Idols have a lot of skills and those include speaking different languages: after all, they often release music in multiple languages too. But some of them really blow our minds with their multilingual skills, and we want to know their secrets to language-learning success!
GOT7’s Jackson
Jackson is more than confident in Korean, English, Cantonese and Mandarin. And a lil bit of French too.
f(X)’s Amber
Amber’s Taiwanese-American and so she can speak English and Mandarin fluently, as well as Korean.
GOT7’s Mark
He’s quiet most of the time, but he can actually speak Korean, Chinese and English should the moment demand it!
GOT7’s BamBam
GOT7 really have the languages covered: BamBam can speak English, Korean and Thai.
BlackPink’s Lisa
She’s a native Thai speaker, and she can also speak English, Japanese and Korean, the latter of which she taught herself through k-dramas!
BTS’ RM
We already know he’s a master of English and Korean, but he can also speak Japanese. (And sometimes some Chinese according to the video below).
2PM’s Nichkhun
We want to know what the inside of Nichkhun’s head sounds like because he has five languages in there: Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese and Thai!
EXID’s Hani
Hani can speak Korean, English and Chinese, the last of which she learnt in 6 months!
Henry
At this point we should just call Henry a genius, he can speak SIX languages: Korean, English, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese and French!
2PM’s Taecyeon
Taecyeon’s skills in Spanish are so strong, he’s even written songs in the language. He’s also fluent in Korean, English and Japanese.
2NE1’s CL
Having spent some of her childhood abroad, she’s got Korean, English, Japanese and French covered.
2NE1’s Dara
She’s considered the link between Korea and the Phillipines, because she can speak Korean and Tagalog, as well as Chinese, Japanese and English!
SHINee’s Key
Korean, English, Japanese and Chinese: Key really is an international wonder.
TWICE’s Tzuyu
She can speak Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese and Japanese – great for all those international versions of their songs!
NCT’s Ten
Ten is of Chinese ethnicity and was born in Thailand, so he speaks fluent Thai, as well as English from his years at an international school. He learnt Korean as part of his idol training at SM and now as a WayV member he’s been improving his Mandarin too!
Is this inspiring you to start learning a new language?
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