I went and did my Duolingo after watching this , and it immediately said “more people are learning Irish on Duolingo than there are native Irish speakers “

@bbear3886

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@Topazskull

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

@ImBlueDaBaDeeDaBaDaa

2 жыл бұрын

It’s said that before, I think. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it say that months ago. If not, someone please correct me, thank you 💙

@arishanikka9974

2 жыл бұрын

Ikr! I downloaded duolingo yestrday and during loading it said that exact sentence and my mind went to this video right away and now I just have to rewatch it 😁

@BigDickNate2460

2 жыл бұрын

cant tell if thats depressing or not

Kevin, who is 100% Irish, struggles in Irish. To make matters worse, a green owl will now haunt him for eternity until he is godlike in the language.

@chicknorton8839

2 жыл бұрын

"Call Me Kevin" will soon be "Was Called Kevin"

@Ilivepuppys

2 жыл бұрын

He's learning Spanish on there, he good the owl is happy.

@sierraHAHA...

2 жыл бұрын

@@chicknorton8839 more like qevin

@mrsirkosky7618

2 жыл бұрын

he duo-ed his last lingo

@timecloakgames6601

2 жыл бұрын

Kevin trilingual :)

Fun facts about Irish: there isn’t a word for ‘yes’ or ‘no’. (Like, someone asks ‘do you like dogs’ you would say ‘I like dogs’ or ‘I do not like dogs’). Also, the word order in Irish is found in only 9% of the world’s languages.

@irelandaintreal2945

2 жыл бұрын

it’s swag as hell, though you can shorten your reponses by just saying the subject and verb. someone asks ar cheannaigh tú úlla? (did you buy apples?) and you can just say cheannaigh mé. (i bought) ! :]

@dasdaza

2 жыл бұрын

Irish does have a binary yes and no now so that it can be used on computers and things but it isn't really used outside of that

@thejazzy6012

2 жыл бұрын

I hear nìl and tà/siadh used a lot. I assume that modernisation or grammatically incorrect. (I said hear cause my Irish is so bad I don't think I can even claim to speak it)

@rexthelegend3180

2 жыл бұрын

@@thejazzy6012 same, haha. It's really just modernization, in the same way that you usually don't hear "dia duit/dhuit" or "dia is muire daoibh" because they're really REALLY old. If i remember right, it's something similar to "hallo," but im not sure. Also, the old greetings translate to "god be with you," and "god and mary with you," the latter usually is said as a 'hello to you too,' type thing.

@demonschnauzer1555

2 жыл бұрын

Irish 🤝 Chinese Not having a word for yes/no specifically.

Sad thing is, Kevin's level of skill with the Irish language is typical for the vast majority of Irish people. School forces you to do Irish classes but Ireland as a whole rarely gives you the opportunity to use the language in everyday life. As I see it, our patria lingua is on life-support

@Foxtrot6624

2 жыл бұрын

It's because the curriculum doesn't make students understand the language, it encourages students to learn off answers to questions that are predicted to come up, and learn how to reply to super specific questions that come up in the oral. That's it. No understanding, no look at the structure of the language, just force fed things to just learn off and never use again

@juch3

2 жыл бұрын

Learning a language solely based on what they teach at school has never worked, anywhere. To have it work, first you need to have it be the main language of teaching and you probably need to ban any other languages being spoken (the same way they ban students from speaking their native languages in international schools all around the world). Then you'd need like at least 5 hours of Irish language class everyday.

@kevinrwhooley9439

2 жыл бұрын

@@juch3 you sir, should be Ireland's Minister of Education.

@romanpopyk

2 жыл бұрын

@@juch3 also you need a lot of Irish content like movies, newspapers and etc.

@alfredorotondo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Foxtrot6624 it's roughly how English is taught in Italy For example I have to remember computer science both in English and italian but we don't study English literature or everyday things so it's really difficult to speak English outside of the school context

ah yes the two genders: 1. fear 2. bean perfect

@whitelily6658

2 жыл бұрын

@@ahhhhyes I mean in Irish it is literally how we say it sjbdhdbd Don’t have words for all the new gender unfortunately :(. - a sad agender Irish person

@DirtyGeorge

2 жыл бұрын

@@ahhhhyes lol not its male and female. Who calls it woman and man

@belisarius6949

2 жыл бұрын

@@whitelily6658 Can I still call you a Bean though?

@donalbreathnach244

2 жыл бұрын

@@whitelily6658 Nach bhfuil siad baininscneach agus firinscneach?

@colm-ih1fs

2 жыл бұрын

I'm Irish and I can confirm I am a bean

Kevin is Irish yet he is somehow more fluent in Simlish.

@anamariaapostol

2 жыл бұрын

Sul sul

@lucienfortner841

2 жыл бұрын

Shadooby!

@ashanti3169

2 жыл бұрын

Flarbin!

@Alsarnia

2 жыл бұрын

Tbh Irish kinda sounds like Simlish

@thugpug4392

2 жыл бұрын

My guess is that's because the English systematically murdered Irish people in order to wipe out their language from common knowledge.

