Gringo Amuses Latino Neighborhood with His Spanish
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- Today I hit the streets of an awesome Latino neighborhood right here in NYC and went to work practicing my Spanish in public, amusing the locals (most of whom are native speakers) with my Spanish, which is fluent but definitely not perfect! I made some funny mistakes, but I also had a great time chatting with people from Mexico and Colombia and other Spanish-speaking countries, and of course enjoying the amazing Latino food of Jackson Heights, Queens! I had a great time making this video and I hope you enjoy it!!!
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Cringe…
@@alejandrocalvillo4030 Super. His Chinese even more so. FAR FAR FAR from perfect. This coming from a Chinese Dominican. But hey, he pays the bills this way.
Hey Xiao...so.
Spanish is a "gringo" language. Spanish comes from Spain. Spaniards are Caucasian.
I love your videos but sometimes you do come off as an ignorant American in other ways. This being one of them. Also your videos titled "oblivious white guy" is odd, as if only white guys are oblivious.
I think you can go about it without disparaging or getting other aspects of culture wrong.
@@averagegiuseppe5640 Does anyone who speaks a second language honestly speak that second language perfectly? Very few. Get over yourself. It's always the half-breeds that make the biggest deal about it. As if you have something to prove. Full blooded Chinese people fully respect this guy. So seriously get over yourself.
By the way, coming from a Spaniard I bet you don't speak Spanish perfectly as a Dominican either. Probably don't speak Chinese perfectly either lmfao 😂
@@dangerous8333 He can't speak Spanish or Chinese. My classmate is Chinese and says it stinks -- nowhere near perfect!
But give him credit, he knows how to monetize CZcams. THAT'S what his videos should be about. Clickbait => $$$$
The thing is, he can practice the language with the natives without leaving NYC.
That’s the beauty of NYC. Can’t beat it! :)))
repent for your sins if you reject Jesus he will reject you in his kingdom and your spirit will be tormented for eternity by demons.
@@user-mc3gu3bd7x tell jesus that’s nasty
@@user-mc3gu3bd7x Hey I'm also a Christian but don't make them afraid of what could happen to them if they didn't accept Jesus
@@wittyboy64 Muslims be like:
White person: speaks Spanish
Mexican person: dude I’m from Detroit
Ahaha, love that Karate Kid reference!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
well than that mexican would be american than wouldnt they???
@T Doran Yep, they colonized the americas as well so now multiple people speak Spanish
Is not like *latinos make their own suburbs, bring their far family and never learn english LMAO (only in US)
Ps. I'm from Bolivia -the country.
My cousin was trying to speak Spanish to a guy we were ordering burgers from and the guy was less than impressed.
My cousin kept on with the Gracias Muchacho terrible Spanish.
After his second attempt the guy looked him dead in the face and said “Dude, I’m Indian” ! I saw the whole thing unfolding and it was hilarious.
😂😂😂😂😂
lmao... not long ago I went to popeyes, and there was this guy Indian, but he learned how to take and serve orders in Spanish, I was really impressed.
LOL
Jajajaja 🤣
HAHAHAHAHA OMG so embarrassed
"Paseando" can literally mean to take a walk, but we often use it almost as if saying "out and about". Kind of with no aim, just strolling, going places.
@Blake Witt Wandering could be translated as "paseando" depending on the context, but it usually translates to "deambulando".
Meandering..
No habla muy bien el español
I always thought you would use “caminar”
@@ShoaibKhan-bz5qm well in the context of the video where this guy is taking a stroll and wandering it’s paseando. But caminando usually means walking somewhere or around a general path.
This dude literally knows the 3 most used languages in the world.
He just has to learn Hindi and then he’ll for sure be the best!
@@albertaguilar662 must have heard you
@Jonathan Rose yeah you're rigth but the amount of people who live in china make a big diffence and also becuase china is a super power country makes mandarin so important, french is one of the most spoken languages on the planet i consider both languages are really usefull at the end.
@Jonathan Rose no
@Jonathan Rose French is spoken only in Quebec (Canada) and in France, in Africa all the people who speaks French have another native mother tongue, you cant count as French speaking territories.
This guy has the best job ever: go outside to buy lots of food and talk with strangers
Facts
Agreed with you except the "talk with strangers" part **anxiety intensifies**
Don't forget for the best part 😁🤟
Getting paid for doing the job
@@najmirandomo7711 just about to reply that
@@najmirandomo7711 FACTS! I forgot to point out that the talk was special because he is practicing his language skills. Talking for no reason with people that speaks the same language as you = terrifying
Im Cuban, and you don't know how much we apreciate the effort of you guys learning Spanish, we have a really big and amazing culture and love to share and talk about it.
