Catching People Talking About Me in Foreign Languages... They don't know I Understand Everything

[@OrientalPearl]

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[@ElectroMonkE]

Would sub again if I could! Really love your work in democratizing asian languages and promoting culture

[@gravity-zero2917]

​@@ElectroMonkEdo what I did, get my kids and wife cell phone and subscribed to her lol.

[@tg213]

have you been to thailand or tried speaking Thai? i recall you talking to fellow polyglot raj (don’t remember last name) from bangkok

[@OrientalPearl]

@@ElectroMonkEthank you so much! I appreciate your support.

[@OrientalPearl]

@@gravity-zero2917you get my endless gratitude. Thank you friend.

[@helenalderson6608]

The people say they are scared because they are so comfortable saying bad things about others without any recourse. When I was teaching, I had 2 Iranian students say awful things, including derogatory words, about a patient that was gracious enough to allow students to learn from his suffering. I hauled them out and told them to never speak anything but English in front of a patient. They told me they didn't say anything bad (in Farsi). Then I repeated what they said. They went a little pale. It's a massive sign of disrespect in this situation

[@OrientalPearl]

That’s crazy. Thanks for sharing your story with us.

[@maya_jones3411]

I worked at this modelling agency and their most beautiful model is fluent in 18 languages. Imagine the stuff she hears…

[@fishmut]

Absolutely agree with you , totally disrespectful , so glad you pulled them aside and let them know they were out of line and you caught them out , just disgusting they did that.

[@merryworld4776]

🌿🌷🌿 I cannot thank you enough for speaking to those students. It is unbelievable why people are so rude in such a sensitive situation. Or any situation for that matter. A while back I injured my knee. I could clearly hear my doctor.. across the hall.. speaking to a tech about my treatment plan. The tech said, "What's the matter? Doesn't she have another leg?" I could hear them all chuckle. Then the tech walked in to wrap my knee. Afterward I spoke with the doctor about hearing all that was said. He said the tech "was just blowing off a little steam." I told him that "If she needed to blow off steam she should take a walk around the parking lot. That "blowing off steam" should NEVER be at the expense of the patient." !!! That was several decades ago, but is still vivid in my mind, to say the least. It occured in the U.S. with everyone being English speakers.. so it doesn't even have to be foreign language speakers. It is unfortunate that rude & insensitive people are everywhere. So, again, THANK YOU for standing up & speaking up.

[@halestrum77]

It's shameful how some people are just brought up without an ounce of respect in their bone. I assure you though most of us Iranians would never do such a thing 😄

[@thseed7]

If you ever hear someone saying something negative about you in a foreign language that you speak, my favorite thing to do is say something kind and positive in that language so they know you understood what they said, you aren't acknowledging their negativity and you aren't directly attacking them. Usually, they correct their own behavior and are left to shame themselves so you don't have to.

[@privatename3621]

Um.. that's precisely what she did. Also, the racism in some of these countries is through the roof! That's what it feels like to me when I see them all act so shocked that someone who doesn't look like them is speaking their language fluently. Just imagine if you said something like "How do you know English so well" so someone of Asian decent in New York or San Francisco! They'd be like... ah, because I was BORN here!?!?" It just blows my mind that people from China, Japan, and South Korea make such snap judgements about people's nationality base purely on just their appearance.

[@cleigh951]

@@privatename3621 You are EXACTLY right!!!….But you forget racism against whites DOES NOT EXIST ….🙄

[@bbibbibu]

@@privatename3621 i don’t disagree with your comment at all, just would like to maybe add some insight? majority of the population in asian countries are of asian descent, like 99% .. me for example have never met or spoken to a korean born person who wasn’t ethnically korean (of course im not saying they don’t exist and am by no means discrediting or invalidating their experiences of having to explain that they were born in the country and that’s why they speak the language, it must be exhausting and at times hurtful to be singled out like that) and most of america and europe are a lot more racially diverse so people encounter national born people of each country of all races and religions almost daily and it’s the norm .. but it’s not like that in most asian countries so when someone encounters a person who is not of that race speaking the language it’s always a nice surprise (they almost always have an accent too so we can hear that it’s not their native tongue and knowing that they learned the language to conversational level is an extra welcomed surprise and appreciation)

[@luvslyfe1]

@@privatename3621I totally get this. My hubs is Japanese American, born here. He doesn’t speak Japanese at all, only his dad does. Many years ago, we were at a store, and a cashier asked him, “Oh, you speak English so well, how old were you when you learned English?” I was shocked (I’m not of asian descent). Without missing a beat, hubs says, “Well, how old were you when you learned how to talk?” The guy looked embarrassed. LOL Best response ever 😂

[@Adam_A_Christian]

Reminds me of this Proverb: "If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you." (Proverbs 25:21-22)

[@kraigcochran9995]

I'll never forget the time my dutch mother and my aunt were talking 💩 about a waitress here in Oregon and she turned around and started telling them off in Dutch too!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bbghoul_x]

That's hilarious!!! ☠️

[@HonkiePlonkie]

I'm scared of the dutch people, there are not many of them but they are spread everywhere for some reason! Including me...

[@phantomjosh2148]

Same I’m a white hispanic with super white skin and green eyes and I always hear other Hispanics talking shit about me

[@chuckh4077]

Goldmember would be proud.

[@Darla48]

@@phantomjosh2148 lmao same! Im a güera with green eyes and I’ve caught people talking shit about me and then I talk Spanish and their faces are saltyyy 😂

[@aishariel9924]

I’m Puerto Rican, born and raised in Florida. I speak both Spanish and English fluently. This year I visited the UK. I was sitting down while on my phone waiting for my gate to open at Gatwick airport when I heard a Spanish family (from Spain) talking negatively about me. It was so bad, the 16 year old was calling me a rat to my face, thinking I wouldn’t understand her. I think they thought I was middle eastern. There’s a lot of discrimination in Europe against Africans and middle easterners. Anyway, I was so angry but in shock at the same time. never in my life have I experienced such discrimination. I didn’t speak to them but I immediately called my mom, speaking in Spanish on the phone, to tell her what I just experienced. They were so embarrassed. They completely moved away, out of sight. Before this experience I’ve heard how racist the Spanish are towards EVERYONE. But that was surreal.

[@bettysartist]

Spanish ate known for there racist especially if they can see the african blood in you .There in deny as many Spanish have african and Arab blood too

[@aishariel9924]

Someone replied but I cannot see it 😅I’m curious to know what they said

[@chrystianaw8256]

​@@aishariel9924same! KZbin keeps deleting comments

[@MikaelLima2210]

I remember that I once went to the Nochevieja in Salamanca, and before getting to la Plaza Mayor, there was this big police cord thing, were the police was mostly checking people with bags and stuff. I was with an african friend, and I went in first no problem, he came right behind me, but somehow police decided to stop him for a search. I remember that after he was able to pass I asked him "why did they only stop you?" and he just shrugged and said "probably cause I'm black". I will never forget that moment. Racism is very rooted in Spanish society, that's for sure.

