Posture and body language are your next hurdles. We all suffer the same tendencies. Watching the diplomats and officials speak you can easily tell the formal/informal styles quick and watching them shift is intriguing. Keep up the fantastic content.
Yeah, the chick was right to correct you. You were slumped over and seemed a little nervous. She is also pretty and pretty females can have that effect. But good video, sir.
I just wanna say, everyone watching should be very impressed with these diplomats. My friend is a US diplomat, he finally passed the test after 10 years. It's the hardest test the government has, like you have to know everything about everything
This is a great idea to explain to the public what the state department does. Such a typically underutilized and underappreciated part of our government.
Most intelligent and thoughtful comment I’ve read this week. I absolutely agree and the work of people like this is so much more important than people generally realise.
@@OGPatriot03 1. wtf are you talking about 2. What is a “trans clinic” it seems you are deeply confused about something 3. So… what… freedom of expression is literally the first amendment. It’s almost as if your profile photo is meant to be ironic
@@brianholloway6205agreed. They are so well used, all the time. I’m English but the skill and level of education of the diplomats of the US are awesome. It’s really a shame they’re not really respected more than they are.
This video is a great example of the most important thing about speaking another language: putting away your fear and just doing it. It doesn't matter if you are very good or know very little, having no fear is worth a lot. Xiaoma is a great example of not letting his fear stop him from engaging anyone!
Indeed! The sentiment and effort is what counts. Language is the largest aspect of a culture, I believe, so it aides in understanding of each other, as well as a great way to get even better at your native tongue, by learning others, at least in my opinion. Cheers!
For the diplomatic core to recognise the hand of friendship you extend to different cultures & people by speaking their mother tongues is massive. If there's an equivalent to the Medal of Honor for peaceful intentions, you definitely deserve it.
Xiaomanyc: I think the US Government is trying to figure out how to use your talents best! and we'd all be thankful to you & your skills! My best from AZ. You should feel very proud. I am for you!
It could be that they're looking to hire him as a cultural ambassador, or something similar. Adam Neely (music TH-camr) did this a few years back - he ended up touring Mongolia, of all places, as part of a US cultural exchange for jazz. Or, alternately, the State Department is just getting hip with the kids - ie, talking to moderately-popular TH-camrs, in order to showcase part of what the US government actually does.
Officially a dialect, yes, but in reality, no. Dareeja is mostly amazigh languages as the basis, mixed together. The rest is a mix of Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, French and old roman. You wouldn't call English french, just because it has some french in it, right? The amazigh languages are 12000 years old, much older than Arabic, by a landslide :) It's disrespectful towards us Berbers to try to enforce the Arabic label upon our African nation.
@@ben2131 Yeah, duh, they were mostly speaking Arabic instead of dareeja in the video. And there is no way you understand labas, kidayr, etc. Especially from a levantine language. I should know, I speak Lebanese.
10 years ago I met a US diplomat of 25 years and had a long and amazing chat with him. To this day I wont ever forget his impact on me, fueling my love of learning languages. He even told me he would be a referral if I ever decided on going into the Foreign Services. You don't get to meet diplomats and Ambassadors too often, so it was an encounter ill never forget.
Interesting. There's no point in the application/testing process at which having a referral comes into play, so I wonder what he meant. Maybe he meant a *resource* if you had any questions.
It is amazing what you do and how easily you learn different languages. Genius with languages. I watch all your video's and the expressions you receive from those who are surprised you speak their language always cracks me up. I was surprised to see US Diplomats wanting to interview you. Wonder if they have a position in mind for you since you speak so many different languages so fluently.
I’m a former diplomat and speak Russian, Turkish, and am learning Turkmen. Your videos are great entertainment and now learning lessons, bravo. Those of us who have learned languages for our jobs overseas are very proud to be able to serve the US in this special way and you are a great ambassador for us! Can’t wait to see what you do next.
My dad made friends with a former diplomat and his wife who worked as a translator. I was pretty young, but I was so impressed that he spoke five languages...I was also impressed that his wife taught their macaw to roller skate 😂. My dad loved meeting all sorts of interesting people.
Pas mal du tout ! Tu te débrouilles bien ! French is one of those languages that even the french natives have trouble grasping at times, so don't worry about slipping up a few times !
