Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (2003) - Short Film

Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (My Name Is Yu Ming) is the story of a young Chinese man, who is disillusioned with his dead-end job at a supermarket. A spin of the globe leads him to choose Ireland as the destination for his new life and further research informs him that the official language of that country is Gaelic. Arriving in Dublin speaking the language, he is puzzled when nobody can understand him.
Written and Directed by Daniel O'Hara
Produced by Grainne O'Carroll
The short film, shot on DVCam, was funded through the Filmbase/TG4 Lasair scheme. For more details on the scheme visit www.filmbase.ie/awards
Yu Ming is Ainm Dom was released in Irish cinemas in October 2003 with Jim Sheridan's 'In America', was shortlisted for an Academy Award and has won a total of eighteen awards at film festivals in Ireland and around the globe, including:
Best Irish Short & Best First Short - Galway Film Fleadh 2003
Best Comedy - Aspen Shortsfest 2004
Best Young Director - Broadcast/BBC Young Talent Awards 2004
Best Irish Language Production - IFTAs 2004

[@MsCj109]

'Here, did you know old Paddy there could speak Chinese' cracks me up every time

[@thenovie7611]

Ye, me too

[@jamespitts8068]

MsCj109 it’s gas

[@ZhangBangsFury]

Yea they’re ignorant people and it’s funny

[@cianomalley7049]

That was Irish, not Chinese, the people weren't aware that he was trying to speak Irish.

[@reconquista1911]

@@cianomalley7049 Thank you Capt. Obvious :)

[@dfsempire2712]

Men only have 4 moods 1. Being depressed in China 2. Randomly decides to learn Irish fluently 3. Feels all alone in the big city 4. Randomly decides to move out to Connemara

[@stevem.o.1185]

Best comment

[@silveriver9]

As the ol' saying goes. "Not matter how good you are at something, there is always an Asian somewhere that is better than you"

[@andrewbyrne8431]

#relatable

[@The_Gallowglass]

Not randomly. The old fella told him where he could go.

[@nikitaburavskij2466]

Yu ming is the hardest lad ive ever met

[@corporatelettings1786]

Ikr

[@zzzewaasse6859]

'ujbhwsqa

[@owaiskorejo4471]

lol XD

[@alexflanagan3387]

Couldn't phrase it any better

[@emilyyq9736]

I bet u never met him doe

[@sss6269]

Anyone else forced to watch this 60 times in Irish class?

[@oscaaah2405]

Our English teacher made us watch it. Idk why lol

[@Westmeath21]

Make it 100 and youre about right

[@angusschoolcomp4783]

We had to watch and watch it again for homework :(

[@ainebawnya1]

Yeh and then me irish teacher went on a big long rant about how irish is becoming unspoken in its own country hahah

[@edelomeara2345]

Aye. My friend keeps saying an bhuil tusa ag lara liomsa to our teacher its so funny

[@shanejohns8322]

The brass on Yu Ming to just pack up and leave not knowing a soul and having no prospects in line and hope it all works out. He was Irish the whole time.

[@madmonkee6757]

I still can't get over the bartender's full-body pantomime for "it's Irish!"

[@logansanders9307]

Same XD

[@FIXTREME]

Well, it is💁‍♀️🇮🇪

[@RoryGlynn]

Oirish

[@Dilley_G45]

My fave "I'm Mongolian!"

[@FortniteEmoter981]

Who is watching this out of free will?

[@merinakutha]

Táim

[@rabbithearted444]

i am or Tá mé

[@lyndsaykellegher1227]

Mise

[@fahmimalik4117]

níl

[@Diabetesnofan23]

Sea it is actually really good

[@murphymediji5095]

The Chinese, a great bunch of lads.

[@ComradeMengels]

ye gr8 craic

[@timXJ220]

Dying 😂😂😂😂😂

[@IrishMemer]

my friend has a mug with that phrase

[@lithicyde]

Careful now

[@CalculusVariations99]

Too much of this going on would lead to some weird red headed Chinese kids

[@jess.8709]

Lads most of us do 8 years of Irish or even more and this guy speaks more then all of us...

[@eimearhannan6420]

Aha Tru Tru

[@logansanders9307]

Not all of us! The Gaeltach lads XD

[@randomaccount8260]

jess. Well not all of us

[@xxannaxx1549]

ahah me

[@caffeinatedtrouble]

I'm British born Chinese - my Dublin friends got me into Irish :)

[@Kruncklenucker]

My favorite (although the saddest) part is that the young bartenders don't even recognize their language.

