Queens NYC, how many languages do you speak?

Today we visit the Queens Borough of New York City and ask strangers how many languages they speak.
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  • @rosspalumbo
    @rosspalumbo4 ай бұрын

    Queens has been cited as one of the most ethnically diverse urban locations in the entire world.

  • @helenamcginty4920

    @helenamcginty4920

    3 ай бұрын

    I think London might argue. There are 250 languages at least spoken in London. Even back in the 1970s when I lived near by there it was normal to spend a whole trip without hearing English spoken with an English accent and to hear several other languages. A lot of Eastern europeans there then.

  • @tombahma

    @tombahma

    3 ай бұрын

    wrong@@helenamcginty4920

  • @mignonnesilva4306

    @mignonnesilva4306

    3 ай бұрын

    @@helenamcginty4920 The person said one of. So there isn't really any need to argue.

  • @jonrossjan

    @jonrossjan

    3 ай бұрын

    @@helenamcginty4920Queens is the most ethnically diverse county in the world with more than 180 languages spoken. London is a city and metropolitan area of more than 10 million. Queens has 2 million. No comparison.

  • @eireann908
    @eireann9084 ай бұрын

    Born and raised in Queens - it is very common there to speak more than one language. I learned three. I ❤ Queens.

  • @Roma-SRyan
    @Roma-SRyan5 ай бұрын

    Queens is the most diverse county in America. You can visit, the Caribbean, asian, europe, africa, the middle east, the medditterean and more all in one day.

  • @leviturner3265

    @leviturner3265

    5 ай бұрын

    You can visit all of them but none of them in the same day. It is the same in many international cities. They are all the same because everyone is different. New York City is not an American city it is an international city just like London and Berlin. Much like Queens many people inhabit London now. It is not a British city anymore it is only 36.8% English. If you have seen one international city, you have seen them all. There is nothing culturally unique about them.

  • @theendurance

    @theendurance

    4 ай бұрын

    @@leviturner3265 lol berlin and london are NOWHERE near as diverse as NYC. In NYC, you can find a significant amount of people from literally any country on earth. In London, it's mostly black carribean, black african, and south asian. very few from latin america or east asia. in Berlin, its mostly Turkish, Arab, and eastern European. very few from south asia, east asia, or latin america. So you're wrong, if you visit NYC/Queens, you will find a lot more cultures that you cannot find in London or Berlin or any other major city in the world.

  • @shawnanderson6313

    @shawnanderson6313

    4 ай бұрын

    I live in London, it is nothing like NYC. London is filled with people from South Asia , they all understand Hindi, with variations. There is no representation of Latina America or even other parts of Africa. @@leviturner3265

  • @jrexx2841

    @jrexx2841

    4 ай бұрын

    Middle East is Asian

  • @FierceLord

    @FierceLord

    4 ай бұрын

    Diversity isnt a good thing. preserve European culture

  • @yuranival
    @yuranival5 ай бұрын

    It might seem like such a simple concept, but it's magic. I absolutely love seeing lots of different people from different backgrounds smiling and wishing each other a nice day and happy holidays. The whole political stuff in recent years has become so gruesome, that such videos full of all these wonderful people just answering a couple of simple questions work a total miracle and make all the difference. Way better and more real than all authorities' official speeches. Thank you, Dan. Happy holidays and a fantastic New Year 2024!

  • @iversonfsouza

    @iversonfsouza

    5 ай бұрын

    Penso da mesma forma. Thanks, Dan.

  • @Alaskan-Armadillo

    @Alaskan-Armadillo

    5 ай бұрын

    Another reason I like this is because of how it shows how friendly New York is. I just like that since New York always gets a weird representation for being rude.

  • @localmilfchaser6938

    @localmilfchaser6938

    5 ай бұрын

    As a conservative, I agree. It’s sad seeing politicians try to abolish this. There must be an immigration reform to fix this. Our world and especially our country has always been very diverse and international

  • @localmilfchaser6938

    @localmilfchaser6938

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Alaskan-ArmadilloI still think it’s very rude lol. I’m from Texas

  • @godsbloodyhammer7090

    @godsbloodyhammer7090

    4 ай бұрын

    8:00 they say (something like..) "if there are 3 Bangali people it'll be 2 political party/ideology". .. look how they cutting each other off so naturally & how willing they are to keep the conversation going, next thing they'd ask you which Football (Soccer) or cricket team you support while inviting (literally forcing) you for a cup of tea to the nearest tea stall & WALA BOOOMM .. before you know, you have to pick a side for those two newly formed political party or ideology. .. left you wondering how come an innocent conversation about language turned into a conversation about a soccer match between Argentina & Brazil or Manchester United & Arsenal (regular Argentinians & Brazilians didn't even know about Bangladesh till the last world cup)... turned into violent political ideology.

