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Do you live in albania? I swear anywhere i go i hear the albanian language sooner or later 😂 (my friend in elementary school taught me some of the words and a few slurs)
Well she said, "He's got that shirt on, you're a fraud" and the shirt was the Albanian flag so I thought she was just joking that he's pretending to be Albanian when he's not.
classic albanian attitude though, you gotta prove yourself before you get the respect.. my stepfather is albanian, known him for 12 years and he’s still skeptical of me 😂😂
I remember being homeless in LA met and Albanian gentleman ! He took me under his wing , God wasn’t ready for me to grow up and learn much yet and wanted me to keep struggling and see the light the world for what it is , I messed up and couldn’t keep my shyt togerther! But one day I will go back and revisit him , I won’t forget the love , the support , the trust , the chance he and his workers around gave me and he even had his sons meet me and give me pants clothes etc
@@OGDamage yes foreal and this was before covid ! It was a crazy, dreamer , chasing what I thought was best for me , at that time in my life , I sacrificed a lot and lived a different life ! I was skateboarding heavily!! I was smoking a lot of Mary Jane and just wasn’t looking at the big picture and was just living in my own selfish world !! It was prob around 2014-2017 time and the guy I met had a car mechanic shop attached to the gas station , not far from Santa Monica ! It was a crazy time in my life , maybe one day I can turn my stories into a movie ! He was eventually thinking about buying a rv trailer for me and putting it on his lot and I would be security etc as well but I just couldn’t keep my ish together and looking back I guess I just didn’t care - he used to have me car pool with him too , to funerals or whatever etc so he could drive in this one lane meant to go faster etc but you need a passenger! It’s crazy as homeless as I was and struggling , something about being at the bottom and not being tied to much , felt so real , felt so pure , I felt really at one with my body and skateboarding at that time though I was using all my energy and emotions into my skating ! It was crazy the shyt I went thru , saw , felt and obtained
I thought so too, but saw him using US dollars and got so confused, but then I saw the box of ring pops on the counter and went, oh yeah, that's America 🤣
Xiaoma, please never stop making these videos. It brings joy to so many of us who might not be able to speak many languages if any at all, and inspires many to learn languages themselves.
Whoa, this video really hit me with a huge blast of nostalgia! When I was a child (around 10 y/o or so) and into my 20's I was very good friends with a couple Albanians guys. When they first moved to the US as refugees they spoke little to no English, but despite that & because of their kindness and hospitality, we quickly became very good friends! (We are still friends to this day, but they moved away and are married and have their own families now, so we don't get to see each other very often anymore,) We became more like brothers really. But anyways, as they learned to speak English and I would try and help them, they would in turn help me learn to speak Albanian, plus just being around it all the time, you start to pick up things. Even though I don't remember much of it, I was still able to instantly recognize a few of words, like "thank you" (the very first thing I learned something I'll never forget!) and "good", and things like "Raki' and some of the different foods. (I remember the food so fondly! His mother used to make homemade Byrek" (they called it "Piti" though IIRC) and it was absolutely heavenly!!!) So watching this video and hearing those things, just really took me back! It honestly made me want to start learning to speak the language again. Albania, is definitely on my bucket list of places I want to go, because of all the great things I've heard bout it and because of immense hospitality and kindness of the Albanian people! Plus, as seen in this video, the women are beautiful!
Lovely story man, everyone who’s kind to us we consider a brother so I bet they’ll never forget your hospitality and friendliness too. It’s also called “pite” btw with an “e”
If you plan to visit Albania, best times are May and June. July and August are overcrowded and more expensive. Also as an U.S. Citizen, you can stay a year without visa. Some go there to work remotely cheap (300-400€ rent near the beach).
8:00 that shop clerk switched from good ol' Albanian to literally southern dad "That's what you're lookin' for? You got it." in a quick fucking milisecond xDD are they all plants?!?! incredible! xDD thank you for the entertaining video!
Oh I was about to say he's looking good and healthy and he immediately said "good thing I lost a lot of weight" 😂 you're looking great! Whatever you're doing, keep it up. Love you man!