[@Ronan-bx3us]

Jason Myers yeah i remember i started talkin to my friend in irish to piss him off because he doesnt know it but he thought it was german and responded sayin güten tag.

[@dokkiro]

Ronan0087 .... Are you serious? Are you actually saying it's possible for those guys to not know they were speaking Irish?

[@Ronan-bx3us]

dokkiro ye sadly. I was soooooo upset that an irish person himself didnt recognise his own language.

[@joshandallo2170]

I've been told that this is an exaggeration: most Irish people aren't fluent, but can pick up a few words here and there. The barmen would probably have been able after a little bit to figure out what was requested. Perhaps the famous phrase "An bhfuil cead agam gul go dtí an leithreas?" should have been uttered, haha.

[@dokkiro]

Josh Andallo I bought it actually because the other bartender seemed to know and shook his head at the guy being confused Irish for Chinese.

[@Incredisuper]

"Are you talking to me?" Yu Ming asks a statue of Yeats. No, he isn't, because even Yeats, one of the greatest Irish poets in history, couldn't speak a word of Gaeilge.

[@donoghtol]

I think it's actually Paddy Kavanagh, its along the Grand Canal. Not sure if Kavanagh had any Irish either

[@Burke1O1]

Wasn't yeats a wealthy prod though?

[@yescooliotime]

@@Burke1O1 aye and Jonathon Swift, and Charles Stewart Parnell and John Redmond, but still, Irishmen, they struggled for our rights, despite being prods (#Iamonetoo)

[@margogriffin-wilson5103]

The statue is of Patrick Kavanagh, an Irish poet who wrote in English.

[@cathalobrady]

@@yescooliotime ah now Yeats was slippery aul slimey sort of a man, didn't really care about us till he got the horn for Constance Markievicz

[@k_wang64]

The best part is when the irish bartender says “it’s good it’s Irish” to the Chinese guy speaking Irish while not understanding a word he’s saying

[@St_Rizla]

And Arthur Guinness was English too haha

[@KawaiiStars]

dat accent change when he's like, An bhfuil tusa, ag labhairt liomsa XD

[@TheVampireWizard]

HAHAHAHAHAHA NO-ONES LAUGHING

[@aggressivetrash2575]

Lol you answered a question for my homework thanks

[@hyatt4259]

Me 2

[@jamieonuallain4016]

Ikr

[@outspade]

Aggressive Trash same man

[@cardamomes]

I consider myself an Irish man. I was 2 weeks old when my family brought me to Ireland from Afghanistan. I remember watching this video in secondary school lol. I dunno why i randomly found it here but now that I think about it, I'm glad I spent my years learning Irish. I now live in America, but I remember being one the only coloured boy in my honours Irish class. The way paddy speaks irish with a Western accent touches my heart haha because I had that same irish accent too. I've hardly spoken it in years but I'm glad I could understand everything Yu Ming said despite not hearing it in so long. Well thanks for listening and as we say in ireland for "thank you": cáca milis! agus go raibh maith agaibh! Edit: Didn't mean for this to turn into a whole thing about racism or identity or whatever. I'm just saying I identify with my Irish roots a lot more than my Afghan roots. (I've never been there) When I define myself as a person I would put "Irish" up there along with "doctor" and "big brother". I say that because those are now my identities as a man. I spent 30 out of my 32 years on this world being reared and living there. It's not for the few racist guys in here to define who I am, it's up to me decide and ye to respect that or not. Sorry not sorry! Also so so many ppl here are sound, normal ppl sticking up for my comment. I appreciate that so much.

[@isarosedooley520]

Sweets and thanks lmao? Caca milis is sweets right

[@PinkMelatonin]

@@isarosedooley520 I think cáca is cake and milis is sweets

[@alphebettispaghetti6275]

Why did you say sweet cake?

[@camiofficial7791]

Slán Tube City

[@leahkent8827]

Haha cáca milis

[@TheVeryAngryShrimp]

Got recommended to watch this after I told an Irish guy I wanted to learn Gaelige. Yu Ming is exactly what I want to be: a foreign Gaelige speaker, living in Ireland. This just strengthened this wish.

[@limerence8365]

Cá bhfuil tú ina choní anois? Where do you currently live?

[@alright565]

How's the progress man

[@caislinahern2903]

Any progress?

