Polyglot Reacts: 10 Celebs Speaking Spanish

[@storylearning]

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[@chcomes]

El acento de Vigo es puramente argentino. Habiendo dicho esto, ha participado en peliculas en castellano de Espana, y si se concentra, consigue que no se note mucho el acento. Pero no es "de todo el mundo", es argentino puro.

[@KyleSfhandyman]

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[@avremke24]

Or theatre

[@AndreaAvila78]

@@chcomes 😀 Coincido plenamente. Pasa que el acento argentino de Buenos Aires tiene entonación italiana, por eso confunde al oído del extranjero.

[@muhammadalkafari3743]

Che sho soy de Argentina 🇦🇷 y sho amo a nuestro casteshano che

[@jmunn9163]

Viggo’s Spanish is 100% Argentinian Spanish and as an Argentinian myself, if I didn’t know he’s an American actor, I would have assumed he’s Argentinian, no doubt. He makes no mistakes at all (grammatical / pronunciation/intonation). It’s absolutely perfect

[@huevamachin]

i believe he did live in Argentina for many years as a kid

[@MickyBane]

He sounds 100% Argentinian like Anna Taylor Joy

[@Morpheux1]

He was born in New York, but lived in Argentina when he was a kid, his dad was Danish, so he is fluent in all 3 languages.

[@jmunn9163]

Yes, he grew up in Buenos Aires until he was 11 I think we he moved back to the US.

[@PewPewPlasmagun]

He probably drinks mate and adds dulse de leche a his gashetas too.

[@derlibero9668]

Vigo's spanish is perfect, and by perfect I mean that if he sets foot in any country in latin america, everybody would think he is an argentinian. Flawless

[@Morpheux1]

El se crió entre Venezuela, Dinamarca y Argentina hasta los 11 años, volvió a los Ee.Uu. pero ahora vive en España.

[@mahatmaniggandhi2898]

would people think i'm from spain if i speak fast and gibberish and add the c and z sounds in between?

[@agusnga]

@@mahatmaniggandhi2898 No, because you’d still be speaking gibberish, unlike Viggo who’s speaking perfect Spanish

[@mahatmaniggandhi2898]

@@agusnga 😂😂😂

[@josegracia2419]

He filmed a movie entirely in spanish (Alatriste)

[@HalsMusic]

Vigo speaks perfectly spanish from Argentina. His accent is not a mix of nothing. His spanish accent is from argentinian spanish, full stop.

[@Parker-930]

Although Viggo was born in the US, he spent a good portion of his childhood in Argentina.

[@drakebellyta]

Sí, cualquiera que conozca el acento argentino lo sabe, quizás la persona del video no ha escuchado a muchos argentinos jjj

[@nachoyoutube2732]

Yes. He lived both in Buenos Aires and Córdoba provinces, but his accent clearly from Buenos Aires.

[@agusnga]

Yes, his accent is a 100% Argentine. However, it is true that the porteño accent sounds a little bit like Italian, maybe that’s why the guy in the video thinks that way. Idk.

[@Mikelaxo]

A mí me suena argentino con un poco de España, tal vez como ha estado viviendo allá a intentado adaptar su acento un poco

[@lulisig]

I'm argentinian, I'm a linguist, and I can also certify: Viggo's accent is 100% Buenos Aires. The Italian you might be hearing is the musicality with which argentinians speak Spanish, due to the huge italian immigration we had.

[@foolfether]

Con qué nombre conoces esa variante? Hace años E. Coseriu le decía rioplatense.

[@silvanafernandezstorto2883]

Luciana, remember he grew up in Chaco. So he might have adopted the porteño accent somewhat later. I also speak Italian and there is no trace of Italian in his Spanish. Saludos

[@silvanafernandezstorto2883]

@@foolfether se le sigue diciendo “español del Río de la Plata , según yo sé.

[@foolfether]

@@silvanafernandezstorto2883 Gracias. :)

[@simonrodas6319]

puro argentinooo

[@jsphat81]

Freddie Highmore and Gwyneth Paltrow speak amazing Spanish with only a hint of a English speaker’s accent. Viggo on the other hand, sounds 100% Argentinian.

[@CrisOnTheInternet]

Freddie always amazes me

[@marianacaffaro]

Viggo lived in Buenos Aires when he was a child

[@tabe_k]

That's why he speaks also Italian! He probably learned Italian in Argentina, since it's the second language.

[@julessabio]

@@tabe_k Italian is by no means our second language in here. In Argentina we speak Spainsh. The accent may be similar to Italian, because inmmigrants were mainly Italian and Spanish people, but we don't speak Italian.

[@jsphat8171]

@Treavor Martin I mean you could say that but you gotta at least give the others credit for trying. Will Smith's pronunciation is very good. Far from sounding like a native but good nonetheless. Affleck seems more fluent than Will but his pronunciation is still very gringo. Amber Heard wasn't bad either. She surprised me as well, but yes the three mentioned in the original comment are by far the best from the video.

[@Nveas15]

Viggo's Spanish is not a mix of anything he speaks argentinian spanish like a native. I used to believe he was actually an argentinian actor.

[@silvanafernandezstorto2883]

Hi! Vigo grew up in Argentina , not only does he have a flawless Argentinean accent but he also drinks our national beverage “mate” and roots for our football/ soccer team “San Lorenzo”. Yet if I am not mistaken, when he acted in a Spanish movie he was coached to sound Spanish , to use his own voice. He has all the traits we Argentinians have. We love him!!

