@Mohera Beason It's not ignorant to be honest and speak the truth. Freekyto is quite clearly trying to come across as ultra liberal and progressive. In reality the Xhosa language is just a bunch of clicking sounds and not exactly beautiful to listen to.
I truly love Miriam Makeba. It makes sense that’s he knows her. His mother probably would have listened to her around the house as he was growing up. Still I’m impressed.
I did hear her a lot as a kid in the states, and was very distressed when a bit older to discover she'd been deported as she was wife to Stokely Carmichael & herself a civil rights activist. I love her music and it's a wonderful thing to hear Trevor in his mother's native tongue, if only for a moment.
@Royal Regal, I’m not African. I’m Mexican and he’s young so I don’t make the assumption that he’d know her work as a result of my own experiences. You understand. I have never even met another person who knows she ever existed.
man, I could listen to him be informative and funny in that accent all day. I'd love to hear him sing and speak in all the languages he knows, too- and I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking this!
You can literally hear him speak for hours in various languages: just listen to his audiobook autobiography "Born a crime". (it's on youtube but of course I'd recommend buying it. It's worth it ;) )
Yup... he looked awkward at their behaviour throughout. That’s because none of the panel have any black friends. I’m not talking about ppl they might know socially. I’m talking about true friendship ... that’s why they are fawning so much. They are unsure of the gauge.
150 Whites/British V 4,000 Zulus, battle of Rorkes Drift. Result: British/White Victory. 700 Zulu casualties total. 30 British casualties total. Maybe if the zulus had clicked and lip smacked loud enough the British who were outnumbered 26 to 1 might have bottled it lol
But there is no much difference in pronouncing "Gqi" which is in "igqirha" as his good at pronouncing that and "ngqo" from "qongqothwane" which he fails to pronounce. According to how I rate Trevor on his Xhosa, he can do it. Its a matter of forgetting the song I guess.
+Ladi Smith This may be a coincidence, but there's a town named "Ladysmith" in Kwa-Zulu Natal, named after Lady Smith, wife of the Governor of the Cape Colony in the 1830s. The story goes that relations between her and her husband, Sir Harry Smith, were so strained that the town named after him, "Harrismith", is hundreds of km away with the Drakensberg Mountains in between them ..!
This is what being educated looks like. Accepting and loving those that are different from yourself, and evolving because you've learning something which changes your perspective and comprehension.
When I was a young person my father took me to the record store and I bought my first LP... it was Miriam Makeba including the click song and Pata pata😊👍👍👏❤and I'm not from Africa. I remember his quizzical look because I didn't even know what language she spoke and he said are you sure? LAter I found out he thought once I knew it wasn't English language would return it! Nope I learnt every song and sang it to my grandma who indulged me! Trcvor reminder me how beautiful that album is❤❤❤
Trevor is going to be awesome as a dad! singing all sorts of Xhosa songs and talking about apartheid and just showing his children how awesome his life and culture is.
lol no. I see how that could be taken the wrong way. I meant that his journey as a person was so interesting. Apartheid is not awesome, but hearing a person's experience through it can be eye opening.
Samantha Champagnie lol true, ever watched his comedies? It was funny when he talked about how his mom would drop him like a bag of weed when he was young when the cops passed lol sad tho too
@Samantha Champagnie "singing all sorts of Xhosa songs and talking about apartheid". Only a white person could form this sentence in their mind, let alone write it down. Empathy, you lot don't seem to have much of it, do you?
Trevor just looked uncomfortable - like he was a specimen to them. I love him and he's known for having a tolerance of those who are still learning so it says a lot really. But then the British are the ones who colonised SA
@@MajorZeldork hell, stephen fry is a linguistics enthusiast and is known for his books and talks on the evolution and history of languages. Of course he's fascinated and in awe, it's not a language he most likely gets to hear properly spoken all that often
I don’t think it’s from any place of superiority or “perform for us” that it’s coming from, it’s a genuine curiosity and in fact, by that curiosity, it shares the language, the song and (with the Shaka spear story) elements of a culture that otherwise wouldn’t normally be easily accessible to BBC television viewers
Trevor Noah wow im impressed, this guy reminds me home, south Africa...Iqega lendlela,umqonqotwane wow, Mariam Makeba song, I miss home already.....London is where iam right now but everytime when I listen to Trevor he reminds me home....I meet Him in New York last year, this guy is super funny
So proud. Trevor is a true genius in all respects. As a Writer and comedian he has dragged south Africans kicking and screaming into the light so we can laugh at ourselves amd each others cultures akd through this healing has come.
