This US President Spoke Perfect Chinese

So, you’d think that knowing a foreign language would be a requirement for doing an international job, right? Not if you are a US president. Only 21 out of the 46 American presidents, or less than half, could speak a foreign language and that statistic is particularly unflattering for the most recent presidents.
Donald Trump and current president Joe Biden speak no foreign languages. whereas Barack Obama speaks Indonesian, although he’s claimed he isn’t very fluent in the language.
George W Bush can speak Spanish, but he was quite shy about his abilities, so mostly avoided speaking in public. Bill Clinton is fluent in German, which he learned while studying at Georgetown University.
But to encounter some truly polyglot presidents we have to turn back the clock a little bit. Thomas Jefferson, for example, claimed that he learned Spanish during his 19-day trip across the Atlantic with the help of a copy from Don Quixote. He is one of the most multilingual presidents ever and claimed to have spoken four languages. In fact, most 19th-century presidents spoke Latin and Greek, which were commonly studied in school at the time, and often French or German as well. The only US president known to have spoken an Asian language, apart from Barack Obama, is Herbert Hoover, who spoke Mandarin Chinese from a stint in China with his wife, which they would speak together when they wanted to not be understood.
Interestingly enough, there is only one president who spoke English as a second language - Martin Van Buren. Born in a town of Dutch settlers in New York State, President Martin Van Buren’s native language was Dutch, and he learned English at school.
But the most multilingual president of all was John Quincy Adams, who spoke Latin, Greek, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, German and Russian, or a total of eight languages! Formidable Monsieur Adams!
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[@charlesoliver1223]

"Berlin is fry" yes yes it is, such wise words

[@CircusFoxxo]

"Ist frei"

[@darkvip3r]

Lololol

[@kapitanbach7411]

@@anthonymcdonald4342 What are you on about??

[@outremer91]

"Ich bin ein Berliner"

[@darkvip3r]

@@outremer91 YESSS this I was waiting for someone to comment this

[@boyo7918]

Jefferson claiming to learn Spanish from Don Quixote is the 18th century version of people learning Japanese from anime

[@KimboSlicesLeg]

ONE PIECE

[@sasdrusbaslisto9538]

If the question was did he attain fluency?, then probably not. He got a notion of it, sure... maybe. English and Spanish have similar words. But even if he maxed out his reading time and did his own study of how syntax and grammar and time structure (plus the subjunctive) worked using only the book for reference, I don't think that would have been enough to achieve adequate knowledge. It's as if I, a native Spanish speaker, were to learn French only through a copy of one of Victor Hugo's novels, and all in less than a month. Even with no netflix, no distractions, alone on a road trip, maybe I could say I understand some of it. But still my brain wouldn't be able to "think" in that language as it happens for most people who have been learning another language consistently for quite some time

[@jrh7741]

@@sasdrusbaslisto9538 I learned Spanish in 2 weeks literally.

[@denzelhobbs9982]

​@@jrh7741 no you didn't

[@Ian99_]

​@@jrh7741 how?

[@nimic6626]

Fun fact: Obama lived in Indonesia when he was young and went to an elementary school that later made a statue of him in their yard

[@gilnahnu]

fun fact : obama and the president of indonesia have a close resemblance to one another

[@punchblmers192]

Fun fact: Obama is the silently racist since Jimmy Carter's unknowingly remarkable on Hispanic population.

[@revanhaq247]

​@@gilnahnujokowi looks very similar to obama

[@whatdadogdoin9818]

Thought he was born in Kenya

[@yilongmusk9665]

​@@whatdadogdoin9818 If Obama Was born in Kenya, it would be impossible for him to be président, you must be born here

[@rismadeco]

Obama: "pulang kampung, nih!" Is like saying "yo, I'm back home! 😎" It's awesome he said that ^_^

[@faiq026]

Pulang kampung nich 😁🤙

[@DaniG.German883]

It was awesome when he bombed those innocent Syrian kids too

[@tacosalamanderrapebattle]

Obama ngomong indonesia coii🧔🏿👲🏿👲🏿👲🏿🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😅😅😅😅🖕☝️☝️☝️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@chriscuomo9334]

Well he certainly wasn't American.

