I surprised my friend by learning her language

This has been a long time coming. I spent 30 days learning French, in an effort to surprise my french friend Louise when I visited her in Atlanta. Let me just say, it was so worth it.
I've never considered myself very good at languages, but I truly believe they are some of the most valuable things we can spend our time learning. Being able to understand the way that other people around the world speak and think is something of a superpower, and this video is a snapshot of what 30 days of learning can produce. If you don't know any other languages, consider this your catalyst to start learning - doesn't even have to be French.
Leave a like if you enjoyed, and let me know about your experiences in learning languages!
Merci d'avoir regardé
Zack
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Links
Notion Document - bottlenose-lark-918.notion.si...
Full Unedited Conversation with Louise - • Full French Conversati...
State of Mind Spanish Learning Video - • How Much Spanish Can I...
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:10 Learning Plan
3:01 Day 1
3:58 Day 14
6:11 Day 21
8:31 Conversation
16:47 Closing Thoughts
18:27 Outro
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Editing - IMovie
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Stock Footage - Pexels
Stock Music - Pixabay
songs:
- Little French Song by saavane
- French Jazz Music by William King
- The way home by OYStudio
#learning #language #french #learn #learnfrench

[@TheRootinTeuton]

Making his way out of the friend zone, one croissant at a time. Godspeed mon frère.

[@zackburkhardt]

haven't learned how to make pastries yet but thats next on the list

[@Qrispy_Qing]

​@zackburkhardt we want to see a croissant baking video

[@giragod9373]

This vid is 10 months old, I'd be surprised he's still in the friend zone, I thought he'd move on or some. Btw, this vid just randomly got recommended to me, prob just like you, so I know nothing about this guy and his channel

[@zackburkhardt]

@@Qrispy_Qing I'll write it down

[@_Lacroix_]

@@zackburkhardtlol , you're bad liar 💀

[@marloka2286]

"and that's how I met your mother"

[@MrSharkFIN]

he hearted it 👀

[@hyuaa]

​@@MrSharkFIN He hearted everything ☠️

[@lolamaria2255]

​@@hyuaahaha this cracked me up:))

[@k-town873]

En français s'il vous plaît

[@hyuaa]

@@k-town873 ?

[@noekidddd]

finally a realistic video with someone who learns a language and continues to struggle instead of being fluent in a short time

[@bestgamting]

yes!! it just shows the reality, that learning a new language is not just easily done in 30 days . You need so much more time to really be able to have a real conversation with sb thats talking in the language (:

[@theturquoiseball1255]

@@bestgamtingIkr and then there is Xiaomanyc being like “I learned Korean in 24 hours!” 😂

[@broker1980]

Xiaomanyc enters the chat.

[@bestgamting]

@@theturquoiseball1255 bruh frrr

[@saishi113]

ong

[@thunder6237]

As a native, you did an excellent job in only 30 days !

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks!

[@Maahirmedia]

Can we be friends please, i need to find English native friend

[@moi5448]

@@zackburkhardt yeah and french is a really hard language you did a very good job

[@godemperormeow8591]

French is really easy. Hungarian is the definition of hard.

[@thunder6237]

@@godemperormeow8591 It all depends on where you are coming from and which languages you know. If you only know english, I bet everything else looks hard.

[@cs3473]

That look on her face when you started talking to her in her native language... So Cool and so awesome.

[@zackburkhardt]

the best part fr

[@ariehfabbro6335]

she was cute she didn't talk fast to you to understand what she was talking, adorable

[@rafael3787]

As a Native French, this is impressive, I like when strangers try our language because it's really rare!!

[@a1nelson]

I find your comment to be quite interesting. I wonder if maybe I’m stuck in a real-world “search bubble”. Almost all of my friends and acquaintances who have studied a foreign language have studied French. (The rest having studied German or American Sign Language.) So, French language proficiency, or at least familiarity, feels like the the norm. I’ve been lucky enough to have visited over 20 countries (on business) and always make a point to learn a minimum of 25-50 words used there*, such as those for courtesy and directions. To me, this is not only a matter of showing at least the most basic level of respect, but also very practical. Is this really something that most people visiting France, Quebec, etc. do not do? Are, for example, Ugly Americans even uglier (rude) than my personal experiences suggest? * the exception being The Netherlands and, to a lesser extent, Germany, because locals all but demand to use/practice their English instead. ;) Still, basic respect is shown on both sides. Because time marches on whether we like it or not, I’m now older than I’d prefer to admit. Is it possible that, even in a world where language learning resources are now _infinitely_ more plentiful, younger visitors to French-speaking countries/regions are actually showing _less_ respect? Respectfully, I’d be curious to learn what your experiences have been. Thanks and be well.

