yes!! I think we have a really unique experience of so many cultures and languages, even it it's by no means equitable place. I want to fight to preserve and celebrate them All, but everyday they're eroded and displaced.
@@121212aslan for real, I wish there was only one language that existed, for me I have friends from every corner of the world, there's no way I could learn all the languages that I would want to , but that's my opinion/problem aha
Another superlative view of people in a great city. I especially loved the enthusiasm of the young woman from Suriname; what a delight! Comme toujours, merci mille fois.
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Wow. I´m very impressed how diverse Toronto is and how kind and civilized people are.
Looool my friend and I got featured in the video. It was nice meeting you weeks back in Kensington Market! Thanks for being super nice. And I love your approach too. Hopefully when we cross paths again for another interview, we’ll be better prepared 😅
Coming from Québec City and only speaking French and English, it's somehow cool to see that a lot of other Canadians even outside of Quebec seems to have some french speaking ability
Québec used to have thriving Chinatown ,but it was completely razed for a highway. This has happened time and again from Africville to Old Chinatown in Toronto. the dominnat cultural hegemony crushes the beauty that could be, along with school propoganda so Québecois and Canadians think their revisionist history of kumbaya land is true.
i love this kind of content. It really make me feel better. I am brazilian and spent almost my whole life in Brazil and recently i have been to Copenhagen-Denmark to work. Nowadays i appreciate a lot this kind of global countries with from every where.
I live in a small village in India (Hutti gold mines) and can speak, read, write in Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu, Spanish and can understand 4 other regional languages.
I used to think that I only missed Brazilian food because it's my home country but hearing people from other country appreciate Toronto's food is surprising to me and makes me rethink about that
Toronto has the most underrated food scene in the world. And I'm from France! People seem to assume Toronto will be mostly of American food but it's not.
I speak five languages, my native languages is Portuguese because I’m Brazilian. But I speak English, Spanish, French and little bit German!! VAI BRASIL🇧🇷❤️
I speak five languages fluently. Grew up in Quebec so I’m fluent in English and French. Was raised in a home where we could only speak Portuguese or Spanish ( attended Sunday school to learn how to read and write in both), and later married a German and learned his language. Later: Forgot to mention that I am able to converse in Polish and Mandarin thanks to neighbours. I’m also watching Korean dramas hoping to pick up some of the language.
My favourite thing about this video is that the great diversity of the city gets a face. These folks are not a statistic but real folks who contribute massively to the country and the culture.
I'm from Quebec and I can speak French and English fluently. My English accent is actually closer to the American accent rather than the English Canadian one (or at least, that's what I've been told by Americans and Canadians I met in Japan). XD lol I also speak some Japanese, but only around N3 level... Although my listening skill is around N2, so I was able to understand 90% of what the Japanese guy said about Toronto and its diversity. 😊 I had some Mandarin classes as a university student, but that was many years ago, so I just remember basic sentences, reading, and writing. I only had one class of Spanish in college. It was easy back then, but I've forgotten most of it to be honest... 😅 At some point, I learned how to write and read hangul after discovering about Korean culture in college too, but that's it. I only know basic sentences. lol I wanted to learn Russian a few years ago when I started dating my boyfriend, but l quickly realized that its grammar is way more complicated than French, so I kind of gave up. XD To be fair, he told me his English is better than his Russian as he mostly grew up in the US. lol
17:52 I understand that French is a Latin language, but I’ve never seen Latinos claiming Quebec, or the French West Indies, which is in Latin America. The term Latino is mostly used to describe people in Latin America who speak Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil).
I think “Latin” vs “latinos” are used deferentially. He did say “…the French is more like Latin…” referring to the fact that French is spoken in Canada. Notice he didn’t say “Latinos”
@@Chineseguy001 Nah, I always go to Toronto and immigration hasn't made anything unsafe except feo the fact that there is a housing crisis going on which isn't special to Toronto. Also in case if you're forgetting, we're in Canada and "democrats" aren't running our country.
i love that there's a girl from suriname!! i'm south american and already struggle to find hispanic/brazilian people 😭 i feel like surinamese people are so rare haha
Depending on the standards of 'speaking a language' (which clearly differ between interviewees, especially those from places where it is uncommon to speakfluently in foreign languages), I could speak either a few languages, or tonnes of languages.
