Canadian Gora speaks fluent Punjabi

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  • Опубликовано: 18 фев 2018
  • DESIblitz chats to Stephen Gucciardi, a Canadian man who speaks fluent Punjabi! He tells us about how he learnt the language and his experiences in India.
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  • @jassy467
    @jassy467 4 года назад +13043

    He speaks better Punjabi than majority of people in Delhi

    • @bhhavicksachdeva3334
      @bhhavicksachdeva3334 4 года назад +261

      I am from Delhi and you are correct hahahha

    • @Sanatani7727
      @Sanatani7727 4 года назад +51

      Yes sahi bola bhai

    • @arsenalf.cf.c3832
      @arsenalf.cf.c3832 4 года назад +53

      Because we people in Delhi can understand it but not speak it very very fluently.
      Like when I go to my village in Himachal in Chintpurni, I start speaking

    • @saleahafghan9390
      @saleahafghan9390 4 года назад +106

      Because delhi people are NOT Panjabis

    • @manoj_jeevpremi
      @manoj_jeevpremi 4 года назад +8

      Hahah...and nris also..kidda main roti khaani mangda yaa

  • @n3gi_
    @n3gi_ 4 года назад +9111

    My eyes and my ears are in a huge conflict right now.

    • @Arabica
      @Arabica 4 года назад +122

      LMFAO RIGHT? Watching him speak Punjabi is awkward

    • @Aqi_momo
      @Aqi_momo 4 года назад +86

      @@Arabica not awkward, wierd

    • @shruthims7474
      @shruthims7474 4 года назад +7

      Hahahaha

    • @TheAaronChand
      @TheAaronChand 4 года назад +35

      when the British Empire ruled India as A British colony. from June 23 1757 until August 1947. A lot of Brtish officers statesman Knew Hindi Urdu Bengali

    • @rightgirlwrongplanet
      @rightgirlwrongplanet 4 года назад +45

      @@TheAaronChand this is true and chances are their accents and pronunciation would have been awful as they wouldn't have tried too hard, thinking themselves superior to their colonised natives.
      Their raison d'etre was different and their vocabulary limited to their exploitative motives. Would they know the word "woti" like Stephen, would they have a sense of dialect like Stephen, or would their vocabulary be more inclined towards raw materials like "chai" or "cheeni"?
      On the other hand, Stephen lacks any sort of superiority. He is genuinely interested and has worked very hard cross-culture to get it right, especially pleasing to millions of Punjabis. Stephen's fluency, pronunciation and vocabulary are superlative. I have genuine respect for him.
      The language dynamics of British Empire and Stephen are incomparable.

  • @rachit26
    @rachit26 4 года назад +2105

    He is now officially Stephenpreet Singh.

  • @Sagar-wn1po
    @Sagar-wn1po 4 года назад +2219

    "Kanedda to aa" , "University oftrrrronto" that's litmus test for punjabi 😂😂😂

  • @harshalgarg9234
    @harshalgarg9234 4 года назад +4302

    He is even pronouncing Canada in Punjabi accent.

  • @prabhjotsohal2627
    @prabhjotsohal2627 4 года назад +2292

    He said, in Delhi, people claim that they can speak Punjabi, but they can't, and that's a real thing.

    • @veenarani5413
      @veenarani5413 4 года назад +52

      Yeah I'm from Delhi and I can understand everything, of course and I think I could maybe speak it because it's somewhat similar to Hindi, but I probably couldn't. Although I'm sure it would be very easy for most Delhiites to learn Punjabi if they tried.

    • @vanlan740
      @vanlan740 4 года назад +22

      Punjabi families can sir, I am a punjabi living in Delhi and i can speak punjabi fluently.

    • @blatkaribaba5439
      @blatkaribaba5439 4 года назад +13

      Dehli de lokk bhayee hunde aw punjabi tohdi na hunde aw hor punjabi sikh nal punjabi thodi bn janda aw

    • @PardesiParDilSeDesi
      @PardesiParDilSeDesi 4 года назад +19

      O punjab waleo tuhade v palle punjabi nai rehni kioki sare tha othe Bihar de bhaiye aa gaye ne.

    • @khushi5922
      @khushi5922 4 года назад +4

      Bahut kam log punjabi bolte h ya bolna jante h punjabi delhi me

  • @thakurji605
    @thakurji605 4 года назад +1319

    I showed it my dad and he was like:
    Sharam kr
    ...

  • @raghavb7392
    @raghavb7392 4 года назад +747

    The correct title should be “ The Flash talks to us in Punjabi”.

  • @hargobindsingh9763
    @hargobindsingh9763 4 года назад +4810

    My mom only said one thing after watching this video
    "Sharam Kar"

  • @bishfire
    @bishfire 4 года назад +5218

    He is sounding more punjabi than many NRI Punjabis....

    • @rohangangar6210
      @rohangangar6210 4 года назад +13

      nah not better than me, but props to him

    • @jeetrawat4799
      @jeetrawat4799 4 года назад +2

      Yess

    • @SanjayKumar-dp3uc
      @SanjayKumar-dp3uc 4 года назад +4

      Ek gal sacchi dassan bruh.....menu pind di mitti ch yadd vaddi aundi hai.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Uthhe di murgiyan pak pak kardi aa.... Pr sadde ithhe di murgiyan tan fuck fuck kar diya ni bruuuhhhhhhh😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @swapnilsingh9159
      @swapnilsingh9159 4 года назад +2

      Damn True.

    • @ErTejinder
      @ErTejinder 4 года назад +1

      true

  • @vinayarya2228
    @vinayarya2228 4 года назад +372

    when he said "Kanedda" .. full marks bro 10/10

  • @Sultan-lv8sj
    @Sultan-lv8sj 4 года назад +464

    This guy has a very high IQ and has amazing understanding about desi languages

    • @tracypillay8635
      @tracypillay8635 4 года назад +15

      More than that, he has the love and heart for the culture😊😊

    • @YoqDzewa
      @YoqDzewa 3 года назад +8

      Has nothing to do with IQ king, just apply the time & effort and you can learn them too!