[@newphhh]

@@a1nelson Allow me to answer as a native french and I'm not sure I understood your comment well, but if you're wondering if tourists who visits France make an effort to learn a few words or not, I personally don't find that most people do so, or they say very well-known words that they probably already know. (Most of my encounters with tourists have been in ski resorts or in Paris, where there are a lot of young people coming in groups, so my opinion may be biased.) But i don't find rude to not learn some French though and sometimes they've a friend who speaks french really well in their group. Tell me if i'm wrong on what you asked ;)

[@rafael3787]

@@a1nelson Well I'm from The Mediterannean Side of France, and this a really touristic site, and when I see all of cultures and tourist from the World, None of them will try our language, they will constantly speak english even for the most easy things to ask, Be well too!

[@tsireya186]

mais de ou

[@b5fremdet]

What? People learning French is rare?According to Google even just Germany got 1.6 million students learning it in school

[@tok1879]

Love how you didn't edit out the awkward silences. Makes the video more authentic. I like authentic 👍🏾👍🏾

[@zackburkhardt]

Glad you enjoyed! Thats definitely part of the goal - that's how life actually is.

[@Tackk6]

@@zackburkhardt as someone who is learning a language and also struggles to think of words sometimes, (and is also planning to go to georgia tech funnily enough lol) i appreciated this aspect a TONNN because it really helped me know that im not the only one who struggles with this. Great video, and i hope youve found more success in this and your other challenges! :D

[@thomasalbrecht5914]

I met my wife at school and since she’s Italian, I learned Italian in secret to surprise her. I first tried during the evenings and weekends with a language course book (this was the 1980s), but it bored me. Since I already learned French at school and was quite good at it, and the similarities between French and Italian are quite extensive, I got myself an Italian novel instead and worked my way through it over a three week summer holiday that I spent away from her with my parents. Whenever I came across a word I couldn’t guess exactly, I wrote it down, and every few dozen words collected I looked them up one by one in a dictionary. By the end of the holiday there wasn’t a word in that 180 page novel I didn’t know, and I could have told the story by heart, in Italian. It was a full immersion and a bloody hard piece of work, but young love is powerful. We’ve raised three bilingual kids together, and I took the Italian part of that, by the way.

[@felixh88]

Thats crazy actually👏🏼

[@zackburkhardt]

Wow what a story. Thats awesome!

[@amongtheman6340]

Grandissimo , bel lavoro!

[@AhmetMurati]

I have never learned Italian language just English, German, French but in one day I had to translate Italian Albanian language pair. She is speaking very slowly.

[@AhmetMurati]

When I was in third grade high school, it was almost 2 and half school years I had started learning French I had to interpret Albanian French language pair. You should continue learning French, for example the news cast in French language. Then watch movies in French language

[@aarondavid9440]

bro why dont you just tell her you love her???

[@zackburkhardt]

never learned how to say it...

[@catedoge3206]

@@zackburkhardt you do. this is how

[@aarondavid9440]

@@zackburkhardt HAHA you do you bro

[@Tomasama3331]

@@zackburkhardt bro never say a girl i love you. Just let it flow with time everything will fall into place. I ve been there before too.

[@BenvonMomenteDeinerGeschichte]

​@@zackburkhardt "Je t'aime!" 😜

[@ahmedeldimllawi5092]

the rubbing of his hands to soothe himself as he is nervous, is SO UNREALISTICALLY authentic and adorable

[@MasonHatfieldLogorrhea]

I'm quite impressed for how good your pronunciation and even accent is for such little time.

[@zackburkhardt]

thanks! I honestly think learning German has helped a lot. They're not the most similar but just having learned a different language from english made it a lot easier to adapt to another one.

[@tuongmac2263]

French pronunciation has rules, which is much easier than English

[@LouiseBinetruy]

if I knew this was for a video, tutti would probably not have been on my lap the entire time

[@zackburkhardt]

it shows your innocence

[@cantbeu]

is that you????????????????????????????????????????

[@IndiaDuniya]

marry him

[@catedoge3206]

@@IndiaDuniya real

[@KelvinSG]

I like tutti.

[@saraaaa747]

Your pronunciation is actually pretty impressive 👏🏻👏🏻

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks!

