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| Vlad Trilingual Super Polyglot Senior Member Czechoslovakia foreverastudent.com Joined 6396 days ago 443 posts - 576 votes  2 sounds Speaks: Czech*, Slovak*, Hungarian*, Mandarin, EnglishC2, GermanC2, ItalianC1, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Serbian, French Studies: Persian, Taiwanese, Romanian, Portuguese | Message 1 of 16 17 July 2008 at 2:47pm | IP Logged |
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I found this video under Professor Arguelles favourite videos in his youtube account:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L3w8yHrqFiQ This is talent. Edited by Vlad on 17 July 2008 at 2:54pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Felipe Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5842 days ago 451 posts - 501 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Italian, Dutch, Catalan | Message 2 of 16 17 July 2008 at 3:33pm | IP Logged |
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That is impressive! His Spanish is very good. Edited by Felipe on 18 July 2008 at 11:06am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| victor Tetraglot Moderator United States Joined 7130 days ago 1098 posts - 1056 votes 6 sounds Speaks: Cantonese*, English, FrenchC1, Mandarin Studies: Spanish Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 16 17 July 2008 at 9:56pm | IP Logged |
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I was just about to groan when I saw another video of a person speaking several languages, but then I actually heard the guy! The English isn't 100% native but he caught so many of the nuances from American TV that it's amazing. The other language that I can possibly judge is French and it's extraordinary. The other languages sounded very authentic as well. I hope Luca might consider joining the forum soon!
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| LanguageGeek Triglot Senior Member GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5919 days ago 151 posts - 159 votes 4 sounds Speaks: German*, English, Hungarian Studies: French, Russian | Message 4 of 16 18 July 2008 at 1:12am | IP Logged |
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I watched the video as well. His German is very decent, much better than that of most foreigners living here. But you could feel a certain rustiness. He even mentioned that most of the time he resorts to English when talking to Germans. If I guessed correctly he said the same in Dutch. From the tiny amount of Swedish I learned so far I dare to conclude that he said his ex-girlfriend was Swedish. Way to go! :) A woman is the best dictionary :)
I think this guy is really talented, his French blew me away. But you see that a day has only so many hours and even he will find it hard to maintain/bring all his languages to the same high standard we could enjoy in his English and French. Edited by LanguageGeek on 18 July 2008 at 1:12am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Gilgamesh Tetraglot Senior Member England Joined 6054 days ago 452 posts - 468 votes 14 sounds Speaks: Dutch, English, German, French Studies: Polish | Message 5 of 16 18 July 2008 at 6:05am | IP Logged |
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Still, his Dutch pronunciation is the best I have ever heard from a non-native speaker.
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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6084 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 6 of 16 18 July 2008 at 10:54am | IP Logged |
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He's a good mimic of accents - he probably can do convincing impersonations of people.
I agree his German was a bit rusty. At the end, his Russian faltered, either because he doesn't know much or because he was becoming tired - probably a bit of both. Overall though, quite impressive. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Vlad Trilingual Super Polyglot Senior Member Czechoslovakia foreverastudent.com Joined 6396 days ago 443 posts - 576 votes 2 sounds Speaks: Czech*, Slovak*, Hungarian*, Mandarin, EnglishC2, GermanC2, ItalianC1, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Serbian, French Studies: Persian, Taiwanese, Romanian, Portuguese | Message 7 of 16 26 July 2008 at 3:35am | IP Logged |
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It's a shame that he doesn't get more attention.
It is true, that his German is rusty and that we really can't tell how his Russian is, but.. it made a really good impression on me. I think he has a great ear for accents and has that 'touch' for languages too. His expressions are natural and fast. It is also true, that he talks about the same things in every language but trying to speak in 8 languages in 9 minutes is not the easiest thing to do. To see a real conversation video in each of those languages would be best. Also, what I find with people who have tried to demonstrate how well they speak several languages (or sometimes only speaking in one foreign language, it doesn't matter that much in this case) is that they tend to 'cheat' in the same way. While they are talking, they allways go only where their brain allows them to. In other words they do not stick to the topic and say sentences which come accross their minds at that very moment. I used to do this and then I realized that allthough I was speaking fluently, what I was talking about wasn't coherrent. And I noticed this among my friends too so I stoped doing that, because it really is cheating in a way :-) In my opinion It is much easier to talk just for the sake of talking because your brain has plenty of sentences ready to be used automatically. It is much more difficult to defend one particular argument, allways stick to it, evolve your thoughts on the go and so on.. just like you would do it in your native tongue. Edited by Vlad on 27 July 2008 at 1:52am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| pitwo Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5971 days ago 103 posts - 121 votes Speaks: French*, English | Message 8 of 16 26 July 2008 at 4:34pm | IP Logged |
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His French totally blew me away.
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