Jean-Claude van Damme speaking Flemish (Dutch) in an interview with VRT NWS. Please like and comment, and subscribe to stay tuned with no-nonsense footage. Thanks!
It sounds like he speaks neither English, nor Dutch, nor French well enough 😁
@dominus6224
10 ай бұрын
Correct. “I am coming from”… he meant to say “I’m from”.
@muratisik6956
10 ай бұрын
Exactly! 30 years in the US and his English is so poor. Come on JCV, get some lessons. (Bit late now, but still)
@heroicnonsense
9 ай бұрын
@@muratisik6956 It's a bit of a trademark too of course. With training, you can get rid of your accent when you speak English. There are coaches for that. When you watch Game of Thrones, you won't notice that Peter Dinklage is an American, or that Carice van Houten (Melisandre of Asshai/The Red woman) and Michiel Huisman (Daario Naharis from S4 onwards) are Dutch. They've trained to hide their accents as much as possible. Any accent you hear in that show, is there because the characters have accents, not the actors. So, in theory, Arnold an JCVD could have been speaking fluent English, without a hint of German or French, for years. But the accents have become part of their image - people now expect "ged to ze choppah" when they see Schwarzenegger in a movie.
@harrybruijs2614
9 ай бұрын
@@dominus6224that meant he was thinking in Dutch strange enough. Ik kom van
@harrybruijs2614
9 ай бұрын
@@heroicnonsenseyou have people who will never learn it.
@eskiltester3913
10 ай бұрын
He never really spoke Dutch/flemmish. He's native French speaker. He understands Dutch like most Belgians do. I met him in the early 90s and even then he didn't speak Dutch.
@benjaminvdvyt
9 ай бұрын
That's what I gathered from what he said. Brussels is mostly French, so he would've only learned Dutch/Flemish in school.
@hermansohier7643
9 ай бұрын
He was in a karate club in Oostende and they speak Flemish over there .My karate trainer used to train with him in Oostende .
@eskiltester3913
9 ай бұрын
@hermansohier7643 well he didn't speak Dutch except for some words and sentences
@house684
9 ай бұрын
He has a Flemish surname, which confuses people. But his first name is very French..
@87890-
9 ай бұрын
@@eskiltester3913 the man is born in belgium ofcourse he did speak dutch when he was younger, but he forgot how to speak and it happen to a lot of people that move to other countries
@gogamelkadze1273
3 жыл бұрын
Vriendelijk bedankt Jean Claude 👍😄
@DogRoze
2 ай бұрын
Vliendelijk bedankt!
@TheGamingChefOG
Жыл бұрын
It's not about still knowing it's about where your interest is. Dr Pol came to Holland after 60 years and still speaks fluent Dutch..
@UnpwnedSoldier
11 ай бұрын
Dr Pol is Dutch and Dutch is his mother tongue. Van Damme is a Walloon and most Walloons don't bother to learn Dutch
@Leviwosc
11 ай бұрын
He did not! Dr. Pol's Dutch was at best broken. He has an American accent when he speaks Dutch and he lacks vocabulary. When he speaks English he has a Dutch accent. Effectively he doesn't speak any language fluently.
@dominus6224
10 ай бұрын
@@LeviwoscAlso correct. Although with Poll u gotta give him some slack. 60 years is a lot, he’s getting older and probably hasn’t spoken much Dutch (?) ever since. Although I can’t help but to wonder whether these people never call relatives to speak to?
@xXTheoLinuxXx
10 ай бұрын
A better example are the brothers Alex and Eddie Van Halen. The were kids when they moved to the USA and the spoke it very good after quite some years. But the main difference is that they always spoke Dutch to their mother.
@megalolkiller
10 ай бұрын
@@Leviwosche doesn’t, he talks like somebody from Twente we were in the same restaurant in Amsterdam he sat with his family next to my table
@ricaard
Жыл бұрын
I watched the Van Halen Brothers interview. They never lost their mother tongue of Dutch, even after 50 years in the States.
@Herobox-ju4zd
Жыл бұрын
Probably because they moved there with their entire family. JCVD went alone as far as I know.
@HerrKonig
Жыл бұрын
@@Herobox-ju4zd and sadly He dont Go to Belgium Restaurants or Belgium or french Festivals He dont conmected with people from Belgium netherlands or french thats The das Point.