1 year in Canada and I can say I picked up french a bit hard for canada's unique accent compare to metro-french. I now speak basically 5 language: My native language, Filipino then English, some French and some Japanese and Korean.
I've been living in Toronto for a long time, and my neighbors speak Spanish and French 😂😂 then they teach me some Spanish words, but I can't understand them 🫠 I only speak English by the way...
Interesting video and the diversity of languages by the people living and visiting Toronto. There are a lot of people who speak French in Toronto? There are a lot of people who speak French in Montreal city in Quebec.
in toronto it's mandatory for us to learn french as a second language in school, but most people here don't come from francophone families, which is why many respondents in the video & regular civilians just speak basic french :)
Bro, this is Canada! I’m just wondering why y’all surprised in the comments, some torotonian speak French? I mean it’s our official language.. I tried to learn it but pronunciation was the hardest part but I’m still learning and I will when I get to college next year!
@@Pierre-LucTremblayJe le parle couramment mais j’ai été élevée uniquement en anglais. En plus, je parle allemand et español et je peux lire le portuguais, le néerlandais et le danois.
I liked the guys who spoke Russian. They speak Russian very well. It's obvious it's hard for them to speak Russian or maybe they were just worried about talking on camera. Anyway they are great. good luck to them)))
🤣the first guy said "a lot of people and there is good food"(incorrectly said and wrongfully translated) the second guy started with "a lot of poor people " I learned russian in Canada and speak it better.....only prefer not to speak the terrorist language anymore
@@michaelcullen5308it's run by a complete lunatic and a lot of the people there are mentally ill but the province is quite wealthy and developed and has stunning nature
Dan your very nice man. I watching your channel. Because I am new learning English. So your channel and videos very successful. I like bro! hello to Turkey!
I feel like this video really highlights The inadequacy of French immersion. I'm totally persuaded of the value of bilingualism, but I'm not sure that the existing French immersion programs in Canada are the vehicle to do it. Certainly, that's the impression that I get from most people I've met that have completed their entire education up until secondary school in the French immersion program. They really aren't capable of expressing themselves in French.
That's very interesting. I'm a native Japanese speaker, but I never know how Japanese sounds as a foreign language. Some people say it sounds very flat. But I'm very glad to hear that.
Surprised you didn't run into any Chinese speakers considering its the most common in the city! I'm from Mississauga just next to Toronto and speak English fluent, Cantonese and French half fluent, and a bit of Mandarin.
@greenbaylikerem Yes but in Canada french is demonized and the most common argument against its existence in this country is its useless and not spoken around the world compared to English
Those chilean guys really sounded kinda Argentinian, I am a native Spanish speaker, and if I didn’t know they are Chilean, I would have thought they were either from Argentina or from Uruguay.. Que gusto ver hermanos latinoamericanos en otros lugares.. saludos !
Actually when sn english Canadian says they know french the know french ftom France not Quebec french which thry were taught in high scholl and forgot 5 yrs after leaving school. Amazing Montreal is the second largest french speaking city in the world. So why does Quebec french get so much disrespect from ypur educators? We dont speak the King's english over here either.
It's been a while since my last languages video - happy to be back! 🙂
More coming soon. Drop a comment with what city you would like to see next:
@@TreeSymphony52 Watch my second channel:
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Damn you were in Toronto around kensington at the same time I was and i missed you! I thinking I know the hostel you were around too!!!!
San Francisco or San Jose would be cool! Silicone Valley is such a melting pot, with large communities from all over the world.
Good to have you back... i always appreciate you for bringing the world to me and to us here on youtube...