  • @John-iq7ry
    @John-iq7ry5 ай бұрын

    Pretty impressive! Seemed like EVERYONE was at least bilingual, most spoke more than two, except perhaps for the last guy who spoke Spanish, but seemed to understand English to a certain extent.

  • @sinistarz0253

    @sinistarz0253

    5 ай бұрын

    Yeah, I think being bilingual nowadays is getting more usual than before thanks to the globalization and the internet. For example my native language is Spanish but I understand English (not sure if I can speak it fluently)

  • @kavinxavier4552

    @kavinxavier4552

    5 ай бұрын

    he’s only gonna include the people who are multilingual for this kind of video

  • @JavierSanchez-bi8po

    @JavierSanchez-bi8po

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@kavinxavier4552yeah makes sense, It would be kind of boring seeing only people who can only speak english

  • @Myraisins1

    @Myraisins1

    5 ай бұрын

    @@kavinxavier4552 Could be true however NYC is very diverse. Just picking random people can yield these results Just thinking of a handful of my friends right now and I'm the only one with one language. One is French Canadian, another speaks Spanish, my roommate speaks Haitian Creole and another speaks Russian. My upstairs neighbor speaks Mandarin Chinese Everyone except the one from Canada was born in USA

  • @jordisod

    @jordisod

    5 ай бұрын

    Queens is the most international place in the US.

  • @laughsandlanguages1938
    @laughsandlanguages19385 ай бұрын

    The woman who spoke Mandarin was interviewing you 哈哈🐢🐢

  • @apushkal

    @apushkal

    4 ай бұрын

    She was a great interviewer, too!

  • @Livingtree32

    @Livingtree32

    3 ай бұрын

    She was the one I liked least, seemed very artificial, almost aggressive

  • @forestr5808

    @forestr5808

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@Livingtree32Dang, hating on someone you don't even know

  • @gabrielriera9369

    @gabrielriera9369

    Ай бұрын

    I loved that. She seemed to have great conversational skills. She was having a conversation with him instead of just being interviewed by him.

  • @neliuskahihia3254
    @neliuskahihia32545 ай бұрын

    Learning many languages is part of personal development

  • @guitaro5000
    @guitaro50003 ай бұрын

    Stopping to say I love this :)

  • @amj.composer
    @amj.composer4 ай бұрын

    New york is the world most linguistically diverse city, so this makes sense

  • @YarnGeek
    @YarnGeek5 ай бұрын

    So glad you made it to Queens! Loved growing up in this diverse borough.

  • @caionunes2848
    @caionunes28485 ай бұрын

    this last guy from colombia was really nice

  • @AnnaEvl
    @AnnaEvl5 ай бұрын

    The people are amazing! With kindness in the eyes and soul language is not a barrier 🐢

  • @sasha9465
    @sasha94654 ай бұрын

    growing up in queens i grew up knowing ppl from all countries, specifically in flushing where im from where everyone is an immigrant of child of immigrants lol. me personally i speak russian, english, spanish, and a little bit of arabic but ive picked up a few different phrases here and there from others

  • @learnurduwithsara1068
    @learnurduwithsara10684 ай бұрын

    People exudes positivity and goodwill. Makes you want to believe in humanity.

  • @dilmibilal2618
    @dilmibilal26185 ай бұрын

    the first one is from my country he speak The Berber language, also known as the Amazigh language or Tamazight

  • @casemiro3663

    @casemiro3663

    5 ай бұрын

    I went to Morocco 2x and I heard them speaking it too

  • @salimcharikh6238

    @salimcharikh6238

    5 ай бұрын

    yep, it was Kabyle, which is the Berber dialect(or language) from Kabylia in Algeria.

  • @sonderexpeditions

    @sonderexpeditions

    5 ай бұрын

    I was in Agadir and nearby towns 2 weeks ago. Lots of Berbers.

  • @Kabyle_Tigzirt

    @Kabyle_Tigzirt

    Ай бұрын

    I'm kabyle speaking 4 languages also

  • @TBrl8
    @TBrl85 ай бұрын

    1:33 most impressive eyebrows I have ever seen in my entire life and I am 40 years old. Bravo.

