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Btw why do you guys Americans believe that the Irish people are still "fully" Irish? I mean they're now genetically mixed and recent genetic studies have consistently shown that the Irish from Leinster tend to have over 30% DNA admixture from England and that becomes less and less outside of Leinster. Also people from Ulster or nowadays Northern Ireland tend to have over 50% DNA admixture from Strathclyde Scotland. So they're indeed MIXED descendants of Glaswegian settlers and the native Irish and I get that when you guys call the settlers from Ulster in the Thirteen Colonies as "Scotch-Irish". Because they're indeed Irish people with Strathclydian ancestry(though many people still believe that their ancestors were from the Scottish borders but actually their ancestors were from Glasgow area). Also why do you guys believe that the English are "purely" Anglo-Saxons? In fact they're genetically only 25-47% Germanic(this includes Scandinavian too) with 11-57% from the native Celtic-speaking British Islanders. Then they have 14-43% DNA admixture from the Iron Age French-Belgian alike populations(this is very intriguing since French and Belgians spoke various Celtic dialects during the Iron Age and there was indeed a series of migration from northern France crossing the channel to southern and southeastern parts of England hence this genetic component is most prevalent in the south and southeast England and is indeed overlapping with the Germanic DNA admixture) The native Britons during the Anglo-Saxon invasion in the southeast were actually mixed Iron Age French-Belgian alike populations. They say "the Anglo-Saxons slaughtered the Britons in East Anglia" while genetically East Anglians carry 42.5% Germanic, 37.5% Iron Age French-Belgian alike and 17.5% native British Isles Celtic DNA admixtures. Shout out to those misleading traditional view of historical narratives lol! And actually people from the southeast and south of England have a genetic relatedness and continuity to that of modern Belgian and French populations and they are STILL closely related to the Welsh rather than to the North Germans despite speaking a Germanic language. Saying the English as a "Germanic people" is misleading and it's like saying an American with 75% Italian DNA and 25% British Isles DNA as a British. Genetic reality DOES NOT always go well together with traditional narratives and identity No wonder Americans still believe the Irish are still genetically fully Irish and they think that the Irish have to speak Irish because in their minds the Irish people are genetically 100% purely Irish so that they should not longer English.
all my cousins and stuff in ireland could speak and spoke gaelic! I think they lived in the south west but it is pretty common use too be because they taught it in schools before there...
The girl you zoom in on in batch beginning of video is my lovely daughter Lauren, she used to watch you speaking Chinese, so was delighted you came in, tá go leor Gaeilge aici fosta 🇮🇪
haha.... small world that your daughter knew him before he visited her work place! Then she would have known already that he is married, so at @3:10 hearing he was married, in my mind, she looses interest and walks away! 🤣 (Came to mind this from the film Casablanca "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine” ruclips.net/video/Qa8d-jwFwds/видео.html ) Lovely context, thank you for sharing. 💞
That’s my dad Michael working in the bar, he takes great pride in the bar and was delighted to show you around and tell you the history of the place. There’s a pint of Guinness on dad for when you return and hopefully not so jet lagged!! Go raibh maith agat as teacht isteach i teach tábhairne Sharkeys Xiamo!
It is so weird when you've been watching Xiaoma for years and he unexpectedly uploads a video of him wandering in your home parish and speaking to people you know well. Tá súil agam gur bhain tú sult as do chuid ama anseo i nGaeltacht Thír Chonaill. Dá mbeadh a fhios agam go raibh tú anseo dhéanfainn mo sheacht ndícheall bualadh leat.
I'm from the midlands, and honestly, I wish our government would do more to help us speak irish because I would be down to do a course or something to speak irish Mar tá Bearla leadránach 🙄
My hometown in the US is jokingly called the 33rd County of Ireland, we have an Irish Immigration center that taught Irish classes, wish I had taken them before leaving
This happened to me also! Watching for years, then one day he was wandering around Cardiff market, literally around the corner from me, speaking welsh! Very cool!❤
As a fluent Irish speaker in Belfast fair play to you, your Gaeilge was impressive , love how you kept trying also thanks for promoting our language , for years it has been dwindling but the last few years the language has been getting more popular in Ireland
I'm Irish and loved watching this, most of us hated learning Irish in School (its more or less compulsory) but I was happy to see how much I can still understand.
Yeah it really isn't taught well, or something seems to be wrong with the approach. I don't know what it's like now in schools (I'm 33 now) but I hope it's advanced.
@@Kev_Cos I teach it and in all honesty I try to avoid poems and the like as much as possible. It's nice that they're on the syllabus, but there's no point diving into literature if kids can barely string together a simple sentence. There's definitely better ways of approaching it.
@@poncccceolymusica998 love to hear your professional opinion on it! That's a good point, I guess that must stem from the national pride we have in our rich poetic past, but as you say, that's a whole different ballgame doing literature when you're only half learning the language at the same time. Would be interesting if from a young age you're encouraged to engage in the local community speaking Irish locally in public places such as going to the grocery shop, at your local GAA or other sports clubs, drama etc. Something conversational outside school and you could have a lot more speaking it naturally.
If only I had the opportunity of reading these posts a few years ago... I spent a few weeks trying to learn some phrases in gaelic to use in... Dublin! Where I learned nobody speak gaelic. Lol
Definitely not taught well. Im 26 now and id love to be fluent in Irish. You see the Welsh across the pond are all nearly taught to a fluent level in schools@Kev_Cos
As an Irish man it's great to hear you speak "as mo theanga dúchais" (in my native tongue) considering I've mostly seen you speaking far eastern languages! You've an amazing grasp of languages young man, what a skill!! 🇮🇪
It isn’t horrific to learn but it’s definitely difficult. I’d guess that he’s having a hard time with it because it’s so different to the other ones he’s learned. Also I’ve always found that the Americans have a hard time with irish pronunciation.
It's not too often he immediately leaves one country to go directly to another. Part of it might be his memory having sensory overload by trying to handle all that information.
I've found Irish to be dificult - and I'm Welsh [Welsh is Proto P Celtic - Brythonic/Cymraeg, Irish is Proto Q Celtic - Goedelic/Gaelic], where my language isn't easy mode by any measure - but Celtic languages [in general] tend to be more difficult when coming from/using English as your base language.
I'm from cork and the irish spoken in Donegal is a completely different pronunciation and even other words than my Irish. It is a vast and varied language.
I grew up in Northern Ireland learning Donegal Irish and was totally baffled when I moved to ROI, and tried to help my kids with their Irish at school. Very different. A fluent speaker might be fine and pick it up, but to an average 11-16yr old 'school speaker' like me, I had real problems.
@@DermotKieran1 other way I think the irish in the north is made of older dialects that were then exported to scotland which is where scots gadhlig comes from as far as i remember
I came from Argentina to Ireland, beautiful country, I've worked with horses on the west coast and also found a lot of people who could speak Irish, I though it was more rare, lovely people
This is the video more Irish people need to see. The dude gathered as much of the language as he could in 2 weeks didn't care about grammer or dialectual pronounciation, struggled with it and did it ANYWAY!. He just went to the Gaeltacht! So to my fellow Irish in or near Dublin who might be struggling: Just use what you know whenever you can! I never say hi, bye, or thank you anymore in shops, not in the past 3 threes simply because I can say these in Gaeilge and so... i do! A lot of people don't care at all, a lot more people will give a big smile and even try reply in Irish! And surprisingly the people that aren't Irish themselves also seem happy to hear the language and also reply in irish. so just try it!