    • @whiteobama3029
      @whiteobama3029 3 года назад +6

      @@YoqDzewa lol everything to do with iq... learning 3 languages with their dialects this fluently is totally insane.. u wont get it unless u urself try it

    • @YoqDzewa
      @YoqDzewa 3 года назад +2

      @@whiteobama3029 Dumbass you are aware that the majority of Bantu tribes (especially Kikuyu) speak at least 3 languages. Their tribe's, simplified English Pidgin, and the regional lingua franca (ie Swahili for Kenya).
      It's not a matter of some number you get on a test. It's what the society asks of you.

    • @abcdefghij8734
      @abcdefghij8734 3 года назад +3

      @@whiteobama3029 I know Hindi,Punjabi, Arabic,English cause I lived in Ireland for 5 years, German, French. Also 2000Fide rated chess player. Still my IQ is lower than 100. It has nothing to do with IQ.

  • @nurseofalltrades7909
    @nurseofalltrades7909 4 года назад +5062

    Stephen is now officially stephenpal singh from ludhiana.

    • @rounaksinghbuttar9083
      @rounaksinghbuttar9083 4 года назад +53

      It’s satwinderpal I guess

    • @eshaanrawal1167
      @eshaanrawal1167 4 года назад +5

      You literally copied this from a movie!

    • @amajeet
      @amajeet 4 года назад +4

      Satinder singh sahota

    • @akshay77723
      @akshay77723 4 года назад +13

      Patiala madam ji... Satwinder paaji sheher patiale de fan ne...!! 😂😂😝

    • @younusbendame742
      @younusbendame742 4 года назад +4

      *from Brampton

  • @rbtmusic-
    @rbtmusic- 4 года назад +5722

    When you pronounce canada as “Caneda”
    Bang you are punjabi 😂

  • @prabhjeetsinghdhaliwal253
    @prabhjeetsinghdhaliwal253 4 года назад +444

    He used word "vauti" .... This is so amazing

  • @PhoenixMario
    @PhoenixMario 4 года назад +315

    Hearing him on the phone: He’s definitely brown
    Meeting him: Have I gone colourblind?

  • @theabhinav009
    @theabhinav009 4 года назад +5124

    His pronunciation of the word 'Canada' itself is enough to understand, that his Punjabi is good.

    • @mohammedasimuddin3757
      @mohammedasimuddin3757 4 года назад +53

      R4444 r/whoosh

    • @thepigproductivity
      @thepigproductivity 4 года назад +17

      Arthur Morgan you really don’t get that subreddit at all do you
      Also r/ihavereddit

    • @mohammedasimuddin3757
      @mohammedasimuddin3757 4 года назад

      Justin Pfeifer tbh honest bro I don't use reddit but ik about r/whoosh but what's r/ihavereddit

    • @thepigproductivity
      @thepigproductivity 4 года назад +7

      @@mohammedasimuddin3757 clearly you don't, because there was no wooosh there. Because 1) there wasn't a joke in the first place and 2) even if there was he wasn't missing a joke, he was just telling them to shut up. Joke or not, u can say that and still get it.
      No woosh

    • @i_am_me1238
      @i_am_me1238 4 года назад +5

      KA-NE-DA xD

  • @manpinder28
    @manpinder28 4 года назад +3285

    I approve your Punjabi by just listening your pronunciation of one word “Kaneda”.

  • @AER-dh5wu
    @AER-dh5wu 4 года назад +129

    Dude, I'm a Pakistani Punjabi...both my parents speak punjabi, but they decided to only speak Urdu with me and I can understand punjabi but my punjabi is so pathetic, I feel so lost since I can't communicate properly with my grandparents.This guy just ignited a spark in me! There is nothing quite like punjabi that's for sure :)

    • @drillman221
      @drillman221 3 года назад +1

      lmao same for me

    • @YoqDzewa
      @YoqDzewa 3 года назад +8

      Lmao at least you can speak urdu! I'm struggling to pick up hindustani but my phonology is so bad. I've always just responded to my parents in english when they would speak urdu so I can only understand it. Punjabi intrigues me in how it utilizes tonals instead of voiced aspirates. GL learning it!

    • @dawoodahmedwaseer7740
      @dawoodahmedwaseer7740 3 года назад +1

      That's sad

    • @karpetcabin
      @karpetcabin 3 года назад +3

      Your parents are part of the shameless children of Panjab who disowned their mother tongue for a shitty hybrid Hindi Bihari hybrid language

    • @hbsblkk3842
      @hbsblkk3842 2 года назад +17

      I really don’t get the logic of Pakistani Punjabis teaching their kids Urdu and not Punjabi. How can you be ashamed of your mother tongue?

  • @ManvBrownBear
    @ManvBrownBear 3 года назад +106

    I used to work with Stephen in the UK, such a down to earth and respectful guy.

    • @karpetcabin
      @karpetcabin 3 года назад +2

      Is his wife from India?

    • @yaketythack
      @yaketythack 3 года назад +1

      Nice memory to have. Language is not an obligation would be an awesome co worker.

  • @harmanjeet1715
    @harmanjeet1715 4 года назад +2107

    He isn't Stephen, he is Satwinderpal now
    Love u Stephen brdr

    • @GurpreetSingh-qs5bl
      @GurpreetSingh-qs5bl 4 года назад +5

      Aho jive tu hamveer singh ton hammi ho gaya. Je sikh hi layi ohne punjabi tan kyu bane satwinderpal or anything. Fir tere varge hor kehn lag jange punjabi hi ban jave. Yr shado insaan bano pehla. Tc

    • @shoaibakhtar4389
      @shoaibakhtar4389 4 года назад +2

      😂

    • @akshanshchoudhary7397
      @akshanshchoudhary7397 4 года назад +19

      Stephenjeet Singh

    • @harmanjeet1715
      @harmanjeet1715 4 года назад +3

      @@GurpreetSingh-qs5bl Tu te ldaayi lenn aaya lgda, mai sirf mzaak ch gall likhi aa, tu te zindagi tohn akkeya lgda mainu, mai khda Yogi aa jhda naam badaldu ohda, naale mera naam hamveer nyi aa,
      Mera te hassa kadata tu Hammi mainu mere gharde kehnde pyar naal, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, naale mai ohdi bejjti nyi kitti koi

