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Why you have an accent in a foreign language

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You are a native speaker of the language of the country you grew up in because you become so embedded into that regions culture and your brain waves adapt accordingly
Comment from : @JREw78

This video has not provided the solution,or i just couldn't read between the lines
Comment from : @DeenForEver14

The editing is chef's kiss 👌
Comment from : @forhadrh

1:42 It's simply not true that "all French words" are stressed on the final syllable There is a tendency to do this, but there are no specific rules surrounding syllable stress in the French language, and the stress can vary depending on the specific combination of words or the emotion being expressed
Comment from : @drippyinfinities

"Travailler" is not stressed on the last syllable but "travaille" is So not completely true about French
Comment from : @cdeccles

EVERY SINGLE person on earth has an accent Wat a dumb video
Comment from : @Poweroftouch

So people can’t learn other accents because they’ve either never been taught that languages have different phonetics (and they can’t figure this out for themselves), or they are aware of this fact but can’t be bothered to learn how to pronounce different sounds I mean, ‘it’s difficult’, is not much of an excuse really No sh**, no one said learning another language was easy
Comment from : @jazzman2516

I would say "It depends how long you live in that country"
Comment from : @k1necorporationmedia

Like this comment if you are uzbek ❤
Comment from : @Normanuzb

I've been practicing the American accent for 7 years and I still haven't lost my accent I guess it's just impossible to lose it after a certain age I'm through with it
Comment from : @Contagious93812

this doesn't explain why they can't mimic native language speakers though i think it's a stubbornness they're holding on to their perceived identity just take people from different areas of the US and watch over the course of a couple years how their accents will change say New York to Texas they are mimicking why can't foreigners who live in a country for 30 yrs or so learn to mimic? there's no way that they don't here the differences in their pronunciations
Comment from : @funghoul9124

Yes! Sound integration from one language to the next I remember when I started learning Turkish after studying Russian, people commented that they thought I was Russian Years later, the more languages I learn about the easier it is to both adapt and confuse sounds between languages
Comment from : @CultureConfidence

Your an Icon Sirand your vids 🔥
Comment from : @josiahumeibe921

Very informative
Comment from : @MuhammadAshraf-ig1qd

Can anyone tell me who is the linguist in the video?
Comment from : @cristianoelias2076

This was a great, informative and entertaining video Really enjoyed it! Thank you
Comment from : @maliab608

in linguistics this is called "negtive transfer"
Comment from : @wontchangemynameuntilipass7510

ok so riddle me this out Scottish whats wrong with them? i dont understand a single thing they said, they sometimes don't even undertand themselves -_-
Comment from : @MrEternal966

I'm not aware of french language & it's pronunciations at all & not habitual of such names in Hindi/English, thus when first time i pronounced Mbappé was:-brMA - BAPPE
Comment from : @Gaming4VK

Who is this guy?
Comment from : @cristianoelias2076

Did he end it in a Greek accent or what? 😄
Comment from : @John-r6c1k

DuringbrAnd while I listenbrWow I have itbrIt is mi nebrI lisenbrThe cirrect g r e a t brIt has to plow no FlowbrYour languagebrAh no no no nobrbrI love my accent give it back
Comment from : @GzoosChronicle

@2:15 shoutout to Cantonese language speakers 🤩
Comment from : @brothermalcolm

Super interesting video And of course, all that, what was mentioned leads to having different muscles more and less developed around your mouth, which makes it literally more exhausting to exercise to speak a foreign language like the natives do It is like going to the gym but only with tongue and mouth and never having worked before on that kind of muscle setting Like opening a bottle or brushing your teeth for the first time with the other hand and arm
Comment from : @chitunachituna8273

Worked with a Chinese guy who spoke with timed syllables He spoke clearly but his tone did not sound like a human was speaking He sounded like an automated recording Now I know why!brbrGreat video!!
Comment from : @GatorEE

You missed the mist important one Every language has a unique way of using different muscles in your mouth brA Ukrainian speaking english sounds different from a Russian speaking English, eventhough their native languages are very similar with regard to voweks and letter combinations
Comment from : @rudilambert1065

When you learn a song, you need to learn both the lyrics and the melody Even if you sing the right words, but the melody is off, people will have a hard time to understand you Same thing with languages
Comment from : @AsaS

Too much emphasis on European Languages The rest of world doesn’t exist
Comment from : @agoodfilter7139

That is not true, the arabic language contains all sounds,and if there is an arabic person who can not pronounce some letters accurately that is his inability and not Arabc
Comment from : @SedMed-uh6mo

Great video The Kylian Mbappé example is very poorly chosen however : this name comes from some African language and is just as difficult to pronounce for French sports commentators as it is for British ones, for exactly the same reason I'm French and also say "Embappé" "Kylian" in this case is also pronounced like it would be in English There's very little about this name which sounds French !
Comment from : @renaudg