[@patriciae]

As an Argentinian I can say that Vigo's accent is almost perfect porteño (from Buenos Aires). Loved Will Smith an Ben Affleck you can see they are making an effort and willing yo make mistakes.

[@joaquincastello6174]

Bueno...Depende. Si ves la película "Alatriste" te das cuenta de que cambia a español de España. La película está en Español. Puede hacer muchos acentos depende de la situación o país en el que está.

[@froxxen]

Agree!

[@dandei545]

Es rioplatense. No es solo porteño ese acento.

[@marianacaffaro]

@@joaquincastello6174 Vigo vivio en Argentina de chico, asi que su acento es bien porteño

[@agustinnicolasperez7617]

De vivir tanto en españa y la esposa española creo, se le escapan algunas cosas, como ese "hecho" que en argentino diriamos como "siempre hice". Pero si el acento es muy rioplatense.

[@mrtony80]

Will did not grown up speaking Spanish on the streets of LA...I'm not sure where you got that from. He was born and raised in West Philadelphia, and spent most of his days on the playground, chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool, shooting some basketball outside of the school.

[@jsphat8171]

When a couple of guys, they were up to no good, started making trouble in his neighborhood, he got in one little fight and his mom got scared, she said "You moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air!"

[@Morpheux1]

@@jsphat8171 😂😂😂😂

[@korssar]

Does Benny Medina (Will's friend) also speaks spanish?

[@geografisica]

Will Smith use to go to Miami frequently and he has lots of friends there. Maybe is more Miami influence than LA.

[@Morpheux1]

@@geografisica Well, there about 300,000 Hispanics living on Philly, no need to go to Miami to pick up the language 🤷

[@maracayg]

Viggo is the best by far, he speaks spanish like a native argentinian speaker.

[@kp2xd340]

Freddie Highmore también tiene muy marcado el acento de España, lo habla casi como nativo

[@Morpheux1]

Es que vivió en Argentina de niño, pero ahora vive en España y se le ha pegado el acento peninsular.

[@marinadeburgos8666]

@@kp2xd340 freddie vivio un tiempo en Madrid, y hasta se inventó que tenia una abuela gallega

[@lindildeev5721]

And he speaks French like people from Quebec.

[@cmeflywva]

​@@lindildeev5721His maternal grandfather was Canadian which may have given him some exposure.

[@deanderthal]

Ben Affleck learned Spanish in Mexico as a young teenager (he and his brother lived there for a while and worked on some children’s television programs). This is not a case of an adult learning it later, but someone living there and learning the language as a child and then working to keep it up later. Also, regional dialects and phrases are just as correct and valid as “formal education”. Learning a language by actually speaking it with people and having them teach you is just as valid as a scholarly approach. In Texas we often have a blend of accents and types of Spanish because lots of schools teach Castilian Spanish formally, but the majority of native speakers are using a Mexican or Central American vocabulary/grammar/pronunciation. And most people don’t have to “talk to their gardener” (wtf) to practice or use Spanish in Texas - it’s actually harder to NOT learn any Spanish here. And that’s across the entire state, and all social levels.

[@vigente]

I'm Mexican and I lived in Texas. I was surprised when I found out that gringos learn more Spanish in Texas than people like me learn English there. I had to go further north to improve my English, because if I stayed in Texas I would've spent ten years without any need to improve my English.

[@pureone8350]

Can I ask? As a southerner, is Spanish becoming more dominant than English? Or is English still the main language with Spanish being a sizeable majority?

[@deanderthal]

@@pureone8350 by and large English is still the main language but we are now seeing way more people with a 2nd language, and especially here in Texas it is generally Spanish - and there have always been enclaves which will have a primary other than English in them. Spanish, Vietnamese, German. etc. (those three are examples for here in Texas)

[@JuriAmari]

@@vigente can confirm this from my sister in law. She lives in Miami and she could spend an entire day not speaking a word of English outside of family. Up north, it’s more common in big cities or areas with international stores.

[@SLorenziify]

I'm a native Spanish speaker. I have heard Viggo Mortensen many times and I can tell you he speaks a perfect Argentinian Spanish.

[@ElStolen]

Viggo sounds exactly like a native speaker from Argentina/Uruguay. He speaks in a way that old people from here used to speak, which is considered a bit more "formal" way to speak like when he says "he estado" instead of "estuve". Even with that, I think that if he stays in Buenos Aires a month, nobody would notice that he's a foreigner... I hope you find this useful 😊

[@DUXALMUSIC]

Hey I’m 30 and I speak pretty much like that 😂

[@julessabio]

@@DUXALMUSIC Yes, in some parts of Argentina people use "he estado".

[@EarturoGprada]

Viggo es absolutamente porteño, muy argentino y Bonaerense.

[@aguBert90]

YES i thought the same it was argentinian but really old school porteño

[@LuxDetweiler7]

En el norte se sigue diciendo "he estado"

[@oqeufh]

Freddie Highmore is amazing at Spanish. He did an interview in Late Motiv which is basically a Spanish late night show and he can carry a casual conversation perfectly. I recommend watching this interview you can see just how fluent he is in there.

[@kennalime5644]

He should 100% go and watch it!

