you talk to people; it's like if all of us are talking to them. Loved the tattoo artist at 10:22! Great job. Cheers form sunny Lisbon!

[@babycakes8434]

In France people are being honest and modest about their language knowledge👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@wanneske1969]

Not really, they overestimate their knowledge of English when their accent is horrible.

[@sophiaisabelle027]

We appreciate content like this. Keep up the good work.

[@janteo1]

5:17 the guy running at full speed behind them had me in tears 😂😂😂

[@socialistcinema]

that musician from Africa. what a talent.

[@SimonGrayDK]

Definitely the highlight of the video.

[@roberttemple2521]

Zoumafrika at the end was superb, real soul, the one in the clip I could relate to most. Playing music in the park or in the street is a nice gift to the world.

[@leokim6671]

I see no one talking about how good the little song of Zoumafrika sound, that's really cool to know there's so many hidden talents just in the streets :)

[@BboySalamon]

Beautiful, romantic city of Paris and a good, friendly talking, on the streets of this capital of love . Thanks a lot.

[@BboySalamon]

@lupitheyorkie Because of immigrants. Yeah, I know. Sad to know this.

[@augth]

@lupitheyorkiestill is beautiful and romantic

[@BboySalamon]

@paulwatson9796 Totally agree. Paris is beautiful. Especially in April-May💐🌷

[@СофьяШатохина-у2ч]

Zoumafrika, you are amazing! I'm going to Paris this July. I am a street musician and now I have a new dream - to sing together with you 😍🎶

[@coline_ebb]

I liked that they came up with different reasons for the language they would choose to learn. How opposite are "chinese because its important" and "greek because I love the country"! As a language teacher I would always encourage people that are thinking beyond "utility" and following their heart and connection with a language, like the girl who loves Greek. What you get and how you grow as an adult language learner goes way beyond utilitarism 😍 And I am totally happy with the fact that Occitan was mentionned on your channel!

[@alexdarcydestsimon3767]

Kalispera.

[@veraciteabsolue1221]

What you say is previledging your interest (have motivated students) to the detriment of your students (have a job ie speaking a language of a strong economic country)

[@alexdarcydestsimon3767]

@@veraciteabsolue1221 said the guy whose country is going way down the scale of educated countries because trying to "save money" on education.

[@veraciteabsolue1221]

@@alexdarcydestsimon3767 My children were schooled in private colleges and did very well in Parisian reputed universities (there are still a few). Yet, what your country is doing has little to do with what you make of your life.

[@alexdarcydestsimon3767]

@@veraciteabsolue1221 eh oui, ils étaient dans le privé... C'est bien ce qu'on reproche au gouvernement actuel : déshabiller le secteur public.

[@nicolasfevrier5660]

Hello, as always your video is very cool! Just a little precision: at 4:50, she says she speaks Provençal, which is a language, not that she speaks the language from her province. ;)

[@jules8159]

This was filmed where my highschool is, I pass by all the spots shown twice a day. really lovely seeing it filmed in the sun, merci mon gas

[@paulbismuth10]

Nice diversity. North Africa, Africa, East Europa, students, tourists... Seems like the video was taken in summer.

[@backintimealwyn5736]

it's in my neighborhood. It attracts foreign students and tourists, very trendy , artsy, "cool", not representative though.

[@BlueFire94]

North Africa, Africa? 🤣😂

[@luxpursuits]

They all need to go back their countries

[@taya8959]

I love that you filmed this in the north-east of Paris ❤ I grew up there and it’s a very diverse and « homy » part of the city (maybe more authentic and less touristic than other parts) so I believe it offers a different image of the city than the one people are used to see. Also everyone in the video seemed so sweet :) Thank you for the video !

[@Kimhajar132]

Hello,Are you from France, French?

[@bringbackdislikes3195]

@@Kimhajar132 He says it in his comment...................

