Is 6 Months Enough to Learn DUTCH?

[@smabe7]

Extraordinary to speak like that after weeks. I’m from Belgium. I guess you are gifted for accents.

[@jofranco]

I think my parents gifted me with good hearing lol! But the grammar is the struggle

[@whatever5026]

Girl I'm Belgian from the French speaking part of Belgium and you're doing better than A LOT people I know including me lol. We learned the language at school but never managed to get to conversational level. Good job! Keep going!

[@chenana429]

looove you getting that sponsorship in real time xD you're a boss Jo!

[@CookieFridays]

I love your passion for languages! Very sweet that you’re learning Dutch and even moved to be near to your boyfriend. I’ve been learning Spanish since my later years of high school, because it’s my family’s native tongue, and it is still a challenge lol. But I’ve reached the point of reading chapter books which has introduced me to a lot of words and phrases I otherwise wouldn’t have come across. Language learning is truly a process where the learning never really ends, especially if it’s not your native language and you didn’t go through the school system to learn it, in my opinion. It’s interesting and fulfilling~

[@Oumayma2306]

A preply tutor here teaching Arabic, I just want to confirm that you're using your lesson time the way it's supposed to be used haha👌👌

[@arli6118]

I am learning Arabic on Preply!!!

[@eva7634]

I love that you're learning flemish dutch (my native language) most people learning Dutch learn Netherlands Dutch & I love to hear someone learn the Flemish variant instead because i don't see that very often

[@jofranco]

that's why it's so hard to find the materials!!!

[@nurailidepaepe2783]

​@@jofrancoi'm a native flemish speaker and i've been teaching a friend of mine, this is motivating me to actually publish my self made materials online haha

[@studyingasahobby]

I loooooove this video because it is SO relatable. ❤ In the beginning, I did not even accept the fact that the word order is "messed up" but nowadays it makes total sense and I even feel weird when I make mistakes because I spot them the minute they go out of my mouth. At some point, the word order just makes sense and feels natural. Veel succes, Jo! Ik ben heel trots op je vooruitgang! 🎉

[@zoor1760]

Ahh zo leuk dat je Vlaams leert! Je klinkt echt heel schattig :) Groetjes uit NL

[@YogaBlissDance]

I call it "Twerpie!" I luv that. YOu must really like this guy! YOu look happy and glowing.

[@jofranco]

He’s such a great person 🥹🥹 and also speaks 6 languages lol - keeping me sharp

[@ypey1]

So you fell in love with a Twerp! Interesting

[@mandym8781]

Go, Jo! It was fun to watch your progress 😊 I finally signed up for italki and after one trial lesson, I found the French teacher for me! I’m so happy to be taking lessons! 🙌✨💖

[@cocobrownmay]

Jo, zo leuk dat je Nederlands leert😊 Je kan het! Succes❤

[@loukalicious]

Wauw zo knap!! You give me such great insight into learning a language. That makes me think right now that maybe if you already know a really hard language and a few others, it gets easier to learn a next one? Ik weet het niet zeker. Ik ben Nederlands maar spreek veel Engels en ik ben Portugees, en Haitian Creole en Arabisch aan het leren. Things you say about how the brain takes these new languages in, and the stages you go through sound familiar. It is all very interesting! Love your content❤

[@brilliantnotbroken]

Love this video, so informative. You've inspired me to get back on my Dutch learning journey... but using a Belgian tutor next time.

[@chloebazin7050]

Wat leuk dat je nederlands leert! Ga zo door, je bent echt een inspiratie voor mij ❤

[@mdjay1000]

Ow wow Jo Dutch speaker here! You are good you know! Love it

[@jofranco]

Bedankt!! 🙏🏾 ik ga door!!