  • @maureenmurphy7817
    @maureenmurphy78174 ай бұрын

    Hello again. Another great video. Queens is an amazing and dynamic place. If you are still in the New York area, I would strongly recommend heading to any of the public libraries there during the day (and, if open, on Sunday) and check out the children's section. It is absolutely packed with young families from ALL over the world finding books, listening to live stories, playing, sometimes napping!

  • @TheNewTravel

    @TheNewTravel

    4 ай бұрын

    "How many languages do you -" " Shhh! This is a library!"

  • @AdamAviationOfficial

    @AdamAviationOfficial

    4 ай бұрын

    haha

  • @obscurelines
    @obscurelines4 ай бұрын

    I wish people would understand how much better it makes us to be diverse.

  • @ernestorevollar3632
    @ernestorevollar36324 ай бұрын

    🐢 You don't know how much I love your engaging compilation of "How many languages do you speak?" videos. Keep it up Daniel, I hope you had a wonderful time during these holidays.

  • @TheNewTravel

    @TheNewTravel

    4 ай бұрын

    Thank you! You too!

  • @frankb1
    @frankb15 ай бұрын

    Hi Dan - This is relevant to me because my daughter is moving to NYC next summer to be a special education teacher. Thanks for doing this.

  • @gigihadid-gx8ol

    @gigihadid-gx8ol

    4 ай бұрын

    awww

  • @sandranewell4271

    @sandranewell4271

    3 ай бұрын

    As a nyc special educator who lives in queens, Welcome!

  • @-Subtle-
    @-Subtle-3 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love this. What a great depiction of America.

  • @thenjaxd
    @thenjaxd5 ай бұрын

    Hi from Venezuela , I love your videos, I'm learning English and French❤

  • @sonderexpeditions
    @sonderexpeditions5 ай бұрын

    Ayyyy I'm from Queens 🥰 I speak 4 languages(english,spanish,french,portuguese)! And also yankee Jamaican patois 😅

  • @JimmiAlli
    @JimmiAlli5 ай бұрын

    The man who said he liked the Philippines the most seemed really kind. Such an unexpected answer.

  • @_joam_
    @_joam_5 ай бұрын

    Always love these videos

  • @elchananyanovsky4230
    @elchananyanovsky42305 ай бұрын

    I made it to the end as I always do! Great video. The people are amazing.

  • @slmanmohamed
    @slmanmohamed5 ай бұрын

    Love your videos 🐢

  • @Maris_thoughts
    @Maris_thoughts5 ай бұрын

    I love being humbled for your videos, thank you for content i truly enjoy it. Merry Christmas and good holidays.

  • @maia2387
    @maia23875 ай бұрын

    Love these videos!

  • @yasminemathers5708
    @yasminemathers57083 ай бұрын

    That was a lovely video 🩷

  • @bobapbob5812
    @bobapbob58124 ай бұрын

    I rode on the SNB (SchnellBahn) once. A family from Czechoslovakia came on in Augsburg. I spoke with the two adults in German. The son spoke Russian which I also spoke. The mother said I was lying that I was an American.

  • @bassetblida2889
    @bassetblida28895 ай бұрын

    Another great video Dan, happy holidays, 🐢 🐢 🐢

  • @philippel.5013
    @philippel.50135 ай бұрын

    Again, a beautiful video. We see and hear so much about the suspicion, and often downright hate, among people of different cultures. It is so good to hear from all these people (and you) that there are people out there still digging this big festival of diversity that is life on Planet Earth. Thanks for doing this.

  • @kugul1683
    @kugul16834 ай бұрын

    Happy new year! 🐢

  • @user-yu4ph6ff8g
    @user-yu4ph6ff8g5 ай бұрын

    As a Japanese, I would like you to take this type of video in Tokyo. Although many Japanese people can understand what you say and answer in English to some extent, they will say they can only speak Japanese.

  • @Toribell1928

    @Toribell1928

    4 ай бұрын

    That’s so true. I live in rural Japan and speak mostly Japanese to all my friends and coworkers but was shocked to find out that some of them could understand my English as well. They always say they can’t speak English but I think they just don’t have confidence😅

  • @EliasBac
    @EliasBac4 ай бұрын

    Loved it ❤ Greeting to my Moroccan buddies in Queens NY . From another one in Montreal ❤

  • @oudlatte
    @oudlatte4 ай бұрын

    Love it man! Feeling even more blessed to have had that multicultural experience of living in Queens, NY. Shoutout to Middle Village! Forever in my heart.

