Locals Gossip About Me, But I Secretly Know Thai

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  • Go to expressvpn.com/xiaomanyc and find out how you can get 3 months of ExpressVPN free! Recently I had the pleasure of visiting Bangkok Thailand which is home to the world’s biggest Chinatown, the perfect place to test my Thai and Chinese with the locals. Also traditional in Bangkok are floating markets where you can actually buy and haggle for goods directly off a boat. And it was also fun to hear people gossip about me!
    0:00 Intro
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    1:28 Bargaining for pomegranate juice in Chinese
    2:22 Fruit stand merchant thinks I’m Chinese
    2:44 Ordering spicy Chinese noodles
    4:33 Gossiping about foreigner in Thai
    4:52 Speaking Chinese at a Chinese tea stand
    6:08 Buying more fresh juice
    6:32 She wants to be my wife
    7:52 Walking through the street eating durian
    8:21 Street vendor asks me about college in China
    9:01 Visiting the boat market
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  • @xiaomanyc
    @xiaomanyc  ปีที่แล้ว +139

    Thanks to ExpressVPN for sponsoring - go to expressvpn.com/xiaomanyc and find out how you can get 3 months of ExpressVPN free! I loved traveling for this video - comment below and let me know where I should go next!

    • @geedubaya
      @geedubaya ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You sold me with being able to watch The Office!

    • @AlexBizzar
      @AlexBizzar ปีที่แล้ว +1

      (Sarcastically, of course), 小马 you don't have the GUTS to learn Af Somali or Hmong, and come over to Minnesota, go to the local markets/stores/communities, and start speaking their language! *Uses glove to slap your face* I say good DAY sir!
      Love your rapid expansion and growth with language buddy. Keep up the incredible work!

    • @October-oj3nz
      @October-oj3nz ปีที่แล้ว

      Do Vietnamese stuff next

    • @Diablo20069
      @Diablo20069 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey man I'm not sure how to get a hold of you other than on here. Can you make a video about Immerse vr? It looks amazing but, I don't want to waste money if it won't actually help me learn to actually speak a new language.

    • @SirHouseFly
      @SirHouseFly ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hey Xiaoma! Whats that intro song called on epidemic sound?

  • @Fenimore.Cassidy
    @Fenimore.Cassidy ปีที่แล้ว +6519

    Thai is such a fun language - 5 different tones. Years ago, I tried to say "mother-in-law" to my new mother-in-law but instead I managed to call her, "big dog". My father-in-law thought it was hilarious. But being quick witted, I told him and my mother-in-law that Big Dog in English can also be slang for "the boss". He stopped laughing... To this day I still call her Big Dog.

    • @karenhensley3069
      @karenhensley3069 ปีที่แล้ว +419

      That is hilarious!

    • @Blockdit
      @Blockdit ปีที่แล้ว +218

      แม่ยาย vs หมาใหญ่

    • @cindykq8086
      @cindykq8086 ปีที่แล้ว +277

      Nice save!

    • @Omeiden
      @Omeiden ปีที่แล้ว +155

      that is so funny, and typical thai humor. i love it

    • @Jaydaydesign
      @Jaydaydesign ปีที่แล้ว +631

      I empathise with you… I attempted to tell my very traditional Sicilian father in law that he grows great fennel ( for the salad)
      But instead I told him that he would make a really good homosexual… Needless to say he had steam coming out his ears for a second until he realised it was just that my phrasing was a bit off… my mother-in-law and husband were rolling on the floor. She used to tease him to go to the vegetable patch and bring his boyfriend back with him so she could make the salad…
      I was mortified and never tried to speak Italian in front of him again.

  • @Mantelar
    @Mantelar ปีที่แล้ว +1887

    This reminds me of 30 years ago. I took four years of Japanese in high school. It was all the rage around Detroit in the 90’s. My teacher was a woman from the Kansai region. Very strict. We learned about 900 Kanji in four years.
    I went on to live there for a few years. First reaction I got from people typically was amazement that I could read and fairly well. But inevitably as I got to know them, the jokes followed. I didn’t just learn the language from her, but her way of saying things and her mannerisms as well; which I quickly came to understand were distinctly feminine and countryside.
    In other words I was acting like the equivalent of an outspoken southern woman. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t shake any of it. It became a running joke, because I was also 6’2” nearing 200 pounds and would play any sport to amuse myself.
    It was clearly a source of endless amusement wherever I went.

    • @JamesLC
      @JamesLC ปีที่แล้ว +252

      Lmao that's actually hilarious

    • @jacob9436
      @jacob9436 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      My friends was living in japan on base and was half japanese and can speak very well. Guess everyone over there gets bullied if they’re different

    • @nicegoodstylish
      @nicegoodstylish ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Honestly? Slay

    • @charmingpea
      @charmingpea ปีที่แล้ว +100

      A few western men married to Thai women suffer the same affliction (me included).

    • @Totally_Jotaro
      @Totally_Jotaro ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol

  • @darrell1829
    @darrell1829 ปีที่แล้ว +1694

    Xiaoma makes every English-speaking person want to learn at least one other language 👍👍

    • @leredditcommander8208
      @leredditcommander8208 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      nah dude, i speak spanish, english and japanese and he just made me want to learn thai.

    • @kD_5555_
      @kD_5555_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wrong!!!!!!