Since fat foods such as a steak don't make us fat, it's Sweets and Carbohydrates such as Starchy foods, things made with flour, fried batter, breads, rice, potatoes,those are all bad Carbohydrates and of course many more. There are good Carbos such as some vegetables, and beans. So when people tell you fats make us fat, that is absolutely NOT TRUE
@@tolstoj_Grammatical Albanian? Lmao far from it. No offense but his Albanian pronunciation is quite bad. He's fairly good in other languages but quite disappointing in Albanian.
@@alb0zfinest If he hadn't REPEATEDLY mentioned he barely knows the language and is practising, I could understand that you'd say that, however since he did REPEATEDLY mention that he barely knows the language and is practising, it's a moot point.
@@ptwowo8448 Well the video is contradictory, it suggests in the CC's that the woman was so surprised at his Albanian that she thought he was Albanian which is incorrect lol. Albanians just rarely hear a foreigner speak Albanian that even if he had said 1 word they would be impressed.
Met an Albanian nurse and she was such an amazing person- told me her story and was so open to hearing mine too. I hope she’s doing well. Met a lot of amazing nurses. Indian, Bosnian, Jamaican, Nigerian. I’m telling you immigrants make this (US) country better. I hope all of them get to visit home soon.
I spent some time in Albania last summer. Fantastic place, absolutely lovely people! (It's sad how they're despoiling and commercializing the coast, but the interior country is wonderful, with so many beautiful places to visit).
Totally agree, the coast is becoming so touristy, sad, it’s beautiful when it’s untouched. Now an apartment costs 5 times more than it did 10 years ago with the mass tourism.
@@homasas4837 I liked Sarandë, but it seemed equally developed to most places in Corfu. That said, of all the coastal towns in Albania, it would be my favorite.
@martian9999 i don't think albania gather more than 5 % of the overall tourism on the Adriatic. It's still way underdeveloped compared to the neighborhoods. Though, I rather spend a week in albania than in Croatia or western Greece
@@losthope9909 I spent a month in Albania right before COVID. The people there are incredibly friendly and hospitable. It's one of my favorite places I've ever traveled and so much of that has to do with the people. The raki doesn't hurt either
Knew a Serbian dude who was quite honest about his country's "crazy" level, but he said that Albanians are way crazier than Serbians, like it isn't even a competition... Dude, Albania seems freaking awesome! I wanna go!
I spent several weeks in Albania and honestly, the population were absolutely adorable! Still, despite the alcohol they offered me, I was not able to speak Albanian, myself
I am not much of a traveller irl, yet the remote and chill parts of eastern europe and west asia always held some sort of sway over my psyche. Perhaps because they are less known by the world, yet are still some really interesting places with thousands of years of history. Also, the food and what seems like a mentality of "omg a foreigner...you need to drink some tea(or coffee) or tea++ and be our best friend forever lol". They seem like chill rural people. America seems to have some spots like that as well, in many places.
Ari, you're an absolute legend! I appreciate your willingness and ability to learn all these languages and learn/ embrace the cultures as well. We love what you do and you inspire many normal folk to want to learn new languages and experience new cultures.
I like this guy so much! He's open and friendly, and invites a friendly response from all he visits! Even just a few words of the native language, can elicit a friendly response.
I'm a Canadian-Brit spending a year-long stint in Tirana. What an honour it is has been. The people, the culture, the food, and stunning landscapes are something else.
as an albanian I have been following you for years and I love the fact that you are learning my own mother tongue. Please come to Albania and nothern province of Albania 'Kosova'.
One of my old coworkers is from Albania. He was short, had a ginger beard, bald, and smoked cigars. His name was Egli but I called him Gimli. Miss ya, bru! Hope the security business is paying you well for that Audi!
The opening coffee cafe segment I just love. Xiaoma starts with a question in Albanian "can I get this to go?" and then just 2 minutes later he's fully holding court surrounded by 6 employees, entranced and sharing genuine laughter.