[@HR-cp5ek]

Beste Jo, nog steeds vind ik het ongelofelijk en vreemd om je te horen praten in het Nederlands, mijn moedertaal. Ik volg je al zo'n 7 à 8 jaar denk ik. Polyglots, ja die blijf ik interessant vinden, ze kunnen iets, dat ik niet kan, veel talen goed spreken. Ik spreek er maar één goed, hoewel ik ruim tien talen vlot kan lezen, en er vijf goed versta, en ik kan je de grammatica van die vijf uitleggen en er in schrijven (Nederlands, Duits, Engels, Spaans en Zweeds). En de woordvolgorde, daar bleef ik in het Engels heel lang moeite mee houden, het vereist inderdaad een omslag in je manier van denken, maar ik weet zeker dat jij dat snel voor elkaar zal krijgen! Groeten, Henk.

[@jofranco]

Henkkk!! Merci voor de berichten! Ik heb bijna alles verstand zonder Google translate 😂😂🫶🏾🫶🏾

[@YourRichLifeMedia]

Girl, I've been working on just a second language off and on for 4 years. I am so sick of me. I get to about a B1 in french then feel like Im not moving forward at all. Stop for a while, come back and I feel like I lost progress. I really need to sit down and dedicate a year daily, nonstop.

[@arlene-michele]

Just re-started learning Greek (👀) and for the first time I'm going all in - had my first ever Preply lesson last week, i listen to a Greek tutor audio every morning, do Duolingo daily, listen to music annnddd I'm recording it all in my Fluentish journal 😁. I'm still in the early optimistic phase but it's also like, how the hellllll am i ever gonna figure this out 🫠🫠 You got this Jo 💪🏾

[@skincarewithaustin]

I’m learning German (have been for 2 years and seemingly always will be!) and hearing you say certain things in Dutch is SO weird because I can kind of understand you based on my german understanding? 😅 Keep rocking! 💪🏻

[@onfaerystories]

I speak French, English (both fluently) and I have an intermediate level in Greek (between B1 & B2). I've decided today to start learning Russian, but needed some motivation, and you truly gave me that. ❤️ I had tried learning Russian with my husband at my uni, but really didn't like my teacher's teaching method (she would make us repeat sounds and phrases, without covering the basics first, such as learning the alphabet, when for me reading the word is essential to memorize it better). My husband loved that teacher because he already had a good ear for the language (he had taken a beginner's class like 10 years ago 👀) and didn't need any visual support. He took zero notes the whole semester and still got excellent grades. I was so jealous! But like you said in another video, we all learn differently depending on our own strengths, and mine is very much visual. I can't wait to be able to talk and connect with my neighbours (the man speaks English quite well - with a very thick accent I still need to get used to 😅 - and his wife only speaks Russian and Belarussian and understands very little English) as they invited us over and I really felt the language barrier (they sang folk songs and showed us popular Russian songs!). That's what we should always keep in mind: going through the pain is worth it if it helps us at the end of the day to open up to the world and build those bridges of communication. Not only is language essential for that, but also knowing more about a people's culture and worldviews, which goes beyond language, but can be better understood through language as well. I've experienced it with Greek (and I still do) and I've been changed forever by being exposed to such a widely different universe than my own, and it's been a fascinating and enriching journey so far (but I did cry in those first months because of the aorist and those passive verbs, don't get me wrong there lol).

[@ik.ramyoutube01]

Wat leuk, Jo!! Het gaat je lukken! Ik leer nu Darija, het dialect van Marokko. En ik leer mijn vier-jarig dochtertje het Tamazight. Mijn "roots" liggen in Marokko, maar ik praat helaas niet vaak Darija of Tamazight. Dus we gaan het gewoon leren! Je geeft me heel veel inspiratie! Succes met alles!!!!! ❤ liefs uit Nederland

[@peterproctor3465]

I am starting to learn Russian for future career prospects...also have a lot of Russian speaking friends. The problem is I am also learning German because I am living in Austria. I am feeling a bit discouraged but what you have to say on this video helped a TON.

