French: strange exceptions to every rule English: there is no rule; embrace the chaos
@rockerboydeadbeat865011 ай бұрын
I believe it was best described when someone once called English the language that mugs other languages in back-alleys and rummages through their pockets for spare vocabulary and grammar
@PeterDivine11 ай бұрын
@@PeterDivineyeah I read that comment too. Laughed my ass off reading that.
@gamistry294711 ай бұрын
So true
@Just_me50911 ай бұрын
T-shirt worthy. Yes, humans are the source of all choas. Why should language be different?
@talieclandestine915511 ай бұрын
@@PeterDivine pretty much dead accurate as English will happily take from French , German , Latin , Greek and Scandinavian languages
@jewsco11 ай бұрын
French : I don't get it English : neither do we
@christophermason508811 ай бұрын
y e s
@eng663610 ай бұрын
Facts
@starfandoms838910 ай бұрын
so true
@RebytGaming10 ай бұрын
Go vegan to save animals.
@JamesonCutlerMusic10 ай бұрын
@@JamesonCutlerMusic what about vegetarian? thats what i am
@RebytGaming10 ай бұрын
The problem isn't that English has no rules...the problem is that the rules differ depending on which language of origin we stole it from.
@ashleyder91643 ай бұрын
English stay stealing since it inception
@binnsfamily99493 ай бұрын
...stole it?
@JLa72573 ай бұрын
Borrowed @@JLa7257
@ibvghgfvbnbc3 ай бұрын
Do you not know history? England was colonized over and over again. You're hating on the ultimate colonized country. All those languages are the languages of England's oppressors.
@binabina44453 ай бұрын
@@JLa7257are you really that daft when it comes to the history of the English language and modern etymology in general?? Like, most languages are ‘stealing’ words from each other to convey ideas they were previously using entire sentences to convey, and also as colonization, trade, and world slavery started to become more and more prevalent, languages married and evolved. And if you’re hung up on OP using the verb ‘steal’, you really need to get off it, because that’s a very pedantic thing to try and make a point off of, this isn’t “Um Actually”.
@harleyjo48753 ай бұрын
This video just made me forget how to English for a second
@christopheranton133 ай бұрын
I like it when people make languages into verbs, since i do it too and i dont feel alone
@AgniKaiGuy3 ай бұрын
You should see his sketch on the swimming pool. "A place to piscine"
@michaelbujaki24623 ай бұрын
@@AgniKaiGuy❤
@obamabinladen41092 ай бұрын
Poor French was so enthusiastic about learning 😭
@Whysoaphasinstructions11 ай бұрын
452 like and no comments, let me fix that
@AbdulMannan-om6ch10 ай бұрын
Tell me about it 💀
@Christian_Michi1110 ай бұрын
We are trying, it's just a little (🥲) difficult when there are differents prononciations depending of the country like english from uk, from usa, from Canada, from Australia... so yes it may be hard sometimes, but to be fair french is hard too so it's just fair-play I guess 😂
@KatherineRose.2 ай бұрын
Enthusiastically making a strawman, sadly. Those words don't sound similar because that's not how words work... you construct them left to right so shoving letters on the front means you start in a different place. Wait and Weight sound the same because they're taking the W sound and modifying the end. Height doesn't sound like Weight because it starts with a H sound. On top of that, you do also have the issue of homophones based on which language the word came from. This isn't a feature of English, it's a feature of natural languages in general. French, of course, knows this because it has the same stuff. There's the word "Terre"... So I get the lenght unit by sticking a "me" on the front? No, "metre" ... Au... Aux... Eau... *shrug*
@KaitharVideo5 күн бұрын
English: Let's confuse the french, they started it
@silverdeath711 ай бұрын
French really shouldn't have been bragging about confusing the Americans.
@tashnahtv609811 ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing 😂😂😂😂
@stormexaustralia7711 ай бұрын
I mean their ancestors are partially at fault for some of this
@gavinbrown21611 ай бұрын
French are at fault for bringing French words and spellings into a germanic language
@giftofthewild666511 ай бұрын
@@gavinbrown216 we created partially English
@geromeblara11 ай бұрын
I love how you make the connections....I had no idea English was this chaotic 😂
@Anna-vq1qn4 ай бұрын
When in doubt, just remember, English is essentially three languages in a trenchcoat pretending to be one language. Except it's like five languages. Probably six. It's a big trenchcoat.
@The2KXperience3 ай бұрын
oh i like this definition.
@mightydragon28092 ай бұрын
English is like that XKCD where there are now 15 competing standards.
@NineEyeRon2 ай бұрын
All languages do this, English just doesn't adapt the spelling
@robinrehlinghaus19442 ай бұрын
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 All languages?
@perrymanso6841Ай бұрын
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 Icelandic it has borrowed no words none whenever a new word is created it takes its own words and mashes it together and so the word for tank translates to crawling dragon yeah
@FireKing003Ай бұрын
Truly, English is a matter of, “If you know, you know…”
@jaysmagata370711 ай бұрын
Literally 😭😭
@Idk-hello10 ай бұрын
I, uh, no-
@z_ed10 ай бұрын
@@z_ed😂😂😂
@BrooklynSaunders71810 ай бұрын
Go vegan to save animals.
@JamesonCutlerMusic10 ай бұрын
@@JamesonCutlerMusic🥓
@angel_dude2.04910 ай бұрын
English: there are literally no rules, just memorize every word
@FOXTR0T111 ай бұрын
Online dictionary is a godsend for audio pronunciation
@Alexis-bz7kl11 ай бұрын
English language enters the chat: yel I've got 5 million words about counting, enjoy.
@hitandruncommentor11 ай бұрын
Yes just...
@matteo597411 ай бұрын
exactly 💯
@aimansaleem63611 ай бұрын
Which in the ass coming from a language that has clear and strict rules for spelling
@MrSevenup1411 ай бұрын
even english probably doesnt understand what kind of hell they created...
@LoganJones883 ай бұрын
Chinese: first time?
@bruhtnt4258Ай бұрын
I have literally watched it almost 40 and still I can't control my laugh 🤣🤣🤣 awesome man
@sonambalgotra2143 ай бұрын
You don't learn English, you memorize it.
@flvbbernvggets10 ай бұрын
Same as chess
@con_el_maestro354410 ай бұрын
@@con_el_maestro3544u memorise the rules yes, like everything else😑
@perrythedapapus415310 ай бұрын
Facts! I remember our teacher teaching us different words and how to pronounce them on a whole ass blackboard.
@lyfislemons007510 ай бұрын
That’s a whole fact!
@waltersummers346610 ай бұрын
Underrated comment! 🤣 As a French speaking person, I bet your everything that learning English is beyond difficult! 😅 And I HATE words that starts with a H!
@Kitty4Catz10 ай бұрын
Gosh gotta love French, he is asking questions that did not even cross my mind. I share your videos with my English Teacher.
@aquasky7711 ай бұрын
Wait you actually share it???
@undisclosed60011 ай бұрын
@@undisclosed600 You mean shair it, like sh and air.
@Mikaci_the_Grand_Duke11 ай бұрын
I share some of them with a friend who is a teacher 😁
@user-lf9yi1vk9x11 ай бұрын
@@user-lf9yi1vk9x Is he a teechur, you said? Chur like from church.
@Mikaci_the_Grand_Duke11 ай бұрын
@@undisclosed600 Well yes, I was in school in the 90s and I have been in touch with her since.
@aquasky7711 ай бұрын
Forgot the “wait”
@starmovies55233 ай бұрын
So, ok... How... Did you convince my brain that those are two different persons?
@shinnightwood19713 ай бұрын
French ate at eight but his hate for extra height and weight must wait because it’s great to eat! 😂😂😂😂
@TheCryptoGinger11 ай бұрын
Nice! 😂👍
@Mebh54711 ай бұрын
🎉 awesome
@oyetadeisraeloluwatobi741711 ай бұрын
How dare you
@noahmaas167011 ай бұрын
Perfect for French ❤
@Chooseashorterhandle211 ай бұрын
It makes no sense if you don't know. It also makes no sense when you do 😂.
@jarhead280811 ай бұрын
As a second language learner, I confirm this is the case😂. I was told that English is so systematic but look at all the messes. The English pronunciation never makes sense
@vapoo9911 ай бұрын
Whoever told you English is systematic is a liar. It's literally the most inconsistent language haha
@adamabdelfattah904011 ай бұрын
@@adamabdelfattah9040 the grammar is more or less consistant, but the spelling and pronunciation are the language equivalent of alphabet soup
@aringrey11 ай бұрын
English is my first and only language and sometimes when I’m reading and come across a word that has more than one form of pronunciation and definition, I sometimes I have reread a sentence about three times before it makes sense because when I read it the first time I used a different pronunciation and was thinking of a different definition in my head. My favorite example of this is desert…depending on the context, you can talking about a dry area of land or you could talking about abandoning something or someone and each definition have difference pronunciations. The abandoning something one, the pronunciation is the same as the pronunciation for dessert (with two “s”), which is something, usually sweet, eaten after a main course/dinner. So I feel for non-English speakers learning English.
