Do You Speak English? - Big Train - BBC comedy

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  • @evealicelucienne
    @evealicelucienne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4090

    First time I went to Greece and asked people "Do you speak English?" they often replied "nai". It took me some time to realize it actually means "Yes".

    • @Rinabow
      @Rinabow 4 ปีที่แล้ว +388

      That hurts my Japanese-speaking brain, because "nai" means "not"

    • @shamo2009
      @shamo2009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@Rinabow nan der

    • @evealicelucienne
      @evealicelucienne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@Ben_Dover753 Probably. I don't know how to spell it. That's just how I heard it.

    • @martinakely1149
      @martinakely1149 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      eal ls 😂😂😂

    • @jeanecyrilla4711
      @jeanecyrilla4711 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      And in Norwegian it means no too

  • @alks945
    @alks945 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4269

    Wish I knew English because this is hilarious.

  • @ZhiggerA
    @ZhiggerA 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4580

    I wish I could understand what they are talking about... I'm very positive it's something funny!!!

  • @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control
    @Stand_By_For_Mind_Control 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1686

    Welcome to Quebec.

    • @tweetiepie551
      @tweetiepie551 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Welcome to Russia.

    • @stephaniemoore1930
      @stephaniemoore1930 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@tweetiepie551 Russians kant speak English

    • @CheshireCesare
      @CheshireCesare 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Or Paris, where someone will tell you “Non” even though you literally heard them speaking fluent English with someone less than 5 seconds ago lol 😂

    • @ellenorbjornsdottir1166
      @ellenorbjornsdottir1166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Johan Jacobs they really hate Anglos don't they?

    • @ellenorbjornsdottir1166
      @ellenorbjornsdottir1166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Johan Jacobs Imagine Jim Browning challenging a French Quebecois tech support scammer after they ran their gambit in perfect Montréal English, and hearing "Je ne parle pas anglais, Djim." That's what I'm imagining here

  • @YouTubeKnight
    @YouTubeKnight 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3509

    Americans will never beat the Brits when it comes to weird comedy. Pure joy.

    • @sabahbubbler
      @sabahbubbler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      Ugh this kind of comments "hurr durr British comedy superior to American"

    • @coreyreilly1889
      @coreyreilly1889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Daniel Angel Astudillo it’s not

    • @coreyreilly1889
      @coreyreilly1889 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel Angel Astudillo there’s north america and south america

    • @coreyreilly1889
      @coreyreilly1889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      JusticeFor Alexei so then there’s only 5 continents. America, Antarctica, Africa, Oceania, and Eurasia

    • @stardustjustlikeyou
      @stardustjustlikeyou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It always gets too offensive when we try

  • @d.f_g
    @d.f_g 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2098

    It's such a shame I never learned to speak English. So, naturally, I didn't understand a word anyone was saying :/

    • @totalcrash5006
      @totalcrash5006 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Dominik from Germany so do i

    • @underhallandeframling3267
      @underhallandeframling3267 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Dominik from Germany
      Nur ein Deutsches wort. :(

    • @conor4741
      @conor4741 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      +Dominik from Germany (dominikfromgermany) My situation even worse. I can't type any words in English! Not one of them!)

    • @ДмитрийКончаков-п5ы
      @ДмитрийКончаков-п5ы 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The same, I even did't get that humor that one speaks in English and says that he don't understand any English word at all. (((

    • @nurasmaz
      @nurasmaz 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      U know islam then?

  • @Oscar0057
    @Oscar0057 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2432

    Please put subtitles on this video? Don't understand anything..

    • @devvykinz304
      @devvykinz304 9 ปีที่แล้ว +253

      +dubi186 I would but I'm not exactly sure what your comment says, I can't read english.

    • @TheDiakArthur
      @TheDiakArthur 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      haha ok that one got me

    • @Oscar0057
      @Oscar0057 9 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      +jack tenrec I don't speak English and I have no comprehension of its literature either. I know they call it the language of Shakespeare. I should have paid more attention in school. But never mind.

