Unlocking Japanese FLUENCY:

While on holiday in Osaka, I met up with Matt to quiz him about Japanese. In this 1-hour interview, we dive into Matt's journey with learning Japanese. Matt is a well-known language enthusiast known for his mastery of Japanese and his unconventional approach to language learning. In this conversation, we cover his experiences in Japan, his language learning method, and we even answer subscriber questions. If you are looking for an inspiring interview, you have come to the right place ;).
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[@mattvsjapan]

It was awesome to meet you Kevin! Thanks for asking such great questions!! Also, it's hilarious to see the people in the background 😂

[@KevinAbroad]

Thank youuu. These people made the editing process all the more entertaining 😂. I hope they come across this video

[@stefanhansen5882]

Interesting to hear about. Quick question: If you were to estimate your average weekly hours with the Japanese language for those first five years (not including "the school" years), how much would that be? Thanks.

[@oldgold8247]

Good to see Matt is still alive and well

[@lucasguglieri]

@@stefanhansen5882 He said it before he did on average 6 to 8 hours daily, so...yeah, he never specified more than that, but probably he just don't know because he didn't kept track of that at all.

[@stefanhansen5882]

@@lucasguglieri In that case this must be the least efficient method ever, since that would be 10,000-15,000 hours.

[@Phantom_madman]

good to see matt is still alive

[@mohammedobi9182]

Sadly You might are bothering him to state such way

[@sunsundks3891]

On his insta he said he'd be doing a video in a few months

[@epic_cookietank8227]

In his natural habitat as well

[@Aki-wq6xh]

Exactly my thought. Missed him so much. Compared to his original channel I find Refold insufferable.

[@DexFlex_YT]

Same

[@Nope-ru1rd]

We want Matt back

[@kathiaponcefausto7825]

Please 😢

[@KevinAbroad]

I think he'll come back soon!!

[@myselfme767]

Yes! 🙌

[@humanbean3]

I consider myself so lucky to have been told pitch accent was important from matt (and dogen) when i was a beginner. I have a musical ear and I noticed it when I first watched anime, but I didn't know it was important. Without doing intense pitch accent study, just knowing it's important alone is super beneficial. I'll always be thankful for Matt for showing me sentence mining and pitch accent right from the beginning. I've come so far in 2 years, even with lazy study habits and an old person's brain. Sentence mining is so crucial. Pitch accent too in my opinion. At least learn the pitch accent difference between rain and candy in Japanese as a start just to see how it sounds to you. find that sound difference cause it will be in thousands of words and sound the exact same, and after focusing on it, it will sound as clear as two different words. Thanks Matt. Also thanks Kevin too. I watched some of your videos a long time ago for motivation. It's been a while but I think I watched you sing too and it was really good. Also, it was funny seeing Matt on Suspendas stream, especially because I was not expecting it at all lol.

[@ntrg3248]

I mostly took matts advice the last 3 years to learn japanese, now im doing korean and damn, I forgot what it was like to be a beginner, in my early days in japanese I had to get the motivation to actually do it every day, but when I got okay enough to immerse, the flood gates opened. Immersion really is king but being a beginner really sucks lol

[@vanessasmith9646]

The beginning is so hard!

[@JesusOfPaign]

@@vanessasmith9646Ive seen some people talk about how they love the beginning stages, and how hard it is. But i just cannot relate 😂 I’m just now getting to a point where i feel like i can start to enjoy some immersion, but man it took a while to get here.

[@ShockyCz]

I really enjoyed the video, thanks guys!

[@Eternal_Foreigner]

I enjoyed listening to your discussion. I think Matt is really really lucky that he discovered that resource so early that told him how to use immersion and input. I only discovered recently how crucial this is.

[@private-russsinclairs3proj719]

Wonderful interview. I learned so much and it's great to "get to know you" both. Thank you.

[@mikeyarnold247]

Miss seeing @mattvsjapan on KZbin! Great video! 🎉

[@joeypotter4669]

This was such a fun video to watch

[@KevinAbroad]

Thank you! :) :)

[@andybliss5965]

I saw you yesterday and you just replied to my comment. Great to see you with my other favourite linguist. Two people who achieved their level not during childhood but shere hard work in adulthood

[@paulwalther5237]

I've missed hearing Matt talk about language learning. Great interview. I love how one of his initial struggles speaking Japanese was that he had to dumb down his vocabulary because he was too many big words and it sounded weird. Not a problem I've EVER had speaking Japanese in any situation.

