White Guy Gets Street Food in Rare Chinese Dialect, STUNS Locals
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- čas přidán 2. 02. 2020
- Today I went to NYC’s Brooklyn Chinatown as a clueless white guy and got food and chatted with locals in the rare Chinese dialect of Fuzhounese. They were totally stunned!!! This is Part 2 of our Fuzhounese adventure in NYC’s Brooklyn Chinatown of Sunset Park (8th Avenue).
It was a really fun prank and social experiment to see Chinese people’s reactions - both the waiters and the other patrons in Sunset Park were totally shocked! Then we walked around in the Chinese New Year parade and chatted with vendors and other people in Fuzhounese and Mandarin; their reactions were hilarious as well!
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is this like the weird and effective skin care regiment that a mom discovered and surgeons hate her?
I remember one New Year , years ago I was in holiday in the French Alps we got talking to some French residents they spoke very little English and us very little French ...hug the drunker we all got the more we understood each other 😀
I wish I had is knowledge unbelievable so clever...
Bruh you don't even speak fluently. It's cool that you can hold basic conversations but you're clearly struggling and repeating yourself a lot.
"Tiffany come look how you are a dissapointment to the family"
That’s what it sounded like 😂
Tiffany isn’t a family member actually, she is a neighbor who lives next door.
Shut up meg
@@Cresect Thats where neighbours usually live yes. Did you also know water is wet?
@@hotbaconbap6485 damn bro you got the whole group laughing.
When he speaks in Chinese and they respond in English, that makes me laugh 😂
I’m an Aussie living in Spain and I start every interaction in Spanish and they IMMEDIATELY respond in English 😂
@@charliewright468 Yep, we live in France and no matter how good your French is they try and speak- sometimes shit- English back to you!
@@charliewright468 pretend you don't speak English, my friend did that years ago in Spain. They then only spoke Spanish. He said he was Polish which ancestraly he was. Problem us niw more Spanish know good English and most whites do so very hard to practise Foreign language in Europe.
@@michaelstleger728 just reply back in French.
Same in NL. There are people I've met several times and they still respond in english even tho I'm speaking Dutch all the time lmao.
Can we re-title this: "Chinese speaking Spanish guy, STUNS Chinese speaking white guy"
*YES!!!!* PLEASE!!!!! 😂😂😂😂
STUNS the whole audience I would say
FlickTalk I think he does. It’s one thing to buy in china town, but to sell is harder. He had to understand them.
I live in Oakland, California & I know soooo many asian people that came here and learned spanish so that they can sell better. there's such a great mix of asian people going to hispanic markets & Hispanic people going to Asian markets/Chinatown here. its great.
D B You are absolutely right. In the restaurant that I work, there is a nice blend of Spanish and a Chinese dialect. Both speaking people have a good understanding of each other and work well together. I’ve even been brushing up on my Spanish since.
1:32 Love how she called poor Tiffany just so she could feel terrible, witnessing a foreigner talking a Chinese dialect she can't speak herself 😂😂
I love how excited people are that you can speak their language. Truly happy
Harshman Hills oh yea it’s great to see people that eat dogs and bats happy ....
need to learn honestly
HEAT SEEKER The corona virus is no excuse to be racist towards the Chinese 🤦🏻♂️
Corona virus.
@@HEATSEEKER00 Hate to break it to you but your ancestors did considerably worse things so that our species could survive, don't let a culture shock make you racist.
My grandma grew up with this Chinese lady when they were kids in Mexico and neither of them understood each other but they would have full blown conversations and based it off theirs moods and body language
Lol
I used to do that with an old Chinese lady that lived near me.
My grandma does the same with a neighbour... And both of them do not understand each other's language but they hang out the whole day talking non stop. 😂😂😂
Me and my cousin was exactly the same lol. Was able to play for hours with dolls ect without even knowing each others language x
@@ruwaang I know right😄
Shop vender: "Tiffany,come try speak Fuzhounese with this guy!"
Tiffany: "uH"
Shop vender: "she cant speak Fuzhounese." 🤭
she did her dirty
Rip Tiffany
more impressed with the hispanic dude at the end who literally spoke little but understood a whole lot lol
edward kim bro shit mad amazing I wasn’t so sure if he was Hispanic but when I went back I couldn’t stop laughing
I'm lolling.
They Lowkey really brought her daughter to shame her that she can’t speak Fuzhounese...
1:32
All Asians know she’s gonna have the talk later
That makes me mad because lowkey it’s the parents fault for not teaching their kids lol should be more shame on the parents rather than the kids.