[@logansanders9307]

Ar éirigh leat Gaeilge a fhoglaim?

[@dontpanic9261]

I hope you are living the dream.

[@ElizabethFiennes]

I love this film, it just shows the isolation that someone living in a city that is not their own can feel and why the kindness of strangers really does matter

[@liamholton8937]

I'm Irish and I have to admit it's a very nice way of getting the world interested in our language and culture. Cheers! :D

[@Ivan_StandWithUkraine]

feels like it first of all should motivate Irish people to learn it

[@garyliang3965]

Hey! Do you have some favorite Irish songs to recommend? I am seeking for popular songs in Irish right now. Thanks! Btw, I am also Chinese lol.

[@themaggattack]

@@garyliang3965 Me too. It's hard to find good original Irish music these days. Seems like all the popular "Irish" songs today are just covers of American and British pop songs. You have to listen to auld Irish songs to hear original songs written in gaeilge. If you find any modern original music written in irish, let us know! It must be out there somewhere!

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

@@themaggattack How about U2 and Boyzone?

[@BrianMcGuirkBMG]

Well, a hundred years of Irish being compulsory for thirteen years of school couldn't do it. Let's try getting a chinese guy to learn Irish and not speak any english. That should do the trick.

[@laurensdenhartog7367]

I don't know what book and tape this guy used, but I want them too! :O

[@pietrowy-pieriewod-i-subtitr]

Gaeilge agus Fáilte, it's available on Amazon

[@staceycobrien7706]

Yeah! A couple of months and he's fluent! He's a GENIUS!

[@crimsonquill4255]

Bhfuel, tá aois agam a tá na leabhar go maith, ach níl siad aon rud as cleachtadh. Cleachtadh agus stadeir, le gach rud-scríobh, matematic, tíreoliocht, ealainn, ceol, Gaeilge, beidh gach rud níos mo le cleachtadh... (Ta brón orm dá mo Gaeilge uafásach, níl mé go maith anois, ach beidh mé ag cleachtadh arís!)

[@laurentweet9254]

@@staceycobrien7706 the secret is you have to learn chinese first

[@RaffyPadDT]

I’m actually somehow in Yu Ming’s shoes right now. I was born and currently living in the Philippines, and I’m now learning Irish very seriously (I started learning it just for fun and out of boredom) and considering to live in Ireland. The language itself is so interesting and is very soothing to my ears. I want to master it by surrounding myself with Irish speakers, and I want to passionately help and nurture their language. Big credits to Jacksepticeye for introducing me the Irish language. Go raibh maith agat!!! ❤️

[@emerslancova7921]

Tá failte riomh Lol I'm in 1st yr and my spelling is awful haha

[@mainingkaeyaismylife]

Tá an teanga Gaeilge an-suimiúil le foghlaim, Guím gach rath ort!

[@socksstar]

@@emerslancova7921 Dude sameee XD

[@stopusinaar]

I ve just spent 2 weeks in tlacoban and can't speak much visian. I'm irish. it's tough being a foreigner ha

[@phobos2076]

Go raibh maith agat :) 🇮🇪❤🇵🇭

[@GalaxyCloud]

We watched this in class a week or so ago, and my best friend and I nearly cried on how this one not even native fella learned our language fluently while two IRISH bartenders couldn't even reconize the language.. This video actually gave me lots of inspiration to learn the language and ingage more in the culture of Ireland! Is brea liom na hEirean!

[@remmie4923]

furry

[@Shrey_Shrek]

furry

[@internetual7350]

Duine le culaith gruaige.

[@mrandquist]

I like to think that old Paddy showed him the ropes and brought him to the place where he could thrive, probably helped him find a job. I would love to visit Ireland someday. Such a beautiful country and friendly people.

[@liqritrs8391]

This is great... I’m an Irish speaker currently in China learning mandarin... lol 他好牛逼，我的母语是爱尔兰语，现在在中国学习汉语哈哈哈

[@lukeyc0846]

He is so awesome, my mother tongue is Irish and I am studying in China

[@user-uc3do8oe7i]

Nice to see you here again. I am Chinese and am in China currently. I still can't believe you are Irish!!! your Chinese is class!!!what VPN are you using?

[@tracking_you4369]

@@user-uc3do8oe7i why the fuck are you asking him what VPN he is using

[@DreiGuapo]

@@tracking_you4369 there’s no youtube in some parts in china

[@tracking_you4369]

@@DreiGuapo rlly? well i did not know that

[@berri794]

I was forced to watch this in Irish class, the boys in my class are genuinely obsessed with it, someone send help, they're always like "cAn wE wAtCh yU mInG!?!?"