I think there is something that should also be included in this article: you are trained to listen to the sounds of your mother tongue, so when you listen to a foreign language your brain is processing it like it would your mother tongue, ie you don't listen for example German like a German would, you listen to German like you were listening to your mother tongue and so you will try to speak the words you listen but they are not the exact sounds a German would hear With exposure your brain can train itself to listen to the proper sound emphasis of the foreign language and that will enhance your accent but some people never have enough exposure I think often the listening training is ignored when teaching languages and that is a shame
Comment from : @CherryHoover-h2j

You have an accent all the time in any language, including your own
Comment from : @MillieReyes-d8i

I'm a filipino born and raisebrBut I feel weird when I speak english and even my Colleagues would think I am very fluent and some would think I was trying hard I could have developed a accent overtime So now Im trying so hard to sound just plain 😁
Comment from : @ramsari3811

Ok, and?
Comment from : @mesdjz8294

Yeahhh i have Ascent when speak englishbut u can speao perfect spanish and when we have zoom class even there r real latino ask me if im adopted by asiaj family
Comment from : @Realme123-g7p

That was fun! Wish it was longer and more in depth I'm sure different languages have their own idiosyncrasies beyond the few you mentioned here Even this superficial understanding would be of benefit for people seeking to understand more about other cultures This would be of benefit to the WORLD!
Comment from : @LilianaMarcel-m8w

I started teaching myself how to speak French, and some of the pronunciations are difficult I feel like I have to work on changing how the words come out of my throat, and adjust my tongue to achieve that rough sound, like the word "racontee" brbrIt almost sounds like a thra, not ra
Comment from : @Freemelon07

Amazing VideobrAt first I thought: „why bother watching it We all know why some have an accent and some don't" but 100 worth watching
Comment from : @Fryzzi

I am a native English speaker, and last year I spent a lot of time with non-native speakers from all over the world I noticed that when I spent a lot of time around any one nationality - French, for instance - my internal monologue would begin to have a French accent Not only in the way it sounded but in the phrasing it used and the cadence of the words Very peculiar
Comment from : @paolostrada93

I liked this video because I'm a spanish speaker and when I speak english I have a very strong latino accent Not as strong as Sofia Vergara though haha
Comment from : @GeraldineDelaney-z7n

I LOVED THIS Please make a longer video with more examples
Comment from : @pinkskiestoday

Many Texans say Yooston
Comment from : @David-yw2lv

But here's the thing, stress patterns and consonant clusters can be taught (and are taught) But apparently, your very voice cords adapt to your native languages when you acquire them as a child And you can never change that, even if you learn to speak with perfect grammar and stress patterns You will ialways/i have an accent in a foreign language
Comment from : @AlexBesogonov

me likey
Comment from : @GeneRauXxX

my stress pattern changes when i'm on holiday and shouting at everyone around me 😀
Comment from : @mm-yt8sf

Yet Indians claim they do not have that particular accent when they speak in English
Comment from : @rustysaw3288

Mbappe doesn't fit the most basic phonology in French either
Comment from : @toyoashihara6242

DeepL has none of these problems 😂🤣
Comment from : @davidbrisbane7206

😍😍😍😍
Comment from : @perci5375

That was so interesting!!!
Comment from : @lisamaximoff850

You are replacing the actual sounds with the closest sound from you native language, trying to prove that native speakers are "wrong" Also, the stress is freaking different Have a nice day!
Comment from : @weqe2278

1:04 Similarly, Portuguese speakers will add an "i" to foreign words that end with a plosive sound
Comment from : @rodrigogirao8344

❤Thank you very much
Comment from : @petergreen5337

Great editing
Comment from : @mila3432

Pretty much talking nonsense Accent is due to the position in the larynx to make the sound Each language makes the similar sound at slightly different position And after childhood, it becomes difficult to change the position when speaking a new language, and having accent And that’s why people from the same country tend to have the same accent It has little to do with the language itself
Comment from : @userwsyz

I’m from NY and have an accent in English Native speakers also have accents, just different
Comment from : @Dingdong3696oyvey

Few people knows that just the accent has a very weird function in ancient time: like a label it marks which community are you from So without a long–time " transform", it's hard to change or just to be wiped out
Comment from : @teckpass-pn2nu

In Miami we have an accent in both English and Spanish and we are bilinguals from birth A new language is being created in Miami
Comment from : @ninavaughn2274

This video was so well made, it felt like 15 minutes of information but in 3 minutes!
Comment from : @ArikCool