Harry Works thank youuuu
She shame family!
It’s worse that it’s not even an another Asian kid, “That random white guy can speak it but you can’t? He’s not even our culture!”
Not even low key 😂😂
I wonder if he’s ever just started speaking Chinese to a Chinese person and got the “oh you assume because im Chinese I speak Chinese” response in English lol
FanaticalDrummer Lmao idk if it’s cuz im high but im crying rn🤣🤣just imagining
HAHA that person would accuse him of racism
Yeah, it is kind of true. Same thing is happening if you have vietnanese parents in germany while only speaking german. If you travel into other countries, people speak vietnamese to you all the time.
Well he is going to places in Chinatown, the people there are probably over 99% native Chinese speakers.
Or they were like Thai or Viet, Korean lol
as soon as he said “barato barato” i was like, “he’s not asian; he’s one of us.” 😂🤣
😆lol
LMFAO este nos pertenece
Some of my family members (we’re also Hispanic) look Asian too for some reason.
@@yin1079 ¡hay mucha desendencia asiática en México! personas cafecitas de ojos rasgados :)
Lmao
"$1.25" "Happy New Year?" 😂
Damn you're so far in the comments, i was desperate to find this one :'(
That moment killed me :')
I was laughing my ass off when he started talking Chinese to the Mexican guy lmao
How do you know he is mexican?
Dario Radio Mate calm down, it was just an assumption. After all, it doesn’t matter what race someone is.
@@rubensalamanca3909 Most Spanish-speaking people in the US are of Mexican descent. It's not a huge leap to assume. Relax.
But he understood! Lol
but you don't really know, maybe you think all oriental people are Chinese . lol
Imagine your Mexican and a white guy walks up and your thinking "alright cool, I know English he knows English it should be chill" and then the white guy walks up and says "你好嗎-...". I'd be like O.o
Lmao when I saw him I was like, hell naw that's a fucking paisa 😂
TheKrackenX42 😂😂😂😂😂
@@AnuragKumar-ri9ki you're mom
I get the same reaction from Hispanics here in Las Vegas when I speak some German.
@@SternLX Warum würdest du Deutsch in Las Vegas sprechen?
“Tiffany, come check this out!”
s b *It’s a trap, Tiffany! Don’t go!*
she’s getting shamed by her parents for not speaking it 😂
rip Tiffany
She's (Tiffany) was kind of cute. I think her parents were trying to hook her up.
every Asian kid knew what was coming.
Xiaoma: speaks chinese
Sword dude: ¿Qué pedo con este güey?
Hahahaha
jajajjjja
04:35 *"Clueless American guy speaks Fuzhounese with clueless Mexican guy"*
@TheWorldInMyHead LOL, who knows!? 😂😂😂
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Mexican person that could pass as an Asian person unless of course I thought they were Asian and never found out otherwise 🤔 😂
Native American ancestry is classified as Asian after all.
@MiG15 KW5053 the neighborhood he was in was Sunset Park of Brooklyn, which has a wide spectrum of immigrants that's inclusive of Chiense, Puerto Ricans and Mexicans.
Lmaoo
Your cover is getting blown more often-- but, I bet you could do an amazing series where you interview locals about their transition to America in their language, and what their most valuable lessons have been overall.
Yea the more popular he gets the harder it will be
I wish he would do this instead of just going around and pretending that he is going to buy something.
Time to grow a stach!
@@divern7229 He often does buy though.
@@MoogieSRO more so i think he always does? I havnt seem him not buy something.
You, xiaoma, are a peculiar flower. I've spent most of my adult life (16 years now) in the military. I've seen the world. I've seen war. One of the most universally unifying things I've learned in my travels across this globe is to learn and appreciate local cultures, nuances and languages. I say those are all one thing because in learning one, you inevitably learn the others.
The world needs more people like you, not less. I am glad and encouraged that I found your channel. Please keep being you, and keep making these videos? You are benefitting more people than you will realize.
It was so awkward at the end of the video. He just bolted out of there.
The reactions never get tiring.
True
It gets boring after some time
It gets boring and tiring. No other contents, eh?
Mage so don’t watch it??? No ones forcing you
Its boring i skip almost everything now same thing just eats and talks to people every time
Speaking Chinese to a Mexican is an Epic FAIL but he was acting like he understood 😂
Lol, can I practice my chinese with you?
him: Queeeee?
He’s Mexican?. How do you know that?. So ignorant man.