[@muratakburakma]

12:59 this is common phrase in Turkey. "Derdimi anlatacak kadar" -> "Enough to explain my problem/what I want" just like he said haha

[@KotrokoranaMavokely]

Your video is very touching and charming, Paris is very diverse inside and outside, I mean in its surroundings. You can find people from the 5 continents in Paris, Paris city hall, because of this diversity and acceptance of immigrants, should create a second city just for immigrants, the city called Cosmopolitania, in the northern part of Paris just for immigrants, a tourist city, sports and artistic that reproduced the cultures of the 5 continents within France. It's good that people from France speak English well, the French are open to new cultures and trends, Korean, Wolof, Japanese, Turkish, Tamazight in one city, not every city in the world that has the human and cultural richness that Paris has in local and global level. Beautiful video, lots of affection, affection for the French, and that the French can pamper, love and welcome foreigners who like them too.💋🙏😘😘❤️💓🎵👍🥂

[@starnaz9836]

Zoumafrika ~ I feel his music spoke to my soul just now, what a beautiful feeling. Bless this man who has a beautiful smile and voice! I will go to Paris just to hear him play ☺️

[@flavio-neri]

It is so good to listen to your videos while I'm working. Thanks so much! (Obrigado e Gracias)

[@CaffeAddict]

They mostly speak languages of neighboring countries because they are right next to each other. Here I speak Californian, Oregonian, Texan, etc.

[@anriettecooper6935]

lol californian, oregonian and texan are not languages 🤣

[@devilsadvocate2643]

@@anriettecooper6935 That's the joke you muppet

[@CaffeAddict]

@@anriettecooper6935Oops, I forgot Nevadian.

[@richatlarge462]

@@anriettecooper6935 Mild dialects, as opposed to stronger dialects across the UK. But consider that every American speaks at least two versions of the English language: (1) everyday English as spoken among friends and family, and (2) less nuanced and less colloquial English when conversing with non-native speakers.

[@anriettecooper6935]

@@richatlarge462 yes so it's not a language

[@chosta94]

A peaceful video from my city, i love it !

[@kenpatton8761]

This is what I like about Europe. Most people are multilingual. Probably due to their living next to each other’s countries and how easy it is to travel to the other nations. Here in America most people only speak American English, some speak Spanish or Mexican (there’s a difference), and some speak French (creole). Then there are those who immigrated here with their own languages. We also have the various Native American dialects that are mainly spoken by themselves and are slowly being lost. I was in the US Air Force and stationed overseas for half of my career. I can speak American, British English(there’s a difference), a little French, German and Turkish. I would say that I’m only fluent in American. But I have been studying German for several years. When someone asks me what it’s like it Europe, I tell them to watch the “Jason Bourne” movies and pay attention to the backgrounds. I enjoy your series, keep it up!! Cheers

[@adaplay13]

Even if we have closer countries, it's most because education. For example in Norway and north countires they have a good level of English. However, in Spain (my country) or Italy, adult poeple have a really bad level

[@DavidBurton1978]

There isn't a 'Mexican' language. It is Spanish. That's it. I am from Spain myself. You can say there is a Mexican accent, but the language is the same. Differences in vocabulary and accents among Spanish-speaking countries are obvious, but that's the same with English in U.S.A, the U.K, Australia, India etc.

[@eceningalaksisi4783]

This video gave me more travel feelings, l think because you captured city sounds too, and final song was really good!

[@АзаматАубакиров-щ8й]

Salut. Je suis Kazakh et j'aime vos vidéos

[@urvidedhia8628]

What a beautiful video ! Really loved the diversity and beauty ❤️

[@ssyeinah]

The musician at the end, Zoumafrika! He seemed so sweet and cool and to freestyle that well is awesome :)

[@patalo299]

J’aime bien les anciens kabyles comme lui, c’est des bons 👍

[@J0HN_D03]

Oui, pas des MALchances pour la France quoi, ils avaient le respect du pays qui les accueille...

[@redach143]

Parisians don't really have difficulty understanding English, it's only in communication where they are a little bad but they always try to talk and help you compared to Rome in Italy where I had 1 or 2 bad experiences unfortunately but it was a wonderful trip! 😊

[@Arltratlo]

if i have to talk in English in France, i try to talk to younger people, they dont have a problem with my German accent...lol

[@ewzinenhou9243]

@@Arltratlo and by any chance you can find a French who learned German at school !

[@Arltratlo]

@@ewzinenhou9243 i believe you never went to the Elsaß?.. thats the German speaking part of France, its like East Belgium, the German part of Belgium or Nordschleswig in Denmark, they speak German, too oh i forgot the Austrians and the Deutsch Schweiz... did you know, that people close to borders can learn the other country language, its not forbidden..

