Currently I can speak English (my native language is Russian), German, Mandarin. Studying Swedish and Japanese, soon going to pick up Arabic and Spanish. Thanks for inspiration, Tim!
@hauziae11 жыл бұрын
they could have coloured most of the map if he speaks spanish
@digitsdigitsdigits80811 жыл бұрын
He's no prodigy. He's just dedicated. He says it himself.
@StudioAnnLe11 жыл бұрын
That's fantastic!! I need to learn another language!!
@ExtremeSupremeX11 жыл бұрын
Im kinda jealous
@notti935111 жыл бұрын
Wasn't surprised when I realised he was left-handed too. 4:17
@JessbecauseKeniam11 жыл бұрын
Awesome! i know three languages and was trying to choose between Japanese and Korean maybe i should learn both!
@badreligion29210 жыл бұрын
I hope this kid grows up to become Daniel from Stargate SG1
@cget11 жыл бұрын
I don't think this kid realizes the type of careers he could get into. . .
@0345514664411 жыл бұрын
I speak Pashto, Urdu, Hindi and English. I understand some Arabic and I am learning Spanish. And I am here thinking that I speak a lot of languages!
@JohnShowalter111 жыл бұрын
What impresses me the most about him is his humility. He is willing to ask anyone for clarification, even during this video. Well done, sir! :D I only have half the languages he does, and I'm much older!
@Junhishiryu11 жыл бұрын
I can speak five languages: Filipino, Chinese, Japanese, English, Indonesian (and little bit malaysian). Too bad no one supports me and often times I'm just self studying. I only rely on available resources - internet for example. I don't have money to afford formal education about languages. But by the way, this guy is really awesome. If he's going to speak filipino, primarily the tagalog, the grammar has a resemblance with Indonesian and Malaysian so it's not that hard to learn.
@Mf7d8911 жыл бұрын
Omg so what if he doesn't know Spanish, he speaks 20 other languages!! He could learn Spanish in a day if he wanted to, relax guys.
@neoazazello11 жыл бұрын
really inspired meee:) thanks fellow
@axelmairtons309510 жыл бұрын
huh,i didnt know my language (greek) was dead haha :P i guess he means ancient greek but i wouldnt call it dead people never stopped using it the language never died,it just involved we are taught ancient greek at school(kinda) so a lot of greeks can either read or speak ancient greek or they can do both
@Lucasdbv260411 жыл бұрын
His voice changes depending on the language he's speaking lol
@kippensaus2010 жыл бұрын
before i watched this video i read the title, and i was 100% sure he coudn't speak dutch ''yet''. en ja hoor, ik had gelijk ;))
@Ginjinkun10 жыл бұрын
OMG he's watching Psycho-Pass to study Japanese xD おいおい、サイコパスじゃないか(笑) 他在看【心靈判官】學日文啊! 애니메 PSYCHO-PASS를 보고 일본어를 공부하고 있어요! Está vendo o anime PSYCHO-PASS estudar Japonês! ...yep that's all I got T_T
@Atldoc111 жыл бұрын
he should run for secretary of state
@kathleenmae336211 жыл бұрын
I'm FIlipino but I grew up in HK and I speak English, Tagalog, Cantonese and Mandarin fluently. The fun thing about knowing different languages is that I can think of a phrase in a language and translate it around when I'm doing a composition for school.
@Lexig719711 жыл бұрын
I have watched so much anime i have watched over the years and i cant speak Japanese. SMH
@user-xm7hu4gp9b11 жыл бұрын
Thnkr: Prodigies, Restoring hope for the human race.
@Lions432211 жыл бұрын
Being dedicated is a huge part of being a prodigy.
@IvdW_11 жыл бұрын
Wtf this guy speaks Dutch? I speak Dutch as well and I don't understand the language sometimes. It is awesome that he speaks a language that about twenty million people speak.
@liliheidari56411 жыл бұрын
omg i just know Persian ,Arabic and English. i wanna learn more good luck Tim
@esraaa8d11 жыл бұрын
I've got so much respect for this guy. I'm a Turkish girl who lives in The Netherlands and I can speak English fluently. So I could help him, but he's to far from here :P. I was learning Japanese, Korean and Arabic (in my own time), but because of college I didn't had the time for it. This guy gives me the feeling to start learning these languages again, and I'm gonna do that :D. Thank you Tim :)
@destinydcp11 жыл бұрын
This video is great! It's inspiring. I want to learn Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Shona and ASL :)
@ToddShannonmusic11 жыл бұрын
Show me a prodigy that isn't "dedicated". Pure dedication might account for being fluent in 3 languages at age 17...but 20? That is exceptional ability. Don't see how his dedication makes him not exceptional.