[@MikaelLima2210]

Btw, forgot to say, I'm really sorry you had to experience such a thing.

[@narrakasa81194]

Im German, but I currently live in the UK. I speak 7 languages and have had a lot of fun listening to people say both good and bad things about others without realising I've understood. Once in belgium with my daughter, who was learning french & reading Harry Potter in french to help her learn in a little bistro, she got confused and in german asked me what something meant, we translated it to english first to help and a waitress came over & was incredibly kind and helped her by explaining in perfect english. Weve also experienced people say rude things as she spoke to me in english and they called us dumb brits, to which she replied,'Actually im german but i can understand you as french is my 4th language' watching adults get shut down by a 10 yr old is quite pleasing. 😊

[@hayabusa1329]

What are the 7 languages you speak?

[@morganfaye93]

LOL go girl!! 😂 what a flex!

[@narrakasa81194]

@@hayabusa1329 German, Dutch, French Latin, English, Russian and Korea. My daughter speaks, German, Dutch, French, Russian, Spanish and Welsh. My parents also speak multiple languages that don't necessarily match ours. It was my dad's 'Thing' he made a point to ensure we all learnt multiple languages, my sister spoke the same as me but she spoke Arabic not Korean.

[@hayabusa1329]

@@narrakasa81194 how did you learn an asian language like Korean?

[@TTXX455]

Love it 👏🏼 ❤

[@lautreamontg]

One of my professors once had that happen to her. She was dining at a Japanese restaurant in Waikiki with her husband and there were two 20-something Japanese tourists at the table near to them. The tourists were in something of a sour mood, as the weather was awful and the food wasn't great as well. They took to making commentary about the other people in the restaurant. When they got to my professor, they really didn't hold back. Both her and her husband are large people, and she has that typical eccentric somewhat colorful professor look. In any case, after a few very rude jokes at her expense, she got up and unloaded her East Coast Italian-American temper on them in perfectly fluent Japanese. I don't think they were prepared for that.

[@SL16867]

Yikes. What an angry woman.

[@lautreamontg]

@@SL16867 She had every right to be angry. They were making rude comments within earshot of her, under the premise that she wouldn't understand they were talking about her and her husband. She, however, did, and called them out on it.

[@TTXX455]

😂

[@hevoskuiskaaja2008]

I had the same happening. I just moved to Finland and learnt finnish when I had some desperate housewives talking about me, the “the foreign bitch” at the local supermarket. After I heard them talking about me for a while, then at the cashier I wished them a nice weekend and to burn in hell in finnish 😂😂 THOSE FACES!!

[@chrystianaw8256]

😮

[@jakemaanimeikalainen248]

Hitto mitä ämmiä. Onneks sanoit takas ni oppivat pitään lättynsä kii!

[@aimeemarie5462]

This is a good example of why it frustrates me so much when people act like the US is the only country on the planet with these issues.

[@ronlackey2689]

@@aimeemarie5462 How did you manage to take that around the block twice and make it an anti-American comment? You have some issues I think.

[@asaasa7900]

@@aimeemarie5462 You're making it all about the USA with your display of clear "American" exceptionalism

[@misosoup8030]

Why is it that people think they can talk about you just because they think you don’t understand? They should keep it to themselves and talk amongst themselves later in private. I love it when you shock them and start speaking their language. I would never presume that someone couldn’t understand me and never talk about them out loud.

[@jenr2180]

Better yet, we should think of others in love, then when we speak, it won't be something we are ashamed of! Including myself in that btw

[@CS..8]

Or….instead…they shouldn’t say rude things at all!!!

[@hayabusa1329]

Native English speakers are the only ones who do not talk about others openly because almost everyone knows English 😂

[@Eudi2020]

My husband spoke German. We were at a Halloween party and there were 2 German visitors. They were saying awful things about the people there and making fun of the costumes. After about 10 minutes of listening to the insults, my husband made it clear to them they were not welcomed there anymore. They left very quickly with their tail between their legs. Priceless seeing the looks on there faces when he started speaking to them in German😊

[@river8760]

That’s hilarious (him, not them) good for him for calling them out!

[@kevinl6231]

Man muss immer höflich sein. Heutzutage weiß man nie, wer versteht, was man sagt.

[@renemenkens2512]

German speaking or understand .... 10 minutes jokes and speaking bad about all the others... UUUh, what a Klischee

[@sarahwaters386]

​@@kevinl6231genau

[@notashroom]

Back many years ago I went to a concert with friends, and there was no seating so we all stood and my friends and I couldn't see the stage because of the tall blonde men in front of us with their dates on their shoulders. We didn't want to confront them, because who even knows when that'll go sideways, so I passive-aggressively cursed in German. The guys turned around "Sprechen sie Deutsch?" Turned out they were West Germans on vacation in the States happy to meet and accommodate three young women who can't see the band. 😂i

[@theworldaccordingtoallie1176]

I would’ve told him what they said. He’s at a great disadvantage and he’s trusting you. Tell him everything whenever someone’s talking about him. That’s a true friend.

[@WendyQallab]

I admire you so much. You have a wonderful way of speaking to people. You are a great diplomat.

[@stephaniewilliams9469]

You are repairing the bad juju that Asians have with Americans just by speaking THEIR languages and putting yourself out there the way you do! You’re an excellent ambassador because you’re so friendly and you look like Barbie! Thank you!

[@MrAngV]

I agree 100%!

[@fabricio4794]

Barbie?she is Brolly the Super Sayan...hahaha

[@tg213]

have you been to thailand or tried speaking thai? all the best. tim

[@pharuhs]

​@OLdweeb I think they're referring to historical contexts. Like how US is tied to European ancestry (at least China, kind of Japan as well at the very least) were victims of European interactions. (For China it was the opioid crisis or something like that and for Japan, it was an accidental [I think] instigated power struggle when Japan met the US because two Asian religions were already fluctuating and then Christianity was introduced and took a decent population by storm and one of the Shoguns I believe didn't like it because it called into question his politics and power). The affects are still felt, just lesser so. That's what I assumed to be hinted at. (Also just historically speaking, white people are known for being racist. Especially Americans around the Gold rush and then WW2 cuz of pearl harbor)

[@philiplongee1149]

Bad juju? It’s called COVD, intellectual theft, and fetanyl. So maybe learning the language might help to be friendly or give you a heads up if things go bad with authorities.

[@Jestersson]

The level of dedication you have to learn these languages is incredible.👍

[@OrientalPearl]

Thanks so much for watching. I hope you subscribe today and watch many more of my videos.