[@elizabethgillen3660]

can you blame them tho, such a time waster 😂

[@berri794]

@@elizabethgillen3660 for real tho🤣

[@nite1640]

Ur just uncultured

[@berri794]

@@nite1640 oh sad sad💔

[@jowoker2]

movie goes hard

[@thisismegzyd6679]

Every Irish person should watch this! An amazing film with an even better message!

[@gianniskamakas3578]

I watched this in a short film festival. I felt so sorry that a country, a people, a culture, lost their own language.

[@TheVeryAngryShrimp]

The Tremendous It's only useless because the English made it that way, through forced assimilation, genocide, and a cruel rule. I think taking back their culture and relearning their language to keep it alive and strengthen their culture (also to better read ancient Irish texts) is a good use of it, even if English is prevalent. But that's just my opinion.

[@nobody-pr7fg]

This is horseshit

[@AO1L]

ThisIsMegzy :D yes but it said official language was Gaelic in the book. It not like that’s a base language of six different ones!

[@h3lblad3]

Apparently every Irish person does watch this... in Irish class... 50 times.

[@Blazer433]

Yu Ming can learn a new language but can't use a fork and knife.

[@dokkiro]

Exactly the comment I was just about write, almost. I was going to write. "I was convinced that he couldn't use folk and knife for about maybe 0.2 second ;) He looks just like Jet Li. Who are they trying to kid?"

[@paulhynes3781]

+Blazer433 Why would he know?

[@Blazer433]

+paul hynes Why would he not know? Just because he's Asian and only uses chopsticks?

[@dokkiro]

+paul hynes I'm Asian and grew up with chopsticks and I remember I had no problems using folk and knives first time.

[@PhilipWester]

Forks are not used in Asia, knives are, though. In case, you eat either with chopsticks, chopsticks and a spoon (noodle soup dishes) or a spoon and fork. The spoon is used to cut stuff up and ladle it onto the fork. Don't ask why this is, I do not know. But Asians most definitely know how to use a knife and spoon. Most don't use forks, though.

[@ricemango7502]

Yu Ming, what a mad lad.

[@benoconnor3160]

Yu Ming is a top lad, gr8 craic

[@thomasshaughnessy9023]

Yu Ming is an absolute legend

[@silveriver9]

Indeed.

[@cswtds]

Yu Ming can speak fluent Irish but very sad, when Mr Yu Ming spoke Irish to the staff in bar, the staff thought Yu Ming spoke Chinese to him, very very sad.

[@karinaddc6949]

I would like foreigners to think that in Peru we only speak regional languages like Quechua, Aymara, or Ashaninka. This way nationals will start to study and valorize our local languages.

[@lorenzovalsesia3721]

@Cal you can and you should, as long as it's important to you. Learning a new language only brings benefits. Besides, it's a skill, just like playing the guitar. :) I know my answer is 1 year late, but if you're there, I'm curious to know how it's going!

[@jiminycricket2952]

Yu ming is a beast he got an Irish accent learning Irish from a book

[@MidnightCoffee12]

LOL, but you see him practicing with headphones too

[@eoinoconnor5783]

And even managed to afford a place a Dublin.

[@Ivan_StandWithUkraine]

I think this film is aimed to ashame all Irish people who prefer to use imported language instead of their own. This is a big problem for my country too, being opressed by Russia for 300 years, many people in Ukraine accepted Russian as their mother tongue. Fortunately, now it's changing.

[@vincentvane7041]

That's SHOCKED!

[@coolian69]

Tripa loski?

[@coolian69]

@WTFPurpleAlpaca alright listen here I'm Irish so I'm an 'expert" Irish was our first language and we did speak it and the reason we don't speak it any more is because when raiders came over they saw our soft land for farming so they took Ireland over making Irish farm and then they would steel our crops and we couldn't defend ourselves because we had no weapons for thousands of years because we were peaceful monks and then the english took advantage of that

[@coolian69]

@WTFPurpleAlpaca so what was irelands first language ( btw I'm Irish so I no the history pretty well)

[@coolian69]

@WTFPurpleAlpaca I'm sorry but who the fuck would get an honors degree in Irish /Ireland

[@p.e.i.man-canada-1372]

This kid would have to be mentally gifted with a fantastic memory to be able to learn a completely foreign language in 6 months. The damn alphabet isn't even the same. He didn't even do much research into the topic because he had no idea almost everyone only speaks english in Ireland nowadays. It goes to show that the smartest guys aren't even trying.

