I think that Spanish is super simple compared to Asian languages. Of course I grew up hearing Spanish and I still hear a lot of spanish living in San Diego. But I'm still not close to fluent in spanish. I'm just trying to learn Viet -- because my wife is half Viet and half Chinese -- and I think that it is MUCH easier to learn than Chinese because it uses basically the same alphabet. Chinese seems impossible to me.
I just went on HelloTalk a few days ago. It is just amazing the amount of people I have already met on there. I'm quite addicted to it and really enjoy helping others learn English as where I'm learning Chinese. I was in China in 2013 for one month and saw many cities from Shenzhen to Beijing. I'm going back early in 2019 and am looking forward to meeting some of the people I have met on HelloTalk and go practice my Mandarin. Thanks for the tip laowhy!! I watch your videos quite often seeing as my wife is from Shenzhen. I thought the Pizza Huts were better there than they are in the USA.
When I saw Vivi pressed "Send", I was like "Oh, no....". Then when I saw you translating the message she sent you word by word using a dictionary, I had some tears in my eyes. Is this normal for a guy who just turned 30? I hope this is a true story.
Your videos have improved my relationships with Chinese people I work with in the NZ film industry,thankyou so much,conversations have taken a more interesting turn, thankyou so much guys.
Send in their portfolio,persistence is key,companies like 'fish n clips'' are always hiring up there,I am working at WETA,in Wellington building creatures etc
Your wife's facial expressions during the skit were hilarious, she is the best. Yall are the best couple. Like, thanks for not being all fake and cutesy like others. Love the channel!
K. I'm officially obsessed with your youtube channel! My husband has been trying to learn Spanish and has been wanting to speak with someone so he can learn the vernacular. HelloTalk is exactly what he's been looking for! We are going to visit China for a month this October/November and I was panicking because we don't know a single word in Chinese! I've been having a blast watching your videos! I feel so much better about going now. I just watched the vid about how to know if you're ugly in China...hilarious! Your wife is gorgeous btw! I'm happy to know my big nose might be appreciated somewhere! :-D
"Pork in my mouth" hahahahaha, I love when Vi talks dirty lol. Great video, these are my favorite one's. I just enjoy you both speaking honestly and not being fake in front of camera. I also feel the both of you would do a great podcast. Great job!
I soooo relate to your experience in some ways. I learned Korean in Korea over 30 years ago, self taught, the 'hard way'. So grateful to have access to so many resources today as I learn Mandarin.
I've been taking a Chinese course for about a month now and loving it! I really want to learn Chinese but what Vivi says at 5:18 is what makes me so afraid to attempt speaking or practicing with someone
Haha I miss those days when me and the GF would spend 3 hours at dinner trying to say very basic things in SPANISH & ENGLISH .. I remember those days fondly. Total immersion and a willingness to learn are needed. You guys rock. Cute daughter.
props for actually using a dictionary and learning properly. it's harder but your understanding is definitely going to be better. I learnt English the old fashioned way too. compare to the kids who learnt on a electronic dictionary in the 80s. they still speak in their chinglish rather than being properly fluent. watching EastEnders fucked my Somerset accent tho
There's no such thing as a "proper way" to learn a language. With the technology and resources we have these days, there are so many ways to learn a language, that its easy and much more convenient.
Nnedix not saying apps aren't useful. But the act of looking things up in a book reinforces the meaning and the spelling of the word you are learning. The effort and the inconvenience is what makes you remember
Love it. My wife could hardly speak English, myself hardly speak Chinese 9 years ago. Now she talks to me around the house in Chinese and I answer her in English. I also started the same as you. Not a dictionary but a phrase book and a small note book. Write it down and ask my translator (yes, I had a translator for work purposes) the next day. Great job mate. My wife has also lived in Australia for a couple of years and can dish out the Aussie slang pretty well. I know a bit of Chinese slang but changes every where we go in China. Universal language of motorcycles has got me by in China, also doing exactly as yourself. I get out there with random people and have a go. Certainly not an easy language to learn. Hats off to you and Vivienne.
Finally someone who understands! I use to walk around with a huge dictionary and felt like an idiot just screaming in chinese to everyone "我会说很一点中文“ hahahaha
Matt...great tip on the app...and good to see Vivi more in the vlogs...you are indeed the pork in her mouth never let her forget she's the mcnugget in your happy meal
I've been learning Mandarin via books/online resources, but I got HelloTalk after seeing this today, and the ability to actually interact with Chinese speakers has been huge. Even the past 6 hours of interactions with native speakers has payed dividends, compared to books and such.
Your flash back choked me up man! That was a lil tear jerker seeing the frustration on the both of you! Well done! Thanks to that, I downloaded the hello talk app and I gotta say, it's pretty nice! I like it so far!
not really, just noticed he mentioned it in one of the text-conversations that were shown in the backround. I don't think it's a big deal or anything, but on youtube you should be careful to be transparent, since it's illegal to "promote" something without disclosing sponsorship.
HelloTalk is awesome. I actually met a student, and they came to the USA, and we went to visit their family. Really great encounter!!! Thank you so much HelloTalk!!!
Actually, if you learn Cantonese, it will help you to learn Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese as well since the pronunciations of these three languages are much closer to Cantonese pronunciations than Mandarin pronunciations. Cantonese is a little harder to learn because it has 6 tones instead of the 4 tones in Mandarin.
