Speaking 12 LANGUAGES with my 77 year-old POLYGLOT mentor!

In this video, I talk to my language exchange partner Martin Weiss in 12 different languages.
We discuss many topics including how he learned each languages, his love for different accents, his experience teaching languages when he was young, and more.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 English Introduction - how Martin started with language learning
05:33 Spanish - Why Martin has a Cuban accent
12:05 Portuguese - How Martin grew up in Brazil speaking Portuguese
16:19 Portuguese - Speaking Portuguese backwards
18:28 Indonesian - Discussing how the differences between Indonesian and Malay
24:29 French - Why you should learn French before learning Spanish
30:20 Japanese - How Martin learned Japanese and his experience with Japanese immigrants in Brazil
36:20 Russian/English - Talking about our language exchange in Russian
39:34 Cantonese - How learning Cantonese is not as hard as you think
48:30 Mandarin Chinese - Talking about Martin Weiss' school in Florida
51:47 Turkish - Is learning Turkish difficult
53:58 Thai - Why is Martin learning Thai
56:36 Italian - The best way to learn Italian
1:05:00 - Conclusion
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[@polyglotgrace]

Watch the video where we talk about Martin's language learning method here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGLYgq2nlKucn5Y

[@gillesdo9762]

I am a 71 year old polyglot, the fact of speaking several languages and geing understood and feeling as if we were at home is very gratifying. The peaple who visited their countries appreciated it a lot . 🤗🇫🇷

[@JoshAwang]

It's crazy how you can speak so many languages. The Indonesian was really good, and I was finally able to gauge how good you both are. Grace was so much smoother in Indonesian, but both your vocab for Indonesian was super impressive. To date I can only speak English, Malay, Indonesian, Hokkien, Thai, and some Cantonese and Mandarin, and spatters of Tamil .

[@polyglotgrace]

Thank you!

[@sulandelemere]

Great to see two dedicated polyglots that are serious learners and not just after clickbait.

[@faiththong2290]

As Cantonese native speaker .This man really speak quite accurate Cantonese 😊.

[@naihc938]

Quando ele começou a falar de traz para frente português, eu disse: "uau!, ele é muito bom".

[@mirae9163]

As a native Cantonese speaker who speaks Japanese, Mandarin, Indonesian, Thai, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and English. This video is so interesting! 😃 I was so gald to hear that you both love Cantonese 😊 ฉัน​ยินดี​ที่​ได้​ยินว่าgraceชอบ​ภาษา​กวางตุ้ง​ค่ะ 😺 ฉัน​ก็​ชอบ​ภาษา​ไทย​และ​ฉัน​ก็​เป็น​คน​ที่​ชอบ​การ​เรียน​หลากหลาย​ภาษา​ค่ะ ☺️ ขอบคุณ​graceให้​ฉัน​แรง​จูงใจ​สำหรับ​เรียน​ภาษา​ต่อ​ไป​ค่ะ ☺️​

[@polyglotgrace]

nice list of languages!

[@uese7105]

if you don't mind me asking, how old are you?

[@user-mu4qw5dv5m]

bro,how can you learned so many languages?how much time have spent on learning them?哥们，咋学的，传授点经验

[@rosesteel4317]

Wow you also speak Turkish, that's cool.

[@vendingservices8900]

This woman’s enthusiasm for learning, is so attractive. I’m a native English speaker. Started learning Spanish 5 months ago. Am a B1. Indonesian 3 weeks ago. I’m not even an A1 yet.

[@esperate]

this is crazy!! I aspire to reach this level of multilingualism. Good luck on your journey forward !!

[@justlearn3480]

Tebrikler, sizin için öğrenmesi zor olmuş ama Türkçeniz gayet iyi. Ayrıca şu konuda haklısınız, ben Korece ve Japonca öğreniyorum ve dil benzerliklerinden dolayı çok zor gelmiyor. Dil öğrenmeye çalışırken sizler gibi pek çok dili iyi konuşabilen insanları görmek beni daha çok çalışmaya teşvik ediyor

[@mattmovestothephilippines]

This is so awesome and inspirational. Thank you so much for this video

[@user-kr4cl2pt6x]

30:20 お二人とも日本語上手で、びっくりしました。graceさんも十分上手ですが、weissさんの日本語のイントネーションや会話での間の取り方は完璧です。

[@Atomo_S]

из всех этих языков, на которых говорят полиглоты, результат всегда один: Все спотыкаются, когда доходят до русского! И как изучающая русский язык и влюбленная в Россию, я никогда не перестану изучать этот прекрасный язык!

[@mmlemonade]

Plus de vidéos comme ça, svp! ++

[@user-zm9gc1kt8b]

Wow! If this video doesn't inspire anyone to learn another language then nothing will. I can't wait to watch your next video together on how to learn step by step. เก่งมากๆเกรซ ขอบคุถณมาก

[@LanguageswithErman]

Your Turkish is better than his Turkish. Good job , big effort.

