Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (2003) - Short Film

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  • Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (My Name Is Yu Ming) is the story of a young Chinese man, who is disillusioned with his dead-end job at a supermarket. A spin of the globe leads him to choose Ireland as the destination for his new life and further research informs him that the official language of that country is Gaelic. Arriving in Dublin speaking the language, he is puzzled when nobody can understand him.
    Written and Directed by Daniel O'Hara
    Produced by Grainne O'Carroll
    The short film, shot on DVCam, was funded through the Filmbase/TG4 Lasair scheme. For more details on the scheme visit www.filmbase.ie/awards
    Yu Ming is Ainm Dom was released in Irish cinemas in October 2003 with Jim Sheridan's 'In America', was shortlisted for an Academy Award and has won a total of eighteen awards at film festivals in Ireland and around the globe, including:
    Best Irish Short & Best First Short - Galway Film Fleadh 2003
    Best Comedy - Aspen Shortsfest 2004
    Best Young Director - Broadcast/BBC Young Talent Awards 2004
    Best Irish Language Production - IFTAs 2004
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  • @MsCj109
    @MsCj109 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2799

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

    • @thenovie7611
      @thenovie7611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Ye, me too

    • @jamespitts8068
      @jamespitts8068 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      MsCj109 it’s gas

    • @ZhangBangsFury
      @ZhangBangsFury 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yea they’re ignorant people and it’s funny

    • @cianomalley7049
      @cianomalley7049 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @reconquista1911
      @reconquista1911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      @@cianomalley7049 Thank you Capt. Obvious :)

  • @nikitaburavskij2466
    @nikitaburavskij2466 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2899

    Yu ming is the hardest lad ive ever met

  • @dfsempire2712
    @dfsempire2712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Men only have 4 moods
    1. Being depressed in China
    2. Randomly decides to learn Irish fluently
    3. Feels all alone in the big city
    4. Randomly decides to move out to Connemara

    • @stevem.o.1185
      @stevem.o.1185 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Best comment

    • @silveriver9
      @silveriver9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      As the ol' saying goes. "Not matter how good you are at something, there is always an Asian somewhere that is better than you"

    • @andrewbyrne8431
      @andrewbyrne8431 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      #relatable

    • @The_Gallowglass
      @The_Gallowglass 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @sss6269
    @sss6269 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2459

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

    • @oscaaah2405
      @oscaaah2405 5 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      Our English teacher made us watch it. Idk why lol

    • @Westmeath21
      @Westmeath21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Make it 100 and youre about right

    • @angusschoolcomp4783
      @angusschoolcomp4783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +60

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

    • @ainebawnya1
      @ainebawnya1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +73

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

    • @edelomeara2345
      @edelomeara2345 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

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

  • @applecottage751
    @applecottage751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +740

    Who is watching this out of free will?

  • @shanejohns8322
    @shanejohns8322 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    The brass on Yu Ming to just pack up and leave not knowing a soul and having no prospects in line and hope it all works out. He was Irish the whole time.

  • @madmonkee6757
    @madmonkee6757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1158

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

    • @logansanders9307
      @logansanders9307 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same XD

    • @FIXTREME
      @FIXTREME 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well, it is💁‍♀️🇮🇪

    • @RoryGlynn
      @RoryGlynn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Oirish

    • @Dilley_G45
      @Dilley_G45 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      My fave "I'm Mongolian!"

  • @murphymediji5095
    @murphymediji5095 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1070

    The Chinese, a great bunch of lads.

    • @ComradeMengels
      @ComradeMengels 7 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      ye gr8 craic

    • @timXJ220
      @timXJ220 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Dying 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @IrishMemer
      @IrishMemer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      my friend has a mug with that phrase

    • @lithicyde
      @lithicyde 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Careful now

    • @CalculusVariations99
      @CalculusVariations99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @jess.8709
    @jess.8709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +850

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

  • @Kruncklenucker
    @Kruncklenucker 10 ปีที่แล้ว +885

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

    • @Ronan-bx3us
      @Ronan-bx3us 7 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      Jason Myers yeah i remember i started talkin to my friend in irish to piss him off because he doesnt know it but he thought it was german and responded sayin güten tag.

