American Tourist Orders in British Pub in WELSH, Boss is Stunned

Go to buyraycon.com/xiaomanyc to get 20 to 50% off sitewide! Brought to you by Raycon. Anyway, I recently went to Cardiff, capital of Wales, to speak WELSH. I explored the markets, tried local foods, and ordered in pubs, all in the ancient Welsh language. Welsh was actually suppressed for many years and so most people in the country of Wales which is part of the United Kingdom do not actually speak it very well, but quite a few do and there’s been a revival movement to bring it back with street signs all over Wales in the language, so I thought it might be fun to see what locals would think of an American tourist speaking their ancestral language!
0:00 Introduction
0:30 Sponsored by Raycon
1:46 "Are you speaking Welsh?"
2:22 "Your Welsh is so good!"
4:50 Meeting a fan who speaks Welsh
6:08 Buying cake in Wales in Welsh - they are shocked
7:15 "We Welsh don't speak Welsh"
8:08 Haggling in Welsh
9:07 Getting free stuff when I speak Welsh
10:15 Speaking Mandarin outside of a castle
10:37 Ordering a beer in Welsh, boss is shocked
11:26 Looking for bara brith (Welsh tea bread)
14:00 Meeting a Welsh teacher on the street
15:32 "How long have you been learning"
16:21 Trying bara brith for the first time
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[@xiaomanyc]

Thanks to Raycon for the sponsorship, go to buyraycon.com/xiaomanyc to get 20 to 50% off sitewide! Oh man, I think I’m falling in love with the UK guys, where should I go next in this country???

[@DeterminedFC]

if you wanna practice lots of dirrent languages ...you gotta come to london

[@glynn5455]

Head across the water to the Gaeltacht region in Ireland

[@GiggleBytes2011]

@@scootergrant8683 North Wales*

[@paulwhittaker5494]

Cornwall & learn Cornish...

[@peterforrest2699]

Liverpool Friendliest people On earth 2 cathedral's 2 football teams And so much more ❤

[@billiewoowoo]

WELSH!?!?!? oh my gosh i’ve been waiting for this day to come!!!!! so glad you’ve decided to learn welsh, it’s so appreciated by our little community when someone takes the time out of their day to use welsh instead.. i don’t speak welsh although i am welsh, but whenever someone even says “diolch” instead of “thank you” i’m happy enough

[@sneer0101]

Why would you be bothered if someone speaks Welsh if you haven't bothered to learn it yourself?

[@billiewoowoo]

@@sneer0101i went to an english speaking school and i’m still currently in education. i haven’t had the time to learn welsh outside of the basics that you learn in GCSE. i can speak it to a certain degree but it’s difficult 😅 once i leave further education i definitely want to learn it though!!!

[@billiewoowoo]

@@sneer0101also, i know many people who speak welsh but still use english!!! wales is sadly a majority english speaking country, so it’s hard to learn the language as you don’t necessarily have the environment to get used to it

[@lukemurray4950]

​@@billiewoowooYou should use this as an excuse to learn it. Beautiful language from an Englishman.

[@billiewoowoo]

@@lukemurray4950 thank you!!! i definitely do plan on learning it, id rather do it when i have the time though to be honest.. i’ve got plenty of years left on this earth - so i plan on using my time after university towards learning welsh, rather than cramming it all in now

[@geraintdavies107]

As a Welsh man living in Wales and who can speak fluent welsh, I understood everything you said in welsh. Some annunciation was off but that's to be expected. Just sound it confidently because you sounded shy but you did wonderful. Most speakers in wales are west Wales and North Wales. I'd say the welsh I heard from you would be to the standard of a 7 or 8 year old learning in school. More than competent to get by with. Great job! Well done! Ardderchog!

[@RickNorthwest]

He's 33, and married with a kid@@karlwithak.

[@weedfreer]

I always enjoy Rhod Gilbert's take on the pronunciation issue in Wales 😅😊

[@freddie_connor9202]

@@karlwithak.🤨

[@antonyevans9772]

West Wales fluent speaker here. Loved this!

[@ogflunky]

@@freddie_connor9202what did bro mean by that

[@kevinnelson9503]

That guy taking you around and showing you off like a proud dad was awesome man! Keep up the great work you make so many people happy🙌🏽

[@chwilhogyn]

Sion is a mate of mine!

[@crystal9243]

Yesss, his dedication is ON TOP! also as a british person, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT A CRUMPET IS- ive never tried one, maybe soon i will!!

[@revenantsmum2140]

@@crystal9243what?????? Surely you’re joking

[@xfreedombuckO5x]

@@revenantsmum2140 They're not joking, and their name isn't Shirley. 😂

[@revenantsmum2140]

@@xfreedombuckO5x surely

[@damagedheather]

As a Welsh person from the North, it's embarrassing to see how little our language is understood/spoken by our own people. My Welsh is not so great these days but I do make the effort, especially when in Welsh-speaking areas. It's humbling to see some dude from New York speaking better Welsh than the natives. Well done Ari, you crushed this one!