Greetings from the Grand Canyon State! Very interesting episode. Impresses with the humbleness of US representatives. Good to learn and see. Great job holding your own. The happiness of the native speakers is illuminating.
Can't comment on the French or Dari, but as someone who's studied Arabic at university level in Germany and has so far only heard Americans speak Arabic with a _heavy_ accent, I was _really_ impressed by Samuel's pronounciation, of a dialect no less. Going just by his name, I do wonder if he speaks Hebrew natively, which would certainly have helped him a lot. Amazing video as always, @Xiaomanyc!
Ah, I'm also Dutch, and that was my first thought as well! Ari's French pronunciation was a heck of a lot better than the diplomat's Frenglish... even though he also needs to work on his French.
At 2:35 the way that man started speaking the moroccan dialect, I was shoked, he mastered the gestures the composure and the way of talking, that man is a legend (taking in consideration that most of Arabic countries except for Algeria couldn't speak moroccan dialect or barely understand it)
People are commenting on the French-speaking US diplomat having an American accent. So what? Plenty of "fluent" English speakers from France constantly butcher English words with their accents. But as long as I can clearly understand them, why am I to care? Beyond snobbery.
A very good video. The truth is, in all the interactions, you make people feel happy / comfortable / respected just through your efforts, and, even with errors in nuance, you can come to an understanding with another person - both of which are the ultimate aims of language. I love how hard you were working to find solutions to answer the interview questions in Dari. Well done. "J'ai étudié la langue... pourquoi?... J'aime la nourriture francophone" = "I studied the language... why?... I love french-speaking food." You got your point across. A french-speaking person would have understood your intention and come to your meaning, especially with the pauses. "Nourriture" and "francophone" are slight errors, but you would have been understood - which is the ultimate aim. But, who's doing your subtitling? La nourriture "francophone" = French-speaking food La nourriture française = French food But it's probably better to say "cuisine française" "Nourriture' has a group meaning that you would use to describe shopping for ingredients as "food" or making "food" without any specificity, not necessarily the skill put into cooking the food in a French style. It's a very generalised word for "food." Your subtitler put 'because' instead of 'why' for "pourquoi" and removed the pauses that would have conveyed how you were speaking. In conversation, your pauses put a construction that gave a structure elliciting a more correct response, which would not have shown up in a direct translation. I'm guessing the subtitles were different to make an easier reading of the subtitles without the pauses for your audience. This doesn't detract from the overall tone of your video, but it could have been more openly presented so that the viewer can understand how hard, as a polyglot, you are working. You are definitely working hard. It's not just some inborn talent. I hope that is something the viewers appreciate.
Right there at the end, that nails it. Yes, we get to see funny takes when people are shocked, but you've taken, at least for me, on some pretty cool trips and explained many different cultures that most people have no clue about, I know I didn't at times. It's also a great way to get true opinions and thoughts from people as you always take down their walls the moment you start talking to them. Very interesting conversations. It ended up being more than I expected :D
At 6:09 you made a tiny little mistake. pourquoi is "why" and parce que is "because", it's easy to confuse them if you're used to languages with Latin roots since it's often the same word,
Hello from Morocco Sending love to all the people around the world. Language is the perfect tool to truly understand the culture and get to know people at personal level.
Talk about recruitment 101. Your on your way in the world of politics. Your in that place now where you get to choose the capacity of the work because of those who came to interview you. Congrats, great achievement 👏 👍
Good to see this is how this people train, love it I speak 5 laguages but not perfectly but also I know the body language yoyu will need to blend in. Love your videos and love that State Department still holding up.
With total respect to Xiaoma because I know he's kind of on a different mission, I love how focused these guys are on learning everything about everything with a select few languages. At least personally, I think knowing 4-5 languages REALLY well is something I'd aspire to myself. Learning all sorts of cool and wacky languages for a week here and there sounds like a great time if you enjoy the exploration aspect of it, and watching people react to Xiaoma is something I'm never going to get bored of - watching these guys speak and it's like "Damn, I wanna be those guys"
I will remember the name Elizabeth Stickney. That woman had such an air about her from her words to her posture to her gestures. Just screams professionalism. I have a gut feeling she has not yet reached her full potential.