    • @dokkiro
      @dokkiro 7 ปีที่แล้ว +59

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

    • @Ronan-bx3us
      @Ronan-bx3us 7 ปีที่แล้ว +85

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

    • @joshandallo2170
      @joshandallo2170 7 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      I've been told that this is an exaggeration: most Irish people aren't fluent, but can pick up a few words here and there. The barmen would probably have been able after a little bit to figure out what was requested. Perhaps the famous phrase "An bhfuil cead agam gul go dtí an leithreas?" should have been uttered, haha.

    • @dokkiro
      @dokkiro 7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Josh Andallo I bought it actually because the other bartender seemed to know and shook his head at the guy being confused Irish for Chinese.

  • @Incredisuper
    @Incredisuper 3 ปีที่แล้ว +393

    "Are you talking to me?" Yu Ming asks a statue of Yeats. No, he isn't, because even Yeats, one of the greatest Irish poets in history, couldn't speak a word of Gaeilge.

    • @donoghtol
      @donoghtol 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

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

    • @Burke1O1
      @Burke1O1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wasn't yeats a wealthy prod though?

    • @yescooliotime
      @yescooliotime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@Burke1O1 aye and Jonathon Swift, and Charles Stewart Parnell and John Redmond, but still, Irishmen, they struggled for our rights, despite being prods (#Iamonetoo)

    • @margogriffin-wilson5103
      @margogriffin-wilson5103 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @cathalobrady
      @cathalobrady 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@yescooliotime ah now Yeats was slippery aul slimey sort of a man, didn't really care about us till he got the horn for Constance Markievicz

  • @TheVeryAngryShrimp
    @TheVeryAngryShrimp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +339

    Got recommended to watch this after I told an Irish guy I wanted to learn Gaelige. Yu Ming is exactly what I want to be: a foreign Gaelige speaker, living in Ireland. This just strengthened this wish.

    • @limerence8365
      @limerence8365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Cá bhfuil tú ina choní anois? Where do you currently live?

    • @alright565
      @alright565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How's the progress man

    • @caislinahern2903
      @caislinahern2903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Any progress?

    • @logansanders9307
      @logansanders9307 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ar éirigh leat Gaeilge a fhoglaim?

    • @dontpanic9261
      @dontpanic9261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I hope you are living the dream.

  • @KawaiiStars
    @KawaiiStars 8 ปีที่แล้ว +511

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

  • @cardamomes
    @cardamomes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +733

    I consider myself an Irish man. I was 2 weeks old when my family brought me to Ireland from Afghanistan. I remember watching this video in secondary school lol. I dunno why i randomly found it here but now that I think about it, I'm glad I spent my years learning Irish. I now live in America, but I remember being one the only coloured boy in my honours Irish class. The way paddy speaks irish with a Western accent touches my heart haha because I had that same irish accent too. I've hardly spoken it in years but I'm glad I could understand everything Yu Ming said despite not hearing it in so long.
    Well thanks for listening and as we say in ireland for "thank you":
    cáca milis!
    agus go raibh maith agaibh!
    Edit: Didn't mean for this to turn into a whole thing about racism or identity or whatever. I'm just saying I identify with my Irish roots a lot more than my Afghan roots. (I've never been there) When I define myself as a person I would put "Irish" up there along with "doctor" and "big brother". I say that because those are now my identities as a man. I spent 30 out of my 32 years on this world being reared and living there. It's not for the few racist guys in here to define who I am, it's up to me decide and ye to respect that or not. Sorry not sorry!
    Also so so many ppl here are sound, normal ppl sticking up for my comment. I appreciate that so much.

    • @isarosedooley520
      @isarosedooley520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Sweets and thanks lmao? Caca milis is sweets right

    • @PinkMelatonin
      @PinkMelatonin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@isarosedooley520
      I think cáca is cake and milis is sweets

    • @alphebettispaghetti6275
      @alphebettispaghetti6275 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Why did you say sweet cake?

    • @camiofficial7791
      @camiofficial7791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Slán Tube City

    • @leahkent8827
      @leahkent8827 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Haha cáca milis

  • @k_wang64
    @k_wang64 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The best part is when the irish bartender says “it’s good it’s Irish” to the Chinese guy speaking Irish while not understanding a word he’s saying

    • @St_Rizla
      @St_Rizla 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And Arthur Guinness was English too haha

  • @ElizabethFiennes
    @ElizabethFiennes 11 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    I love this film, it just shows the isolation that someone living in a city that is not their own can feel and why the kindness of strangers really does matter

  • @liamholton8937
    @liamholton8937 6 ปีที่แล้ว +940

    I'm Irish and I have to admit it's a very nice way of getting the world interested in our language and culture. Cheers! :D

    • @Ivan_StandWithUkraine
      @Ivan_StandWithUkraine 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

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

    • @garyliang3965
      @garyliang3965 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hey! Do you have some favorite Irish songs to recommend? I am seeking for popular songs in Irish right now. Thanks! Btw, I am also Chinese lol.