[@MrJewbomber1000]

Not just one, but 2 or 3 more on top of that

[@whushaw]

That little girl was so adorable, she even knew some English at such a young age. That's very impressive and the fact that your interaction happened near Fuji-san was a stroke of luck. I also admired the pinwheels made from paper, I wonder if that's considered origami? 🤔

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much friend. Good question. I was fascinated by those pinwheels.

[@followthewhiterabbit8561]

A lot of Western men are pedophiles, so they get stereotyped as one whenever they see a Western male in Asia.

[@paulstejskal]

That was adorable.

[@KC-rp5se]

I remember started school in HK, we had to learn both Chinese and English and the school system was 3 years of kindergarten.

[@sharonvalentine2373]

I was in shanghai for a short bit, and tutoring English for kids for the international schools is a very good/ easy job.

[@jenniferberry6755]

My brother took his class of kids to visit a church in England. There were French older students there aswell. He caught them saying lewd comments about the young girls. He just so happens to speak fluent French. So gave them some advice about respect, not only to the female kind but to the general community. If not, maybe they'd like to talk to the police about it. They were more than shocked.

[@spanzotab]

least surprising french interaction

[@hayabusa1329]

I once heard a bunch of Indian men in London talking about young white girls inappropriately in Tamil. I'm half Indian so I don't look very Indian

[@healingandgrowth-infp4677]

This is what scares me about the rise in I'm immigration to the UK. Haven been abused violated since young by grown men. I was in a cafe which was Moroccan n both men there were speaking their tongue about me n other young women. It only became clear to me as I visited often when the owner out of the blue started to sexually harass n then assault me. I only later put everything together. The way children n other visitors who were also Moroccan would speak about me in foreign language in disguise of thinking highly of me but then acting weird afterwards about it. The way a friend if mine who went there with me who so happens to be male was acting showing to that owner photos of a woman they found attractive on Facebook but wouldn't show me who they liked. Later this friend confessed they were told along time ago by owner of cafe how this owner felt about me. This so called lying friend now made clear to me was in on it too. as was all the foreign visitors going there. The joke I thought was a joke before anything happened as they claimed it was n that they needed to go for family about trying to get me to go to their country for a holiday break away now sounds really fishy too. Women n young females are even more unsafe in our country from predators even more now these foreign invaders In their drones come from countries that don't have a law or even apose child marriages n child predators n nor supports or agrees with women rights n respects. N they can talk n plan all sorts of things around stranger females in public places in their tongue n no one knows what they are planning or talking about. Can be discussing how to kidnap or sex traffick the next female victim sitting across from them for all we know

[@humble_integrity]

vietnamese spoken is a very hard language. it includes 7 tones: encompassing all the tones from mandarin (6 tones) and cantonese (4 tones) and has influence from thai and indonesia. written, is has influence from the latin alphabet. vietnamese is a very rich, but difficult language. if you can learn it, it will integrate with other east and southeast asian languages naturally.

[@NinjaMonkeyguy]

I Finally managed to comment! .. I'm surprised she was talking about me! .. Those Fuji views were amazing, and that little girl was so cute too! It was a fun day out :)

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you for all your help Nathan. I’m looking forward to filming with you again soon.

[@NinjaMonkeyguy]

@@OrientalPearl yup! More adventures are always great

[@2ndEssi]

it's really inspiring that you're brave enough to put yourself out there to get these genuine interactions. you seem like such a fun person !

[@teamshaboobalu2887]

It's so hard to get clear weather to see Mt. Fugi. So always be grateful when you get a good look.

[@JJJoeJoe]

You’re very talented hands down. As you said, those are really tough languages to learn. And the fact all the natives tell you how you speak it so well is impressive.

[@trixysvinylmusicfordjs8799]

The Japanese people are so heartwarming and gracious and their smiles light up my lounge! Thank you for your amazing videos!

[@OrientalPearl]

I’m so glad that these videos make you happy. I hope you subscribe and watch some more today.

[@ubaldo014]

This is the first time I met polyglot who speak different languages. you are so remarkable young person I've ever seen in my life. Keep up the good work Oriental Pearl! I'm really love your video❤

[@jimross7648]

Thanks! The best thing about your channel is that you are able to turn random interactions into normal conversations. You make non native to you languages accessible. You don't oversell the old in just 15 minutes a couple times a week and in 3 months you'll be holding conversation in your target language. Those are fantasy scenarios. Can you speak words and phrases in the target language, sure. That is not the same as conversing and comprehending the nuances of language. That takes a lot of effort and time. In most cases one can't just easily acquire a foreign to you language without speaking it, in the same way native speakers actually speak and use the language. Formal language taught in most language courses is not how people really talk in their day to day interactions. That's what really catches people off guard, is that your use of their language is similar to or the same as how they use the language. Most obviously foreign people don't take the time and effort in live in a second or multiple languages. Anming 7 has, and her random interactions become true conversations. She is one of my inspirations and subscribing to her channel provides not only interesting language interactions, but the ability to see the places she visits in a slightly less travel vloggy way. Being a Patreon of this channel is money that I consider extremely well spent. I get advice, inspiration and a metaphorical kick in the butt when needed. She can and will provide this to you. She is also just an interesting person to interact with.

[@OrientalPearl]

Wow, Jim that’s so generous of you. I hope you enjoyed seeing Nathan and I work together. He helped film a lot of the b-roll for this video. I’ll be filming in Korea and China later this month. This will certainly help!

[@raineypeter]

She definitely injects herself into people's conversations... If she spoke like this in America people would tell her to MYOB! Haha

[@taehyungishot3215]

@@raineypeter shii I would inject myself into ppl conversations too if I knew 5 ancient langs lmaooo

[@raineypeter]

@@taehyungishot3215 yeah nah

[@taehyungishot3215]

cry abt it @@raineypeter

[@timmontano8792]

I'm Hispanic but my main language is English. I understand Spanish because my parents spoke to us in Spanish all the time while growing up. It wasn't until I got into school that I started speaking mainly English. I guess I don't look Hispanic to most folks. I always feel like the proverbial "Fly On The Wall" when I hear people talking good, bad or indifferent about me. It makes for good anecdotal humor when I'm at family get togethers.

[@roseforeuropa]

I used to work with a lot of Hispanics when I worked in construction in Texas. Knowing what are they saying around me was literally one of my biggest motivators in learning. I've only caught one guy ever though on saying something a little bit rude about me. The reaction to his face when I just waited, and waited, before I confronted him in Spanish (on a rooftop mind you) was absolutely *priceless*

[@TheGreatHorde]

Spanish is difficult to learn for me also. I'm not a Latino. I tried all my life, and took Spanish in Jr. High and in college. Emersion learning seem to work best for most people. Dive into a latin community and try to learn right there. Best wishes..