[@Morpheux1]

He used to live in Madrid

[@florenciabalori3625]

I'd never say he's not a spaniard!

[@mcmardiggan]

1- Gwyneth ( almost perfect spanish accent and very articulate, it is quite evident, years and years of training) 2- Viggo ( perfect argentinian accent) 3- All the rest, they try hard, wich is good, of course

[@l.a.b.chimmy866]

I don’t understand something . Is it so important to have the Spanish accent ??To me the Spanish is just one . And Viggo just wins the world championship . 😄

[@Alex-fv2qs]

Freddie's was amazing, I'd think he's Spaniard if i didn't know him

[@lissandrafreljord7913]

I would put Viggo in number 1 place. He has perfect accent and grammar, and could pass off 100% native Argentine with that accent. Don't understand where he got that Viggo sounds ambiguous with influence from Spain, Italy, and France. Lol. Gwyneth would rank second. She has an amazing European Spanish accent, but her pacing is that of a non-native speaker. You can hear she is a bit careful in selecting her words and processing the right grammar in the language. Freddie Highmore would rank third. His Spanish accent is also incredible, though a little be below Gwyneth. When he says "carrera" (career) he doesn't roll that double r, and when he says "hablo" (I speak), he makes that b extremely bilabial, which in Spanish, the b often tends to be slurred, unless it is the initial letter or is preceded by a nasal consonant such as an M or N.

[@elarocp7731]

Viggo is the only one in this video who speaks Spanish flawlessly, exactly as a native (Argentinian) Spanish speaker

[@alfiea9508]

I'm from Spain and Vigo's spanish is FLAWLESS! I would 100% believe he is a native. Gwyneth Paltrow and Freddie Highmore are also very good, but you can still tell they are not native speakers.

[@ericsmidt6923]

Ben Affleck speaks pretty good spanish for an american. He expresses complex feelings and concepts. His level is not on the level of Freddie Highmore or Gwyneth Paltrow, but he has the attitude to approach a conversation effectively and he understands more than he can himself express.

[@mpatrice]

The accent of Vigo is 100% argentinian.

[@tylerfeliciano1571]

The argentinian accent is 100% Vigo***

[@tylerfeliciano1571]

@Jeremias Larroca Gondor has no king, Gondor needs no king

[@tylerfeliciano1571]

@Jeremias Larroca 😂😂😂😂

[@EarturoGprada]

¡Aguante el Cuervo ⚽️💈🐦‼️ ✌🏼️

[@Parker-930]

Although Viggo is From the US, he spent a good part of his childhood in Argentina.

[@crewdogger]

I grew up in Los Angeles and Spanish is part of the fabric of the place. It is no wonder that so many celebrities can nail the accent. I have been told I have a great (Mexican) accent but I do not speak more than a few phrases. It can get you into trouble. I took a trip to Spain and while in a museum asked where the bathroom was in my best Spanish. I did not count that the security person thought I was a native speaker and gave me detailed directions. I faked I understood, thanked them and found the bathrooms anyway.

[@M_SC]

Happens to me a lot. Can do a great “where’s the bathroom” in gold accents in many languages that I can’t speak. Just point please!

[@sdgfsdgsfgffsd]

As an argentinean, I can say, like many said before, he speaks clearly with a rioplatense accent. That's exactly what you'll hear if you were here walking down the streets of Buenos Aires. Anya Taylor Joy also speaks with a perfect rioplatense accent. Having said that, I've heard Viggo in spanish talk shows talking with a castellano accent He's completely mastered the language

[@ivanferreyra5006]

Si bien ambos hablan como porteño, o como rioplatense, anya habla como una pendeja más, mucho mas casual, en cambio Viggo suena como un conductor de radio, mucho mas formal.

[@belenheredia2024]

@@ivanferreyra5006 es que Viggo pasó su infancia más en el campo. Es como si hablas con un gringo (inmigrante digo) del campo, de las afueras de Buenos Aires, santa fe o Córdoba. Lo re veo haciendo una película de un gaucho trovador tiene ese fraseo antiguo. Anya en cambio es una típica mina de ciudad, porteña a full. Viggo es más bonaerense.

[@Alex-fv2qs]

Además hay una diferencia de casi 40 años entre ambos Anya tiene wn partes un acento muy específico de un grupito de colegios chetos de zona norte del conurbano

[@sidoso9810]

tuvo que aprender medio a la fuerza a hablar más como español cuando hizo de alatriste

[@mattchtx]

McConaughey is an interesting case. I used to be a bilingual elementary school teacher in rural Texas. Where he grew up, there isn’t just Spanish around, there’s Spanglish. People speak a mix of the two languages and code-switch mid sentence all the time. It’s Spanish with English words mixed in, confused grammar, and then all of a sudden there will be a phrase or two in full English and then back to Spanish. A good portion of native Spanish speakers in Texas, and most likely the majority, have never had a real formal education in Spanish. It’s just learned at home as kids and then as they go through school they layer the English on top. It’s really interesting. And the Texas drawl being mixed in isn’t weird to me. No one is going to think he grew up speaking Spanish at home, but the way he spoke it wouldn’t come off as weird here as it might in other places.