+MrSousou9381 Never read the comments... TH-cam comments do tend to be gratuitously hate filled, I dunno why. People need to get out in the fresh air more.
Jo Murphy Hahaha. I know, There is something keeping them away from rationalising the information they get from here. It is like they put a security gate for their heads so nothing new can get inside. But its quite fun, some of them do actually believe in what they say and by realizing that, it helps me to get a better perspective on how those poor souls think. hehe
Thank you for uploading this, I remember when I saw that episode, this as one og QI's finest moments, and really wanted to see it again, but it would be really hard to find. :-)
Epcot lp Asking someone to sing because they love the language and sound isn't commanding. It's genuine love and interest for another culture. They'd ask the same from someone from, say, Mongolia or Iceland..
To evreyone saying "omg, he seduced me with the singing" be real for a second, he can seduce anyone with that face, singing or no singing and that is the truth.
Oh my heart and soul! TN’s singing is beautiful!! I wish he would record the whole song. I would buy it in a heartbeat! Anyone know where to find a version of the click song that sounds like Trevor Noah’s singing??
oh dear.. you don't know how many times I've watched that. Thank you BBC for this clip. hahahahah.. *totally feeling Stephen Fry* ;) Something just lights up in me when I hear that hehehe.. So beautiful. I love it.
Just stumbled upon this. I knew that the language existed from listening to the Kenyan Boys Choir and odd snippets on TV quiz shows when a contestant is asked an Africa related question and suprises everyone with a Xhosa related answer. I have fortunately had the honour and privilege to visit Kenya and i found that it was one of the few nations that try to teach you the local dialect in song, a wonderful people and nation!
Trevor makes me proud :D finally an ambassador that does our country justice, and doesn't display the corrupt and twisted ways of our politicians. And just by the way he is a very good (satirical) comedian for anyone that doesn't know anything about SA politics and feels like learning a little about our position :) thank you for watching!
Thanks for the clarification. My native language is American English, and since I had not heard of this expression, I figured it to be a phrase used in British English. Thanks again.
Most people, myself included: "That was so cool! Learning about TN's life in South Africa sure does humanize him in a way night after night of half-assed Trump jokes never could." Some of y'all sad, bitter people who have been lobotomized by your political dogma: "This clip is racist! It exotifies Trevor and they only want him to perform for their amusement!" (note on that last part: HE'S A FREAKING ENTERTAINER!)
Xhosa is such a beautiful sounding language
I speak 13 languages and it's my favorite ndiathetha olwimi olushimi oluthahtu olwimi olukakhulu
Rahi Le_Shanbi sounds like ignorance
@Mohera Beason It's not ignorant to be honest and speak the truth. Freekyto is quite clearly trying to come across as ultra liberal and progressive. In reality the Xhosa language is just a bunch of clicking sounds and not exactly beautiful to listen to.
Lord Pembridge how you got that from one comment says a lot..have a good day
@@Bozewani is it a written language or just oral?
Trevor's talents seem endless! He's multilingual, learned, funny, charming, quite handsome, & inspirational. He's a brilliant host, comedian & author *and* he even has a lovely singing voice!
He dances too😍
yeah, semi-finalist in 'dancing with the stars' (South African version)
dont forget the dimples
Well isn't he just God's gift to the Earth
Trevor IS extremely talented. Xhosa is his also native language, so it's no wonder he speaks it as well as English, but his comments are great.
