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| Polyphemes Bilingual Hexaglot Groupie Virgin Islands Joined 6101 days ago 48 posts - 60 votes  Speaks: German*, Dutch*, English, French, Italian, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), Bulgarian, Greek | Message 1 of 13 02 October 2007 at 7:07am | IP Logged |
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Have any of you ever seen the video of a (quite young) Peruvian polyglot on youtube.com?
The address is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYhsmgEv-yo and there is a second part of it as well. It's a young guy from Peru who speaks 12 languages fluently. I think he does quite well and it's very nice to see how much pleasure he takes in speaking and learning these languages. I was very surprised nobody's mentioned this video before, apparently. Enjoy! Edited by Polyphemes on 02 October 2007 at 12:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Captain Haddock Diglot Senior Member Japan kanjicabinet.tumblr. Joined 6580 days ago 2282 posts - 2814 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Korean, Ancient Greek | Message 2 of 13 02 October 2007 at 9:06am | IP Logged |
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English usage note: People from Peru are called Peruvians. :)
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| Polyphemes Bilingual Hexaglot Groupie Virgin Islands Joined 6101 days ago 48 posts - 60 votes Speaks: German*, Dutch*, English, French, Italian, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), Bulgarian, Greek | Message 3 of 13 02 October 2007 at 12:46pm | IP Logged |
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d'oh! ;)
(though I am very, very embarassed. I appreciate the comment though!) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 6827 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 13 02 October 2007 at 3:20pm | IP Logged |
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This is the same guy referred to in this thread.
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| Marc Frisch Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6477 days ago 1001 posts - 1169 votes Speaks: German*, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Persian, Tamil | Message 5 of 13 02 October 2007 at 3:23pm | IP Logged |
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By the way, his name is Jorge Fernandez Gates and we
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| apparition Octoglot Senior Member United States Joined 6462 days ago 600 posts - 667 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), French, Arabic (Iraqi), Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish Studies: Pashto | Message 6 of 13 02 October 2007 at 3:50pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for the link!
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| Marc Frisch Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6477 days ago 1001 posts - 1169 votes Speaks: German*, French, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Persian, Tamil | Message 7 of 13 03 October 2007 at 5:00am | IP Logged |
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Very promising, but I wasn't very impressed. I can't judge all of the languages, but in French, German, Italian, Swedish he only seems to have rather basic conversational skills, and he's not very fluent (maybe his Italian is a bit better than the others). However, he uses extremely well the little he knows and isn't afraid of making mistakes. I mean, my Swedish is probably better than his, but I'd hesitate much more to use it.
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| apparition Octoglot Senior Member United States Joined 6462 days ago 600 posts - 667 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), French, Arabic (Iraqi), Portuguese, German, Italian, Spanish Studies: Pashto | Message 8 of 13 03 October 2007 at 9:52am | IP Logged |
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Yeah, I agree.
I mean, he is only 18, which made me most impressed. And his comfort with using the languages was evident and that impressed me, too. But yes, he was still learning phrases like "Ta gueule" in French and rather basic German sentences. It's obvious that his best languages are the ones closest to Spanish linguistically. That's probably the way it is for most of us! My question is, where does he find the money for all these tutors! I'm assuming some of those people were his tutors. Man, what I would give for that sort of access! So, I'm still impressed, but not without qualification. ;-) Edited by apparition on 03 October 2007 at 9:53am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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