I’ve only been following you for a couple of months and really enjoy these videos as they pop up. This video is terrific and timely to find as I’ve been wanting to find out how you were able to learn Chinese so well. I love seeing the two of you together and am glad you’re family is safe in the US.
FUnny when english speaking people learn 1 additional language they feels like heros :DDDD while in non english speaking countries poeple speak at least 2-3 languages.
Most English speakers learn another language later in life which is way more difficult than learning languages at another younger age. If you accomplished a difficult task wouldn't you be proud too?
Tomas Av. False.. Half of the countries on this world are very homogenous, even in Europe. I live in Eastern European, I only grew up with my native language, until I decided to study English and to watch English TV shows at 16 years old I became bilingual. Now I can speak Romanian, English and French fluently.Plus, learning Chinese is very special and deserves to be preached for an occidental. Learning a new language with different characters, tones and from the different family is very challenging
@@mironadriana actually no, I'm 18 and I can speak 5 languages. I've been fluent in 3 of them since I was 12. Learning french and english is mandatory here since elementary school and then you have to choose yet another language to learn in high school. Besides those three and my native language, I've been studying another one on my own. Most people do speak more than just their native language.
I wondered how you came to speak chinese so well, I knew it had to be a struggle. By the way thanks for all the content - I think both of you are cool, funny and entertaining to watch!
Always love getting to see the backstory between you two, even your haters can agree that its an interesting story. You did find yourself a wonderful woman, and have a beautiful daughter. Best of luck from Maine!
It's possible to overcome the language barrier with love and determination. I saw a programme of tv. An older English guy married a younger Thai girl. A typical "gold digger" storyline. Except during the interview, they don't communicate to each other very well, but that hasn't stopped them fro keep teasing, looking at each other tenderly. He talked about how she gave up everything in Thailand just to work as a cleaner in England. She talked about how happy she is to have found someone with a gentle and loving heart. Every time when I have doubts in people, I always remember their faces, their strong bond and love for each other. Suddenly I feel so much stronger.
Akmal Ahmed Really? I'd have thought that the man wasn't very lucky with love and romance in England, but found a gold digging Asian who has grown to love him besides his money.
A family friend married an "import bride" from Thailand. Perfect loving couple since over two decades. I think some men just find it hard to find a new relationship after a failed marriage when they are already a bit older (women have the same problem of course). And in turn most western European men are gentle and loving dream men compared to the average Thai guy. There are many couples like that who are genuinely happy with each other.
Awesome video! I'm going to share that app with my NZ husband. Maybe he'll learn some Chinese that way for when I take him to China for the first time later this year. (Ps I'm a Chinese Kiwi from Northern China, just backed your Kickstarter and really looking forward to the new series!)
Hi I am trying so hard to learn chinese because my fiancee is a wonderful chinese woman. She is trying to learn english as well. this video could help so much. Thank You both for your vloggs. They are great. I have learnt so much through them. Thanks! Please go on going them. They are fantastic. Best regards Charlie
Hahaha I had to comment as soon as I saw the sketch with what would have happened if your wife didn't speak English when you met. I find it particularly hilarious because that actually is the exact scenario my partner (soon to be wife) and I had to go through. I met her in Spain and I didn't speak much Spanish and she spoke little English so we actually had to heavily rely on electronic translators and when that didn't work we used good ol fashioned charades. Now I speak fluent Spanish and her English is getting better everyday. It is definitely tough. I wish you both the best and your new daughter is inconceivably adorable.
This is the first time I've actually heard you speak Chinese other than just a word here or there. My wife is also Chinese, we're living in America. I really hope I get to your level some day. I already downloaded the app. Maybe you can understand this. It's difficult to learn Chinese from my wife. Neither of us really want to do it that way.
I'm half Chinese. I can understand and speak a little but I can't read or write..🙃 English was my first language and learning Chinese was too hard so now I'm leaning Spanish 😝
Nicole Noel lol I'm fully Chinese I'm decent at Chinese I can speak and read it but I can't write :/ I gave up trying to write...taking French next year
Nicole Noel you shouldn't give up on it, just focus on one aspect at a time, start with words and phrases and grammar, then familiarize yourself with some characters. you don't even need to know how to write them, just try to read them. there's an app called hello chinese that if you try it, I think you'd like the app, it makes Mandarin so easy to learn
Looks similar to the Lang-8 website where I met the one who would later become my wife. Though, as she was looking for primarily spoken English practice, we took our conversations off that site and went to email and a few VoIP options (this was before the GFW started getting silly with SIP). Good on you for wanting to learn Cantonese. I'm trying to learn it too! My difficulty is trying to remember all the vocabulary - and it's all too easy to revert to English as my wife's English is really quite good, unlike my Cantonese.
Good job! It's so interesting hearing your Chinese - because you have stayed in the south for so long you have a strong southern accent. It's still clear and easy to understand though! Keep studying, you'll get there! I'd say you're at about a lower-intermediate level right now, which is already pretty damn good, better than most 老外。 :)
1:16 That's pretty funny: Michael writes "cuales son" and Gisel (almost certainly Argentinian) corrects him but uses the wrong accent and on the wrong letter! She writes -cuales- cùales (it should be cuáles).
