Chinese Friend Doesn’t Speak Chinese, but I Do! (Waiters SHOCKED)
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
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1:17 Waiter thinks my friend can speak Chinese but only I can
3:41 Free soup when I speak Chinese
5:25 Mormon missionary surprised when I speak Chinese
6:43 Street vendors shocked that only white guy speaks Chinese
8:30 Chinese guy does not understand vendor’s Chinese
9:25 Haggling for vegetables
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no
@@littlebitofhope1489 humans need moneys not jobs.
Loved this video
Did it, thanks!
I can only imagine how this must feel for Chinese Americans who actually don't know any Chinese.
Yeah, it sucks. My wife is encouraging me to learn since I’ve always wanted to but my dad never taught me.
Yeah. It shows that you don’t have to be a native to speak like one
Well, I don't speak Irish or Scottish Gaelic, so why should Chinese Americans speak Chinese?
@@cindykq8086 well I mean, I wouldn’t force anyone to learn but you gotta admit, being bilingual is a pretty helpful skill, not just for those around you but for yourself as well.
@@Prophet_Of_Pantsit reduces Alzheimer’s
Lol his acting was so good I thought he actually didn't know Chinese for a minute. I thought I was tripping because I swear I heard him speaking chinese in another video
Dude, you're channeling me and I'm not even dead! My brother once asked "did you know the word 'gullible' isn't in the dictionary?" I answered "really??" to my eternal shame.
You can see a couple times he slips up and replies to someone who’s speaking Chinese! It’s very difficult not to!
Can you not read the title? How can you second guess yourself when you already knew what the video was going to be about? 🤣
@@donotcareatall it isn't revealed that vincent knows chinese anywhere in the title or in the video until ari tells the waiters
so aggressively wrong lmfao
@@roccolucente6152 “I swear I heard him speaking chinese in another video” mf knew it’s the same guy but decided to continue sounding moronic for likes 🤦♂️ y’all need to do some puzzles together obviously because dude can’t put two and two together
I love when Ari is explaining in Chinese why Vincent can't understand Chinese because he grew up here and Vincent says "yeah" in agreement! 9:03 You almost blew your cover, Vincent, if the lady had caught it (and spoke English)! 😂
Also at 3:57 he responded to the guy speaking in Chinese
It happened a few times by they didn't pick it up, too busy being confused 😅
5:35 Vincent responds to Ari saying he can't speak chinese, in chinese
I love those extra touches, well done Vincent!
Instead of ari just saying “just kidding! He actually can speak Chinese!” they should start just conversing in Chinese in front of the vendors/waiters lol
Vincent's subtle hints that he knows what's going on when he responds in English to a Mandarin question or sentence 🤌
True, but ppl who only know basic Chinese are able to respond and understand when to respond. Like me, I am Cantonese. But I can guess and respond to some Mandarin words in English (I'm actively learning Mandarin now tho) is possible. I try to do that too out of politeness in engaging in basic conversations.
I guess if we're talking about a scenario where it can also apply would be: I am trying to say that there are ppl who will say they don't understand the language even when they can understand basic words, bc for them it's not considered enough to be able to say they know the language.
I really appreciate these collab videos, and when they shared their first meeting video I didn't know Vincent was acting/it was staged!
ik lol, ppl didn't pick up on it. it was funny, i couldn't tell if he was doing that intentionally or without realising what he was doing
These are the good kind of pranks. Harmless fun where everyone gets to have a laugh.
Well, you get tricked then. The staff of the restaurants were only pretending.
@@piorism Only the restaurants. The street vendors weren't in on it.
@@meoka2368 Yes, and ? It's still deceiptive, hence not trustworthy. Even the title is fake. At the very least the disclaimer should be at the begining of the video, not after the end credits.
I was juuuuuuust thinking that. spreading good vibes...no one feels like a sucker or they got punked.
@@piorism Its because he’s been there before, they remember him, he wanted to show his friend good places around nyc
Vincent is such a good sport for putting up with the stereotypes! Hahaha, this video was awesome.
But he does speak Chinese
@@bigboicremehe already knows that, he is just saying he is good for pretending not to know Chinese
This was a great joke which went over well! "I don't look Chinese but I speak it, and my friend who looks Chinese doesn't".
That one lady calling him naughty had me laughing!