Come through to Phoenix, Arizona 🌵 you might be surprised at the different types of folks you’d meet here!
Growing up in Toronto you're exposed to so many cultures, being a polyglot, you would be able to make many friends
English is more than enough lol
yes!! I think we have a really unique experience of so many cultures and languages, even it it's by no means equitable place. I want to fight to preserve and celebrate them All, but everyday they're eroded and displaced.
@@121212aslan for real, I wish there was only one language that existed, for me I have friends from every corner of the world, there's no way I could learn all the languages that I would want to , but that's my opinion/problem aha
Another superlative view of people in a great city. I especially loved the enthusiasm of the young woman from Suriname; what a delight! Comme toujours, merci mille fois.
Wow. I´m very impressed how diverse Toronto is and how kind and civilized people are.
Looool my friend and I got featured in the video. It was nice meeting you weeks back in Kensington Market! Thanks for being super nice. And I love your approach too. Hopefully when we cross paths again for another interview, we’ll be better prepared 😅
This is a great video with cozy atmosphere.
It seems a lot of nice people live in Toronto
the interview of the lady from Suriname was great, I loved hearing about her experience.
Coming from Québec City and only speaking French and English, it's somehow cool to see that a lot of other Canadians even outside of Quebec seems to have some french speaking ability
Merci
moving quebec just to learn french
@@kirtipandit2010 SAME!! I am already here
Yeah it's very cool to see!
Québec used to have thriving Chinatown ,but it was completely razed for a highway. This has happened time and again from Africville to Old Chinatown in Toronto. the dominnat cultural hegemony crushes the beauty that could be, along with school propoganda so Québecois and Canadians think their revisionist history of kumbaya land is true.
Learning about Suriname was really cool!
Its been long time to see languages video welcome back dan.
Oh, we're back. Planning my next try as we speak :)
Love from Austria, Europe. I like Canada very much and your content as well.
I could listen to the flowers girl for hours 🌺
That click sound she makes is epic
She radiates positive aura.
she's black tho
@@SolicitorAP So?
i love this kind of content. It really make me feel better. I am brazilian and spent almost my whole life in Brazil and recently i have been to Copenhagen-Denmark to work. Nowadays i appreciate a lot this kind of global countries with from every where.
I speak French , English , German and Arabic all fluently but English and German with accent ! Vielen lieben Dank !
This made me miss living in Toronto so much ❤
Toronto is a beautiful city with beautifully diverse people. ❤
Diversity is our biggest problem, import 3rd world become 3rd world.
@@valm.5243 Not really, Canada has become india
@@44solospiderfacts
@@44solospiderFalse, it has started to become the Middle East now
Diversity makes it beautiful? Doesnt make sense
Love your videos! Now I wanna go to Toronto too!
I live in a small village in India (Hutti gold mines) and can speak, read, write in Hindi, English, Kannada, Telugu, Spanish and can understand 4 other regional languages.
The second one have a great oportunity as well as a good reason to learn a great language. Let's talk portuguese.
why do i like these types of videos?
cause humans are cool
@TheNewTravel agree
Glad you're back. I love these videos.
The diversity in this city is amazing! I would love to visit one day
You will see mostly Indians
@@SinnerSam_eh they’re all immersed in Brampton, Toronto not rly you’ll see a lil bit of everything geographically an ethnically
@@SinnerSam_ If you only sit in your basement and read about Toronto online. Go outside and you will see all kinds of people
@@localcrisisin Brampton ? Haha please go out an look around . Indians are everywhere and it looks like Mumbai
@@Miumiu91914 yh ik I that’s what I’m saying all the Indians are IMMERSED there
thanks for showcasing our city again! we love kensington :) i was just in the market 2 weeks ago & can't wait to go back lol
Wait a long time this video I love ☺️🙌
Wow that flower woman was absolutely stunning!! 😊
I used to think that I only missed Brazilian food because it's my home country but hearing people from other country appreciate Toronto's food is surprising to me and makes me rethink about that
Toronto has the most underrated food scene in the world. And I'm from France! People seem to assume Toronto will be mostly of American food but it's not.