@dutchy5752
Жыл бұрын
vanDamme is born in Brussels. They speak French in Bxls. They learn Dutch in school but most hardly speak it. Brussels is situated in Flanders but the main language is French. I am pretty sure his French is still good. I learned French in school but I hardly speak it. But I am taking an online course at the moment. Every day 30minutes. Hopefully in 1 year ...
@xXTheoLinuxXx
10 ай бұрын
Eddie and Alex always spoke Dutch to their mother. Eddie had a bit more of an accent than Alex (Eddie was younger than Alex when they left The Netherlands).
@ridx2140
9 ай бұрын
He’s native language is French, not Flemish / Dutch. They dont speak dutch in Brussels
@Rhovanion85
2 жыл бұрын
"Sorry I didn't speak Flemish" **proceeds in Flemish**
@ambientsounds1416
10 ай бұрын
I think what most commenters don't understand is that he's a francophone, he's not Flanders despite his dutch surname.
@carloschong2795
8 ай бұрын
Exactly, he is fluent in both French and English, but he is neither able to speak Dutch nor Flemish. Not criticizing him though, I’m just making a point.
@keyster4985
9 ай бұрын
his real name is Van Varenberg (like my ex wife). His parents are Flemish, moved to Brussels (which used to be Flemish, but has become about 85% French speaking, although a lot of these people are actually perfectly bilingual, but they "feel" francophone), they sent their son to a French speaking school, like most flemish people used to do, in order to give their children a better future (nowadays it has become the opposite, a lot of french speaking people send their children to dutch speaking schools, like the grandchildren of my Burundian girlfriend, since Flanders has become the economic engine of the country in the seventies). He heard his parents talk flemish dialect to each other but they spoke French to him. His pronunciation of English reveals his predominant French-speaking background.
@Jorg05111980
9 ай бұрын
I really didn't know abou the Varenberg (or the fact that he has another name), I'm absolutely sure i can find this through google, but did he just change this as an artis name?
@keyster4985
9 ай бұрын
@@Jorg05111980 I suppose the American moviemakers did, since it's easier to pronounce. Van Damme is a common name in Flanders and refers to a small historic town not far from Bruges (Brugge). "Varenberg" means fearnhill.
@Jorg05111980
9 ай бұрын
@@keyster4985Yeah, so artist name, don't even think Brugge, just from Varenberg
@squierstrat9502
9 ай бұрын
You're divorced?
@keyster4985
9 ай бұрын
@@squierstrat9502 me? Yeah, sixteen years ago, that's when I met my girlfriend.
@finckel2682
Жыл бұрын
He speaks French better than Dutch.
@ScaroMK
Жыл бұрын
That doesn't say much, his dutch is beginner level at best...
@finckel2682
Жыл бұрын
@@ScaroMK Even though his mother Flemish and he has a relatively Dutch surname.
@nb2705
Жыл бұрын
Because he is from Brussel
@finckel2682
Жыл бұрын
@@nb2705 So? Brussels is a bilingual city. There they speak both Dutch and French.
@Adriaantje2008
11 ай бұрын
@@finckel2682you say “they” but not everyone speaks both
@joons3374
3 жыл бұрын
How can someone totally forget their language :D this is mindblowing
@bartcroxford8160
3 жыл бұрын
I was born in the Netherlands to a dutch mum and English dad and we moved to England when I was young around 4 or 5 and at that age I spoke dutch and no English but living in England for 16 years and nit speaking dutch regularly I have also forgotten the language. I can get by a little I can understand it but I can't speak it fluently at all. It happens I guess because eu concentrate so muckle on one language and when you don't have to use the other you don't remember the words or pronunciations
@zybergis
3 жыл бұрын
Define 'his language', Eimantai :) Here in Brussels (where I've been for quite some years), Flemish is barely spoken. Even if Jean-Claude's mother was Flemish (and his father bilingual 'brusselaar'), it's still guaranteed that most of his friends in school and neighbourhood were francophones. He must have grown up speaking two languages, with French being spoken more (because of Brussels being Brussels at the end of the day). And with Jean-Claude being a teen who was very much into sports, I am sure he didn't spend too much time working on his Dutch and French vocabularies to bring them to a decent level. And since he left to the US, he just completely cut his ties with the languages. To give you an idea how it works here for a non-native speaker, I am 35 and I started learning both French and Dutch in my late 20s (my French is rather decent and Dutch is more passive but with an extensive vocabulary). And I am horrified by how great is the effect of moving between Brussels and Flanders on my active language use. It's crazy. If I spend a week or more in one or another region, I feel as if I start to forget the other of the two languages. As if it goes to take a deep nap, becomes dormant, hibernates. It becomes copletely passive. Granted, being Lithuanian, I'm no native Dutch speaker but with Van Damme having spent most of his professionally formative life in the US... One can be sure he didn't have time to update his dormant language skills in America... And with getting old.. the brain starts getting rid of dead weight, shedding the inessential. In general, children have not lived long enough to have what is know as 'crystalized knowledge'. When the brain, with age, eventually starts losing its plasticity, it starts getting less flexible. And due to this fact crystalized knowledge (with which you are left later in life) can become even sharper, clearer, more efficient than it was in your young years. (At least until dementia kicks in.) That's how it normally works for an average individual. It's rough and it's not nice at all. But that's how life is...
