Do Romelu Lukaku & Kevin de Bruyne REALLY know eight languages? We test them to find out! | ESPN FC
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- Belgium stars Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne put their language skills to the test by translating English football clichés into various languages. Inter Milan’s Lukaku can speak English, Italian, French, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese and Lingala, while Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne speaks Dutch, English, French and German.
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"Schoolboy defending" is an English expression, doesn't really work in Portuguese. No wonder it was the only one that tripped him up
Same thing with German
Also in German... And what he said for the German expression was absolutely right
Yeah she was stingy with a few
@@Giannii___ yea i, as a german, was really confused and didnt know either how to translate that. this isnt really an expression.
yeah, I'm brazilian (we speak portuguese here, not exactly the same as in portugal but very similar) and even though I know a lot of english I had no idea how to translate it
Lukaku speaks... English, French, Portuguese, Lingala, Dutch, Italian and Spanish. Simply incredible.
@@canunlu1879 yeah it's sad lol, time to go study and learn some languages
Ye amazing 👍
@J P yeah I’m fluent on Spanish and English I understand Italian and Welsh quite well, I’m currently learning Italian welsh and french
Well he couldn't do the portuguese one so count that out.
Didn't he study tourism?
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En Oliver passeert hier 🙄
You probably only speak 2 languages
"Estoy herido" - Gareth Bale.
@@marvinkeene1170 we talking about football players not DJs jaja
A wild dutch DJ has appeared
I’m so impressed
Shut up
Dirty Mike I like your fifa tutorial,
Im so dumb
Didn't asked mate
Kevin lives in Belgium and he got the french question wrong
KDB irl : speaks French, Dutch, German and English
KDB in The Champions : "Kevin"
😂😂😂
He's more fluent in dutch than he is in French and german
I think you mean KEVIN
@@rafaelmbambo5771 he's fluent in French as well(considering both dutch and French are spoken in Belgium) but not that much in German.
@@beng776 OK. No wonder he has dutch name.
I got to defend Lukaku here, his Portuguese is nothing but perfect, and that's not even a very popular expression.
That's right. The problem was that the phrase was in English, which is a very limited language
English is a stubbornly idiomatic language and that’s coming from a native speaker
Lukaku is smart ag
Yeah,but it's very easy for people from french regions,cause it's a latin language
@@dr.yolo3343 French is the most different language within Latin languages. It's actually easier for the people who speak Portuguese, Italian and Spanish. Specially for the people who speak Portuguese.
“Li ho visti fischiati” in italiano is wrong, what lukaku says was correct
I am also italian and I confirm what my pal says!
It may not be wrong but what Lukaku said was more elegant and still correct ;)
Grandi regazz
Oltre a essere sbagliato nun se po' sentiiiii
la frase in italiano non ha molto senso, la traduzione letterale è quella però chi è che lo dice in italia
@@landy4497 That's because Americans don't understand that language doesn't work that way. Sayings and idioms don't translate well, or at all.
As a German I can guarantee not one of us has ever said "Verteidigt wie eine Schülermannschaft"
As an English man I can guarantee ive never said that either
in bahasa indonesia we call it bek tolol
@@ramaaditya2566 wkwkwkwk
Ich wusste selbst nicht was die da für eine Antwort wollten haha
Nobody asked
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Lmaoooooo
OBVIOUSLY...OBVIOUSLY...
Harry speaks English.
He did learn to say "I swear on my daughter's life I touched", so he knows a bit of English just needs to work on the pronunciation.
More like Garett Bale
WOW ! MEANWHILE ; Some of our english players struggle with their own language
Harry Kane lmao
Kane
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Kane doesnt struggle, he has a health issue, keep making fun of that
@@farhanrahman7119 which health issue
Lukaku is wild, It's impressive how quickly he recalls Italian words given that he hasn't been there for very long yet.
What do you mean bruh? He's there right now
@@urosgarcev but it is still wild he also speaks spanish and portuguese while never even have lived there at all.