I've just noticed Gisel's national flag. Turns out she's Colombian. I assumed she was Argentinian because "Gisel" is a very common name there and Argentinians have notoriously bad spelling! I lived in Buenos Aires for a year. Great place, lovely people, fantastic food, beautiful women! Cheers C-milk.
Not as bad as Chileans; their spelling is the worst. They write as it sounds to them and not as it's supposed to be. On the tilde thing, I blame autocorrect; since its introduction nobody seems to care for their spelling anymore; they just write stuff, let autocorrect change it, and send it off. Sometimes you must re-read something to actually get what people mean. And let's not talk about the absence of commas...
Hola Michel Yes, I've also come across Chilean spelling... it's not great! But as I lived in Argentina, I have first hand experience. Many Argentinians and Chileans get totally confused between the z, c & s. They would often try to "correct" my spelling, with their feeble attempts! I remember I once wrote "normalización", and was asked to "correct" it to "normalisasion"! hjaja! I had to get out a dictionary to convince them! On the autocorrect thing, you may be right, but I do not believe for a moment that it would change "cuales" to "cùales"! Not even my old semi-literate Argentinian work mates would use that, especially as "ù" doesn't exist in Spanish! Cheers.
Oh, the autocorrect "learns" from you. If the person spelled the word wrong (even if it was a quote), that's stored on its memory and is what it uses. It's a sight for sore eyes when someone lends you their phone to send a text message and you see what (as we say in Venezuela) "would make Andrés Bello cry".
On the road for the last 9 weeks working. Want to say awesome video. I love videos with you and Vivi. Also, Vivi watched all your new ones great job! Very happy to see you back. P.S. I'll be supporting conquering Northern China but I still need to watch Conquering Southern China. I have 2 weeks off I'll watch it lol.
Your acting was great, but your wedding ring broke the immersion. It made you look like a married man, dating behind his wifes back, unless thats what you were going for? lol.
I wouldn't worry too much about that, regulars on your channel can tell straight off you're acting a what-if scenario - and bigger mistakes have happened - like the Celtic warrior in Braveheart with a digital watch.
Downloaded this app like 5 hours ago because of this video, it's helped me with my french so much thank you so much omg😭 literally been looking for an app like this FOR FOREVER
Love this channel, love your Videos. I was exchange student in China a few years ago, about to study chinese in university, and I am able to relate to so many things and stories from your channel. This app recommendation helps me a lot to practice my chinese again. I plan to live in China after University, hope we can see each other than. Keep it up with the good stuff!!
I know this is a sponsored video, but thanks for recommending the app. I am learning Chinese and HelloTalk has been a great addition to my studies. There are a lot of great language learning apps, but being able to actually speak to other people is pretty cool.
But at least you learned some. That's a miracle in itself. It's remarkably easy for someone to take four years of Spanish and still say "quesa-DILL-a" or not even be able to conjugate a basic verb in the present tense. Pues.... Espero que las escuelás enseñarían buenas pronuncias en Español. Casi toda la gente, quiénes aprenden español en las escuelás de los Estados Unidos, no tienen buenos accentos. Now on the other hand, when I started learning Mandarin, the lecturer had us take a month or so to make sure we got used to the sounds and how to say them. They should do that in every language course.
I probably had a similar experience learning Chinese as you. Fortunately I had Pleco dictionary on my iPod touch and then later smartphone. What really got me learning new things was texting in Chinese. You're able to learn the pinyin and the characters!
Cause he moved to China before there were a lot of smartphones and apps espiacially translate apps. He's been living there for forever. Nowadays you can use translators and it's way too easy to not learn the language
Great video showing the challenges of living in a foreign country and surrounded by a foreign language. I lived in Japan for 10 years, very similar experience. Thanks for sharing!!!
ah no. no. no. I started using HelloTalk three years ago, and stopped using it shortly after. I did give it another try about a year ago, still couldn't handle it. Most people will not want to talk Chinese, and they only want to practice English. People will FLOOD your in box. I had over 300 Chinese people trying to talk at once. nope. just nope. it's impossible. And sure, you can give some people your wechat and talk over that, but then there is always the risk of them turning into a creepy stalker. Like, good job for getting sponsored, C-milk. But this app is nothing compared to real learning from books. anyone that wants to learn Chinese, do it the real way. apps like this don't help much. especially with learning how to read and write Chinese. because you're just going to end up translating something you don't understand and not truly understanding it.
That was quite a struggle i imagine, pretty wife and ADORABLE daughter. i wish i was as brave as you to go that length to China and start a life there, it's normal for a 3rd world country people wanted to go to 1st world country, but rarely the opposite way. for your courage, i wish you will be a hundred times for successful than this. by the way, good content tho. Enjoyable videos you make.
I am lucky also to be here now and with Pleco etc. and not needing a dictionary! Separate note...how do you do the film part with half the screen of you guys talking and half showing what is on your phone? Thanks
Gonna try Hello Talk! Been learning Mandarin on Hello Chinese. And yes, these apps are awesome!!! My pronunciation was trash but eventually got to be where native Chine speakers actually understood me!