    • @readysetgo4607
      @readysetgo4607 9 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      +dubi186 If you don't understand nothing then you understand everything. (double negative) .. Duh

    • @ArvidHammon
      @ArvidHammon 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Actually, it only means he understands SOME things, just not NOTHING.

  • @BritishAlienCompany
    @BritishAlienCompany 16 ปีที่แล้ว +712

    I'm sad to say that this really happens! I was in France not long ago and i was lost. I went up to a woman, asked if she spoke english and she said 'no, i do not speak english, now if you don't mind, i'm on my way to buy some begonias!' and she walked off. This is absolutely true!

    • @notthere83
      @notthere83 2 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I don't know what the begging situation looks like where you were but in Vienna, if somebody asks you if you speak English, about 19/20 times it's somebody who if you stop starts going into often pretty long-winded monologues about how they want some money from you.
      So maybe she assumed that that's what would happen if she stopped to listen.
      (It's of course still weird that she didn't just ignore you or lie.)

    • @gabrielknm
      @gabrielknm ปีที่แล้ว +29

      i am brazilian, so if someone ask me "do you speak english?" i really will say "i dont speak english" cause i'm not fluent

    • @metodisea8417
      @metodisea8417 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I think it's a French thing.
      When I was in Paris and asked for help French people seemed annoyed when asking if they spoke English. Like offended why tourists don't speak French

    • @SoapyJam
      @SoapyJam ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Same. I got lost in Paris last time I was there, and luckily after a few French people refused to help, one nice German person was all I needed!

    • @albreiki5725
      @albreiki5725 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Because they want you to speak french.. They and Germans want their languages to be the intl languages in the world replacing English

  • @hahalek
    @hahalek 9 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    - Do You speak English?
    - Yes, I don't.

  • @regallax137
    @regallax137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +141

    Love it! every time I watch it, it always makes me laugh, never gets old.

  • @KevRyanCG
    @KevRyanCG 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

    "Nur ein oder zwei Worte, aber bin ich nicht fließend" is forever stuck in my head when I try to attempt my pigeon German.

    • @SimoBenziane
      @SimoBenziane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Wörter*

    • @Tank175
      @Tank175 ปีที่แล้ว

      wooooosh

    • @magalie8007
      @magalie8007 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂😂

    • @mop2mop
      @mop2mop ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ja das wäre toll

    • @marioluigi9599
      @marioluigi9599 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's "aber ich bin nicht fließend", not "aber bin ich nicht fließend".
      Cos it's, "but I'm not fluent", not, "but am I not fluent?" Get it right lol.
      And he said Wörter not Worte. Cos that's too posh

  • @noked-lee6301
    @noked-lee6301 5 ปีที่แล้ว +351

    Reminds me of my older half-brother... Years ago he was standing in a bus stop, smoking, and an old lady came up to him and asked him if he could light her cigarette. My brother replied with the smoke still in his mouth: Sorry ma'am, I don't smoke. And she was like "oh okay, anyway thanks" and walked away.

    • @Issaakovvv
      @Issaakovvv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      😂😂😂

    • @VsevolodSidorenko
      @VsevolodSidorenko 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      did he become a politician when grew up?

    • @RasheedKhan-he6xx
      @RasheedKhan-he6xx ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@VsevolodSidorenkospat my coffee 😂

    • @VsevolodSidorenko
      @VsevolodSidorenko ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RasheedKhan-he6xx nothing is funnier than truth

  • @karwanekamran
    @karwanekamran 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I am watching this again after 2 years and it still is a masterpiece.

  • @TikOLoRd
    @TikOLoRd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1240

    i swear i wanna prank a tourist like this xD

    • @LakiLeGarcon
      @LakiLeGarcon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      TikO LoRd hello sweet bard

    • @mrsnailzzz
      @mrsnailzzz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      It worked once for me. I’ve been living in China for quite few years, and many people ask me if I can speak Chinese. Once I had a (very) small chat with Chinese about me not speaking Chinese in Chinese

    • @SouthPark333Gaming
      @SouthPark333Gaming 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I speak quite a few languages, so I could have some fun with this XD

    • @noudialp
      @noudialp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well, I did a couple times. But they don't seem to be getting the joke since their minds are usually so busy breaking the communication barrier.