[@RogerRamos1993]

When it comes to becoming a polyglot, being a native Portuguese (whatever variant) is great. You have have a rich inventory of sounds at your disposal. French, which is a headache for Italians and Spaniards to pronounce well, doesn't pose big problems to Portuguese speakers. Some have some difficulty with eu and u, but that's it. I'm learning Romanian and Romanian phonemes are all present in Portuguese. I haven't studied Polish, only dabbled in it and it seems that's also the case for this language.

[@jjjjjjjjooolllllllllll8395]

Super interesting, thank you. Look forward to hearing more

[@ChopStixLoL]

Cool conversation

[@Atomo_S]

Como brasileiro eu digo que o nivel deste senhor em Português é realmente perfeito! O inglês também é muito bom, apenas o espanhol que achei muito rápido ou com sotaque diferente!

[@danilolondono7897]

I love your video!! Kind of my dream to be someone that likes speaking different languages just for passion I enjoy it your Spanish is really good and Portuguese as well

[@jinkok555]

Hi Grace, I am so impressed with your mandarin. The pronunciation is good, the accent sounds so Chinese. I am also a mandarin and Cantonese speaker, frankly speaking, I think your mandarin is great. Thumbs up.

[@polyglotgrace]

Thank you! I have so much more to improve

[@ArrodiPratama_]

What a motivation! I hope that One day i can be like you guys, wannna be polyglot man, i love learning languages all over the world

[@ronlaurent8285]

You're amazing

[@EasyFinnish]

Hi! How are you? It's always amazing see how people can speak many languages! I study French and I think you speak it very well!

[@mirae9163]

Moi 👋 Suomen opettajani, olin yllättynyt nähdessäni sinut tällä, haha. Olen kantonin kielen äidinkielenään puhuva, minä myös olen henkilö, joka rakastaa kielen oppimista. Opiskelen suomea koska haluan tietää, että olisiko helpompi oppia suomea sellainsena joka jo osaa Koreaa, Japania ja Turkkia. Mutta vastaus on "ei oikeastaan" 😅 Mutta suomi on mielenkiintoinen kieli! :) Opiskelen suomea kanavallasi, kiitos paljon 🤗

[@EasyFinnish]

@@mirae9163 Moi! Loistavaa että opiskelet suomea minun kanavalla, arvostan paljon.

[@thibomeurkens2296]

Hi Grace, thank you for the interesting video. Really cool to hear you speak Cantonese! I am very interested in this language and would love to learn it but I wouldn’t know where to start. What resources have you used to learn it?

[@polyglotgrace]

These are the resources I used 1. Martin weiss taught me a few classes / you can use italki teacher instead 2. ⁠youtube videos such as www.youtube.com/@cantobritt/playlists 3. ⁠hambaanglaang.hk/all-levels/ 4. ⁠spotify also has some cantonese for beginner podcast

[@thibomeurkens2296]

@@polyglotgrace thanks a lot!

[@franco4928]

soy argentino, muy bueno !, muito legal.. tai hao le ! thank you, very charming.. he is funny 😂

[@pingustrasse]

Wow it was a really cool video, I can relate struggling with Turkish haha, it was the first language that I studied on my own and I still don't speak it really well

[@gee8883]

Kolay gelsin 加油

[@pingustrasse]

@@gee8883 tesekkur ederim kankim 💪🏽

[@junaidbaghdadi-dd1eb]

Long time no see, hoping you`re😊 doing well, I`m really inspired by you towards the languages, you`re one of my most favourite Polyglots, hoping we`ll meet soon... Uncountable Lo❤e from Pakistan 🇵🇰🇹🇭

[@polyglotgrace]

Thank you! I’m doing well!

[@KevinZapo]

Tambien tocas piano ? Eres increíble! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@polyglotgrace]

Siii gracias

[@gelocastro418]

Sois increíbles. 🎉 Danke. Hoffentlich werde ich wie Sie sein.😅 Learning 4th, 5th or more languages is quite challenging already.😭 SALAMAT idol for me giving inspiration to continue learning. ❤🇵🇭

[@silverflamez]

I love how when she asked him translate anthropology from Japanese, he went with the closer languages (mandarin /cantonese), then Portuguese :P When a polyglot asks you what a word means.. which language do you translate it to LOL?

[@bianyks2917]

Türkçeniz gayet iyi! :))

[@jarellemason7291]

I'm trying to get to 4 languages...

[@jairoruiz5228]

Buenísimo video mi respeto para la experiencia y sabiduría de Martin y tu Grace con un futuro muy promisorio

[@polyglotgrace]

Gracias!

[@orangotango9231]

when he was praising you because you werent mixing portuguese and espanol when you were speaking italian he said in that sentence "melangeando" which I guess is melanger in french but in italian we say mischiare or mescolare

[@polyglotgrace]

Haha 😂 I didn’t know that.

