Spanish teacher reacts to celebrities speaking Spanish: Viggo Mortensen

In this video, we listen to Viggo Mortensen speaking Spanish whilst analysing his strengths and weaknesses as a Spanish speaker.

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[Maria-juxy]

He IS not only proficient in Spanish. He IS fully bilingual. Perfect Spanish with an Argentinian accent.

[stardustring]

He learned from childhood because his parents moved to Argentina. His mom was American and Dad was Danish.

[tachofortin]

I'm an Argentinian living in the US, Viggo has a flawless rioplatense spanish, in expressions, cadence and even common forms.

Like using "sh" as the sound of "ll" in caballo.

He is probably being careful with his Spanish since he is talking to a Spaniard audience in this video, but in interviews with Argentinans ...
Its simply another one of us, football fanaticism included.

For me is hands down a native speaker.
Mas Argentino que el dulce de leche

[altx.gnz]

Flawless Spanish(from Argentina) I would say. I don't consider wrong the use of "vinieron" taking in account that he is speaking like an Argentinian, and they utilize "vinieron" quite often in this context. But I understand why you highlight this, as to RAE "fueron" is the correct one. Nice video!

[YankeeWoodcraft]

His Spanish in "Carlito's Way" was not only good, it was great because he delved into Nuyorican Spanish which wasn't missed by us Puerto Ricans born in New York. He nailed it.

[juliof]

El acento y su pronunciacion en Viggo es perfectamente identificable con el acento Porteño Argentino..es perfecto..!!

[Anne-pvcb]

He speaks 9 languages fluent plus several more

[videomillsy]

I too speak Spanish with a porteño accent. I grew up in Buenos Aires until I was 9. I am now 77 and I still have a perfect Argentine accent.

[ojrivas]

My initial thought was "why wouldn't he speak spanish like a native if he spent the most important years in Argentina", but then I remembered some family members whom after living in the US for decades don't speak english or speak it with an accent. So, hats off to Viggo.

[claudiopiazza]

¿Habla con bastante fluidez dice? habla Español como nativo Argentino, hasta dice castellano, creo que dice bien cuando vinieron a Estados Unidos porque el vivi en Estados Unidos por mas que esté en España en ese momento, soy de Argentina y probablemente diría igual que él si estuviera en otro país, ejemplo cuando mis abuelos vinieron a Argentina.

[msmendes]

You are the best at these videos! I love all the extra tidbits & deeper dives into structure.

[pablod]

Sorry to correct you dude but, when you said he made a mistake saying “cuando vinimos a usa” … it’s understandable that in your case being Mexican you don’t use it, but me, being Argentinian, can tell you that we Argentinians use the way he says it so for us it makes total sense what he said. He’s kind of telling the story when the were kids so it’s ok to use it. Your the teacher tho ! Good video btw

[rubberducky]

I’ve started to learn Spanish, you’re videos are very helpful. Thank you I hope you continue to make many more 😊

[claudiopiazza]

Es increible como habla perfecto Español Argentino, acá usamos mucho la palabra lío y tambien mala leche, si no lo conocieran, podría andar por Argentina sin que nadie se de cuenta que es extranjero.

[richardthompson]

Argentina is a very large country and has many different accents depending on the region. What you are referring to as Argentinian Spanish is actually Rio Platense Spanish. The Spanish spoken in northern Argentina in southern Argentina and along the Chilean border are all Argentinian Spanish yet they are all quite different.

[candeladiaz]

He speaks better rioplatense spanish than me and I have been living in the region my whole life💀

[NormanLy]

His Spanish is just impeccable. My main language is Spanish so I can tell. I find it awesome for him to keep his Spanish so good even though he came to the US at 8.

[FobosD]

Tener "mala leche" es una expresión muy usada en Argentina también, por lo que no podríamos decir que está usando expresiones de España, en general son todas de Argentina.

[Arctica]

Estas equivocado, las expresiones y la forma de hablar de Viggo, son perfecto castellano rioplatense. Los rioplatenses nos expresamos diferente que en otros dialectos del español y, conjugamos los verbos de otra manera. "Vinieron" es una conjugacion perfecta y si dijo vinieron en vez de fueron, es porque pasa la mayor parte del tiempo en Estados Unidos y esta acostumbrado a hablar como si estuviera espacialmente alli. (Perdon por la falta de acentos, pero no entiendo como esta configurado mi nuevo teclado).

[gastonlanteri]

Hay que hacer una película con Anya Taylor Joy y este loco, en argentino. Y lo ponemos a Franchella y a Darin a actuar con ellos para que sea todo un clásico.

Ganamos 38 Oscares.