[@benlachenal771]

It is a shame, yes. Grew up in North Wales as an English person, (born in England to English parents), and it always struck me as odd how there was so much passion for being Welsh yet so little effort to learn it. It's 2023, there's literally no excuses anymore, you can learn on dozens of platforms and go to classes, but not many do. And they all speak English, support English football teams, love Only Fools and Horses....and hate the English! Baffling. Imagine I lived in England, supported Swansea, spoke Welsh and loved Pobl y Cwm and absolutely hated the Welsh? 😂

[@imjustabee]

To be fair he's in Cardiff, I've been in Cardiff 18 years and the teaching is certainly improving for the newer generation but for the most part only a small amount of people can speak it in the Capital. But, I went to college in Pencoed (bout 25 minute drive outside Cardiff) and a larger amount of people speak it there. It's really just within the capital that not many speak it, but like I say it is improving slowly. Really he should have gone elsewhere but Cardiff

[@sjones2345]

Depending whether you use NAS or Census results; Approx 40,000 - 94,000 people speak Welsh in Cardiff. Bear in mind the entire pop of Gwynedd is 117,000.

[@damagedheather]

@@sjones2345 Unsure what you're suggesting given that 74.2% of the population of Gwynedd is Welsh-speaking, versus 12.2% in Cardiff.

[@sjones2345]

@damagedheather I'm not really suggesting anything other than in terms of numbers there are a lot more Welsh speakers in Cardiff than people think.

[@racoonbananna]

I honestly believe by learning languages so humbly and always eating local food you have embraced and embodied the message Anthony Bourdain was trying to teach the world, i think he would be proud

[@emmalewisart641]

aaaaw :)

[@willvr4]

That's a good comparison. Anthony Bourdain was a hero of mine, and I NEVER really care when some celebrity dies that I've never met before. But I literally broke down to tears when I heard not just that he died, but how he died. You never really know what people are going through.

[@MrTruckerf]

True.@@willvr4

[@peenhead9938]

lol, romanticizing about Bourdain is hilarious.

[@user-bx4bo3xd4e]

Please team up with BestEverFoodReviewShow. It would be absolutely amazing !

[@zorth__]

I hope this video brings to light what a shame it is that the British government suppressed this language nearly out of existence. What a shame! It’s such an ancient tongue, I hope the welsh can keep their language alive!

[@juliebrooke6099]

He was in the wrong area of Wales really. In Cardiff people might learn Welsh at school but generally won’t speak it at home. Quite different up in north Wales where many speak it as their first language.

[@SecwetGwiwer]

It wasn’t really much to do with the British Government, it’s more complex than that.

[@olivernewton8584]

We're top of the league

[@dadmoo12]

Oh what a shame

[@leemeyrick9810]

​@@juliebrooke6099Cardiff has a large Welsh speaking population. I often hear it spoken throughout the city

[@OwenJ1971]

I remember as a child being on holiday in Brittany (France) with my Welsh speaking grandmother, she managed to converse fluidly and effortlessly with an elderly French lady who spoke Breton, the two languages were close enough that they could easily understand each other.

[@inglese740]

Yes, Bretton is very similar to Welsh. Unfortunately, it sounds like south welsh though🤮

[@kiri101]

I have a few words of Gaeilge Uladh (Ulster Irish) from my childhood, one day my fiancée said something in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) her grandparents used to say and it was uncanny how it sounded so familiar and was intelligible. I understand there are cool inter-celtic festivals these days focused on music and language culture.

[@jamespopcorn11]

Very similar to cornish as well.

[@brainworm666]

@@inglese740North Welsh is 🤮 my ears. Scouse Welsh! It’s kinda funny the divide, both dislike the other accent 😅🤣🤣🤣

[@joshjones983]

@@brainworm666 nah that’s Wrexham with the scouse Welsh most of north wales has a pretty boring accent not as much flair as south wales accent just plain and boring

[@benrichards7664]

As a Welshman i'm so happy to see Ari in Wales speaking OUR language !!!

[@crystal9243]

YES!! 🤩🤩💜💙

[@blackbat908]

Disgusting people and language

[@iambre3]

@@blackbat908how?

[@benrichards7664]

@@iambre3 my thoughts exactly mate

[@zenmello7616]

@@blackbat908 Not sure how you're disgusting a language, but I can absolutely see how you'd be revolting to other people.

[@cshubs]

I love when Ari asked the waiter whether they served beer. His expression was like, Yeah, um, we serve beer. We like beer. We can't imagine life without beer. And, btw, this is a pub so...

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

But where is Andy Capp looking for a pint? That bloke cannot do without it. lol

[@elkabong6429]

Which reminds me of whenever Ari asks the owner of a fruit stand or restaurant if “the food is good?” As if, they would say (in whatever language they were speaking) “No! Everything on the menu sucks eggs!” 😆

[@dionh70]

I love how Xiaoma is recognized by people almost anywhere he travels and they're so happy to meet him. This man never fails to make my day brighter, and he is obviously doing the same for millions of others. Ari gives me hope for humanity.

[@catika505]

It's so nice to see how even the people who only know a few words were so happy to hear it from you. Wales has had to fight hard to keep its language alive. I'm not welsh but my work has a fully Welsh speaking department and offers free courses. I'd love to to learn one day.

[@PrometheanConsulting]

No day like the present?

[@tarkenton3895]

Do it. I've spoken welsh since I could speak at all, but people I know who have learned say it's so enlightening to learn.

[@catika505]

@@tarkenton3895 diolch, I definitely will be learning, as I'd love to move to Wales one day (my partner is welsh). Really I think all the celtic languages should be taught on the English curriculum

[@justanotherpiccplayer3511]

Went to college there and they do everything in both Welsh and English and quite a few of the staff and my friends can speak Welsh! I must learn (after German)

[@WelshAmericanChannel]

Thanks for highlighting the Welsh language. At the "Welsh American Channel" we appreciate your promotion of this ancient and living language.