I truly love Miriam Makeba. It makes sense that’s he knows her. His mother probably would have listened to her around the house as he was growing up. Still I’m impressed.
I did hear her a lot as a kid in the states, and was very distressed when a bit older to discover she'd been deported as she was wife to Stokely Carmichael & herself a civil rights activist. I love her music and it's a wonderful thing to hear Trevor in his mother's native tongue, if only for a moment.
Every African is raised on Miriam. Hello??
@Royal Regal, I’m not African. I’m Mexican and he’s young so I don’t make the assumption that he’d know her work as a result of my own experiences. You understand. I have never even met another person who knows she ever existed.
@@ascent8487 he is South African! She is one of their national treasures. I do see your point. Viva!
Of course he would. He was a Dj and music was his first passion
man, I could listen to him be informative and funny in that accent all day. I'd love to hear him sing and speak in all the languages he knows, too- and I'm sure I'm not alone in thinking this!
Watch ye some Daily Show.
No you are not.
Pretty late reply but I do and I love it!
You can literally hear him speak for hours in various languages: just listen to his audiobook autobiography "Born a crime". (it's on youtube but of course I'd recommend buying it. It's worth it ;) )
ohh been planning on reading it but now that you mention it maybe an audiobook would be better!
Trevor looked completely off guard when the host started to moan 😂
Yup... he looked awkward at their behaviour throughout. That’s because none of the panel have any black friends. I’m not talking about ppl they might know socially. I’m talking about true friendship ... that’s why they are fawning so much. They are unsure of the gauge.
Yes: fetishization is not the same as appreciation.
@@mmegraham Beautifully concise.
@@ellederberryblue8377 you sound like you don't come across many new cultures.
@@andyzaggot7733 Hilarious.
He just seduced ME with that bit of singing - oh my goodness, handsome, funny, intelligent, and he can sing ....
I forgot charming.....oh so very charming!!!
Oooh Trevor Noah 😍😍😍🎶🎵🎼🎤🎷
With all the negative stuff we go through daily in SA, we over look the wonderful. We are proud of you Trevor!!!
yeah, you guys have some wonderful things to share with the world!
Your right sisi....
I've met Trevor often - he's humble and actually quite introverted! Gets easily embarrassed in private. Lovely man.
Lucky you! I’m jealous…
“If it wasn’t because of the guns, you guys wouldn’t be here” 😂😂😂
150 Whites/British V 4,000 Zulus, battle of Rorkes Drift.
Result:
British/White Victory. 700 Zulu casualties total. 30 British casualties total.
Maybe if the zulus had clicked and lip smacked loud enough the British who were outnumbered 26 to 1 might have bottled it lol
For real.
Shaka was no joke
@@isaacharkton6169 exactly why trevor said "if it wasnt because of the guns"
Neither would Trevor though.
The name of song is Igqirha lendlela nguQongqothwane by Miriam Makeba
Not qoqhothwane as he sings
Thandazile Marazula he said he was only half-xhosa. his pronounciation seemed close :)
But there is no much difference in pronouncing "Gqi" which is in "igqirha" as his good at pronouncing that and "ngqo" from "qongqothwane" which he fails to pronounce. According to how I rate Trevor on his Xhosa, he can do it. Its a matter of forgetting the song I guess.
His mother is Xhosa though and she brought him up so he has native Xhosa language
He didn't master it growing up though, he said that is a regret of his. He had to learn it later
He is so real and honest. I love watching Trevor
I wish he would record himself singing that song so I could buy it and listen to it over and over and over!!
miriam makeba...
@@solarprogeny6736 I think this person wants Trevor singing it, not just the song.
She's right here on YT
He sings so beautifully in that language!!! LOVE!!!
all language's are beautiful, but that one seems so unique and rhythmic that it stands out to be a kind of art to the ears
I have that reaction with Arabic, just listen to people singing in Arabic
I suddenly realised that Stephen's replacement was chosen by finding someone else with an identical weakness for Trevor's click-singing.
LOL!! :D
basically
Trevor Noah is one hell of a funny guy. Great stand-up.