....I remember the first Time a chinese girl gave me her phone number (This Happened In Spain).....she wrote it down on a piece of paper, in chinese: 六二四七八零。。等等 I thought it was funny!
I take it that you're native language is mandarin... So I can understand your input on C.Milk's dialect/accent, but No I'm a native English Speaker from the best country in the World of course... AMERICA NYC/Manhattan... and her English isn't that fabulous bro... good day
People don't mind a sponsored video every once in a while but FULL info and clarity is a MUST. On a scale of 1-10 for a sponsored video, this one scored a 2. It's a paid app, you really should state that when talking about it. That said, most apps have a free version to let you check it out but when I tried to download the app it requested my CC info before even telling me how much it was going to charge, nor gave a free version. TOTAL DEAL BREAKER... these are things you should be mentioning in your videos, otherwise you just get labeled as a sellout.
Tony2x79 The app is free. You probably hadn't visited the Play Store in a long time, because it shows you the credit card message when you try to download something after a long absence. All you had to do was press skip, and the app would have downloaded.
Alternate reality you wouldn't have beautiful Olivia, oh no! LOL, Laowhy86 learning Cantonese, don't learn rural village dialect, no one will understand you.
haha GOOD SPANISH dude!
Everyone, give props to MAFAN Crew for helping me with the Spanish in this video. Go subscribe to his channel as well!
actually it was awful but we love you regardless
Kohio - C-leche 👍
I think that Spanish is super simple compared to Asian languages. Of course I grew up hearing Spanish and I still hear a lot of spanish living in San Diego. But I'm still not close to fluent in spanish. I'm just trying to learn Viet -- because my wife is half Viet and half Chinese -- and I think that it is MUCH easier to learn than Chinese because it uses basically the same alphabet. Chinese seems impossible to me.
but the spoken language itself is not that hard
I love the fact that you had to explain what a dictionary is
#sarcasm
To be fair, I bet a lot of kids these days have no idea what a dictionary is. They'd just google the word.
Quite honestly, I do not miss them, they were a real chore to go through.
i don't. it's sad
merinsan That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard
You two are hilarious together and the video was edited very well. Very easy to watch.
dude, you had 666 likes when I opened the video. Luckly I was there to save the channel.
But I love Satan
sure you don't really mean that ;)
@ion maftei
actually one can make a theological argument to justify loving Satan: www.reasonablefaith.org/does-god-love-the-devil
He's actually a very devout Satanist
Funnily enough 666 in China is actually used to say something is awesome. Got to love cultural differences.
I just went on HelloTalk a few days ago. It is just amazing the amount of people I have already met on there. I'm quite addicted to it and really enjoy helping others learn English as where I'm learning Chinese. I was in China in 2013 for one month and saw many cities from Shenzhen to Beijing. I'm going back early in 2019 and am looking forward to meeting some of the people I have met on HelloTalk and go practice my Mandarin. Thanks for the tip laowhy!! I watch your videos quite often seeing as my wife is from Shenzhen. I thought the Pizza Huts were better there than they are in the USA.
It's really awesome Laowhy: when you speak Spanish, it sounds like a German reading aloud some Spanish textbook :)
lol
Nice Spanish bro, keep it up hahaha mucho ánimo
The alternative timeline made me sad :( :( :(
😂😂
When I saw Vivi pressed "Send", I was like "Oh, no....". Then when I saw you translating the message she sent you word by word using a dictionary, I had some tears in my eyes. Is this normal for a guy who just turned 30? I hope this is a true story.
Your videos have improved my relationships with Chinese people I work with in the NZ film industry,thankyou so much,conversations have taken a more interesting turn, thankyou so much guys.
Allister Whyte NZ my friend actually looking for a film job in Auckland,he is a junior editor. any advice?
Send in their portfolio,persistence is key,companies like 'fish n clips'' are always hiring up there,I am working at WETA,in Wellington building creatures etc
WETA? Wtf, you lucky bitch!
Your wife's facial expressions during the skit were hilarious, she is the best. Yall are the best couple. Like, thanks for not being all fake and cutesy like others. Love the channel!
K. I'm officially obsessed with your youtube channel! My husband has been trying to learn Spanish and has been wanting to speak with someone so he can learn the vernacular. HelloTalk is exactly what he's been looking for!
We are going to visit China for a month this October/November and I was panicking because we don't know a single word in Chinese! I've been having a blast watching your videos! I feel so much better about going now. I just watched the vid about how to know if you're ugly in China...hilarious! Your wife is gorgeous btw! I'm happy to know my big nose might be appreciated somewhere!
:-D
"Pork in my mouth" hahahahaha, I love when Vi talks dirty lol. Great video, these are my favorite one's. I just enjoy you both speaking honestly and not being fake in front of camera. I also feel the both of you would do a great podcast. Great job!
I soooo relate to your experience in some ways. I learned Korean in Korea over 30 years ago, self taught, the 'hard way'. So grateful to have access to so many resources today as I learn Mandarin.
After using Hellotalk I love to sit down with a nice refreshing can of Coca Cola ™. Taste the Feeling!!
Hail corporate!
how the fuck coca cola is here?
it's making of fun of the fact that this is a sponsored video
Ah, it all makes sense, because I've used the app and it sucks.
edit: meaning I didn't know this was sponsored
hellotalk how I met my Korean Girlfriend lol.. its a language app that secretly a dating app..