  • @altairtheassassin6071
    @altairtheassassin60715 ай бұрын

    People were really friendly in this video 🐢

  • @thibDave
    @thibDave5 ай бұрын

    Your Christmas gift to us. Thanks. 🐢

  • @sallys2622
    @sallys26224 ай бұрын

    I am 75. I grew up in NY [mostly Brooklyn]. Even back then everyone spoke more than one language; it's just more diverse today. Thanks for the great memories.

  • @TheNewTravel

    @TheNewTravel

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed :)

  • @ispeakmucho
    @ispeakmucho4 ай бұрын

    My hometown boro. Thanks for highlighting. I indeed learned spanish at 25 yrs old and have since added 2.5 more.

  • @Gramiverse
    @Gramiverse5 ай бұрын

    Your videos make me feel so motivated to create language-based content like yours! Absolutely love your work and fan of your videos! Keep spreading awesome vibes about the diversity of languages in the world!

  • @pabloa..
    @pabloa..3 ай бұрын

    Loved the woman interviewing him back.😄

  • @animalrevenge1058
    @animalrevenge10584 ай бұрын

    I love Queens! And your videos 😊

  • @TheNewTravel

    @TheNewTravel

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @asterix908
    @asterix908Ай бұрын

    Love Queens, so chill. Takes me back, lived there for many years.

  • @misstea6158
    @misstea61585 ай бұрын

    Joyeux Noël Dan! 🌲 New York est une belle ville!

  • @tantig5923

    @tantig5923

    3 ай бұрын

  • @FringeChannel
    @FringeChannel5 ай бұрын

    🐢 Happy New Year buddy!

  • @magzys123
    @magzys1234 ай бұрын

    Dan- Love these videos! Everyone is so open and warm. Such a salve after the unavoidable vitriol and bad behavior of the rest of social media. Thank you for that. btw- have you recalculated NYC’s average after visiting Queens?? We gotta know!

  • @mr.chicken9085
    @mr.chicken90855 ай бұрын

    Meery christmas u vide inspire me the very prompt year will learn french and german thanks to make this kind of video so special

  • @joeshorrock8936
    @joeshorrock89364 ай бұрын

    🐢love your videos

  • @prv7966
    @prv79664 ай бұрын

    The people in Queens seem very friendly.

  • @foolhard
    @foolhard5 ай бұрын

    Beautiful. The real NY that everyone should see.

  • @michaelrabich9635
    @michaelrabich96355 ай бұрын

    Wow you filmed it in my neck of the woods, I see Astoria Park and Steinway Street

  • @NastyaBorkovskay
    @NastyaBorkovskay5 ай бұрын

    This type of video is so adorable! Without any music, advertisements and editing, just this peaceful atmosphere of different countries and people around💗it always cheers me up! thank you a lot and merry ChristmasI wish the videos were longer because they are so wonderful, just know it!!

  • @CleisonGuimaraes_
    @CleisonGuimaraes_3 ай бұрын

    Hello, I'm like very much your channel because help me my learn on English. Thank you very much!

  • @alanf8609
    @alanf86095 ай бұрын

    You should do this series in Seattle, Portland and Chicago !!

  • @OhiChicken
    @OhiChicken4 ай бұрын

    I love the indian head bob, it makes me so happy. One of my favourite clips is of group of people being asked to deliberately do the "yes" head nod out of context and no one could recreate it by trying, but then they were asked a Yes or No question in passing and they all flawlessly did the yes nod without even trying. It's a Drew Binski video called "The Indian Head Wobble Explained" at roughly 0:43

  • @Habanero666
    @Habanero6662 ай бұрын

    Love your videos i recently found your channel been binge watching so fun to watch :)

  • @nitehaus5182
    @nitehaus51824 ай бұрын

    More people need to see this.

  • @giovanniserafino1731
    @giovanniserafino17315 ай бұрын

    Due to the large immigrant population in New York it is not surprising that first and second generations speak English and another language. It would be interesting to see how many people in middle America or in the southern states, particularly away from urban centers actually speak a foreign language fluently. It is believed, particularly in Europe , that Americans are generally monolingual.

  • @lovelyPink464

    @lovelyPink464

    5 ай бұрын

    as someone from the suburbs of a popular southern state, i can tell you almost everyone including myself is monolingual lol. i am trying to learn french and spanish tho. but also in the south there’s a large population of latin americans and of course other first and second gen people from africa and asia so as the same in this video, they’re usually the ones who speak multiple languages :)

  • @leviturner3265

    @leviturner3265

    5 ай бұрын

    Where I live, though not in the South everyone is monolingual unless they are a foreigner. If someone has been living in the United States for more than two generations, they speak American English only. Other people speak at most two languages. Speaking three or more languages accounts for what I would surmise as less than 0.5% of the population. One benefit is that if you only speak English your English is way better and you are able to communicate best with other people that speak only English. When I talk to people that speak another language there is always many words they do not know, then your conversation can basically not continue without outside help. I think it would be the same for anyone just depending on their mother language. There are people that are born here and do not even understand more complex words because they spend more than 70% of their time in another language.

