It’s time to LEVEL UP and show some more difficult Japanese. Akaki and I will be doing some advanced Japanese videos in the future. Remember TH-cam is for entertainment and personality. Making cool videos and getting people motivated is a skill separate from languages. That’s what I want to explain about many of the polyglot videos on TH-cam. I will be sure to show more unknown real polyglots hiding in the business and academic world. -Anming
This I've enjoyed the most. It's fun to see you (Anming) in awe of another Japanese speaking foreigner, since I already considered you being at a high level. Your desire to learn shines through. Nice video, looking forward to more.
I’m a Lebanese polyglot and always wanted to start a language channel here in the US. Im currently learning 日本語. But I have the same fear that my personality or content would be the issue.
David Yap Yeah, Akaki’s Japanese is better than mine. That will be more obvious in future videos we do together with harder content. But... my Chinese is better than his. We will be doing bother Chinese and Japanese videos.
He is pretty good , his flow is also pretty good. You can tell he makes sentence by sentence in his mind when he talks so it isent as fluent of a flow but still very impressive
I actually had the same thing with Thai. In the beginning, I got compliments. After several years, I could pass as native over the phone - and NO ONE compliments me on it anymore. I went to Thailand with my Japanese girlfriend and she asked "why is NO ONE impressed with your Thai?" The reality is that they all assume that my mother must be Thai.
I'm Finnish and when I heard him speaking Japanese I said he must be Finnish. It is easy for Finns to pronounce Japanese. I know several Finnish person who speaks Japanese like locals. At least Japanese have said so. I can't judge, I'm just a beginner in Japanese.
I'm an American who moved to Berlin. When I was living in Germany, I had multiple people tell me that they thought that I was French. When I spoke German, I apparently didn't sound like a German, but I also didn't sound like an American. i guess I speak German with a French accent. I choose to take that as a compliment.
So much YES to this . . . Without mentioning chanel names, most 'Polyglots' I've seen on TH-cam are far from fluent in the languages they 'speak', they're usually saying the same basic phrases to different people, as if they've just memorised a set vocabulary to surprise those they speak to; actual conversation doesn't seem to take place. That's why I admire you and your channel; it's nice to see you conversing with others in their native tongue and showcasing the hard work you've put in to learn the languages you are using! Thank you for the interesting videos! :)
That's what I was thinking the entire time when I saw these videos. But TH-cam is mostly for humor and entertainment and they are able to entertain people very well.
laoshu or whats his name much huh? "i love learning *insert language*, i love studying *insert language*, i love *insert language*" and thats where it ends the only exception is his chinese but when they start saying they speak many different languages and drop the same 2 sentences that have the same meaning i mentioned before and then quickly cut off because he cant understand anything when they say something back is just hilarious, im sorry if i come off as a jealous asshole (i am jealous of his chinese 100%) but when people try to convince everyone and pull views because of their "20 language fluency" its just cringe since they literally like you said repeat the same 2 phrases that you can learn on duolingo in 10 minutes after you start but that doesnt mean i **SPEAK** that language does it?
@@regardzz I think laoshu is a unique case. In his case he wants to learn almost every language he comes across which makes him spread himself thin across many languages. In a formal sense, It'd still be fair to call him a polyglot. Particularly because he's fluent in at least 5 of the languages he speaks. I really like his spanish and japanese. Especially his spanish given that I speak it lol
@@KoiandDragon Well he is a special case, Laoshu, but the greatest problem he has, is the amount of material for him to learn, and then as he learns a lot with the interaction of talking to someone, and being corrected by someone, even if his method is the fastest and the best method of language learning, it's also the hardest because you need to have people to talk to so that you can improve faster. If I had moved to where Laoshu lives, I know for certain that I could've helped him with Swedish, because his Swedish is piss poor.
i honestly think it's because people who really enjoy the language and learn it for a real purpose don't go bragging all over the net "hey i can speak some 'rare' language! listen to that!" People who are really good at languages usually have more genuine content, they just do their thing, whereas people who just want to show off are just being like "hey lemme teach you real spoken japanese!" and then proceed to be mediocre.
Or he is a real Japanese into a Finnish body, that would explain why he doesn't wish to speak in Chinese. He has no problem with English, but Chinese... Maybe he speaks perfect Japanese for a foreigner, but zero in Chinese by his behavior
@@OrientalPearl It's like Hungarian. When Finns and Hungarians speak foreign languages they often sound similar, because the two languages are related. I don't think my example helped tuu matti though ^^
@@OrientalPearl Well full disclosure, I actually thought either Hungarian or Finnish. I live close to Hungary so I hear that accent a lot, and I can never distinguish it from Finnish.
As a Finnish person learning Japanese, after reading some of the comments, I can really agree to both comments about him. As soon as he started to speak, I instantly recognized he's Finnish😂🇫🇮 but also his Japanese just flows from his mouth like a native. 💁🏻♂️ For me it seems like he can produce speech just as good as native Japanese people, but there are some sounds that just sound so Finnish to me, awesome video!
You are so pretty!!! It’s still hilarious to me to see everyone’s faces when you speak Japanese. It’s so perfect! I’m still getting better myself. I used to study an online class with a teacher from Kyoto. Very short but I’m still finding more things to learn from
It tends to turn a few heads. I have friends in from various countries where their Japanese is much better than their spoken English so it's easier to speak to them in Japanese. Turns a few heads when a British,Russian and Indian person are speaking to each other in Japanese
@@MxMoondoggie It's the same in China within foreigners who's been living there for years. It looks like we are showing off, but honestly, sometimes it is easier.
His Japanese is superb and very easy to understand, it would be a stretch to say perfect though, you can tell quite quickly that he doesn't sound Japanese. Her Japanese is far lower and her accent is pretty thick making it difficult to understand her at times making her ability while still good, far from perfect.
Her Japanese has an accent and is lower level. But the guy sounds native. I'm japanese and if I was not able to see him, I would think he's just a random japanese.
This must have been a fun experience! When I visited Korea, I hung out with another foreigner and we both spoke Korean to each other, lol. But it made sense that we spoke Korean since we had different native languages.
You know you have 'mastered' a language or are confident enought in it when you can actually pick up on accents. I feel that's the tipping point for being comfortable with a language. Sadly my Japanese is still at anime level so everyone sounds the same to me ... perfect fluent Japanese XD
Facts. My first language is Spanish but I'm at a 7th grade level bc I moved to the US when I was 11. I'm 36 now. I started picking up on accents around 14. The coolest part of adopting a language is when you start dreaming in it😴
Might _agglutination_ have something to do with Akaki's mastery of Japanese? It's something that northern Eurasian languages (Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, Kazakh, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese) among others have in common
@ 4:22 You can tell that the female server in the background (on the right) was stunned and delighted to witness 2 Westerners conversing in Japanese. Man, I was trying so hard to detect a hint of a foreign accent from the Finnish guy (Akaki?) - but ultimately failed.