[@M_SC]

That is a very good point a British person wouldn’t know. Also people from monolingual places don’t know about and when they find out don’t accept such mish mash dialects even though clearly that’s how creoles and ultimately different languages are formed

[@phaerion9142]

That's one point I really noticed Californians and Texan learning spanish need to tackle, pocho spanish (spanish from illegals/people with no formal education) is a very low quality spanish disconnected from its source, so when they try to catch it from spanish speakers in the US it lacks a lot from its full version in Spain/Latin America and it is mostly spanglish patched with slang from all over the place, is not bad, it just so low level it cannot really produce a good level.

[@nonamenoname2420]

This is a severely underrated comment. I picked up a bit of spanish this way (also grew up in Texas) by growing up with it. Spanglish is very real and most newer words (internet, smartphone, etc) are switched so easily to English during a Spanish sentence

[@Morpheux1]

Excellent point! Some of them sound like actual Newyoricans or Chicanos.

[@simplyrowen]

@@phaerion9142 - Pocho Spanish LMAO. I had never heard that word, taking notes here. But you’re right, if the source is low level, it can’t possibly produce an academic level. Adding to the original comment, Miami is the same, with that Spanish mishmash thing. I had never experienced it until I moved here. Then my husband moved here from Germany and he was weirded out by the phenomenon 😂 I refuse to mix them, I speak one or the other, but I won’t be mixing both.

[@marianacaffaro]

I'm from Buenos Aires, Viggo lived there when he was a child. His accent is ABSOLUTELY perfect "porteño", the Buenos Aires accent. He has no Iberic accent anywhere.

[@Alex-fv2qs]

Suena apenitas un poco de campo para ser 100% porteño, pero si me decís que vive en un pueblo a 100km de capital, digamos Areco o Dolores te lo creo de una

[@lukecole5056]

@@Alex-fv2qs Porque también vivió en Chaco. Tiene un acento porteño con algunas cosas de campo jaja

[@learningtogether35]

@@Alex-fv2qs de campo no suena jajaja pero como dices, no es el marcado acento porteño, pero si cerca de caba

[@joaquincastello6174]

As a spaniard Gwyneth Paltrow has the perfect European spanish ...You can hear the "th" pronuntiation with the c letter.. And Vigo Mortensen is funny cause he can do multiple accents...In the Movie " Alatriste" he can clearly sounds like a spaniard , by the way the film is enterily in spanish.

[@manfredneilmann4305]

A few years ago, Viggo made his first film in Argentina "Todos Tenemos Un Plan", which was shot in the Tigre area.of Buenos Aires and entirely in (Rioplatense) Spanish.

[@l.a.b.chimmy866]

Gwyneth struggled at the beginning . To me just Viggo.

[@lindildeev5721]

Woah ! So, he made movies in three languages ? Even Jodie Foster didn't do that.

[@gonviera]

@@lindildeev5721 He made a bautiful film called Loin des hommes entirely in French. He is really a polyglote.

[@lindildeev5721]

@@gonviera Yeah, I knew about this one.

[@Mexicobeanpole]

Jack Black is so funny. No matter what he does. His enthusiasm makes you think he knows what he’s doing.

[@Dani-x01]

reminded me the way Brendan Fraser did trying to speak Spanish when jack introduce himself it was hilarious just forgot to say the library line 😂

[@sunisshining2100]

Viggo’s Spanish is just a perfect Spanish from Argentina. He’s totally bilingual (actually he’s trilingual in Danish as well). Gwyneth’s Spanish is great. She speaks a very good Spanish from Spain (which is fantastic) and you can notice she learnt the language since she was a kid. Natural and comforting way of speaking. Ben is very fluent but he sounds very forced with that Mexican accent, like a Speedy González cartoon. Abrazos desde Madrid

[@bythebayou5351]

Ben Affleck spent part of his childhood living in Mexico. That's why he has a bit of a Mexican accent.

[@tamics9978]

Viggo habla 7 idiomas, su lengua materna es el español, en este caso español rioplatense (con acento argentino), inglés que aprendió después de los 11 años cuando se fueron de Argentina. También habla árabe, francés, italiano, danés. No recuerdo el último...

[@davesdream]

Gwyneth has the authentic castellian accent. Pronouncing "c and z" as it is instead as "s"

[@silviadibernardo1410]

Viggo se crió en Argentina y por eso lo tiene tan fluído y tan argentino. Me encanta Viggo multicultural. Saludos desde Argentina!

[@Carlos-qo6ll]

Hay un vídeo de Viggo que lo muestra hablando fluidamente italiano, español, francés, inglés, danés, y hasta catalán.... Un genio!

[@ouino]

Awesome video! I love seeing celebrities get out of their comfort zones to speak other languages. Will Smith is my favourite here. You can tell that it makes him very nervous but he goes after it because he know how much the Spanish speakers will appreciate it. Being nervous when speaking a new language actually makes you more likeable than if you are over-confident for your skill level. I think we see this in Ben Affleck, his Spanish is better than Wills, in my opinion. But he is so confident with it that, he trips over his words and mumbles a lot. Anyway, love videos like this!

[@storylearning]

Cheers, and I agree completely about Will!

[@msjennable]

@@storylearning you know often, I don't actually Express the languages that I know because you think to yourself, you have to speak them at a native level but I realized that I speak English, French, ASL, Spanish, and German at varying degrees

[@James_I_Archer]

@@msjennable I’m trying to learn Spanish and then I would like to learn German

[@pancakesbf2704]

Tyra Banks’ accent wasn’t the best, but at least she was trying and corrected one of her mistakes

[@ester8436]

I think everyone has already said that Viggo’s Spanish is perfect and it is. I’m going to be just a bit neat picky with what you said about Gwyneth; her Spanish was certainly amazing, but you could hear the struggle and she did eliminate some pronouns. Again, very minute things.