[@jwaj]

@@chriscuomo9334 Ok, and 🤨

[@nathanwhy333]

Xiao Ma speeding it up to fit shorts is the funniest thing ever

[@omnicron1]

Sounded like Ben Shapiro lmao

[@rivengoesafk696]

your entire channel is being white has so many privilege including being able to profit thousands off KZbin by speaking some Chinese and repeat the same content over 100 vids

[@dejpsyd0421]

I thought he was speaking Chinese

[@agoniaXdunya]

@@rivengoesafk696 have you ever considered an exit bag?

[@HateThyKing]

@@rivengoesafk696 Pretty sure if a black guy did the same thing they would get the same, if not more shocked results. Also, nice league username lol says all I need to know

[@zulucruz664]

“Berlin is FRY.” - Stalin, probably

[@B-52H]

Meanwhile in Warsaw in terms of city we have no city

[@Bleilock1]

Ist*

[@mattyoung6474]

Frei= free in English

[@B-52H]

@@mattyoung6474 Berlin is free? Can I have it?

[@mattyoung6474]

@@B-52H ain't mine to give away go ask them haha

[@titsmcgee8885]

Nobody knows what Biden speaks. It’s a mystery wrapped in an enigma

[@downundabrotha]

Stop picking on Biden his native language is English

[@itzmeolivia]

Sounds like Winston Churchill. 💀

[@caniblmolstr4503]

And only babies understand Trump .. Crybabies

[@Adomas_B]

He defined America in one word

[@notuxnobux]

biden too forgot what he said

[@RodrrdoR]

Jefferson: "Yeah I can speak Spanish" "Buenos días, taco, burrito, tamales con tortilla"

[@sharp_ant4651]

Lol

[@netswrld]

buenos Dias Buenos Dias como Estas como estas muy bien gracias muy bien Gracias muy bien gracias y tú y tú

[@zhiro_3]

He probably spoke european Spanish

[@RodrrdoR]

@@zhiro_3 "Buenos días, tortilla, paella, viva el rey"

[@marvinbrando722]

Yo quiero taco bell

[@carlosthesciencebish3846]

“Berlin is fry!” Wow, how did he get so fluent??😩

[@pixydust4112]

😹😹😹

[@finster1968]

It took awhile. He was making the moves on a German girl while Hillary was out of town. She kept screaming “Nein!” He didn’t know she was rejecting his advances, so he invited eight more congressmen to join his party.

[@justsomeguywithamustache3188]

Frei= free in german.

[@EddiXP]

@@finster1968 lmaoo

[@kaiwilson5218]

@@justsomeguywithamustache3188 Wir wissen, aber er kann nicht fließend Deutsch sprechen. "Ich bin ein Berliner" lmfao BS

[@HighlightHeaven]

Lmaooo the sped up end

[@NoHaBi02]

Didn't expect to see you here

[@thedanman6332]

Didn’t know Highlight Heaven watch this channel. Is Highlight Heaven trying to learn a new language?

[@rivengoesafk696]

your entire channel is being white has so many privilege including being able to profit thousands off KZbin by speaking some Chinese and repeat the same content over 100 vids

[@kenwu2629]

OMG

[@HighlightHeaven]

@@thedanman6332 I’m learning Spanish and Japanese

[@jonlanier_]

James Garfield did a parlor trick. He asks a guest to speak a sentence. And in his left hand he would write in Greek and in his right hand he would write in Latin. At the same time.

[@jjs8426]

Yup that's some DaWinci type ish pretty easy for a renaissance man

[@IamTheaveragegamer]

Viewers may find it appropriate to know that John Quincy Adam's was also very focused on international affairs, and promoted the idea of the "US not going abroad in search monsters to destroy." A policy goal we have strayed very far from since.

[@johnnycovenant2286]

He had a fatal stroke while voting against the Mexican American war, he also tried to end slavery during his presidency

[@ash_11117]

John Quincy Adams, one of our most underrated presidents. Had it not been for Jackson, John Quincy Adams would be seen as one of our greatest presidents most likely.

[@morecurlsmoregirls1321]

@@ash_11117i strongly disagree. it was because of how much everyone disliked quincy adams that jackson was elected. he was very disconnected from the population and made countless unpopular decisions, most obviously signing the tariff of abominations. from the moment he was elected there was already controversy about his presidency with the supposed corrupt bargain. (i haven’t studied US history in a year so correct me if i’m wrong)

[@maybemablemaples2144]

The ones with the good ideas always die young. I'm almost certain it's on purpose.

[@anonymoususer8895]

Found the Russian.