To use your mastery of languages to eventually have an interview with the Secretary of State if the United States is simply amazing. Thoroughly love all your videos…. Well done! Orlando, Florida 🏝️😎
For a moment my instinctive cynicism kicked in, and then i remembered that the state department is theoretically supposed to be helping us avoid wars. So it's very cool to see their work promoted!
Those gentlemen were so touched that these Americans learned their language and culture so well they mistook them for their own countrymen. I experienced that in Italy when trying to speak Italian. They get that you are learning and will give you lots of grace. I was also 11. My classmates had me teach them American English and i realized how much slang i used.
I really love to see him struggle in this video! He makes it look so effortless some times I like the reminder that this is hard work! Those diplomats are good at their job haha
@@Emb175 I know he doesn’t. He speaks English and Mandarin fluently. But usually in his videos he either says or implies he is fluent or conversational in multiple languages. This is the first one I’ve seen where he seems to honestly acknowledge he doesn’t.
That cut right after he asked about North Korea though xD He was so nervous too, but I guess most people would be with meeting government folks that high up.
Crazy how attractive and smart a person seems, just because they speak multiple languages fluently!! In the street-interviews I make, I often meet people that speak 2,3,4 languages - it's so impressive
The diplomat’s French was heavily accented, almost hilariously accented. He must not have lived in France or even Quebec for long. I find African French hugely varied. Accents are so different. I assume you wouldn’t develop a proper accent if you moved around Africa a lot. But he would if he stayed in one place for a while. His grammar and vocab were good in what little he said in the vid. Would have liked to hear more.
Tiny critique. Don't repeat the words so often in every language. In english you don't reply, "God, good, good." When someone asks you how are you. It's the same for many other languages.
Very Very Impressive! You all have the gift. When I taught English at schools in China, I had some students who could speak 5 or 6 languages well . But I never got my Mandarin that fluent. Nor my Thai!
Love love love you and your videos my only thing is sometimes when you’re in public, people’s voices get so lost in the crowd noises, maybe it’s just me (subtitle lover), but I can hardly make out what people are saying sometimes and I REALLY WANT TO KNOW so if like for instance this video you could have lil microphones for people you are interviewing that would be cool just of suggestion for my low key deaf ADD soul but love the content just can’t HEAR lol❤
Absolutely love this, well done. 👏 Wish I had concentrated on other languages when I was young. Can barely speak a bit of French. You and these diplomats are truly amazing. Thank you for showing us a peak behind the curtain.
Very fascinating and insightful! IIRC the most cases for diplomatic immunity apparently tends to be DUI's or reckless driving and some high profile cases of running people over and then disappearing quickly after the death.
OOOF. Im a Canadian in a bilingual FR/EN household so I know what French should sound like even if I still need to work on my vocabulary and grammar. The French speaking diplomat had great linguistic skills, but his accent!!! He sounds so American when speaking French.
That was so cool of his Dad. What a lucky young man.
Really yeah! :D I actually got goosebumps there!
Yeah, that was super wholesome.
i missed that part what happened
His son is a huge fan of Xiaoma, and he greeted his son on the camera in this video. @@sexgamer666
@@sexgamer666 6:31
Posture and body language are your next hurdles. We all suffer the same tendencies. Watching the diplomats and officials speak you can easily tell the formal/informal styles quick and watching them shift is intriguing. Keep up the fantastic content.
Yeah, the chick was right to correct you. You were slumped over and seemed a little nervous. She is also pretty and pretty females can have that effect. But good video, sir.
@@KevinBrown-h9m What got me was the elbow on the table! :D This is a big no-no in most countries.
I just wanna say, everyone watching should be very impressed with these diplomats. My friend is a US diplomat, he finally passed the test after 10 years. It's the hardest test the government has, like you have to know everything about everything
@@whyohwhy555🙄 grow up
After 10 years? Wow.
@@whatoh3407 non pascere troglodytam
@@whyohwhy555 politicians, not diplomats
I totally agree with you, I'm from Italy and here too it's the most difficult exam to pass, that of a diplomat is a very important job.
This is a great idea to explain to the public what the state department does. Such a typically underutilized and underappreciated part of our government.
Most intelligent and thoughtful comment I’ve read this week. I absolutely agree and the work of people like this is so much more important than people generally realise.
Underappreciated not underutilized lol
As they hand out papers to foreign leaders about how to build trans clinics for children... We literally did that in Afghanistan..
