"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." - Nelson Mandela

@Alfakkin

Жыл бұрын

True...because you build a bridge and break the barriers...

@victorbergman9169

Жыл бұрын

Does that apply to native English speakers?

@jimmorrison4ever529

Жыл бұрын

Not interested in talking to men at all - so how do you like them apples.

@abdalrahmantwix9424

Жыл бұрын

These words are real brother , I agree 100% on this 🙏🏾

@justsomeguyxxx1432

Жыл бұрын

Such a nice quote🏆

Major oversight: SIR CHRISTOPHER LEE, who spoke French, Italian, German, Spanish, and of course English---all fluently.

@schusterlehrling

Жыл бұрын

And the greatest of them all, Sir Peter Ustinov.

@AstridinGeorgia

Жыл бұрын

I believe Christopher Lee could speak 12 languages. He was incredibly talented.

@taand4725

Жыл бұрын

Christopher Lee was a real-life James Bond

@wendigo1919

Жыл бұрын

@@taand4725 Precisely..

@marygoround1292

Жыл бұрын

I believe Sir Christopher spoke Tolkein Elvish and Dwarvish too

How has Christopher Lee not made this list! He spoke: Italian, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Greek and Swedish

@samanthareed7962

Жыл бұрын

that's what i was thinking i knew he spoke a few but not that many

@Swissswoosher

Жыл бұрын

@@samanthareed7962 he also spoke Latin

@samanthareed7962

Жыл бұрын

@@Swissswoosher thanks for that you learn something new every day, cheers

@westernzoo3344

Жыл бұрын

I heard him speak french in his later years ( which means it was not as good as it might have been when he was living there in his youth ) and it was almost perfect.

@user-ek3km5or1q

6 ай бұрын

Greek? I'm of Greek heritage and it's rare for non-Greeks to learn as the syllables must be stressed in emphasis.

Kobe’s Italian was wonderful. In some interviews you can tell he struggled to remember a couple of words here and there since he’d been gone from Italy for a long time. Still his accent was great and clearly from the area where he used to live.

@Alfakkin

Жыл бұрын

True...I'm Italian and I agree

@stephenpenrice1230

Жыл бұрын

Also he was around 13 when his family moved back to the US, so his Italian vocabulary wasn’t fully developed.

@djchrisi

4 ай бұрын

Sono tedesco e sto cercando di imparare l'italiano da 10 anni. Posso avere buone conversazioni, ma non raggiungerà mai il livello di Kobe Bryant. Sono rimasto così impressionato dalle sue abilità.

@oliviaricker3042

2 ай бұрын

I'm not Italian, but I took it in school and I was pleasantly surprised at Kobe's Italian. I haven't practiced in a long time so my speaking is not as good as it used to be, but I can fully understand and read it still. It also helps that I speak the other romance languages (minus Romanian).

@Mr.v

2 ай бұрын

not only that, but he used the typical italian melody perfectly, and the hand gestures too. i also remember him saying "suck a dick" in croatian, in an nba match. i was so proud of my boy

Respect for the polyglots , languages conect people

@adrianakusieluskus8941

Жыл бұрын

I speak 4 🙏

@olintosilva787

Жыл бұрын

that's true querido amigo

@PEACEONEARTH1964

Жыл бұрын

Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew and English in my case

@Arwyn76

Жыл бұрын

4 here as well, although I'm relearning 2 due to Epilepsy.

@oliviaricker3042

2 ай бұрын

​@PEACEONEARTH1964 I wanna learn Hebrew so badly. I took one semester of it in university, but my professor sucked so I retained almost nothing. But, I do speak English (obviously), French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and am trying to learn ASL. I've always been fascinated with languages so whenever I come across someone who's from a different country or when I travel to one, I try my best to learn that language. For example, my sister studied un Germany for a year, so when I visited her for a week I tried to learn and speak as much as I could, but it wasn't great in my opinion; my German I mean. I like the country.

I love how Gwyneth Paltrow speaks Spanish with a strong Spain accent while Viggo Mortensen does it with a strong Argentine accent.

@marcelohuerta1970

3 ай бұрын

I came to say this. Viggo is a honorary Argentinian; for more information a devoted (and long-suffering, given their meagre results) fan of the San Lorenzo football club. He even managed to include the colors of the club, red and blue, in Aragorn's attire for his coronation scene!

@jotgr

2 ай бұрын

She speaks portuguese too

@AuroraSkylark

Ай бұрын

He also speaks Elvish

@juliashireen6195

28 күн бұрын

​@@AuroraSkylark😂😂😂😂😂😂

Jodie Foster speaks perfect French and has shown it in many interviews on French national TV. A joy to watch!

@fastfreddy74

Жыл бұрын

She also speaks a very good Italian, in her youth she was in a couple of Italian movies

@alain99v6

Жыл бұрын

she is so good that for the last 35 years at least she's dubbing her own voice in the french versions of her movies

@flamethrow868

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I watched her as a kid on french TV, I'm 29 now and this is the moment I'm learning she's not French. I honestly believed she's a french actress who made it in Hollywood

@shells500tutubo

Жыл бұрын

@@flamethrow868 She is born and raised in Los Angeles.

@tikge79

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, that's what I wanted to say. Even though I'm not fluent in French, I can hear the perfect accent and pronunciation. It is a measure to listen to her

One of my favorites was Charlize Theron. The interviewer was Belgian speaking Flemish and she was replying in Afrikaans. It was amazing to see how easily they understood each other

@peterwyetzner5276

Жыл бұрын

I have witnessed this exact situation- a South African friend of mine speaking with the mother of a Belgian friend of mine.

@allanprimeau7864

Жыл бұрын

The languages are similar.

@zigman3105

Жыл бұрын

Its pronounced gibberish

@TimberwolfCY

Жыл бұрын

@@zigman3105 Ooooh, tell me you're jealous without telling me you're jealous, lol

@reikun86

Жыл бұрын

I was told that Dutch is also similar to Afrikaans.