  • @neofils

    @neofils

    4 ай бұрын

    What's about the third generation? Monolingual?

  • @giovanniserafino1731

    @giovanniserafino1731

    4 ай бұрын

    @@lovelyPink464 congratulations in trying to learn several other languages! Although English is my native tongue, I also speak both Italian and Spanish, and have a very good knowledge of Portuguese. When I travel in Europe many people are surprised when I can communicate in one of the European languages.. Many native Europeans speak other European languages, and most do study some English. However, they seem reluctant to speak English because they fear making mistakes in their attempts. Germans, and other Nordic countries do have a good comprehension of English and are comfortable speaking it. No doubt due to the fact that English is a Germanic language.

  • @sevensongs

    @sevensongs

    4 ай бұрын

    Yes in the less crowded parts of America, immigrants were generally more isolated. It was harder for kids to learn their languages as well growing up without peers to speak it with, and in some cases parents chose not to teach their languages to their child. Historically it was frowned upon. I'm 4th generation Swiss, but my grandfather (2nd Gen) knew none of the Swiss-French that was his mother's native language. She didn't speak it in their household and it wasn't encouraged. It's changing little by little, but when a community of speakers isn't available it's a lot harder.

  • @KellyODo
    @KellyODo4 ай бұрын

    You did it! You went to Astoria and Jackson Heights. If you walked around more you would have heard so many more languages. I hear 15-20 different languages on any given day in Astoria.

  • @alexeymikh4618
    @alexeymikh46185 ай бұрын

    Spanish is so beautiful language, I'm learning English, and it's really hard, hope my next lang. will be Spanish) So nice to see how people like to just talk about something.

  • @FrozenMermaid666

    @FrozenMermaid666

    5 ай бұрын

    English is literally the easiest language ever created, and Spanish is pretty easy too, and it is just a feeling one has as a beginner as one doesn’t know the words automatically yet and doesn’t know how the new language works, so that’s why every language feels difficult to a beginner, even though the Germanic languages are all easy as they are category 1 languages and some of them are category 2 languages, so they are very easy! I highly recommend learning Icelandic + Norse / Dutch / English / Norwegian as they are the prettiest and most refined and most poetic languages ever created and are too pretty not to know, and I highly recommend learning them all at the same time as it saves a lot of years, and it is a lot more fun to learn many languages, as one naturally need to see and hear different things after a while, and I highly recommend learning from vocab videos such as the GoLearn videos that have Icelandic to English and Icelandic to Dutch and Icelandic to Spanish translations etc, which have many thousands of words! I am learning 15 languages at the moment, and I only started learning languages about one year ago, and I am already upper advanced level in Dutch and advanced level in Norwegian and upper intermediate level in Icelandic and Norse and German and intermediate level in Welsh and mid intermediate level in Swedish / Portuguese / Italian, as I am using the time as efficiently as possible, by learning words in multiple languages, so in about 2 years I will be fluent in most of the languages I started learning, as opposed to only being fluent in one, so learning one language at a time is not effective at all as it can take many decades for one to learn many languages if one only learns one language at a time, especially if one wants to learn many languages!

  • @FrozenMermaid666

    @FrozenMermaid666

    5 ай бұрын

    By the way, my current levels are... - upper intermediate level in Old Norse / Icelandic / German - writer level in English + native speaker level in Spanish - upper advanced level in Dutch + advanced level in Norwegian - intermediate level in Swedish / Portuguese / French / Italian / Welsh - beginner level in Breton / Hungarian / Gothic / Latin / Faroese / Galician / Danish / Slovene - total beginner in Cornish / Manx / Irish / Scottish Gaelic / Aranese / Elfdalian / Gallo / Limburgish / Occitan / Luxembourgish / Catalan / East Norse / Ripuarian / Swiss German / Alemanic / Austrian German / PlatDeitsch / Greenlandic Norse / Friulian / Pretarolo / Sardinian / Neapolitan / Sicilian / Venetian / Esperanto / Walloon / Ladin / Guernsey / Norn / Burgundian / West Frisian / North Frisian / East Frisian / Yiddish / Afrikaans / Finnish / Latvian / Estonian etc (and the other languages based on Dutch / German / Norwegian / Italian / French that are referred to as ‘dialects’ but are usually a different language with different spelling etc) (I highly recommend learning Dutch / Icelandic + Norse + Faroese / Norwegian as they are so magical, as pretty / refined / poetic as English - all other Germanic and the other pretty languages on my list are also gorgeous, so they are all a great option!)

