Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (2003) - Short Film

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  • Опубликовано: 6 ноя 2011
  • 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
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  • @MsCj109
    @MsCj109 12 лет назад +2920

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

    • @thenovie7611
      @thenovie7611 4 года назад +18

      Ye, me too

    • @jamespitts8068
      @jamespitts8068 4 года назад +8

      MsCj109 it’s gas

    • @ZhangBangsFury
      @ZhangBangsFury 4 года назад +23

      Yea they’re ignorant people and it’s funny

    • @cianomalley7049
      @cianomalley7049 3 года назад +12

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

    • @reconquista1911
      @reconquista1911 3 года назад +106

      @@cianomalley7049 Thank you Capt. Obvious :)

  • @dfsempire2712
    @dfsempire2712 3 года назад +219

    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
      @stevem.o.1185 2 года назад +2

      Best comment

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 Год назад +14

      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
      @andrewbyrne8431 5 месяцев назад +1

      #relatable

    • @The_Gallowglass
      @The_Gallowglass 4 месяца назад +6

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

  • @nikitaburavskij2466
    @nikitaburavskij2466 5 лет назад +2967

    Yu ming is the hardest lad ive ever met

  • @shanejohns8322
    @shanejohns8322 Год назад +216

    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.

  • @FortniteEmoter981
    @FortniteEmoter981 4 года назад +859

    Who is watching this out of free will?

  • @madmonkee6757
    @madmonkee6757 6 лет назад +1205

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

  • @sss6269
    @sss6269 6 лет назад +2506

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

    • @oscaaah2405
      @oscaaah2405 5 лет назад +152

      Our English teacher made us watch it. Idk why lol

    • @Westmeath21
      @Westmeath21 5 лет назад +50

      Make it 100 and youre about right

    • @angusschoolcomp4783
      @angusschoolcomp4783 5 лет назад +61

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

    • @ainebawnya1
      @ainebawnya1 5 лет назад +73

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

    • @edelomeara2345
      @edelomeara2345 5 лет назад +41

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

  • @murphymediji5095
    @murphymediji5095 8 лет назад +1108

    The Chinese, a great bunch of lads.

    • @ComradeMengels
      @ComradeMengels 8 лет назад +35

      ye gr8 craic

    • @timXJ220
      @timXJ220 6 лет назад +10

      Dying 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @IrishMemer
      @IrishMemer 6 лет назад +18

      my friend has a mug with that phrase

    • @lithicyde
      @lithicyde 6 лет назад +19

      Careful now

    • @CalculusVariations99
      @CalculusVariations99 6 лет назад +19

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

  • @jess.8709
    @jess.8709 5 лет назад +885

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

  • @Incredisuper
    @Incredisuper 3 года назад +430

    "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
      @donoghtol 3 года назад +49

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

    • @Burke1O1
      @Burke1O1 2 года назад +5

      Wasn't yeats a wealthy prod though?

    • @yescooliotime
      @yescooliotime 2 года назад +23

      @@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
      @margogriffin-wilson5103 2 года назад +16

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

    • @cathalobrady
      @cathalobrady 2 года назад +8

      @@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
    @k_wang64 3 года назад +53

    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
      @St_Rizla 2 года назад +3

      And Arthur Guinness was English too haha

    • @RoryGlynn
      @RoryGlynn 2 месяца назад

      I think you'll find he said "Oirish"

  • @Kruncklenucker
    @Kruncklenucker 10 лет назад +918

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

    • @Ronan-bx3us
      @Ronan-bx3us 7 лет назад +152

      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
      @dokkiro 7 лет назад +59

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

    • @Ronan-bx3us
      @Ronan-bx3us 7 лет назад +86

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

    • @joshandallo2170
      @joshandallo2170 7 лет назад +75

      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
      @dokkiro 7 лет назад +67

      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.

  • @cardamomes
    @cardamomes 4 года назад +751

    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.

  • @TheVeryAngryShrimp
    @TheVeryAngryShrimp 6 лет назад +357

    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.

  • @ElizabethFiennes
    @ElizabethFiennes 11 лет назад +349

    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
    @liamholton8937 6 лет назад +946

    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
      @Ivan_StandWithUkraine 6 лет назад +46

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

    • @garyliang3965
      @garyliang3965 6 лет назад +7

      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
      @themaggattack 5 лет назад +11

      @@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
      @BrianMcGuirkBMG 3 года назад +2

      @@themaggattack
      How about U2 and Boyzone?