[@IronKnee963]

@@TheGreatHorde As pearl said in the video, doing it with help (as in a group or a friend interested in learning too) makes it way easier. Also if you have a hobby you can tie into it, that would too. For example watching movies with spanish dub and eng sub or vice versa, especially if it's something you already know. That way it's easier to translate stuff in your head.

[@livedandletdie]

@@TheGreatHorde It's hard in school to learn stuff, there's plenty of resources online for you to learn Spanish, there's a Spanish dictionary, where you can learn Spanish words and their meanings in English, and it starts off small, teaching you simple words, kind of like a memory game, so while it doesn't teach you any grammar, it does teach you the words themselves, and you only need to learn about 1000 words to be able to read and understand most newspapers, and since Spanish is quite similar to English, so there's not really anything too hard to learn, sure it has grammatical gender, but you get used to it, and while Agua the Spanish word for water is feminine, it uses the masculine case, El Agua instead of La Agua. But it still uses the feminine case when it's pluralized Las Aguas. But that's one of the doesn't follow the rules kind of words, but yeah, Give it a month and you could probably learn Spanish. It's one of the easier languages out there to learn due to how many decent free resources are out there. Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and French have plenty of Resources out there for free, which can really help you learn the languages, and plenty of good music and movies as well. Then it gets slightly harder with German and Dutch despite being more akin to English, their grammar is harder, a lot harder, and their word order is not the same as English. English is SVO while German and Dutch are V2- word order. The same with Swedish Norwegian and Danish. Eg in Swedish. Han gick till parken för att fotboll spela. He went to the park to football play. Although Swedish is a bad example as Swedish has near free word order. Han parken gick till för fotboll att spela.. lit. He the park went to to football to play.. And no those are all different words for to in this case, till(to directionwise) att(to as in to do) för(to as in the meaning of because)... Well grammar aside, then there's a lot of resources for Chinese and Japanese and Korean, and while they're grammatically pretty easy languages they are SOV languages AKA verbs last. Then there's the this is going to be hard to learn category, and while the languages themselves aren't that hard to learn, they're a bit challenging to learn because they have too much grammar... These are Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Greek. And then there's the there aren't enough resources out there, in the forms of Romanian, Icelandic, Basque, most African languages, most native tribe languages throughout the world. Then there's the give up before you even try them languages, such as Finnish, Sami, Hungarian, and all of the other Finno-Ugric languages. And then there's a few which are hard for other reasons, like Arabic and Turkic and Iranian, Sanskrit, Hindu, etc. And no I'm not going to write down every language because I need to go to bed, I have to go to work in 10 hours...

[@timmontano8792]

I actually flunked Spanish in High School. I think it was because in school they teach proper Spanish. In the neighborhoods were we grew up they talked more like Chicano Spanish or "Spanglish." @@TheGreatHorde

[@sandramccreary]

I love how you surprise everyone you meet with your amazing language skills. You are so gracious and a wonderful non-stereotypical American! Bravo! My niece was in Paris many years ago and is fluent in French. She was in line and 2 French women were talking about Americans (not nicely). She let them go on for a few minutes before she leaned over and said in perfect French, "you do realize that French is not a secret language." They were so embarrassed! 😂

[@Camille_Lee_Eon]

😢 What is a stereotypical American?😢 What an odd comment to write in English, which Americans speak. Generally, I find we are very nice and welcoming. Granted, there are a few exceptions. Ouch!😮😮😮

[@Nuatheone]

are you discovering than europeans dont like americans and they're not hidding it ? lol pretty sure the 2 ladies didnt give a shit like so what?

[@andybliss5965]

​@@Camille_Lee_EonI find some of these so called 'open minded' people the most ignorant. My Japanese was quite good but there are so many Americans like this lady who speak better than me.

[@doppel5627]

​@@Camille_Lee_Eonstereotypical American is Karen. At least in Europe.

[@mystique592]

​@@Camille_Lee_Eon What an odd comment to write about English, as if Americans own it.

[@charliehiker2247]

Your friend seemed to be having a lot of fun, I think you did the right thing, and handled it gracefully... perhaps he will be as gracious as you as he learns other languages.

[@TheVirtualAirlinePilot]

That was one of your best videos! Beautifully filmed and little Yuna was really cute! I was in Tokyo in 2000 and only saw Mt. Fuji very briefly. With such a wonderful weather day, your film was so much better! I am subscribed. Really enjoy the videos. Take care. All the best from the UK. Lee

[@rimasappington6217]

I still don’t know what they were saying about her friend.

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you Lee. Im so glad that you liked this video so much with all the scenery.

[@hitmarkerwhattt6921]

The editing is getting outrageously good. I love watching your channel and xiaoma. Thank you for doing KZbin. Love you 🥰

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much!!

[@Eyeballz1]

I absolutely love these types of interactions with ppl 'cuz their reactions are PRICELESS!!

[@Eyeballz1]

im ok with speaking espanol, but the asian dialect vocally & accent is much harder for me & I could never speak it unfortunately!!

[@OrientalPearl]

More of these videos coming soon. I’m going to Korea in two weeks.

[@Eyeballz1]

awesome can't wait to see it! thanks for replying to my comment!!!

[@phantomjosh2148]

@@Eyeballz1flexing your eyes

[@Ciel_exe]

WOW PEARL, AS A VIET PERSON IM SO HAPPY THAT YOURE LEARNING OUR LANGUAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@cashbabies2914]

😂😂😂pearl

[@bellahyhoang4363]

As a Vietnamese person learning my country’s language (I’m a native English speaker) I wish you good luck! 😂❤ Love from Texas!

[@Ghouliaa]

I love these videos Anming. It's so amazing how you can connect with other people and your skills with languages is really something to strive for!! Ganbatte!

[@CP-tq7id]

If someone was talking about me or someone I knew in another language thinking I couldn’t understand , I would engage them in conversation and let them know I understand. I wouldn’t be rude about it of course, but I do think it’s a bit rude to talk about people in this way. Hopefully it would teach then a lesson for next time. This happens to me quite often as a bilingual African American woman. I learned Spanish on my own and I’m fluent now after 6 years of constant studying. I’ve caught people speaking about me, thankfully nothing bad, but still , it always rubs me the wrong way. I just politely say “I understand that” and we have a laugh about it Thank you for all you do. You’ve inspired me to start learning Japanese and seeing your dedication keeps me going. Good luck in your Vietnamese studies. I’m sure you will do great .

[@OrientalPearl]

I’m so happy that these videos have inspired you to learn Japanese. I think your advice is good for what to do when you hear someone talking about you.

[@OrientalPearl]

And thank you so much for your help supporting my channel. This will help with the filming trip to Korea in 2 weeks.