[@mellowasahorse]

Great video! Thoroughly enjoyed that.

[@KevinAbroad]

I'm glad! Thanks Tom!

[@ItsameAlex]

awesome!

[@desthureson9171]

Very interesting! Thanks to both of you.

[@KevinAbroad]

Thank you!

[@DexFlex_YT]

Good to see matt

[@TheFiestyhick]

Excellent interview and good questions

[@KevinAbroad]

Thank you :))

[@GrandAdmiralZen]

You're a damn good interviewer this was great, even having watched a lot of interviews with Matt I got a lot of value out of this

[@KevinAbroad]

Oh thanks and I'm very glad!! Matt was very easy to interview to be fair ;).

[@chadbailey7038]

Great interview. I’ve seen plenty of Matt’s interviews and this one had some interesting things I hadn’t heard him mention before. Thanks for sharing!

[@KevinAbroad]

I'm so glad you liked it ☺️☺️

[@fwfailed]

Awesome interview. Both of you were enjoyable to just sit down and listen to!

[@KevinAbroad]

Thank you! I'm so happy that people enjoyed this interview! 🥰🥰

[@exponentzero]

Thank you for being open to doing vids on your holiday! I think your audience will really respond favourably to this. Btw, aren't you still suffering from jet lag? I thought you were just in France the other day.

[@KevinAbroad]

It's better now! I came back a week ago and I'm almost not jet lagged anymore haha.

[@shadowandrepeat]

Great interview Kevin and Matt! We already talked a bit about it but it’s funny Matt said he got a lot of it, haha. I had a certain impression about him based on random things I heard from others or on twitter but that changed when I saw how he was talking on Japanese TV, haha. I also agree with him on what he said in this video. I’ll try Chat GPT the way he mentioned too!

[@Jeff-vi2of]

great interview!

[@KevinAbroad]

Thank you, it means a lot!

[@exponentzero]

Well I watched the whole conversation over a couple of days, and I'm very impressed with the quality of the audio and video for an outdoor setting, the editing, and most importantly with the the discussion. Kevin, this was very professionally done. Kudos to you for managing it while abroad. Whatever one's take is on Matt, (and to be frank we know opinion can be polarized), my impression is the "real person" Matt is a thoughtful, analytical guy. Over the years he offered a lot of practical language learning advice on his YT channel. He's a very intelligent, perceptive person, and I'm sure we will continue to benefit from his language experiences for years to come.

[@KevinAbroad]

That was a very kind comment! Thank you! Some behind the scene story: We were actually also recording the audio with our phones because I was so worried the wind would ruin the audio. So I wanted some back ups. But my voice recorded worked wonders! As I said to Matt in the interview (and off camera), I also thought we would disagree on certain things but actually we were very much on the same page!

[@exponentzero]

@@KevinAbroad You're right, and Matt acknowledged your comment by alluding to the marketing reality that "hot takes" help boost the algorithm...Matt is, after all, a successful language influencer and entrepreneur. That's why I wanted to emphasize the "real" Matt is different, and seems like a reasonable fellow. As individuals, we all have our own language perspectives...When you countered him about all immersion as a newbie straight away, he responded with a nuanced answer about textbooks being a necessary reference component when starting out. Matt hasn't always been so candid,, so well done, Kevin!

[@exponentzero]

@@KevinAbroad I had to laugh a bit when you said you and Matt were on the same page, because I remember you both had experiences with Lingo Steve. If you're not on Steve's page he will let you know it, lol. I remember Steve was blown away by Matt's commitment to watching anime 12 hours a day. I think Steve is also sceptical about the value of linguistics and he likes to downplay the importance of a systematic study of grammar. The truth is, of course, Steve went to Mandarin language school full time while on a government salary, so he was probably putting in at least 8 hours a day for a year or more when language learning. And I'm sure the school Steve attended had a rigorous approach to grammar too. So I don't always expect consistency from our language gurus, but I do derive great value from them all. You are all very accomplished people, and I respect what you've achieved.