@Love2SleepandEat11 ай бұрын
I already abandoned the thought "English must be systematic" and just rely on my instinct or how it sounds
@NoRezos11 ай бұрын
@@adamabdelfattah9040 There are far more inconsistent languages out there.
@Beliserius111 ай бұрын
What were they smoking when they made the English language. I need to try some
@user-xw4kj1jc6y2 ай бұрын
*It is not FAIR, I want to go the the FAIR. *I like TO eat TWO times a day TOO, gime me my TOOL!. 😂
@gtsport38813 ай бұрын
Twice
@kenzen-ul4qo3 ай бұрын
I honestly struggled with the difference between to and too for quite a while
@Ikajo8 күн бұрын
My english teacher once told me that in english there is only one rule. And that rule is, dont think, be chaotic.
@minaashido962910 ай бұрын
What does chaotic means?
@sapnasingh562910 ай бұрын
@@sapnasingh5629in a state of complete confusion and disorder.
@Danielz_Sozenl10 ай бұрын
and when someone makes a typo on the internet they'll start a war in the comments lmao
@adrian.ts110 ай бұрын
@@Danielz_Sozenlthat is absolutely applicable to english what is this language. this is why teaching the sound it out method is dumb
@kotaleartist10 ай бұрын
and have good memory.
@chrismill530310 ай бұрын
"English isn't a language, it's three languages stacked on top of each other wearing a trenchcoat."
@NJD_9810 ай бұрын
Thats so true tho
@mekenzieburns491210 ай бұрын
This is the most underrated comment
@erock707310 ай бұрын
Damn that was better than my explanation of “english is a language created by two people, one is overdosed on all the drugs at the same time, besides LSD just to make grammar, and the other person invented LSD and overdosed on it, and gallons of every alcohol, along with enough caffeine to give a water buffalo a heart attack, to create the spelling and pronunciation logic” Im going to quote you
@Im0rtui10 ай бұрын
Just 3
@Me_is_god10 ай бұрын
@@Me_is_godfr😂😂😂
@cherry_blossom78910 ай бұрын
French: I DON'T GET ITTT!!! Me: Neither do I, buddy. You're not alone 😂
@SilverStormzAndGoldenRain3 ай бұрын
This reminds me of the time I wrote an essay about Fahrenheit 451 without knowing how to spell fahrenheit
@star_shower-by7gxАй бұрын
you don't realize how hard your language is until you have to teach it 💀
@funnyapple41410 ай бұрын
I tried to explain basic spelling to a 2nd grader once and I confirm I lost understanding of English myself
@Lgicbreaker10 ай бұрын
Facts.
@jessicabaker975710 ай бұрын
True
@BlankSama10 ай бұрын
if you know tamil!!!!! 😃😃😃😃
@iqbaleasytechnology10 ай бұрын
Ikr when I was 10 in an English class and nobody spoke English (I was better at grammar then even my teacher) and the whole class would always ask me for help I can say I got a headache from explaining stuff to at least 3 people at once 😀
@Egg0-10 ай бұрын
You don't get English, English gets you, has it's way with you and leaves you broken and defeated.
@guillaumedep111 ай бұрын
😂
@tamarabradshaw479911 ай бұрын
😂😂
@whatduck94311 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@GamingwolfZJ11 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@eh4.2.0.6.9.11 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@Bavin1111 ай бұрын
this is why aliens can't understand our language 😂
@zencee5712 ай бұрын
French: "The English aint Englishing" 💀 Universal languages : "Ur french aint frenching bro" 💀💀
@C3BRA24 күн бұрын
Ah, but French do have rules for pronunciation that are consistent
@Ikajo8 күн бұрын
One does not just speak English, English speaks you.
@karimb172411 ай бұрын
So many Russian oligarchs in London, englishmen are now making Soviet Russia jokes...
@TheNefastor11 ай бұрын
@@TheNefastor 😂 lol
@theepashmani647411 ай бұрын
In Soviet Russia Russian speaks you
@christianpalmer11 ай бұрын
Ain’t that the god damned truth 😤😤😤
@ComebackGAWD11 ай бұрын
Like in Soviet Russia 😅
@mosiarmstrong11 ай бұрын
Us English speakers:: "They will never know our next move...and neither will we"
@darthdrynn805711 ай бұрын
If neigh is pronounced like nay, it’s pronounced like nayther, right? *No-*
@nightshade560611 ай бұрын
The English even try to battle against the enemy with their linguistic 'ambush' rules!😂
@JanuWaray11 ай бұрын
The perfect predator.
@moronnucleosus333911 ай бұрын
Even the word “neither” has too many ways to be pronounced Neither n - eye - v - er Neither n - ee - th - er (but with the “th” and “er” pronounced together to sound different..) Either eye - v - er Either ee - th - er (but once again with the “th” and “er? Pronounced together to sound a specific way)
@mylittlecircus11 ай бұрын
I actually WAS down on the floor on NEITHER DO WE!!!
@muntajiboddinkhatib890011 ай бұрын
He must feel like on holiday when spelling spanish! 😂
@FrogeniusW.G.2 ай бұрын
I hoped for "Water" 😂
@ColjaCarls3 ай бұрын
WOOTAAH
@AgniKaiGuy3 ай бұрын
When my friend was learning Spanish, I had to teach her to not adjust pronunciations randomly like in English. I had to teach her to be phonetically consistent 😂
@SuperStarr81711 ай бұрын
That's why I failed Spanish.
@erikagehm280511 ай бұрын
Consistency is unAmerican😂
@mouthy_maestrod299211 ай бұрын
Spanish isn’t built of as many languages as English is. Hard to be consistent with words from: German, French, Greek, Latin, and a few just invented by English.
@nvfury1311 ай бұрын
@@nvfury13 Spanish has a mix with ,Latin ,greek ,Iberian and Arabic. It has its mix in the pot to deal with.
@kaoutermouslimhaliba714511 ай бұрын
Es muy frustrante. He pasado por eso. - di "O" - ow - prueba alargando la "O" - oooooooooo... - y ahora para en seco - ...oooow
@guillermolledowolkowicz708511 ай бұрын
Learning to read English is almost like learning Kanji, you basically have to remember how everything sound
@VictorGabriel-ht5qp11 ай бұрын
I heard harder chinese language than english bru😅
@heavendevour11 ай бұрын
@@heavendevour Kanji is Japanese... also languages' difficulty depend on your native language. English is harder than Chinese for a Korean or Japanese person, who would a similar language, while English is easier than Chinese for a Dutchman or a Swede, because English is similar to their languages
@kiwenmanisuno11 ай бұрын
I don't think so. Kanji seems to need memory, whereas English pronunciation works on intuition
@xoiyoub11 ай бұрын
@@azearaazymoto461 okay, there is memory involved. Pronunciation gets pretty random sometimes. I wouldn't call it Kanji levels of memorization though
@xoiyoub11 ай бұрын
@@kiwenmanisunokanji is Chinese origin. Japanese adopted it to their own language as writing system because they didn't have one before.
@yoru881511 ай бұрын
Send this to your French teacher to get revenge 🤓
@andrewmarin39412 күн бұрын
French: how do I learn english Duolingo: download me
@user-my9ux7fd4c12 күн бұрын
English doesn't borrow words from other languages, it chases them down dark allies, beats them up and goes through their pockets for syntax and spellings.
@johnweatherman568511 ай бұрын
This made me laugh way harder than it should have
@patrickmorrey872211 ай бұрын
Nice stolen comment…
@thierryfaquet740511 ай бұрын
@@patrickmorrey8722 Agreed!
@Iluvantir11 ай бұрын
😂😅😂😅😂
@loriar102711 ай бұрын
This is fucking great, you should make t shirts
@codyvaughn122111 ай бұрын
Sorry french. We native English speakers feel pretty much the same way when learning how to spell and pronounce things as kids. 😂😂😂
@Mebh54711 ай бұрын
Even as adults! You'll find new words written down and just have to take your best shot at it until you get corrected.
@yourlittleinsomniac536911 ай бұрын
@@yourlittleinsomniac5369 yes good point! LoL! I'm always learning new things! I forget what it was now, but there was a word I pronounced wrong for years because I didn't say it out loud often, just read it. Finally said it out loud in front of the right person and they corrected me. English is confusing for all ages. 😆
@Mebh54711 ай бұрын
@@Mebh547 I'm Hungarian and when I was learning English we didn't even had to memorise any pronunciation rules, we just accepted that we have to learn it for each and every new word. I think it's true that English is not one language, but three different ones in a trenchcoat pretending to be one.😂
@hungariangiraffe636111 ай бұрын
As a french, I would not have get that english prononciation is so messed up unless I heard the native speaker talk about it You listen to english, and then you'll naturaly learn the prononciation In french, there's also several ways to write a single sound, so I guess I just didn't notice while learning english
@skad205811 ай бұрын
@@hungariangiraffe6361 LOL yes! That's a perfect description! 😂 And yeah learning every word individually is unfortunately about all you can do. So much easier when it's your first language, but it has still confused me since I was old enough to talk! 😂 I actually know a french guy and a Romanian girl who speak better English then me because they don't use bad Grammer and stuff like I do. They have strong accents and make a mistake here and there but they seem to know more about English than I do because they worked so hard to learn it. How hard do you think it would be for an English speaker to learn Hungarian? Is it a difficult language?