Brandon Falco Hahahaha you can smell the beans a mile away homie 😂
DUDE! help these people vote! its the best gift! you can give them a voice to help represent them!
Or they can learn english XD
He probably didn't.
Where they are is literally surrounded by Spanish neighborhoods so that’s why there’s people who speak both
Where is this located?
@@nelsongutierrez3370 sunset park brooklyn i live up the block it's basically a Chinese/ Hispanic neighborhood so lots of chinese here actually speak spanish. And living here you pick up a couple of mandarin or cantonese since most businesses are chinese owned.
Xiaoma out here being so in character he even spoke Chinese to a Hispanic merchant.
Dude u need to start putting the names/location of all these food places! I'm always near Chinatown and looking for new places to eat at.
Oh the area he's walking around is sunset park, which is in Brooklyn. That Chinatown is located in 8 av, but if you go further down to 5th av there will be Mexicans and Puerto Ricans too.
@@jasmineblossoms337 sup abby
@@jasmineblossoms337 Thank you 😘
bong water lmao go get some water 😂
@@jasmineblossoms337 yeah seriously! I live in Brooklyn, and i wanna know where the REAL SOUP DUMPS are
I’m so dead! “Tiffany try speaking fu- whatever to him... she can’t speak it!” 😂
I felt bad for the mexican guy. I would’ve bought the sword just to make him happy
Agree , they was kind of a bit rude to him.
Ikr
Fire Horse it’s rude to decide not to buy something? Wow ok 🤔
InDatParish nothing to do with not buying anything , it's the dismissive manner and the way they fobbed him off , you sound stupid
InDatParish I think it was because he asked to see a few then ask for a discount then proceeds to walk away.
I wanna see how many foreign people talk shit about him, when hes talking English, with subtitles.... That's a good episode right there
Matt Riddlemoser haha that would be class mate it’s a good idea
he just uploaded this
@@user-nf3hh8kn5r really?
@@TurtleSlapper17 the last video is just that
@@l3p3 it was just the one paart when he was getting his nails done LOL i know he can get more
"Are you Xiaoma?" So much for surprising locals
Seeing the smile on people's faces shows us how much everyone wants to get along. God bless us all! Love from Brazil 🇧🇷
It is amazing that your curiosity and self-improvement make so many people so happy! What a great guy!
Title should be "rare spanish vendor understood extremely rare chinese speaking white guy" lol
Bird Plan lollll
Hes not Spanish
Dude, you gotta interview the Chinese speaking Spanish guy.
Prescott S. Yes!!
I hardly think he speaks any Chinese. Us Latinos, we adapt to situations very easily, specially when it comes to making business, so he probably knew what was going to be the first, the second and probably the third question even when he didn't understand a single Chinese word.
@@tremolo664 I bet you're right. Thanks!
@@tremolo664 I second this
I bet he just guessed the question. He was clueless, then he started showing diff. coloured ones 😂😂
I adore his laugh... And his spirit and willingness to learn languages and connect with different cultures. It's beautiful really...
Also forgot to say, what your doing is inspiring for people, and you can really see in people's faces that they really like that you're respecting their culture and language. It's awesome.
"after you my friend!"
*enters first*
lol 😂
I love the automated subtitles telling me you're speaking "Cujo knees".
I LOVE your videos! Even though I don't speak Mandarin or Fuzhonese, I recommend your videos to my students all the time so they can see the kind of cultural connections you can gain just by learning another language. 💕
It’s awesome how many people recognize you from your videos, you’ve actually touched your community 💯🙏
I love how joyfully your speaking is received. People seem to really both appreciate and take joy in your efforts to speak their language
I notice the word "okay" seems to be universal 🤔
Also ketchup
Gabriel Aldwin not true, we call it catsup in Spanish
@@usagiprincess4387 or salsa de tómate
@@usagiprincess4387 nah, in dr we call it like that
Yeah it is
I love what you are doing! Sharing a culture that many Americans know nothing about. Laughter is universal and it’s so pleasant to hear them laugh with you as you learn. Impressive.
You've inspired me to finally sit down and start learning Japanese!
You rock, thanks for sharing!
Gygax lol hmu if u ever wanna y’all I speak a little Nihongo and I lived in Tokyo for like a month😭💯
Nihongo ga shaberu nano ka-random nihonjin
This is a good time to learn a new language.
@@shyn3872 Shyla - that would be amazing!
Can you speak Japanese now?
He's churning out these vids on a regular basis. Soon everyone in Chinatown will know him. No surprise anymore. "Oh ya here comes Shama(xioama)! Talk Chinese(picka dialect) to me! Plz funny American."
