Damn man youre a legit polyglot! Iove your focus on pronunciation and phonetics! I cant stand when people study only grammar and vocab but sound horrible when they speak lol
Shanghainese grandma made a big deal about your accent being from Pudong cos she's an OG Shanghainese (from Puxi) - they tend to be the ones to make a big deal about which part of shanghai your accent is from. My grandma was one and I don't speak it, but recognise that accent right away.
You could try to find people who speak Wu Chinese, that would be a lot easier to find. Everyone who speaks Northern Wu variant understands Shanghainese, in fact Shanghainese was the de facto lingua franca in the Yangtze delta region until early 1990s.
洋泾浜 does not mean "barbarian", it just means "inauthentic". the origin of the word is the pidgin language formed between English speaking and Shanghainese speaking traders, meaning "inauthentic English" spoken by local Shanghainese traders, certainly carries no connotation of "barbarian" (in fact, Chinese do not refer to foreigners as barbarians, but for some reason it is perceived as such in certain English circles)
wow just happened on your videos and can't stop watching .. you are showing us real places and people and you can speak ALL kind of languages so well .. brilliant !
Aw the Korean lady loved you haha 😄. Also Brazilians are also overly complimentary, I remember when I first started learning Portugues, my first month or so people just wouldn't stop complimenting me even though I sucked haha. But then it got to the point after a year or so that they quit noticing I was even American and they thought I was Brazilian and half the time they would be surprised I wasn't Brazilian lol specifically from São Paulo
I am loving your videos man. Was not aware you were a polyglot until I saw you speaking Swahili and now 3 languages in this video (Mandarin/ Shanghainese/Cantonese) You have the same personality and idiosyncrasies as one of my really good friends. Happened upon your channel with the recent Argentina video and have been watching the Mexico series since that day. One thing I love about your channel compared to other travel channels is that you are a polyglot and speak the cultures languages. This in itself is an incredible feat but it adds to the vibe of the videos. Can’t wait to see more!!
9:52 She was saying "浦东南汇啊？(Do you mean Pudong Nanhui district? 浦东南汇一般般（Pudong Nanhui is not good and not bad.)" Then she said that the Pudong Shanghainese might be different.
I am unable to speak or understand more than one language fluently but I can pick up your tones here and how on point they are for this location. They’re right. You’re so good at tones and dialects which’s way more than just learning a language.
Flushing's Chinatown is very mixed with various Chinese populations from many regions of China and Taiwan unlike the Chinatowns in Manhattan and Brooklyn and limited mainly to subdivided Cantonese and Fuzhou enclaves. Manhattan's Chinatown is split up into the older established western Cantonese Chinatown and the later developed eastern Fuzhou Chinatown. Brooklyn has several Chinatowns in Sunset Park as the largest one and several miniature ones within Bensonhurst alone and a miniature one in Sheepshead Bay. Sunset Park Chinatown is now mostly Fuzhou speakers with still some long time Cantonese speakers while Bensonhurst and Sheepshead Bay Chinatowns are newly developed Cantonese Chinatowns.
I have been travelling the world and I have lived in few different places, when I saw you at first, in one of the Tanzania video, I could tell that you are a smart guy, speaking languages it is always a sign of an immense culture, and speaking Chinese, it is not common, I like languages and I do communicate fluenty with a few, I am learning Chinese, interesting language.
Stumbled across one of your videos and got hooked of course (now subscribed) - Aside from the cool places your visit and all that, you language skill are mind blowing !!!! I jealous 😂 Safe travels !!!
I don't know when is the next time you will be in NYC and how well your Cantonese is, but if you are interested in practicing Cantonese while in NYC, the best Chinatowns to practice them in is the western part of Manhattan's Chinatown, you can still get by in Brooklyn's Sunset Park Chinatown though you will be much better off using Cantonese in the other Brooklyn Chinatowns in Bensonhurst and Sheepshead Bay, which have now taken over as the Cantonese cultural capital of NYC.
@@SabbaticalTommy Karibu bilibili, you're the best RUclipsr in Africa and Chinese people still have bad impressions on Africa. I believe you can change everything and as a Chinese I can give you a little advices if you want to start on bilibili, you should always upload videos in Chinese title and then only put English captions for videos. It helps people study English (there are many Chinese want to learn but they don't have good channels) and also save your time. 👍
Not many naguoning huidegang sangheiwu. I do, but I've literally only met 2 or 3 others in 25 years in Shanghai. To be honest if you meet Chinese people overseas that say they're from Shanghai, if you start speaking Shanghaihua they go, uh, i'm actually from elsewhere..