At least it looks like Duolingo's improved their Irish course. I switched to a different app a while back because every lesson after the basics just kept teaching me, "the lion eats the children," and, "what does the fox say?" over and over again lmao

@laraking804

2 жыл бұрын

Ding ding ding ding dingding ding ding ding

@ZombiesOhMyGod

2 жыл бұрын

Cad a deir an sionnach? ;) Really though I died a bit inside when I say that. My favorites from Duolingo Irish have been gems such as "the lion eats the sandwich" and "the deer speaks irish". My absolute favorite though has to be " Tá an fear sa chuisneoir." Why is there a man in the fridge Duo??? Do you have something to confess??? ...also what other aps are there for learning Irish? Duolingo is the only one I know of.

@thewanderingmistnull2451

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZombiesOhMyGod Do Rosetta and Babel not have it or something?

@thewanderingmistnull2451

2 жыл бұрын

The courses were made by volunteers, and repetition is very, very important in learning a language.

@zaymbie6341

2 жыл бұрын

@@thewanderingmistnull2451 I agree, but you can't just repeat the same two phrases for six months and nothing else. I'm not talking about basic learning repetition. I'm talking about every single slide on every single lesson. When Duo claims I've completed a course and learned a list of words that I've never even seen before because it just keeps asking me what the fox says, the courses need improvement.

I've been saying it for years, and I won't stop now: Duolingo tests more how well you know English than teaches you the language you're trying to use it for.

@jadedesigns6171

2 жыл бұрын

When duolingo doesn’t accept bike as an answer and you have to remember how to spell bicycle

@twrd7126

2 жыл бұрын

@@jadedesigns6171 I got a mistake for typing "Jon" instead of "John", which made me quit, because in Japanese (which I was trying to learn/maintain), they're both spelled "Jon" smh

@jadedesigns6171

2 жыл бұрын

@@twrd7126 oop

@metotheworldisadeadlylaser2216

2 жыл бұрын

@@twrd7126 I typed Jon and it worked fine :0

@kikiholland3695

2 жыл бұрын

It's nice practice for a language you already know but don't get to speak often.

me, an australian who started saying "feck" because of Kevin's videos: yeah I'm somewhat of an irshman myself

@l.l.2046

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not even a native english speaker and I picked up feck from Kevin

@bibbabookgirl8469

2 жыл бұрын

Mood though 😂😂

@nrgbunni.

2 жыл бұрын

Well considering most Australians were convicts who came from England and Ireland we are probably a little bit Irish except for aboriginal people

@-Blasphemy-

2 жыл бұрын

I'm british and I started saying feck too lmao

@alioc3298

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly dude it’s not that uncommon here. My Ma says it all the time. Maybe it’s just the south who say it?

It's fascinating watching an Irishman-who is currently not in Ireland (theabsolutetraitor)-trying to learn Irish.

@gram.

2 жыл бұрын

He learned Gaelic, No such thing as 'Irish' the absolute f to the Ann + y.

@jamiehalleran6421

2 жыл бұрын

@@gram. it’s Gaeilge or Irish

@adammacgreagoir4924

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamiehalleran6421 Both of you are only half right, its Irish and Gaelic, in the language itself there are 3 main names for the language, in Connacht it's Gaeilge, in Munster is Gaeluinn and in Ulster it's Gaelag, the Connacht version became standard when the language was standardised but it was originally grammatically incorrect. Gaelag, the Ulster varient is the oldest form of the language's name, Gaelic is an Anglicisation of the word Gaelag and Irish is used by the majority of Irish people so both are equally acceptable.

@EannaWithAFada

2 жыл бұрын

​@@gram. It is actually Irish Gaelic is a Sub-set of the Celtic language family of languages derived from middle Irish, Irish or Gaeilge, Scottish Gaelic or Gaidhlig, and Manx or Ghaelgagh. It's like saying "He learned Slavic, no such thing as Russian" Irish is the first language of Ireland, Gaelic is a sport we play

@icebear4president

2 жыл бұрын

@@gram. I mean the Irishman himself called it learning Irish in the title

" I would be an alcoholic too if this was my language" Sir, this IS your language.😂

The “fear” pronunciation in irish is very similar to “far” in Norwegian, meaning “dad”

@GHOST-in-the-MACHINE

2 жыл бұрын

Every man is now your dad.

@Pallethands

2 жыл бұрын

Likely influenced from Viking settlements

@kakahass8845

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pallethands More likely that the Vikings caused sound changes that also happened in Norwegian.

@GAMER123GAMING

Жыл бұрын

@@Pallethands "Likely influenced from viking settlements" Ok ok lets stop trying to sound smart thats not even remotely plausible

@thepolishirishman3217

Жыл бұрын

​@@GAMER123GAMING you do realize the vikings invaded ireland... right? This is middle school history

Kevin: *Leaves Ireland and moves to Spain* Kevin: Now seems like the perfect time to learn some Irish!

@mikecheney1724

2 жыл бұрын

Sigma grindset

@alfredorotondo

2 жыл бұрын

He's going to return in Ireland full Irish speaking

@doppelminds1040

2 жыл бұрын

@@alfredorotondo 900% Irish mode: on

@ayekantspeylgud

2 жыл бұрын

Is there a video explaining when and why he moved?

@thestitchsofar

2 жыл бұрын

@@ayekantspeylgud I have no idea, sorry. I just assumed he moved because he wanted to.

The duolingo owl is ALMOST as scary as Jim… almost.