    • @wez3448
      @wez3448 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      @@leredditcommander8208 bro means people who exclusively speak English

    • @nicholasmoustakis4354
      @nicholasmoustakis4354 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      We speak murican

    • @robdubent
      @robdubent ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I wish we all spoke the same language.

  • @pjm6496
    @pjm6496 ปีที่แล้ว +773

    My favorite is when he speaks Chinese because of him being so fluent, it comes naturally. It’s very impressive and beautiful to see the connection he makes with people through language. I love the initial shock followed by happiness ❤ lovely to see

  • @astrophilosophe
    @astrophilosophe ปีที่แล้ว +459

    Dude that guy changed gears SO fast when you spoke Chinese and on top of it went to the same Uni, he was probably like WTF! LOL

    • @flyingunderwear
      @flyingunderwear ปีที่แล้ว +94

      That was my favorite part lol. He went from "go sit down out there" . To "bro!!! You gotta post my sign!" LOL

    • @HachikoThePoochInugami
      @HachikoThePoochInugami ปีที่แล้ว +37

      He is a Chinese Karen LOL

    • @myself5812
      @myself5812 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HachikoThePoochInugami why?

    • @HachikoThePoochInugami
      @HachikoThePoochInugami ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@myself5812 A Karen is a person (not necessarily a white woman but most were) perceived as entitled or demanding beyond the scope of what is normal. I call that man a Karen because he sent Ari away because of the durian he is eating, but when he heard him speak Mandarin, he took a 180 degree turn, became ecstatic, and had the audacity to tell him to promote his store.
      He is like that fat woman I saw on Cash 2.0's channel where she told Steve (the dog's owner) to get out of the market because of his dog (a huge Great Dane), but later had the nerve to ask him if she could pet it when she later learned it was not hostile. Turned out that woman was also a customer.

    • @guytansbariva2295
      @guytansbariva2295 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HachikoThePoochInugami No, he's not a Karen. A Karen is a self entitled, arrogant person (usually a woman) who feels superior to the people around her. Ari is the farthest thing away from a Karen.
      Bad use of an American term kid...

  • @tarabullgaming
    @tarabullgaming ปีที่แล้ว +649

    This channel made me tell my parents to start speaking to me in Tagalog every day. My whole life they would turn to me and speak English, so I never learned and had given up. 27 years of turning to me and speaking English, to tell them to speak to me in Tagalog is difficult for them, but I understand what they are saying and I am surprised at how fast I’m picking up speaking it.
    Thank you Xiaoma you are helping me get reacquainted with my own culture.

    • @beasllie6023
      @beasllie6023 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Where is Tagalog spoken?

    • @PandaPanda-lm7vx
      @PandaPanda-lm7vx ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@beasllie6023 Philippines

    • @blakesimmons5130
      @blakesimmons5130 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I started learning Tagalog when I had a Filipina gf a few years ago. The problem was, she forgot how to speak it herself when she came to England and her accent was more northern than my own😂 I still tried to learn some for her crazy family parties, but it was so hard 😅 all I remember now is mahal kita talaga

    • @wiwathommali
      @wiwathommali ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thai people very “mouth moi”
      Mouth moi: chitchat/gossip 😂

    • @MichaelGGarry
      @MichaelGGarry ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I keep telling my wife to also speak Tagolog to our kids but she just speaks English to them!

  • @focusobjectives
    @focusobjectives ปีที่แล้ว +314

    I lived in Bangkok on diplomatic travel for 4 years. This made me miss what I still consider my 2nd home even though its been 10 years now since I left. I didn't think I would get emotional watching you travel around Thailand. I remember riding the BTS (above ground Metro) and i was speaking english with another american. We were about to get off at the next stop when i over heard a thai woman and her friend start talking about how the two foreigners "farangs" were in there way and that they wouldnt get through. I politely turn around and in Thai told them that we were getting off at the next station and she didnt have to worry. Her face was so priceless and the entire train got quiet hahahahah. She was so embarrassed.

    • @walex19
      @walex19 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same here! Diplomatic. Was there from 2000-2005

    • @Chris_yes
      @Chris_yes ปีที่แล้ว +34

      That reminds me of Korea. This is before the whole Kpop fad took off the last few years. I was really into Korean since about 2001 because of a kind of Daoist Korean tai chi and my first Korean gf in the states. SO I went back and forth to korea at least 6 times and ended up working there for awhile. And taking the language in college. Anyway. I was on the subway late at night maybe around midnight in Seoul and a drunk homeless man was shouting and cursing at quiet skinny 20 something me sitting on the bench minding my own business. effing foreigners and effing this country and we are evil. I just said to him something like 'sir i understand everything you are saying and you are being really noisy for everyone' he felt so ashamed and people kind of clapped.

    • @sanfran5607
      @sanfran5607 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm feel like you

    • @sexualityrearrangedversion
      @sexualityrearrangedversion ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Chris_yes could’ve said this without the second sentence

    • @youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692
      @youtubemodsaresnowflakelef7692 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@walex19 Yeah, you're probably one of those Nigerian princes off of Soi Sukhumvit (I forget which side road, if it was Soi 11 or not where they congregate)...

  • @Crisheight
    @Crisheight ปีที่แล้ว +215

    I actually really like this video because you show that everyone makes mistakes and it's ok! Always an inspiration, Xiaoma!

