Brussels, how many languages do you speak?

[@TheNewTravel]

*Welcome to Europe... leave a comment with what European city you would like me to visit!* 🙂

[@Olonne85]

I think you'll find a huge diversity of languages in Marseille. Comorian, Kabyle, Corsican, etc...

[@kevinremache8259]

Bucarest, Romania

[@negationf6973]

Antwerp. It'd be curious to see how well it matches linguistic diversity with Brussels.

[@zeblackjapanese]

You should do Luxembourg, i think you will be impress there to.

[@michaelewing6522]

Paris, France or Rome, Italy

[@znsorai]

love the fact that you're letting us listen and enjoy the sound of the town, no music, so relaxing and real

[@Alpha32ify]

Indeed but it's the very reason it made me feel like it's a very old video 😅

[@abdullahaanawaleh]

Yep, same here. Its calming and grounding

[@jbergcosta]

I am Chilean, I lived in Brussels for a year, It happened to me one day that I had to be the interpreter between two Belgians who did not understand each other, one spoke only Duch and english and the other only French, believe it or not

[@juanfran579]

So in what was the common language dor you as a translator? Spanish?

[@Jo-re2ye]

I guess the intermediate translation happened in his head and could be either Spanish or English. If the 2 Belgians had both been able to speak English (or Esperanto) there wouldn't have been a language barrier

[@jbergcosta]

@@juanfran579 actually I am a cameraman not a translator, on that occasion I translated into english to the guy who spoke flemish -Dutch and in french for the French-walloon speaker. Although the majority of people in Belgium are bilingual, there is a small percentage that are not.

[@jbergcosta]

@@Jo-re2ye I speak Spanish, English and French, but I know from my own experience that there is an intermediate time that would be when one understands a language but is not yet able to speak it, due to a problem of shyness or not feeling safe, perhaps that happened between these two Belgians, the one who spoke French did not feel able to speak freely in English and the same was true for the Belgian who spoke Dutch.

[@dennis771]

@@juanfran579 Outside of Spain, Spanish is useless in europe

[@leikind]

Flemish is not a separate language, it is Dutch as spoken in Belgium. It's like American English vs British English.

[@dylan2478]

True! Although in northern France ‘vlamsch’ is concidered an actual language (basically the West Flemish dialect)

[@ShaCaro]

​@@dylan2478i thought France didn't accept any dialects as existing so I'm not sure that's correct.

[@dylan2478]

@@ShaCaro gotta be honnest not 100% sure either But i thought i finaly saw Vlamsh getting the same language status as Breton or Basque in France And since recently they teach the language in the schools again ( that i read on a News article) As a response to the recognision i guess

[@saladspinner3200]

@@ShaCaro France actually supports local languages. Even uses them on the road signs. Flemish is considered a local language in the northern region.

[@thesushifiend]

Brussels might be a cool city but it has a lot to answer for due to the sprouts!

[@r.briquet1117]

As someone from Belgium (French speaking, far from the capital, but still :)), I must say this has been SUPER enjoyable. Some people have a bad image of Brussels for some reasons ... but they are wrong and just watch too much tv / see only the negative sides. I love my country and I love my capital.

[@halfthefiber]

Genuine question: What bad image? The worst I've heard about Brussels is that the city can be a little boring, especially since Amsterdam and Paris are no more than two hours away.

[@anrexfk]

That it is basically a dirty city. As a capitol of Belgium ... it is not clean and loads of beggars... sorry but it is what it is. Been there several times and I cannot stay there to long due to how filthy it is.

[@miroslavbulldosex]

​@@halfthefiber it's not safe, lots of crimes like any french speaking city

[@houseplant1016]

​@@halfthefiber"Boring" it's everything but boring lol

[@cactuspower6298]

@@halfthefiber Mostly about the problems related to mass immigration and crime. Most Belgians really don't appreciate the city enough in my opinion.

[@ruthgiles8926]

This is very humbling. I come from England and most people only speak one language there. I now speak French as well because I live in France, and I have a bilingual son, but I am unusual in that. The notion that people from many other countries routinely speak at least one other language fluently is a shock to most English people. Respect to all those clever and extremely cosmopolitan people!

[@paulluk7515]

Honestly, if English hadn't been the "lingua franca", I believe many English speakers would have been at least billingual

[@TomBartram-b1c]

Its hard to learn English if already speak it.

[@CityLights-v6u]

This is true. I only speak English fluently but also learn French and Japanese. But people arrogantly mistake it for stupidity. In reality, thanks to English being the lingua franca, we simply tend to focus on other things, other skills, which you can't show off as much in daily life such as work-related skills.

[@Olonne85]

Brussels is such an underrated city. I loved my years there, it's one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe, you can meet the whole world here. And you didn't even visited the European neighborhood or Matongé, wich have so many languages variety ! Thanks for the video.

[@nitram9646]

Brussels is just a shithole for all reasons you mentioned lol

[@Etatdesiege1979]

Agree. I loved living in Belgium. Really an underrated country.