    • @themaggattack
      @themaggattack 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@garyliang3965 Me too. It's hard to find good original Irish music these days. Seems like all the popular "Irish" songs today are just covers of American and British pop songs.
      You have to listen to auld Irish songs to hear original songs written in gaeilge.
      If you find any modern original music written in irish, let us know! It must be out there somewhere!

    • @BrianMcGuirkBMG
      @BrianMcGuirkBMG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@themaggattack
      How about U2 and Boyzone?

    • @BrianMcGuirkBMG
      @BrianMcGuirkBMG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well, a hundred years of Irish being compulsory for thirteen years of school couldn't do it. Let's try getting a chinese guy to learn Irish and not speak any english. That should do the trick.

  • @laurensdenhartog7367
    @laurensdenhartog7367 9 ปีที่แล้ว +455

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

    • @pietrowy-pieriewod-i-subtitr
      @pietrowy-pieriewod-i-subtitr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Gaeilge agus Fáilte, it's available on Amazon

    • @staceycobrien7706
      @staceycobrien7706 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @crimsonquill4255
      @crimsonquill4255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bhfuel, tá aois agam a tá na leabhar go maith, ach níl siad aon rud as cleachtadh. Cleachtadh agus stadeir, le gach rud-scríobh, matematic, tíreoliocht, ealainn, ceol, Gaeilge, beidh gach rud níos mo le cleachtadh...
      (Ta brón orm dá mo Gaeilge uafásach, níl mé go maith anois, ach beidh mé ag cleachtadh arís!)

    • @laurentweet9254
      @laurentweet9254 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @RaffyPadDT
    @RaffyPadDT 3 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    I’m actually somehow in Yu Ming’s shoes right now.
    I was born and currently living in the Philippines, and I’m now learning Irish very seriously (I started learning it just for fun and out of boredom) and considering to live in Ireland.
    The language itself is so interesting and is very soothing to my ears. I want to master it by surrounding myself with Irish speakers, and I want to passionately help and nurture their language.
    Big credits to Jacksepticeye for introducing me the Irish language. Go raibh maith agat!!! ❤️

    • @emerslancova7921
      @emerslancova7921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @mainingkaeyaismylife
      @mainingkaeyaismylife ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @socksstar
      @socksstar ปีที่แล้ว

      @@emerslancova7921 Dude sameee XD

    • @stopusinaar
      @stopusinaar ปีที่แล้ว

      I ve just spent 2 weeks in tlacoban and can't speak much visian. I'm irish. it's tough being a foreigner ha

    • @phobos2076
      @phobos2076 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go raibh maith agat :) 🇮🇪❤🇵🇭

  • @GalaxyCloud
    @GalaxyCloud 5 ปีที่แล้ว +168

    We watched this in class a week or so ago, and my best friend and I nearly cried on how this one not even native fella learned our language fluently while two IRISH bartenders couldn't even reconize the language..
    This video actually gave me lots of inspiration to learn the language and ingage more in the culture of Ireland!
    Is brea liom na hEirean!

  • @n0siiide
    @n0siiide 5 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    Who else had to do this for homework

    • @suzuuy4450
      @suzuuy4450 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i did!

    • @thenovie7611
      @thenovie7611 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I did aswell!!!

    • @alexflanagan3387
      @alexflanagan3387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Had to do it in Irish and English

    • @daithilambe6454
      @daithilambe6454 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sh1t I'm doing it right now 4 homework

    • @oisinkelly75
      @oisinkelly75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I did it in English and Irish

  • @mrandquist
    @mrandquist 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I like to think that old Paddy showed him the ropes and brought him to the place where he could thrive, probably helped him find a job. I would love to visit Ireland someday. Such a beautiful country and friendly people.

  • @berri794
    @berri794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I was forced to watch this in Irish class, the boys in my class are genuinely obsessed with it, someone send help, they're always like "cAn wE wAtCh yU mInG!?!?"