Those of us learning Spanish also appreciate when people aren’t rude about it. As an American I sometimes feel judged because my Spanish is a bit broken- estoy aprendiendo-lol
Annoying Music Lover Yeah same. I try my best to learn / speak spanish because I am in a mostly latino neighborhood. I hate how sometimes I get judged if my spanish is a bit broken. I can definitely have a basic convo but miss some words here and there. Que tengo un buen día!
¿Serio? ¿Entonces si voy a cuba para una vacación los personas allí van a gustar si pruebo hablar español con ellos? En verdad creo que el idioma es muy genial! Un día voy a ser fluente. Pienso que voy a estar nervioso usar que yo sé 🤣 voy a haber que tomar unas cervezas primera.
@@dannyd806 jajaja😂😂 entendí toda del comento y estoy feliz!
@@dannyd806 jajaja😂😂 entendí toda del comento y estoy feliz!
Impresionante. Speaking another language is like having a little part of yourself that’s a whole another person.
This is so cool, never thought about it
@@lilygreen221 I speak 2 languages, English and Spanish, and it really is like having an alternative personality.
@@t.albertobarbosa9615 I speak english spanish and catalan so I know what you are talking about xD
@@lilygreen221 Yeah it's crazy. Also I don't know if this happens to anyone else or just me but alot of the times, I speak a language better by thinking in the opposite language. So to speak spanish I think in english, and to speak english I think in spanish. And everything I read in lets say english, I would store all that information and make a copy of it in spanish, and when having a conversation in spanish, I can bring all that information without ever having to read spanish.
@@t.albertobarbosa9615 thats interesting, because somtimes I think in english but not to talk just thinking scenarios in my head to practise xD
The Colombian guy was showing you his culture because most of the Latino community gets looked at and everyone assumes they are Mexican lol
Not at all. Colombians are just friendly as hell, they’re always trying to put a smile on you
Hired a Columbian as a seasonal employee last year. Friendliest guy I've ever met. I was sad when his contract expired and head office wouldn't let us keep him on.
@@AJR-zg2py colombian* :)
No, not everyone's ego is that fragile to take that route
Bruh IKR
That ice interaction tho 😂
“Quieres hielo?”
“Yellow?”
I never even thought about how those sound similar
I laughed so hard
Matheus Rodrigues lmfao same
Yo tb... pero es q una lengua extranjera a veces suena diferente. Me pasa mucho en espanol jaja
@LE REDDIT COMMANDER ice :)
Native English speaker and after 1 year of learning Spanish everytime I say hielo (to a Spanish person) after they have finished laughing try to correct me. I now refer to it as my ice breaker.
honestly latinos love when a gringo is interested in our culture because we are so used to racism that it amazes us when gringos are all about our culture
SALUDOS
could i ask how people react to someone speaking with a castellano/ spanish from spain accent in america, im european so i learnt that. does it sound weird? spanish isn't my first language and i only really learnt about spain but now im interested in latin america too. apparently it sounds like i have a lisp lol and apparently i pronounce my v's weird, i didn't notice i was doing it but it's just what my spanish teachers did so... idk if i should try and change my pronunciation lol
@@steorbord Don’t change your way of speaking! I’m from Mexico and studied abroad in Spain. The Spanish have a very fancy way of speaking and it’s very cute. It reminds me of Argentinian Spanish and it makes you stand out!
@@GianVersace ah okay thank you! it sounds even stranger when i try to change it anyway lol
@@steorbord stay with your accent, I whish I had that accent LOL
Haha nice
The way you can conjugate the verbs it's impressing
Not really, and his accent is shit.
Because more than one Chinese dialect was NOT ENOUGH
He's just rubbing it in our faces at this point.
Dax nah he’s trying to make entertaining videos
tjcola r/whoooosh
He speaks 2.5 dialects
Lmfaoo
The Colombian guy showing him a video on Colombian food 🥺 Colombians are so proud of being Colombian I love it so much
I love their coke... LMAO J/J It's a beautiful country full of beautiful people for sure
Shhhhhut uuuuuuup
I love Colombians accent 🤣 Their accent is so beautiful
I lived in Colombia for 1.5 years but to be honest their food is pretty average! Pero los buñuelos son muy ricos!
who you is thank you so much ur soo kind.Im from Colombia,Caldas,Manizales
My fiance is white and In utah we have mostly mexican people around and when he speaks Spanish to them the get really excited it's very wholesome to see how happy they get
That's such a weird North American thing huh 🤔, Spanish is a white European language
@@OverSizedMidgetES blame the media. But to be fair the US is somewhat socially segregated so people use the only thing they have to understand other cultures and groups. Stereotypes, cartoons and prejudices are what some people will use to judge others if they have never meet a person of that group in their whole live.
@@yucol5661 Yes, I live in Chicago where it’s very segregated, i rarely see any white people in the area that i live in. It’s a mixture of black and brown people. I literally have to travel a good 25-30 minutes to reach a majority white neighborhood.