[@KevinAbroad]

I had never seen that response! Haha yeah Steve is not on my best books 😆. But like at the end of the day, I don't hate the person (I don't know Steve personally). It's more so some of his ideas. And I still don't think Steve is all bad. We just disagree and it's cool haha.@@exponentzero

[@okstcowboy14]

I never thought about using chatgpt like that. Gonna be a huge help

[@ninas.english]

とてもおもしろいインタビューでした。ありがとうございます。にほんをたのしんでくださいね。

[@KevinAbroad]

ビデオ見てくれてありがとう 🙏

[@sweatybabypowderhands843]

1. To learn fast watch shows like a kid would. The best immersion is the one where you simply just enjoy without obessesing too much about understanding, but also never just do one type of immersion. (If you really want to reach fluency fast) 2. You really truly notice something when told to look for it (pitch-accent) 3. use chat-gpt to power your immersion and understanding, but beaware chat-gpt makes mistakes. Matt has gives me so much new amazing insight everytime I hear him talk and I can hear that he’s thought it through so well. Much love to both of you for this great interview! The questions really went down some super interesting paths.

[@KevinAbroad]

I'm glad you liked it! :))

[@johnforde7735]

When I first went to Japan, I enrolled in the YMCA for Japanese tuition. It was totally in Japanese, (many students didn't even know English), but the best way to learn.

[@Madowl576]

Man I love Matt

[@littleengine9502]

As a total beginner arriving in your target country- you will learn very little. And you probably will feel overwhelmed. Do a solid 2 years and note that even after 2 years - you still may feel frustrated and only learn tidbits from the interactions in 7/11 and coffee shops. Thanks guys for the very good content- much appreciated

[@VulcanStudy]

45:29 you're welcome

[@AleksandarRadlovacki]

Great vid, wanted to see a bit of what his day to day life looks like though (eg. is he working on refold, planning a youtube comeback etc.)

[@KevinAbroad]

There's so much more we could have talked about! But if you follow him on social media, he might update you all on that soon probably :).

[@spacevspitch4028]

I think just always repeating after native speakers for everything in the beginning and just paying attention to the melody and rhythm of the language is important. I knew about pitch accent and watched some videos on it which helped me to just be aware that it exists. But I'm not strictly thinking about which mora or whatever each word is. I just repeat after native speakers and always pronounce the melody of the words as spoken by native speakers the same way. I know the contour of the words is just as integral as the phonemes so I pay attention to that and learn it.

[@Nope-ru1rd]

Matt is a Godsend

[@ericksoaresbarretovaz]

awesome video

[@KevinAbroad]

Thanks!

[@paulwalther5237]

Ah pitch accent. I studied a lot of Japanese back in the day too and really struggled - it's a hard language. I was lucky to have a good Japanese teacher at the community college near my work. He DID mention pitch accent to us in our low level classes. And I think he gave the stereotypical examples of ame and hashi. He did not expect any of us students to pick up on it and we didn't. He didn't drill us in it but just said it existed, but it's not very important, and likely we would never get it right but not to worry about it. So you could say I knew about pitch accent and that it existed from way back. But like the teacher said, I didn't naturally pick up on it when he gave his examples and tested us. I couldn't tell the difference at all. And my brain was just overloaded by all these other more pressing things about Japanese - the word order, number of words I knew, learning kanji, grammar etc. When it comes to learning things in a language you really need to go in a certain order of doing things. Your brain just won't absorb information it's not ready for. I wasn't ready for pitch accent until I had been living in Japan for over a year and had been studying Japanese for 4 to 5 years and I was encountering situations where it was holding me back. Of course I'm not Matt vs Japan. Maybe if his teacher had told him about pitch accent sooner he would have picked up on it quickly - especially being younger. But I think most people - especially adult learners, will find pitch accent very difficult and when you consider how important it is it's really something that should be tackled much later. Sure, you'll have some bad habits but that's just something that goes with language learning as an adult. Long comment sorry. That said - if you are someone that truly puts a big importance on pronunciation because you're a musician or whatever, that's different. Study pronunciation (pitch accent) lots and lots early on. Definitely not for me though but it is something I would want to focus on if I want to get past intermediate and go to advanced.

[@glennkelly4058]

47:10 I learnt French and dabbled in German before Czech. It then hit me how hard acquiring vocab is when so few words are the same.

[@FellowHuman18]

44:43 The conversation for a couple minutes here was really important.

[@nathanlitvin2033]

Here for the algorithm

[@KevinAbroad]

Thank you 🙏🙏

[@jackherbic6048]

I did not notice you had a french accent until you mentioned it. But once you said it I noticed it a lot XD.

[@KevinAbroad]

It's always like this XD.