    • @connorkapooh2002
      @connorkapooh2002 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah it's great! His accent makes him sound a bit drunken xD but still notoriously hard

  • @junipunie2297
    @junipunie2297 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    I am Thai and this is so funny how easily Thai people are amused 😂😂 Your Thai is decent and you pronounce stuff funny.

    • @fark69
      @fark69 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Haha also he's just a funny awkward dude

    • @fark69
      @fark69 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can only have one wife.... One wife hahaha

    • @nedcramdon1306
      @nedcramdon1306 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd love to have the opportunity to have these experiences though!

  • @andytom1846
    @andytom1846 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Vendors: How many drinks do you want?
    Xioma: Yes

  • @chrisdavisunofficial
    @chrisdavisunofficial ปีที่แล้ว +392

    Having been attempting to learn Thai for a while, it is very clear that Ari has a gift that most others don't.

    • @wimviaene4153
      @wimviaene4153 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      you need to study the basics, and then talk everyday, worked for me, regular visitor to LOS for 25 + years

    • @01DOGG01
      @01DOGG01 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Pom pud Thai dai nit noi.
      It's so fkn hard with the tones it destroys me! I don't know how people can learn so fast and especially have people understand what they're saying.

    • @chrisdavisunofficial
      @chrisdavisunofficial ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@01DOGG01 Yeah, without being here, I really struggled. I spent about 45 minutes just after lunch talking to a random dude at a park and about 30 minutes with our neighbors just now. The only way to really learn to speak Thai is to learn to read as well because the transliteration is always close, but never right. And be in Thailand.....that's very helpful also.

    • @01DOGG01
      @01DOGG01 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@chrisdavisunofficial I'm very ashamed to say that I've been in Thailand for almost 3 years now, on top of coming here many times before that, yet can't even compete with this guy that studied it for a couple of weeks.
      It doesn't help that the wife is Thai and we obviously communicate in English. The local corner shops speak very good English, the neighbour as well, all having spent time abroad, so every time that I actually need something in Thai I ask the wife.
      Horse, dog, come... Ma, ma, ma lol it's hard for me. And there are so many things much harder than that.
      And I haven't even started on the script... Yikes!

    • @chrisdavisunofficial
      @chrisdavisunofficial ปีที่แล้ว

      @@01DOGG01 Haha, yeah, you should be fluent by now. The few things I can kinda say really help people to open up. We'll both get there one day. My wife can't hear the tones, so that has made it really fun.

  • @pizza1821
    @pizza1821 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    I'm a white guy fluent in Thai and haven't gotten reactions like this from Thai people in suchhh a long time. It's funny how when you're a beginner making an effort, people find it really charming and give you so many compliments. But when you speak fluently, people just assume you've been living there a long time and don't care much. Xiaoma can just say aroi mak mak all day long and their eyes light up like wow you speak so well!! 555555 I love watching though, please make more effort with Thai

    • @baconoverflow4384
      @baconoverflow4384 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I find it depends on where you go. In Bangkok I barely get any reactions, although every now and then I get asked if I'm a ลูกครึ่ง (luuk-krung, half-child) even though I don't look Thai at all 555 But if I go somewhere where there's lots of farangs like Koh Samui/Phuket/etc people still get pretty surprised. Also people assume I'm an English teacher quite often too

    • @DkPacketDk
      @DkPacketDk ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Do you have a thai meow?

    • @hieuniverse
      @hieuniverse ปีที่แล้ว +1

      555555

    • @awakenotwoke1973
      @awakenotwoke1973 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@baconoverflow4384 Just say you're full Thai - that's what I do. Because I'm clearly a white man they always laugh.

  • @Tafson.
    @Tafson. ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Man how awesome of Xiaoma showing us him getting humbled. Its a process everybody stasy true to it and you can learn another language!

    • @atonesb5251
      @atonesb5251 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The way to learn anything is to try it, get it wrong, and eventually get it right.

    • @Orange56222
      @Orange56222 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I love that he includes those moments, it makes it very real. He is a very humble guy and it shows in the way he interacts with others when learning a new language.

  • @thatverseguy
    @thatverseguy ปีที่แล้ว +400

    Lol, they were laughing at your pronouncation but you are the language god. Give this man another week and he'd be fluent lol.

    • @cdpgeorge
      @cdpgeorge ปีที่แล้ว +44

      I thought that was great, they were correcting his pronunciation. Soo funny, yet they were trying help.

    • @junior2k373
      @junior2k373 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      I think they laugh cuz they like it, not many foreigner can speak Thai and they alway said he good at Thai

    • @kimkimcard6835
      @kimkimcard6835 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I’m thai,They laughed because they were impressed, that’s how old people do.

    • @LucasStaffel
      @LucasStaffel ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's incredibly normal for friendly people to laugh at some weird pronunciation... also they corrected him, that's how you improve your language, learning while having a laugh.
      I'm from Brazil and our pronunciation is very difficult for english speakers at first, I can't count how many times I've made fun of friends but also correcting them afterwards, that's just how it goes.

    • @blasianking4827
      @blasianking4827 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      As a non-Thai person who speaks Thai, definitely lol. Seems like he can speak it well but the tones and pronunciation need work for sure. Good enough for a tourist for sure though. I know Thai is hard, I grew up here so my accent's dang good.