It's upsetting that the Irish language isn't more widely spoken here but there's been a massive revival taking place over the last few years which is great to see! Thank you exposing our native language to more people who might not have heard it before! Maith an fear!
Used to have great times in Colersaine when I’d come up from cork. Start up by the cex and down to sports direct going to all the shops trying to get better deals 😆 could still never understand Ulster dialect Irish in the leaving cert though!
Love this Xiaoma! Back in my home country but getting stuck in to the Irish speaking regions! DISCLAIMER: for any non Irish folk watching this video, you need to realise how impressive and brave this is. I’m Irish and can’t speak the language and for Xiaoma to even attempt this is seriously impressive!
It saddens my heart that this is a similar experience in all Celtic nations [*waves from Cymru/Wales*]. It just outlines the work that we need to do internally within our own nations to correct that issue! Xiaoma is not only an amazing human being, but a great inspiration and wake up call to us all: individuals and nations alike! Every language is beautiful, holds a perspective and perceptive ability of seeing this world in a slightly similar but different way - and each of them need be upheld and maintained [especially by those of that nation]. Cariad fawr o Gymru fy'n deulu Celtaidd - Much love from Cymru my Celtic family
Fact man, a irish lad not being able to speak irish i actually feel ashamed to not be able to speak irish. But good on the lad for the effort and hope it would inspire a few people to try and learn it.
@@trishloughman5998 its not taught properly in schools tho that's why you have a massive downfall in speakers, but also straightforward is a mad statement to say
Absolutely brilliant seeing the local people of Donegal & The Gaeltacht getting some love in this video. Not many people will experience this part of the country and showcase the beauty of it and our people😊
there is an irish group from Belfast called Kneecap trying to keep the language alive, they are not for everyone but it is very respectable what they are trying to do. They even have a movie thats in Irish that might be nominated for best foreign language film at the Oscars!
@@ponguso1In the North ardent learners, Republicans while doing time for their activities created their own new fourth ‘dialect’ of Irish called ‘Jailic’ or ‘ Goalic’!😊
As an Irish speaker this is funny and amazing. So happy you went to one of the parts of Ireland where Irish is the main language. Try Connemara if you come back!
I think the beauty of your channel isn't about how you learn a bit of every language, but how you showcase them, so that maybe someone falls in love with it (specially for the ones at risk of dying out) and maybe commits to become fluent due to your videos
His son apparently commented here and said that he’s got a pint ready for him the next time he visits the pub. Can see why the pub has been going for so long. Whole family must be lovely people
Thank you for this video! I'm Irish and it does make me sad that the majority of us don't even understand or speak it. I'm planning to learn because of videos like these. Hope you had fun in Ireland! We're a nice bunch that take nothing serious lmao.
Pretty cool way to bring attention to our dying language! There's a few ways the country/government is trying to keep it alive. The Gaeltacht is the big one, but there's also scholarships for Irish speaking people and support given to those in the west of the country, which is underdeveloped but also houses the majority of Irish speakers. There's also the Gaelscoile, which are Irish speaking schools in which Irish is the only spoken language, with even the final exams being taken in Irish. Surprisingly they're quite popular to attend, but they're very few in number.
We're always happy to help share and inspire ideas from across the pond - especially for our Celtic family! Due to the rise in demand for Welsh language schools, we're working towards making all schools capable of delivering first language Welsh. If you have a child in Welsh education - You [as a parent/guardian] can get free Welsh lessons. If you are under the age of 26 - you too can get free Welsh lessons. *ALL* signage and letters are required to be printed/displayed in dwy iaith / both languages [Cymraeg/English < in that order]. Our national football team is working towards changing our name from Wales to Cymru [the *actual* name for our Country] - where - representation is *key*. Cymraeg/Welsh is the only Celtic language regarded as safe by UNESCO, where it would sadden me [can only imagine how you feel!] to see the Irish language die in Irelands own hands! Cariad fawr o Gymru - Much love from Cymru [Wales] #ÉirinnGoBrách #CymruAmByth
@@ComeRee Welsh is safe sociolinguistically speaking because there are still strong Welsh speaking areas. Statistics show that Welsh is on the rise as a second language of native English speakers (mostly due to the schools), but falling as a native language as Welsh speaking areas are still being anglicised due to both young Welsh speakers leaving for work and monolingual to mostly monolingual English speaking folk moving in (or buying holiday homes) to traditionally Welsh speaking regions. To me, this is a worrying trend for the future and I think it is a massive mistake for people who care about the Welsh language to be lulled into a false sense of security by the (on the surface) positive census statistics.
Fun fact, Gaeilge is the name of the language spoken in Ireland and it's compulsory to learn in primary school (or at least it was when I was growing up). There are lots of Scoile na Gaeilge (Irish schools) where the curriculum is entirely in Gaeilge. There are also summer camps in the Gaeltacht regions where kids/teenagers go live with a family that speaks Irish and attend a summer school to improve their language. It's a pity it's a dying language so kudos to you Xiao for giving it exposure. I hope you will have many returns to Ireland. I highly recommend checking out the Gaeltacht regions in Mayo (Black Sod Bay) and Galway (Clifton). I went to the Gaeltacht summer school for three summers as an American growing up in Ireland, and I had the best time meeting other teenagers from all over Ireland.
I feel like people say it's dying far too often for how much it's actually used. It's criminally underused but it's not dying. At least, not in my opinion.
His pronunciation needs a little work but still VERY impressive. E.g. He says 'I am' in Irish as "tuh may", but should sound like 'taw may' - Irish is actually very easy to learn once you understand the few basic pronunciation rules. Unlike english which is overlr-complicated and has tons of exceptions. Only thing about Irish is, depending on WHCI Gaeltach you're in, things will be pronounced differently. But you can tell the locals are loving that he's trying. They say you will be 100 times more welcome in any country when you make an effort to speak their language.
@TheUnown4 This is true as far as the vowel goes but the STRESS was wrong. Irish, Scottish Gaeilc, Manx, even Welsh you never stress a pronoun in a normal sentence.
Really wish the Irish Bar got a shout out, If any place like that Bar are so kind and family run they need a shout out as we must never lose and support them in every way :)
That was really ballsy making a video in Ireland and taking nothing but a sip from a full pint of beautiful Guinness! For all to see! If you're ever back in Ireland, be sure to check out a game of GAA, either Gaelic Football or Hurling, one of the oldest sport's in the world and 10x more exciting to watch than most sports.
Maith thú Xiaoma! Tá an teanga go hálainn and it's really awesome to see someone not from Ireland learning Gaeilge. It's such a shame that so many Irish people don't speak Irish (or only know cúpla focail). I don't live in Ireland any more and I really miss having the opportunity to speak the language with anyone. This video is definitely a good chance for any Irish person to test their Gaeilge! Go raibh míle maith agat, keep up the good work
Buachaill go mhaith! Your Irish is obviously rusty, but as someone who was born and reared here, I can honestly say your Gaeilge is far better than that of most natives! Well done you! It's great to see someone bringing a bit of life back into our language. Looking forward to seeing you coming back! :)
WOW! I'm really impressed, i've watched your chinese and african language videos before, but since I speak Irish this is really impressive. I can see your clear talent and grasp for languages, it's not just a few buzz words, you genuinely can converse with complete strangers. Maithu mo chara. Agus go n'eiri an bothair leat. Keep up the great work.