[@LostlikeNemo82]

I've been seeing you on those Pimslier....pimslur... whatever commercials for at least a year but never knew who you were. I bought this journal from Amazon and thought THIS IS THE GREATEST THING EVER! As far as language learning goes and come to find out, it's from the lady on the comercial and her name isn't "the pimslur lady", it's Jo! I sincerly wish i would've found out about your channel sooner. Even in the list 2 weeks, you're advice has helped me tremendously and that journal is a godsend. I can actually see why i haven't progressed as much as i should have. You are amazing, Jo.

[@jofranco]

Thank you so much for this beautiful comment!! I was Jo before I was the pimsleur lady LOL! But I do love me some pimsleur

[@SidneyZurhytt]

That’s so funny, I met you at Abby in LA a couple years ago and now you’re learning my second language. I’m from Antwerp and i’m Brazilian also! lol

[@R0Y90]

Been following you for so long and I'm so incredibly proud that you're now learning my native language :) En je hebt ook nog eens het betere Nederlands gekozen (en dat komt van een Nederlander haha). Ik raad je dik aan om ook naar Vlaamse muziek te luisteren en vooral het nieuws: Vlaams is zo veel helderder dan NL-Nederlands. I'm learning Vietnamese atm and it's my first tonal language... so I feel your pain reg. word order - my kryptonite atm are those bloody tones! None of the other 5 languages that I speak have them. Anyway, zet hem op!

[@topnotchqueen09]

I am learning Arabic but Moroccan dialect because of my husband. Let me tell youuu it's not for the weak 😂. Yes when I started to learn Korean 4 years ago the sov was difficult but it got easier as time goes by. You are doing amazing. I use your language planner for darija (Moroccan dialect) I love it so much. Thank you for all that you do

[@YogaBlissDance]

Wow you find her plnnner hepful?

[@topnotchqueen09]

@@YogaBlissDance yes her planner is very organized and very helpful I wish I could send a picture of my journal. But it’s a really amazing and well put together planner for language learners.

[@Oumayma2306]

@@topnotchqueen09 I'm a tutor on preply teaching Moroccan Arabic, and even as a teacher I can confirm that it's not easy haha but it's also not impossible! Keep on working on it 💪

[@topnotchqueen09]

@@Oumayma2306 really? What's your link

[@tiffanywaldon4875]

LOVE Preply! I’ve taken classes in Italian and French. Love learning from natives.

[@californiaenglish1]

I’ve been living in Norway and learning Norwegian for about 2 and a half years now (I’m Australian, native English speaker) and the word order was the bane of my existence! It seems like Flemish/Dutch may have some similar word order rules… I feel your pain 😂

[@sum6198]

i love the camera and color grading during your narration parts!

[@justmonika1]

The closer you get to France the more the French language starts to have a subtle influence on Dutch. The Brabants accent (south of the Netherlands, just north of Flanders) is like a mix between the "harsher" sound up north and the more sing-song-y Dutch they have in Belgium, although once you get deep into the rural areas the accent can get so thick it might as well be its own language. And once you move further south to Wallonia? Baby they don't speak Dutch at all anymore, they just speak French. But probably with a bit of a Dutch texture - though you'd have to ask the French about that.

[@justmonika1]

Anyway all of that is to say that the Flemish accent is lovely.

[@ashleykumar6341]

Love the encouragement here 😊 I’m learning Tamil and Spanish. Taking lessons regularly with Tamil but seeing little progress even though I live with a native speaker. My Spanish is growing because I’m using CI and have a daily crosstalk partner. Can’t wait to hear you speaking fluentishly soon

[@je.suis.eva.]

What's Cl?

[@ashleykumar6341]

@@je.suis.eva. comprehensible input (native content on the level you can understand).