    • @BrianMcGuirkBMG
      @BrianMcGuirkBMG 3 года назад +3

      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.

  • @RaffyPadDT
    @RaffyPadDT 3 года назад +213

    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
      @emerslancova7921 3 года назад +5

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

    • @mainingkaeyaismylife
      @mainingkaeyaismylife 2 года назад +5

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

    • @socksstar
      @socksstar Год назад

      @@emerslancova7921 Dude sameee XD

    • @stopusinaar
      @stopusinaar Год назад

      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
      @phobos2076 Год назад

      Go raibh maith agat :) 🇮🇪❤🇵🇭

  • @mrandquist
    @mrandquist 2 года назад +69

    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.

  • @KawaiiStars
    @KawaiiStars 8 лет назад +520

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

  • @jiminycricket2952
    @jiminycricket2952 Год назад +13

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

    • @MidnightCoffee12
      @MidnightCoffee12 Год назад +3

      LOL, but you see him practicing with headphones too

    • @eoinoconnor5783
      @eoinoconnor5783 8 месяцев назад +2

      And even managed to afford a place a Dublin.

  • @laurensdenhartog7367
    @laurensdenhartog7367 9 лет назад +464

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

    • @pietrowy-pieriewod-i-subtitr
      @pietrowy-pieriewod-i-subtitr 7 лет назад +26

      Gaeilge agus Fáilte, it's available on Amazon

    • @staceycobrien7706
      @staceycobrien7706 6 лет назад +10

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

    • @crimsonquill4255
      @crimsonquill4255 3 года назад +2

      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
      @laurentweet9254 4 месяца назад +1

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

  • @thomasshaughnessy9023
    @thomasshaughnessy9023 3 года назад +44

    Yu Ming is an absolute legend

  • @GalaxyCloud
    @GalaxyCloud 5 лет назад +171

    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!

  • @ricemango7502
    @ricemango7502 4 года назад +31

    Yu Ming, what a mad lad.

  • @liqritrs8391
    @liqritrs8391 4 года назад +107

    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
      @lukeyc0846 3 года назад +7

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

    • @user-uc3do8oe7i
      @user-uc3do8oe7i 3 года назад +3

      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
      @tracking_you4369 3 года назад +1

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

    • @DreiGuapo
      @DreiGuapo 3 года назад +3

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

    • @tracking_you4369
      @tracking_you4369 3 года назад +2

      @@DreiGuapo rlly? well i did not know that

  • @thisismegzyd6679
    @thisismegzyd6679 8 лет назад +278

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

    • @gianniskamakas3578
      @gianniskamakas3578 6 лет назад +33

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

    • @TheVeryAngryShrimp
      @TheVeryAngryShrimp 6 лет назад +39

      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
      @nobody-pr7fg 5 лет назад

      This is horseshit

    • @AO1L
      @AO1L 5 лет назад

      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
      @h3lblad3 3 года назад +12

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

  • @karinaddc6949
    @karinaddc6949 4 года назад +36

    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
      @lorenzovalsesia3721 Год назад

      @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!

  • @berri794
    @berri794 3 года назад +89

    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
      @elizabethgillen3660 3 года назад +15

      can you blame them tho, such a time waster 😂

    • @berri794
      @berri794 3 года назад +2

      @@elizabethgillen3660 for real tho🤣

    • @nite1640
      @nite1640 2 года назад +2

      Ur just uncultured

    • @berri794
      @berri794 2 года назад +1

      @@nite1640 oh sad sad💔

    • @jowoker2
      @jowoker2 2 года назад +12

      movie goes hard

  • @bigmoneyjackson2385
    @bigmoneyjackson2385 5 лет назад +40

    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

  • @A-Flano
    @A-Flano 4 года назад +11

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

  • @Blazer433
    @Blazer433 8 лет назад +549

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

    • @dokkiro
      @dokkiro 8 лет назад +7

      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
      @paulhynes3781 8 лет назад +14

      +Blazer433 Why would he know?

    • @Blazer433
      @Blazer433 8 лет назад +7

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

    • @dokkiro
      @dokkiro 8 лет назад +23

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

    • @PhilipWester
      @PhilipWester 7 лет назад +19

      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.