You didn't waste time living in China... my ear can't distinguish between Korean and Chinese, let alone the difference between Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin) and Shanghainese. In fact, I had to look up what they are... on a site called The Chairman's Bao (srsly... I love the internet)... now I feel like learning Chinese (dialects), too! You certainly ARE a _handsome_ master of languages! Just teasing. It's your humility that makes you so attractive!
just found your channel a couple days ago man.as a shanghainese,i’m really amazed by your language skills,i mean spanish swahili french and shanghainese wow,just wow👍👍a true polyglot
This is a fun video I found today. You are very talented. But I think Shanghai is a very nice city. Maybe you will not find many Shanghai people in the slums of Flushing NY and in nice places instead. LOL
@@slimeb0y_ CCP wants Chinese citizens to have a more "unified culture" or something so they don't allow Shanghai schools to teach Shanghainese anymore (as a spoken language)
@@xintian2299 ya but that include conversation in school with teachers not formal instruction. They're straight up not allowed to instruct in Shanghainese anymore Most daily conversation doesnt happen in Shanghainese as a result so it is dying out Also I am Shanghainese...
Sabbatical, I speak Spanish and Swahili and have seen most of those episodios. I enjoy them.,.,,please lose the "ok, ok" it takes away from your ability in the local language. Thanks for the videos!
You never mention the Caribbean Islands 🏝. I would love for you to travel to my country Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹. I have followed you around the world 🌎. Love your vlogs. Keep safe 🙏
Wow, your Chinese is good. Looks like your friend is from Hunan, i lived there (Changsha) for three years as a student. Been to Shanghai too, now living in Beijing.
#maypastore6632 Hola, porque dices se parece a Cortazar? Yo lo veo a un inglés, que quería descubrir el nacimiento del río Nilo. Era bastante no convencional, aprendió muchos idiomas. Perfecto, tanto que traduzco importantes trabajos. Ahora te toca a ti descubrir quien era, pero creo ya lo sabes . 😂 Saludos desde🇺🇸 Maca
I love your reaction to the Korean lady trying to convert your to Christianity "Hows that for a mindfuck?" Lol, funniest part of the video right there.
Hey Tomatso,my late mother's old aunt lived in Astoria Queens for years and we visited her once back in the day.Just wondering if your home in Flushing is anywhere near her old apartment? We are in Scotland by the by .
@@SabbaticalTommy 是真的!离开上海二十几年了，还是想念家乡😪😪小时候住在离复兴公园(Fu Xin Park)和淮海路(Huai Hai Road)很近(a walking distance)New York is my second hometown. Love to watch your channel👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻, very informative and fun to watch👏👏You are indeed humorous--SNL😁😁我猜你做过老师teacher? TAKE CARE!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
"Just so you now we are still in America" ... I broke out laughing. I lived in South Korea for a few years. And a few times I had older Korean women trying to convert me to Christianity and yes, it is a mind fuck.
Damn man youre a legit polyglot! Iove your focus on pronunciation and phonetics! I cant stand when people study only grammar and vocab but sound horrible when they speak lol
For real! Pronunciation is so important, gotta build good habits
Agreed. The focus on tone and dialect for not much Cantonese or mandarian but more amazes me.
I am here to comment again. It amazes me. Tones are so hard, this man has perfected so many! That brain!
Shanghainese grandma made a big deal about your accent being from Pudong cos she's an OG Shanghainese (from Puxi) - they tend to be the ones to make a big deal about which part of shanghai your accent is from.
My grandma was one and I don't speak it, but recognise that accent right away.
you are so talented
people are very happy when you speak their language. especially immigrants🥰
It's the biggest joy of learning a language
I only know small greetings in Spanish , Hebrew , Farsi and Russian ...
You are a star 🌠💕💕🌹🌹
Especially when they are able to catch tones!
Those people really tripped out on you speaking Chinese to them
Absolutely love your videos man keep it up
You could try to find people who speak Wu Chinese, that would be a lot easier to find. Everyone who speaks Northern Wu variant understands Shanghainese, in fact Shanghainese was the de facto lingua franca in the Yangtze delta region until early 1990s.
Good point and I didn't know that! I have a friend from Ningbo who understands Shanghainese without problems. But for me it might be a bit harder..