@Mebh54711 ай бұрын
Her smile when he cleaned and the way she said you cleaned😂
@michaelrager3502Ай бұрын
French:Why do we still hear just to suffer😅
@ahmedmojtaba5661Ай бұрын
His performance is everything... he deserves to get a gig from it
@BobTheenglishman-bi3de11 ай бұрын
yep....every language class in the US talks about this as if no one has ever thought of how English is difficult/confusing...he did really great to bring up something everyone knows and talks about every time they think about the English language. Really bright individual...can't believe he recognized something people have known for over a hundred years....great job he did. really thinking outside of the box and getting as creative as I'm sure he could ever be...lmfao. Language professors....only useful as translators for people who actually use their brains like: engineers, doctors, scientists, etc.
@matts342511 ай бұрын
He's a musical actor
@crockoaches11 ай бұрын
@@matts3425 ok
@renascitur705111 ай бұрын
@@matts3425 You want a medal or something?
@FalconWindblader11 ай бұрын
@@FalconWindblader no but this guy deserves one for being so original and creative...such a great video 10/10
@matts342511 ай бұрын
My english teacher was straightforward with us about that. "A lot of times english pronunciation doesnt make sense, so don't get too attached to rules, focus on listening and practicing". Best advice she could ever give, it made things a lot easier.
@theOPworld11 ай бұрын
Yes, don't think about it. Just use the words that you already know, adding a few words here and there. house mouse ladder ... It is what it is ;-)
@richard--s11 ай бұрын
@It aint no thing No, it isn't a conspiracy. The printing press cemented English spelling just as the sound changes of Early Modern English occurred/started occurring. So the pronunciation changed, but the spelling stayed the same.
also, most native english speakers (the ones with half a brain, anyway) will understand what you mean regardless, at least here in 'murica. since there's a lot of non-native english speakers here anyway, a lot of us are used to hearing mispronounced words. and if a native english speaker does still make fun of you, remind them that you're at least bi/multilingual, while they (probably) aren't.
@peachii312411 ай бұрын
I think it's pretty consistent. You just gotta accept that sometimes the rules are bent because there are a metric fuck ton of words that are just lifted from other languages at some point or another. That does admittedly get more confusing because of the slow morphing of pronunciation across different dialects and eras over time.
@thecameronator11 ай бұрын
My man needs to phone a friend!😩🤣
@ronnieferguson93377 күн бұрын
You successfully make me giving up the thought of learning English 😂
@amieezhong789017 күн бұрын
As a native English speaker, I appreciate the ridiculous nature of the language. It makes sure anyone who wants to speak/read/write in it is willing to suspend some disbelief and just roll with the chaos.
@psychologymajorptsd6211 ай бұрын
This channel makes fun of French and Spanish often too, it’s not like English is the only one with quirks.
@magnoliam415911 ай бұрын
lol never try french nor german you'll rethink about the defintion of chaos
@kamikazboy6911 ай бұрын
As a french, let me introduce you to silent letters
@skad205811 ай бұрын
@@kamikazboy69 Why?
@sciencefreak791311 ай бұрын
@@sciencefreak7913 LOL Look up Twain's single sentence German article.
@antonioliles502711 ай бұрын
My English Teacher used to tell us that English isn’t a language, it’s 4 languages stacked on top of eachother in a trench coat
@hoovy231911 ай бұрын
Hahahah that is a good way of putting it
@elslick11 ай бұрын
English stealing from every language that isn’t Asian:
@OBDT_YT11 ай бұрын
Definitely feels like it at times.
@Jw8756311 ай бұрын
That’s the most accurate description I’ve ever heard.
@mamaduntoldu706511 ай бұрын
Accurate
@IJKL_the_arts11 ай бұрын
When French said "Hait" it was the funniest 😂
@FrostNapCatАй бұрын
Me on my English test💀💀💀💀
@stuffieworld190315 күн бұрын
we just pronounce words based on their vibe
@gardenandcalico10 ай бұрын
As an Italian who loves to read in English, I'm always a bit frustrated that any time I encounter a new word I have to check how to pronounce it. Italian is super consistent. Any first grader, at the end of the school year, could (should be able to) read and write any new word. And that's why we don't have any spelling competition. 😁
@lellab.817911 ай бұрын
Same with Finnish. Super systematic, but also syllabic (so example syllable "mik" is always pronounced the same no matter the word) and children usually learn to read and write before end of the first school year. Only problem with Finnish is that we have like 14 grammatical cases and learning to use them right takes time. But usually kids who have been read to a lot (bedtime stories and such) before school age have quite a solid grasp of the more common cases at 1st grade. The clause is that while certain logic in cases conjugation fits with words A and B, it doesn't go with word C _even_ if it sounds similar/ends in similar fashion, and kids just have to learn to remember the exceptions... 😅
@StarlingKnight11 ай бұрын
Get use to it meaning is given by context. Learn enough to understand the minimum amount then you will learn the rest even if it may be rough. For context I am trying to learn German and french , my second language is English. I am using it daily and it got bad now that my inner dialogue became mostly English. ;D My mothertounge isn't related to any core european language.
@temkin929811 ай бұрын
Same with Spanish. When I was a kid I remember watching The Simpsons and wondering why they would do spelling contests... I thought it was SO easy. Now I get it.
@annysk9311 ай бұрын
In Polish this also is rarely the problem. For non Polish speaker it's hard to pronounce words, but not because you don't know how to read them. You mostly read the same as you write.
@syniasynia673611 ай бұрын
Honestly, English is my first language and sometimes I STILL have to look up new words to know how they're pronounced. There's nothing more annoying than saying a word out loud that you've only ever seen written, and getting weird looks from everyone in the room.
@finpin262211 ай бұрын
Love that they added the phonetic alphabet
@1Rhaast2 ай бұрын
My childhood is with French on not getting it 😂
@StoriesbyIrish2 ай бұрын
As an English speaker I didn’t realize how true this is. 100/10 relatable😂
@chelseadespain-kb5ff11 ай бұрын
My guy, how can you say you’re an English speaker, then spell realise with a zed.. keep your McDonald’s English to yourself cowpoke 😂😂
@user-ef3nr1cn4r11 ай бұрын
How is it relatable if you never realised it. Jesus
@flipnshifty11 ай бұрын
@@flipnshiftynow that they have realized it it is now relatable.
@mincat141211 ай бұрын
@@mincat1412 that doesnt make a lot of sense. Something is relatable if you relate to it, by having the same experience, but if you never even realised it, how can you have the same experience as someone who does realise it.
@flipnshifty11 ай бұрын
@@flipnshiftyit can still be relatable after noticing how weirdly English works, and understanding the language.
@imyourrealsensei11 ай бұрын
As a native speaker, I never realized how hard English was😂
@AstrogirlHelen11 ай бұрын
English is one of the harder languages to learn because its consistently inconsistent and it drives non native speakers batshit
@razorflossrazor293711 ай бұрын
True
@greymatter199911 ай бұрын
Well I'm a native Quebecan French speaker and I found English to be easier to learn than French and easier to think with it too.
@EnigmaGameMaster11 ай бұрын
@@EnigmaGameMaster well you live right next door to one of the biggest English speaking countries in the world. It's why Spanish is easier for Americans to learn because of how often we're surrounded by it
@razorflossrazor293711 ай бұрын
Thats fine, ive found that most English only speakers can't speak English either
@IKMcGwee11 ай бұрын
French's face at the end is priceless
@k.saivamsiprabhakar972721 күн бұрын
The way French spelling "great" is how me spelling "great" in my English class 😂
@raellynn152 ай бұрын
As my English teachers told me: don't try to find any logic of pronunciation, just learn each word individually.
@newhuskytwenty11 ай бұрын
That's a terrible way to learn to read. Phonics is the superior method.
@delailama73611 ай бұрын
Well that explains a lot 😂
@infernalstan88611 ай бұрын
@@delailama736hat they’re trying to say is rules and pronunciation r extremely inconsistent to the point where u could just learn words individually and maybe have better luck learning It’s just that typically u use phonetics for when u see a new word u dk, even then though an English speaker will most likely get a word right by following what they think it’d sound like in English over using logic
@av_kay505911 ай бұрын
@@av_kay5059 No. What they are talking about is known as "whole word" method of learning to read. The phonics method of learning to read is superior. If you have kids and you want them to have the best results, you use the phonics method.
@delailama73611 ай бұрын
i learned through watching English cartoons when i was little
@outflame304011 ай бұрын
French: we memorize rules English: we memorize the dictionary
@shotaaizawa3417 ай бұрын
well it isn't as hard as german.. 😅 and yeah in French when you learn the rules it's natural.. and even if you mispelled it it's isn't so bad.. (sorry if i'm bad at writing in english , i'm french.. 🙏)
@dasilvaolivia65597 ай бұрын
For spelling, sure. For noun genders it’s the other way around.