The Finnish and Japanese languages have many words that sound similar but with different meanings: kani, risu, tori, naru, suku, kita.... And some Finnish names sound Japanese: Aki, Kai, Mika... A fun fact for travellers. Finland has more direct air routes (pre Covid) to Japan than any other country in Europe: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo and Fukuoka. Finnair is relatively big on the Europe - Japan traffic.
As a Swedish person I detected some Finnish accent in the Japanese and I don't know Japanese. But I would probably not have picked up on it without listening for it.
The other thing is: he's too chatty and smiley to be a real Finn. Imposter!! ;^> If you guys were jabbering like that on Helsinki public transport you'd get a lot of icy glares. LOL!
@@PolyglotKristian Americans at least talk to their friends on public transport and occasionally talk to strangers. Also, fighting on public transport happens a lot on public transport in America
I think the reason many western european and northern european / Scandinavian countries learn new languages easily is because they are almost all raised bilingual/trilingual. I was raised Dutch but started learning English in school by the age of 6. And german aswell by the age of 10. So i was 14 when i was basicly 'fluent' in 3 languages. And that's not to pat myself on the back. It's just how most western european countries are raised at school. And i think we tend to pick up languages easier because of it.
Even though it may be his native language, but Finnish is one the most hardest languages in the world and he is a polyglot who has a job rather learning languages all day. I am absolutely baffled
You're so right about people just knowing enough of a language to chat vs really being able to speak without editing. I can easily convince someone on video that I am fluent in Greek, especially with a perfect accent, but I am far away from understanding and communicating the details of the grammar. I caught one person claiming he spoke Greek while speaking off a tele-prompter in a studio=fake.
I was so impressed with your video, and it is truly amazing when a non-Japanese person speak the language, especially when you and your friend are speaking Japanese. It was so funny the looks on the Japanese's faces when they hear you both speaking Japanese. Thanks again for sharing your video. 皆様のご活躍をお祈りしています！
This guy’s amazing. Actually taking the time and dedication to not just learn about the language, but ALSO learn about the culture - which in my opinion is a very important part of learning a language. I do not think someone deserves the title “polyglot”, if, let’s say, can speak English, Spanish, can barely keep a conversation in Hindi, and the same thing with French. You can clearly hear that this guy have put time and dedication of each language he has learnt.
“How else do you think I do two videos a week?” 😂 he’s such a cool dude! the fluidity between your convos in Japanese is very entertaining, even if I can only read the captions lol Do you study international relations only in Chinese or also in Japanese? Because it seems pretty difficult to learn the in-depth concepts of business and to do it in another language!
JasonDelRey Yes, all of the classes in international relations were in Chinese in China and Japanese in Japan. It was very tough. It makes the stuff in my videos look like kids play. Lol
As a Swede, it's easy to pick up the Finnish tone from anyone from Finland in the voice if they talk Swedish, I can hear a bit of Finnish still, but other than that, it's perfect.
There's a saying in my culture "kian berisi kian merunduk" basically means "The more knowledgeable you are the more humble you be". I think that what reflects on the guy. Perhaps he doesn't wanna show off or simply doesn't want anyone to realize the he is a polyglot.
Im from Venezuela so I speak spanish, spanish has thevsame roots as Italian, Portugués and French and I dont really know why we dont learn lenguages in Latín América...
Hi, I'm from L.A. too! And to be honest the only language people encourage you to learn is english. Ofc you had to do so by your own, because schools don't do crap. I'm currently learning japanese, but I really would like to begin with french or sumn among those lines, since our languages shares a lot of similarities as you said ^^
Ve a visitar a China, hay demaciados Venezolanos, Mexicanos, Colombianos, Brazileno etc etc. Muchisimo latino trabajando y viviendo ahi. Mucha oportunidad y la verdad se siente mucho como sur America pero es limpio, mejor transporte y con mucha oportunidad....especialmente con el calor y la humedad en Guanzghou.
@@OrientalPearl Yes, but to put ones head in the sand is, somehow, worse. I am guessing from your career aspirations that you may well be a force for good. We live in hope.
I am from Port Huron, Michigan. I have been watching your videos for about 6 months and I love them. When you said, "that's a whole nother skillset in and of itself" I said to myself.. She might have lost the Michigan accent, but she didn't lose the Michigan vernacular. I bet you still say fridge, meer, and ope :)
@@OrientalPearl Oh for sure. I guess it isn't your accent.. but more you enunciate a lot more clearly than most people who have lived here all our lives. That's why I was surprised to catch something :)
Really enjoyed this one. It was fun seeing 2 non Japanese people conversing in native level Japanese. Out of curiosity, have you thought about putting Japanese/Chinese subtitles? I'd love to learn some of the grammar for the Japanese side of things :P
@@P8qzxnxfP85xZ2H3wDRV cause we love learning languages i learn japanese now from Yuta check out his channel ^^ "that japanese man yuta"... :D very cool
@@P8qzxnxfP85xZ2H3wDRV That's true. And many know European languages well. But I think there are every few that can speak great Japanese and Chinese like my friend Akaki.
been away for about one month due to exams congratulations on 50k just binge watching everything i have missed its been a year or two i have been learning languages just for fun i once met a polyglot who can speak about 18 languages and 9 languages just like a native vlogs are getting more and more entertatining
You brought up a very good point about most and true polyglots not being on TH-cam. Just like most Americans that speak a foreign language such as Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic, Korean, etc tend to live in those countries.
Matt the coolest thing I ever heard was when I went to Barbados. I was unaware they there were many Asians who lived there. They had those great Bajan accents. Very cool.
I'm pretty proud of being able to tell that the guy was from Finland before being told that just based on how he pronounces his japanese (partly because I am from Finland and I am interested in learning japanese and korean)
What do you mean with "business level" in a language? I think you can find many of "real" polyglots on TH-cam doing coaching or sort of. That's a business as well (as you said). It is just about personality (again, as you said ;) ). Nice video and interesting fact about "sauna" ... I hadn't realised it :o
@@OrientalPearl Ok, I see :) well, I speak French at the office, but I'm far away of being as good as you (or your friend) are in Japanese or Chinese :( but I got your point ;) Saludos!
