Pidgin 101 - Portuguese People

[@dasfreshyo]

Andy "No quote me, I might be wrong" would be good on a shirt.

[@erichakemm8815]

I lived in Oahu in the 1970's and I STILL REMEMBER your comedy routine and your Portuguese jokes! So glad I found you on youtube!

[@Takedownman]

Polynesian people mean no harm, but we always got jokes bra. Some people get their feelings hurt, but really we mean nothing by it.

[@namastezen3300]

Plenty to learn here. Thank you, Andy. (The deadpan delivery of "they taste the same" was perfect. You are the master.)

[@deborahkee-urbanek369]

Man I miss these videos. Use to get up early in the morning to catch it early. Made my day.

[@aniqika]

You are my new favorite person. I'm Albanian. Born in Europe and raised in New York City. We have our own dialects in Albanian. We obviously have that in New York City, too. So I appreciate this very much. It's so real and I can relate to that.

[@jorgeleao1]

I'm Portuguese and just bumpted into this video. So glad to have learned something new about our culture. Thanks!

[@Rolando_Cueva]

Yeah man same. Greetings from your Iberian neighbour ;)

[@arturomansour-hull930]

I’m both Spanish and Portuguese.

[@deborahtavares9024]

I watch every morning now. Great way to start the day!! LAUGHING!!!!!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Deborah Tavares Mahalo Deborah. Means a lot to me. Aloha.

[@mikeandreoli145]

I love it. Portagee jokes in New England usually are about how they hate to spend money. My own mother is a good example. Here is one. A Portagee lady in Boston sees a sign that says "Two cucumbers for 25 cents!!" So my mother walks up to the grocer and asks "How about if I only want this one? " The grocer says "That'll be thirteen cents." She says "Then I'll take the other one."

[@paulguzman1634]

I grew up on Oahu and left the islands 20 years ago for foreign climes. Listening to Andy brings me back to the people and times I remember best. It's almost like listening to an old friend!

[@EthanDaWaterman]

Eh, witout da podagee people, we no get podagee sausage

[@kalenakapiolanialohaaina5962]

+Ethan Lau As true and also no ukulele.

[@richiesaidthat2198]

+KalenaKapiolani Alohaaina fah real- tanks eh podagee poeple!

[@mikalaf8273]

No forget the malasadas!

[@EtrielDevyt]

Im from Fall River, MA, and I always find it funny when people from other places have no idea about portuguese food. Do they Chourico in Hawai'i, too?

[@SunnyIlha]

And no can imagine Hawaii witout podagee sausage. Grow up podagee sausage and rice fo brekfas

[@danisettle6045]

So happy I found you again. Dis Da Kine Popolo Wahine miss her home. My daughter and I sent you one "shaka video. Mahalo nui loa for keeping me laughing.

[@franklinhu573]

hi dani.

[@josecolucci8809]

Brazilian with Portuguese blood living on Maui here. In Brazil, we tell jokes about the Portuguese as well, and for exactly the same reason the Hawaiians do. There is a universal tendency to make jokes about the exploiters or ethnic groups perceived as helping them.

[@chadridgeway7171]

Genius! Hilarious! Informative! Great delivery! One small kine thing; in portuguese it's not "una carta" it's "uma carta"

[@MoonJarGirl1]

Hey gang! As of 2/4/24, Andy comes on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3pm HST - 5pm PST (6PM after the time changes) and 8pm EST. Join the fun by searching Andy Bumatai or Daily Pidgin on KZbin! COME AND ENJOY THE ALOHA VIBES!!

[@islandnites]

One of my fav Andy skits - the fight between two locals bc of the use of the confrontationally interogative word . . . "Wot?" (pretty sure was an Andy skit - anyone remember that from BoogaBooga days?)

[@jodiphillips2186]

Humor is high level thinking. You are making us all Pidgin- smart and Hawaiian- smart

[@jayallen3192]

As a product of da Medeiros Clan., You are spot on reference da potagees! I am Potagee proud!