[@nothin4700]

Ari, you’re a legend… Thanks for building bridges between cultures. Love and respect!

[@WasiuAlatise]

If you go to cities like London Bradford etc you would need to learn Arabic Nigerian Polish Romanian English is no good for you

[@nickytanton107]

I think they pretty much speak English as well, but yes I agree it is a great meltingpot of languages @@WasiuAlatise

[@jamesparry151]

My dad's first language is Welsh, and he told me he didn't know English until he was 6. Unfortunately, he never taught me as a child but this has given me the fuel to want to learn it!

[@willvr4]

You should show him this video :)

[@ShentricFireBeard]

On the plus side too you know you have someone to speak it with often, that's always the main challenge with learning language

[@celyn_27]

Similar situation for me, and I've been learning it for the past year. Pob lwc!

[@steventhomas9461]

My father came from a Welsh speaking family and they only spoke welsh at home ,and as he got older he basically forgot it .The older I got the more I wish I learn't our beautiful language.

[@pinwyrdd]

Trist iawn.

[@HCUK677]

I'm English and am not surprised you met so many lovely Welsh folk, they're a great people with some amazing countryside with big ass castles everywhere!

[@ryanyoung9323]

Not often we here that from English lads, appreciate you being so sound. I'm welsh but work in Bristol and most the time I get shit from the English boys for being welsh so hearing an English lad giving us credit is refreshing

[@RoswellCrash]

@@ryanyoung9323I’m from Kent over on the south east of England, and other than the banter between the English and Welsh I’ve never heard anything real bad said about the Welsh in by 37 years on earth, I always thought the Welsh were beloved by us.

[@TheAdventuresOfAndrew]

As a Welshman, from Cardiff, I was wondering if this would ever happen, and I can’t tell you how happy this video makes me!

[@calfinjones]

Can't believe Xiaomanyc is speaking Welsh!! I live in North Wales in Gwynedd and the majority of us speak it here, especially in my area. It's really disheartening to see so many South Walians saying they can't speak the language, but great that you found a few! Hopefully you come up North some day to experience our dialect😀 Diolch yn fawr iawn, Xiaoma😊

[@YourPalHDee]

Yeah, I've noticed most the comments are North Wales and yeah I always find it rare to meet people who can't speak basic Welsh up here.

[@pauvermelho]

When he went to Irland he also didn't go to Irish speaking areas 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@sl1kr1ky]

I was going to say he would have done better in the North of Wales

[@Luuuma7]

Isn't there just a single town where Welsh is the dominant first language up in Snowdonia? I never learned Welsh, I live just across the border. But a lot of my friends did learn it in school. I think it's admirable how much the language has been revived. It's certainly in a much better state than Irish is.

[@calfinjones]

@Luuuma7 one single town? God no. Around my area, you have Porthmadog, Criccieth, Pwllheli (and the whole Llyn Peninsula), Blaenau Ffestiniog, and many more where i can guarantee the majority are Welsh speakers. Maybe if you go to the North Coast, like Bangor, it might not be the majority that speaks it due to there being English Schools, a University, and further east you'll come closer to Merseyside so there'll be less Welsh prevalence there. But there's definitely more than just one town in Gwynedd that is more dominantly Welsh speaking😋

[@danial9151]

As a welsh who lives in Kazakhstan but speaks Russian language, I am very proud 🥹

[@ryandavis7684]

❤

[@jimmyknight1625]

What do you do in Kazakhstan?

[@Krazykonthebeat]

@@jimmyknight1625wrestle bears

[@shammar.]

howd you end up there

[@screamingatthesky1878]

We're everywhere arent we, women around the world love a Welshman ;) hope life is good over there brother enjoy Kazakhstan! VERY NICE!

[@Bulldog2108]

As a fluent welsh speaker myself and the only language outside of english that i have heard you speak that i can understand being welsh, i now have a new found appreciation of your langauage skills, because i can hear that you have actually learnt it propely and are using it correctly most of the time. I had no idea how good or bad you was at the other languages because i couldnt understand. Welsh is a difficult language to learn so hats off to you! Happy you managed to find at least a few people around cardiff who speak it. A trip to the north may have meant you found more people speaking it but they baisicslly have their own dialect and a strong accent so it may have been tough to understand people

[@TheShugmonkey]

As an Englishman this warms my heart. A beautiful language that I wish I could speak.

[@israellai]

Don't wish it, do it!

[@lawbringer9857]

Thats a dangerous idea, soon they'll start acting uppity like some of the Scottish and start asking for independence. Let the language die out i say.

[@jackhenderson2562]

@@israellaii wish i could as an english man but i started learning portuguese before i thought of welsh and im not smart enough to kearn 2 languages at once

[@sheev9852]

​@@lawbringer9857typical English person lmao. You guys love to call us a strain on the union but then don't want us to leave 🤔 which is it?

[@AngharadHaf]

Cychwyna'! Start now - A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step...

