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(Moses - Spanish) - Akshay.... hello my friend, what's up
(Akshay - Spanish) - Hello Moses
Unfortunately I don't know Cantonese
I definitely have to learn it, it's too beautiful to not learn it...
(Moses) - yea?
(Akshay) - and I think the sounds are prettier than Mandarin...
(Moses) yea I agree
Actually, before I started learning Mandarin...
I wanted to learn Cantonese
(Akshay) but I think it would have been a little hard for you to learn Cantonese before Mandarin
because there are more tones in Cantonese than in Mandarin
(Moses) Right there are more tones in Cantonese, but...
I think if you've learned Mandarin, Cantonese won't be so hard to learn.
(Akshay) and the grammar...?
(Moses) The grammar is the same
(Akshay) So it's like with Korean and Japanese, the grammar is almost the same...
(Moses) No, with Korean and Japanese, the grammar, it's not the same
(Akshay) oh it's not the same?
(Moses) No, it's not the same
It's completely different
(Akshay) ohhh sorry about that
(M) it's fine...
(A) oh well before starting, I've got a question for you
My friend, who's Chinese
He told me that his mom speaks 3 dialects of Chinese
She speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, and another...
thats called....he doesn't know the name but it sounds like Hianese?
(M) Hylanese? Hakka?
(A) mmm I don't think it's Hakka
He doesn't know the name, but I thought you'd know it...
it's like Hianese....
(M) Hmm yea I don't know...
(A) yea I should just ask his mom
(M) yea later you can let me know
(M) So, what are we gonna talk about today?
(A) Maybe... ok I got a question for you
What are the languages that you plan to study in the future?
Like two or three years ahead
(M) in the future,,, I don't know
but now, as you know, I'm doing a project with some languages
I'm already studying a ton of languages...
But what I'd like to do the most....hmmm. I don't know
because I'm already learning a ton of languages right now
(A) Right, because I know that you study 8 or 9 languages at the same time
it's not like me or other people who learn languages...
we learn one language at a time
for 3 months or 6 months...
it's not like you; you study, like 10 languages in one month!
(M) yea... that's because I'm crazy...
But normally, If I study 5 or 6 languages at the same time...
I have pairs of languages
Like you, for example...
we're learning Russian and Hindi, together...
If not, I'll only learn 2 or 3 languages at a time
by myself...
(A) and another question, a pretty common question...
What do you do to not confuse yourself?
when you learn more than one language...
(M) what?
(A) Like if you're learning Cantonese and Japanese
what do you do so that you don't confuse yourself...
if you're saying something in Cantonese and in the middle of a sentence you say something in Japanese
What do you do to prevent that confusion....
(M) well it's not that hard, because Cantonese and Japanese are very different...
(A) but if you're learning two very similar languages?
(M) ohh IF I were studying....
well, as you know...
if you're a beginner in language learning...
it'll be very hard to prevent it, that confusion
but after a year or so, you'll be more comfortable with the languages
it won't be a problem
(A) Like when I was studying Spanish, almost every day...
my goal was to develop that ability to think in Spanish
so once I was able to think in Spanish, I didn't have any confusion
when I started learning French
because, now that I can think in Spanish, it's like another mother tongue for me
so, i can't confuse it with other languages, because it's another state of mind for me
(M) oh, yes that's a good method
(A - French) So, we can switch to French?
(M) oh, my French is very bad!
(A) oh it's ok, we can do one thing...
I can speak in French, and you can respond in Spanish!
(M) Hahaha very good very good (M - Spanish) very good
(M - French) As a matter of fact, I know that your French...
recently
you've been practicing a lot of French
(A - French) yes, I've been practicing a lot of French here currently
I've been studying French for about a year
... more or less a year
and it's the language that I'm studying now...
I'm not studying any other languages, because
next year will be the first year that I'm learning French at school
so, to prepare myself....
(M - Spanish) next year right?
(A - French) yea this year I've been reading a lot of articles on the internet
and I've listened to many podcasts and videos on youtube
with my iPhone...
and I think my French isn't too bad haha
(M - French) because I think your French...
haha I don't know...
(M - Spanish) I think that your French is improving each time, especially recently
(A - French) Right especially this"summer" because I learn every day, I spend one or two hours each day
I listen a lot, I think listening is very important
and I think it's really important for me to speak to myself
because I don't have many opportunities to practice with my friends or with people who live here
But i can speak to myself
(M - Spanish) That's a good method
(A - French) I'm trying to develop that ability to think in French
Like how I've done it in Spanish
But I still have to practice a bit more haha
(M - French) I have a question now...
Are there a lot of people over there that speak French?
