Name: インド英語：最も難しいアクセント？(レジェンド) (INDIAN ENGLISH: THE MOST DIFFICULT ACCENT? (legendado))
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:19:53.000Z
Duration: 9 min 27 s
Description: VoiceTubeの動画で発音を聞きながら英語表現を覚えよう！学べる英語：

Is it your first time on a Brazilian YouTube channel?

Yes, I have never been on a Brazilian YouTube channel.

As a matter of fact, I have  a very, very close dear friend...

and, actually, hopefully, is watching this. Hey Marta!

And today we're gonna talk about the Indian accent

And the first thing  I would like to ask you is...

Do all Indian people speak  English as a first language?

So, I'm actually, originally and born and brought up actually in Germany.

I was born in Germany, so I learned,  I learned English in school in Germany.

But many people in India  actually learn English in school.

English is basically like  the second mother tongue,

next to their native language, which could be Hindi, Tamil...

Does everybody speak English in your country?

Majority does because  it is very necessary,

if you don't know English, you can't get along, around, sorry.

smaller cities, villages  and places where

there isn't enough education yet for people to learn English,

and the facilities are not there. But other than that,

people want to learn, and there's is an effort

because we're still trying to spread education everywhere,

'cause we don't have enough  schools or teachers

But we have many  english-speaking Indians, yes.

You said people in India learn English at school, right?

It's because in Brazil it's very focused on grammar and everything.

And we don't even learn how to speak the language at school.

so, from all the friends who went to school in India,

they all learn grammar from a very young age.

You start... Also because in families, you speak a lot of English.

Again... There are families who speak more their local language,

but you grow up with your family, learning and speaking English

with each other, but in school most of the time

especially if you go to English convent schools where they only speak English,

there're literally people in India who just go to English convent schools

And the Hind becomes like a subject, but otherwise

And some people also  speak English with each other,

but some people actually speak  more their native language.

So, then they're not comfortable speaking so much in English...

Over time that is getting better. The more of they watch

so many English content from the US, they all watch like

The Big Bang Theory, How I met Your Mother, Friends,

Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, it's all in English,

so they all want to know  more and more English.

So it's common to talk in English, to speak English with people who

speak the same mother tongue that you speak, right?

It's very artificial. Why would I speak English with my sister,

for example, if we both  speak portuguese?

It's very strange for us, you know?  English is not part of our lives

It is like, if you see the signs,  if you watch movies... Okay,

it's part of our lives, but we don't  have so many opportunities to speak

So, I have something funny  to see to this...

Because in India it is like the second mother tongue,

But I'm from Germany so  I grew up actually with German.

I have a very weird story guys. Trust me, it's strange...

Go to my channel and then you'll  understand what happend to me.

And the link is somewhere. Anyways, what I was saying is...

that people only speak in Portuguese with each other,

we have similarly the same  thing in Germany!

So, I grew up in Germany. I did not speak in English to anybody.

As you said, it's weird for you to speak to your sister in English.

It was weird for my sister for me  to speak to her in English

because they only either  speak German or Hindi.

We don't speak English. I mean,  I learned English in school, but

still you don't really speak because you don't have to.

It's not like you have  English  friends. It's not like

you do... You need it to talk to a shopkeeper.

You speak in your native language. You speak in German.

Like, [speaking German]. That's German by the way, guys...

-I was like, what did she say? -I know...

But that... So that I totally  understand, 'cause in Germany

Anisha, many people, not only in Brazil, but in other countries,

they mention that the  Indian accent, sometimes,

is a little hard to understand.  Do you agree with that?

I know that is... Some people have a very strong Indian accent...

But, you know... It's not even their fault.