@Bruhbruhbruh-rn9qv6 ай бұрын
Rest of the world:- we have our own words English:- yeah but I stole a lot of words and made them sound like ours😂😂😂
@pradeepvnaik52856 ай бұрын
Wow
@user-lv4px1sb1f6 ай бұрын
@@dasilvaolivia6559je te comprend moi aussi j’ai se problème
@Maybe_7916 ай бұрын
😂🤣🤣the comment section understood the assignment 💯💯🤓🤣🤣
@highpeacetess4 ай бұрын
“…so zis must be sheit?” “No. It’s shite” 💀
@anorangewithacapybaraunder23703 ай бұрын
I have no idea how my brain is reading English properly at this point... I just know it does 😂
@parthasarathyvenkatadri6 ай бұрын
am right with you hear the problem is wrighting
@aseelbakheet55565 ай бұрын
@@aseelbakheet5556 How did I understand that sentence 😂
@parthasarathyvenkatadri5 ай бұрын
@@parthasarathyvenkatadrifr😂😭
@melmma49845 ай бұрын
@@parthasarathyvenkatadriI konw, rhgit?
@laurenconrad17995 ай бұрын
that's the way we understand our first language
@Draygoon3l4 ай бұрын
As an American, I have no idea how to explain English to non English speakers
@kittykat715810 ай бұрын
Relatable. The English language makes sense because it makes sense, even if this explanation doesn’t make sense, the pronunciation makes sense because it’s easy for the brain to process. 😅
@robi994210 ай бұрын
Americans barely speak English anyway...😅
@philliperasmus842610 ай бұрын
Uhh, actually we don't really care about Americans?! 😅🤧
@amoldivo10 ай бұрын
@@amoldivo but you bothered to comment. yeah, ok. Americans live in your head rent free.
@fairygodbrotherr9 ай бұрын
@@philliperasmus8426mericans speak great English and some of the greatest writers of the English language are American. It’s also our form of English that is the standard for new learners and it’s the american form of English that is used all over the internet, so be real.
@fairygodbrotherr9 ай бұрын
Me with dyslexia: agreeing with French English: well no Me & French: *visible confusion*
@rosem992911 күн бұрын
Me after the 3rd french language tutorial 😂😂😂
@narmadabhat443 ай бұрын
English: Never let them know your next move.
@oraclesofthemoirai425811 ай бұрын
English took it to another level 🤣🤣
@raktim_org11 ай бұрын
(Cont'd) English:.... because we also don't know our next move
@Irie228611 ай бұрын
English: you cant mind game me if i dont have a mind
@imgonnagetusallkilled319811 ай бұрын
I am your 420th like. Savor this moment
@marmageddon865711 ай бұрын
Portuguese: Amateurs
@ghostzin693011 ай бұрын
Us English speakers underestimate how strange English is
@swaftler10 ай бұрын
Oh no we are aware we just like to watch as yall try to decipher the chaos that is english
@ghost1182able9 ай бұрын
I didn't realize until I started watching these shorts. That's also this other video reciting a confusing english poem
@boko069 ай бұрын
Dude, the word “fridge” has a D in it, but the word refrigerator doesn’t. That’s how messed up it is.
@TopSideRhyme7069 ай бұрын
I legit have a problem with English n I only speak English soooooo........
@janice11229 ай бұрын
I height it
@mip92729 ай бұрын
Just wait till French hears about "see" "sea"and "c" 💀
@user-ij2we4qr4vАй бұрын
"English is the easiest language to learn." English: "I live for live concerts."
@soulassassin0g17 күн бұрын
As an English speaker i want to apologize to everyone who is trying to learn English.
@battlefronttezzlar678110 ай бұрын
We just do broken english
@Enormoussaa10 ай бұрын
As a not native English speaker I can say: English is easy compared to other languages. Portuguese, for example, have so much rules you'd never get it. We have like 12 different words with the same damn meaning and each word is applicable depending of pronom, verbal time and plural or singular.
@yohanandrade466810 ай бұрын
I'm Polish trying to learn English :D
@julkasobol582910 ай бұрын
As an Englander, I apologise for nothing! Embrace the chaos that is our language!
@AdiG110 ай бұрын
English is quite easy to learn honestly
@k.u927510 ай бұрын
Ok I'm concerned for french's mental health
@random_gameplays224711 ай бұрын
Same here 🤣🤣🤣
@aistiera_chaosandmusic11 ай бұрын
😂 Lol
@NetITGeeks11 ай бұрын
You're JUST now becoming concerned?! XD
@themadlass558411 ай бұрын
"why do you called a building a building even duo its already done building" -RyanHD
@evanssayson435629 күн бұрын
Hey, French, count past 70 for us... 😂
@alisas.940Ай бұрын
This guy does it so well I literally feel like it's two different people every time
@paulzeev11 ай бұрын
What are you talking about, that's its brother from france
@downtostandup11 ай бұрын
Wait, its the same person? I didnt even focus on that.
@ghotyolocanisyn288011 ай бұрын
Obviously it was two different people 😬
@linmk54111 ай бұрын
It's his twin, what are you talking about?
@jayden296611 ай бұрын
I didn’t even notice it was the same person. I just thought there were 2 different men.
@TellTheTru11 ай бұрын
As a french person who was learning English before; this was relatable. I had a mental breakdown many times before I finally understood 😭👍
@dcannet10 ай бұрын
If you feel you understand English, your still in a mental breakdown 😵💫
@allyrichards920710 ай бұрын
The Great Vowel Shift! Right after we standardized spelling, we had a big thing where people changed where in the mouth we said various words, which changed the pronunciation
@ae3qe27u310 ай бұрын
well, for the record, your english is great. don't even know many native speakers who know how to use a semicolon!
@DumplingDoodle10 ай бұрын
Comma, not semicolon. The first part is a fragment.
@colbyallman10 ай бұрын
@@DumplingDoodleWell, now you know one.
@colbyallman10 ай бұрын
he is fantastic in pointing at the chaos in languages 🤣
@airlagАй бұрын
What’s this word?👉是 that’s shì This?👉事 Also shì This?👉市 shì What about these?👉世式士视氏室示逝 They’re all shì
@bruhtnt4258Ай бұрын
And then they tell you to sound shit out it’s all a joke
@austinbenz28103 ай бұрын
#1 rule of the English language: There is no consistency, ever. Dont expect it.
@mattaboveallhews150211 ай бұрын
Second rule every word has multiple meanings sometimes contradictory
@jonathanbuzzard137611 ай бұрын
Third rule everything has more than one word to describe it
@jonathanbuzzard137611 ай бұрын
As an English learner the Golden rule is don't assume pronuciation, always check it in dictionary or online
@hassanrubeiahadi11 ай бұрын
ör jus prenounse like u vout in ur ön länkkuate. just trying to replicate finnish rally english
@antcommander136711 ай бұрын
Oneth rule of the English Language: Ther iz now conzistensy, ever. Do not expect it.
@HuntingKingYT11 ай бұрын
As a non native speaker, i get more and more surprised everyday that i can remember how to speak english😂
@StayestOfStays11 ай бұрын
As a native English speaker, I get more and more surprised everyday that I can remember how to speak English...
@Neodactyl11 ай бұрын
Same
@someone.-wz3rt11 ай бұрын
Oh my ghad this just reminded me of my Duolingo and I have 10 mins left before midnight 😂😂
@vonsakamoto3 ай бұрын
This makes me wonder how the ever loving hell did I manage to speak at all😂
@killr_gangsta4 ай бұрын
Anyone who learns English as a second language is an actual gigachad and should be appreciated
@hi470511 ай бұрын
You don't know what chaos is always happening in Russian language, as a second language English should be a lot easier
@scarf_girl11 ай бұрын
Ye
@pixelzebra844011 ай бұрын
as a 3rd language English I am not surprised anymore
@chizuru199911 ай бұрын
I'm Italian bro
@ryukebro761511 ай бұрын
English is easy, you tend to grow up being surrounded by it if you have any interest in pop culture. Don't try to make up to be some high level skill to grasp.
@agiksf.899811 ай бұрын
Using the IPA in subtitles is genius. I just thought that was cool to show the exact dialogue.
@nejiross11 ай бұрын
yep....every language class in the US talks about this as if no one has ever thought of how English is difficult/confusing...he did really great to bring up something everyone knows and talks about every time they think about the English language. Really bright individual...can't believe he recognized something people have known for over a hundred years....great job he did. really thinking outside of the box and getting as creative as I'm sure he could ever be...lmfao. Language professors....only useful as translators for people who actually use their brains like: engineers, doctors, scientists, etc.
@matts342511 ай бұрын
@@matts3425 Tf u on about bruh. This is KZhead. Not school. You were typing all that shit to be sarcastic when it's only for entertainment... Are you perhaps getting offended by this video? Lmao
@ebc697011 ай бұрын
@@matts3425 Do you gotta go to the ER to get that apple tree removed from your rectum or are you waiting to get apple scented breath?
@aroniense2111 ай бұрын
Bro got trapped in an infinite glitch.💀😂
@ShadowMonarchX5552 ай бұрын
Imagine the marker eent throught the paper😂
@BaconwayneАй бұрын
French: Why would you do this? English: YOU did this to me!!!