[@ItwasntI]

Yep I just wrote so much. HIghmore's Spanish is perfection; Paltrow's good.(I think that the narrator compared them, somehow.)

[@irinaetcharren3138]

She also used the incorrect verb conjugation, but even some natives mistake those

[@monidefi2680]

She pronounces certain words like they do in Spain (the "Z" and the "C"), but the intonation is clearly Mexican.

[@Luboman411]

Yeah, Viggo Mortensen takes the cake. His construct of "sos conocido" only happens in the "voceo" countries of Argentina and Central America. You have to reach complete native level to get that type of sophisticated use of Spanish since "voceo" is one of the more obscure linguistic features of the language. As to the accent, he's got a perfect "porteño" accent, which has a lot of Italianate inflections due to the historical Italian influence that was heavy in Buenos Aires. The same with the Castilian inflections in some words--lots of recent Castilian immigrants to Buenos Aires also influenced the "porteño" accent. As to French influence, well, I don't know where that's coming from. You're not very familiar with "porteño," hence your slight confusion about Viggo's accent.

[@sprawn09]

Viggo Mortensen lived here in Argentina when he was a child, that's where he gets his accent from :D

[@unaindroid]

Freddie and Gwyneth have a perfect European Spanish accent

[@ByeFeliciaxo]

I was thinking this, very Catalan, with the lisp. I love that accent.

[@goodaimshield1115]

@@ByeFeliciaxo There's no lips in their Spanish, and certainly not in Catalan. They don't sound Catalan at all.

[@ggg1977]

Viggo has lived in Argentina when he was a kid. That´s why he has his particular spanish accent (from Buenos Aires). "The family moved to Venezuela, then Denmark, and eventually settled in Argentina in the provinces of Córdoba, Chaco, and Buenos Aires, where Mortensen attended primary school and acquired a fluent proficiency in Spanish" (Wikipedia).

[@mklinger23]

I always use the "talking in circles" method when I don't know a word. I usually know the vocab surrounding that word so I can describe it instead of trying to think of synonyms. It's definitely easier for nouns than verbs.

[@carlosdavila2370]

Great video! Freddie Highmore is on another level. His Spanish is perfect

[@rochi_4829]

Viggo's Spanish is completely Argentinian if I didn’t know him I would immediately think that he is Argentinian. The grammar is perfect, the accent is perfect and the tone of his voice is really on point.

[@champagne.future5248]

Tyra Banks sounded the weirdest to me. Jack Black was hilarious. I love how he throws himself into whatever he does. That’s a good attitude for a language learner.

[@casadelvino2337]

Falar uma lingua nunca é fácil, e sair de uma língua anglo para uma latina, essa pessoa merece todos as felicitaciones posible.❤❤❤🎉🎉

[@AndreaAvila78]

As an Argentinian, to me Vigo's accent sounds perfectly Argentinian. He's picked up the accent from Buenos Aires. He sounds more Argentinian than me! That's my honest opinion. I would like to see the opinions of fellow countrymen.

[@DavidSanchez-eh1sy]

WTF Viggo's spanish was the best of the bunch. I'm a native Spanish speaker and just by hearing him talk I would believe he is Argentinian 💯

[@brothebys]

Viggo Mortensen speaks perfect fluent Spanish, he's practically a native, he just speaks the rioplatense accent like I do, I'm completely surprised he's not porteño, because he'd fit in Argentina perfectly, he's the best out of all of them.

[@kennalime5644]

*Fun fact about Freddie Highmore* : While he was in Spain watching a football (soccer for eeuu) match during the Eurocup (2012) he said to the people around him that he had a galician grandma living in Zapateira, a village in Galicia, Spain, so that he could have spanish roots and cheer the Spanish team. After the village found out, the mayor of A Coruña, named him the adopted child of the village hahahhahaahha

[@westhoodqualzini7884]

I like learning about different languages and culture but the worlds love of soccer i will never get

[@kennalime5644]

@@westhoodqualzini7884 Neither do I hahahahahha But let people be happy loving football/soccer

[@lisanarramore222]

Awww! 💙

[@pputnam100]

Yeah actors have this incredible confidence in expressing themselves, it Essentially what they do for a living

[@storylearning]

...and language learning is theatre, so it helps!

[@EarturoGprada]

And that is why Jack Black sounded so proficient in his Spanish but we all know he just embraced the interview for himself and dominate aswell as the questions and the answers 😅

[@biglucidhorse1995]

Freddie Highmore REALLY getting into that rolled R at 2:29!!

[@storylearning]

He’s awesome

[@lina_useche]

Favorite? 100% Viggo. I’m Colombian, and I’ve been working with Argentinians for a while and his Spanish is 100% perfect, not to mention the actual native Argentinian accent. Very from the country’s center if I’m not mistaken. Lovely!

[@paholainen100]

Hi from a fellow language learner. I really appreciate seeing celebs speaking in other languages, particularly English speakers. Some speak well, some don't. Doesn't matter though, they're communicating and giving it a go. Good job. I know I don't speak my foreign languages perfectly yet I'll always try to use them.