[@gabrieltheuws8680]

With 8 years of english, most of young french are "good" in english. Like he said "it's a universal language"

[@alexdarcydestsimon3767]

​@@ArltratloKein Problem damit. Du kannst ja auch Deutsch.... As long as you don't come here with a gun. ;-)

[@ju7iam480]

🐢I always enjoy watching this kind of content. I didn't know that every region had its own regional language in France, very interesting. Nice video! 👌🐢

[@jeanbolduc5818]

Same for USA , England , Italy , Spain , Canada etc all countries have regional accents and words

[@miaoumisou8589]

@@jeanbolduc5818they aren’t regional accents and words, but whole different languages, distinct from French.

[@alessbritish228]

@@miaoumisou8589 right, in France they speak croissant in the north, baguette in the south, fried snails in the east, and smelly cheese in the west

[@PatrioteQuebecois]

@@jeanbolduc5818 neither USA nor England have numerous regional languages. The weight of English is detrimental to linguistic diversity and heavy language policy is needed to preserve minority languages face to English. On the other hand, Spain and Italy have many regional languages like Catalan, Basque and Galician for the former and Sicilian, Sardinian and Ligurian for the latter. These 2 countries have an additional reason that France doesn't have to preserve its regional languages: they had fascist dictators (Mussolini and Franco) who both tried to suppress their regional languages in favor of Italian and Spanish. Therefore, there is an incentive to do the exact opposite.

[@jeanbolduc5818]

@@PatrioteQuebecois There are many english Accents and regional words depending on your education in england ....

[@shiny2575]

9:41 im brazillian and ive heard a lot of people compare brazillian portuguese to a lot of languages, but slovakian sounds SO much like portuguese its uncanny (i cant understand anything she said though)

[@mercury9552]

SIM!!! Quando ela começou a falar parecia uma brasileira falando outra língua, mesmo não entendendo nada do que ela falou kk

[@luliajopes]

i loveeed zoumafrika song! beautiful voice and melody, keep brightening people's lives with your music

[@gazoontight]

The tattoo artist said she was from Slovakia but you wrote that she was from Slovenia! They're not the same country.

[@winterlinde5395]

I would love to sit there and enjoy the music of the man in the end of the video!

[@JaenMuron]

Compared to thirty years ago the ammount of Frenchmen, mostly the minus 40 years old, who speak English increased amazingly. When I went as kid to France in the eighties hardly anyone spoke English (or didn't want to), even in the touristic areas. Nowadays many respond in English the moment they notice you're not fluent in French. That's understandable - I do the same to spead up the conversation if someone isn't fluent in Dutch - but it doesn't help me to improve my French...😊

[@TiffanyAllen1784]

I moved to France twenty years ago and most people spoke English then. 🤷‍♀

[@JaenMuron]

@@TiffanyAllen1784 in that case your experiences from 2000 till now differ from mine in the periode 1980-2000. 🤷🏼

[@TiffanyAllen1784]

@@JaenMuron Obviously, but someone who lives here has a better grasp on what the actual situation is. English has been standard in schools for decades here, and the number of middle aged and elderly adults who speak English fluently is quite high. A tourist can't possibly get a full picture of a country.

[@JaenMuron]

@@TiffanyAllen1784 So? My impressions did not contradict your post 2000 experiences, did they? On the contrary. I explicitly stated, just like you did, that the English proficiency in France is quite satisfactory. Nonetheless, despite your and my recent positive experiences, statistics still show a poor ranking of France in Europe concerning English proficiency: generally 'moderate', but 'poor in 2013 and 2015. Larger cities rank 'high' though. (English Proficiency Index 2011-2022 and First European Survey on Language Competences 2012). I suppose statistics have an even better grasp of what the actual situation is than 'tourists' and immigrants.