    • @zubairhossaintenor1759
      @zubairhossaintenor1759 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I've never pranked a tourist like this but I did prank a native speaker this way...

  • @dimkan8990
    @dimkan8990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    The French sign in the beginning of that video shows that they are inspired by the custom of French people never to answer in English, but only if you talk to them in French...! 😊

    • @evealicelucienne
      @evealicelucienne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      C'est vrai!

    • @lightawake
      @lightawake 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Good spotting! And good custom too - respect the country you visit :)

    • @judeleese5687
      @judeleese5687 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes!

    • @abshaar13
      @abshaar13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@lightawake It's a wrong idea that if you don't speak a language then you are ultimately disrespecting the country or culture.

    • @anshuecon
      @anshuecon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@lightawake If we did that to an English speaking tourist in India, that would (rightly) be considered rude. But it's kosher for the French to be gratuitously rude for some reason. *shrugs*

  • @little_cat558
    @little_cat558 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    It's 14 years old and still the funniest

    • @hellowakeup6848
      @hellowakeup6848 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Whats the joke here, i dont speak english

    • @marvy3022
      @marvy3022 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The show ran from 1998 to 2002.

  • @TheNibYeah
    @TheNibYeah 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One of the finest comedies ever.

  • @FanTazTiCxD
    @FanTazTiCxD 10 ปีที่แล้ว +343

    LOL "Do you speak english? No I don't speak english" it litterally means "Do you speak english? No I don't speak english", for those of you who are curious xD

    • @cninh4574
      @cninh4574 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Pure genius I love French comedy!

    • @cninh4574
      @cninh4574 9 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Well then why are they speaking French?

    • @cninh4574
      @cninh4574 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Well if it was a British show they'd know how to speak British wouldn't they.

    • @cninh4574
      @cninh4574 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      But they aren't? He clearly states he can't speak English!

    • @cninh4574
      @cninh4574 9 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Sorry, could you say that in English, I don't understand French.

  • @Zyran95
    @Zyran95 12 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    It's just great to be able to understand both languages! :D

  • @skfln
    @skfln 11 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    A French girl once approached us in Croatia - she wanted some help with her camera. But we couldn't help her, because she would only communicate in fluent French. When addressed in English, she would shake her head with a big smile on her face.

  • @jaypatel3100
    @jaypatel3100 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    I wish I could have understood English to enjoy Simon Pegg's great humour

  • @AutomaticDuck300
    @AutomaticDuck300 15 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    The woman says, in german: "I speak a bit of german, do you speak german?" Simon says (in german): "German? No. Do you speak german?" The other guy says: "No. I know one or two words but I'm not fluent."
    At the end, after the other guy says that he might learn english, Simon says: "Or maybe german." and the other guy says "Yeah, that would be great."

    • @gicoleli7261
      @gicoleli7261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Wish I can understand what they were saying in German but I can't read English

    • @RFC3514
      @RFC3514 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "The other guy" is der Schauspieler Kevin Eldon.
      Also, he says "just one or two words" (not "I know").

    • @eIDyablo666
      @eIDyablo666 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      really? that's what they said? good god!

    • @joytekb
      @joytekb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who?

    • @believeinpeace
      @believeinpeace หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you

  • @Luchianda
    @Luchianda 11 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "Ich bin nicht fließend" No obviously you're not xD

  • @rickymort135
    @rickymort135 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank god for the subtitles, i couldn't understand a word

  • @punkqueenoftheelves
    @punkqueenoftheelves 12 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    This video never gets old, love it!

  • @rossshadow7265
    @rossshadow7265 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love Simon Pegg, he is the best!

  • @jinli4787
    @jinli4787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    If you are bilingual or trilingual, this is what you hear sometimes on the street and wonder why they cannot understand each other.

  • @kcxdgod
    @kcxdgod ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Sprechen sie Deutsch? -Deutsch? Nein" 😂

  • @flamez510
    @flamez510 12 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    He said "Its one of those things, really i wish i paid more attention to in school".