Funny. I was helping my friend Jose Vega gather petitions in the lower Bronx for his congressional campaign and Albanians were one of the more common ethnicities I met.
the way Albanians are so welcoming as deeply rooted in their culture and is a major part of their sense of honor; So much that during WW2, they actively hid jews because of this, making Albania the only country in Europe that had more jews after than before the war.
Going to Albania for the first time this year with my best friend who’s from there. Idk why but I’ve always wanted to go since I met my best friend. So if I go you definitely got to go!!!
A true story I remember that happenes to me one time when I tried to speak to a couple of Albanians in their language and they spoke back to me in Albanian.
I've met Albanians here in Canada, nicest people. They have a screwed up history with one or two crazy leaders that have put the country behind, but things are getting back on track.
I have been friends with Albanians all my life and I know that they are good people. My country, Serbia, also had dictatorial leaders, and now has a dictatorial government, which obviously has an interest in spreading intolerance between neighboring nations. Those who have been brainwashed by the media will not be able to believe that Albanians and Serbs can be friends.
I have been friends with Albanians all my life and I know that they are good people. My country, Serbia, also had dictatorial leaders, and now has a dictatorial government, which obviously has an interest in spreading intolerance between neighboring nations. Those who have been brainwashed by the media will not be able to believe that Albanians and Serbs can be friends.
As a long time Xiaoma fan and an American living in Albania for four years, I was hoping he would do a Shqip video! The most beautiful country on Earth; long live Albania! 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
I just went to Albania recently and picked up a lot of the language and I received the same treatment as you! What a great language as well. Honestly a fantastic country and its people are so amazing.
As a little boy, in Beirut Lebanon, I lived in the Spinney's market building on Rue Hamra! My 1st chore every morning was to pick up our fresh Pita bread from the bakery in the alley next door. I would dress, and run downstairs to buy our daily needs. The bakers all knew me as Yusuf, Ibn Yusuf (the blond headed American kid)! They would have my bag full of fresh bread ready for me, and I would race back home for breakfast.
I work with an Albanian, a bunch of Bosnians and a Croatian (also a Russian and an Ukranian)... Man they sure know how to party, heard rumors about raki (I don't drink). Also one could think we'd have WWIII in the break room 😂
Xiao, i live in the Ironbound area of Newark n it's 80% Portuguese, (20 mins from NYC). I'd love to see you there speaking our language. You'll love the hundred's Portuguese restaurants n Cafe's n stores.
I love the little bit at 3:20 - she's like "Don't drink too much!" and he misunderstands and says? "Drink too much? Okay!" his delivery and general skill with the language (even if he is a highly skilled beginning speaker) probably makes her think he was cracking a joke. If anything it probably made him seem even more fluent, haha
Glad that you're visiting a wholesome place on vacation. When i get drunk on vacation in a group of strangers, I'd be afraid of waking up with one less kidney.
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Bulgarian?🇧🇬
Why would you wear wireless earbuds instead of quality portable wired headphones? The quality is so bad.
Companies literally paying anyone to sponsor them. My gosh the desperate amount of companies need money.
Do Slovenian next🇸🇮🇸🇮❤
Not Balkan, but near, Polish is damn hard! Would love to see it 😮
Next video: *xiaoma smokes hash with the taliban*
HELPP YESSS
This comment had me dying in real life, well done sir.
lmao
Let's make it happen 😅😂
...I would watch the hell out of that video lol
*Walks into grocery store*
"Do you have an Albanian flag shirt?"
"Yes, of course."
“This guy needs to speak better Albanian”
Well you can walk into a grocery in shop in albania, and chances are you can get a flag themed something if not just a shirt
Least nationalistic Albanian establishment
They have one of the coolest flag designs around. Really iconic flag
of course
as an albanian who has watched u for years its nice i finally get my video
Tangential: There are a bunch of short chapters about Albania in the 1920's in Joseph Roth's "The Hotel Years."