[@user-io3ko1zj4z]

Matt gave some good ideas about how to use chatgpt to understand how words might be being used in passages. I use monolingual Chinese dictionaries and a lot of times the example sentences are in classical Chinese which isn't necessarily a problem, classical Chinese is very instructive for Chinese 'legalese' or other types of formal language, but often I have no idea what the f*ck is going on.

[@greenviewmedia6186]

i appreciate the random people posing in the background 23:46. 😆

[@KevinAbroad]

Hahaha it was very funny to see when I was editing because I had no idea it was happening as I was interviewing Matt

[@paulwalther5237]

I like how Kevin picked right up on the "eee?" Japanese people do and what it means. Stuff like that will lead to real progress if he continues with Japanese.

[@KevinAbroad]

I hope so! :D

[@amasing115]

25:33 lol the people in the background, I'm sure they're taking their own picture but it looks like a photo bomb xD

[@Linck192]

Just gonna leave this pearl here: 45:29

[@ochavezart]

25:35, those are some cool Japanese folks in the back to the right, that look like they know several cool places to go drinking at.

[@KevinAbroad]

Hahaha

[@paulwalther5237]

I played with the idea of learning kansaiben too but discarded it. One reason is there's not a lot of material to study to help you improve. There's some so it's not impossible but there's not a lot. You will find most of the stuff you do find is for casual beginners only and not for serious students who are looking to fully speak the dialect. The other is that if I did learn it I think I would just end up mixing standard Japanese and kansaiben up. I already mix Korean with Japanese sometimes.

[@humanbean3]

i recommend IKEMEN osaka-ben youtube channel, for some fun osaka ben stories. the guy is pretty hilarious and subtitles all his little self made stories and speaks hardcore osaka ben in the stories lol. I dont really study it persay. but its fun to listen to sometimes to hear the difference every few months/years as i level up in standard dialect

[@coolbrotherf127]

I think it would be like someone from Japan coming to the US and trying to learn a Texan accent specifically. It's so specific and niche to one area that it's not really necessary for actually learning the English language well. The native Texans would probably find it strange if that did happen. I think it can be helpful as a learner to understand accents (especially the common ones), but speaking accents isn't really part of being native level. The only reason I can replicate other accents as an English speaker is because I have been exposed to them in different contexts for my whole life, but I wasn't always able to understand some accents very well. It's the same for Japanese people, some will be more familiar with some accents than others.

[@georgl.8440]

Nice interview! Is Matt leaving Japan again? And is he coming back?

[@itsalex3700]

Why did you think like that

[@sinothetimes2821]

One question I have is about stamina. When I was learning Mandarin, especially locally, I found my ability to concentrate was limited to about 15-30 minutes, increasing to around 3 hours after 3 years. In the initial stages of immersion learning in Japanese, is there a benefit to continuing exposure (e.g., anime, drama, etc.) past the point of being able to concentrate?

[@KevinAbroad]

I can't answer for Matt but I think if you can't concentrate anymore, it's better to take a break. Similarly to what happened to you with Mandarin, your stamina will progressively increase. Learning language can sometimes be like working out.

[@sinothetimes2821]

I think that's probably right. I just wonder if there's any research on listening actively or passively? I agree with Matt's observation about noticing things. Hard to notice much (it seems) when you're not engaged consciously. Thanks for the reply!

[@itsalex3700]

When did matt come to japan? Is he going to stay there permamently?

[@myselfme767]

Maaaatt! Hi! 👋

[@gil9296]

17:52 so do u believe in talent for language learning? Amazing chat 👏

[@KevinAbroad]

Personally, yes but also no. I would prefer the word "predisposition" instead of talent.

[@Linck192]

@@KevinAbroad I like that distinction. Talent can have a nuance that you'd magically learn a language with little effort. Predisposition gives more of an idea of, you have what it takes to put in all the hours of effort. But I think there's also an aspect of the quality of the hours you put in, which for some people can come more naturally than others

[@jvu2ilj26]

I love Matt and all... But those glasses bro...

[@ImKeaz]

Great video Kevin, is Matt still making content? Seems like he hasn't been posting for more than a year

[@currently9143]

He’s a lazy mfer

[@KevinAbroad]

He might or might not be coming back in the near future ;).

[@ericksoaresbarretovaz]

having watched that video,I’m still confused as to sticking to a single domain or branch out to a bunch of them. I’m a intermediate english learner probably b1 or b2 ( could understand most of this interview), should I stay in just one domain or explore other areas ? should I mine every unknown word ?