@LadyBellaCookiez11 жыл бұрын
I only know, English, Portuguese, and Spanish. What an amazing 'talent'!! :)
@vobiesie11 жыл бұрын
this kid is going to work for the CIA
@MrPantherVII11 жыл бұрын
i speak english and turkish and i must say his turkish is pretty impressive for someone who speaks an additional 19 languages
@JunkGathere11 жыл бұрын
In Denmark it's common to speak 2-3 languages fluently and understand even more, but this is damn beautiful. 20 languages... Unbelievable
@NatalieAmor11 жыл бұрын
OMG he is amazing!! It makes me so inspired to keep learning French! I live in Australia and it is very similar to the US in the way that we are only raised learning English. My school never had a full second language course for students, there was one option, but I never really had an interest as a teen. But I'm taking up learning french as a hobby now :-)
@demon693711 жыл бұрын
this man doesnt need subtitles watching anime dubbed in japanese seriously cool and with games that are exclusive for example in japan where the final fantasy series are in japanese
@DistortedV1211 жыл бұрын
ummm.....does he have something against the Spanish language?
@diego777cas11 жыл бұрын
I have loved learning languages too, but as I keep getting older and more busy, I can't find time to continue studying :( So far, I know Spanish and English at high levels, but French is getting up there. I know introductory sign language and German. I need to work on those and Arabic as well as begin on Mandarin.
@TheCookiDoctor11 жыл бұрын
I understand the way you learn with TV because that is the way I learned English. I'm from Serbia and I can speak fluid English because when I was a kid Disney Channel and Jetix didn't have serbian subtitles so I had to make myself understand.
@Gruess2you11 жыл бұрын
man this guy motivates me even more to learn more languages! thank you!
@thedaver811 жыл бұрын
his English is incredible. :)
@golbinnom11 жыл бұрын
oh he didn't learn spanish >
@NickBond00711 жыл бұрын
Good job man ;) Glad you picked up Farsi!
@AlphaGeminorum111 жыл бұрын
Two things immediately stand out about this amazing young man. He's left handed and he speaks English at an extremely rapid rate. This tells me his brain is wired differently than most people's brains.
@mistytinker1311 жыл бұрын
I've been teaching myself Japanese for a while, and I find that what is actually difficult is not learning vocabulary, more the sentence structures and how different they are.
@poetryrb11 жыл бұрын
This young man is so motivating. I'm living in Korea now and desperate to learn Hangul. I love the quote he mentioned from Nelson Mandela: "When you talk to a man in his second language, you talk to his brain. When you talk to a man in his first language, you speak to his heart." Tim is the kind of president America needs; he'd be someone who can connect with hearts of people all over the world.
@SPK7777-711 жыл бұрын
there was a great point there - learning languages is like learning its cultures -- exactly my point. Good for you and best wishes on new ones!
@kyokushin028311 жыл бұрын
I'm learning English in NE who is from Japan. I respect u so much!! Actually I was thinking about studying other language, but my English is still poor so I just focus the English that's why I gave it up. However I changed mind that I will try some language soon!! Your presence gave me courage. Thank you! 日本語も頑張ってください!!
@AbdullahhMurad11 жыл бұрын
He can speak my language!!!
@GhilleSasanach11 жыл бұрын
I meet and chat with a lot of people around the world thru a few game and social sites. Being a house bound old person..I spend a lot of time on the internet. One thing that always amazes me is how folks from so many fantastic foreign countries speak to me in English...and THEN apologise for their "bad english"!! To which I respond that I cannot speak anything but English and I am amazed at their hard work and that they had absolutely nothing to apologise for, they were perfectly fine!
@demon693711 жыл бұрын
he has no problem playing games with many language support
@Giguit11 жыл бұрын
But... Greek isn't dead.
@BritishGuysAreHot12311 жыл бұрын
What no Korean? Hahaha! 20 languages, I can barely speak three! I'm amazed!
@MarioDoiron11 жыл бұрын
His french is excellent. Bravo jeune homme, continuez votre beau travail!