Do you live in albania? I swear anywhere i go i hear the albanian language sooner or later 😂 (my friend in elementary school taught me some of the words and a few slurs)
@@the_one_w_brains I live in the uk and most Albanians including myself love teaching slurs
Feel u
As an American I'm happy to have my moment every video 😂
I love the “he’s a fraud” then 5 min later the nod - ‘ok- he’s legit’ haha
His Albanian was pretty bad though
Well she said, "He's got that shirt on, you're a fraud" and the shirt was the Albanian flag so I thought she was just joking that he's pretending to be Albanian when he's not.
classic albanian attitude though, you gotta prove yourself before you get the respect.. my stepfather is albanian, known him for 12 years and he’s still skeptical of me 😂😂
@@brendansmith2545I'm skeptical of him. Is he really albanian & speaking it? Or do you just not know any better? 😅
What do you expect when hes just started learning it who tf can speak soemones language with the click of a button 😂@@alb0zfinest
I remember being homeless in LA met and Albanian gentleman ! He took me under his wing , God wasn’t ready for me to grow up and learn much yet and wanted me to keep struggling and see the light the world for what it is , I messed up and couldn’t keep my shyt togerther! But one day I will go back and revisit him , I won’t forget the love , the support , the trust , the chance he and his workers around gave me and he even had his sons meet me and give me pants clothes etc
For real?
When was this?
My uncle migrated from the motherland to la back in the days? Do you have more info?
@@OGDamage yes foreal and this was before covid ! It was a crazy, dreamer , chasing what I thought was best for me , at that time in my life , I sacrificed a lot and lived a different life ! I was skateboarding heavily!! I was smoking a lot of Mary Jane and just wasn’t looking at the big picture and was just living in my own selfish world !! It was prob around 2014-2017 time and the guy I met had a car mechanic shop attached to the gas station , not far from Santa Monica ! It was a crazy time in my life , maybe one day I can turn my stories into a movie ! He was eventually thinking about buying a rv trailer for me and putting it on his lot and I would be security etc as well but I just couldn’t keep my ish together and looking back I guess I just didn’t care - he used to have me car pool with him too , to funerals or whatever etc so he could drive in this one lane meant to go faster etc but you need a passenger! It’s crazy as homeless as I was and struggling , something about being at the bottom and not being tied to much , felt so real , felt so pure , I felt really at one with my body and skateboarding at that time though I was using all my energy and emotions into my skating ! It was crazy the shyt I went thru , saw , felt and obtained
@@OGDamagemos u ban i bajatshem.. ki vetem e kallxoj se qfar i ka ndodh ne jet e ti ban pytje kutora.. njerz ai ju bejn qe njerzit te behen bajt me ne
"They don't make no fli, when'd they f@cking start?" Cracked me up 😆 10:28
omg I was rolling xD strait up my humor I fking love it
I would watch a comedy skit based off those two guys. It's old New York and modern New York at the same time.
😭😭😭
OG has to have been asking that shop to make him some fli for YEARS
That Albanian restaurant they went to is AMAZING. I just discovered it a couple months ago and I can't get enough of it.
me too. the best ramen
'do you speak mandarin'.....i get by....he says 🤣
I'm an idiot. for 9 solid minutes I Assumed you were actually in Albania lol. Until you said you would like to go there I was like: What?
yep same here
it definitely seemed like it at first
Same.. I was wondering why he kept saying he wanted to go when he was already there.. Like what province is he in then 😂
I thought so too, but saw him using US dollars and got so confused, but then I saw the box of ring pops on the counter and went, oh yeah, that's America 🤣
Same, i want to know where he is cause it doesn't sound like he was in New York either.
Xiaoma, please never stop making these videos. It brings joy to so many of us who might not be able to speak many languages if any at all, and inspires many to learn languages themselves.
7:25
-"so you follow him?"
-"yea"
-"why?"
lmao
😂 asking the real questions
LMAO WTF BRO HAHAHAHAHAHHA
She leaned forward and everything when she asked why lol
😂😂😂
Whoa, this video really hit me with a huge blast of nostalgia! When I was a child (around 10 y/o or so) and into my 20's I was very good friends with a couple Albanians guys. When they first moved to the US as refugees they spoke little to no English, but despite that & because of their kindness and hospitality, we quickly became very good friends! (We are still friends to this day, but they moved away and are married and have their own families now, so we don't get to see each other very often anymore,) We became more like brothers really.
