I Learned Rwanda's Language - And Got Ripped Off (#76)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2021
- If you really want to know Rwanda, you need to learn their language - Kinyarwanda. Unlike other African countries that have tens or even hundreds of different tribal languages, Rwanda has just one, and you really need it to talk with most people. English and French only go so far here. Being the crazy person that I am, I decided to learn it, and I went to the main market of Kigali to get some practice.
#sabbatical #rwanda #africa
Your ability to pick up new languages is truly remarkable. I'm quite impressed.
It really is, Makes me ashamed that my main language is a series of finger points and grunts
Cause he learns the language you can too if you learn a language
@@ByTruth888 it will take time for you to be able to communicate effectively on the streets even if you learn it. Tommy gets in to a country and in less than a week he is able to communicate with the new language effectively, he is talented in learning new languages.
@@TheXcalculusx he learns the basics things you speak every time I'm guessing
Since Laoshu50500 passed away he's taken over as the premiere TH-cam polyglot!
That was amazing hearing you speak Kinyarwanda. Your market guide was laid-back too. He never bragged at how everyone knows him in that market. 😜
😂 everyone knows me!! 😆
@@daStoRay, really? 🤣
I prefer the everybody knows me!!!! Guy
Yeah riped him off with those absurd fake prices that's what he did
@@tafabeatz9417 I doubt he’s losing any sleep over it
Before I could set off into the hills to look for Rwandan moonshine, I had to learn the language
Hi bro love from India 🇮🇳
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Since, you have learnt Kinyarwanda after Rawanda you need to go to Burundi as Kirundi is similar.
One clip a week ain’t cutting it.
Perhaps one day you can make a video on how you break down language and move from one to another? Is there a standard base way you build on? Love watching your videos…just got back from a month in kenya
Love Rwanda and Africa from iran 🇮🇷❤
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Jazakallah khair
@emireranpersian9875. Bro from Iran God bless you we love you too,
Well done Sabatical.You are indeed a linguist and I admire your skills.I only learnt 2 languages and that was it.
Enjoy your time in East Africa 👍
what 2 languages do you speak?
it's always time to learn a new one
Thank You for sharing! These videos are awesome!
One of my favorite subscriptions! Great show!!
Great video as always!! (And don’t worry about getting ripped of so much, just enjoy the interactions and the experiences:)
Definitely enjoy watching the videos. Nothin like starting a Tuesday morning with a little Rwandan culture.
😃👌I'm pretty impressed by your learning speed!!
And Yeah, you paid more than I would have paid myself on some items ( 😄but you can consider that as a tip to those guys for you to continue feeling good about the whole experience). Next time, use the same strategy you used while bargaining for the wristband. 😄 It worked pretty well.
This is the best channel on TH-cam. Keep spreading love, Tommy.
Bargaining 101: you can’t say you’ll take it & then expect to get a discount.
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you can negate that by just walking away. that's checkmate for them to accept whatever your last offer was (as long as your last offer wasn't totally insane)
i am Rwandese born and raised but i am just as amazed as every one of how well he can speak the language, like what, you learned for one week and can put sentences together and answer questions like tha? amazing really
I freaking love your jokes Sabbatical! I really don't know how your brain can retain so many languages so quickly! Un beso grande !!!
Hablas español. De qué país eres tú?
@@jamesluisrodriguezsolly9062 Venezolana 🇻🇪
Soy Senegalés
@@jamesluisrodriguezsolly9062 Senegal!!! Tu parle francaise? Je parle un peu
@@gabyycarrizo7289sí, parlo francés. Pero en Senegal la mayoria de la populación no hablán el francés . Tenemos 24 idiomas y el oficial es el Wolof. 80 por cientos de la populación lo hablán más que el francés que es sólo 46 por cientos de la populación. No soy del tribu Wolof, soy del tribu Mandinka.
It's going to be impossible to get a guide as fun as "Everybody knows me" I don't think anyone beats him. MOH a distant 2nd still haha.
Josie seemed much better. Didn't bother him about money either. Don't know why "Everybody knows me" is so popular.
Most intriguing thing about that "Everybody knows me" guy was that he just ran off the market, really very fast, as soon he was paid out, I don't know why!
@@markomaran9753 think it’s because he took him to the sketchiest place Tommy has been in Africa
My fav was Mo from H-town/Garissa!
So you inspire me and I think your great so I wanted to know more about you, and The African project did a video about you,I'm enjoying it I hope you look at it. And, I enjoy your work. I never knew Sabbatical was a thing your great keep doing what your doing. And thank you very much for who you are what your doing it is important and awesome. I appreciate you!
The way you pick languages so fast is crazy bruh!!! You truly are a genius!!!!