[@tg213]

to the bilingual african american, i am reminded of a noted but not well known african american physician dr carol burnet, first black graduate of einstein medical school . she grew up in a jewish neighborhood and was fluent in yiddish . i think she double majored in chemistry and judaic studies. this dr burnett practiced in nyc until her death recently.she was noted in one of dr oliver sacks books. she was a confidant and friend of sacks. while scrubbing in as young assistants, the senior doctors were speaking derisively about dr burnett in yiddish in the operating room. she let them go on and responded in flawless yiddish “ what you never worked with a schvarts before” and shamed them for their boorish and racist comments. i would give you the links but youtube does not allow external links

[@flyingkatya]

Reacting with humor is my favorite way

[@AlbandAquino]

I'm French, my wife is American. One day, in a little town in the Bordeaux area, we were strolling through the local farmer's market. Wifey, saw a cheese shop with "wheels" of cheese. She excitedly pulled out her phone to take pictures... The owner literally jumped us, saying in a thick French accent: "No picture, no picture!". Then to his colleagues: "Ah ces Anglais, ils prennent des photos mais ils n'achetent rien". (Ah English people, they take pictures but they buy nothing) I. Was. Fuming... I understood the smugness of the comment and I was ready to serve a serious sandwich of knuckles... Wifey drove me to another cheese shop, which was a WAYYY more enjoyable experience. Bought an insane amount of cheese, a fresh baguette. And we ended up making cheese sandwiches in front of the first shop, speaking loudly in English. When we left, I made sure he knew that I was a native French speaker.

[@OrientalPearl]

😂 that’s a funny situation. Hope the cheese tasted good.

[@KamilleN16]

Sweet!!!

[@frr5688]

He’s lucky you didn’t have any Chez whiz!!!!😂😂😂😂

[@yvettekinchking8838]

OOPS 😅

[@herdiemathews8652]

You Pretty Womaned that situation😂

[@gagaffe]

Even in my mother tongue I don’t think I could small talk so well 😂 I’m impressed how you are never out of conversation subject !

[@SunshineBear1211]

New sub here!!! Wow 🤩 You are amazing!! I’m blown away at how many languages you chose to learn. What talent you have! I hope you get to 1 million subs! You definitely deserve it! ❤

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you for subscribing!

[@Traderbear]

You handled that with your friend perfectly. 😊

[@bbibbibu]

it’s really refreshing to see you learn the languages of places you visit. in recent years korea has become extremely popular with english speaking tourists and on a couple of occasions i’ve heard them complain that no one speaks english .. in korea .. and my friend works at a store where she’s had quite rude interactions because she couldn’t understand what the foreign customer wanted and they got kinda mad at her! so it’s nice to hear you put the effort in to be able to communicate with the people who’s country that you are in

[@Passioakka]

I get very sad to hear that, tell your friend to just put a smile up and then just forget about thoose stupid turists! I am Scandinavian and have been to Asia (China and Thailand, would love to visit Japan and Korea too) and you know, even if you do not understand each others language there is always ways to get along. Body language, paintings and always have a big smile helps a lot! Why be mad, it is me as a tourist that is the outsider. Wish I had learned more languages when I was younger (only have a short introduction to mandarin and that was FUN) but now I am both old and have a minor brain issue that makes it hard for me to learn new things.

[@kusawwwwww]

That is so bizarre, Korea is still REALLY accessible to English speakers compared to other East Asian countries I’ve been to. It’s already accommodating, and then to be entitled on top of that… 🤦

[@__-fu5se]

As was said in the video, learning asian language from an european-based language is not easy at all. Not to mention they have nowhere the universality or ease of access, via media, music, movies etc as do, say, English media. Of course, it'd be great for all who visit to speak the local language. But as a tourist spending tops 2 weeks in a totally different country, is quite a tall order to expect language proficiency. Now imagine doing that to every country you visit. You'd spend a lifetime learning and barely cover a fraction of the languages of the world.

[@bbibbibu]

@@__-fu5se i don’t expect everyone to learn the language of course not, but when people just go to foreign countries expecting everyone to speak english and then having a problem when they don’t is where i have an issue … especially when the big number of tourists have gone up because of kpop and kdramas becoming more popular in the west i think those who are rude (again most are really nice and just happy to be here) expect everyone to be subbed or something because all the korean media they have consumed have had english subtitles, or because some of the korean idols they like can speak a bit of english they think everyone in korea speaks english. again, i only have a problem when english is just expected and they have an issue when people don’t speak it

[@bbibbibu]

@@kusawwwwww LITERALLY i only speak english well because my dad is originally from wales in the uk but my friend can still speak really basic english and those girls were asking her for something and because she didn’t understand what they were asking for the girls got really rude with her and ended up just leaving. she’s had other situations where people have been annoyed with her for not speaking english but none were as rude as the girls in that scenario

[@JourneyMetaspirit]

The situation of speaking about others in a foreign language was handled very well in the video. Your viewers are now better educated in conduct, if they weren’t all ready.

[@raineypeter]

Nothing bad? Yet you didn't reveal the part of the actual footage lol 😂 okkkkk

[@karmaficionado1163]

This story is slightly different, but I think it's perfect that you call folks out on it. My experience is at my apartment complex in NC, USA. I live in a low income development. Mostly black but maybe less than half are white. I am white. A deaf black man that I have never had any issues with before, started talking about me in sign language right in front of my Ring camera. After he did it 4 times, I decided to let him know that I am well aware of what he is saying about me. He is being extremely rude in what he is saying, but I guess he thinks I'll never know. One morning when he was leaving for work, I shot him the middle finger, simply to let him know (in his own language, so to speak lol) that I am VERY aware of what he has been saying about me, and that it should stop, now. He came running up into my face and called me a "white bitch". All this time, I never understood why he singled me out, and decided he didn't like me, so now I know. It's because I am white. He has never stopped at my Ring camera, again. I know what I did was immature, but he needed to know that I was on to him, and it worked. My way was way less classy than yours LOL, but you are a smart woman. Keep up the good work!!

[@pamelaches]

Im glad you kindly called her out. Its sad that she would be saying something negative to a little girl. Not a good example to a child who in these times could see more positive then negative. Shame on her.

[@norrisbethke7770]

It’s so interesting and fun too knowing another language, had several encounters in France and Germany in particular, surprising people like you’ve done 🙏🏻🕊

[@norrisbethke7770]

@@missprimproper1022 Good for you ! It makes for some enjoyable encounters both for you and the other party/ies 👏

[@norrisbethke7770]

@@missprimproper1022 How fun and enjoyable is that and so helpful too ! Kudos to you..working for an airline traveled much visiting relatives in Sweden, friends around much of Europe and now much of SE Asia,Thailand in particular, picking up some Thai and a bit of Chinese..helped a French speaking Canadian get his rental car in Ireland and the company upgraded my rental…so..not only beneficial and fun for ourselves also helpful for others..oh ! I have Chinese, Vietnamese, Somali, Honduran, Laotian, Guatemalen, El Salvadoran neighbors, love it do 🙏🏻👏👍🏻

[@josefschiltz2192]

It brings me to tears seeing all this. People just getting along.