[@MrFunkyfranky]

Pas de soucis mon pote t'as juste a demander on te parleras Francais avec grand plaisir, le truc c'est que nous aussi on aime bien passer a l'anglais pour le perfectionner ! Il semble qu'on ne pourras pas s'améliorer en même temps malheureusement :d (No problem mate you just have to ask for it and we will talk to you in french with pleasure, the thing is that we also like to turn our conversations into english to improve it ! It seems that we won't be able to improve both at the same time sadly :d)

[@scooby1264]

is any one else confused how this man manages to speak and understand a different language each video?!?! so impressive

[@crymieze9003]

7:50 TYpical french mistake ahahah,... Oh ok i am lying she didn't make it, but she was about to say "Time" instead of "weather" because in French this is the same word . We french people think in french before speaking english x)

[@soskatamas2971]

At the ending that guy is a amazing. I love how he performs that song, even if I can’t understand a word.😊

[@aparicioarguinarena4483]

Muy buen contenido amigo Dan! Sigue asi !

[@mathisthos3539]

It would be interesting making this video in Luxembourg that has 3 official languages (Luxembourgish, German and French), moreover, people from there speaks English very well.

[@NKKBerlin]

Luxembourgish is not a separate language but a Moselle Franconian dialect of West Central German! Even if Luxembourgers always claim that it is a language of its own! On our side of the border, the people speak a dialect that is largely identical to Luxembourgish (minus perhaps the countless French loan words), but we know that it is just a dialect and not a language of its own. Until 1984, Luxembourgish was still called "Luxemburger Platt"! On our site there is "Trierer Platt", "Kowelenzer Platt", "Hunsrücker Platt" and "Eifler Platt"! With your selfish declaration of 1984, when you unilaterally proclaimed Luxembourgish a "language", you not only divided our common dialect area, but also divided the Moselle Franconians as an ethnic group! And why? All because you wanted to be a bit more like the Swiss! But guess what: you're not!

[@helloahla239]

@@NKKBerlin What about the Luxembourg province in Wallonia Belgium, do they also speak Luxembourgish or only French ?

[@boink800]

@@helloahla239 They speak only French there.

[@boink800]

@@maelstrom57 What is a language? It's a dialect with an army.

[@helloahla239]

@@boink800 it doesn't apply yet to MERICA, MERICAN isn't a language (yet) :D

[@w0ltenn]

Absolutely love the last man, Zoumafrika, which was playing and singing in Wolof! Such a beautiful mix of guitar music and African language ❤

[@Angel-Dsan]

Do you where can I find more of this, like what kind of genre that is? I really loved what he played

[@cagdasyusufcnar8604]

He look like Kevin Durant 😂😂

[@DeMoNzGeeKs]

@@cagdasyusufcnar8604Merde c’est vrai ça ! 😳🥵

[@dreamer2260]

I agree, he was fantastic.

[@BalticClubiClub]

The song at the end, Zoumafrika, wow, I'm absolutely loving it!! Great video too

[@orcadr1955]

Hello from eastern Europe , Türkiye 🇹🇷

[@catherinemira75]

The most impressive person is by far the Wolof musician. One can imagine a difficult life but he keeps smiling. His guitar is testimony of his 'greatness '. 🙏

[@lalove4574]

what a great video, I was smilling throughout all of it haha

[@lalove4574]

from an algerian kabyle !

[@brunoCarneiroDis]

I am a guy whose is still learning English. I appreciate a lot this kind of content specially about the diversity people in Paris

[@efe9446]

Bearnese is Gascon, which is Occitan. The other girl speaks Provençale, which also is a dialect of Occitan

[@tp230]

Provençal, not "Provençale". The language is masculine.

[@maten146]

Béarn has a strong identity so they like to separate themselves from Gascogne which is fine. When it comes to languages or dialects is it not as easy. You can say that Gascon and Provencal are two dialects of the same language that is Occitan. But you can also say that those are two separate language of the same groupe the langues d'oc (languages of oc) with bearnese for instance as a dialect of the Gascon language. Both would be right as there is no standardized occitan and that Gascon and Provencal for instance are not really that mutually intelligible.

[@dreamer2260]

Wow, the fellow singing at the end, Zoumafrika, was great - really enjoyed listening to him.

[@bennettbullock9690]

Reminds me of the old joke. An American and Frenchman are at a bar. After a couple, the American says, "If it weren't for us, you'd be speaking German, then Russian!" The Frenchman says, "but I already speak both!"

[@x2y3a1j5]

Yeah, and if weren't for French troops under Lafayette and Spanish troops under Galvez, the US would still be the Colonies.