"pork in my mouth"...? WTF?
I know what you mean, that one cracked me up but it sounds awesome. :)
It's a Chinese slang means like "you're mine already/you can't slip away" xp
I got it, and I just have to try it with my wife... Wonder how she will react. ;)
More of those slang sentences would also be awesome in future video.
AmyL_1020 - Yeah, it means that in English as well but for a different reason ;)
I saw a porn with that title.
Only because it's you and vivi who did this commercial, I watched it to the end.🙃
haha thanks Mona!
This is a commercial?
I've been taking a Chinese course for about a month now and loving it! I really want to learn Chinese but what Vivi says at 5:18 is what makes me so afraid to attempt speaking or practicing with someone
laowhy86's Chinese is a lot better than most expats I have met, I can tell you spent a lot time to get the tone right. bravo!
Haha I miss those days when me and the GF would spend 3 hours at dinner trying to say very basic things in SPANISH & ENGLISH .. I remember those days fondly. Total immersion and a willingness to learn are needed. You guys rock. Cute daughter.
props for actually using a dictionary and learning properly. it's harder but your understanding is definitely going to be better. I learnt English the old fashioned way too. compare to the kids who learnt on a electronic dictionary in the 80s. they still speak in their chinglish rather than being properly fluent. watching EastEnders fucked my Somerset accent tho
Tang BoWen yeah. I used to have a really noticeable Somerset accent. But after moving to the Midlands for a few years. My accent went all funny~
There's no such thing as a "proper way" to learn a language. With the technology and resources we have these days, there are so many ways to learn a language, that its easy and much more convenient.
Nnedix not saying apps aren't useful. But the act of looking things up in a book reinforces the meaning and the spelling of the word you are learning. The effort and the inconvenience is what makes you remember
Tang BoWen somewhere between Exeter and Bristol lol
Yu Lung Yip Ah ok makes sense
Love it. My wife could hardly speak English, myself hardly speak Chinese 9 years ago. Now she talks to me around the house in Chinese and I answer her in English. I also started the same as you. Not a dictionary but a phrase book and a small note book. Write it down and ask my translator (yes, I had a translator for work purposes) the next day. Great job mate. My wife has also lived in Australia for a couple of years and can dish out the Aussie slang pretty well. I know a bit of Chinese slang but changes every where we go in China. Universal language of motorcycles has got me by in China, also doing exactly as yourself. I get out there with random people and have a go. Certainly not an easy language to learn. Hats off to you and Vivienne.
Finally someone who understands! I use to walk around with a huge dictionary and felt like an idiot just screaming in chinese to everyone "我会说很一点中文“ hahahaha
LOL! Vivi was great in this vlog! She has a great sense of humour.
Matt...great tip on the app...and good to see Vivi more in the vlogs...you are indeed the pork in her mouth
never let her forget she's the mcnugget in your happy meal
This was so heart touching the beginning actually made me tear up.So brave of both of you to take on another language
I've been learning Mandarin via books/online resources, but I got HelloTalk after seeing this today, and the ability to actually interact with Chinese speakers has been huge. Even the past 6 hours of interactions with native speakers has payed dividends, compared to books and such.
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my skype zhongquan321@hotmail.com
The baby! Sooo cute! Thank you for showing your first daughter, hope both kids are doing well.
Legend says, Laowhy can speak Finnish.
Some legends are meant to die
Legend says, Laowhy is secretly an Undertale fan
Your flash back choked me up man! That was a lil tear jerker seeing the frustration on the both of you! Well done!
Thanks to that, I downloaded the hello talk app and I gotta say, it's pretty nice! I like it so far!
Just a tip, you should more clearly state that this was is a sponsored video...
It was already blindingly obvious though.
not really, just noticed he mentioned it in one of the text-conversations that were shown in the backround. I don't think it's a big deal or anything, but on youtube you should be careful to be transparent, since it's illegal to "promote" something without disclosing sponsorship.
blizzmen its illegal in America. China dont give no fucks
thanks jizzmen
blizzmen he put it in the description of the video.
Vivi has a great sense of humor. Love her!
HelloTalk is awesome. I actually met a student, and they came to the USA, and we went to visit their family. Really great encounter!!! Thank you so much HelloTalk!!!
Actually, if you learn Cantonese, it will help you to learn Vietnamese, Korean and Japanese as well since the pronunciations of these three languages are much closer to Cantonese pronunciations than Mandarin pronunciations. Cantonese is a little harder to learn because it has 6 tones instead of the 4 tones in Mandarin.
I’ve only been following you for a couple of months and really enjoy these videos as they pop up. This video is terrific and timely to find as I’ve been wanting to find out how you were able to learn Chinese so well. I love seeing the two of you together and am glad you’re family is safe in the US.
FUnny when english speaking people learn 1 additional language they feels like heros :DDDD while in non english speaking countries poeple speak at least 2-3 languages.
I'm 14 and I speak 4 languages. French and swedish are a little rusty though. D:
Most English speakers learn another language later in life which is way more difficult than learning languages at another younger age. If you accomplished a difficult task wouldn't you be proud too?