    • @actionmania850
      @actionmania850 4 года назад

      @@GurpreetSingh-qs5bl bad ch ihna ne amrit shkaa dena 🤣🤣

  • @pureheart2729
    @pureheart2729 4 года назад +2424

    Parents:
    No gora munda!
    Me:
    Brings a gora Punjabi Munda

  • @rrajan5476
    @rrajan5476 4 года назад +155

    There is a saying: more catholic than Pope. This guy is more Punjabi than the real ones

  • @devdiksha
    @devdiksha 4 года назад +92

    Wow, I recently took up Korean to learn but half way through i thought, is it worth my time investing in it? I already have full time career. But then when this guy said that he did it for "fun" for "himself" and it's self rewarding, that made me change my mind. I'm going to go through korean now. Thanks

    • @fhsrebel
      @fhsrebel 4 года назад +2

      I'm doing the same! This made me want to continue my Korean learning

    • @ArunaKamble.
      @ArunaKamble. 4 года назад +1

      Me too

    • @channelfive7883
      @channelfive7883 3 года назад

      @@fhsrebel why

    • @fhsrebel
      @fhsrebel 3 года назад

      @@channelfive7883 I like learning languages, and I do watch a lot of Kdramas and listen to Korean music. It would be nice to be able to understand the basics!

    • @khusheasypianospanish9460
      @khusheasypianospanish9460 2 года назад

      I am also learning korean

  • @Eassa189
    @Eassa189 4 года назад +1548

    I swear he's nailed the accent. If I close my eyes I wouldn't be able to tell he isn't from Punjab

  • @peekaygaikwad4117
    @peekaygaikwad4117 4 года назад +1686

    I haven't heard more Punjabi in 10 mins before this. EVER.

    • @amanpotdar
      @amanpotdar 4 года назад +8

      Haa Na rao.. Majha marathi peksha tyachi Punjabi changli Ahe haha

    • @megha5176
      @megha5176 4 года назад

      Ikr

    • @jashanrandhawa5389
      @jashanrandhawa5389 4 года назад

      @@amanpotdar kya bola

    • @amanpotdar
      @amanpotdar 4 года назад +6

      @Jashan haha I said it in marathi that "me being a marathi, his Punjabi seems better than my own language marathi"

    • @otsutsukiyuvraj9090
      @otsutsukiyuvraj9090 4 года назад

      @@amanpotdar what?

  • @arhumshamim7753
    @arhumshamim7753 4 года назад +235

    All he needs is a turban and beard 😂

    • @AndhBhaktoKeJijaG
      @AndhBhaktoKeJijaG 4 года назад +3

      😂👳🏻‍♂️😂

    • @babber2536
      @babber2536 3 года назад +13

      And that's not cultural thing ,
      It's religious ,
      There is difference in culture and religion .

    • @birinderwarraich1179
      @birinderwarraich1179 3 года назад +4

      I think Turban is more religious and culture of punjab is different

    • @arhumshamim7753
      @arhumshamim7753 3 года назад +4

      Well I am Muslim and it’s not compulsory but it is a very old tradition of ours. People in the villages of Arabia and Pakistan including Punjab do still wear them. When I was young I used to think you Sikhs were one of us but your Turbans are slightly different they are tied all the way and have many bright colors. Ours are usually white, black, brown, green those kind of colors.

    • @birinderwarraich1179
      @birinderwarraich1179 3 года назад

      @@arhumshamim7753 Yes, actually turban was Indian culture we had marathi turban dogri rajasthani Bihari and lots of other turbans. even when the British came they said indians may walk bare feat but will not walk without Turbans. They said it was backward to tie it. Sikh only maintained it cause of religion. If we sikhs didn't had long hairs Turbans would have vanished from indian culture

  • @sangitapanwar8272
    @sangitapanwar8272 4 года назад +59

    Best part was when he said wife to "votti"

  • @maryumite6194
    @maryumite6194 4 года назад +921

    The “Caneda” was enough to blow me over 😲

    • @deepsingh-qv4hq
      @deepsingh-qv4hq 4 года назад +1

      @Sachin tichkuley whatever

    • @mansibabar7492
      @mansibabar7492 4 года назад +6

      Maryum K even when he said TORRRONTO I was like wowser

  • @yashkabra9140
    @yashkabra9140 4 года назад +718

    He isn't Stephen , he is Sarandeepal

  • @inderjeetkhatri7725
    @inderjeetkhatri7725 4 года назад +48

    "Voti de nal dasda"true punjabi 😂😂

  • @kinpat8825
    @kinpat8825 4 года назад +40

    Hey, I am from Mumbai, and I am always intrigued with punjabi. Infact, intrigued, fascinated, recently I have started thinking in punjabi so that my mind organically accepts punjabi as a dialect, cuz we don't have anybody here to interact with, in punjabi. Once I master that, I will pick the accent of punjabi. But truly, I am so happy to see this guy deliver punjabi so flawlessly. It kinda filled in a bit of confidence in me. Vadiya haiga si, punjabi di gaal hi hor hundiye

  • @gappicool
    @gappicool 4 года назад +814

    I'm not Punjabi but his Punjabi is so good that it feels ear soothing.

    • @garrysingh385
      @garrysingh385 4 года назад +2

      Gappi Cool thanks brother

    • @samacker77youtube
      @samacker77youtube 4 года назад +1

      If you’re not punjabi, then how do you know it’s good?

    • @gappicool
      @gappicool 4 года назад +1

      @@samacker77youtube there are somethings called friends, movies, songs etc. That's how I knew. I said good not great 😉

  • @milipatel3118
    @milipatel3118 4 года назад +1524

    He even calls his wife "woti" 😂😂😂
    Edit: thx for 500 likes!

