-A is the level when you start speaking in a foreign language and the person you talk with switches to english.

@KateOBrienCreative

Жыл бұрын

Or also known as, living in/visiting France.

@k-liris

Жыл бұрын

or French C1

@yaygya

Жыл бұрын

@@KateOBrienCreative this also works for the Netherlands

@dvv18

Жыл бұрын

@@yaygya Portugal. Correction: they're switching to English in Portugal no matter what level you think you're at. Unless it's a Brazilian Uber driver.

@freddiehodgkinson2187

Жыл бұрын

Or in fact Germany at any level haha - the number of people who speak perfect English and switch to that immediately is mental

As a native russian speaker, I confirm, that "suka blyat" is more essential than "My name is".

@yaverjavid

Жыл бұрын

its so sad he didnt switch them

@wiandryadiwasistio2062

Жыл бұрын

ah yes, X O P O W O

@itsytyt5192

Жыл бұрын

Gg

@dakuownnn

Жыл бұрын

Yep, it is. Don't forget "pizdec te be" & "poshel nahui"

@axecutterxchannel454

Жыл бұрын

"suka blyat" is база

As a polyglot that can speak around 20 languages at A0.1 level, this was a very informative video! Can't wait to reach A0.2! :D

@_yuri

Жыл бұрын

wtf how brazen of you to non chalantly use :D use :A

@StargunAngelic

Жыл бұрын

​@@_yuri the hostility coming from everyone here is astounding lmao

@FrozenMermaid666

11 ай бұрын

Honestly, the intro is so cringeeh, and I am the only Alpha / God and great and wife / gf / bride etc, but it’s true that most natives are not a C2 level, and C2 is probably around 15.000 / 20.000 base words, so it’s usually only the writers and scientists and bookworms or ppl that read a lot that are C2 - I am D1 only in Modern English + Scottish dialect + Middle English (writer level) and know 60k to 100.000 words + phrases and idioms and slang etc in all three combined, and am native speaker level in Spanish (between C1 and C2) as I know over 10.000 base words in Spanish since childhood + 1.000 new words that I learned since last year, and am advanced level in Dutch, knowing over 8.000 base words, and intermediate level in Norwegian / Swedish / Portuguese, and beginner level in Welsh / Italian / French / German / Breton / Icelandic and most other Germanic / Celtic / Latin languages!

@Redditaurus

11 ай бұрын

@@FrozenMermaid666 i'ma put you on r/iamverysmart if you don't shut up

@halflifeger4179

10 ай бұрын

@@FrozenMermaid666take your meds

i swear, this man could make content on the most boring subject on earth and simultaneously be funny and make the subject interesting to learn about

@amadeosendiulo2137

Жыл бұрын

You have just insulted a lot of linguists and language lovers.

@mustzhrape

Жыл бұрын

I swear I just got offended😂😭 language learning is the funniest thing to ever exist for me

@spectriaofficial

Жыл бұрын

Yall in the replies getting offended for no reason. OP isn't saying language learning is boring ffs. He's saying LS is entertaining enough he could make ACTUALLY boring stuff entertaining. Use your brains holy shit.

@arctrix5031

Жыл бұрын

@@mustzhrapethen ur life is sad

@mustzhrape

Жыл бұрын

@@arctrix5031 periodt

Everyone gangsta, until Language Simp reaches level D1

@ethandouro4334

Жыл бұрын

He'll reach D2

@lesfreresroblox6243

Жыл бұрын

Even E1

@lorenzo8208

Жыл бұрын

He will be no longer a language simp. He won't merely love a language so much, no, his skin will merge with the abstract words of the language, realities will shift, everyone of his cells will become a word. He won't longer simp for the language, he WILL BE the language

@Wazzzey

Жыл бұрын

Z10000

@PokeCastle

Жыл бұрын

Hi fellow lizard

French is my favourite dialect of the Arabic language.

@wavim

Жыл бұрын

It's sad i don't understand french even tho I'm native speaker of arabic

@giantandomniscientlevitati8969

Жыл бұрын

Moi aussi.

@Amparito847

Жыл бұрын

I think you mean spanish, the language indeed had a lot of arabic influences under moor rule

@alonsoACR

Жыл бұрын

@@Amparito847 The influence of Arabic on Spanish is largely exagerated. After the end of the Reconquista there were national campaigns to purge most of these Arabic influences until we were left with a language with just a handful of Arabic words, mostly those that we couldn't find a reasonable alternative. Like Algebra, everyone in Europe calls it algebra why bother changing that one? Some words were tried to be removed but weren't, like aceituna, which should've been switched to oliva. The tree itself (olivo) and the forest of olives (olivar) did succeed in changing and is now the only word anyone remembers for calling these. But the name of the olive fruit itself, aceituna, stuck too hard. Some words instead came from the Arab world but were not from the Arabic *language* itself, those mostly remained as is. Like Almohada (pillow), it comes from a country/family that in English is called the Almohads.

@ProbablyBobWicks

Жыл бұрын

I think Swedish is a better arabic language IMO

Good summary. I'm in between B2 and C1 in my target language. Out of all the language levels, I found B1 to be the most frustrating. I felt like toddler who was crawling in the language, but was yet unable to walk.

@monsterthenergydrink

Жыл бұрын

When I was actively learning Chinese I had that feeling, but after a few months of doing about 300 words a week and doubling my vocabulary in that time I finally found peace at C1. Now Im back at the very frustrating A1 in Japanese where even 10 words a day feels crushing lol! Just keep grinding at the pace you find sustainable and It will definitely come

@Tehui1974

Жыл бұрын

@@XPLaxative Is that a question for me or the other guy? LOL

@monsterthenergydrink

Жыл бұрын

@@Tehui1974 I said my languages so I'd imagine its for you, but if he sees this reply I use hellotalk for speaking/listening practice (don't recommend unless you can hold a basic convo in your TL), watch the news and youtube videos, used textbook PDFs and had an online tutor for grammar, used quizlet for learning new words and anki for review (still review even now). I still listen to pretty much exclusively Chinese/Taiwanese music. I also somewhat embarrassingly have seen wayyy too many horrible Chinese made anime. LOL, anyway sounds like you're doing well in your TL so if have any tips I always like hearing what works for other language learners!