Life, work and language all have certain fields. Even in your native language there will be fields in which you do not know certain words/concepts. Not only that, even if you would know them, you wouldnt be able to use them properly. So if you are learning a language, for example you might learn a 1000-2000 words, which would be more then sufficient to have a conversation like you would with friends/family. However it would not be sufficient in a specialized field.
Wow you guys are amazing. Much respect! After 14 years of self studying Japanese my biggest challenge is vocabulary. There’s always a word or two I haven’t learned yet lol
I love your videos so much, They're so entertaining! I'd love to see more videos of you and Hubby, I love seeing where you both live and your adventures
I totally agree; I don't watch your channel to learn Japanese or Chinese - I watch because you make entertaining videos. It is true that I learn stuff about the languages and cultures in and around Tokyo (including in the Chinese expat community there) but that's a bonus.
Rakastan Suomea ja suomalaisia.🇫🇮 Rakastan myös Japania ja japanilaisia. 🇯🇵 Tämä suomalainen mies on niin fiksu.💫 Kiitos paljon. I lived in Japan for 10 years and Finland for one year. Finnish is so much harder than Japanese to learn.... but I love both.
Laoshu is over rated - he's fluent in Mandarin and can speak Cantonese, Japanese and Spanish quite well, but with the other 43 language he claims to speak, he just uses the 'language hacking' technique; basically he just sets up the same conversations with people and knows what to listen out to and how to respond. So he can only converse when the questions/answers meet the right conditions. 90% of all his videos are the same. Don't get me wrong, it's impressive and the guy definitely puts the hours in, but he's not a true polyglot.... and he definitely can't speak 50 languages like he claims.
You are correct, Anming, TH-cam is another skillset! But, you do a good job at it. Perhaps some people are more natural than others. I know that I have to script mine beforehand (which seems less natural), but I tend to freeze when the camera is on. I like you very much! I hope we can become friends in real life! One question I have, how do you get the rhythm of Japanese down? Yes, that guy has the best Japanese ever as a foreigner, but Anming, you have the best Chinese ever as a foreigner. That is a trophy! Japanese and Chinese are the hardest language to learn!
The reason he is so good at Japanese is because he's lived here for so long, it's the same reason I'm good at Chinese. When you live in a place for that long and integrate into society, that's what happens.
My word, being a polyglot must be fantastic! I am Dutch myself and when I was young I learned three foreign languages , but in this ever expanding world with contacts all over the planet I need to study more tongues, of course, to make myself fully understood.However, my advanced age prevents me from picking up other languages easily.. As for you , dear lady from the USA: I saw quite a few of your videos and I'd like to compliment you on your incredible talent of making all the people you want to have a conversation with, feel completely AT EASE. Seeing your enthusiasm was most enjoyable:-). You can wrap people in kindness :-)
@@OrientalPearl Dear ''Pearl'', the way you communicate with people clearly depends on more than just the foreign language that you speak so well. Your strong signs of genuine emotional involvement with the people you meet travel across cyberspace :-) Your very positive and open personality embraces a lot of TH-cam visitors that watch your visitors. You touched my heart, too, and I ( a retired Dutch teacher) thank you for giving me something very nice, without you even realizing did, so is easy to like you :-)
I'm Japanese and a fan of your videos, but there's one thing I want you to know. Please stop putting up people who focus on you in your videos. I don't know how it is in the US, but in Japan, if a foreigner is making a lot of noise near us while filming with a camera, we'll be curious to see them. Plus it is a bit rude to broadcast those people's faces without their permission. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos.
It didn't have much to do with the itty bitty little camera. The waitress came up later and said she was impressed by the Japanese being spoken. People's faces are covered by masks. Maybe they shouldn't stare at us... just saying. It's considered rude to stare at foreigners in Japan, especially Tokyo.
@@OrientalPearl Apart from how they feel about that, in Japan, we have a privacy law which doesn't allow you to air anybody’s face on street without their own permissions. What you did were completely illegal. The first job of internees in TV stations are asking all people around them on street no matter when they do news shooting on street not to violate the law. In any occasions with photos and videos, you have to ask anybody around you for agreement to be a part of the photo and video.
@@OrientalPearl Thanks for the reply. ForUploadin This. And, as I said earlier, they weren't looking at you because you were a foreigner, but because you were talking while pointing the camera in their direction, and as a result, they were going to see it. True, in Tokyo you are not a special snowflake. If you were to go to rural Japan, I guarantee you would be seen by a thousand times more people than you are now.
Hi 🙋🏾♀️. Military Brat here. Wow, Akaki, he’s been in Japan for 12 years?! His Japanese is so awesome. When I was in Japan I hung out with Kevin Cooney (Tokyo Cooney). He was there 13 years. Kevin went back to NY state, but I wonder if they have ever crossed paths while he lived in Japan. Have you ever seen Laoshu on TH-cam? He speaks 50 languages😲-amazing. Thank you for sharing you videos. I really enjoy them.
Oh, Tokyo Cooney was one of the first people to start doing TH-cam videos here in Japan. I've seen Laoshu, he stretched himself way too far. That was not good Chinese or Japanese that I heard on that channel, though I think his videos are entertaining and fun. That was one of my points in this video. Actually, I was subtlety referring to him and Ikkena and Xiaomanyc.
Man, Scandinavian people in general are amazing! Finnish, Dutch, Swedish, etc. Great at math and engineering AND languages! Anaki was amazing! Wourter is another You Tuber polyglot (Dutch from Amsterdam) who is very inspiring too. Anming, thank you for sharing your gifts and your infectious (in a non-COVID way, of course...LOL) bubbly personality with us! I love and admire you as a friend and amazing human being! Keep up the great content!
Thanks as always Greg. I'm happy to share my friends with you all! Akaki and I will be doing more videos together for sure. He's shy about Chinese because he doesn't want to make mistakes and his Chinese isn't as good as Japanese, but I think he will join me on a trip to Chinatown soon.
@@OrientalPearl Well I look forward to any collab he does with you....does he know Czech, Russian, German, or Spanish? Those are my languages, aside from English, of course...and Texan...hehehe
That's a form of Soma cube. I used to manufacture them from wood back in the late 1970s. His Japanese may be very polished and deliberate but yours sounds natural. You get compliments because you are doing touristy things and striking up conversations where people don't expect it. You often ask people about where they are from which encourages them to break the barriers. He also dresses in a business like fashion so the naturally polite Japanese people would not comment on his skill good or bad in most circumstances. I class you as a polyglot because you think in the language you are speaking. I am a polynot. I love Japanese but I am crap! 勉強します
Funny Thing. I am Hungarian and we have some common words with Finnish. Blood - Finish: Veri , Hungarian: Vér Hand: Finish: Kasi, Hungarian: Kéz Dog : Finish: Koira, Hungarian : Kutya Writing is different but we say the words pretty similary.