[@lucakiss425]

Congratulations! I also learned a language fluently to surprise my friend but he broke the friendship up before the surprise. :(

[@zackburkhardt]

Man that sucks, I'm sorry. At least you've got the language out of it though

[@sanjaymoncrieffe7126]

Sorry to hear. Create new and fun memories with the language; new and fresh connections. Peace and strength papa.

[@ieltsmentor2427]

😂

[@blubaylon]

Wow, I imagine the lack of closure in a situation like that must've weighed a lot on you. How did you manage?

[@alfatejpblind6498]

Who tf breaks up a friendship!?

[@zvezdoblyat]

I always enjoy hearing a native French pronounce words. It's so hard to imitate that accent. But you did a damn good job in such a short time. I took French in high school for 3 YEARS and I can only say bonjour! and baguette. Lol

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks! yeah it sounds so nice when they speak it

[@Govind_Poyapakkam]

a lot of people say that languages are the keys to unlocking new cultures and cultural experiences and I could def see that with your german story! cool video zack!

[@zackburkhardt]

Preciate it Govind!

[@zanoxpro]

as a french person, the day 21 is FUCKING impressive !!! glad you are learning my langage ! i really hope u will continue this way

[@zackburkhardt]

Preciate it!

[@Redhead279]

I'm a native french and in 30 days your french is pretty good

[@LePontctuel]

Je suis tombé sur ta vidéo par hasard avec l'algorithme et franchement bravo pour les efforts que tu as fait pour apprendre notre langue pas si évidente! Bonne continuation 😊

[@zackburkhardt]

Merci!

[@MickaPit]

nice job my friend, I am very impressed by your ease after such a short time. you are amazing. kisses from France.

[@miyabiiyt]

for 30 days his memory of those complex and long words is crazy, being able to hold a conversation like that is really good, he only forgot some of little words in between and she managed to understand everything he said. bien joué frérot !

[@pixelzebra8440]

Even though you did not understand much of what she said, you did AMAZING considering the short amount of time spent. I think you may have just needed to talk to different native speakers in the meantime maybe on learning apps but that might not be possible and I think it’s great you learned something new!

[@zackburkhardt]

Thank you! Keeping it a secret was definitely fun but yeah, it would definitely be easier to learn if I'd been talking to her the whole time

[@Phoenixandcie]

There's that special bond between you. Hope it goes well between you two, you both seriously have that really special look when staring at each other. Bon courage dude

[@98codex]

I appreciate the unfiltered and unedited conversation. Good luck with learning further!

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks! Glad you appreciated it haha

[@MayDayHK]

I was moved and entertained by your video. What matters most was your cute intention, your courage and your willingness to try. It was an honor watching your 30 days! Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@zackburkhardt]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!

[@babelbabel2419]

I love your humility but you did a great job in such a short time! And you two are so cute and heartwarming.

[@GLawrenceonly]

Its crazy to think we are so blessed to have the internet to be able to share these experiences with random people around the world! This was so genuine bro!! You red as a tomato had me dying lol keep it up!

[@zackburkhardt]

Haha glad you liked it!

[@oliviaawate1770]

I think you did well for 30 days just keep at it, don’t stress. French is not easy, I grew up speaking and learning French in Senegal, once I moved to the US I realized how difficult they made the French language. Like what! So many verb tenses and prepositions!

[@computerfan1079]

One of the cutest and realistic language learning videos I've seen yet. Don't worry mate, the other videos are pretty unrealistic.

[@vitoriatoschi7702]

Great to see people like you encouraging people to learn new things, languages, cultures, sports, etc :)

[@victorkaine4919]

This is so wholesome. Merci pour votre efforts

[@coolbrotherf127]

It's easy to memorize phrases, but when I started learning Japanese it was so hard to understand what people would say back to me. I had to study a lot of examples of conversations in KZbin videos or TV shows to get a better grasp on common vocabulary used in responses to the phrases I knew.

[@zackburkhardt]

Yeah totally! it was a different beast going from learning online to actually trying to speak and communicate with someone

[@LuigiCotocea]

Use ChatGPT so you will be surprised but not with an actual person!

[@user-oj7uc8tw9r]

Thank you for not faking the experience of learning a language. I believe many big youtubers fake progress for views.

[@zephyr84]

This was super commendable for the short amount of time you had to learn it! And the fact is she understood your questions almost perfectly

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks! She definitely knew what I was saying, not so much the other way around though haha

[@andresriveramaldonado8240]

You are very brave bro, your effort was amazing. Congrats!