[@seanegan8150]

Not to mention the fact that by sheer chance there was a book on Irish in that library, and since I don't see him with any other book that means using only one book he became near fluent in the language

[@black.gallow]

@@seanegan8150 Plus the book teaches Irish through English... which he doesn't speak...

[@user-zj2iu4lu1z]

If you continue that you will end up like Aromanians.

[@fgcp2964]

Mate he's from China. Those kids learn Chinese before they're even in school. Nation of geniuses.

[@Mystro84]

There's an old saying: If you think your secondary school is hard, just try a University. If you think your University is hard, just try a PhD. If you think your PhD is hard... you should try a Chinese primary school.

[@n0siiide]

Who else had to do this for homework

[@suzuuy4450]

i did!

[@thenovie7611]

I did aswell!!!

[@alexflanagan3387]

Had to do it in Irish and English

[@daithilambe6454]

Sh1t I'm doing it right now 4 homework

[@oisinkelly75]

I did it in English and Irish

[@plsegott]

wow the old man speaks chinese

[@samlouie1985]

Funniest line in the film!

[@bigmoneyjackson2385]

I've seen this in school multiple times but I've never seen the ending I'm so happy that he ended up at the Gaeltacht

[@logged-out]

this guy listened to an audiobook for 6 months and completely understood the language yet I've lived here for my whole life and I'm still learning Irish, barely able to form basic sentences or understand anything

[@jimfoley7324]

A cautionary tale of what happens when you don't do proper research.

[@Conchobhar]

You get a job in the country you wanted to move to anyway?

[@em9517]

Ya lol

[@seaghanobuadhaigh8240]

i.e. You end up either in Hell or in Connacht.

[@Alex-iw8tz]

No internet that time and china is quite close that time .

[@swankylime228]

what teachers say will happen if you use wikipedia

[@mndsph4530]

This is a bit hard to watch because it feels embarrassing when a complete stranger from a foreign land is more eager to learn and speak your native language than you, though many of the foreigners that come here in the Philippines will never have a hard time communicating since English is at par with Filipino both as official languages of my country it still fascinates me each time I bump into one that makes an effort to reach out in broken Tagalog (or any other vernacular) and kudos to anyone taking time to learn a new language you may as well charge that into experience.

[@Cameron.Hubberstey]

Tama. Ingles ako at nag-aaral ako ng Tagalog kasi pilipina ang step mother ko etc. Nasa Iloilo sila. And so, mag-aaral ako ng Hiligaynon aswell some day. Pero, napaka mahirap at confusing ang grammar ng Tagalog ^^'

[@theghostofspookwagen4715]

I once saw a 60 year old American dude shouting at a security guard. I thought he was schizophrenic or something cause I had no idea what he was saying and thought I should help the girl, turns out he was speaking extremely heavily accented Tagalog (and quite competently too). Hardest lad I've met in a while.

[@ulysses847]

As an Irish person I fucking hate learning our own language LOL

[@markgallaher6899]

Frank Kelly Thank you for for many years of laughter you will be missed.

[@svalchemy]

When I recognized him, I thought he was going to shout DRINK FECK ARSE GIRLS to Yu Ming.

[@rubenkerobyan6891]

Yeah, absolute legend he was

[@alexflanagan3387]

"Did you know paddy speaks Chinese!" I watched this in school and we all imitated that phrase for the whole week

[@laoiseennis8431]

i am almost fluent in irish and this touched my heart

[@Adamlol642]

Same

[@fuug1084]

Quarantine: week 7(?) told to watch a short film about a chinese man coming to ireland armed with nothing but a dead language. what is happening to me

[@kjmartin815]

irish isn't a dead language

[@fuug1084]

Tadhg Karpeles to the eyes of the world it's dead as shite

[@Sweet_Lord]

@@fuug1084 really is

[@fuug1084]

@Bug Eyes very much so

[@kraevous3366]

Very much alive on the west coastal areas

[@kalayne6713]

Great little movie. Had me laughing out loud, especially as the first person he spoke to in Ireland was Australian. Good on you. From another Australian who wants to be in Ireland.