[@jeremiahblake3949]

I appreciate Bush's modesty, he's aware of his own limitations with the language but still understands it.

[@DinkleDooper]

Sounded better than I thought he would for sure

[@mrkoolcrunk]

He actually sounded pretty good

[@Lekirius]

@@pmv2015 i wonder why?

[@Thedimensionalwarrior]

@@pmv2015 will every time Hitler is brought up, even in a completely unrelated context, some random angry jew always springs up and yet I have never seen anyone complain about it

[@Thedimensionalwarrior]

And also the Spanish language isn't the only beautiful thing he destroyed

[@genghisdingus]

Can't wait for 2064 when we elect the first Japanese speaking president who learned Japanese from watching too much anime.

[@ShadowBlitz776]

Gigachad president (:

[@2chill2bbored72]

@@ShadowBlitz776 nah more like virgin president

[@Megamen019]

😒

[@canadacountryball]

@@2chill2bbored72 what’s the difference

[@AspireGMD]

@@2chill2bbored72 facts.

[@hwangbigdong]

as a malaysian hearing obama speak indonesia makes me happy

[@josephdestaubin7426]

JQA was a legit polyglot. Also, he was probably the smartest man alive during his lifetime. He was most certainly the smartest man in the United States during his lifetime.

[@AnaIG4]

And yet he was a bad president

[@jjs8426]

Wasn't he like super short? Not as bad as the wizard but still short?

[@jjs8426]

Sorry I mean the magician

[@youre.right.]

I’m related to him

[@josephdestaubin7426]

@@youre.right. That's kool. I'm related to Madison, the second or third smartest guy of his time. If I could go back and Converse with just one of them, I would definitely choose JQA. Fact I'd love to be in a conversation between him and the Czar of Russia. Can you imagine what they would think of how things have turned out.

[@Julian-re2ey]

„Bill Clinton ist fluent in German“ That clip sounded like he didn’t know anything about the german language and just spoke words that were read from a paper.

[@AlwaysOnForever]

Lol

[@pixydust4112]

😹😹

[@EpochUnlocked]

The only thing Bill is fluent in is double speak.

[@rhondaweber5638]

Exactly, 3 words!😂

[@filmandfirearms]

@@rhondaweber5638 And 2 of them were identical to the English words

[@Mr.Wonderful69]

Clinton - "Berlin is Fried!"

[@labeachgeek]

I guess, unlike him, they inhaled. 😁

[@user-tr2mb4xs7i]

What do you call a Jewish pokemon trainer? Ash

[@descendant0fdragons]

Berlin is Fried with Oil from Kentucky Fried Chicken.

[@ygpzmemes378]

someone get a AC here

[@laknidubandara]

He is able to hold casual conversation in the language. Later, while giving a speech at the Brandenburg Gate, he gave part of a speech in German, pledging to the 50,000 Germans gathered there that "Amerika steht an Ihrer Seite jetzt und für immer" ("America stands on your side, now and forever").

[@DailyKansasNews]

Hoover's teacher be like: "Wu huangdi wansui" That means Greetings

[@Lemon_Sage9999]

"Ich bin ein BERLINER" 💀 "Fluent in German" uh huh.

[@dagoodistever7186]

You doughnut

[@return6005]

Wasnt that one jfk?

[@johnnycovenant2286]

That was Kennedy...

[@benchoflemons398]

That’s correct The idea that it’s wrong is a myth. It’s improper but it’s how an actual Berliner would say it

[@whosaidthat84]

He said it as a joke. He knew what he was doing

[@packattack1762]

Education back in the day focused a lot on foreign language. I think it would be beneficial to make that an emphasis again

[@lordtoademort8124]

I go to a magnet school that's primarily a language school but the general focus is global cultures and globalization and things like that

[@adjjal]

@@lordtoademort8124 what's a magnet school?

[@JosefPiano]

I'm homeschooled and the curriculum makes me learn a separate language. I can pick from a ton of em too! :D

[@name3698]

They need to start at a younger age

[@TMIATC]

That would require actually learning something. Which the American public school system is against.

[@rikurautasalo2173]

I feel like the definition for "fluent" here is very loose.

[@ararune3734]

It's a thing with Americans, I've met so many who claimed they speak another language but really they knew how to say "Hi my name is" with a really bad accent.