[@levipb1403]

You mean the massive terrorist problem they got there? And criminality thanks to "inclusivity" ? 😂

[@majy1735]

@@Etatdesiege1979 Thanks so much! ❣

[@shalbec3232]

Matonge is one of the place you can find a lot of 🇨🇩🇨🇩 ppl and the name matonge comes from Lingala one pf our 4 national lamguages😊. Matonge is the little congo inside belgium😂 if you want experience everything Africam,congolese,culture etc go there😊

[@pjfreeman4789]

It’s so good to see that there are nice people all over the world. Things are bleak here in the States, so we have to work at staying positive. Best to you all.

[@dbuc4671]

@@matthieuschmitter6676 Don't worry it's pretty bleak in the DPRK too...and there are some great places and people in the EU.

[@DarkArcticTV]

Lol bleak in the states? Where you from west virginia or something? America is the best country in the world with cultures from all around the world in America. We're richer than Europeans on average, have bigger homes and thankfully the most conservative developed country. God bless America 🇺🇸

[@dazza2350]

You have a good one, hope your country gets better

[@1158supersiri]

The US is in a far better condition than the EU

[@kicham]

Yeah these polish guys that said they like a*ses and then told that it's something different 🤦‍♀️

[@sage1312]

i’m an american who’s moving to brussels soon. thank you for putting light on a great underrated city

[@dodgermartin4895]

Interesting. I'm an American who lived in Belgium for 3 yrs, and the language vibe outside of Brussels is very different than the rest of the country.

[@starby7137]

What kind of American are you from the South or the North?

[@ourtravels3140]

You speak french?

[@dodgermartin4895]

@@ourtravels3140 it's very easy to live in Brussels speaking only English, tho it was helpful knowing a little French.

[@destinygarcia8993]

Did you end up moving? I'm also an American considering moving to Brussels (though not very soon)

[@artimist0315]

From Brussels here, our city may not be the prettiest overall, but I definitely feel it's one of the best atmosphere to live in. Growing up in such a multicultural city makes you much more comfortable and curious about other cultures, because they are the ones of you kindergarten friends rather than something foreign and enigmatic. I also really like the space here, for a capital city it's definitely not overcrowded, you often see people you know on the streets and it's generally pretty calm in most places, but it definitely doesn't feel empty. Like walking here feels pretty comfortable since the sidewalk is large (unlike in Paris for exemple) and it's not as car reliant as some US cities. Don't get me wrong, there are still a lot of problems in our city. As I said earlier it's really not the most pretty place in the world, even if some parts are very nice and underrated, it's definitely not a dream post card city. Our transportation network really could be better, the tram and buses are fine but the metro here is a joke, we have essentially two lines numbered 1 to 6 (yes I know) and it doesn't go to most places. It's also not the cleanest or safest city, but I think its bad reputation is very overplayed, if you go nearby I advise you to make your own idea of the city.

[@felixvergro]

exactly the same here

[@azuresa5356]

why is it not the safest?

[@wbc1]

I was in Brussels a few months ago. Of all the European cities I've visited, Brussels is the one I felt the most comfortable in. It may not be super touristy but it's somewhere I wouldn't mind calling home.

[@artimist0315]

@@azuresa5356 idk that's what people say. I think some places may not feel safe as they are quite poor, but honestly I've been here for 18 years, never had a single problem.

[@triarb5790]

Brussels locals would feel at home in Melbourne, Australia. Equally multicultural.

[@rayjk7]

I lived in Bru 5 years and I really miss it, as on of the persons from the video said: you feel very comfortable in this city, very free and secure.

[@bleromafia]

Nice to see a video on Brussels, as a student in Brussels I can definitely say that Brussels is a great multicultural city! And as a native Dutch speaker (I'm bilingual), 'Flemish' is the national variant of Dutch in Belgium. It is also a dialect cluster, which means that in itself, Flanders has a lot of drastically different-sounding regional dialects as well (This is what the guy was referring to 7:51.). So basically, the official denomination of the language in the Flemish region (and Brussels) is still Dutch. Flemish is not recognized as a language, but rather it's seen as a cluster of dialects and culture.

[@9deltastudio893]

Flemish is a language. We speak Flemish in Belgium get over it.

[@rvdb8876]

@@9deltastudio893 Inderdaad, zelfs als we standaard Nederlands praten is onze Vlaamse tongval (uitspraak) duidelijk verschillend van Noord-Nederlands. Een Nederlander hoeft maar twee woorden te zeggen en ik hoor meteen dat hij/zij Noord-Nederlands praat, maar we begrijpen elkaar wel, net zoals Schotten ook een goed hoorbare andere uitspraak hebben dan Londens-Engels.

[@NS-un5lz]

​@@9deltastudio893No, you speak Dutch. End of discussion.

[@NateVDZ]

@@9deltastudio893 Dutch is literally your official language and your part of the Dutch Language Union. Stop the chauvinistic BS.

[@woutwout8398]

@@9deltastudio893 No it's not. Dutch is the official language of Flanders, get over it. Flemish is not an actual language.

[@rawziry675]

love this video!!🤩🤩. anyway, Javanese isn't dialect of Bahasa Indonesia. It's completely different language, and Javanese is the second most spoken language in Indonesia after bahasa Indonesia.