@ScrapBandit8 ай бұрын
Don't forget German and Latin
@jeremiahenglish64618 ай бұрын
@@jeremiahenglish6461 No, French influence did this.
@ScrapBandit7 ай бұрын
@@ScrapBandit do you realize the English language has more than French roots?
@jeremiahenglish64617 ай бұрын
@@jeremiahenglish6461bro im french and no, im 15 and we learn to conjugate 2 words verbs that the second word could agree with an object if hes before the verb and if the first part is the good one.
@5US697 ай бұрын
Le français c trop dur à comprendre
@anais49357 ай бұрын
"English is like three languages stacked in a trenchcoat. It stalks other languages in a dark alleyway, and rifles through their pockets for loose vocabs." - Den of Wolves responding to MissTrillium on a VSauce video.
@wolfrainexxx11 ай бұрын
Wow.... why was that so accurate?
@jaimix3179211 ай бұрын
actually its more than 3. we just sampled everyone elses language and then called it our own work. we basically copied the homework from every student in the hypothetical language class, and then turned it in to the teacher saying how hard we worked on it. 😂😅
@MrSirWivd11 ай бұрын
@@MrSirWivd Isaac Newton once said, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
@wolfrainexxx11 ай бұрын
Celtic language(s) + Roman conquest (adds Latin) + a few centuries + Anglo-Saxon conquest (adds "German") = "English" "English" + Norman Conquest (adds French) + a few centuries + Globalization = English!
@jamplatform342911 ай бұрын
This quote is actually a reference to a Terry Pratchett (author of the Discworld series) quote: "English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar."
@merileopardisaksassa703011 ай бұрын
German: Hold my Beer Bro
@Haribokilla4 ай бұрын
English was my second language and i can relate to this WAY too much
@SeriouslyJustAShadow10 ай бұрын
Its my frist and yet I get it, I've just practically given up on "proper" english lol
@Banndit_Nation9 ай бұрын
My first language is English and my second language is french. I am so lost.
@Endless-Vids9 ай бұрын
It's my third language and it's so easy
@Aymen198279 ай бұрын
@@Banndit_Nationit is my 3rd language but i see no difference
@mouhamedzarzi66939 ай бұрын
same because my first language was spanish
@NormalGamez9 ай бұрын
This person should be a middle school teacher, kids would laugh but also be learning.
@dianehathcock924011 ай бұрын
Yall just started learning this in middle school?
@sowpmactavish11 ай бұрын
English is actually the hardest language to learn. It just comes naturally to us.
@joshuaburris5720Ай бұрын
Yo I am not sure how do you cope with the “wait” for another video 😂😂
@e.m.aseguin940120 күн бұрын
- "English?" - "Yes, French?!" Had me laughing! 😂
@yannickdrunkler15319 ай бұрын
Angaleesh😂😂😂😂
@ketanjsaroj8509 ай бұрын
How does languages greeting eachother make you laugh?
@sirsmugrock9 ай бұрын
@@yannickdrunkler1531 broken humor.
@sirsmugrock9 ай бұрын
हिन्दी में अक्षरों का उच्चारण हमेशा समान रहता है अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ए ऐ ओ औ अं अः स्वर व्यंजन क ख ग घ च छ ज झ ट ठ ड ढ ण त थ द ध न प फ ब भ म य र ल व श ष स ह क्ष त्र ज्ञ श्र
@Govindrajasthani2549 ай бұрын
@@yannickdrunkler1531 that’s a nice argument and all, but maybe you should lay back on the hobby of condoning arguments online over a simple youtube comment.
@sirsmugrock9 ай бұрын
🤣 I love it ! My mother is currently learning english and she has the same reaction than french with this word 🤣 each time she discover a new word she will just read it in the most french way and it's always so fun and terrible.
@minatashiranui275511 ай бұрын
I think it's a problem with latin languages because I am brazilian and I am fluent in English and still struggle with the pronunciation of some words
@liu.calazans11 ай бұрын
@@liu.calazans yes ! Because there is similar but not exactly the same sound, it's hard to say them right 🤣 for me it's all word that end with "tion", my accent just tangle up with something else and it just become incomprehensible in english 🤣
@minatashiranui275511 ай бұрын
I can relate to this, my mom is the exact same. 😂 She asks my sister and I for how to say this or that and there's eventually a time of "just say it, don't think it" because it makes no sense. The worst sound for me to pronounce is the "thr" tbh. I can manage soft and hard "th" okay. But adding a frigging R after it? No can do. So I end up rolling my r because otherwise I am literally unable to count past 2-
@Capyrate11 ай бұрын
No wonder the French laughs manically when he puts hats on everything
@bacevs12 күн бұрын
…obviously 😒”. 😂😂
@davidmctaggart4371Ай бұрын
I’ve never felt more like a professional in my life Edit: Thank you for the likes 😁
@Ghostly2810 ай бұрын
hahahaha
@emfgdr315010 ай бұрын
Lol
@T4hx78610 ай бұрын
I mean yeah
@greablood107210 ай бұрын
You have expressed my feeling about English 😂. Thank you
@kishorkumarkkaliyaperumalm26069 ай бұрын
Try learning French, 95% of the words aren’t pronounced how they look
@twstdreality8 ай бұрын
@@twstdrealityexactly and lets not even start with stringing words together phonetically in a sentence 💀 i couldnt believe french was such a direct descendant of latin (italian is no.2!!!) because it certainly sounds like being sleepy, drunk, stoned and having two strokes and a heart attack at the same time!!
@silverhawkroman8 ай бұрын
Xpressed*
@hyder99818 ай бұрын
bro am french lol
@xmgaming3088 ай бұрын
Please 🙏 no more than nine (9) more people like this comment I am replying to. It's at 69x10 likes rn
@johannahpruiett75108 ай бұрын
Just don't "wait" for an answer.
@nathanl58563 ай бұрын
French: English is confusing English: French is confusing Me: everything is confusing
@mahi_arushi7 ай бұрын
All of us : we confused unga bunga
@Niyaaa24346 ай бұрын
that French guy needs to learn Croatian. The same letter has the same sound at every word.
@unwokeneuropean35906 ай бұрын
Exemple : im french and i speak english ( but very good)
@TonyFr._.6 ай бұрын
@@Niyaaa2434😅😅😅😅 Uzbek vibe
@Satt_AJS5 ай бұрын
No no no no let me make it for u again my way French: I don’t understand English English: I don’t understand French Me: I don’t understand math
@sanvithak86225 ай бұрын
That’s what happens when we borrow/ adopt words from other languages into English
@edwardmartin354911 ай бұрын
English is Unscientific language Indians languages are most scientific as they spell exactly same as we pronounce .. This unscientific people Colonised India and taught us that we are unscientific 😤 .. and now they are doing researches and telling exactly same things which we have been doing/following for thousands of years 😤
@DShree2811 ай бұрын
Other languages just change their spelling when their borrow words. English just insists on borrowing spelling rules from all around the world for some reason.
@lost1head11 ай бұрын
most modern languages have also undergone some kind of basic spelling reform that make them more phonetic english has just beeen like "no" everytime its proposed originally most words were pronounced as spelt, like knife, we use to say the 'k' so we get all the problems at once 🎉
@YagamiKou11 ай бұрын
Especially from French
@grinsekatzedecheshire775411 ай бұрын
We have got to stop bending over and taking every country's loads 😂 And then doing it back to every country 💀
French: strange exceptions to every rule English: there is no rule; embrace the chaos
I believe it was best described when someone once called English the language that mugs other languages in back-alleys and rummages through their pockets for spare vocabulary and grammar
@@PeterDivineyeah I read that comment too. Laughed my ass off reading that.
So true
T-shirt worthy. Yes, humans are the source of all choas. Why should language be different?
@@PeterDivine pretty much dead accurate as English will happily take from French , German , Latin , Greek and Scandinavian languages
French : I don't get it English : neither do we
y e s
Facts
so true
Go vegan to save animals.
@@JamesonCutlerMusic what about vegetarian? thats what i am
The problem isn't that English has no rules...the problem is that the rules differ depending on which language of origin we stole it from.
English stay stealing since it inception
...stole it?
Borrowed @@JLa7257
Do you not know history? England was colonized over and over again. You're hating on the ultimate colonized country. All those languages are the languages of England's oppressors.
@@JLa7257are you really that daft when it comes to the history of the English language and modern etymology in general?? Like, most languages are ‘stealing’ words from each other to convey ideas they were previously using entire sentences to convey, and also as colonization, trade, and world slavery started to become more and more prevalent, languages married and evolved. And if you’re hung up on OP using the verb ‘steal’, you really need to get off it, because that’s a very pedantic thing to try and make a point off of, this isn’t “Um Actually”.