Bite to all my Rwanda people, Amakuru? Dope video Sab.
Ni byiza😂
Amakuru nimeza
Nibyiza wamfura we witwa nde?
This is your chill country. These folks seem soft-spoken and relatively mellow compared to Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.
You have said the truth,they are super soft 🔈 compared to their counterpart s Kenya n Tanzania, plus they speak french
@@anduyaadventures2667 Most of them do not speak French
@@davidngwesa Thanks 🙏 for the correction so I've been knowing all this time that rwandese speak french
The younger generation speak english the old the generation speak french but some people dont speak any they jus speak kinyarwanda cause some of them did not go to school
But those who went to school they either speak both or any of the two
I can't wait for next episode, Tommy keep it up.
@Sabbatical- very nice video once again…you are a pro at navigating around any new country, learning the language and engaging with locals and haggling…. You have been in Rwanda 🇷🇼 two weeks but not many video uploads from there…I’ve been waiting and watching for new uploads from you and you only…show us more of Rwanda 🇷🇼
My hat goes off to you with your language studies. I’m studying my Spanish hard and I am getting better by the day. My Swahili lessons are a bit slower. Have fun in your travels and be safe.
I can assist you
@@karamanadhir7829
That's so kind of you to offer help.. You must be African
@@bhall4996 proudly I'm
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Bless you Karama. I hope to visit your beautiful country one day. Peace & blessings to you. From USA
@@bhall4996 Peace and blessing back to you welcome
You’re so smart learning all these languages! And I bet everyone there was shocked, and appreciated your drive to communicate in their language! Awesome all around!
Please pet a baby goat for me if you see one, thanks! 💕
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You learnt more than me i three years but I am not on sabbatical 😎
Well done and thanks for visiting Rwanda. We are looking forward to seeing more!
Best negotiation I’ve ever seen, plus great communication. Come again 👍🏾
MashaAllah Rwanda is clean and it seems people are friendly,I love to visit in the future InshaAllah.
I like your motivation and interest in what you do, keep doing your thing, stay positive, the world is watching and getting entertained
Hey Tommy was impressed with your new language 👌 Looking good in blue...take care 😘 🇬🇧
So impressive how quickly you can learn the foreign language , Bro you made me laugh all the way to the end I can’t hold the tears 😭 . Keep it up 👍
Your being too nice lol you should say give me the proper local price and I will pay you extra anyway. If you say ‘be honest it represents Rwanda well’ I bet it would help your cause . Killer content again brother. Literally studying languages to aid the content for us . Your the man
A visitor is still a visitor...
Great video brotha...keep on going!
MZUKA!!! very nice
I cant wait to see the coutryside
amazing blog dude, thanks!
Kudos Bro, you are so good, welcome to Rwanda, if you need to visit more places I am happy to advise!
Great vlog Tommy and very encouraging for those wanting to learn languages.
Your mind for learning language is amazing congrats to you and your videos are so good give yourself a big pat on the back for your work and effort very good I am from Dublin Ireland and my wife is Kenyan she living in my city now with my kid so keep up the good work bro 🤗
Wonderful! Komereza aho
I just realized that you are finally verified!!! Congrats on the success you deserve it
He is I just noticed nice 👍
Verified where?
reminds me of laoshu when you blow peoples minds with the language. excellant work my dude, looking forward to the next adventure.
RIP Moses aka Laoshu
@@redjuan7272 Damn that shocked me. RIP
@@redjuan7272 he really died or his channel died?
@@vojvoda-draza yes he died
I didn't expect to see someone mentioning Mouse here. I miss his light. RIP
Language skill is good, but your color coordination is epic. Great vid!!
It's really awesome to share experiences and see what's happening as you travel across Africa.
You pick up languages so fast. Very impressive.
Absolutely amazing at how good you are in speaking Kinyarwanda 👏🏾
You did well buddy! Komereza aho!
Wow! Wonderful. This guy can speak different languages. Thats great bro.
Tommy your language skills are great, I appreciate the time you take to show us how Rwanda has progressed after the genocide
good luck man on all your travel
Duuuuude! After watching ur 1 of ur videos that popped up on my notification, hooked! Great job my man! 👊😘 and Good Journey!
So cool how easy you pick up new languages. I am enjoying seeing Rwanda in your videos, looks like a beautiful place
Rwanda is beautiful and spotless clean
you did fine man....entertaining stuff
One thing I've learnt about all this east African countries is that kenyans are very honest, a Kenyan lady charged you 50 shillings (0.4dollars) for a shoe shine,11 dollars for a tshirt that's 1200 kenyan men.