[@dafashachannel2058]

Betul mas, Javanese ya bahasa jawa😅

[@yohanapereira1629]

Indonesian is a dialect of Malay language while Javanese is not.

[@dominicd2063]

true! A lot of people use 'dialect' incorrectly to refer to local or unofficial languages.

[@synkodev]

Wow, the end of this video was so wholesome! Thank you for introducing yourself, really to nice to see the face behind these (: Also I completely agree, this project goes way further than the "languages". It's also about communication, connections, stories. That old man outside the store was so into what he was saying, it's just one of those moments where you can feel a great share of empathy without any further explanation. Also, Brussels seems amazing to visit AND live! Can't wait to visit it asap

[@mcbain23]

loved the bit at the end ❤

[@mohad12211]

This is starting to become one of my favorite series on KZbin. It provides encouragement and perspective, especially for a language learner. I look forward to the next!

[@vladimirprostran1896]

Belgium is one of my favorite countries in Europe. I love Brussels. Hugs from Serbia

[@majy1735]

Hvala!

[@brentywenty]

Europe love!

[@soetkinelbers]

I'm from Brussels, grew up in Flanders and learned Dutch (native), French (8 years), English (6 years), German (3 years) and Spanish (2 years) in high school. By the time I was in my final year, I had ALL these languages at the same time (add Latin too, but of course it's not spoken). I'm no exception. Everyone in my class did it :) I went on to become a fluent German speaker, I learned Italian, didn't further develop my Spanish (it's now my weakest language), and during lockdown I added Irish to the list. Latin came in SO useful for learning all these languages, especially when it came to Irish grammar. I feel very lucky to have had my high school education in a Flemish school. Thank you for highlighting our language skills as people from Brussels in this video!

[@freshname]

I'm neither from Brussels nor from EU, but I just can't help commenting. Latin is absolutely the most useful language I've ever learned. It helped me so much and in so many ways. People usually don't get it, but those who studied it - those people know immediately what you mean.

[@soetkinelbers]

@@freshname ❤️

[@mienfobelets4820]

And how many languages do you actually speak ?

[@annetoulet]

I learned Dutch (native), French, English and German at school and added Swedish later on in my life. And now learning Italian.

[@woutergijs5246]

And this is pretty normal - in Flanders. So Dutch, French, English and German are obligatory during high school. Did Latin & Greek as well. These poor results in Brussel should be a sobering moment for the politicians who allowed this derailment in education. But they don’t care.

[@zeblackjapanese]

That's something I like about Belgium. It's a small country but when you grew up there you can easily speak three languages like French, English, flemish and also Dutch, German. It's a very unique country un Europe even if you have others countries like Luxembourg and Switzerland where they have a good level in languages.

[@bleromafia]

Flemish* is Dutch.

[@dennisengelen2517]

That's what I hate about Belgium, I don't speak French but I try to put some effort in it when in Wallonia but many Brussels people and Walloon don't speak Dutch and don't even care to do an effort in Flanders

[@abdelouadoudelkahali6678]

​@@dennisengelen2517 can we say that most of Belgians in Flanders speak better French then people in Wallonie do with Dutch?

[@axolotl-guy9801]

​@@abdelouadoudelkahali6678 yes. One could say that.

[@thomasschulz8477]

@@abdelouadoudelkahali6678 Definitely

[@ian-nator2685]

I have to say that these videos are so great because you know that the people regardless of if they speak one language or more than one, they would love the ability to learn more. Its quite inspiring in a way!

[@huawafabe]

I'm an introvert person and I barely travel because i'm alone and don't want to travel alone. Thanks for making these videos and make me feel like interacting with people abroad :)

[@ORIGJIN]

Start now cuz you are never alone buddy… traveling with yourself is the best way to be open to the world and to the self, as paradoxal as it might seems.. the self is the world and since you are a introvert you can’t grasp that idea very quick because usually introvert have a little ego, which is a good thing to me, to be turned to the world and not the little persona one might think he is, the self is the univers or God, universal conscience having a human experience and not the other way around. The me doesn’t exist because all is one and one is all. You also can travel without moving, the level of conscience shifts for sure so it’s not always necessary but it’s a nice experience to make though, to travel a little and confront with the unknown and the world itself through people. We all are the humain conscience so again the level of conscience while traveling is more importante that traveling itself, since you can travel in the invisible world and without even moving from your current place…

[@huawafabe]

@@ORIGJIN that was an interesting read. I think I just can't relax and enjoy travelling alone, I wanna share a trip

[@calar333]

I'm also an introvert but I love travelling alone. For me, it's easier to try new things and meet/open up to new people because I'll never see them again. Travelling alone also results in experiences that won't come if you're with someone else, especially if you speak a little of the language. People are really open to a lone traveller in ways they aren't to groups.