@sianblack3042

2 жыл бұрын

@Anna thank you anna

@shoutarho6081

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe Jim should have an owl familiar whose name is Duolingo?

@kimarna

2 жыл бұрын

@@shoutarho6081 there's bear costumes, there needs to be an owl suit noo

He was doing really well, it saddened me to hear him say that not saving the results is probably for the best. I had a similar situation living in an autonomous Republic of Tatarstan in Russia where all kids, regardless of ethnicity, learn Tatar along Russian, but because I wasn't Tatar myself, and the way they were teaching it was super boring, I felt it was useless and barely passed all my exams and could never pay attention. But once, just once, when reading a Tatar text aloud, I was complimented by the teacher on how good my pronunciation was. She said I sounded just like a tatar girl. I was SO flattered. Even though I did terrible at the language. Even though once as a kid I said to (another) teacher's face I hated her subject. Much later I understood that being multilingual is a huge asset and there are no "useless" languages. So, Kevin, don't get discouraged, language learning is never a fast process unless you're a genius or practice constantly, which most of us can't afford to do. If you really want to learn Gaelic, you can. It even has a Latin script which makes it much easier. Good luck to anyone learning a language, the trick is to make it enjoyable and personal to you.

@Gohka

Жыл бұрын

"Living in Tatarstan I had to learn Russian and Tatar growing up..." *Proceeds to write a comment in perfect English* Whenever I run in to someone who has learned multiple languages it always makes me a little jealous haha. I'm from England, I did learn a little French in middle school but I dropped it when I chose my subjects in upper school I did take German though, I was pretty good at it. This was many years ago though and unfortunately I've since forgotten a lot of what I learned. I at least take some solace in the pride I feel that the language most of the world chooses to learn after their own is the language from my country.

@Peregrina

Жыл бұрын

@@Gohka At least in scandinavia it's obligatory to learn english in school. Here in Sweden we also have a bunch of culture from England or the US and we mostly dub movies or series meant for kids. Kids as early as three years old learn basic english thanks to games, youtube videos or music.

another irish here and through all my years of irish i think kevin did so well like i know foods, drinks random phrases and swears, the anthem and how to go to the toilet thats literally everything from like 10yrs of learning at least i know all the names easily

@willsofer3679

2 жыл бұрын

That's unfortunately because they don't *actually* teach the language. They're primarily just teaching vocabulary by rote learning, and simple phrases that are ridiculously specific, and can't be used outside of certain contexts. But people can recall on tests. That's not actually learning a language. You need to learn the grammar and syntax as well. This has been a constant complaint of Irish language enthusiasts for years, and unfortunately the government has completely ignored their suggestions to revise the method of teaching for years. Because they don't really care if the language dies out. The language could honestly be revived in just a few decades, completely, if they just followed the successful Israeli example of reviving a dead/dying language.

@mariedoesthings3820

8 ай бұрын

I'm not Irish but also learned it for 10 years which is actually really sad tbh I do know a good bit of Irish though since I grew up speaking German and English so I retained language information pretty easily

@swedishmetalbear

4 ай бұрын

The trick is to actually use it when learning it.. Kids should have more regular conversation in the language outside of class.. It would be enough with just 45 minutes a day.. And you would retain the language into adulthood.

someone: say apple in spanish kevin: man's anna you're doing amazing sweetie

@katierasburn9571

2 жыл бұрын

Well i suppose he does have a mans anna too 🤔

@Serrifin

2 жыл бұрын

Ive always pronounced it as maansaana so it’s kinda similar

@illuminaticonfirmed1389

2 жыл бұрын

well he is Anna’s man after all

@manologamerss5801

2 жыл бұрын

Spanish is my native language and honestly Kevin's doing great. Sure he can't say many things but like, he pronounces really well especially comparing to how literally ever single other native Spanish speaker speaks English. It's just atrocious, so really they can't judge him doesn't matter how much he might mispronounce given how they mispronounce English. Also manzana is pronounced Man's Anna. The "Z", even in argentinian accent, which makes the z significantly closer to an "S" is still a " 's " rather than just the " s " and Ana, name or not (Ana is a Spanish name), is the same as Anna, in English.

@Cyclonixs

2 жыл бұрын

La mela

According to duolingo, there are more people learning Irish on duolingo than there are people in Ireland who actually speak it.

@laurene988

2 жыл бұрын

That's sad but I 100% believe it since only 2 people I know can speak it fluently

@sponge260

2 жыл бұрын

True sadly, it's mainly a small amount of the west that speak Irish, I being in that part. Generally just a small bit of Donegal, mayo, Galway and Kerry, that's about it. Even so, almost everyone will speak English so there's almost no reason to know the language other than to talk shit about someone

@da-irish-harry8351

2 жыл бұрын

@@sponge260 Póg mo thóin is something I use nearly every day which is kiss my ass in irish

@lazyslother5264

2 жыл бұрын

@@sponge260 are the people from mayo called mayonnaise?

@BillysMom

2 жыл бұрын

Probably people in the US or Canada learning Irish to get more connected to their culture.

I love when Kevin does something “a little bit different” 😂

I'm half Irish and have been learning on Duolingo. I am really amazed at how well the lessons have been working for me. I can now speak it better than my dad (my Irish parent) to be fair though he also hasn't touched the language since High school.