As a Welshman, I couldn't help but laugh in nostalgia and familiarity, when he was talking about the rowdy football fights - as - it really is culturally exemplary of what the Celts are. We'll fight you hard, we'll fight you fair, and we'll fight you often - but after the match is concluded - we'll shake hands, let water go under the bridge whilst we go to the pub to get some "water" in us :D Diolch o'r galon Xiaoma a gadw i fyny'r waith dda! Cariad a gefnogi fawr o Gymru a'r Geltaidd! Thank you from the heart Xiaoma and keep up the good work! Much love and support from Cymru [Wales] and the Celts!
Should've visited Craggy Island! I do love the Irish, "Fair play to ya." It can be said with equal sincerity, if you got something from the shops slightly cheaper than normal or if you just got a doctorate in theoretical astrophysics. :)
hearing my dialect of irish spoken with a new york accent is a mind explode for me. Ive only ever heard english in varying accents but never Irish. Id be shocked if you didnt have some Irish heritage because you litterally blend right into the population in appearance.
7:43 Xiaoma corrects him and says he doesn't speak 60 languages but has studied 60 and knows a bit of each. So many people watching his videos think he is fluent or close to it. Pretty sure he would admit if asked that in at least 45 of the languages (probably more) out of the 60 he has studied he is not more than at a beginner level. If you watch his videos and know about levels of fluency you will know he never really says anything that wouldn't be found in a beginner textbook or even a phrasebook. Yet, some people think he is a sorcerer. Not hating on him... just pointing out to the people who think he fluently speaks 60 languages that even he admits he only speaks a little of each (well, some, like Mandarin he does actually speak fluently).
There's a fascinating, and somewhat comedic, Irish documentary series called "No Béarla" where a guy went around Ireland trying to see how many people speak Gaelic. It's on RUclips if anyone is interested in such things.
17:27 My grandfather came to America as a wee baby from County Cork Ireland. Blown over on a sailing vessel in 1912. I'm proud of my heritage and thankful for my ancestry to make the trip!
Now why can't all Americans be this respectful when explaining their Irish heritage, please teach the rest of the People over there that this is how it's done , instead of "I'm Irish" top of the morning to ya, 😂🇮🇪👍
@phoenix27151 lol, I'll get right on that! Lol.. I always believe what you put out into the universe is what you get back so I TRY to spread upbeat, positive attitude with a smile in all things. You always get more with sugar than vinegar. 😉
This video is really sweet. Genuinely it's amazing to see these people and hear their stories. I grew up in a very Irish neighborhood but didn't realize until I went to Ireland at 30 that Gaelic was still spoken. Thanks for this video.
i must say as a man from up north in northern Ireland its very nice to see you visit us in our small country, i hope you had a wonderful time exploring the green gem of Ireland and its people, unfortunately irish language isn't very well known thanks to the uks past and its restrictions on teaching it in schools up here like how you get to choose Spanish or French and very few teach it, maybe one day that will change
The reason why he’s having a harder time learning Irish is because it’s not a Latin based language unlike most other European languages. Celtic languages are vastly different
It's also not a Germanic language like English. The grammar and phonology are even more alien than Chinese. English has way more in common with Bengali than Irish.
@@VauxhallViva-s8x Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, Greek are all languages directly derived from Latin. The Germanic languages aren’t directly derived but take a large amount of Latin terms with it. Celtic languages are just an entirely separate entity
@@VauxhallViva-s8x Yeah Romance languages only constitute about a third of European languages, and only about a third of Europe's population are native romance speakers. The only way romance languages can be construed as the biggest is the fact that the global population has more native romance speakers than native speakers of all other European languages combined
The Gaeltacht area is incredible, i was 7 when Dad and I first went into a pub and saw locals conversing in Irish. My Grandmother had 15 siblings and half spoke Irish as a first language
I mean, it would be cool to see Ireland become similar to Belgium or Albania in the sense of having their original language everywhere. The loss of these languages wasn't just out of convenience, it was a deliberate act of ethnic erasure under British colonialism. Always love when you give the historical context segments in the video like you do towards the end and I only hope people recognize the same "people can't leave or they can't ever come back" is still being used in modern genocides, including Israel's genocide of Palestinians.
HA! my wife has a fab tale about "being kidnapped by an irish wake". ( 3 days!) Part of the tale involves her then partner disappearing for 30mins after he went for newspaper.. he came back going "the only thing they didn't ask was my inside leg?!".
I love that so many people had the same joke; busting Seamus‘s balls for teaching Irish to an American. That sensibility is definitely survived several generations on the Irish side of my family here in America. There’s something very familiar about the Irish people. I plan to go back again.
Gaeilge is ridiculous. I'm Irish, but I struggle learning languages in general (monolingual :c). It pains me knowing the language of my home is beyond my reach and is withering away. Thank you for showing off our beautiful (albeit complicated) language! You're directly helping our endangered language from going extinct. You should visit other Gaeltachts, particularly in the South some time. Try the Dingle peninsula here in Contae Chiarraí, the Munster dialect is vastly different to Ulster (same with Connaught and Leinster), so much so that you'll probably have to relearn a lot lmao.
Well, that was some real cráic, man. Btw, I've been dying for a pint of Guinness for years, for here in Brazil they're very rare to find, and you go to a real Irish pub in Ireland and have... 2 sips? Come on!
I'm originally from Donegal and studied Irish as a child. We used to do prayer in irish and if asking to go to the toilet did so in irish as well, most ceremonies, school plays and what not were all done in Irish Gaelic. However, I moved to Belfast in Northern Ireland when I was 9 years old, so I've forgotten the language completely.
Belfast has an extremely strong irish speaking community, Stronger than alot of places down south and there's a real pride in the language up there. Try visiting Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich on the falls road, I'm sure someone there would steer you in the right direction. Another spot where you could bump into someone naturally speaking Irish is Maddens bar. The first time i was up there i was playing trad and when out in the smoking area someone came up and asked me as gaeilge if i could roll them a cigarette. Kneecap are also a rap duo from belfast who rap through Irish and English and currently have the first irish language movie shortlisted for an oscar.
You should go to the other Gaeltachts like in Galway and Mayo and learn the difference between the different dialects. Would also recommend the Aran Islands
So fun. Ireland….. such great fun and so welcoming. Loved my many trips visiting friends. This young man is amazing. Love watching him surprise locals.
Good job pushing through the jet lag. Can’t have been easy speaking an entirely new, difficult language whilst battling an overwhelming urge to sleep. Hope you got a decent rest before West Frissian the day after!
My daughter goes to an all speaking Irish school in West Belfast, she is fluent in Irish and in some parts of Belfast Irish is spoken in the shops cafés and bars
Broke my heart to hear the Ukrainian babushka be brutally honest about how bad it's been in Ukraine since Russia's invasion... I still have family stuck there and the frustration is unexplainable. Thanks Xiaoma, for at least remembering enough to say hi to her. Would definitely be awesome if you did more Ukrainian language.
Watched a lot of your stuff before, was good, got bored, feed brought your content back around few years later and I'm blown away by how much better you've been able to make your content. This is a good example, but the one with the "uncontacted" Amazonian brought me to to tears with both joy and sorrow😂
I’ve never seen one of your videos so Idk if this is your usual style of filming but the wide lens and fish eye make it look like you’re spacing out hard af when talking to people it’s driving me nuts 😂 like you’re looking at the wall instead of at them? Gives uncanny valley vibes. Otherwise it’s an amazing video! Fair play for learning irish, I’ve been living here 3 years and I can only say good morning 😂
Good job. As a native speaker from the gaeltacht in Galway I'm impressed with how much you can speak and understand as Donegal Irish is a bit different to mine and difficult to catch every word as it's not exactly the same. The dialects sound very different from north, south and west of the country. I'm glad you made another trip back to Ireland to experience our culture and life outside of Dublin as most of us live in small rural communities such as the one you visited and the west coast is so different to the east of the country.
nobel peace prize too or something. this guy is celebrating languages and cultures from all over the world and uniting everyone through this aned just generally being a good ambassador of earth.