@Tehui1974

Жыл бұрын

@@XPLaxative I'm learning Māori (New Zealand). In regards to input, I commit to about 2 hours a day. I mostly read books in my target language, and listen to podcasts and interviews online when I'm in the gym or commuting to work. I speak the language every day to other speakers, but I'd like to increase my dedicated time for speaking.

@jennifer255

Жыл бұрын

I can relate. I studied German way back in the 1990s (still remember it! Maybe a B2 equivalent - CEFR wasn't in use much, much less in American universities - many use that scale now), and taking a 300 level class, it felt like my vocabulary was quite lacking. It probably didn't help that the 200 level was "grammar all day, everyday" with no actual speaking, or reading material.

The french-chinese reaction is so spot-on; I lived in both countries, and while in China I was idolised as if I was Confucius himself, in France they almost put me on fire for asking a croissant with a “not enough native” accent.

@LTDLetsPlays

7 ай бұрын

I wish they did that to immigrants

@PhnxKap

6 ай бұрын

What was china like lol

@Sadministrator

4 ай бұрын

I was at a bar in France trying to order a drink in French, but the staff member didn’t understand me. Luckily the person next to me spoke English so they asked what I wanted then relayed it to the staff member in French which to my ear sounded exactly like what I had just said. So I thanked them, then asked, “Am I saying this correctly? (Repeated the phrase)” “Yes.” “… then why didn’t they understand me?” “Because zer accent eez sheeeet.”

@3Faidonas3

4 ай бұрын

One time I tried ordering a baguette in french but they refused to serve me for not saying "bonjour" first

@Sadministrator

4 ай бұрын

@@3Faidonas3 I’m in favour of this, globally. I mean not specifically ‘Bonjour’, but…

I'm C2/D1 in french and i speak québéquois at a A1 level.

@techforkidsbyahaankapadia9851

Жыл бұрын

Lol I am a C1

@camiilepeyre7689

Жыл бұрын

tabernacle ! moi aussi

@yoshihasascended

Жыл бұрын

osti de cris de tabarnaque que t'es fort wesh

@thatfancygirlinwarmcolours1259

Жыл бұрын

​@Ionica Meseri honestly can't blame you! I teach French and it's a hard language to learn if you don't already know any other Latin languages (such as Spanish, Italian...)

@techforkidsbyahaankapadia9851

Жыл бұрын

@@ionicameseri8081 Oh well. It is tough to start but it’s fun. Although I have been learning since the age of 6, and I’m not even French or from any Francophone country.

Little you know, but his eyes looking in different directions sometimes because one is watching on camera and with another one he's learning a new language, true gigachad

2:20 I agree. As a french person, the last time I saw an A2 level french speaker do a horrific grammar mistake he almost didn't come out alive.

@Komatik_

Жыл бұрын

What if the horrific grammarist was speaking about the righteousness of plain croissants and coffee?

@thecoin5394

11 ай бұрын

RIP for all A1 French learners!

@jackfordon7735

8 ай бұрын

make* a grammar mistake ;)

You know you have really mastered a language when you can solve crosswords in it. I'm pretty good at swedish crosswords (my native language) but when I look at an english crossword i'm straight back to square one, even though I consider myself fully fluent in english.

@andeolevain

Жыл бұрын

I need to try that. I play wordle in English, but crosswords seem much harder.

@cherepizzza

Жыл бұрын

I cannot solve crosswords even in my native language man

@amatik4569

Жыл бұрын

​@@cherepizzza жиза

@adrianhoff3437

Жыл бұрын

Bruh, great idea

@badgermanization

Жыл бұрын

I guess it depends on the nature of the crossword, but I think at that point cultural knowledge also comes into play, which is difficult to develop unless you're fully immersed in the world of that language.

That thing he said about A2 is true. I've learned Indonesian to that level before a trip there and my wife was filming me ordering us food in bahasa Indonesia and everybody was like omg he is such a smart ass. Man I probably had less than 300 words in my head... Most videos of polyglots here are of the kind, probably

@danar5885

Жыл бұрын

That's the Indonesian people for you.. Even if you only say a simple "Terima Kasih", the reaction would be "wow you speak good Indonesian". *I am an Indonesian

@gregorywhite9095

Жыл бұрын

This is true...the difference is that you actually realized how good/bad you were. It took me years to learn French and then I meet people who "speak" French and ten other languages.

@Iemonic

11 ай бұрын

i wanna learn indonesian

@benjaminbrown6697

11 ай бұрын

Smart a** does not mean intelligent

@duatt3042

9 ай бұрын

brazil is the same

As an American I’m proud to have straight A’s, but I had to do some extra credit in my American class.

@KremsonKhan

Жыл бұрын

XD

You failed to mention the D2 level, when just by willing it you can redefine the grammar, the vocabulary, create or replace words and all native speakers will instantaneously follow suit. If one reaches D2 level in japanese for instance, you can do away with all Kanji.

@wiandryadiwasistio2062

Жыл бұрын

d2 proficiency will land you an academy award for best screenplay by just writing a manzai script alone

@9000leo

Жыл бұрын

日本語唯漢字大丈夫！

@9000leo

Жыл бұрын

Pseudo-Chinese: Yes (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Chinese

@huteckx

Жыл бұрын

That's not for mortal humans. That's the level of angels in the sky. D3 is for the God Itself.

@tedc9682

Жыл бұрын

Level D2 is only available in Tagalog, Malayam, and some almost-extinct dialect of Eskimo. Sorry folks -- them's the rules.