[@lincymoonen228]

Woooow goed bezig! I really needed to hear about overcoming that wall of dissapointment. The dissapointment you feel with your skills at that time are so hard to deal with in my opinion. This is the biggest thing that can slow down my progress. Ik ben nederlands dus als je wilt oefenen hit me up! I’m from a region very close to antwerp so i understand it easily

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

Ha, I get you Jo, Dutch is just impossible (for me). It's also so much harder because every Dutch person I know would rather switch into their flawless English than continue to watch me struggle

[@jofranco]

Echt waar!!! Het is moeilijk als ze goed Engels praten

[@mirjamm4282]

I'm sorry. Its true, we do. It's almost involuntary 🙈.

[@taaroshot]

Ik kom uit Nederland en ik kan je Vlaamse accent al horen! ☺️ keep going! ❤️

[@AndreLH1]

I speak Afrikaans, and I have been very interested in Dutch. Because I speak Afrikaans and German I think I can learn it very fast. My great grandparents spoke Dutch so I think it will be fun.

[@jofranco]

I think you’ll pick it up snel!

[@jadenlightnight7695]

Hi! I'm learning Spanish now. I've never learned another language b4, officially. The hardest thing for me is getting the hang of starting. & my practice routine. With music practice. It's Learn the scale that goes with the song. Practice it a bunch. Then Learn the song & practice it a bunch until u get it. But Idk how to approach the language study routine.

[@kauemoura]

Que doidera de pensar que há anos vi um vídeo teu com o outro moço ainda nos EUA, depois morei na França para onde ele foi e, há alguns anos, vim para a Bélgica e, hoje em dia, moro aqui em Flandres e neerlandês é a minha língua do trabalho. Sinto como se o mundo se tornasse pequeno quando vejo alguém que outrora vivia tão longe e cuja realidade atual se tornou tão similar a minha. Veel succes uit Brugge!

[@kauemoura]

Oh yeah, Matt, I guess you guys had a channel together, right, Matt and Jo.

[@swk258]

Girl, I'm also learning an SOV language at the moment - Japanese, about a year in - and I FEEL you. My biggest hurdle, I think, is patience. When I hit a wall (or even just feel like I've hit a wall comparatively and lose sight of how far I've come), I get antsy and want to give up on a program that's worked quite well for me, or start a new language entirely - because there are many I want to learn - or both tbh. The struggle is real. Gotta just keep swimming.

[@jofranco]

I’m with you!! But we gotta keep going ❤️❤️❤️

[@chefetiquette7456]

Listen I am currently learning Portuguese and I love it but I am finding ways to reinvent teaching myself. Of course with the help of my teacher 😅

[@ZhanePAN]

I’m an auditory learner. I grew up on a military base so I was exposed to so many cultures. As I got older, I realized that I had an ear for Spanish, French, and Arabic. So throughout the years I would purse those languages to strengthen my speaking skills. Now I’m adding Dutch to the pot and let me tell you, the ball game is different for sure 😂 Love your content, keep up the good work fellow polygot 🤍🫶🏾

[@TechDaddyFr]

Funny how I have the same languages as you under my belt. I am Belgian, native in French, fluent in English, advanced in Flemish and am currently learning Brazilian Portuguese since I recently moved to Salvador (Bahia) with my wife. Your Flemish accent is quite impressive. Word order in Flemish is very confusing, indeed.

[@rueavenue]

Estoy aprendiendo español! + documenting my journeys It was so encouraging to see you going through the phases. I was under the naive impression the second time I learned a new language would be easier but since the two languages I’ve explored outside of my native tongue are unrelated it probably explains why it’s not helping 😅 I also picked a dialect very early on so glad to see you’d advise that too.

[@jofranco]

lol no it’s crazy to see how it’s always challenging regardless of how many you learn

[@brigitte2389]

Het is zo vreemd om je Nederlands / Vlaams te horen praten. Maar je accent is zo goed! 😄 Veel succes nog. P.s. you look so good! ❤

[@AubreyElmostakshefa]

Jo! I love that you reached out to Preply and got sponsored in the last few months. You do such a lovely job of creating a language learning video while sharing some of your new language skills, but still making the video useful to those who don't speak that language. 🙂I absolutely love all the cultural insight that I've learned from my Arabic teachers in Egypt! My question for you, Jo: You touched on not sleeping well because you're excited, but when you're learning a new language do you wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it? Is your brain trying to process it in your sleep and it's like you can't shut that part of your brain off and it disturbs your sleep? I had this with Arabic for the first several months, now I've found it's happening again that I'm studying Greek. And it's annoying!!! 😆

[@jofranco]

Yes!!! My brain is basically always ON but with a new language on top of everything else makes it harder to relax

[@jofranco]

Also thank you for your sweet comment Aubrey!!