It’s so cool hearing you speak Irish I can totally understand peoples reactions now across all of your other videos… certain words you say is exactly like how native Irish people would speak
0:15 my man Irish is indoeuropean like English, and they’ve borrowed from each other over the years, e.g. slogan. They’re absolutely different languages, but they’re distant cousins, Japanese is a stranger
I love their stupid humor 😂"This guy showin' you around? Don't listen to him" xDDDDDD also you're coming to the Netherlands next??? so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dutch should be a piece of cake for him, since its the closest language to english. and also he speaks Yiddish i believe, wich is also very closely related to dutch almost
@@donnygout4558I think, the Dutch pensilvanian would be the closest, but still a world apart. Groningen Dutch is completely different to Amsterdam dutch, and the other two regions. But, what would I know as an Irish Dutch man!!
excellent, your first video of you in dublin , im like why even try there, but this is great, especially because its donegal irish, prob one of the smallest gaeltachts, well done
I lived abroad for five years as a kid, came back to Ireland when I was nearly 12. Because of the way the Irish educational system is structured, it was explained to me that I would fail the Leaving Certificate (the Irish version of the SATS/ A-Levels) if I exempted myself from taking Irish. So my father taught me it for a year before I returned. It was kinda shocking upon my return to discover that I knew more than maybe three-quarters of my class, other than the lads who went to the local Gaelscoil (Irish speaking school). Happily, I can confirm that it inspired a love affair with the language that lasted to this day, whereupon I aced my Leaving Cert higher exam and even have taught some people since. Main thing is not to get thrown by the pronunciation or differences between dialects etc. There are only 11 irregular verbs and about 60,000 words in the Irish language, so it is possible to get a reasonable degree of proficiency, with the will and the right tools.
Great to see you learn Irish. I love the sound of it. I am so jealous of your language skills. While I hate cold, rain and wind, I immediately miss Ireland watching this video. I stayed with a friend in County Clare for a few weeks and loved it there. Ireland is so beautiful and the people are great.
This was brilliant. Delighted you came back to Ireland and went to an Irish-speaking area! I like the little shout out to Pintman Losty at the end as well 😂
that is a really dark rabbit hole. UK constantly intentionally starved the Irish so they could bring in English and Scottish settlers, then basically sent Irish kids to reform schools where they'd beat them for speaking Irish. That whole time period is the reason you have so many Irish that fled to the US
I think he's only really fluent in English and Mandarin, but that doesn't make his basic to conversational knowledge of around 60 languages any less impressive to me! He did lament himself that the problem is "he forgets these", he's human just like us, but he keeps going and keeps learning and keeps making people of other cultures smile and feel heard and seen. Good guy.
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Sar-jab déanta agat, maith thú!!
Finland
Sounds like someone reversed all the audio
Btw why do you guys Americans believe that the Irish people are still "fully" Irish? I mean they're now genetically mixed and recent genetic studies have consistently shown that the Irish from Leinster tend to have over 30% DNA admixture from England and that becomes less and less outside of Leinster.
Also people from Ulster or nowadays Northern Ireland tend to have over 50% DNA admixture from Strathclyde Scotland. So they're indeed MIXED descendants of Glaswegian settlers and the native Irish and I get that when you guys call the settlers from Ulster in the Thirteen Colonies as "Scotch-Irish". Because they're indeed Irish people with Strathclydian ancestry(though many people still believe that their ancestors were from the Scottish borders but actually their ancestors were from Glasgow area).
Also why do you guys believe that the English are "purely" Anglo-Saxons? In fact they're genetically only 25-47% Germanic(this includes Scandinavian too) with 11-57% from the native Celtic-speaking British Islanders. Then they have 14-43% DNA admixture from the Iron Age French-Belgian alike populations(this is very intriguing since French and Belgians spoke various Celtic dialects during the Iron Age and there was indeed a series of migration from northern France crossing the channel to southern and southeastern parts of England hence this genetic component is most prevalent in the south and southeast England and is indeed overlapping with the Germanic DNA admixture)
The native Britons during the Anglo-Saxon invasion in the southeast were actually mixed Iron Age French-Belgian alike populations.
They say "the Anglo-Saxons slaughtered the Britons in East Anglia" while genetically East Anglians carry 42.5% Germanic, 37.5% Iron Age French-Belgian alike and 17.5% native British Isles Celtic DNA admixtures. Shout out to those misleading traditional view of historical narratives lol!
And actually people from the southeast and south of England have a genetic relatedness and continuity to that of modern Belgian and French populations and they are STILL closely related to the Welsh rather than to the North Germans despite speaking a Germanic language.
Saying the English as a "Germanic people" is misleading and it's like saying an American with 75% Italian DNA and 25% British Isles DNA as a British.
Genetic reality DOES NOT always go well together with traditional narratives and identity
No wonder Americans still believe the Irish are still genetically fully Irish and they think that the Irish have to speak Irish because in their minds the Irish people are genetically 100% purely Irish so that they should not longer English.
all my cousins and stuff in ireland could speak and spoke gaelic! I think they lived in the south west but it is pretty common use too be because they taught it in schools before there...
The girl you zoom in on in batch beginning of video is my lovely daughter Lauren, she used to watch you speaking Chinese, so was delighted you came in, tá go leor Gaeilge aici fosta 🇮🇪
You have a gorgeous daughter ! Couldn't stop looking at her
whats her instagram
Weirdo's replying to you ugh smh ignore them
haha.... small world that your daughter knew him before he visited her work place! Then she would have known already that he is married, so at @3:10 hearing he was married, in my mind, she looses interest and walks away! 🤣 (Came to mind this from the film Casablanca "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine” ruclips.net/video/Qa8d-jwFwds/видео.html ) Lovely context, thank you for sharing. 💞
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That’s my dad Michael working in the bar, he takes great pride in the bar and was delighted to show you around and tell you the history of the place.
There’s a pint of Guinness on dad for when you return and hopefully not so jet lagged!!
Go raibh maith agat as teacht isteach i teach tábhairne Sharkeys Xiamo!
at least shout out the bar name/location for your dad
@@Райан021 He did, Sharkeys. It's in Anagaire, one of the Gaeltacht areas of Dún na nGall.
Good Celtic pub 💚 hail hail
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You and your father both a legend man. I may just have to visit the bar myself lad🙌
It is so weird when you've been watching Xiaoma for years and he unexpectedly uploads a video of him wandering in your home parish and speaking to people you know well. Tá súil agam gur bhain tú sult as do chuid ama anseo i nGaeltacht Thír Chonaill. Dá mbeadh a fhios agam go raibh tú anseo dhéanfainn mo sheacht ndícheall bualadh leat.
Dia duit carrickdan fancy seeing you here!