I'd like to add a couple of notes/extra levels; B1 in German as a Dutch person combined with the 'good German accent' already makes you able to fit into German society without anyone noticing. It only works if you're Dutch though and think about a words like 'verzekeringsmaatschappijenmedewerknemersstaking' and 'Productivität' all the time. (Came up with this one because I have a really good accent in German as a Dutch person but only studied the language for three years in school. Then I got lost in a German village while on holiday with my parents. And while asking a German guy for directions to the camping, he tought I was the local. It tooks us five minutes to figure out we were both not form this part of Germany. LOL) Another one is B1/B2 in English for people form Scandanavia. The moment you speak to a native English speak and say 'I just speak a bit of English', you will in the next 5 minutes use a word the native speaker never heard before but is correct English.

@FrozenMermaid666

11 ай бұрын

Honestly, the intro is so cringeeh, and I am the only Alpha / God and the only great / attractive being etc and the only wife / gf / bride etc, but it’s true that most natives are not a C2 level, and C2 is probably around 15.000 / 20.000 base words, so it’s usually only the writers and scientists and bookworms or ppl that read a lot that are C2 - I am D1 only in Modern English + Scottish dialect + Middle English (writer level) and know 60k to 100.000 words + phrases and idioms and slang etc in all three combined, and am native speaker level in Spanish (between C1 and C2) as I know over 10.000 base words in Spanish since childhood + 1.000 new words that I learned since last year, and am advanced level in Dutch, knowing over 8.000 base words, and intermediate level in Norwegian / Swedish / Portuguese, and beginner level in Welsh / Italian / French / German / Breton / Icelandic and most other Germanic / Celtic / Latin languages!

@FrozenMermaid666

11 ай бұрын

It’s so easy for me to say long compound words in Dutch because I usually know the smaller words they are made of - verzekerings + maatschappijen + medewerk - nemers + taking! Dutch really is as easy as English! And Dutch & English are the prettiest languages ever with the most pretty words - can’t wait to get to a C2 level (and then to a writer level) in Dutch!

@TikoVerhelst

11 ай бұрын

@@FrozenMermaid666 Wow, with a person this confident in their languages, it is kinda sad you don't know that medewerk and taking are not Dutch words. LOL It's medewerkers (employees) + staking (strike, as in going on strike) I'll confess, medewerkernemers is a contamination (two words (medewerker and werknemer meaning both the same thing) accidentally thrown together). But the fact you didn't notice that? it makes me wonder how advance you Dutch really is. I don't expect much from people and I am humbled you learned my language, but you don't know the words staking and medewerker/werknemer? How? Also. I love the whole "I know X amount of words" thingy. How in hell do you know? Do you have a word list with 10 000 words in it? Is it a guess? You keep bragging on about it so much I do really wonder what you are doing to know the exact amount of words in each language your learning. Next to all of that, just to be clear, you're impressing no one with this list of languages. You feel like a real person, so I really wanna make this clear. Even if we are jealous of the amount of words you know in this many languages, you brag about it in such an annoying way we would never show you our jealousy. Lastly, don't bother getting to a writer's level in Dutch. As a native speaker, I tried, I felt like it, it's not wroth it. You'll end up with this list of Dutch words from the 17th century that no Dutch person, except the most posh and snobbish writers, ever uses. Dutch is one of those languages where you'll always keep learning, so just get to C1/C2 (idk, idc) and enjoy the result.

@user-qd4td7yb8e

9 ай бұрын

​@@TikoVerhelstDutch is German without the power.

@TikoVerhelst

9 ай бұрын

​@@user-qd4td7yb8e If you want to tell yourself that because that's the only way you can feel proud/happy about your Germaness, so be it. Although it does make you look quite pathetic, just saying. You know, you can also be proud of the German language without punching down? Like, I love German. Not because "it's better than Dutch" but because it is a cool language with a cool culture attached to it! See, nowhere in that sentence did I go and bully another country/language. Just awesome German and awesome German alone. Not being a bully is not actually that hard you know. ;)

Your humour is so contagious, I don't know why I haven't watched your language reviews before) thanks for an entertaining and interesting content 😂🌺

5:30 that’s so true 😭 I’m learning Arabic in college & asked my mom for help cuz it’s her native, but she just told me the grammar rules in the textbook were wrong & didn’t make sense - even tho I swear she uses them herself without realizing it when speaking 😆

@ramblingmillennial1560

Жыл бұрын

Right? I'm learning German cuz i'm dating a German guy and will move there, and he never knows what I am talking about when I ask about grammar. Especially the case system it's like he never heard those terms in his life and he claims to not have studied grammar in school which I find hard to believe lol.

@mustzhrape

Жыл бұрын

@@ramblingmillennial1560 I guess it depends on people... Some of them don't remember school subjects at all. I was terrified when I knew my boyfriend doesn't even know what NOUN and VERB are😭 he would've never been able to help anyone with learning his native language lol

@ramblingmillennial1560

Жыл бұрын

@@mustzhrape yeah you're right. Like my bf said he totally forgot how to do division on paper and I was so confused cuz it's so easy lol. I had to reteach him how to do it but school was honestly not a priority for him while I liked school growing up. Of course you can't remember everything from school but I assumed people retained the basics.

@mustzhrape

Жыл бұрын

@@ramblingmillennial1560 gosh it's like we have one same boyfriend LOL! I retaught him how to do division on paper TOO! And he told same things about not caring about studying in school... The only difference is, mine isn't German XD

@ramblingmillennial1560

Жыл бұрын

@@mustzhrape that's hilarious lol

This is legit more helpful and realistic advice for learning levels than anything I've seen before. It all makes sense now

Why did this actually make me feel better about my language abilities and actually explain it better than the real criteria I learned in college 😂😂😂

Thank you, Великий Симп! Я пытался to watch other youtubers explaining that system, but yours is the best one, hands down (руки на стол)

@Lunamanka

Жыл бұрын

Да да, а то можно не сдержаться и джерк оффнуть

@doomerbob5731

Жыл бұрын

Чад энергия

I swear this man is the top tier of Polyglot entertaining on the web

You’re so entertaining! Definitely giving me a new perspective on languages and language learning. Merci beaucoup!