[@ShortMan_123]

I’ve just walked around the entire Welsh Coast Path, 870 miles in 60 days- if you go to north Wales, Pembrokeshire, Anglesey, the valleys etc you’d find that a much greater percentage of people there speak Welsh. I went to Cardiff university and there were fellow students studying music for whom English was their second language behind Welsh, so it really is a completely living language

[@nickytanton107]

Wow great my dad wanted to do this walk 🚶‍♀️

[@turnip5359]

Even in Wrexham

[@c4four132]

not true for pembrokeshire. The number of welsh speakers there (19%) is pretty comparable to cardiff (13%)

[@ShortMan_123]

@@c4four132 parts of Pembrokeshire, yes- depends what side of the Landsker line you’re on

[@ShortMan_123]

@@c4four132 having said that, I spent a few days in Cardiff last week and heard several separate people of all ages speaking Welsh so ‘even’ in the capital it’s definitely present :)

[@AlwaysOmnia]

Appreciate this for sure 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 you should have definitely gone up North, disappointing seeing so many Welsh not speaking the language and almost perplexed hearing it 😔 Hopefully you'll decide to come back in the future and enjoy a bit more of this beautiful country 🙂

[@ibrahim-sj2cr]

some of our call centres especially for the UKs version of the DMV is in Wales, some of the staff have a proper thick welsh accent can be a nightmare getting your driving licence sorted... lol ok maybe a little hyperbole

[@bigpauliep6992]

The trouble was, during the 70s, 80s and 90s the Cardiff school system placed a firm emphasis on learning French, "as it would be more useful, and would allow for better job prospects", so Welsh was pretty much sidelined. You also couldn't take two languages, and the French departments always seemed better funded and supplied, so for many the choice was made for us. Those that took Welsh all had the last laugh, because not only could they find decent jobs in the film, TV and entertainment industry, but French is almost useless in Northern France as they all now speak Arabic.

[@YourPalHDee]

Haha, I left the same message pal. I'm English, but live in Mynydd Isa, gonna keep learning til I'm fluent. Great language.

[@liamhandcoaching]

The lack of Welsh speakers in Cardiff is not a new thing though. It's similar in places like Flintshire and Wrexham as well

[@spyder_man]

Speaking Welsh does not guarantee being made welcome in Wales. I know Welsh people who could speak fluent Welsh moving to Anglesey, they eventually sold and moved out as the locals would not accept them into the community, reason being they were not from Anglesey. Self defeating.

[@BMT3691]

People sure seem polite and lovely in wales. Walking freely in a market and not having to worry about getting robbed is liberating.

[@justanotherpiccplayer3511]

(much nicer than England hehe)

[@itsverygreen532]

Pretty much normal for the UK ...

[@JohnSmithYoutube]

Wales on the whole (outside of Cardiff and Swansea) is one of the safest places in Europe, the second safest place in Europe for LGBTQ+ people (Iceland being first), and rated as one of the best places in the world for solo travellers. Everyone leaves their front doors unlocked where I live, your neighbour will walk in and put your parcel on your kitchen table 😂

[@nevillec5252]

​@@JohnSmithKZbinOutside of Wales, there were many places like that 50 years ago -- but no longer. These days, people steal parcels from front porches.

[@rachelharding751]

What?

[@IAmRooble]

One of my fondest memories is speaking to a Japanese couple (the whole thing in Japanese) while interning at Canyonlands National Park back in 2018. I barely said anything, and it was incredibly simple, but I'll never forget the response of the man after I said that I didn't speak Japanese. He looked me in the eys and said "you do speak Japanese." Something so simple being so meaningful is a testament to how wonderfully powerful language learning as a part of the human experience. Thank you for always reminding me of that, Ari!

[@CallMeRB]

I love how you’re diving into niche languages like Welsh that many of your viewers wouldn’t known have existed! I used to live in Cardiff and seeing this video was super cool for me. Well done!

[@Z4G.]

He's the Ash of languages, GOTTA CATH EM ALL YEEH HAW!

[@andrewfarrar741]

​@@Z4G.Who?

[@rc3357]

@@andrewfarrar741 ash ketchum from pokémon

[@andrewfarrar741]

@@rc3357 Thank you for responding to me. I really appreciate you for sharing.

[@penntopaper9305]

who doesn't know what welsh is??? 😭im very concerned

[@MellyGats]

The lady who gave you the tobacco gift was SO nice! It was awesome how excited she was to see you 😊.

[@egglion7931]

bro hooked him up, as a stoner that shit was amazing to see

[@Apollo_Blaze]

I have always found it infuriating to think of how many people around the world have been prevented and shamed from speaking their native languages...I was so happy to hear that the situation in Wales is changing and that there is an effort to promote speaking the Welsh language there. The same thing happened in Hawaii and after many years there is a large percentage of people there now who speak their language again. This was a wonderful video to watch. I hope the efforts really continue there, Welsh is a beautiful sounding language.

[@martinsaunders7925]

When my 1st wifes' son was three he needed to be in daycare so I suggested a local Chinese facility. She became angry at teaching him an Eastern language. So we settled on Spanish. (In Texas). By the time he went to school he was very proficient, by ten,fluent. Always teach a child a second language.

[@hewitt7615]

As an Englishmen, I really want to learn Welsh, such a beautiful ancient language.

[@mrklv1593]

I dont understand how you can memorise all these languages, and can still answer without knowing what you are going to talk about, impressive!

[@felixzapata9058]

...never ceases to amaze me that no matter what country Ari visits to hone his skills, there are people who recognize him and want to say "hello" and get a picture! We are more interconnected than one would imagine....thanx Xiaoma...!!!

[@leesapollo]

Love it. I assumed most Americans didn’t even know about Welsh and this guy is speaking it like a champ.