  • @someoneelse6934
    @someoneelse6934 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I am a casino dealer. In the course of any day, I run into probably about 4 or 5 different language opportunities with regulars. I LOVE hearing an accent and finding out what languages they speak. Then I make an effort to greet them next time with at least a "hello", "long time, no see", "thank you" and "bye" in their language. Today I just did it in Thai and the smile and reactions are worth the minimal effort. I do know conversational levels in a few languages but there is nothing wrong with at least learning a few "opening lines" in many different ones. (BTW, hello in Thai sounds like "sah-wah-dee"). People appreciate it so much and they honestly seek me out when they come in again (and yes, they do tend to tip better because of it but honestly that is just icing on the cake as I really enjoy the interaction more).

  • @garretts6190
    @garretts6190 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    not only is this guy spreading awareness of culture, but also is he spreading the wealth with these small businesses. God bless

  • @cvnate619ify
    @cvnate619ify ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That's the first authentic hiyaaa I've heard since watching uncle roger

    • @cecillec2331
      @cecillec2331 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thought I was the only one who heard it!

  • @poppy980
    @poppy980 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    As a Thai, I would say that if you're already fluent in Chinese, you'd master the tonal concept of Thai in no time.

    • @acejones7688
      @acejones7688 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Do you think he was asked if he was from China twice in the beginning because he’s so fluent in Chinese that his Thai has a chance accent ?

    • @notacloutchaser7407
      @notacloutchaser7407 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No, his thai does not sound like the chinese influenced chiang mai style of speaking.
      His thai sounds like somebody who hasnt listened to enough thai yet.
      He needs to watch 50 thai movies.

    • @grantr7682
      @grantr7682 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don't think so sadly. I'm not trying to confront you or anything, but most Thais dramatically underestimate the difficulty of learning Thai as a foreigner.

  • @qwertyismymom
    @qwertyismymom ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Holy shit I haven't laughed so hard in a while. I miss Thailand so much, the people, the food, the humour is on another level

  • @bernie2136
    @bernie2136 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Every time I see faces of people in shock after youtubers speak language it brings smile ,
    Learn different language and culture is so satisfying I think and interesting , going watch both Thai vids again
    Thanks for making me smile

  • @antiv
    @antiv ปีที่แล้ว +78

    So impressive… I’ve been to Thailand so many times but I’m not even remotely close to this level of fluency.

    • @ret4kind
      @ret4kind ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Speaks very well of the Thai people in how accommodating they are to English speakers.

    • @kabouterwesley83
      @kabouterwesley83 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My vocabulary doesn't get beyond sawadee and kapunka(p)

    • @LoganInThailand
      @LoganInThailand ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There was nothing close to fluency here. He spoke Chinese 90% of the time and only said around 10 phrases in Thai. You could learn this level in 2-3 hours of study.

    • @Soreto23
      @Soreto23 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do u even lift bro

  • @raynaldorusi
    @raynaldorusi ปีที่แล้ว +32

    "I could only have one wife" *Panically looks over his shoulder*

    • @AreeyaKKC
      @AreeyaKKC ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In thai culture he can have many wife. Depends on money. Mia and Mia noi.

  • @Miki_vaniki
    @Miki_vaniki ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Idk how after all this time of following him, I just read his description. I just found out that he started learning at age 18 which is so crazy inspiring. I’ve always wanted to be like him with languages but I was sure he started super early. I didn’t think starting at 18 would be much of an advantage for me and it still might not be the greatest, but he’s proof that it can be done.

    • @glacity
      @glacity ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Same! I’ve only known English my entire, but I’ve started learning Japanese a few weeks ago and it’s shocking how rewarding it feels to learn.
      I thought I was a bit late, getting into a new language at 18 but, alongside just how fun its been so far, this definitely makes me hopeful.

    • @spjr99
      @spjr99 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      depending on if you have experience with any language, start there. for me it is spanish. and i have a good base in that. from there i am able to learn italian french romanian and portuguese pretty easily vs other languages

  • @hexerey
    @hexerey ปีที่แล้ว +42

    4:00
    This has the same energy as: "please give me coke"😂

    • @SeeHang
      @SeeHang ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol she followed up with how to say the D word in Thai.😂 most people in the comment might not know but sometimes shop workers are used for other things off menu at bars or clubs. I was not expecting her to tell him that when he laughs around 4:03

    • @amerain1729
      @amerain1729 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SeeHang He said "dick" instead of "bottle"😂

  • @englishwithjon5397
    @englishwithjon5397 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The lady selling you water made a good point at 4:04 😂😂😂 She's saying the pronunciation of bottle in thai (kuat ขวด)​ shouldn't be mistaken with cock (kuai ควย)!! Very easy to do if you don't include the glottal stop.

    • @pattaradanaithipluecha3010
      @pattaradanaithipluecha3010 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      แม่ค้าสอนแต่คำดีๆทั้งนั้น 😂

    • @technophobian2962
      @technophobian2962 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I think everyone's worst nightmare is accidentally doing something like that when learning a new language.

  • @davepb5798
    @davepb5798 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Thai people really like people who at least try to speak their language. Definitely heard some Isaan/Lao in your conversations.

    • @foodhistory1387
      @foodhistory1387 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lao loanwords are a part of the BKK Thai lexicon now as I'm sure you know. Amazing how quickly the evolution is at street level!

    • @wimviaene4153
      @wimviaene4153 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      thats one of the problems when learning thai, all kinds of different dialects are spoken, Lao , Khmer or a mixture, difficult to know whats what at first.