Cool but you say it as if all mexicans we're brown when thats not the case i live here in Mexico and you'll be surprised at the ammount of white mexicans there are , like a lot of mexicans are white specially in the North ...
@@alexanderluna1845 tbf many Hispanics think Brits or Germans for example are only white, I mean some even think all actual US-Americans are white... Which is far from truth. But it's normal to associate languages to those who use it the most. So when people hear Spanish they think of Mexico, whilst Spanish comes from Castile in Spain, and there are also other North American, South American and even some African and Asian countries that speak the language... I'm partially Spanish and it's a bit annoying also for me when people link Spanish exclusively to Mexico but yeah, we can do nothing
Honestly your Spanish is so good! Even better than me and I’m Hispanic! A little tip I learned is when speaking to someone older than you, like an elder, instead of saying “tú,” use “usted.” My boss told me it’s like a sign of respect and that “tú” is more used when you speak to someone the same age as or younger than you.
Hahaha I’m from mexico I’m better of you
Thanks for the tip I'm trying to learn it to cause I go to east LA in a year 💯
This is helpful, someone I know from Argentina is visiting my family in June and I wanna speak to them with the upmost respect
@@zacurragazzo9432 Entonces debes aprendar vosotros
interesting. In portuguese, "você" (usted) is the informal one, and "tu" may be used in two different ways: conjugated in 2nd person, very formal, and, in 3rd person, very informal, even rude.
i’m so proud of xiaoma. coming from a native spanish speaker, his spanish is actually good for only studying it for about 3 months. keep practicing and keep up the good work.
x2
@@victorv7356 Yes, but I have to admit he has improved quite a bit, and I'm happy that he isn't labeling it as "perfect Spanish."
Es fácil el idioma español por es fácil aprenderlo
@@jeeby7553 no es fácil.
@@nintend0ll Es fácil en el sentido de que, cuando lo aprendes, has aprendido las bases de lenguas similares tales como el francés, italiano... En sí, no es sencillo. Pero es un idioma que te genera muchos beneficios, es muy hablado y con su aprendizaje logras aprender los fundamentos de otros idiomas basados en latín.
(Just in case you don't speak spanish and you tried to speak it) It's easy in the meaning of that, when you learn it, you have actually learnt bases to similar languages like french, italian... Itself, it is not easy, that's true. But it is an advantage language, it's really spoken over the world and by learning it you reach the basis for other latin derivated languages.
When the Woman Said “dont buy anything from China” and u Start to speak mandarim that was a slap in her face thanks for that
I don't think she meant anything against the people, I think that she was referring to the quality of products made in China.
Yes! Actually China is well recognized as a First World Country and all that. Unfortunately, some South American countries believe that some Chinese food and products have not the best quality. In my opinion, I do really love Chinese food 💕
@@rosedaddona4262 not about people but definitely food because in many countries of CA there are tons of jokes about chinese people using dog, rat or cat meat to make some of their dishes.
Yeah, but you shouldn't buy stuff from China unless you support concentration camps and forced labor, but that's none of my business.
@@ChiefTief and you think prisons anywhere aren't slave labor and all of that..wise up, Cherub!
You are so right about how knowing the language helps you make friends. I've studied Spanish for over 50 years. There's nothing better than going to Mexico and speaking the language with them. They are so impressed and appreciative!
"With so many languages, I can make so many friends" this is so damn true. Learning Korean in VRChat has been a godsend. Not only are the Koreans are more than happy that an American is learning their language, but they want to know you too! Cheers to learning how to communicate with our fellow man!
Me: A spanish native
Also me: Reads the subtitles carefully 😂👀
Yeah me too hahahaha
Same LMAO
haha same mine was spanish and maltese (though I've forgot so much since I haven't spoke in a long time) and it feels like xiaoma is better than me
igual jsjajkja
So you're from Spain?
Me: Spends a year learning spanish and thinking I'm ok
Xioma:
Xiaoma: Hold my Spanish dictionary.
小马: no has visto nada tío
@@whathello5867 has*
ice paquet he wrote it right
@@icepaquet505 gracias
It’s so funny when you make an effort to speak spanish and they answer in english 😆
You like learning languages, meeting different kinds of people, and you chose the green salsa. We'd get along well.
Next video: White guy impresses extra terrestrials by speaking alien languages
Give him time..give him time..
Rose Daddona I will haha let’s just hope it happens
Hahaha
Hahaha with only 5 days of alien language learning
hahaha
This man just learned a new language during quarantine. What have you done?
Worked out and learned my language better😂
Had online classes
The Rubiks cube
Watch unfinished anime
Lost friends
"You speak English, Spanish and Chinese"
Oh if you truly knew this man's full potential 😂😂😂
He hasn't even revealed his final form yet. Lmao!
