Multilingual Manhattan | The Polyglot Tour

Join Matthew on a 24-hour tour through 5 New York neighborhoods and discover the languages spoken there: French, Italian, Spanish, Irish and Chinese. New York is the most multilingual place in the world, so it's the perfect destination for a polyglot like Matthew!
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  • @jsphat81
    @jsphat817 жыл бұрын

    His Spanish is impeccable! Like he was born in Spain or something. Amazing!

  • @Srdan1el

    @Srdan1el

    6 жыл бұрын

    I thought he was native for a moment haha

  • @HackWindows

    @HackWindows

    3 жыл бұрын

    He speaks better than the girl who speaks a weird combination of English and Spanish.

  • @bomberospfablog

    @bomberospfablog

    3 жыл бұрын

    Claro, entiendo que vivió en Barcelona por un tiempo donde aprendió español y catalan. En cambio la chica como contó siempre estuvo en un entorno mixto y su español está notoriamente influenciado por los demás hablantes de español con los que interactua, al vivir en usa y ser segunda generación es más probable hablar spanglish que un español "puro", no es que este mal ni nada sino que son diferentes contextos que moldean el idioma.

  • @PassionforDreaming
    @PassionforDreaming7 жыл бұрын

    He's living the dream, doing multilingual interviews!! Really cool!

  • @asbest2092

    @asbest2092

    Жыл бұрын

    I would like to speak 2 languages on c2 than 6 on b1. Being a "poliglot"(6+ languages) is pathetic. You will never be really good in any of your foreign languages. It means you stay monolingual for the rest of your life ask any of these "poliglots" if they write about their languages in their resume. They don't because they don't speak them actually.

  • @buffalomind6838
    @buffalomind68387 жыл бұрын

    This display of fluency in the several languages you've spoken wihin this relatively short tour of New York should inspire us all.

  • @BabbelPlus

    @BabbelPlus

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Matt, we're glad you found the video inspiring!

  • @tchaikovstea5226
    @tchaikovstea52267 жыл бұрын

    His Spanish has me shook omg😳😳

  • @thebeast8615
    @thebeast86156 жыл бұрын

    His Spanish is better than the girl that he was talking to 😂

  • @chepe263

    @chepe263

    4 жыл бұрын

    ¡Es mas mejor que el mio!

  • @favier1234
    @favier12346 жыл бұрын

    "Multilingual Manhatten" First Stop: Brooklyn

  • @lovemykiss9
    @lovemykiss97 жыл бұрын

    This is why I want to go to New York. There are so many different cultures mixing. It's a huge melting pot.

  • @yuri0kar1
    @yuri0kar16 жыл бұрын

    Tu acento español es totalmente español, suenas tal cual. Es tan impresionante que lo he compartido en whatsapp. Wow

  • @vancewade6251
    @vancewade62517 жыл бұрын

    God, New York is a polyglot's and a language nerd's dream come true. So cool.

  • @abbysteinmindset
    @abbysteinmindset7 жыл бұрын

    Carajo como habla tan bien el español? Dios mio

  • @bryansp9745

    @bryansp9745

    7 жыл бұрын

    me hago la misma pregunta para todo el resto de los lenguajes que hablan jaja :(

  • @gustavoborges378

    @gustavoborges378

    7 жыл бұрын

    jajaja

  • 7 жыл бұрын

    Abby Gold soy brasileño y él es irlandés. Hablo portugués como lengua materna, lengua muy próxima del español; sin embargo, él habla español muy mejor que yo lo hago. ¡Que vergüenza siento ahora! 😭😭😭

  • @realityismerelyanill

    @realityismerelyanill

    6 жыл бұрын

    Su frances y su italiano no son tan buenos como su espanol. Sin embargo, es impresionante que hable tantas lenguas.

  • @user-xr6wo4jt3d
    @user-xr6wo4jt3d3 жыл бұрын

    Diantre! El Español de este tipo es como si hubiera nacido en España!!! Mi dialecto es el de Puerto Rico (Boricua) pero nosotros hispanohablantes podemos entender muy bien todos los dialectos españoles. I'm Puerto Rican!!! wuuuuuuuuuu

  • @cadej95
    @cadej957 жыл бұрын

    J'adore cette vidéo! Être polyglotte c'est un de mes rêves...