I was actually curious about the language levels, so this was pretty helpful thank you 😂👍

5:53 Got my new alarm sound, thanks!

I can assure you that if I took a language exam for level C1 in Spanish I would certainly fail that exam 🤣 PS: El español es mi lengua materna.

@ejovo

8 ай бұрын

I can vehemently assure you that you are wrong

@jcvp2493

5 ай бұрын

​@@ejovohaber, dime cual es el pretérito pluscuamperfecto del subjuntivo?

@el_equidistante

4 ай бұрын

@@jcvp2493 a ver

@EstudiosCamilo-om4zu

4 ай бұрын

@@jcvp2493 zapato

@lealista_imperial

4 ай бұрын

El español es mi segundo idioma

I'm enjoying your videos. You have a very elegant and cheeky sense of humour and that's just what I was looking for, so keep up the good work my man. Greetings from Brazil! 🇧🇷🙅🏿

C4 is the most based level, and only available for the sigma male. However it has also the annoying setback of putting you at risk of spontanous explosion if you hear any mistake in that language (nuclear if you're french).

Im Polish, 15, learned English, got a C2 Cambridge certificate, got all my vocabs though reading Patterson and Chernov, as well as listening to ... J. Peterson, Peterson single handedly expanded my vocabulary range tenfold. I actually enjoyed taking the exam. Been learning german for 3-4 years, id say im a B2 but i only owe that to the fact that i get to speak with lots of native speakers. Now learning español to fulfill my quest of becoming a super polyglot gigachad, wish me luck lads The trick lays im forcing yourself to constant exposure to the language, thus you are forced to learn, like a newborn child.

@arjix8738

Жыл бұрын

After you do Spanish, try Greek

@zzzyyyxxx

Жыл бұрын

Hah, "writing the exam" instead of "taking the exam," so I guess there are things native speakers pick up on without knowing why

@filipmadzia

Жыл бұрын

POLSKA GUROM

@Geo-nw9ug

Жыл бұрын

@@zzzyyyxxx dont u take an exam?

@emberdragons8244

Жыл бұрын

😇try french after...hehehe....

Greatly timed video! Well explained and entertaining

I’ve never watched any of your videos, but they seem to be a mix of accuracy and jokes. I like it. Subscribed I’m learning Spanish. I’m working on solidifying a B2 level, so I’d say I’m a solid B1 but a shaky B2. If my listening comprehension could get to c1 and my speaking at least at b2, I’d be happy with that :)

Never knew I needed your channel, but you've given me way more confidence and passion for getting back into language learning than anyone else has

Don't forget the negative levels, for example I am English so I absolutely refuse to learn French. In fact, sometimes I just start speaking German aggressively instead. so, I have a negative French compreh.... kennen.

@xXJ4FARGAMERXx

Жыл бұрын

-z1 or -z2?

@alonsoACR

Жыл бұрын

The non-French word for comprehension is understanding. Kennen is Germ- Ah shit, I just got the joke.

I've seen some places talk about the unofficial D1/D2 level - basically a PHD that does a lot of medical/scientific research in that language. Yep, D level is clearly medical/scientific/legalese. A whole new level in any language! Same for grammar vocabulary - my biggest pet peeve learning any language. I have no idea what a "subordinate conjunctive" or a "passive infinitive" or a "transitive verb", much less trying to learn those when I have to translate from the word in the target language just to figure out what the word in in my NL, then go look that word up (only to get a definition like, "A subjective Clause is a type of subjection". O_o

@nineteenfortyeight6762

Жыл бұрын

Nonsense. Medical/ scientific vocabulary is all Greek and Latin. It's easier than regular everyday language.

@mybestideas1

11 күн бұрын

That's C2. You specialise the points in the area of your expertise and you can express them like a journalist.

I have the “I used to be able to order in a language but was unable to introduce myself because God forbid The Owl taught me how to introduce myself first but it’s been about a year or two since I practiced so I forgot just about everything.” I also have the “With a bit of practice I can pronounce words pretty well but that’s only with the languages I’ve sang in in choir”😂

I love you, this is actually informative AND with the classic Language Simp style.

I'm A1 in russian, A2 in german, Native in french, B1 in spanish and C1 in english 🔥 Mashallah

@ABVGDE546

Жыл бұрын

Woman called Ирина has A1 in russian? Is it a joke?)

@scarecrow777

Жыл бұрын

​@@ABVGDE546 Maybe her parents moved from Russia to France, when she wasn't born. Because why French - is her native language?

@DerTolleIgel

Жыл бұрын

@@ABVGDE546 So you see how hard Russian is. In Russia, the language learns you.

@Holeintheearthhhhh

Жыл бұрын

@@ABVGDE546 тайна 😈

@jovan-noble-guy749

Жыл бұрын

@@Holeintheearthhhhh тајна. -Јазик

it’s scary how accurate this is

@seid3366

Жыл бұрын

he knows how to troll enough while giving us info on the topic

thanks for helping me realise that I am definitely an A1 level in German. I feel like learning an new language has also made me realise how much I don't even know about the English language

After taking 18 months of online Polish classes and traveling to Poland where I could do things like order coffee and then immediately switch to English when they asked me if I wanted it to go I convinced myself I was at A2 and signed up for an online group "conversation" class where I thoroughly embarrassed myself before I dropped out in shame which caused much rejoicing on the part of my teacher and the other students.

As someone who has mastered all 7117 languages to 屁1 level after watching this, I can confirm that this is the best way of learning languages

6:48 no way. You are exaggerating there is no way you would impress a french person with just D1

@elojune2896

Жыл бұрын

As a french person, i agree. My only reation would be to judgementally raise my eyebrow like so : 🤨

@sammexp

Жыл бұрын

At D1 you get French Nationality

@Inconito___

Жыл бұрын

Je ne suis même pas sûr que D1 soit suffisant pour écrire cette langue sans faire de fautes d'orthographes / I'm not even sure that D1 or even D2 for that matter would be sufficient to write flawless french 😂😂

@elojune2896

Жыл бұрын

@@Inconito___ déjà que nous on arrive pas a pas en faire alors les gens qui apprennent la langue ! 😂

@elojune2896

Жыл бұрын

@@Wiyu écoute. Comment te dire que t’es désagréable sans insulter tes grands morts…. C’est une tache plus que complexe !