TH-camr Dogen is the best I've heard so far in terms of speaking and grammar also and he has his own learning platform on his patreon. And Joey from The anime man youtube channel is really good in his own respect, although he's half AUS on his dad's side I recently learned on his new YTcast that he learned most of his Japanese from his mom and reading the Japanese dictionary as a child.
Your charm is irresistible!! You look energetic. I have a frustrating experience. Not knowing where to begin or hitting a plateau can feel demoralizing and make it hard to hit the books and study like you know you should…Having friends from other cultures makes me more creative. In fresh ways about space and how people create their own world and environment. It is best way to connect between creative thinking and cross-cultural relationships
I hit some plateaus with Chinese and Japanese. Getting over it usually requires increasing study time or enrolling in some classes. If you hit a plateau it\s normal, but it means something isn't working and changes need to be made.
It’s time to LEVEL UP and show some more difficult Japanese. Akaki and I will be doing some advanced Japanese videos in the future. Remember TH-cam is for entertainment and personality. Making cool videos and getting people motivated is a skill separate from languages. That’s what I want to explain about many of the polyglot videos on TH-cam. I will be sure to show more unknown real polyglots hiding in the business and academic world. -Anming
This I've enjoyed the most. It's fun to see you (Anming) in awe of another Japanese speaking foreigner, since I already considered you being at a high level. Your desire to learn shines through. Nice video, looking forward to more.
Hindi is a very funny language. But never try to learn it.
anming quick question! are u interested in korea or the korean language? would be interesting if you started learning or would tell us about that?? :)
I’m a Lebanese polyglot and always wanted to start a language channel here in the US. Im currently learning 日本語. But I have the same fear that my personality or content would be the issue.
David Yap Yeah, Akaki’s Japanese is better than mine. That will be more obvious in future videos we do together with harder content. But... my Chinese is better than his. We will be doing bother Chinese and Japanese videos.
I am Japanese, and I am not gonna lie.
His Japanese is better than my grampa’s.
🤣👏🏼👏🏼
better than urs too
Don't know Japanese. I cannot tell.
This probably because your grandpa learned the Japanese from the parents of your grandpa instead of from the university or a language school.
He is pretty good , his flow is also pretty good. You can tell he makes sentence by sentence in his mind when he talks so it isent as fluent of a flow but still very impressive
I actually had the same thing with Thai. In the beginning, I got compliments. After several years, I could pass as native over the phone - and NO ONE compliments me on it anymore. I went to Thailand with my Japanese girlfriend and she asked "why is NO ONE impressed with your Thai?"
The reality is that they all assume that my mother must be Thai.
They have accepted you as one of their own. That's great!
That's dope.
I wish to have this 'ascended' moment when no one is impressed and everyone thinks I'm a local.
Above all you behave like one of them.
The Japanese lady was thinking. These two foreigners speaking Japanese, lollll
Henna Gaijins?
And takeing video. Hello guys(・∀・)ノlol
I guess like that ..
As a Japanese it's very interesting to watch that. I've seen 2 yakuza member Iranians talking in Japanese.
I'm Finnish and when I heard him speaking Japanese I said he must be Finnish. It is easy for Finns to pronounce Japanese. I know several Finnish person who speaks Japanese like locals. At least Japanese have said so. I can't judge, I'm just a beginner in Japanese.
Same with Germans, we have similar pronunciation to both Japanese and finnish as well.
Japanese is also easy for a lot of/most Norwegians to pronounce.
Knew instantly that he was from Finland, easy to tell by listening to the accent
I'm an American who moved to Berlin. When I was living in Germany, I had multiple people tell me that they thought that I was French. When I spoke German, I apparently didn't sound like a German, but I also didn't sound like an American. i guess I speak German with a French accent. I choose to take that as a compliment.
I'm a Finn and could immediately hear the Finnish in his Japanese, and he looks like a Finn too 😂
So much YES to this . . . Without mentioning chanel names, most 'Polyglots' I've seen on TH-cam are far from fluent in the languages they 'speak', they're usually saying the same basic phrases to different people, as if they've just memorised a set vocabulary to surprise those they speak to; actual conversation doesn't seem to take place. That's why I admire you and your channel; it's nice to see you conversing with others in their native tongue and showcasing the hard work you've put in to learn the languages you are using! Thank you for the interesting videos! :)
That's what I was thinking the entire time when I saw these videos. But TH-cam is mostly for humor and entertainment and they are able to entertain people very well.
laoshu or whats his name much huh? "i love learning *insert language*, i love studying *insert language*, i love *insert language*" and thats where it ends the only exception is his chinese but when they start saying they speak many different languages and drop the same 2 sentences that have the same meaning i mentioned before and then quickly cut off because he cant understand anything when they say something back is just hilarious, im sorry if i come off as a jealous asshole (i am jealous of his chinese 100%) but when people try to convince everyone and pull views because of their "20 language fluency" its just cringe since they literally like you said repeat the same 2 phrases that you can learn on duolingo in 10 minutes after you start but that doesnt mean i **SPEAK** that language does it?
@@regardzz I think laoshu is a unique case. In his case he wants to learn almost every language he comes across which makes him spread himself thin across many languages. In a formal sense, It'd still be fair to call him a polyglot. Particularly because he's fluent in at least 5 of the languages he speaks. I really like his spanish and japanese. Especially his spanish given that I speak it lol
@@KoiandDragon Well he is a special case, Laoshu, but the greatest problem he has, is the amount of material for him to learn, and then as he learns a lot with the interaction of talking to someone, and being corrected by someone, even if his method is the fastest and the best method of language learning, it's also the hardest because you need to have people to talk to so that you can improve faster. If I had moved to where Laoshu lives, I know for certain that I could've helped him with Swedish, because his Swedish is piss poor.
i honestly think it's because people who really enjoy the language and learn it for a real purpose don't go bragging all over the net "hey i can speak some 'rare' language! listen to that!"
People who are really good at languages usually have more genuine content, they just do their thing, whereas people who just want to show off are just being like "hey lemme teach you real spoken japanese!" and then proceed to be mediocre.
He speaks Japanese exactly like an intelligent native.
He must be a very logical thinker.
He is. That's why he's into 3D printing.
@@OrientalPearl lol
Or he is a real Japanese into a Finnish body, that would explain why he doesn't wish to speak in Chinese.