[@LydiaCaster]

Loved this video as someone from Brussels 🐢!! I just want to say that Flemish really is just the name that is used to refer to Dutch as spoken in Flanders. The difference between Dutch in Belgium and Dutch in the Netherlands mainly lies in pronunciation and some vocabulary. It's much like the difference between American English and British English, where there are standard pronunciations that everybody understands and then there are some extraordinary dialects that are hard to understand for most people. Also, since I am Dutch speaking from Brussels, I would never in a million years say I speak Flemish, since Brussels does not belong to Flanders despite being located in it. I love Flanders, but I am not Flemish and neither is my language - French speakers from BXL often get this wrong 😁

[@FunkSoulBrother7]

Flemish is also used to refer to the Flemish dialects which are not Dutch.

[@FunkSoulBrother7]

​@@Maxime_K-G Nowadays the Flemish are taking Brussels back with highly educated young people moving in to be closer to work.

[@Its_elena2]

@@Maxime_K-GBrussels was the capital of Brabant

[@lukas6610]

Flemish isn't even really a thing unless you'd be refering to a sort of accent people in West- and east- Flanders have. People in Limburg have a very different dialect from people in West-Flanders. People from Zeeuws Vlaanderen in the Netherlands sound more "Flemish" then people from Antwerp sometimes.

[@quirijnv6793]

Flanders as it exists today as a political entity is not a linguistic designation. The administrative region has by-and-large 3 dialect groups. You could maybe make the argument that "VRT Vlaams" has made it a linguistically uniform region when compared to the Netherlands, but I'd say that's more Brabantian encroaching on the other dialects through state media.

[@vommir.]

8:00 this man was so nice! I guess people learning french would have a easy time with him since he's really articulate and speaks slowly.

[@egolubitskiy]

I just love your content! I love the humanity and respect with which it's filmed, which also allows the essence of the people you film to shine through. I feel I can really "see" them, which is a big gift. Keep it up!

[@adem6371]

Brussels is a wonderful city! The people are lovely, and do speak a lot of languages! I wish I knew more languages, just my first language and some of another. I work with refugees- and their language skills amaze me every day! They often speak about 3+ languages.

[@nicol004]

🐢 Suddenly I feel like visiting Brussels. Keep up the good work man, your channel is awesome. And regarding the final monologue of the video, its not corny at all. it is about people and I love that. I still remember the incredible story of the last guy in the Barcelona video.

[@takeshi0341]

I’ve been really enjoying this video series so far. I’m from Japan and I do speak Japanese and English, but your videos always make me fluent in some other languages as well

[@ellebresych5282]

明日の朝はどうでしょう？　僕が在ブラジルだから、まだ知らないし。

[@karima_MK]

Brussel is very much like Montreal, the same challenges. I really liked the vibe. I remember sitting in a bar, a group of local was speaking french loudly very next. The lady went to the toilet and back from it, she switched without notice in flemish. I found that very cool. Initially Brussel was a dutch speaking territory but a lot of francophones moved and the balance change. Now it's a mix. If you have to settle there, make sure to have the basic in both languages if you don't miss opportunities. I still found incredible some people don't make a single effort in other languages. I know people who when through war and misery but still found the way to learn foreign languages.

[@naoufalhitmi]

There's not much muslim immigrants in Montreal like in Belgium

[@qweakers209]

A chaque fois que j’y suis allle pour visite j’entendais pas de néerlandais beaucoup plus le français

[@NS-un5lz]

They didn't just "move", they deliberately tried to take over the city in order to take over the country.

[@augth]

The native Dutch speakers also switched to French during the last two centuries

[@maximeschmitt2094]

Actually, Brussels became Francophone when the Dutch-speakers switched to French. I'm pretty sure that there are more Dutch (Germanic) surnames than French (Gallic) surnames. And to be honest, almost all the French-speaking Belgians I know have Dutch surnames.

[@Ismael_jagne]

Brussels is a very nice place, I did this winter there so being someone who speak multiple languages I was living there happily because in Belgium at least anyone you see might either speak two or three languages and it’s so beautiful and the people are so friendly 😅

[@philippel.5013]

What a great vibe there is to this video. The differences in our languages and cultures should never be a fence to separate us, but a place to meet and groove at the great feast that is humanity. And this is what you show us here.

[@TheNewTravel]

Thanks Philippe! Check out my other "how many languages" videos... the vibe continues :)

[@sophie4862]

I love these videos. I’m originally from Philadelphia with a native language of English. I speak French to an extent but I read it much better, I also know a little bit of Spanish just from living around it. I’m nearly fluent in German from living here for university and I speak a tiny bit of Japanese. These videos remind me how vast the world is, I’ve had so many situations where finding a common language with someone was an art form. Cannot wait to visit Brussels!

[@khalidalali186]

Great video!! So many wonderful people, and I love how honest and self-reflecting they are when it comes to answering such a simple question.

[@roskis6493]

Been to Belgium twice. Visited Gent, Brügge and Bruxelles. Cool, artsy country, and easy to get around by train, unlike my own country. Melting pot of cultures and lovely architecture. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@semsemeini7905]

LOL same as us but also Mechelin which we found beautiful and only 20 minutes from Brussels.

[@nsf001-3]

I'm American and always wanted to visit Europe/EU mostly Czech Republic but also Belgium

[@roskis6493]

@@nsf001-3 Do it!