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE! 😂😂
😆😆@@mattnobrega6621
Even though I know this particular friend is only pretending not to know Chinese, I think this video is a good reminder that we cannot assume the languages a person speaks based on their appearance. I have a Chinese-American friend who was transracially adopted into a monolingual English-speaking white family, and doesn't know any Chinese, but is highly fluent in Spanish and Arabic. People never expect that. I am white and have a Black friend who is Afro-Latino, and when we speak in Spanish, people are always shocked to see a white and black person speaking Spanish. Our world has reached a level of globalization where we can no longer rely on ethnic appearance as a predictor of language knowledge.
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true but it’s just natural to assume that the chinese man would speak chinese you know
Assumptions are generally correct even if its a a negative prejudice
@@juicemanjosh4686 but who is a Chinese man though? You can't be "Chinese" by looks, only east Asian. Sure some people might say that they know how Chinese or Korean or Vietnamese person look different but in fact there's about as much difference as between white people. What's the difference between Polish and Russian? Or British and German? Or American and European white people?
Essentially none. You could also assume a white person would speak English, but good luck finding someone who knows even one English word in south Europe, or in France, or Belarus.
I'm full Mexican and I'm European looking they are in awe but then. They will ask if I'm from Jalisco where the majority of Mexican look white
I like that he usually buys something from the people he messes with/talks to, it feels like a fair interaction and supporting local business :)
He also gives them a plug in the video itself, with name and address, if they agree to it.
Lady (in Chinese): "he looks chinese but doesnt understand any chinese."
Vincent: Yeah.
I'm not religious, but I really like how the missionary said "everyone's welcome"(to church) when Xiao said he was Jewish. I think it's really sweet.
yeah i really liked that too. reminds me of my piano teacher. very devout christian but doesn't make you feel pressured if you are of a different religion or not religious at all.
I don't care about your religion. Come anyway lol yah classic Christians. "Sweet"
@@piusdoe8984this would make sense if he was trying to force them to come to church instead of saying “would you like to come to church” and “everyone’s welcome” and then leaving afterwards
@@piusdoe8984 I tip my fedora to you, good sir.
Everyone's welcome to be indoctrinated into a hate cult? Sweet!
Hahahaha. I loved it when Vincent couldn't help but respond to what they said in Chinese, but in English. Like at 9:00 when Ari says that Vincent grew up here and doesn't speak Chinese, and Vincent's like, "yeah." hahahahaha
Same thing happened around 4:10 when the waiter said "sorry I thought you looked Chinese"
@@chase6223 omfg that ones even better cause he directly replies to the guy who spoke Chinese to him hahaha
I’ve seen so many times in life and on here how excited ppl are when not only you speak their language but at least try to… it’s like the greatest handshake because it shows a great acceptance of them and respect for their culture. So anyone wanting to take up a language you won’t be laughed at in a bad way if you make mistakes you’ll make a good friend!
unless youre learning french :/
@@SayfwayOr English 😂
@@pika6238 True. A lot of Americans are very rude to foreigners who haven't mastered English. :(
Spanish too if you’re around Mexicans. Maybe if someone doesn’t look Mexican they’ll be nicer towards you, but as a Mexican myself who doesn’t know much Spanish I’ve lost interest in learning it because almost every time I try using it other Mexicans look at me all weird and make fun of what I’m saying.
I love how excited he is in videos 😅 Makes we want to learn Mandarin even more!
This kind of enthusiasm makes the world go round!
Whats so special about little oranges that you wanna learn about them
Kinda sad that most of this video is fake and mostly an AD
da vid just dropped tho
@Dsyelcix he did at the end. You could tell they were acting, and thats probably why in post edit he kinda confessed.10:20
These videos never get old. Xiaoma is going to run out of people to talk to who don’t know who he is.
That's why the two restaurants at the start knew already and were just pretending
@@chrisnorman1902 interesting, how you know ?
@@MageAtYou he says it at the end of the video
Because he did a video with this business when they operated a food cart where he works the food cart for a few hours
10:20 Because he said so….
This was one of my favorite videos. The sheer shock when they think Vincent can't speak Mandarin and you translate for him is hilarious! Please do more of these videos. 10 minutes was not near enough time.