[@sambarayporsiempre]

Ciao grace parli benino italiano,sei molto intelligente,soy peruano habló español portugués y frances también, ingles debo de aprenderlo te sigo hace poco eres fantástica me gustaría mas adelante conversar contigo.

[@ltk0020]

Do you know how to teach Thai language under Cantonese ?

[@bohya77]

그레이스! 잘 살고 있는걸 보니 좋다. 언제나 어디서나 응원해❤

[@polyglotgrace]

보희언니 검마워요. ☺️☺️😉😉😗😗 태국오면연락주세요.

[@user-hn6wn6tp1r]

🌈🌈🌈I saw some his videos in Dutch when I first started learning Dutch.🌈🌈🌈

[@user-vs1zm9rd2t]

Hello, first time i see this channel and i would like to make a video with each one of you, my name is Ángel and i am from Santa Marta Colombia, i have knowledge now in more than 35 languages but in different levels each language

[@sambarayporsiempre]

Crea tu canal,coso vuoi guadagnare dei nei soldini,e muito importante acho eu conhecer tantos idiomas,j'aime aussi apprendre les langues c'est important a bientôt.

[@polyglotgrace]

Nice! I’ve been to Santa Marta

[@user-vs1zm9rd2t]

I would like to be in touch with you Grace for developing yet more my languages practicing and for learning more Thai language with you.

[@RogerRamos1993]

Caramba, fluente até em Português de trás pra frente ou seria seugutrop ed sart arp etnerf? 😂

[@arcticpolyglots]

Hi Grace, would you be interested to share your language background on my language podcast?

[@kostaskladakis8938]

The name of the game is to speak less languages at native level than more languages enough to impress

[@milanhrvat]

This is not B2 - C1 French. Her French is B1.

[@polyglotgrace]

I’ll keep improving

[@RogerRamos1993]

Je crois qu'elle a atteint un haut niveau de français et juste a besoin d'un peu de pratique. Parfois, elle ne savait pas comment conjuguer les verbes. C'est naturel que cela se passe si on arrete de lire ou écouter des langues qui ont des nombreuses déclinaisons verbales. Je m'excuse des erreurs possibles, parce que je lis souvent en français, mais je ne l'écris jamais, sauf dans commentaires de videos sur KZbin.

[@danilolondono7897]

No one asked you which level of french she has.... If you do not have anything good to say don't say it, save it... No one cares your selfish opinion

[@mr_wormhole]

his turkish is actually better than his thai, I am amazed lol, I find thai actually easier than turkish (my native language) in terms of speaking, agglutinative structure in turkish is very crazy, we spend years and years in primary school to do agglutinative parts of verbs like germans do

[@polyglotgrace]

Martin’s Thai is a bit rusty but actually he is pretty good in Thai. He’s better than he seems in the video.

[@RachelFosterBr]

Ele fala bem o brasileiro 13:40

[@RemyZombie]

O brasileiro dele é praticamente nativo mesmo.

[@SK-so1ml]

11 !! how come you only have 20k kazuma speaks almost same languages as you and has 600k subsscriptores !!

[@polyglotgrace]

I need to make more viral videos 😝

[@gwn4207]

nice video. her spanish seems like b1 maybe b2 no offense

[@RogerRamos1993]

Maybe she understands a lot and just needs a bit of practice to speak really well.

[@gwn4207]

@@RogerRamos1993 Of course ! she speaks so many so well i am not diminishing her ability but also as fellow linguists we have to help each other out so we know what we have to improve on. I certainly would not be able to do as many languages as her ever in my life shes so intelligent!

[@PNate_KTrainVer.]

can we see the person who thought you thai :)

[@gaelgoie]

เวลาพูดภาษาอิตาเลียนไม่ต้อง io เลยตัดประธานออกไปเลยค่ะถ้าทำให้สับสนไปออกเสียงแบบprotuguese คนอิตาเลียนก็ไม่ioๆๆ เลยนอกจากจะเน้นว่าฉันนะไม่ใช่คนอื่น

[@polyglotgrace]

ขอบคุณค่ะ

[@erturtemirbaev5207]

Как же он учит русский?! У него не большой акцент.

[@seriekekomo]

if you have to switch to English to say "C1 and C2", you don't have a C1 in Spanish. lol

[@monkpool]

Woah! You’re like the female XiaoMa

[@user-yf3bv3of1b]

他两的普通话都说不好。

[@James-hs3tu]

Waste of time

[@polyglotgrace]

Haters gonna hate

[@James-hs3tu]

@@polyglotgrace Enlightenment me What's so good about it. Say your friend introduce you to a new person In your conversation. They say. The Speak. 20 Languages That's supposed to impress you. And like them

[@user-qc9wy4qy4v]

Hongkong isn’t languages