Who knew watching an Irish man learn his own language would be so entertaining.

Kevin is completing his Irish courses the way I got through my Spanish ones. By not actually learning or retaining what words meant but just figuring out context clues and seeing what answer would be a coherent sentence.

@doodlebyte7964

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. How is there any other way to do it?

@sarahlulubells

2 жыл бұрын

@@doodlebyte7964 the method works for sure but if the same thing is done in the right environment you have a much better time retaining the information because its important and applicable at the time of learning

@mushy8894

2 жыл бұрын

I did the exact same thing for Chinese and it was hell

@AP-uc7oz

2 жыл бұрын

Languages being taught for a grade just sucks

@Kitschune24

2 жыл бұрын

Language Transfer seems like a good app for learning Spanish, but I don't know for sure

3:03 I pretty much gave up on language learning when they implemented the lives. It killed my motivation 💀

Okay, I actually pronounced Eamon right, along with Fionn, Niall, and (believe it or not) Niamh. I had a friend/classmate in school named Niamh (pronounced neeve), and every substitute teacher messed up her name... all but one... ...who had an Irish last name. And she pronounced it right!

@almondandfriends

2 жыл бұрын

Im called Eamon and yeah you very rarely get those names pronounced right the first time, not that i mind too much i still like my name. I got most of the names pronounced right but there were a few there that tripped me up

Now that he's in Spain, naturally Kevin has to polish his Irish skills.

@lennongrad13

2 жыл бұрын

Read this as “Polish his Irish”

@Zechariah_Mathieson1871

2 жыл бұрын

@@lennongrad13 Me too this Comment section is too Europe

@brotherhogan6880

2 жыл бұрын

Why is he in Spain just wondering.

@olikandy

2 жыл бұрын

@@brotherhogan6880 the s is silent

@olikandy

2 жыл бұрын

@@brotherhogan6880 he did a video on it. Basically the weather is nicer. I think his girlfriend is from there too.

I'll never forget two sentences this app made me learn "I'm not a woman. I'm a seal". Irish is beautiful

@SEEYAIAYE

2 жыл бұрын

Prynhawn da, draig dw i - Good afternoon, I am a Dragon.

@hikariyumi9441

2 жыл бұрын

Duolingo always sets priorities when it comes to useful phrases!

@SEEYAIAYE

2 жыл бұрын

@@hikariyumi9441 I can just imagine someone using Duolingo for a few months and going to a foreign country. "Excuse me sir, Megan does not like eating vegetables"

@hikariyumi9441

2 жыл бұрын

@@SEEYAIAYE that’s good information to have! My owl keeps calling me a bad girl! Not only is that rude I’m not seeing myself calling other people that 😂

@SEEYAIAYE

2 жыл бұрын

@@hikariyumi9441 I think Duo knows us too well, It keeps making me repeat that I enjoy drinking beer but I don't like drinking water.

I went to the Irish whiskey museum and learned that the word "whiskey" literally comes from "uisce", the Gaelic word for water. Glad they didn't lie to us lol

@monasabbat9733

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, same goes for vodka in Slavic languages 🤔😄

@mcnic5521

11 ай бұрын

@monasabbat9733 I was about to say the same thing🤔

"I don't even know how to say I, and I studied the language for 9 years!" That is legit me and French. I took it from grade 1 to grade 9, and I still can't speak French, so now I'm also on Duolingo to try to learn it, and the owl now keeps popping up in my day to day life to guilt/threaten me into learning more.

@CalliAMusic

Жыл бұрын

Me with Mandarin Chinese lol. Used to be decently conversational, even, but I forgot everything.

@karlovisttimes8271

Жыл бұрын

you canadian?

“The woman with the air conditioning is back” Shouldn’t it be “the bean with the air conditioning”? 🤔 I’m learning so much from today’s video

@BurnsyMcBurn

2 жыл бұрын

I'm just surprised to hear evidence of an Irish person having air conditioning. She must have recorded that abroad, cause I've yet to see a single house with air conditioning here.

@ScutoidStudios

2 жыл бұрын

@@BurnsyMcBurn Yeah, I'm fluent and I didn't even know we had a word for air conditioning!

@DaLlamaWhore

2 жыл бұрын

@@BurnsyMcBurn æm

@BurnsyMcBurn

2 жыл бұрын

@@ScutoidStudios Wait, *we have a word for it??* Is it crazy long like the word for CD, or actually reasonable? I bet we only have a word for it because of air conditioning in cars and to talk about whether its broken or not, rather than the devices in buildings.

@ScutoidStudios

2 жыл бұрын

@@BurnsyMcBurn aerchóirithe, perfectly reasonable!

“Because, let’s face it, we’re all beginners here” Me, an Irish secondary school student, who is watching this video instead of studying for an Irish test: *ferocious nodding*

@hasogon

2 жыл бұрын

This is studying the fun way

@agcocal4383

2 жыл бұрын

I second this lol have a test next week

@georgieboye167

2 жыл бұрын

im surprised they got into the aimsir laithreach so quickly. the boy EATS an apple? start with the past tense like normal irish lessons

@georgieboye167

2 жыл бұрын

it would probably be easier if he was listening to the correct dialect

@eabhaferry5450

2 жыл бұрын

@@ewe3221 omg yes! My test is specifically grammar and Duolingo doesn’t know the meaning of grammar 😭

I've been doing spanish and irish at the same time too i feel you buddy edit: the one thing i wish duo did better is explain WHY things are the way they are. dia duibh is "hello to you all" and dia duit is "hello to just you". also, I'm learning Irish so we don't lose the language!

