Mandarin & Cantonese Interview with Polyglot @Steve Kaufmann - lingosteve

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:15 small talk
00:48 Challenges Steve is facing
03:10 Top3 languages Steve has been speaking this year
03:56 (Canto)How to deal with criticism
05:20 Has Steve considered learning sign languages?
06:22 Does people's pitch change when speaking different languages?
07:18 Has Steve forced his kids to learn languages too?
10:11 the long-term impact of language learning on the younger generation
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[@guilhermeportugal6389]

This period when we "can't feel progress for a long time" is when most people give up. Luckly I endured through it in English and now am enduring with Chinese as well!

[@STJukes]

what is your first language

[@rafaelsilva1012]

@@STJukes probably portuguese

[@aj897]

"Endured through it" Isn't proper English, I endured the struggles or I struggled through it would make more sense, not trying to be rude lol

[@guilhermeportugal6389]

Oh sorry just now saw these comments. Yes, my first language is Portuguese. Thanks for the explanation on the use of "endure", I will remember that later!

[@musical_lolu4811]

@@aj897 bruh

[@sabiduriamilenaria8240]

lovely to see people form different generations sharing the same passion.

[@taokaiji7021]

I love Mister Kaufman, he is a very talentuous and inspiring person.

[@Big-guy1981]

Steve is the man: he learned most of these languages before the internet era. 👍👍

[@gregorybown]

Jessie! Thank you so much for the subtitles, helped me expand my vocabulary since I understood the basic meaning but lack the colloquial usage. That color looks good on you, your production is excellent as usual, great job!

[@chadbailey7038]

I always love you and Steve’s conversations! Another great chat. Thanks for sharing!

[@rebeccawcleung]

I think both of your Cantonese are great 👍 I totally can understand

[@sbhk55]

Very enjoyable and encouraging programs. I admire two of your dedication, devotion, and compassion to other people's language, culture, history. I hope more and more young generations are willing to study Chinese.

[@ernestorevollar3632]

Amazing, this interview was great. Steve has an excellent level of communication in Mandarin and Cantonese. His Chinese level is outstanding, he's proficient. I was able to understand the whole conversation by reading the English subtitles of course. Btw, Jessie is a beautiful girl. 😍 Cutting to the chase, Mr. Kauffman is absolutely an inspiring man whose skills are worthy of being appreciated by anyone in the world 🌎. His willingness to learn any language and any culture is breathtaking. Picking up a new language means taking on a new challenge, a rewarding interest and whatever you want to do about it for your life. It requires a long time to do so.

[@MultiFinlayson]

What an amazing smile you have Jessie!

[@LibraMakeup]

Lovely! Especially loved the cantonese part.

[@ngnicole2536]

Love you both for learning Cantonese ❤❤

[@neibatera2395]

Amazing interview

[@thepeff]

I always learn so much here

[@pexat]

Thank you 😊

[@Musicifitwasgood]

She is my favorite Chinese teacher

[@mindful47]

Wow ! You guys Cantonese is amazing

[@Musicifitwasgood]

I have been studying Chinese since January

[@user-uo8lb8td1k]

The Power of a Positive Attitude: Discovering the Key to Success …This deserve you..anyway beautiful lady Jessie beautiful thoughts ❤❤❤😮

[@leiyang25]

Steve, you’re really something. I’ve lived in HK for over 18 years and shamefully still can’t understand this dialect.

[@maxhatush5918]

Are u from PRC?

[@piinkytokes2790]

Mandarin learning tips for beginners would be highly appreciated Jessie 🙇🏻‍♂️.. been seeing your vids for a couple days, you rock girl 😙💋 keep bringing joy to those who are here to learn..

[@user-le9om5pn2q]

I really like how he actually got an old Chinese grandpa speaking tone and word choice when he speaks mandarin

[@fanchengkong3659]

🌹🌹🌹👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@victornewmanforever]

Impressive.

[@hellosunny]

我聽得明他說的廣東話，真係勁

[@Jade-sc7ne]

I know I should pay more attention in my Mandarin classes when I was in school. Now I feel ashamed that a white man speaks better Chinese than I ever will in my lifetime, and I am Chinese. Kudos to Steve for having an interest in other cultures and their language.

[@user-lf4rb8qk2n]

As a 广东人，I would say It is the best attitude to learn a language. But hahaha, 真的有待进步！！！

[@victorypolka7449]

woo i like the tiger!