  • @namankumar7794
    @namankumar7794 4 года назад +26

    This is the first time I ignored English subtitles while listening to a angrez
    Insane😁😁😁😁😅😅😅😅👍

  • @farhansheikhahmad
    @farhansheikhahmad 4 года назад +113

    Just a normal day:
    When i saw this video,
    My ears to my eyes: What you're watchin bro?
    My eyes to my eyes: What do you hear mate?

  • @arohisrivastava8621
    @arohisrivastava8621 4 года назад +1207

    His voice is totally different in punjabi than english

  • @abhilashpatel3036
    @abhilashpatel3036 4 года назад +590

    If i was only hearing audio, i could not guess a white dude is speaking. Not in a million years. Your fluency is too good. Hats off.

  • @bhavikasicka3098
    @bhavikasicka3098 3 года назад +11

    His understanding and appreciation of Indian languages and vernaculars are beyond amazing!

  • @amneetthedelicioussandwich8921
    @amneetthedelicioussandwich8921 2 года назад +8

    Bro is absolutely killing it. Learning a new language isn’t easy, and nailing the accent is insanely difficult too. Amazing!

  • @prashil3k594
    @prashil3k594 4 года назад +1068

    Next step would be to sell his dad's land, buy a Lamborghini and make a Punjabi rap song.

    • @beejai.
      @beejai. 4 года назад +17

      Prashil Prakash man this cm made me laugh so much ty 😂😂😂😭😭

    • @randomgen9218
      @randomgen9218 4 года назад +5

      Jattan day kam

    • @AsimSiddiqui007
      @AsimSiddiqui007 4 года назад +1

      No

    • @mishtisen3795
      @mishtisen3795 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂

    •  4 года назад +1

      Then move back here to Canada and bring 50 or 100 of his friends.

  • @RanjitGodbole
    @RanjitGodbole 4 года назад +333

    He said "KaneDDA" I don't need to hear anything further!! :D

  • @rajanpreetkaur121
    @rajanpreetkaur121 2 года назад +3

    It is very well known that we Punjabis love to show off. This habit of ours is one of the biggest reasons behind this. We consider it to be more modern, more upper class to speak in English/ Hindi/ Urdu (valid for Punjabi Muslims) than to speak in Punjabi. A person is considered more cultured if he can speak in English/Hindi/Urdu than in Punjabi and unfortunately parents encourage this among their children.
    The second and the most important reason behind this is our history. This problem all began thanks to the Partition and then aggravated during the Punjabi Suba movement of the 1960s.
    Before the British came to Punjab all Punjabis - Hindu-Sikhs & Muslims spoke Punjabi. (I mention Hindu-Sikhs because before the British came we were never identified separately and were one and the same). The British who had ruled over Awadh and Bengal for quite some time before they annexed Punjab introduced Urdu from Awadh along with English as the medium of instruction in Punjab as they were more familiar with the language and considered it to be more pleasant to the ear than Punjabi. As a result/ most of the middle class and upper class Punjabis be it Muslims, Hindus or Sikhs who received a formal education received the same in Urdu or English. Thus the medium of formal education and administration became Urdu/English in Punjab and slowly the Shahmukhi script (i.e the Persianised script) also began to be used to write Punjabi. As education began to spread the women were educated as well but their modes of education were different i.e. either home schooling or in separate Girl's School. Interestingly women were not expected to go out and work but were rather expected to be homemakers. Hence they were not all taught in Urdu. Rather Hindu women were taught Hindi, Sikh women were taught Gurumukhi and the Muslim women were taught the Urdu-shahmukhi script. This was done as women were expected to know how to read their religious texts which at that time were published in these languages. Some Sikh women also learned Hindi and some Hindus also learned Gurumukhi at the time.
    Let me give you an example. Both my paternal and maternal grandfather (Dadaji and Nanaji) learnt Urdu & English in school and could only read and write in Urdu & English while both my parental and maternal grandmother (Dadi and Nani) learnt Hindi and could read and write in Hindi. This was very common across families where the men learnt one language and the women the other. Although at home the entire family always spoke in Punjabi only.
    Therefore Urdu & English became a tool to prosperity under the British administration and men were expected to know these languages. It became a means to get a job, get administrative work done and hence people started learning Urdu/ English. Later on, after partition Urdu was replaced by Hindi in India and hence the fascination for Hindi, Urdu and English began and continues to plague us even today.
    Another contributing factor to this were the political parties and social organisations at the time. Throughout the early 1900s up to the partition these organisations encouraged the use of particular languages. The RSS & Arya Samaj wanted Hindus to learn Hindi, the Akalis wanted to encourage Gurumukhi - Punjabi and the Muslim League encouraged the use of Urdu. Thus religious groups used language as a tool to divide people. Hence Punjabis began learning different languages based on their religious identity even though they still spoke Punjabi at home and with each other.
    After partition Muslims vacated Indian Punjab and the Hindus and Sikhs left Pakistani Punjab to come to India leading to a complete change in demographics. Urdu was replaced in Indian Punjab with the use of Hindi & Punjabi written in Gurumukhi script while in Pakistan they continued to use Urdu and completely stopped the use of the Devanagari and Gurumukhi script.
    The second major event was the Punjabi Suba movement. Since partition was based on religious lines, the Sikhs also started demanding more representation for their religious identity which they now considered to be separate from Hindus even though just a few decades back the two were indistinguishable. Punjab had been declared as a bilingual state even though both Hindus and Sikhs spoke Punjabi. The Akalis saw this as a political opportunity and raised the demand for a Punjabi Suba i.e. a state where Punjabi written in Gurumukhi would be the sole official language. The Hindu Punjabis, even though they spoke Punjabi did not wish to divide the state. They sensed the political opportunity of the Akalis behind the move - that was to create a Sikh majority state by carving the Hindu majority areas out of Punjab. The Hindu leaders of the time thought that if all Hindus of Punjab declare Hindi as their mother tongue, Punjab would not be divided as Hindus were present in large number throughout the length and breadth of the state. They thought that even if Punjab is divided, large parts of Hindu areas would be outside the state if their language was Hindi and not Punjabi. Hence Hindus were encouraged to declare Hindi as their mother tongue. It was common to find newspapers encouraging Hindus to declare Hindi as their mother tongue rather than Punjabi in the census in order to stop the bifurcation of Punjab or to ensure that Hindu areas remained out of a Sikh dominated state. However this did not happen and in 1966 Punjab was divided into the present states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Delhi (Union Territory). Moreover the division failed to achieve its objectives of creating a Punjabi Suba as a large number of Punjabi speaking areas such as Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Chandigarh, Shimla, Chamba, etc. were not within the state of Punjab but went to the newly created states of Haryana and Himachal. Interestingly these areas were also largely dominated by Hindus and not Sikhs. The Hindus however failed to achieve their objective as well. Largely Hindu areas like Pathankot, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, etc. continued to be part of Punjab. Therefore the division of Punjab was a loss for everyone. It helped no one and only alienated a huge section of Hindus away from their language who started adopting Hindi as their primary language.
    Lastly with Hindi being declared as India’s foremost official languages, it brought with it economic opportunities and prosperity. Therefore people started teaching their children Hindi and English and Punjabi only remained as a means of communication at home. By the time today’s generation has come the use of Punjabi has fallen drastically. Most parents who themselves have been educated in English and Hindi don’t speak to their children in Punjabi. Some do learn Punjabi but that is mostly because of their grandparents. In fact within one or two generations, our community would have lost its identity. For example in my family while all my aunts and uncles speak Punjabi only a handful of their children (my cousins) do. I really thank my father in this respect who ensured that both my brother and I know our mother tongue - Punjabi. He ensured that while at home we speak only in Punjabi so that we can learn our language and give it the respect it deserves. If only there had been more such people!
    When it comes to speaking the language I really respect the Sikhs a lot who have continued to teach their children Punjabi in spite of all odds. It is the Punjabi Hindus and Punjabi Muslims who should learn from them and not teach their children Hindi/Urdu but Punjabi which is our mother tongue after all.
    I know my answer is a bit long but this question touched a raw nerve and I could not help myself. Hopefully I have been able to answer your question.