But anyways, as they learned to speak English and I would try and help them, they would in turn help me learn to speak Albanian, plus just being around it all the time, you start to pick up things. Even though I don't remember much of it, I was still able to instantly recognize a few of words, like "thank you" (the very first thing I learned something I'll never forget!) and "good", and things like "Raki' and some of the different foods. (I remember the food so fondly! His mother used to make homemade Byrek" (they called it "Piti" though IIRC) and it was absolutely heavenly!!!)
So watching this video and hearing those things, just really took me back! It honestly made me want to start learning to speak the language again. Albania, is definitely on my bucket list of places I want to go, because of all the great things I've heard bout it and because of immense hospitality and kindness of the Albanian people! Plus, as seen in this video, the women are beautiful!
Lovely story man, everyone who’s kind to us we consider a brother so I bet they’ll never forget your hospitality and friendliness too. It’s also called “pite” btw with an “e”
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your lovely memories! 🇦🇱😊 maybe one day your paths will cross again! 🙏
If you plan to visit Albania, best times are May and June.
July and August are overcrowded and more expensive.
Also as an U.S. Citizen, you can stay a year without visa. Some go there to work remotely cheap (300-400€ rent near the beach).
8:00 that shop clerk switched from good ol' Albanian to literally southern dad "That's what you're lookin' for? You got it." in a quick fucking milisecond xDD are they all plants?!?! incredible! xDD thank you for the entertaining video!
As a albanian this is the best video ever😂 love this brother
He's an educated dude but his Albanian was atrocious lol.
@@alb0zfinestsure, but at least he tried lol. Don’t be like the French, and appreciate others for trying a hand in your language!
@@alb0zfinest thats bc hes still learning u can see him asking what some words and sentences mean
@@alb0zfinestwell yeah its not his mother language lmfao be nice
@@alb0zfinest At least he's trying. That's what matters.
Oh I was about to say he's looking good and healthy and he immediately said "good thing I lost a lot of weight" 😂 you're looking great! Whatever you're doing, keep it up. Love you man!
i believe he went to a vegetarian diet
That's not accurate i think@@danielwolk3576
Since fat foods such as a steak don't make us fat, it's Sweets and Carbohydrates such as Starchy foods, things made with flour, fried batter, breads, rice, potatoes,those are all bad Carbohydrates and of course many more. There are good Carbos such as some vegetables, and beans. So when people tell you fats make us fat, that is absolutely NOT TRUE
ozempic jk lol
@@danielwolk3576 works for some people. Price of meat lately is crazy.
- Wow Albanians love their coffee shops.
- yeah, it's all we have.
Like literally 😂😂
I don’t know many of the languages he speaks but I always think it’s funny how he seems to have Chinese accents in other languages lol love it
Nah, it's a surprisingly good accent. Grammatical Albanian with a slight accent.
@@tolstoj_ yeah i think its very good in general but you can sort of tell a chinese accent at times, thats all
@@tolstoj_Grammatical Albanian? Lmao far from it. No offense but his Albanian pronunciation is quite bad. He's fairly good in other languages but quite disappointing in Albanian.
@@alb0zfinest If he hadn't REPEATEDLY mentioned he barely knows the language and is practising, I could understand that you'd say that, however since he did REPEATEDLY mention that he barely knows the language and is practising, it's a moot point.
@@ptwowo8448 Well the video is contradictory, it suggests in the CC's that the woman was so surprised at his Albanian that she thought he was Albanian which is incorrect lol. Albanians just rarely hear a foreigner speak Albanian that even if he had said 1 word they would be impressed.
The camera distortion and him saying "it's all we got" with his head all close up at 8:20 killed me ahaha
Saaame lmaoooo
3:18
-Don't drink too much
-Drink a lot?
yeah that's the spirit 🤣
Met an Albanian nurse and she was such an amazing person- told me her story and was so open to hearing mine too. I hope she’s doing well. Met a lot of amazing nurses. Indian, Bosnian, Jamaican, Nigerian. I’m telling you immigrants make this (US) country better.