[@cameronschyuder9034]

@@ararune3734 Stereotyping Americans, okay

[@ararune3734]

@@cameronschyuder9034 Yes, problem? I stereotype anyone and everyone. Unplug the stick out of your arse.

[@ararune3734]

@@BlueKoshka-fg6pw How many languages do you speak?

[@CoolReptiles70]

@@ararune3734 its a thing with people like you to pretend like you know about america and americans but actually know nothing.

[@TMIATC]

Something in me doubts that Bill Clinton is fluent in German.

[@jacobwilson9099]

My guy he can't speak donut he called people god damn donuts

[@Jesus420.69]

“Bill Clinton is fluent in German” 😂 ok

[@justacinnamonbun8658]

He left out that Donald Trump is very fluent in BS.

[@razorfox3968]

@@justacinnamonbun8658 No u

[@justacinnamonbun8658]

@@razorfox3968 You ever hear Donald Trump speak?? It's all exaggeration and hyperbole and anecdotes, no facts whatsoever. The diarrhea 💩 just dribbles out the sides. 😆

[@2hotflavored666]

@@justacinnamonbun8658 Oh boy, wait till you hear Bran- I mean Joe Biden speak (If you can even call that thing "speaking")

[@madisonsines7086]

@@2hotflavored666 At least biden is cohert as opposed to mr. "this is the wettest hurricane from the stand point of water" or "we need to sweep the forest floor to prevent forest fires".

[@the_mastermind8182]

"Most multilingual president" Pedro II of Brazil: finally, a worthy opponent!

[@painvillegaming4119]

How many languages can he speak ?

[@ringgame]

@@painvillegaming4119 yh how many

[@internetual7350]

Not a president lol.

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@luanamoraes3578 damn the man is a walking dictionary

[@mateusgorski3071]

He spoken 23 languages, boys

[@danny.55]

Obama said "im back to village/hometown"

[@trentecinq35]

BERLIN IST FRY‼‼ 🗣🗣

[@MonsieurDean]

Hoover was actually one of the folks stuck in the foreign legation quarter in Peking/Beijing when the Boxer Rebellion broke out.

[@CivilizedWasteland]

Neat

[@ajw2954]

lol new alternative history video topic -> hoover never gets outs

[@linkly9272]

@@ajw2954 becomes president of ROC. annexes all of China Warlord Era. Unite three kingdom. china invade US, merge into united states of Asiamerica. que HOI IV mod and 8 way civil war

[@Ziiphyr]

Huh that’s very interesting indeed

[@Kaizoku_Zoro]

Garfield campaigned in German

[@kendrinawaskoro3031]

Obama speaks Bahasa because he spent some years of his childhood in Indonesia and actually attends school in Jakarta because his mom is an Embassy Staff stationed in Jakarta at the time. For Indonesians, his Bahasa is actually pretty good and still can be used for casual or pep-talk conversation. It's also quite impressive considering he still remembers how to speak Bahasa almost 40 years later after he moved back to the U.S.

[@ernaherlina8014]

Itu mah pidatonya ditulisin staff yg paham Bahasa Indonesia. Dia sekolah di Jakarta bukan karena ibunya tapi karena Bapak tirinya orang Indonesia, anggota TNI yg udah selesai beasiswa ikatan Dinas di AS.

[@emperorpalpatine5559]

I was wondering, because non native citizens can’t be president.

[@benny.pepper]

stop referring the indonesian language as "Bahasa". Bahasa just means language. I'm tired of ppl that keeps using this terms and just confusing both indonesians n foreigners. Just say it's indonesian, or bahasa indonesia.

[@soberman1520]

@@benny.pepper i agree with you its too exasperating

[@geraldpujaya6682]

highschool in jekarda

[@mae9911]

I remember my German professor laughing every time that “Berlin ist FRYYY” clip came on. She said it was like “he called us donuts…but we do have very good donuts” and said it was the cutest mix up ever

[@SenkaBandit]

Bruh no way they had THAT much freetime back then before the internet & videogames

[@aacmove]

How can you say somebody speaks another language when they only utter one statement. Let's see them having a conversation in said language!

[@BostonBlues]

pretty sure that was a joke lol you could tell he wasn't fluent in German by his pronunciation anyways

[@thebluepineapplephoenix101]

It was a joke.

[@Minecraftrok999]

Clinton had German in college and is said to be able to hold casual conversation in it.