Why do we have an accent in a foreign language?
Comment from : @ShoutsWillEcho1

Tomato or Potato ❤
Comment from : @JustinNguyen-y9m

Brilliant
Comment from : @wonderer2344

It's easy for most Brits to communicate abroad Just SHOUT LOUDER😀
Comment from : @ivorscrotumic3556

I’m peruvian, I speak Spanish and I learned English while living in Peru I have lived 2 years in Italy and I moved to France 22 years ago and now my English have a Spanish/French accent, my Italian has a French accent too and my French has a little accent… the Frenchs always ask me if I’m Italian! 😂 What a MESS !
Comment from : @nela277

Trop cool! J'adore!
Comment from : @mariaaraslanova3737

Stress pattern is one of the most important aspect of an accent I have been living in the US for 5 years now, and the stress patterns were the last thing I managed to adapt to sound kinda American It is so important that if you do the pronunciations right but don’t get the stress & pitch right, you will never sound perfect On the flipside, if you get the stress/pitch right and pronounce a few words the non-traditional way, you will still sound very perfect
Comment from : @VincentOchoa-y5c

After 40 years living in German it seems I have a German accent now when speaking my mother tongue !
Comment from : @justjane2070

yooSTON
Comment from : @gummel82

If communication is the purpose of using a language, why worry if your pronunciation in a foreign language has an accent? As long as speakers can understand each other, accent should be considered as a positive, colorful and interesting aspect, not something that should be avoided What do you think?
Comment from : @lburt

This video has an ambitious title, but fails to deliver, IMO These are just some explanations for some accents There are people who are able to overcome these, more obvious examples of what in essence is wrong pronunciation in the foreign language, but who are still left with some very slight, almost impossible to specify differences in pronunciation compared to native speakers
Comment from : @KatyaHoffmeister

Took French in high schoolone of the kids in that class went to France over the summer He stumped the French, they were trying to figure out if he was an American or PolishOur teacher was Polish and taught us French with a Polish accent 😊
Comment from : @flowerdoyle3749

Great video, next time try also speaking English imitating accents in Asia or Africa Why limit yourself to only European languages?
Comment from : @ignaciodecastroperez75

Cool!
Comment from : @RuthOkeabia

Yeah but why I don't have an accent when talking in another accent Is it bc I'm bilingual Anyway I never understood why people talk with accents bc my accent has always adapted on it's own
Comment from : @aqua3890

everyone has accents, native speakers do too: people from LA, Birmingham, Sydney sound nothing alike A lot of times xenophobia plays a big part in accent discrimination too
Comment from : @hypernewlapse

I thought that the letter "S" in Spain was pronounced "es" So, when someone from Spain says "Spain" it's "ESpain" I think this holds true for other letters in Spanish Huh Guess I thought wrong
Comment from : @fiftytwentythree

oof, that was revelatorybrwhat hope is there for fluency?
Comment from : @Yowzoe

I'm Brazilian I try learning Received Pronunciation because it's not a natural accent, but I still have a peculiar accebr I have a friend who thinks I sound Italian
Comment from : @raphaelcavalcanti3301

A know a couple, he's French, she's Latvian They live in England and have a young son He speaks fluent French like his father, fluent Latvian like his mother and fluent English like all of his friends In all 3 languages he has no foreign accent I often wonder what accent he would have if he learned another language; German perhaps Would he learn to speak German with an English accent, or maybe a French or Latvian accent?
Comment from : @DrPangloss

In Uruguay people learn British English instead of American English, so people here speaks so British
Comment from : @MalaPalabra-zr6wg

Информативно
Comment from : @tasticskrchh

So it is all about vowels and tone 👌 I think it is more complex than that Someone told me that accents come directly from the mouth, like an exercise, that’s why you can never be bilingual even if you train it very intensively
Comment from : @AnaRodriguez-ve5fq

I love deceiving non-English speaking people into thinking I'm American I'm Czech haha
Comment from : @mynuttyme

I speak German with a broad Berlin accent I had taken classes, and followed the BBC Deutsch Direkt and Deutsch Express courses, but most of my time in Germany was spent in Berlin It's actually a bit embarrassing
Comment from : @annalieff-saxby568

I am Russian and fluently speak German and English When speaking English, I get constantly mistaken for a German 😂
Comment from : @gerdar

Did you know Russian and Portuguese have really close pronounced and stress accents 😅
Comment from : @marcop525

This is all really interesting to know I wish sounding like a native speaker weren't such a goal for many language learners I think these differences are actually pretty charming and I love when I meet someone who speaks my language in a very different way
Comment from : @luisguilhermeoliveira5794

Interesting, I speak both German and English natively and found out that when I speak English my entire vocal system locates it´s self higher in my throat and when speaking German it drops down
Comment from : @slammsonite1