Matthew's 7 Reasons To Learn Languages

Looking for a New Year's resolution that's worth keeping? Babbel's Language Ambassador and resident polyglot, Matthew Youlden, thinks you should try learning a new language. Why? He has 7 good reasons! Start learning a new language today: bit.ly/2o1w5uj
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[@Phorus93]

So true my life would be so boring if didn't know English even though I'm not fluent yet I just couldn't imagine my life without it.

[@sabrina1869]

:-) I want to learn Mandarin

[@pooshalok502]

Same

[@vizzyb8400]

I can imagine my life better without German which I am studying just for the job

[@abbyfultz1001]

Your Spanish accent is amazing!!!!!! Well done!!!!

[@sirminiwuji]

+Abby Fultz so is his german! geez

[@KeillaSellay]

+sirminiwuji And that's why this shit is fake.

[@sirminiwuji]

KeillaSellay Idk don't wanna be that kinda guy but you're right: it's almost impossible to master that many languages... like i speak german, english, spanish (catalan), french and some italian but this guy is something else.

[@KeillaSellay]

+sirminiwuji Lo dudo mucho que hablas espanol.

[@sirminiwuji]

+KeillaSellay lol ok then. Und ich bezweifle stark, dass du auch nur ein Wort deutsch sprichst, geschweige denn verstehst :D

[@ghenulo]

Funny! My only motivation is to confuse my family.

[@thetongueofangels1882]

sameee lol

[@tanab5275]

Sameeeee

[@maspolyendrio9026]

What do you mean confuse them?

[@nonbinaryman4314]

Maspoly Endrio to probably learn a language in secret and surprise your family

[@melanyMH]

Jajajajajaja

[@margalidacampaner6632]

I can't believe Catalan is actually a language you speak fluently because it happens to be my mother tongue and I thought no one had any i terest on learning it, and when you said "és l'hòstia" I laughed out loud

[@KingdomofSmileys]

Margalida Campaner Estoy aprendiendolo pero soy principiante.

[@robroux6074]

yo... can somebody learn Catalan easily , if they are coming off of Castilliano?

[@feedhyungwonplease6087]

i hate when my friend says "why don't you just learn spanish" and i'm like -_-#

[@aidanbuttigieg2892]

You speak Maltese!!! Great job and well done! Glad to hear that there are people out there who actually know about our tiny island!

[@snowybowy2]

I can't believe he actually spoke Maltese hahaha AMAZING!!!!

[@Iestyn02]

shocker :o

[@cvskrrt2907]

Finally you are back Matthew!

[@BabbelPlus]

+Cirö Vårgas Finally :)

[@BabbelPlus]

Would you like to know more about Matthew's reasons for learning languages? Read on: go.babbel.com/7reasons/yt 🤓

[@BlindGinger]

I actually want to learn Spanish now, I talked with my mom and I am going to reconnect with an old teacher, hopefully I will be speaking by the end of the summer and surprise my teachers! I need to get motivated!

[@BabbelPlus]

Great news! Here are some of our favourite Spanish words to get you started: www.babbel.com/en/magazine/favorite-spanish-words

[@gloriamanuel870]

wau. your portuguese accent is so perfect

[@ntfrmhr]

as a chinese malaysian i can speak chinese, malay, english (all 3 learnt in school), and some chinese dialects (learnt from tv and in daily life) and now i'm trying to learn italian and french! this makes me excited! :D

[@user-kk1iv3xq1i]

Friend, can you write Chinese on your test paper?

[@afterhighschoolends2995]

this is exactly why I absolutely love languages. I'm still young but I'm studying them right now at university and I'm now more sure than ever that it is what I want to do with my life! I speak 3 languages fluently (french, spanish and english) but I'm learning german in school and korean in my free time. You're so impressive, matthew! If I ever speak 5 languages fluently, I'll be so proud of myself... But you are out of this world! haha so talented! En passant ton accent est impeccable, c'est très impressionnant, bisous du Québec :)

[@GabrielGame]

I'm learning Russian right now because why not :D Привет

[@DarleneDeMayo]

Me too

[@obsidian_gmd]

Я тоже

[@MrVol10]

Удачного обучения ;)

[@emptytoiletpaperroll9112]

публик

[@samuelvaldez5389]

Hey, me too! Здравствуйте

[@guillaumeromain6694]

Great content. Great man. Thank you. It really spurs me on to do more. Congrats on your level of French. Truly impressive

[@Dwayne17H]

This is amazing! Glad to hear Maltese made it in the video :D!