This video just made me forget how to English for a second
I like it when people make languages into verbs, since i do it too and i dont feel alone
You should see his sketch on the swimming pool. "A place to piscine"
@@AgniKaiGuy❤
Poor French was so enthusiastic about learning 😭
452 like and no comments, let me fix that
Tell me about it 💀
We are trying, it's just a little (🥲) difficult when there are differents prononciations depending of the country like english from uk, from usa, from Canada, from Australia... so yes it may be hard sometimes, but to be fair french is hard too so it's just fair-play I guess 😂
Enthusiastically making a strawman, sadly. Those words don't sound similar because that's not how words work... you construct them left to right so shoving letters on the front means you start in a different place. Wait and Weight sound the same because they're taking the W sound and modifying the end. Height doesn't sound like Weight because it starts with a H sound. On top of that, you do also have the issue of homophones based on which language the word came from. This isn't a feature of English, it's a feature of natural languages in general. French, of course, knows this because it has the same stuff. There's the word "Terre"... So I get the lenght unit by sticking a "me" on the front? No, "metre" ... Au... Aux... Eau... *shrug*
English: Let's confuse the french, they started it
French really shouldn't have been bragging about confusing the Americans.
I was thinking the same thing 😂😂😂😂
I mean their ancestors are partially at fault for some of this
French are at fault for bringing French words and spellings into a germanic language
@@gavinbrown216 we created partially English
I love how you make the connections....I had no idea English was this chaotic 😂
When in doubt, just remember, English is essentially three languages in a trenchcoat pretending to be one language. Except it's like five languages. Probably six. It's a big trenchcoat.
oh i like this definition.
English is like that XKCD where there are now 15 competing standards.
All languages do this, English just doesn't adapt the spelling
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 All languages?
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 Icelandic it has borrowed no words none whenever a new word is created it takes its own words and mashes it together and so the word for tank translates to crawling dragon yeah
Truly, English is a matter of, “If you know, you know…”
Literally 😭😭
I, uh, no-
@@z_ed😂😂😂
Go vegan to save animals.
@@JamesonCutlerMusic🥓
English: there are literally no rules, just memorize every word
Online dictionary is a godsend for audio pronunciation
English language enters the chat: yel I've got 5 million words about counting, enjoy.
Yes just...
exactly 💯
Which in the ass coming from a language that has clear and strict rules for spelling
even english probably doesnt understand what kind of hell they created...
Chinese: first time?
I have literally watched it almost 40 and still I can't control my laugh 🤣🤣🤣 awesome man
You don't learn English, you memorize it.
Same as chess
@@con_el_maestro3544u memorise the rules yes, like everything else😑
Facts! I remember our teacher teaching us different words and how to pronounce them on a whole ass blackboard.
That’s a whole fact!
Underrated comment! 🤣 As a French speaking person, I bet your everything that learning English is beyond difficult! 😅 And I HATE words that starts with a H!
Gosh gotta love French, he is asking questions that did not even cross my mind. I share your videos with my English Teacher.
Wait you actually share it???
@@undisclosed600 You mean shair it, like sh and air.
I share some of them with a friend who is a teacher 😁
@@user-lf9yi1vk9x Is he a teechur, you said? Chur like from church.
@@undisclosed600 Well yes, I was in school in the 90s and I have been in touch with her since.
Forgot the “wait”
So, ok... How... Did you convince my brain that those are two different persons?
French ate at eight but his hate for extra height and weight must wait because it’s great to eat! 😂😂😂😂
Nice! 😂👍
🎉 awesome
How dare you
Perfect for French ❤
It makes no sense if you don't know. It also makes no sense when you do 😂.
As a second language learner, I confirm this is the case😂. I was told that English is so systematic but look at all the messes. The English pronunciation never makes sense
Whoever told you English is systematic is a liar. It's literally the most inconsistent language haha
@@adamabdelfattah9040 the grammar is more or less consistant, but the spelling and pronunciation are the language equivalent of alphabet soup
English is my first and only language and sometimes when I’m reading and come across a word that has more than one form of pronunciation and definition, I sometimes I have reread a sentence about three times before it makes sense because when I read it the first time I used a different pronunciation and was thinking of a different definition in my head. My favorite example of this is desert…depending on the context, you can talking about a dry area of land or you could talking about abandoning something or someone and each definition have difference pronunciations. The abandoning something one, the pronunciation is the same as the pronunciation for dessert (with two “s”), which is something, usually sweet, eaten after a main course/dinner. So I feel for non-English speakers learning English.
I already abandoned the thought "English must be systematic" and just rely on my instinct or how it sounds
@@adamabdelfattah9040 There are far more inconsistent languages out there.
What were they smoking when they made the English language. I need to try some
*It is not FAIR, I want to go the the FAIR. *I like TO eat TWO times a day TOO, gime me my TOOL!. 😂
Twice
I honestly struggled with the difference between to and too for quite a while
My english teacher once told me that in english there is only one rule. And that rule is, dont think, be chaotic.
What does chaotic means?
@@sapnasingh5629in a state of complete confusion and disorder.
and when someone makes a typo on the internet they'll start a war in the comments lmao
@@Danielz_Sozenlthat is absolutely applicable to english what is this language. this is why teaching the sound it out method is dumb
and have good memory.
"English isn't a language, it's three languages stacked on top of each other wearing a trenchcoat."
Thats so true tho
This is the most underrated comment
Damn that was better than my explanation of “english is a language created by two people, one is overdosed on all the drugs at the same time, besides LSD just to make grammar, and the other person invented LSD and overdosed on it, and gallons of every alcohol, along with enough caffeine to give a water buffalo a heart attack, to create the spelling and pronunciation logic” Im going to quote you
Just 3
@@Me_is_godfr😂😂😂
French: I DON'T GET ITTT!!! Me: Neither do I, buddy. You're not alone 😂
This reminds me of the time I wrote an essay about Fahrenheit 451 without knowing how to spell fahrenheit
you don't realize how hard your language is until you have to teach it 💀
I tried to explain basic spelling to a 2nd grader once and I confirm I lost understanding of English myself
Facts.
True
if you know tamil!!!!! 😃😃😃😃
Ikr when I was 10 in an English class and nobody spoke English (I was better at grammar then even my teacher) and the whole class would always ask me for help I can say I got a headache from explaining stuff to at least 3 people at once 😀
You don't get English, English gets you, has it's way with you and leaves you broken and defeated.
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this is why aliens can't understand our language 😂
French: "The English aint Englishing" 💀 Universal languages : "Ur french aint frenching bro" 💀💀
Ah, but French do have rules for pronunciation that are consistent
One does not just speak English, English speaks you.
So many Russian oligarchs in London, englishmen are now making Soviet Russia jokes...
@@TheNefastor 😂 lol
In Soviet Russia Russian speaks you
Ain’t that the god damned truth 😤😤😤
Like in Soviet Russia 😅
Us English speakers:: "They will never know our next move...and neither will we"
If neigh is pronounced like nay, it’s pronounced like nayther, right? *No-*
The English even try to battle against the enemy with their linguistic 'ambush' rules!😂
The perfect predator.
Even the word “neither” has too many ways to be pronounced Neither n - eye - v - er Neither n - ee - th - er (but with the “th” and “er” pronounced together to sound different..) Either eye - v - er Either ee - th - er (but once again with the “th” and “er? Pronounced together to sound a specific way)
I actually WAS down on the floor on NEITHER DO WE!!!
He must feel like on holiday when spelling spanish! 😂
I hoped for "Water" 😂
WOOTAAH
When my friend was learning Spanish, I had to teach her to not adjust pronunciations randomly like in English. I had to teach her to be phonetically consistent 😂
That's why I failed Spanish.
Consistency is unAmerican😂
Spanish isn’t built of as many languages as English is. Hard to be consistent with words from: German, French, Greek, Latin, and a few just invented by English.
@@nvfury13 Spanish has a mix with ,Latin ,greek ,Iberian and Arabic. It has its mix in the pot to deal with.
Es muy frustrante. He pasado por eso. - di "O" - ow - prueba alargando la "O" - oooooooooo... - y ahora para en seco - ...oooow
Learning to read English is almost like learning Kanji, you basically have to remember how everything sound
I heard harder chinese language than english bru😅
@@heavendevour Kanji is Japanese... also languages' difficulty depend on your native language. English is harder than Chinese for a Korean or Japanese person, who would a similar language, while English is easier than Chinese for a Dutchman or a Swede, because English is similar to their languages
I don't think so. Kanji seems to need memory, whereas English pronunciation works on intuition
@@azearaazymoto461 okay, there is memory involved. Pronunciation gets pretty random sometimes. I wouldn't call it Kanji levels of memorization though
@@kiwenmanisunokanji is Chinese origin. Japanese adopted it to their own language as writing system because they didn't have one before.
Send this to your French teacher to get revenge 🤓
French: how do I learn english Duolingo: download me
English doesn't borrow words from other languages, it chases them down dark allies, beats them up and goes through their pockets for syntax and spellings.
This made me laugh way harder than it should have
Nice stolen comment…
@@patrickmorrey8722 Agreed!
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This is fucking great, you should make t shirts
Sorry french. We native English speakers feel pretty much the same way when learning how to spell and pronounce things as kids. 😂😂😂
Even as adults! You'll find new words written down and just have to take your best shot at it until you get corrected.