  • @neutrometalnap5559
    @neutrometalnap5559 11 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    " I can speak english." -"So can I." Hahahaha

    • @Floing1337
      @Floing1337 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That part ruined the whole sketch :( Why explain the joke

    • @hirokazemistral
      @hirokazemistral 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Floing1337 It's making fun of the way how some people (*cough* the French *cough*) say they don't speak English to tourists even though they can, either because they couldn't be bothered to help a complete stranger or don't like the fact that this tourist didn't bother to learn a few basic words in the local language.

  • @karanbrown5406
    @karanbrown5406 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    British comedy at its best😉 its how an English speaking tourist is treated in France

  • @jewelrain1
    @jewelrain1 13 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    I'm german but I have to admit ^^.....deadpan british humour is the best ! but it's good you know to see that humour can be a connection between different countries. it's not always about who is better than the other-it's just making fun of yourselves and laughing with eachother instead of laughing at eachother.
    and yes, such a kind of comedy is one reason why I am learning english XD

    • @ayszhang
      @ayszhang ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What did they say in German?

    • @ramblinganna
      @ramblinganna ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ⁠@@ayszhang “German, no, do you speak German?” “German? No. Only one or two words, but I’m not fluent”
      “…next time you’re over maybe we’ll have learnt a bit of English for you” “Or German, perhaps” “Yes. That would be great”

    • @alwaysuseless
      @alwaysuseless ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "each other," not "eachother." I'm sure this correction will be enormously helpful only 12 years after you posted your comment. Feel free to reply anytime in this century.

    • @jewelrain1
      @jewelrain1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@alwaysuselessThanks for correcting me. I could hardly remember the comment I made over 12 years ago but my English has significantly improved by now.

    • @jewelrain1
      @jewelrain1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ayszhang Sorry for not answering sooner but I could barely remember the comment I had made over 12 years ago!

  • @thegastrotraveler
    @thegastrotraveler 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think for me this might still be the single most perfect sketch from any series ever.

  • @adrianramos11
    @adrianramos11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I spent the past 12 years learning English so I can understand them now it's time for another 12 to learn german and understand the rest of the video

  • @e-curb
    @e-curb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    While walking down a street as a tourist in Mexico, some other tourists stopped me and asked if I speak "American". I didn't miss a beat, and said, "no, but I do speak English fairly well".

    • @ukaszp9650
      @ukaszp9650 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Wow! You are so funny!

    • @lorblauh
      @lorblauh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I've never heard a single soul in America refer to English as "American".

    • @e-curb
      @e-curb ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@lorblauh Live a little longer, you will.

    • @alwaysuseless
      @alwaysuseless ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lorblauh I have said to a few British tourists in the U.S. that their American was very good.

    • @Antikyth
      @Antikyth ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alwaysuseless Hahaha I would love to know their reaction!

  • @SW-2114
    @SW-2114 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I'm glad to find this video on TH-cam!! Now I can watch this anytime!!!!

  • @Peter_Channel
    @Peter_Channel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    For some reasons this reminds me of the tv ad ‘What are you sinking about?’

    • @ErilynOfAnachronos
      @ErilynOfAnachronos 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      True story: I once had a customer who said: "Sank you."
      I was confused for the next 5 minutes, then it dawned on me that she meant: "Thank you." 😂

  • @AllWeKnowIsHesStig
    @AllWeKnowIsHesStig 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I feel her ! I'm an Eastern European trucker and this is happening to me everytime when i go to Germany, just to Germany but im not even mad anymore, it makes me laugh because it reminds me of this video. ha ha

  • @fenfinolhu
    @fenfinolhu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That laughter at the end from the guy on the bike!! Amazing

  • @Benman2785
    @Benman2785 11 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    ;) their german was pretty good
    ps: i love simon pegg

  • @dragonitedla44
    @dragonitedla44 10 ปีที่แล้ว +505

    Can someone translate please?

    • @mikosoft
      @mikosoft 10 ปีที่แล้ว +100

      Into what, English? Oder Deutsch vielleicht?

    • @dragonitedla44
      @dragonitedla44 10 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Sorry I didn't understand.

    • @krashd
      @krashd 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      dragonitedla44 Hahaha, quality!