[@handsomeman-pm9vy]

I have known about it for 40 years because of the singer Tom Jones.

[@tedneath8402]

That was lush. We are learning Welsh in Wales. I love how everyone was so supportive. And it brought people together.

[@ohGoldenn]

The more west and/or north you go from Cardiff the more you will hear welsh spoken. Really pleasantly surprised to see you have learnt welsh, a beautiful language that has survived despite the push back against it for so long ❤

[@owenjones2263]

To be fair though, we have our bits here and there here in Cardiff where you will hear it a lot. I'm sitting next to a group of old ladies speaking it very well right now, and moaning about the speed of service knowing the staff doesn't understand 😂

[@ohGoldenn]

@owenjones2263 yeah agreed, it's just so full of people from all over, finding pockets of welsh is harder.

[@crystal9243]

Im so happy the welsh community just summoned on here!!!

[@owenjones2263]

@@crystal9243 the amusing bit of that being that (despite the frankly misleading name) I'm actually from Yorkshire. My kids speak fluent Welsh, and I speak a little, more than most with my background, and understand Welsh well. Welsh family, black sheep.

[@theoldgrowler3489]

I truly appreciate how you always incorporate food in your productions. Food is the international language.

[@idaMShamen]

Oh, yeah!!! 💪

[@fimmywa]

No way dude, thank you so much for shining a spotlight on our pretty little country. And you will never know how much it means to me for you to discuss the suppression of the culture/language. It breaks my heart.

[@gjbrennan]

I came for the reactions, but I stayed for the hospitality. This is what travel is about. Meeting new people, having new experiences and broadening one's understanding of the world. Food for the soul.

[@KC-ql6dd]

Man my favorite part of these videos is when people instantly recognize you, and are super excited to see you. I'm seeing the world vicariously through you brother. I wish you peace and safe travels. You are my favorite person on youtube by miles. Always makes me smile so big to see a new video of yours in my feed. I watch them religiously.

[@MrTruckerf]

I don't think I have seen another video filmed in a foreign country where so many people recognized him from KZbin and came up to say hi. Heck, even in New York not that many people come up to say hi.

[@mikeymoose7253]

Welsh is a cool old language and I hope more generations are encouraged to learn it. Whenever I go over the bridge and see Welsh on the road signs, it’s awesome 😅

[@evilcommunistpicklerick3175]

Diolch yn fawr iawn! :D

[@luciamurray1838]

You know you’re in wales when you start seeing “Araf” on the roads haha

[@andrewswift9039]

Or Gwanasaethau near a service station 🙂

[@inglese740]

@@luciamurray1838 We;re all driving araf now due to Comrade Drakeford's 20mph nonsense

[@JohnSmithYoutube]

​@@inglese740it won't be long before they repeal that, election season is coming. I do believe no one's actually even been prosecuted for it yet 😂

[@jinnieslabios9467]

Welsh has to be one of the most interesting languages I've ever heard. Like wow, it's so different and nice to listen too tbh. Keep up the learning Ari!

[@evilcommunistpicklerick3175]

Diolch!! :D

[@madmanoliver]

I live in Cardiff and work right opposite the market- its really funny seeing you chat to all the folks i see on a daily basis haha.

[@ericpettyfishing]

Im always happy to see how nice everyone is, everywhere. Its a nice reminder that the world isnt as bad as many want us to believe. Cheers man

[@gytan2221]

Welsh people are definitely friendly people

[@davidioanhedges]

If you try and speak the local language, even when they don't, it endears you to them ...

[@hughmann1927]

The one who worked at the tobacco place was the sweetest :)

[@morganbowler-brown4703]

I love the complete oblviousness of many who just dont realise there such a vibrant welsh language community in South Wales - theres a real assumption (as shown by the fruit seller) that its all down west and up north, but you hit the nail on the head - lots of people speak welsh in the south, its just been so battered out of us that many dont 'see the point'... well done on coming to visit and learning the language. You bumped into possibly one of the most passionate welsh speakers I know too - which is probably more luck than anything! Excellent video.

[@justchanneljax6000]

Hi mate I am the fruit seller from the video, and it's not even obliviousness, growing up in cardiff I can count the fluent welsh speakers I've met in 27years on my one hand and I've known a few ppl to go to welsh speaking high schools too and even they dont know how to speak fluently once theyve left school for a few years, it's a sad truth but it is almost dead in Cardiff (at least for my age bracket anyway) in school we had welsh lessons and were literally aloud to have a free lesson during Welsh periods if we wished and even got to avoid doing the end of year welsh exam altogether if we opted out, looking back I'd wish id learnt but alot more emphasis was put on learning French and German through my school experience in Cardiff

[@morganbowler-brown4703]

@@justchanneljax6000 @justchanneljax6000 hey mate, that's fair - didn't mean for what I said to come across as a criticism of you personally - so sorry for that. I will say your experience isn't unique - lots of people just don't see the thriving Welsh language and without trying to sound critical of you or anyone, but many don't make any effort to try and see it. Here we had someone make the effort to learn enough Welsh to have a reasonable conversation and in many situations his response was 'i don't speak welsh', where as if all of us who don't speak welsh took a bit of time and effort to learn some token phrases you'd be surprised how many people do. In regards to school, times are changing - Welsh in English medium schools is still pretty dire mind, but Welsh language education is growing in popularity and many kids are growing up speaking fluently (my own kid for example) because Welsh education has got a lot better than when we were kids 😂 Once again, sorry if I came across as having a go at you personally. Not my intention at all. And If you fancy it, give Duolingo a go. There's really good free Welsh lessons on there that would help you have really short Welsh conversations with customers in future and you might be surprised how many you've got :)