  • @TheIamgill
    @TheIamgill 4 года назад +10

    I proud to my "Maa Boli Punjabi" , Love You Brother Stay Blessed.

  • @pshergill01
    @pshergill01 4 года назад +779

    dude, even his accent is on point...he sounds like a punjabi uncle from the pind. shit, he speaks better punjabi than i do. yikes.

    • @queenr6423
      @queenr6423 4 года назад +7

      Because white people are educated look how carefully they learn English so imagine when they learn Punjabi. I’m a white girl my partner is Indian but if I learn his language properly I imagine it will sound like this except I’m a girl

    • @noonoofulable
      @noonoofulable 4 года назад +44

      @@queenr6423 I've seen lots of 'educated' Indians and Pakistanis who speak better English than white English people. You might have an Indian partner but you need to work on your arrogance and prejudice.

    • @joelmiller2601
      @joelmiller2601 4 года назад +17

      Queen R You are white but don’t sound very educated...

    • @amberraza2761
      @amberraza2761 4 года назад +2

      Why tf did u say yikes after a compliment?

    • @rban123
      @rban123 4 года назад

      Queen R India’s education system is actually quite good

  • @arsenalf.cf.c3832
    @arsenalf.cf.c3832 4 года назад +1280

    This guy is better than Indians,
    Who can speak comfortably in Hindi, Punjabi, and Sanskrit.
    Bow down to him🙏🙏
    He speaks pure Punjabi.

    • @BankerBaba98
      @BankerBaba98 4 года назад +28

      How can you distinguish people of India with someone who speaks our language?
      Itna jaldi judge karna hai toh High ya Supreme court Mai apply kardo judge ke post ke liye 😆

    • @BankerBaba98
      @BankerBaba98 4 года назад +1

      @Akshaya Mohanty Pulwama attract modi ne kaise Kar Vaya tha proof hai Tere pass ?

    • @atd3000
      @atd3000 4 года назад

      @Shubham Johri Abe usne saaf saaf Bola hai usne Sanskrit seekhi hai sun le pehle dhang se

    • @harissahab2743
      @harissahab2743 4 года назад +1

      Akshaya Mohanty It’s spoken mostly in Pakistan, Bhai thora research kur pehlay phir baat kur.

    • @harissahab2743
      @harissahab2743 4 года назад

      Akshaya Mohanty 44% of Pakistan speaks Punjabi, more than any other language in Pakistan. Urdu is only spoken by 10% of Pakistanis.

  • @jagsingh5165
    @jagsingh5165 4 года назад +1

    Absolutely amazing..gobsmacked. you can even add the accent along with the "Theth" punjabi!

  • @riderscastle
    @riderscastle 4 года назад +9

    I can't deal. The way he says Toronto, Brampton, Canada. He's real.

  • @rahnumaaroshi5639
    @rahnumaaroshi5639 4 года назад +900

    I'm just impressed at how he can switch between a Punjabi accent and an American one

    • @jotunheim5302
      @jotunheim5302 4 года назад +59

      He's Canadian...

    • @AlllSmiless
      @AlllSmiless 4 года назад +36

      I don't think he's switching. He's simply just pronouncing each word/ language as he learned it. If he learned Punjabi from ppl who speak it, it's natural for him to pronounce the words like they do. His English won't magically change. He'll still have a Canadian accent when he speaks English

    • @CBlargh
      @CBlargh 4 года назад +4

      @@Fleur2005 How dare you!? Canadians are totally different from us and speak a strange and bizarre language no one understands! ...ok, JK, they are exactly like us, they just say "out" super-weird. I think they're trying to be difficult...