I'm from the midlands, and honestly, I wish our government would do more to help us speak irish because I would be down to do a course or something to speak irish
Mar tá Bearla leadránach 🙄
My hometown in the US is jokingly called the 33rd County of Ireland, we have an Irish Immigration center that taught Irish classes, wish I had taken them before leaving
This happened to me also! Watching for years, then one day he was wandering around Cardiff market, literally around the corner from me, speaking welsh! Very cool!❤
@@Piglife101 happened to me as well. Watching the boy over years, suddenly he’s down the road from me in Louisiana (usa)
As a fluent Irish speaker in Belfast fair play to you, your Gaeilge was impressive , love how you kept trying also thanks for promoting our language , for years it has been dwindling but the last few years the language has been getting more popular in Ireland
You know Seamus is a good guy if everyone around town is giving him a hard time haha, loved the banter
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I was thinking the same thing!!
Irish women can spot a wedding ring at 50 yards.
Try 500 😂
@@alrightbro Why's that?
@@oldmedstudent1750 Matchmaking has long been apart of the Irish culture, especially in smaller towns or small communities.
Like magpies
😂 So true
I'm Irish and loved watching this, most of us hated learning Irish in School (its more or less compulsory) but I was happy to see how much I can still understand.
Yeah it really isn't taught well, or something seems to be wrong with the approach. I don't know what it's like now in schools (I'm 33 now) but I hope it's advanced.
@@Kev_Cos I teach it and in all honesty I try to avoid poems and the like as much as possible. It's nice that they're on the syllabus, but there's no point diving into literature if kids can barely string together a simple sentence. There's definitely better ways of approaching it.
@@poncccceolymusica998 love to hear your professional opinion on it! That's a good point, I guess that must stem from the national pride we have in our rich poetic past, but as you say, that's a whole different ballgame doing literature when you're only half learning the language at the same time. Would be interesting if from a young age you're encouraged to engage in the local community speaking Irish locally in public places such as going to the grocery shop, at your local GAA or other sports clubs, drama etc. Something conversational outside school and you could have a lot more speaking it naturally.
If only I had the opportunity of reading these posts a few years ago... I spent a few weeks trying to learn some phrases in gaelic to use in... Dublin! Where I learned nobody speak gaelic. Lol
Definitely not taught well. Im 26 now and id love to be fluent in Irish. You see the Welsh across the pond are all nearly taught to a fluent level in schools@Kev_Cos
It's refreshing to see you having a little bit of struggle with Irish. I've been learning for years and it's very difficult. I don't feel so bad now.
Conas atá ag éirí leat?
same... 😅🍻
Hey we're still all on the struggle bus here haha. Is fearr gaeilge briste ná béarla cliste
He's speaking in Simlish
Tá an ceart agat!
As an Irish man it's great to hear you speak "as mo theanga dúchais" (in my native tongue) considering I've mostly seen you speaking far eastern languages! You've an amazing grasp of languages young man, what a skill!! 🇮🇪
Tha gu derebh!
This is the most I've seen Xiaomanyc struggle with a language it must be very difficult
It isn’t horrific to learn but it’s definitely difficult. I’d guess that he’s having a hard time with it because it’s so different to the other ones he’s learned. Also I’ve always found that the Americans have a hard time with irish pronunciation.
It's not too often he immediately leaves one country to go directly to another. Part of it might be his memory having sensory overload by trying to handle all that information.
A problem may come from the different dialects. There are a few dialects that are quite different.
He may have just needed a little more time and practice before he traveled over there
I've found Irish to be dificult - and I'm Welsh [Welsh is Proto P Celtic - Brythonic/Cymraeg, Irish is Proto Q Celtic - Goedelic/Gaelic], where my language isn't easy mode by any measure - but Celtic languages [in general] tend to be more difficult when coming from/using English as your base language.
I'm from cork and the irish spoken in Donegal is a completely different pronunciation and even other words than my Irish. It is a vast and varied language.
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I was told a story of an Irish speaking couple, one from Cork, the other Donegal, they spoke English since they couldn't understand each other.
Each province has its own regional variance. The variance is just more pronounced in Donegal, because it's got strong Scottish influence.
I grew up in Northern Ireland learning Donegal Irish and was totally baffled when I moved to ROI, and tried to help my kids with their Irish at school. Very different. A fluent speaker might be fine and pick it up, but to an average 11-16yr old 'school speaker' like me, I had real problems.
@@DermotKieran1 other way I think the irish in the north is made of older dialects that were then exported to scotland which is where scots gadhlig comes from as far as i remember
I came from Argentina to Ireland, beautiful country, I've worked with horses on the west coast and also found a lot of people who could speak Irish, I though it was more rare, lovely people
This is the video more Irish people need to see. The dude gathered as much of the language as he could in 2 weeks didn't care about grammer or dialectual pronounciation, struggled with it and did it ANYWAY!. He just went to the Gaeltacht! So to my fellow Irish in or near Dublin who might be struggling: Just use what you know whenever you can! I never say hi, bye, or thank you anymore in shops, not in the past 3 threes simply because I can say these in Gaeilge and so... i do! A lot of people don't care at all, a lot more people will give a big smile and even try reply in Irish! And surprisingly the people that aren't Irish themselves also seem happy to hear the language and also reply in irish. so just try it!
It's upsetting that the Irish language isn't more widely spoken here but there's been a massive revival taking place over the last few years which is great to see! Thank you exposing our native language to more people who might not have heard it before! Maith an fear!
As a northerner, from Coleraine, it's great to see Irish spoken anywhere on the island, keep it up xiaoma
Used to have great times in Colersaine when I’d come up from cork. Start up by the cex and down to sports direct going to all the shops trying to get better deals 😆 could still never understand Ulster dialect Irish in the leaving cert though!
Snap . From coleraine myself . 😊
Tha gu derebh!
I agree but for the love of God don't suggest he tries this in Coleraine 🤣
Love this Xiaoma! Back in my home country but getting stuck in to the Irish speaking regions!
DISCLAIMER: for any non Irish folk watching this video, you need to realise how impressive and brave this is. I’m Irish and can’t speak the language and for Xiaoma to even attempt this is seriously impressive!
It saddens my heart that this is a similar experience in all Celtic nations [*waves from Cymru/Wales*]. It just outlines the work that we need to do internally within our own nations to correct that issue! Xiaoma is not only an amazing human being, but a great inspiration and wake up call to us all: individuals and nations alike! Every language is beautiful, holds a perspective and perceptive ability of seeing this world in a slightly similar but different way - and each of them need be upheld and maintained [especially by those of that nation].
Cariad fawr o Gymru fy'n deulu Celtaidd - Much love from Cymru my Celtic family
@@ComeRee Irish is not a difficult languge to learn though, it's quite straightforward.
@@trishloughman5998exactly 😂
Fact man, a irish lad not being able to speak irish i actually feel ashamed to not be able to speak irish. But good on the lad for the effort and hope it would inspire a few people to try and learn it.
@@trishloughman5998 its not taught properly in schools tho that's why you have a massive downfall in speakers, but also straightforward is a mad statement to say
Fellow Irish person here loved the video and loved that you got a proper taste of the Irish language in the right regions of Ireland.
Absolutely brilliant seeing the local people of Donegal & The Gaeltacht getting some love in this video. Not many people will experience this part of the country and showcase the beauty of it and our people😊
Our language is beautiful we should keep it alive!🇮🇪
Yes, you should
there is an irish group from Belfast called Kneecap trying to keep the language alive, they are not for everyone but it is very respectable what they are trying to do. They even have a movie thats in Irish that might be nominated for best foreign language film at the Oscars!
@@ponguso1 yeah Ive seen them live they are absolutely brilliant!