@sebastian_hornet
3 жыл бұрын
He did too much coke
@zybergis
3 жыл бұрын
An UPDATE on my previous comment: Van Damme's FRENCH is actually pretty much perfect and with decent vocabulary. Granted, his expressions get somewhat clumsy at one point or another but that's totally okay and understandable. For being from the US, he does NOT activelly THINK in French anymore. Sometimes he can almost start translating the sentence structure from English. :) It demonstrates, nevertheless, he knows his French just fine and has not forgotten it all. The brain, however, needs time to adjust to the environment to find the more natural, more native cadence in French. And since his active Dutch is so bad, it just proves Dutch was not ever his 'native' language to begin with. (Whatever that means in bilingual/multilingual Brussels.)
@amjan
3 жыл бұрын
Just like every other skill - you lose them if you don't practice them. And just like every kind of knowledge - do you remember everything you ever learned? Do you remember everything you've ever seen, read or heard? Of course not.
@12123188
2 жыл бұрын
Walloons mostly don't speak Flemish, so this is understandable.
@JB-wc4pu
Жыл бұрын
But Brussels is in flanders isn’t it?
@EuropaeusOrigo
11 ай бұрын
@@JB-wc4pu yup and wallonia was flemish land that got stolen by the french and turned into wallonia same with parts of northern france flemish land and the people in it are still mostly of flemish blood
@Edodod
10 ай бұрын
Brussel is niet Wallonia.
@EuropaeusOrigo
10 ай бұрын
het is een hoere allochtoon die onze identiteit en land wilt stelen het wordt tijd dat vlamingen ten strijd trekken tegen de franse plaag@@Edodod
@flitsertheo
6 ай бұрын
@@JB-wc4pu Geographically, yes. Otherwise, no. It's an entity on its own, a sort of city state. It used to be Flemish speaking many centuries ago but today about 85 % is French speaking.
@Rob_Dekker
9 ай бұрын
Such a nice guy. So humble near the end of the video. Glad to have met him 👍🏻💪🏼
@cverhaert
Жыл бұрын
Actually he never really spoke Dutch/Flemish because he grew up in the french speaking Brussels area, his parents tough are fluent in it.
@Nessevan
9 ай бұрын
After watching we can safely say that the title off this video is a bit stretching it.
@harrybruijs2614
9 ай бұрын
I know people who lived, more then 60 years in Canada and Australia and still talked Dutch perfect. Conclusion Dutch is not his first language.
@diatonicdelirium1743
7 ай бұрын
Indeed, it's French
@butwait
5 ай бұрын
I concur. I've lived outside of Europe for over half my life and have never returned to the Netherlands, nor do I have anyone to speak the Language to. But I'm most definitely still able to. I met a Dutch professor here a while ago, he was an expat like me but wanted to have a conversation in Dutch, which I was willing to try, but other than a bit of a slow start it was not a stretch to say that it was 100% fluent.
@YvieT81
4 ай бұрын
If he’s from Wallonia (which apparently he is) it makes total sense. I think most Wallonians don’t speak Flemish or at least not very well.
@christopherharper9932
2 жыл бұрын
I'm 49 and have been a JCVD fan from day one! Back when he was an extra in Breakin', lol! Love this guy because he's humble. Even when his popularity started to wane a bit because of his personal problems I still watched his straight to DVD flicks! Just watched Nowhere To Run for about the 20th time in my life. He's in his 60s now and is still in shape and down to earth. He never made up insane backstories like being a CIA-trained operative or beating up the Yakuza nor did he disparage his action movie peers like some people. You know, 70-year-olds who have put on 120lbs and wear goatees but have cut the ponytail off? Those kinds of people! God bless JCVD!
