Hello everyone this is Jan, you're watching LanguageBoost and today...
Well, you can see where we are
In Venice, Italy. A few months ago
I did a language learning marathon
I learned Italian in 30 (lesson) hours
And I got to a level where I could hold a basic conversation basically.
Now, it's two months later. I haven't been doing anything over the last two months.
I'm here in Italy with my friend Alessandro.
''Hello everyone''
And we're going to see if ''Let's see if I can still have a conversation in Italian, right?''
We haven't prepared this video
Hi Alessandro, how are you? - I'm very good! And you?
I'm also fine.
Still happy to be in Venice?
Yes I'm still happy, also after 4 days.
What about you, where are you from?
I'm from Rovigo, a small city.
In Veneto, not very far from Venice.
How many kilometers from here? 80 more or less. And how did you get here?
By train, it look me one hour.
One hour, I see.
I'm staying in a hotel in Mestre.
Because the hotels in Mestre are cheaper.
Venice is an expensive city.
Very beautiful but also very expensive.
You also speak many languages, Chinese and Russian.
A month ago I shot a video where I made a comparison between Russian and Chinese
Which language you do you is more difficult to learn?
For me personally the most difficult language would be Russian
So not Chinese? Chinese is difficult but not as much as Russian.
And why?
The grammar, the grammar is really complex, it takes a lot to learn it.
I have a Russian girlfriend but I haven't learned any grammar yet.
I have the same experience, I have been learning Russian for two years and....
But I still have many problems when having conversations in Russian.
And do you have any questions for me to test my Italian
Because the people want to see how my Italian is.
I have a question that I would like to ask you, how often have you been to Italy?
Where, and which place did you like the most?
I've actually been to Italy many times.
And one of my friends...
Goes to Italy .... every year.
I went many times with him in the past.
But the last few years I haven't been here many times.
Normally we go to the North, the region of Lake Como.
Where George Clooney lives.
I have seen (mistake)
Yes, I've seen his house.
His house (correction)
And, what was your question?
What is the place that you like the most?
Sorry? - What is the place that you like the most in Italy?
The place? That I like the most?
I think it's lake Como.
Yes lake Como, but also Venice is very beautiful!
Ok, I have another question,
It's more kind of a linguistic question...
I can hear that you've also studied Spanish because some words...
... come from Spanish. Was that a problem for you when learning Italian or did it help?
It has helped me
But it's also a problem because ...
I think in Portuguese or in French when I speak Italian.
But it helps.
It helps a lot, yes.
So...
So here is our ....
That was our video...
Let me know what you think.
How did I do?
I learned Italian for a few months and then I didn't do anything.
This is what I manage to do these days, no cuts, I'm not going to edit this video.
Here you have the raw materials and have a nice day!