I hope all of them get to visit home soon.
Society is supposed to be a melting pot of people and cultures, division only works for profits and agendas
She didn't steal you?
"When Albanians offer you something, you always say yes" being Albanian this is more than true lol
I spent some time in Albania last summer. Fantastic place, absolutely lovely people!
(It's sad how they're despoiling and commercializing the coast, but the interior country is wonderful, with so many beautiful places to visit).
Totally agree, the coast is becoming so touristy, sad, it’s beautiful when it’s untouched. Now an apartment costs 5 times more than it did 10 years ago with the mass tourism.
@@User12345fan Even if you get to Saranda, its still pretty much wild territory compared to Corfu, Kotor or Dubrovnik
@@homasas4837 I liked Sarandë, but it seemed equally developed to most places in Corfu. That said, of all the coastal towns in Albania, it would be my favorite.
@martian9999 i don't think albania gather more than 5 % of the overall tourism on the Adriatic. It's still way underdeveloped compared to the neighborhoods. Though, I rather spend a week in albania than in Croatia or western Greece
@@homasas4837 who cares about percentages?
As an Albanian who follows you for years, I'll have to say Thank You. You have my respect.
I always start tearing up after a while in these videos, seeing people light up with joy in hearing someone take interest in something dear to them
Dude Albanians seem chill af
❤️
They are, I was in Tirana last year, people were great, really friendly.
@@losthope9909 I spent a month in Albania right before COVID. The people there are incredibly friendly and hospitable. It's one of my favorite places I've ever traveled and so much of that has to do with the people.
The raki doesn't hurt either
We r chill af with everyone besides Serbs
just don't wear anything expensive 😂
Super nice people. Aren't they? Cheers from Spain, Albanians.
Saludos, igual ustedes.
Love the spaced-out look @ 11:00. That Raki is kicking in....
Knew a Serbian dude who was quite honest about his country's "crazy" level, but he said that Albanians are way crazier than Serbians, like it isn't even a competition... Dude, Albania seems freaking awesome! I wanna go!
Albanians are dominant and family oriented people. It is a saying in Albanian, "Treat the guest better than your own", you can tell by the video.
You are just happy that your country is not near Albania.
@@1mrle Is that why more and more Serbian tourists are visiting Albania every year?
@@thefallenvalley4340meri shkijet qoji ne shpi se shum qef i pase ata pashprit
xiaoma, you look amazing! your hard work paid off. it's very motivating as someone doing the same thing. love your content, keep it up
I spent several weeks in Albania and honestly, the population were absolutely adorable! Still, despite the alcohol they offered me, I was not able to speak Albanian, myself
I am not much of a traveller irl, yet the remote and chill parts of eastern europe and west asia always held some sort of sway over my psyche. Perhaps because they are less known by the world, yet are still some really interesting places with thousands of years of history.
Also, the food and what seems like a mentality of "omg a foreigner...you need to drink some tea(or coffee) or tea++ and be our best friend forever lol". They seem like chill rural people.
America seems to have some spots like that as well, in many places.
“It looks very turkish” Xiaoma bout to cause some trouble in little Albania
I love how they are so encouraging and help you out with learning the language as you are out in public
Ari, you're an absolute legend! I appreciate your willingness and ability to learn all these languages and learn/ embrace the cultures as well. We love what you do and you inspire many normal folk to want to learn new languages and experience new cultures.
Ich fühle bei deinen Videos immer diese mega positive Energie. Ohne Ausnahme❤😊
NO FUCKING WAY. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG.
😭 same brother
That’s coming from a Serb?! Hvala vam i pozdrav!
I like this guy so much! He's open and friendly, and invites a friendly response from all he visits! Even just a few words of the native language, can elicit a friendly response.
I'm a Canadian-Brit spending a year-long stint in Tirana. What an honour it is has been. The people, the culture, the food, and stunning landscapes are something else.