[@KevinAbroad]

Personally, I think at this level you can probably start accessing various domains. But I would say do it progressively. Maybe start with things you enjoy?

[@lucasguglieri]

Just do what you want i'd say, focusing on a domain it's useful if you have a goal with that, for example listening to a lot of podcasts of people just chatting to get a better grasp on how to speak in a more natural way with others, but don't stick with something if you don't have a goal and that thing isn't fulfilling, because that'll just make you feel like immersing less.

[@KevinAbroad]

I would add that it is useful to watch content that is less what you truly like later on though (at advanced level). Just to diversify your source of input and broaden your vocab. So like, for me politics is boring but because I've been exposed to political content, I'm not completely out of depth when the topic comes up.

[@Sam-nz9yn]

So Matt was in Japan all along? Haven't seen him post a video in like a year. lol

[@jholotanbest2688]

From the first time I heard you, I knew you were French. I actually thought that you had a quite nice French accent.

[@KevinAbroad]

Thanks :)

[@maladroit8520]

24:35 nice pose 😂

[@neight227]

33:46

[@AmungerKing]

I wonder where the guy from 8:15 is at now, nobody else seemed to notice he waved at the camera

[@KevinAbroad]

Hahaha I hadn't seen this one in particular while editing haha

[@ericksoaresbarretovaz]

there are some controversy in this video when it comes to the first tweet question you asked matt and I want to know on reasoning on this topic ? do you think subtitles in the foreign language you are learning can help to improve listening comprehension or would you be as extreme as Matt and watch with no subtitles and all of that ambiguity stuff ? as far as I remember, I think you mentioned watching many tv shows and movies with english subtitles to enhance your listening.

[@KevinAbroad]

For me, it was first subtitles in the target language then overtime no subtitles. But tbh I still prefer having subtitles if they are available. I'm just so used to watching stuff with subs now haha

[@lucasguglieri]

He did use subtitles too, but it was harder to use them for japanese 10 years ago, so...yeah, and i think you should go both ways honestly, use subs sometimes, sometimes don't use (and if you're learning english, let's not forget the fact that some movies have pretty bad voice mixing and are harder to understand even to native speakers, Matt even said in a tweet that he thinks he uses more subs on english content than on japanese content, although he's native in english lol

[@AndreLuiz-os2xw]

@lucasguglieri Exactly. I watched the first ep of Outlander on Star+ without subtitles because they don't have subtitles in English here in Brazil and the understanding was terrible hahahaha 😅

[@lucasguglieri]

@@AndreLuiz-os2xw It's worse if you are watching on tv without external speakers (home theater or something like that), because TVs nowadays are pretty thin and have cheap speakers (and they're badly positioned too...), it gets easier using earphones/headphones because the sound goes directly to your ear, but depending on the way they did the mixing it can be pretty bad anyway, so...take that into consideration when watching because there's a high chance some natives have a similar problem although less because they are more used to the language in general... (E...sou brasileiro também ashuashsauhasuhasuhs)

[@ericksoaresbarretovaz]

@@lucasguglieri só os br aqui ent 😂😂🫶

[@user-qo4zr9yw6y]

25:40

[@Makiaveliiste]

My arm hurts for Kevin

[@KevinAbroad]

Hahahahaha. Honestly, my arm was fine! :)

[@higuchivstheworld]

i really wanna see Matt lol

[@Phantom_madman]

45:30 LMAOOO

[@KevinAbroad]

We had no idea this was happening in the background 😂

[@pahoopahoo]

バーサスを　超えて堂々　イン　ジャパン 玉虫に　光る目の色　マット兄ィ 英語俳句にも挑戦 Matt bro, saw you again, oh sucker day

[@CP-jk8nm]

11:21 I agree you don't have a stereotypical French accent but I thought you were German with a hint of British accent here and there.

[@KevinAbroad]

Hahaha interesting. I get lots of reactions to my accent. I've gotten Swedish, Finnish, etc. Before haha

[@RyanNagy]

How did you (Matt) make a living during the first few years of learning Japanese?