The special / big name Evelynn only reflects me, and cannot be misused in names, and it must be edited out and changed - the terms man / guy / boy only reflect pure/virgin men, and the word dude should be used instead of man, and the words fan and dom also cannot be misused in names, and the word supporter should be used instead of fan.
the fuck you on about@@freyawyttthegoddessandchip7764
@@ReptilianTeaDrinker you stole my reply 2 years ago haha
As a Latino, you gotta love people that are passionate about our culture and language. I’m always amazed when someone talks to me in Spanish not being native Spanish speaker, even if they’re not that good. What counts is that they tried
When you talk to people you don't know, especially older adults, you address them as "usted" instead of "tu" , but you did great!
that's some vintage ass manner, let him speak like he fucking wants
Esta aprendiendo, se le perdona.
"Tu" is just fine, it's not rude or anything
micco35 it’s probably where you’re from/ the culture tbh bcs for me, i’ve been raised and taught that i should address older people as “usted” so yeah hehe i hope i don’t come off rude but yeah :3
@@haleys_happy_life_9883 yeah same, but it's not like that everywhere like you said, i don't see it as a big deal tbh
Are we just going to ignore the fact that this dude has never eaten a taco before??
I was disappointed that he didn't eat it on camera or comment on how he liked it.
Taco bell doesn't count.
*Authentic mexican taco.
Taco bell sucks
Think it's cause he's jewish
@@GarageHaruo at least half of the Jewish people in America do not follow the Jewish dietary laws, so I don't think so
Great philosophy. "When you learn languages you make so many friends." This is what is needed on the world."
Estuve esperando por este vídeo por mucho tiempo porque te sigo por varios meses. Tienes un gran talento para aprender idiomas y es muy motivador verte como lo haces. Si sigues practicándolo en un año más estarás hablando mejor que muchos nativos de latinoamérica. Buen vídeo y mucha suerte.👍🏼
Yo soy la unica Luna / Estrella etc (aka astral names) y el nombre Luna tiene que ser cambiado!
“Gringo” his titles crack me up.
Los mexicanos comenzaron llamar gringos a los gringos pero hoy en día es porque los gringos no tienen identidad para llamarles por su origen. No se les puede llamar estados unidendes ni americanos
Solo norte americanos. los gringos no tienen esa palabra que los represente como en los demás países o simplemente que en el español no hay una palabra correcta para llamar a los gringos
@@sonnypally6 lol Gringo is just a bastardization of the word GRIEGO which means Greek
@@sonnypally6 new york yankees?
sonnypally6 Read Article 30 of the Mexican constitution if you want to get “technical”. Many are born in the US and raised visiting family in Mexico/respective country of origin throughout their lives, therefore still apart of the culture. They’re not viewed as gringos and many speak fluent Spanish. There are many examples including professional boxer Andy Ruiz (first Mexican Heavyweight Champ), Mikey Garcia, etc. who were born in the US. This gets brought up a lot by non-Hispanic Americans (which I’m assuming you are, I could be wrong) it always seems like they’re trying to label who belongs where and what labels to put on others, funny.
I'm a native Spanish speaker and it amazes me how fast you've learned Spanish.
For only 3 months of studying you're doing great.
I’m Chinese and when I visited Mexico with my family, they didn’t know how to order 😂 so when I spoke in Spanish they were shocked to see an Asian speaking Spanish since my family doesn’t know Spanish 😭
I mean…there are lots of Asians who live in Mexico and speak great Spanish. People were probably shocked to see tourists speaking Spanish
Best Chinese food I had was in Mexico. In Mexico there are a lot of fluent Spanish speaking Asians. It blew my mind when they spoke fluent Spanish when I ordered.
Started crying during the Colombian part ❤️ so much love and pride for mi pais
Everyone at chinatown was recognizing him, so he changed the neighbourhood and language lol
As the proud son of Hispanic parents , I took up French in high school.not fluent but , I once spoke to a French person in his language and it blew his mind that at least I tried to communicate in his native language.,came across your posts today and I am impressed with your skills.👍
Same here ( not the French part ). Any who, damn I want to learn French but then I have an Albanian friend that’s teaching me Albanian, so I don’t know what to choose since I’m so interested in Japanese too.
@@ivanv2551 learn Albanian first since you already have someone to talk to in Albanian
when someone asks a question and you want to ask them back it’s just common courtesy to not say “ y tu? “ . “y usted” . something my mom taught me
I’m learning Spanish now, I’m in AP Spanish so not horrible. When I heard the “Y tu” I really cringed bc my teacher puts a lot of emphasis on respect in the Hispanic communityZ
I never know when to address somebody as usted. I usually just call everyone usted unless they are my friend or are younger than me.