[@annamari7863]

wow, Matthew! Nagyon ügyes vagy! És milyen szerény!

[@ronaldinholopes8398]

I love your videos. And Matthew is great

[@hckbdc3232]

Wow! Flipping out with his Catalan!

[@thebookhuntr8521]

this is so well done and very motivating! my only problem right now is figuring out what language i want to start learning

[@RENA0051]

I really like how you trasmit your message in only 5 minutes

[@mariapatricio7362]

Omg o sotaque português está realmente incrível!!! Parabéns!

[@michaelfrench1202]

Nice video. Motivation and consistency is the key

[@lucasroberts2138]

Man, everything is true except “people really appreciate it when you speak their language”, which is true most of the time, but sometimes people take it as though you’re trying to show off. I live in China, and have luckily been able to learn it to a decent level of fluency, but the amount of people who were offended when I spoke Chinese to them is unreal - one woman said “No, don’t speak Chinese to me, speak English” although I had no clue she could even speak English considering she was a Chinese woman in China. Anyway, great video, man :-).

[@martinaslife9727]

Complimenti per il tuo italiano! Lo parli benissimo 😍💪🏻 ti devo fare veramente un applauso

[@juliacatena5562]

Can't believe your catalan was so on point! Tu si que moles!

[@mariak.2238]

Can you please include Romanian and Bulgarian courses this year? Great video

[@teenpolyglottuber6124]

Great video Matthew and Babbel. Very interesting and moivational.

[@BabbelPlus]

+Teen Polyglot Tuber Thank you! Keep up the good work. Your Spanish is sounding great!

[@jtaylor1976]

Great video! I wish I could get this video with Japanese subtitles to show my students.

[@lovemorenk6501]

Portuguese, I like the way you speak it, like u r from Portugal.

[@crossingthechannel4631]

Your French accent sounds slightly Belgian/Swiss ? Did you learn it in Belgium (or maybe Switzerland) ?

[@TheXxchocolatechipxX]

I'd love to see videos of them talking Hebrew :)

[@krisbroholm]

Great video, Matthew! How can I get in touch with you to appear on a language learning podcast? :)

[@DownFlex]

I actually flirt better in other languages, because I dont know all the little excuses I usually say because I am too shy. ^^

[@danielbarragan8992]

Jeg er å lære norsk (bokmål), dere snaker mange språk veldig god, ha det bra! Lykke til :)

[@osonhodeleon]

VERY Nice it's all the things, all the reasons are good.

[@kevdemps9278]

Cant beleive u speak irish aswell massive respect

[@gabriellasouzadocouto585]

I am studying English and Spanish now and is amazing. I love to learn new languages, but the hardest part to me is the intonation of each language. How can i adquire this?

[@CarolFerreira071]

Watch a lot of TV shows, movies, youtube videos... just anything you can possibly watch. Although you should enjoy your time watching, don't forget to pay attention. The intonation is always very clear in the way they pronounce the words and how the sentences sound like. You can repeat some things you hear on the shows too, if you want. When I started learning English, I watched a lot of stuff and that helped me a lot to comprehend how the intonation worked, so that's my main advice. It will also help you to get used to the languages, which is a good thing if you expect to speak both languages fluently. :)

[@anonymousinternetperson9068]

Gabriella Souza do Couto As a native English speaker I still had to google the word "intonation". Apparently you know more then me 😂. Just some advice though, normally in English we use the word tone, which I guess is the shorter version of intonation.

[@camerkiddo]

I plan to learn French,Polish,Finnish,Estonian,Arabic, and Georgian! Dang it will be hard work though.

[@MagicalShizzz]

That laugh at the end 😍

[@takrina]

Me Fascino este video, la verdad. Apenas hablo ingles, espaniol y un poco de portugues. Pero este video me motiva a ir por Mas! :)

[@marine8400]

Thank you very much for this video, it is so interesting and inspiring! 😃 I admire you a lot and I strongly congratulate you! 👏😄 Furthermore, your French is really perfect and very rich, this is impressive! =O

[@whitemage9999]

the white text on yellow background is a nightmare to read, especially at lower qualities or on a small screen! :(

[@norafiqah3309]

Omg he speak Irish.. I dont know why im so happy to see someone else speak irish... I myself currently learning it...

[@GoldFishCracker]

I keep feeling like I’m wasting my time or that I will never get to use the languages I learn, but hopefully this is motivation enough

[@mikasaackerman1130]

+Babbel can i please have the link to your app because i cant open the app store and because my friends wants the link to download.thanks

[@TheMarcodiator]

I speak four... and a half. ;) But this video is really interesting! Well done!