Brazil in the building! Cheers
beautiful city with so much culture and vibrant youth ❤
Good to see this series back
I speak five languages, my native languages is Portuguese because I’m Brazilian. But I speak English, Spanish, French and little bit German!! VAI BRASIL🇧🇷❤️
You need make video in Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷
beeindruckend, du solltest sicherlich viel Mühe gegeben haben
NOT BRAZIL
@@Comprar368 tu é brasileiro seu vira lata para de falar mal do seu país
Do you have any tips or tricks or advice for learning a new language?
You did a very very good job...
Was very enjoyed...
How lovely those young people.
I speak five languages fluently. Grew up in Quebec so I’m fluent in English and French. Was raised in a home where we could only speak Portuguese or Spanish ( attended Sunday school to learn how to read and write in both), and later married a German and learned his language.
Later:
Forgot to mention that I am able to converse in Polish and Mandarin thanks to neighbours. I’m also watching Korean dramas hoping to pick up some of the language.
My favourite thing about this video is that the great diversity of the city gets a face. These folks are not a statistic but real folks who contribute massively to the country and the culture.
What an excellent video! It’s interesting to hear these people’s stories and insight 😊 I’d love to see more of them! Come to Montreal 😊
I live in Montreal haha. Search my channel, tons of interview videos from this city :)
Another fun vlog :) Thanks Dan. Come to Victoria!
I'm from Quebec and I can speak French and English fluently. My English accent is actually closer to the American accent rather than the English Canadian one (or at least, that's what I've been told by Americans and Canadians I met in Japan). XD lol
I also speak some Japanese, but only around N3 level... Although my listening skill is around N2, so I was able to understand 90% of what the Japanese guy said about Toronto and its diversity. 😊
I had some Mandarin classes as a university student, but that was many years ago, so I just remember basic sentences, reading, and writing.
I only had one class of Spanish in college. It was easy back then, but I've forgotten most of it to be honest... 😅
At some point, I learned how to write and read hangul after discovering about Korean culture in college too, but that's it. I only know basic sentences. lol
I wanted to learn Russian a few years ago when I started dating my boyfriend, but l quickly realized that its grammar is way more complicated than French, so I kind of gave up. XD To be fair, he told me his English is better than his Russian as he mostly grew up in the US. lol
You're a woman of many talents it seems like
Please please do a video in Sacrborugh. Scarborough also has a diverse community🙏🙏
17:52 I understand that French is a Latin language, but I’ve never seen Latinos claiming Quebec, or the French West Indies, which is in Latin America. The term Latino is mostly used to describe people in Latin America who speak Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil).
He did mention he's from Chile. There's a lot Chileans who are of French descent.
Fun fact , the Brazilians do not consider themselves to be Latinos .
I think “Latin” vs “latinos” are used deferentially.
He did say “…the French is more like Latin…” referring to the fact that French is spoken in Canada.
Notice he didn’t say “Latinos”
@@Jijohann latinos are from Latin America whereas Latin are Europeans
@@neofilsright, but when they get left out of Latino-based videos or content they cry about being excluded. Like, make up your minds already.
I love Toronto
Toronto has changed a lot in last 10 years, the immigrants and Democrats have made live expensive and unsafe.
@@Chineseguy001 Nah, I always go to Toronto and immigration hasn't made anything unsafe except feo the fact that there is a housing crisis going on which isn't special to Toronto. Also in case if you're forgetting, we're in Canada and "democrats" aren't running our country.
Wow Toronto seems lovely
Another great video man!!!
Nice people. Peace and love!
It's good if you speak a lot of languages. I wanna to learn a lot of languages.
It is a shame that most of those languages don't include french...
Cant stop , we want more
13:39 im in love with this girl !!! shes adorable !!!
facts. she was the best one
Of course she's a filipina
*12:34
I speak 3 language, my native language is Kyrgyz and I speak Russian and English.