[@desiderataification]

I like your language learning videos a lot. In my Mandarin language learning it was the same for the first 2 years. read the lessons, sweat, practice, cry, do it again. Now it's been almost 9 years and I've tried many different tutors but what works the most is a friend who's English is limited and she talks a lot. Listening to her rambling I pick up words in context and learn work arounds if I can't convey what I'm trying to say As well as accept ill never be perfect. Those that strive for perfection I find take themselves too seriously at times and miss the point of being with friends

[@gra1nne814]

I absolutely love Fluentish, got it on pre-order a while ago and it's so helpful and well made, chefs kiss!

[@jofranco]

Bedankt!! Thanks so much for getting it! I’ve really enjoyed using it lol! Which is ironic since I made it

[@ScribblemouseScribbles]

About the W, the Dutch/Flemish you have to touch your top teeth on your lower lip some to get that buzzing bee sound out, maybe spread your lips slightly, as if forcing a smile, feeling a bit of pinch in your cheeks as you do. as opposed to rounded lips and U (guess it's called double U for a reason) sound of English. Hope that makes sense!

[@konektada]

Compreendo plenamente o problema com a ordem das palavras. Mudei para a Holanda no ano passado e estou nessa luta de aprender holandês desde fevereiro 😂. Vou buscar um professor holandês nesse app. Adoro seus vídeos! 🤗😘

[@NennyMariana]

I ever learn dutch but i quick...because i think so hard and confusing but...the way you explain makes me desires to learn ducth So...here i am Ready to dive with your lead 🙋‍♀️🤗

[@aaliyaa2550]

"You gotta choke on the "g" sound in Dutch" omg I say that too😭 I've been here in the Netherlands for about a year now, learning Dutch, and I still have problems with word order ... I must say you're learning really fast! I have to say that my biggest challenge in learning this language is immersing myself in the culture. I guess I feel really embarrassed because I'm trying to copy like, their mannerisms lol

[@jaapfolmer7791]

Die woordvolgorde is inderdaad vreselijk. Maar als je het verkeerd doet, verstaan mensen je toch wel, hoor! Veel succes!

[@sherlockhomeless7138]

7:16 verkleinwoorden zijn ALTIJD 'het-woorden' (de taart - het taartje) en meervoudswoorden zijn ALTIJD 'de': Het paard - de paarden

[@dreao276]

I love your curly hair 😍

[@yuno555gasai5]

You are so awesome please make more content

[@soulovelee_2433]

The great thing is asa german I understand a lot of what you say in Dutch 😄

[@binameury3910]

I‘m swiss speaking German and learning Italian while preparing for my C2 exam in english. What I find the most frustrating right now in italian are all of those different word endings that I‘l just have to memorize. In english, the most frustrating part is, that I know I can sprak and write and understand the language very well while really struggling with the grammatical rules. Most of the time I can just go by what sounds good, but If I‘m not sure once, I can‘t come back to some rule that I can follow and find the correct form. But I‘ll get there.

[@samanthamcghie4256]

I am learning Korean, i am using apps such as Duolingo, Pimsleur and i am also watching KZbin and tv shows videos in Korean as well. The hardest thing for me is when I am trying to read a sentence i confuse certain Hangul letters with others. It is a bit frustrating but worth it in the end when i get it right.

[@lilsislaura]

You sound great Jo!