    • @elizabethgillen3660
      @elizabethgillen3660 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      can you blame them tho, such a time waster 😂

    • @berri794
      @berri794 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@elizabethgillen3660 for real tho🤣

    • @nite1640
      @nite1640 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ur just uncultured

    • @berri794
      @berri794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nite1640 oh sad sad💔

    • @jowoker2
      @jowoker2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      movie goes hard

  • @Blazer433
    @Blazer433 8 ปีที่แล้ว +541

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

    • @dokkiro
      @dokkiro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Exactly the comment I was just about write, almost. I was going to write. "I was convinced that he couldn't use folk and knife for about maybe 0.2 second ;) He looks just like Jet Li. Who are they trying to kid?"

    • @paulhynes3781
      @paulhynes3781 8 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      +Blazer433 Why would he know?

    • @Blazer433
      @Blazer433 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @dokkiro
      @dokkiro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @PhilipWester
      @PhilipWester 7 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Forks are not used in Asia, knives are, though. In case, you eat either with chopsticks, chopsticks and a spoon (noodle soup dishes) or a spoon and fork. The spoon is used to cut stuff up and ladle it onto the fork. Don't ask why this is, I do not know. But Asians most definitely know how to use a knife and spoon. Most don't use forks, though.

  • @thisismegzyd6679
    @thisismegzyd6679 8 ปีที่แล้ว +278

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

    • @gianniskamakas3578
      @gianniskamakas3578 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @TheVeryAngryShrimp
      @TheVeryAngryShrimp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      The Tremendous
      It's only useless because the English made it that way, through forced assimilation, genocide, and a cruel rule. I think taking back their culture and relearning their language to keep it alive and strengthen their culture (also to better read ancient Irish texts) is a good use of it, even if English is prevalent. But that's just my opinion.

    • @nobody-pr7fg
      @nobody-pr7fg 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is horseshit

    • @AO1L
      @AO1L 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ThisIsMegzy :D yes but it said official language was Gaelic in the book. It not like that’s a base language of six different ones!

    • @h3lblad3
      @h3lblad3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @plsegott
    @plsegott 7 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    wow the old man speaks chinese

    • @samlouie1985
      @samlouie1985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Funniest line in the film!

  • @liqritrs8391
    @liqritrs8391 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    This is great... I’m an Irish speaker currently in China learning mandarin... lol
    他好牛逼,我的母语是爱尔兰语,现在在中国学习汉语哈哈哈

    • @lukeyc0846
      @lukeyc0846 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @user-uc3do8oe7i
      @user-uc3do8oe7i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nice to see you here again. I am Chinese and am in China currently. I still can't believe you are Irish!!! your Chinese is class!!!what VPN are you using?

    • @tracking_you4369
      @tracking_you4369 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @DreiGuapo
      @DreiGuapo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @tracking_you4369
      @tracking_you4369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@DreiGuapo rlly? well i did not know that

  • @karinaddc6949
    @karinaddc6949 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I would like foreigners to think that in Peru we only speak regional languages like Quechua, Aymara, or Ashaninka. This way nationals will start to study and valorize our local languages.

    • @lorenzovalsesia3721
      @lorenzovalsesia3721 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Cal you can and you should, as long as it's important to you. Learning a new language only brings benefits. Besides, it's a skill, just like playing the guitar. :)
      I know my answer is 1 year late, but if you're there, I'm curious to know how it's going!

  • @thomasshaughnessy9023
    @thomasshaughnessy9023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Yu Ming is an absolute legend

  • @cswtds
    @cswtds 7 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Yu Ming can speak fluent Irish but very sad, when Mr Yu Ming spoke Irish to the staff in bar, the staff thought Yu Ming spoke Chinese to him, very very sad.

  • @ricemango7502
    @ricemango7502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Yu Ming, what a mad lad.

    • @benoconnor3160
      @benoconnor3160 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yu Ming is a top lad, gr8 craic

  • @Ivan_StandWithUkraine
    @Ivan_StandWithUkraine 6 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    I think this film is aimed to ashame all Irish people who prefer to use imported language instead of their own.
    This is a big problem for my country too, being opressed by Russia for 300 years, many people in Ukraine accepted Russian as their mother tongue. Fortunately, now it's changing.

    • @vincentvane7041
      @vincentvane7041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's SHOCKED!

    • @coolian69
      @coolian69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Tripa loski?