  • @BabbelPlus

    @BabbelPlus

    7 жыл бұрын

    Bon courage à vous!

  • @angyliv8040
    @angyliv80407 жыл бұрын

    Acento español. El seguro que ha vivido en España. Es demasiado fluido para haber aprendido en "clases" solamente.

  • @camillachopinet3828

    @camillachopinet3828

    7 жыл бұрын

    Angyliv Jaja había empezado a escribir el comento en Inglés sin darme cuenta. De todas maneras, no es tan necesario vivir en el país del idioma que estudias para tener buen acento. Podría tener varios amigos españoles por ejemplo... Pero igual, el Español es la lengua que el me parece hable mejor. Hasta su Italiano de vez en cuado tiene acento español jaja

  • @KingdomofSmileys

    @KingdomofSmileys

    7 жыл бұрын

    Angyliv Soy nativo del Inglés, y yo creo que el Español es uno de los idiomas más fáciles de pronunciar.

  • @rme36
    @rme367 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are so motivating! Love it, keep it up! It's awesome (y) :)

  • @BabbelPlus

    @BabbelPlus

    7 жыл бұрын

    We'll keep it - we enjoy doing it too much.

  • @diegoprimo4269
    @diegoprimo42697 жыл бұрын

    Just loved it

  • @BabbelPlus

    @BabbelPlus

    7 жыл бұрын

    Great!

  • @deepdarkmidnight
    @deepdarkmidnight6 жыл бұрын

    His Spanish is surreal, he sounds like a native. I cannot judge his French, Italian or Irish 'cause I don't speak any of those languages, but his accent is quite convincing.

  • @AzrentheLanguageNerd
    @AzrentheLanguageNerd7 жыл бұрын

    Woow I loved this!

  • @chiaraa9880
    @chiaraa98805 жыл бұрын

    Instead of saying "è bene?" You can say "giusto?" which is more natural. Your skills are so inspirational! Especially your pronunciation.. lovely

  • @evans3996
    @evans39966 жыл бұрын

    I was so happy when he mentioned Haitian creole

  • @awphooey2u519
    @awphooey2u5194 жыл бұрын

    As a Cajun, I will say, there are quite a few people here who speak Cajun French (be warned. Cajun and creole mean two different things here. People,language,and heritage). It's mostly the older generations but some younger people are learning because a few collages have set it up as classes for summer learning. Some high schools too. He wants to see the difference between Acadia (canada) and Acadiana (the heart of Cajun country in Louisiana). I welcome him. Perfect time now as carnival season just started. Yet, I am only half Cajun. My mom is from another country. Eu gostaria de visitar Nova York, um dia! parece incrível!

  • @bugiardo100
    @bugiardo1006 жыл бұрын

    es increíble! el español es PERFECTO IMPECABLE

  • @daniel.mojimaki
    @daniel.mojimaki Жыл бұрын

    Moi je suis Acadien, alors c'était super de vous entendre parler de nous sur cette video!

  • @seriekekomo
    @seriekekomo7 жыл бұрын

    What an inspiring video! It's always beautiful to see how, even though we may be different in some aspects, at the end of the day we are just people, trying to be happy! Variety is key. As we say here in Spain: ¡"En la variedad está el gusto!"

  • @zacharymundwiller4532
    @zacharymundwiller45327 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely fantastic video. Super motivating! Your videos never cease to inspire me!

  • @spkrob10
    @spkrob107 жыл бұрын

    You sound like a Native Spanish speaker! Im shocked!

  • @glukopikro2273
    @glukopikro22736 жыл бұрын

    I'm italian and I must say that Matthew speaks Italian maybe better than Hugh. Hugh's pronunciation is quite good, but you can hear that he is an English speaker and he sometimes makes some mistakes. Matthew's pronunciation is not totally perfect, but it's really really good and there are no grammatic mistakes

  • @iankahn6426
    @iankahn64267 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! I was hoping you would stop at Zum Schneider in the east village. My favorite authentic German nook in Manhattan.

  • @msjennable
    @msjennable5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video ! Très bien !