@@ponguso1 and I've seen the film it's really good too
@@ponguso1In the North ardent learners, Republicans while doing time for their activities created their own new fourth ‘dialect’ of Irish called ‘Jailic’ or ‘ Goalic’!😊
As an Irish speaker this is funny and amazing. So happy you went to one of the parts of Ireland where Irish is the main language. Try Connemara if you come back!
*Conamara
@meab12 Connemara*
@@CordellBM dúirt tú go bhfuil gaeilge agat ? Má tá, úsáid í, a phleidhce
@@meab12 Cén fáth? 😂 Mar atá bearla ag labhairt agam
Pleidhcí an bheirt agaibh 😂
What I love most about these videos is that they reinstil the love of language in the people you visit. Bringing people together across the globe.
I think the beauty of your channel isn't about how you learn a bit of every language, but how you showcase them, so that maybe someone falls in love with it (specially for the ones at risk of dying out) and maybe commits to become fluent due to your videos
That last guy who owned the pub was so cool.
These people are so chill.
That man was class.
A pint is nothing out of his bottom line.
His hospitality to a foreigner trying to learn his language....priceless.
His son apparently commented here and said that he’s got a pint ready for him the next time he visits the pub. Can see why the pub has been going for so long. Whole family must be lovely people
Huge respect for reading the comments and going for a part 2 in the Gaeltacht. hope you enjoyed your time
Thank you for this video! I'm Irish and it does make me sad that the majority of us don't even understand or speak it. I'm planning to learn because of videos like these. Hope you had fun in Ireland! We're a nice bunch that take nothing serious lmao.
Pretty cool way to bring attention to our dying language!
There's a few ways the country/government is trying to keep it alive. The Gaeltacht is the big one, but there's also scholarships for Irish speaking people and support given to those in the west of the country, which is underdeveloped but also houses the majority of Irish speakers. There's also the Gaelscoile, which are Irish speaking schools in which Irish is the only spoken language, with even the final exams being taken in Irish. Surprisingly they're quite popular to attend, but they're very few in number.
We're always happy to help share and inspire ideas from across the pond - especially for our Celtic family!
Due to the rise in demand for Welsh language schools, we're working towards making all schools capable of delivering first language Welsh.
If you have a child in Welsh education - You [as a parent/guardian] can get free Welsh lessons.
If you are under the age of 26 - you too can get free Welsh lessons.
*ALL* signage and letters are required to be printed/displayed in dwy iaith / both languages [Cymraeg/English < in that order].
Our national football team is working towards changing our name from Wales to Cymru [the *actual* name for our Country] - where - representation is *key*.
Cymraeg/Welsh is the only Celtic language regarded as safe by UNESCO, where it would sadden me [can only imagine how you feel!] to see the Irish language die in Irelands own hands!
Cariad fawr o Gymru - Much love from Cymru [Wales]
#ÉirinnGoBrách #CymruAmByth
@@ComeReelove our little Celtic trio of Alba, Cymru and Eire all beautiful in there own way 🇮🇪🏴🏴
Actually...for the first time in what, a few hundred years, Irish learning is actually on the rise.
@@ComeRee Welsh is safe sociolinguistically speaking because there are still strong Welsh speaking areas. Statistics show that Welsh is on the rise as a second language of native English speakers (mostly due to the schools), but falling as a native language as Welsh speaking areas are still being anglicised due to both young Welsh speakers leaving for work and monolingual to mostly monolingual English speaking folk moving in (or buying holiday homes) to traditionally Welsh speaking regions.
To me, this is a worrying trend for the future and I think it is a massive mistake for people who care about the Welsh language to be lulled into a false sense of security by the (on the surface) positive census statistics.
Fun fact, Gaeilge is the name of the language spoken in Ireland and it's compulsory to learn in primary school (or at least it was when I was growing up). There are lots of Scoile na Gaeilge (Irish schools) where the curriculum is entirely in Gaeilge. There are also summer camps in the Gaeltacht regions where kids/teenagers go live with a family that speaks Irish and attend a summer school to improve their language. It's a pity it's a dying language so kudos to you Xiao for giving it exposure. I hope you will have many returns to Ireland. I highly recommend checking out the Gaeltacht regions in Mayo (Black Sod Bay) and Galway (Clifton). I went to the Gaeltacht summer school for three summers as an American growing up in Ireland, and I had the best time meeting other teenagers from all over Ireland.
It's compulsory to learn in secondary too
I feel like people say it's dying far too often for how much it's actually used. It's criminally underused but it's not dying. At least, not in my opinion.
I went to a Gaeilscoil, most people happily forget most of their Irish after school but I'm proudly fluent
@Kienflybyaccording to a few recent studies/statistics... it's actually on the rise, for the first time in a few hundred years.
@@mauriceluciano5211 that's great, I'd love to see it be more common
His pronunciation needs a little work but still VERY impressive.
E.g. He says 'I am' in Irish as "tuh may", but should sound like 'taw may' - Irish is actually very easy to learn once you understand the few basic pronunciation rules. Unlike english which is overlr-complicated and has tons of exceptions. Only thing about Irish is, depending on WHCI Gaeltach you're in, things will be pronounced differently.
But you can tell the locals are loving that he's trying. They say you will be 100 times more welcome in any country when you make an effort to speak their language.
he’s been learning a Donegal dialect where tá is often pronounced like tuh when in a sentence
@TheUnown4 That's wrong. I think it's awesome he's showing interest in the language, but his pronunciation is wrong, dialect or no
@mrdeadlift6237 i'm not saying he has perfect irish pronuncaiton, im saying tá is not pronunced like taw in donegal, its a lot shorter
@TheUnown4 Nope
@TheUnown4 This is true as far as the vowel goes but the STRESS was wrong. Irish, Scottish Gaeilc, Manx, even Welsh you never stress a pronoun in a normal sentence.
Really wish the Irish Bar got a shout out, If any place like that Bar are so kind and family run they need a shout out as we must never lose and support them in every way :)
Sharkey’s Bar, Annagry Co. Donegal 🙌
That was really ballsy making a video in Ireland and taking nothing but a sip from a full pint of beautiful Guinness! For all to see! If you're ever back in Ireland, be sure to check out a game of GAA, either Gaelic Football or Hurling, one of the oldest sport's in the world and 10x more exciting to watch than most sports.
Maith thú Xiaoma! Tá an teanga go hálainn and it's really awesome to see someone not from Ireland learning Gaeilge. It's such a shame that so many Irish people don't speak Irish (or only know cúpla focail). I don't live in Ireland any more and I really miss having the opportunity to speak the language with anyone. This video is definitely a good chance for any Irish person to test their Gaeilge! Go raibh míle maith agat, keep up the good work
Buachaill go mhaith!
Your Irish is obviously rusty, but as someone who was born and reared here, I can honestly say your Gaeilge is far better than that of most natives! Well done you! It's great to see someone bringing a bit of life back into our language.
Looking forward to seeing you coming back! :)
Would ya not forego the "go"? Doesnt sound natural at all
WOW! I'm really impressed, i've watched your chinese and african language videos before, but since I speak Irish this is really impressive. I can see your clear talent and grasp for languages, it's not just a few buzz words, you genuinely can converse with complete strangers. Maithu mo chara. Agus go n'eiri an bothair leat. Keep up the great work.
I used that phone booth every week on my summer holidays to phone home to say I was okay! Annagry is my mum’s home Village.
As a Welshman, I couldn't help but laugh in nostalgia and familiarity, when he was talking about the rowdy football fights - as - it really is culturally exemplary of what the Celts are.