@@yourlittleinsomniac5369 yes good point! LoL! I'm always learning new things! I forget what it was now, but there was a word I pronounced wrong for years because I didn't say it out loud often, just read it. Finally said it out loud in front of the right person and they corrected me. English is confusing for all ages. 😆
@@Mebh547 I'm Hungarian and when I was learning English we didn't even had to memorise any pronunciation rules, we just accepted that we have to learn it for each and every new word. I think it's true that English is not one language, but three different ones in a trenchcoat pretending to be one.😂
As a french, I would not have get that english prononciation is so messed up unless I heard the native speaker talk about it You listen to english, and then you'll naturaly learn the prononciation In french, there's also several ways to write a single sound, so I guess I just didn't notice while learning english
@@hungariangiraffe6361 LOL yes! That's a perfect description! 😂 And yeah learning every word individually is unfortunately about all you can do. So much easier when it's your first language, but it has still confused me since I was old enough to talk! 😂 I actually know a french guy and a Romanian girl who speak better English then me because they don't use bad Grammer and stuff like I do. They have strong accents and make a mistake here and there but they seem to know more about English than I do because they worked so hard to learn it. How hard do you think it would be for an English speaker to learn Hungarian? Is it a difficult language?
Her smile when he cleaned and the way she said you cleaned😂
French:Why do we still hear just to suffer😅
His performance is everything... he deserves to get a gig from it
yep....every language class in the US talks about this as if no one has ever thought of how English is difficult/confusing...he did really great to bring up something everyone knows and talks about every time they think about the English language. Really bright individual...can't believe he recognized something people have known for over a hundred years....great job he did. really thinking outside of the box and getting as creative as I'm sure he could ever be...lmfao. Language professors....only useful as translators for people who actually use their brains like: engineers, doctors, scientists, etc.
He's a musical actor
@@matts3425 ok
@@matts3425 You want a medal or something?
@@FalconWindblader no but this guy deserves one for being so original and creative...such a great video 10/10
My english teacher was straightforward with us about that. "A lot of times english pronunciation doesnt make sense, so don't get too attached to rules, focus on listening and practicing". Best advice she could ever give, it made things a lot easier.
Yes, don't think about it. Just use the words that you already know, adding a few words here and there. house mouse ladder ... It is what it is ;-)
@It aint no thing No, it isn't a conspiracy. The printing press cemented English spelling just as the sound changes of Early Modern English occurred/started occurring. So the pronunciation changed, but the spelling stayed the same.
Cough,dough,rough,bough,through,trough......what insanity!!!!
also, most native english speakers (the ones with half a brain, anyway) will understand what you mean regardless, at least here in 'murica. since there's a lot of non-native english speakers here anyway, a lot of us are used to hearing mispronounced words. and if a native english speaker does still make fun of you, remind them that you're at least bi/multilingual, while they (probably) aren't.
I think it's pretty consistent. You just gotta accept that sometimes the rules are bent because there are a metric fuck ton of words that are just lifted from other languages at some point or another. That does admittedly get more confusing because of the slow morphing of pronunciation across different dialects and eras over time.
My man needs to phone a friend!😩🤣
You successfully make me giving up the thought of learning English 😂
As a native English speaker, I appreciate the ridiculous nature of the language. It makes sure anyone who wants to speak/read/write in it is willing to suspend some disbelief and just roll with the chaos.
This channel makes fun of French and Spanish often too, it’s not like English is the only one with quirks.
lol never try french nor german you'll rethink about the defintion of chaos
As a french, let me introduce you to silent letters
@@kamikazboy69 Why?
@@sciencefreak7913 LOL Look up Twain's single sentence German article.
My English Teacher used to tell us that English isn’t a language, it’s 4 languages stacked on top of eachother in a trench coat
Hahahah that is a good way of putting it
English stealing from every language that isn’t Asian:
Definitely feels like it at times.
That’s the most accurate description I’ve ever heard.
Accurate
When French said "Hait" it was the funniest 😂
Me on my English test💀💀💀💀
we just pronounce words based on their vibe
As an Italian who loves to read in English, I'm always a bit frustrated that any time I encounter a new word I have to check how to pronounce it. Italian is super consistent. Any first grader, at the end of the school year, could (should be able to) read and write any new word. And that's why we don't have any spelling competition. 😁
Same with Finnish. Super systematic, but also syllabic (so example syllable "mik" is always pronounced the same no matter the word) and children usually learn to read and write before end of the first school year. Only problem with Finnish is that we have like 14 grammatical cases and learning to use them right takes time. But usually kids who have been read to a lot (bedtime stories and such) before school age have quite a solid grasp of the more common cases at 1st grade. The clause is that while certain logic in cases conjugation fits with words A and B, it doesn't go with word C _even_ if it sounds similar/ends in similar fashion, and kids just have to learn to remember the exceptions... 😅
Get use to it meaning is given by context. Learn enough to understand the minimum amount then you will learn the rest even if it may be rough. For context I am trying to learn German and french , my second language is English. I am using it daily and it got bad now that my inner dialogue became mostly English. ;D My mothertounge isn't related to any core european language.
Same with Spanish. When I was a kid I remember watching The Simpsons and wondering why they would do spelling contests... I thought it was SO easy. Now I get it.
In Polish this also is rarely the problem. For non Polish speaker it's hard to pronounce words, but not because you don't know how to read them. You mostly read the same as you write.
Honestly, English is my first language and sometimes I STILL have to look up new words to know how they're pronounced. There's nothing more annoying than saying a word out loud that you've only ever seen written, and getting weird looks from everyone in the room.
Love that they added the phonetic alphabet
My childhood is with French on not getting it 😂
As an English speaker I didn’t realize how true this is. 100/10 relatable😂
My guy, how can you say you’re an English speaker, then spell realise with a zed.. keep your McDonald’s English to yourself cowpoke 😂😂
How is it relatable if you never realised it. Jesus
@@flipnshiftynow that they have realized it it is now relatable.
@@mincat1412 that doesnt make a lot of sense. Something is relatable if you relate to it, by having the same experience, but if you never even realised it, how can you have the same experience as someone who does realise it.
@@flipnshiftyit can still be relatable after noticing how weirdly English works, and understanding the language.
As a native speaker, I never realized how hard English was😂
English is one of the harder languages to learn because its consistently inconsistent and it drives non native speakers batshit
True
Well I'm a native Quebecan French speaker and I found English to be easier to learn than French and easier to think with it too.
@@EnigmaGameMaster well you live right next door to one of the biggest English speaking countries in the world. It's why Spanish is easier for Americans to learn because of how often we're surrounded by it
Thats fine, ive found that most English only speakers can't speak English either
French's face at the end is priceless
The way French spelling "great" is how me spelling "great" in my English class 😂
As my English teachers told me: don't try to find any logic of pronunciation, just learn each word individually.
That's a terrible way to learn to read. Phonics is the superior method.
Well that explains a lot 😂
@@delailama736hat they’re trying to say is rules and pronunciation r extremely inconsistent to the point where u could just learn words individually and maybe have better luck learning It’s just that typically u use phonetics for when u see a new word u dk, even then though an English speaker will most likely get a word right by following what they think it’d sound like in English over using logic
@@av_kay5059 No. What they are talking about is known as "whole word" method of learning to read. The phonics method of learning to read is superior. If you have kids and you want them to have the best results, you use the phonics method.
i learned through watching English cartoons when i was little
French: we memorize rules English: we memorize the dictionary
well it isn't as hard as german.. 😅 and yeah in French when you learn the rules it's natural.. and even if you mispelled it it's isn't so bad.. (sorry if i'm bad at writing in english , i'm french.. 🙏)
For spelling, sure. For noun genders it’s the other way around.
Rest of the world:- we have our own words English:- yeah but I stole a lot of words and made them sound like ours😂😂😂
Wow
@@dasilvaolivia6559je te comprend moi aussi j’ai se problème
😂🤣🤣the comment section understood the assignment 💯💯🤓🤣🤣
“…so zis must be sheit?” “No. It’s shite” 💀
I have no idea how my brain is reading English properly at this point... I just know it does 😂
am right with you hear the problem is wrighting
@@aseelbakheet5556 How did I understand that sentence 😂
@@parthasarathyvenkatadrifr😂😭
@@parthasarathyvenkatadriI konw, rhgit?
that's the way we understand our first language
As an American, I have no idea how to explain English to non English speakers
Relatable. The English language makes sense because it makes sense, even if this explanation doesn’t make sense, the pronunciation makes sense because it’s easy for the brain to process. 😅
Americans barely speak English anyway...😅
Uhh, actually we don't really care about Americans?! 😅🤧
@@amoldivo but you bothered to comment. yeah, ok. Americans live in your head rent free.
@@philliperasmus8426mericans speak great English and some of the greatest writers of the English language are American. It’s also our form of English that is the standard for new learners and it’s the american form of English that is used all over the internet, so be real.
Me with dyslexia: agreeing with French English: well no Me & French: *visible confusion*
Me after the 3rd french language tutorial 😂😂😂
English: Never let them know your next move.