[@Brigand17]

Du hävdar alltså att vår kommunaltrafik inte är bra? 🤨

[@roskis6493]

@@Brigand17 the irony

[@Zeyev]

🐢 Merci de nouveau pour une autre belle vidéo. Je te dis souvent combien je suis impreesioné par tes efforts et ici je le répète. You truly do a super job in engaging with strangers and getting them to talk to you. It's not easy. I've been to only two cities in Europe: Berlin and Copenhagen. I think both would be excellent if you have not visited them before.

[@iulian2548]

Living for 2 years in Brussels, wonderful city from a language perspective. I knew someone who is fluent in 7 languages, and they haven't studied foreign languages in school, just moving form place to place throughout the years. For me the best feeling is to speak my mother language in a restaurant and although it is a latin based language, very few people can identify it.

[@freshname]

Feels like you're talking about Romanian/Moldovan. Though I secretly hope that it's either Rhaetian or Papiamento.

[@gsantini8518]

Nice video, well done and I agree with other comments that its refreshing not to have to hear people talking over music. Lived in Belgium 7 yrs and loved going to Brussels. I speak fluently 6 langues English, French, Spanish, Flemish, Italian, Lingala, and passable German, Portuguese, Swahili, Russian and a little Mandarin, Cantonese and Swedish.

[@marieolivier746]

Wow

[@NydiaLC]

It is so polite of you that you only ask them to say sth in their native language bc however fluent one speaks a foreign language, it doesn't mean he is fresh to speak immediately. Also it is so polite and warm towards people that when they say they only speak one language, you ask them which one they would like to learn. Learning a foreign language is a privilege not all people had in their lives. 🐢

[@davidlundy3677]

This is why I fell in love with Brussels when I moved here, and it still fascinates me 18 years later. People mix languages all the time and hold language in high esteem in everyday life. It's a great daily reminder of how wonderful people are.

[@Belanner]

One of the best cities in Europe by far. Moving there soon

[@VoidUnderTheSun]

10:40. No. I diagree, it's never too late. Don't give up. There are stories of people who've picked up languages late. I think there's even an elderly woman on KZbin who started learning Russian just to read literature because she wanted too. Matter of perspective / time / energy.

[@hardanheavy]

I'm a native Dutch speaker (I speak English, Dutch, German, French and...). I studied French at university. Always thought speaking other latin languages would be nice, but never found a good reason for actually doing it. At 50 years of age (7 years ago), I met the big love of my life, who is from Spain. I have been learning Spanish ever since and speak it reasonably well now. I agree with you completely. It's never too late.

[@vommir.]

That's true, it's never too late.

[@veroniquejeangille8248]

I quite agree with him. I've always studied languages easily but I started Chinese when I was around 50 and I did notice that progress was much slower. Doesn't mean it is impossible and you shouldn't even try, but it is true that your brain struggles more after 50, definitely with very different languages. Learning Spanish when you already learned French is not the same challenge as learning Chinese (for a European). That's what he said: "for languages such as Chinese or Arabic, start younger!"

[@megangardner_science_and_art]

I love seeing these brief encounters with strangers about languages 💜

[@mcbain23]

Thanks for posting that bit at the end dude, I always wondered who the person behind the camera is. You seem like a sound fella. Also nice to know that generally humanity has treated you well. Keep up the good work 👍

[@rodrigomiranda4920]

I've been watching your channel for a while and I must thank you for introducing so many people everywhere in the world. And specially for presenting so many languages that I've never heard about. Btw, I'm Brazilian.

[@joselassalle4958]

Javanese is not a dialect of Bahasa. It's a separate language.

[@cheejeuporkeucuteuleteu]

Dialek bukannya bahasa daerah ya? Atau itu accent?

[@michaelrampisela6392]

​@@cheejeuporkeucuteuleteu dialek itu variasi dari bahasa yg sama, bahasa daerah itu bukan dialek krn merupakan bahasa yg terpisah / berbeda dgn bahasa nasional

[@Dhi_Bee]

I was going to comment the same thing. As someone who has studied Indonesian, it’s very different from the LANGUAGE of Javanese. A dialect is basically an accent, like comparing Jamaican English to Australian English.

[@vladimirprostran1896]

Yup

[@baronmeduse]

Shocking she thinks that really. It's like caling Punjabi a dialect of Hindi!

[@softbadkitty]

I’m from Belgium, I speak English, French, Arabic, Dutch and a little bit of Korean. I learned English and Dutch only by watching movies and listening to music :) you can easily find polyglots in Belgium, it was a nice video :)

[@thomasharter8161]

You're a mythomaniac, it's impossible to learn a language just by watching movies.