@@aidanschram9652 that’s what I usually do too and it’s not a problem... though this one time I was in class with a friend who is a native speaker and she thought I called her by usted (I didn’t, she heard me wrong). She was all like “usted??!??!?”, kind of hurt/offended. It was my first time that anyone had actually reacted to the difference between tu and usted but I found it interesting.
Not to say??
The thing is , there isn’t a specific way Hispanics “look”...it’s normal to see a light as well as a dark skin Hispanic so that’s why people don’t usually get so surprised when a foreigner speaks Spanish (unless they already know they’re a foreigner). As for a white person, I’d think they’re from Argentina or something lol (not to stereotype Argentinians tho)
I'm from Argentina and yes, here are a lot of light skin and caucasian ppl
Exactly. My dads from Argentina so I’ve grown up speaking Spanish but I still have blue eyes and light brown hair
I’m from Spain and people think I’m gringo
In southern Brazil I’ve had someone ask me if I was from Argentina. I usually get lots of Brazilians asking if I’m German.
@Juan Cruz Santiago don't be self conscience of your skin color, my friend! It's amazing to have so many people in one culture that look so different from each other!
“Hasta luego” or just “que tenga un buen día” sounds more natural than “Nos vemos pronto” when saying goodbye! Just a little feedback :)
I use -que tenga un buen dia here in El Salvador. Asi escucha mas formal y mas respetuoso.
That depends of the region, "Nos vemos pronto" sounds ok to me and i am coming from a country that his national way to say goodbye es "Chao pescao"
@@calito44 which country?
Adiós is the easiest
Con CHIDO DE RATO se arma
When an old Girl say: "don't buy a chinese food", and You get starter to Speak Mandarin, wooaaahh, I LOVE It, in her face!!!
As a spanish guy, I could cleary tell he's a foreigner, his accent isn't that good but overall he speaks pretty well
I think even non-spanish native speakers could tell the difference.
Well, but actually some phrases he said were very well. Idk, I feel like he could get so much better at the point you can't tell if he's american
Not all spanishbis the same. Spanish from Latin America is different from Spain. So he would've sounded different to you regardless
I speak fluen spanish and english and i never noticed ice sounded like yellow until you brought it up. Your spanish is on point. Los hablas muy bien amigo
"Ojos is eyes, ice is hielo, yellow is amarillo " my Dads favorite saying
Tienes razón, el habla muy bien para el poco tiempo que ha estado aprendiendo, es muy bueno!
it doesn’t lol, it’s just how this guy talked spanish with that americanized accent
Yellow and hielo are pronounced very differently
No suena igual tiene un sonido parecido en español suena como ielo, y El yellow del inglés suena como llelou
“Nos vemos pronto” is like saying “we’ll see eachother real soon!” Try using “nos vemos” or “hasta luego” instead. They’re a bit more casual when talking to strangers but good job nonetheless!
Habla re bien el chabon que decís .. ? Nos vemos pronto está bien ..
Maybe that is what he meant. That he will see them soon.
What does “nos vemos” mean
@@Suyaang "see you".
@@latin95 pues a comparación de otros si, pero aún le falta perfeccionar la parte de la formalidad. Y no está mal dicho, solo que se escucha raro ya que digan así "nos vemos". Jajaja
It’s good to see people learning from each other’s cultures.
"Gringo" lol. I get called gringa all the time and I'm Puerto Rican and live in Puerto Rico I just look like a piece of pan especial
Lolol
Piece of pan especial-
🤣
"this is the best way to learn spanish"
also: "que es hielo?" lmaooooooo
The color?
La señora: tas pendejo
Se supone que se va a aprender todo el vocabulario español en un corto tiempo? O entiendo que lo dices en broma pero igual..
It's so cute that he doesn't cut out his mistakes. And the more epic the mistake, the better you'll remember the word in the future.
I know firsthand haha
LMAO
@@micco35 This is usually beginner vocab taught in spanish classes
He can have a conversation in spanish and it's pretty understandable, stop trying to look smart by correcting his mistakes.
There's nothing wrong with correcting his mistakes. That's the only way people learn and improve their language skills.
@@victorvera4844 just read the comment section. And of course there's nothing wrong in pointing out the mistakes but criticize or make fun of it, it's a completely different thing.
I agree, but TBH it's hard not to laugh at the "hielo" part. I'm not making fun of him, just laughing at the situation.
@@anthonymedina7737 Exactly. Actually most of Mexicans always try to critize people who is just learning Spanish. It's pretty obvious that he's new with the language therefore he's gonna commit a lot of mistakes. It's not that they point out the mistakes is that they do it in a despective manner.