  • @novikmish
    @novikmish7 жыл бұрын

    Muy buen tour, sobretodo me gusto la parte donde la chica explica que uno a vezes no se sienta del todo identificado en ninguna de las dos partes.

  • @elideangeli5098
    @elideangeli50985 жыл бұрын

    loll that one girl who knows English as a second language and still has an American accent and speaks Spanglish 😂

  • @TheRacingWind
    @TheRacingWind6 жыл бұрын

    why am I crying I love this video so much

  • @gaiaformentin7394
    @gaiaformentin73946 жыл бұрын

    this is so inspiring

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek7 жыл бұрын

    That was awesome! I agree with that guy - this is also my idea of America. It must be so cool tor travel one city and feel like you have traveled half the world. This guy doing multilingual interviews and Manhattan's culture are so inspiring :)

  • @errir4042
    @errir40427 жыл бұрын

    I think this is one upside to living in big cities Like in Houston A lot of Vietnamese Spanish Tagalog Portuguese French and I guess Korean are being heard more and more but it's surrounded by areas that have German heritage

  • @teerich2011

    @teerich2011

    5 жыл бұрын

    Def a lot of cultures here in Houston. I think it's in top 10 most diverse in the nation

  • @FuchsHund
    @FuchsHund6 жыл бұрын

    He does live the dream!!! To speak the languages that I speak in the city that I love!!!

  • @CarlosFernandez-bv4hq
    @CarlosFernandez-bv4hq5 жыл бұрын

    felicidades a la gente que ablan el español y a los poliglotas hoy es el dia del idioma,23/04/2019.

  • @BatalhaoDaModa
    @BatalhaoDaModa7 жыл бұрын

    how people can dislike this video?

  • @kumamoto25
    @kumamoto256 жыл бұрын

    Amazing !!! I’m impressed of how many languages can you speak??? I’m struggling with a 3rd language but this definitely makes me wanna learn a 3rd and maybe a 4th language if possible :))

  • @diegoplaysrequinto
    @diegoplaysrequinto5 жыл бұрын

    Moré vídeos like this please!!

  • @lauriemove
    @lauriemove7 жыл бұрын

    THERE IS MUCH OUT THERE AND WE ARE BUT LITTLE BEINGS THAT DONT MATTER BUT DO AND THE EARTH IS SO BIG AND CRAZY AND i really enjoyed this video, thank you c:

  • @kuronguyra5870
    @kuronguyra58707 жыл бұрын

    very good! I love your videos. will you put hebrew and irish on babbel for the learners? because it will be so interesing to learn new languages above the current languages that exist on the site :). thaaanks

  • @BatalhaoDaModa
    @BatalhaoDaModa7 жыл бұрын

    amei!!!

  • @alexanderflores2082
    @alexanderflores2082 Жыл бұрын

    Even though I was born and raised in California, I always would love to travel to NYC. Explore the whole city practicing any Of the languages I want to learn. That’s my dream! I’m barely 20 years old & I was thinking I want to learn more languages and be like him and Arieh Smith (Xiaoma) appreciating people’s cultures.

  • @asbest2092

    @asbest2092

    Жыл бұрын

    and why don't you want just simply travel to another country?

  • @laysnogueira1029
    @laysnogueira10295 жыл бұрын

    I love this! That's for sure my dream, and he is making become true.

  • @jaimevillarriu5270
    @jaimevillarriu52703 жыл бұрын

    Este tío es español. Es imposible que hable tan perfecto el idioma si no es su lengua matera.

  • @claudiavelasco8895
    @claudiavelasco88955 жыл бұрын

    It will be cool to see a polyglot travel to an indigenous community and learn their language

  • @fedepa3
    @fedepa37 жыл бұрын

    oh my god this guy speaks italian so well and he's got a northen accent??? so cool

  • @Mr.M1STER
    @Mr.M1STER7 жыл бұрын

    Good video. I am Irish and I can only speak a few words "cúpla focal" of Irish and that is after studying it for about 10 years in total. That is the same as all Irish children in Ireland. We are not taught the language properly and it is very sad imo. We are taught just enough in order to pass a test and once we pass that test then nobody cares if we speak it well or not.

