As a Korean language teacher I could say that Felix's skills absolutely skyrocketed. He still makes small mistakes but he almost never just cuts off his sentences halfway through like he used to do before cause now his vocabulary got so advanced he can actually conclude his thoughts most of the time. Even if he tries to simplify them so as not to get confused it's still so much better than just leaving them hanging. Not only his speaking skills but thanks to the members and constant inevitable practice he picks up the stuff he hears pretty easily and even if missing some details he gets the core meaning which is obviously the goal. So yeah I'm so fucking proud of him, I've been watching over his growth since the survival program days and it feels like I'm seeing my student getting better and better every day, he's done a wonderful job

@izukumidoria2307

10 ай бұрын

I rlly need to learn korean so can you please teach me???

@elriane94

10 ай бұрын

Does he have an accent when speaking korean? Or can he passes off as a native?

@er0325

9 ай бұрын

@@elriane94 it depends. Sometimes he really does sound like a native speaker but there are some sounds that give him away apart from the sentence structure. Overall he sounds just fine and most of the time it might sound more like a dialect rather than an accent

@elriane94

9 ай бұрын

@@er0325 this is really interesting, thank you for you answer!

@Kuromi_-68t

9 ай бұрын

​@@er0325 oh

Felix was brave to let the whole world watch him struggle to learn Korean. I love that the other members hype up his success.

when felix came to korea he could only count to 10 and say hello so he learnt from scratch it took him 8 months to become semi fluent because jyp said he wasn't allowed to debut unless he was fluent

@aesaphyr

10 ай бұрын

I still think that's really harsh of JYP - there's a number of kpop idols who aren't native Korean speakers and whose lines are in English, and it would surely have been an option worth considering in the early days until Felix became more fluent, instead of removing him from the group. It's one thing if you're considering whether he's ready to join a group, but it's entirely another situation when he has a group already and you're removing him from it. It just makes no sense to me!

@babowasalwayshere

10 ай бұрын

Oh yea that would kinda make sense that he only knew how to count to 10, since he was very competitive in taekwondo. They have you count in Korean so I guess that's where he learned that from.

@Kuromi_-68t

9 ай бұрын

Oh okay

This is actually how I discovered Stray Kids and got into Kpop lol. I first watched idols struggling with English (cuz it's funny) then idols struggling with Korean(cuz it's funnier) and Felix made me laughed so much I searched him up and here I am, talking alone to WolfChan in my room

@zee3623

10 ай бұрын

Same. I watched the compilation as well and felix was so charming and funny. People in the comments were like, "Cooking like a chef im a five star michelin". I was confused and searched that up and well.....went down the rabbit hole.

@daesungscurlyhair

10 ай бұрын

Felt the wolfchan part 😂

@SKZ.WORLD.DOMINATION10

10 ай бұрын

That what got me into stray kids

@Kuromi_-68t

9 ай бұрын

Same

@abhadwivedi2619

9 ай бұрын

Sameee...never thought someone would be like me...like literally each and every step...yo you are my bro.. let's go👍🏻

Watching felix try to fight the korean language is so hilarious 😂😂

When Felix came to Korea the only Korean word he knew was “anneonghaseyo” he had to learn Korean from scratch he worked really hard

Love thisssss Felix is actually so impressive cause he learned Korean just in a few months

Felix has said that before becoming a trainee he didn't really know any Korean beyond saying hello and a few other very simple words - so he basically had to learn from scratch. By the time their pre-debut survival show started, he had only been a trainee for about 5-6 months, and imo to make matters even harder for him, he was more of a rapper than vocalist so he was expected to rap in Korean. I have huge respect for how hard he worked on learning Korean from scratch well enough to perform his lines and debut within just 1 year. I've been learning Russian for a year but I definitely couldn't do more than follow a very simple conversation! Also Felix looks like a teenager because he was one - during the pre-debut show he was 16, and at debut he was 17. Sometimes it's easy to forget how young he is because of how Stray Kids are kind of 4th Gen leaders - he's still only 22 (the 23rd birthday is coming soon though).