Tomas Av. False.. Half of the countries on this world are very homogenous, even in Europe. I live in Eastern European, I only grew up with my native language, until I decided to study English and to watch English TV shows at 16 years old I became bilingual. Now I can speak Romanian, English and French fluently.Plus, learning Chinese is very special and deserves to be preached for an occidental. Learning a new language with different characters, tones and from the different family is very challenging
@@mironadriana actually no, I'm 18 and I can speak 5 languages. I've been fluent in 3 of them since I was 12. Learning french and english is mandatory here since elementary school and then you have to choose yet another language to learn in high school. Besides those three and my native language, I've been studying another one on my own. Most people do speak more than just their native language.
Hahaha yes I'm 14 and I speak 3 lenguages(still learning English not so fluent yet) and learning portuguese pretty easy
I wondered how you came to speak chinese so well, I knew it had to be a struggle. By the way thanks for all the content - I think both of you are cool, funny and entertaining to watch!
Well my heart just broke a little, imagining the world without the greatest love story ever told, C-Milk and Vivi. :(
Always love getting to see the backstory between you two, even your haters can agree that its an interesting story. You did find yourself a wonderful woman, and have a beautiful daughter. Best of luck from Maine!
It's possible to overcome the language barrier with love and determination. I saw a programme of tv. An older English guy married a younger Thai girl. A typical "gold digger" storyline. Except during the interview, they don't communicate to each other very well, but that hasn't stopped them fro keep teasing, looking at each other tenderly. He talked about how she gave up everything in Thailand just to work as a cleaner in England. She talked about how happy she is to have found someone with a gentle and loving heart. Every time when I have doubts in people, I always remember their faces, their strong bond and love for each other. Suddenly I feel so much stronger.
Akmal Ahmed Really? I'd have thought that the man wasn't very lucky with love and romance in England, but found a gold digging Asian who has grown to love him besides his money.
A family friend married an "import bride" from Thailand. Perfect loving couple since over two decades. I think some men just find it hard to find a new relationship after a failed marriage when they are already a bit older (women have the same problem of course). And in turn most western European men are gentle and loving dream men compared to the average Thai guy. There are many couples like that who are genuinely happy with each other.
Awesome video! I'm going to share that app with my NZ husband. Maybe he'll learn some Chinese that way for when I take him to China for the first time later this year.
(Ps I'm a Chinese Kiwi from Northern China, just backed your Kickstarter and really looking forward to the new series!)
Fun video. Really creative. JaYoe.
Thanks man!
@@laowhy86 for a second I thought JaYoe was the cantonese version of 加油
Hi
I am trying so hard to learn chinese because my fiancee is a wonderful chinese woman. She is trying to learn english as well. this video could help so much. Thank You both for your vloggs. They are great. I have learnt so much through them. Thanks! Please go on going them. They are fantastic.
Best regards Charlie
Hahaha I had to comment as soon as I saw the sketch with what would have happened if your wife didn't speak English when you met. I find it particularly hilarious because that actually is the exact scenario my partner (soon to be wife) and I had to go through. I met her in Spain and I didn't speak much Spanish and she spoke little English so we actually had to heavily rely on electronic translators and when that didn't work we used good ol fashioned charades. Now I speak fluent Spanish and her English is getting better everyday. It is definitely tough. I wish you both the best and your new daughter is inconceivably adorable.
The quality of your content is getting better. I loved the acting here, so natural.
哈哈哈
笑死我了😂😂
其实，我特别喜欢 hellotalk
it always helps me a lot to improve my Chinese 💓💓💓
Thank you very much guys. I started learning mandarin 2 months ago. I have a great Tutor in Toronto. I will download Hello Talk soon. Thanks again
you guys are living the American dream in China! Never change!
This is the first time I've actually heard you speak Chinese other than just a word here or there. My wife is also Chinese, we're living in America. I really hope I get to your level some day. I already downloaded the app.
Maybe you can understand this. It's difficult to learn Chinese from my wife. Neither of us really want to do it that way.
Great opportunity for you to start learning to speak finnish again. (Hieno koru hermanni)
hahahahaha
What's all the talk about finnish?
Lol, the dramatic reenactments are hilarious. Love it!
I'm half Chinese. I can understand and speak a little but I can't read or write..🙃
English was my first language and learning Chinese was too hard so now I'm leaning Spanish 😝
Nicole Noel lol I'm fully Chinese I'm decent at Chinese I can speak and read it but I can't write :/
I gave up trying to write...taking French next year
lmao I'm Indian but i live in hk and I'm okay at Chinese.. I can speak and read basic stuff but my writing is just terrible :c
Nicole Noel you shouldn't give up on it, just focus on one aspect at a time, start with words and phrases and grammar, then familiarize yourself with some characters. you don't even need to know how to write them, just try to read them. there's an app called hello chinese that if you try it, I think you'd like the app, it makes Mandarin so easy to learn
did you give up because the reading and writing were too hard or speaking was hard?
BrannonInHD reading and writing but it is hard to learn when you aren't interested in it
Looks similar to the Lang-8 website where I met the one who would later become my wife. Though, as she was looking for primarily spoken English practice, we took our conversations off that site and went to email and a few VoIP options (this was before the GFW started getting silly with SIP).