[@zackburkhardt]

Thank you!

[@ganon4]

Insane video, I'm so happy to someone have the courage to share a real 30 days learning challenge. Your level is really good for 30 days only and for me is better than most of people would do in 30 days. KZbinrs wants ppl to dream of what they could do in 30 days even if they never will because it's most of times scam or simply very talented gifted hardworking people which isn't the average :)

[@El-iw6xn]

What a wonderful friendship :)

[@maloualleno9472]

Hi, I'm french and I'm very happy to see someone learn my language. I've been trying to improve my English for several years now (more than ten years) and I'm still making mistakes. So don't worry if you make mistakes, the important thing is to make the effort to learn and to be proud of your progress. I read my first book in English a few months ago now and I was proud to be able to understand 70/80% of its content.

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks! Thats great, keep it up

[@jamaltheboss2975]

Authentic and motivational forreal 🙏🏾

[@zackburkhardt]

thank you!

[@mostab7564]

It's still a pleasure to see a foreigner learning our native language :)

[@Abdi._.M3]

I was just scrolling through the videos until i came across this one. And i really loved it. Ur dedication to learn French just to surprise and communicate with ur friend makes me feel that you're a kind and lovely person. Keep up the Good work❤❤❤. Also you deserve a family so i am ur subscriber now, yay🎉🎉

[@zackburkhardt]

Thank you! glad you enjoyed it and that you're sticking around!

[@wolfie854]

Good effort. Well done. It gets better all the time.

[@corwinbeukes4636]

I like to get you put yourself out there, sometimes expectations are bigger than our results loll, but that’s awesome and it’s human

[@user-jt7qj1ei6v]

having you as a friend is the best gift that she can imagine.!

[@zackburkhardt]

you're so right

[@ElFalastino]

it's actually great that your learning french and got so good like in a month I had an american accent for like 3 months

[@zackburkhardt]

I've heard the French love to hear an American twang when speaking french so maybe an accent isn't too bad...

[@markpc6819]

Incredible video!!! enjoyed watching so much

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks!

[@Sobbinghorses]

this video is amazing, and i remember having seeing a similar expression on the french exchange student's face when i walked up to her and said that i was learning french, and that i would really appreciate her help. plus this video gave me some great motication to study again, merci !

[@zackburkhardt]

That’s awesome! get back to it 😤

[@Aliseox__]

C'est impressionnant! Je suis tombé sur cette vidéo par hasard, c'est une très belle vidéo ^^

[@luaniyy]

Omg amazing video!! I'm so happy to see how much you were able to improve in 30 days, made me inspired. It gets easier when you balance the practice with someone and the grammar study. But since the beginning your pronunciation was incredible! please make more videos about language learning

[@zackburkhardt]

Thank you! I'm glad, I hope it inspires you to work on languages yourself! I definitely plan to make one or two this summer while I'm in Germany, so be on the lookout!

[@luaniyy]

I will!!😁😁 Have a good week.

[@MichaelMcGiffin]

First of all I want to say that this is a really good video! I really appreciated seeing you show your level of French after learning it for about 30 days. I've been interested in learning languages for a few years and my experiences match up well with yours in this video. You did get off to a really good start and I hope that you continue with French. I'm definitely subscribing to your channel so I can see more of your videos.

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed it and glad you're sticking around

[@Annikidiary]

You did so well!!!

[@yasmineuzumaki]

Ton geste est trop mimi haha ! et franchement avoir tout ça en 30 jours c'est vraiment bien, j'espère que tu vas continuer !

[@zackburkhardt]

Merci!

[@Asiya692]

That's so sweet.I wanna friend like you

[@Yisou]

I just saw your KZbin video and I must say that I am very impressed as much by the quality of the language in just 30 days as by your investment during this month, you can be proud of yourself!

[@kaari424]

good job bro, super well-made video! J'espère que vous continuerez à apprendre le français!

[@zackburkhardt]

Merci!

[@blinkjo]

Hey just got here on your video, congrats mate, 30 days of learning a language without being in the country or living with a French person, that’s pretty impressive the skills you got. Love from France 🇫🇷💪

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks man!

[@abdel5712]

I've just discovered your channel and somehow I find myself in you. All love bro>>

[@mhdmouayad5572]

i appreciate your efforts to learn a new language and making a good video with high quality.