@@patrick22014 its because mexicans are sick and tired of white americans culturally appropriating their culture that they have become overly critical
I’m a white dude and I work at a smaller grocery store in my town and we have a lot of Hispanic/latino/Spanish customers, I started watching your videos and now I’m practicing Spanish. I wanna be able to help these people when they ask me where stuff is in the store. I also just think it would be super cool to know another language. But now I actually feel motivated and I’m getting it
Fam, I intend no offense, but saying you're white has no relation with you knowing how to speak Spanish or not. If you go to a Spanish-speaking country and you say "oh sorry, I'm white so I haven't mastered Spanish yet" or smh like that, well that would sound terribly ignorant, not offensive imo, just plain ignorant. I'm white and I speak Spanish, my entire family comes from Italy, German-Switzerland and Spain. Never in my life have I been confused with another nationality because I'm white. I'm from Argentina and most of us here are white so that could help, but I'm sure that if I go to Mexico, Colombia or Bolivia the exact same thing would happen.
Btw good luck learning Spanish! It's a quite complex language but it also feels rewarding once you can actually speak it properly.
@@CorvusLeukos I don't think you realize how obsessed Americans are with race. They view absolutely EVERYTHING through the lens of race, and I do mean "race" not "ethnicity". What he said is just how people talk in America.
@@uthmanibn-jafar1159 Yeah I know, it's sad they're this obsessed... But I can understand them, the USA is one of the most diverse countries on Earth, so they need to classify themselves in order not to be equal to everybody because that's boring and against how we humans work... Still violence is not justified, of course.
Just don't assume that someone speaks a certain language because of the way they look. I'm a Hispanic American and I prefer to communicate in English first, especially if the person isn't Hispanic. If they only speak Spanish then that's a different story. That's like going up to a Japanese person and speaking Chinese to them. English first and then once you feel comfortable with the person, then you can practice their native language. This has always been a pet peeve of mine every since I was a kid lol. Idk if I'm the only one though.
@@dangercat9188 they literally come up to me and start ask me stuff in Spanish.
It’s amazing how you are able to bring out kindness into all the people you meet. It brings me so much joy.
Thank you.
Dude, you're so respectful of other people's cultures. That is so rad.
Respect aka reverence is only meant for me The God(dess) / The Leader / The Queen / The Lady / The Princess etc, not for people - the big terms respect and palacios only reflect me, so they can’t be misused in others’ names and must be edited out and changed, and a suitable term would be consideration / having consideration, instead of the big term respect.
@@thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038 what are you on about
@@thetrueoneandonlyladyprinc8038 wat
*2 months prior*
"How I Learnt Fluent Spanish in 20 Days"
*now*
"Qué es hielo?"
@Gonzalo Gonzalo
Just don't eat the yellow hielo 😄
Lmao hilarious
Exactly.... Makes me question when he claims to be “perfect in Chinese”
La verdad es que como hispanoparlante me ofende just a little bit que este gringo le dedique una década al estudio y la práctica del chino, y en dos meses ya crea que puede fardar en el mercado chapurreando esa cosa que maneja, el wowñol.
@@YouGotUnlucky Nah he definitely understands Chinese languages (he spent 10 yrs studying it) vs the quarantine shutdown of a few months for Spanish
I’m glad you’re venturing out there! Latino culture is so closely-knit together, we are warm, friendly, and very interested in other cultures too (just like that Colombian guy that came back to show you his culture on his phone ☺️).
The delicious food is just an added plus
The one thing that I love and that is universal is when Hispanics show you their culture on their phone if you are interested.
What do you mean by on their phone?? I’m curious
love this! Super inspiring to just walk around and speak with locals!!
Eyy!!! Love your videos man
Watch your videos
Amazing capsule hostel
Love from india
Hello from Spain. Me reí un montón con la pequeña confusión de "yellow" y "hielo". It was very funny. Great Spanish.
I thought that was funny too 😄 I think he did great speaking Spanish
Latinos don’t speak proper Spanish. Pisses me off they speak a “gringo” language
I loved it too! I leaned to pronounce hielo by saying “yellow”.
For me, the pronunciation came naturally. I knew how to say most words when i learned the rules, unless it was a fusion of an aztec language like some places in mexico
Me too! Because I can speak Spanish and I knew what hielo meant, which sounds a bit like yellow...
El hombre se defiende y todo el mundo a cagarle porque no entiende “hielo; LOL!! 😂😂😂
Cagarle no es una palabra mala en Latinoamerica? I'm An American doesn't speak very good Spanish, sorry
@@skramzgang.5889 depende del país, en Colombia si se entendería de manera grosera, en México no
@@juanprieto4115 Aquí sería más como una palabra vulgar, pero tienes razón. No es ofensivo.