    • @r.b.4611
      @r.b.4611 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Rob Fraser Was??

    • @ceflaco
      @ceflaco 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      La chica pregunta: disculpa, hablas inglés?
      El: no, no lo hablo , lo siento.
      Ella: es que se me descompuso el coche y necesito un taller.
      Bueno! Mejor aprendan inglés! 😀

  • @minbari73
    @minbari73 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I do this with bothersome street and shopping centre pop up vendors all the time. They give you some fantastic looks when you don't even attempt an accent like in this sketch.

  • @LemoUtan
    @LemoUtan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Can't believe this has been up for nearly ten years without a translation. I'd have a go myself but my English simply isn't up to the task.

    • @medexamtoolscom
      @medexamtoolscom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I put it into google translate. It's a conversation about crabs and genital warts. You really don't want to know the details.

  • @pickles7734
    @pickles7734 9 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Ah, British humor is refreshing

  • @FNobody
    @FNobody ปีที่แล้ว

    Very entertaining. I feel better now. Thank you, AI.

  • @oibender
    @oibender ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Brighton Beach avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Two elderly men are standing on the street and discussing something in Russian. A tourist approaches them and addresses with: "Excuse me, where is..." and continued asking for directions to a nearby attraction. Two men politely stopped talking but said nothing. The tourist seemingly perplexed softly asked: "Do you speak English?" to no avail. A somewhat vexed tourist left the two men. One of them said the other in Russian (interpreted): "So, has his English helped him?"

  • @ryanboddington8874
    @ryanboddington8874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    I’m an American and living in France and I do this all the time when someone asks me something in French even though I Speak it 😂

    • @josolovieff6126
      @josolovieff6126 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I can understand it if you're american but on the opposite with the video, french people are generally bad in english language even after many years of school ! It's not to criticize, it's a reality. I'm french born in France and I think the teaching methods are bad.

  • @TimeNeverWaits95
    @TimeNeverWaits95 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    No’ a single waaaard. That british accent is so damn lovely ❤️

  • @PnzGaz
    @PnzGaz 11 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Sometimes, stating the obvious like how they did at the end makes the whole sketch funnier.

  • @fkmui03
    @fkmui03 8 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    why there' s no english in the comment..

    • @emer157
      @emer157 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      joe symptons I don't understand your comment and I won't respond to it

    • @nonamed56
      @nonamed56 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      nobody speaks that

    • @pix_d20
      @pix_d20 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@emer157 i actually understand tho lol

    • @emer157
      @emer157 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pix_d20 I was using a quote from a well known TV show

    • @pix_d20
      @pix_d20 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@emer157 oh well guess it's not well known to me.

  • @tavinhooz
    @tavinhooz ปีที่แล้ว

    that outro was insane. keep it up

  • @Der.Geschichtenerzahler
    @Der.Geschichtenerzahler 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Years have passed by and I still wanna use this joke with a foreign someday haha

    • @kingrobert1st
      @kingrobert1st 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I post the link to my English students.

  • @OverLordGoldDragon
    @OverLordGoldDragon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    I've been around the United States for a while now but never got a chance to learn any English. Can anyone translate this to me to English?

    • @limbtz
      @limbtz 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      +OverLordGoldDragon yea what a shame. All they ever teach in US is American, they should have included English in school.

    • @GlidGaming1
      @GlidGaming1 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      OverLordGoldDragon but you actually typed English words in here, how could you not know 😐.

    • @OverLordGoldDragon
      @OverLordGoldDragon 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ArzGaming HD Sarcasm ;)

    • @lequyen3220
      @lequyen3220 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hông biết dịch!

    • @gravity4792
      @gravity4792 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I don't speak english either sorry

  • @GardenerTobak
    @GardenerTobak หลายเดือนก่อน

    British humor is the best! Love it.

  • @susannbadewitz83
    @susannbadewitz83 6 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    Their German was actually really good and I'm surprised bc it usually (from what I've experienced) sounds really bad when English people try to speak German 😅

    • @Communist-Doge
      @Communist-Doge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      We Brits are shit with languages but we usually speak better German than French (sorry France).