    • @sanfran5607
      @sanfran5607 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's Thai - Esarn language because my wife are Thai - Esarn

    • @mhappy5084
      @mhappy5084 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@foodhistory1387 Many Laos and Thai - Esan peoples come to work in Bangkok. As a Bangkokian like me. I don't understand some words that they talk.

    • @foodhistory1387
      @foodhistory1387 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mhappy5084 but in the last 20 years more and more Lao words are used everyday by Central Thai people in BKK; the language is changing very quickly.

  • @OBRB
    @OBRB ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Don't forget to say "krap" it's more polite and will be greatly appreciated especially if the person is older posh work tho doing really well in Thai 👌

    • @descendantsanddoctorwhofan5998
      @descendantsanddoctorwhofan5998 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s Krup not Krap

    • @ZipfelmannKD
      @ZipfelmannKD ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@descendantsanddoctorwhofan5998 it‘s neither krap nor krub it‘s ครับ

    • @glengamble526
      @glengamble526 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@descendantsanddoctorwhofan5998 it’s pronounced Krap though

  • @0818264191
    @0818264191 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I am a Thai man. I admire you for your talent in languages.Thai people love to hear foreigners to try speaking a bit Thai. They will help you learn and correct any mistakes, no need to worry speaking right or wrong.

  • @chemdah
    @chemdah ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Those places you went to were awesome. Experiencing real culture with down to earth and friendly people.Makes me want to learn Thai and Chinese and go to Bangkok myself. Great video as usual!

  • @jeremygeller9145
    @jeremygeller9145 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I love spicy food, but that lady is kinda right: Hispanic, cajun, chinese, and Indian can all get really spicy, but Thai food, a Thai medium is extra spicy everywhere else it seems

    • @Tagg25
      @Tagg25 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chinese food isn’t spicy at least not American Chinese , Cajun isn’t either

    • @jeremygeller9145
      @jeremygeller9145 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Tagg25 Sichuan style Chinese food? You can find if you know a good place, I went down to Galveston once, right on the Texas Louisiana border to have some Cajun food, they make it pretty hot, atleast if you use hot sauce. It’s not that Thai food is the spiciest, cause their is those crazy hot sauces that are made less for eating more for TH-cam videos. But that Thai food seems to have a naturally high average spice level across the cultures many dishes

    • @infinite5795
      @infinite5795 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jeremygeller9145 Indian food is the spiciest of them all, there's no comparison between the 1000+ combos of spices and other condiments in Indian vs 2-5 in others.

    • @jeremygeller9145
      @jeremygeller9145 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@infinite5795 I love Indian food, and maybe I just haven’t had truly authentic (haven’t been to India) but I find the sauce parts you see in a lot of Indian take the eve off the spice But then add a different flavor. Combination wise nothing beats Indian food but raw heat, not so sure

  • @danpeters6874
    @danpeters6874 ปีที่แล้ว +392

    Thai is a hard language to learn. It’s tonal. Your attempt to say “corn and coconut” is an example. If you get the tone wrong, the word has an entirely different meaning. My wife is Thai, we’ve been together 10 years, married for 8, I’m around her family and friends often, been to Thailand a couple times, and still your Thai is better than mine.

    • @awibs57
      @awibs57 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Yup, my mother's side is Chinese via Thailand (she was born in Bangkok's Chinatown so this was especially cool for me to watch) and she liked to emphasize the over-simplicity of English by saying Thai has "44 letters - and 22 vowels!"

    • @danpeters6874
      @danpeters6874 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@awibs57 Yep, and there’s lots of vowel sounds that we don’t have in the English language that English speakers don’t hear unless you point them out

    • @disseminate4
      @disseminate4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They were correcting him saying 'mak prao' or 'ma khao' instead of 'ma prao'/มะพร้าว

    • @DisillusionedAcronym
      @DisillusionedAcronym ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@awibs57
      on top of that, vowels can be put together like friggin legos. it's absolute nuts.

    • @predzell4439
      @predzell4439 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      same scenario.. 10 years with my wife who's born Canadian origins from Laos and even Laotian and Thai is slightly different, the number of time i try to say something and deff not the right tone

  • @JoCaTen
    @JoCaTen ปีที่แล้ว +17

    He's at it again!
    Surprising and entertaining people all over the world

  • @ishio95
    @ishio95 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I started studying chinese earlier this year as my girlfriend is chinese, and I'm glad to say that I can understand more and more, it makes me so happy 😁

  • @LibertarianMinded
    @LibertarianMinded ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:15 Meow, that's hilarious, taking the mickey but in such a cute way 😂😂😂🐈

  • @robertweisberg8152
    @robertweisberg8152 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love watching your videos, not obnoxious style of vlogging and in people faces. Showing respect for them and culture with education. Then peacefully and kindly showing your gratitude.
    Wheni travel i try to be like this, I am going to Indonesia again soon, learned the language pretty well for my 2nd visit coming.

  • @moxy666
    @moxy666 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I speak pretty broken tourist thai, it is really nice getting a response when I ask for things in thai, normally food. Sitting with the locals and trying a bit means they correct you on how "they" speak rather than the formal way the likes of pimsleur teach you. For example I was told not to say Mai Chi khrap (no) when somebody offered me something, the lady sitting with me said " Say Mai Ao its politer" - best way to improve sit down and try.

