London, how many languages do you speak?

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How many languages do you speak?
Did you say you're from the States?
Yes. I've lived here for about nine years.
Nine years. Incredible.
How many languages do you speak?
Just one. That's it.
Very good.
Are you just going to ask me stuff?
How many languages do you speak?
I speak three. And a bit of German.
What are the three?
French, English, and Spanish.
Very cool.
How many languages do you speak?
Two and a half, if that's a thing.
What are the two? What's the half?
English, Hindi, and a bit of Punjabi,
which is like a regional language
from where I am.
I speak broken Punjabi.
India has so many languages, right?
I don't understand half the languages in the South.
Last but not least?
So, ask me.
How many languages do you speak?
One and three halves.
What's the one and what's the three halves?
The one in the main is Russian,
English, half of English,
half of French, and half of Ukrainian.
Only one. I'm not very well.
I learned Elvish, actually, though,
when I was a kid.
Do you remember something from Elvish?
Gosh.
I think it's like
something to do with
a parkway to heaven or something.
I speak two languages,
French and English.
I speak a bit of Spanish,
but not fluent.
Two and a half, maybe.
And a tiny bit of Chinese, as well,
because I grew up in Shanghai, in China.
Oh, cool.
So, let's say four languages, but two I really speak.
Could you throw me a phrase
in Chinese or something?
Ni hao.
Wo shi Luke.
Wo zi shanghai san yan me.
Something like that.
That means you are Luke something.
I'm Luke. I'm French.
I lived in Shanghai for three years.
Three.
What are they?
Finnish, English, and Swedish.
One, technically.
I speak American
and English.
Incredible.
May I ask
how many languages do you speak?
Italiano.
A little bit English, Romania.
First language, Italiano.
Italiano, yes.
Grazie. You're welcome.
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish,
some Arabic,
and some Tigrinya, as well.
Wait, what's the last one?
Tigrinya from Eritrea.
Oh, my God. You speak so many languages.
I haven't even heard of some of these.
I was volunteering with
some refugees in France.
Yeah.
And that's how I learned some words and expressions.
Could you say some expression or something?
So, hello, how are you?
In Tigrinya, it's salam dude,
kame aleha, or for a woman, kame alehi.
So, habi is Arabic
for my love.
So, hopefully, I'll get it up and running
here in London.
How many languages do you speak?
Three.
What are the three?
So, it's basically my native language, Malayalam,
and then English, of course,
and then, you know, a bit of Tamil,
where we did undergraduate.
A bit of Hindi, I guess.
And a bit of Hindi, maybe four, yeah.
Malayalo is from India, as well?
Where is that from?
Kerala, to the southern part.
South of India, yeah. Very cool.
How many languages do you speak?
Two.
French and English.
Only English.
How many languages do you speak?
One.
Where are you from?
The UK.
What about this guy?
He's making a film about people in London
and how many languages they speak.
Oh, wow. Beautiful.
And I just had to embarrass myself.
Because I only speak one, because I'm English.
You're not alone.
I speak a little Italian.
There you go. One point.
How many languages do you speak?
Four.
What are the four?
Italian, English, Portuguese,
French, and Spanish.
Five.
Incredible.
But because I speak Spanish and French
like that,
I would say four.
But I can survive in Senegal, Tunisia,
or in France for weeks and months.
Incredible.
I must not do too bad.
Well, thanks so much.
You're welcome.
You know it's a lot
when you have to count.
Maybe you can go first.
How many languages do you speak?
Five.
What are the five?
Malay, Mandarin,
English,
Cantonese,
Hokkien.
Wow.
Would you like to go next?
How many languages do you speak?
Three.
What are the three?
Bahasa and Chinese.
What's your first language?
English.
I can speak six languages.
Chinese,
Malay, English,
Cantonese, Hakka,
Hokkien.
Could you tell me in Chinese
what's something you like about London?
What does that mean?
London is a very fantastic place.
And the people here are very friendly.
Are you from London?
Are you visiting?
He's visiting. I'm from London.
I'm from Italy, actually.
Very cool.
Let's start with the Londoner.
How many languages do you speak?
Three languages. Italian, English, Spanish.
And how many languages do you speak?
Me, I'm from Italy.
I speak Italian and English only.
I have to speak something
in Italian.
Tell me in Italian.
Is there something that surprised you about this city?
Something you didn't expect?
It's my first time in London.
It's a day I'm here.
I'm very excited.
It's wonderful.
This is my first time in London.
I'm here from yesterday.
It's super exciting.
A big city.
Fantastic.
How many languages do you speak?
I speak three languages.
French,
a little bit English,
and Arabic.
Very cool. How many languages do you speak?
Two.
French and English.
I speak about three or four.
What are they?
Swahili, Arabic,
English.
A bit of others, actually.
Where is Swahili from?
From Kenya.
Are you from Kenya?
Could you say one expression in Swahili for me?
What's that?
It means good.
How many languages do you speak?
Three.
English, French, and Arabic.
Algerian and Arabic.
Could you say something in Algerian and Arabic for me?
And what's that?
What do I have to say?
Can I speak two languages?
Yeah, I'll just ask and you answer.
How many languages do you speak?
I speak two languages.
English and Spanish.
How many languages do you speak?
I speak English as the first language,
a little bit of French from school,
and I'm learning Italian
as my husband is Italian.
Two.
What are the two?
English and...
Romanian and English and a little bit Russian.
Gypsy a little bit.
Gypsy too?
Gypsy has a language.
Yeah, it's a language.
Similar to Romanian?
No, no, no.
Gypsy origin is Indian.
It's not Romanian.
Gypsy emigrated a long, long time ago
to Russia first and then to Europe.
Gypsy, check Wikipedia.
Gypsy is Indian.
It's not Romanian.
It's a big, big confusion.
Romanian have half Italian
and half Dutch.
I don't know.
The people is living
a long, long time in the back.
Would you like to answer?
No?
Okay, well, thank you very much.
Have a good day.
Okay, French,
Spanish, English and Arabic.
Are you from London?
Are you visiting?
We are here for working holiday.
Working holiday?
Three languages.
What are the three?
Taiwanese, Mandarin and English.
The new...
The new travel.
Travel.
How many languages do you speak?
I speak English and a little bit of tree, so two.
What? Tree?
Where is tree from?
Ghana.
From Ghana, very cool.
Thanks so much.
I speak Irish, English.
May I record your answer?
I can, but is it going to take long?
No, two seconds.
How many languages do you speak?
Two.
What are they?
Gaelic and English.
Could you say some expression in Gaelic?
See you again, my good friend.
Thanks so much.