[@7Link7]

cool story, but what did she actually say.............

[@hayabusa1329]

There's subtitles you clown

[@kevnosity]

Aw I remember your channel when u have few thousand followers! I’m so happy to see the growth! And so fortunate to be an OG! Love the channel!

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you so much!! I hope you are one of the subscribers.

[@binky1612]

People are people wherever you go, they just want a dignified life. Seeing your videos, combined with my many travels, reinforces my faith in human nature.

[@alexmorgan3435]

You must be a polymath and have a photographic memory to speak all these languages fluently. Korean sounds a lovely language. I can't get my head around Chinese. Did 5 weeks of evening classes and gave up. Many others quit after the first evening.

[@TheLineCutter]

when you make yourself that well understandable in 3 languages that most western people would say are the most difficult languages for them to even attempt to learn then you can drop the false modesty m'am ;) you are an inspiration. worked hard at something that you obviously got a talent for. well done miss.

[@CP-tq7id]

False modesty is a cultural trait of Asian cultures and one that personally love

[@robinarden1184]

I’m an American living in Germany. Waiting at a Delta airport gate an American woman (I was just on the phone to my German husband speaking German, obviously) starts bashing me without any reason! I’m minding my own business! Her husband says,‘ why are you bashing her?‘ An announcement was made, in English, with a gate change. I got up and said to her… you know, you really shouldn’t bash people in Europe. The majority speak good English! You should have seen the look on her face!😮and her husband said, ‚ yup, I told you not to! Is it out of boredom, or just plain meanness? I don’t have the answer but she’ll probably think twice the next time she’s in Europe!

[@anjevogt2927]

I think it's good that say something like you do... something positive or crack a joke. I will never forget when I was 11 my Daddy and I were holding hands ( we were super close) and we walked by a line of taxi drivers in Bangkok. One of them said in Thai " look at that old man and his young girlfriend.." I (blonde hair American ) turned around and said in Thai " He is my father!" The taxi driver was literally on the ground bowing and wai-ing(Thai respect greeting) to my father and I.

[@Kyla21Diamond]

This is amazing!!! It makes me want to learn more languages. I believe I saw a video once and it said speaking more languages can bring you across interesting people and experiences.

[@avedic]

These kind of videos are SO inspiring..... Becoming fluent in another language is the closest thing to a legit superpower in my opinion. I'm American and grew up in France from age 7 to 11. My parents tried to get me to learn French, but I was obstinate and refused. Boy do I regret that now! But now...I _really_ want to learn Norwegian. I find Norway to be absolutely gorgeous and alluring. It really vibes with my entire being. I'd love to visit...or even live there for some time. But I'd want to learn the language first...and get at least quite good, if not fluent.

[@kiwimusume]

Eh, the only time it’s really been a superpower for me was the time I flew to Guam and I was the only passenger who spoke the same language as the crew. They pretty much made me sit in the exit row lol.

[@wildcelestialsouls]

I'm obsessed with you! 🫶 I love your voice when you're talking in these languages, such a beautiful flow & you're so gracious & kind to people who think you can't understand. I loved foreign languages as a child, but life took over & I never persued them further. I had pen pals (1990's) & started learning Japanese, (taiwan) Chinese, Austrian, Finnish, Norwegian, French, Spanish, German, Icelandic... I thought I would travel & now, in my 40's I've barely ever been anywhere. So I absolutely love your videos & I can't believe I've only just discovered your channel

[@SoyoyoS]

You remind a lot of a co-worker I had that left to Europe a few years ago, she was so intelligent, very beautiful and brave! keep it up you inspire us all around the world!

[@jeniferleezeller7917]

I had been dating a guy for awhile back when I was about 20 years old. We weren't exclusive, which was fine. He had 1 bad habit. His parents were from Cuba, so whenever he wanted to say something in private to them, he would just switch to Spanish. One night, we were out and he had to call his dad on the payphone (yes, I am old), and he suddenly switched to Spanish. When he got off the phone, I asked who the girl was he was taking to the beach tomorrow. He had never once asked if I spoke Spanish. 😂😂😂

[@ssential]

I think you did the right thing! Breaking down barriers and having a friendly introduction is what the world means more of!

[@Alsicufe]

It's so fun seeing small children having interest in lagnuage and you guys encouraging it! I grew up with an English daycare"mom" (probably a 90's Swedish thing) that peeked my interest to language as a whole at 3-4 years of age. Keep encouraging the small ones and do not scold them for trying since trying is a good sign

[@noladol]

Yuna is adorable.

[@Bob_Cratchit]

You really are an ambassador. You handled the situation with style and grace. Admittedly, I probably would have been a tiny bit more admonishing, but then I'm a man and we're not always known for our social graces. I would have told my friend, but most likely after they left to ensure it didn't escalate, but would feel he had a right to know. Children truly are a gift - your "niece" was absolutely precious. Being referred to as auntie is a sign of respect to elders so does that mean you're old now? lol

[@kiwimusume]

Oh, don’t worry, I’m a woman and I learned young that if I’m too nice I’ll get walked all over, so I’m team tiny bit more admonishing too!

[@Yuriel1981]

My Grandfather didnt talk about his time in WWII much. But one of the stories he told me was when he was in Tokyo on leave with my Grandmother after the peace treaties had been signed. They were having dinner at a restaurant when two "Bushi" women where talking quite rudely about them. My Grandfather, speaking fluent Japanese, went to pay before they left. He stopped to compliment the ladies on the beauty of their kimono, in Japanese. The look on their faces was "priceless" and my Grandma, who spoke no Japanese asked my grandpa what he has said to them to make them so shaken. "I just coplimented their kimono." Guilt and shame are powerful in the east. To be sure.

[@561jeffkelly]

Excellent Vlog. Am from Liverpool UK born to Welsh parents but never really took any notice of them when they tried to teach me the language but my sister picked it up. That’s why she is our grandparents favourite 😜😜. Similar thing happened when we went to Anglesey wales visiting family when we were both in our mid 20s am now 54. In a restaurant in a really heavy Welsh speaking town and they started to talk about me, my wife, sister and her husband but unfortunately for the couple at the next table my sister gave them both barrels as the saying goes. Waiter came over but the lady speaking about us asked to be moved to another table when she realised my sister understood but when the manager came over and found out she was asked to leave. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍

[@LindaCasey]

I've had a couple of incidents like this too in Dutch. I'm totally blown away by your abilities young lady .. brava

[@tinabrickley8157]

I love to see your interactions with people from other cultures in their languages. I admire you for learning the languages you do so well. I was raised in US and mom is from Japan but unfortunately I didn’t learn Japanese even though I tried in college but it was just too hard for me!