    • @coolian69
      @coolian69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @WTFPurpleAlpaca alright listen here I'm Irish so I'm an 'expert" Irish was our first language and we did speak it and the reason we don't speak it any more is because when raiders came over they saw our soft land for farming so they took Ireland over making Irish farm and then they would steel our crops and we couldn't defend ourselves because we had no weapons for thousands of years because we were peaceful monks and then the english took advantage of that

    • @coolian69
      @coolian69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @coolian69
      @coolian69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @mndsph4530
    @mndsph4530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    This is a bit hard to watch because it feels embarrassing when a complete stranger from a foreign land is more eager to learn and speak your native language than you, though many of the foreigners that come here in the Philippines will never have a hard time communicating since English is at par with Filipino both as official languages of my country it still fascinates me each time I bump into one that makes an effort to reach out in broken Tagalog (or any other vernacular) and kudos to anyone taking time to learn a new language you may as well charge that into experience.

    • @Cameron.Hubberstey
      @Cameron.Hubberstey ปีที่แล้ว

      Tama. Ingles ako at nag-aaral ako ng Tagalog kasi pilipina ang step mother ko etc. Nasa Iloilo sila. And so, mag-aaral ako ng Hiligaynon aswell some day. Pero, napaka mahirap at confusing ang grammar ng Tagalog ^^'

    • @theghostofspookwagen4715
      @theghostofspookwagen4715 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I once saw a 60 year old American dude shouting at a security guard. I thought he was schizophrenic or something cause I had no idea what he was saying and thought I should help the girl, turns out he was speaking extremely heavily accented Tagalog (and quite competently too). Hardest lad I've met in a while.

    • @ulysses847
      @ulysses847 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @p.e.i.man-canada-1372
    @p.e.i.man-canada-1372 5 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    This kid would have to be mentally gifted with a fantastic memory to be able to learn a completely foreign language in 6 months. The damn alphabet isn't even the same. He didn't even do much research into the topic because he had no idea almost everyone only speaks english in Ireland nowadays. It goes to show that the smartest guys aren't even trying.

    • @seanegan8150
      @seanegan8150 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Not to mention the fact that by sheer chance there was a book on Irish in that library, and since I don't see him with any other book that means using only one book he became near fluent in the language

    • @black.gallow
      @black.gallow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

    • @user-zj2iu4lu1z
      @user-zj2iu4lu1z 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If you continue that you will end up like Aromanians.

    • @fgcp2964
      @fgcp2964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @Mystro84
      @Mystro84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      There's an old saying:
      If you think your secondary school is hard, just try a University.
      If you think your University is hard, just try a PhD.
      If you think your PhD is hard... you should try a Chinese primary school.

  • @logged-out
    @logged-out 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    this guy listened to an audiobook for 6 months and completely understood the language yet I've lived here for my whole life and I'm still learning Irish, barely able to form basic sentences or understand anything

  • @jimfoley7324
    @jimfoley7324 10 ปีที่แล้ว +279

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

    • @Conchobhar
      @Conchobhar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

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

    • @em9517
      @em9517 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ya lol

    • @seaghanobuadhaigh8240
      @seaghanobuadhaigh8240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

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

    • @Alex-iw8tz
      @Alex-iw8tz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @swankylime228
      @swankylime228 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      what teachers say will happen if you use wikipedia

  • @jiminycricket2952
    @jiminycricket2952 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @MidnightCoffee12
      @MidnightCoffee12 ปีที่แล้ว

      LOL, but you see him practicing with headphones too

    • @eoinoconnor5783
      @eoinoconnor5783 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And even managed to afford a place a Dublin.

  • @bigmoneyjackson2385
    @bigmoneyjackson2385 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I've seen this in school multiple times but I've never seen the ending I'm so happy that he ended up at the Gaeltacht

  • @markgallaher6899
    @markgallaher6899 8 ปีที่แล้ว +62

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

    • @svalchemy
      @svalchemy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @rubenkerobyan6891
      @rubenkerobyan6891 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, absolute legend he was

  • @laoiseennis8431
    @laoiseennis8431 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    i am almost fluent in irish and this touched my heart

  • @exocet8834
    @exocet8834 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Isn't the guy at the reception Australian??

    • @graysonmcmillan8690
      @graysonmcmillan8690 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Ye, he has a NSW accent

    • @selwyngamble4585
      @selwyngamble4585 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @HollyOak
      @HollyOak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @dot9513
      @dot9513 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what I was thinking

    • @HBC101TVStudios
      @HBC101TVStudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @alexflanagan3387
    @alexflanagan3387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @kalayne6713
    @kalayne6713 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Great little movie. Had me laughing out loud, especially as the first person he spoke to in Ireland was Australian. Good on you. From another Australian who wants to be in Ireland.