[@morganbowler-brown4703]

@@justchanneljax6000 p.s. just saw your channel 'a just statement' is sick. Lyrically genius. Da iawn. ✊🏼

[@justchanneljax6000]

@@morganbowler-brown4703 yeh I feel like welsh is spoken amongst circles of ppl who are already brought up with it and us who werent taught it growing up jst end up left out of the loop with no clear entrance point into it and even if we do, we dont know anybody to speak regularly so it becomes like a niche hobby to have to find alot of time for and working 10hours plus a day jst becomes near impossible if you have any other interests too, I'll defo check out that duolingo tho to get some basics, thanks for the info mate👍 and no probz man I took the oblivousness thing the wrong way, it feels alot like welsh speakers often assume us non welsh speakers in wales actively dont want to know or are lazy and avoid it, but its jst literally not anywhere to be seen for us in our daily life cos nobody speaks welsh around you if you arent already within those circles to begin with

[@justchanneljax6000]

@@morganbowler-brown4703 and thanks alot mate🙌 appreciate it!

[@luckosteve12]

Never gets old watching the joy in peoples faces when they hear you speaking their language.

[@leemylive3594]

Its so great to see people outside the UK learning this kind of thing. I'm not welsh but my mums grandparents were and it feels great to see someone (especially americans) understand that the Uk isn't just london and english people

[@Hackbridge1963]

I love how Ari is so teachable. When people correct his pronunciation he bounces back with the right words. He is so awesome! And speaking with the Chinese ladies, just fir practice 😅

[@ThisMusicIsToogood]

As an English guy that's recently picked up Japanese and Korean and hope to learn Taiwanese Maderin, I want to learn Welsh now too to honour my late father!

[@joannekucks4343]

I love that you learned Welsh. My mom was born in Carmarthen and met my dad (from Brooklyn NYC) in London during the Korean War. My dad luckily was only stationed in the UK and wooed my mom and brought her back to the US. Our family joke was always the only action he saw during the war was my mother! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@aprill3759]

I'm from Wales and it's nice hearing someone from America knowing about Wales but you would as your mum is from Wales. I actually would love to go to America visit time square and go to a rodeo see the bulls bucking people off the backs. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿😀

[@TonyTightlips]

I laughed a little too hard at that last sentence lol

[@joealyjim3029]

@@aprill3759Id suggest to travel to one of the smaller places in America where they have less tourists, in Arizona or Wyoming for example its beautiful scenery and people are really friendly to us Brits.

[@pissman82]

Shwmae! Long time watcher from Wales here, so glad you finally came to Wales and showed your many viewers our language

[@sarahbizzell8676]

Thank you for having a go at learning Welsh! Hope you enjoyed your time here 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@john33333]

Xiaoman has an amazing ear for understanding and pronouncing languages. I imagine he spends a lot of time when he’s learning these languages, and he has a real feel for what types of conversations and words are typical for interactions when learning new languages.

[@user-High-IQ769]

You have world wide fans, just walking around and they notice, well done young man, the amount of languages you speak is phenomenal

[@janeangelaprice]

I have been patiently waiting for this day! As a Northwalian I am sad you didn’t come to North Wales to really experience the Welsh speakers but still so happy you have given our small country a platform. Diolch.

[@robertb8673]

He found the right young man at the market. He saw him and knew right away what he was up to and startet in welsh. 😊👍

[@Ariel-lol]

Yup😂 which is pretty awesome that he has so many fans from around the world. I mean he does have 6 million subscribers so it’s bound to happen 😂

[@gibsonms]

YOU WERE TWENTY MILES FROM ME!!!! But you should have gone to North Wales, that’s where it’s spoken most.

[@poppyadore4499]

I am so torn with emotions on this. So honestly impressed and humbled that you took the time and made the effort to learn and speak Welsh....a very difficult but beautiful language. And also saddened that we had that language taken away from us. God bless you.

[@moss_moonstone]

As a fellow American learning Welsh I am so happy you got to go out and speak the language. I can only dream of getting to travel there! A beautiful country with a beautiful language!

[@user-ub5qp8sq1w]

Why the he'll would you be learning welsh

[@moss_moonstone]

@@user-ub5qp8sq1w 1. Learning is cool 2. Welsh is the language Tolkien used to develop Elvish 3. So I can read Charles' exasperated lines in Let's Play without google translate 4. It makes for a hilarious party trick when you can say Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwryndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

[@tjolza7493]

Good for you lad keep it up 👍

[@seangill3208]

The number of genuine fans just saying hi and recognizing you and going about their day is so warming to see. I hope to one day see you out on your language adventure!!

[@Stickyxo]

I can't believe I missed you visiting Cardiff!! as you noticed, many of us down here tend to not speak it despite the city being the capital! North would have been the ideal region to venture to if you wanted to find more welsh speakers. Thank you for taking the time to learn our language!!

[@andrewbuchanan5965]

This fills me with joy - as a non-welsh speaking Welshman living in England. Planning to learn when I retire though - which hopefully isn't too far away.

[@imjesusdad6361]

Omg! I never thought I'd see this video on your channel, but I'm definitely happy to see it! As a Welsh speaker, it's nice to see someone trying to learn the language, even though it's a little harder to find someone who actually speaks it here.