I know some Albanians and if they say ‘take it’ … it’s probably something you wanna hide in your sock
😂🤣😂🤣
It’s a vice versa. Im Albanian and i know some anglo-saxons who drop them each time
I have no idea what is going on here? Please educate me
One of your best videos for a while
The Albanian people were very warm
I notice a lot of similarities with my Bosnian culture
Unc was shocked that he didn’t know that they served fli he demanded some that very second he found out 😂
Bravo.... Shume mir Xiaoma
as an albanian I have been following you for years and I love the fact that you are learning my own mother tongue. Please come to Albania and nothern province of Albania 'Kosova'.
Such friendly vibes. Makes me wanna visit Albania, too. Pity I don't have your language skills!
"You're a fraud", not a few minutes after they can't get enough of Ari
Sweet, I just got back from #albania 🇦🇱 last week, great food and the people rock!!!
One of my old coworkers is from Albania. He was short, had a ginger beard, bald, and smoked cigars. His name was Egli but I called him Gimli. Miss ya, bru! Hope the security business is paying you well for that Audi!
Next video: Xiaoma hunts fish with dolphins using echolocation.
YESS, I was waiting for this since day one of finding this channel
I worked at an Italian restaurant owned and run by an Albanian family. I know all the curse words and phrases.
yes same! "ta qifsha nanen" was an abused phrase when we were slammed and in the weeds 😭
Never expected bro to actually learn my language. Good job dude
damn you are looking more toned and mature these days. its been cool to see the evolution and growth of you as a person.
great weight loss xiaoma, we can see the hard work paying off!
This might be the most casual and chill video Xiaoma has made yet
As an consertive American with a Albanian friend, I can agree with some of the funniest yet welcoming folks out there
they are Americans too, Albanians Americans and who cares if u r conservative
Because we are diehard conservatives as well that’s why
Ive been waiting for this video for yearssssss
One of the best videos in a long time
The opening coffee cafe segment I just love. Xiaoma starts with a question in Albanian "can I get this to go?" and then just 2 minutes later he's fully holding court surrounded by 6 employees, entranced and sharing genuine laughter.
8:20 definitely my favorite camera angles LOL 😂
Funny. I was helping my friend Jose Vega gather petitions in the lower Bronx for his congressional campaign and Albanians were one of the more common ethnicities I met.
Ive watched you for years bro,its amazing youre doing albanian now
So cute how they all stand around and talk and laugh with him.
the way Albanians are so welcoming as deeply rooted in their culture and is a major part of their sense of honor; So much that during WW2, they actively hid jews because of this, making Albania the only country in Europe that had more jews after than before the war.
Yep, same as they robed and killed lets not say who in 1st ww1, while they were crossing the country to get to Greece
Albanians were bigger nazi's then nazi's, wtf are you speaking of?!?!?!
@@boris035..4 I think you should try reading a sentence first 🤣
@@FeedAmbition Are you ok?!?
You know on which side albania was in WW wars?!?!
@@boris035..4 you don't have to ask me. Ask the older jews they'll tell how most of them survived in europe.
As an Albanian , we are very welcoming especially when people like yourself take time to take your time to learn the language!
Wow. Albania seems like a cool place to go visit.
They are in New York...which has hundreds of thousands of Albanians...
Speaking every language of the country he visits is insane❤🙌🏿
I know
All in New York City
@@c.james1 No, it was Little Albania in the Bronx, NYC
I like his content but his Albanian was quite bad lol. Still effort for trying.
“This guy is nuts” 😂😂😂
7:25 lady in blue “You follow him? WHY?” 😅
4:52 "You say yes always, there's no I don't want it." :D That's probably why the dealers have it so easy over there :D
Going to Albania for the first time this year with my best friend who’s from there. Idk why but I’ve always wanted to go since I met my best friend. So if I go you definitely got to go!!!
Isn't it wonderful to have your best friend show you where his/her roots are? I love that!
xiaoma ur lookin great dude!! keep it up
Love the way they talk and they are so friendly 🌹🌹
The fish eye is so weird lol
fr i was crying cause it completely distorted them when the came too close 😭
A true story I remember that happenes to me one time when I tried to speak to a couple of Albanians in their language and they spoke back to me in Albanian.
I used to watch his asian videos, and always wondered if he was any good.