@@OGPatriot03 1. wtf are you talking about 2. What is a “trans clinic” it seems you are deeply confused about something 3. So… what… freedom of expression is literally the first amendment. It’s almost as if your profile photo is meant to be ironic
@@brianholloway6205agreed. They are so well used, all the time. I’m English but the skill and level of education of the diplomats of the US are awesome. It’s really a shame they’re not really respected more than they are.
This video is a great example of the most important thing about speaking another language: putting away your fear and just doing it. It doesn't matter if you are very good or know very little, having no fear is worth a lot. Xiaoma is a great example of not letting his fear stop him from engaging anyone!
Indeed! The sentiment and effort is what counts. Language is the largest aspect of a culture, I believe, so it aides in understanding of each other, as well as a great way to get even better at your native tongue, by learning others, at least in my opinion. Cheers!
@@danymalsound Well said! Yes!
US Diplomats had you cornered bro but you held your own!
They wanted to know if he was an agent of China 😂
He should have started speaking Jamaican. That would've impressed them.
@@wm6549lmaooo
xiaoma use to work for the CIA in china. google it.
The Frankster !!!
For the diplomatic core to recognise the hand of friendship you extend to different cultures & people by speaking their mother tongues is massive. If there's an equivalent to the Medal of Honor for peaceful intentions, you definitely deserve it.
Xiaomanyc: I think the US Government is trying to figure out how to use your talents best! and we'd all be thankful to you & your skills! My best from AZ. You should feel very proud. I am for you!
US government is just showing you how they waste tax payers dollars
I believe that they want to employ him because he speaks fluent Chinese.
It could be that they're looking to hire him as a cultural ambassador, or something similar. Adam Neely (music TH-camr) did this a few years back - he ended up touring Mongolia, of all places, as part of a US cultural exchange for jazz.
Or, alternately, the State Department is just getting hip with the kids - ie, talking to moderately-popular TH-camrs, in order to showcase part of what the US government actually does.
The man speaking Arabic was amazing. He really knows the culture including the hand gestures. His dialect was on point.
Officially a dialect, yes, but in reality, no. Dareeja is mostly amazigh languages as the basis, mixed together. The rest is a mix of Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, French and old roman. You wouldn't call English french, just because it has some french in it, right? The amazigh languages are 12000 years old, much older than Arabic, by a landslide :) It's disrespectful towards us Berbers to try to enforce the Arabic label upon our African nation.
Meh, ok.@@LeegallyBliindLOL
I know Levantine Arabic and have zero exposure to Amazigh: In the video they're definitely speaking a dialect of Arabic. @@LeegallyBliindLOL
@@ben2131 Yeah, duh, they were mostly speaking Arabic instead of dareeja in the video. And there is no way you understand labas, kidayr, etc. Especially from a levantine language. I should know, I speak Lebanese.
Thanks for explaining... I've heard the same thing about Lebanese dialect as well: to try to distance it from Arabic. @@LeegallyBliindLOL
10 years ago I met a US diplomat of 25 years and had a long and amazing chat with him. To this day I wont ever forget his impact on me, fueling my love of learning languages. He even told me he would be a referral if I ever decided on going into the Foreign Services. You don't get to meet diplomats and Ambassadors too often, so it was an encounter ill never forget.
Interesting. There's no point in the application/testing process at which having a referral comes into play, so I wonder what he meant. Maybe he meant a *resource* if you had any questions.
*effect
The charisma in this video is off the charts
Bro, diplomacy is my favorite subject. I find that profession, those people so adaptive and that's very inspiring. My cup of tea! 👏
Of course it is.... couldn't see that coming
Peace is accomplished through communication. Understanding each other’s language is the original and perpetual olive branch.
Person be like: Olive branch? Why is this guy talking about olive branches.
@@kieranhudson4938 "doesn't he know I'm not Greek?"
Goverment said "this moth won't come to the flame... bring the flame to the moth" lol
"Come join the dark side, we have cookies!"
You by far are still one of my favorite channel. Keeps me pushing myself to get better with my Spanish and French 🤓
It is amazing what you do and how easily you learn different languages. Genius with languages. I watch all your video's and the expressions you receive from those who are surprised you speak their language always cracks me up. I was surprised to see US Diplomats wanting to interview you. Wonder if they have a position in mind for you since you speak so many different languages so fluently.