@obienator
3 жыл бұрын
He has been speaking English for 30 years, but he still remembers a little
@zybergis
3 жыл бұрын
Well, in contrast, his French is really good. That is well demonstrated by all the numerous interviews given to francophone TVs over the years. :)
@wilco8729
3 жыл бұрын
@@zybergis and he has also bin in the dutch area of Belgium. And just like every Belgium man he has bin in the Netherlands and can pick up a view word's.
@carmenl163
8 ай бұрын
😆
@sananton2821
8 ай бұрын
wtf is a Belgium man@@wilco8729
@user-wh3np6bf9b
6 ай бұрын
@zybergis I agree that his French is spoken very well, because I'm Haitian we speak broken French which is Creole,French,Spanish and English. I comprehend what he's saying well.
@KmT81
3 жыл бұрын
I wanted to see him talking in Flemish for once even if its only in the end of the interview
@dreamsanddaytime
2 жыл бұрын
Then you should watch the commercial with him of casino 777. He's supposed to speak Flemish in that but the accent is so terrible that even I had to rewind a couple of times to understand.
@guntertorfs6486
2 жыл бұрын
His mother is Flemish but JC isn't capable of speaking one decent sentence of it. Never was. Typical French speaking Belgian.
@mickvever38
2 жыл бұрын
@@guntertorfs6486 I just did some research, indeed JC is exclusively French speaking in Belgium, on some interviews he says his French is not good because it's not his mother tongue... I never believed him, I'm from Dunkerque, and I know Belgian accents. So a very small lie from JC, :( .But he is a good person, I am a fan.
@b.a.b7834
2 жыл бұрын
yeah you people are so obsessed with your language. take it easy. Nobody is going to take your little femish pride away.
@user-vl5ye9lj8r
Жыл бұрын
@@guntertorfs6486 он наполовину ещё и еврей
@sickbastard151
9 ай бұрын
Thank you JCVD. great nice guy
@Belcapper
3 жыл бұрын
Zo rare is het nu ook niet meer in de reclames van 777 spreekt hij constant Nederlands!
@debroeglenn4924
3 жыл бұрын
🤣
@debroeglenn4924
3 жыл бұрын
We gaan naar Vegas 🤣🤣🤣
@DogRoze
3 жыл бұрын
@@debroeglenn4924 777 :D
@Adamski1987
2 жыл бұрын
Vriendelijke charismatische man!
@marcodia3443
Жыл бұрын
Welk Nederlands ? Welk Vlaams ? Er is niks ervan over.
@amyoleary9157
3 жыл бұрын
I fucking love this guy.
@stejer211
9 ай бұрын
Better title suggestion: Jean-Claude van Damme hardly speaking any Flemish/Dutch
@deje2213
10 ай бұрын
Jij ook vriendelijk bedankt gozer ❤❤❤
@laurafbkliniek4196
2 жыл бұрын
He is a great men and sense of humor🤣😅
@spaceenemiesnovel
2 жыл бұрын
Brussels is mostly french speaking. I worked in Brussels a few years. I can understand he does not speak any flemish. I speak flemish, but that's because I was born in Flanders (not to be confused with the character from the Simpsons lol).
@axolotl-guy9801
2 жыл бұрын
Flemish is Dutch.
@MJ-cl8gr
2 жыл бұрын
@@axolotl-guy9801 Yes and a salami is meat. Useless specification. Flemish is the Belgian dialect and since we're talking about Belgium, Flemish is the most accurate way to refer to that language.
@basilmarasco1975
2 жыл бұрын
@@MJ-cl8gr Flemish (as spoken in Belgium) and Dutch (as spoken in the Netherlands) are very similar, correct? But they are not completely the same, correct?
@basilmarasco1975
2 жыл бұрын
@@MJ-cl8gr Flemish (as spoken in Belgium) and Dutch (as spoken in the Netherlands) are very similar, correct? But they are not completely the same, correct?
@FragLord
Жыл бұрын
@@MJ-cl8gr Flemish vs Dutch is like British vs American. Small variation of the same language.
@thato596
2 жыл бұрын
Maybe his great grandparents spoke flemish because his surname is van dam. But jean claude van dam spoke walloon at home. I think he can not speak flemish but I have seen videos of him talking in french but he prefers to talk in english.