[@TkyoSam]

As a proud Chinese man myself it's good to see Americans talking to us in our own language. Also for anybody who didn't subscribe to this KZbin channel, your ancestors are very dishonoredaraburu!

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you Sam! Well said 🤣

[@hayabusa1329]

You don't look Chinese 😂

[@robertrosicki9290]

I was away from my home in Canada touring the United States on my Harley and at Zion National Park I took the bus tour around the park . There was a couple on the tour from Poland . The wife was saying very derogatory things about me when the bus stopped and we got out for the guide to show and explain the sights to us . My manner of dress and the fact I was a biker really seemed to be a issue for her . At the end of our bus tour I addressed her briefly in Polish much to her shock . Hopefully a learning experience for her .

[@jamesb2291]

This channel is one of the few I watch regularly that gets more views than it has subscribers. It is odd there arent more subscribers. 1 million just around the corner!

[@zamiadams4343]

It's so great seeing people's reaction's to you speaking their language.

[@mattsheezy5469]

Keep in mind that other people’s opinion of us is none of our business. They’re entitled to not like us, & their negativity says way more about THEM than US ☺️

[@kiwimusume]

My stance is “what people think of me is none of my business *unless they make it my business*”. Namely, if it’s out of my earshot and doesn’t bleed through into their treatment of me, it’s a thought. If it’s said within my earshot and/or they act according to that opinion of me, it’s a behaviour, and I get a say in what I put up with.

[@123canadagirl]

I just traveled to Japan Taiwan and South Korea. My friend speaks Japanese and some Chinese and a little Korean. That helped us immensely when I ended up in a Korean hospital. I’m inspired to learn Japanese now.

[@dna3153]

Japanese characters are the same as Chinese characters. Chinese people can understand Japanese characters, and the pronunciation is 30% the same. The pronunciations of Korean and Vietnamese words are also the same as those in China. East Asian cultures all originated in China.

[@hayabusa1329]

​@@dna3153stop spamming bro you're embarrassing us Chinese

[@mwj5368]

What language program do you like the most? I love hearing you talk in the different languages and everyone is so nice! I only know Spanish but thought you might know in general what is the best program. I liked and subscribed, and you are amazing!

[@bluecedar7914]

I thought you handled that situation beautifully. I like the way you add "yet" into your humble compliment responses. Very appropriate.

[@OrientalPearl]

I appreciate that

[@kymox9945]

you are my biggest inspiration, I wish I had the discipline to learn languages like you. its really amazing and gives you so much versatility to truly travel

[@usduchess1009]

I love your videos. It keeps me inspired to keep learning Korean. I’d like to talk to locals when I go visit Korea… that would be so much fun.

[@stevendimmock4791]

It's not just the language courses. You have a great, natural talent and it's wonderful that you are using it to be nice to people. Keep on doing what you're doing.

[@OrientalPearl]

I have no natural talent for language learning. I couldn’t even learn Spanish as a kid. It’s about effort.

[@albasalvat9101]

Your videos are so enjoyable! I am amazed at how fluent you are in so many languages-especially languages that are not easy to learn. I applaud your motivation and hard work in learning so many languages! God bless! Take care! Sending you many blessings from Houston, Texas.

[@edwinhusic7081]

Your videos are truly inspiring, I‘m obsessed watching them! I work as a tour guide in Austria (German, English & Serbo-Croatian tri-lingual), have a lot of Chinese/Korean guests and your videos really motivate me trying to learn these languages :)

[@sarahwaters386]

Wie gafällt dir Österreich?

[@hayabusa1329]

You just need English to speak with them

[@andrerodriguez7603]

I also studied German (in my 20’s), and Japanese for a few years (in my 50’s), went to both countries on vacation. I spent a month in Sapporo, taking a language course, now years later I forgot most of my Japanese. I’m Hispanic and learned allot of grammar growing up, since it was a spoken language in my household. I feel very fortunate that language I didn’t have to work hard to learn. 😅

[@cindyrelick5830]

Your language skills are phenomenal. I lived in Tokyo for three years with my Japanese husband (Sansai) so we spoke a lot of English. I studied at University for 1 year but never never gained a grasp of nihongo like you have! Sometimes I dreamed in Nihongo but moved back to the states and whoosh - all is lost. Good on you! You are So impressive!

[@annapesceanscaia1598]

I consider that the more languages a person knows, the better. Learning at least some expressions, words (hello, thank you, good evening, etc.,) in the language of a country you are planning to visit ,would be nice too. When I was a student I followed that rule, even learned some words in Anaheim language, we had some students from Ethiopia.

[@Northsea_007]

Wow! I speak German, Greek, English, French, Spanish and VERY little Italian und here in Europe people are very surprised 😊 But your language skills are on another level I think... 😀 It is a pleasure watching your videos and seeing the reaction of the people - everybody seems to be very happy when hearing somebody speaking his language - that is so cute to watch 🙂 Greetings from Germany!

[@desk_kun9869]

I am so happy that you are learning vietnamese as a Vietnamese I can tell how hard it can be to foreigners so I hope you do well 😊

[@kyotohamada315]

Quick question would you learn Japanese first or Korean? I've been stuck with deciding between them. I would like to be able to live abroad in either Japan or south Korea if possible. Thanks :)

[@HouseMDaddict]

Japanese is easier in my opinion. I tried Korean and all of the "letters" look the same

[@OrientalPearl]

Pick the language you’re most passionate about first. But Korean will be a little easier than Japanese.

[@kyotohamada315]

@@OrientalPearl Ok, Thank you! :)

[@kyotohamada315]

​@@HouseMDaddict Thanks, I would have to agree with you. I've tried a little of both and it seems for me at least speaking Japanese is easier, but at the same time reading in Korean is easier then Japanese :)

[@sm00re2]

Personally I find japanese hardsr than korean. But i know from experience that the language you will have the most success in is is the one you are most passionate about like anming said. I was way more advanced in korean after 6 months of self study than 4 years of spanish in school. The difference? The level of passion and interest. If you cant decide. Stick to one for a few months and then switch and see which one you take to better. I was originally interested in japanese but chose to learn korean first due to the easier alphabet. Then i became obsessed. And now that im trying to learn japanese off and on over theblast 4 years i just havent developed the same level of passion despite preferring how japanese sounds to korean and being interested in japanese most of my life. Idk what it is lol i think alot of it is just due to not wanting to start back on the bottom. Korean is so easy now and i don't have to think about it often but japanese is a constant struggle lol

[@DHARK1873]

This is why it’s absolutely DISGUSTING that some people demand you speak their primary language just cuz it’s THEIR primary language. The DECENT thing to do is to learn at least the basics of the PRIMARY language of whichever land you’re traveling to. What a cool lady and congrats on learning multiple ones.