  • @FrozenMermaid666

    @FrozenMermaid666

    5 ай бұрын

    By the way, what is the first language that ye were made to learn and are ye intermediate level in English or beginner level at the moment?

  • @alexeymikh4618

    @alexeymikh4618

    5 ай бұрын

    @@FrozenMermaid666 not easiest for russian speaker. Articles killing me. My teacher is saying that my level is intermediate but I feel like my level is beginner. 15 lang. damn, I want to know just English, Spanish and Japanese.

  • @FrozenMermaid666

    @FrozenMermaid666

    5 ай бұрын

    Every language should have both definite and indefinite articles, which are a necessary part of a language’s grammar, and without articles the sentences don’t sound right - one must use articles when necessary, to know whether one is talking about one specific thing, or any random thing etc, and it makes no sense for a language not to use articles, and normally the word for the number one is also the indefinite article in most languages, however, English has the extra words a and an which are used as an indefinite article instead, but if it didn’t have them, the word one would be used instead, same as in Norwegian and Danish and Swedish and Dutch and German and Portuguese and Spanish and Italian etc, so the words a and an technically mean one, so a light means one light etc, so it’s very easy to understand how they word and use them, since those are the logical way of saying such things!

  • @josephpanzarella1417
    @josephpanzarella14175 ай бұрын

    Dan you've come to the place where I was born. I'm from Queens. My family lived a short drive from JFK airport. It has changed so much. In a good way. Queens is a big place divided by neighborhoods. I was born in Rosedale, which was known as a little rough at that time. I had family and friends in Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, Howard Beach and Laurelton. At that time I didn't say I was from "Queens". I said I was from "Rosedale". People identified with their specific neighborhood. But, for outsiders that's a bit hard to understand. When I was growing up I knew people from Puerto Rico, from Haiti, and there were still some people around who spoke Italian, Russian and a few other European languages. But Queens has become much more multicultural in the years since then. It must be remembered that Queens is where Archie Bunker is from. And Donald Trump who was based on the character of Archie Bunker. The push back against progress. The hatred of anything that isn't white European. Not to mention the home of the characters from "Goodfellas". I knew those sort of people. Not that I'm proud of that. I'm happy to see where Queens is today. I haven't been there since my grandmother died in the early 1990s. Today I live in Sao Paulo, Brazil which is sometimes referred to as the New York of Latin America. Very multicultural. But at the same time very Brazilian. The pizza in Sao Paulo is almost--but not quite--as good as the pizza in New York.

  • @Roma-SRyan

    @Roma-SRyan

    5 ай бұрын

    lol Rosedale was never rough, it just had Black people and racists made that assumption. Statistically, Rosedale has some of the highest Black 6-figure income earners on average.

  • @josephpanzarella1417

    @josephpanzarella1417

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Roma-SRyan I can't speak for what happened to Rosedale in the decades since I left. I never met anyone who earned six figures. Everyone who lived in Rosedale earned five, and the first figure was almost always "1". And it was more than a little rough around the edges.

  • @Southpaw128

    @Southpaw128

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Roma-SRyan I had a childhood friend from Rosedale. Good family from Barbados. Most of the children went to private school and the parents were strict and hard working. Dad was a lawyer. The parts I saw never felt rough but the suburban quiet of it was a bit unsettling for me as a kid who only knew downtown brooklyn.

  • @jacquelinehart436
    @jacquelinehart4363 ай бұрын

    That was a very pleasant video to watch amidst all the terrible things that are going on in the world. It was nice to see real people being friendly and sharing. Thanks for this. (I speak English, a bit of Spanish, French, Hungarian and a few words in Arabic. Oh yes, and one Russian word! 😄