[@CalculusVariations99]

I'm from Thailand, but I love Irish history, culture, and a lot of the people are adorable, but I've never visited. I figure they would think I was very weird lol

[@fizziz_1035]

You're not wierd You're cool 🇮🇪

[@adamfinnegan735]

Tá sé iontach go bhfuil níos mó suim agat sa chultúr na hÉireann ná mhuintir na hÉireann fiú! Tá do cnámhscéal an-inspioráideach ar fad! Lean ar aghaidh ar do thuras :)

[@exocet8834]

Isn't the guy at the reception Australian??

[@graysonmcmillan8690]

Ye, he has a NSW accent

[@selwyngamble4585]

Most people who do reception for backpackers tend to be foreigners too

[@HollyOak]

@@graysonmcmillan8690 No he didn't. He's not Aussie, that was a fake accent.

[@dot9513]

That's what I was thinking

[@HBC101TVStudios]

Ahem, most Australians have Irish descent so it does make sense.

[@sabrinad_k4518]

Every single fucking year in school we have to watch this- 😳👊✨

[@antonaghesse-berteche1900]

Tá sé greannmhar! Is mise Briotáinach, agus labhraím Briotáinis freisin. Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge. Tá cosúlachtaí idir an dá teanga sin, agus tá sé go hiontach! Níl mo Ghaeilge an-mhaith nó foirfe, ach foghlaimeoidh mé go dtí tá leibhéal níos fearr agam! :)

[@BenCreaven]

Nuair a deireann tú 'Briotáinis' an bhfuil tú at caint faoi Bhéarla?

[@antonaghesse-berteche1900]

Nílim, tá mé ag cait faoi Bhriotáinis, teanga na Bhríotáin, an tír beag i siar na Eorpa.

[@thedeadscientist]

Me gar ar Brezhoneg. Ha me gar an festou-noz ivez.

[@Ronan-bx3us]

Anton Aguesse-Bretéché tá gaeilge iontach agat i gcomparáid le daoine i mo rang 😂

[@antonaghesse-berteche1900]

Ronan0087 Go raibh maith agat, tá sé deas ! Na daoine i do rang ? An Éireannach tú ? Agus an bhfuil túsa ag foghlaim Gaeilge in Éirinn ? 😃

[@himed5600]

Yu Ming is a pure unit of a lad.

[@pauljeremiah]

RIP Frank Kelly.

[@doodledoocg]

"An bhfuil tusa ag labhairt liomsa?" 🔥🔥🔥🗣️🔥🔥🗣️🔥🇮🇪

[@Scriblyn]

My English teacher showed us this in class. It's really funny, I enjoyed watching it. "Did you know old Paddy could speak Chinese?" That part was hilarious.

[@lucystarlight8887]

This was really good! I love how the color palette changes throughout, and the message is very uplifting. Just a delightful film overall.

[@unnamed3086]

It’s mid

[@tmcc10]

My English teacher be like:

[@gerryn2]

When I was living in Dublin I hear this story on the radio, some folks were speaking Gaelic in the city centre somewhere and someone walked past them and shouted 'get back to yer own fokkin countries'...

[@Tiggerfly]

Legend has it he’s still up in Connemara serving Guiness

[@davt2718]

You don't start to really learn Irish in Ireland until you're in secondary school. Up until then most of the teachers can't speak it themselves. Lolololololol

[@davt2718]

Also, I'd hate to go into a city when they speak the language you learned on the other side of the country :(

[@rtylak5020]

You learn Irish in Primary, It may be basic yet you still learn it,

[@ellaegan1577]

yeah, i learned more in primary than secondary, it was all Peig etc after that!

[@davt2718]

Also, whoever said that the official language was Gaeilic wasn't even specific. There are three Gaeilic languages, and they're completely different (Irish, Scots Gaeilic and Manx)

[@ellaegan1577]

the irish for irish is gaeilge so i think thats where thats coming from! yeah, there are a few froms alright! even gaelteacht irish is different to the irish we were taught in school! its a pity its dying out but i guess were lucky we have he gaelteacht region to keep it alive1

[@just_depie]

Irish is such a beautiful language! ♥️🇮🇪 I am Greek and I am studying it. None in my family understands why since I neither live in Ireland, nor have I Irish roots. Slán!

[@eoinoconnor5783]

Go raibh maith agat.