[@MrJlin1982]

leuk. dat je Nederlands leert , maar blijf vooral oefenen

[@B0K1T0]

14:56 And then there's also differences in NL and BE Dutch in the order of verbs (in some more complex cases) 😅 Ik kom uit Nederland dus hoor wellicht niet de fijnste nuances van Vlaamse accenten, maar je uitspraak komt op mij zeer Vlaams over (en jouw W-variant is is in elk geval in Nederland ook veel te horen ;)). Ik ben zeer onder de indruk, je merkt duidelijk hoeveel moeite je erin hebt gestoken! 👍

[@saradeer8620]

I'm a native Dutch speaker from Suriname, so your accent sounds super European to me 😂 I'm a pretty fluent English speaker and am currently learning Korean, Thai, and Chinese in bouts and spurts and not all at the same time. As a native Dutch speaker, these Asian languages lack a lot of (I call them such) extraneous bits. Also, as a native Dutch speaker, I often find Dutch massively confusing. All those different verb conjugations are a headache. Things like articles and word gender are a complete non-issue with these Asian languages, and, as such, they seem like much more simplified or, rather, pure languages to me. Thai and Chinese have the difficulty of script, but if you're only learning to speak, they feel like easy languages to pick up, to me at least. Korean has an easy script, but learning vocabulary and grammar requires intense effort, and you need a basic level before you feel like you're actually learning and absorbing and capable of using the language. But these languages are a fun challenge, and I enjoy learning them a lot. Ik wens je veel succes in je Nederlands/Vlaams lessen!

[@Hippiemans]

I see you used "Zes maanden vroeger" at the beginning of the video. It would be more natural to say "Zes maanden eerder" or "Zes maanden geleden". Keep up the good work, you're making progress! :)

[@jofranco]

THANK YOU FOR THIS lol! I actually love that there are mistakes - takes fails for fluency -_-#languagefoul lol!

[@sherlockhomeless7138]

About the world order... I think it's more natural to learn it just by hearing it over and over. I mean.. if you have to think every time you speak 'subject verb object adjective' or whatever.. I don't think you can every learn to think that quickly while you're speaking. That's why I really believe in comprehensible input. At some point the word order feels just as natural in the other language as the word order in your own language, because that's actually how I as a dutch person learned english.

[@jofranco]

I love this concept! It's true, it's only clicking a few months later because of all my input!!

[@2IGs]

Dutch is simple. It's a legotaal. Compare the English words house, animal and pet with the Dutch words huis + dier = huisdier. Verzamel je 1000 blokjes en dan spreek je 90% van de taal. Heel erg makkelijk.

[@rayraystinz]

runs to preply and books two lessons after not actively studying target languages for months 👀 consider me influenced

[@boandlio1423]

at the end you said you mispronounced moeilijk but you pronounced it right!

[@lucasfreitas2245]

Jooo, querida! ❤ Adoro seus vídeos e estou passando pelo mesmo parto mas no meu caso é aprender alemão, forças pra gente kkkkk

[@LoveZeness]

You're aging backwards! 🥰😍

[@jofranco]

That’s so kind lol!! I see the white hairs coming for me 🥲😂

[@LoveZeness]

@@jofranco 😂😂 I started greying at 28, so no worries! lol

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[@shahinmia5438]

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[@boandlio1423]

I am from belgium and your accent is so good for 6 months! wow like i'm actually impressed! you are the best one i have heard so far

[@Sha-Ne-Ru]

i would love to hear what has made you say "no" to past tutors. At what point do you realise its time to 'thank you, next'

[@monicaokami]

I think i started Greek when you started Flemish and you are SO MUCH FARTHER than me lol 😂

[@balumfull]

😅 my family and boyfriend have had enough of me trying to speak to them. i've been asking around for a tutor but everyone i've asked so far has said no. i'm still searching though and won't give up until I'm fluent!

[@mkpop-s2i]

If you already speak English or German Dutch shouldn't be too hard. :)

[@kornelia_0.0]

hahah same reason, same struggle, just different dialect (Gent), maar we kunnen dat doen! :)

[@jofranco]

Waarom wilt gij leren?