@garizzler my mother been in the USA for 20 years and can't even say "how are you doing" in English ☠️☠️
I am Italian and I have never used the word ‘strutturato’ in my entire life. Congrats to Romelu, I am absolutely impressed by his level of Italian 😮
@@michiferrucci that's common word in spanish. I'd like to think that's his reference 👀
I'm Brazilian and I had no idea what that phrase they given him meant until he said it in Spanish. I've seen him being interviewed by a Brazilian reporter in portuguese and he speaks it perfectly.
Remembering phrases in languages that one doesn't use everyday is tough. At first one struggles with wording and structure but after a brief time they get eaxier and easier, rather like riding a bicycle. I'm envious of these two. Knowing many languages is a wonderful skill.
I have no doubt that they have enough of those languages that they could go to those countries and be understood, remembering and picking up more vocabulary along the way.
To spit out precisely grammatically correct sentences out of context is tough. I admire how Lukaku chose the wrong word and corrected himself.
Do Footballers hire language teachers when they go play in a new country or do they just learn it on their own?
@@tylerdordon99 they often get tutors.
@@tylerdordon99 the club gives them tutors usually.
@@tylerdordon99 Belgians are always good with languages because of the location and good education at school , 80% of them speaks at least 3 Languages proper
Shows how smart of an individual Lukaku is
And they try to embrace people who don't speak on there accent.
Not smart. Maybe diligent, good memory, dedicated, not necessarily smart
@@anonymousperson3023 wrong, you will never find low IQ individuals that speak several languages, not saying he's a genius either, to be disciplined and have dedication to learn that many languages you have to have some level of smartness
@@Davidp9767 I disagree. IQ tends to measure problem solving and logical thinking skills that dont require too much out of the box thinking. Im not saying Lukaku aint smart at all. Im just saying I cant really judge his intellect based off that especially considering how he has played some in of the countries he speaks
@@alex6677 again, wouldnt call it intelligence more so patience and a dedication towards the learning
I’m italian and “strutturato” didn’t even cross my mind, quite impressive!
Doge di Amalfi L’ho pensato anche io, ma rimane comunque qualcosa di molto interessante
secondo me gli americani ora si stanno scervellando per capirci. E' bello parlare italiano sotto i loro video xD
Kane: i can speak English
Woman: that is incorrect!
Rom laughed at the stoke part cos he knows who they talking about😂😂
LM10 knows it
De Bruyne has also played against Stoke.
who do they talk about?
@@anonymous2428 messi
Who are they talking about ?
Lukaku is incredible but they didn't ask him to translate in lingala
Lukaku was born to Congolese parents and I guess it is one of the languages spoken there so he should know his mother tongue and first of all I dont think the reporter knew that language
@@ankitmanna3927 I think it's racist not to ask him. Translators are everywhere so that reason is trivial
@@mwebazegilbert2008 u are trolling right !!
@@mwebazegilbert2008 inappropriate use of racist word
@@mwebazegilbert2008 stop saying everything is racist. You are making us look stupid
Imagine a person knows 4+ languages but you don’t “let him talk”.
I speak 4 languages, but no one lets me speak haha..
My german is a bit rough though but 3 completely fluent
😂😂😂😂😂 now I get why he was so pissed😂😂
Sit down! Nobody talk!
@Luna Sage Drink water and relax!
Lmao..
Poor Kevin and Romelu were being told they were wrong but clearly it was correct but just there’s a lot of different words in their language for the same things
I need to get on this level. Not too late. Lockdown II on the way. Polyglot by the Euros
Scamdemic
@@jb894 stop that bull
FREE WILL DEFENDER it isn’t bull, you are a sheep, however.
Good on you man I too want reach that level I already speak French, Dutch, English, Spanish,
I already speak 5 languages, too lazy to learn another
You have to give props to these guys from non-English speaking countries who go out of their way to learn all these languages compared to guys from English speaking countries who dont go out of their way, that much, to learn other languages. Even in Tennis, Roger, Novak and Nadal know at least 4 languages as well. Big props to these guys!.
You're right, English players hardly leave their countries, I can assure you that jadon Sancho cannot speak German
@@chidumebiarukwe6436 I’m an American who can only dream about learning other languages - we don’t have any quality schooling for that here, so our only chance to really learn is to live in another country - watching Pulisic go to Dortmund and learn German is inspiring, I don’t see many players doing that these days from US/UK etc.