[@mosaicsoundrecordings8471]

Hi Andy. I've been a longtime fan. I'm glad to see you here making videos and sharing them on KZbin. It really looks like you've caught your stride, with these last few videos. On a separate note, have you ever watched your videos with the Closed Captioning (CC) on? Especially with the Pidgin, it's an added level of comedy. Continued success to you.

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Glenn Suravech Mosaic FYF Yeah, a few have mentioned that. I'm afraid to look.

[@kauluvierra3783]

I'm podagee and I love podagee jokes 😂

[@jeffyoung60]

Growing up in Honolulu, I heard slightly different versions, 'Pollagee', 'Portagee', 'Pochogee', 'Pordagee', among the individual kamaainas.

[@johndowdow1806]

Was your last name at any point “Vieira”?!? And changed over time? Just curious... I find a lot of Portuguese last names were changed throughout time

[@user-pn3bk8ep8w]

John Dow Dow my mom’s family is Vieira but never got changed when they arrived in America. My dads last name was De Silveira but customs changed it to Silveira when they arrived in New York. Those bastards even changed my dad’s first name to John, so his entire name was changed 🤨

[@LeiMomiToo]

Thanks again, Andy. These are so much fun. I really look forward to my daily dose of these videos now!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+JT eDesigns Tanks eh. I'll do my bet to keep 'em coming.

[@IonOtter]

04:55 - "Which, I nevah understood, to me, taste the same." *dies*

[@jucamatilde5865]

It’s the only joke I understood, he too eats dogs

[@dagmarrittershaus9490]

Mahalo, e Andy, fo making us laugh! Aloha!

[@calebtimes453]

5:41 That was hilarious

[@nicos551]

Love your daily pidgin Andy. I grew up in Maui, now in Minnesota. Mahalo.

[@judithbrowning7615]

I thought the punch line was going to be ... "cut 'em in eight. More for my money." Great segment. I never knew where the inclusion of "one" came from. Give us more!!

[@jayb8369]

Aloha Andy! Miss your shows! and my malasadas and Portagee sausages. Much Aloha Brah!!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

I'm on Twitch every morning at 6 AM Hawai‘i time. Twitch.tv/AndyBumatai

[@laramasiul]

Love this,we portuguese are all over the world,cavaquinho is the small guitar we took with us and become a tradicional one overer there,we are all connected.

[@BigBradduhProduction]

Mahalo nui Andy Bumatai! This video just made my day. :)

[@jameskeopuhiwa8117]

Always a Blessing Unko Andy!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+James Keopuhiwa Mahalo.

[@cat_pb]

thank you for this video !

[@shaggybreeks]

"America, we say thanks a lot. But the Portuguese took California, and we never even fired a shot"

[@ohmom4884]

Hi Andy, I am from the Mainland. Your humor is so funny!! Please keep it up. And we here are all thinking about you while you go though your cancer treatment. Beverly

[@etneditor9948]

Dis one when make me laugh so hahd I stay coughing!

[@haoleboy1986]

I'm Portuguese and never minded being called Pordagee or Pocho. I call my other Portuguese friends Pocho too. Anyway, born and raised on Maui and I learned a couple things from this video - thanks Andy.

[@SuperLaura516]

My sister and I used to have a contest where we’d sit across from each other and put an ume in our mouth. The first one to contort their face looses. I always lost. You reminded me of this. I will have to have a faceoff next time I’m back home. So great to have found you on here, Andy! Brings back memories.

[@mamoahina]

"uma" carta. :) And "um" for other nouns. But loved this! Too funny!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+mamoahina ‘E kala mai. I thought was like the Spanish. My bad.

[@mamoahina]

+Andy Bumatai - Toolin' Around It's like spanish, just more nasal. :) And Portuguese tends to favor the M vs Spanish that will use N instead. Um/uma vs un/una, uno, bem vs bien (sounds similar actually) and many others.

[@KAILABABEZ69]

Howzit Andy, YOU are da funniest local brudda comedian in Hawaii and nationwide you're one of the rare comedians who doesnt use cuss words thank you for that. You, Raps and Da Bruddas are naturals. Just let da pidigin flow in your videos though lol you know how to speak it without trying. I know that you speak very well or proper English but you sound like da outsiders trying too hard to talk like us locals. You're funny regardless da bes!!