[@kornelia_0.0]

@@jofranco om dezelfde reden als gij - Vlaams vriend ;) (die ook paste niet bij de talen die ik tot nu toe heb geleerd ;p)

[@ineb4475]

I loved the symptoms

[@lincymoonen228]

I am learning italian. I already know spanish and that i think somehow makes studying for me harder. Because i understand everything so it feels redundant to study. But then i cannot apply it myself and its so frustrating. I am really curious to hear how others dealed with this? Like Jo how did you learn spanish after knowing portugese?

[@Malekfahad420]

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[@8thdayadventist911]

Sounds like sharp/harsh french😂

[@shakalangajoahmed4753]

I just sign up for my first French lesson. This lesson honestly is a long time coming but I saw your video and said screw it lol. May I ask how many lessons do you take a week(

[@jofranco]

Bravo!! I try to do one lesson a week! I study daily though, or watch series! Depends on how crazy work is

[@shakalangajoahmed4753]

Thanks for the tip.

[@Andrew-jv7tc]

I’ve been learning Dutch with a Hollands accent for over 9 years. One thing I do, however, is if I get flirty or into their bed, I switch to Vlaams because it sounds sooooo much sexier.

[@ronanbakker]

I am Dutch bilingual because I'm from Amsterdam let me know if we can forbind network with each other for language learning. I can do it for free I just want to spread knowledge so others learn

[@alvarovaladao918]

Salve Jo ☺️😊 Bjosss

[@greenytaddict]

The word order always trips me up.

[@jofranco]

I’m finally starting to get the hang of it!!

[@sharecanefflen9526]

I was learning German but it is impossible to me. Help JO

[@ThatFIACoach]

Korean…and GIRL! 😅

[@seancousins6245]

vous pret pour notre mois de anniversaire: JUILLET . mon anniversaire est 6 juillet

[@re_imagineyourlife]

@jofranco What brand is the handheld mic you're using in this video? It sounds great! I was gonna go with the Rode mic, but wanted to check this one out first.

[@jofranco]

It’s a dji wireless, love it!! I edit the audio a bit, make it louder, but I love the quality and it’s great for travel

[@re_imagineyourlife]

@@jofranco thanks!!

[@xiaofei89]

Don’t you speak German? I found Dutch to be easy since I already learned German.

[@jofranco]

I only took maybe 5 classes, so I didn’t have a good enough base to help with Dutch!!

[@LeReubzRic]

You think thats hard? Try learning Ithkuil

[@seancousins6245]

bon nouvelle mois: MAI

[@axMf3qTI]

Is zes maanden vroeger goed Nederlands? Ik zou zeggen zes maanden eerder. Maar die Belgen doen toch dingen altijd een beetje anders, dus wie weet.

[@jofranco]

Jaaa het was mijn fout! 🤦

[@seancousins6245]

BONJOUR

[@jessicamuhama1218]

I am learning Khmer. I am doing my first preply lesson today. I really want to stick with this language since my husband is Cambodian, but I have dabbled in Japanese and French in the past. Pronunciation for me is going to be difficult. I have a hard time getting my mouth to say the word the right way. If that makes any sense.

[@OhSheila25]

Hope your still with your boyfriend when you finally learn the language 😂

[@jofranco]

I will be lol

[@seancousins6245]

ou es-tu

[@JhonGenie-kf9rf]

Fluentish? It sounds more like when you want offend someone language skills abilities

[@jofranco]

Reclaiming it

[@luvbuggxo]

Ich bin keine deustche!

[@Dopaminalingua]

Lol 😂 coool one

[@yearlymandonothack]

So no more Pimsluer?😂

[@jofranco]

They only had the Dutch from holland accent otherwise I’d use them!! I use them for Greek now though

[@yearlymandonothack]

@@jofranco aren't you the girl from Pimsleur commercials?