I’m a former diplomat and speak Russian, Turkish, and am learning Turkmen. Your videos are great entertainment and now learning lessons, bravo. Those of us who have learned languages for our jobs overseas are very proud to be able to serve the US in this special way and you are a great ambassador for us! Can’t wait to see what you do next.
My dad made friends with a former diplomat and his wife who worked as a translator. I was pretty young, but I was so impressed that he spoke five languages...I was also impressed that his wife taught their macaw to roller skate 😂. My dad loved meeting all sorts of interesting people.
Pas mal du tout ! Tu te débrouilles bien !
French is one of those languages that even the french natives have trouble grasping at times, so don't worry about slipping up a few times !
my uncle worked for the state department for decades, taught a-100 for a long time. really cool crossover with one of the goat youtubers
He should post his Son watching his Dad on your channel. Good stuff 👏
Very cool. Xiaoma keeps it up and he might be a diplomat... one man to cover the entire world, lol.
The American James Bond
No he couldnt
Greetings from the Grand Canyon State! Very interesting episode. Impresses with the humbleness of US representatives. Good to learn and see. Great job holding your own. The happiness of the native speakers is illuminating.
The people who work at these restaurants are always so nice!
Imagine not only having to navigate the intricacies of politics and policy-making but doing so in another language. This was so incredible to watch!
now throw in idioms in 4 languages... fuck.
Can't comment on the French or Dari, but as someone who's studied Arabic at university level in Germany and has so far only heard Americans speak Arabic with a _heavy_ accent, I was _really_ impressed by Samuel's pronounciation, of a dialect no less. Going just by his name, I do wonder if he speaks Hebrew natively, which would certainly have helped him a lot. Amazing video as always, @Xiaomanyc!
Yeah and that girl spoke like an complete afghan woman.
HEY WE ALL LOVE HIM! you are in your element and your gift can open many many doors :) you are inspiring so many :)
I love how there were no politics injected here. Just some high ranking people demonstrating how a love for languages can bring people together.
The diplomat woman is so sweet. What a kind girl
Your accent in French is much better than his. 🙂
(Dutchie here who studied French in highschool, mais Français est trop difficille pour moi!)
@9:00 You look soooooo confused! :D
I agree. Xiaoma's accent is better, but Johann pronounces words correctly.
@@MarkRose1337 they both have terrible American accents 😅 hello from France
@@sunsun2757 Oh I'm not saying either accent is good. Bonjour de Canada
Ah, I'm also Dutch, and that was my first thought as well! Ari's French pronunciation was a heck of a lot better than the diplomat's Frenglish... even though he also needs to work on his French.
At 2:35 the way that man started speaking the moroccan dialect, I was shoked, he mastered the gestures the composure and the way of talking, that man is a legend (taking in consideration that most of Arabic countries except for Algeria couldn't speak moroccan dialect or barely understand it)
Love this xiaoma! But please use microphones 😁
Love all the smiles (and flexes)! Bravo
People are commenting on the French-speaking US diplomat having an American accent. So what? Plenty of "fluent" English speakers from France constantly butcher English words with their accents. But as long as I can clearly understand them, why am I to care? Beyond snobbery.
9:10 This sounded like a mini recruitment speech, if you ask me! 😁
My brain hurts. I’m lucky to get the proper English words spoken. LOL
Well done, as always, Xiaoma
That guys moroccan arabic was amazing my goodness
This was such an awesome video! So awesome, I would love to be a bit more longer.
Once again confirmed. Food brings everyone together.
A very good video.
The truth is, in all the interactions, you make people feel happy / comfortable / respected just through your efforts, and, even with errors in nuance, you can come to an understanding with another person - both of which are the ultimate aims of language.
I love how hard you were working to find solutions to answer the interview questions in Dari. Well done.
"J'ai étudié la langue... pourquoi?... J'aime la nourriture francophone" = "I studied the language... why?... I love french-speaking food."
You got your point across. A french-speaking person would have understood your intention and come to your meaning, especially with the pauses. "Nourriture" and "francophone" are slight errors, but you would have been understood - which is the ultimate aim.
But, who's doing your subtitling?