[@vlcallmeprince-x6032]

Its....a joke

[@imrankh68]

Exactly 💯

[@SUPERlol22a]

Bill Clinton & Kennedy could not speak german, so i dont agree on them beeing polyglots.

[@haraldlandwehr3936]

They have been taught one sentence each by germans for their speeches in Berlin. That is miles away from being fluent.

[@SUPERlol22a]

@@haraldlandwehr3936 Yes. But i really appreciate the nice gesture :)

[@mister8765]

Kennedy: "Ich bin ein Berliner” I am a jelly doughnut!

[@doaa7941]

​@@mister8765 Pretty sure that's a misconception. Most Germans understood it as "I am a Berliner" and will be confused if you tell them Kennedy said "I am a doughnut." I personally am not German but that's the impression I got after watching Feli from Germany's video. Pretty sure no one really cares but I just wanted to get this slightly more out there.

[@mister8765]

@@doaa7941 yeah I’m sure you’re right, I just find it funny

[@Dad-lu1oi]

"I don't want to destroy such a beautiful language."

[@casematecardinal]

I'm actually suprised about Bush. He speaks very well too. Especially for someone with his accent.

[@worldobserver3515]

🤣🤣🤣

[@hanchan254]

Surprisingly, he's supposedly really smart.

[@casematecardinal]

@@hanchan254 yeah. He always seemed to have his head good and tight on his shoulders. Too bad he was in deep with the political class

[@worldobserver3515]

@@hanchan254 😆😆😆

[@MrHendrix17]

Bush is a smart man born into wealth and power and given a good education he just acted folksy cause it made people like him more

[@marshallweimer99]

Small quibble, Hoover did speak Mandarin, but admitted that he wasn't that good at it and could only remember around 100 words (his quote). He credited his son with being much more fluent than he was. I could be getting this backwards, but hey even 100 words is better than the rest ever could.

[@tomaco7310]

I too recall something about him saying he couldn't speak it very well. I believe he said he wife spoke better than he did (but my memory is fuzzy). I'm guessing three might be a touch of modesty on his part in his abilities.

[@NathanaelTan]

Darn, I clicked on this video in hopes of hearing something in Mandarin and all I heard was this dude blabbering on at high speeds

[@knightshade2654]

I probably know around one-hundred words. Then again, I took Mandarin for five years, so I really should know a lot more.

[@pattiday-malina7550]

Thanks! And I enjoy your clips. God bless you and yours indeed.

[@_.what._.]

Ja berlin ist fry,werde ich mir notieren👍

[@AshsPikachu101]

"Berlin ist frei!!" "Oh yeah no I just wanted the sandwich"

[@Abbinal]

Frei means “free” in German, if anyone who isn't being ironic doesn't know

[@user-ez8le1rp3x]

Knowing "arbeit mecht frei" isn't being fluent in German.

[@jumo2670]

@@user-ez8le1rp3x you should not use that phrase considering its historical use.

[@m-linko]

@@jumo2670 you're literally worse than him and the Hungarian dictator with your policing of speech. Gtfo you leftist leech

[@Bleilock1]

@@jumo2670 did you even understand his comment? You shouldnt write comments on youtube Given the conext, how incrediblely stupid thing you just said

[@IVaV1]

No really? Almost as if the captions said it

[@ChrisBartleyLeo]

I fucking love you for your mind and your facts. Thank you so so much for what you do. I will see you in NYC this fall (That was a speak it and receive it not a scheduled planned thing)

[@ClinkClankClonk]

Thank you xiaoman very interesting 👏

[@MaxineTheQueen1]

Bill Clinton rolling his “R”s like an Austrian

[@pixydust4112]

He specks german with a American accent 😹

[@Wubbazt]

that's more common for americans speaking german than you'd think. i think those who do it want to sound less american but don't know the way it's actually pronounced.

[@schmanda_42]

@@Wubbazt How is it actually pronounced, if you don't mind? (I want to double check that I've been doing it right since high school LOL.)

[@aiko9393]

@@TwoPyramid the one who failed to enrol in art school? 😳

[@schmanda_42]

@@TwoPyramid Oh.