Why? It might be cheaper to get those items in Kenya especially as Rwanda and Uganda are landlocked. Also Kenya has a more established manufacturing base so may have been made locally.
you're a good bargainer. another amazing video Sabbatical
Just found your channel and fell in love with it! You just won a subscription from me! Good job👊
As a rwandian I'm so impressed with your ability to speak our language and well done you doing great so far 👏
You come from a great country
@@bhall4996 thanks 🙏
Tell the original prices of those tshirt and trouser? Especially the bracelet? Most expensive i think. 😅
They be finessing TF outta u bro bro, but respect on learning kinyarwanda 👊🏾
Wow, conversing within a week. You have a gift for languages 👏👏👏
As a Kenyan, I can understand like 40% of Kinyarwanda words you're speaking so far. Some Luhya, Kikuyu and Swahili words are similar to it... But I found Rwandese people a bit reserved than any other E. Africans when I was there.
That is the advantage of Bantu languages.
@@eacoincmubiru5894 Ikr
@@wakairu not really it depends, in the city don't expect too much coz people are just trynna work.....but if you go the country side it's much more lively
You come from a beautiful country/continent full of the best people on earth.
I'm South African but i can pickup some words too..
Fantastic job as usual.
You're doing terrific. Keep it up!
😂😂 i like this guy
Bro you are unmatched 🙌🏿✅
Love watching your videos
You most welcome my dear bro with your new video .love you from India
Welcome Back Tommy :)
❤️ 🙏
I like The way you communicate the local peoples with their language also how the people so humble to the guest,I can't figure out how they made tuning in this same behavior. All the best🇹🇿
Very humble man!
Odličan video! Dečko, svaka čast! 😉 Kad si savladao swahili i srodne jezike, hrvatski će biti "piece of cake"! 😃 Pa kad stigneš, navrati malo i ovdje...Veliki pozdrav!
Awesome videos bro
Mwaramutse Tommy, nibyiza kukubona mu Rwanda. Urukundo rwinshi kuva i Nairobi, kenya.
Excellent episode Tommy, now time to find some moonshine booze in the countryside!!!
Always waiting for your videos
Keep it up Bro...nice vlog..
He’s really doing great job❤️
Glad that you were aware of getting ripped off. At least, your knowledge of some Rwandan language helped you a lot in dealing with a calm deal.
Waouh!! This is truly impressive.
Once videos of this channel pop out I immediately click in without any thinking
Hey bro, that was solid. Kinyarwanda yawe ni nziza cyane. Use the same bargaining method next time, "Kenya na Tanzania ni gatanu". Best country in Africa.
Yours truly
An Indian born and raised in Rwanda
Wow am impressed bro a rwandan, abroad lol, what are nice places to visit in india?
You doing great with language 👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you for coming home 🇷🇼
You amaze me how you master those languages..though the language is related to Swahili and other bantus because I could hear some words but with a funny intonation. Rwandans were quite lively today.
Wow nibyiza kbsa so amazing 😃😃😃😃
You’re gifted in language learning.
Really enjoy your videos.
The guy in the over shirt looked heart broken when you called them on the bracelet. The smile and his shoulder went from up to down.
Keep posting your videos on regular basis
YOU ARE TRULY A REMARKABLE INDIVIDUAL 👏👏💯YOUR WILLINGNESS TO INTERGRATE WITH THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA 🌍 WILL GARNISH YOU VERY MANY FRIENDS ON THE CONTINENT..EXCELLENT VLOGS FROM YOU.WOOW
You are a very fast learner for really keep it up👍
Very awesome video about Rwanda and Kinyarwanda. I actually speak 9 languages, 6 of them fluently, and have been jumping between the other 3. That being said, I love how your travels have led you to learn certain languages like Kinyarwanda, which would be much more difficult to learn at the pace you did outside the country. Going forward, I would love to spend a few weeks in one country like you did there and be able to converse in the local language somewhat fluently.
Thx man, infact I'd also started learning Kinyarwanda from your own broken one!
20 years in Brazil and I'm still confused!! You are a great ambassador!!
wow 😍 you sound good speaking Kinyarwanda for sure
you appreciate races, tribes and people of Africa that's why you easily pick up the languages. big respect.
You always amaze me on how fast you learn a foreign language.
Good job Tommy you're picking up the language thanks to knowing Swahili you sound confident
You are doing very well with your Kinyarwanda. You are a super genious, polite and persistent
This guy is a Linguistic genius!
Keep Learning tommy 👍
The Guy added his Share on that Charger😂But still We re very happy that u learnt kinyarwanda too,I've watched your videos,For like 2months now
You're really good at learning new languages.
Great stuff as always, which camera do you use bro?
I like your approach to language learning and relating to the local.