[@dalejean1230]

Great insight.

[@robertagannon6546]

Miss Hawaii so much! Just gave a friend in your tutorial in pidgin English he had no clue about the origins. I was born and raised in Hawaii

[@elizabethseal8641]

Thanks for telling us about the Portuguese. I didn't realize that they were the first to bring their family with them. My maternal grandfather was Luna and also policeman in cane fields. I have a picture of him sitting on a horse. And his parents came from the Azores to work in Hawaii. Thank you for making this educational and keeping it funny.

[@jeffyoung60]

Pidgin English was thicker back in the 20th century when I was growing up. One of the most distinct examples was, "Pot Warnna" football, or, "Pup Wanna" football. This was pidgin for, "Pop Warner" little league football for grade schoolers.

[@trizdizzle808]

I want some ume now lol and some malasadas for some reason lol. Love your videos ♥

[@elixir220]

Andy you have been missed. i grew up in Kailua and left home in 90. you did a show when i was a kid at the place my dad worked. the Enlisted mens club at KMCAS. im glad you use this platform to get you out all over the world

[@02bigkev]

Great vid mate.

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+02bigkev Mahalo. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@leehall8777]

Great work uncle Andy! Good laugh everytime I watch. Now just need to get uncle Frank to do some collaboration huh? lol

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Lee Hall Mahalo.

[@Amy-po3hu]

Andy Bumatai. The fantastic, real, funny, adventurous Andy Bumatai. Beloved Bumatai.

[@brucewilliams1924]

Bradha Andy, big mahalos for the "Da Kine" history lesson. My roots go back to Portugal via the Raposa Ohana from Kealakekua & Capt. Cook. Raised in Kaneohe, a graduate of Damien High School and former HPD, I call Guam home for the last 34 years. Got an imu in the backyard that my boys & I fire up at least once a year on my wife's birthday. Enjoy your show!

[@barbaraferreira2978]

First of all as one Potagee - Ferreira - I honor all my ancestors who worked in the fields. They were hard workers..............Secondly DAS FUNNY!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Barbara Ferreira Mahalo for the support. I wanted to mention ukulele, malasada and ketchup but I like to keep the videos as "bite sized" as possible.

[@intongbalatong]

haha!! mean kine crackin up this mornin! mahalo andy..dis made my day.

[@vivianmace8825]

Very good Andy. You still got it. Mahalo for your efforts. God Bless you--people need to laugh and learn.

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Vivian Mace Mahalo and couldn't agree more about laughing and learning.

[@lopazio]

What is the expression he uses at 6:07? It sounded like a portuguese expression

[@RawRidesHawaii]

I'm saying (In Pidgin) What do you expect? Everyday the paint can is more far away.

[@lopazio]

@@RawRidesHawaii thank you very much! Now I see it has nothing to do with portuguese. I enjoyed your videos, it is very important to preserve the culture. It's what makes us unique and at the same times connects people. Great job! Greetings from Lisbon, Portugal. Mahalo. (Note: just found out a pidgin word that must come from portuguese - "shishi" which in portuguese is "xixi", same meaning :) :)

[@garyniblock8864]

I wen learn Andy. You da best brah!

[@heatherkealoha4137]

"...Oh brah, cut 'em in six, I cannot eat eight."🤣🤣🤣

[@franklinhu573]

he's one good comedien.

[@Shonuffkicks]

my man Andy breakin it down !! right on unko !!

[@crank7283]

this whole video was worth it for that Japanese ume joke

[@jeffyoung60]

Not just pidgin English and common ethnic stereotype joking but facial and bodily mannerisms were unique to the local islanders. Use of the eyebrows and eye expressions and head movements were common and could convey a short message between two people without a word being spoken. That's thought to have originated from the ancient Hawaiians and the Japanese immigrants. Using my eyebrows and eyes, and head movement I could convey the messages of, good morning, how are you, and I'm doing fine , yes, okay, that's alright, over there, to another person without opening my mouth. Another theory is that this facilitated communication between different ethnic peoples in the Hawaiian islands during the heydays of pineapple and sugar cane agriculture.