(A -French) Umm .. I don't think so
In New York, yes I think there are some people who speak French
but, I don't go that often to New York
I live in New Jersey
Here, there aren't many natives, but
but if you've seen my "Level Up" video, I spoke with a French man
But no, I don't think there are a lot of natives over here
(M - Spanish) well, let's get to work haha
(A - French) I don't know how to say that in French haha
(M - Russian) Russian...
I know that today, (French) recently, (Spanish) recently
(A - Spanish) you had to say it in three languages haha
I know that, we haven't been able to practice a lot of Russian with each other
because you've been very busy
(M - Spanish) you're very busy with your studies, and with school
(A - Russian) yes, that's true
(M - Russian) So... but, I think that it would be a good idea if you could say
hmmm... what
(A) - I understand
Let me introduce myself, my name is Akshay
I'm sixteen years old, and I'm a student
and I started learning Russian 10 months ago
I really like Russian because I think it's a very beautiful language
although, its a very difficult language
(M) although, haha
(A) Russian is a very interesting language
I read, I write, and I understand a little
but my Russian still isn't very good
I need to practice haha
(M) Me too,
I like saying these phrases, or sayings in Russian
(A - Spanish) in Spanish, a saying
(M - Spanish) after working hard...
(A - Russian) Right, I saw you, (Spanish) in one of your Level Up videos
(M - Spanish) You've heard it?
(A) you said one to a Russian man, but he didn't know the saying haha it was kind of funny
(M) I think it's really fun to learn those sayings
(A - French) in French, "sayings"
(A - Spanish) It's like in your most recent video, in Chinese
you said something from Confucius!
(M - Mandarin) Ah so Chinese, you can speak Chinese right?
(A - Mandarin) Yes, I can speak a little bit
(M) So where did you learn Chinese?
(A) My friends teach me
In my school, I have a lot of Chinese friends, they teach me
I can't read, I can't right, but I like speaking to Chinese people
(M) ah you like talking with Chinese people...
In this aspect, I really like talking with Chinese people, or other people who speak Chinese
it's really good practice
So do you have a lot of Chinese friends now?
Right I live in New York, so I have a lot of Chinese speaking friends
(M - Hindi) Hindi...? Nowadays, I'm also learning Hindi, and you?
(A - Hindi) I know that you really like learning Hindi
(M - Spanish) ah I forget...
I want to say, "of course""
(M - Hind) "bilkul"....wait, is it?
(A - Spanish) Our Hindi still isn't very good haha
(A - Hindi) I learned Hindi from my mom and from my aunt
Hindi isn't my native language, my native language is Tamil
(M - Tamil) Hello
(A - Tamil) Hello
(A - Hindi) I've been learning Hindi for a year, so it's not very good
but, I really like to practice Hindi
(M - Hindi) Were you in India before)
(A - Hindi/Spanish) yes, I was in India last year on vacation
(M - Spanish) by yourself?
(A - Hindi) With my family, I went
(A - Hindi) My grandma lives there
(M - Spanish) your aunt?
(A - Spanish) no, my grandma
(M - Russian) in Russian, "babooshka"
(A - Russian) "babooshka"
I really like the Russian accent
(M - Russian) me too, me too
(A - Russian) When I watch a movie in Russian
and I hear phrases
In the Bourne Supremacy, someone said "ti pozdna"
It means, you're late, or something
(Spanish) I really like the sound of the language
and after I heard it, I was saying "ti pozdna" all day haha
(M - Russian) Do you want to go to Russia?
(A - Russian) Yes I want to go one day to Russia
I have a lot of Russian friends, in school
(M - Spanish) ok good, good,...
do you still have anything to say?
before leaving from here? haha
(A - Spanish) well, I want to say thanks to you for making this video with me
it's the first video that I've made on youtube with you, and it was really fun for me
(M - Russian) no problem
(A - French) I hope we make many more videos like this in the future
Our objective today was to not use English
We used, Cantonese, Spanish, French, Russian, Mandarin, Hindi
(M - French) I don't speak English haha
so I have to use other languages with you
(Moses- Spanish) before leaving, I also want to say thanks, Akshay
youve helped me a lot with my Spanish
because usually when we have our lessons, on Skype
we speak only in Spanish
and I ave to say, its very helpful for my studies in Spanish
(A) For me too it's been like an honor for me to study with such a well known polyglot
it's been very fun for me
(M) right especially when we're learning two languages at the same time
(A) like I said in one of my videos, we learn Russian, with a French course, and we speak in Spanish
(M) Portuguese in German haha
ok so that's all, thatnks a lot for watching our video here
if you have questions for us, let us know
Do you have anything?
(A) thanks for watching our video here
Good bye!