He speaks Albanian even in northern dialect, the guy is goooood.
Northern Albanian (Gheg) is the true, older Albanian.
Flushing native here, was literally watching your videos this morning and said “why hasn’t he done Albanian yet?” AND POP COMES THE VIDEO
You made my day bro 😎 greets from swiss-albanian
5:00 you look so healthy, Xiaoma! Lookin good!
I've met Albanians here in Canada, nicest people. They have a screwed up history with one or two crazy leaders that have put the country behind, but things are getting back on track.
That’s right.
I have been friends with Albanians all my life and I know that they are good people. My country, Serbia, also had dictatorial leaders, and now has a dictatorial government, which obviously has an interest in spreading intolerance between neighboring nations. Those who have been brainwashed by the media will not be able to believe that Albanians and Serbs can be friends.
I have been friends with Albanians all my life and I know that they are good people. My country, Serbia, also had dictatorial leaders, and now has a dictatorial government, which obviously has an interest in spreading intolerance between neighboring nations. Those who have been brainwashed by the media will not be able to believe that Albanians and Serbs can be friends.
@whiskeywarlord9425 yeah fr, some of the rudest people I've ever met were Albanian.
Loved the video! Awesome to see you learning some Eastern European languages. Next you gotta learn some Greek!!
This is like a superpower!
THANK YOUUUUU I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO DO THIS!!!!
Probably could have purchased weapons out the back door too 🤣
this guy is unbelievable.👌
faleminderit.
There were a few “Fear and Loathing in Albania” camera moments.
Man, I've never been in New York, but judging by these videos you can actually try so much foreign food there, it's so cool
As a long time Xiaoma fan and an American living in Albania for four years, I was hoping he would do a Shqip video! The most beautiful country on Earth; long live Albania! 🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱
I just went to Albania recently and picked up a lot of the language and I received the same treatment as you! What a great language as well. Honestly a fantastic country and its people are so amazing.
How long were you in the country to be able to pick up the language? I have been learning for two years, had a tutor and I’m still not fluent..
“Albania. Albania. You border on the Adriatic. Your land is mostly mountainous….”
Coach Ernie Pantuso
RIP.
As a little boy, in Beirut Lebanon, I lived in the Spinney's market building on Rue Hamra! My 1st chore every morning was to pick up our fresh Pita bread from the bakery in the alley next door. I would dress, and run downstairs to buy our daily needs. The bakers all knew me as Yusuf, Ibn Yusuf (the blond headed American kid)! They would have my bag full of fresh bread ready for me, and I would race back home for breakfast.
Love watching his vids
They are so fun. You always see the joy in the locals faces when he pulls out their language
I think what you're doing is amazing, you're showing people how similar and different and special we all are
I work with an Albanian, a bunch of Bosnians and a Croatian (also a Russian and an Ukranian)...
Man they sure know how to party, heard rumors about raki (I don't drink).
Also one could think we'd have WWIII in the break room 😂
Sounds pretty fucking epic actually...
You're looking healthier my friend, great to see.
🎵 Albania! Albania! You border on the Adriatic! Your land is mostly mountainous, and your chief export is chrome! 🎶
Coach on Cheers! Lmao!
I love Coach, too!!!
It was tin instead of chrome, iirc.
Adriatic and ionian sea
Xiao, i live in the Ironbound area of Newark n it's 80% Portuguese, (20 mins from NYC). I'd love to see you there speaking our language. You'll love the hundred's Portuguese restaurants n Cafe's n stores.
Xiao, 70% r from Portugal n 10% from Brasil n 20% r Hispanic in the Ironbound.
We never drink milk at restaurants!!! Lol
I love the little bit at 3:20 - she's like "Don't drink too much!" and he misunderstands and says? "Drink too much? Okay!"
his delivery and general skill with the language (even if he is a highly skilled beginning speaker) probably makes her think he was cracking a joke. If anything it probably made him seem even more fluent, haha
8:22 bro your friends face
Glad that you're visiting a wholesome place on vacation. When i get drunk on vacation in a group of strangers, I'd be afraid of waking up with one less kidney.