[@gipolhovivo6697]

Did not know that. And I'm portuguese. Figures most people would be from the Madeira Islands, because I believe they planted cane there.

[@marydennisebalthazar6676]

Love it

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+MaryDennise Balthazar Thanks Mary.

[@marmeone]

"Taste da same" 😆 My grandpa when apply for work the canefield as one laborer, but the haole boss hired him as a luna! My grandpa was like "shoots!"

[@zzkeokizz]

The ume joke. That was hilarious.

[@808alvinf]

My mother is pure Potagee from Kauai...gotta play her this video:)

[@harrymiram6621]

W/Out Podagee's, nomo ukulele, nomo Peter Moon, nomo Tiny Tim, nomo Braddah Iz, nomo Jake Shimabukuro & nomo Taimane!

[@jeffyoung60]

This man is totally right. Growing up in Honolulu, political incorrectness was not considered politically incorrect among the local peoples who openly expressed ethnic jokes and stereotype jokes, a la Pollack type jokes, between each other. In 2019 mainlanders would be horribly shocked at the ethnic jokes the islanders spoke about each other back in the 20th century. Some were funny and some were downright insulting. I'm not going to tell you what the "Portagee" ethnic jokes were during my youth. Let me hint that if you're aware of the old, Pollack jokes on the mainland, you're on the right track. We can't talk like that anymore.

[@hula48]

Awesome Just love this Kane eh. Hona Hou!!!

[@joylynnfujimori6567]

Manu Butler Hana Hou❕🤙🏽

[@mrdivit1]

Andy, if you’re still alive oh my God is so good to hear your voice you’ve made me laugh. My family left my kids I have an eye with Halle and I remember when I was first on the islands everything was you effing Harley for years that’s all I got lol damn God bless you son I hope you’re still alive. 8:04

[@anabengalinha4049]

Se fores Portugues es dos bons!!! 5 estrelas !!! Tenho quer ir um dia ao awhai

[@inageorge3062]

Good to know some history from your side!! bro... Polynesian from Cook Islands here... Dad was full Atiu and Mum was Full Pukapukan... see some lingo similarities too... aro'a our word for aloha, umu for imu

[@ricardootake]

I am Japanese Brazilian and lived in hawai’i 8 years . We joke about the Portuguese people the same way Hawaiians do . My guess is the Portuguese the same jokes about themselves.

[@JAnotherday]

,You are so funny Andy! tank you for teaching da Loco lingo that I fogot long time ago

[@hiroshi766]

I was born on Oahu and I nevah knew some of these history facts. I only speak pidgin at home and my momma no understand me Thanks!

[@ChefRafi]

It didn't come from maysa nga surat (one letter) in Ilocano?

[@ChefRafi]

Glenssuos Extra very interesting language history.

[@anthonyfrade5203]

Im podagee and I love podagee jokes lol. Were generally easy going with ethnic jokes.

[@IslenoGutierrez]

I don’t understand how they separate Portuguese (Potagee) from Haole when they are both white and from Europe originally. They are both haole. That’s why the sugarcane bosses (haoles) made the Portuguese the underbosses (lunas), because they were white too, just had a Latin culture and rather than an Anglo culture. Both are whites.

[@user-pn3bk8ep8w]

Tito Torres hello friend, we’re not white! Have a great day! 💜

[@IslenoGutierrez]

T Portuguese are absolutely white. Portuguese are from Europe. All of Europe is white people. In Europe, Portuguese are white but magically are not in Hawaii? Because Hawaii doesn’t know who is white and who is not.

[@Headsplinter88]

@@IslenoGutierrez Most likely due to the Berber, Moorish and Jewish race mixing that occurred for hundreds of years in Iberia especially during the Moors rule. It left a big genetic influence and imprint across all regions. Having North African and Semitic admixture isn't white unfortunately... unless you come from a Portuguese family line of mostly Germanic or Celtic origin which I believe do still exist in the northern parts.

[@gschady]

at 2:36 I smiled and lol'd PLENTY .. since 2005-2013 I bought and rebuilt country singer Marty Robbins' house Bamboo rd d Mauka Captain Cook .. coming from Midwest you've solved the mystery of the "one" .. Aloha bruddah Andy I wish I could meet you

[@arturomansour-hull930]

I think the one thing also comes from Spanish which was brought by the Puerto Ricans because en español una carta significa one letter también.

