European speaks 19 languages
Languages in the video:
English,
Slovak,
Hungarian,
Czech,
Mandarin Chinese,
Russian, German,
Italian, French,
Spanish,
Serbian,
Farsi,
Polish,
Portuguese,
Romanian,
Dutch,
Taiwanese,
Japanese and
Cantonese.
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0:06 English
0:30 Slovak
0:57 Hungarian
1:40 Czech
2:11 Mandarin Chinese
3:00
Russian
4:00
German
4:48
Italian
5:29
French
6:20 Spanish
6:42 Serbian
7:47 Farsi
8:37 Polish
9:30 Portuguese
10:33 Romanian
11:20 Dutch
12:23 Taiwanese
13:17 Japanese
14:07 Cantonese
Frequently asked questions:
Q: What is your job?
A: I work as an interpreter of English, Slovak and Mandarin Chinese.
Q: What was the most difficult language you've ever studied?
A: Mandarin Chinese.
Q: How old are you?
A: 33.
Q: Which language do you like most?
A:
Difficult to say, but if I had to pick a favorite it would be: Hungarian, Russian, Cantonese and
Persian.
Q: Which language do you dream in/think in?
A: I don't even know.
Probably those that I use most often: Slovak, English,
Mandarin.
Q: When did you start learning foreign languages?/How long did it take you to learn all the languages you speak?
A: I don't think there was a starting moment in my life. I grew up with 2-3 native languages and spoke 5 at an almost native level by the time I was 13 and just continued learning languages here and there as I grew up. As for how long it took me, it took me my entire life.
Q: Could you give me some tips to learn language
XYZ?
A:
Sure. I have a blog where I wrote probably everything I think about language learning (http://www.foreverastudent.com).
Feel free to check it out. I could write here too but I would only be repeating myself. I also made a lot of videos about language learning on this channel.
Q: How long does it take you to learn a new language?
A: It depends on the language. Also it is difficult to tell what it means to 'learn a language'. To get to a C1 level in Russian it took me about 3 months, to do the same thing in
Chinese about 7-8 years.
Q: How should I start learning a language?
A: https://youtu.be/l0aGvTQp9FY
Q: What is your secret?
A:
There is no secret, only passion, lots of time spent on practice, good conditions and a bit of talent.
Q: Where are you from?
A: I was born and lived most of my life in
Slovakia.
Q: You made a mistake in the French part. It shouldn't be 'ce video' it should be 'cette video'.
A:
Thank you, I'll remember.
Q: You made a mistake in the Serbian part. It should't be 'kuči' but 'kući'.
A: Thank you. I realized it the moment I said it.
Q:
The Spanish part was too short.
A: I know. I'll make a video where I speak only Spanish next time.
Q: You don't speak Portuguese, you speak Brazillian. Why did you learn that ugly Brazillian Portuguese and not the real Portuguese from
Portugal?
A: I must've gotten about
100 comments like this and worse. I honestly don't understand why all the hate against Brazillian Portuguese from Portugal. I just felt silly writing 'Brazillian' instead of 'Portuguese' especially since as far as I know the official language of
Brazil is called Portuguese, not Brazillian.
It's like saying I speak '
American' instead of 'English'. But, lesson learned, next time I will proudly say I learned 'Brazillian Portuguese'. I learned Brazillian Portuguese because: I love its sound, wonderful Brazillian smiling people, the country, the music, the nature and because I'd like to live there one day.
Q: You didn't learn
Greek! You should be ashamed of yourself.
A: I got about 50 similar comments. I have no intelligent answer for this.
People help me out:)
Q: Why didn't you learn
Arabic?
Armenian?
Hindi?
Indonesian?
European Portuguese? Greek?
... I'm dissapointed.
A: I never had a good reason or interest.
Q: Were you ever interested in learning
Scandinavian languages?
A:
Originally no, because
I never had a chance or good reasons to learn them, plus it's too cold for me up there, but recently I read a book by
Stieg Larsson and got a bit interested, so maybe
I will.
Q:
Great Chinese but you speak with a Taiwanese accent.
A: I lived in
Taiwan for 5 years. I don't know how to speak in any other way.
Q: The use of the word 'geil' in the German part was inappropriate/wrong/off.
A: It was a bit off, you're right. I learned German when I was a teenager and didn't use it since. I said the word without thinking too much. It's definitely not that I used it on purpose to sound cool.
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