Trevor Noah is so hot holy shit. (I have to say his full name cause my brother's name is Trevor and that just feels weird.)
+Ladi Smith Gives you them warm fuzzies, don't it?
IN YOUR LOINS
+TheOneMiffy92 what about in your bull horns?
+Ladi Smith This may be a coincidence, but there's a town named "Ladysmith" in Kwa-Zulu Natal, named after Lady Smith, wife of the Governor of the Cape Colony in the 1830s. The story goes that relations between her and her husband, Sir Harry Smith, were so strained that the town named after him, "Harrismith", is hundreds of km away with the Drakensberg Mountains in between them ..!
Ladi Smith your brother has the same name as my granddad
LMAO!!!!!!
His appearance on QI was the first time I saw Trevor Noah, and I loved him immediately
I could listen to Trevor Noah for hours he is utterly charming. Thank you for downloading.
If it wasn't for the guns you guys wouldn't be here.
Hahahaha
true lol
Northern Light British people.
Northern Light white europeans
+Northern Light Google is your friend. Search for history on Shaka and the Zulu's relationship with Europeans. You'll understand pretty quickly.
Northern Light the war was between the British with guns and the Zulu with spears but the zulu won.
I love languages and this clicking really fascinates me! It seems that Sandi and Stephen felt the same. :D
Yet another language I would love to learn.
Stop taking chances...lol, that's my mother tongue!!!
Its hard but neat
Trevor will go on to do great things. I've always known he would. He's amazing.
Was looking for the click song. One of my favorite song. This came up with Trevor Noah. Please make an album.🥰
This is what being educated looks like. Accepting and loving those that are different from yourself, and evolving because you've learning something which changes your perspective and comprehension.
When he says whatee when she asks him to sing. Ommggg 😍
Trevor Noah totally deserves to take over The Daily Show after Jon Stweart! He is both charming, clever and funny!
Well aren't you the manifester
This aged like fine cheese
Don't forget adorable.
This is weird comment to find right after he left the daily show lol
Bitter-sweet comment to find today. He truly was an amazing host for the The Daily Show and it now feels weird to think of it without Trevor.
When I was a young person my father took me to the record store and I bought my first LP... it was Miriam Makeba including the click song and Pata pata😊👍👍👏❤and I'm not from Africa. I remember his quizzical look because I didn't even know what language she spoke and he said are you sure? LAter I found out he thought once I knew it wasn't English language would return it! Nope I learnt every song and sang it to my grandma who indulged me! Trcvor reminder me how beautiful that album is❤❤❤
Xhosa is lit
and they say French is a sexy language
Kwanda Kekana not to me . I want to learn both Zulu and Khosa .
you can't compare apples and pears
@@ovrissa5619 what is khosa 😂😂 i dont know what khosa is but I support you on your journey to learn the language
@Saudi King Volintine Ander of Arabia what's the best sounding language to you ?
@Saudi King Volintine Ander of Arabia How does a language steal a sound from another language? I don't understand
New Daily show host, inspired choice. Good Luck Noah.
Look at how mesmerized they are towards him. You can see it in their eyes. :)
Oh wow...those syllables..that sound....amazing! There is so much that I don't know!
This is awesome QI and Trevor Noah!!!!
Trevor is going to be awesome as a dad! singing all sorts of Xhosa songs and talking about apartheid and just showing his children how awesome his life and culture is.
Samantha Champagnie apartheid was awesome?
lol no. I see how that could be taken the wrong way. I meant that his journey as a person was so interesting. Apartheid is not awesome, but hearing a person's experience through it can be eye opening.
Samantha Champagnie lol true, ever watched his comedies? It was funny when he talked about how his mom would drop him like a bag of weed when he was young when the cops passed lol sad tho too
@Samantha Champagnie
"singing all sorts of Xhosa songs and talking about apartheid". Only a white person could form this sentence in their mind, let alone write it down. Empathy, you lot don't seem to have much of it, do you?