I am German and Sandra Bullock speaks amazing German, she has a bit of an accent, but the grammar and vocabulary are great. For someone who doesn't speak German in everyday life, she speaks outstanding German.

@inha3724

Жыл бұрын

I second this. She is absolutely fluent and has has next to no accent at all. The commentator should really check herself when commenting on fluency and accents as she obviously speaks only American. Viggo, of course, is the king of languages.

@lillithtitania

Жыл бұрын

She was raised in Germany for the first 12 years of her life to an American Father & German Mother & is a native German speaker. English is her second language.

@lillyalexander9669

Жыл бұрын

Sandra Bullock mother was german… and she grew up at Germany several years and singing in a chorus… her mother was an opera singer… is natural she speaks german

@tomkronberger8710

2 ай бұрын

.Als jemand der englischsprachig aufwuchs kann ich gerade diese Argumente nicht teilen.Da ich doch schon etliche Jahre in österreich lebe verwende ich zumeist deutsch. Tja was dazu führt daß der Akzent in meiner Muttersprache wesentlich stärker ist als jener von Bullock in deutsch. Ich würde jedem empfehlen Mal daran zu denken eine Sprache so gut wie nie zu verwenden. es dann für so selbstverständlich zu halten das die Fähigkeiten noch da sind halte ich für einen typischen Irrtum jener die ausschließlich ihre Muttersprache kennen. Meinen eigenen Akzent in der Sprache in der ich aufgewachsen bin würde ich beispielsweise in der grössenordnung von Donna Summer's deutsch sehen. jede Sprache die man nicht 24/7 verwendet "verlernt" man zumindest ein bisschen

@Tionois

Ай бұрын

Yeah. As a Czech, I envy her pronunciation and her intonation in sentences. I can hear she's great but can't replicate that despite having taken German classes for 9 years in school.

I think it’s really cool when celebrities do interviews in multiple languages. I heard from Sean Ferrer (Audrey Hepburn’s son) that his father Mel Ferrer spoke six languages and his daughter Emma speaks four languages

@adithyagopan8129

Жыл бұрын

Being multilingual is pretty common among Indians as we speak a lot of languages and when we interact with each other, we tend to learn languages even without intending to.

@gigihanmandarin

Жыл бұрын

Chris Hemsworth (Thor) speaks pretty good Indonesian too. He is an Aussie and they learn that in school, since Indonesia is Australia's neighbour.

@oliviaricker3042

2 ай бұрын

​​@@gigihanmandarinyeah, I forgot he was Australian at first, so I'm like Indonesian is so random to be commonly taught in schools, but I'm a geography buff so when I thought about it more I'm like oh wait it's like right there so it makes sense now 😂😂😂 for context, I'm from the States

I think this is more impressive for Americans. For Europeans, it is normal to learn more languages in school. I am from the Netherlands and in high school we are obligated to study 4(!) languages: English, German, French, Dutch.

@MrCph2200

Жыл бұрын

In Denmark we only have to study three 😉

@liduvinasanchezhernandez1154

Жыл бұрын

In Spain we learn just 2... English from elementary school, and from junior high school we have to choose a second one. The options in the area where I'm from were German and French, but I know that some other options are Portuguese and Italian. It is also required at universities (at least at the two where I studied) to have a certified B1 level in any European language in order to graduate from your bachelor degree, and a B2 for the Master degree.

@vanesag.9863

Жыл бұрын

I speak two and a half: Spanish, Catalan and a little bit of English. It's mandatory in Spain a second language to graduate in an University. But my brother speaks German too. I think in Europe everybody speak at least a second language.

4 ай бұрын

Catalan here. Everyone you find on the streets here speaks at least two languages fluently. Most three. I'm quite fluent in Catalan, Spanish, English and French. And can understand and make people understand me in a few other Romance languages. And can ask the basics (food, directions, a hotel room, explain I'm vegetarian...) in German and Swahili.

@maggieb4736

4 ай бұрын

As an American, it definitely is impressive. Typically the public school curriculum offering foreign languages doesn't happen until High School (last 4 years before college). I think to begin much earlier would be better. I don't know why we don't, I think it would be far better because along with the language, you learn about customs and cultures, it's a great way to open up kids' minds and spark their interest in other places and people. I'd be the first to say our educational system here is nothing to shout about. Starting with attracting (paying) teachers a *good* salary and treating them with the respect they deserve. Went off on a tangent there, whoops.

8:21 No. When you grow up in Austria, your native language is german. Period. English is just a very popular second language that most Europeans learn at school, amongst - most of the time - at least another language like spanish, french, italian,...

@im.joeyb.

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was kinda dumb.

@allanprimeau7864

Жыл бұрын

Yes, Austrians speak German. Was soll damit?

@im.joeyb.

Жыл бұрын

@@allanprimeau7864 Sie sagen im Video, dass die Muttersprache von Österreichern Englisch ist... Das soll damit.

@StrongImaginationA

Жыл бұрын

They probably mean for Waltz in particular his native languages are German and English. German because of where he grew up, English for some other reason.

@Alfakkin

Жыл бұрын

True, I'm Italian and I have studied very well English at school, in London and in USA...it is really more than just my second language...but at secondary school I had to learn German fand it was hard to be honest...I have almost forgotten it because I don't have the chance to practice...most of my friends can speak French very well and I envy them

Hats down to the polyglots! I love watching Novak Djokovic playing different tournaments around the world and every time he has a post-match interview he speaks the language of that country, so impressive!

Eddie Izzard does stand-up in English, French, German, and Spanish....and he is now learning Russian and Arabic. Languages are his hobby. I am surprised he is not included in this.

@joannaphillips897

Жыл бұрын

He’s just absolutely fantastic.

@DumpTrump4TRE45ON

Жыл бұрын

When not training for marathons.....or acting. Izzard is brilliant and a very, very nice person.