English took it to another level 🤣🤣
(Cont'd) English:.... because we also don't know our next move
English: you cant mind game me if i dont have a mind
I am your 420th like. Savor this moment
Portuguese: Amateurs
Us English speakers underestimate how strange English is
Oh no we are aware we just like to watch as yall try to decipher the chaos that is english
I didn't realize until I started watching these shorts. That's also this other video reciting a confusing english poem
Dude, the word “fridge” has a D in it, but the word refrigerator doesn’t. That’s how messed up it is.
I legit have a problem with English n I only speak English soooooo........
I height it
Just wait till French hears about "see" "sea"and "c" 💀
"English is the easiest language to learn." English: "I live for live concerts."
As an English speaker i want to apologize to everyone who is trying to learn English.
We just do broken english
As a not native English speaker I can say: English is easy compared to other languages. Portuguese, for example, have so much rules you'd never get it. We have like 12 different words with the same damn meaning and each word is applicable depending of pronom, verbal time and plural or singular.
I'm Polish trying to learn English :D
As an Englander, I apologise for nothing! Embrace the chaos that is our language!
English is quite easy to learn honestly
Ok I'm concerned for french's mental health
Same here 🤣🤣🤣
😂 Lol
You're JUST now becoming concerned?! XD
"why do you called a building a building even duo its already done building" -RyanHD
Hey, French, count past 70 for us... 😂
This guy does it so well I literally feel like it's two different people every time
What are you talking about, that's its brother from france
Wait, its the same person? I didnt even focus on that.
Obviously it was two different people 😬
It's his twin, what are you talking about?
I didn’t even notice it was the same person. I just thought there were 2 different men.
As a french person who was learning English before; this was relatable. I had a mental breakdown many times before I finally understood 😭👍
If you feel you understand English, your still in a mental breakdown 😵💫
The Great Vowel Shift! Right after we standardized spelling, we had a big thing where people changed where in the mouth we said various words, which changed the pronunciation
well, for the record, your english is great. don't even know many native speakers who know how to use a semicolon!
Comma, not semicolon. The first part is a fragment.
@@DumplingDoodleWell, now you know one.
he is fantastic in pointing at the chaos in languages 🤣
What’s this word?👉是 that’s shì This?👉事 Also shì This?👉市 shì What about these?👉世式士视氏室示逝 They’re all shì
And then they tell you to sound shit out it’s all a joke
#1 rule of the English language: There is no consistency, ever. Dont expect it.
Second rule every word has multiple meanings sometimes contradictory
Third rule everything has more than one word to describe it
As an English learner the Golden rule is don't assume pronuciation, always check it in dictionary or online
ör jus prenounse like u vout in ur ön länkkuate. just trying to replicate finnish rally english
Oneth rule of the English Language: Ther iz now conzistensy, ever. Do not expect it.
As a non native speaker, i get more and more surprised everyday that i can remember how to speak english😂
As a native English speaker, I get more and more surprised everyday that I can remember how to speak English...
Same
Oh my ghad this just reminded me of my Duolingo and I have 10 mins left before midnight 😂😂
This makes me wonder how the ever loving hell did I manage to speak at all😂
Anyone who learns English as a second language is an actual gigachad and should be appreciated
You don't know what chaos is always happening in Russian language, as a second language English should be a lot easier
Ye
as a 3rd language English I am not surprised anymore
I'm Italian bro
English is easy, you tend to grow up being surrounded by it if you have any interest in pop culture. Don't try to make up to be some high level skill to grasp.
Using the IPA in subtitles is genius. I just thought that was cool to show the exact dialogue.
yep....every language class in the US talks about this as if no one has ever thought of how English is difficult/confusing...he did really great to bring up something everyone knows and talks about every time they think about the English language. Really bright individual...can't believe he recognized something people have known for over a hundred years....great job he did. really thinking outside of the box and getting as creative as I'm sure he could ever be...lmfao. Language professors....only useful as translators for people who actually use their brains like: engineers, doctors, scientists, etc.
@@matts3425 Tf u on about bruh. This is KZhead. Not school. You were typing all that shit to be sarcastic when it's only for entertainment... Are you perhaps getting offended by this video? Lmao
@@matts3425 Do you gotta go to the ER to get that apple tree removed from your rectum or are you waiting to get apple scented breath?
Bro got trapped in an infinite glitch.💀😂
Imagine the marker eent throught the paper😂
French: Why would you do this? English: YOU did this to me!!!
Don't forget German and Latin
@@jeremiahenglish6461 No, French influence did this.
@@ScrapBandit do you realize the English language has more than French roots?
@@jeremiahenglish6461bro im french and no, im 15 and we learn to conjugate 2 words verbs that the second word could agree with an object if hes before the verb and if the first part is the good one.
Le français c trop dur à comprendre
"English is like three languages stacked in a trenchcoat. It stalks other languages in a dark alleyway, and rifles through their pockets for loose vocabs." - Den of Wolves responding to MissTrillium on a VSauce video.
Wow.... why was that so accurate?
actually its more than 3. we just sampled everyone elses language and then called it our own work. we basically copied the homework from every student in the hypothetical language class, and then turned it in to the teacher saying how hard we worked on it. 😂😅
@@MrSirWivd Isaac Newton once said, "If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
Celtic language(s) + Roman conquest (adds Latin) + a few centuries + Anglo-Saxon conquest (adds "German") = "English" "English" + Norman Conquest (adds French) + a few centuries + Globalization = English!
This quote is actually a reference to a Terry Pratchett (author of the Discworld series) quote: "English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar."
German: Hold my Beer Bro
English was my second language and i can relate to this WAY too much
Its my frist and yet I get it, I've just practically given up on "proper" english lol
My first language is English and my second language is french. I am so lost.
It's my third language and it's so easy
@@Banndit_Nationit is my 3rd language but i see no difference
same because my first language was spanish
This person should be a middle school teacher, kids would laugh but also be learning.
Yall just started learning this in middle school?
English is actually the hardest language to learn. It just comes naturally to us.
Yo I am not sure how do you cope with the “wait” for another video 😂😂
- "English?" - "Yes, French?!" Had me laughing! 😂
Angaleesh😂😂😂😂
How does languages greeting eachother make you laugh?
@@yannickdrunkler1531 broken humor.
हिन्दी में अक्षरों का उच्चारण हमेशा समान रहता है अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ए ऐ ओ औ अं अः स्वर व्यंजन क ख ग घ च छ ज झ ट ठ ड ढ ण त थ द ध न प फ ब भ म य र ल व श ष स ह क्ष त्र ज्ञ श्र
@@yannickdrunkler1531 that’s a nice argument and all, but maybe you should lay back on the hobby of condoning arguments online over a simple youtube comment.
🤣 I love it ! My mother is currently learning english and she has the same reaction than french with this word 🤣 each time she discover a new word she will just read it in the most french way and it's always so fun and terrible.
I think it's a problem with latin languages because I am brazilian and I am fluent in English and still struggle with the pronunciation of some words
@@liu.calazans yes ! Because there is similar but not exactly the same sound, it's hard to say them right 🤣 for me it's all word that end with "tion", my accent just tangle up with something else and it just become incomprehensible in english 🤣
I can relate to this, my mom is the exact same. 😂 She asks my sister and I for how to say this or that and there's eventually a time of "just say it, don't think it" because it makes no sense. The worst sound for me to pronounce is the "thr" tbh. I can manage soft and hard "th" okay. But adding a frigging R after it? No can do. So I end up rolling my r because otherwise I am literally unable to count past 2-
No wonder the French laughs manically when he puts hats on everything
…obviously 😒”. 😂😂
I’ve never felt more like a professional in my life Edit: Thank you for the likes 😁
hahahaha
Lol
I mean yeah
You have expressed my feeling about English 😂. Thank you
Try learning French, 95% of the words aren’t pronounced how they look
@@twstdrealityexactly and lets not even start with stringing words together phonetically in a sentence 💀 i couldnt believe french was such a direct descendant of latin (italian is no.2!!!) because it certainly sounds like being sleepy, drunk, stoned and having two strokes and a heart attack at the same time!!
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bro am french lol
Please 🙏 no more than nine (9) more people like this comment I am replying to. It's at 69x10 likes rn
Just don't "wait" for an answer.
French: English is confusing English: French is confusing Me: everything is confusing
All of us : we confused unga bunga
that French guy needs to learn Croatian. The same letter has the same sound at every word.
Exemple : im french and i speak english ( but very good)
@@Niyaaa2434😅😅😅😅 Uzbek vibe
No no no no let me make it for u again my way French: I don’t understand English English: I don’t understand French Me: I don’t understand math
That’s what happens when we borrow/ adopt words from other languages into English
English is Unscientific language Indians languages are most scientific as they spell exactly same as we pronounce .. This unscientific people Colonised India and taught us that we are unscientific 😤 .. and now they are doing researches and telling exactly same things which we have been doing/following for thousands of years 😤
Other languages just change their spelling when their borrow words. English just insists on borrowing spelling rules from all around the world for some reason.
most modern languages have also undergone some kind of basic spelling reform that make them more phonetic english has just beeen like "no" everytime its proposed originally most words were pronounced as spelt, like knife, we use to say the 'k' so we get all the problems at once 🎉
Especially from French
We have got to stop bending over and taking every country's loads 😂 And then doing it back to every country 💀