@Dragonight413511 жыл бұрын
This is just amazing! I admire such talent. I can barely get myself to speak two! If you were to learn Spanish, you would cover a lot more of the world, which would be the coolest thing ever. But I understand that he probably learns the languages with the history that he's interested in.
@sabbysky11 жыл бұрын
I natively speak finnsh and I learned englsih at a young age, I studied japanese as a hobby and learned it, now I'm 21 and picking SPANISH as a hobby. Spanish seems very easy. I whole heartedly agree that new languages open up so many new things about people and cultures that it's more than worth it to learn more and mroe languages. :)
@afsafasfgasgsgsef11 жыл бұрын
How does he not speak Spanish.... one of the most spoken languages in the world. But he knows some random African language..
@ALICExMARIAHxROSE11 жыл бұрын
Wow. ^_^ that's exactly how I feel about learning a language! I took Japanese at school for the last 2 years (I'm 16 now) and this summer I'm learning Romanian. And at school next year I'm taking manadrin Chinese and Russian. (Russian isn't offered at school so I'm learning that on my own) ^_^ I wish someone had told me a lot sooner how FUN it was to learn languages!
@JonahGhost11 жыл бұрын
you kick ass tim! 완전 멋저!
@lovemypiano11111 жыл бұрын
I am amazed at the breath of his knowledge, besides studying the language he studies the culture as well. That's the only way to learn anything. Smart, smart kid with a bright future. I hope he becomes a diplomat!
@maxxiewong714911 жыл бұрын
Fabulous.I can speak Mandarin,Teochew,Cantonese,English.And now im learning Thai quite well.Next semester, i'll learn Japanese.Then,i'll learn French or Spanish.And,that's enough,i think.I love learning language,i wanna learn many kinds of languages,but I don't think i'll survive if i do so,in my country.Whatever,it's cheerful!
@sturmkonigin414210 жыл бұрын
Pashto is an Indo-European language, not a semitic language, it's insulting that in the thumbnail of this video Pashto is depicted with an arabic alphabet, where actually its original alphabet is similar to those of Punjabi and Hindi. It's a sensitive topic because the indo-european populations of middle eastern countries are being heavily persecuted and forcefully assimilated by muslim-arab regimes, be more aware of that next time.
@myloveforanimerocks11 жыл бұрын
Wow he is amazing! U know what? I'm going to start learning Spanish soon in my junior year and practice some Italian and Japanese at home by myself.
@riaoo151811 жыл бұрын
I used to think it's abnormal that I'm interested in 15+ languages and usually all I do in my free-time is learning languages but now I feel normal again hahah It must be hard to keep all of them at the same level, I tend to forget even easy English words
@slocorini11 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. I've been learning German for about 2 years now in school, but even then I couldn't compare with him in his Hebrew or anything. It's inspirational! I love learning it, though I definitely wish I was better at actually speaking it and communicating vs. just being able to write and read it. But this motivates me to practice speaking it much more! Language learning is so much fun!
@gabssnake11 жыл бұрын
No spanish or portuguese? that's a whole continent with only two languages
@MateriaAlchemist11 жыл бұрын
The funny thing about this kid is, he's not a genius. He just has an interest and he studies in a REALLY useful and helpful way (I can definitely vouch for watching lots of TV and immersing yourself in the conversation of a country). Plus he has a great memory. It says he can speak 20, but my guess is that he's FLUENT in 3-4 maximum. Which is incredibly impressive, don't get me wrong, but not impossible. Which means there's hope for the rest of us ;)
@299312AA11 жыл бұрын
I know Polish from my parents, Norwegian because I live in Norway and English from school. I am starting in mini-high after the summer, then I'm going to learn German. I am planning to learn Portugeuse, Spanish and French too so I can travel in Latin-America and such.
@justinreck844011 жыл бұрын
Wait. Greek isnt dead.
@Stalkie11 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a dude, quite cool. I'm trying to learn arabic as I am half palestian, and I am very astonished about his pronounciation in arabic! Wow!
@runescaper145911 жыл бұрын
i currently speak arabic hebrew and english at a very high level (my mother language is arabic) and im truying to learn russian and romanian i just wanted to help you out a bit because in the end you said in hebrew "אתם מסתכלים thnkr" and it is not correct מסתכלים is used to say looking but to say watching you have to say צופים so the sentence is " אתם צופים ב thnkr"" hope i helped you out :) thumbs up so he could see i love what this guy is truying to do and i admire his work
@martabortas486711 жыл бұрын
You can try learning croatian on serbian because if you learn one you also learn the former language of ex Yugoslavia.