@guntertorfs6486
2 жыл бұрын
His mother is Flemish ( his real name is Van Vaerenbergh ) His father is from Brussels. As usual he did speak French at home but not Flemish. Although we the Flemish are about 2/3 rds of the population of Belgium, we learn French but the French speaking part rarely learns Flemish.
@itubecollection1623
9 ай бұрын
He's on the French side of Belgium...where they don't like the Vlaming language at all and it's totally different
@Twu587
9 ай бұрын
We’re used to people not trying to talk Dutch. We don’t mind.
@Bonepesci
9 ай бұрын
He was a huge part of my childhood great movies
@TunahTak
Жыл бұрын
Nice talk. This testimony is true, peoples can forget yours maternal langs.
@tristannicolaas6249
2 жыл бұрын
So friendly man. A hero from me.
@coldenhoff
3 жыл бұрын
Wat een held!
@johndee759
2 жыл бұрын
Man, you can unlearn a language. I can totally understand.
@patrickdereyck7061
2 жыл бұрын
French was his mother tongue, not Flemish.
@johndee759
2 жыл бұрын
@@patrickdereyck7061 understand. So for sure he still speaks fluent French?
@patrickdereyck7061
2 жыл бұрын
sure!
@johndee759
2 жыл бұрын
@@patrickdereyck7061 nice
@JumbledEye
Жыл бұрын
He has made French-speaking movies, I think.
@aa6945
9 ай бұрын
He is being friendly and considerate but he is French speaker from Belgium and most of French speakers don't speak Flemish or Dutch. Whether that is good or bad is another debate.
@benmanutd2
11 ай бұрын
Considering how little chance he got to speak Dutch/Flemish for 3 decades, I don't blame him. My aunt got a Master in French in Indonesia, and now she doesn't speak a word of French at all. Why? Never get to practice it for decades.
@kyaxar3609
11 ай бұрын
Van Damme is toch Nederlands/Vlaams? Zijn voorouders moeten toch wel Vlaams zijn denk ik.
@NynkeFdejong
2 жыл бұрын
Topper is het. Kijk graag naar ze films 😀 leuk om hem Vlaams/nl te horen spreken
@davidvanniekerk356
3 жыл бұрын
Dank je wel voor dese video Dog Roze ("Pienk Teef")/ VRT NWS. Ja, as jy LIEF is vir 'n saak spandeer jy TYD daaraan... Dankie mnr. JC van Damme vir jou Nederlands.
@L.A.ismyname
2 жыл бұрын
Wow you speak Afrikaans?
@davidvanniekerk356
2 жыл бұрын
@@L.A.ismyname . Naturlich. Ich bin ein Afrikaner und weiter einfach Deutsche and some English, not that I supper like it, and umfitschi-umfitchi isiXhosa. And bc La Reunion, Fr, is the nearest Western market to ZA. Im studying Frensch.
@L.A.ismyname
2 жыл бұрын
cool! I'm really interested in the Afrikaner language (ik ben Nederlands). Het is een erg bijzondere taal. Très bien que vous étudiez français ! I can understand German but I don't speak it. Is Xhosa a difficult language to learn?
@Casmaniac
10 ай бұрын
Legend. A national treasure, severely underappreciated.
@janvangorp6918
26 күн бұрын
Schwarzenegger speak perfectly Austrian. And in every movie, there is a little hint to He's Origins. Respect for that
@TrIpMo1981
9 ай бұрын
As many mentioned before, he is from the French side in Belgium. FYI: Flemish and Dutch are not the same.
@MrUltracoin
10 ай бұрын
MOvie of Jean-Claude van Damme speaking Flemish/Dutch where he doesnt speak Flemish/Dutch. NUMNUTS
@againstheworldg
4 жыл бұрын
4th like lol you gotta love the Van machine.
@DogRoze
4 жыл бұрын
For sure bro, thanks for your comment!
@b.a.b7834
2 жыл бұрын
This is a Flemish obsession : they ask everyone " SPEAK FLEMISH"
@patrickdereyck7061
2 жыл бұрын
No, we don't. Foreigners hardly get the chance to learn Flemish because we directly switch to English or French to help them out. But If someone comes to live here, we expect him or her to speak the language at least bit after some time.