Sorry I speak 3 languages.
😂😂😂@@ДилдебекЖумабеков
Kyrgyz?:0
Кандай Анан 😊
@@Social-d9q Ассолоом алейкум соонун өзүңөр кандай?
Flower girl is so pretty
A lot of people boast being multilingual and then are actually completely not hahahaha
I think they just say hello.
I speak Albanian, Romanian, English, French, Italian, Spanish and German but can also say phrases in many other languages.
How do you do that? 7 languages!
As a Torontonian, I can honestly say that our city is incredibly diverse and the best part is that there is exceptional food from all over the world!
You all look amazing ❤❤
i love that there's a girl from suriname!! i'm south american and already struggle to find hispanic/brazilian people 😭 i feel like surinamese people are so rare haha
Depending on the standards of 'speaking a language' (which clearly differ between interviewees, especially those from places where it is uncommon to speakfluently in foreign languages), I could speak either a few languages, or tonnes of languages.
my home city 🍁 🌟
Visit Bangkok, Thailand. You will love the food and friendliest people there
I would suggest you add subtitles in future videos so people can see the translation of the language spoken
*AMAYZING interview *
I want to be one of these people and be proud that I can speak 3 languages fluently and learning 2 languages at the same time.
Brazilian living in Toronto for 15 years. I speak English, French, Spanish and a little bit of Hindi and Italian, besides my native Portuguese.
Yeah Toronto is calm and quiet. You see people here and there but mostly it feels like people prefer staying indoors.
I speak 5. English, Gujarati, hindustani ( fiji and hindi mixed), hindi and a bit of Punjabi.
The guy with sunglasses is so Tkaran:to i knew right away!
Now i want to visit Toronto
we’ll be happy to have u
@@fabzonline if you want to see Indians
Visiting here isn't bad, but living there is another thing that many canadians don't want.
@@Chineseguy001what is the population percentage of Indians in Toronto? 100%?
@@egomaniac1209 Brampton
I speak Polish , Russian , Italian , German , Dutch and English :)
shona!!! zimbabwe represent!
1 year in Canada and I can say I picked up french a bit hard for canada's unique accent compare to metro-french.
I now speak basically 5 language: My native language, Filipino then English, some French and some Japanese and Korean.
i really love your videos 🥰🕊🤍
I've been living in Toronto for a long time, and my neighbors speak Spanish and French 😂😂 then they teach me some Spanish words, but I can't understand them 🫠
I only speak English by the way...
I speak vietnamese and very little English
Interesting video and the diversity of languages by the people living and visiting Toronto. There are a lot of people who speak French in Toronto? There are a lot of people who speak French in Montreal city in Quebec.
in toronto it's mandatory for us to learn french as a second language in school, but most people here don't come from francophone families, which is why many respondents in the video & regular civilians just speak basic french :)
Bro, this is Canada! I’m just wondering why y’all surprised in the comments, some torotonian speak French? I mean it’s our official language.. I tried to learn it but pronunciation was the hardest part but I’m still learning and I will when I get to college next year!
They don’t actually speak French they just lie because they’re embarrassed of only speaking one language in a bilingual country
Toronto people sound like they’re from California and their linguistic and ethnic diversity rivals that of NYC.
Nyc mostly native and european
Toronto is considerably more diverse than NYC
Toronto is the most diverse city in thr world….
Toronto is way more diverse than New York.
one of the Russian guys wearing the logo of Berlin's second biggest football club, Hertha BSC
When an English Canadian says that the speak french it is more likely they know some words .
Not necessarily. I know some that are fluent in it.
@@minskdhakayes of course they all say that but if they really have to prove it, they are all on google translate
@@Pierre-LucTremblayJe le parle couramment mais j’ai été élevée uniquement en anglais. En plus, je parle allemand et español et je peux lire le portuguais, le néerlandais et le danois.