    • @poppy980
      @poppy980 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mai chai actually means that something is incorrect, like if someone asks you "Are you Thai?" then you can answer with Mai chai, meaning that no, I'm not Thai.
      Mai ao means no take, meaning that you won't take/accept something (ao means to take/get/accept, and can be used as a slang for f*ck as well)

  • @SorenFinch
    @SorenFinch ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Watching videos like this make me feel good about being a thai person, thank you for visiting our country!!

  • @lawiley
    @lawiley ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I spent some time in Malaysia and learned an interesting fact. I was told that the closer you get to the equator the hotter the food. The reason was explained to me that in hot humid climates food tends to spoil quickly and hot spices help make the food more edible.

  • @Greensky02
    @Greensky02 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    That guy telling him to stop eating durian in front of his shop and to go away also forcefully told Xiaoma what to film and that he better post it online... and Xiaoma actually did it! Way too nice of a guy =p

    • @foodhistory1387
      @foodhistory1387 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      *briefly and out of focus 😁

    • @AreeyaKKC
      @AreeyaKKC ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Many shops have large fine for durian. Same same taxi and hotels. Not allowed because of smell.

    • @goeticfolklore
      @goeticfolklore ปีที่แล้ว +2

      “ consumed before passengers enter the Singapore Metro system, unless they want to pay a $500 SGD ($380 USD) fine. A similar ban exists across Bangkok public transportation.”
      Bruh it’s extremely strong in smell the guy was polite abt it

    • @devit667
      @devit667 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's not really Thai. Because real Thai people will not do that. Indicates that he is from China rather than Thai. i am real thai. Real Thai people don't do that. would be considerate and respectful and friendly than chasing guests like that.

    • @sarahh2072
      @sarahh2072 ปีที่แล้ว

      I think that is normal for China, they want people to advertise their shop, not product from someone elses shop in front of theirs. It's a cultural thing

  • @BobTheHatKing
    @BobTheHatKing ปีที่แล้ว +5

    4:52 that big AIYAAAAA 😂 that’s how you know you’re in chinatown

  • @DrainedOatmeal
    @DrainedOatmeal ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I'd love this guy to come to Wales and do this. It would be hilarious if he spoke Welsh in a region where they don't speak it much.

    • @AFFI909
      @AFFI909 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dream come true

  • @lukewallace1
    @lukewallace1 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Watching your videos after studying Mandarin for 4 months is so much fun because I'm actually starting to pickup on some of what you say. Hopefully I can speak this well once I get into my 20's

  • @spinkid2000
    @spinkid2000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I can't believe I missed this when it came out. I absolutely LOVE it! When I visit Thailand, no one guesses American, always China, or Vietnam, not there. that's a great Chinatown !

  • @deangomm3423
    @deangomm3423 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yay!! I'm so excited you finally learned thai!! I was an exchange student in nonthaburi,, and I'm applying to college there too!! Thai is such a fun language and the people are the most wonderful. Prathed thai pom kidthung kun mak mak mak

  • @aaronjpg8170
    @aaronjpg8170 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    as a thai person i've been waiting so long for you to make a thai video

  • @thehopefulgamer3546
    @thehopefulgamer3546 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i don't speak mandarin but even when i'm in my mandarin class at school and pick up a few things from it it makes me feel good to know that i under stand a little bit of this.

  • @HeaLeur28
    @HeaLeur28 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6:44
    The moment when the 2 wives learnt you Thai prononciation that's amazing haha 😂 "makaaaaaaaaao" 😂😂 legendary

  • @minutemanproductions8029
    @minutemanproductions8029 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Love these type of travel videos abroad, it’s like the travel channel but with languages

  • @TheParadiseParadox
    @TheParadiseParadox ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I spent two months in Thailand in 2017 and had an amazing time. I studied a little bit of Thai, enough to help me find my way when I got lost. feels good to learn a tonal language, being so different from English phonetically
    People were so wonderful there, the food amazing. If I couldn't live in Mexico for some reason I'd love to live in Thailand.
    saludos

  • @YoikySploiker
    @YoikySploiker ปีที่แล้ว

    Xiao I love your videos! Languages have always interested me and I find it amazing how quickly you pick up them up.

  • @randycrager4074
    @randycrager4074 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoy your videos, how you interact and share laughter with the natives and you receive a lot of compliments. Vey good!

  • @TheMrQuepe
    @TheMrQuepe ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I want to learn Thai and go to Thailand to try food as a Mexican and see how well I can handle their spicy food

  • @jdubbersw777
    @jdubbersw777 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's the shock and awe that the people have every time you speak in their language, that cracks me up; they are really impressed. But I don't understand their shock sometimes. It's 2022 you never know who knows your language. 🤷🏿‍♀️

  • @kasirsadalos
    @kasirsadalos ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been waiting for a thai special thank you for taking the time and learning my native language!!!

  • @macky8215
    @macky8215 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    YES!!! ive been waiting for a video with the Thai language!!!

  • @mthayne1000
    @mthayne1000 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Uuuuugh $.80 for three fresh bundles of bananas. I need a ticket to Thailand now. Lol $3 a pound for bananas in Alaska! Get out to the bush and you’re lucky to even see fresh fruit! Thank you for sharing!

  • @jomontanee
    @jomontanee ปีที่แล้ว +4

    all the locals are so funny I laughed so hard the whole video.😂😂😂

  • @Jadorey
    @Jadorey 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is one of my favourite videos! And I love them all.