He has no problem with English, but Chinese... Maybe he speaks perfect Japanese for a foreigner, but zero in Chinese by his behavior
to recommending this channel too much to people here in Brazil who want to learn English, Japanese or Mandarin, it serves as an inspiration
Hello Brazil! I hope that this channel helps you learn. :)
I am American, trying to learn Portuegues! It's fun and difficult, this video is muito bom!
What?!
Ok, I am now proud of myself, because I detected his Finnish accent in Japanese before being told he is Finnish.
Matus Horvath You are amazing! I don’t even know what a Finnish accent would sound like in Japanese.
Personally i heard it at 0:42
@@OrientalPearl It's like Hungarian.
When Finns and Hungarians speak foreign languages they often sound similar, because the two languages are related.
I don't think my example helped tuu matti though ^^
@@OrientalPearl Well full disclosure, I actually thought either Hungarian or Finnish. I live close to Hungary so I hear that accent a lot, and I can never distinguish it from Finnish.
@@matushorvath Sziasztok!
It's so cool watching how their personalities change when they speak in Japanese.
Mine never do sadly there the same maybe because of my autism
As a Finnish person learning Japanese, after reading some of the comments, I can really agree to both comments about him. As soon as he started to speak, I instantly recognized he's Finnish😂🇫🇮 but also his Japanese just flows from his mouth like a native. 💁🏻♂️ For me it seems like he can produce speech just as good as native Japanese people, but there are some sounds that just sound so Finnish to me, awesome video!
You guys are too good at recognizing other Finns.
As an American I can hear the same- somewhat clipped tones. Still his pronunciation is great and his command of the language is great as well.
Ugh, you can just tell this guy is a genius.
You should hang out with that guy more often, when you have time, he brings a different perspective than most others. Keep up the good work 👍👍 ☮️
Yes, I will for sure. We are planning on doing some advanced Japanese videos.
You are so pretty!!! It’s still hilarious to me to see everyone’s faces when you speak Japanese. It’s so perfect! I’m still getting better myself. I used to study an online class with a teacher from Kyoto. Very short but I’m still finding more things to learn from
Hikaru Kawaii You May turn a few heads here too even with simple Japanese. People will be impressed that you took the time to learn it.
Being humble is so honorable.
He does not need to show off.
His English is impressive too.
I thought his Japanese accent was so natural as same as native Japanese!!すごい
His Japanese is amazing, sounds totally native!!
I can hear the finnish accent tho
do you think matt vs japan sounds better than him or no?
I immidiately identified him as Finnish. That hint of an accent (actually Finnish and Japanese is kinda similar) plus the way he looks :)
I am a youtube-r from China and I admire your talent.
youtube儿 哈哈哈
Thanks for your comment again.
How does using YT from China work? Is download/upload slow due to VPN?
4:00 It's funny to see two foreigners speaking to each other in perfect Japanese 😂
That's right! The workers at the restaurant were confused.
It tends to turn a few heads. I have friends in from various countries where their Japanese is much better than their spoken English so it's easier to speak to them in Japanese. Turns a few heads when a British,Russian and Indian person are speaking to each other in Japanese
@@MxMoondoggie It's the same in China within foreigners who's been living there for years. It looks like we are showing off, but honestly, sometimes it is easier.
His Japanese is superb and very easy to understand, it would be a stretch to say perfect though, you can tell quite quickly that he doesn't sound Japanese. Her Japanese is far lower and her accent is pretty thick making it difficult to understand her at times making her ability while still good, far from perfect.
Her Japanese has an accent and is lower level. But the guy sounds native. I'm japanese and if I was not able to see him, I would think he's just a random japanese.
I'm about 11 months into my Japanese study, and this video is the exact inspiration I needed.
I'm so happy to hear that. There will be more to come soon!
The only way I could be a polyglot is if my parents had moved to a new country every 3 years when I was growing up.
This must have been a fun experience! When I visited Korea, I hung out with another foreigner and we both spoke Korean to each other, lol. But it made sense that we spoke Korean since we had different native languages.
That's so cool! That's exactly how language school is. Foreigners speak to each other in the language they are learning.
You know you have 'mastered' a language or are confident enought in it when you can actually pick up on accents. I feel that's the tipping point for being comfortable with a language. Sadly my Japanese is still at anime level so everyone sounds the same to me ... perfect fluent Japanese XD
Facts. My first language is Spanish but I'm at a 7th grade level bc I moved to the US when I was 11. I'm 36 now. I started picking up on accents around 14. The coolest part of adopting a language is when you start dreaming in it😴
Might _agglutination_ have something to do with Akaki's mastery of Japanese? It's something that northern Eurasian languages (Finnish, Hungarian, Turkish, Kazakh, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese) among others have in common
@ 4:22 You can tell that the female server in the background (on the right) was stunned and delighted to witness 2 Westerners conversing in Japanese. Man, I was trying so hard to detect a hint of a foreign accent from the Finnish guy (Akaki?) - but ultimately failed.
The Finnish and Japanese languages have many words that sound similar but with different meanings: kani, risu, tori, naru, suku, kita.... And some Finnish names sound Japanese: Aki, Kai, Mika... A fun fact for travellers. Finland has more direct air routes (pre Covid) to Japan than any other country in Europe: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo and Fukuoka. Finnair is relatively big on the Europe - Japan traffic.
This is what I love about your channel. It's pretty interesting, different things and you're very authentic ❤
Thank you so much! I tried to find some of the spots that other channels didn't cover.
As a Swedish person I detected some Finnish accent in the Japanese and I don't know Japanese. But I would probably not have picked up on it without listening for it.
The other thing is: he's too chatty and smiley to be a real Finn. Imposter!! ;^> If you guys were jabbering like that on Helsinki public transport you'd get a lot of icy glares. LOL!
Trust me, this interview was harder than it looks. I cut this down from a looooong video. Sometimes it was hard to get him to answer in detail.
@@OrientalPearl Ah, so you _were_ doing the hard lifting behind this 'chit-chat'. :^) Ok, I guess he _is_ a Finn. :^>
That's something that Finns have in common with Japanese people. Japanese do not like chatty people on public transport.
@@HumanoidMachine who likes chatty people on public transport is my question? :D
@@PolyglotKristian Americans at least talk to their friends on public transport and occasionally talk to strangers. Also, fighting on public transport happens a lot on public transport in America
I think the reason many western european and northern european / Scandinavian countries learn new languages easily is because they are almost all raised bilingual/trilingual. I was raised Dutch but started learning English in school by the age of 6. And german aswell by the age of 10. So i was 14 when i was basicly 'fluent' in 3 languages.
And that's not to pat myself on the back. It's just how most western european countries are raised at school. And i think we tend to pick up languages easier because of it.