[@syx3s]

he sure made that welsh teachers day.

[@tomoswalker9485]

Diolch yn fawr am ddod i’n gwlad bach ni i gyfathrebu yn y Gymraeg. Da ni mor falch dy fod ti wedi trio’r her a wedi llwyddo mor dda hefyd. Mae croeso i ti yma pryd bynnag wyt ti isio. Tria ddod i’r gogledd tro nesa i ddod o hyd i fwy o siaradwyr rhygl! Pob lwc 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Thank you so much for coming to our little country to practice your Welsh. We are so proud you’ve tried the challenge and succeeded too! You are welcome here whenever you want. Try to come to the North next time to find more fluent speakers. Good luck! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Just a word of advice grammatically: the adjective comes after the noun in most cases. One main exception is hen (old)

[@Cyhyraeths]

As a Welsh man this is quite embarrassing, Cardiff despite being the capital is the least Welsh place in Wales it's basically little England

[@clarenceflam]

As a Welshman this made me very emotional. Great video as always!

[@Cazammaf]

Wow even the fluent Welsh guy thought you've been practising Welsh for a long time when he asked how many months you've been learning it for... If he knew you only started learning it 3 weeks prior he would have been shocked lol

[@banjowarrior365]

Yes! Been waiting for you to speak welsh for so long! Diolch yn fawr! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@nathantagg2691]

Welsh is an extremely unique and ancient language and it sounds so cool! Most of my ancestry is Welsh so I'm glad you showcased it.

[@GwladYrHaf]

I understood every word, your diction was also excellent, a lovely swap of tenses from present to past and back. Totally impressed. Da Iawn.

[@simoncurran6184]

When I lived in Wales my house mate was a Welsh speaker. It is super useful when booking tickets on the phone. Or getting through to call centres. When you select the Welsh option you get connected straight away

[@XYRENIX]

This guy and Harry Mack have the most wholesome and beneficial youtube channels. Theyr both just learning and getting better and more impressive with every video

[@lefthandedtoons]

Ugh as I get older I don't know why but these videos make me tear up but with joy and I can't keep a smile off my face. Keep up the great videos Ari!

[@Hazzbazz]

Im from England But I went to uni in Cardiff and even though IM not Welsh. I think it's amazing that you re trying to learn it. The Welsh was some of the nicest people. I've ever met my entire life and I Don't speak the language. I think the Welsh are some of the nicest people Ive ever met and Cardiff. Is a lovely city❤❤❤

[@IsabellaNYC93]

I'm studying Welsh and while it can be challenging, it's very enjoyable to learn. I don't think I've seen as many people recognise you as they did in Wales!

[@scorpiusdiamond]

Slightly cringing at all the people saying “Welsh people don’t speak Welsh”, no, a lot of Welsh people (especially in the cities) don’t bother with Welsh because they were forced to learn it at school rather than it being a part of their culture. The English dominance over education for so long has instilled that in so many people. Amazing that you bumped into people I know too! Diolch for visiting Cymru!!

[@pinwyrdd]

Cytunaf, y norm cymdeithasol yw i siarad Saesneg yn y dinasoedd felly mae canran go sylweddol o'r boblogaeth ddi-Gymraeg yn dueddol o feddwl taw iaith farw yw'r Gymraeg. Yr ateb yw i ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg yn amlach ac i gychwyn sgyrsiau yn Gymraeg.

[@justchanneljax6000]

This attitude of cringing at us for not being brought up with something is part of the problem, the ppl who grew up naturally speaking welsh seem to slightly look down on us who werent taught it growing up, even in school in Cardiff it was basically a optional/throw away lesson although we did have to attend class it wasnt taken serious at all and alot more emphasis was put on learning French and German, for young ppl in Cardiff there really arent alot who speak it or no more than jst a few basic phrases, no need to 'cringe' at us, alot of us wish we had grown up with it being the norm but it wasn't

[@nocentii]

​​@@justchanneljax6000 I think you misread the original comment? It's not cringing for not being brought up with Welsh. It's cringing at saying "Welsh people don't speak Welsh" - They don't need to speak the language to know that others do.

[@elkabong6429]

No matter how bad my day may be, watching Ari bring his love for languages and the people that speak them is so heartwarming that watching you just melts away the tension!

[@HolyMith]

It's amazing I could see you getting more confident and fluid as the video went on and you found more conversation partners. Excellent video as usual Ari!

[@kennethmacalpin7655]

Love it when you show love to European languages too and not just Asian and African. Next stop, Scottish Gaelic? Manx? Breton? Cornish? Romansh? Frisian? Sami? Elfdalian? Meänkieli? Basque? Galician? Catalan?

[@telloth]

So bizzare to see you in my town! Hope you enjoyed Cardiff! If you come back to Wales, highly recommend you go to north Wales, loads more people speak Welsh there and you'd probably get some hilarious reactions!

[@jwills6809]

Thank you for brining attention to wales!! Watched you for years and never thought I’d hear you speaking Welsh! Were really trying to revive it so this video helps a lot 👏👏

[@jjt181]

I like how you’re showing you still learning the language and not being perfect at it yet. It really demonstrates the work you put into learning these languages. Great job!