Zetasis this is in nyc
Zetasis did u read the comment or watch the video?? Lmao
Or maybe he'll get the Corona virus (this is a joke)
Getting a bit stale now, all these stunned, floored, flabbergasted and amazed locals. Must be a frenzy going on around town.
@@SharkMako Thats very hurtful , 490 chinese people have died and theres only 1.36 billion left
Last interaction was so funny
I know😂 and the thing was when xiaoma asked for blue, it looked like he was giving him a blue sword, but really he was giving him every colour🤣
Infection*
A lot of fun had with locals, but always with a respect. 👏🏽 And the delight in their eyes as you chat with them. Well done
I love the way everyone is so happy when you speak to them. Is it perhaps because you have made a great effort to learn their language????
It makes them so happy that a foreigner would take the time to learn their niche language.
I love watching their faces light up these videos make my day
genuinely love this series and the reactions of people
Man, it's heartwarming to see people know who he, watch his vids and appreciate him being there. Very nice. I'm sure Xiaoma made these people's day.
Hahaha the Spanish guy at the end that understood Chinese!👍🏼😂😂 gotcha!😜😂
their reactions really make my day better. love your channel man!
Idk that’s just so adorable.
Seeing people smiling cuz you know their language is precious)
I appreciate how you didn’t edit the video to show you speaking and understanding everything, because most guys would have you think they went out to practice but had a “perfect” go at it. Like they understood every word no problem.
he sounds like the voice actor for ratatouille when he speaks english but it’s so soothing
Nevaeh Sisneros bro why are you so dead on with that analogy
ITS REMY
You mean Remy lol
HAHAHAHAHA! Finally im wAiting for someone to comment it. His voice literally like remy
ロマン the hell are you talking about Ratatouille is an animated movie. With voice actors
Seller: $1.25
Xiaoma: Happy new year! 🤣
CAN'T STOP LAUGHING
I have no idea why I am addicted to these videos - thankfully there are subtitles - the reactions are awesome
I really like that you show the parts where you are unsure of what you want to say, since that is often the most intimidating part of learning a new language - being afraid of getting things wrong - but that's good!
I like how you order 2 Skewers and they give you guys one and your partner has it and you play it so well you took it out of his hands and then ask him if if He wants some😂
Vendor: that’ll be $1.25
Xiao: happy new year
Please don’t ever stop doing these videos bc I’m obsessed with them😌
I love his vibe man! This guy gets people together
I love how lots of the younger locals recognize you
oh my I just watched the first one and then this one pops up as just uploaded :D perfect timing! love your stuff!
It's nice, like he's a star for these working folk. I appreciate his ability to pick up languages quickly..
Thank you for your hard work and dedication that allows us to enjoy your videos.
0:25 your laugh💖 it tingles me! So cute and handsome while you speak Fuzhounese
I have a suggestion for a place you can go to! It’s in Brooklyn, it’s called “Lee good taste”, they speak Mandarin and Fuzhounese. (They have many delicious food, mostly chinese food)
You guys are all so sweet! I love your videos!!
i feel like he really brings cultures together. the big picture here is really quite beautiful!
我福州人，居然在CZcams上听到福州话，好感动😹
I think she wanted to set you up with her daughter..LOL.
I think it's so cool that you have so much confidence in language learning and also show your errors ^^
Keep up the good Work, love your vids! :)
Super talented guys…make a smile to the world😅😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Funny when the chinese man talks to him in english and the american white guy responds in chinese xD
Both are American
@White Vril White person = American (even though they are also emigrants and America is a continent not a country)
@@Maidaseu United States of America is the official name of the country and people call their citizens Americans. We’re not talking about the continent smh
That last part was hilarious, but I think he was just reading and reacting to your body language which is universal.
would not be surprised tho if he knew some chinese words when hes selling toys on chinese new years market
That's at least half of the total communication - when I went to Montreal I told the border agent I was there to steal but she guessed from my smile I meant to say "I'm going sailing"
@@monkeywash4374 Did you get invited to sit down and have a cup of coffee in their guest room? ☺
I watched the last part twice and heard that vendor saying no Chinese at all!
I love how nice they are.
hahahaha the final moment of this video is genius man, ty
The daily salary is $500
(wait, he's american)
I mean, $250
Still a decent paycheck I reckon
That's my monthly salary
Don't worry the Chinese don't act to you Americans as you do to them... you might not believe it but there is a possibility that it was a genuine error...
