The Amazing Timothy Doner

Timothy Doner looks like an average student in his T-shirt and jeans. But there is something very special about him. He speaks 20 languages. He doesn't speak all of them equally well, but he is very comfortable in many of them . He feels most comfortable with Hebrew , Farsi, French and Arabic . At any one time , he is studying three to four languages. 

    Videos of him are going around the Internet. In one video, he is riding in a taxi and talking to Haitian taxi driver in French. In it , he is telling the driver that he wants to learn Creole, a language of Haiti. In another he is speaking Russian with the owner of video store in New York, where he lives. In another he is speaking Farsi with the owner of a book store. He is asking a Farsi speaker for more information about that language. In other videos , he is studying Mandarin or discussing the similarities between Hebrew and Arabic with native speakers of these languages. He also speaks Urdu, Indonesian, Swahili, and Ojibwe and an American Indian language.
    Doner spends almost all his time trying to learn languages.To learn some languages , he takes classes . To learn others, he studies on his own. He always looks for opportunities to practice with native speakers. Sometimes he uses video chats to practice with native speakers in other countries. He uses other methods to improve language ability: He memorize the lyrics of songs or watches movies in other languages. He really enjoys himself. He thinks that language helps you connect to other people. When he speaks another language, he feels like a different person.

    Interestingly, he doesn't study Spanish. For him Spanish isn't challenging enough.

Herbrew: an official language spoken in the state of Israel 

Farsi: The official language of Iran 

Urdu: an Official language spoken in Parkistan

Swahili: a language spoken in Kenya and other countries of the African Great Lakes region 

Lyrics the words of  a song 

(1.1 ) The Present of Be  ( Be has 3 form in the present am/is /are )

I  + am  + from New York

He + is + from New York.

She + is + from New York. 

You are from New York.

They are from New York.

We are from New York.

Subject pronouns and most singular nouns can contract with a present form of be . 

(I'm , He's , She's , It's , You're , We're ,They're , Timothy's 

 I am surprised about Timothy's abilities. 

Timothy's an amazing person.

He's is very intelligent.

( We use a form of be with  ) + description , classification , location ,weather , reaction to the weather , place of origin , physical states , age, time , there 

1. description
2. a classification 
3. a location
4. a weather 
5. reaction to weather 
6. place of origin 
7. age 
8. physical states 
9. time 
10. there 
    

Timothy is smart

Mandarin and Cantonese are languages of China. (classification )
 

Haiti is southeast of Florida.(a location ) 

1. What part of Africa you come from ?  
2.  
   

It is warm in Haiti all year.(weather ) 

I am hot . Let's turn on the air-conditiong.(reaction to the weather)

Timothy Doner is from New York . ( Place of Origin) 

How old is Timothy now ?  (age ) 

I am hungry. ( Physical states) 

What time is it in New York now? (time )  

There are many language in India . (there) 

1. There are two official language of Cameroon are French and English.
   

 

 

Observe these pattern with the verb be 

Subject Question : 

Negative WH Question (Why isn't Spanish a challenge for Timothy ?)

Wh Question : ( Why is Spanish easy for Italians)

1. What is your native language? 
   

Affirmative Statement  ( Spanish is the official language of  Columbia ) 

Negative Statement  ( It isn't the language of Brazil)  

Yes/No question ( Is Spanish is easy for Italians? )

 Language Note : 

We don't make contraction with is if the noun ends in s, se, ce, ge, ze , sh ,ch or X 

example :   FFrench is one of Timothy's language ( Not : Franch's )