We'll fight you hard, we'll fight you fair, and we'll fight you often - but after the match is concluded - we'll shake hands, let water go under the bridge whilst we go to the pub to get some "water" in us :D
Diolch o'r galon Xiaoma a gadw i fyny'r waith dda! Cariad a gefnogi fawr o Gymru a'r Geltaidd!
Thank you from the heart Xiaoma and keep up the good work! Much love and support from Cymru [Wales] and the Celts!
Should've visited Craggy Island!
I do love the Irish, "Fair play to ya." It can be said with equal sincerity, if you got something from the shops slightly cheaper than normal or if you just got a doctorate in theoretical astrophysics. :)
Craggy Island....Father Ted
So it's like the american southernism "bless your heart"
@@ThunderStruck15 Fair play to you. :P
My dad is from Gweedore and i grew up speaking Irish with him and went to an irish primary nad secondary school!
hearing my dialect of irish spoken with a new york accent is a mind explode for me. Ive only ever heard english in varying accents but never Irish. Id be shocked if you didnt have some Irish heritage because you litterally blend right into the population in appearance.
I live in wales, but my family is from falcarragh and meenlaragh. My family in Ireland will be so appreciative of this video. Thank you.
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7:43 Xiaoma corrects him and says he doesn't speak 60 languages but has studied 60 and knows a bit of each. So many people watching his videos think he is fluent or close to it. Pretty sure he would admit if asked that in at least 45 of the languages (probably more) out of the 60 he has studied he is not more than at a beginner level. If you watch his videos and know about levels of fluency you will know he never really says anything that wouldn't be found in a beginner textbook or even a phrasebook. Yet, some people think he is a sorcerer. Not hating on him... just pointing out to the people who think he fluently speaks 60 languages that even he admits he only speaks a little of each (well, some, like Mandarin he does actually speak fluently).
Really wish you would use another camera than the 360 when doing cinematic shots like 4:58
Maureen O’Hara spoke old Irish Gaelic with her Priest in “The Quiet Man”.
OMG the first lady was coming on strong, fair play 😂
Love the Seattles Best Coffee sign in that small Irish shop.
There's a fascinating, and somewhat comedic, Irish documentary series called "No Béarla" where a guy went around Ireland trying to see how many people speak Gaelic. It's on RUclips if anyone is interested in such things.
Oh I think I recognised the general store there in Gweedore. Wasn't expecting a Donegal jump scare today.
that shop owner couldn't get over how she couldn't have him haha
Yeah I found her a bit insisting it was weird
@@nephastgweiz1022Ah it was genuinely playful. Nothing serious about it at all
Been watching a lot of these recently . Always cheers you up . Infectious. My family are from Donegal. Inishowen . Beautiful part of the world.
17:27 My grandfather came to America as a wee baby from County Cork Ireland. Blown over on a sailing vessel in 1912. I'm proud of my heritage and thankful for my ancestry to make the trip!
Now why can't all Americans be this respectful when explaining their Irish heritage, please teach the rest of the People over there that this is how it's done , instead of "I'm Irish" top of the morning to ya, 😂🇮🇪👍
@phoenix27151 lol, I'll get right on that! Lol.. I always believe what you put out into the universe is what you get back so I TRY to spread upbeat, positive attitude with a smile in all things. You always get more with sugar than vinegar. 😉
@@brentbarr498 I think that's the Irish side shining through 😁
@phoenix27151 I like the way you 🤔 think! 🤗
@@brentbarr498 😉🇮🇪
This video is really sweet.
Genuinely it's amazing to see these people and hear their stories.
I grew up in a very Irish neighborhood but didn't realize until I went to Ireland at 30 that Gaelic was still spoken.
Thanks for this video.
This is so amazing. Keeping local languages alive is very necessary. you are doing gods work.
i must say as a man from up north in northern Ireland its very nice to see you visit us in our small country, i hope you had a wonderful time exploring the green gem of Ireland and its people, unfortunately irish language isn't very well known thanks to the uks past and its restrictions on teaching it in schools up here like how you get to choose Spanish or French and very few teach it, maybe one day that will change
Shaw’s Road Gaeltacht seems to be booming, though?
The reason why he’s having a harder time learning Irish is because it’s not a Latin based language unlike most other European languages. Celtic languages are vastly different
It's also not a Germanic language like English. The grammar and phonology are even more alien than Chinese. English has way more in common with Bengali than Irish.
Most other European languages are not ‘Latin based’.
@@VauxhallViva-s8x Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, Greek are all languages directly derived from Latin. The Germanic languages aren’t directly derived but take a large amount of Latin terms with it. Celtic languages are just an entirely separate entity
@@VauxhallViva-s8x Yeah Romance languages only constitute about a third of European languages, and only about a third of Europe's population are native romance speakers. The only way romance languages can be construed as the biggest is the fact that the global population has more native romance speakers than native speakers of all other European languages combined
The Gaeltacht area is incredible, i was 7 when Dad and I first went into a pub and saw locals conversing in Irish. My Grandmother had 15 siblings and half spoke Irish as a first language
when he speaks it it sounds like Simlish
I was thinking this too! lol
Hahaha I was thinking the exact same thing as well. 😂
His pronunciation is a bit dodge alri
taag alore wasubi NADINI
@@skippy447 I heard that too, at 1:57
That bridge that you stopped at was super powerful. My great-grandfather probably walked across it when he emigrated to Canada, then America!
I mean, it would be cool to see Ireland become similar to Belgium or Albania in the sense of having their original language everywhere. The loss of these languages wasn't just out of convenience, it was a deliberate act of ethnic erasure under British colonialism. Always love when you give the historical context segments in the video like you do towards the end and I only hope people recognize the same "people can't leave or they can't ever come back" is still being used in modern genocides, including Israel's genocide of Palestinians.
So happy to see you do another Irish video! Such a beautiful and not very well known language!
I love the immediately 4:05 'you're married, damn....."🤣
HA! my wife has a fab tale about "being kidnapped by an irish wake". ( 3 days!)
Part of the tale involves her then partner disappearing for 30mins after he went for newspaper.. he came back going "the only thing they didn't ask was my inside leg?!".
This seems to happen quite often to Xioama. Must be a charming guy 😂
I love that so many people had the same joke; busting Seamus‘s balls for teaching Irish to an American. That sensibility is definitely survived several generations on the Irish side of my family here in America. There’s something very familiar about the Irish people. I plan to go back again.
That Pub owner was so chill. Pic of his parents on the wall too. So humble. And also hell no they don't serve food there.
Gaeilge is ridiculous. I'm Irish, but I struggle learning languages in general (monolingual :c). It pains me knowing the language of my home is beyond my reach and is withering away. Thank you for showing off our beautiful (albeit complicated) language! You're directly helping our endangered language from going extinct. You should visit other Gaeltachts, particularly in the South some time. Try the Dingle peninsula here in Contae Chiarraí, the Munster dialect is vastly different to Ulster (same with Connaught and Leinster), so much so that you'll probably have to relearn a lot lmao.
2:53 the second u said u were maried that girl walked away so fast hahaha
That girl has a name...and I'm trying to figure it out.
@@mikemurchsame 😂
Well, that was some real cráic, man.
Btw, I've been dying for a pint of Guinness for years, for here in Brazil they're very rare to find, and you go to a real Irish pub in Ireland and have... 2 sips? Come on!
I couldn't believe he didn't finish that! He said he was jet lagged so I guess i understand!