[@anthonyluccini1015]

the Frenchman says: The kingdom of France has signed your birth certificate

[@docman6157]

This guy is not very knowledgable. His french is incorrect , to know a language in french is connaître, not savoir!

[@bennettbullock9690]

@@docman6157 I'm not knowledgable? I didn't even say anything in French ...

[@docman6157]

@@bennettbullock9690 My comment was intended to be about the presenter of the video sorry

[@RogerRamos1993]

J'aimerais bien avoir entendu les filles parleant occitan, surtout parce qu'elles elles parlent des versions différentes de l'occitan, le béarnais et le provençal.

[@DaniFeeh666]

French people are beautiful and very polite, greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@amc9862]

Very polaite....

[@joenroute9646]

​​@@amc9862yes if you are polite to them

[@christine-my3gd]

Thanks 😊 greetings to you

[@gigiatlas2364]

Yes, very polite, and they expect others to be polite too, that's what people don't understand...

[@gigiatlas2364]

​@@amc9862Yes, very polite, and they expect others to be polite too, that's what people don't understand...

[@gustavososa496]

I really liked the song at the end. His singing is great and admire the creativity of making a guitar out of a can! Merci d'avoir partagé

[@toufikamayas]

Really very nice song :) I live in France and I speak Freench of course, Amazigh (mother language) english (all three very well), then Arabic Italian and Russian as begginer

[@NeoGame1000]

Thank you for your content Dan! :) It would be cool if your next destination point was Germany, I’ve heard that germans are good with multiple languages too.

[@Imsemble]

Merci pour l'excellente vidéo Dan! J'aurais été curieux d'entendre le béarnais/provençal, peut-être qu'il pourrait y avoir certaines ressemblances avec le français québécois ;)

[@mathiashaurat3042]

Bonjour, Le béarnais (gascon) et le provençal font partie des langues d'oc (ou occitan). Elles sont vraiment différentes du français (pas du tout intercomprehensible avec lui) et donc très éloignées du français québécois qui prends ses racines dans des variantes régionales de français (langues d'oil et donc au nord de la France)

[@GiustinoColameo]

Je suis québécois et je dirais que notre dialecte n'a que très peu à voir avec le béarnais et le provençal pour la raison qui a été mentionnée dans le commentaire auparavant. If anything, notre dialecte est plus proche du français francilien du 17e siècle, avec une forte influence normande, poitonvin et saintongeaise.

[@Imsemble]

Vous avez raison tous les deux, je n'avais pas pensé au langues d'oc vs langues d'oïl! Ça aurait tout de même été cool de les entendre.

[@hellanor7490]

​@@ImsemblePour entendre du béarnais, je vous conseille d'aller écouter du chant polyphonique pyrénéen (par exemple : "O mon pais" ou "se Canta", souvent appelée aussi "Aqueras Montanhas") 😉 Attention, certains chants pyrénéens peuvent être en d'autres dialectes d'occitan ou en basque (mais c'est toujours sympa à découvrir également). Bonne journée

[@maten146]

​@@GiustinoColameoIf anything ?

[@andromedaunsure72]

Damn, I think I may have been in Paris when this video was released! Idk when it was shot though

[@P1ratRuleZZZ]

i remember struggling with English when i lived in Paris for one month. i was not ensure about my French but at the end of the month i started to speak french almost fluently except for my vocabulary is poor. Paris is not real France but I love it anyway, very comfortable and cozy city full of different nice people

[@AlekséjAntipov]

La angla kaj la franca estas naciaj lingvoj. Esperanto estas internacia lingvo.

[@synkaan2167]

@@AlekséjAntipov Principe vi pravas sed bedaŭrinde en la realo estas tre alie, ne estas multaj homoj kiuj parolas Esperanton. Kaj kun ĉiuj ĉi supersignoj mi trovas ĝin maltaŭga por komputado.