  • @CharlotteIssyvoo
    @CharlotteIssyvoo4 ай бұрын

    My father was born in Astoria, Queens in 1936. His parents, born to Lithuanian and Ukrainian Jews, spoke English and Yiddish, but they forbade their children from speaking it, presumably because they didn't want them to deal with antisemitism. But they did send them to Hebrew school, which mostly taught them how to pray and say blessings. I too have studied Hebrew, for the same reasons. I moved to anglophone Canada as a small child and had to study French from grade 4-11. In 1999, I moved to Astoria, New York, and taught ESL in midtown Manhattan to students from around the world: Japan, Korea, Germany, Italy, Spain, Czechoslovakia, etc. My neighbours in my Astoria walkup spoke Serbo-Croatian, and, in exchange for all their help getting used to New York, I helped teach their mother English. I bought sushi down the street from Koreans (who asked me not to tell anyone they were actually Korean, not Japanese). One day, on the subway into Manhattan, I saw an Arabic woman studying an English grammar and vocabulary book. I saw an error in her book and tried to explain to her in English what the error was. She couldn't understand so I switched to French and she understood. She invited me to dinner at her house. I used French more in New York than I did it Canada! I also found myself learning some Spanish, mostly by looking at bilingual ads on the subways, and by watching some of the Spanish television channels I got for free (ie without cable) along with a few English ones. I've been told that the neighbourhood I lived in is the most ethnically diverse in the world. I believe it. I once saw a toddler from India run out into a major street in Astoria. Without thinking, all of us from all around the world ran into the busy street to save him. He was okay. It was a very moving moment.

  • @sutosh
    @sutosh3 ай бұрын

    I like the video and also motivating to speak multiple languages when my exam finished i will definitely learn multiple languages

  • @damaxxant
    @damaxxant3 ай бұрын

    saw some jackson heights shots love it love my neighborhood

  • @1hinita
    @1hinita2 ай бұрын

    These videos motivate me 🐢 I might visit NY again to experience the diversity of queens before i travel outside the country😅

  • @elisaa9981
    @elisaa99814 ай бұрын

    Wow, Queens seems like such a great place to live!

  • @ElenyM

    @ElenyM

    4 ай бұрын

    It is an awesome place to grow up in for sure 😊

  • @Shrimpwhat
    @Shrimpwhat4 ай бұрын

    Great content. Most of my friends growing up in nyc were at least bilingual. I’m speaking for myself I can speak English, 3 types of Chinese, and Spanish.

  • @maolalidh6881
    @maolalidh68814 ай бұрын

    loved the person at 5:08 !!! they seem so nice :D

  • @AlineWelch
    @AlineWelch5 ай бұрын

    Thanks! 🐢

  • @Dhi_Bee
    @Dhi_Bee5 ай бұрын

    OMG what a cool Christmas gift to us! I have family in Jackson Heights, Queens & literally every few blocks go from Little India, Little Nepal, Little Mexico, to Little Colombia, Little Bangladesh, Little Guyana.

  • @islandboy7432
    @islandboy74323 ай бұрын

    Queens NY! My home town!

  • @BaRRe0n
    @BaRRe0n4 ай бұрын

    this made my heart buzz

  • @AlysonTeslamusk
    @AlysonTeslamusk5 ай бұрын

    Ever watch your video,because are very good. Of true .thanks per it.

  • @piroskaracz3621
    @piroskaracz36213 ай бұрын

    Lived in Astoria Queens for 25 years. I also speak multiple languages and dialects. Love it. Never know who and when you'll run into

  • @adoberoots
    @adoberoots5 ай бұрын

    These guys counting Hindi and Urdu twice 😆

  • @casemiro3663

    @casemiro3663

    5 ай бұрын

    hahahah

  • @rmisaac
    @rmisaac3 ай бұрын

    Nice!

  • @Zeyev
    @Zeyev4 ай бұрын

    Another truly wonderful set of interviews. One day you'll say you're from Montréal, Québec, instead of Montreal, Canada. On that day we'll know you have become more of a local. 🤣 It did surprise me a tad that you told the Minneapolitan you knew cold because of living in Montreal when you could have said Winnipeg, a MUCH colder place in the winter than those eastern cities, no?. Lo que sea. 🐢

  • @farmerboy8659
    @farmerboy86595 ай бұрын

    Wow . Why travel outside of U.S. Spring time I hope to fly , from Cleveland , Ohio and visit the world in Queens . 20th century invention of electric , auto , ac , affordable air travel , and computer has set the course of the New World . Thanks for the video .