[@softbadkitty]

@@thomasharter8161 lmao a mythomaniac? You are accusing me of lying? I really learnt English through watching movies and listening to songs, at first it was with subtitles and then with time I stopped reading the subtitles, it’s actually easy, give it a try if you’re interested in some language instead of calling people mythomaniacs 😹

[@thomasharter8161]

@@softbadkitty Je suis polyglotte et professeur de langues étrangères. C'est IMPOSSIBLE

[@softbadkitty]

@@thomasharter8161 okay if you say so 🤣 whatever makes you sleep at night

[@thomasharter8161]

@@softbadkitty L'important n'est pas mon sommeil mais que tu ne fasses pas croire à des naïfs des choses impossibles 😂. Bizarre que tu ne répondes pas en français toi qui es une francophone de Belgique. 🤔 Aurais tu des choses à cacher???? 🤔🤔🤔

[@alexdiaz1831]

I wish one day being in Brussels Love ur videos 🐢

[@TheCinnamondemon]

your channel is so cute and positive, wishing you the best

[@btbb3726]

The person that has Indonesian as their first language seems to speak impeccable English - they sound like they could have been born and raised in the US Midwest. Interesting. 👍🏻

[@wbc1]

Agreed. I was actually surprised that she wasn't from the US.

[@marinavijuk8905]

Amazing as always! Thank you so much, Dan! I'm very grateful that you also did a video from my home town Kyiv. I wish you all the best in your next journey!

[@markasdievovaikas]

Hello, Dan! Really lovely video and Brussels looks beautiful... I loved it!

[@paloma29rose]

I'm from Brazil, and I love watching these videos, they are very interesting, thank you very much.

[@cocoaorange1]

So true.

[@LesAteliersduBijouContemporain]

🐢 Great video ! I live in Brussels since more than 20 year. I'm belgian. I speak french (mother language), English and dutch. And I love to travel around the ancient traditions and contemporary expression from jewelry making in Europe. Every capital in Europe should be interesting for your next stop 👍 Each are different and full of the history from each land. Good luck with your project.

[@wbarthol0130]

So to answer your question about Flemish (Vlaams) and Dutch (Nederlands) more in depth... You can compare it to British English and American English. Some may say I speak English, others might say I speak American. Kids in The Netherlands and Flanders both learn 'official Dutch' in school. In essence it's the same language, but there are some differences in vocab and grammar. The accent is really the main difference.

[@jobeam01]

Hartelijke bedankt voor de uitleggingen;)Thanks for the explanations

[@korruptnovellst4751]

​@@jobeam01but Flemish is more comparable to deep South American English. There are Dutch people who find the accent/vernacular difficult to understand.

[@Seba_ntn]

@@korruptnovellst4751maar dat verschilt ook weer totaal van regio tot regio. Ik ben van Oos-Vlaanderen in België, meer specifiek van Gent. Als ik mensen van Brugge, Antwerpen, Brussel of Limburg tegen kom versta ik hun ook niet altijd even goed. Brusselaars spreken nogal met een Frans toontje , en limburgers prate bv heel traag.

[@NateVDZ]

Nobody, not even a single soul ever said 'I speak American'

[@wbarthol0130]

@@NateVDZ Well I witnessed it myself in Italy when an American tourist couldn´t pronounce his dish and told the waiter he only spoke ´American´

[@ddreamfield]

thank you for this sweet video :) brussels has a bad reputation in belgium but the people there are so kind, the city is so alive and vibrant, there's never a dull moment. it's my favorite city ever

[@simonaca468]

Why bad reputation?

[@ddreamfield]

@@simonaca468 maybe i worded it wrong but people have this image of brussels that's dangerous and violent, even though other cities can be just as dangerous. it's just a lot of misconceptions imo

[@simonaca468]

@@ddreamfield thanks. Like all the capitals probably

[@gymtrainer310]

So beautiful….always pulls on my heart to see everyone’s’ beautiful smiles… wow oh!!!❤

[@nishiochain]

I just moved to Brussels, this was so lovely to see! I speak English, Irish, and French, but no Dutch unfortunately - also working on Italian and Danish atm. completely agree that Brussels is a fun place for someone interested in languages :)

[@sdf6508]

So you live in Belgium and learn Danish and Italian instead of Dutch??

[@nishiochain]

@@sdf6508 before I moved I felt like I should learn a little bit, but I was too unenthusiastic / dutiful I think. then every Flemish person I met discouraged me from learning it, as their main reaction was "you'd like to learn Dutch? what? why??" -- Italian's going well though.

[@BoomersWithoutBorders]

🐢 Your positive energy and love for humanity really come through in your videos. I’m hooked.

[@fuzzylogics139]

The guy with the parents that didn't teach him French because they wanted you to not understand, I feel you bro. My mom never taught me her language. She said it was because we already had 3 languages around the house and a 4th would be too much.. It may have started off like that but I'm sure she was very happy I could not understand what she and her best friend from the same country as her were talking about. Me and my brother always knew when it was about us though because she would use our names and we'd be like "what are you saying about me?" She ALWAYS said "No we are talking about ANOTHER Fuzzy Logics!" 🤥

[@Diego.fromheaven]

Bruh your name is FuzzyLogics? Why did you have to mention it like that in the end ahahhaa

[@fuzzylogics139]

@@Diego.fromheaven ;)

[@hydrocharis]

Same here. The result they got however is that I still curse with merde and putain.

[@fuzzylogics139]

@@hydrocharis Yeah I know most of the bad words too haha.. Like I was a tourist at my own house 😮‍💨😅

[@tomasviane3844]

Haha! My parents did the same with French, untill me and my brother caught up and then they tried it with English, but that didn't work either.