[@just_depie]

@@eoinoconnor5783 Tá fáilte romhat. Is breá liom Gaeilge 😋

[@niamhhx18]

I’m in first year and we watched this in English class today 😂

[@corporatelettings1786]

Same

[@ronanios9062]

Kingdom book

[@alexflanagan3387]

Same

[@alexflanagan3387]

We all laughed because it's so true and it only takes him 6 months try 9 years and I'm still crap at it

[@alexflanagan3387]

By the way did you know paddy can speak Chinese

[@theschenek4381]

No first year Irish class is complete without yu Ming

[@doge8606]

ikr

[@sntm]

I'm Irish American, and just enrolled in a class at Villanova to learn Irish, just for me. I had various Irish videos playing in the background while I charted at work, which led me to your film. It's been a rough few weeks (years, with the pandemic) and let me tell you, when Padraigh started to talk to him, I started crying.

[@BB-ed2yy]

💀💀

[@paulJkiely]

Gaeilge was once the language of ancient Kings and warriors, writers and artisans and the parents that raised them... in that light English Is a relatively ;new language in Éire. Thee's now a new term going round called the 'Global Gaeiltacht" which refers to the many Irish learners that exist around the globe that are extremely enthusiastic about learning the language..

[@sawneytenmillion8339]

And I’m one of those people who are enthusiastic about it, I live in America and I think it’s a gorgeous language. I want to use words from it in my stories to help keep it alive and thriving

[@paulJkiely]

@@sawneytenmillion8339 That’s great to hear ! All the best with the creative writing ✍️

[@sawneytenmillion8339]

@@paulJkiely Thank you much!

[@carola-lifeinparis]

I am one of those foreigners. So much fun to learn, such a beautiful language. Also, I hope to go to Ireland during summer vacation and to run into someone who is pleased or surprised that I can speak it.

[@adamfinnegan735]

​@@carola-lifeinparis coinnigh suas é agus go raibh míle maith agat! ❤

[@Jesminda]

I remember my dad showing me this when I was a kid. It is so well made and heart warming. We all can find our place in the world.

[@Bootsie606]

this and a blunt 🔥💯

[@MizRubyJew]

An Irish lad, whom I met on my way to the airport, after missing my flight, he gave me some blessings, affirmations, and made my day, and suggested this film after giving me some phrases in Gaelic told me to watch this film. Lovely, spread the ❤

[@rossmcgee9682]

RIP Frank Kelly Ar dheas Dé go raibh a anam.

[@cianeatsgrass]

this is a certified hood classic

[@yuvalinbar1921]

Yu Ming has the same experience as me crossing Wales in its entirety looking for one Welsh speaking place

[@rachelmonaghanx5821]

This inspires me to speak Irish I've been learning it in school for 8 years and still don't know it but I'm going to try really hard now ❤️

[@felikee4512]

Yes we need an update! It's been four years! :D

[@languageoffootball]

Make that 12 years!

[@hairblairbunch]

This film makes me nostalgic for 2003 when I was in school and learning Irish was a thing in my life!

[@adamfinnegan735]

Ní sé ró déanach riamh Gaeilge a fhoghlaim! :)

[@johnleed6774]

I want to be friends with this guy; so rare to hear a person from another country that doesn’t speak English speaking another language that is lesser known. Truly wonderful indeed! Love this film. :D Ireland and people around the world, you have my love!

[@JackyStarshine]

what a lovely short.

[@Shadow_Draws_20]

this is and always will be a cinematic masterpiece

[@ripplerfn8429]

Mans learned more Irish in 6 months than I did in 7 years, found this cause me Irish teacher made us watch it, and that accent when he hits Conamara, some irish fella there

[@AidosTreesinCities]

An craic, grianmhar go leor / Maith thú go léir!

[@ggwynnie]

I knew about this film when I was still a school librarian in China, celebrating the St. Patrick's Day in my library. I invited several Irish teachers to join the activity to introduce Irish culture to the pupils. It was a wonderful experience to learn about Irish culture through the special day, and some Gaelic words as well! In the end, a teacher named Kevin showed us this video in the end. It's very touching, to see them presenting the diversity of their culture so proudly. Thanks for this great film. Every language counts. Not anyone should die.

[@chenyuming3546]

I am also Yuming! Now I am studying in university of Edinburgh, and last week one Irish classmate asked me to watch this video after knowing my name. Haha, I would say that's interesting!