@9grand
Жыл бұрын
@@patrickdereyck7061 Totally understand you from Québec.
@Headbangerr-en2cc
10 ай бұрын
As an imigrant living in Netherlands i can happily say, that my Dutch is better than JCVD.
@N1120A
10 ай бұрын
His accent in English is French, which shows that was really his native tongue.
@eudeciogabriel8571
7 ай бұрын
I am brazillian, everybody knows this actor.
@JeffSyam
4 ай бұрын
Alex and Eddie van Halen left to US at age 10 & 7 yo respectively, yet they both still occasionally give interview in Dutch.
@beyourself7215
7 ай бұрын
You lose it when you don't use it.
@Afura33
10 ай бұрын
I love this guy
@exeuropean
9 ай бұрын
Ridiculous. I live in the US for 35 years and still speak fluent Dutch
@thatrollinstoner7437
9 ай бұрын
Jij weet hoe het hoort.❤
@johnnycouck7449
Ай бұрын
Hij woonde ooit aan de Toekomststraat in Denderleeuw in een appartement, een paar straten verder van waar wij woonden. Zijn ouders wonen nog steeds in Hekelgem en spreken wel Nederlands.
@aryinc
Жыл бұрын
great guy. symphatic.
@DontWatchContinue
4 жыл бұрын
This is so funny :D
@DogRoze
4 жыл бұрын
It's so great to hear the legend speaking his native language. Thanks for your comment!
@pindakaas6159
3 жыл бұрын
*"Don't chal-LÁNGE me"*
@Ethan-qo9rx
2 жыл бұрын
@@DogRoze oh yes one or two words. He must be very dumb
@Casketkrusher_
3 жыл бұрын
Pretty understandable if you moved to the US at age 17 or something you'll quickly learn the language, besides that its probably the most easiest languages to learn and almost everyone can understand English. But at the other side, I think the main language in Wallonia, and Brussels aren't Dutch anyway, I believe they speak French.
@alexanderds9574
3 жыл бұрын
both are spoken in Brussels, though French by the majority.
@Erwin-eo7iv
3 жыл бұрын
Yes He speaks French native, and fluent, flemish is just strong dialect dutch, that a dutch person doesnt understand, belgians are a bit affraid to talk dutch to a native dutch
@samrad6508
3 жыл бұрын
@@Erwin-eo7iv why are they affraid to ? is it because their dialect is different or hard maybe?
@Erwin-eo7iv
3 жыл бұрын
@@samrad6508 inferiority complex
@kennethguthrie180
3 жыл бұрын
@@Erwin-eo7iv, ge zijt werkelijk nen (Amerikaanse) ezel. 🤣
@FarryEntertainment
9 ай бұрын
Such a legend. He kinda acts like an old French guy with his hands. 😅
@ADHDPatrick
4 жыл бұрын
Wow awesome! Van Damme is the best! I lived in Brussels for 6 months in 2012, I did not learn any french or flemish!
@DogRoze
4 жыл бұрын
JCVD is a true legend, thanks for your comment Patrick!
@cristiankoedooder2573
3 жыл бұрын
@@realhackjunkie inderdaad 🤣
@dylan2478
3 жыл бұрын
@@realhackjunkie + hier en daar ander vocabulaire
@MrLaizard
3 жыл бұрын
@@realhackjunkie "Nederlands" is a fake name created by the industrious patronizing netherlanders, the real historic name of the language was "Niederduytsch" or "Dietsch" which means "Low German"
@ysbrandd
2 жыл бұрын
@@dylan2478 heet een dialect
@rasmadroots
9 ай бұрын
Klinkt redelijk goed
@krunk9790
29 күн бұрын
He said (Ja een beetje) what means (Yeah a little bit) (Goedenavond) means (Goodnight) (Dank je wel) means (Thank you) and (Vriendelijk bedankt) means (Friendly thanks for having me)
@JPWick
Жыл бұрын
He's right. For example, I'd rather not speak French at all in France than speak it poorly. It's one thing to be learning it, showing effort and enthusiasm, they are forgiving. But if you're French, and speak it poorly, they'll take offense.
@lugo_9969
6 ай бұрын
His movies are great entertainment. Especially when they get ridiculous 😂
@mechart8888
9 ай бұрын
By now his Cantonese might be better than Flemish/Dutch, lol. 30 yrs US/HK vs 19yrs and only on school. Especially the swearing words he knows it all by now.