I'm envious. My parents only know English. lol
I wish I could actually know how well he speaks, but I don't speak Japanese. This motivates me to keep studying Mandarin though!
His level is near native.
Yeah, it's amazing... If I heard him speak, I would think that he grew up bilingual and lived overseas for a short time (Like, not in Japan)
He sounds like a native with flawless pronunciation.
@@OrientalPearl 厉害 !
His accent is pretty great.
when im watching this/your vlogs it gives me inspiration to learn 日本語。
Happy to hear that! Remember not to give up even when it gets difficult.
He is really good at Japanese. Perhaps he has a different personality when he speaks Japanese than when he speaks English.
Even though it may be his native language, but Finnish is one the most hardest languages in the world and he is a polyglot who has a job rather learning languages all day. I am absolutely baffled
So fun! Love how fluent you're getting in Japanese!
You're so right about people just knowing enough of a language to chat vs really being able to speak without editing. I can easily convince someone on video that I am fluent in Greek, especially with a perfect accent, but I am far away from understanding and communicating the details of the grammar. I caught one person claiming he spoke Greek while speaking off a tele-prompter in a studio=fake.
I was so impressed with your video, and it is truly amazing when a non-Japanese person speak the language, especially when you and your friend are speaking Japanese. It was so funny the looks on the Japanese's faces when they hear you both speaking Japanese. Thanks again for sharing your video. 皆様のご活躍をお祈りしています！
Yeah, I didn't expect that. I didn't even notice until I reviewed the footage at home.
Ok if Anming is telling you this dude is amazing, he must be insanely legit!
This guy’s amazing. Actually taking the time and dedication to not just learn about the language, but ALSO learn about the culture - which in my opinion is a very important part of learning a language. I do not think someone deserves the title “polyglot”, if, let’s say, can speak English, Spanish, can barely keep a conversation in Hindi, and the same thing with French. You can clearly hear that this guy have put time and dedication of each language he has learnt.
“How else do you think I do two videos a week?” Lol
You have the most interesting friends. The fact that I'm saying this proves that I am a geek at heart.
Geeks are awesome.
“How else do you think I do two videos a week?” 😂 he’s such a cool dude! the fluidity between your convos in Japanese is very entertaining, even if I can only read the captions lol
Do you study international relations only in Chinese or also in Japanese? Because it seems pretty difficult to learn the in-depth concepts of business and to do it in another language!
JasonDelRey Yes, all of the classes in international relations were in Chinese in China and Japanese in Japan. It was very tough. It makes the stuff in my videos look like kids play. Lol
Oriental Pearl Hardworking queen in and out of school with TH-cam! 😁
I am a 3-year old American and I am learning Japanese now. This inspires me! :) Thank you.
As a Swede, it's easy to pick up the Finnish tone from anyone from Finland in the voice if they talk Swedish, I can hear a bit of Finnish still, but other than that, it's perfect.
There's a saying in my culture "kian berisi kian merunduk" basically means "The more knowledgeable you are the more humble you be". I think that what reflects on the guy. Perhaps he doesn't wanna show off or simply doesn't want anyone to realize the he is a polyglot.
Im from Venezuela so I speak spanish, spanish has thevsame roots as Italian, Portugués and French and I dont really know why we dont learn lenguages in Latín América...
Hello Venezuela! There are a lot of people from there watching this video. I had no idea Venezuelans liked Japan so much.
How's the crisis & food shortage situation? Is that socialist leader removed from power yet?
Hi, I'm from L.A. too! And to be honest the only language people encourage you to learn is english. Ofc you had to do so by your own, because schools don't do crap.
I'm currently learning japanese, but I really would like to begin with french or sumn among those lines, since our languages shares a lot of similarities as you said ^^
Ve a visitar a China, hay demaciados Venezolanos, Mexicanos, Colombianos, Brazileno etc etc. Muchisimo latino trabajando y viviendo ahi. Mucha oportunidad y la verdad se siente mucho como sur America pero es limpio, mejor transporte y con mucha oportunidad....especialmente con el calor y la humedad en Guanzghou.
Isn't Venezuela starving? Here in the US all we hear are that people there are literally dying because of Maduro.
完璧ですね。画面みないできいていましたが、日本人だと思い思いました。尊敬！！
ビデオを観てくれてありがとうございます。よかったらチャンネルに登録してくださいね。
7:50, " I didn't know sauna", he, " SAU NAN DESU", a hilarious moment!
Great to see you have a bunch of friends within range for meet-ups and you're able to squeeze a video or two out of them.
That's right! And the funny thing is that he realized I was in Japan right now because of TH-cam.
I use OP as an effective balm to treat the unsettling results of reading the morning news.
Yeah, the news really sucks right now.
@@OrientalPearl Your Mandarin language skill is reaching towards level-6 now. But, you can't never reach the level-9, or say the "mother tongue" .
@@旮旯北京 I'd not be too certain of that! I'm sure you agree that it's a great channel "level-9" or not.
@@OrientalPearl Yes, but to put ones head in the sand is, somehow, worse. I am guessing from your career aspirations that you may well be a force for good. We live in hope.
For the shy japanese, this two are amazing.
I've got some Finnish friends and they operate on another level.
I am from Port Huron, Michigan. I have been watching your videos for about 6 months and I love them. When you said, "that's a whole nother skillset in and of itself" I said to myself.. She might have lost the Michigan accent, but she didn't lose the Michigan vernacular. I bet you still say fridge, meer, and ope :)
Hello Port Huron. People tell me the Michigan accent is still there, but maybe it's toned down a little now.
@@OrientalPearl Oh for sure. I guess it isn't your accent.. but more you enunciate a lot more clearly than most people who have lived here all our lives. That's why I was surprised to catch something :)
Two foreigners speaking Japanese to each other, interesting 😂❤️
Happens in English all the time
You still my favorite Japanese speaking TH-camr!!
YES! I'm so glad to hear that because there are quite a few out there.
I feel like growing up with Finnish just primes your brain to learn other languages easier since that language is such a clusterf*ck.
It seems so. Akaki said he wants to speak some Finnish for us in the next video.
Love such friendships, and he's a great guest with you, OP!
0:32 as soon as he opened his mouth, i knew he was finnish :D Finnish people know what i mean...
Teeth ?
@@Arukkao Just tell a Finn to read aloud "Tsotto maino" .. it's in the rhythm and in the vowels... Finnish.
Aaa nyt mäki kuulen sen
Really enjoyed this one. It was fun seeing 2 non Japanese people conversing in native level Japanese.