[@CowboyBGM]

Guessing he had the benefit of living with his parents. According to his story he started while basically in High School, Im not saying I know that to be factual. Personally I've been studying Japanese for around 3 years and Im fortunate to have a laid back state job working from home. So most of my day is mindless and not something that requires much dedicated focus. but you don't need to hit the jackpot to do something like this. You could be an amazon worker or uber driver working gigs and be able to put the airpods in and get some immersion in

[@KevinAbroad]

Yeah Matt was very young when he started learning Japanese. During High school times IIRC

[@pahoopahoo]

Made three haikus. 長月に　不意にまみゆる　マット哉 これよこれ　久方ぶりの　マット節 マットさん　ほわったー　くーる　さんぐらす

[@Aki-wq6xh]

What is Matt studying in Osaka?

[@animaterob]

I'm guessing Japanese?

[@KevinAbroad]

He told me but I can't remember now! I feel like it wasn't Japanese language though. But it was in Japanese. Don't quote me on that.

[@addisonwalker7172]

reticular activation system.

[@jabariyusuf]

Matt's attention to detail, utter obsession, and self awareness is so fucking HOT. I'd imagine this guy's a real Casanova out there because I'm blushing from his charm and shit. If I were a native and I met a foreign baddie with this much depth... word to my mommy, I'd let him smash -A (kinda) straight American man in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

[@KevinAbroad]

I... Actually don't know what to respond 🤣. Welcome to the LGBT club?

[@retrofilmwork]

😭

[@johnforde7735]

I think pitch accent is overrated. When you learn Chinese, you learn the tones when you learn words. As Matt says, you may not think about remembering the tones, but if you are conscious about it, then you are sorted.

[@punikachi]

pitch accent ≠ tones. in Chinese you cannot communicate without correct tones. In Japanese you can still be understood with incorrect pitch accent except you will sound bad.

[@johnforde7735]

@@punikachi Sure. When you learn a word in English, you don't care about tones. So when learning a new word in Chinese you may not be used to remembering tones. But if you are aware of that, then when learning a word, you take note of the tones as well. The same can be true of pitch accent. When you learn the word, you learn the accent. (It's not quite as simple as that, because context matters.)

[@KevinAbroad]

Unless I misunderstood, there's no tones in English. We have what we call "stress". Ngl, I don't quite know what's the difference between tones and stresses haha. I guess in English, the stress can reaaally make a word hard to understand. Or even change the meaning of the word sometimes

[@johnforde7735]

@@KevinAbroad Tones in Chinese are like musical tones and are relative. (e.g. high, low, rising and falling then rising.) Stresses in English, I guess, are made by altering the speed and volume of a syllable. The tone doesn't change.

[@Ivenyyy]

Frérot j'ai grillé tout de suite que t'étais Français pas à cause de l'accent ou de l'intonation mais genre les sons nasaux. Je sais pas comment expliquer mais j'ai l'impression qu'en français on ne fait pas résonner les sons dans le nez. 😂

[@KevinAbroad]

Mdr j'ai pas compris. Tu as capté que j'étais français parce que je fais des sons nasaux mais en français on en n'a pas ? (au passage, si. Il y a le M, le B, le V, etc haha

[@Ivenyyy]

@@KevinAbroad désolée je m'exprime mal, mais en gros j'ai l'impression que les natifs anglais ils donnent une amplitude au son que nous francophones on a pas du tout. Je parle pas de la prononciation mais du son (la Fry voice par exemple). Les Britanniques le font beaucoup moins pour le coup.

[@chunkeymunkey100]

25:25

[@ketchup901]

@english521 マジ卍！！

[@KevinAbroad]

I... Hope that's not what they were going for! To me they were just being silly :o.

[@johnforde7735]

I don't understand why anybody would want to have perfect pronunciation in any language because even in English, everyone around the world pronounces word completely differently. Take a Glasgow accent compared to a Texas accent.

[@Ohrami]

Because the person from Glasgow and the person from Texas still pronounce words perfectly. Perfect, native-like pronunciation is always noticeable.

[@block_head_steve240]

Some people might like the pronunciation of one particular accent and want to learn to speak it.

[@MidosujiSen]

Why is bro wearing sunglasses on a cloudy day

[@KevinAbroad]

It was actually pretty sunny 😂

[@CScott-wh5yk]

“I make videos” No he doesn’t (not anymore) 😩

[@KevinAbroad]

Apparently he might return soon 😉

[@Nope-ru1rd]

Hopefully

[@maksimilianbauer5129]

Thank god the frog's hiding his eyes behind the glasses.

[@em6bd4ck7n]

変なおっさんに絡まれちゃったね😢

[@KevinAbroad]

Hahaha 大丈夫だよ :).