  • @fuug1084
    @fuug1084 4 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Quarantine: week 7(?) told to watch a short film about a chinese man coming to ireland armed with nothing but a dead language. what is happening to me

    • @kjmartin815
      @kjmartin815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      irish isn't a dead language

    • @fuug1084
      @fuug1084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @Sweet_Lord
      @Sweet_Lord 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fuug1084 really is

    • @fuug1084
      @fuug1084 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bug Eyes very much so

    • @kraevous3366
      @kraevous3366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Very much alive on the west coastal areas

  • @CalculusVariations99
    @CalculusVariations99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I'm from Thailand, but I love Irish history, culture, and a lot of the people are adorable, but I've never visited. I figure they would think I was very weird lol

    • @fizziz_1035
      @fizziz_1035 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You're not wierd You're cool 🇮🇪

    • @adamfinnegan735
      @adamfinnegan735 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Tá sé iontach go bhfuil níos mó suim agat sa chultúr na hÉireann ná mhuintir na hÉireann fiú! Tá do cnámhscéal an-inspioráideach ar fad! Lean ar aghaidh ar do thuras :)

  • @sabrinad_k4518
    @sabrinad_k4518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @just_depie
    @just_depie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Irish is such a beautiful language! ♥️🇮🇪
    I am Greek and I am studying it. None in my family understands why since I neither live in Ireland, nor have I Irish roots. Slán!

    • @eoinoconnor5783
      @eoinoconnor5783 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Go raibh maith agat.

    • @just_depie
      @just_depie 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@eoinoconnor5783 Tá fáilte romhat. Is breá liom Gaeilge 😋

  • @himed5600
    @himed5600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yu Ming is a pure unit of a lad.

  • @Scriblyn
    @Scriblyn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My English teacher showed us this in class.
    It's really funny, I enjoyed watching it.
    "Did you know old Paddy could speak Chinese?"
    That part was hilarious.

  • @theschenek4381
    @theschenek4381 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No first year Irish class is complete without yu Ming

  • @pauljeremiah
    @pauljeremiah 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    RIP Frank Kelly.

  • @sntm
    @sntm 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'm Irish American, and just enrolled in a class at Villanova to learn Irish, just for me. I had various Irish videos playing in the background while I charted at work, which led me to your film. It's been a rough few weeks (years, with the pandemic) and let me tell you, when Padraigh started to talk to him, I started crying.

    • @BB-ed2yy
      @BB-ed2yy ปีที่แล้ว

      💀💀

  • @Tiggerfly
    @Tiggerfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

  • @Jesminda
    @Jesminda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I remember my dad showing me this when I was a kid. It is so well made and heart warming. We all can find our place in the world.

  • @lucystarlight8887
    @lucystarlight8887 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

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

    • @unnamed3086
      @unnamed3086 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s mid

    • @tmcc10
      @tmcc10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My English teacher be like:

  • @paulJkiely
    @paulJkiely 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Gaeilge was once the language of ancient Kings and warriors, writers and artisans and the parents that raised them... in that light English Is a relatively ;new language in Éire. Thee's now a new term going round called the 'Global Gaeiltacht" which refers to the many Irish learners that exist around the globe that are extremely enthusiastic about learning the language..

    • @sawneytenmillion8339
      @sawneytenmillion8339 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      And I’m one of those people who are enthusiastic about it, I live in America and I think it’s a gorgeous language. I want to use words from it in my stories to help keep it alive and thriving

    • @paulJkiely
      @paulJkiely 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @sawneytenmillion8339
      @sawneytenmillion8339 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@paulJkiely Thank you much!

    • @carola-lifeinparis
      @carola-lifeinparis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I am one of those foreigners. So much fun to learn, such a beautiful language. Also, I hope to go to Ireland during summer vacation and to run into someone who is pleased or surprised that I can speak it.

    • @adamfinnegan735
      @adamfinnegan735 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @gerryn2
    @gerryn2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When I was living in Dublin I hear this story on the radio, some folks were speaking Gaelic in the city centre somewhere and someone walked past them and shouted 'get back to yer own fokkin countries'...