@Alfakkin

Жыл бұрын

@@DumpTrump4TRE45ON he is brilliant, ❤️

@Ed19601

Жыл бұрын

I speak most european languages, including dead ones like old greek, latin, gothic, old english and gammelnorsk. The latter comes in especially handy should they ever discover some vikings survived hidingin the marshes, thinking the raids were still going on. My japanese, chinese and malay have become a bit rusty

@LunaNik

Жыл бұрын

...et le singe est sur la branche!

And it is funny how us latinos don't make fun of people accent speaking spanish, we love the effort they make by communicating in our language ❤️

@dsa2591

Жыл бұрын

I always tell people who make fun of latinos speaking broken English that they speak one more language than we do. I'm studying Spanish now, took two years in HS, and plan to move to Mexico.

@aybenahos4497

Жыл бұрын

Oh, how much i want to be fluent in Spanish. We have spanish words in our dialect but the grammar, its just so hard to learn. 🇵🇭

@awbinn3377

Жыл бұрын

@ Pamela Reyes - bless you. It's true what you say. Yo aprendo español y si - los hispanohablantes son simplemente THE BEST. No se ríen, nunca te dicen que lo hables incorrectamente - al contrario: te aseguran que lo hagas bien. Por eso me encanta hablar en vuestro idioma. Aunque no lo hago super bien.

@PamelaReyes

Жыл бұрын

@@awbinn3377 me alegra mucho saber que es así como te sientes, y esto sucede porque sabemos lo que es ser bilingüe y que eso significa inteligencia, independientemente de si hables o no con acento ❤️

@BaileyBlurbs

Жыл бұрын

Nah Latinos don’t care about me trying to speak it.

Jodie Foster's French is so good that you see no difference between her's and her interviewer's.

@elisabethcanis9760

Ай бұрын

Actor Daniel Brühl is a polyglot too! He speaks fluently German, English, Spanish, French an Italian! He should be among the best of this list!

A fluent non-native English speaker in the US is often misconstrued as having broken English due to their accent, while an American speaking another language at a basic level with a thick accent may be perceived as fluent. WTF?!

What about Daniel Brühl? He speaks German, Spanish, English, French and Catalan. Not only for interviews. He had done movies in German, English, Spanish and French

@BRENDAESQUIVELF

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking of him too! The man is an excelent actor and a joy to hear him in all the languages he speaks!

@user-sb9ij4tf8t

6 ай бұрын

He also speaks Portuguese

@jemsar2

4 ай бұрын

That is absolutely true. Missing Daniel Brühl is a real oversight. That man is a talented actor and polyglot.

In Europe, speaking Multiple languages is common My wife is Portuguese, the romance languages come easily off her tongue. Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian and then English and even Aussie Slang (not really a Language) It is very helpful when travelling that is for sure.

@dansan

Жыл бұрын

Most latin languages are easy for us, Portuguese, to assimilate because our language usually has all the sounds existent in the others. English is mandatory at school and we also have French and German as options in high school, some schools also have Spanish :)

@christophernicolson5086

4 ай бұрын

Not in UK. We're rubbish

@TJay41

Ай бұрын

I think Aussie slang is a language 😂😂😂😂😂, it’s amazing when people can learn other languages, at 62 I’m learning Mandarin and even though it’s hard it is so worth it, I hope to add a few more languages to flex my brain

Audrey Hepburn was just amazing and beautiful in every aspect.

@philipmulville8218

Жыл бұрын

My sentiments exactly. A stunningly beautiful woman.

Audrey Hepburn originally grew up in the Netherlands, before being evacuated to England at the outbreak of the second world war. Her mother was a Dutch Aristocrat (Countess). Her language skills in the Netherlands were above average, as she was fluent in Dutch, Flemish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, English, as well as some Indonesian, Russian and Mandarin. As is typical in the Netherlands, Hepburn never used her language skills as a "circus stunt," but switched from language to language as she felt necessary, in order to make the person(s) with whom she spoke feel more comfortable.

@ETS186

Жыл бұрын

Audrey Hepburn knew Indonesian?? I'm Indonesian, I gotta look this up. I mean the Dutch were in Indonesia for 350 years, and our founding fathers were educated there so she probably met 1-2 when she grew up there.

@vizzyb8400

Жыл бұрын

Lmao u r just stating these facts from where? I have never heard her speak Chinese, Russian or Indonesian. There is no video on KZread for that. I am not going to believe your lies without evidence. These actors just do 1/2 commercial like Japanese or something and fans consider them fluent 🙄

@user-ym7dg3qx5n

9 ай бұрын

😅

@endlessstudent3512

4 ай бұрын

She spoke 6 languages, English, German, Italian, French, Dutch and Portugese. That is impressive enough, it is not necessary to dream up even more.

@Libithina

22 күн бұрын

Actually she lived in Britain before WWII and was brought to the Netherlands in 1940 by her mother who hoped that the Dutch neutrality would be respected. It wasn't and she spent the whole war in the Netherlands (source: Wikipedia, and Audrey herself)

Jodi Foster really impressed the French when she did interviews in their language.

@Alfakkin

Жыл бұрын

She is fluent in Chinese, Mandarin, too...

@guirig6194

5 ай бұрын

She was educated in the French Lycee in La as a child

Sandra Bullock has got the loveliest northern Bavarian („Franken“) twang, which to many Germans is what the Welsh accent is to the British.

@candellina6

Жыл бұрын

Like southern American accents sound to northern America?

@cassandrareese3082

Жыл бұрын

@Candace Oppenheimer like a Boston accent to anyone from the US

Tom Hiddleston's greek is actually ancient Greek, and it's just a couple of sentences here and there in interviews. As a Greek speaker, can't really say that it counts....

@melovesawyer

Жыл бұрын

Maybe it’s just the fascination that (from this one clip on this video) he seems to be able to read it at least and it seems extra good because of the letters being different to those used in English?

@jemsar2

4 ай бұрын

I don’t think that matters. It’s the effort that counts.

@jaynekranc8607

4 ай бұрын

He tries harder than most people, though.