    • @allymay3386
      @allymay3386 4 года назад +3

      CB BC being real, a lot of people who don't live in either america or canada won't see the differences. i think that they are identical lol. it's probably like how a lot of people can't tell the difference between a new zealand accent to us australians

    • @427skies
      @427skies 4 года назад

      @@Fleur2005 Just because the accent is the "the same" does not mean he has am American accent.

  • @syn586
    @syn586 4 года назад +371

    Don't assume this man as an average person. He is a Genius . He has even mastered the accents of Hindi and Punjabi. Not an easy thing to do, being a westerner. Salute !

    • @Hussainpiplodwala
      @Hussainpiplodwala 4 года назад +4

      Nothing new...i see lot of indians living abroad speaking the local language...his wife is punjabi so there is an indian connection to his learning of a new language.

    • @sonyakaur4976
      @sonyakaur4976 4 года назад

      Urdu v

    • @untrainednewbirds
      @untrainednewbirds 4 года назад +3

      @@Hussainpiplodwala you're right. People are getting too excited here!

    • @astrojeet
      @astrojeet 4 года назад

      @@Hussainpiplodwala No matter how your see it, people who master vastly different languages let alone their accent is at an extreme minority in the context of the entire world's population. It is a big deal.
      It takes a level of intelligence and aptitude to master accents for different languages let alone speak them. This guy is well above average intelligence.
      I should not need to say this, but IQ is a good predictor for mastering multiple languages.

    • @umarrahman1914
      @umarrahman1914 4 года назад +1

      People just can't be asked to put the effort in that's why they don't learn the accent. Like the guy said it took 2-3 years, not 2-3 weeks. Yes people are busy but you can make time.😂

  • @vedikadhir697
    @vedikadhir697 4 года назад +22

    I living in Punjab feel ashamed cuz he speaks more fluent n better Punjabi than me

    • @ravysaini127
      @ravysaini127 2 года назад

      I can actually speak better Punjabi than him because my ENTIRE Family tree dating back to I think the 1920s because of my grandmas age

  • @lunarnodes728
    @lunarnodes728 4 года назад +4

    Omg he's so good. . . Made me smile ☺️☺️✌️💕

  • @BubblesPothowari
    @BubblesPothowari 4 года назад +680

    0:35 "Caneda" He has PhD in Punjabi. Very Kosher !!

    • @navjello
      @navjello 4 года назад +14

      BubblesPothowari and how he said “turronto”

    • @nuke2625
      @nuke2625 4 года назад +6

      *Canedda

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 4 года назад +1

      "Kosher" 😂😂😂

    • @mr.himalayan6258
      @mr.himalayan6258 3 года назад

      @@nuke2625 * kanedda

  • @tusharf5
    @tusharf5 4 года назад +343

    my guy speaking facts on Delhi people claiming to speak Punjabi ✊🏻

  • @seemabseher5350
    @seemabseher5350 4 года назад

    Amazing .
    Such a joy to watch and listen him 👍

  • @PolyglotParadise
    @PolyglotParadise 3 года назад +3

    I started learning Punjabi and this was really inspiring for me to see. Thanks for posting ❤️

  • @tusharsingh4543
    @tusharsingh4543 4 года назад +536

    Okay, waiting for him to rip of his mask and reveal his true identity. I know it's you, Jagmeet.

    • @oo0Julia0oo
      @oo0Julia0oo 4 года назад +8

      😂😂😂😂
      best comment 😂

    • @saintko8019
      @saintko8019 4 года назад +1

      I can't 😂😂😂

    • @lahoreaskari2651
      @lahoreaskari2651 4 года назад +4

      Awesome comment bro... 🤣🤣🤣 Aey banda chaa gaya aa....This guy is unbelievable paaji!

    • @srishtimishra4255
      @srishtimishra4255 4 года назад

      😂😂😂😂

    • @SaifAli-ot4xk
      @SaifAli-ot4xk 4 года назад

      Hahahaha

  • @dishumaan7898
    @dishumaan7898 5 лет назад +1555

    'Canada' vi punjabi style vich boleya!

  • @anmolr5678
    @anmolr5678 4 года назад

    Loved the interview .

  • @satwantsingh8337
    @satwantsingh8337 4 года назад +1

    He ia so intelligent and he is such a forecaster...he is humble learner

  • @agrimvashisht1466
    @agrimvashisht1466 4 года назад +359

    He sounded like an absolute different person when switched from Punjabi to English.

    • @shivammehta8284
      @shivammehta8284 4 года назад +5

      actually i find same with nris specially those who are born there

    • @jhamail
      @jhamail 4 года назад

      Same with all the nri ... they sound so punjabi while speaking punjabi and so english while speaking english

    • @agrimvashisht1466
      @agrimvashisht1466 4 года назад

      True guys

    • @14debanjan
      @14debanjan 4 года назад +4

      It is our mindset that discriminates people on the basis of languages.

    • @agrimvashisht1466
      @agrimvashisht1466 4 года назад +1

      @@14debanjan agreed!

  • @MlHellions52
    @MlHellions52 4 года назад +431

    It's funny that a Canadian, in Canada wanted to learn punjabi, to make friends

    • @tashawnawilliams6016
      @tashawnawilliams6016 4 года назад +33

      MlHellions52 not really. It sounds exactly how Canada should be

    • @ChyloeReece
      @ChyloeReece 4 года назад

      TaShawna Williams How Canada _should_ be?!?? The fuck is wrong with you? Fuck you and your ignorant disrespect to the English and French who died by the millions when they were left in Canada to freeze and starve and only a handful lived on to create the communication we have today, and create through their sweat and tears the comfy lifestyle and luxuries we have today so that your ungrateful fat ass can sit behind their keyboard and make narcissistic and megalomaniac comments on RUclips. It’s ridiculous people think they can move to a country and not speak its language, the idea is absolutely absurd, and disrespectful. I hope they deport your narcissistic ass.

    • @contessaa5665
      @contessaa5665 4 года назад

      @GetGoodTryHard He wanted to be part of the culture and live/study in India too. His wife is Indian. It's not like he couldn't find English speaking friends in fucking Canada. It's the other way around here.