This is such a funny idea. I could watch hours of this type of interactions!
right? i saw a comment abt this on his last video with this guy, it was such a good idea, glad they did it
Totally agree!
Must have been hard for your friend to pretend he didn't understand what the waiters were saying and then have you translate.
He slipped up a few times and nodded yes when they said something in Chinese
@@jdbergan saw that. That's funny.
@@DoubleDsDeliveries They were in on it anyway so it didin't matter, not good content
@@Bebtelovimab but that could be explained when she says "ah yea ah" and he is just "yea yea"
@@Bebtelovimab just a guess ofc
I love that all the ladies basically have the same response of "Oh, you scamps!" Glad everyone got a good laugh out of this 😄
This was a great video! Vincent has a good poker face for the "I don't speak Chinese" card. You two should do this again soon! 😀
Way better than Ari that can't help but laugh at every look he gets 😂
Ari was was too nervous to keep the prank going for longer than 30 seconds 😂
LDS missionaries get a full immersion. There are SO many languages taught in Utah. My uncle is 7’2”. He was sent on a Chinese mission in the 70’s. You can imagine the shock of seeing him speaking Chinese asking if people wanted to learn about god. I learned 4 languages in Utah. It was not hard to have people to talk too. I don’t recommend people trying to say bad things in another language there about people. Almost everyone is bilingual. Or used to be when I lived there.
that's pretty cool actually
I have a ton of respect for LDS folks. Almost every one of them I know is a really fantastic person, exceptionally kind and friendly, loyal to a fault, and generally joyful.
It really is a damn shame that Joseph Smith was a fraud though.
Is he related to Shawn Bradley? Lol
That would be a good video. Have Xiaoma go to Utah and find people to speak in every language he knows. Maybe at BYU foreign language department?
@@choreomaniac he could go to Temple Square also. They have missionaries from around the world there. They try very hard to be able to answer questions to anyone who may have them. Without a language barrier.
Enjoyed this video! I’m like fake Vincent, you highlighted my daily struggle - ABC who actually doesn’t speak Chinese (my mom speaks Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese). Plus I grew up in Chinatown and moved to Flushing, so your content covers two neighborhoods I lived. Thank you for highlighting 456! It’s the restaurant I initiate all my friends with soup dumplings at!
U should learn then
Interesting! Are you able to understand small words and respond to some basics/guess the words?
Try learning or stay with the struggle 😅
This was great! I'm glad you and Vincent did something fun together! I'm so jealous of how much fun you guys are going to have.
This was hilarious…you should do this more often 😂
I love to lul at fake videos too!
honesty super rasist
@@dm4226 How? Spell it right next time-
@@IAteYourPaper so me being a white guy I can go up to any Chinese looking person and say speak some Chinese.
dude the first guy was so genuinely NICE it was funny ... and the way how he kept looking at Ari and being confused as to why his friend didn't speak chinese🤣🤣🤣🤣
Oh, so this is Vincent, the guy who Pranked you! It’s cool to see you guys working together.
Pranked his brother, not him. Their previous encounter where Ari "tricked" Vincent was staged, too. They're friends.
growing up in the 1970s and 1980s many mexican immigrant parents where I lived in CA wanted their kids to integrate fully into american culture and didn't teach them spanish, but there were also more recent child arrivals who didn't speak much english, which meant many kids of different backgrounds learned spanish -- so this brought back memories of high school where it was not uncommon to have 2nd gen mexican kids left out of conversations or have other kids translate for them...
that’s sad 😢 kinda similar to what happened in singapore i guess. a lot of young chinese singaporeans (such as myself) only know english & mandarin, we don’t know our dialect. well, dialects in my case because both my parents are different dialect groups. i find it sad how our country lost this linguistic diversity 😭
6:41 - i dislike organised religion but the “hey, everyone’s welcome 😃” made me smile
The way bro shows other culture to many people and speaks many languages fluently is magnificent
I don't understand how but I see you literally everywhere on CZcams. 99% of the videos or shorts I watch you are there
You sure? Did you hear him say estoy or este?
@@captaindein33yeah his Spanish isn't great lol but he can speak well enough to be understood
@@IceWyteIt’s because it’s a comment bot.
@@IceWyteHis subscribers are bots too. It’s all fake. How could someone have 19k subscribers without a single video?
IT’S ALL FAKE. BOTS. DISLIKE AND REPORT.