Ben Affleck is literally all the Spanish accents rolled into one

@latze74

Жыл бұрын

His "pero" came out as "perro" 😁😁 other than that, he was ok, good for him!

@AstridinGeorgia

Жыл бұрын

Actually, his accent is a regional accent of northern Mexico. It's unmistakable.

@ICantBelieveItsNotJesus

Жыл бұрын

@@AstridinGeorgia go on...

@AstridinGeorgia

Жыл бұрын

@@ICantBelieveItsNotJesus It's actually a norteño accent that's mostly heard in people from the states of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, etc. The rest of Mexico says that it sounds too brusque because the southern accents have a much smoother and softer tone almost like low singing.

@ICantBelieveItsNotJesus

Жыл бұрын

@@AstridinGeorgia tell me more...

Mortensen speaks Spanish as if he was born in Argentina. It is nice to hear.

how could you forget Paul Robeson? he was a lawyer, an athlete, a singer/actor, the valedictorian of his class at Rutgers...and he spoke 15 languages. He sang Old Man River in Show Boat. What an amazing individual!!

Since ya'll talked about Sandra Bullock and said you're no experts but she sounds pretty good: Yes, she does. I'm German and I was shocked when I found out a few years ago and saw her talking at the Bambi Awards, her German is almost flawless still

In Europe, it is absolutely normal to speak several languages, it's only big news in the States.

@oliviaricker3042

2 ай бұрын

Not always. In middle and high school it's mandatory to take a foreign language up to a certain point. And a lot of people do choose to continue learning them. Plus, in America there's so many immigrants, so many people here are at least bilingual. I also live in the state of New York, so I come across non-Americans all the time.

@blondecat666

2 ай бұрын

@@oliviaricker3042 That is also true, unfortunately the news are seldom about immigrants celebrated for their ability to speak multiple languages...

@justbreathe_

2 ай бұрын

Not really. I speak English, French, and Spanish. I can get by in Portuguese. My family and friends can speak several languages as well

@blondecat666

2 ай бұрын

@@justbreathe_ So you are not an average American 🙂

@infledermaus

2 ай бұрын

Switzerland requires everyone to speak German, French Italian, Swiss and one other language I believe, but I can't recall. I believe Belgium also requires a few languages. When one lives next to countries that speak different languages, one must speak more than one's native language. The US is so big that it's not absolutely necessary especially if one never leaves the country although learning other languages helps learn about other cultures.

Freddie Highmore- speaks 5 languages.

@vanesag.9863

Жыл бұрын

His Spanish is flawless. I think he has an University degree. He did an interview in a Spanish channel talking about how years ago he decided to tell people he had Galician roots to try to integrate in a Madrid neighborhood.

Vigo's Spanish is as good as his English. He speaks with a flawless Argentine accent and is completely fluent, but his language skill is so good, he can do other accents too. I once saw a play with him where he played a Spanish man from Madrid and it was spot on.

@LolaLaRue-sq6jm

5 ай бұрын

He has said that he often feels more comfortable in Spanish than he does in English.

@ESUSAMEX

4 ай бұрын

He has said that he believes that he can express himself better in Spanish because he lived most of his childhood in Argentina.

@hreynisson

3 ай бұрын

His Danish (unsurprisingly) is quite on point as well. If you want to check out other Scand's that are impressive check out Nicolaj Coster-Waldau and Joel Kinnaman. Their English is flawless but so are the other languages they can switch to

Ii never judge someone speaking to me in English when it's clear it's their 2nd language, I'm just very impressed they took the time and effort to learn something difficult. Too many people here are judging these celebrities on their accents and tonal sounds, give them credit not criticism.

@scorpio6481

Жыл бұрын

CR. English is one of the most DIFFICULT languages to learn. So much so, that many Americans don't speak nor understand the language very well. Feel free to ask any American English teachers (I teach English as a Second Language).

@FlowerGirlMy

Жыл бұрын

@@scorpio6481 from what I heard from my teachers in school and my own experience - english is the most easiest to learn. Spelling on the other hand - not so much. It's not phonetic (sounds often do not match the letters, like you have to learn 2 separate languages), that's what makes it dificult. And my grammar is probably is not good :). But it's easier to practis english because of it's exposure and prevalence.

@Clara-sj2qh

Жыл бұрын

@@FlowerGirlMy Na bro, even tho english is taught in schools for years in most countries, majority of ppl just learn the basics if they don't do an effort to learn after their school time is over, just like with spanish in America; spanish is taught in schools every year but that doesn't mean that everyone that attended spanish classes learn the whole language, that's ignorant to assume that everyone that learn english in schools in other countries knows how to speak and understands english, me myself just know english from youtube not from the classes that my school in my country have. So putting that into consideration it is actually very impressive to be fluent in english, actually to be fluent and to know any language is impressive.

@FlowerGirlMy

Жыл бұрын

@@Clara-sj2qh well, when you are from little country, you do not have much choice, you have to learn other languages. And personal efort - can't do anything without it. But I suppose that americans don't really need other languages. English is the most common everywhere (UK, America, Australia, business, traveling...). But the problem I see, is that americans are so self centered and don't know much about the word beyond USA, that they think that people everywhere know only one language.

@nathalie_desrosiers

Жыл бұрын

English is not easy to learn when you are not a native speaker. For example, the letter *i* can be pronounced in at least two different way "surprisingly", without having rules. You just have to know it. What makes it a little bit easier, is the world is bombarded with English-speaking cultural things (music, movies, etc.).

Honorable mention: Eddie and Alex Van Halen, Dutch. They were both born in Amsterdam, and moved to Pasadena, California in 1962. There are several videos knocking around KZread of the brothers conducting interviews in Dutch.

Kobe sounds so fluid speaking Italian. You can tell he’s quite fluent, he doesn’t pause or stutter to find the right word. I only speak one language, so they are all impressive to me.

Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-fat, & Michelle Yeoh: English.

well at first knowing Chris hemsworth has an ability to speak Indonesia is so "Luar Biasa" (Amazing) and "Ga Nyangka" (surprisingly)

If Mark Zuckerberg and John Cena’s mandarin is considered fluent, I probably speak about 18 languages.