  • @niamhhx18
    @niamhhx18 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

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

  • @MizRubyJew
    @MizRubyJew 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    An Irish lad, whom I met on my way to the airport, after missing my flight, he gave me some blessings, affirmations, and made my day, and suggested this film after giving me some phrases in Gaelic told me to watch this film. Lovely, spread the ❤

  • @antonaghesse-berteche1900
    @antonaghesse-berteche1900 7 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Tá sé greannmhar! Is mise Briotáinach, agus labhraím Briotáinis freisin. Tá mé ag foghlaim Gaeilge. Tá cosúlachtaí idir an dá teanga sin, agus tá sé go hiontach! Níl mo Ghaeilge an-mhaith nó foirfe, ach foghlaimeoidh mé go dtí tá leibhéal níos fearr agam! :)

    • @BenCreaven
      @BenCreaven 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @antonaghesse-berteche1900
      @antonaghesse-berteche1900 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @thedeadscientist
      @thedeadscientist 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @Ronan-bx3us
      @Ronan-bx3us 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @antonaghesse-berteche1900
      @antonaghesse-berteche1900 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ronan0087 Go raibh maith agat, tá sé deas ! Na daoine i do rang ? An Éireannach tú ? Agus an bhfuil túsa ag foghlaim Gaeilge in Éirinn ? 😃

  • @johnleed6774
    @johnleed6774 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I want to be friends with this guy; so rare to hear a person from another country that doesn’t speak English speaking another language that is lesser known. Truly wonderful indeed! Love this film. :D Ireland and people around the world, you have my love!

  • @hairblairbunch
    @hairblairbunch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @adamfinnegan735
      @adamfinnegan735 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ní sé ró déanach riamh Gaeilge a fhoghlaim! :)

  • @rachelmonaghanx5821
    @rachelmonaghanx5821 7 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This inspires me to speak Irish I've been learning it in school for 8 years and still don't know it but I'm going to try really hard now ❤️

    • @felikee4512
      @felikee4512 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yes we need an update! It's been four years! :D

    • @languageoffootball
      @languageoffootball 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Make that 12 years!

  • @davt2718
    @davt2718 7 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    You don't start to really learn Irish in Ireland until you're in secondary school. Up until then most of the teachers can't speak it themselves. Lolololololol

    • @davt2718
      @davt2718 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Also, I'd hate to go into a city when they speak the language you learned on the other side of the country :(

    • @rtylak5020
      @rtylak5020 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      You learn Irish in Primary, It may be basic yet you still learn it,

    • @ellaegan1577
      @ellaegan1577 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yeah, i learned more in primary than secondary, it was all Peig etc after that!

    • @davt2718
      @davt2718 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Also, whoever said that the official language was Gaeilic wasn't even specific. There are three Gaeilic languages, and they're completely different (Irish, Scots Gaeilic and Manx)

    • @ellaegan1577
      @ellaegan1577 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      the irish for irish is gaeilge so i think thats where thats coming from! yeah, there are a few froms alright! even gaelteacht irish is different to the irish we were taught in school! its a pity its dying out but i guess were lucky we have he gaelteacht region to keep it alive1

  • @ggwynnie
    @ggwynnie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I knew about this film when I was still a school librarian in China, celebrating the St. Patrick's Day in my library. I invited several Irish teachers to join the activity to introduce Irish culture to the pupils. It was a wonderful experience to learn about Irish culture through the special day, and some Gaelic words as well! In the end, a teacher named Kevin showed us this video in the end. It's very touching, to see them presenting the diversity of their culture so proudly. Thanks for this great film. Every language counts. Not anyone should die.

  • @yuvalinbar1921
    @yuvalinbar1921 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

  • @cianeatsgrass
    @cianeatsgrass 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this is a certified hood classic

  • @Bootsie606
    @Bootsie606 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    this and a blunt 🔥💯

  • @chenyuming3546
    @chenyuming3546 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am also Yuming! Now I am studying in university of Edinburgh, and last week one Irish classmate asked me to watch this video after knowing my name. Haha, I would say that's interesting!

  • @lemonadechilli172
    @lemonadechilli172 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My Gosh, in fact i think im in a similar situation right now. I am Chinese and I spent 2 months on learning Welsh thinking maybe someday I can go travel there using this language. The only difference is I know Welsh is not commonly spoken there and I am about to live in England.

    • @yizhou5903
      @yizhou5903 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      To be honest, in South Wales cities (cardiff swansea etc) you'll hear more Mandarin than Welsh. But I heard Welsh is more widely spoken in North Wales. I wish I could talk to the locals in Welsh. Dw i'n dysgu Cymraeg hefyd! Pob lwc!