[@alansalter1836]

As Englishman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿it’s so nice to know the Welsh want bring 3:47 there language back and so it’s spoken more I hope the Scot’s and Irish do as well and rightly so well done 👍

[@SuperFrickinNinja]

Just tagging onto the comment :) I went to a Welsh primary and secondary school, Welsh was a mandatory subject just like you guys (and us) do English Lit and Lang, we also did Welsh Lit and Lang for GCSEs etc we even got detentions for getting caught speaking English in the corridors - that's how much they were trying to save the language/ boost it 😅 (this was 2007-2014, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's still the same)

[@funnymyth8854]

It always shocks me how speaking someone's language seems to instantly remove cultural barriers, even in relatively similar ones. Your videos always fill me with joy and hope. Keep up the awesome work!

[@user-dz4vr5fy8b]

I'm in my mid 70's and learning Welsh, it's never too late to start, I'm loving it

[@morganevans5404]

Thank you for coming to our country and sharing it with the world! ❤

[@holliesloan9270]

I love how so many people recognized you ❤

[@gytan2221]

Since you have tried Irish and Welsh, you should try Scottish Gaelic next, it’s also a Celtic language

[@mildlydispleased3221]

Barely anybody speaks Scottish Gaelic nowadays, it would be incredibly hard to find anybody who speaks it at all, let alone fluently.

[@c.james1]

If anyone is speaking a native Scottish language it is more likely to be "Scots" than Scottish Gaelic as there is over ten times more Scots speaker than Gaelic. It is germanic like English and evolved side by side with English, and a lot of it is mutually intelligible, a bit like Norweigan/Swedish/Danish.

[@ediblemanager]

@@mildlydispleased3221 demonstrably false - head up to the Western Isles and have a chat with folks!

[@MountyDani13]

​@@mildlydispleased3221west of Scotland is where it's at, especially the Western Isles.

[@Silurist]

And Manx, spoken on Isle of Man, it's also a Q-Celtic language.

[@zacharygray1687]

Thank you for sharing this. It is like magic seeing those sparks of conversation kindle recognition, memory, and joy in the people you met along the way.

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

I'm English but i'm so happy the Celtic languages are still being spread and learned. We can't let them die out, we're the last four Celtic nations, it's our history

[@ronnfig]

It’s always great to see how positive and helpful everyone is in all of your videos. The comments too, your whole community is just super positive and welcoming! Amazing amazing.

[@paulharrison8379]

You need to go to the welsh speaking heartland of west wales, around St David's and the welsh speaking heartland of North Wales around the Island of Anglesey. The welsh spoke in those two areas is different. It is the West Wales welsh that is favoured by the Welsh government.

[@mearthfromearth806]

I've been to St. David's Cathedral, beautiful place.

[@pinwyrdd]

Anghywir.

[@elclavo1]

I officially have been pursueded to learn a new languge. Thank you sir. Its an amazing feat to see the connections you can make just by being open enough to invest in yourself

[@dannysimons206]

As an Englishman it really saddens me that it was my country that basically killed the Welsh language with most natives like the woman at the stall touched upon.

[@wor53lg50]

The same as they killed the Auld English language off to, blame the Bloody french normans...or the Elite aristocrats..

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

Scots Gaelic, Irish, Cornish too. Pretty much all of the Celtic languages. You shouldn’t feel bad though, as it’s not your fault.

[@wor53lg50]

@@TheLastAngryMan01 thats weird last time i went Ireland they spoke it, cornish died off naturally, same as manx although there is a revival, and considering Scots Gaelic is basically colonised from the Irish in the Dal Riada, so many Scots dont identify with being labelled Irish, and those that do, the majority are too lazy to learn it... Are you a silly American by any chance..

[@TheLastAngryMan01]

@@wor53lg50 No, I’m bloody well not a silly American. Three per cent of the Irish population speak Irish daily, so at best it’s “critically endangered”. Your non-sequitur about Scottish people not feeling Irish is pretty silly though, given that I didn’t suggest they would. Do you happen to be a Sevco fan, by any chance? Welsh is in a much stronger position, in terms of the percentage of the population conversant in it.

[@ThatGirlAmanda2525]

"Other substances occasionally" 😂 This man is full of surprises

[@VlerkeDamne]

I do hope the Welsh youth takes the effort to bring this beautiful language back to life! Take pride in your amazing history 🙏

[@cymraegpunk1420]

It is alive, it's not broadly spoken around Cardiff/the urban south but there are plenty of first language speakers and people who are educated in Welsh in the West and North of the nation :)

[@thwales2520]

In the North the language is very alive, but down south especially in Cardiff, Newport, Swansea etc. the language is rarely spoken by the everyday people.

[@matthewevans9523]

This is very impressive dude! You even get some of the letter changes correct like saying gymru. You’re better than 80% of people that live here! Much respect 👊

[@Iori.Thomas]

As a proud Welsh man i have to say da iawn ffrind. Your video will being the Welsh language to many who otherwise may not get to hear our beautiful language and for that and learning our language i thank you.

[@Meister1551]

Dude, you are totally amazing. Every time I tune into your channel, you're speaking another language. You blow me away with your ability to converse with so many different people and cultures. Thank you for sharing your adventures and I'll be watching.

[@Cupcakeonline]

I’m so excited that you’ve come to Wales!! You’re doing fantastic. Most welsh speakers are in northern and west wales. Your accent is off but I love how you’re helping keep the language alive!!❤

[@genokemp2433]

You bring out the best in people mate ,learning their Language and it's lovely to watch ,Fair play 👍