[@halogaming1017]

I know it's a short film but I'm happy he knows irish

[@Joseph-zj4ti]

Cheers Ming ,my teachers making me write an essay on you 👍🏼

[@lemonadechilli172]

My Gosh, in fact i think im in a similar situation right now. I am Chinese and I spent 2 months on learning Welsh thinking maybe someday I can go travel there using this language. The only difference is I know Welsh is not commonly spoken there and I am about to live in England.

[@yizhou5903]

To be honest, in South Wales cities (cardiff swansea etc) you'll hear more Mandarin than Welsh. But I heard Welsh is more widely spoken in North Wales. I wish I could talk to the locals in Welsh. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg hefyd! Pob lwc!

[@largestlad9549]

Watching in that 144p quality to improve the experience😫

[@bluegirlgraphics]

I love the fact he didn't know how to use a knife and Fork... they have those in China. :P

[@Kahhru]

Maybe he was from rural china

[@pongop]

Wow, this one is so good! So much less horrifying than Cáca Milis! There's actually a happy ending!

[@caitlinmernagh6267]

Well done !! Amazing to see my native language turn into a short film !! i am only thirteen and i do know that much as irish as he knows and i have being learning it since i was four anyway Well done !! --- An-mhaith !! Iontach a fheiceáil mo sheal theanga dhúchais i scannán gearr !! tá mé ach trí cinn déag agus i dhéanamh a fhios go bhfuil i bhfad mar gaeilge agus is eol dó agus tá mé á foghlaim ó bhí mé ceithre aon nós , Maith thú !!

[@pascalomathghamhna4883]

Caitlin Mernagh Good to hear you're proud of our language. I am learning to speak it again after 55 years. Is é ár dteanga ár saoirse, tá ár lá ag teacht!!

[@alejandramarquez235]

Lovely story.

[@ec0board165]

"An bhfuil tusa...... ag labhairt liomsa?"

[@nineteenfortyeight6762]

Gets me every time. Such a succinct portrayal of immigrant experience. I'm so happy for him at the end.

[@ChrisSunHwa]

I love this! I wish it had been longer!

[@ForgeProgrammer]

Absolutely amazing!

[@commonpleasantries1941]

I like coming back to this video when I know a few more words, I can understand a little more each time 😊

[@WalkerMara]

Wonderful Film!

[@julia3983able]

My Irish professor introduced this video to us in college literature class. I loved it and have been coming back to it every now and then since. It's so touching when they start talking in Irish!

[@Islaidiomas]

Absolutely fantastic. Well done.

[@casstrippin5586]

Great little short

[@rothwannabe3896]

How I would really love to become fluent in this language.. after discovering it when I was 9, I loved it!! but as I got back to my country.. I couldn't really learn it anymore and there's no one I can practise it on.. but hopefully through the internet, I can keep learning :)

[@rothwannabe3896]

for 4 years in ireland, I learned it but my memory is starting to fade... I even got better and better before... Is aoibheann liom an teanga seo.

[@rothwannabe3896]

***** I guess so, but at first it seems so easy to learn but later on, it would become a bit complicated but I wouldn't say its hard.. you just have to put everything into it.. Actually, I'm having a hard time maintaining it now...

[@conorwilson1382]

Try duolingo they have an irish/gaelige course on that and it's free

[@hendrikusisidora3679]

Duolingo !!!!

[@yuchenkong4575]

I think it is a great movie. But I think if a Chinese person can't speak or understand any English in 2003, there is nearly no way that he can get a visa to Ireland in legal ways

[@cros13]

签证申请表在中国的语言爱尔兰网站的使馆....爱尔兰的公务员要学习的语言

[@cros13]

我的中文不太好....but it's better than my irish....

[@rickfeng4466]

Are you trying to say that ¿"Irish visa application form have Chinese version on the government website." ? Or ¿"Irish visa application have Irish version and it's a language that government employees most learn."?

[@Caroline-kz7iw]

Yuchen Kong They probably have an Irish version for the people who speak only Irish here

[@johnwcowan]

I can't speak to visas, but I know for a fact that Michael Everson, the American-born typographer and Unicode expert, got his naturalization in Ireland in 2000 using exclusively Irish.

[@exafguy]

Brilliant and touching.

[@AM-lk9so]

Brilliant!

[@XoXaoifeXoXo]

Love this film! Especially the ending,aww yu ming!

[@TadhgMurtagh]

Yu Ming is my spirit animal

[@j.dolanbyrnes2110]

What a lovely film!

[@daniellerodriguez4659]

For some reason, this hit me so hard in the feels. Amazing short film!!