  • @michaelhooley
    @michaelhooley ปีที่แล้ว

    Ah man, I love, this channel - the lost art of communication and meeting new people. A beautiful thing. You always feel better after watching one of your videos.

  • @DivandBenny
    @DivandBenny ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Future video
    American communicates with aliens to save the world

  • @susuki2254
    @susuki2254 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a Thai kid , I can told his Thai was correct I understood everything :0 hope he can speak Japanese.

  • @phantom0ptic532
    @phantom0ptic532 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Xiaomanyc I literally binge watch your videos I love when you start speaking mandarin

  • @paulstuart9465
    @paulstuart9465 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a great skill to have. You see how happy it makes people . I love to see their surprise and smiles.

  • @-M0LE
    @-M0LE ปีที่แล้ว +11

    These videos show we should all travel and mingle more learn other languages it’s only the collective west that don’t push languages in schools enough
    All other countries teach English so we get lazy much props to this guy watched him over the years he is inspiring to people

  • @Theworkingtitle7
    @Theworkingtitle7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This is what we all wanted to see Laoshu505000 do. Glad you're following in his footsteps, Arieh!

  • @Sergey316
    @Sergey316 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching your videos makes me love the world and its people again. Keep going, bud!

  • @mastersoldier9391
    @mastersoldier9391 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for coming to Thailand! I am from Thailand

  • @AlexCouch65
    @AlexCouch65 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I've never received a Chinese ad before lol until now

    • @PierreMiniggio
      @PierreMiniggio ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My ads are pure madness.
      Since I've been studying Chinese for a year now, every social media algorithm now thinks I'm a Chinese student in my own country. 🤣

  • @svenraether2898
    @svenraether2898 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Hi Xiaoma, it would be aussum if you could learn a Zambian Language once...looking forward

  • @freechilli8755
    @freechilli8755 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Both him and the locals are really amazing. The last time I was in Bangkok, so many of the locals could speak Mandarin. They are so quick to pick up the language to cater to Chinese tourists.

  • @gavynwalker1328
    @gavynwalker1328 ปีที่แล้ว

    you are the most consistent youtuber i’m subscribed to.

  • @ImaBlack1969
    @ImaBlack1969 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've always thought that Thai was one of the most beautiful languages in the world. Any time I've heard it spoken in a movie I thought it was absolutely musical. I would love to learn it, but I don't think I'd have any occasion to use it as I don't even know anyone from Thailand.

  • @FonKii
    @FonKii ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I noticed that the way you speak Thai (flow, pitch, intonation, etc.) is similar to the way you speak Chinese. I recommend to everyone that when you’re learning a new language to not take reference from the languages that you’re already familiar with. Think of it as a totally new idea and concept that shouldn’t always be connected to your mother tongue(s) Been following you for years and I’m very impressed at how you communicate to and surprise Chinese speaking people with your Chinese skills though. But as a bilingual Thai/English speaker who’s taught English for many years, I suggest that if you want to improve your Thai, make sure that you 1) practice the tones and 2) listening to the flow of speech of native Thai speakers. Another thing to mention is that the majority of Thai-Chinese that is 3rd to 4th generation have already lost their ability to speak Chinese/usually Tajeaw or Hakka origin so most of the time they’re not familiar at all with mandarin unless they have to deal with mainland/Taiwan for business or something.
    Love and respect you Xiaoma and I love to see you improve on your Thai!

    • @awakenotwoke1973
      @awakenotwoke1973 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      *_"I recommend to everyone that when you’re learning a new language to not take reference from the languages that you’re already familiar with."_*
      100% - you have to replicate the sound, not try and make it like a word in your native tongue.

  • @jgates
    @jgates ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You bring so much joy to those you speak to!

    • @Guntrucadire
      @Guntrucadire 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "Allah tu n'es rien"
      Ou une petite association :
      "Il n'y a de dieu que Bouddha, Shiva et Le dragon Kabyle"
      Il m'arrive rien ...Parce qu'on t'a menti, Allah c'est l'invention d'un poète mythomane du 7ème
      Y'a pas d'allah, y'a pas de châtiment de la tombe, pas d'âne volant, rien
      Sinon la Mecque serait protégé contre les tempêtes, les accidents mortels .
      Les taux de guérison des maladies graves dans les hôpitaux musulmans seraient plus élevés que dans les hôpitaux athées.
      Mais ça marche pas comme ça, on est tous soumis au même lois physiques.
      Si on joue au foot, t'aurais ni plus ni moins de chances que moi de te fouler le pied, que tu aie fait 150 prières avant ou pas.
      C'est statistique.
      La seule différence c 'est le prisme par lequel on va analyser ce qui arrive.
      Si je me foule je dirai : J 'ai pas eut de bol , toi tu diras "Ah c 'est Allah qui ..."
      Alors pourquoi est ce que Mohammed aurait inventé tout ça ?
      Parce que comme Rael il a compris que les humains ne demandent que de croire en quelque chose de supérieur qui réponds à toutes leurs questions existentielles.
      Et il a compris qu'en jouant ce rôle de messager, il allait avoir une vie bien plus épique que celle qui lui était promis
      Donc il a pris le livre juif et il a brodé un truc autour
      Si tu commences à analyser les choses sous cet angle la, tu verras que tout prends un autre sens.
      (Profite en les "Djinns" sont enchainés pendant ramadan )
      Par exemple : Pourquoi est ce que Mohammed dit que le pire péché c'est l'association ?
      C'est bizarre non ? juste ne pas être convaincu par les arguments de Mohammed serait plus grave que de trucider des gens ?
      L'explication est simple : Ses pires ennemis étaient des polythéistes donc pour galvaniser ses troupes, les motiver à prendre les armes, il a inventé cette histoire "Le polythéisme est le truc le plus grave selon Allah" et tous les mecs autour de lui avaient la bave qui coulait en mode "On va les démonter"
      Ou pourquoi est ce qu'il a descendu ce verset (coran 33:73) dans lequel il est dit qu'Allah lui donne l'autorisation d'épouser la femme de son fils adoptif ?
      Parce que Mohammed assumait pas d'avoir envie de sa belle fille et qu'il fallait qu'il s'envoi un petit message divin pour officialiser tout ça .
      Ou pourquoi Mohammed a dit "si Allah vous éprouve c'est parce qu'il vous aime"
      C'est parce que les péons qui le suivaient se sont vite rendus compte que malgré qu'ils suivent le messager divin, il continuaient de leur arriver des malheurs (maladie, accidents)
      Et Mohammed a dut justifier ça et il a sorti la phrase qui le sortait du pétrin "Si il vous arrive des trucs c 'est parce qu'Allah vous éprouve"

