Interview with Steve Kaufmann in 7 languages - @Thelinguist 🎉🎉🎉

A multilingual conversation with Steve Kaufmann is a dream come true 🎉🎉🎉

I never even thought I would have the honour to meet Steve Kaufmann in the first place! I am so glad I got to meet him and exchange about languages, it was also fun to do our video in seven languages! 😁

Being able to learn from him and seeing that we have a similar philosophy when it comes to learning and speaking foreign languages made me feel really happy 😊

00:00 - What we are doing today :)
00:19 - Steve's introduction and his opinion about learning at any age
02:54 - (German) What was the most difficult language and how did Steve deal with that?
06:27 - (French) What does Steve think about talent?
09:46 - (Russian) How was it to learn languages without Internet?
16:16 - (Spanish) What does he like the most about learning languages?
19:57 - (Italian) What does he think about speaking "itañolo"?
23:27 - (Swedish) How did he learn Swedish?
26:30 - How was it? :)

I hope you find it interesting, if you want you can activate subtitles.
We also did a video for @Thelinguist's channel btw! Be sure to check it out! 😄

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[CouchPolyglot]

It was such an honour and pleasure to meet Steve! 🎉🎉🎉I hope you like our multilingual conversation! As always, it is not about perfection, but about passion for languages and communication 😄
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[PolyglotSecrets]

So happy to see 2 favorite people together. 😍

[carlosgabrielli]

Steve es una gran inspiración para mucha gente de mi edad, yo tengo 70 años y aprendí inglés cuando era joven, hablo también bastante italiano, y desde hace 5 años comencé a aprender francés, y ya puedo hablarlo y entenderlo bastante bien, y tengo intenciones de aprender alemán a partir de ahora. Gracias Couch por estos videos y saludos de Argentina !!

[giasone]

Amo l'atteggiamento di Steve e la sua mentalità. È stato fantastico vedervi tutti insieme.

[deutschmitpurple]

My favourites 2 polygots are in the same video. I am so happy to watch it. It is so entertanining and useful for me. You always boost my energy and motivation. You are my idol 🥰🥰❤❤

[manuelrocha]

Dear Laura, I got to know you through Elsa (Piece of French) I've been following her for a long time, and let me tell you I have learned a great deal of french now, but recently I watched a video with Elsa and you speaking in french and let me tell you, a new and fresh spark of hope lit up in me as far as learning french [the language I am now studying until december of 2023] possibilities that you inspire me a great deal, you make learning languages seem so simple and fun, I think I liked you right away because you have, or rather project so much positive energy and entheusiasm for language learning. I watched your video with OUR "Godfather" of all Polyglots [in my book] Steve Kaufmann, a man I've also been following for years. When I saw you with him in a collaborative video I immediately stopped the video and subscribed to your channel and I am commiting myself to follow you and your teachings in different languages[ I speak nine although my primary goal is to speak twelve even at 66 years of age that I am] with that sweet smile of yours and beautiful eyes, it's hard not to want to heed what you say and all the great tips you give to master any language. Thank you for your hard work and dedication. You are a breath of fresh air in the polyglot world to inspire others as you have inspired me also. Blessings.

[ErnieV]

La tua sorrisa, pieno di entusiasmo.😊👍🏼 I love steve and you’re passion for languages. Gracias por este video. 🙏🏼

[germancasallas]

Steve kaufman il mío poliglota favorito 🤩 ❤

[laurenisilluminated]

Me gusta oírte hablando castellano. Tu acento es muy bonito.

[withxio]

I always think that we need people who motivate and inspire us. You are wonderful. Thank you very much.

[zakukoivu]

Another great video Laura. You are both such inspirations for so many people and your passion and enthusiasm is contagious. Endavant!

[ElinT]

Oh wow, Steve, I am very impressed! I love to listen to your language skills, and with such good pronounciation! Gràcies, Laura, per aquest video molt genial! Estic aprenent el català ara fa dos anys, i m'encanta totalment.

[habeng]

This is absolutely fantastic Lovely Laura 🤩👌🌟😻🎁💝👍. It’s like an early Christmas gift 🎄🙏

[rebeccamiko]

I watched the interview on Steve's Youtube channel, and it was great! It's definitely an inspiration for us folks who "only" know a couple of languages haha!

I currently live in Japan, but I haven't got a ton of motivation to learn a lot of Japanese. It kinda scares me (and I have a unique living situation in which knowing Japanese isn't totally necessary for me to function here, so that kills the motivation too). But my New Year resolution is to start with an app to learn some basics, and then get a native speaker tutor to further learn! But I also want to maintain my Spanish, continue to take Russian lessons, and I teach English, so that's a lot of languages going through my mind!

[cev]

Woooow so cool to see you two in one video!
It must have been very exciting to talk to him
You are both a great inspiration for language learners!! :D

[KenGrauer]

A FUN video to watch. I could follow almost all of it up to the Swedish … I totally relate to Steve (who I’ve seen on numerous YouTube videos) — as I’ve done most of my language learning after 65 … — and I totally relate to you both regarding the “phases” of language learning — with a truly “fun stage” being that initial exposure to a new language over 3-9 months or so, when you are listening, learning the structure — and finally the joy of being able to understand a good bit of what you are hearing (except for, as Steve says — that “other 40%” which consists of much less commonly used words which nevertheless are so VERY important to truly understanding). And it helps to see my favorite polyglots run into similar problems that I have mixing words when doing a “rapid switch” from one language to the next — but still understanding and being able to communicate! THANKS AGAIN to you both for your enthusiasm in all that you both do! — :)

[janpalsson]

Jag är imponerad över er svenska. Mycket bra! Speciellt Steves👍

[joselinvalores]

You killed it!! I enjoyed this video so much 🎉

[alexwolfenson]

Alguna vez intentaste estudiar musica? tocas algun instrumento? Yo siento que tienen alguna relación, la forma en que uno aprende. Considero que es un lenguaje mas. Nativo de español, aprendí ingles trabajando en dinamarca y suecia, me quedaron cosas del sueco que es un idioma que amo y ahora estoy con el italiano (y siendo pianista).
Uds dos me inspiran mucho! Gracias por hacer estos videos! 🥰🥰🥰

[Romancelanguagespassion]

Chapeau à vous! J'admire vos talents, vos passions d'apprentissage des langues. Grâce à vous, j'ai appris qu'on n'a pas besoin de talents pour apprendre une langue, la passion est le clé alors. Je vous remercie 😘