Nadal only speaks Spanish and English. His English is mediocre to say the least. Federer and Novak can speak several languages.
@@Inkill2009 ... I wouldn't put it like that. Nadal speaks pretty good English. Yes not the best, but at least he can have a conversation in English. That's the whole idea of my comment, they can actually make meaningful conversations , meanwhile English speaking guys can't really do the same for other languages. Nadal's French isn't that bad either. Lol
@@osahonuwagboe6183 that is because there is no pressure on people from English speaking countries to speak any other languages. English is the one and only international and universal language.
“Strutturato”:..that’s a very good one: Probably a lot of Italian footballers don’t even know the meaning of this word 😂
Ma che stai a di
What does it mean
@@ryanfikri1882 structure
Can you guys do more of that language stuff ! It really helps to increase a language skills 👍🏾
Lukaku and De bruyne: speak multiple languages
British and Americans: Is that even legal?
African people: Are you joking?
Most of Southern america speak spanish
Hahahahah
Actually most Africans speak multiple languages
@@irwan206 Was talking about the USA but ok
Dude do you know how big Africa is compared to Britain and America that's such a poor comparison lol
More I see of Rom the more respect I ha e for this man. Goal plunderer ... Has done the business at every club he's been, speaks 7 languages. Top player and top man
Indeed. I could see him at Chelsea next …
This aged well and not well at the same time…
Big Rom was right: no Italian would say “Li ho visti fischiati” , but “l’ho visto fischare” as he said 😉
Li ho visti dare, nel senso rigori eccetera
@@Davide_ACM sì anche - io pensavo agli arbitri 😉
Being judged by an interviewer who clearly only speaks English and is using Google translate.
2:29 - Lukaku’s laugh 😂😂😂
Cracked us up 😂
Klopp laugh..xD
That's probably gonna be a meme
That part got me
He got the joke😂
Very impressive from lukaku. He will have a career after football.
Not because of his language proficiency though, unless he's an official translator title. I speak 5 european languages fluently and this has never been any benefit professionally. Africans are good at languages b.t.w.
@@VCRider what languages do you speak sir and what do you recommend me to learn them
@@E100Ik_ i speak 6 languages (European). Learn whatever sounds good to you
@@VCRider it's a definite plus... You haven't pursued any career that it's necessary then
@@VCRider which ones
Lukaku loves Kevin so much that he helped kevin win the Champions league ❤
Kevin: bekerfinale
Caption: bekke finale
Woman: Perfect!
Ok...
Lukaku is the boss, would have wanted to hear some Lingala in there!
Yeah "bekke", that's exactly how we say cup in Dutch
Hahahaha ik ging kapot toen ik da had gelezen
Armin00 Holländisch ist so komisch als deutscher
@@marcmuller3349 Wij Nederlanders vinden de Duitse taal ook hilarisch
@@XNickvhz14 glaub ich dir
Alsof wij 'matches' zeggen, ook.. Gekke Belgen 😂
Incredible! I'm slowly learning Spanish and live in Spain (so that helps). One day, I want to be able to speak 4 but I feel the journey is going to be long 🫠
Well my friend, my mother language is portuguese(I'm brazilian), spanish is VERY close to portuguese, like, we can understand each other if we talk slowly. And also I know english, as you can tell, hah.
But Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, French and Romanian all came from one mother language which was Latin, so this is why is so easy to notice the translation.
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I can speak Hindi and English, and I am learning Spanish
Suerte en aprender el idoma. Lo he aprendido también con un nivel intermedio. Tienes más motivación que tengo, porque solo quiero aprender español con la fluidez jaja.
Football player have an underrated intelligence. They are playing all over the world and have to learn many languages while also trying to play at the highest level.
Bravo Romelu Lukaku. I'm so impressed by your ability to speak many languages
They let Kevin speak finally.....😌🤩🥴🥴
If you know you know
Lool 🤣
in 4 languages
Lols
@@jannfietearp4439 lol nice one
We need more of these
How can't u love both of them?
Great players and great men
Lukaku is amazing
belgians are good at learning languages on a short period of time
More like this please!!