Out of curiosity, have you thought about putting Japanese/Chinese subtitles? I'd love to learn some of the grammar for the Japanese side of things :P
I'm glad that you liked it! Some of my videos have Chinese and Japanese subtitles that translate the English part of the video, but that's it.
exactly the same in germany "Sauna"
I think most languages use that Finnish word.
Dang, Germans are all over those polyglot videos on TH-cam ...
@@P8qzxnxfP85xZ2H3wDRV cause we love learning languages i learn japanese now from Yuta check out his channel ^^ "that japanese man yuta"... :D very cool
@@P8qzxnxfP85xZ2H3wDRV That's true. And many know European languages well. But I think there are every few that can speak great Japanese and Chinese like my friend Akaki.
@@OrientalPearl that might be true but i strongly believe more people of the new generation will be passioned about learning asian languages ^^
been away for about one month due to exams congratulations on 50k
just binge watching everything i have missed
its been a year or two i have been learning languages just for fun
i once met a polyglot who can speak about 18 languages and 9 languages just like a native
vlogs are getting more and more entertatining
Welcome back! I missed you. I hope you aced the exams. Some people are amazing with their language abilities. I would love to meet that guy.
Oh my god as soon I saw him and listened him speaking japanese I knew he was from Finland 😂🇫🇮
That's so funny. You just knew somehow.
@@OrientalPearl. Funny thing but we really recognizes each other immediately. Ask your friend about it.
You brought up a very good point about most and true polyglots not being on TH-cam. Just like most Americans that speak a foreign language such as Mandarin, Japanese, Arabic, Korean, etc tend to live in those countries.
His Japanese has a Finnish accent, or the first part sounds really Finnish in a way, it's so interesting!
Matt the coolest thing I ever heard was when I went to Barbados. I was unaware they there were many Asians who lived there. They had those great Bajan accents. Very cool.
I think it's the cadence. It's very similar to cadence when native speakers speak Suomi.
I'm pretty proud of being able to tell that the guy was from Finland before being told that just based on how he pronounces his japanese (partly because I am from Finland and I am interested in learning japanese and korean)
That's pretty amazing that you guessed it right.
What do you mean with "business level" in a language? I think you can find many of "real" polyglots on TH-cam doing coaching or sort of. That's a business as well (as you said). It is just about personality (again, as you said ;) ). Nice video and interesting fact about "sauna" ... I hadn't realised it :o
I'm talking about using Japanese everyday at a company.
@@OrientalPearl Ok, I see :) well, I speak French at the office, but I'm far away of being as good as you (or your friend) are in Japanese or Chinese :( but I got your point ;) Saludos!
Life, work and language all have certain fields. Even in your native language there will be fields in which you do not know certain words/concepts.
Not only that, even if you would know them, you wouldnt be able to use them properly.
So if you are learning a language, for example you might learn a 1000-2000 words, which would be more then sufficient to have a conversation like you would with friends/family. However it would not be sufficient in a specialized field.
Man. This guy is so cool. I mean you both guys! Great vid! I got bumped to start learn nihongo again. Cheers. Thank you guys.
彼は、よく日本人の発音や話し方の雰囲気を捉えているね。
What a fun video. The level of expertise in speaking plus its so fun to watch.
Next video: Surprise Japanese people by you two speaking English first then suddenly converse in Japanese. 😁
I tried that, and it just confused people. See the video "Japanese people react to English“. It doesn't work in Japan.
Wow you guys are amazing. Much respect! After 14 years of self studying Japanese my biggest challenge is vocabulary. There’s always a word or two I haven’t learned yet lol
You've learned Japanese for almost 3 times as long as me. 大先輩
YOU ARE AMAZING PEOPLE ,
WHEN YOU WANT MEET YAKUZA IN JAPAN ☺️😂
I love your videos so much, They're so entertaining! I'd love to see more videos of you and Hubby, I love seeing where you both live and your adventures
Suomi🇫🇮
I totally agree; I don't watch your channel to learn Japanese or Chinese - I watch because you make entertaining videos. It is true that I learn stuff about the languages and cultures in and around Tokyo (including in the Chinese expat community there) but that's a bonus.
Thanks! I figured that most viewers aren’t learning a language. They just watch the videos for fun.
why didn't he speak Chinese
He doesn't want to make mistakes in front of the camera. lol perfectionist
Rakastan Suomea ja suomalaisia.🇫🇮 Rakastan myös Japania ja japanilaisia. 🇯🇵 Tämä suomalainen mies on niin fiksu.💫 Kiitos paljon. I lived in Japan for 10 years and Finland for one year. Finnish is so much harder than Japanese to learn.... but I love both.
Where's mouse/laoushu
Not in Japan.
Oriental Pearl lol
monkaS
Laoshu is over rated - he's fluent in Mandarin and can speak Cantonese, Japanese and Spanish quite well, but with the other 43 language he claims to speak, he just uses the 'language hacking' technique; basically he just sets up the same conversations with people and knows what to listen out to and how to respond. So he can only converse when the questions/answers meet the right conditions. 90% of all his videos are the same. Don't get me wrong, it's impressive and the guy definitely puts the hours in, but he's not a true polyglot.... and he definitely can't speak 50 languages like he claims.
You are correct, Anming, TH-cam is another skillset! But, you do a good job at it. Perhaps some people are more natural than others. I know that I have to script mine beforehand (which seems less natural), but I tend to freeze when the camera is on. I like you very much! I hope we can become friends in real life! One question I have, how do you get the rhythm of Japanese down? Yes, that guy has the best Japanese ever as a foreigner, but Anming, you have the best Chinese ever as a foreigner. That is a trophy! Japanese and Chinese are the hardest language to learn!
The reason he is so good at Japanese is because he's lived here for so long, it's the same reason I'm good at Chinese. When you live in a place for that long and integrate into society, that's what happens.
ナツカシス。お元気そうで。
I don't know how I got here but this is such a cool video!
I'm glad you found it! Please watch more.
@@OrientalPearl 😎👍🏻
omg, that is so weird to see two white people speaking Japanese to each other!
My word, being a polyglot must be fantastic! I am Dutch myself and when I was young I learned three foreign languages , but in this ever expanding world with contacts all over the planet I need to study more tongues, of course, to make myself fully understood.However, my advanced age prevents me from picking up other languages easily.. As for you , dear lady from the USA: I saw quite a few of your videos and I'd like to compliment you on your incredible talent of making all the people you want to have a conversation with, feel completely AT EASE. Seeing your enthusiasm was most enjoyable:-). You can wrap people in kindness :-)
Thank you fore watching so many videos! I'm glad that they were fun for you. You are so kind.