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks!

[@PrettyLittleXFactor]

that's so cool, congratulations on your progress

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks!

[@zadedesigns5504]

Dude that's some AMAZING content! I love how real and simple your content is! It was nice watching it. Subscribed!

[@zackburkhardt]

Preciate it! glad to have ya

[@joshuabelow7558]

Love how you showed the reality of learning and how it isn't always this fast line 100% convo after the first 30 days. Just followed and makes me want to give it a try I think with Spanish or who knows many French.

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks! You can definitely do it, give it a shot

[@victoruchoa4847]

Bro, I have to say thank you. I have been struggling with French for like 3 years and this video was quite motivating to me. I understand French properly but I struggle a lot with writing and speaking so I am kind of restarting my studies. Thanks for motivation, pal

[@zackburkhardt]

Awesome, glad it's helping!

[@bendiscovers]

It's sooooo cute and nice, congrats! Really amazing you pulled out long words like "amical" (friendly) early. That's really cool! You diserved your baguette and wine and reach the next level of "raclette" :D It would be so cool to see how you grew on French language and culture through the last months. Félicitations et bravo d'un savoyard (French people from Savoie region) !

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks so much! I haven't kept it up unfortunately but I will definitely get back to it eventually

[@matthewkendrick8280]

I’m an American who’s been fascinated by La langue française for many years. I never took a formal class; I learned it all on KZbin and through music. My progress was nowhere near as fast as yours. This video simply blew me away that you could put together decently complex sentences after just two weeks. I’m very proud of you brother.

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks man!

[@jjossarg]

i’ve been learning french on and off for a few years and finally starting to take it seriously. props to you because it’s nerve wracking!

[@zackburkhardt]

It is for sure. Keep it up!

[@Skyrix488]

Un grand bravo continue comme ça, en tant que français je sais que c'est pas facile d'apprendre cette langue. Pour 30 jours je trouve que tu as un super niveau. Encore bravo ❤

[@zackburkhardt]

Merci!

[@M1GHTYdorian133]

bro no cap thanks for the notion document. ur a life saver fr

[@zackburkhardt]

yessir hope it helps!

[@peutimporte4719]

27 days is really short, but you remind me learning alanguages is fantastic ! Bravo pour tout t'es efforts !

[@ryanorhino2295]

I just stumbled across this channel as I'm currently learning a language (swedish). I got to say I thought you would've had at least 500k subs judging from the video quality. The overall pacing and editing is really good!! Keep up the good hard work. I hope you make it big on youtube. You just earned a sub from me ❤

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks man, means a lot! Glad you're sticking around

[@guillaume0622]

Starting with 1000 most common words is a great idea. You learned rly fast and you have a great pronunciations for a 30 days learning challenge!

[@zackburkhardt]

thank you!

[@louisdamien5795]

Girl honestly you ate. Im a frenchie, and for 30 days.... you clearly have learned a lot ! im proud!

[@zackburkhardt]

left no crumbs fr

[@Nankech]

Keep going ! There is a lot to learn, but you’re on the right path. Impressive in only 30 days !

[@zackburkhardt]

Thank you!

[@gus2550]

Overcoming the stress, putting the time and efforts into it + makin it work = unforgettable memories. Bien joué frérot !

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks!

[@elizabethwall8063]

Wow….I studied French for several years in school and still struggled to communicate with a native speaker, so you did amazingly well in only 30 days!! I can’t imagine how anyone could possibly be critical of your results. Is this what the world has come to, that people really think you can become fluent in a language in only a month?! I’m 47, and there was no such expectation “back in my day.” Anyway, great job! You made your friend so happy!

[@zackburkhardt]

thank you!

[@sket179]

Your pronunciation was really close from the get-go. Bravo! And it seems to be a meme here that you're trying to get awau from her friend-zone and into her heart. But whatever it is, this is a love letter about opening yourself to a new culture. I applaud you for that.

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks! yeah the latter part maybe

[@valentinakil3879]

Tes progrès sont impressionants, continue d'apprendre le français mec !

[@puzzleentertainment3564]

I had to subscribe to your channel, your videos look like good old days of youtube, where you dont change yourself for the algorithm sake, keep it up bro!

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks! glad to have ya

[@RabanyMedo]

Great video bro! I went to Paris twice and I appreciate you learning French!

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks! What'd you think of Paris?

[@RabanyMedo]

@@zackburkhardt I thought it was too fancy lol. I also went to Frankfurt and Munich. Would love to go there again!