@kerryholland4822

9 ай бұрын

I learnt Spanish and French for a few years at school - I never was able to even string a sentence together. Felix is a legend!

He's actually multilingual. Speaks French, Korean, and English. Fluent in English. I have to admire him and Bang Chan in that sense as learning a language that you were not taught from childhood is difficult. Love this video it shows just how far Felix has come and how much he has matured as a Stray Kid.

@tallovesskz

10 ай бұрын

japanese aswell ❤

@viis374

10 ай бұрын

He doesn’t rlly speak French. I think he understands it a little and knows how to pronounce stuff

@vanessaforskz

10 ай бұрын

@@tallovesskz ya at this point all stray kids members know some Japanese I think the best in Japanese would be lee know tho

@tallovesskz

10 ай бұрын

@@vanessaforskz yea they all do, and lee know is known for that 😊

@fireash5793

10 ай бұрын

And he wants to learn Japanese

Felix knew just a few words in korean...he learnt all off it during training

I respect Felix so much for this. English is not my native languague but i learned it from a very young age which is why i dare to say i'm quite fluent now. But i tried learning spanish last year and it was more than difficult. It's just so hard when everything is new and you can't express yourself because you don't know any word or grammar. It's also very demotivating especially in the beginning when you have to keep studying constantly or else you forget the things you learned yesterday. Felix even said he is a slow learner so it must have taken him even more time and energy and that during the survival show that was already stressful and tiring. Sometimes people forget how strong and hardworking he is.

@yoghurt_is_a_fruit

10 ай бұрын

I'm curious, what is your native language? And also are you still trying to learn spanish? Bc i also tried to a while ago but i gave up to focus on french as my 3rd language instead (i need it for school)

@klaramell

10 ай бұрын

@@yoghurt_is_a_fruit My native languague is german. Last year i took a spanish beginners class in uni for one semester but i didn't continue. It was really fun and i was even able to use a bit of the latin i learned in school for 7 years (i never count latin as a languague i speak because obviously it's not spoken anymore and i forgot a lot of it too). I'd actually love to try learning spanish again but i'm not diligent enough especially when i don't really have a reason to why :( When you say french is your third languague, is english your first and spanish your second?

@norviolet108

10 ай бұрын

@@klaramell this is so cool to me, that you were learning spanish, and your native language is german cause I took German for a semester but didn't continue and I would love to keep trying but it is hard! haha so now I'm hoping we can both fulfill our goals, me learning your native language and you learning mine

@yoghurt_is_a_fruit

10 ай бұрын

@@klaramell no, my first is actually german, just like you (Btw, Where are you from?) English is my 2. and while i tried to learn spanish, i wasn't able to keep up with it long enough to actually understand or speak it well (i only learned it by myself while it had actual classes for both english and french) I could have said that all in german but whatever

@klaramell

10 ай бұрын

@@norviolet108 Wow really? That's amazing. Yes German is hard, i wouldn't want to learn it 🤭 Now you actually gave me new motivation to learn spanish again, maybe i should give it another try

Felix is the most adorable AUSSIE boy 🤩

I'm glad he has his members, who are supportive and helpful, but also know when to tease and lighten the atmosphere.

Idk but Felix really inspires me to learn Korean, for me learning Korean is very difficult but he still learned it well in the first few months. Overall this is awesome and cute too💗💙

@Arador76

9 ай бұрын

I'm learning Korean too! My biggest challenge is pronunciation as I have no-one who is a native Korean speaker to help correct errors and their sentence structure is also very different. Felix himself has said the best way to learn a language is to immerse yourself with those who speak it - a bit difficult for most of us though. Best of Luck with your learning :)

@yoon_minji

9 ай бұрын

@@Arador76 Thank you!!💗💙😊

@myfriendwouldntgivemearawegg

4 ай бұрын

​@@Arador76I talk to Google interpreter until it writes it right. It's pretty useful

Watching Felix struggle with Korean last is just so cuteeee 😭😭

@sofiarolfranco3381

10 ай бұрын

That’s because you’re probably monolingual and don’t know the struggle. I always feel his experience in my bones and people laugh at a mistake he made I can feel the second hand embarrassment

@camilei.fuentesserrano8368

10 ай бұрын

@@sofiarolfranco3381 me too, I know that struggle that he must have gone through, but I just was saying that, because I know that Learning a new language form the beginning is not that easy

he's amazing, the handships that trainees go through are insane, imagine having to learn Korean on top of that!