La nourriture "francophone" = French-speaking food
La nourriture française = French food
But it's probably better to say "cuisine française"
"Nourriture' has a group meaning that you would use to describe shopping for ingredients as "food" or making "food" without any specificity, not necessarily the skill put into cooking the food in a French style. It's a very generalised word for "food."
Your subtitler put 'because' instead of 'why' for "pourquoi" and removed the pauses that would have conveyed how you were speaking. In conversation, your pauses put a construction that gave a structure elliciting a more correct response, which would not have shown up in a direct translation. I'm guessing the subtitles were different to make an easier reading of the subtitles without the pauses for your audience.
This doesn't detract from the overall tone of your video, but it could have been more openly presented so that the viewer can understand how hard, as a polyglot, you are working. You are definitely working hard. It's not just some inborn talent. I hope that is something the viewers appreciate.
Right there at the end, that nails it. Yes, we get to see funny takes when people are shocked, but you've taken, at least for me, on some pretty cool trips and explained many different cultures that most people have no clue about, I know I didn't at times.
It's also a great way to get true opinions and thoughts from people as you always take down their walls the moment you start talking to them. Very interesting conversations. It ended up being more than I expected :D
Soon Xiaoma will be on TV as a US diplomat
Would love to see more of this! So interesting!
You are one of the few creators that I smash the like button before the video even loads fully LOL - LOVE YOUR CONTENT
So awesome Arie!
Shana tova! 🎉✨
Hope your wife & kids are well 🙏
At 6:09 you made a tiny little mistake. pourquoi is "why" and parce que is "because", it's easy to confuse them if you're used to languages with Latin roots since it's often the same word,
More of this! Very cool to see the Government getting involved in this way.
Hello from Morocco Sending love to all the people around the world. Language is the perfect tool to truly understand the culture and get to know people at personal level.
Talk about recruitment 101. Your on your way in the world of politics. Your in that place now where you get to choose the capacity of the work because of those who came to interview you. Congrats, great achievement 👏 👍
Good to see this is how this people train, love it I speak 5 laguages but not perfectly but also I know the body language yoyu will need to blend in. Love your videos and love that State Department still holding up.
With total respect to Xiaoma because I know he's kind of on a different mission, I love how focused these guys are on learning everything about everything with a select few languages. At least personally, I think knowing 4-5 languages REALLY well is something I'd aspire to myself. Learning all sorts of cool and wacky languages for a week here and there sounds like a great time if you enjoy the exploration aspect of it, and watching people react to Xiaoma is something I'm never going to get bored of - watching these guys speak and it's like "Damn, I wanna be those guys"
Nice job! It appears to be very humbling experience.
Eli, dang. What an interview. I bet you never thought this would happen. Congrats!
Wait where was the Chinese diplomat? Now that would have been a fun challenge to see.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. There has to be a part 2 with a Chinese diplomat.
He’s gone agency now
Would not surprise me if they would offer him a job!
Really ?? 😅😅😅
Linguist
One eoisode he admitred not strate but admitted he works for agency
I will remember the name Elizabeth Stickney. That woman had such an air about her from her words to her posture to her gestures. Just screams professionalism. I have a gut feeling she has not yet reached her full potential.
To use your mastery of languages to eventually have an interview with the Secretary of State if the United States is simply amazing.
Thoroughly love all your videos….
Well done!
Orlando, Florida 🏝️😎
For a moment my instinctive cynicism kicked in, and then i remembered that the state department is theoretically supposed to be helping us avoid wars. So it's very cool to see their work promoted!
Good to hear about the talented and dedicated people working unsung, rather than their appointed bosses.
Even if you got checkmated here I somehow appreciate the display of honesty when exposing your weaknesses.
Those gentlemen were so touched that these Americans learned their language and culture so well they mistook them for their own countrymen. I experienced that in Italy when trying to speak Italian. They get that you are learning and will give you lots of grace. I was also 11. My classmates had me teach them American English and i realized how much slang i used.
I really love to see him struggle in this video! He makes it look so effortless some times I like the reminder that this is hard work! Those diplomats are good at their job haha
You so deserve the recognition you received from the State Dept.! I LOVE YOU, too!
That girl who speaks Dari is so nice.
This is so dope. Good looks, Xiaomanyc!
