Do you live here?
Over there
Welcome a the KJRI (Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia).
Today I am here with my friend from Indonesia, Laurenzo
Indonesian is a language that I haven't spoken for a while
For a very long time - yes for a long time
r a long time
But because you speak Indonesian I will try to speak a little
Oh good, good.
Do you still remember a lot, or only a little?
I remember a little bit
The last time that I spoke Indonesian was with you two years ago in Korea
Yes two years ago, Jan is genius
So...
So now we are in Hong Kong...
And we have both been learning Cantonese recently
...That we learned recently
So, we speak in Cantonese now?
We will speak in Cantonese
Go ahead
... speak Cantonese in this video
Great, ok let's go!
How is it going with your Cantonese?
For how long have you been living in Hong Kong?
I have been living in Hong Kong for seven months
Seven months...
How is your life here?
Is it like living in Indonesia?
Talking about life, it's good for me here
It's not the same as in Indonesia
There are many tall buildings in HK
But I don't have problems living here in HK
I see, are there many Indonesians living here?
There are many, about 100.000
Yes, because when we just walked around I heard Indonesian
So it seems that there are many Indonesians living in this ''qu'' (area).
Yes, many.
So, you did it just like me. You learnt Mandarin first and after that Cantonese
Do you think it's difficult to learn Cantonese?
For Cantonese, I think it's easy
Because I do speak Mandarin and that helped me a lot learning Cantonese
I think so too
You too right?
Yes me too
What about Mandarin, you are working here now at the Indonesian consulate in Hong Kong
Do you often have the chance to travel to mainland China?
Well, it's not traveling, it's for meetings.
Right, that's not traveling
I go to the mainland for meetings
I go there for traveling, you go there to attend meetings.
You are a professional
I go quite often, about twice per month
Two times per month? - At least twice per month
Well, that's quite often
Yes, quite often
So you are saying that it shouldn't be a problem to learn Cantonese after Mandarin.
If there is anyone that is watching this video and wants to know how long it's takes, what would you say?
What do you think?
The answer of this question depends on the person
The learning aditute of the person
Yes, the learning aditute
What if he has the same aditute as you?
Since I really like to learn languages...
For how long have you learnt it, seven months?
Have you studied...
I started learning it after I came here
How did you learn it?
By chatting with colleagues
You also like to talk, same as me. I like talking as well.
If you learn a language...
But I can't write it
You can't write? No problem. I can't either write it.
What about other languages?
Japanese, can you speak Japanese as well?
Very little
Shall we speak a bit in Japanese now?
We can try that
Do you like Japanese?
I like Japanese, but from all the languages that I have learnt I think that Japanese is the most difficult one.
Ah really, but you like it?
I like it
How did you learn it?
I learnt it from a teacher online
Was it difficult?
It was difficult, how about you?
For me, when I lived in Korea I had many Japanese friends so I used to speak Japanese often.
For for now...
Do you have any other questions?
Other questions?
More questions please
Sure, what language will you learn next?
In the future I will would like to learn French.