English C2, Spanish C1, French B2, Mandarin Chinese B1, Japanese A2, Turkish A1. Thanks for explaining the system. It seems so simple when you say it.

@agme8045

9 ай бұрын

Hola, ¿vos que opinás sobre la coyuntura socioeconómica actual de Sudamerica y los sucesos de índole política que ocurrieron estas ultimas semanas? (Particularmente con el magnicidio al candidato a presidente ecuatoriano y la victoria en las primarias del candidato de ultra derecha Javier Milei) Mucha gente dice que el chabón esta pirado, incluso llegan a especular que mantiene una relación insestuosa con su hermana. Para mi es cualquiera, los boludos le quieren ensuciar la imagen porq no tienen argumentos para desestimar su plataforma política liberal. Tienen cagaso de que les choreen sus privilegios y ‘ayudas’ estatales.

@ilyas940

8 ай бұрын

@@agme8045jumbo vipi hali habari yaku

@zuronicsyt9934

6 ай бұрын

how do you learn?

@berkay6947

5 ай бұрын

Why turkish? Why would somebody learn turkish?

@Sage00946

5 ай бұрын

​@@berkay6947çünkü çok güzel

by the time I got to C1 in english I forgot all the grammar "rules" and everything just comes naturally now,kinda like my native language. I started learning russian and I'd say I'm at level A2 for now,and surpirsingly I found it to be pretty similar to romanian (my native language)

Hahaha, behind the humor, this is really pretty accurate. I'm definitely at B2 I'm Vietnamese now. I can muddle through what I need to do, and people are really impressed when I talk about things that particularly interest me, but then wonder why I can't understand them (much less give a comprehensible answer) once it gets into new territory. I think the important thing is having enough to talk around the things you don't have the vocabulary for and get there. Like walking up the long and torturous trail up a hill, and when you get there, you see the terminal cable car station. But hey, you've made the journey, and managed to drag innocent bystanders along too! Having been through this process in another language or two (though my cycle kinetic abilities are still lacking, even in Turkish after 14 years in Istanbul) it's fun to 1) recognize this level, and 2) be aware that all the work to get there paid off and you can keep progressing. To me, B2 is also the level where, if you're in the country where your target language is spoken, you start remembering all the vocabulary and structures that you have already seen, but which have been passive knowledge up to this point. You give it all a context and start actually using it.

@GirlBarcateam

5 ай бұрын

What's your native language?

@sazji

5 ай бұрын

@@GirlBarcateam English

@GirlBarcateam

5 ай бұрын

@@sazji you have the B2 level in Vietnamese? Wow you answered really fast haha

@sazji

5 ай бұрын

@@GirlBarcateam I guess, though I need more time in Vietnam to have any hope of maintaining that! (I was reading other comments when yours came in. 😀)

I have A2 speaking level and B1 listening level, this is what they told me at the testing some time ago. I also learn my native Russian language and I have a bit more level in it than average Russian, I think so. Today I’ve learned my native language and I want to say: it’s so beautiful

C’était hyper informatif! Merci mec :D

This gotta be my favorite video about this theme lol

Очень круто снято и смонтировано, я наконец-то понимаю чем отличается уровень.

I love how the Language Simp is able to roast all of his KZread polyglot friends without causing any drama ❤

Mr. Simp you made my day with your hilarously original explanation of CEFR levels. Never heard of D level though.

@jeanivanjohnson

Жыл бұрын

the D level is a joke

I love how this vid sounds so accurate

I learned e̶n̶g̶l̶i̶s̶h̶ american by watching videos on youtube. No, not the "How to learn engl*sh in 5 minutes" videos, just regular content that I would've watched in my language and because of that sometimes I have no fucking idea why I said something the way I did. I just heard some dudes from youtube playing minecraft saying it that way so I just repeat after them. In conclusion I can definitely say that I am a native american speaker btw its really interesting that i managed to understand what the videos I was watching were about even at the age of 9 and with vocabulary of like 250-500 words

@nuck477

Жыл бұрын

same bro, when i was like 6yo, i remember watching minecraft lets plays in english, without even noticing that it wasnt my mother tongue

@Komatik_

Жыл бұрын

Yup. It was before KZread, but little me just wanted to play video games and chat on forums which did the mass immersion bit really well. Most English lessons at school were completely useless. Wish they'd have taught weeb or something instead.

@xcutepikax

Жыл бұрын

You're not a native American speaker, you have really bad grammar and vocab, I hardly believe you can actual talk about a variety of things and American isn't a language, it's English. Sorry to break it to ya.

i speak 2 languages at a native languages which are Spanish and English, it is good to know that I will never be a monolingual beta but instead feel like a bilingual beta because I am struggling to learn German

@thedeutschman9905

Жыл бұрын

You’re not alone, I’m also struggling it learn German, the case system is a bit complicated for me.

@MustyHam

Жыл бұрын

@@thedeutschman9905 I already went through weird sentence structure shit when learning English and now I have to learn another system again it's killing me

@dabtican4953

Жыл бұрын

We are very alike you and I.

@MustyHam

Жыл бұрын

@@yrusb why don't you translate to English instead so I can know what you are saying nvm Google Translate did the trick. Yeah I am not expecting to speak German fluently within weeks or months Ive been going in with the mentality that this is gonna take years

@hijeffhere

Жыл бұрын

Man, I'm also stuck at being a bilingual beta. Japanese is so fcking hard

Love your vids man!

I'm a D1 in English thanks to this channel. Muchas gracias (that's tacospeech for those of you not fluent in it)

After studying a foreign language for 5 years at school and then not properly maintaining it for years after, I can confidently say I'm a shaky A2 at best 😌

@scoundrel7011

9 ай бұрын

That's currently me with french and spanish, but french in particular. I'm currently trying to fix that.