I really liked this video and the way you alternate the lessons with your previous experiences about learning Irish!

I'm realizing I would absolutely be invested in a series of Kevin relearning Irish to fluency

@elenap15227

2 жыл бұрын

Yesssss

@jeremyroland5602

2 жыл бұрын

We could all learn along with him. That would actually be really awesome because I've been dying to learn Irish, plus it'd be doing a huge favor for the Irish language as it's almost in danger of dying off, although it has been coming back in recent years.

@ducksongfans

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremyroland5602 it has died off for common use, my mom grew up in ireland and dosent know it at all

@jeremyroland5602

Жыл бұрын

@@ducksongfans Have you not heard of the Gaeltacht?

@ducksongfans

Жыл бұрын

@@jeremyroland5602 oh i hadn't hear of them

As an Irish citizen recently moved to Spain, using Duolingo to learn Irish was the obvious choice

that bit where you used asking to go to the toilet to remember please gave me flashbacks to when I started studying welsh a year ago and used may i go to the bathroom please (ga i fynd i'r ty bach os gwelwch chi'n dda?) to remember go, please, and may i. I'm glad they make you ask in Irish at school just like they made us ask in Welsh.

Funny I knew the pronunciation of a bunch of the irish names you showed cause I've become super invested in this Irish book series and they have literally 80% of the names you show. Finding out the pronunciation was like a betrayal ngl.

‘a bean’ will never get old it literally cracks me up EVERY time

@splashlemon3231

2 жыл бұрын

Same with bore ragnarok, every single time man

@aidanfarnan4683

2 жыл бұрын

Makes "Mr Bean" a bit weird as a name.

@KlaximumSkroeft

2 жыл бұрын

that's the goblet of fire video?

@KlaximumSkroeft

2 жыл бұрын

that's the goblet of fire video?

@darth-severus

2 жыл бұрын

@@KlaximumSkroeft yes

"you're the worst thing to happen to ireland since the famine" had me dying

@RealTeX1

2 жыл бұрын

Probably had kevin dying on the inside after they said that to him

8:39 - Muzzy! 😻 I’m Italian and we had the dvd here too, iIrc multiple dvds were released, each one with different languages. It used to come out each week, but my parents stopped at the first one ‘cause it had the languages we learn in school. I wanted more tbh, I watched it so many times as a kid lmao I still have it 👀

Muzzy gave me mad flashbacks to French class, thank you for this weird trip down memory lane (Also, for any new Duolingo learners, I recommend reading the unit guide before starting a new unit! It’s easy to miss (and probably not as detailed as it could be imo) but it does help)

Me: pronouncing Aemon correctly Kevin: you're wrong. Pronounces Aemon the same way I did Me: ah I see

@Musicallison

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah Eamon is actually my dad and my brother's middle name so I was just there like 😶

@kc12311

2 жыл бұрын

I knew that one from Dragon Age Origins lol.

@saifuusuri

2 жыл бұрын

Even if you're right, you're wrong.

@yetanother9127

2 жыл бұрын

I actually got Aoife correct because a mythical character by that name was mentioned in an OSP video.

@imhappy._.

2 жыл бұрын

I got Saoirse because of Séan lol. He names one of his dogs after her.

As a former home-schooled kid who's spanish lessons consisted of watching every episode of Muzzy, I know your pain all to well

@MossyBallerina

2 жыл бұрын

Same, but with French.

@bddragon631

2 жыл бұрын

Mine was Italian

@nc5193

2 жыл бұрын

Muzzy is vaguely familiar, definitely something I tried to forget. It's creepy😆🙈

@datatheandroid4195

2 жыл бұрын

Mine was in English, i think at least, I think I repressed it

@rubyy.7374

2 жыл бұрын

@@bddragon631 Same. I didn’t know it was originally British until way later.

9:02 i totally forgot about this show.. this awakened some ancient memories i definetly didnt watch it in irish though, but idk what language it was

Yoooo Muzzy is SUCH a throwback!! My brothers and I used to watch it on VHS all the time to learn Spanish

As a Gaeilgeoir (Irish speaker), this was the most blursed thing I've seen all week, thank you Caoimhín (Kevin)

@gram.

2 жыл бұрын

Aye, exactly. It's gaylick. Not Irish. Then there's the supreme, gaelic.

@mickybussey

2 жыл бұрын

Caoimhín 😳😳😂

@inspector_beyond

2 жыл бұрын

Still cant understand how "mh" turns into "v"

@belisarius6949

2 жыл бұрын

@@inspector_beyond the same reason why spanish people turn j into h.

@muireannnnn

2 жыл бұрын

@@inspector_beyond depending on the part of the country you're in it can also turn into a 'w', and 'bh' is done the same way!

“You can see what the Irish language is like” As a Gaelic Scot, I’m already laughing, god you’re in for a bloody rough time. Scots literally has 18 letters for the alphabet instead of 26, so letters like V simply don’t exist, but BH and MH are said like V… so… my condolences?