  • @logged-out
    @logged-out 3 года назад +29

    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

  • @Ivan_StandWithUkraine
    @Ivan_StandWithUkraine 6 лет назад +194

    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
      @vincentvane7041 5 лет назад +2

      That's SHOCKED!

    • @coolian69
      @coolian69 5 лет назад +6

      Tripa loski?

    • @coolian69
      @coolian69 5 лет назад +30

      @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
      @coolian69 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @coolian69
      @coolian69 5 лет назад +7

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

  • @n0siiide
    @n0siiide 5 лет назад +125

    Who else had to do this for homework

    • @suzuuy4450
      @suzuuy4450 4 года назад +1

      i did!

    • @thenovie7611
      @thenovie7611 4 года назад +1

      I did aswell!!!

    • @A-Flano
      @A-Flano 4 года назад +6

      Had to do it in Irish and English

    • @daithilambe6454
      @daithilambe6454 3 года назад +1

      Sh1t I'm doing it right now 4 homework

    • @oisinkelly75
      @oisinkelly75 3 года назад +2

      I did it in English and Irish

  • @kalayne6713
    @kalayne6713 6 лет назад +49

    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.

  • @plsegott
    @plsegott 7 лет назад +120

    wow the old man speaks chinese

  • @doodledoocg
    @doodledoocg 3 месяца назад +4

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

  • @jimfoley7324
    @jimfoley7324 10 лет назад +279

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

    • @Conchobhar
      @Conchobhar 6 лет назад +59

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

    • @em9517
      @em9517 5 лет назад +3

      Ya lol

    • @seaghanobuadhaigh8240
      @seaghanobuadhaigh8240 5 лет назад +42

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

    • @Alex-iw8tz
      @Alex-iw8tz 4 года назад +12

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

    • @swankylime228
      @swankylime228 4 года назад +14

      what teachers say will happen if you use wikipedia

  • @laoiseennis8431
    @laoiseennis8431 Год назад +18

    i am almost fluent in irish and this touched my heart

  • @mndsph4530
    @mndsph4530 3 года назад +73

    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
      @Cameron.Hubberstey Год назад

      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
      @theghostofspookwagen4715 9 месяцев назад +1

      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
      @ulysses847 7 месяцев назад

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

  • @Scriblyn
    @Scriblyn 5 лет назад +19

    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.

  • @p.e.i.man-canada-1372
    @p.e.i.man-canada-1372 5 лет назад +122

    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
      @seanegan8150 5 лет назад +22

      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
      @black.gallow 4 года назад +32

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

    • @user-zj2iu4lu1z
      @user-zj2iu4lu1z 3 года назад +5

      If you continue that you will end up like Aromanians.

    • @fgcp2964
      @fgcp2964 2 года назад +15

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

    • @Mystro84
      @Mystro84 2 года назад +18

      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.

  • @markgallaher6899
    @markgallaher6899 8 лет назад +64

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

    • @svalchemy
      @svalchemy 3 года назад +2

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

    • @rubenkerobyan6891
      @rubenkerobyan6891 2 года назад +1

      Yeah, absolute legend he was

  • @CalculusVariations99
    @CalculusVariations99 6 лет назад +28

    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
      @fizziz_1035 2 года назад +9

      You're not wierd You're cool 🇮🇪

    • @adamfinnegan735
      @adamfinnegan735 Год назад

      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 :)

  • @himed5600
    @himed5600 2 года назад +8

    Yu Ming is a pure unit of a lad.

  • @sabrinad_k4518
    @sabrinad_k4518 3 года назад +9

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

  • @commonpleasantries1941
    @commonpleasantries1941 7 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @lucystarlight8887
    @lucystarlight8887 2 года назад +47

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

    • @unnamed3086
      @unnamed3086 2 года назад

      It’s mid

    • @tmcc10
      @tmcc10 Год назад +1

      My English teacher be like:

  • @sntm
    @sntm 2 года назад +13

    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.

  • @pauljeremiah
    @pauljeremiah 8 лет назад +49

    RIP Frank Kelly.

  • @johnleed6774
    @johnleed6774 3 года назад +15

    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!

  • @MizRubyJew
    @MizRubyJew 6 месяцев назад +1

    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 ❤

  • @Jesminda
    @Jesminda 3 года назад +39

    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.

  • @exocet8834
    @exocet8834 5 лет назад +116

    Isn't the guy at the reception Australian??