@robinceuleers5595
Жыл бұрын
Meeste belgen uit de streek van Wallonië en Brussel spreken ze bijna nooit Nederlands/Vlaams heb ik opgemerkt. Ik als Nederlander zelf. Sws wist ik dat Jean geen Nederlands kan, maar wel Frans!
@Ipsissimus
4 ай бұрын
His language skills have gone to the same place his hair went.
@rogergargantua
10 ай бұрын
1:07: "Goedenavond (good evening), Dank u wel (thank you), vriendelijk bedankt (thank you kindly)"
@djMiSSDeeeZ
9 ай бұрын
Hero in action movies but I think also a nice person in real life
@kiyaleelevyrunaya9495
9 ай бұрын
Well, Belgium ìs home to 3 native languages; 4 if you wanna get technical. You got Dutch, French, German and, technically, Flemish. He grew up in Brussels. Where they primarily speak French.
@Serenoj69
5 ай бұрын
Flemish does not exist. You have West-Vlaams, Oost-Vlaams. Antwerps, Limburgs. Ongeveer. Allemaal dialecten van het Nederlands. So in english: there are four dialects, there is no Flemish language. They are all dialects of Dutch officially.
@kiyaleelevyrunaya9495
5 ай бұрын
@@Serenoj69 are you seriously trying to tell me about my own country? - _ - gtfo.
@richardst-laurent6660
3 күн бұрын
Much respect to the man
@Cenot4ph
9 ай бұрын
Try and speak Dutch in Brussels, they get mad at you 😂
@Sevisija
9 ай бұрын
JCVD Legend!
@sandraspruill4831
9 ай бұрын
Geeft niet we houden van je nóg!!❤😊
@D4NK1
9 ай бұрын
Is it me or is his dutch heavily accented? Isnt goedenavond pronounced "hoodenavond"? Sorry im learning dutch so I might be totally wrong
@bosslife001
9 ай бұрын
You are totally wrong
@D4NK1
9 ай бұрын
@@bosslife001 ok
@datatsushi2016
9 ай бұрын
Because some belgians simply don't speak dutch and never learned to lol. People are over analyzing. The only reason why belgians learn dutch is because it's close to the netherlands so it comes in handy. It's like asking a dutch person "Why don't you speak german?" Yeah, alot of dutch people speak german, because germany is close by, but not everyone.
@BelgianCat
9 ай бұрын
Are you Flemish? Your information is blatantly false. The majority of Belgium speaks Dutch/Flemish, and only a small minority speaks German.
@datatsushi2016
9 ай бұрын
@@BelgianCat 59% of belgians speak dutch/flemish and 40% speaks french. Jean Claude just happens to be one of the 40% (which is still a pretty high percentage) and only 1% of belgians speak german. But the dutch speak german MORE than belgians do. edit: Yeah, just a quick check. 71% of dutch people speak german. So if any "dutch celeb" can't speak german they're just part of the 29% that doesn't speak it. Nothing weird about it, just like it's not weird that JCVD can't speak flemish.
@BelgianCat
9 ай бұрын
My bad, I misread your second paragraph. Somehow swapped out Dutch with Belgian. That being said, Belgians don't only learn Dutch because of us neighboring The Netherlands. We speak Dutch because historically we were part as one country with The Netherlands.
@datatsushi2016
9 ай бұрын
@@BelgianCat Ah, i see. Well im not that big a fan of Jean Claude anyway. Just thought it weird people assumed he knew how to speak flemish/dutch.
@RfQsheo59
Ай бұрын
I left my homecountry at the age of 7 and live already for 58 years in The Netherlands, but I still speak my native tongue Sranang tongo, Hindi and Dutch, as well as English, German, French. Guess not everyone is a polyglot😅 Just an unbelievable act of this actor looking for attention it seems. Within 5 yearheI guess he will only speak English and Kantonese😂😅
@rankobarensic
9 ай бұрын
Vind het een leuke poging❤..Charlize Theron haar Afrikaans vind ik mooi trouwens ❤
@emma.alon44
Жыл бұрын
😅jean cloude van dam nederlads praat haha
@veronicamanzanovaca7731
3 жыл бұрын
Soy muy adicta admiradora tuya desde niña cariño
@700yopirate
9 ай бұрын
“The muscles from Brussels” en dan geen enkel woord goed uitspreken in het Nederlands, zo’n gevalletje van de vlag wel willen dragen maar niet willen verdedigen.