@@SabbaticalTommy suzhou people speak same zhejiang people have very different dialect. I’m not Chinese, and I’m not really sure but
Very good👍👍
洋泾浜 does not mean "barbarian", it just means "inauthentic". the origin of the word is the pidgin language formed between English speaking and Shanghainese speaking traders, meaning "inauthentic English" spoken by local Shanghainese traders, certainly carries no connotation of "barbarian" (in fact, Chinese do not refer to foreigners as barbarians, but for some reason it is perceived as such in certain English circles)
wow just happened on your videos and can't stop watching .. you are showing us real places and people and you can speak ALL kind of languages so well .. brilliant !
Aw the Korean lady loved you haha 😄. Also Brazilians are also overly complimentary, I remember when I first started learning Portugues, my first month or so people just wouldn't stop complimenting me even though I sucked haha. But then it got to the point after a year or so that they quit noticing I was even American and they thought I was Brazilian and half the time they would be surprised I wasn't Brazilian lol specifically from São Paulo
E verdade! You know you're improving when they stop praising and start correcting your mistakes
They recognize effort. You didn’t suck. You were making effort to learn.
Lovely to see how you put a smile on all these people faces !!
Cuanto talento
I am loving your videos man. Was not aware you were a polyglot until I saw you speaking Swahili and now 3 languages in this video (Mandarin/ Shanghainese/Cantonese) You have the same personality and idiosyncrasies as one of my really good friends. Happened upon your channel with the recent Argentina video and have been watching the Mexico series since that day. One thing I love about your channel compared to other travel channels is that you are a polyglot and speak the cultures languages. This in itself is an incredible feat but it adds to the vibe of the videos. Can’t wait to see more!!
9:52 She was saying "浦东南汇啊？(Do you mean Pudong Nanhui district? 浦东南汇一般般（Pudong Nanhui is not good and not bad.)" Then she said that the Pudong Shanghainese might be different.
I am unable to speak or understand more than one language fluently but I can pick up your tones here and how on point they are for this location. They’re right. You’re so good at tones and dialects which’s way more than just learning a language.
I really enjoyed this. Flushing has changed a great deal. 👍💕New York.
Flushing's Chinatown is very mixed with various Chinese populations from many regions of China and Taiwan unlike the Chinatowns in Manhattan and Brooklyn and limited mainly to subdivided Cantonese and Fuzhou enclaves. Manhattan's Chinatown is split up into the older established western Cantonese Chinatown and the later developed eastern Fuzhou Chinatown. Brooklyn has several Chinatowns in Sunset Park as the largest one and several miniature ones within Bensonhurst alone and a miniature one in Sheepshead Bay. Sunset Park Chinatown is now mostly Fuzhou speakers with still some long time Cantonese speakers while Bensonhurst and Sheepshead Bay Chinatowns are newly developed Cantonese Chinatowns.
I have been travelling the world and I have lived in few different places, when I saw you at first, in one of the Tanzania video, I could tell that you are a smart guy, speaking languages it is always a sign of an immense culture, and speaking Chinese, it is not common, I like languages and I do communicate fluenty with a few, I am learning Chinese, interesting language.
加油💪
加油😊
Kudos to you tommy master of language🇹🇿
Stumbled across one of your videos and got hooked of course (now subscribed) - Aside from the cool places your visit and all that, you language skill are mind blowing !!!! I jealous 😂 Safe travels !!!
You speak very exotic languages, do you have any video taking about how you go about learning them and which ones you´ve learned?
Not yet but I'll make one eventually
I don't know when is the next time you will be in NYC and how well your Cantonese is, but if you are interested in practicing Cantonese while in NYC, the best Chinatowns to practice them in is the western part of Manhattan's Chinatown, you can still get by in Brooklyn's Sunset Park Chinatown though you will be much better off using Cantonese in the other Brooklyn Chinatowns in Bensonhurst and Sheepshead Bay, which have now taken over as the Cantonese cultural capital of NYC.
That was cool.. I miss New York.
My GUY! I think you would have no problem working as a translator anywhere you go. Very impressive.
Damn, even though Mandarin is like my second language, pronunciation is really hard to nail these days since I’m not speaking it everyday.
Hey there 👋🏾. Nice Vídeo ⛩
Hey gracias! It was a big change from Mexico 😂
reminds me of laoshu (Moses) :(
great video!
Very funny, can't stop laughing. If you're interested, I can have share on a Chinese forum with translation, people would love it!