Flynn cheque* because people outside of the US know how to spell
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP QRSTUVWXYZ wowwwwwww what an informational comment. Can you believe there are different spellings of words around the world. I can’t. It’s just not fathomable. Now I gotta go fix my flat car tire that runs on gas. Weirdo.
2:08 Says after you my friend but goes through first lol
Just subscribed after watching so many and your food series are the best. I think when you share food and drink is the best. It brings people together so much and you seem to grow and enjoy it.
I honestly thought as he got more famous the less entertaining it would be but in actuality I LOVE when people recognise him and watch his videos 😃💖
The balloon guy: *okay but can you speak Spanish too? Keep studying children*
Food Man: How many?
Dude: One! Just one! one! Only one! Hehe!
Also Dude: Something got lost in the translation, I kinda wanted two.
Nice one 😏
this guy is so wholesome!! i wanna learn mandarin since a year ago, hope i can start it some time
I've been binge watching your videos. You're so talented. I've never been able to pick up a language the way you do.
You're so handsome!
Good job on living the dream!!!
5:14 no matter where you go you will always find a Mexican guy.
Barato, Barato! 🤩😂 cool!
I kinda feel bad for the guy looking for people who speak multiple languages to encourage the Chinese citizens to vote... like I doubt xiaoma is gonna apply.
$250 a day aint bad for some translating..
I think he will, maybe more for the experience than money.
I got ten years to learn chinese for the next census. Cheers.
I don't feel bad because clearly he does not speak Chinese
but maybe someone who saw this video applied or will apply in the future!
Bro I don't think you understand how dope these videos are lol. These need to go viral.
All these videos are extremely wholesome. But once in a while you get the absolute savage come in :')
Randomly pops up in recommendation and I am not mad at all
Does Xiaoma inspire anyone else to learn another language? I've been learning Spanish for a few years now but after watching these i'm just really devoted to fine tuning it so much more, I love the reactions he gets they all seem very admirable towards him and i've been in similar situations but they normally question why I decided to learn their language and it goes without saying it's just a great thing to achieve and these videos
Xaioma had the best way to learn a language. He fully immerses himself in the language and culture. He goes to Chinese restaurants and shops and speaks with everyone. Not only does he order food or ask for prices but has a short conversation with them. He's not afraid of looking dumb when he doesn't understand something or doesn't know the word for it.
Thing is he didnt just learn it, he was living there for a while. The immersion really nails it home.
Kevin Liang you’re absolutely right, if you don’t go to those lengths and if you don’t use it everyday you can definitely lose practice, that’s an interesting point you just made, if I know they can speak English then I tend to be more nervous about using Spanish because if I start going back and forth between two languages I do feel a bit foolish but there are a lot of times where people can’t speak any English at all but I feel like those situations are a lot better for me because it means I really need to focus and make more of an effort, to me I see a lot of respect in it especially if we travel abroad and we’re a guest in their country it’s not fair to assume everyone will know English and it’s really not fair on them to expect them to speak English, I’ve overheard a lot of Americans complaining and even causing arguments because the locals don’t speak English which is a terrible attitude! Instead of arguing about it they really should at least learn to say “I’m sorry I don’t speak... Spanish, Chinese, Polish, etc..” in the foreign language! If I ever struggle with a conversation I have a lot of quirky sentences that would lighten the mood in the situation, I normally say to them in Spanish “sorry my Spanish is still a little rough around the edges, I probably make less sense than Kanye West 😅” and they seem to get a laugh out of it!
Berstich absolutely, I have a lot of friends who have moved abroad for work and they have quickly became quite fluent in the language by using it every day, plenty of practice is ideal especially if you have so many people to try it out with, whereas if we rely on books or apps then there’s still that barrier there that holds us back from a real engagement with another person!
Cameron DUGMORE I respect that you’ve chosen German 😄 I’ve got German roots, my grandparents moved to the UK and the family tree just grew over here!
This is just a super joy to watch
The dopest part is how so many people he runs into speaking these languages watch his videos and recognize him (and the fact this guy makes videos For so many Different people to enjoy)
Don't mind me, i'm just looking for a Coronavirus comment
*coff coff* What?
C Es oh no
Same here
Same
Never felt so related with a comment before
Oh my Lord, you don’t know how excited I was when I could actually understand the words spoken in the conversation. This dialect is pronounced “Fu-kun-knees”, so I was slightly skeptical. But I’m kinda proud of him.
These videos are hilarious. The look on their faces when he knows their language is great.