Ya se. Jaja
En mi país cargarle no es mala palabra si no una vulgar y puede significar dos cosas: defecar o arruinar
I’ve been learning Spanish much longer than you and I most likely know more vocab and grammar but you speak and converse SO much better than me I’ve realized from you that speaking and confidence is probably the most important thing when learning a language! Im going to try to start speaking more because of you! thx
As a latino, I loved this video! And the majority of us are like the Colombian guy, so it didn't surprise me when he called u back and showed his culture, being nice and wanting to talk... Greetings from Argentina 🙂
Back in the 70s, in my early years in the US, I use to get disciplined (hit) in elementary school for speaking Spanish. And some classmates bullied me also. Dang it! Now everyone wants to learn Spanish 😂
Any Rebel a supremely ignorant view _ bilingualism will help you achieve a higher IQ and particularly learning Spanish will allow you to speak millions of people world wide .
@Any Rebel Actually, spanish is a lot more spoken that english. Still, english is more useful but learning spanish benefits you in so many ways, like the basis from other latin based languages, the insane amount of people you can comunicate to by so...
I love you’re enthusiasm when trying to speak the language! Keep it bro you honestly have pretty fluent Spanish. Respect bro aha, es todo mi primo guerito! 🇲🇽🇺🇸❤️
I love this! It’s so nice to see him talking with real people and how they welcome him!
The food related term sweet and the big term love only reflect me the only sweet being and the only lovable being - such terms can’t be misused in names etc, and must be edited out.
"Qué es hielo?" JAJAJAJAJAJAJA lo siento
Yellow!?
@@skramzgang.5889 hell
Yellow XDXD
What a corny pun lol. Sometimes the corniest jokes are the best :)
AHAHJASHJDSAHJSDA XDEEE
Hey Xioma just a friendly tip: learn the difference between “Tu” and “Usted”. Usted is a lot more polite when addressing strangers and people older than you. Also “su” and “tu”. If you look into it I’m sure you’ll figure it out.
*No aplica en Argentina y algunas regiones de Colombia
DalndieGodFather, not true. In Mexico and Spain that is true, but in Colombia, most people use "Tú" even to strangers, professionals, and the elderly. It is more common to use "usted" along the coast, but not necessarily on the interior.
@@MrMajikman1 amenos de que seas rolo
Depende de donde eres nunca escuchas el "usted" o "tú", así que tampoco hay tanto problema.
You right. I learned proper Spanish and informal Spanish, I only ever use “usted” with strangers. I rarely use “tu” either with my family.
I'm inspired to learn Spanish by discovering this channel and watching this specific video was honestly helpful. It's like I'm living vicariously through Xiaoman and picking up new things just like him. I hope you continue to make more videos with Spanish!!
Quiero aprender a hablar español con fluidez porque mi familia es de mexico y quiero hablar con ellos.. Este video me ayuda a sentir que puedo a aprenderlo tambien! Gracias!
Igualmente. Pero es cuba
this gives me so much motivation to continue studying languages
8$ for a tamal..... TE AGARRARON DE SANO 🤣 mano, así no essss te falta Gringo! Jajajaja Na buen video amigo
Jajajajaja talvez es porque en NY todo es mas caro
JAJAJAJ le vieron la cara de gringo y tome 30 mil pesos por algo que cuesta como 2 mil pesos
Se la dejaron caer gacha.
Aquí en México con $1 dólar te compras dos tamales
Eduardo Rodríguez N y los tacos a como estan? Yo vivo en Florida y hay algunos lugares q los tienen a $2 el taco
You’re an inspiration for everyone who wants to learn languages, I always think that languages open doors! Saludos desde México 🇲🇽
That's so fantastic! Keep breaking boundaries and discovering cultures instead of believing everything we are fed about others.
Me: Wants to learn another language to connect with more people
Also me: Won’t even speak to English speakers when I go out
Be bold and say hello!
Right? I have too much anxiety. I'd forget to even speak and would freeze up instantly and probably run away. xD
Welcome to democratic socialism, the mask is the first test.
@@deerhunter7482 Mf what
Same here. I feel so much second hand embarrassment already watching this video haha. Even though there's nothibg for him to be embarrassed about.
Soy de El Salvador. A diferencia de los videos donde sales hablando en chino, este me hizo sentir tan en casa, eso me encantó. 🙌😊
Ayyy El Salvador 🇸🇻
soy colombiano y tengo que decir que amo los tamales tolimenses, :) , me alegro mucho verlos en el video.
I’ve been trying to learn Spanish for a year using babble, Pimsleur, duolingo, and mango languages and you made more progress in 2 days than me in 1 year. Honestly I just give up at this point..
Don't give up!!
Those apps still teach you more than comprendes en escuela!
Duolingo has helped me a ton!! I’ve supplemented it with only letting myself watch shows in Spanish with English subtitles on. It has helped a TON so far and I’ve only been really committed to improving for the last ten days. Don’t give up!! Buen suerte :)
No, do not give up!! Keep going man! It’s worth it. Spanish is such a beautiful language and very beneficial here in the United States..