Back to the good non scripted content ❤
Such a SWEET channel... I always feel a little spiritualy cleansed after watching these
Holy crap, first video that Xiaoma didn’t bs everyone into thinking he spoke FLUENT Arabic/Dari/French/etc.
He doesn't speak them fluently at all though
@@Emb175 I know he doesn’t. He speaks English and Mandarin fluently. But usually in his videos he either says or implies he is fluent or conversational in multiple languages. This is the first one I’ve seen where he seems to honestly acknowledge he doesn’t.
@@benjaminr6153 oh I agree
If I could ask something that would be noise filtter to mic or to editing. ambient noise is overhelming. Hello from Finland! Terveisiä Suomesta!
That cut right after he asked about North Korea though xD He was so nervous too, but I guess most people would be with meeting government folks that high up.
Would love to see another episode or two with these guys. Fascinating.
As a Moroccan who speaks Arabic, French and English, I love this video 😊
The state department read him like a book! They sent him the people who would challenge him the most! 😂 Fun video tho, keep it up!
One of the best episodes I've seen you do, so interesting on so many levels, do carry on and best wishes from your fans in BC Canada!
Awsome ! You deserve this recognition and more!
I love smart people who use their intelligence to increase their knowledge of self and world! :)
Need an extended version!
that feel when the government starts sliding in your DM's..
It's just awesome the amount of exposure you've gotten recently.
husband speaking age 80 What a great opportunity to match up with the U.S. Diplomats.
Crazy how attractive and smart a person seems, just because they speak multiple languages fluently!!
In the street-interviews I make, I often meet people that speak 2,3,4 languages - it's so impressive
The diplomat’s French was heavily accented, almost hilariously accented. He must not have lived in France or even Quebec for long. I find African French hugely varied. Accents are so different. I assume you wouldn’t develop a proper accent if you moved around Africa a lot. But he would if he stayed in one place for a while. His grammar and vocab were good in what little he said in the vid. Would have liked to hear more.
Dude, that wasn't a video idea, it was a recruitment process...
Le français est une langue difficile à apprendre, mais tu te débrouilles pas trop mal. Keep going my fiend !
Non ce n’est pas MDR
Try learning Dutch, compared to french one of the hardest languages to learn.
"Fiend"??? Je pense que tu voulais dire "friend". 😊
@@highpriestofseti Dutch??? hahaaaaaha
This is great on so many levels. Cheers from Taiwan 🇹🇼
I could listen to that woman speak Dari all day.
Explaining US foreign policy to Arab speaking peoples has to be a tough gig
Tiny critique. Don't repeat the words so often in every language. In english you don't reply, "God, good, good." When someone asks you how are you. It's the same for many other languages.
This is EVERYTHING!!!! Love this!
Very Very Impressive! You all have the gift. When I taught English at schools in China, I had some students who could speak 5 or 6 languages well . But I never got my Mandarin that fluent. Nor my Thai!
Everyone's so happy that their talking
Kudos to the US State Department for being willing to do this episode.
It was like Laoshu saying "Hi, I'm American, I like learning languages, I like Arabic food, I learned this from my friends!"
Love love love you and your videos my only thing is sometimes when you’re in public, people’s voices get so lost in the crowd noises, maybe it’s just me (subtitle lover), but I can hardly make out what people are saying sometimes and I REALLY WANT TO KNOW so if like for instance this video you could have lil microphones for people you are interviewing that would be cool just of suggestion for my low key deaf ADD soul but love the content just can’t HEAR lol❤
Absolutely love this, well done. 👏 Wish I had concentrated on other languages when I was young. Can barely speak a bit of French. You and these diplomats are truly amazing. Thank you for showing us a peak behind the curtain.
I loved this video! It was really interesting to get some insight into what US representative have to do.
I'm a mom and I'm here for the cool points that dad got! Adorable
So proud of our US diplomats!
Very fascinating and insightful! IIRC the most cases for diplomatic immunity apparently tends to be DUI's or reckless driving and some high profile cases of running people over and then disappearing quickly after the death.
OOOF. Im a Canadian in a bilingual FR/EN household so I know what French should sound like even if I still need to work on my vocabulary and grammar. The French speaking diplomat had great linguistic skills, but his accent!!! He sounds so American when speaking French.
Bon courage pour l'apprentissage du français ! 😃