  • @AzrentheLanguageNerd

    @AzrentheLanguageNerd

    7 жыл бұрын

    Is it hard to find people who are fluent and who teach the language?

  • @13ritalove

    @13ritalove

    7 жыл бұрын

    but why shouldn't irish be the first language you learn thwn english. how come in ireland most people don't speak irish?

  • @Mr.M1STER

    @Mr.M1STER

    7 жыл бұрын

    Azren the Language Nerd A little bit.

  • @Mr.M1STER

    @Mr.M1STER

    7 жыл бұрын

    13ritalove A long time ago the British invaded Ireland as they did so many other countries. We rebelled and that is why there is a Republic of Ireland and a Northern Ireland. The North is still under British rule. It is interesting if you google it. This is why we speak English.

  • @enic4529

    @enic4529

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I think another big thing is the conflicting dialects. You'll just be getting to grips with one dialect when 'hey, how about a completely different one?'. It's really sad that so few people speak it fluently but I always feel so blessed when people speak it to me, even if it's just the cúpla focal. It's nice to speak in my native language and it shows so much respect for our country's history and culture.

  • @hithere9365
    @hithere93655 жыл бұрын

    He spoke Italian better than the italian guy ahahah

  • @kkshady
    @kkshady7 жыл бұрын

    amazing. come to India

  • @jonathanmcculley3728
    @jonathanmcculley37287 жыл бұрын

    Parlo italiano e inglese. la vostra conoscenza di lingue è stupefacente.

  • @poochie98
    @poochie987 жыл бұрын

    In Italian we would say É giusto, not é bene

  • @poochie98

    @poochie98

    7 жыл бұрын

    At most, va bene

  • @luelzone7474
    @luelzone74744 жыл бұрын

    Ostia tio tu acento es muy increíble

  • @piccola_mela
    @piccola_mela6 жыл бұрын

    You speak a better italian than the italo-american 😂😂😂

  • @HellolBuffalol
    @HellolBuffalol6 жыл бұрын

    NYC, specifically Brooklyn has many Russian speakers too.

  • @d.viajes3882
    @d.viajes38826 жыл бұрын

    En mi ciudad tu puedes encontrar idioma español, español, "spanglish"...español y así...

  • @snowpawzvideos
    @snowpawzvideos7 жыл бұрын

    Boy oh boy. New York City. I suppose that's the place to live & work if I want to be able to work in a multilingual environment... Really shooting for the stars though...

  • @gagarahma6229
    @gagarahma62297 жыл бұрын

    vous parlez la langue française parfaitement .

  • @simone9945
    @simone99456 жыл бұрын

    You don't hear a different italian, you just hear dialects mostly, dialects are languages and in italy we have thousands. So it is not another italian but dialects used perhaps by old people that teach their sons and so on.. =)

  • @rauljosegarcia
    @rauljosegarcia7 жыл бұрын

    Via akĉentoj estas mirindaj! :O

  • @TheBreeze...
    @TheBreeze...7 жыл бұрын

    please notice the difference between these two expressions: "sono affamato" = "I'm starving", "ho fame" = "I' m hungry"... "sono affamato" is not uncorrect but it implies you are very very hungry, almost suffering starvation...

  • @martinet1985

    @martinet1985

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think he's perfectly aware of that to be honest. in English we sometimes use I'm famished to mean I'm starving as well. 😊

  • @BatalhaoDaModa
    @BatalhaoDaModa7 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @g0thman
    @g0thman7 жыл бұрын

    That was great! Perhaps stop in a Dutch quarter next time :D

  • @mr.blister4856
    @mr.blister48563 жыл бұрын

    He speaks Spanish better than me, and I'm a native speaker!

  • @asbest2092

    @asbest2092

    Жыл бұрын

    so you are not a native then

  • @ansikkk
    @ansikkk5 жыл бұрын

    Wish I had lived there

  • @BanonowyKacper
    @BanonowyKacper6 жыл бұрын

    Ella es mucho guapa! :3

  • @nabasdaily1961
    @nabasdaily19617 жыл бұрын

    très bon parler...