It's funny how I have watched all these videos of stray kids but if it is with Ben Kim's reaction I have to watch it again Really love ur vibes and all❤❤❤

All new language learners go through this. So so relatable.

Felix only knew how to say hello in Korean when he first got to Korea.

I love Felix and I hate seeing him struggling but I know the hard time I'm having trying to learn the basics so it's nice to see someone i adore struggle like he did in the beginning. BangChan still doesn't even know some words even after all this time!!!

Ben's straykidz content is helping me get into straykidz more

Please do one for Changbin, he's such a duality of emotional intelligence and chaos

Any kid that grew up in a two language household has the this damn fight. To get the right words for what you're trying to say. In any of your languages which sucks but also fun at the same time.❤

Felix speaks English, French and Korean. Watching him try to fine the words is so cute cause I understand as someone struggling to learn Korean 😂😊

The episode that first clip comes from is so good, with SKZ and The BOYZ... but it feels a little bad that they were gonna use someone else to give the clues and the other host helping the other team specifically chose Felix, either for content or for their team to win because of his lacking skills. Still a great episode if anyone wants to check it out. The group vibes are immaculate. Also, I'm pretty sure Bang Chan said that whole side dish pun joke was on purpose so it's weird people keep using that as "his skills are bad". That whole section of stuff is scripted anyways.

Poor Felix got eliminated for not speaking Korean right yet now jyp is making a girl group with like 10 girls and only 2 of them speak Korean

Felix struggling with speaking Korean was so hilarious😂😂 i can understand I can't speak or understand Korean as well

I’m a native spanish speaker learning french and mandarin in university and it is so incredibly difficult to get to the fluency that felix has gotten to, even when I graduate I feel like I wont be as fluent as he is. He must have been so consistent and hardworking. Same with most foreign idols, I have so much respect for them, they’re so motivating. I can also imagine how proud of him his family must be for learning their language and having an incredible life in korea

It's hilarious how Felix struggles with Korean but it's so cute though

Felix speaks 4 languages fluently today very very impressive!!!

when they talked about the fact that felix can speak english very well it reminded me of when keeho spoke in french in a live and someone commented "lol bad french" and he just answered "ok let's hear you speak Korean"

@AmeliaBrowne-ht7sk

Ай бұрын

lol

Just want to share this to you. During stray kids survival show Felix got eliminated because his can't speak Korean well. It's was so hard for him he lose his confidence but he finally made debut with the team. Because why we need him to sing in Korean if he can sing in English. Notice that most of Felix part in Skz songs is English and it's just so cool

Felix really came to Korea not speaking any but a couple words, almost got cut from stray kids because his Korean wasn’t good enough, and had to learn all this in public in front of everyone, it’s really pretty amazing.

Seungmin being y/n next plsss 😭🙏

FELIX IS SO CUTE MY BABY ADORABLE💝👼😇💙💙💙

Ben you are Awesome and Fun to watch ! I've been watching and following you for over a year. I just got the nerve up to say hello now. Keep up your Amazing content and you deserve everyone watching you to follow you. ❤

8:16 Felix also speaks japanese and french, he’s humbling us all :D

6:21 this was during the Stray Kids Survival Show that they were on to try to debut I believe he was 17 at the time. If you haven’t watched the show I highly recommend it because it shows how much they went through and how hard they worked to get to where they are now.

It's really cute when felix struggling speaking korean..