[@thibDave]

I couldn’t agree more. You are correct. Your channel has evolved into something like an ongoing documentary series illustrating the connections we share as humans. I’m always looking to see if you’ve posted a new video. I like how you produce the videos. They have a very down to earth and organic feel to them, and your journey is inspirational to me. Thanks! 🐢

[@lacki9900]

Keep going, I really like watching these :) Greets from Österreich

[@ScottBurden117]

Thanks Dan. I love your videos and enjoy meeting all the people through them. It’s also encouraging for me to continue studying my French. Merci

[@ernestorevollar3632]

🐢 Hi Dan, how's it going? I really love your "How many languages do you speak?"videos and I hope you get to keep on making these kinds of videos because I'm really into hearing different languages from other people, you know, because it gives me a positive sensation, even if I can understand nothing of what they're talking about, then I can understand pretty well thanks to the English subtitles. I feel super comfortable with no pressure whenever I write in English because is already my second language and my first linguistic love as well. My third language will be French, the fourth will be German and so on. Take care.

[@annyasin]

Living in Brussels since 2019 and loving it ❤

[@violettabicycletta331]

Wonderful Belgium - beautiful Brussels - great people !!!

[@zairajarama9371]

Love the way the language can unite people from different cultures and generations. Learning from each other

[@alonsomoslie8395]

Uau how multicultural is brussel, i been in brussel so many time, beautiful city

[@Mikio7]

I'm proud of you because you make entertaining your audience seem effortless with such devotion, determination, and desire.

[@dayana1269]

On a train from Brussels I met a hungarian girl, who spoke dutch, french, russian, german, romanian (was a native hungarian from Transylvania) English, Hungarian of course and my jaw dropped when she said she spoke hebrew and a bit of arabic too. 9 languages almost all of then fluently 😮

[@NastyaBorkovskay]

I love these videos very much! I wish you posted such a format more often because it's so interesting😍😍😍

[@enrisaraiva2274]

Brussels is amazing. I did love to be in such an international city. Nice video: ))

[@Floortile]

I LOVE the embracing sign in the restaurant window, welcoming one and all (so long as not an A-hole). Fantastic! 🎉

[@camilaconte329]

I enjoy a lot your videos, I'm argentinian so my first language is Spanish. I speak also French much better than English. I hope you come to South America once. Good luck Dan

[@tontacarracelas3164]

I speak Spanish first because I am Spanish but I also speak english, italian, french, portuguese and a lot of german...And also gallego really similar to portuguese.

[@barbeenzinc4095]

Humans are cool ! That's also the vibes Igat when I look at your videos. Thank ! Keep posting

[@mussajavdan8203]

I speak five . I grow up in Norway , so norweagian ,. May parents are Iranian , so I speak persian . I lived in italy so basic Italian . I work in germany ,so I speak german . Well i studied English at school ..... I also studied France for two years . so 6 language if that counts . I loved your video i wish I could joy you I love learning languages . You seem to bee a nice guy . Tahnks

[@tahirdenizozustun8843]

I love what you do! I just discovered your channel today and watched your 6-7 videos in a row. Your project is indeed inspirational. I hope you grow your project and stay as authentic as you are now. Loved the fact that there is no music in the video that we can listen to the city. Come to Istanbul

[@juanfran579]

Belgium is the sort of perfect place for me languagewise. I'm German and I speak English, French, Dutch, Spanish and Catalan and ,of course, German. The three official languages are covered, Dutch at a lower level.

[@anastasiageorgiadou229]

Been to Brussels last November, we were there just for one day and still we felt surprised at the amazing hospitality of the people that live there. For example, we were searching for a cafe in google maps and we stopped walking for a few minutes and a kind man approached us asking if we're lost or if we need any help (he didn't seem to have bad intentions, he just wanted to help). And the owners of restaurants and cafes were so kind and were always smiling 😊 I'd definitely visit again to enjoy more the city and greet the locals

[@williampizzi7402]

I ❤ these videos

[@varsim5691]

So nice to see, that there are awesome people all over the world❤ it's mostly up to ourselves how we are treated... kindness usually is the key😊 Greetings from Finland. I speak 3 languages fluently. Finnish, Swedish and English. And some French and German. 🤗

[@palmsky1119]

Everyone seemed very relaxed in this video. Is that how Brussels is usually?

[@andr386]

Yep laid back people who enjoy good beers and friendly conversations.

[@oliveranderson7264]

I'd say so. Except maybe in public transportation, people in Brussels are usually quite easygoing and friendly.

[@palmsky1119]

@@andr386 good to know, thank you. :)

[@palmsky1119]

@@oliveranderson7264 also good to hear, might visit the city one day!

[@oliveranderson7264]

@@palmsky1119 you won't regret it !

[@Luiseng]

I really enjoyed this video, is amazing how so many people speaks so many languages!🐢

[@cpx6766]

As an English native, I’m very jealous of all these people who can speak multiple languages. It’s really annoying that language learning is not taken very seriously here in our educational system 😭

[@bieni78]

Why are you expecting the education system to help you? It's only there for the first 11 years of your life. What excuse do you have for not educating yourself? Stop whinging and sign up for a language course. I learnt English at 32.