    • @graysonmcmillan8690
      @graysonmcmillan8690 5 лет назад +25

      Ye, he has a NSW accent

    • @selwyngamble4585
      @selwyngamble4585 4 года назад +15

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

    • @HollyOak
      @HollyOak 4 года назад +3

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

    • @dot9513
      @dot9513 3 года назад

      That's what I was thinking

    • @HBC101TVStudios
      @HBC101TVStudios 3 года назад

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

  • @ggwynnie
    @ggwynnie 3 года назад +7

    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.

  • @Tiggerfly
    @Tiggerfly 3 года назад +15

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

  • @hairblairbunch
    @hairblairbunch 2 года назад +8

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

    • @adamfinnegan735
      @adamfinnegan735 Год назад +1

      Ní sé ró déanach riamh Gaeilge a fhoghlaim! :)

  • @gerryn2
    @gerryn2 2 года назад +7

    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'...

  • @esme_melody
    @esme_melody 4 месяца назад +1

    got so emotional as soon as the elder man responded to him in irish...i think it's so important to keep regional languages like this alive..my family is karachay and our language is also not as widely spoken as it used to be, due to occupation by the russians and even the soviets banning the use of local languages in local schools - allowing only russian. we need to preserve our cultures & languages

  • @lemonadechilli172
    @lemonadechilli172 Год назад +5

    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
      @yizhou5903 8 месяцев назад +1

      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!

  • @JackyStarshine
    @JackyStarshine 8 лет назад +18

    what a lovely short.

  • @prettieschicbyflorenceanne3333
    @prettieschicbyflorenceanne3333 2 года назад +6

    Just discovered this gem of a short film again here on RUclips. What a joy! Short is sometimes better.
    I love the Barman's snort of disgust when his mate says: "Hey - I didn't know Paddy could speak Chinese!"

  • @Shadow_Draws_20
    @Shadow_Draws_20 2 года назад +7

    this is and always will be a cinematic masterpiece

  • @cswtds
    @cswtds 7 лет назад +54

    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.

  • @rossmcgee9682
    @rossmcgee9682 8 лет назад +31

    RIP Frank Kelly
    Ar dheas Dé go raibh a anam.

  • @theschenek4381
    @theschenek4381 3 года назад +3

    No first year Irish class is complete without yu Ming

  • @antonaghesse-berteche1900
    @antonaghesse-berteche1900 8 лет назад +81

    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
      @BenCreaven 8 лет назад +6

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

    • @antonaghesse-berteche1900
      @antonaghesse-berteche1900 8 лет назад +5

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

    • @thedeadscientist
      @thedeadscientist 8 лет назад +7

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

    • @Ronan-bx3us
      @Ronan-bx3us 7 лет назад +14

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

    • @antonaghesse-berteche1900
      @antonaghesse-berteche1900 7 лет назад +5

      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 ? 😃

  • @ripplerfn8429
    @ripplerfn8429 4 года назад +6

    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

  • @PuncherUvFish
    @PuncherUvFish 4 года назад +79

    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
      @kjmartin815 3 года назад +20

      irish isn't a dead language

    • @PuncherUvFish
      @PuncherUvFish 3 года назад +2

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

    • @Sweet_Lord
      @Sweet_Lord 3 года назад +1

      @@PuncherUvFish really is

    • @PuncherUvFish
      @PuncherUvFish 3 года назад

      @Bug Eyes very much so

    • @kraevous3366
      @kraevous3366 3 года назад +3

      Very much alive on the west coastal areas

  • @yuvalinbar1921
    @yuvalinbar1921 6 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @8joner8
    @8joner8 10 лет назад +3

    God this really brings me back ! I remember when I was about 10 years old in Dublin airport with my parents about to go on holidays. For some reason this short film was playing (along with others) in a waiting lounge area. It made a big impression on me and has been vivid in my memory ever since! Felt a lovely sense of nostalgia watching this. Great film about the importance of random acts of kindness!!

  • @daniellerodriguez4659
    @daniellerodriguez4659 5 лет назад +6

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

  • @chenyuming3546
    @chenyuming3546 Год назад +2

    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!