  • @anawinzzz
    @anawinzzz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love seeing you in my home country of Thailand man its amazing id love to see more videos in Thailand!

  • @JoyPin
    @JoyPin ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That’s amazing that you can speak multiple languages! I’m Thai and lives in Oregon, haven’t been back to Thailand for few years now I miss it so much😭.

  • @user-oo8xp2rf1k
    @user-oo8xp2rf1k ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'd love to see Xiaomanyc try Welsh and then take the train for a couple of hours to Newcastle, to speak the English 'geordie' dialect .

    • @imsbvs
      @imsbvs ปีที่แล้ว +1

      even better Scots accent, from Glasgow of course!

  • @netkosent1620
    @netkosent1620 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how excited she was that he was learning their language in America.

  • @Hackbridge1963
    @Hackbridge1963 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:18 as the ladies started saying, "meah"? The family cat stirred!

  • @Kiwanno
    @Kiwanno ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Incredibly rare early timing to a xiaman video? I think yes

  • @jackh8157
    @jackh8157 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The food always looks so good

    • @acb43211
      @acb43211 ปีที่แล้ว

      All fresh my brother

  • @SomeOneOneOne
    @SomeOneOneOne ปีที่แล้ว

    These are super entertaining! Tour the world xiaoma!!!

  • @Goldiney
    @Goldiney ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best channel on TH-cam! PERIOD!

  • @breezeh1127
    @breezeh1127 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:07 I choked on my twizzler 🤣🤣🤣

  • @willvr4
    @willvr4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In my experience, Thai and Filipinos have the best sense of humor out of any Asians I've ever interacted with.

  • @leeandrew8987
    @leeandrew8987 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fan from england love watching your videos

  • @xslonk
    @xslonk ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the guy who gave the thumbs up from a distance. So polite and honest lol

  • @MuzikJunky
    @MuzikJunky ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Being able to eat durian and LIKING it is no small feat! Peace.

  • @lqdxoni1
    @lqdxoni1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Never get tired of watching the changes as they find out he speaks a language 😂

  • @ricksundberg5659
    @ricksundberg5659 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How can I write off my vacation to Thailand...make a couple videos and post them for content. Brilliant.

  • @gordonreinz9849
    @gordonreinz9849 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the chinese so much they're always so nice & light up when they hear u speak their languages

  • @MyYulong
    @MyYulong ปีที่แล้ว +3

    พี่พูดภาษาไทยชัดเจนมาก คำว่าไปเยาวราช ดีผมคือ fan club ตอนที่ พี่อยู่ที่ประเทศจีนผมก็ดูคลิปวีดีโอพี่ พี่พูดภาษาจีนได้ดีมากๆ

  • @thomasrad5202
    @thomasrad5202 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I don't blame the guy for not wanting him to eat durian near his shop 😂

  • @MewcePewpz
    @MewcePewpz ปีที่แล้ว

    these are always fascinating. great Chinese courses!

  • @felske5
    @felske5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bro I find myself just smiling from these videos its so mice to see how friendly veryone is

  • @mrrob8263
    @mrrob8263 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    4:03 that one of my worst fear when learning a new language about to say a sexual or swear word by accident 🤣🤣🤣

  • @MissesWitch
    @MissesWitch ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "he's from america, he can't handle our spicy food " "none of these americans can handle our spicy food"
    it's so much funnier when you just let them talk.

    • @newton18311
      @newton18311 ปีที่แล้ว

      I speak a little Thai, I enjoy just sitting and listening to there Comment they make.

    • @superglag1315
      @superglag1315 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm pretty sure "Thailand spicy" is one of the last boss of spicy food
      .
      The papaya salad that he eats is called Tum Thai and thats just normal level of spicy cuz Tum Thai is more sweet
      On the other hand, If he tries Tum Pu Pla Ra he would cry fr

  • @misspicasso01
    @misspicasso01 ปีที่แล้ว

    It took me a solid week to remember hello and thank you in Thai, chapeau sir

  • @annettebaker4357
    @annettebaker4357 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am so homesick for Thailand, I love this video