That eye drift before he says “and man on the planet” 😅

Thank you for clarifying that! I knew that my C2 is even better than some natives grammar errors!

As a person who was called braindead while trying to learn languages and only got English after years of internet conversations, after 2:25 I'm sure this channel is exactly the right place for me

1:21 got me good :D. I learn cussing before learning how to greet someone, introduce myself, express gratitude and of course the alphabet and pronunciation (except the ones in swear words of course).

j'ai déjà atteint le niveau C1, et t'as raison, quand je l'ai atteint, je pensais que je pouvais parler couramment la langue, donc j'ai décidé d'en apprendre une autre. je peux aussi parler aux français (les étrangers) en français que je rencontre dans les sites touristiques ici dans mon pays, les philippines. mais maintenant, si on peut remarquer, mon français n'a plus l'air d'être C1. je pense que, parce que j'ai arrêté de l'apprendre et de l'utiliser, je l'ai rétrogradé à B2. et ce commentaire est une preuve de cette régression

@eliomaster1761

Жыл бұрын

ne t'inquiete pas, en temps que Français je peut te rassurer. C'est très bien, n'abandonne pas et continue!

@jamesbrowny9488

Жыл бұрын

Tu parles le Tagalog ?

@ejovo

8 ай бұрын

​@@eliomaster1761en temps que Français MDRRRRRR c'est le genre de faute de merde que seulement les natifs pourraient inventer *en tant que

God, i love your videos

6:56 the boyyyy. Sigma move giving Wouter a shoutout. Always good vibes with him and his skills are pretty underrated

I'm at A2 in Japanese. I'm at the point where I can understand the gist of most sentences in Naruto, but my vocabulary knowledge is a bit weird. (Anki taught me words like "選手" and "経済" before "氷".) Occasionally I will think in Japanese, but only a few simple phrases, such as "何だ", "そうだね", and "「品物」はどこ". I have made it a habit to count the shelf numbers at work in Japanese, and I no longer struggle to count to 百.

@bobboberson8297

Жыл бұрын

maybe if you practice counting to 阿僧祇 you can become a C2 gigachad

@Williamatics

Жыл бұрын

@@bobboberson8297その数は何ですか。数字で書いてください。

@bobboberson8297

Жыл бұрын

@@Williamatics it means it's time for you to install yomichan (real answer: it means a number so large it can't be counted to or 10^56 (except sometimes it means 10^64 instead))

@jennifer255

Жыл бұрын

When I worked at a library back in college, I would study my Tuttle kanji card during my free time (lots of it working the return desk).

@Vitorruy1

Жыл бұрын

I remember when I worked at a factory I would practice words and kanji in my head while cleaning the grease off the machine. I picked the language up again and can understand most stuff now, sometimes Im fluent, sometimes Im clueless. But the the clueless moments are slowling becoming more rare.

That was a big progress, Mr. Simp. Now you are able to offer educational information in your own comedy style. Keep it up until you get more girl fans than boy fans. (I like this channel but I am not a girlish woman at all and probably generous to this channel because I am a lot older than you are 😊)

@elbretto6062

Жыл бұрын

proof that he's attractive to every woman. and man on the planet

@user-wc2oi9cu2h

Жыл бұрын

​@@elbretto6062 😂 But the man trying worth it. He will develope himself a lot by the time he meets the one.

@idealisticapybara

Жыл бұрын

I am learning Korean. Is your name pronounced like "seini"?

@user-wc2oi9cu2h

11 ай бұрын

@@idealisticapybara ahaha yes. Thank you for your attention at my mother tongue, as well.

I actually have native english level in the sense that i speak perfectly while not knowing any academic stuff about it. But thing is, i did it by watching youtube for a year, still haven't spoken to anybody in english irl, just to myself lmao.

@anastasis3726

8 ай бұрын

at first you wont be able to pronounce words you want to say but the more you speak the better you will get saying it from experience

I finally tested A2 in Greek! I'm finally, officially a polyglot! Native English speaker, and tested C1 in French and at least B2 in Spanish (They weren't offering C1 when I took the DELE, and I've been too lazy to go back and take the higher level, but my Spanish has always been stronger than my French, so I'm probably C1 in Spanish.)

@scoundrel7011

9 ай бұрын

That's very interesting. Actually never thought about learning greek. Is it difficult? I'm a native German speaker and I studied both English (I consider myself to be C1) and French (B1), as well as Spanish (B2) in school. Besides english, I haven't used them for several years now. Instead, I started learning portuguese (B1) at university. I am considering starting italian next semester, whilst also refreshing and improving upon the other languages I've already learned.

That "языкадумы" line had me positively chuckling 😂. I'm a new repatriate from Russia to Israel, I have a good command of English (native Russian, of course) and am currently learning Hebrew. That feeling when you have a vocabulary of a baby and have to be treated similar to one only to blurt out prerehearsed banalities is very accurately described, but I'm pushing through. Love the channel, Boss! Заебца видосы! 😎

@user-fo7iy9go7f

Жыл бұрын

There is nothing named Israel its just Palestine 🇵🇸

@Volleyball_Chess_and_Geoguessr

Жыл бұрын

I'm learning Hebrew too! Been learning for almost 3 years and know almost nothing lol :/ :(

When do we get Language Simp vs Chess Simp?

@LanguageSimp

Жыл бұрын

I’d destroy him at chess

I'm not even french, but very fluent and I can relate, when you speak french you give attention to very small details

I watched your description of A1 and the about knowing only greetings and profanity and I knew that’s where I was at in my second language. Didn’t need to watch any further. Well played sir :)

The C2 part is pretty funny XD But maybe only applies to English native speakers learning other non-international languages. I'm not a native speaker of English but I'm classified as C2 level in the IELTS test, and I'm sure many non-native English learners also are in this level. It's not that strange to get to C2 level if it's a language you need to actively use on a daily basis, even if it's not your native language (without being a psychopath🤣).