[@GestressteKatze]

If knowing three words in a language means you’re fluent in it, I’m fluent in like 20 languages

[@LewisJamieson6]

fr me

[@danieljohnson574]

Same, I can speak 20 languages along with 400 dialects

[@ahwabanmukherjee5065]

Yeah I speak German DEUTSCHLAND SEIGT AUF ALLEN FRONTEN

[@lq7777]

In that case put me down for English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Latin, Japanese, and Russian 😂

[@aarondoyle4717]

Nice to see a video comparing something about presidents other than who is the biggest price of crap. Thanks for this it was… refreshing

[@Bread._..]

What about James garfield, he could write Greek in one hand and Latin in the other at the same time

[@johncenaplayingstarcraft9580]

Martin Van Buren, Chad as always. mans just said "imma be different" in every way

[@Colinop]

eh he wasn't really a chad, the trail of tears happened under him and he was generally pretty ineffective

[@dakjac5087]

@@Colinop Not much you can do when the previous president was Andrew Chadson Trail of tears was based btw

[@softdrink-0]

@@dakjac5087 Andrew Jackson was a chad but the trail of tears was an immense tragedy

[@gotrejo]

@@dakjac5087 trail of tears was very based indeed

[@rainymornings]

@@gotrejo Being from Europe I'd never heard about the trail of tears, so I just googled it. What could you possibly find based about forcibly removing people from their homelands, unless you're trolling?

[@krazycowzz_]

When Obama said "Pulang kampung nih" *chef kiss*

[@thijsfb]

Proud dutchman claiming one of your presidents, tyvm

[@biomuseum6645]

This present was ahead of it’s time

[@The_New_Mexican_Dog]

I just figured out why our Spanish teacher made us read that book and do our semester final on it

[@katerinapatiniotis5598]

The former Australian PM Kevin Rudd speaks perfect Chinese. Native speaker's level.

[@AsukaLangleyS02]

Australia is Chinese owned after all.

[@ravenmunnin8109]

Well of course they want to insure that Australia doesn't interfere when they take Tawian.

[@booaks2980]

@@AsukaLangleyS02 learn geography

[@katherineamelia98]

@@ravenmunnin8109 ik i shouldn’t expect more from a youtube commenter, but you do know taiwan speaks chinese?

[@ravenmunnin8109]

@@katherineamelia98 Alright we speak English. Does that mean we should become a part of England?

[@lapvona]

that last guy literally has my language list

[@slushiesnsleep]

John Quincy Adams' knowledge of all those languages makes more sense after I watched the John Adams documentary mini series on HBO. He grew up in the 13 colonies, was taught Latin with his siblings, went with his dad to France, went to Russia with someone else (can't remember his name), and became the foreign ambassador for the USA (idk if that was the exact title, I'm doing this from memory) during Washington's 2nd term. While in France and Russia, he obviously went to school, sooo...

[@janellek21]

Would John Quincy Adams have booked the Chinese mouth massage and nasal hair removal treatments???

[@rivengoesafk696]

your entire channel is being white has so many privilege including being able to profit thousands off KZbin by speaking some Chinese and repeat the same content over 100 vids

[@kinny8957]

@@rivengoesafk696 Why do you keep spamming the same comment... If you dislike the channel then go to another part of KZbin. Please grow up and don't waste your time.

[@painvillegaming4119]

@@rivengoesafk696 boy you just assumed somebody skin color

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

"Ich bin ein Berliner" "Berlin ist frei" *Continuing the tradition* Language wise, besides Korean I can understand English, French, and German. I grew up in Switzerland so I have their education to thank

[@svalbardstudios7198]

Vous Parlez Français?

[@linkly9272]

thanks for the kim jong-un facts, kim jong-un of north korea!

[@xryanxdxgaming4925]

Fry north Korea

[@OatmealGrillBlazer]

based giga Chad

[@gbles1457]

Non. Ce ne pas parles français

[@leyjit3561]

Memorizing a few words of a foreign language is not being able to speak the language

[@1984rlt]

Never knew that until now. We learn something new every day. 😊

[@vincentzakuwan1521]

When speaking a single sentence counted as speaking the whole language :)

[@Orincaby]

"a" boom now i know french, spanish, catalan, indonesian, russian, and maori!