My sweet angel 😇😇 he is still learning some words but he has improved a lot along this time . I'm so proud of him. 🎉🎉🎉

Literally love Ben And Felix. And ofcccccc stray kidssss 🫶🫶🫶🫶🫶🤍🤍🤍🤍😭😭😭👌👌. Tyyy from the heart of my bottom for all of these skz vids. So happy I subbed. Sending love from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤ keep up the skz content man

I don't think Felix really likes being called "Young Book," but his bandmates still insist.

Receding hair line or not you’re hilarious 😭🤚

I can’t even imagine how difficult that must’ve been! I find Korean super difficult and I forget what I learned pretty much right away. He learned so much is a very short amount of time and is so good at it now! I’m so impressed! You should do one with the rest of Stray Kids trying to speak English!

HE’S AN ANGEL

I hope you'll watch the video someday - Seo Changbin being stray kids' fake maknae

Learning a second language is so difficult! I'm a teacher of English, my first language is Spanish and I'm actually trying to learn Korean atm and srsly...I'm struggling!! So I understand him so well!!! Love Felix and his baby korean

My first language is Spanish, and I'm here watching a video in English about an Australian Kpop idol in his journey to learn Korean. This is so wholesome ❤

I love Felix. He went from that person who can't speak Korean well to being the face of Stray Kids. I'm calling him that because most people I speak with, or I know, becamse Stray Kids fans because of Felix. Ofc, this is not because of his Korean hahaha BUT STILL. Strong boi 💪

Felix go through so much while learning Korean.. today I'm so proud of him.. members always says that he is the one who works really hard to learn korean.. I must say hats off to this guy.. I just love him .. our lil sunshine 🌞 ❤

Loving this SKZ era 🎉❤

Even if felox fighting korean language he is super duper cute

Felix works really hard. He just never gave up and I am happy to see how success he is, together with all Skz’s members. By the way, he is such a cutie pie. ❤❤❤

This video makes me feel sooo much better about my struggles with learning Korean.💜

The bangchan banchan thing wasnt a misunderstanding it was a joke they said in the rehersal and they were shocked when felix actually said it when they went live

I think the prank part is funnier BECAUSE he doesn't understand. It goes from a one-way confusion situation to a mass confusion situation, and that is 100% my type of chaos.

I speak English and Spanish (Spanish was my 1st language since mom was a native speaker) and i was always praised for being bilingual, even when I went away to college. Found Skz almost a year ago and realized how much of a slacker I actually am!! Lol these boys are all multilingual!! The amount of work they put in to their craft, i swear! Korean (duh), English, Japanese, basic French, and Channie even knowing basic Spanish and some Tai! Maybe even more than this by now.. And im over here reading subtitles for dear life! 😅😅

I will never forget the cop prank, it was great. I love that Changbin actually got mad, poor Felix though.

Who agrees that ben is the best youtuber ever?❤ 👇

Ben: he’s a lot more confident here Felix: *singing in english* 😂 Hilarious video and well done Felix! ❤

what shaped my connection with SKZ was Felix and his struggle with Korean language. I remember I was still learning and I was stuck in this phase when I was thinking I'm not improving at all and even having retrogression then for the 1st time saw this exact same video or something like this and I sympathised with Felix so much I got attached to him and then SKZ. their love bloomed in my heart since then so I always hold an especial place for Felix in my heart because if it wasn't for him I might've never opened my heart for a new group and also might've had a harder time with my Korean than after I saw how He also struggles with the language

The way that he says 'multiple times' i loveeee

I understand his situation. I'm currently learning Korean and I have been at it for a over a year and I only have about a 1000 word Korean vocabulary. I am learning to read and write it as well. I read and speak it better than I write it. Major props to Felix for his accomplishments in Korean.

Love watching your videos not o ly for the SKZ content, but also because you throw in some interesting Korean life tidbits and help explain the culture.

Thank you for your stray kids reactions we really enjoy them!