[@kimaelani]

Da moment you said ume my mouth stay watering

[@fraymond3]

"Eh, everyday the paint can mo far away..." I died....

[@lornaellema3814]

I’ve read that the ukulele is Portuguese in origin

[@C4V4C0]

Yep, the cavaquinho came from Madeira

[@auntiebobbolink]

@@C4V4C0 Years ago I heard the word baraca for small stringed instrument. Do you know anything about that?

[@JaronMorrisJARONIUM]

Tanks Bradda!! Good da kine.

[@kanehawa]

Eh brada, enjoy da videos!!! Even here in Bavaria Germany. MAHALO!

[@808alvinf]

good stuff:)

[@jeremyandrade7324]

I fricken love it! 🤣🤣🤣

[@harrymiram6621]

W/out Podagee's, nomo Leonard's Bakery, malasada's & Podagee sweet bread!

[@artistamisto]

Interesting I heard that Portagee bosses story from Frank Delima on a website several years ago. He, you and Rap were my favorite local comedians at one time. You guys got some good airplay on TV and radio back in the day and we had fun watching/listening and memorizing the humor. Were you guys friends or rivals? I would think friends or Comedy Ohana. Kamasami Kong, Michael W. Perry, Whodaguy Ron Jacobs and I think a guy named Lou Richards were famous DJs all on popular KKUA radio around that time. And a crazy guy named Tom Dynamite Dancer was on KORL back then. You might memba them. Take care bradah.

[@artistamisto]

Forgot to add... the odda ting Portagees brought Hawaii was da Malasadas! So ono!!! Btw we just wen go try these Malasadas on the corner donut shop on Waialae across from where the old Queen Theatre used to be, other side of where Gecko Books used to be. Awe, all my directions are from places long gone! What happened to my old Hawaii playground?! But anyway that donut shop must have stolen the Leonard's recipe because taste exactly da same... no bulai! I had tried other places before and not even close so I know my taste not off. So if you wake up too late for Leonard's and want to avoid da giant tour buses and crowds, try um there these buggahs they get um and no long lines!!

[@lavabear808]

mahalos plenty Andy!

[@joaosantos9896]

I'm podagee and I had no idea we had this connection with hawai great

[@jeffglanstein4489]

Wow. I always figured, Local jokes are different 'cause we first make fun and humor of ourselves; then (den) when me make fun of someone else it ain't so bad, after all, we made ourselves look funny, also. So we all laugh. Great.

[@disfaka8089]

You right Andy u right baddah

[@Cm.808-w5y]

I love that paint joke lol

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+MonkeySeller808 Mahalo.

[@surferpam1]

Andy, you da bess!

[@COVID-cm4rn]

Im a Silva podagee and couldnt agree with you more. I like podagee jokes though. So true about everything

[@imyourhuckleberry357]

Wow, you sound just like my late uncle...He was Portuguese Hawaiian...He owned Korts Kau Kau kitchen restaurant on Oahu.

[@zeruchofficial]

I'm portagee...this is funny.

[@sterlingjohnson289]

Das pretty accurate according to my grandparents my Portuguese and Puerto Rican on my mom’s side my dad one Kanaka but my mom’s parents told me a ton of stories from the plantation days .. In a lot of ways those stories make me want to believe that those were the good ol’ days but my lazy ass knows I’d be dead in a week if I had to live the way my grandparents grew up 😂😂

[@Lori_Steiner]

Waz funny! And hey I am part " Portuguese " always wondered why they keep saying that word " portagee" ha :)

[@minitstop]

Oh wow, laualau. I wen learn one histrory! Mean!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+minitstop Smoke stay coming out you ear?

[@heathbowker7546]

Being one podagee I can fully relate to this and Ho unko Andy you right on and no living in Indiana cause only stay cheap hea can only afford do home hea that's y my wife and I went move but we stay miss Hawaii and in a way watching the vids brings home to use......aloha

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Heath Bowker Tanks eh.