[@doaa7941]

@@Orincaby don't forget Mandarin

[@rainymornings]

Also this video: when knowing two languages makes you a polyglot

[@vincentzakuwan1521]

@Hey Girl I Like Your Kitchen Romania nah the concern isn't about how long those presidents can have speeches from their claimed fluent foreign languages, but at what skill actually the "fluent" president (like grading for english there is toefl IELTS and mandarin using HSK). Obama can have hours of Indonesian language speeches but i can still fool him by explaining "k*nt*l" mean handsome in english and kamu k*nt*l mean you are handsome

[@beersvault]

that "pulang kampung nih" hits great

[@jturquoise]

Learning Mandarin and love it already ! Learning for film purposes. Mainly Wong Kar Wai. Will also need to learn Cantonese eventually. Mandarin is a priority for me at the moment !

[@jacobwest7]

It's incredible to me we can hear organized sounds spaced out from each other and with inflection and completely understand what they mean

[@Jordan.T2y107]

I listened to a biography about John Quincey Adams and he spent a lot of his youth and young adult years in Europe, living and traveling to many countries where he was able to study and become fluent in many languages

[@Schellsea]

John Quincy Addams out here being the OG, yet again

[@johnnycovenant2286]

I love seeing how awesome my relatives were throughout history

[@MemTMCR]

my man speaking so fast his eyes tryna catch up

[@ThunderBlastvideo]

lol that speedup at the end

[@liiillllliiilllliilllliii9461]

George bush actually speaks Spanish pretty well

[@Aleksandr68351]

BS his Spanish sucks

[@johnchessant3012]

Makes sense, JQA was ambassador to the Netherlands, Prussia, Russia, and the UK, as well as secretary of state before he became president. He was just 27 when he was first appointed as an ambassador.

[@Dagermerican]

Oh shut it !! That’s not fluent German

[@tobiashjalmarsson2038]

"Berlin, Ist frei" is probably the easiest sentance you can say in german so that didnt convince me much

[@xolang]

The way Barack Obama says "sate" and "bakso" in that speech is a definite giveaway that he learned it natively. those words might seem simple, but a native pronunciation is hard to achieve for Americans.

[@nateplayzTV]

"pulang kampung nih" LOVE OBAMA'S ACCENT

[@warthunder9155]

Kinda shows where his loyalty lies.

[@ryanhernandez8324]

@@warthunder9155 Oh, shut up. Your guy just kept over 50 sensitive documents at his house. What if he sold them to the Saudis or something? You ain't one to talk.

[@nintendofan1749]

@@warthunder9155 Do you really want to be talking right now about loyalty

[@wawawawwawaawwawa4965]

@@warthunder9155 Holy shit guys… Obama’s loyalty’s are with Indonesia because he spoke the language..

[@AUGUSTIN-MUSIC]

This was very Interesting! Love it, thanks dude

[@gunnysmack3163]

This feels like some perfect info for trivia night

[@Milo_Estobar]

That says alot on the quality of leader these day....

[@verward]

I've heard before that John Quincy Adams had the unique ability to write with both hands at the same time, which he mostly used as a party trick by writing in Greek and Latin at the same time. Let that sink in.

[@shangobunni5]

Never heard that before. Beyond Amazing if true!

[@roathripper]

the thing is, how much of those languages did they really know? I mean there's a big difference between a schoolboy smattering of the lingo and a fluent, unconsciously-embedded working knowledge.

[@rivengoesafk696]

your entire channel is being white has so many privilege including being able to profit thousands off KZbin by speaking some Chinese and repeat the same content over 100 vids

[@SyrupyBeard]

@@rivengoesafk696 who?

[@rivengoesafk696]

@@SyrupyBeard xiaoma

[@SyrupyBeard]

@@rivengoesafk696 No who asked?

[@bobon123]

@@user-ve5qq5wp6j Indonesian is super easy and very easy to keep, I would be super surprised if in 4 years there he wasn't fluent. He might have lost it in time of course, but several aspects of the language (mostly pronunciation, but also grammar) stick to you even after years, it is enough to practice it a bit and it comes back fast.

[@ZayitBelmont]

That's pretty cool I never thought if presidents knew other languages pretty niffty

[@babulburel547]

Berlin is Fry - 16 April, 1945 A.D.

[@FourEyedFrenchman]

JQA is one of the most underrated presidents ever. Such is the price of having a famous dad.

[@cupcakemuffin3699]

I’ve tried to research about this but nothing has shown up. I was very curious so thank you Xiaoman for informing us

[@jacobs1047]

Is this the guy who thought his plane was gonna crash into the ocean

[@sailorbychoice1]

My Uncle worked for the State Department in an undisclosed capacity, for some agency that will be left unlettered, there was _"No Such Agency,"_ during the raising of the Berlin Wall era of the Cold War. He spoke seven languages fluently including various regional dialects~ he could speak to Spanish, French, or German speakers in their own regional dialect and according to people I knew, he spoke to them in their language he could have passed as an educated sounding native in each. He claimed to have added Italian to his repertoire during a four day long acid trip to Naples in 1969.

