Yinka Talks: MY CHINESE STUDENTS CALL ME WHAT!?

[@SaucySemra]

You inspired me to start learning Chinese! When I go out to eat at my local Asian Fusion restaurant I have been using the more simple phrases I do know. Connecting culture and language through food is so fun and enjoyable!

[@YinkaAbroad]

That’s awesome!! You’ll see how happy it makes people when you take the time to learn their language at all, they definitely appreciate it!! You’re awesome!! 🙌🙌🙌

[@Katherine-o4w]

Yin- ka❤

[@pinbat6410]

@semra485 good on you for learning but doing that is hella awkward if the staff isn’t foreign-born, or worse, not even Chinese lol

[@SaucySemra]

@@pinbat6410 The last time I went I asked the guy who served us where he was from and he told me has been in America 10 years but is from China. We had a little chat and it was nice to get to know him a bit more.

[@holdthelight11]

You're such a cool and understanding dude! Those kids must love having you as their teacher.

[@YinkaAbroad]

Yeah, they do 😆😆 they always like to make sure I’m still gonna be teaching them the following semester 😂🙏

[@q0rpz368]

I would never giveaway the fact I knew Chinese if I was you; I would listen to gossip and observe all year, then on the last day or week only talk in Chinese so it hits them that you do understand and it wasn't just a rehearsed farewell.😂😂 Also chocolate teacher is so adorable at this point it is your smell! you tell us "Y'all look good today" well, you smell good today! 😅💕

[@jeighteen8297]

Love these short videos. Kids have zero filter and as you say they're not trying to offend. I remember being in a queue for a taxi at Chengdu station in 2015 and was talking to the parents of a Chinese 3 year old. I was literally the only white person this kid had ever seen and I'm 6 ft 3 and broad so the kid was just like wide eyed and open mouthed. I can only imagine the reaction to a black guy in Shenzhen as there are definitely less people of colour there than white expats/tourists.

[@YinkaAbroad]

Yeah, I try to hold off on reacting when I see children react to me, most of the time I want to burst out laughing 🤣🤣 they’ll be in the middle of playing, and as soon as they see me, their whole world just pauses, and they just watch me walk

[@FiBallard11]

so cute the students that remember your name and call you Yinka!!

[@YinkaAbroad]

I know!! 😆😆😆 it means a lot! 🙌🙌🙌

[@ChrissyGotTheCoils]

That's funny 😂 I thought you were going to say they call you Cocoa Butter 🍫🤣

[@vesnl]

Reminds me of the name I got in Thailand. Started coming often in an area and always had a chat and drink. They started to call me Brother Black (Black brother). Only it has a double meaning if the person doesn't know me and calls me that.

[@btsfan69420]

Yinka 老師，你也看起來好看 :D

[@YinkaAbroad]

谢谢！ 🙌🙌🙌

[@JAYBENDABALLAH]

Brilliant video. Happy Teachers Day. YOU look good Today too 🎉

[@YinkaAbroad]

Thank you!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙌🙌🙌🙌

[@jazzylike89]

chocolate teacher totally make sense😂😂😂

[@cmh8fl]

Nice video, and it's good that you can do it from the comfort of your home. Do you cook? Maybe one day you can make a video of a meal (that's one of your favorites) and show us what you made! I don't mean a meal that you prepare on camera but one that you made and show us after it's done! 🌽🍅🍞🥞🍤👨‍🍳 Just an idea.

[@YinkaAbroad]

Yeah, I cook the majority of the time, and generally it’s nothing special, I mainly eat in order to hit a certain amount of calories and macros. I’ve showed a few shorts and videos about some things that I make, but I can do more in future for sure! 👌

[@brianwalker4286]

i think Yinka Tales is a cool name also. Only because you do always talk during food videos. Love you Yinka thanks for sharing!

[@YinkaAbroad]

True, I do talk a lot in my food videos as well, I do like the sound of that though!!

[@lindamorris3993]

So cute,"chocolate teacher.".......I use cocoa butter as well, been using it for years.❤❤❤

[@olaniyanjoshua1589]

Curious about this, isn't Yinka a Yoruba name or am I missing something? Great video as always👍

[@YinkaAbroad]

Yeah it is. When I say English name, I mean my name that isn’t Chinese 😂😂 thank you!! 🙌🙌🙌

[@mmtmmt9481]

I love these stories about the funny things children say, thinking you smell like chocolate and asking if you are chinese. Its so innocent and sweet. Love it. More funny things children say please 😂😂😂

[@YinkaAbroad]

😂😂😂 for sure!! And yeah it is great, always makes me laugh!