@latze74

Жыл бұрын

I don't know any Chinese words, but after hearing some "fluent" Spanish, Italian and Greek, I'm about ready to become a self-proclaimed galactic translator 😁😁

@vizzyb8400

Жыл бұрын

Mark Zuckerberg conducted the entire 30 mins video of him speaking in Mandarin in front of lot of people so where is yours?

@Valvraves

Жыл бұрын

as a mandarin speaker , john cena mandarin is good , for mark , my dog bark better than him

@N1netynine

Жыл бұрын

@@Valvraves hahah, so true

@confusedredditor1660

Жыл бұрын

​@@Valvraves lmao that expression

I have endless respect for those who speak multiple languages. It is something I would love to do but even picking up Spanish has been very difficult for me. Seems like there is a real natural talent that some have that allow them to speak multiple languages and it is something I do not have but greatly admire!

@asmrlova

Жыл бұрын

My third language teacher says there are 4 major european languages that are interconnected i.e. if you master one, the other 3 will be a piece of cake. French and spanish being 2 of the 4. Learning a language is hard. But its made easier if you speak it. Yes, and water is wet. Point being you need to be in an environment where you can nurture that...whatever it is. Speaking with native speakers is a great way to master a new language.

@fancyeri1929

Жыл бұрын

@@asmrlova For me, the Italian, French and Portuguese languages ​​are easier because, after all, they are Romance languages ​​similar to my mother tongue, which is Spanish. English was a language that cost me a lot of work to learn but finally I think I'm finally getting over it 😅 but I've heard that many English speakers have a hard time mastering Romance languages ​​such as Spanish, French, Italian, among others

@anniecharbonneau6657

Жыл бұрын

You need to start young

@coffeemachtspass

Жыл бұрын

Don’t give up, Kris. I taught Spanish at a university for 25 years and never met a student who couldn’t learn it. It takes time, love, and access to interesting content. And don’t worry about ‘perfection’. Even native speakers don’t handle their own languages perfectly.

@aybenahos4497

Жыл бұрын

Same here

Dolph Lundgren? I remember reading that he can speak 13 different languages including Japanese, Swedish, English, Russian .......

Lady Diana Spencer speaking in Italian is a thing of beauty. Also, an Emma Thompson interview in French is great to watch!

@bubblycider

Жыл бұрын

Emma Thompson knows some Italian as well and I’m sure she’ll improve it, since she now owns a house in Venice! She and her husband did a small segment for the “enjoy, respect Venezia” initiative, that is intended to target unruly tourists.

@rafardhanfauzi

Жыл бұрын

Royal families at least can speak Germany or France

Audrey's french was astounding. A class act in every language ❤

I love watching these kinds of videos but they're often the same celebrities and the same interviews over and over again. I was pleased to see Audrey Hepburn and Kobe Bryant included in this one and was surprised to see Guy Ritchie! That's one I've never heard of.

@stevenwilson879

Жыл бұрын

But have you learned another language?

@mindyroth8112

Жыл бұрын

Ritchie's conjugation was terrible but he still managed to get his point across, which is pretty impressive for someone learning a language that is not one of the main romantics.

@missmayette

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenwilson879 I learned French in school and during the pandemic, I learned (and am continuing to learn) Dutch. I'm certainly not conversational, but it's good for the brain!

I love how Ben's voice keeps getting to higher and higher pitch when he speaks español

@donnawoodford6641

Жыл бұрын

So, he speaks JLo's language. ¡Qué bueno saber!

@sangredelic

3 ай бұрын

His demeanor is appealing too; he's humble about his ability and stays calm, unlike a lot of English speakers who are so proud and overly excited to torture people's ears with their mangled Spanish.

I love Kobe's Italian and even more I love his Italian accent when he speaks Spanish! 💕

I understand Christop Waltz switching languages mid conversation bc some ideas and concepts are better iterated in certain languages. There are things in Spanish that express a more accurate meaning than in English or Spanish and vice versa

@linedancechicks

Жыл бұрын

The more languages you know, the more "better" phrases you find through different languages. Love doing it with my sister but it gets hard when speaking to a monolingual person and you can only think of the better word in the other language instead of the correct phrase in the language you are currently using 🙈

@wnbrknisezlyfxd2951

Жыл бұрын

@@linedancechicks a'in't that a fact.

@KoriEmerson

3 ай бұрын

Yup. I code switch to German and American sign language all the time. English can be very limiting sometimes.

@bezbezzebbyson788

2 ай бұрын

I do it with english and my native egyptian arabic. Any language can express any meaning but sometimes what's expressable by a word in a language is done by a sentence or more in the other. If you know more than one language (semi-)fluently code switching makes it easier you can just pick the easiest way to express the intended meaning from each language you know.

And this is why Sarena is the GOAT. She learned French in advance of her French grand slam win. Which she did eventually win. By then a fluent French speaker. Amazing.

@Salombo788

Ай бұрын

I am French, and while I absolutely respect her willingness to communicate, I struggle to understand her

Great respect to Viggo Mortensen. This is absolutely wonderful.

@FreedomofSpeech865

Жыл бұрын

His Spanish was superb

@duhusker4383

5 ай бұрын

He speaks perfect Argentinian Spanish as he lived there when he was young and goes there often.

Indonesian here. Chris Hemsworth's Indonesian has a very heavy Anglo accent. And it seems like he only remembers phrases rather than being able to hold conversations with the language. But kudos to him for knowing those phrases.

@athaliamelisa8895

3 ай бұрын

Agreed. He knows some phrases, but I don’t think he is able to hold a conversation..