[@safvixix3214]

+Marco C. Me too! What languages do you speak or understand? I speak Urdu, English, Arabic and Sindhi - and can understand Hindi, Persian I'm thinking of getting some European languages, considering to go learn French or Spanish, what would you prefer?

[@TheMarcodiator]

+Saif Abbas My mother tongue is Italian, but I also speak English, German, French and a bit of Spanish. I have no preference, really, except that I really like languages. ;)

[@nonbinaryman4314]

same i speak english, german, russian and french fluently and i understand most of japanese

[@torchs9298]

Can u guys try to learn danish? I'm from denmark and it may be a hard experience. I hope you like challenges, love your videos Alexander :)

[@ashchauhan5214]

Why is there no Japanese cuz I want to learn japanese

[@maikykirihara8947]

じゃあ、勉強してね

[@feedhyungwonplease6087]

duolingo

[@appleslover]

Weeb

[@malibros9731]

kindly tell me the books for German language to be self Master...... I attended A-1 brilliant in that

[@matthewmf3514]

Haha, I did not expect him to know Maltese!

[@Konim96]

What's your advice on learning french and finding time to actually learn a language while one has college responsibilities?

[@vizzyb8400]

Burn those people

[@cidark5824]

Eu sou brasileira e aprendi inglês e aprendo coreano, Annyeong! I'm brazilian and learn english and i'm learning korean, annyeong!

[@rajmidha5608]

What a fucking genius hats off to him.

[@antoniambuehl9392]

He knows 11 languages!!😵 That's amazing!

[@kevincarter7633]

do something in esperanto please

[@madeinheaven7570]

wowow!! your portuguese was good dude!!! well done!!!

[@liamborg2560]

Ok im very happy because you spoke maltese, your accent was very italian but still impressive

[@a.liakhen]

I can speak English and Français couramment, un poco de español, I started Chinese 一 月ago, the 九月七曰.E un po 'di italiano

[@maikykirihara8947]

結構ですね！

[@ief2130]

Versuchen sie Deutsch !

[@nonbinaryman4314]

IEF 21 lieber nicht, spreche deutsch seit 8 jahren und finde immer noch dass ich beim sprechen wütend klinge

[@MeshachShakes]

How long did it take you in total to learn all those languages?

[@katapilaro1823]

Ĉu vi jam provis Esperanton?

[@spectermakoto9029]

I started learning Japanese and its been about 2 months but I seem to have lost interest and I'm just kind of bored back then I used to get existed when I understood something new but now I'm just used to any advice would be helpful

[@aurelialucinus744]

i would like to learn mainly these six languages, mandarin, Korean, Greek, Japanese, Cantonese and Vietnamese. I just love learning languages in general! ^^

[@elmaestro1365]

I would love to speak German, English, Spanish, Arab, Chinese, French and Portuges :D

[@elmaestro1365]

I would love to speak German, English, Spanish, Arab, Chinese, French and Portuges :D

[@ThatLoserQuinn]

Whats The music?

[@OussamaErraji]

So "Why" in maltese is the same as some "north african" spoken arabic? When he said it made me think he was going to speek arabic

[@gamingsisters323]

Dzien dobry!

[@kushbandi7437]

I started to learn Spanish today 🤙🤙

[@andreme7326]

Can anyone give me a link to the first video he was talking about please?

[@BabbelPlus]

Hi Andrii, here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sF7XhXmBp8Zmf80 )

[@LittleLulubee]

I watched this again just so I could see the part where he says "Human interaction!" Haha! 😊

[@justcutiecats2733]

Hi Matt, have you learnt Japanese, Chinese or Arabic?

[@TheScholar1]

I had this skewed perception that fluency in a language was at least 10'000 words. It's been over a year and I only know 500 words in Bosnian :(

[@taniatario1853]

that waas amaazing

[@fuchyerr]

any website for movies in Arabic ?

[@asabaymendietaluismanuel4965]

Por que me lo ordeno

[@MarkBH70]

It helps your brain. The best "way" to learn languages is because you want to! If you keep it entertaining, at any cost, you should continue to work on it. If one makes it hard, the likelihood of learning it, is greatly diminished. Liking, or "loving," learning a foreign language is payment enough in the short term. One should get into what the society's like. Skype. Anki. Pimsleur. The Foreign Service Institute's website. These help.