Ah yeah sure! I've been thinking of uploading it on 哔哩哔哩, but haven't had time
@@SabbaticalTommy also weibo and many other platforms, if you're interested, you could send a copy of this video to 396007476@qq.com.
@@SabbaticalTommy Karibu bilibili, you're the best RUclipsr in Africa and Chinese people still have bad impressions on Africa. I believe you can change everything and as a Chinese I can give you a little advices if you want to start on bilibili, you should always upload videos in Chinese title and then only put English captions for videos. It helps people study English (there are many Chinese want to learn but they don't have good channels) and also save your time. 👍
best travelogue on yootoob period.
Not many naguoning huidegang sangheiwu. I do, but I've literally only met 2 or 3 others in 25 years in Shanghai. To be honest if you meet Chinese people overseas that say they're from Shanghai, if you start speaking Shanghaihua they go, uh, i'm actually from elsewhere..
I get that a lot. At first they say Shanghai, but if you use Shanghainese then they say they're actually from Suzhou lol
The Shanghainese lady misunderstood your word "New York" as "Nanhui"(a district in Shanghai). This is so fun haha😄
在日本也是这样！ 还有一些人看到我跟朋友聊中文的时候偷偷说 “欸，你听到那个老外吗！？”
Last time I went to Flushing‘s. The same preacher was on the same corner!! Lmao
Man think I saw the same guy in 2019😂😂
You didn't waste time living in China... my ear can't distinguish between Korean and Chinese, let alone the difference between Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin) and Shanghainese. In fact, I had to look up what they are... on a site called The Chairman's Bao (srsly... I love the internet)... now I feel like learning Chinese (dialects), too! You certainly ARE a _handsome_ master of languages! Just teasing. It's your humility that makes you so attractive!
From your video, NYC really looks like a Northern Chinese city(although I've never been there😂)
Your really talented
That 60s lady from Shanghai is very kind hearted
我也是上海人。我看到你学上海话，觉得很开心.
11:55 the "Korean" lady here's English sounds like her native language is actually Chinese lol
Tomy seguís por Argentina, no? Por dónde estás?!👀🤔🌧️🌩️🍻💐👋
As a Shanghainese I have no clue what you said or try to say in Shanghainese. But thumps up for effort.
just found your channel a couple days ago man.as a shanghainese,i’m really amazed by your language skills,i mean spanish swahili french and shanghainese wow,just wow👍👍a true polyglot
This is a fun video I found today. You are very talented. But I think Shanghai is a very nice city. Maybe you will not find many Shanghai people in the slums of Flushing NY and in nice places instead. LOL
OMG, you went from winter in NYC to summer in TZ????? Haha!
How do you move to a country and not learn the language after 20yrs?
Holy shit that apartment though
That apartment was probably just that one room, lol
Lmao the Shanghainese lady in orange har was mocking Pudong accent
LOL suddenly everyone was your proud Chinese aunt/uncle, at that store XD
That lady said you are speaking the countryside accent shanghainese. LOL
Pudong was the countryside 50 yrs ago, and it's developed rightnow.
11:31 'murica comes at ya fast.
I live in New York and I stayed in Shanghai a little longer than you did. I used to speak perfect Shanghainese and now I need to brush up on it.
The girl might have been from shanghai, they just don't allow young people to learn or speak shanghainese in school so the dialect is dying :(
Wait, why??
@@slimeb0y_ CCP wants Chinese citizens to have a more "unified culture" or something so they don't allow Shanghai schools to teach Shanghainese anymore (as a spoken language)
@@silentofthewind local dialect is mostly acquired in daily conversations not from classroom.
@@xintian2299 ya but that include conversation in school with teachers not formal instruction. They're straight up not allowed to instruct in Shanghainese anymore
Most daily conversation doesnt happen in Shanghainese as a result so it is dying out
Also I am Shanghainese...
@@silentofthewind Wasn't there a ban on using it at work too?
Back inown …. But w/a 😂different language👍😂
People at the discount shop are so happy to see you speak their language, lol
Wow 好厉害，你能说的中文居然跟我一样多（或者更多！）,作为一个中国人我会说国语、粤语、闽南语，而且你还会说Swahili and more, respect to you!👍
Sabbatical, I speak Spanish and Swahili and have seen most of those episodios. I enjoy them.,.,,please lose the "ok, ok" it takes away from your ability in the local language. Thanks for the videos!
