Hi everyone!
Today I thought I'd film a video with Polyglot Grace
Let's try speak in many languages!
First, Korean
Yes let's do it
When did you start learning Korean?
I started when I was 13 and now I'm 30 so it's more than 10 years
Wow you've really learnt for a long time
I think I started when I was 18
When I was a uni student (I meant to say high school)
But these days I don't really have time to practice
3 years ago I passed level 5 of the Korean TOPIK exam
2 years ago
but now I don't use Korean at all
- so it's become difficult to speak - that's right
To be honest I also passed level 5. 10 years ago
10 years ago! Wow!
But the problem now is that my skills are deteriorating since 10 years ago
My skills also keep going down... cause I don't practice
You have to practice every day to speak well
That's right
It's become hard really
Shall we try speak Japanese next?
Yes
Let's speak Japanese
Why are you learning Japanese?
Japanese is similar to Korean
So because of that I wanted to start learning
Mhm
So then for example
Promise (sounds similar in Korean and Japanese)
Right right right
Is it only because of that? You started learning Japanese because it's similar to Korean?
Ah yes, that's right
Oh wow
- No other reasons - No other reasons?
But now I have a reason
I want to try living in Japan
Oh you want to live there?
In Tokyo?
Tokyo, or Kyoto is good too
That's nice!
But i want to go to Kyoto
Ah you want to go to Kyoto. Have you been to Japan before?
I have been three times
Ah you've been a few times!
I have been 13 times
13 times!?
Yes because my parents lived in Tokyo
Is that why your Japanese is good?
It got bad...forgot...I forgot
I forgot a lot
Ok, next is Spanish
Hi how are you? It's going well!
Good thanks and you?
So why are you learning Spanish?
Because Spanish is one of the most important languages in the world
because there are a lot of people who use Spanish
In South America, all the countries except Brazil
It's a language...
the prettiest language
The prettiest in the world for you?
Yes, for me, because we use a "r" rolling sound
I really like using that
And you why are you learning?
Me, at the beginning?
In the beginning
[Korean] I thought
I thought...
I never study Spanish
I didn't want to learn Spanish because
it's so similar to French
It seems not so fun since they're similar
It's fun, yes, but at the start
I thought I would never...
would never study Spanish
but there was an online Spanish challenge
and it was about 3 years ago
that I started learning Spanish because of the challenge
Mm, yeah. How nice. And why
why don't you start Portuguese?
Portuguese...not yet! I can't speak Portuguese
But I think Portuguese will be very easy for you
Since you can already speak French, Spanish and English
It's similar
For me, I learned Portuguese in 3 months
In 3 months?!
HOW?
I lived in Brazil for 9 months
but Spanish and Portuguese are very similar
[Japanese] Ok, next is French
Ok we need to speak French lol
Yes
How long have you learned French for?
Since I was 24 years old
I stared because for me it was something that was missing
since it's a foreign language
very far from my country (Thailand)
and I knew how to speak Spanish, English
and French was something interesting for me
(agreement noises)
and I also really like the French pronunciation
Me too
The "r" sound, like in "J'adore"
I LOVE French
I really like it. And you?
I learnt French at school when I was a student
and after that, not at all.
but when I lived in Singapore I had a friend
a French friend with whom I could practice
we practiced French together every weekend
French and Japanese
but now there's no one I can practice with
it's so hard. We have to use
use the language every day
to practice and to improve
Yeah, that's it
Other languages, do we have some other languages in common?
Ok, English, of course,
Chinese?
Oh Chinese!
I can't speak well
Ok let's speak in Chinese
Your Chinese is way better than mine
A little, no no
I studied Chinese at university
Really? I didn't know!
That's great yeah
My uni minor was Chinese
Really
How nice
How do you say I'm jealous?
Very... wow
[Thai] It doesn't matter
What about you? Me? How do you study Chinese?
How do I study?
I read books, listen to music and watch movies
I don't have a teacher
I see
but in the time that I lived in Singapore
I used English - I mean, I used Chinese a little bit
at work
but over there, most people use English right
Singaporeans all speak English
so did you have opportunities to speak Chinese?
Lots of people speak English, most people
speak English
so it was hard to get opportunities to practice
yeah
I feel the same way, because I went to Singapore
5 times
I like Singapore and have a lot of friends there
Mmm. I like Singapore too
Have you been to China yet?
I have not been yet
And you?
I haven't been
I have been to Taiwan
Me too! I really like Taiwan
I have been to Taizhong, Taipei and Nantou
And you?
Taipei, yeah
Just Taipei
What else. English
We should probably finish off the video in English
Malay
Malay?
Why! I can't!
[idk what she said but I thought she was asking about Indonesian]
Indonesian?
I am learning Indonesian but I don't have time
no time to study
killing bugs
you are learning Indonesian
lol how do you say no?
tidak or ngga
I am not learning it now
how have you learned Indonesian?
bagai mana?
How
I don't study, I just picked up a few phrases
Oh nice Yeah that's it