@nineteenfortyeight6762

Жыл бұрын

You're definitely not a psychopath. But you are a cringe tryhard.

@agme8045

9 ай бұрын

I was gonna comment the exact same thing. Getting a C2 in English is really not that big of a deal, considering people need to reach that level all the time because of work/study requirements. I took the cambridge C1 Advanced test, and got classified as C2 level, however i really don’t see the difference between that and C1. In my country you are good to go with a B2 anyway, thats like the minimum level any company or university will request. After that it’s more about specific goals you may have (migrating, studying abroad, working for foreign companies, etc).

@__ocram__

8 ай бұрын

​@@agme8045I tried the B2 test and they said I was C1. Regardless, I just needed at least a B2 on paper for practical reasons. I honestly don't plan on getting other certificates even if I'll learn other languages.

6:31 underrated Bush reference

and this is the point where I realise I'm firmly at the B2 level in French. Thanks for exposing past me over the last year and a half with the other levels, I took those personally. They were too accurate.

Мы с тобой недавно встречались в VRCHAT. У тебя очень интересная подача! Хоть я и очень плохо понимаю английский язык смотреть очень интересно!

I think the problem with learning a language and being proficient in it comes down to how technical and standardized the definitions are. Take the huge gap between a native speaker with and without any specific knowledge in technical terms (e.g. legalese or scientific words and so on and so forth). A spoken language is kind of an artform, and it's not always logical, that's why there always will be many gramatically and even sociologically perfect ways of saying the same phrase that will sound "off" to another native speaker from a different region. That's why "subconjugated" terms or 12+ different cases were invented to make the art of the specific language explainable. And the next thing is "connotations", as in different meanings behind the meaning of a word - in the English language the words to erradicate, to exterminate, to extinguish, to off, etc. can mean kind of the same thing, yet they don't although you'd find the synonym to put out or to snuff for each and everyone of them. ("Please, extinguish the fire" sounds kind of okay, but "Would you kindly exterminate the fire" sounds weird). Sry for any errors made, because this is not my NL.

I'm born in Quebec and lived all my life in Quebec so I'm D1 in Tabarnak, D1 in french, C2 in Canadian and C2 in Bald Eagle per football fields English

@beaucaspar3990

Жыл бұрын

How good would you say your Bri'ish is?

Languages I know from most fluent to beginner: English C1, Swedish between B2 and C1, Spanish B1, Norwegian A2 (understand a lot thanks to Swedish), Catalan (A1/2)

Had this in the background and CEFR made me snap my head right around 😅. Thought you said something else.

As a native russian i'd say that leveling C1-native-C2 is really works. There is a lot russian people speaking their native language with a ton of mistakes (I think it's problem about exceptions and declensions in russian language). I think russian achieves C2 level when he make a good preparation to national russian language exam which is at the school graduation.

@doomerbob5731

Жыл бұрын

I worked with C1 books when I was in 10-11th grade. I made a really huge progress in grammar and vocabulary. Unfortunately my level of English can't be considered as C1 although I passed the national exam with 97 points out of 100. I still have a lot of difficulties especially when I speak to others. Ну и большой привет от native Russian speaker)

@Slantishka

Жыл бұрын

@@doomerbob5731 The most bad ass thing about it, when you correcting another person you becoming like a dog shit to them cause people don't like it, and they continue speaking wrong (That the trigger point for me). У тебя такое было? Типа ты говоришь челу, что правильно звонИшь, а не звОнишь или исправляешь склонение трудного числительного, а они продолжают говорить не правильно.

@doomerbob5731

Жыл бұрын

@@Slantishka да, постоянно

"Upper beginner/polyglot level" 🤣

More one subscribed lol your videos are so fucking incredible hahaha

Have a couple of Frenchies staying with us in Scotland next week. I have decided to only speak to them in Scots or Gaelic. Feels the least I can do.

I remember in middle school i thought d1-d2 was a real thing and it was given to teachers of the language😂

Im from Kazakhstan right so ig im lucky that I grow up speaking Russian and Kazakh so I speak both of them native, and I speak English on native level with like cholo accent, or maybe from new york really depends who I’m talking with, and I also speak dominican and puerto rican spanish on b2 level, but it’s crazy cuz apparently everyone think I’m native because of my thick accent, but I don’t speak it fluently yet ;(

@beaucaspar3990

Жыл бұрын

How do you speak English on native level, as English is not your native tongue? I assume you spoke Russian at home, so Russian would be your native tongue. You probably learned Kazakh at school, though I'm guessing one of your parents knew the language, so they helped you brush up on the language. But how did you learn English?

@soundtherapy426

Жыл бұрын

@@beaucaspar3990 idk I just learned english on my own, kinda acquired by watching movies, youtube, music, and talking to a lot of people n shit, and just got rid of my accent

@beaucaspar3990

Жыл бұрын

@@soundtherapy426 I don’t believe you. I know that all people from Kazakhstan sound like Borat; thinking otherwise will give me an existential crisis.

@alevtina8515

Жыл бұрын

​@@beaucaspar3990 хахаха

I really appreciated the bush reference, I had to subscribe

OMG this is the best explanation of language levels that ever existed 🙀 high five from native Russian speaker, c1 English and b2 German 🫶🏻

How do you find the time to learn all these languages? Your amazing 😊

As an American who is roughly A2 in polish, I have been humbled

i love the side eye thing you do its hilarious

lol I remember back in the day when we moved to Germany and I was so proud I learned the language at b1 level in 4 months, turns out it was barely enough to understand middle school classes. Now I speak Serbian/Croatian, English, German, B2 French, A1 Latin and basic anime Japanese with 1st grade kanji :P Also extra points to you for using psychopath in a good context :D

@ejovo

8 ай бұрын

The joke was in English we dont pronounce the P. He promounced it like in french

Having recieved my English C2 certificate. I can tell you it's 100% true. The only way I could train/study for C2, and the tip I give everyone who wants to do C2, is literally reading Victorian novels and learning all the super grandloquent vocabulary. C1 was just; make sure you're English doesn't suck. But C2 was like; talk to me as if we are two rich people of nobility from the 19th century who have just read a work by Voltaire and are trying to show of our wealth through our words.