@BelgianCat
9 ай бұрын
Brussel is nu niet bepaald een goed voorbeeld van de Nederlandse taal. In de overgrote meerderheid van de gevallen word je aangesproken in het Frans in Brussel.
@user-xm6ro1ep5d
2 жыл бұрын
The Muscles from Brussels LOL
@SkinnyEMedia
Жыл бұрын
Benoît Poelvoorde avait la même problème. Il est plus français que belge malgré son origine.
@Aukrenchi17
3 жыл бұрын
I want to visit Belgium! Beautiful country
@waso778
3 жыл бұрын
mwah it's a mess, Netherlands so much better. Maybe best country in the world
@rverschueren1659
3 жыл бұрын
@@waso778 : As a dutch, no the Netherlands isn’t the best country
@waso778
3 жыл бұрын
@@rverschueren1659 I lived two years in Utrecht, best country I ever been. I lived in more then 20 countries, I know what I am talking about.
@rverschueren1659
3 жыл бұрын
@@waso778 : okay and ? Everyone has their own tastes if he wants to visit Belgium let him, if you prefer the netherlands it’s you but that doesn’t mean that you have to belittle the country he wants to visit... I mean this is direspectful and I already visit Belgium and I agreed with him ! Belgium is a beautiful country.
@chrystianaw8256
3 жыл бұрын
@@waso778 no. Just no
@pindakaas6159
3 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 DOG ROZE. YOU WERE AT DONT WATCH CONTINUE'S LIVE STREAM!
@DogRoze
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah :)
@Yautjaz
2 жыл бұрын
0:58 😂👍
@Monkeegenesgroup
9 ай бұрын
Like Arnold and Stallone? Ok, we know Arnold is Austrian but Stallone is American? 😅
@Roos_the_artist
Жыл бұрын
Im from belgium
@LogiForce86
10 ай бұрын
Beetje erg over het paard getild na al die jaren. Weinig van het Belgische (Nederlands/Franse) karakter meer over gebleven. Triest om te zien.
@nadirhajjour
10 ай бұрын
Sounds like he wanted to forget the language..
@sda3082
Жыл бұрын
So he left the country at 18 and forgot his first language???
@carloschong2795
8 ай бұрын
He is completely fluent in French since it’s his native language.
@wettenenrechten
10 ай бұрын
Je vergeet je taal niet zomaar, tenzij je dementie hebt.
@SmokeTheSteak
9 ай бұрын
Clown. Je vergeet je taal wel degelijk. Daar is oefening voor nodig. Als ik super goed Frans kon vroeger en ik het 10 jaar niet meer sprak zou ik het ook niet meer perfect kunnen. Da's de logica zelve.....
@SkinnyEMedia
Ай бұрын
Nederlands / Vlaams is an easier language than German, for me because of the strong similarities with English / Engels. Problem is I don't know many Flemish or Dutch speakers since many of them < spreek groet Engels met geen probleem >
@Timbermannetje
9 ай бұрын
He’s both feminine and masculine
@Noutchka
2 жыл бұрын
Actually his French is perfect
@mrjblacc85
9 ай бұрын
I counted 6 Dutch words in total
@Adamski1987
2 жыл бұрын
Het is wel opmerkelijk dat hij Frans vergeten is vermits hij 2 jaar voordien nog vloeiend Frans sprak in een Franse talkshow.
@emiriebois2428
2 жыл бұрын
He still speak french bit we a lot of english words. Too much english for the french .
@guntertorfs6486
2 жыл бұрын
Hij wil neutraal overkomen door alles in het Engels te doen in de Vlaamse media en daardoor de Belgische taalcontroverse ( Franstaligen die geen Nederlands kennen / willen kennen ) te ontlopen.
@mrt8242
8 ай бұрын
I live in The Netherlands for 45 years and i still havent forgotten my native language.......twat
@wakinyanokiye
Жыл бұрын
Typical for a Belgian francophone NOT being able to speak Dutch/Flemish.
@Serenoj69
5 ай бұрын
Why should they. It is institutionalised: Dutch and French mandatory in Flemish schools, French only mandatory in Walloon schools. What to expect. As a Dutch I like Belgium and it seems to work fine over there. I do not see a problem.
@lugo_9969
6 ай бұрын
Do it in English like Stallone ? I didnt know stallone had any other languages in his head ?
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