@@allisongrant3094 Ok is the topic was about you? Totally irrelevant
@@minskdhaka not the case of any English Canadian in this vid.
I liked the guys who spoke Russian. They speak Russian very well. It's obvious it's hard for them to speak Russian or maybe they were just worried about talking on camera. Anyway they are great. good luck to them)))
🤣the first guy said "a lot of people and there is good food"(incorrectly said and wrongfully translated) the second guy started with "a lot of poor people " I learned russian in Canada and speak it better.....only prefer not to speak the terrorist language anymore
7:30 one of the boys wears a hertha bsc shirt maybe he knows a few words of german as well.
his german is probably just as bad as his russian lol
I live in Alberta...sadly 😂❤
Is Alberta that bad?!
@@michaelcullen5308it's run by a complete lunatic and a lot of the people there are mentally ill but the province is quite wealthy and developed and has stunning nature
love your content - still hope to run into you some day! would love to say a few things in other language(s)
Most people in Toronto are bilingual. Either they speak English and French, or English and another language
Dan your very nice man. I watching your channel. Because I am new learning English. So your channel and videos very successful. I like bro!
hello to Turkey!
I feel like this video really highlights The inadequacy of French immersion. I'm totally persuaded of the value of bilingualism, but I'm not sure that the existing French immersion programs in Canada are the vehicle to do it. Certainly, that's the impression that I get from most people I've met that have completed their entire education up until secondary school in the French immersion program. They really aren't capable of expressing themselves in French.
I love the sound of Japanese
Me too. Even before the translation, it was so fun to hear haha
That's very interesting. I'm a native Japanese speaker, but I never know how Japanese sounds as a foreign language. Some people say it sounds very flat. But I'm very glad to hear that.
Me too
Can you come back to Czechia but somewhere else than Prague?
Good work. I think Washington D.C would be a good location to ask your question about languages due to it being a tourist area.
@TheNewTravel Amazing 🤩🎉
People in the Visayas region of the PH are at least trilingual. These are not just dialects.
I think bilingual only. Because, they could speak some english and bisaya but not Tagalog.
Best part 👍
Since those guys were from Santiago and you speak Spanish, how about giving Santiago a try?
As a torontonian street native i speak 18 languages fluently but I understand over 87 unique languages
really?!
Woah! So cool! I wish!
😂😂😂
I live in Toronto. It sucks and everything is crazy expensive.
It was amazing in the 2000s and until like 2018.
Nah it's amazing and affordability isn't a Toronto specific problem
3:19 dude went on a rant
Surprised you didn't run into any Chinese speakers considering its the most common in the city! I'm from Mississauga just next to Toronto and speak English fluent, Cantonese and French half fluent, and a bit of Mandarin.
4:50
I live in mississauga too! Nice! I speak Czech, Thai, German, Japanese and Amharic!
Wow finally someone who speak some french! Congratulations you are an example fir everybody
@@Pierre-LucTremblay why are you so surprised mon ami.French is a global language too.
@greenbaylikerem Yes but in Canada french is demonized and the most common argument against its existence in this country is its useless and not spoken around the world compared to English
I like your videos 😊😊
One city I’d like to visit is Austin, Tx. I hear it’s a very open, liberal place.
dutch is my mother tongue too
Those chilean guys really sounded kinda Argentinian, I am a native Spanish speaker, and if I didn’t know they are Chilean, I would have thought they were either from Argentina or from Uruguay.. Que gusto ver hermanos latinoamericanos en otros lugares.. saludos !
Actually when sn english Canadian says they know french the know french ftom France not Quebec french which thry were taught in high scholl and forgot 5 yrs after leaving school. Amazing Montreal is the second largest french speaking city in the world. So why does Quebec french get so much disrespect from ypur educators? We dont speak the King's english over here either.
🙏 From India
I'm from Ukraine. I lern English and Deutsch❤❤❤
Вітання землячці!
@@smoothstate привіт👍🪻🪻🪻
Come to Halifax