[@achak252]

Will Smith in 2022: "Mantén el nombre de mi esposa fuera de tu puta boca!"

[@39MercFlathead]

I loved Paul McCartney's attempt. Total lack of pomposity. He's just trying to communicate with fans and is aware of his limitations. I give him a 10 for being a decent human being.

[@elavengero]

I´m spaniard and in my opinion Freddy Highmore is great.He could pass for a spanish person without doubt. Amazing.

[@santiagoreimy-songs6124]

The Spanish that Will Smith spoke, I would consider to be quite flawless on the grammar, you can really notice he's nervous and struggling a little bit to find words, but because he was speaking slowly and taking his time he found the right words to say, and on that grammar aspect he impressed me a lot.

[@katheryns1219]

On set phrases: I was in the US Army and studied at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California twice - once for Spanish and the other for Russian. During the first six weeks we had daily dialogues to memorize. Some people (who didn't like doing it) complained that it wasn't a natural way of speaking. But I'd also done the same when studying German in high school and found that having those memorized set phrases a wonderful aid when actually in country and trying to speak with natives. Of course, the joke was that learning to ask "Wo ist der Bahnhof? didn't teach you to understand the answer. But still, the blend of learning dialogues, grammar and vocabulary helped all around to be able to speak the language properly. One of the most difficult things I have found in the language teaching I've done is helping people to step over the line of fear they're going to make a mistake. It keeps them muted. Just go ahead. Try. Make the mistakes and laugh about them. It's really important to have a sense of humor when learning a language. My classmates and I in Monterey belly-laughed our way through. There were other classes there the students were deadly serious. It didn't help them learn.

[@msmoe7429]

Hello! Would you recommend the Defense Language Institute?

[@katheryns1219]

@@msmoe7429 Absolutely, but you have to join the US military in order to attend!

[@msmoe7429]

@@katheryns1219 thank you so much for your response.

[@TooLittleInfo]

I'm a language tutor for adults and 100% the most important thing I stress with my students is that they are safe to make mistakes with me and that mistakes is how we learn. I agree that we have to keep a sense of humour about it--when they have a good time they feel compelled to try more, and they will keep coming back and learning more and trying again because it's not a stressful environment for them I'm also learning a language myself (Egyptian Arabic, third language) and at first I wasn't sure if memorising set phrases was helpful, but as I progress and I start putting together the puzzle of how to actually speak it, it's definitely helped as I pull words and phrases out of my memory and replace words into it to create new sentences

[@optimizing_fitness]

Besides the dialogues, vocabulary, and grammar, could you speak on any other learning tool/category/principle that the DLI used when teaching languages?

[@mr_sognr1297]

No esta en la lista pero.... Anya Taylor-joy when she speak English and Spanish is just perfect! 🤲

[@Carlos-qo6ll]

Anya Taylor-Joy and Viggo Mortensen, both grew up in Argentina. They speak perfect porteño from Buenos Aires

[@cabc74]

Viggo's Spanish is perfect. The best of all by far. It is Rioplatense Spanish because he grew up in Argentina.

[@brothebys]

@Clau Santino Clasificar variedades de idiomas en acentos y dialectos no es algo bien definido, es de pura ambigüedad, hay recursos que llaman las variedades de español acentos, y hay otros que las llaman dialectos. Nadie es incorrecto en llamarlos así, pero los llamados "dialectos" de una lengua no se distinguen por entender a otros, eso sí es erróneo. De todo modo se esta dejando de usar esos términos como clasificación, y simplemente se esta usando "variedad".

[@marodrey]

Virgo Mortensen speaks PERFECT Spanish. His Spanish is completely Argentinean and more precisely from Buenos Aires. Even the way of expressing his thoughts is accurately "porteño". And this is why he says "sos" instead of "eres". And he is definitely my favorite, even tho as you said, all of them deserve credit for wanting to speak Spanish, yeay!!

[@ChibitaMaora]

Freddie has an awesome Castillian (Spanish from Spain)! He sounds even local

[@gogabygo]

Viggo’s Spanish was impressive-sounds like he lived in Argentina.

[@PoisonedApathy]

He grew up in Argentina actually.

[@MaicolDavidRodriguezLope-bu8bb]

I'm a Colombian. Colombia People, and I'm learning English as well, since English grammar rules too watching videos on KZbin videos, making English test about your level in English from one point A1 to C2 level and finally got my courses probably of English listening, speaking, translate, and pronunciation Skills totally in English.

[@Morpheux1]

20:00 Viggo went to Elementary School in Argentina until he was 11, but married Ariadna Gil and now lives in Spain, so I guess he has picked up a bit of the peninsular accent.

[@shoshanakent3645]

Hi Olly. I bought your books of beginner Spanish stories two years ago and am reading it for the third time. It has helped me so much with my Spanish. Thank you. It's nice to actually see you.

[@bernardsmall4797]

Heyy Olly! Just want to let you know your story of learning languages, specifically Spanish, inspired me to learn Spanish. Also lots of love from South Africa

[@storylearning]

Well that's awesome, thanks for letting me know!

[@Lahoje]

Don't let this great & entertaining video distract you from Olly's soul patch staring at you with a glare comparable to a thousand suns.