[@nocturno5373]

I speak 3 I'm learning 3 more but school keeps happening ughh!!! Guys help me!!!!

[@navalbombardment211]

thoughts on learning icelandic as first non native language? just for fun

[@dennyhamrick2552]

Icelandic's pretty hard, but if you want to do that then by all means do it! The hardest part is the grammar and the compound words.

[@krisbroholm]

+Naval Bombardment Only you can know, do you have the right motivation to keep going when the learning gets tough?

[@cvskrrt2907]

+Chris Broholm Good answer!

[@thomasturner8179]

+Kris Broholm Yeah I agree, I studied Icelandic by myself for about 1 year and 4 months and am not even at an intermediate level, due to the grammar limiting my convorsational skills, but if you are really motivated then you could crack it?!?

[@danielbarragan8992]

+Naval Bombardment Good luck, I'm learning norwegian, I wish to learn icelandic in the future but I bet it's tough as hell!

[@goodvibesyolo]

You geeman is so god! You almost sound like a native speaker😄 If I wouldnt know better I would think you were german!

[@maikykirihara8947]

Omg god even Irish?!

[@daemonreaper4139]

henry in the house

[@novikmish]

העברית שלך מפתיעה אותי כל פעם מחדש, היא ממש טובה ונטולת מבטא כמעט (דבר שקשה להשיג בשפות מסוימות וביניהן השפה העברית) שתי טעויות שמצאתי אצלך: 1. אומרים סטנדפיסטים ולא סטנדפים 2. אין צורך במילה "הרבה" במשפט לגבי חברים מקצוות העולם, אני אישית הייתי אומר פשוט: "לדבר עם חברים רבים מכל קצוות העולם"

[@slopeydodd8872]

What language is that? Looks so beautiful=)

[@dankhnw8]

Slopey Dodd Hebrew

[@tunisesc1129]

I love Portuguese accent

[@eveliname9365]

Wow! nine languages is truly remarkable! Your a great inspiration to many language speaker and learners such as me :) I currently speak 4 languages fluently, and I'm learning a fifth. I speak Russian (my mum is Russian) I speak Spanish (my dad is Spanish) I speak English (duh) I speak Chinese (mandarin, studying for 5 years) I'm learning French (Learning for two years) I think Ill be able to pick up Portuguese quite quickly since its similar to Spanish. I'm 12 so I think Ill have time for that :)

[@daemonreaper4139]

rip and tear

[@aruzhanadilbek8201]

Youre cool

[@Ave117]

Your german sounds better than the most germans :D

[@nhht77]

Oh man, I have made through German, Finnish, Japanese and Chinese. Only 18 am I for now, but it's hard to imagine to get where you stand. Plus, along with language aquisition, I think you have learned much more than just the languages alone

[@BJT14]

Please learn to speak Dutch, so few people are learning that!

[@chocklad9]

i want to !

[@BJT14]

www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/6773005/2409b8e7/10_feitjes_over_nederland.html Check number 9 (and 8 :') ) If you're going to, prepare! :P

[@chocklad9]

it doesn't work x-x

[@BJT14]

watch?v=JDa5YTUMcJE this should do the trick

[@chocklad9]

9 is ok, but 8 :oo haha thanks

[@medalyalvarez6414]

Me gusto mucho stos idiomaspero no el ingles si no el spanish

[@n0y3s01]

Wow

[@layla-doesstuff1014]

I'm trying to Japanese but I don't know how their accent is ( I'm Cuban American)

[@kalpic11]

+coolbeans gaming101 watch their shows, then.

[@bethturner2038]

HI

[@popprincess18042]

you should try to learn a language that uses characters.. im trying to learn korean and i later want to learn chinese and japanese and maybe thai. idk i just have an interest in asian languages haha

[@youllneverknowme2195]

I'm learning Korean at the moment too

[@lahagemo]

When are you going to teach Japanese or Bulgarian

[@lahagemo]

?*

[@nasnazari2681]

i like it but no time!

[@leoberget750]

Im learning german!

[@heudaluiza4874]

amazinnnggg but his Portuguese is Portugal accent :)

[@bills1967]

Definitely. When I speak french I feel more confident. When I speak Italian I feel more artistic. When I speak English I feel more like George Constanza. 😂

[@user-ux2dp2ci6e]

Aprende Croata Matt!

[@acsdzvxdfb]

Türkçe örnek vermeniz güzel olmuş :)

[@AndreBuldog08]

MARRY ME!!!! 😍😍😍😍