  • @BabbelPlus

    @BabbelPlus

    7 жыл бұрын

    Merci! 😊

  • @youngrichie
    @youngrichie7 жыл бұрын

    I like Hugh's characteristics of his American Italian accent. Interesting concept, does someone's 'gay identity' does that transcend culturally in the same way as other identities?

  • @nicolasaboitizr
    @nicolasaboitizr7 жыл бұрын

    hey babbel, any chance to add euskera or català??

  • @MLLKLKLKLK
    @MLLKLKLKLK7 жыл бұрын

    Tiene un español impecable, es nativo? alguien sabe su lengua nativa?

  • @kuronguyra5870

    @kuronguyra5870

    7 жыл бұрын

    Él es inglés, pero estudió en barcelona :)

  • @ziper377

    @ziper377

    7 жыл бұрын

    Enserio que si, si no supiera creeria que es español

  • @ErikBlomqvistSwe

    @ErikBlomqvistSwe

    7 жыл бұрын

    De hecho, es irlandés. (:

  • @grovernewton9696

    @grovernewton9696

    7 жыл бұрын

    Él es de Manchester en Inglaterra.

  • @ayrtong171
    @ayrtong1717 жыл бұрын

    eager to work with you guys , maybe one day

  • @BatalhaoDaModa
    @BatalhaoDaModa7 жыл бұрын

    qual o signo de vcs??

  • @nowekant93
    @nowekant934 жыл бұрын

    Just a quick observation on his Italian: "cheesecake" is also called "cheesecake" in Italian, we don't translate it like the spanish do, "torta di formaggio" sounds quite bizarre, I immediately thought "is it salty?" XD And also the question "è bene?" is not natural, we say "va bene?", to ask if a sentence is grammatically correct. I think he had some interfrences with Spanish there.

  • @alexanderflores2082
    @alexanderflores2082 Жыл бұрын

    I’m Mexican-American. I’m not into too… too much of the Mexican- American culture I like the Mexican culture more from Mexico. But I would love to try authentic Mexican and other Latin American foods from NY. I’m also not into too.. too much of the Spanish language but if I want to speak it, I can only speak a bit over these communities and continue learning some more and along with different dialects too!

  • @BatalhaoDaModa
    @BatalhaoDaModa7 жыл бұрын

    😍😍😍😍😍😍

  • @pencilonpaper1026
    @pencilonpaper10265 жыл бұрын

    His Spanish... Dude...

  • @stephanieda2276
    @stephanieda22767 жыл бұрын

    I could go with out subtitles until german, haha but im learning german!

  • @markkemeny
    @markkemeny7 жыл бұрын

    Oooooooooh God how aaaaaaawesome and motivating this is!!!!!

  • @amythestgemini1902
    @amythestgemini19026 жыл бұрын

    How the heck do you build up a language learning like from French to Zulu for example for a native English apeaker? Start from the Germanic languages if you fing them easiest to slavakian languags to Greek etc from beginner to advanced? That is if I can ever get my head out of this sims 3 game I like.

  • @sofialodigiani5328
    @sofialodigiani53287 жыл бұрын

    the italian-american guy has more accent than the Irish one. 😂

  • @teerich2011

    @teerich2011

    5 жыл бұрын

    He sounds like he hangs out with Latinos

  • @franciscojorgelopezreyes189
    @franciscojorgelopezreyes1894 жыл бұрын

    Así como existe el spanglish también en el caso italiano hay itanglish

  • @bryanabelarde1464
    @bryanabelarde14647 жыл бұрын

    ❤️🇬🇹❤️

  • @kryptonitiko
    @kryptonitiko5 жыл бұрын

    He needs to improve a little bit Italian, but anyway he is really good. Considering languages he actually speaks, he is maybe a robot ahahhaha

  • @bennaughton2744
    @bennaughton27446 жыл бұрын

    The Irish was heartbreaking to see. I believe there must be daoine líofa le Gaeilge. Companies like Babble have such an opportunity to take that and change it, I hope it happens as a Gaeilgoir mé féin

  • @TheBoomhauer619
    @TheBoomhauer6197 жыл бұрын

    Anyone notice how similar "how are you" is in spanish and irish? cómo estás tú and (going phonetically here) cono estatu? i know theyre both indo european but damn thats still crazy

  • 7 жыл бұрын

    BoomhauerSixOneNine it amazes me how close is Irish to Spanish and Portuguese, even though they have completely different backgrounds - Latin for Spanish and Portuguese and Celtic for Irish.