Trevor just looked uncomfortable - like he was a specimen to them. I love him and he's known for having a tolerance of those who are still learning so it says a lot really. But then the British are the ones who colonised SA
Dont forget the Dutch
this whole conversation feels so wrong to me. it is not respectful at all :(
He shouldn't be. To someone who isn't used to it, this language is super cool and fascinating. Their reactions weren't insults. They were admiration.
@@MajorZeldork hell, stephen fry is a linguistics enthusiast and is known for his books and talks on the evolution and history of languages. Of course he's fascinated and in awe, it's not a language he most likely gets to hear properly spoken all that often
I don’t think it’s from any place of superiority or “perform for us” that it’s coming from, it’s a genuine curiosity and in fact, by that curiosity, it shares the language, the song and (with the Shaka spear story) elements of a culture that otherwise wouldn’t normally be easily accessible to BBC television viewers
OMG when he sings! What a beautiful and talented man! 😊
Trevor Noah wow im impressed, this guy reminds me home, south Africa...Iqega lendlela,umqonqotwane wow, Mariam Makeba song, I miss home already.....London is where iam right now but everytime when I listen to Trevor he reminds me home....I meet Him in New York last year, this guy is super funny
So proud. Trevor is a true genius in all respects. As a Writer and comedian he has dragged south Africans kicking and screaming into the light so we can laugh at ourselves amd each others cultures akd through this healing has come.
Like Stephen I too fell in love with Trevor Noah.
Can I marry him?
Isabella Felipe de Oliveira Campos you could but it’s a VERY long queue....and I’m way up front!
The comments here are so weird.
+MrSousou9381 Never read the comments... TH-cam comments do tend to be gratuitously hate filled, I dunno why. People need to get out in the fresh air more.
Jo Murphy
Hahaha. I know, There is something keeping them away from rationalising the information they get from here.
It is like they put a security gate for their heads so nothing new can get inside.
But its quite fun, some of them do actually believe in what they say and by realizing that, it helps me to get a better perspective on how those poor souls think. hehe
he's really pretty and the singing just seals the deal
Thank you for uploading this, I remember when I saw that episode, this as one og QI's finest moments, and really wanted to see it again, but it would be really hard to find. :-)
he seduced two gays, i know the feeling .
XD wish I had ur luck
+Terry Kane He seduced a gay man and a lesbian woman. Winning!
+Vessela Hobson :)
Terry Kane aha
He seduced Stephen and sandi? I don't think there names gay man and lesbian woman.
That song is beautiful! I'd love to hear more of it.
My biology teacher speaks xhosa.such a beautiful language
Very good of Sandy to help bring things to a more comfortable notch.
Its okay Trevor, I didnt need my Ovaries xD
I just finished reading Trevor's book, and now I want to learn different languages
Sandi: u don't know much about me, but i'm on the turn!
also a brilliant song -
miriam makeba
What does that expression mean?
@@vikingsailorboy When referring to milk - it means that it’s next stage is to turn to another state. That state would be sour milk then yoghurt.
Pretty sure she means she is turning straight
The look on Trevor’s face when that guy started moaning. Lol😂😂😂
It's like "yes, honey. I know"
There was something a little bit colonial about this clip...
superumario you noticed it too?
colonial ?
Justin Tracey the European commanding the African to sing
Epcot lp Asking someone to sing because they love the language and sound isn't commanding. It's genuine love and interest for another culture.
They'd ask the same from someone from, say, Mongolia or Iceland..
Besides, why would Sandi Toksvig have colonial sentiments? The Danish never had any colonies - besides England and Greenland.
Trevor's face like ....yeah my everyday language is impressing you peasants...😂😂😂😂
I would like to hear him sing the whole song. The small sample of it was quite nice.
OMG! Did I not watch the Daily Show enough. I had no idea he could speak and sing "CLICK". He is delightful.
Good luck Mr. Noah
Not only did Trevor seduce Stephen, he sang him a Xhosa wedding song.
🤣
It's such a beautiful language. I'm completely oblivious to African languages, and yet, the sound of the Xhosa language is remarkably melodic.