[@Kavita_826]

These are my FAVOURITE videos, where you surprise people with your multilingual qualities. Wow, youre amazing and your parents must be so very proud of you. I want you to get together with Xiaoma (from NYC) and walk around china, then converse in Chinese they're the BEST videos ❤ All the best to you 🙏🏽

[@Mamaratchet]

First time viewer! Loved this I’m half Japanese and I can only understand But can’t even talk like you! I’m impressed!!! W content

[@RoieBechor]

do you have any tips for english and japanese learners? It would mean the world to me if youd help out🙏🙏🙏

[@OrientalPearl]

My advice is don’t try to do Japanese alone with no help. For one, I always use these audio lessons to start every new language: imp.i271380.net/c/2397166/1117678/11472

[@RoieBechor]

@@OrientalPearl Thank you so much🫶

[@AyakaVR]

You always make me smile, thank you for spreading our culture ^_^

[@SailorYuki]

What do Asians think about random people just talking to them? I know here in Scandinavia, and in greater extent all the nordic countries, we'd just look at you like you've grown a third eye or something. I am studdying Chinese but I get stuck on pinyin simply because I studied Japanses in my teens, so I keep pronouncing them in "japanese". My brain just won't accept any other sounds for consonants and vowels. Before you ask, no I don't know any Japanese today. I had no one to practice with so I forgot almost everything. my accents are way off pitch too.

[@stacin821]

I'm not sure if you would consider Sweden a Nordic country but your comment reminded me of a time when a group of Swedish people traveled to my workplace to help with a project & the one guy said he had twins so I asked if he had any photos I could see because it's pretty common to ask share photos of your children in the US, especially if you are a woman, which I am. He looked at me like I had 3 heads 😂😂😂 I felt like an idiot & immediately apologized. I told him I wasn't trying to be rude, that I was just curious & we moved on. Anyway, later he came up to me & said I have some photos if you'd like to see them 😂 I don't know what changed his mind, but it was very interesting to see the cultural differences.

[@OrientalPearl]

You’d be surprised how flexible the brain is. Give yourself more study time everyday. Pitch accent is probably the least of your problems. Don’t worry about pitch accent.

[@ahall9839]

@@stacin821 "I'm not sure if you would consider Sweden a Nordic country" You could have googled and fixed your incredible ignorance of basic geography faster than it took to type that sentence, especially if you're a woman, which you are.

[@stacin821]

@ahall9839 Sorry, I was speaking in a more conversational way. Typically, when you just speak to people, you don't whip out Google. Is what I said insulting in some way? That wasn't my intention.

[@ahall9839]

@@stacin821 Thing is, you're not speaking to anyone, you're on a device with immediate access to the basic knowledge that most people would and should be embarrassed to admit ignorance of. Yet, instead of taking the opportunity to become ever so slightly less ignorant, you decided to waste even more time trying to "defend" yourself. This is why America is a laughing stock. You are the reason foreigners are bad mouthing you in their own languages.

[@BrianLevine-q7e]

I live in the Texas Hill Country. My stepmother was a "Tejana". A lady of Mexican heritage. I had a lot of love and respect for her. I took Spanish for 3 years in highschool. I have had people talk about me in some very rude language thinking since I am a "gabacho", I don't know what's going on. I love the look on their faces when I start asking them in Spanish why they have said very bad things about me. There is a verse in the Old Testament about using a language you think locals don't understand to speak badly about them.

[@skeeter9252]

You did the best thing, always keep it positive. The little girl ended up with a positive experience with your friend.

[@uncle_matula]

I recommend you Hungarian among the European languages, we'll see how "easy" it is, although you won't have too much trouble after learning so many languages. By the way, it is one of the more difficult languages for Asian speakers to learn

[@roseforeuropa]

Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian are still considered intermediate-level difficulty for English speakers. Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic are still considered about 2x as more difficult to learn.

[@uncle_matula]

@@roseforeuropa try it

[@BunnyWatson-k1w]

This happens quite often in many countries. People will talk about the so-called foreigners as if they know nothing about the language and culture. The French will bash "dumb ass" Americans thinking they lack class or even speak French. The same happened to my mom when she lived in China, with locals bashing westerners. My girlfriend often witnessed some Koreans talk about "round eye" westerners, thinking they spoke no Korean. Those westerners living full-time in Korea will now wait until after the insults and then switch into perfect Korean, shocking the local gossipers just like in this video.

[@Nwladylaura369]

I love how you have the intonation down so well, even your laugh is correct! 😊

[@MrHilljefy]

What a great video! Very interesting how much more you undoubtedly get from a visit to Asia knowing those languages. Ironically, language can be quite an impediment to understanding! I think you should tell your friend what they said about him if it wasn't anything bad or hurtful. He can learn something more and gain a different perspective about the dynamics of going to a foreign country without knowing the language. Keep up the vids. Fascinating!

[@MartinisnOlives]

How can we give you advice when you didn’t even reveal what they said about your friend? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Agg1E91]

My wife got me interested in Netflix K-Dramas, summer of 2022. I gravitated more towards the historical period dramas. Anyway, in August of 23, after watching my wife spend months on DuoLingo Spanish, I decided to challenge myself to see how much Korean I could learn in 5 months. Thus far I have a decent understanding of the sounds and the characters. Not much understanding of actual vocabulary, sentence structure, verb tenses, etc. I work for a Korean tech company so this *could* have some practical applications/benefits. I am sticking with DL for 12 months (if I keep at it that long) and then I'll give Pimsleur a look-see. I come to your channel as I have need of some inspiration and encouragement.

[@Joeyo510]

I was walking alone thru Harajuku last June and I saw you exit a shop with a friend, wish i would've said hi back then, you're so cool! Keep up the great videos! Can't wait to be back in Tokyo in July this year!

[@nowintroducinghertome]

Oh shii im solo doll jack.. im learning by myself madarin chinese,cantonese, Vietnamese, Japanese. Then im trying to do youruba,haitian creole. Duo lingo gets me through pictures too. Im getting through the first few units of each language so i can spread out Jesus in each language. 🤝👏🏻👏🏻

[@davidputterman2719]

Thank you for sharing that video. It was beautiful. Cheers from Connecticut.

[@davesharpe2752]

Just started watching your videos. Funny to see the reaction on peoples face. I’m your newest subscriber. I would like to learn another language. Love from 🇨🇦

[@OrientalPearl]

Thank you for subscribing.

[@johnhlychho]

you always put a big smile on my face whenever i visit & watch your videos, keep up the good work, bless you 😍