When living in a multi Cultural country , for example a Malay were taught English at school. Needs to learn Arabic to be understanding Islam. Had to learnt Chinese Cantonese as the neighbour grandmother from China speak only Cantonese. My school friends are Javanese. So do my grandparents. Like it or not, you must master the language. Most of my friends are Chinese. My neighbour were Anzac soldiers. Every year those neighbour Anzac family change. One day, we got a very nice Scottish family . The next year we got English who kept by themselves. Then we got Aussies that spoke in a funny accents that it's hard to understand. That is in Singapore. The first day I went schooling, I studied Mandarin. There's no Malay class ! My younger brother is in Chinese kindergarden and need to write Mandarin homeworks. We live in a Chinese dominant are with odd Indians scattered. In later years I work in a Japanese firms where their technicians and Engineers are Japanese. Most of them are hopeless in English😁 So, I need to learnt it . Then I went to Japan for a while to visit my relatives who married a Japanese. Most of those Japanese waiters don't speak English at all. So knowing a bit of Japanese does help.

Audrey Hepburn was born and raised in Brussels which is why she speaks French and she later lived in the Netherlands.

The great thing about the romance languages are that they share a lot of similarities due to their common Latin roots. I remember in my freshman year of high school I was taking Latin, Spanish, and Languages Arts/English at the same time. My Latin class wasn't a super serious class (it was mostly juniors and seniors, and it was the last year they offered it at my school), but I tried to pick up as much as I could. The vocabulary I learned in one class could be used to my advantage in another class, and I just truly think it's really cool. I hope one day I can actually get myself to sit down and actually properly learn one of them. Truly kudos to all the people who can speak multiple languages.

Bullock´s German is totally sweet. Yes, her grammar is a bit mixed up but she knows words even native speakers sometimes don´t know.

If fluency is in the ear of the beholder, no foreigner is fluent in French. I think my French is excellent but they always ask me to speak English because "I 'butcher' the language". While simply learning the very basics in an Asian language earns you a genuine respect for your efforts.

The great Kirk Douglas spoke an amazing French, so well in fact he was even able to joke and crack-up a intellectual bunch of French essayists and writers.

@realworkoutsforrealpeople5041

Ай бұрын

Same with Yul Brynner. His French was almost flawless.

I've been learning Spanish and when I heard Will Smith talk in Spanish, I was like, 'I'm so happy! I understood everything he just said!' 😂

@makisr3136

7 ай бұрын

Me too amigo mío 😂 I feel that I can visit Madrid or Mexico City with no fear 😂😂😂

lupita has a beautiful speaking voice.

My wife says I speak a different language..especially when I’m drunk 😂

Most people in the world speak two or more languages (their regional language, the national language, maybe another regional language, English, etc), but Americans get so surprised when one of them can say a few words in other language. Anyway, Jodie Foster's French is impeccable, and Viggo Mortensen speaks Spanish with a perfect Argentinian accent; Paltrow's Spanish is also good, with an accent from Spain. Chalamet's French and Nyongo's Spanish are competent with few mistakes. The rest can manage, although making mistakes and having strong accents. Cena's and Zuckerberg's mandarin is hard to understand due to not pronouncing the tones right. In any case, it is good to see they're all trying their best to learn other languages.

You forgot all the swedish actors in Hollywood, they all are fluent in at least 2 languages (many of them three or four).

Mun Kayoung, a South Korean actress can speak Korean, English and German fluently. And also Jackon Wang, can speak Chinese, Korean and English very well.👍👍

Tom Hiddleston also reads and speaks Latin, which is likely key to his abilities in Romance languages. He became fluent in ancient Greek as a Classics major, hence can speak modern Greek easily.

I like the fact that Viggo Mortensen can speak "Canadian French" when most French originating from France can't ! 😁

@wendigo1919

Жыл бұрын

He's very articulate... very easy to understand.

@rouky123456

Жыл бұрын

Well we also have different accents you won't expect an Australian to start speaking with an American accent when in the US. But yes French-canadian is a a bit of a challenge for other French speakers 😅

@Razmout

3 ай бұрын

I don't get your comment, his accent wasn't canadian in my opinion. plus I don't get that french cannot speak canadian french, most difference is the accent, like you can differentiate british to irish.

@djk7

2 ай бұрын

I'm French Canadian and that definitely wasn't Québécois French. He's just obsessed with the Montreal hockey team

@Razmout

2 ай бұрын

haha classic habs@@djk7

I really admire people who´s speank other languages, because it is not easy. I am Brasilian and I´m learning english, french, italian e german and I have to say that is not easy to learn a new language, but is so good.

I love you Kobe!!! Thank you for the memories!!! RIP Mamba!!! ❤

As a woman WHO has a husband FROM PUERTO Rico..and being from a Hispanic background myself...I'm EXTREMELY impressed by WILL AND Ben's Spanish speaking abilities....DIOS TE BENDIGA..

It’s so cute seeing Ben Affleck speaking Spanish because I imagine him trying that out with JLo ❤

@cassandrareese3082

Жыл бұрын

He's used to Mexican Spanish which is usually kinda slow and laid back. Puerto Ricans speak like there's a time limit 😆

@ETS186

Жыл бұрын

@@cassandrareese3082 hahahhahaa

@kellyalves756

Жыл бұрын

He was pretty solid. I was impressed.😎

@OiganAEsta

3 ай бұрын

He could 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 how to speak it, as she 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩. Her Spanish is broken as hell 🫠

Trevor Noah could also be on this list, I think he speaks 6 or 7 languages, English, German, Xhosa, and several other African languages

Virgo Mortensen is a gem.

Sandra Bullock speaks a verry perfect German, i love it if she speaks german, she has got a little bavarian accent.Christoph Walz is an Austrian

I can tell that Vigo Montersen speaks a very decent Catalan. There is a secret: his wife is Catalan

@philipusher4282

26 күн бұрын

What about Viggo Mortensen, how's his Catalan?