@nineteenfortyeight6762

Жыл бұрын

I believe this. I read a ton of Victorian novels as a kid and am frequently mistaken for rich.

@xcutepikax

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry I have to disagree with that about C2, also Voltaire was 18th century. And I just find it hard to believe you are a C2 English speaker by the fact you spelt "received" wrong. It's just one of the most quintessential English basic rules you learn that a C2 would never make a mistake of

@TikoVerhelst

Жыл бұрын

​ @Xcute PikaX So what level are you at? I could also point out the many grammar mistakes in your comment. But I'm not going to, because I'm not a grammar nazi. Being C2 doesn't mean you never mistakes. "You spelled receive wrong" Yeah, can you blame me? It's not like the English spelling rules are clear at all! What is the "one of the most quintessential English basic rules" behind the word receive? Because I can't imagine a rule beside 'just learn it' to explain that word. Think about it, recieve is the spelling that makes sense, not receive. And oh yeah, oh yeah, please try to argue against me, that's literally the only way all those grammar lessons from school about things I already just kinda did are going to finally come in handy. I really wanna see how much YOU know about the English language. >:) Because I had to do tons of boring exercises about this language, let's see if you did too. ;) Also, I said I wouldn't correct your comment, but just for once, "It's just one of the most quintessential English basic rules you learn that a C2 would never make a mistake of" sweety, didn't they teach you in school 'correct English sentences' never end in a preposition?????? They taught me that. Do you know what they also said? It's only the snobs that care about that mistake. Most English people are fine with phrases ending in prepositions. If you're gonna be a snob in regards to English, I'm gonna be as well. (I hope your eyes haven't melted yet because of my use of words like "gonna" and "haven't". ;) ) The Voltaire thing was just a simile. And if you want to be pedantic about it; What does it matter if he's 18th century, doesn't mean it became illegal to read him in the 19th century! Also, if you really wanna know. I scored a final score of 221 on the Cambridge CPE exam which resultes in a official C2 grading. If you don't know which exam I'm talking about, I demand that you look it up or delete your comment. As I already showed; I have done it all. I have C2, and gone through the whole process of learning English as a second language to get to that level. I love finally having an excuse to brag about it. Thank you. :D I have not spent 8 long years learning English very thoroughly as a second language to be brought down this easily by some snob who thinks they know me based on one spelling mistake. If anyone wants it, I can give some more tips about what C2, C1 or any of the others are like (I have done them all, but remember C1 and C2 classes the best). All those boring classes are finally gonna get some good use helping the ones still going for that C2 certificate I already have!

@xcutepikax

11 ай бұрын

@@TikoVerhelst oh henny, im a NATIVE english speaker xx, you're rlly mad 🤣🤣 You're embarrassing yourself, and you know the sentence "Where are you from?" That ends in a preposition, you can end sentences in a preposition, that thing you said was never a rule and is archaic. What would you like me to say instead?? " It's just one of the most quintessential English basic rules you learn that a C2 would never make a mistake of, cunt. " Are you happy now? Just say you're envious of me because I'm smarter and because you'll never reach my English level, it's okay. I have also noticed quite a few grammar mistakes from that... comprehensive message! Don't worry, I won't point them out for you.😘 Anyways, you've annoyed me enough, I'm OUT.

5:43 They got a lucky spawn! *shows North Korea as said lucky spawn*

I'm Maldivian and our native language is Dhivehi (Divehi if you're using google translate) and I'm not really that good at it, so probably around B2-C1

I speak level E2 English. I did not learn it as a child, I was born able to speak flawless high class brittish english, and through years of schooling including 3 PhD's in phonetics, english/nonphonetics and bagpiping. Allong with 24 years studying random other languages (mostly french and german, and other ones that english has taken much inspiration from) I have attained the ability to not only correctly spell english words and use perfect grammar, but also to lazily spell things and avoid capitalization without anyone being able to correct me. They already know it was intentional.

как же хорошо родиться в стране где люди говорят на двух языках с рождения

@serenissimarespublicavenet3945

Жыл бұрын

Слава Украине! Твоя страна, направде героическая защитника всей Европы. 🇮🇹❤🇺🇦

@delete0y

Жыл бұрын

​@@serenissimarespublicavenet3945 чзх

@TrolsakRovaloj

Жыл бұрын

American:

@dren4k

Жыл бұрын

​@@TrolsakRovaloj assalamualeykum comarade, esta bien?

@thedamntrain8700

Жыл бұрын

Це називається колоніальний спадок. Безліч країн Африки та, наприклад, Індія теж двомовні.

I’m finally not a detriment to society while speaking B2 Mexican Mexican, but I still suck ass with my A1 comprehension in Chilean Mexican 😢

@gatosospechosop3

Жыл бұрын

nmms wey como aprendiste español wey

@alonsoACR

Жыл бұрын

@@gatosospechosop3 Español es más fácil que ruso y muchos otros. Es súper común que haya gente que hable nuestra lengua. Es la lengua europea con más hablantes nativos del mundo. Y la segunda más aprendida después del inglés.

@gatosospechosop3

Жыл бұрын

@@alonsoACR Soy estadounidense jaja, también estoy aprendiendo español, y tienes toda la razón. No he intentado aprender el ruso, pero creo en la gente que dice que es un idioma bien difícil. Tiene mucho sentido aprender español por acá porque hay un montón de hispanohablantes que viven/trabajan a nuestro alrededor. Me encanta la lengua y igualmente las personas que he podido conocer durante mi aprendizaje. Que tengas un excelente día!

@ok_e3w

Жыл бұрын

@@gatosospechosop3 wow me has sorprendido, cuanto tiempo vas aprendiendo?

Gosh, everything so well explained. I'd wish you could take me up to a D1-level!

bro this video was somehow comedy and made me laugh several times😂😂😂 but it was also so informative and useful thank you I really enjoyed it