  • @PLBrine
    @PLBrine5 ай бұрын

    Someday I will surely meet you and congratulate for your work Because of you, I manifested my habit of learning language which was supressed in my childhood as my family wanted me to study, As a 16 year old, I am learning my 4th language, Spanish, I am able to understand the people now who speaks in Spanish, I am happy, I just want to learn a lots of languages, which I am gonna do from March 11th as my academics will be over. Algun dia voluntad seguramente conocerte y felicitar para tus trabajas. (If I made mistake, can you help me correct it by typing)

  • @madisonjones3410
    @madisonjones34104 ай бұрын

    What a nice bunch of people 🐢

  • @jonnysalvador942
    @jonnysalvador9425 ай бұрын

    It's amazing how many can speak 3 or more languages. and im here just can speak one (spanish) and a litle bit english.

  • @migspedition

    @migspedition

    5 ай бұрын

    people in Asia and Africa are polyglots

  • @kenhunt5153
    @kenhunt51535 ай бұрын

    One of the things that makes NYC dynamic.

  • @brook117
    @brook1174 ай бұрын

    It was nice that that Chinese girl actually asked you back. Most people dont 🐢

  • @Maick0lbautista0
    @Maick0lbautista018 күн бұрын

    I'm from Venezuela but I live in Colombia, I'm learning English and I like watching your videos and It's a little strange to hear some people speak in Spanish. Greetings.

  • @aaaaalvin4887
    @aaaaalvin48874 ай бұрын

    I have also been a girl from Minneapolis living in queens ! :)

  • @WendyPeacock-qn2cg
    @WendyPeacock-qn2cg4 ай бұрын

    Love these clips. What it shows so clearly is that English speaking people do not feel the need to learn another language. The participants in your videos with more than one language need to be celebrated. It takes hard work and a long time. Often you see videos of people telling people to "speak English. You are in America." But if these people travel to Spain or France or Germany.... will they be speaking Spanish, French or German? I think not.

  • @FierceLord

    @FierceLord

    4 ай бұрын

    Yeah but diversity isnt good.

  • @book_worm22

    @book_worm22

    3 ай бұрын

    Hi! Yea American here. Im not sure why you think people shouldnt learn English when moving to America?? Whether we have a designated language or not, common sense should tell you that English is the language of the land. Have you ever seen congress or any government business being conducted in Arabic or German?? The upcoming presidential debate what language will that be in?? When people in other countries say they want to move to America or even do business with America, what language do you think they study? Spanish? Just like if i were to move to japan i would absolutely learn Japanese just like i am now. I also speak german and have never been to Germany. And the fact STILL remains that when you move to another country you should learn to speak the language of the land. That only seems to be an issue with Hispanics

  • @FierceLord

    @FierceLord

    3 ай бұрын

    @@book_worm22 “only seems to be an issue with hispanics” no, its with immigrants in general

  • @ladydontekno

    @ladydontekno

    3 ай бұрын

    @@book_worm22puerto Ricans are US citizens, what language do they speak?

  • @WendyPeacock-qn2cg

    @WendyPeacock-qn2cg

    3 ай бұрын

    Hi there. Sorry, but that is not what I meant . Obviously I "wrote wrong". I agree about learning the language of the country you move to. What I was trying to say that when English people travel to a non English speaking country (including us Australians) we ,90% of the time, do not bother to learn even the basics. I have heard here comments from Australians criticising people for not speaking English when out and about. If they are here on holidays, as I am when I visit another country, why should they speak English if I don't speak Greek or German or Swedish when I travel?@@book_worm22

  • @travelandeats8518
    @travelandeats85183 ай бұрын

    I plan queens nyc south Jamaica this year. I only been to both queens airport and pepsi cola sign. This year I plan to go deep in queens. Solo explorer ❤

  • @TBrl8
    @TBrl85 ай бұрын

    That chick who spoke mandarin was vibing on you, bro.

  • @sherrimusic9172
    @sherrimusic91723 ай бұрын

    I love the last guy lmao

  • @watupwitu
    @watupwitu3 ай бұрын

    beautiful people-

  • @thereignofhoe
    @thereignofhoe5 ай бұрын

    Beautiful.

  • @TheBatugan77
    @TheBatugan774 ай бұрын

    I speak English, Bronx and Brooklynese.

  • @alexandrelino5929
    @alexandrelino59294 ай бұрын

    Muito bom! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

  • @randrikchannel
    @randrikchannel4 ай бұрын

    I speak portuguese, my mother language and i'm almost fluent in english. Now I'm learning spanish and french

  • @yuri._.-san
    @yuri._.-san26 күн бұрын

    me cayò muy bien don Henry

  • @dfpguitar
    @dfpguitar5 ай бұрын

    Impressed that the two Bengali guys knew the most languages.

  • @yasminemathers5708
    @yasminemathers57083 ай бұрын

    Sa7aaa wlid bladi ❤🇩🇿