and that I can speak Czech

because in the comments under some of my videos or vlogs where I just mention Czechia a little bit

I often see comments saying like

How come you know about the Czech Republic? or, Are you studying Czech?

which I find really funny because I've never tried to hide the fact that I am Czech

but no yeah, I'm ethnically half Czech, I was born here

only half because my mom is Czech and my dad is from Peru, so yeah

the Czech language is my mother tongue, I learned it when I was little

first language that I ever learned

and honestly I feel bad for sometimes seeing Czech people on the internet that say that English is way better than Czech

that they like hate our language and stuff like that

which I can't understand at all, because the Czech language is so beautiful

not to say that poems and fairy tales in Czech sound better than in any other language

for real, I mean like poetry and fairy tales in Czech, I'm dead

it's really just such a lovely language

sorry I got carried away a little, but yeah, my first language is Czech

the second language that I learned in my life was Portuguese, specifically Brazilian Portuguese

it's because when I was small, my dad got an offer to work in Brazil, in Sao Paulo

and so, my whole family has moved to Brazil

and we lived there for like 3 years

so my sister, my brother and I started to attend a Brazilian school

that was called Colégio Sérgio Buarque de Holanda

and there, we learned Portuguese

yeah

to be completely honest, I don't remember that much from Portuguese because...

after the 3 years that we lived in Brazil we came back to the Czech Republic

so at that time I was like 8 years old

and here I didn't have the need to speak Portuguese anymore

because here everyone speaks Czech

everybody here speaks Czech, nobody speaks Portuguese so...

yeah, that's that..

I forgot the majority of what I learned in Brazil

but currently I am... how do you say it

I'm relearning Portuguese in university

I'm learning the European version of Portuguese, from Portugal

which is a little bit different from the Brazilian version

I so far still have the Brazilian accent

the paulistano accent I think, because I lived in Sao Paulo

*brazilian slang*

yeah this is what I remember from Brazilian Portuguese

I really like this language

I always say that I like all the languages that I can speak the same amount

but if I had to choose only one, it would definitely be Brazilian Portuguese

yup.

pardon me, it's just that I'm really hungry

the fourth language that I learned is Spanish

yes, although my dad is from Peru, I started learning it in highschool

and yeah,

with that being said I wanted to say that being biracial isn't the same as being bilingual

I didn't grow up bilingual

it's because when my siblings and I were little, I think there was no reason or time to teach us Spanish

and so we all had to learn it in our own way

for example my brother learned it in his job I think,

my sister did an exchange in Argentina,

and me well.. when I was fifteen or sixteen I started learning it in my highschool

and yeah, I immediately fell in love with the language

in this period of my life, also thanks to Spanish, I started to feel a lot better for being half Czech, half Peruvian

let's say a „minority“ in my country

me personally I like the Spanish a lot, it's a very rich language, it's really beautiful too,

and I, everytime I speaks spanish I start smiling because it just sounds really good

from all the Spanish countries I visited only Mexico and Spain,

in Mexico I went to Cancun, Yucatan and of course Mexico city

in Spain I went to Barcelona and Madrid

yeah, I really liked both countries

yeah I think that's it

finally I'd like to say hi to my teachers Marketa and Eva that taught me Spanish during the 4 years of highschool

for real, I couldn't imagine better Spanish teachers

so thank you for teaching me and...

for having patience

okay umm

the fifth language is...

*realizing how many „go“ sounds are in the sentence*

so the fifth language is Japanese

in the year 2018 I came to Japan for the first time, and I started making vlogs

that's the time were my channel kind of took off

I did a student exchange for 3 months in the Yamagata prefecture of Japan

but!

before going to Japan, I couldn't speak Japanese at all

and I was really nervous too

I was worried that by doing a mistake while speaking, I would say something rude by accident

and now too...

of course, right now I'm nervous too XD

thanks to having a host family in Japan, I learned the majority of grammar and new words from my host brother

で、

Umi thank you for teaching me

*thank you in Shonai dialect*

what else...

the life of an exchange student in Japan was really really nice

the nature of Yamagata prefecture as well as Tsuruoka city were really beautiful

what's more, I enjoyed every single thing from my Japanese highschool, to the after school karaoke sessions, or the summer break

well even though I say I really liked the summer

the Japanese summer can sometimes really be...

really hot as hell

what else...

of course, I would love to visit Japan again in the future

so I'm continuing with my Japanese studies in university

by the way my favorite Japanese food is Miso Soup

that's why my audience is called the Miso Soup Gang

and now, it's anime voice actor mode!

Yo!

Remember this will ya...

Before you eat your miso soup

Definitely...

Stir first it okay?

Trust me..

Stir it beforehand...

yep this is a famous quote from Umi

just like a silly joke...

(or is it O_O )

Yeah that's all, thanks for listening

okay my last language is Chinese

ok..

after my Japanese exchange I returned to my country

but merely spent 1 week in the Czech Republic

after that week I went to Beijing and started my Chinese exchange

I think I don't tell you guys stories about my Chinese exchange very often

but actually, my 10 months that I lived in Beijing were really, really amazing

I made a lot of new friends

I ate a lot of delicious food

and just overall experienced a lot of fun things

so I think a lot of my happiest memories were made during my Chinese 10 months

besides, I learned Chinese

even though I'm still not fluent, my pronunciation isn't perfect, I make a lot of mistakes and...

my listening skills are also not perfect

but I can speak at least a bit

I can ask how much something costs, I can ask for direction etc.

I just feel like Chinese is a very comfortable/cozy language (idk how to explain it really)

I really like Chinese

it also sounds super cool

I'd like to thank my two main Chinese teachers, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Yuan

they taught me and my classmates Mandarin everyday

day after day they'd tell us to study hard

they were really..

like in my entire life, I haven't met better teachers than they were

like for real

actually the one reason why I'd really love to come back to China is to visit them again, just to have a chat one more time

okay what else, what else...

I'm going to tell you guys a Chinese joke okay..

what is the name of the worst superhero?

S-pi-der-man (in Chinese the pronunciation is very similiar to a word that means "loser" :D)

okay, that's it, I'm out

and the Slovak language doesn't really count, because almost every Czech person can speak or at least understand Slovak

so I don't count it..