Multilingual interview with Johanna (Romanian, Catalan, Spanish, among others 😍🤯)

[@Nihar_21]

Das Gefühl und die Verbundenheit - so true! So interesting how Johanna's had a lot of more (and earlier) exposure to Catalan than to Spanish! I also totally relate to how she weaves in the odd Catalan word when speaking Spanish 😄 The other day I was recording an audio, said _una mica_ and then quickly used the Spanish equivalent as though nothing had happened. Yesterday I was in a multi... Well bilingual call with three other people, one from Peru and two from Austria and only two of us spoke both German and Spanish so there was quite a bit of live interpretation there. Anyway, we were talking about the potential return of Xavi to Barcelona and I said out loud "¿Cómo se dice tornada en español? Ah sí, ¡vuelta!" while everyone else had this slightly quizzical expression on their faces. I just googled and found out that _tornada_ exists in Spanish too but I did not know that last evening 😂 Fun interview, Laura!

[@CouchPolyglot]

That does happen a lot! Now when I speak French I sometimes say "ma" instead of "mais" 😅

[@Nihar_21]

@@CouchPolyglot same, I don't quite say it out loud but my mind wants to say "mas" instead of "però" or "pero" and not the Spanish "mas" in the sense of "but" but the Portuguese "mashhh" 😂😂 in Portuguese "mas" and "mais" confuse me when I'm trying to speak.

[@neilcronk]

Que buen video!!! Ni te puedo decir lo tanto que te admiro por tu facilidad con las lenguas. Mencionaste en este video el problema que tienen muchos con aprender manejar las varias conjugaciones en el Espanol. Lo que me ayudo' muchisimo a mi (cuando estudiaba el Espanol...soy hablante nativo del Ingles de Texas) fue, despues de familiarizarme con varios verbos y la idea de, por ejemplo, la forma del presente, hacer una lista de todos los verbos que sabia: -ar, -er, -ir, regulares e irregulares...todos los verbos desde arriba pa'bajo a mano izquierda, las personas (yo, tu, usted, etc) pa'arriba, y empezar conjugando. El milagro que encontre' era que mas o menos a la mitad de la pagina no mas luchaba yo, simplemente estaba rellenando las conjugaciones como si fuera una forma de aplicacacion para licencia de manejar. Llegando a aprender los pasados lo hice igual de nuevo. Por mucho no fue tanta lucha como me era tratando de impresionarlas en mi pobre cerebro uno por uno. Viendo los todos juntos entendi' por fin la idea en general y las varias diferencias no me amenazaban. Espero que este 'tip' pueda ayudar a tus alumnos. Otra vez, que bueno es que tenemos a gente como tu y a KZbin para poderse presentar y ayudarnos. Gracias y ciao!

[@CouchPolyglot]

Hola Neil, muchísimas gracias por tu mensaje y por tu consejo 😄 Seguro que resultará muy útil a otras personas que estén aprendiendo el español u otra lengua con "muchas conjugaciones". Me alegro mucho de que te haya gustado el vídeo y espero verte por aquí 😊

[@AtletiToni]

She's got a pretty unique case due to the fact that she's taken a crack first at Catalan and then after Spanish haha. I wonder how many people do this haha. She seems to be having a jolly time as a language learner, hats off to her!

[@luciangrec5748]

I've pretty much done just that. Started learning Catalan, I'm pretty fluent right now, missing some vocab here and there but I feel it's coming along nicely and I enjoy learning it a lot. I'm native in Romanian, living in Munich but about to move to Barcelona soon.

[@CouchPolyglot]

Yeah, it is indeed not that common. She is definetly having lots of fun :)

[@jaysterling26]

There's a Londoner - Matthew Tree - who learnt Catalan way before he knew Spanish ( in the late 70s?). He's lived in Barcelona since '84 & I'm sure he admitted struggling in Spanish ( he's pro independence too) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Tree?wprov=sfla1

[@habeng7208]

This was an amazing interview lovely Laura 👌. I was so impressed with her Catalan! She is very fluent and can easily be mistaken for a native Catalan speaker. I guess that’s the advantage of starting to learn a second language at a young age 🎁. It also probably influenced her to be a language enthusiast 👏

[@CouchPolyglot]

Sí, és veritat, parla molt i molt bé! :)

[@ioanapotyok4407]

Multumesc fetelor!Sunteti minunate! Va saluta o românca din Girona!Peto !😊

[@CouchPolyglot]

Moltes gràcies, puc entendre una mica el romanès escrit, parlat és més difícil :). Una abraçada!

[@nicolasguillermo7826]

No puedo dejar de ver este video. Qué lindo es ver chicas con buenos rasgos, respetuosas, civilizadas y estudiosas. Necesitamos más mujeres así.

[@CouchPolyglot]

Muchas gracias :D

[@peperojo7275]

her catalan is awesome!!

[@CouchPolyglot]

I agree :)

[@nicolasguillermo7826]

Dieses Mädchen ist wunderschön. Danke für die Interview.

[@CouchPolyglot]

Sie ist nicht nur schön, sondern intelligent, bescheiden und sehr nett :)

[@nicolasguillermo7826]

@@CouchPolyglot Genau das meinte ich :) Du hast meine Gedanken gelesen.

[@peperojo7275]

How did you get to speak that good German, I was doing the B1 in EOI but i didn't learn that much.

[@CouchPolyglot]

I have been living in Germany for almost 10 years, I guess that helps :D

[@SpankyHam]

You and Joanna had a nice talking. Вы c Джоанной мило пообщались.

[@CouchPolyglot]

Thanks a lot, glad you liked it 😊

[@GypsieSeeker]

Limba romana 😻

[@CouchPolyglot]

I was glad I could understand something 😊

[@fasmus17]

Sí, sembla que la Johanna té una personalitat molt sud-europea! 😃

[@CouchPolyglot]

Sí, és veritat 😊

[@martinogaetanoannunziata2453]

Care ragazze, la lingua piu vicina all italiano e il francese con la quale condivide il 90% delle parole. La sola cosa diversa e la pronuncia che pero alcuni dialetti del nord, come il piemontese ad esempio, mostrano forti somiglianze anche nella pronuncia. Il catalano dovrebbe comunque avere un' alta somiglianza, circa 85% secondo dati Ethnologue, ma altri studi dimostrano sempre che e il francese la piu vicina. Io non conosco il catalano ma posso dire ad esempio che tra lo spagnolo e il francese, trovo molte piu parole simili in francese, mentre la pronuncia e piu simile in spagnolo Questi video sono meravigliosi !

[@CouchPolyglot]

Davvero? Mi sembre molto interessante. Soggettivamente il catalano mi sembra più simile, ma non sono madrelingua in francese, quindi posso parlare solamente delle mie senzasioni 😊

[@martinogaetanoannunziata2453]

Ti posso comunque dire che molti italiani pensano che sia lo spagnolo la lingua piu simile ma lo e solo per la pronuncia. In effetti spagnolo e portoghese derivano da un latino piu antico rispetto a italiano e francese. Il catalano dovrebbe essere in mezzo a tutte queste. Ovviamente qui si parla di somiglianza lessicale. Fonti Ethnologue

[@PopescuSorin]

Intr-adevar din grupul limbilor latine, limba romana este cel mai greu inteles pentru un Catalan sau Spaniol. Romanian is the ultimate Latin level!

[@CouchPolyglot]

yeah, it is the hardest one to learn if you are not a native, but speak other romance languages :D

[@renardmigrant]

How old is Johanna?

[@CouchPolyglot]

she is in her early twenties I think :)