  • @happytimes4u

    @happytimes4u

    6 жыл бұрын

    Matheus G. S. Matheus G. S. Well theres actually some connection between Spain, Portugal and Celts. In the north of spain there's a few celtic regions, but the main one is Galicia, whos celtic people are said to be the ones that colonized Britain. And they have their own language (gallego) wich is almost like portuguese because long ago they were just one language (gallego-portugues) but then they split up. Dont know if this makes sense haha

  • @kimothemo
    @kimothemo7 жыл бұрын

    In Malaysia, we say chaiyok instead of jia you

  • @trevordvids
    @trevordvids7 жыл бұрын

    French Cowboys XD

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    Am I the only one who noticed he changed his accent in English every time he started speaking any language?

  • @richardschroepfer5357
    @richardschroepfer53576 жыл бұрын

    Origonally, New York, er New Amsterdam was dutch speaking. In many it alway has been a multi lingural city.

  • @isabelleh8628
    @isabelleh86287 жыл бұрын

    cool! Can you speak Arabic?

  • @EldinKoljenovic
    @EldinKoljenovic5 жыл бұрын

    Ting Ding

  • @kevincarter7633
    @kevincarter76337 жыл бұрын

    by speaking Irish he means Gaelic? right?

  • @BabbelPlus

    @BabbelPlus

    7 жыл бұрын

    He does

  • @KingdomofSmileys

    @KingdomofSmileys

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kevin Carter Irish is one of the Gaelic languages, but it isn't the only one. To call Irish "Gaelic" would be like calling Italian "Romance".

  • @kevincarter7633

    @kevincarter7633

    7 жыл бұрын

    OK thanks. I understand now. A more correct term would be Irish Gaelic

  • @KingdomofSmileys

    @KingdomofSmileys

    7 жыл бұрын

    Kevin Carter That works, but the term "Irish" is just as correct.

  • @franciscojorgelopezreyes189
    @franciscojorgelopezreyes1894 жыл бұрын

    Habla mejor el español que la dominicana

  • @prestokrs1
    @prestokrs15 жыл бұрын

    There are some beautiful women in this video

  • @antonyohara
    @antonyohara4 жыл бұрын

    shoulda gone to the bronx to speak spanish

  • @robsab20
    @robsab206 жыл бұрын

    "Et, euh... c'est, c'est... intéressant voir, de voir, euh, la relation encore entre l'Acadie, euh, euuuh, au Canada et, euh, la Louisiane, la... Cajuns... l'Acadie d'aujourd'hui." is it though?

  • @quadgod77

    @quadgod77

    6 жыл бұрын

    Non pas du tout mdrrr xD

  • @joncastillian8389

    @joncastillian8389

    6 жыл бұрын

    Au Québec on pense jamais des acadiens, j’étais un peu confus mdrr

  • @francescacappai2652
    @francescacappai26526 жыл бұрын

    It was quite clear that the italo american guy was born in the usa

  • @chalyndajackson9384
    @chalyndajackson93847 жыл бұрын

    I thought Mandarin and Chinese was the same thing??

  • @caseyaulbach7693

    @caseyaulbach7693

    7 жыл бұрын

    Chalynda Jackson "Chinese" is sort of the blanket word we use to include all dialects spoken in China, because they are indistinguishable to the English speaker's ear. But there are many different languages spoken in China. Mandarin is by far the most popular with over a billion speakers. Cantonese and Wu are also popular, around 60 million speakers each.

  • @ReallyDavid01

    @ReallyDavid01

    7 жыл бұрын

    +Kitty no, wu and hakka are more spoken than cantonese , you just never hear of them haha

  • @tasbykekerey1203
    @tasbykekerey12034 жыл бұрын

    Can you speak Russian?

  • @yangxia6011
    @yangxia60115 жыл бұрын

    So, chinese is the hardest to learn. lol