Guess the Language CHALLENGE | Easy English 108

Ah!

Goodness me.

It's Italian.

It's Italian isn't it?

German!

Oh, wait a minute.

No idea.

Er...

There's something about it.

Oh okay, that one's going on 100 miles an hour,

so I'm guessing Spanish.

Turkish!

- Yeah.

Oh no!

- Really!?

I've got Turkish friends.

That's not good.

Hello, welcome to Easy English.

So today, I thought we'd play a game.

I've taken some recordings of our fellow friends

in the Easy Languages network.

And I want to know if my fellow Brits

can figure out what language they're hearing.

If you want to play along too,

then don't forget to like and subscribe.

Here we go!

Okay so, number one, have a listen.

German!

I'll say German, or Russian.

''German'', you said very quick,

why is that?

Are you learning German?

No...

- No, it's just the... just the accent.

German!

Oh, wait a minute.

German?

Could be German, yes.

Final answer?

- Yeah.

Ah!

Goodness me, I would say that...

guessing, I would say that's...

Hungarian.

- Hungarian.

No, Swedish.

Why do you...

you went from German to...

Well, you see, he said ''warum'', you see.

And... but... but there were later bits that

I didn't recognise as German.

So that's why I'm going Swedish.

You're actually pretty close and it's very similar.

It's Dutch.

- Oh, it's Dutch.

- Yeah.

It's Dutch.

- Dutch!

- Dutch!

It's Dutch.

- Oh, it's Dutch.

Right, okay yeah.

I have heard Dutch before.

But the German was a great shout to begin with.

Well, because they say ''warum''.

- Yeah.

Right, okay.

It's Dutch.

- Oh!

Dutch.

- Wow yeah!

Really!?

- You're the first person to get that.

Oh wow!

Okay.

- That's really good.

Have you been to the Netherlands?

- No.

Well, what made you say Dutch?

I don't know, it just...

- Wild guess?

Yeah, wild guess, to be honest.

Brilliant, great guess.

Okay, Next one, maybe a bit easier.

Well that's French, 'cos I speak French, so.

Oh you speak French?

- Yeah.

- Oh, really?

That's French.

Or is it Belgian?

Italian?

- Yeah, I'd say French.

Yeah?

- I'm gonna go French, you go Italian, yeah?

French?

- Yeah!

Well, he's talking about Lille, so maybe it's French.

Nice!

Ah, that was the giveaway, was it?

A bit of one.

I'm pretty sure that's French.

- Nice!

We...

it was French!

- Ey!

Mummy wins.

- you're 1:0 up.

Okay, so then this one, I think you'll probably get now.

Yeah well, that's German, auf der Strasse, on the street in Berlin.

German.

- German.

- Nice, exactly.

That's German.

- That's definitely German, yes.

Maybe a clue in there?

I think there's a geographical clue in that one.

German.

- Why d'you you say that?

Did you hear a clue?

- Yes, we got the clue again.

Er... that's German.

- Nice.

Would you have got that though, without the mention of Berlin?

I think I probably would.

- Yeah?

German?

- Yeah!

- Yeah?

Oh my God.

Was there a giveaway?

Did... did you hear something in that,

that gave it away?

- No, it just sounds... just sounds so German.

Oh my God.

On the... on the street in Berlin...

- Nice.

- Auf der Strasse,

yes, auf.

Auf is on, isn't it.

- Fantastic.

- Der Strasse.

Next one.

Italian.

100% Italian.

Yeah, Polish.

Polish?

Or...

Hungarian.

Spanish.

Erm...

Er... that's something vaguely northern European, I reckon.

What do you reckon?

I'll plump for its er...

Swedish.

Russian?

- It's Greek!

That's Greek.

- Is it Greek?

Wow!

- Yeah.

- How do you know that?

- I love Greek.

Oh really!?

- That's a bit of a...

there's a bit of a giveaway, there.

It's Greek!

- I used to live in Greece.

Oh God.

Shame.

Skiathos.

Yeah, now I think; whoops!

It's Greek.

- Greek!

Good Lord.

It's Greek.

- Greek!

No, it was Greek.

- It is Gr...

D'you know, I...

I wonder whether the... but I...

But somehow, her accent didn't quite sound Greek.

Okay, next one.

It's Italian, it's Italian, isn't it?

Oh!

I think that's Italian.

- Yeah, nice!

Italian.

- Wow!

That was too easy for you, I think.

That one's easy.

- What is... what is it...

are you listening for words, or for rhythms?

Or for...

Both...

all.