  • @rachelmonaghanx5821
    @rachelmonaghanx5821 7 лет назад +27

    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 ❤️

  • @Bootsie606
    @Bootsie606 2 года назад +5

    this and a blunt 🔥💯

  • @niamhhx18
    @niamhhx18 4 года назад +31

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

    • @corporatelettings1786
      @corporatelettings1786 4 года назад +2

      Same

    • @ronanios9062
      @ronanios9062 4 года назад +2

      Kingdom book

    • @A-Flano
      @A-Flano 4 года назад +1

      Same

    • @A-Flano
      @A-Flano 4 года назад +1

      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

    • @A-Flano
      @A-Flano 4 года назад

      By the way did you know paddy can speak Chinese

  • @julia3983able
    @julia3983able Год назад +6

    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!

  • @SirFrancisFoley
    @SirFrancisFoley 9 лет назад +16

    Excellent short film, well worth the watch. Tá sé go hiontach!

  • @Lil_Pianist
    @Lil_Pianist 2 года назад +2

    I have seen this like 100 thousand times and yet still I sit here watching it again, but one thing gets to me, it's that he spent 6 months on Irish and I've spent like 10 years now and I still can't speak Irish the way Yu Ming does, overall he's an inspiration towards me. :D

  • @barbaraprince3307
    @barbaraprince3307 7 лет назад

    I love this movie, so well made and no quiet boring parts.

  • @paulJkiely
    @paulJkiely 3 года назад +32

    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
      @sawneytenmillion8339 2 года назад +4

      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
      @paulJkiely 2 года назад

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

    • @sawneytenmillion8339
      @sawneytenmillion8339 2 года назад

      @@paulJkiely Thank you much!

    • @carola-lifeinparis
      @carola-lifeinparis 2 года назад +2

      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
      @adamfinnegan735 Год назад +1

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

  • @melisamaurino2173
    @melisamaurino2173 4 года назад +8

    I loved this! Stayed in that same hostel the first time I was in Dublin. I'm learning Gaeilge at the moment :D

  • @krishwashere2
    @krishwashere2 3 года назад +2

    BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS SHORT FOR YEARS!!! IM SO HAPPY I FINALLY REFOUND IT :D

  • @cianeatsgrass
    @cianeatsgrass 2 года назад +4

    this is a certified hood classic

  • @Joseph-zj4ti
    @Joseph-zj4ti 2 года назад +3

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

  • @feihe2053
    @feihe2053 4 года назад +1

    I knew this film because of my friend, she learnt Irish at Beijing Foreign Studies Unviersity several years. Now I am watching this again by the recommendation of a MOOC called Irish 101.

  • @matthewdooley9046
    @matthewdooley9046 3 года назад +1

    Anyone else just had their Irish teacher put this on the board for us in first year?

  • @XoXaoifeXoXo
    @XoXaoifeXoXo 11 лет назад +7

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

  • @ChrisSunHwa
    @ChrisSunHwa 2 года назад +5

    I love this! I wish it had been longer!

  • @eityz9505
    @eityz9505 3 года назад +4

    I wonder the reaction when Irish people watch this movie, maybe it depends to the audience's age.

  • @ForgeProgrammer
    @ForgeProgrammer 8 лет назад

    Absolutely amazing!

  • @pongop
    @pongop Год назад +4

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

  • @blah979
    @blah979 6 лет назад +4

    That's such a good movie. Love the ending.

  • @GT80WAALETGD_Old
    @GT80WAALETGD_Old 2 года назад +1

    Best short film I’ve ever watched :)

  • @toBe8ere
    @toBe8ere 9 месяцев назад

    Wow, I loved this!! That one scene felt so familiar but I couldn't remember the name of the movie. But I'm so glad I decided to watch the movie because this was so heartwarming and human.

  • @rothwannabe3896
    @rothwannabe3896 8 лет назад +12

    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
      @rothwannabe3896 8 лет назад +5

      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
      @rothwannabe3896 7 лет назад

      ***** 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
      @conorwilson1382 6 лет назад +4

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

    • @hendrikusisidora3679
      @hendrikusisidora3679 4 года назад

      Duolingo !!!!

  • @WalkerMara
    @WalkerMara 8 лет назад +3

    Wonderful Film!

  • @farrenfore
    @farrenfore 2 года назад

    This wa so great well done. I wish it was longer. Love it. Thanks you.

  • @ColmanPatrickCloonan
    @ColmanPatrickCloonan 8 лет назад +1

    Brilliant film. The Irish music at the end is lovely.

  • @caitlinmernagh6267
    @caitlinmernagh6267 8 лет назад +27

    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
      @pascalomathghamhna4883 5 лет назад +5

      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!!