I LOVE YOUR REACTIONS KEEP GOING BEN

Idk if someone already mentioned this, but sajaegi is basically chart manipulation. I can’t remember what it means normally, but in reference to music it’s usually when company will buy back albums to make it seem that the artist is more popular

Felix was 16 when he came to Korea and when the survival show was being filmed, i think he was still 16 but turning 17 soon (he came to a Korea Feb 2017 and the show was filmed like August?) He only knew like the super basics of Korean like counting to 10. So yh, he started from scratch, and him not knowing a lot of Korean was also the reason he got eliminated at first (JYP had also pointed out he wasn’t confident, which Felix has said later on, he didn’t tend to speak in Korean interviews because he thought he’d mess up and because he’s a slow learner like he’s said) Now he’s much more confident, which you can even see in their music, cos he used to get like random lines in English or very few Korean lines, and now his lines are increasing.

I love this video! Enjoyed watching 😊

Felix with her Korean pronunciation,.... Is to fun';*

Felix is still trying his best with Korean😊

thank you hyunjin and ben for making my slightly multilingual self feel better about myself

As someone who has lived in other countries I totally get him. Also Korean is very hard to learn so kudos to him for being so good with it now. Also, yes, he's definitely more confident with English. He actually talks a lot more when he can speak in English instead of Korean. I think that's also why his bond with Chan is so strong because he can go to him and actually speak his problems in English and express himself in a confident way. Also, you can also see that if you watch Chan And Felix's interview in the Eric Nam daebak show. Felix was so happy and he smiled through the whole interview and was so confident and so himself you could clearly see how truly happy he was to be able to talk in English through the whole interview. It's the most wholesome interview I've seen of SKZ. You should watch it if you have the time.

love this!

First lol but Felix fighting Korean is so funny sometimes 🤣🥹🙏🏻

Felix is so pretty, they all are!!💕

As a Brazilian who speaks Portuguese, but somehow taught herself English and Spanish, just to start learning Korean and Italian in an older age (I'm almost in my fourties), I can totally relate with the difficulties of speaking a new language

4 skz videos in one day, thank you ben thats awesome

4 uploads in one dayyyy!! Ben is on fireeeeeee

My dream is to learn Korean I really want to!! and watching Felix inspired me a lot!!! 8:53 For me as a Spanish speaker learning English I can say that Jokes are the most difficult to catch when you are learning a language!!! by the time that you can make jokes back to your friends, you are already half of the way!!!

this is the best part of my day

It took me 20 videos to get that he was saying “I love you from the heart of my bottom” and not “from the bottom of my heart” gosh that made me lough so hard

Four stray kids videos in a day! Ben out here doing the lords work 😌🙏🏻

Keep going you're the best💜💜

I LOVE YOU FELIXXXX

Love you Ben. Pls keep reacting to my babies ❤

He's so cute when he's confused. I'd hug him and tell him everything was going to be okay.

Ben speaking facts

As someone who struggles with Arabic, English, French and Italian, i totally understand felix so much, like my Italian is literally gone, nonexistent anymore, i may understand it a bit but can't utter a single correct sentence lmao

He was so fortunate to be surrounded by such supportive people to help. I want to learn what I need to be able to sing along, not just the English parts. ❤

Thank you, Ben!

I love ben's straykids era

I love your Videos so much❤

Ben, you are a very funny guy, your facial expression with your body language is hilarious. That’s why I watch and subscribe to your channel. Keep it up, your videos are awesome xxx

I totally get that, I have the same struggle with German/Polish/English, like I'm fluent at all three, but also kinda not fluent as oftentimes I just forget the right words,,,,,,,

The one and only ben

My daily content. I was waiting hahha

I took two years of Spanish in high school, and I can only manage to read simple sentences and somewhat understand what it means, if I had to speak it or worse yet understand someone else speaking it I'd just 😬! Felix learning it practically from scratch and becoming fluent as fast as he has is truly admirable 👏🥰👏

I can completelt identify with Felix when he was first starting to learn Korean. 6 months ago I started learning Japanese. And better now, but I still don't know enough to hold a conversation. I still can't even get basic ideas through. Language learning is definitely a process that comes with a lot of frustration at the inability to communicate.

MARRY ME FELIX