@moara4144

2 жыл бұрын

English: learning silent "e" Gaelic: learning silent "ddhgh"

@mischief.brewed

2 жыл бұрын

Irish is the same! I think they share an alphabet

@alioc3298

2 жыл бұрын

That’s just Celtic languages in general tbh

@Talarc24

2 жыл бұрын

​@@alioc3298 Hey, no need to tar the Brythonic languages with the same brush as the Gaelic languages!

@alioc3298

2 жыл бұрын

@@Talarc24 hey I dunno about you but my Cornish ass is sure as shit seeing similarities here

hearing that irish spongebob intro gave me so much nostalgia. I remember my nana putting on TG4 as a kid and watching it

I love all your videos kev! No matter the content I'm here for you!

You know this stressed him out when it literally said "fear me" and he didn't comment on it

Being Irish and knowing the language, this was the funniest thing ever

@XENON2028

2 жыл бұрын

same lol

@dandelion_tufts

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely the best part

@beeznutz8017

2 жыл бұрын

ye im only learning but now i feel like a god

@sponge260

2 жыл бұрын

@@beeznutz8017 conas a bhfuil tú ag dul air aighe leis?

@crazy7194

2 жыл бұрын

yeah same with me

I have tickets to a Rammstein show next year and I'm trying to learn as much German as I can. I already know some from their songs but I can't speak it good at all lol. Duolingo has helped a bit🤣

@seguaye

2 жыл бұрын

I’m learning german too! I started out with duolingo, but i found a fantastic online class for it, and its the best language learning experience ive ever had. I’m still very much a beginner but german is such a fun language and i hope i stick with it and become fluent eventually

Kevin breaking things besides games! :D Actually, I find it *very* interesting how user interfaces, be it games or language learning, that the devs *thought* would work… don’t. Kevin has a *lot* more patience that I would ever have! Thanks for the video!

"I would be passed off too if this was my language"....but Kevin, you're 100% Irish. This is your language.

The amount of serotonin I get every time the Bean joke resurfaces is through the roof. It’s always funny.

@desmondleguay1969

2 жыл бұрын

I think I missed that video. Do you by any chance remember what it's called?

@majahultgren5368

2 жыл бұрын

@@desmondleguay1969 I’m pretty sure it’s from when Kevin played the Harry Potter: prisoner of askaban game

@desmondleguay1969

2 жыл бұрын

@@majahultgren5368 cheers

@omegapuppyttv

2 жыл бұрын

SAME OMG ITS ONE OF MY FAVORITES

Muzzyyyy! i remember watching this in Italian! Blast from le past! XD Great vid btw

This was very interesting to see from the perspective of an Irish person. I think you are being harder on yourself then you need to be. I could tell your background knowledge from school was helping you more than you realized. You at least knew how to pronounce words that I don't think I could ever manage to pronounce XD. Definitely would watch more if you ever wanted to delve into something like this again.

As a native Spanish speaker, I would LOVE to see you do this again but instead of Irish, with Spanish

@heathmescon4280

2 жыл бұрын

Amazing profile pic btw

@daseb_xdhere

2 жыл бұрын

Suscriptor de tomii 11 tienes mi respeto

I love how 7 minutes in, Kevin even lost the ability to talk normal english, going "YOU EATS APPLE" 😂

Really enjoyed this video!

Muzzy was one of the first programs in USSR/Russia for English learning, it also had no subtitles, my mom used to watch it when she was young. That's so cool that they made it it Irish 😄

My favourite thing is when Kevin asks "what is this" and DOESN'T click the word although it would show what it is 😂

@connis2299

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair Duolingo isn't great at making sure you know this is something you can do Took me quite a while to figure out

@nataliaxo6239

2 жыл бұрын

@@connis2299 it actually tells you in the little clues before you start a lesson

@thewanderingmistnull2451

2 жыл бұрын

@@nataliaxo6239 Yeah, well, the app version tells you to click the tips section...which isn't on the app for Android.

@sagewisdom09

2 жыл бұрын

@@connis2299 I was halfway through the second tree when I figured it out.

@sagewisdom09

2 жыл бұрын

@@nataliaxo6239 Not in the mobile version, lol

Title: Learning Irish with Duolingo Kevin: Starts the video speaking Spanish Classic Kevin.

@gram.

2 жыл бұрын

Gaylick

@vittoprince

2 жыл бұрын

@@gram. Nah man, Garlic

Strength to you kevin! i am proud of people such as you that attempt to learn their mother language this late in life, kinda like an indian man learning sanskrit at an older age

Looking forward for the full walkthrough for this game

Alternate title: "Irishman exclaims 'what' in varying tones while attempting Irish Duolingo"

the fact that kevin is so entertaining that we can watch him learning a language via an app and still have a blast

As someone doing the Scottish Gaelic course, this was a weird mix of familiar enough to recognise stuff, but different enough to be confusing 🤣🤣🤣

Verbs in Irish with -im or -aim at the end of them is me! It's basically taking mè being squished into the word. Like in English you say I am, but you can also say I'm. You did really well for someone who doesn't speak any Irish and hasn't for years!

I would just like to compliment Kevin's shirt. It's just nice.