As I say, I've just been on holiday in Gran Canaria

with people from a number of different languages.

It's Italian, it's Italian, isn't it?

It's Italian.

- Well done, so quick.

Italian?

- Yeah, what made you say that?

Just sounds like Italian.

Italian.

- Yeah?

- I understand that.

Wait for the pizza.

Wha...

what...

what ticked the box for you?

Was it the rhythm, of the...

It's the ''e'', at the end of the word.

Right, yeah.

It's kind of a stereo... kind of cliched, but it work...

Indeed.

- It worked.

There's truth behind the cliche, somewhere.

- There is.

All right, next one.

Ekonomiczna.

Well we're... now I think we're talking Polish.

One of the eastern...

- Polis?

- I thought Polish.

One of the Eastern European, Polish maybe?

I think so, Polish.

Er... is that Russian?

I don't know if that's Russian?

Polish.

I don't know.

- You wanna take a guess?

Wild guess?

- Russian?

- It's Polish.

See, I don't...

- (Is that Polish?)

- Yeah!

Wow.

You saying Polish?

- Yeah.

- well done!

Smashing it.

Is that Polish?

- It's Polish, yeah, yeah.

Okay yes, of course.

Now I think we're talking polish.

Yeah!

Bang on.

- Right, yeah.

There're... it's interesting the similarities

with the...

some of the words in Greek.

''katastrophḗ'', that you know, the way they did ''ei'' ending,

which is very specifically, you know.

That...

I mean, I know a bit of Greek,

but only New Testament Greek.

And so, those...

those kinds of endings sound about right.

Anyway, carry on.

Well done, Amelia.

Well done!

How'd you know that?

(My friend's Polish)

Ah okay.

There you go, that helps.

Next one.

I think that's Russian.

Yeah, you're right, yeah.

Russian.

- You're saying Russian?

- Yeah.

That's Russian?

- That is Russian.

- That's Russian.

I'm guessing, Russian.

Russian.

- Perfect, well done.

Got

a heckler, helping you out now.

Yeah, I know.

What you saying?

- Russian.

- You're saying Russian?

Yeah.

- Perfect.

Russian.

- Yeah!

Wow, you got that really quick.

Yeah, that's no problem.

Russian's very distinctive.

- The... the..?

There...

there's something about it, also.

You know, that.

And of course, we do hear it a certain amount

in this and that, you know, anyway.

I do anyway.

So anyway, Russian.

Penultimate one.

Spanish.

It's Spanish?

That sounds Spanish.

That sounds really quick.

(Japanese or Chinese).

No, I think Spanish.

It's Spanish, definitely Spanish.

What do you reckon?

Also Spanish?

Or Japanese?

Ah, Japanese.

Ha!

Spanish?

- Perfect!

Spanish?

- Yeah!

D'you think?

- Oh, very good.

- I think so.

Wow!

- I should've known that,

I used to work with two Spanish people.

Okay, that one's going at 100 miles an hour,

so I'm guessing Spanish.

That the giveaway is it?

Speed.

I reckon.

Spanish.

- Bang on.

Oh, you're on a roll

Well, I've just been in Gran Canaria.

Yeah, I was gonna say.

- If I can't get that,

there'll be something wrong.

It's Spanish.

- So Spanish.

But that's good, though.

'Cos I used to work in Spain.

- Oh perfect,

you've redeemed yourself for the er... Greek one.

Yeah!

Yeah right.

Okay, last one.

- Okay.

- Let's try and get it.

- Right.

Here we go.

Yeah, that's very difficult.

Hungarian?

Could it be Hungarian, or something like that?

It's not Hungarian, but it's...

- Croatia or somewhere...

Yes.

- I don't know.

- Bit of a toughie?

Sorry?

- It's a tough one, that.

- Bit of a toughie?

Yes, but it's very soft.

Otherwise, I'd of...

I'd of said,

possibly Hungarian, but.

- Okay.

And what would you... what would you say?

Er...

Croatia.

Or one of the former Yugoslavias.

No idea.

- No?

(Is it Portuguese?)

- No.

It's Turkish.

- Turkish, right okay, so... so...

so right area, but wrong.

No, Turkish is not a language I would underst...

I would know, at all.

Oh is it?

- Yeah, it's Turkish.

- Oh okay.

Yeah, no.

I wouldn't have got that one.

But that's really good.

- Oh, I did okay.

That was six out of nine.

Turkish!

- Yeah.

Oh no!

- Really!?

- I've got Turkish friends.

That's not good.

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