[@DarkArcticTV]

America is the best country in the world already

[@brady5006]

It's never too late to learn a language

[@Kaisforeignadventures]

I'm American and I speak 3 languages English , Spanish and Tutnese. I can also speak a little French, but just enough to survive. It's not difficult, but you do need patience.

[@vommir.]

I'm from Canada the french part, learned english at school but couldn't be bothered to learn any more languages because I was lazy and didn't more work at school. Today I speak 5 languages and looking forward to learn a new one eventually. All learned online, it's feasible and never too late if you have enough motivation.

[@lucasfontainha9053]

wow, amazing! By far one of the best. 🐢 I loved the Indonesian girl's laugh when you tell your Canadian 😅

[@be.stoic1985]

Well, you can say what you want about Brussels but the truth is, it's extremely rare to meet someone who only speaks one language.

[@imjelo]

2:13 I agree with her. Back in the 80s and every time we land in Brussels as a transit passenger I always feel I just land in my home country. Hoping to visit Belgium in the future.

[@indrawanwijaya6501]

I think what the Indonesian woman said is very true, maybe the obstacles for Indonesians living in other countries are the weather and food, which are the most important,Language problems and socializing with people are not a problem because Indonesians are good at socializing, making friends and so on

[@manuuveit]

one of your videos once randomly got recommended to me and from that time i started watching every single video for example during lunch, its just so calming. Keep up your great work!

[@mohamedswaray470]

This is one of the reasons love ❤️ Europe. Their diversity and football ⚽️.

[@fergusfifi7159]

🐢Hi Dan, I clicked on this video randomly and ended up watching the whole thing. Excited to see the rest of your channel!

[@CobraChicken101]

A little story 😊: I met my wife when we both lived in Brussels, i'm flemish, she is walloon. We both only had a basic knowledge of eachothers respective native languages, but we both spoke english well. So that became the one we communicated in. It is fair, no one has the advantage in a discussion. Now 20yrs and 2 kids later we do speak eachothers native language ( nice for family visits) , but kept speaking english to eachother as that is how we started. I speak dutch to my sons, she speaks french, so the kids have 3 native languages plus the german and spanish they learned on their own. It may seem a lot, but the minimum for a Belgian is 3 languages ( -> 2 perfect and 1 mediocre 😂. ) . Altho we still work in Brussels, we moved to the outskirts a few years after we met. It probably looks cool to you as a tourist, but we both felt it wasnt the place or envirnonment we wanted to raise our children in. ✌️❤️

[@Eugensson]

Yeah, Belgians are crazy. Had a colleague who's parents speak Russian and Greek, he lived in Flanders and worked in Brussels. He also picked up Spanish in school. So there he is speaking Russian, Greek, Dutch, French and English fluently + some rusty Spanish. Wow!

[@jandron94]

Brussels is mainly a francophone city (~90%) so French is a natural "must" after a while of residency.

[@BK-qk8fq]

@@jandron94 only 50 procent is french. Rest Dutch English German and unfortunately more and more Arabic.

[@Everythingoes827]

@@BK-qk8fqWhy unfortunately. It looks like the video didn’t teach you anything.

[@BK-qk8fq]

@@Everythingoes827 the fact Arabic is growing is unfortunate. If you go to neighbourhoods like Molenbeek or the prisons in Belgium you can see why.

[@MrSlavaMakarov]

Thank you for your videos Dan! Many happy returns of the season and the years ahead! Sorry to say but we sometimes forget how beautiful people can be(( So, thanks again for reminding! Peace

[@TheMolabola]

Brussels seems like an amazing city

[@felixvergro]

It is! :)

[@Mustafa1998]

brussels smells weed, piss and garbage

[@404tita]

Congrats for this beautiful work!

[@JimmiAlli]

It is true, Canada is a very nice country. ❤

[@chamade166]

Boring

[@razvardan]

idk why this is so wholesome everybody just seems so cool and educated and cosmopolitan.

[@lommedeboeck]

Dutch and Flemish are literally the same, it's like UK and American English. There's just some minor differences in vocabulary.

[@lakm9062]

Major accent differences tho

[@lommedeboeck]

@@lakm9062 like UK and American English…

[@Garibullah1]

​@@lakm9062big diffirence

[@sugiii9616]

Merci, Bedankt, Thank you What a lovely content, so peacfull :)

[@porfiriato84]

As someone who only knows Spanish and English, I would feel overwhelmed being in Brussels 🫠

[@calebemartins8266]

Thanks for your great videos! Anyway, come to Brazil some time 😄

[@Bakerygo]

I live in Brussels and I'm a teacher. If we go on a school trip it is guaranteed that that we will have at least one person speaking the local language at our destination. Speaking 3 languages here is the baseline. You need to speak 4 or 5 in order to be above the average. 7 and up it's impressive.

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

Exactly, if you say you know 3 languages, people are like "meh", if you speak 5 then people are like "cool!" and if you speak 7+, people are like "impressive". You would need to know 10+ for people to be "OMG!".

[@abdullahaanawaleh]

Haha 9:08 , I wasn't expecting to see a fellow Somali. Love the peaceful and real vibe about the video