@sadarahbarr1291

2 жыл бұрын

i think its just neat

@ScooterBond1970

2 жыл бұрын

I think it's just def.

@peterkennedy8795

2 жыл бұрын

I wish i had that shirt

"An Irishman tries to learn Irish with Duolingo" I can already see that he will fail tragicaly and Duolingo will do what he has to do...

@IamaPERSON

2 жыл бұрын

@Anna if you have no rights, self promote

@gram.

2 жыл бұрын

Naw. Gaelic. Not Irish.

@lumethecrow9808

2 жыл бұрын

@@gram. In Ireland, it's called Irish, not Gaelic. It's much like saying English is called Germanic

@ahhhhyes

2 жыл бұрын

@@gram. its gailge on irish not gaelic thats what scots speak

@whitelily6658

2 жыл бұрын

And then he proceed to forget that in the present tense you get to mash together verbs and mé

Never did I think hearing Kevin say "A BEAN!!!" would make me go from crying to laughing in an instant lmAo thanks kev

You don't understand how many memories Muzzy gave me back god i loved ittt

It's fun to see similar grammatical rules in different languages. Throughout this vid I was like "That makes sense, it's like in German!" or "It's obviously that, kind of like in Polish" . Heck, it was enjoyable and I actually learned something

@madeniquevanwyk

2 жыл бұрын

Being a polyglot is so rewarding! Unfortunately these aren't close to my languages but I'm glad someone gets to experience that here 😂

@cawareyoudoin7379

2 жыл бұрын

Hallo! Wie geht es dir? Też mówię po polsku i niemiecku :P

@soloscriptura7451

2 жыл бұрын

I know that Scottish Gaelic is western Germanic and they can have a conversation in their native tongue with the Irish.

@ScutoidStudios

2 жыл бұрын

@@soloscriptura7451 pretty much, like if you drop them both in Antarctica they'll make a new Gaelic tongue.

@connortheandroidsentbycybe7740

2 жыл бұрын

There was a few cases where I thought the same with French (and by extension the other romance ones)

Kevin: living in Spain and learning Irish Also Kevin: Why would anyone want to watch this in Irish with Spanish subtitles?

Make this a series!!!

We used to watch Muzzy in my French class, I totally forgot about it. And I really wanted to learn Irish as a kid because I had a friend who spoke it and it always sounded really cool

Kevin: Irish is hard, I only have 3 lives left & I’m depressed Duolingo: NICE!

"Every sentence'd be a struggle, it would drive me to the bottle" -Kevin, the Poet (2021)

12:32 knew it cause of song of the sea, it's just too memorable for me to forget Saoirse (The pronunciation not the spelling dear god the spelling is confusing

Big fan of languages. Big fan of Kevin. Teach us more Irish, Kevin!

Kevin playing Duolingo was the definition of "doing something different today" on the channel

What can’t Kevin do? He’s handsome, has a beautiful voice, is funny, and is trilingual

@annavee6956

2 жыл бұрын

Quadrilingual! He speaks Simlish, as well!

12:23 kevin my man thats literally the name of one of the members of a best selling boyband of all time

Omg, thanks for reminding me of Big Muzzy! I've had this weird memory of the evil guy (wasn't he called Clever or something? We used to call him that) but I couldn't really remember where from. Finally some clarity on my life 😅

Kevin's "WHAT?!" At the word for congratulations was comedy gold

@hikariyumi9441

2 жыл бұрын

I clipped it right away. My highlight and very relatable

@sponge260

2 жыл бұрын

Comháirdeachas!!

My grandparents are 100% Irish yet all I’ve learnt is “póg mo thóin” which wasn't the best phrase to teach me when I’m like 8

@thefakepie1126

2 жыл бұрын

"pog"

@nightorchid5031

2 жыл бұрын

What does that mean again?

@stayhomewearamask3318

2 жыл бұрын

What does it mean

@cianbenson4779

2 жыл бұрын

@@stayhomewearamask3318 it means kiss my ass, it’s very common in everyone in Ireland to say😂

@dakotablount251

2 жыл бұрын

That's what i learned from my step dad. He's full blown Irish. Accent and all. But he also taught me a little more stuff.

It’s really cool seeing Kevin learning Spanish, partly because I’m learning Spanish… been using Duolingo as well as having a class at my school.

As a Welsh speaker, Irish makes a lot of sense grammatically to me but the alphabet is a hurdle... Plus the Duolingo Irish woman is scary

@hrotha

2 жыл бұрын

This is kind of ironic considering that Welsh probably has the most intimidating spelling out of all languages written in the Latin alphabet (emphasis on intimidating though - my understanding is that Welsh orthography is actually remarkably regular and predictable once you learn the basics, whereas Irish spelling is way less intimidating at first glance, but it's certainly much, much harder)

@eier5472

2 жыл бұрын

Welsh: laughs in /ɬ/

@SEEYAIAYE

2 жыл бұрын

Sutmae, bore da.

@ynni

2 жыл бұрын

@@hrotha Welsh is very regular once you're aware of the sounds, but my struggle with Irish is difference between broad and slender sounds as well as all the digraphs that don't sound how one would perhaps expect them to based on how they're written

@BurnsyMcBurn

2 жыл бұрын

As someone who learned Irish for 12 years and only retained a bit more than Kevin, I am amazed that a Welsh speaker is probably putting more effort into keeping the endangered Irish language alive than I ever did. I always wondered how English suddenly decided "nah, we don't need those things to help people reading figure out how a vowel is produced," but even more confusing is how Welsh at some stage just... didn't need vowels. I know it's not that simple, but I am curious how it still works without any (that I can recognise).