[@user-ty5di3ku6o]

John Q. Adams was a legit genius so it makes sense.

[@ChristEnlightenment]

I had him chosen as a project in elementary. Didn't they use to make fun of him or something too? I'm surprised I forgot he spoke that many languages

[@ginch8300]

@@ChristEnlightenment Why would he be made fun of? Because he was a lame-duck president failson who rode his fathers coattail to fame for his entire life?

[@Voltaic_Fire]

Indonesian is super easy to learn, if you want to learn a second language then that is the one you want for an easier time.

[@FootballCity20]

@Lachlan Trescott it is

[@Setupthemabomb]

it's easy, until you've encounter the natives with informal, non-standard Indonesian conversation used most of the time, also get ready to learn regional language wherever you reside there and mish-mash them together to get the full Bahasa Indonesia experience

[@johntonssen7231]

Depends on what your native language is. But learning languages is easy if you want to learn, just go to that country and force yourself to speak that language. In Europe, we have the freedom and the right to live in any other EU country, this is a right awarded to no one else on earth, so I can learn English, Spanish, french, German, Italian etc by just moving to those countries. Spent some time in Ireland to learn English and France to learn French.

[@lightsalt8279]

@@johntonssen7231 I believe you don't have to come to the respective county if you want to learn foreign language. E.g. Not all people who fluent in English ever had to UK, US, or other English countries. But you may have a foreign language "conversation partner" to speed up your ability in foreign language.

[@johntonssen7231]

@@lightsalt8279 you don’t HAVE to be it’s way easier. If you wanna learn English USA wouldn’t be my top pick anyway since they can barely speak it themselves 😅 But what would take you 5 years in a classroom, takes a few months irl. Human beings learn to speak languages very easily. Just go to Spain, France, UK/Ireland, Germany etc, sign up for some classes in that language to learn to write it and boom, after 4 months you’ll speak very good x language.

[@mnicholl93]

Are you laying the groundwork for a presidential run, Ari??!!

[@mattgale69]

Kevin Rudd, Australian Prime Minister in 2007 speaks pretty solid mandarin. Plenty of KZbin videos around with him speaking

[@hideyourtacomiyazaki7219]

As an indonesian, im proud that one of my favorite president speak indonesia

[@davidtauanuu3790]

I did not know any of this. This is amazing

[@marsyaasya9208]

Indonesiaaa. Obama was raised and went to primary school in Jakarta, Indonesia. 👏

[@informalsuggestion6964]

I do not blame Trump and Biden to not speak foreign language. Knowing the English language is good enough.

[@Kentlein]

"Berlin is fry!" People in West and East Berlin: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@TerraEditz]

I love French fries.

[@Kentlein]

@@TerraEditz Me too

[@emmanuellawyer8562]

John Quincy adams been working as a diplomat with his dad since he was a kid so it's not surprising that he knows so many languages

[@LittleDinkens]

Obama grew up in indonesia, kenya and hawaii.. .Very impressive guy!

[@stephonjhn]

Most people in the US know Martin Van Buren spoke it as a 2nd language, but good to see others can learn of this

[@skywatcher458]

i don't even know Martin Van Buren. oh right... i am not americans

[@oanaalexia]

@@skywatcher458 yes, me not American either, hello mate. So yeah, I've learned something new about their Dutch president. What do you know? U.S. isn't the only country with internet access and let's not forget, they're the only ones to understand English too.

[@eiderperez649]

Yo solo hablo español colombianos, no sé hablar español europeo pero si entiendo lo que dicen

[@sauceboss7165]

Ok

[@FreezyAbitKT7A]

¿Qué es la carne llamada "ropa rasgada"? Lo llamamos cerdo desmenuzado. ¿Hay una receta? google translate sorry

[@fruitlooprainbow]

I didn't know that about Van Buren, super cool.

[@defaultdance4727]

I feel like all future presidents should have at least 2-5 years experience of a foreign language

[@fillername917]

"Bill clinton can speak german" Meanwhile Bill clinton:BERLIN IN FRY 🍟