  • @ripplerfn8429
    @ripplerfn8429 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mans learned more Irish in 6 months than I did in 7 years, found this cause me Irish teacher made us watch it, and that accent when he hits Conamara, some irish fella there

  • @Shadow_Draws_20
    @Shadow_Draws_20 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    this is and always will be a cinematic masterpiece

  • @nineteenfortyeight6762
    @nineteenfortyeight6762 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Gets me every time. Such a succinct portrayal of immigrant experience. I'm so happy for him at the end.

  • @rossmcgee9682
    @rossmcgee9682 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    RIP Frank Kelly
    Ar dheas Dé go raibh a anam.

  • @julia3983able
    @julia3983able ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My Irish professor introduced this video to us in college literature class. I loved it and have been coming back to it every now and then since. It's so touching when they start talking in Irish!

  • @pongop
    @pongop ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @JackyStarshine
    @JackyStarshine 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    what a lovely short.

  • @ForgeProgrammer
    @ForgeProgrammer 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely amazing!

  • @Islaidiomas
    @Islaidiomas 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely fantastic. Well done.

  • @shahoney
    @shahoney 11 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I remember that time two years ago I said I was going to learn Irish Gaelic, but never did. This video sort of encourages me to want to learn Gaelic again.

    • @Kswapthewrld
      @Kswapthewrld 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Its called irish not gaelic gaelic is a sport lol mupp

    • @Nolan56292
      @Nolan56292 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      VoRTeXx gaeilge is Irish in Irish

    • @martinfrostnas6610
      @martinfrostnas6610 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kswapthewrld Irish is Gaelic, along with Scottish and Manx Gaelic.

    • @Kswapthewrld
      @Kswapthewrld 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@martinfrostnas6610 nah m8 it's just called Irish

    • @martinfrostnas6610
      @martinfrostnas6610 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Kswapthewrld That's the official term in English, but calling it Gaelic is still not factually incorrect, so I don't get why many Irish crap their pants over it (not all do - I've find most native Irish speakers don't)

  • @rothwannabe3896
    @rothwannabe3896 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    How I would really love to become fluent in this language.. after discovering it when I was 9, I loved it!! but as I got back to my country.. I couldn't really learn it anymore and there's no one I can practise it on.. but hopefully through the internet, I can keep learning :)

    • @rothwannabe3896
      @rothwannabe3896 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      for 4 years in ireland, I learned it but my memory is starting to fade... I even got better and better before... Is aoibheann liom an teanga seo.

    • @rothwannabe3896
      @rothwannabe3896 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** I guess so, but at first it seems so easy to learn but later on, it would become a bit complicated but I wouldn't say its hard.. you just have to put everything into it.. Actually, I'm having a hard time maintaining it now...

    • @conorwilson1382
      @conorwilson1382 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @hendrikusisidora3679
      @hendrikusisidora3679 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Duolingo !!!!

  • @casstrippin5586
    @casstrippin5586 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great little short

  • @exafguy
    @exafguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant and touching.

  • @WalkerMara
    @WalkerMara 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wonderful Film!

  • @bluegirlgraphics
    @bluegirlgraphics 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love the fact he didn't know how to use a knife and Fork... they have those in China. :P

    • @Kahhru
      @Kahhru 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe he was from rural china

  • @j.dolanbyrnes2110
    @j.dolanbyrnes2110 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a lovely film!

  • @commonpleasantries1941
    @commonpleasantries1941 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @Joseph-zj4ti
    @Joseph-zj4ti 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @ChrisSunHwa
    @ChrisSunHwa 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love this! I wish it had been longer!

  • @idontbelieveyou
    @idontbelieveyou 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this and Yu Ming!

  • @icascone
    @icascone หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a great story!

  • @halogaming1017
    @halogaming1017 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I know it's a short film but I'm happy he knows irish

  • @daniellerodriguez4659
    @daniellerodriguez4659 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @AM-lk9so
    @AM-lk9so 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant!

  • @bluegirlgraphics
    @bluegirlgraphics 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw this on a flight many years ago... still love it

  • @XoXaoifeXoXo
    @XoXaoifeXoXo 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

  • @blah979
    @blah979 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @largestlad9549
    @largestlad9549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watching in that 144p quality to improve the experience😫

  • @pscully4499
    @pscully4499 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what an absolute legend

  • @prettieschicbyflorenceanne3333
    @prettieschicbyflorenceanne3333 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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