Kevin, lo estás haciendo muy bien. Todo el mundo está orgulloso de ti.

@Willon

2 жыл бұрын

Nah were not proud of him were fond of him

@supernova582

2 жыл бұрын

See yo speak Espaniol muy bien mi am es estudianta of Bilingual app with es el Loco how bad mi am at this lol donde esta el boinos?

@icel8828

2 жыл бұрын

You just taught me KZread has a translate option in comments

@parkycod

2 жыл бұрын

@@supernova582 Que dijiste 🤨

@supernova582

2 жыл бұрын

@@parkycod you asked what did I say ok I said yes you speak Spanish very good I am a student of Duolingual app with is the crazy how bad I am at speaking Spanish were is the bathroom?. The crazy is not prouper English it's a mistake in the translation of Spanish to English also proper English it's not very good it's very well my bad 😅. I'm sorry for my bad Spanish

i’ve been learning Irish on duolingo for about 8 months and you really are doing so well 😅

Always like to see the "something a little bit different" videos!

Necesito ver a Kevin practicando Español, tiene que ser la risa.

@adrianidrovo5593

2 жыл бұрын

Espero que ahora que está en España haya más comentarios en español

@notjustlaura6708

2 жыл бұрын

Ojalá que sí, sería genial que aprenda y un día logre hacer un video entero en español

@dieloes2873

2 жыл бұрын

Sí por favor. jaja

@mate323

2 жыл бұрын

@Inti Nicolás Fierro Oroza no puedo siquiera empezar a imaginar a Kevin hablando español latinoamericano 😂😂

@feersi

2 жыл бұрын

@Inti Nicolás Fierro Oroza pero dijo manzana como latino d:

God. As someone who has tried for years trying to learn Irish on Duolingo and having to restart multiple times, I feel so validated.

@SEEYAIAYE

2 жыл бұрын

I have the same problem with Welsh, Duo is great for casual learning and repetition on basic stuff but you need to dig a lot deeper, get some books and listen to some podcasts/audio of your TL if you really want to really learn a language.

@sponge260

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've tried Duolingo for a few languages and it's just not very good. It's more so you can just say "oh yeah I know Irish "conas atá tú?" It's very rarely actually useful stuff. But if you do want to learn it, get books, get classes, talk to others who speak the language. I know this sounds silly but if you can come to the country I'd say it's not a bad idea. Obviously you'd need some basic understanding, but actually using it in daily life does wonders for learning it. I feel the main reason Irish people don't remember Irish is because they never use it at home, at all and they never even have the option to most of the time. But, if you want it, ná cuir stop leis an staidéar

Only Kevin can make studying a language into a captivating youtube video

Muzzy is a great one, one of our relatives gave us a full box of Muzzy CDs complete, even have the guide book and all when we were young. It's a great way to learn because there was also a storyline along with it.

Okay but the fact Kevin remembers Muzzy is EVERYTHING

@pissangelmindfreak

2 жыл бұрын

yes that’s French they’re speaking and NOOO these children are not French, they’re aMeRiCaN!!

@LlamasAtMidnight

2 жыл бұрын

That just brought back some repressed memories. I watched it in French and I was absolutely terrified of it

@lizzard3434

2 жыл бұрын

I had the French version too. I remember I would watch it, not understand what was going on, then pop in the English version and watch that like I was watching a Disney movie or something, lol!

@Awesomekid2283

2 жыл бұрын

I watched the Spanish version in 8th grade and it was everything. It was a huge meme and we all loved getting to watch that instead of doing whatever we would have done instead, although we were tested on it a little

@darrencrissistotallyawesom918

2 жыл бұрын

I watched the English version and we absolutely loved it and were very invested in it

Kevin: I'm 100% Irish Also Kevin: let's learn Irish cause I forgot it all

@xeropulse5745

2 жыл бұрын

That's the Irish way. 😂

The algorithm led me here after watching a bunch of Gàidhlig (“Scottish Gaelic”) videos. I’m just a beginner, but I understood all of the Irish duolingo content in this vid. It’s so cool how similar the languages are.

Fun Fact - In Ireland, more people speak Polish than Irish. Ireland is a very popular place for Polish people to emigrate too, for some reason

@languageoffootball

Ай бұрын

That’s not true. It may have been for a short time around 15-20 ago but the Irish language has undergone a bit of a revival in recent years.

I laughed way more than I should have about how this briefly devolved into watching Spongebob in Gaelic... although that Gaelic but subtitled in Spanish just seems like it was targeted to an Irishman who moved to Spain but decided to watch Spongebob, hmmmm... But keep up the good work relearning garlic

@juliaboon9741

2 жыл бұрын

Garlic.

@jamiehg4272

2 жыл бұрын

gaeilge*

@Senpai_Krempi

2 жыл бұрын

*GARLIC*

@ozzy3401

2 жыл бұрын

Irish*

@irishteen5425

2 жыл бұрын

Gaeilge *