    • @Communist-Doge
      @Communist-Doge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @Mario There's more to Britain than England. :) Besides, I meant in terms of pronunciation and ability: more people know French, but those who know German can, IME, speak it far better. We Brits find German a lot easier to pronounce than French, as it has fewer new sounds to learn and pronunciation is closer to English than languages like French.

    • @SonofSethoitae
      @SonofSethoitae 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Mario They speak mostly Urdu and Punjabi in Pakistan

    • @nkt1
      @nkt1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Communist-Doge At my Scottish secondary school, around a third of incoming students took German, although not through choice in my case. It was popular with less able pupils as it was reputed to be easier to learn.

    • @blindhowlingdrunk
      @blindhowlingdrunk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Susann Badewitz come off it, German is just like english with a German accent and longer words

  • @zerosuitsamus2340
    @zerosuitsamus2340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Do you speak English?
    Bung Mokhtar: Pak Yiu!

  • @randomfrog7974
    @randomfrog7974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i'm so glad i found this again

  • @RicardoPetinga
    @RicardoPetinga 5 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    I came to read the comments but I can't understand a single word anyone has written.

    • @johannalange802
      @johannalange802 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's terrible , innit, all those forriners speaking their forrin lingos.

    • @levi8019
      @levi8019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johannalange802 😂

    • @jamiebb2019
      @jamiebb2019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can’t understand English

  • @nii_amart
    @nii_amart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    British comedy is the best kind of comedy.

    • @Kipper_Ace
      @Kipper_Ace 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Could you please translate this to english, thanks

  • @dankim23
    @dankim23 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I come back to this at least once a week 😂

  • @grandadcornflakessketches6636
    @grandadcornflakessketches6636 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    brilliant! Love big train.

  • @jadeXY
    @jadeXY 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I wish this video had subtitles.

  • @NeilD1
    @NeilD1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is wonderful for responding to random telesales calls (especially from call centres in Bombay) on one's mobile.

  • @ashishbhatt3033
    @ashishbhatt3033 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I hope to learn english one day so i can understand british humor!

  • @vaibhav170483
    @vaibhav170483 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I was in Rome once and I asked a man clad in a business suit the way to some monument, he replied in perfect English "I'm sorry but I don't speak english" and walked away 😅

  • @christophersmith8272
    @christophersmith8272 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    After watching the new Mission Impossible movie, I had to come back here again.. lol

  • @daniiiba2633
    @daniiiba2633 9 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Wish I could understand this, I get the feeling this was truly hilarious,

    • @BillinHungary
      @BillinHungary 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Danii Iba Here is the joke: She is English, and her car has broken down in France. She asks the French person "Do you speak English?" "He says 'No, I don't".. but he is speaking to her in perfect English. Same thing with other French guy.

    • @daniiiba2633
      @daniiiba2633 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Bill Osborn Ummm, yeah, I got the joke...I was making a joke...nevermind.

    • @nhanlm0601
      @nhanlm0601 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Danii Iba Bạn có nói tiếng việt không, mình giải thích cho, mình không biết tiếng Anh.

    • @felixfourcolor
      @felixfourcolor 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      r/woooosh to all of you!

    • @cov9290
      @cov9290 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BillinHungary english? What an earth could your subconscious unsatisfactory brain cells be waffling about. I do know bond though. My favourite one is my hand and a salami. So whats english?

  • @marquisbois990
    @marquisbois990 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    You have no idea how often we French play this joke on tourists. Never gets old…

    • @YeahNoTellTheTruth
      @YeahNoTellTheTruth ปีที่แล้ว +13

      It's not really a joke to you lot though. It's a bit of your egos lol

    • @gigiatlas2364
      @gigiatlas2364 ปีที่แล้ว

      Couldn't be further from the truth but whatever...

    • @therabbithat
      @therabbithat ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oh we know, because you still do it when you go to other countries!

    • @yomomma9687
      @yomomma9687 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How is that a "joke"? That's just rude.
      Then again, cos French people do that to me, I always laugh when they speak English in that accent, cos that's actually funny.