[@AlekséjAntipov]

@@synkaan2167 Esperanto nun estas pli kaj pli uzata por komunikado en Interreto. Kiam estas tujmesaĝiloj, sociaj retoj kaj videokonferencoj, nun ne estas problemo por trovi kunparolantoj en Esperanto preskaŭ de ĉiuj landoj de la mondo. Mi nun danke al Interreto havas multe da amikoj de ĉiuj kontinentoj, kiuj parolas Esperanton. En Esperanto nun parolas ĉirkaŭ tri milionoj aŭ pli multe da parolantoj, sed ili loĝas ne en unu lando, sed en preskaŭ ĉiuj landoj de la mondo, en ĉiuj kontinentoj. Se klavaro kun supersignoj de Esperanta alfabeto ne estas instalita, oni rajtas uzi simbolon "x" (ĝi malĉeestas en Esperanta alfabeto) post literoj "s", "c", 'j", ktp. Kvankam la programo "Klavaro" estas tre utila por esperantaj supersignoj. La hispana, la franca, kaj multaj aliaj lingvoj ankaŭ havas literojn kun supersignojn.

[@MrFunkyfranky]

Vocabulary is always the problem when you want to improve more your knowledge of a language, i'm french and i slowly learn english words even if i've already understood the basics since a long time.

[@lotsoflove557]

This is so neat I love this!

[@ernestorevollar3632]

🐢 Nice going Dan, my last request came true. In your last "How many languages do you speak" video I said I would like you to visit Paris when I replied to your question and that's what just happened. Asking basically the same question in either English or French is something pretty exciting, there's nothing wrong with it especially in a French-speaking country. It was so fantastic afterwards. Keep on making these kinds of videos.

[@TounsToi]

It is a very beautiful report in Paris. Thank you so much.😍

[@palmsky1119]

More regional languages in France than I thought.

[@TheNewTravel]

I was really surprised too!

[@palmsky1119]

@@TheNewTravel thanks again for the videos!

[@thomasharter8161]

@@TheNewTravel Each province had its own language. In the north it was the langue d'oïl and what is called French is the langue d'oïl of the Paris region. The Canadians spoke French before the French because, coming from different regions, they needed a common language. The Parisian langue d'oïl was the language of the Kings of France, which is why it became the national language.

[@brahmaistrash.indiaisatoil5292]

I am sure, they oppressed those languages that's we rarely hear about them

[@diane4083]

@@brahmaistrash.indiaisatoil5292 yes, in my region, Brittain (Bretagne), my ancestors were persecuted and humiliated because they spoke Breton and not French, they were forced to only speak French and the language almost disappear, but since the 90s it's allowed again and there were private schools named Diwan where they teach Breton so the language is still alive ^^ Idk for Gallo tho (Gallo was also speak in some parts of Brittain)

[@JRose-zk1ni]

I most definitely enjoyed the music at the end. YOu did a great job in the video as well!

[@ggghhh161]

14:55 He has a beautiful heart.❤

[@Jasmine215100]

Loved your song, Zoumafrika! Very pretty (but haunting) melody!

[@NomadJoe0323]

The “How many languages do you speak?” videos always produce something interesting 🐢

[@mianaute66]

thanks for your video, really nice do see the diversity of human beeings :) and the song at the end is really beautiful !!

[@faithlesshound5621]

It was reassuring to discover that it's possible to get by in Paris with school French.

[@andr386]

I love your passive-aggressive compliment. Haha.

[@thomasharter8161]

@@andr386 I love your passive-aggressive compliment. Haha.

[@kerdart351]

@@thomasharter8161 well you can even survive in Paris just by speaking English, nobody expect u to speak French. Knowing "Bonjour" or "Bonsoir" is great though lol

[@thomasharter8161]

@@kerdart351 You got the wrong customer

[@kerdart351]

@@thomasharter8161 oups sorry

[@dubiousName]

Lovely vibes, thanks, made me smile. Loved the song btw

[@semaa8935]

Nice people and Zoumafrika's music ! Thank you for sharing this video 🧡 Btw, Turkish is my mother tonque. I have been learning English now and I cannot decide that what language will be next French or Spanish ?

[@MrHispanicpride]

Spanish is much easier than French.

[@janeberryman3581]

Why does this fascinate me? Thanks Dan

[@asdfgqqq1573]

I’m Korean and I can say this: Koreans sometimes say that they can speak more than 2 languages even tho they know only a few sentences (less than 10 sentences) in that language. The guy who said he could speak Japanese doesn’t know Japanese, obviously..

[@takeo661]

Exactly, always guy who want to flex with it bc he’s fanboy of these country’s and his pop culture

[@florent4180]

It's raw, I like it, more real. Keep up the good work ✌🏻🐢