Wow! Nice work guys
The German one was quite hard. Out of like a bazillion football based sayings in our language you picked that one? C’mon 🙈
I like their new format of releasing a video an hour. Gives a time for break.
Very impressive 👏👌. Well done boys.
What a great guys!
School boy defending with Kyle Walker image. ESPN is trying to be a troll lol
lmao!!! XD
Lmao 😂
so talented wow
I can speak Portuguese, Spanish and English, and I tell you, going for a fourth language is being VERY HARD, props to Lukaku. But he stays close to european friends all the time, the KEY is PRACTICE.
Depends on what that language is. Dutch is pretty similar to English, and if you speak Portuguese and Spanish you could probably learn Italian and French quite easily. It's not the same as learning a language from a completely different family, like Russian, Chinese, Swahili, etc..
These guys are so good
I love it. They covered all six languages I'm learning (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German, and Dutch)👌🏾
Dutch is my native language, and I can understand German a bit because of how close it is to Dutch, but can't really speak it. My French is mediocre but I'm improving it, and I've only just started learning Spanish. Portuguese would be nice to learn, since I love going on holiday to the Azores, and since I can currently only swear in Italian, it might be an idea to improve that too.
I speak french, spanish, italian, german, dutch and English been tryna learn portuguese but haven’t had a lot of time
I can speak yoruba, hausa, english and a little bit of german and arabic too
You're learning portuguese from Portugal or the Brazilian one?
@@SirCasticoo The Brazilian one
KDB:Says the german One wrong
Me,who is Austrian and doesn't know the answer too: Kevin,are you dumb?
Dr. Yolo33 I’m Austrian too and I don’t believe anybody says what the correct answer “Schülermannschaft” was so Kevin is correct imo
@@TheMUDE94 ja mann xD
@@TheMUDE94 Ich hab noch nie das Wort ,,Schülermannschaft" gehört
Same. Ich find auch es auch ehrlich gesagt so egal ob man jetzt die richtige Phrase verwendet. So lange es Sinn macht wie in dem Fall is es perfekt 🤷🏻♂️
Schuljungen Verteidigung wäre eventuell am nächsten gewesen, aber seins war echt nah dran
Perfect video
You're a wonderful person Romelu! Greatings from Poland! Pazza Inter! ♥
I think ESPN didn't realize that Dutch is KDB's mother tongue.
And romelu's btw.
That’s impressive, where did Lukaku learn all those languages?
he's Belgian so he knows french and dutch from there, currently playing in Italy, not sure about the others
@@kingjack6053 Lingala he’s parent are from Congo
@@andreotshudi That doesn't really have anything to do with it. It's because he was born in Belgium and we have to learn English, French, Dutch and German here.
Hustle
It's pretty obvious. Just look at his teammates.
- He learnt Lingala from his parents.
- French and Dutch because of growing up in Belgium.
- English from playing in England.
- Spanish from probably talking to De Gea or Juan Mata.
- Portuguese from talking to Dalot at United.
- Italian from talking to Conte.
Breathtaking
Impressive stuff 👏🏾
Lukaku is a really smart man.
On and off the pitch there fantastic
Both smashed it!
wow genuinely impressed by their language skills.
Congolese people for some reason just knows crazy amount of languages.... every Congolese person I’ve ever met knew a minimum of 4 languages
Well, Congo has three languages (that i know of) they use in their everyday lives, so i guess it isn't that hard for them to learn another language.
You can say Africa, it’s easier. I’m Senegalese and I speak 5 languages and 2 of them are from my country where everybody speak at least 3 languages (French, Wolof the national language and their mother tongue)
Mums 😂😂😂
yeah a lot of african just know 5 languages at least.
Congolese from Belgium here (or Belgian from Congo), I speak fluently 4 languages : French, Dutch, English and Lingala. And I'm currently learning German.
Everyone: Do you know 8 languages
Kevin: Kevin
That was just unbelievable! Simply incredible.
no wonder he’s so passionate about speaking
Not just talented in the field but also smart.
Amazing!!!
They were so excited, happy and enthusiastic to be there
It’s important to learn other languages, especially if you’re footballers. You’ve to learn other languages to communicate well with your teammates, and not to feel like left out.