Good on you for wanting to learn Cantonese. I'm trying to learn it too! My difficulty is trying to remember all the vocabulary - and it's all too easy to revert to English as my wife's English is really quite good, unlike my Cantonese.
Which language do you and your wife usually communicate in?
love
Good job! It's so interesting hearing your Chinese - because you have stayed in the south for so long you have a strong southern accent. It's still clear and easy to understand though! Keep studying, you'll get there! I'd say you're at about a lower-intermediate level right now, which is already pretty damn good, better than most 老外。 :)
1:16 That's pretty funny: Michael writes "cuales son" and Gisel (almost certainly Argentinian) corrects him but uses the wrong accent and on the wrong letter! She writes -cuales- cùales (it should be cuáles).
I've just noticed Gisel's national flag. Turns out she's Colombian. I assumed she was Argentinian because "Gisel" is a very common name there and Argentinians have notoriously bad spelling!
I lived in Buenos Aires for a year. Great place, lovely people, fantastic food, beautiful women! Cheers C-milk.
Not as bad as Chileans; their spelling is the worst. They write as it sounds to them and not as it's supposed to be.
On the tilde thing, I blame autocorrect; since its introduction nobody seems to care for their spelling anymore; they just write stuff, let autocorrect change it, and send it off. Sometimes you must re-read something to actually get what people mean. And let's not talk about the absence of commas...
Hola Michel
Yes, I've also come across Chilean spelling... it's not great! But as I lived in Argentina, I have first hand experience. Many Argentinians and Chileans get totally confused between the z, c & s. They would often try to "correct" my spelling, with their feeble attempts! I remember I once wrote "normalización", and was asked to "correct" it to "normalisasion"! hjaja! I had to get out a dictionary to convince them!
On the autocorrect thing, you may be right, but I do not believe for a moment that it would change "cuales" to "cùales"! Not even my old semi-literate Argentinian work mates would use that, especially as "ù" doesn't exist in Spanish! Cheers.
Oh, the autocorrect "learns" from you. If the person spelled the word wrong (even if it was a quote), that's stored on its memory and is what it uses. It's a sight for sore eyes when someone lends you their phone to send a text message and you see what (as we say in Venezuela) "would make Andrés Bello cry".
haha, I didn't realise that, chamo... ¡qué ladilla!
:)
hahaha "the pork in my mouth" you two are great. awesome vids and great sense of humor from you both. Subbed
Oh its sponsored... please put 'Product Promotion' in the corner of the screen please :)
TheSaintST1 Will doing so give you wings and a box with $50k?
On the road for the last 9 weeks working. Want to say awesome video. I love videos with you and Vivi. Also, Vivi watched all your new ones great job! Very happy to see you back. P.S. I'll be supporting conquering Northern China but I still need to watch Conquering Southern China. I have 2 weeks off I'll watch it lol.
Your acting was great, but your wedding ring broke the immersion. It made you look like a married man, dating behind his wifes back, unless thats what you were going for? lol.
hahahaha shittttt
I wouldn't worry too much about that, regulars on your channel can tell straight off you're acting a what-if scenario - and bigger mistakes have happened - like the Celtic warrior in Braveheart with a digital watch.
Cheating on your wife, by having an affair with your wife. That's a new one!
worked out fine in the pinacolada song
LOL, guardians
Congrads on reaching your kickstarter goal!
Illegal winnie the pooh shirt fight the system lol
Downloaded this app like 5 hours ago because of this video, it's helped me with my french so much thank you so much omg😭 literally been looking for an app like this FOR FOREVER
you are a good husband and good father, your wife is beautiful and smart.
respect from China.
that app is so helpful in terms of learning language.I was totally beneficial of this app as well.
Is HelloTalk your new sponsor?
you two are so sweet together. peace and long life to you both.
You should have used the universal language of love, money.
Love this channel, love your Videos. I was exchange student in China a few years ago, about to study chinese in university, and I am able to relate to so many things and stories from your channel.
This app recommendation helps me a lot to practice my chinese again.
I plan to live in China after University, hope we can see each other than.
Keep it up with the good stuff!!
Listening your Spanish almost made me cry, I had to read the subtitles to understand, but nice try
I know this is a sponsored video, but thanks for recommending the app. I am learning Chinese and HelloTalk has been a great addition to my studies. There are a lot of great language learning apps, but being able to actually speak to other people is pretty cool.
man your spanish is terrible for a guy from NY
lmao i know
But at least you learned some. That's a miracle in itself. It's remarkably easy for someone to take four years of Spanish and still say "quesa-DILL-a" or not even be able to conjugate a basic verb in the present tense. Pues....
Espero que las escuelás enseñarían buenas pronuncias en Español. Casi toda la gente, quiénes aprenden español en las escuelás de los Estados Unidos, no tienen buenos accentos.
Now on the other hand, when I started learning Mandarin, the lecturer had us take a month or so to make sure we got used to the sounds and how to say them. They should do that in every language course.
Alex's Bikes and Motors since when being from NY makes you good at spanish? for me it was fairly ok the massage was received
Alex's Bikes and Motors ~I concur ~A merican Anglo-Saxons are the worst in the world to learn another language ☆ let alone Español 😈
huh, i live in NY and most new yorkers do not speak spanish.........