    • @marquisbois990
      @marquisbois990 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yomomma9687 you mean English in the French accent that, funny or not, steals all your girls….

  • @ASChambers
    @ASChambers ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah, Big Train. Absolute classic

  • @Ondrus21
    @Ondrus21 13 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    BTW, I love British sense for humor. Their jokes are usually really great in their comedy TV shows.

    • @vandang3468
      @vandang3468 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do u know what is this shows name?

    • @1515327E
      @1515327E ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vandang3468Big Train

  • @yussef961
    @yussef961 12 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    each time I watch this I can't help laughing out loud, btw I'm french lol

    • @mattrogers5188
      @mattrogers5188 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i wish i could understand your comment, but i don't speak a word of french 🙃

    • @yussef961
      @yussef961 ปีที่แล้ว

      malheureusemenent je ne parle pas francais non plus @@mattrogers5188

  • @claudevieaul1465
    @claudevieaul1465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Could've been me in Barking (East London) 🤣🤣🤣

  • @AntonFetzer
    @AntonFetzer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a sketch, but if you ever go to Geneva you will find yourself in exactly that situation.

  • @gimmyed
    @gimmyed 9 ปีที่แล้ว +120

    Can someone translate this for me? I'm French.

    • @maxmaximus4714
      @maxmaximus4714 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      +gimmyed
      -Parlez-vous anglais?
      -Non, pas du tout.
      -Ouais, ma voiture ne marche plus. Savez-vous où un garage se trouve?
      -J'ai déjà dit. Je ne comprends pas. Pardon monsieur, parlez-vous anglais? La dame a un problème.
      -Bonjour, ma voiture ne marche plus.
      -Je ne comprends pas.
      -Donc, parlez-vous alemand?
      -Non.
      -Seulement un ou deux mots.
      -Merci.
      -Près d'ici, il y a un village, peut-être il y a qn qui parle anglais.
      -Et peut-être vous allez apprendre l'anglais?
      -Ouais.
      -Ou peut-être l'alemand.
      -Au revoir.
      -Je parle anglais.
      -Bien sûr, moi aussi.

    • @oasisperfekt284
      @oasisperfekt284 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      +Max Maximus lol you fell for it?

    • @gimmyed
      @gimmyed 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +Max Maximus - Thanks, and my wife is German. Anybody?

    • @Hildegarde13
      @Hildegarde13 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +gimmyed Désolé je ne parle pas français, comme personne ici à vrai dire.

    • @ctqpro
      @ctqpro 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +gimmyed The language in the sign is probably is French, isn't it?

  • @roddur093
    @roddur093 ปีที่แล้ว

    I dont know how many times I have watched this video

  • @revoloser65
    @revoloser65 9 ปีที่แล้ว +149

    Nein, tut mir ebenso leid, ich kann auch kein deutsch sprechen. Schreiben schon gar nicht.

    • @jeffl7825
      @jeffl7825 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ich auch nicht :(

    • @anaglyph4360
      @anaglyph4360 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Da haben wir alle etwas gemeinsam...

    • @Pippin405
      @Pippin405 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Deutsch ? hab ich noch nie gehört.

    • @Tubingonline1
      @Tubingonline1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Had to translate this in Google translate, I am so silly :)

    • @Tubingonline1
      @Tubingonline1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guten Tag! Love from India :)

  • @davidmurphy8364
    @davidmurphy8364 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They're basically saying they don't understand her as they don't speak English, the chap on the bike tries to communicate that there is a village nearby where she has a good chance of meeting somone who can speak English. The delivery comes at the end when both men reveal they can actually speak English.

    • @Josh270219
      @Josh270219 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you so much pal, I wouldn't have been able to make sense of what they were saying because I never really got the chance to learn English, which is a shame. Hopefully some day.

    • @sebfox2194
      @sebfox2194 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for translating. I don't speak English myself, so this was really helpful.

    • @davidmurphy8364
      @davidmurphy8364 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sebfox2194 Happy to help!

  • @f1ng3rpr1nt
    @f1ng3rpr1nt 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best of Big Train.

