Ok, ready?
Yep
Yea? Ok.
For starters, thanks for being here.
For doing this with me.
Thank you
Obviously, we are here to see how much I was able to learn in a week.
How much italian I was able to learn in a week.
And
So
No worries -
it's gonna be an easy conversation,
that I wanted to have with you.
It's fine, I'm not worried.
And
So
I wanted to ask you a couple of questions.
Uh-huh
Two or three questions.
And then, if you want,
you can ask me
a question, two question*
Two questions
Good
As you wish, ok? Yes? All good?
Perfect, so...
You, speak like 5 languages right?
4 and a half
4 and a half? Well, almost right?
Yeah, almost.
Yea, so I wanted to know:
do you think that being able to speak these languages, these foreign languages...
changed your thoughts? Your perspective?
Of the world I mean
Hard question.
Yeah?
But, I have an answer.
I mean-
In the past I already had friends who asked me this
And usually my answer is something like:
Yes, absolutely
Especially because
when you learn a new language,
you are not just learning
The vocabulary, the lexicon, the grammar
You are also learning the way the language thinks
Totally
So, the sentence structure, and the way you express yourself
reflects, the cultural background
meaning that the culture is reflected in the language
of course, and that's normal. So, once you learn how to say things
idiomatically
and not translated with like google translate
idiomatically
then you immerse yourself, automatically, in the way the people that speak the language see the world.
So automatically the way you perceive the world changes too.
I mean, it's automatic.
So the answer is yes.
Yeah, I agree with you.
I agree with you.
Ok,
So I wanted to know,
do you think that -
How can I say it?
Learning these languages, being able to speak these languages
Opened doors?
Gave you more opportunities in life?
Absolutely
101%
How? How?
From the start of my university education,
I studied everything in English.
Some Italian friends (at school) would tell me:
"Yeah but ... do you think"
They complained
Let's say they...
How can I say this?
They had regrets
Because, everything they were learning was in English, but they are Italian
and they felt they were missing out, on something.
Ok, but you're talking about the English language, right?
Yes, I mean
I wanted to look more at the bigger picture.
Like all foreign languages
Ok, yes
Because, obviously, English is important
Yes
So, what do you think?
Yes, so as I was saying, that was the perk of studying English for me.
Then, French gave me the opportunity to move to France.
For my master's degree.
And working with a French firm, in France, during my studies.
which I would have never been able to do
And you were also able to make friends.
Absolutely, when you go to a club, a party...
It's different if you are "the Italian who speaks English".
Than "The Italian who speaks French".
I mean, approaching a person
and wanting to speak the native language
The person goes: "Oh but you speak French? You speak Slovak?..
...Well, let's speak then"
The person is much more interested, more open.
The person opens up.
When you speak English, It's like...
English is a step.
Then you have all the ramifications.
Of course, of course, yeah.
So, yeah absolutely.
I mean, starting to talk to another person with their mother tongue.
It opens up a whole new world
I mean, you have just become best friends
Because today I think that
there are a lot of people who think that
you only need to speak English.
Right?
Because it's the most international language.
But I think that
In my opinion,
it's not...
It can't do everything,
because as you said
to make friends
in France, for example
or
I can imagine, in Italy too
We need to speak the language of the locals, right?
Yes
So, do you have suggestions for the ones who want to learn a foreign language?
Yes, I mean, there is one solution that
which is, let's say, instantaneous...
..which is to get a boyfriend or a girlfriend, a partner,
a partner that speaks that language.
Yes, true, true
That's huge.
But, what if it's not possible?
You do it, that's all.
I mean,
if you really want to learn a new language
you go all the way,
and, you do what's necessary.
and here it's necessary to find someone that speaks that language.
If you really can't
and you live in a small town,
or live in a city where there are not that many foreigners,
I would say
well, Netflix.
Netflix
is the solution.
Well, I asked all my questions already.
So, I don't know,
if you want to ask me anything?
Well, yes, I wanted to ask
what has been the biggest lesson
that you learned
from your
your followers?
Very interesting, this question
I think that
when
I publish the videos on youtube
everything is public, right?
Yes.
So, it's very, very, very important
to be
authentic.
Because
people
can see
the truth
Do you understand?
Yes, yes
I think that
yeah,
if I want to do this long term,
Yeah,
It's very important
to do things
in an honest way
If I do something
fake
Yeah.
Yea, I get it.
Yea, I mean, people will feel it.
Uh-huh
They feel it.
Yeah.
Okay.
That answer was hard
Okay hey, I did it, right?
Yep, that was good.
Nicely done.
Alright, well
something to add?
No?
No, do you mean comments?
Yea, or
another question for me?
I don't know.
To show my level of Italian.
Of course
No, it's fine, it's fine
Thank you again for doing this with me.
Thank you.
Thank you for
giving me some of your time
and
oh yeah, yeah,
I wanted to ask you this question:
how to say, how do you say
"Subscribe"?
"Subscribe to this channel"?
You know what? I don't know.
No way.
Wait, wait.
Subscribe, yes.
Subscribe, to suscribe.
Wait what?
To subscribe?
Yes.
Or you can say: subscribe to my channel if you liked it.
Okay, can you do that for me?
Okay.
Please?
Okay.
So
Subscribe to his channel, if you liked the video.
Perfect, thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot.
Okay, enough of this already.