Agreed!
Why did they ask them such specific football phrases. I dont know how to say pretty much all of these in my native language. You won't know them if you havent came across them before.
True
Me in America only knowing English and some Spanish 👁👄👁
It’s really not hard to know multiple languages in Europe
@@WangMotions unless you’re english
Yh ik English some Spanish and some french not much better tbh
I am also in the US know English, some Spanish, some Italian.... I want to move to Europe though (easiest time to immigrate is coming up for me.... university), so I will likely finish one of Spanish or Italian (or some other latin language, like French) once I get to Europe.
Those were difficult questions!
These guys are freaking scary! My child is definitely growing up in Belgium!
1:52 BEKKE finale 😂
Idd 🤣🤣
that was a weird one ;-)
I wanted to hear Lingala
Bravissimo Lukaku, du bist einfach cool. Nice work 👍🏻
Ofc Lukaku can speak Portuguese and Spanish. He spent time with the lord Lingardinho, the last remnant of Samba football.
Lukaku: * forgets Portuguese *
Portuguese people and Brazillians: * sad noises *
Fiquei muito desapontado com ele 😂
Mas essa frase que colocaram não faz muito sentido em Português, é uma expressão que não usamos.
@@lucascorrea73 pois, nem eu sei como é que é em português 😂
Então falou em espanhol sem dificuldade! 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Porque el español es mucho mas importante :3
Mas eu acho amigos do Brasil e Portugal que a expresão 'Schoolboy Player' não faz sentido no seu idioma, mas o mas cercano seria tipo 'Jodagor da cantera'?
English players barely able to speak foreign languages. Non english speaking players always know more than two languages.
1:09 when you forgot what you learn last night for the math exam
Wow i am really impressed by These guys !
Gotta admit that I’m a bit jealous of this 2, especially Lukaku
I am definitely jealous.
In Belgium we learn English, French and Dutch at school but in the later years most people get a choice between German and Spanish. I think Lukaku once said he learnt Spanish because he wanted to play for Real Madrid one day so that's why he learned it.
He has a degree in tourism.
3 more languages than the ones he already knew.
Incredible. I can't believe they were beating themselves up for the ones they didn't know.
When I saw this video about a year ago it inspired me to become a polyglot, now I’m almost fluent in French, once I learn French I’ll become bilingual, but I want to be a polyglot and not bilingual, so I will learn spanish
When time comes and you are on a good spanish level, it is much easier to get portuguese or italian with french and spanish to help. See how this works? You just have to start with one and then it suddenly can become impressive for others if you can have conversations in at least 4 languages.
Seriously, this video inspired you to learn another language? If so, that's cool.
Pretty amazing polyglot.
Belgium is a crazy small country with three national languages. (Dutch, French and German) As English is almost mandatory to travel or find a job, no wonder that many Belgians try to speak several of them.
Gotta respect any man who speaks more than one language
Vamos!
Eric Dier: I'm a bit of an English speaker myself.
When they ask if he can do it in stoke, “yes he can”...if you know, you know.
No he can’t 😜
Definitely can't. Unless he's still playing for Barcelona ofc. No team, no Messi. Look at him now.
Haters are forever waiting on the day to see Messi fell out to say he never made it....G.O.A.T have a meaning ok....
@@footballfutsal9479 forever waiting? We saw last season already 🤣😂😜😛
Which baller/side you bring?
1:08 Reminiscing his former teammates defending back in Manchester
🇧🇪It’s actually fairly common in the dutch part of Belgium. Most people here speak Dutch, French and English. I speak 4 Languages myself. Once you know both a Germanic and a Latin language the rest gets easier to learn because they are very similar. But tbh speaking dutch with an exaggerated german accent is often enough to make them understand what you are saying already. It might seem crazy for someone who only speaks 1 language tho.🇧🇪
As a German I have say Kevin’s German is actually really good. He played in the bundesliga. After couple of years PL he might lost some few words. But his pronunciation is on point
...that was incredible🤦🏾♂️🤯
That from Kevin de Bruine is not that impressive we learn all 4 languages at school in Belgium
These were quite tricky questions, I think