[@susanc.4242]

awwww super cute nickname!!

[@sandramark5112]

Love your openness.

[@never4ever386]

Chocolate teacher 😂😂😂

[@stan1167]

Teaching children is fun because they are so innocent and forth right.

[@YinkaAbroad]

Yuuuuuup 😂😂😂😂

[@DonyaCee]

Hope you have online class alsooo!!! I want to learn chineseee!!!

[@javiertan1997]

Come visit Singapore!!!😍

[@johnporter8449]

"Chocolate Teacher!" LMAO!! What age are these students!?

[@YinkaAbroad]

🤣🤣🤣 they’re like 6-9 years old

[@method2madness961]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 chocolate teacher 😂😂😂😂😂😂 💀💀💀

[@YinkaAbroad]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@who_am_l_who_are_you]

Do your students know you have a KZbin channel? Also is there access to KZbin in China? Because based on what I remember I never saw such thing as KZbin when I was living in China as a child or even seen the KZbin logo before…

[@YinkaAbroad]

Nahh they don’t, I don’t bring up my social media to them, but that viral video I had, ended up on Chinese social media and one of my students asked me if it was me 🤣🤣🤣

[@dare0_]

YES I ASKED AND U MADE IT LETS GO

[@YinkaAbroad]

Ayyyyy 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 glad you saw this!!!

[@dare0_]

​@@YinkaAbroadvery nice hei ren lao shi 😂 kids are cute

[@Tegulatus]

Where do I start if i’m interested in teaching english in china? i’m from the united states and studied mandarin for 4 years and went to shanghai but had to come home during covid. now i’d like to go back

[@YinkaAbroad]

A good way is to go through a recruiting agency, that way they will set you up with the right contacts

[@Katherine-o4w]

Yin- ka❤

[@treesmoka81]

Chocolate Drop. 😂😂 What subject do you teach?

[@arif.6466]

glorious

[@stan1167]

Teacher Yinka

[@Undercovertheory]

I think they call you Mr 'whatever your surname is' or teacher in Chinese.

[@YinkaAbroad]

😆😆😆😆

[@jtimchen3579]

It’s really nice for you to take the nicknames naturally, because they may sound offensive if you know little about the language.

[@YinkaAbroad]

Yeah, I think it would initially shock people if they just moved here and heard these kind of names 🤣🤣

[@star172able]

Yin-ka

[@r.dalemitchell504]

How old are your students?

[@YinkaAbroad]

6-9 years old

[@Morgan-d6j]

❤❤❤❤

[@gbru]

Teacher or 老师。 Maybe “Teacher Yinka?” ”音咖”。 Have any of the kids asked you if the black comes off your skin when you wash your hands?

[@stan1167]

sensei

[@mangorun2864]

Laoshi

[@DontworryboutitEVA]

My sisters grand kids call her chocolate grandma lol I think it’s too cute.

[@YinkaAbroad]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 that is!!

[@leonbland7067]

Laoshi?

[@YinkaAbroad]

(老师 - lǎo shī) it’s just teacher in Chinese

[@leonbland7067]

@@YinkaAbroad thanks for suggesting super test I've been on Duolingo for a while and it was no longer a challenge.

[@YinkaAbroad]

@@leonbland7067 my pleasure!!! Glad I could help!! 🙌🙌🙌

[@RobWool]

I love that. Chocolate Teacher. Nice

[@A4040-th8br]

Yinka Xian sheng?

[@YinkaAbroad]

Nahhh, they don’t say that, they’ll say teacher in some way

[@patrickmoran4114]

As soon as I say the title of the video, I knew the answer. “黑人”，but the chocolate teacher one is hilarious.

[@YinkaAbroad]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 yeah“黑人” was definitely easier to guess, if anyone got the chocolate teacher, I’d have been surprised!

[@bobbymarie8002]

Sooo, you never answered "Why are you still in China? GF? You prefer China over UK? I mean you can get a job anywhere. I bet it's the GF.