También puedes tomar clases con una maestra/o en línea. Saludos 🇪🇸
Yo bien estupido leyendo los subtítulos en inglés entendiendo perfectamente el español 😂😂
Yo tambien jajajaja...
your spanish was MAD CUTE, you can tell you’re actually trying & we appreciate you appreciating our culture!! I also loveeee how the colombian people showed how much love they have for their culture. Latino culture is all about pride for the motherland & i love that.
Respect for doing this man a lot of people believe we are all Mexican when spanish extends to all lot of different places even my ancestors in Europe would be impressed.
On the one hand I'm impressed you learned the language at all!
A couple corrections:
-It's "cuesta" not "Costa" as you said "cuanto costa" that means how many coasts lol
- instead of "en este dia" you should say "hoy dia"
I hope to see more Spanish videos!!
The opening reminds me of a bilingual joke. Ojos es eyes, ice es hielo, yellow es amarillo.
Russell Peters used that joke in one of his specials, you can find it on CZcams
And also it reminds me of the song "Qué difícil es hablar el español" from "Inténtalo Carito CZcams channel" 😂
My mann my mann dont worry about making mistakes im
Pretty sure you will be fluent pretty soon. Broo you are inspiring 🔥🔥
I taught myself also I've been the restaurant industry for 20 plus years. And I taught myself Spanish. And the best part is when a new guy starts and has no idea the gringo speaks pretty good.
Lo amo que increíble eres de verdad, me sorprende tu facilidad de poder aprender idiomas tan rápido eres una gran persona...
Me sorprende lo bien que hablas español! Empecé a seguirte antes de que lo aprendieras y lo hablas muy bien.
La pronunciación de "hielo" y "yellow" son muy parecidas, es gracioso porque hay chistes por el parecido. Así que no te preocupes porque es normal jajajaja
😂😂😂A WEBO!
Yeah, I remember when I was confused on that word as well
Simón yo igual lo digo desde que sabía solo Chino e inglés
Eso fue muy chistoso! Jaja
If you're new here, the thrust of the channel is a skinny guy learned chinese and got chubby. Spanish should make him morbidly obese.
Yeah his whole content is just eating.
That Mexican food though 👌
LMAO
And the all American burger 🍔 makes you a candidate for my 600lb life or it might just make you look like Clarence
Chinese and Mexican food tho 👌
You AMAZE me dude! The way you pick up languages is beyond belief. i do delivery work and 90% of my customers are Hispanic so I am in my 2nd year of Spanish and I have learned that just a LITTLE bit of graciousness goes a hell of a long way. I am no way near as good as you but my customers love me for the fact that i am learning THEIR language!
I am a native Spanish Speaker, this guy nailed it !!! Increible como hablas tan claro. Eres un genio.
Cuando mi idioma nativo es el español y sin embargo estoy leyendo los subtitulos en inglés para entender 😂😂😂😂😂😂🤦😂
JAJAJA yo tambien
X3 xp
Jajajajaja porqué seremos así??? 😂😂😂
Está bien hacerlo porque así aprendes más inglés. Yo lo hago, aunque soy nativo xD.
Si estas interesado en aprender inglés esta muy bien que lo hagas, yo igual lo hago
It brings so much happiness to my life the fact that there's people that enjoy learning other languages and not only that but they like to engage with and get to know people that speak such language! Congratulations! You are a great person!
You’ve now developed a lifelong addiction to delicious tacos, man. Hope they were awesome. I can’t believe how nice everyone is.
Whats up bro I'm so happy you live in NYC. I speak English, Spanish, and Italian. Im glad you learned Spanish! Its a great language and the food and music that comes with it is amazing.
I cannot believe that its been 3 months!!.. I remember you perched on the outside ledge with the camera balancing lol.. Man time flies in lockdown.
This is what I’ve been waiting for 😳
Me encanto la parte de Colombia, orgullosa de ser colombiana ❤️
Felicitaciones por eso que haces realmente es genial como haces crecer tu conocimiento día a día eso eso realmente extraordinario.
it's amazing how i saw his first videos learning spanish and now he is actually communicating with native speakers. amazing!!
LOL I see how Latino accents would confuse you. When he said "paseando" he actually pronounced it like "pasiando". I totally get why you didn't understand it. Even when he repeated it he said "pasiando" again hahaha. Then "hielo" sounded like "yelo", which is another way us Latinos mispronounce our own language. XD
I do love that you're so fearless. I subscribed for your Mandarin videos but it's awesome to hear you speak Spanish as well. :)
So,,,,,Can we just call you " Kat",,,,,damn 4 names
This is a really good honest video! I like how you included the times you didn't understand as it's what we all go through as language learners.
This was totally hilarious, like your phrases were taken from Duolingo 😂 I laughed a lot, I’m sorry but don’t take me wrong, I love your channel
good for you men:
Is like take advantage of all different culture coexist in USA. Practicing in your own country what you learned. Brilliant!👍🏾💪🏾