@@TheBaystateConservative When it comes to drinking Guinness, the sky's the limit
I don't drink, myself, but I understand that Guinness is so thick it can almost be chewed.
I think you mean craic 🤣
With a fada that means butt 💀
@@smlz9721no way, really? Lol
I'm originally from Donegal and studied Irish as a child. We used to do prayer in irish and if asking to go to the toilet did so in irish as well, most ceremonies, school plays and what not were all done in Irish Gaelic. However, I moved to Belfast in Northern Ireland when I was 9 years old, so I've forgotten the language completely.
Never too late to pick it up again!
Belfast has an extremely strong irish speaking community, Stronger than alot of places down south and there's a real pride in the language up there. Try visiting Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich on the falls road, I'm sure someone there would steer you in the right direction. Another spot where you could bump into someone naturally speaking Irish is Maddens bar. The first time i was up there i was playing trad and when out in the smoking area someone came up and asked me as gaeilge if i could roll them a cigarette. Kneecap are also a rap duo from belfast who rap through Irish and English and currently have the first irish language movie shortlisted for an oscar.
This is amazing. Well done on speaking and understanding it so well, it's not an easy language!
You should go to the other Gaeltachts like in Galway and Mayo and learn the difference between the different dialects. Would also recommend the Aran Islands
So fun. Ireland….. such great fun and so welcoming. Loved my many trips visiting friends.
This young man is amazing. Love watching him surprise locals.
Good job pushing through the jet lag. Can’t have been easy speaking an entirely new, difficult language whilst battling an overwhelming urge to sleep. Hope you got a decent rest before West Frissian the day after!
My daughter goes to an all speaking Irish school in West Belfast, she is fluent in Irish and in some parts of Belfast Irish is spoken in the shops cafés and bars
Broke my heart to hear the Ukrainian babushka be brutally honest about how bad it's been in Ukraine since Russia's invasion... I still have family stuck there and the frustration is unexplainable. Thanks Xiaoma, for at least remembering enough to say hi to her. Would definitely be awesome if you did more Ukrainian language.
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So glad to see you came back to give Irish another try in the Gaeltacht!
I'm from fermoy Co cork Ireland 🇮🇪 watching your videos with years welcome nd god bless you 🙏
Watched a lot of your stuff before, was good, got bored, feed brought your content back around few years later and I'm blown away by how much better you've been able to make your content. This is a good example, but the one with the "uncontacted" Amazonian brought me to to tears with both joy and sorrow😂
I’ve never seen one of your videos so Idk if this is your usual style of filming but the wide lens and fish eye make it look like you’re spacing out hard af when talking to people it’s driving me nuts 😂 like you’re looking at the wall instead of at them? Gives uncanny valley vibes.
Otherwise it’s an amazing video! Fair play for learning irish, I’ve been living here 3 years and I can only say good morning 😂
I agree. Really dislike this effect.
So glad that you went back for another go at this!
An excellent effort at learning an ancient and complex language.
Good job. As a native speaker from the gaeltacht in Galway I'm impressed with how much you can speak and understand as Donegal Irish is a bit different to mine and difficult to catch every word as it's not exactly the same. The dialects sound very different from north, south and west of the country. I'm glad you made another trip back to Ireland to experience our culture and life outside of Dublin as most of us live in small rural communities such as the one you visited and the west coast is so different to the east of the country.
Automatic citizenship I decree. Welcome home son
nobel peace prize too or something. this guy is celebrating languages and cultures from all over the world and uniting everyone through this aned just generally being a good ambassador of earth.
It’s so cool hearing you speak Irish I can totally understand peoples reactions now across all of your other videos… certain words you say is exactly like how native Irish people would speak
0:15 my man Irish is indoeuropean like English, and they’ve borrowed from each other over the years, e.g. slogan. They’re absolutely different languages, but they’re distant cousins, Japanese is a stranger
Thank you Ari for another educational and entertaining video, you never fail to impress. Best of the holidays to you and yours from Ontario, Canada.
Please keep coming back to Ireland! You’re an absolute gem to have here.
Also absolute props to Seamus for being such a great guide
I love their stupid humor 😂"This guy showin' you around? Don't listen to him" xDDDDDD also you're coming to the Netherlands next??? so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dutch should be a piece of cake for him, since its the closest language to english. and also he speaks Yiddish i believe, wich is also very closely related to dutch almost
@@donnygout4558 No it's not.
Our humour isn't stupid. It's our culture.
@@donnygout4558I think, the Dutch pensilvanian would be the closest, but still a world apart. Groningen Dutch is completely different to Amsterdam dutch, and the other two regions. But, what would I know as an Irish Dutch man!!
Aye sure its just a bit of craic.
excellent, your first video of you in dublin , im like why even try there, but this is great, especially because its donegal irish, prob one of the smallest gaeltachts, well done
This guy has learned more irish in 2 weeks than i have in 14 years
This guy is living proof that content is more important than the camera and audio equipment.
You're going to the Netherlands? Absolutely lookin' forward to it!
Watching from Limerick, Ireland. Great episode. Irish is not for the faint hearted even for us, so amazingly well done. 🎉
Irish butter is the best in the world. Just for the fans 😂
I lived abroad for five years as a kid, came back to Ireland when I was nearly 12. Because of the way the Irish educational system is structured, it was explained to me that I would fail the Leaving Certificate (the Irish version of the SATS/ A-Levels) if I exempted myself from taking Irish. So my father taught me it for a year before I returned.
It was kinda shocking upon my return to discover that I knew more than maybe three-quarters of my class, other than the lads who went to the local Gaelscoil (Irish speaking school).
Happily, I can confirm that it inspired a love affair with the language that lasted to this day, whereupon I aced my Leaving Cert higher exam and even have taught some people since.
Main thing is not to get thrown by the pronunciation or differences between dialects etc. There are only 11 irregular verbs and about 60,000 words in the Irish language, so it is possible to get a reasonable degree of proficiency, with the will and the right tools.
One of your best vids, shows your character a bit more.
Great to see you learn Irish. I love the sound of it. I am so jealous of your language skills.
While I hate cold, rain and wind, I immediately miss Ireland watching this video. I stayed with a friend in County Clare for a few weeks and loved it there. Ireland is so beautiful and the people are great.
my dad loves your channel
I know son it's just so fascinating
@@shuaibkamedien2203 i raised a decent dad, grandson, keep encouraging Jason, he's gonna go far.
This was brilliant. Delighted you came back to Ireland and went to an Irish-speaking area! I like the little shout out to Pintman Losty at the end as well 😂
How did the main language change from irish to english ?
British colonisation
that is a really dark rabbit hole. UK constantly intentionally starved the Irish so they could bring in English and Scottish settlers, then basically sent Irish kids to reform schools where they'd beat them for speaking Irish. That whole time period is the reason you have so many Irish that fled to the US
probably your most impressive language yet, & that's saying a lot!
i’m starting to wonder how many languages you can speak
i’m like 8 minutes in thanks for the answer
i don’t even know that many languages
I wonder the same
I think he's only really fluent in English and Mandarin, but that doesn't make his basic to conversational knowledge of around 60 languages any less impressive to me! He did lament himself that the problem is "he forgets these", he's human just like us, but he keeps going and keeps learning and keeps making people of other cultures smile and feel heard and seen. Good guy.
At @18:23 that potato looks excellent! At @21:07 what a pleasant owner of the pub! And extraordinary history on the walls! 🎉🎊