He's got a really nice singing voice!
This guy is the best comedian to have ever come out of SA!
To evreyone saying "omg, he seduced me with the singing" be real for a second, he can seduce anyone with that face, singing or no singing and that is the truth.
His face, his smarts, his sense of humour... the list is endless.
Day 336: I can't find the remains of my uterus after hearing him sing
Oh my heart and soul! TN’s singing is beautiful!! I wish he would record the whole song. I would buy it in a heartbeat!
Anyone know where to find a version of the click song that sounds like Trevor Noah’s singing??
Qongqothwane
@@brunocsmota thanks so much!!!😃
He looks so freaked out
oh dear.. you don't know how many times I've watched that. Thank you BBC for this clip. hahahahah.. *totally feeling Stephen Fry* ;) Something just lights up in me when I hear that hehehe.. So beautiful. I love it.
Omg. His click singing has me melting
Brilliant, loved this and love Trevor Noah.
Oh Trevor, love him
Proudly South African :)
I love listen Trevor speaking any language he's able to, even xhosa❤
Damn Trevor, you didn't even have 2 buy them dinner first
Trevor must win that episode of QI
I wish he would have sung the whole song. It was beautiful.
Talent, intelligence, charm.
"If it wasn't for the guns, you guys wouldn't be here".... They moved past that one real quick! 🤣
2019 and I'm still watching this video
0:37 You can see how uncomfortable he felt when Stephen moaned
How fabulous is this man?
he is the best of the best comedians in the world.
Beautiful singing voice :)
For those who want to know, "the click song" is called Qongqothwane.
Trevor my laaitie, we're proud of you. Your new show is cool.
What a moment! Seconds away from an older lesbian and gay man having a fight over a young straight dude with no interest in either ^^
Love them all
Just stumbled upon this. I knew that the language existed from listening to the Kenyan Boys Choir and odd snippets on TV quiz shows when a contestant is asked an Africa related question and suprises everyone with a Xhosa related answer. I have fortunately had the honour and privilege to visit Kenya and i found that it was one of the few nations that try to teach you the local dialect in song, a wonderful people and nation!
This 'click language is spoken by the Xhosa people in South Africa. As far as I know they don't speak a click language in Kenya.
Yeah when I went to India I loved hearing all the wonderful Vietnamese singing! 😃😃
What does she mean when she said "I'm on the turn!"? Never heard that before.
+Orlando B. Sandi is gay and she basically meant she was becoming straight as she was seduced by his singing.
Is it the same language of the late Myriam Makeva? Love her!
Trevor’s face when Stephan starts to sound like a little girl. Priceless
They are genuinely so fascinated
He is one of South African's funniest and very much loved comedians. :)
I love Stephen Fry and Trevor Noah.
Trevor makes me proud :D finally an ambassador that does our country justice, and doesn't display the corrupt and twisted ways of our politicians. And just by the way he is a very good (satirical) comedian for anyone that doesn't know anything about SA politics and feels like learning a little about our position :) thank you for watching!
Brilliant. QI and Tevor - I am in comedy heaven
That sound Stephen makes about 35 seconds in is technically known as a "nerdgasm".
There are other, better, words for it.
I think it’s just a regular orgasm
Miriam Makeba was a fantastic artist and advocate for the african people.
I have never related to Stephen fry more than in the first minute of this
Thanks for the clarification. My native language is American English, and since I had not heard of this expression, I figured it to be a phrase used in British English. Thanks again.
keep flying that flag Trevor #proudlysouthafrican
I love you Trevor
Woooo Pilot! Go Trevor!! :D
Trevor's face at 0:35 "You all right, Stephen?" 😂
Most people, myself included: "That was so cool! Learning about TN's life in South Africa sure does humanize him in a way night after night of half-assed Trump jokes never could."
Some of y'all sad, bitter people who have been lobotomized by your political dogma: "This clip is racist! It exotifies Trevor and they only want him to perform for their amusement!" (note on that last part: HE'S A FREAKING ENTERTAINER!)
Love Trevor