    • @GeneSargentArt
      @GeneSargentArt 4 года назад

      @GetGoodTryHard Why?

    • @GeneSargentArt
      @GeneSargentArt 4 года назад +27

      @Chinmay Inamdar So do you speak a First Nations language?

  • @fear_less_2020
    @fear_less_2020 4 года назад

    That is excellent pronunciation and superb command on languages my friend, not just Punjabi but Hindi as well. Your hard work and dedication are all visible! God bless and have an excellent life ahead.

  • @pushpanaresh3371
    @pushpanaresh3371 4 года назад +3

    We need more of you. Cross culture is not for guilt trip. He is reviving it in his own special way. Thank you for your interest in our language.

  • @priyankabose9207
    @priyankabose9207 4 года назад +308

    If you just listen to him with your eyes closed then you'd be hella confused if it's a Punjabi or non-punjabi guy

  • @chriscardoz
    @chriscardoz 4 года назад +399

    Holy shit, how does he manage to construct his sentences correctly despite speaking so many languages. I'm multilingual but even my grammar for a particular language gets messed up if I don't speak it too often.

    • @poojamehta724
      @poojamehta724 4 года назад +2

      Chris Serrao Khalistani sikh terrorists killed 35000 innocent and armed less native Punjabi Hindus in 1980s.
      They also bombed Air Canada flight in 1985 which killed more than 300 Canadian men women and children.
      Victims are still awaiting justice.

    • @qandeeltariqshah6552
      @qandeeltariqshah6552 4 года назад +6

      He kinda focused in on the one language only and added on later. It's about focus. Also there is sooo much Bollywood stuff that helps. He grew up around punjabis so he gets the accent which helps and probably made him feel more encouraged.
      I am like that with Chinese. My accent is bang on.

    • @topg2820
      @topg2820 4 года назад +1

      Indo-Aryan languages are all related, if you can understand one of them you can understand the others slightly, esp. he knows Hindi and Sanskrit, many are similar to them

    • @haiderszn
      @haiderszn 4 года назад

      Use sharingan

    • @BBB-to4cc
      @BBB-to4cc 4 года назад +2

      Chris Serrao I bet it helped to study the language where it is spoken

  • @singkailegend5609
    @singkailegend5609 4 года назад

    I loved it.. He did excellent!!

  • @rajinderkrishansharma5415
    @rajinderkrishansharma5415 3 года назад

    Excellent command over punjabi language and accent.love you..

  • @shibalialva3102
    @shibalialva3102 4 года назад +182

    His soul has been switched by a Punjabi man

  • @suji1768
    @suji1768 4 года назад +213

    The fact he calls his wife "woti" this dude is speaking on like some sort of advanced ass levels

    • @rockurbeep
      @rockurbeep 4 года назад +10

      Caneda....... That was it for me.

    • @sohinichatterjee5924
      @sohinichatterjee5924 4 года назад +1

      Hi ARMY 💜

    • @dk_8133
      @dk_8133 4 года назад +6

      @@sohinichatterjee5924 man you kpop stans can't keep quiet innit? Always gotta bring up unrelated crap wherever you comment.

    • @eraanjum9195
      @eraanjum9195 4 года назад +1

      theogsimp yaa its really annoying

    • @shivammehta8284
      @shivammehta8284 2 года назад

      @@dk_8133 seriously har jagah hn aajte hn marvane🤣🤣

  • @shikhargupta4063
    @shikhargupta4063 2 года назад

    Wow! This is so great. Would love to meet him someday!

  • @sindhujasai1345
    @sindhujasai1345 4 года назад

    I am not surprised anymore...it feels nice to see the world learning so many things from other countries. I really like such kind of exchange of knowledge.

  • @shivammehta8284
    @shivammehta8284 4 года назад +882

    He is not Stephen now he is sarabjit singh dhillon 😂😂

    • @arshpreetkaurtoor
      @arshpreetkaurtoor 4 года назад +7

      Shivam Mehta 😹😹👌🏻👌🏻

    • @shivammehta8284
      @shivammehta8284 4 года назад +8

      @@talwindersingh3721 it doesn't matter if he is sarabjit or Stevenjeet matter karta hain Singh

    • @tamashbeen6610
      @tamashbeen6610 4 года назад +1

      Bana Lao goray noo peo aawda

    • @mowgli5837
      @mowgli5837 4 года назад +2

      Stephen singh dhillon?

    • @alpachino5203
      @alpachino5203 4 года назад

      😂😂

  • @mangopop13
    @mangopop13 4 года назад +753

    Parents are gonna use this video to guilt trip their kids 😭

    • @wiscgaloot
      @wiscgaloot 4 года назад +1

      I speak just a few phrases of Punjabi and already parents in stores guilt their kids who are running the cash register, and can't speak much Punjabi at all.

    • @suhakhan9649
      @suhakhan9649 4 года назад +3

      Guess what ... My name is suha as well

    • @mangopop13
      @mangopop13 4 года назад +2

      Suha Khan Name twins!!

    • @stock2896
      @stock2896 4 года назад +1

      @@wiscgaloot wow you guys speak in our language? I thought you guys hated us.

    • @wiscgaloot
      @wiscgaloot 4 года назад +1

      @@stock2896 Why would we hate you? That makes no sense at all. I have a lot of respect for Sikh culture.

  • @shopofeverr
    @shopofeverr 4 года назад +23

    The day will come when Canada will be officially pronounced as Kaneda. And Toronto as Tranto😂♥️

    • @ravysaini127
      @ravysaini127 2 года назад

      Yes we will forever do this. My family tree has been doing this for a 74 years

  • @akashsinghbhurjee1668
    @akashsinghbhurjee1668 4 года назад +1

    Sau lage agar main aa video nai vekhda, tan kadi v nai mann daa. I would have never believed, had I had not watched this video. Punjabi lai hor pyaar aunda! Sacche Patshah.. Waheguru _/\_

  • @TheRohitgadi
    @TheRohitgadi 4 года назад +347

    Government of India please give this man honorary citizenship of India.