[@Morlangasworld]

I am from Madrid and I can say that Viggo's spanish is just perfect, speaks as any other argentinian. In fact it sounds to me like from Buenos Aires.

[@GabrielaPetrosino]

Viggo grew up in Argentina untill he was 13 years old. That's why he speaks like this, Argentinians have a lot of heretage from Spain and Italy.

[@soyreuben7436]

Loved this video! Really inspired me to keep pushing on with my Spanish. If these celebs can have their insane career's and do it then i've got no excuse haha. Also, I want to compliment you on how you push "Story Learning", it's clearly from a place of belief in the methodology, but not outright dismissive of other methods. Other creators in many industries could learn a lot for this approach!

[@amandaredd3057]

A good friend of mine did hardwood floors for a long time and his team consisted almost entirely of men from Mexico. He learned to speak fluently because of them! It was so cool! That constant exposure and the comraderie that built up once he could really communicate with them was so fun to see.

[@veronicaquintanatorres2473]

Viggo grew up in Argentina, he speaks just like us. His spanish is perfect, no errors in grammar nor pronunciation

[@NinaHansen2008]

My father was born in Spain and spent 10 years in Cuba. My mother was from Maine and spoke no Spanish at all, so English was spoken in my home. But Dad’s friends would visit us in our New York apartment. They would yell at each other in intense, emotional Spanish, which I heard but never understood. In high school and later in college, I studied Spanish, but never became fluent. However my accent is pretty good. I can speak the language well enough to get along, but people, hearing me, believe I am fluent and reply at conversational speed. I am totally lost because my comprehension is terrible! Puedo hablar mucho más que puedo comprender!

[@SuperErickelrojo]

Viggo Mortensen's Spanish is a perfect "river plate" Spanish, if he talks like that in Uruguay or Argentina NO ONE would think he is a foreigner...

[@foreverlearningfrench]

Gwyneth Paltrow est ma préférée. J’aime aussi l’effort de Will Smith. Jack Black est très drôle !

[@lindildeev5721]

Oui, son ego n'a d'égal que sa maîtrise des langues. Et Freddie et Viggo sont stupéfiants.

[@enriqueceretti1826]

Viggo grew up in Argentina. His Spanish is perfect Argentinean Spanish. Greetings from Argentina.

[@laurengarcia1023]

When Tyra says she likes Mexicans "me gustan los Mexicanos ", in Mexico that would mean she wants to be with all Mexicans romantically, not that she just likes the people. But it's good she spoke. I just found it funny.

[@webbess1]

“Gusto” in Italian means taste, so I thought maybe she likes to eat Mexicans? 😛

[@g.s.y.6170]

Viggo lived in Argentina, where attended primary school, until he was 11. He is fluent in Spanish and sounds 100% Argentinian.

[@cattyagent]

Hey Olly, thank you for saying speakers need to put a genuine effort into speaking Spanish with a Spanish accent. This should be the case for all languages. You're absolutely right - pronouncing Spanish (or Italian, or English, or Japanese, etc) words as close to their native accent shows respect & a genuine desire to communicate. Those of us who HAD to learn English are expected to achieve a level of fluency with decent pronunciation & a good flow when speaking. I think it's only fair to expect the same courtesy from native English speakers.

[@stonecrazy]

Freddie Highmore is impressive! And he was already impressive in French! I had no idea Gwyneth Paltrow could speak spanish and it was impressive too. With a nice spanish accent. Viggo is pretty good too. I think he grew up in South America, no?

[@carmen_says_hi]

Gwyneth speaks French as well!

[@henhaooahneh]

Viggo is a native speaker with a thick Argentinian accent. Actually he's living in Spain and he worked as an actor in Spanish

[@histeriasdeestavida4181]

His wife is spanish 😉

[@misshammielovesk-pop4274]

Interesting video as were some of your comments. The southern drawl was most likely also part of the Spanish Matthew Mcconaughey heard and “learned” growing up. His Spanish is most probably “Spanglish” more than Spanish which makes sense considering where he’s from. Also you might want to check your sources on where Will Smith grew up. As far as which celebrity I was most impressed by Freddie Highmore.

[@amandaredd3057]

My cousin is from seriously small town North Carolina and like a typical surfer looking dude who majored at UNC-W in business and Spanish. Now, like 30 freaking years later, he's a citizen of Chile and speaks English rarely. It's so funny because when he comes home to visit, we hear the change in his accent even when speaking English! He met and married a wonderful Chilean woman soon after college and she's a teacher. They lived in CA for a few years but had great career opportunities in Chile, so that's home now

[@ktv90125]

Sad you cut out McCartney's best part: "tres conejos tocando el tambor, que sí, que no, que sí lo he visto yo".

[@CrisOnTheInternet]

Jajajaja gracias, it wasn't killing me not knowing what he said.

[@julessabio]

Yes, he says that poem in every Spanish speaking country that he goes. He doesn't speak Spanish really, tough he studied it in the shcool. I guess he practices what he's going to say before the shows. Anyway, he understands a bit of Spanish. I remember that at one interview the translator translated wrongly and Paul response made it clear that he had understood perfectly what has been asked.