  • @MrEk0o
    @MrEk0o 11 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    trolling like a boss :D

  • @ericliveson
    @ericliveson 10 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Is that Simon Pegg

    • @krashd
      @krashd 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes, he started as a comedian in the UK. I recommend Big Train (this video) and Spaced.

    • @Joker-fj8hg
      @Joker-fj8hg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They probably mentioned it in the description, but I don't speak English, so I have absolutely no idea.

    • @carmyllie_slate_railway
      @carmyllie_slate_railway 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No it's Gary King

  • @sbnevermind2380
    @sbnevermind2380 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so happy i found this video again..!

  • @TheGringo200
    @TheGringo200 8 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    too bad i don't speak English because it seems funny...

  • @Noah-rq2ek
    @Noah-rq2ek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Wow, that German was pretty good! (Compliment from a real German)

  • @muk2167
    @muk2167 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Glad.... TH-cam recommended me this after 15 yrs

  • @anima099
    @anima099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is how anime be like when a Japanese character asks a foreign character if they speak Japanese even though the dubbing the foreigner speaks is also in Japanese.

  • @LeoMuri6
    @LeoMuri6 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Best comment section on TH-cam !
    Sadly I can't understand any of them :(

  • @RonaldMallory
    @RonaldMallory 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Haha that was my favourite joke, when I was living in germany. They asked "Sprechen Sie Deutch?" I was like "Leider nicht". Everybody was totally confused. Their brain wasn't able the handle the situation.

  • @GlidGaming1
    @GlidGaming1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    omg hahaha😂😂😂I can't really stop laughing help😂

  • @DaveP1809
    @DaveP1809 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    is that simon pegg on the bicycle? :D

    • @AdAstra34
      @AdAstra34 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes :D

    • @Tigerland1962
      @Tigerland1962 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes,

    • @dgphi
      @dgphi 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How else would you ride a bicycle?

  • @ricoocir77
    @ricoocir77 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Now all people remake this video, but still this is the funniest one

  • @NahiraXD
    @NahiraXD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I'm a simple girl. I see Simon Pegg i click 🤷

  • @otamanlvhs
    @otamanlvhs 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's good to know other languages but you have to be able to use them and have a lot of free time.My mom knew German language very well in her student years but after years of not practicing it she forgot it.When I travel it's impossible to learn language of each country I'm visiting. Majority of people know English because it's international language of communication.

  • @jubinsharma8441
    @jubinsharma8441 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love when at the end Simon disclosed that he can speak english.😅

  • @OMGtheLasersPewPew
    @OMGtheLasersPewPew 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i'm french and it makes me laugh xD

    • @comanchio1976
      @comanchio1976 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bravo!

    • @Magnezium7
      @Magnezium7 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you mean? I don't speak English

  • @albertnoble2727
    @albertnoble2727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I'm just realizing that this was also a satire of French people not speaking English even if they know it.

  • @middleclassic
    @middleclassic ปีที่แล้ว

    Pure British comedy. Brilliant!

  • @OldTeaMate
    @OldTeaMate 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    1:13 - "Thanks, A-H****S!

  • @yussef961
    @yussef961 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i'm French but this always make me laugh, I often play this little trick on English speaking people and find it quite amusing.

  • @vidx9
    @vidx9 ปีที่แล้ว

    The laughter in the background could only mean this is funny. Wish I knew English

  • @morganolfursson2560
    @morganolfursson2560 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I live in the mountains of Switzerland 'three official languages here) , i do that all the time with tourists . I even did it to some Icelandic and Japanese tourists (my father is from Iceland and i have lived many years in Japan and speak both ) that was hilarious . The face of people whom's language is only spoken in one place on earth and rarely learned by foreigners , hearing some guy speaking it in the middle of nowhere on the top of a mountain, is priceless .
    I have to say, the Brits have the best sense of humour , the french don't even bother to ask if you speak French, they just assume you do , so i usually torture them for 30 minutes then send them in the wrong direction . There must be some rotting french corpses in those mountains .

    • @_Opal_Miner_
      @_Opal_Miner_ ปีที่แล้ว

      That is such a cool story. I have a question. How do you say "narcissistic fucktard" in Icelandic?