Barack Obama does not speak fluent Spanish. He has released various ad campaigns in Spanish and has otherwise spoken in Spanish on television many times, but considers himself to be monolingual.
Read more below to find out about what other possible languages Obama speaks, how native speakers rate his speaking in other languages, and presidents who were multilingual. As for other languages, Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and lived there until he was six, when he moved with his mother, Ann Dunham , and stepfather, Lolo Sotero , to Jakarta , Indonesia.
For four years, when Obama was in 1st grade to when he was in 4th grade, he lived there and attended Indonesian-language schools, and became fluent in Indonesian as well as his native English.
Trump and Hillary Clinton's speeches showed the greatest variation, suggesting they may work harder than the others in tailoring speeches to particular audiences, Schumacher said. In terms of grammar, none of the presidents and presidential candidates could compare with Lincoln's Gettysburg Address — an admittedly high standard, with grammar well above the 10 th grade level.
The current candidates generally had scores between 6 th and 7 th grades, with Trump just below 6 th grade level. President Bush scored at a 5 th grade level.
Granted, Obama has not lived in Indonesia for nearly 40 years, so his Indonesian is probably a bit rusty, but with a sister who is half-Indonesian, I imagine his Indonesian has been used more than a few times since his life in Indonesia. Speculation is of course prone to being false, but I have to say that I would be shocked if the Ambassador was wrong and the Senator's Indonesian was not passable. November 5, am. November 26, am.
According to Indonesian President spokesman, President Obama can speak using Bahasa Indonesia fluently without foreign accent. He plan to visit Indonesia in or December 18, am. People, it's called modesty. Fluency in a second or third language does not come easily. The question is, what do we mean by "fluency"? In my definition, fluency is being able to speak just like the natives and that takes at least years while living in the country of the language you're learning.
How many of us can speak like native speakers in a language that is not our own? In the context of Indonesian, formal, government language is probably the easiest to learn for foreigners. It is bounded by rules, so it is easier to study and understand; by that, I mean, the formality of it meets the expectations of foreigners who are trained to think in correct grammar.
However, informal, conversational language of Indonesian is a lot harder for foreigners because there's a spontaneity to it that cannot be learned by textbooks. Not all foreigners can handle conversing with Indonesians because the everyday language of Indonesian is always developing, very fluid. I'm proud that my president, Barack Obama, can speak conversational Indonesian. I'm sure it would be hard for him to keep up with the language because there is no use for it here in the US, but the fact that he has family members who speak it fluently adds much to our assumptions about his comprehension skills.
I'm also proud that he can speak an Asian language. Indonesian has no connections to English, which actually makes it harder to learn English and German come from the same language group, so it is actually way easier for Americans to learn German. December 21, pm. Barack Obama might speak Bahasa Indonesia better than some indonesian, as i consider most of indonesian are bilingual, but it doesnt mean that all people can express everything in indonesia and even to talk about politic.
Indonesian who can be claimed to be able to speak fluent indonesia is a person who is rich with vocabularies and can respond question spontaneous, and of course most of people who atttended indonesian School. So Obama might speak better indonesia than indonesian people who live in the remote Kampung. January 8, am. January 15, pm. I met him during his early rally in San Francisco in September 7, Kemala Harris and women coalition were there to endorse him.
This was the time where not all Americans knew who Obama was. After delivering his speech, I came to the podium where many others flocked. I was very curious from early on after reading his books to try his Bahasa Indonesia.
I speak Indonesian myself. I just simply called "Mas Barry, apakabar? Mas is a Indonesian word to use to call older brother. Sure enough, Mas Barry immediately looked at me with surprise everybody spoke English and managed to shake hand with the superstar.
It was indeed short conversatin. But I was happy and impressed after this conversation. Thanks especially to commenters bloon and Peter Phwan.
I've written a follow-up post here. January 24, pm. But I think it should be "Saya gembira bahwa…" instead of "Saya gembira yang…" since bahwa is a complementizer and yang is a relativizer.
January 25, am. Sundanese language is spoken in West Java among Sundanese people that's including myself , around Bandung and nearby cities. January 28, pm. In many interviews with Maya Soetoro Ng that been broadcasted on some TV programs, she clearly stated that actually Obama still can speaks Bahasa Indonesia quite well. Especially for simple daily conversation. She once mentioned during the interview that she was actually surprise also when one day, Obama called her and said " Maya, sini, sini, pijat sini" while pointing at his back.
Means "Maya, come here, massage here". And then when Maya gave him massage on his back, he commented again in Bahasa Indonesia "Wow, tangannya kuat sekali ya.. So I believe, he is not only able to greet people in Bahasa Indonesia, but for some other words also that use on daily conversational.
Anyway, I am Indonesian and I am big fan of Obama, so I am really excited about on how things really connected. He is absolutely a President for everyone… :. Memoria press reports that Tyler studied classics under a Scottish preacher named Donald Robertson. Next : This president quickly caught up even though he was late to learn another language.
He was an older student, but he graduated with honors. James K. Polk got a later start on learning multiple languages than some other presidents. But he quickly made up for it. But he rose to the top of his class nonetheless, and went on to further his education in Latin, Greek, philosophy, logic, literature, and geography. Polk then attended the University of North Carolina, where he graduated with special honors in classics and mathematics.
He also learned Latin and Greek in his youth. James Buchanan also numbers among the presidents who learned Latin and Greek in their youth.
Buchanan received a formal education beginning at an early age. He later attended Dickinson College, also in Pennsylvania. Next : This president specialized in ancient language at prep school. He was another president who received a classical education. You can also count Rutherford B. Hayes among the many presidents who received a classical education.
Hayes went to local schools in Ohio, and then went on to study at a preparatory school, where he actually specialized in ancient Greek and Latin. He graduated from Kenyon College and went on to study law at Harvard. Next : This president used his language skills to develop a strange party trick. He could write in Latin with one hand and Greek with the other. What is unusual? Supposedly, if asked a question, he could write the answer in Latin with one hand and in Greek with the other.
Next : This president could carry on conversations in classical languages. He was proficient but possibly not fluent. Stepes reports that Chester A.
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