[@zackburkhardt]

​@@RabanyMedo haha yeah they definitely take the classiness up a notch. Munich is awesome!

[@egyphon]

Je suis très impressionée. Bravo !

[@adamakane8183]

BRAVO !!

[@Federico.Pagliaro]

keep pushing zack,as an italiaj that speaks english, french and german (kinda), I'm very proud of you,it's a great way to show love to your friends you gained my respect

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks!

[@fredericjaquet3729]

Amazing job Zack ! French is a freaking difficult language and having this level in only 30 days is really good. Continue comme ça Zack, tu vas vite devenir bon ! Amitiés de Suisse 🙂

[@zackburkhardt]

Merci!

[@emisstudying]

I appreciated this video!

[@elspethdawe]

even as someone who's been learning french since i was six (i'm nearly 21!) i still really struggle with remembering the correct grammar & words, and i also still struggle with comprehension when people are talking to me! you doing this well after 27 days is so so impressive, keep up the incredible work!

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks!

[@user-mx3jv6rz8u]

This video caused youtube algorithm to go crazy after 10 month I enjoyed watching your video the progress and result

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks! Yeah it's crazy, it's just been blowing up the past few days

[@patrickfadel]

Impressive! Being a French Canadian from Montreal, I'm pretty amazed! I'm trilingual (I speak French, English and Arabic) and I've been trying to learn Spanish for over a year now and it's still pretty hard. Continue ton bon travail, Zack! 👏

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks! thats awesome, best of luck keeping it up

[@M40A3.]

I appreciate you sharing something that is obviously very personal and important to you regardless of how embarrassed/nervous you were speaking to her. Great video, practice 30 days of rizz next LOL.

[@zackburkhardt]

haha glad you enjoyed!

[@alexmatthews8838]

This is awesome. Your English has gotten to be very good! Keep up the good work, Zack

[@AlionaLukina]

He's from USA...

[@zackburkhardt]

Thank you Alex.

[@Jobayer885]

Amazing! you deserve more subscribers!

[@zackburkhardt]

Preesh!

[@steevgoodfellow2044]

Bravo Zack, allez continue fonce !

[@stronglikebo221]

HONEST video. Love it. Don't belive those fake youtubers out there man. I liked this video a lot

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@spongeBob77086]

As a Native French, I find it very beautiful the effort you make to please your friend. please go ahead and tell her what you feel, if she says yes it will be the start of a beautiful story. If she refuses it will mean that there is no chemistry and you will move on. But don't waste your time otherwise you will regret having missed your chance or you will regret having wasted your time. I wish you good luck, you seem like a good guy.

[@zackburkhardt]

thank u for the advice

[@DomeStiefel]

I've been trying to learn Spanish for three years now, and despite my efforts, I'm still far from fluent. I also struggled with English in the beginning, despite having a good grasp of language in general. So I'm absolutely on your side when it comes to videos of people, learning new language on the fly. But considering your effort and the progress you've made in such a short period of time, I have to say 'Chapeau!' und meinen größten Respekt.

[@zackburkhardt]

Thank you! Glad to know i'm not the only one who struggles haha

[@utkuiscioglu3629]

Thanks for the notion sample.

[@pabloj1789]

Lovely, authentic true effort, amazing

[@zackburkhardt]

thanks!

[@Lumyi]

Your accent is crazy good even at day one! It's very impressive.

[@zackburkhardt]

Thanks!

[@baacmontreux7776]

I like that instead of immediately switching back to English as he was showing signs of struggling to understand, she kept speaking in French and reformulated her initial words. That's how you help a beginner train / improve his / her listening comprehension. 👍

[@zackburkhardt]

Yeah she definitely tried to make it as easy as possible for me haha

[@noctusion2392]

Tu t'exprimes déjà très bien en français bravo ! Bonne continuation !! :) J'ai beaucoup apprécié cette vidéo et ta sincérité !

[@zackburkhardt]

Merci! Glad you enjoyed it

[@Gabagool-cj4wz]

youre an open book, youre truly inspiring

[@zackburkhardt]

thank u. hope i've inspired you to do great things, gabagool

[@Gabagool-cj4wz]

@@zackburkhardt maybe tomorrow...

[@zackburkhardt]

@@Gabagool-cj4wz thats what u said yesterday

[@Gabagool-cj4wz]

@@zackburkhardt as im reading this, tis true!