@@OrientalPearl Dear ''Pearl'', the way you communicate with people clearly depends on more than just the foreign language that you speak so well. Your strong signs of genuine emotional involvement with the people you meet travel across cyberspace :-) Your very positive and open personality embraces a lot of TH-cam visitors that watch your visitors. You touched my heart, too, and I ( a retired Dutch teacher) thank you for giving me something very nice, without you even realizing did, so is easy to like you :-)
You wrapped me, too :-)
I knew this guy was from my country!! There was just something so Finnish in his nature. 😅
Alright! Finnish people are watching the videos. I'm so happy to have you here.
Oriental Pearl Finnish is truly a fun language. Did you know that a simple two-word phrase ”Kuusi palaa.” can mean 9 different things? 😁
The consonant and vowel pronunciation in finnish is very similar to Japanese. The syntax is also very similar. It's not a typical European language.
You're right. Finnish is very unique in Europe.
I’ve never got complimented on my japanese...
Does that mean I’m good 🤨:)
Haha XD It could mean 2 things. 1.) They don't care enough to mention it. 2.) They are confused. Happens with me all the time.
とても
The Nintendhoe it’s probably a bit of both lol
I'm from brazil and your videos are amazing!
ちなにみ、日本語が本当に上手ですけど友達の日本語もすごいですよ！めっちゃ上手ですねこういう動画を作ってくれてありがとうございます。
I'm Japanese and a fan of your videos, but there's one thing I want you to know.
Please stop putting up people who focus on you in your videos.
I don't know how it is in the US, but in Japan, if a foreigner is making a lot of noise near us while filming with a camera, we'll be curious to see them.
Plus it is a bit rude to broadcast those people's faces without their permission.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos.
It didn't have much to do with the itty bitty little camera. The waitress came up later and said she was impressed by the Japanese being spoken. People's faces are covered by masks. Maybe they shouldn't stare at us... just saying. It's considered rude to stare at foreigners in Japan, especially Tokyo.
@@OrientalPearl Apart from how they feel about that, in Japan, we have a privacy law which doesn't allow you to air anybody’s face on street without their own permissions. What you did were completely illegal.
The first job of internees in TV stations are asking all people around them on street no matter when they do news shooting on street not to violate the law.
In any occasions with photos and videos, you have to ask anybody around you for agreement to be a part of the photo and video.
@@OrientalPearl
Thanks for the reply.
ForUploadin
This.
And, as I said earlier, they weren't looking at you because you were a foreigner, but because you were talking while pointing the camera in their direction, and as a result, they were going to see it.
True, in Tokyo you are not a special snowflake.
If you were to go to rural Japan, I guarantee you would be seen by a thousand times more people than you are now.
Hi 🙋🏾♀️. Military Brat here. Wow, Akaki, he’s been in Japan for 12 years?! His Japanese is so awesome. When I was in Japan I hung out with Kevin Cooney (Tokyo Cooney). He was there 13 years. Kevin went back to NY state, but I wonder if they have ever crossed paths while he lived in Japan. Have you ever seen Laoshu on TH-cam? He speaks 50 languages😲-amazing. Thank you for sharing you videos. I really enjoy them.
Oh, Tokyo Cooney was one of the first people to start doing TH-cam videos here in Japan. I've seen Laoshu, he stretched himself way too far. That was not good Chinese or Japanese that I heard on that channel, though I think his videos are entertaining and fun. That was one of my points in this video. Actually, I was subtlety referring to him and Ikkena and Xiaomanyc.
I want to thank you so much for taking the time to respond to my, and others’ comments. I truly appreciate you 😃.
Man, Scandinavian people in general are amazing! Finnish, Dutch, Swedish, etc. Great at math and engineering AND languages! Anaki was amazing! Wourter is another You Tuber polyglot (Dutch from Amsterdam) who is very inspiring too. Anming, thank you for sharing your gifts and your infectious (in a non-COVID way, of course...LOL) bubbly personality with us! I love and admire you as a friend and amazing human being! Keep up the great content!
Thanks as always Greg. I'm happy to share my friends with you all! Akaki and I will be doing more videos together for sure. He's shy about Chinese because he doesn't want to make mistakes and his Chinese isn't as good as Japanese, but I think he will join me on a trip to Chinatown soon.
@@OrientalPearl Well I look forward to any collab he does with you....does he know Czech, Russian, German, or Spanish? Those are my languages, aside from English, of course...and Texan...hehehe
That's a form of Soma cube. I used to manufacture them from wood back in the late 1970s. His Japanese may be very polished and deliberate but yours sounds natural. You get compliments because you are doing touristy things and striking up conversations where people don't expect it. You often ask people about where they are from which encourages them to break the barriers. He also dresses in a business like fashion so the naturally polite Japanese people would not comment on his skill good or bad in most circumstances.
I class you as a polyglot because you think in the language you are speaking.
I am a polynot. I love Japanese but I am crap! 勉強します
He made that cube with his 3D printer at home.
Funny Thing. I am Hungarian and we have some common words with Finnish.
Blood - Finish: Veri , Hungarian: Vér
Hand: Finish: Kasi, Hungarian: Kéz
Dog : Finish: Koira, Hungarian : Kutya
Writing is different but we say the words pretty similary.
Luca Lampariello's channel helped me when I started learning another language. Great content for polyglots!🤘🇺🇸🇷🇺
Always fascinated by your facility with language. Love your informative and entertaining videos.
Such a humble human. Love it
TH-camr Dogen is the best I've heard so far in terms of speaking and grammar also and he has his own learning platform on his patreon. And Joey from The anime man youtube channel is really good in his own respect, although he's half AUS on his dad's side I recently learned on his new YTcast that he learned most of his Japanese from his mom and reading the Japanese dictionary as a child.
He uses a script though. I'd like to see him out in action on the streets of Japan.
I am European and i speak 3 languages more or less fluent and now i started to learn Japanese literally few weeks ago, loving it so far
I wish you the best of luck with your studies.
Oriental Pearl Domo arigato :)
Your charm is irresistible!! You look energetic. I have a frustrating experience. Not knowing where to begin or hitting a plateau can feel demoralizing and make it hard to hit the books and study like you know you should…Having friends from other cultures makes me more creative. In fresh ways about space and how people create their own world and environment. It is best way to connect between creative thinking and cross-cultural relationships
I hit some plateaus with Chinese and Japanese. Getting over it usually requires increasing study time or enrolling in some classes. If you hit a plateau it\s normal, but it means something isn't working and changes need to be made.
@@OrientalPearl OMG thank you for replying my comments❤️🤗
You are one of my favorites TH-camrs😁
Give the guy a hug on the way out for crying out loud.
His Japanese girlfriend would go after me.