I'm currently learning Mandarin and I'm enjoying the journey, but these videos really add fuel to the motivation fire! Thank you so much for making these!
youre videos are already incredible but promoting the restaurants was an amazing gesture. thanks for the content.
Ahhhhh! I was so excited for this video of you two. It turned out awesome. So much laughter, silliness and joy from everyone in it. Well done 👏👏😂😂
9:03 That "Yeah" after Xiaoma says in Chinese that Vincent doesn't speak Chinese lol
Your videos are wonderful! Seeing the wholesome reaction to people proud to share their culture with you, it is really sweet to watch. Thank you for sharing! Watching these gives me inspiration to learn another language ❤
They have so much fun! It warms my heart 😊
I love that you are spreading joy wherever you go, you guys were having fun :)
"In the joke the whole time" bruh😢
Yeah, this is actually one of your best videos. I genuinely like the humor in it. It's actually quite impressive how you continually find fresh material. You really are a great CZcamsr.
thank you xiaoma! i've been looking to learn new languages and this seems like it's gonna be a super accessible way!!! you the goat!
I'm so glad you guys connected to get this done! That park trap was one of my favorite videos you've done 🤣
This is awesome. I love how everyone was super cool with the prank. Gotta love some good clean fun.
this is exactly the video i expected to see when you & Vincent got together haha love it! you guys are amazing! Making me want to finish my Spanish course
I always smile ear to ear watching stuff like this, can tell Vincent is trying so hard not to acknowledge that he understands things when they talk in chinese lol
your videos always make me smile, you've such a gift at making such high quality interesting videos, thank you.
The missionaries in NYC always kill me😂 I wish I could've served there so I could meet you
Love this combo. Need more of these!
Its always so nice seeing you do your thing still. Makes me miss the homie Laoshu. Love your videos, keep up the dope work. Stay safe and healthy Xiaoma 🙏🏽
A lesson in - how looks can deceive. We are ALL human beings.
Good job you guys! ❣
Lol!! You need to make more videos like this! 😂
wow, The collab I really didn't know I needed. Now I want to see one of these videos every week! hope you will keep making videos together!
You and your boy got to make more videos bro! That was epic! I love your videos but you can do so so many more with a great wingman like him! Keep it up, brother!
videos like this really make me want to learn other languages better, working a ton a week makes it hard to continuously study and find people to communicate with. keep up the work xiaoma
I’ve seen most of the videos but this one is one of the best! Hope they do more like this but with other languages.
This video is so funny, I’m sure it so much fun to make and see everyone’s reactions in person! Thanks for sharing your creativity. I hope you have a beautiful weekend.
7:43 - I thought you were going to follow with, "And I was adopted by Chinese people".
Loved the missionary interaction!
This was so awesome to watch! Great idea and you were both great!
I have been waiting for this video!! Love it!!
03:01 laughs like "yeah, i really should have learned chinese" 😂
I'm a chinese-canadian who doesn't speak chinese because of the one child policy. It's really hard for me to be in chinese spaces because I always feel like an outsider and that people will see me as different. I have to remind myself that even though I don't speak the language or have a strong connection to the culture, it doesn't make me any less Chinese.
Its time to learn-- never too late. Not trying to sound elitist either, but its not a bad thing to learn the language. Its part of the culture and preserving it is important. What is a culture without a language and traditions and its people? The world is already becoming more uniform.
I don't understand why the 1 child policy means you don't speak Chinese?
@@craigwatts9692 myself and over 100,000 adoptees were adopted internationally and as a result, were raised in families who were not Chinese or did not speak the language.
Don’t worry about feeling bad because I’m Lao American and can barely speak my own language. I talk to my parents in English even if they talk in Lao
Mexican-American here. Happens to some of us too, I'd say its 50-50 for first-generation kids who grow up speaking Spanish at home or not; happens to every race who leaves their home country. Unfortunately, its a common outcome for families moving to Anglosphere nations, their governments rely on civil unity and allegiance to the nation-state rather than ethnic-culture (language/dialect, tradition, religion, morals and values). My Spanish is now B1-B2 intermediate, but I also felt the social pressure of not feeling Hispanic enough. But as the user said above, never too late learn a language. Begin by committing to a few minutes a day then expand. Best to start with the language that's relevant to your life.
this schitt is so genuine. i dig it. much more success.