[@EarturoGprada]

Jajajajajaja sííííeeeee❗️ 🤦🏻‍♂️ 😅❗️

[@abarairukia]

Viggo is just perfection. His Spanish accent is sooooo sexy. A mixture of "Argentina y lo demás pura pasión" hahhaha

[@homerothompsonok]

La verdad que escuchar hablar en español a cualquiera que no sea un hablante nativo es un gusto y yo en particular lo valoro por el hecho de querer y animarse a hablarlo. Si lo hace con errores? Es lo de menos.. lo importante es que se está animando a hablar en otro idioma.. native english speakers, come on and just do it..!! 💪🏼 PD: Viggo habla 100% argentino.. jaja Saludos 👋🏻🇦🇷

[@HominidPetro]

Haha my reaction to Ben Affleck: "that was interesting" Olly's reaction: "now that was interesting"

[@jebber35]

I'm not sure McConaughey is a great example of having the necessary skills to master another accent, given his acting career 😂 Great video, though! It was super interesting to see the difference between the people who had studied Spanish vs. those that had just picked it up from being around it.

[@storylearning]

He's definitely a character!

[@lindseyaverkamp9138]

Yes, we know that he doesn’t have the correct accent down. But as a native Texan, that’s very common in Texas to grow up speaking Spanglish and Texan German with a southern twang in the languages. Admittedly, it is incorrect. However, without formal education in the languages, you can still get by and people understand you. Just throwing out another perspective. LOVE THIS VIDEO

[@mikejames509]

He's married to a Latina; Camila Alvez.

[@electrictwilight]

@@mikejames509 She's Brazilian and speaks Brazilian Portuguese.

[@nicthommi]

That was my thought. There is no role where Matthew McConaughey doesn't sound like himself. None. Now if we're talking about about a Gary Oldham, it's a different story, but Matthew McConaughey is not an actor who can do different voices or accents

[@ashwaa-r9d]

i really enjoy your videos! you're so polite with your critique, too! i completely agree with putting more effort towards the accent. And i LOL-ed at Jack Black. Don't tell us you speak Spanish when you're clearly just regurgitating Spanish phrases you learned :P Bueno, gracias por el video. Yo estoy estudiando Castellano (porque paso mucho tiempo an Buenos Aires), y lo que más me gusta de Castellano es el accento! Es una mexcla de español y italiano y me encanta! Ex tan expresivo.

[@crazy4beatles]

In Matthew's defense - he has a hints of border Spanish. The cadence is kinda like Norteno, where it kinda goes up at the end of the phrase - "amigos amiGAS, hermanos mayoRES. And "bordera" sounds like Mexican American spanish speakers that grab from English. Like "troka" for "truck" when Mexicans would likely say "camion".

[@sorucha8249]

Viggo's accent is clearly argentinian. By far the best speaker in the entire video

[@jarellemason7291]

Spanish is harder than most people think it is

[@la.mu.sa10]

Tbh spanish is easy xD

[@Adrian13rams]

The jack black one was worth it lol he is a comedian, he does that dramatic speaking in English too. He's making fun that he doesn't know Spanish. I think it's endearing 😆 This was a treat! thank you for creating this!

[@user-xo5hk7zm6j]

I love your channel. It's fun and helpful.

[@ser_rock_ok]

Loved the video. Tarja Turunen also speaks Spanish fluently, I think she´s a polyglot too. She´s married to an Argentinian guy and you can hear her accent is almost perfect. She sounds Argentinian even when she sings in Spanish.

[@ksaavy6615]

7:50 "Cuando yo EN la escuela", he could have meant "Cuando yo estaba en la escuela", also "Cuando yo IBA la escuela" is incorrect, the "a" in between "iba" and "la"is missing.

[@tomate3391]

Jajaja, pensó exactamente lo mismo aunque no soy hispanohablante.

[@victorsandoval7]

in the phrase "I like mexicans" we say: A mi me caen bien los mexicanos. Saying "I like" refers to being sexually atracted

[@luisolvera5574]

Not in all countries and not in all contexts.

[@kollontai4545]

@@luisolvera5574 yes, in my country you can say it in both ways

[@theuselessdrunk]

@@luisolvera5574 but whatever country it is you just cant say me gusta mi hermana

[@Alex-fv2qs]

Tyra would totally use that double entendre

[@emilioaramalvarado3402]

As a Mexican, i love seeing this kind of videos

[@robertoguevara2007]

Watching this makes me appreciate the fact that I was born in a spanish speaking country, now I do not feel that bad about my accent when speaking english

[@tamaraossa-wangnet8543]

Viggo speaks with an Argentine accent, as spent some of his childhood there

[@TheTurkishLinguist]

the thumbnail is quiet cool! and the video is very interesting especially for me because I've been learning spanish for the past year

[@andyto1998]

Viggo doesn't count in this video as his Spanish is native, he speaks it with an Argentinian accent but I think he now spends a lot of time in Spain and that's why the influence of Spanish in his accent, he doesn't have an Italian or French accent at all. As for the others, Freddie Highmore's Spanish is perfect, impressive, I'm surprised especially being English as languages are not the strong strength of English in general. Gwyneth Paltrow is also very good although with some small grammatical mistakes. The other American actors you can tell are more in contact with the language as they live in the south of the USA, they understand the language and speak it but not flue

[@indiraconnolly2889]

Gold medal: Viggo Silver medal: Freddie Bronze medal: Gwyneth

[@silvinamunoz3047]

Hola, soy Argentina y Viggo habla fluidamente español con acento argentino, básicamente habla igual a nosotros, es asombroso.