[@lareligionvslarazonhumana4096]

我也会说很多种

[@CaptainGrimes1]

Does that guy have a Beijing accent?? 😳

[@josephqu579]

学一门语言要从教材开始吗？例如学习日语要从标日开始学习吗？

[@user-jl6ve4pz4h]

聼，想想你兒時是怎麽學的，小孩學語言的方法是最快的，而且必定成功.

[@Ismael46934]

嗨Jessie！你的名字在AnimalCrossing是什么？

[@zhou1253]

我知道普通话比粤语容易 但是我尝试学习普通话但我失败的并不多，但是我的发音可能会惹恼你😇

[@Jcraftmotorsport]

大家都说得很好，汉语和粤语都比我好🤣

[@stephenwells4225]

Hi Steve 想請問你 你學了波斯語是要跟誰交談啊? 現在在地球上還有人說波斯語嗎?

[@jw1731]

波斯语有一个亿的人会讲

[@stephenwells4225]

老實說 Steve的中文算流利 但還不夠道地 但是語調和語氣很中國 說起話來有中國人的感覺和情感在裡面 這不是學得來的 是曾經溶入過中國人的生活當中才會有這樣的一種表達方式

[@gon404]

這前後有點矛盾， 不夠道地，但是很語調和語氣很中國？您是指他的北京腔吧？也許應該讓北京人評論他的中文是否地道？🤔

[@jonathanhall1823]

⁠​⁠@@gon404 他有北京腔？😅

[@alchemist_one]

It sounded much better 20 years ago. But he's been learning other languages these years.

[@wayne1950]

𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘮 💋

[@nanotv2060]

you are so prettyy haha

[@FrankWu]

阿拉伯語和波斯語文字寫法差不多。

[@Albert_Einstein_not]

4:08 only Hongkies will criticise your Cantonese if you are an ethnic Chinese. But If you’re a Caucasian they will find you endearing this is because of their inferiority complex.

[@alchemist_one]

Nah, just because they realize how hard it is to even get to an A2 level for a non-Chinese.

[@gogoalakazam2973]

Arabic is the language of the people in the heaven. Better learn Quran verse.

[@rorozoro9703]

LOL naaa

[@phuongthuy1736]

Why do you need to talk too fast and too loud girl? That's not nice too

[@npwy1408]

This lady tried to defy those who criticize her Cantonese for her weird accent. But in reality, accent is the only thing when people distinguish locals vs non-locals. No matter how long you lived in Paris, you are "distinguished" and better not try to represent youself a "native French speaker", even passed C2 exam in my opinion.

[@davidlau7762]

yeah by linguistic fascists perhaps. It's mean to criticise people's accents.

[@npwy1408]

Ability to differentiate, e.g. differentiating between "proficient" and "native" is important in intellectual conversation. Obviously the lady was not being respectful by representing herself as native to hold a Cantonese interview with Polyglot.

[@davidlau7762]

@@ghostland8646 they're learning. Do you mock children learning new languages?

[@davidlau7762]

@@npwy1408 of course, there are levels for that, which aren't that accurate in mandarin and non formalised in Cantonese. Where does she say she's a native Cantonese speaker?

[@npwy1408]

@@davidlau7762 I don't see this lady put herself in a position of learner. She tried to interview... It's like, as long as I have the gut, I can "interview" you with French, for example, without a need to worry about how true natives think.

[@bingsterc7621]

Steve's Cantonese is much better than his Mandarin.

[@ernestorevollar3632]

I don't think so, he already said in another video that he doesn't speak Cantonese as well as he does with his Mandarin.

[@cyborgchicken3502]

It's crazy to me though that native speakers criticize people for not speaking their language correctly....but as soon as you criticize them for not speaking English correctly then you're racist

[@c.d.c9425]

Not at all. He speaks with a really strong foreign accent in Cantonese and his tones aren't 100 percent. But honestly, that's still really impressive - you can understand everything he's saying and his vocabulary is on par with a native speaker. Hell, I've spoken casual Cantonese all my life and i still sometimes mess up the tones. And he definitely has a wider reach in his vocabulary than I do.

[@danielsondavid7139]

smart version of joe biden

[@weiqi0613]

真的好喜欢这类访谈节目，能学习一下子就打开的了学习语言的新观点、新思路，希望以后您提的问题会越来越精炼，采访能越来越干货！