    • @onlysimplefin
      @onlysimplefin 4 года назад +11

      no. 10 why he will leave canadian citizenships

    • @RupinderSingh-lx3er
      @RupinderSingh-lx3er 4 года назад

      They will never do that....and it's a fact😔😔😔😔😔

    • @yoginc
      @yoginc 4 года назад +2

      @@onlysimplefin lol conferring a country's citizenship on someone doesn't mean forfeiting their native country's citizenship. It doesn't work that way... Don't know where you got that from

    • @asdjkhasdhjasd
      @asdjkhasdhjasd 4 года назад +5

      why would he want indian citizenship 🤣🤣

    • @rameshverma4357
      @rameshverma4357 4 года назад +6

      @@yoginc the constitution of India doesn't allow dual citizenship

  • @JustSomeYTuser
    @JustSomeYTuser 4 года назад +1372

    ok he is officially invited to the next langar.
    actually everyone is invited to every langar.

    • @jimbobalob2009
      @jimbobalob2009 4 года назад +13

      Except muslims

    • @JustSomeYTuser
      @JustSomeYTuser 4 года назад +1

      Jim Bobalob did i fucking stutter?

    • @dsimer01
      @dsimer01 4 года назад +62

      Jim Bobalob even Muslims r allowed

    • @Myzeryz
      @Myzeryz 4 года назад +45

      @@jimbobalob2009 Shame on you.

    • @jimbobalob2009
      @jimbobalob2009 4 года назад

      @@Myzeryz Why?

  • @vickybadwal9703
    @vickybadwal9703 4 года назад

    Wow men very good command over punjabi language swaad aha gya veere

  • @brendanjames2540
    @brendanjames2540 2 года назад +4

    This is such a Canadian phenomenon smh. In my city, me and my friends who work at McDonald’s end up learning some Punjabi and using a number of phrases on a regular basis lol.

  • @Noname-bw9oi
    @Noname-bw9oi 4 года назад +198

    Much more than the mastery in language he has gained, it's the accent that stands out, nobody could tell in dark that he isn't a Punjabi.. hats off to you man.

  • @Harry-ji9lq
    @Harry-ji9lq 4 года назад +161

    Damn, homeboy straight up roasting Delhi peeps lol

  • @abhijitsen7749
    @abhijitsen7749 2 года назад +5

    There's something incredible about speaking in a language that is not your mother tongue.

  • @DayalRasoolpur
    @DayalRasoolpur 4 года назад +2

    Best regards to you my friend. You've won a million hearts with this. Keep it up "Goreya Jatta"

    • @francisbhatti4173
      @francisbhatti4173 4 года назад

      He is not jatt. He is SC as some racists call punjabi Christian's as Dalit

  • @ashsqx3246
    @ashsqx3246 4 года назад +207

    His accent and intonation is perfect!! And his quick slangs etc like a native

  • @genericyoutubehandle
    @genericyoutubehandle 4 года назад +97

    Not only does he speak Punjabi, he also speaks English with a Punjabi accent. Love this man!

  • @tjsingh417
    @tjsingh417 4 года назад

    Very nice. This is amazing

  • @minicreator08
    @minicreator08 4 года назад +5

    Who else thinks Stephen needs to be recognised in Punjab like a brand ambassador?

  • @thememeguy7146
    @thememeguy7146 4 года назад +167

    Am I the only one who's reading English subtitles even when he's speaking Hindi and Punjabi 😅

    • @suchitakanwar4350
      @suchitakanwar4350 4 года назад +2

      Same here 🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @thememeguy7146
      @thememeguy7146 4 года назад +2

      @@suchitakanwar4350 Yeah it's strange, isn't it? 😅

    • @Lovlina_
      @Lovlina_ 4 года назад +1

      Same

    • @amyl6041
      @amyl6041 4 года назад +3

      I thought he was only speaking Punjabi & I was wondering why it was the same as Hindi

    • @thememeguy7146
      @thememeguy7146 4 года назад +1

      @@amyl6041 Yeah actually he's speaking both.

  • @arshleenbhandari5546
    @arshleenbhandari5546 4 года назад +209

    He called his wife vohuti, like that says a lot lol

  • @anirudhsingh1706
    @anirudhsingh1706 4 года назад +2

    Etthe vi swaad leyi jande ho 22 de 'Canadian-Gora' ...!!
    22 I want to live your life ...happiest man on Earth..Respect..!!

  • @allaboutthatbase5982
    @allaboutthatbase5982 2 года назад +2

    his value automically increased for me when he mentioned "Jus Regin" damn my old og :)))

  • @pamiuk236
    @pamiuk236 4 года назад +356

    He speaks better punjabi than me 🤦‍♀️

  • @mohammadfaisal3195
    @mohammadfaisal3195 4 года назад +254

    He needs to meet Kapil Sharma. It would be a hilarious conversation.

  • @nitikasingh7461
    @nitikasingh7461 4 года назад +15

    I appreciate RUclips recommendations 👏

  • @mariumkhan509
    @mariumkhan509 4 года назад

    This is amazing!

  • @madooha8966
    @madooha8966 4 года назад +223

    it just feels like someone is doing a voiceover on top of his voice its mad how well he speaks punjabi, I mean he sounds like its his mother tongue good on him

    • @queenr6423
      @queenr6423 4 года назад +4

      Funny thing is it’s no voice over it’s him using his mind to construct the sentences with his tongue wow imagine that 🤯😳

    • @manijohal
      @manijohal Год назад

      Made my day - my nephews & niece can’t speak Punjabi like this man, good job

  • @elvishyadavva4664
    @elvishyadavva4664 4 года назад +301

    He is si self-aware
    ਮੇਰੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬੂਕਿਸ਼ ਹੈ 👌

  • @samarsingh857
    @samarsingh857 3 года назад

    Wow... feeling proud after watching this brother ❤️

  • @shikatozyepthoshikatozyept7465
    @shikatozyepthoshikatozyept7465 4 года назад +4

    Love Punjabi's, honest and straight forward (most of em)