@loperet100

26 күн бұрын

@@philipusher4282 B1-B2

I love how in the US it's a big thing if you speak one foreign language conversationally XD As was mentioned by one of the celebs, in most countries people learn 1 or 2 foreign languages by default, so actually speaking only one's native language is something unexpected... And for the people who are literally paid to learn to portray other people... Well :D

@JanetMax

Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind, in many other parts of the world, spending time in a country with a primary language different than your own is much easier than in the U.S. Someone living in St. Louis, Missouri, has to travel almost 2,000 km to reach Mexico, the nearest foreign country. When I lived in Germany (near Dusseldorf), the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg were all less than 200 km away, and France was about 300 km. Also unlike many other countries, immigrants to the U.S. tend to assimilate faster and abandon their native languages, perhaps in part because anyone born in the U.S. is automatically a citizen, lessening the impulse to hold onto the native tongue. My older daughter speaks Mandarin, German, and French in addition to English, but she has the benefit of a German father whose family lives in Paris, so she's had extensive exposure to French and German since birth, including a German tutor and regular trips to Europe. Not exactly typical. She studied Mandarin for nine years because she likes it, but since leaving school, her proficiency has slipped-use it or lose it! I'm studying Italian again, but it's tough-there's no easy way to immerse myself in it.

@latze74

Жыл бұрын

@@JanetMax I get ur point, but I don't really get ur point. Many Russians under the age of 45-50 are at least bilingual and their country is almost twice the size of US, so...

@sateremawe

Жыл бұрын

@@JanetMax this is a typical excuse a usa citizen would give to normalize usa’s notorious lack of interest in the rest of the world. I am brazilian, my country is practically as big as yours, yet, we usually learn different languages here. mostly european. and we have 154 languages of our own. I imagine you don’t even know which are the two official languages here. no, spanish is not one of them.

@JanetMax

Жыл бұрын

@@sateremawe well you seem nice. I confess to not knowing the second of Brazil’s two official languages. I thought most Brazilians spoke Portuguese, but I wasn’t aware of a second official language, nor could I find one identified when I searched online. I wasn’t trying to explain completely why there is a low level of multilingualism among Americans, I was just offering a perspective on a contributing factor. My response was clear about the value my own family places on it. I don’t think it’s a good thing, but the reality is that for many Americans, lack of interest in the rest of the world is result of not feeling a need to know, or being so focused on their own survival they don’t have the bandwidth to look farther out. I’ve wanted to travel to Brazil, but if you are typical Brazilian, perhaps it’s better I avoid a place where there is such hostility to Americans.

@sateremawe

Жыл бұрын

@@JanetMax hostility towards colonial mentality we have, indeed. specially when colonial minded people are unaware of it and think they are somehow special and kind. but don’t worry, most of us are too ironic and too happy to throw rage towards gringos. so, feel welcome to come here :) and bring money.

Kudos to these celebrities for showing the world that speaking several languages is an added plus. Unlike some "pea brain folks" from you know where who chastised others for conversing in another vernacular other than English.

@cassandrareese3082

Жыл бұрын

Oye, that's not fair. It's mostly Anglo-Saxon Americans who do that kind of thing. But if you want to get by in the US, you need to at least have passing English. It's getting easier but it's still pretty hard to find places that speak anything but English, especially as you get farther from the borders and metro areas. My parents actually refused to teach me Spanish (3rd gen) because they wanted me to be fluent in English without an accent. Except there are still words I'm finding that I don't know the English word for at 30yo, and the majority of English I heard was accented so when I'm upset it comes out in full force.

And yes ....Sandra Bullock's german is amazing. I love her speaking in german. And she sounds so different

apart from John Cena who had put efforts to learn Mandarin. Only one Aisan Language of Bahasa Indonesia by Our Very own Aussie Superstar is there....

Viggo speaking Spanish with an Argentinian accent, I didn't know that. He speaks perfectly.

WOW never knew this, Thanks for sharing. 🙏❤ Great clip by the way

I'm surprised they didn't have Mila Kunis standing up for JT in Russian.

@homla8116

Жыл бұрын

It's a classic!

@qgde3rty8uiojh90

Жыл бұрын

She's 🇺🇦 by birth. So maybe it's a bit too sensitive at the moment... God bless her.

@FlowerGirlMy

Жыл бұрын

but her russian is quite bad.

@ImaginaryEvil

Жыл бұрын

@@FlowerGirlMy it's her first language haha, she's fluent

@Gerrly

Жыл бұрын

@@ImaginaryEvil I thought Ukrainian was her native. I may be wrong. I didn’t check before writing this.

I mean you should totally mention Jackson Wang too. Guy is super multilingual

@bladepanthera

Жыл бұрын

Lots of kpop stars are multilingual, it's amazing and they're totally underrated!

@maygreene5436

Жыл бұрын

I think the list's implication is American celebrities (or dual citizenship) otherwise most celebrities in the world would included lol. So Jackson Wang as someone from Hong Kong wouldn't count even though he sometimes promotes in the United States.

Gwyneth's way of speaking Español in a very Castillan accent! Majestic!

An honorable mention goes to Ari Eldjarn, who’s well-versed in Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish… and English, of course

@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344

Жыл бұрын

As an English speaker (native language is a Celtic language though) I know even though Scandinavian languages are Germanic a few of them are hard for English speaker to pick up like Icelandic. And anyone who can learn the Finnish language will always hold my respect

@globetrekker86

Жыл бұрын

@@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344 Challenge accepted! I’m eager to resume my Gaelic studies and to give Finnish a try

@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344

Жыл бұрын

@@globetrekker86 I'll hold you too it. It is hard but its not Russian or Polish hard. Finnish though, I wish you luck on that one

@globetrekker86

Жыл бұрын

@@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344 Thank you! Also, if Finnish is even vaguely easier than Russian, then I stand a chance 🙂

@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344

Жыл бұрын

@@globetrekker86 Tá fáilte romhat agus go n-éirí leat

Kobe was just pure class.

@pennyp7382

Жыл бұрын

Lol 😆 yeah right! Classy ring he gave his wife after cheating on her. What about going out on your wife is "classy"?

Thanks for the video. I kind of lost my passion for learning languages as I can speak three languages fluently. Right now, I am pushing for my love to learn and speak more. Spanish, here I come!