You should put the date when you filming this, its kind nostalgic when you see this video again in next decade
i'm so old that i remember that neighborhood when there were almost no asians there. :(
You never mention the Caribbean Islands 🏝. I would love for you to travel to my country Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹. I have followed you around the world 🌎. Love your vlogs. Keep safe 🙏
Nong naozi wa te le. hahaha
Nice. I lived in Nanhui for 7 years.
Wow, your Chinese is good. Looks like your friend is from Hunan, i lived there (Changsha) for three years as a student. Been to Shanghai too, now living in Beijing.
4:15🤣🤣🤣🤣
"too well' lol
Te pareces mucho a Julio Cortázar el escritor Argentino ! Saludos de buenos aires ✌️👍💐
#maypastore6632
Hola, porque dices se parece a Cortazar?
Yo lo veo a un inglés, que quería descubrir el nacimiento del río Nilo. Era bastante no convencional, aprendió muchos idiomas. Perfecto, tanto que traduzco importantes trabajos. Ahora te toca a ti descubrir quien era, pero creo ya lo sabes . 😂
Saludos desde🇺🇸
Maca
Nice Vlog.
I always buy egg tarts at Chinese New Year.
You intrigue me,am not on your level,I respect that and your such a person a real human being.🤘
It be fun to see you go to Taiwan and learn Taiwanese
nice vid.
that wocao really shocked me😂😂😂
long live the world peace🇨🇳🇺🇸
I live in China, and find it difficult to pick up the language. any tips?
I love your reaction to the Korean lady trying to convert your to Christianity "Hows that for a mindfuck?" Lol, funniest part of the video right there.
Preached to? Man I can’t even order in a Tex Mex cafe.
Hey Tomatso,my late mother's old aunt lived in Astoria Queens for years and we visited her once back in the day.Just wondering if your home in Flushing is anywhere near her old apartment? We are in Scotland by the by .
What was sabbatical doing in China for 6 years?
CIA
I used to think only people who aren't from mainland uses GuoYu (国语) to call the language. Seems like that's not accurate.
Hey you are a handsome guy!
Is nobody going to talk about the “JESUS CHRIST IS FOR EVERYONE” part 😂
Cantonese too ?
there's a mandarin school in shanghai that also teaches shanghainese
I wish I would meet you that day in Flushing, Queens. Shanghai is my hometown!
真的吗!? You'll be in part 2 someday 😄
@@SabbaticalTommy 是真的!离开上海二十几年了，还是想念家乡😪😪小时候住在离复兴公园(Fu Xin Park)和淮海路(Huai Hai Road)很近(a walking distance)New York is my second hometown. Love to watch your channel👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻, very informative and fun to watch👏👏You are indeed humorous--SNL😁😁我猜你做过老师teacher? TAKE CARE!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
@@joans5911 哇，淮海路，好高大上啊...jk haha. That's great. 我教了一年，但我主要在上海做其他的事情
@@SabbaticalTommy 谢谢夸奖🙏🏻没有啦，我是韭菜😂😂只是从小在旧上海的法租界里长大的!最近暑假天天都有看你的视频，也帮你把广告看到底(I watch the ads to the end in your videos.)我想这也可以帮助你的收入吧😊😊
good👏！棒
wow u speak gr8 shanghainese 8/10
me encanta tu canal bro, cuantos idiomas hablas en total? saludos desde peru
not gonna find too many shanghainese peeps in flushing. maybe if you went to a xiaolongbao place. mostly wenzhou and fuzhou these days.
Well not sure which part of fujian the lady is from, chances are if you say lu ho she probably understand XD
老卵👍 戆度，戆比样子，笑色特无啦🤣😂😅
When i heard you say wocao，i'm pretty sure you can speak really native Chinese like a real Chinese！
Nice vid bro.m
The new Cyberpunk update is pretty lit. 14:33 - 14:59
It's not unusual for a South Korean to be Christian. About one-third are.
兄弟的中文可以啊！很標準！
Going to China town to find shanghai LaoXiang. Lol
"Just so you now we are still in America" ... I broke out laughing.
I lived in South Korea for a few years. And a few times I had older Korean women trying to convert me to Christianity and yes, it is a mind fuck.
🇺🇸🇺🇦❤🤍💙💛🌹🇮🇱🤍💙
中文太棒了！
Shanghainese and Nahuatl? Who are you
can you speak Dutch too?
Six years in China and he only looks early 20s max lol must age super well lol