I probably had a similar experience learning Chinese as you. Fortunately I had Pleco dictionary on my iPod touch and then later smartphone. What really got me learning new things was texting in Chinese. You're able to learn the pinyin and the characters!
WHY NOT USING APP TO TRANSLATE.
Cause he moved to China before there were a lot of smartphones and apps espiacially translate apps. He's been living there for forever. Nowadays you can use translators and it's way too easy to not learn the language
Great video showing the challenges of living in a foreign country and surrounded by a foreign language.
I lived in Japan for 10 years, very similar experience. Thanks for sharing!!!
I’m 15 and can almost speak Chinese Fluently🙂
Your wife seems fun! :D Congratz!
ah no. no. no. I started using HelloTalk three years ago, and stopped using it shortly after. I did give it another try about a year ago, still couldn't handle it. Most people will not want to talk Chinese, and they only want to practice English. People will FLOOD your in box. I had over 300 Chinese people trying to talk at once. nope. just nope. it's impossible. And sure, you can give some people your wechat and talk over that, but then there is always the risk of them turning into a creepy stalker.
Like, good job for getting sponsored, C-milk. But this app is nothing compared to real learning from books.
anyone that wants to learn Chinese, do it the real way. apps like this don't help much. especially with learning how to read and write Chinese. because you're just going to end up translating something you don't understand and not truly understanding it.
Your hello talk advertisement worked. Great video!
i dont know what was the most cringe moment, the "flashback" or your attempt at "spanish", but sill funny
That was quite a struggle i imagine, pretty wife and ADORABLE daughter. i wish i was as brave as you to go that length to China and start a life there, it's normal for a 3rd world country people wanted to go to 1st world country, but rarely the opposite way. for your courage, i wish you will be a hundred times for successful than this.
by the way, good content tho. Enjoyable videos you make.
this guy plays winston on overwatch
Flex Truth
Lol wut?
true
C-Milk ain't no Genji boi
I only play Maplestory for life biatches.
Well of course, he can't play anything that requires him to aim. I bet he still pisses on the toilet seat.
I am lucky also to be here now and with Pleco etc. and not needing a dictionary!
Separate note...how do you do the film part with half the screen of you guys talking and half showing what is on your phone? Thanks
Woo! When C-Milk was speaking spanish it was unexpected! Tienes buen acento👍
acento no lleva tilde :)
Jaja yo pensé que si por lo que significa la palabra...sería algo asi como un taco sin tortilla
Para nada, su acento fue horrible. LOL
Days ago I supported their Northern China tour, but it was only half way thru, now the raise is completed! What a surprise lol.
Romantic!!!!!!
Gonna try Hello Talk! Been learning Mandarin on Hello Chinese. And yes, these apps are awesome!!! My pronunciation was trash but eventually got to be where native Chine speakers actually understood me!
....I remember the first Time a chinese girl gave me her phone number (This Happened In Spain).....she wrote it down on a piece of paper, in chinese: 六二四七八零。。等等
I thought it was funny!
This was a beautiful video i really enjoyed the story and acting of both of you. Thanks guys!
我草，I grass. lmao
Cmilk this is an amazing App thank you for promoting it as its like having free 中文 lessons.
I'm a Chinese. I think your wife's English is very very good, but your Chinese pronunciation and accent really need improving.
Ray Xiao you Chinese
الطلاب العراقين في الخارج هل أنت عربي
Chinese have no shame.
I take it that you're native language is mandarin... So I can understand your input on C.Milk's dialect/accent, but No I'm a native English Speaker from the best country in the World of course... AMERICA NYC/Manhattan... and her English isn't that fabulous bro... good day
Sean Quigley yeah
Anybody else distracted by the 3 person family passing cramped on one scooter at the beginning of the film! LOL
People don't mind a sponsored video every once in a while but FULL info and clarity is a MUST. On a scale of 1-10 for a sponsored video, this one scored a 2.
It's a paid app, you really should state that when talking about it. That said, most apps have a free version to let you check it out but when I tried to download the app it requested my CC info before even telling me how much it was going to charge, nor gave a free version. TOTAL DEAL BREAKER... these are things you should be mentioning in your videos, otherwise you just get labeled as a sellout.
It's in the description.
This app is free.
I enjoyed it, so I was happy to do a sponsored video.
What? HT doesn't need a credit card
Hello Talk was completely free. I downloaded it just fine.
Tony2x79 The app is free. You probably hadn't visited the Play Store in a long time, because it shows you the credit card message when you try to download something after a long absence. All you had to do was press skip, and the app would have downloaded.
Did you pull the 'We Did it' video? I wanted to finish it this morning with my Joe. Lots of good questions were being asked and answered.
Alternate reality you wouldn't have beautiful Olivia, oh no!
LOL, Laowhy86 learning Cantonese, don't learn rural village dialect, no one will understand you.
I definitely want to see videos of C-Milk with his journey of learning Cantonese.
Wait... C-Milk is trying to learn Cantonese for real? That's pretty cool!
I get a little worried when I see sponsored videos, but you managed to make it not just about the app so I enjoyed it.
Mi lernas Esperanton.
Xez Yes.
Nice! Loved this one guys. Language learning made easy!
very obvious ad intergration
thus the description
I'm really enjoying your videos! You guys are so funny and so adorable!