I could watch this concept all day. This is awesome
For anyone wondering about the Mormon Missionary guy, he's from the same school I went to in South Jordan Utah. They have a immersion program where you spend half of elementary school in a Chinese classroom. I participated all the way up to 9th grade, so I can speak pretty good Chinese for a white person. I'm not a Mormon myself, but I'm aware of how hard they make those three weeks to learn Chinese as fast as possible, which is why his Chinese is pretty good.
I remember seeing comments requesting this video and he actually did it
This is what I’m talking about, great collaboration, loved the reactions!
You guys make a good duo, always enjoy watching these videos.
I’m jealous of how many languages you can speak and living in a such a diverse place to utilize them. Must be so fun. Good for you.
you guys made me laugh as hell, keep it up, would love to have your speaking skills buddy
This was one of the better recent videos, love their reactions!
Love that ur also tagging the businesses, another awesome video xiaoma 👍
Lol I like how Vincent started answering their Chinese in English while acting like he didn’t speak Chinese 😂
Lmao “ I just thought you looked a little Chinese” had me rolling 😭👏🏼
I love you adding the restaurants locations!
I love that you come clean in your interactions. As long as everyone walks away witha smile. :D
The comments have been suggesting this for ages, I'm glad to finally see it happen.
Although surely it wouldn't have been particularly hard to find an ABC fan who genuinely doesn't speak Chinese.
Man this was one of your best videos. You two were hilarious. I really hope that you and your new friend make more videos together.
This was a really good feel good video. Thank you. I needed this pick me up.
Your content is so fun & good-natured, luv ua man!
Their confusion is next level lmao. They keep speeking Chinese to Vincent even though they say he doesn't. And they don't even realize Xiaoma speaks Chinese until he actually addresses them even though he is translating the whole time.
Ari you and Vincent together doing this is a smart idea , and the reactions from your ruse , hilarious.
We need more of this collab Lol love the reactions
Great concept. This was really fun to watch
Chinese people are so kind when you speak to them in any language. But showing you put an effort into learning their language and culture really makes people of any race happy.
be careful though, some americans will see that as cultural appropriation
@@aidanjanemcintosh6919 lol Cultural appropriation is something madeup by americans for americans.
7:51 your friend should've spoke chinese after saying all that 😂 it would've been even more hilarious.
what a clever / funny idea on making this video. i hope this gets a ton of views and that you guys do this again!!!!!!
Finally, been waiting for this scenario for a good while now. It's such an interesting concept and really fun to see.
This is an awesome switch up of videos something a little different that i havent seen before i liked it alot keep up the great work! Also Vincent needs to be a character more often in the videos!!
The friend absolutely speaks Chinese. He's the guy that goes around finding non Chinese speakers to prank
Xioama made a video with this guy before. It's not the first time... so I think he knows.
we know
@@zosqi he didn’t
Love the Chinese speaking Mormon in the beginning 😂
Excellent! Your videos are great to watch and the look on the people's faces are brilliant. An inspiration and now i'll check your teacher ai. Cheers from the UK.
That was so fun! Loved it.
The restaurants being "in on the joke" makes the whole thing really pointless isn't it - just like with that fake prank at the park.
It might not seem like much and you might not realize it, but it totally ruins it when introducing your channel to other people.
Lets Go 🎉🫡
This is an excellent video! Great idea! love to see more
this was a fun FRESH switch up from the normal videos. loved the creativity here.
For the person who makes the subtitles for Xiaoma's videos: please leave the subtitles up a little longer than you've done in this video; this allows people to be able to read them easily before they disappear, and enjoy the videos more.
They don't choose the timing, they just put the words up as they talk.
Seems like you've gotten ahead of yourself and continued improving what needs improvement on. Chinese is a pretty complicated language to learn. As a non-native speaker, you've got to familiarize yourself with an entirely different alphabet system.
And that's why I chose korean over mandarin or japanese. Hangul has close to the same amount of characters.
Love Vincent so much. You both are legends.
1:40 this is so staged😂 nice acting
He even said it was lmao 😂😂
That missionary guy was awesome though!!!
Respectful af!!!
They usually are. I've personally never met an LDS missionary who was rude or bad tempered. Which makes it all the more disappointing when I turn down their offers!