Wish this list was organized from unsurprising to most impressive

@stevenwilson879

Жыл бұрын

AND what would be IMPRESSIVE? If I could speak 3 to 4 languages......my world would be 4× open.

To be blessed to know and to speak another language. These celebrities can open doors around the world. Without languages understood... we are dust.

Many celebrities are actually talented in many ways…they can act, sing, dance, play instruments, are awesome artists…so it’s not surprising so many speak more than just English. It’s actually pretty easy to learn another language when you are young… I speak 5 myself…English, French, Czech, Spanish and Gaelic…

When I was a student our French teacher told us that when you learn one European language it's far easier to learn others. There are commonalities between Italian, French, Spanish, but the further north you go the more difficult it can become. She believed that the best way to learn was to start with French and then work your way north through the countries. It makes sense because so many languages in a region have connections going back thousands of years and through migration they became closer. I assume it's the same for many regions of Africa, and also for the Baltic states.

@OliverJazzz

4 ай бұрын

*smirks in Finnish*

The most impressive thing about Viggo Mortensen’s french is that he learned it almost just for a role because he liked the script so much

Hey! Why don’t I see Christopher Lee anywhere?

@Ashhousewares

Жыл бұрын

Right thank you!!

Jodie Foster speak like a real Parisienne ! J’adore

Language is the golden key to the culture of the people where you go and visit, also good for business if you are dealing international. Which is very normal for us over here in europe. For us it is sad if you only are able to talk one? language.

Danny DeVitto doing different languages for the Lorax movie is better than nothing. I'm not offending anyone who has to watch a film in their native language.

Viggo Mortensen helped to translate Albert Camus's “The Human Crisis” for his reading at the Columbia Maison Française.

My father was Chinese, his parents were from mainland China. He was born in Sulu, Philippines surrounded by Muslim 90%, he can speak 100% Muslim and Visayan dialect 10%. Went to English school. And met my mother in Manila who can't speak Tagalog because she can only speak her own dialect from one of the provinces where Mayon volcano located called Bicol. So my father has to learn that dialect to communicate with my mother. So growing up i can hear my father speaking my mother's dialect and soon Tagalog. Amazing.

@asonia8446

Жыл бұрын

There is no Muslim language. You are confusing between religion and language.

@ETS186

Жыл бұрын

@@asonia8446 he/she meant the Sulu language probably

@makisr3136

7 ай бұрын

I thought Islam was a fcking religion not a language 😂😂😂😂

@zvezdoblyat

17 күн бұрын

Wow he can speak Muslim? That's crazy, I'm surprised a mosque hasn't snatched him up yet.

They forgot Elfish and Native American for Viggo when he was in LOTR and HIDALGO lol

@breemassulik768

Жыл бұрын

he also speaks equestrian !! you see the relationships her has with horses!

@yorkiesweetpea23

Жыл бұрын

*Elffin lol

@kaworunagisa4009

Жыл бұрын

...that's Sindarin and Quenya to you. Although I suppose he only needed Sindarin for LOTR.

@carlwells9504

Жыл бұрын

Bet he picked up some Māori in NZ

I would imagine Viggo also being able to speak or at least understand Norwegian. Our two languages are so similar that even instructions usually comes in a combined Norwegian and Danish explanation 😅 I understood what he said in the first clip because it was danish without having learned danish. 😊 Norwegian, Danish and Swedish are very similar.

@EterPuralis

Жыл бұрын

Maybe if you're Danish or Norwegian. Danish can be neigh on impenetrable for a Swedish person.

@hege4318

Жыл бұрын

@@EterPuralis oh, really 😮 I even know how to count in danish 🤣 At least you understand Norwegian 😁 I had several lab partners at uni who were swedish and there was no language problems 😊 Didn't you guys have Cartoon network when being young with it being swedish for a while, then changing to Norwegian, then Danish and Finnish? We couldn't change the language and just had to watch whatever language was on 😅 (in the 90's at least) 😛

@EterPuralis

Жыл бұрын

@@hege4318 How rich do you think i am 😅 no i didn't have cartoon network!

@hege4318

Жыл бұрын

@@EterPuralis oh, I'm sorry to hear that 😔❤️ We weren't that rich either, mom was an education below nurse and father was a mason, and later worked in a store selling rocks for parking yards ect. I think we were below average in Norway, not getting expensive stuff like friends (like getting knockoff/lookalike toys instead of the popular toys). But we always had Cartoon network 🙈 Maybe they prioritised it 🤔

@alexanderkupke920

Жыл бұрын

I think the trick with the Scandinavian languages as it was explained to me (or More exactly nordisk languages without Finnish) is that it is like a triangle how well those are mutually intelligible. Somehow it seems between two of the languages one way is easier then the other way round. Also good to know, while Danish is said to be rather uniform, Norwegian can be a completely different dialect just around the next corner of the Fjord. As a native German speaker i find it always interesting to see where there are for example similarities with German, English, Dutch, Frisian etc. and which was influenced in which direction.

Love how the word Hiddlestone was searching for in French was “provocateur”, which has been borrowed into everyday English anyway

I was expecting "早上好中国。我有bing chilling. 我很喜欢bing chilling. Lao gan ma" Can't pretend I'm not disappointed 😂

mariska hargitay is a polyglot as well she speaks English Spanish Italian French and Hungarian as well

@debbiedoodiedandi

Жыл бұрын

She's used her Italian a bit on SVU.

@dragonslayerdragonslayer

Жыл бұрын

Yes she does

It’s a lot fun when these actors learn a lot more for the world. Heck they don’t sound the same in the language they speak.

@stevenwilson879

Жыл бұрын

So ,you can do better?

@sazji

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenwilson879 It wasn’t a put down. People who are fully bilingual almost always sound different in each language, because different languages have different vocal placement and intonations.

I really need to start learning a different language I am so jealous

@kurtthecat3995

2 ай бұрын

Pick a language and start watching Peppa Pig every day in that language. In 6 months you'll have 100% comprehension of Peppa Pig in a different language.