@knightryder60011 жыл бұрын
Of all the THNKR prodigies, this is the one I envy most!!
@HeliusSlayer11 жыл бұрын
I love Tim. He is awesome. Such a smart dude.
@meabint.a550511 жыл бұрын
الشرق الأوسط .. ما شاء الله تبارك الرحمن
@pwg007011 жыл бұрын
He would make a great peace maker.
@danfelbm11 жыл бұрын
tienes razón, algo a tener en cuenta es que formas idiomáticas, no son tantas, si aprendes inglés, muchas formas escandinavas serán similares (alemán por ejemplo) aunque, si él sabe francés e italiano, no le costará aprender español o portugues, de hecho seguramente lo entiende :) es por ese motivo que a hispanohablantes se les dificulta lenguas germánicas, y no tanto las romances...
@aliaghamohamadi991111 жыл бұрын
wow amazing you learned Farsi(Persian) as well? Really hard language ...
@nickscan776310 жыл бұрын
mantenere apprendimento della lingua italiana di romanticismo
@_Checkmang11 жыл бұрын
He is truly inspiring.. I'm curious to see how very linguistically diverse he will be in years to come!
@sorankurdi11 жыл бұрын
wow that was awesome, this guy is an inspiration to me, i personally speak Kurdish, English and Arabic (in Arabic i'm not fluent), but its only in English i can read and write, in the other two i can only speak it.
@natcary711 жыл бұрын
People like Tim can bring the world much closer together, good luck to him!
@afgbutcher11 жыл бұрын
Hi Tim, I'm an Afghan, I can speak Farsi and English. I just wanted to teach myself Arabic. I'm quiet good in reading Arabic and I understand 3 of 10 words but I wanna learn more. What is the best way to learn Arabic. What did you use? Books or anything like that? I'm waiting for your response
@adrianagarciapinto312711 жыл бұрын
He doesn't speak spanish!!???
@Rondadoreronda11 жыл бұрын
There is no royal road to learning. I got it. I try to expose myself to English such as listening to as much English as possible, watching English programs every day. Your video encourages me to study English harder. ありがとう、ティム。 将来日本に遊びに来てください。
@cca21111 жыл бұрын
WOW!! His accent is GOOD!! He learns the languages really well! And I can't believe he chose Hebrew as his first second-language! That's one of the hardest language to learn if it's not your mother tongue, and he nailed it!
@lacsonj3111 жыл бұрын
I'm 17 and I can speak seven languages.. I'm getting there!!!!!!! :D
@chocoholics1311 жыл бұрын
I am currently learning French. I want to eventually be fluent. On top of my school work I listen to podcasts in French and I also have a workbook my French teacher gave me that I plan to work on during the summer. After French I want to learn either Portuguese because the economy is thriving in Brazil right now, or Italian just because it's similar to French. I think my brain is wired for language honestly.
@beri413810 жыл бұрын
6:48 "התחלתי ללמוד לפני שנת חצי"? לזה אתה קורא לדעת שפה?
@Cubannerd11 жыл бұрын
He is an inspiration. I'm trying to learn german by myself but it's a pain.
@007MrYang11 жыл бұрын
4:48 He's watching Psycho-Pass! Great anime!
@ciprianmarinescu850311 жыл бұрын
I'm really impressed, amazing job!
@ivansakurai926911 жыл бұрын
U live in the u.s and from all them languages you know you dont know the one that is more useful to you...spanish!!! just saying
@Hamidnwo11 жыл бұрын
and of course he is left-handed :)
@bengkulujambi201211 жыл бұрын
Holy moly....that was amazing man.....unbelievable....
@Ponyxlnl11 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! This guy is my Hero!
@TeamFilthyz12311 жыл бұрын
He is amazing.
@rstrela11 жыл бұрын
This guy is amazing
@Sam5Neo11 жыл бұрын
لغتك العربيه جيده... اتمنالك النجاح وتعلم بقية اللغات .. Wish you the best Tim :)
@nicsedge940011 жыл бұрын
Yes, I noticed - he is indeed left-handed like a lot of creatives! What a great young man . . .