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It is so weird when you've been watching Xiaoma for years and he unexpectedly uploads a video of him wandering in your home parish and speaking to people you know well. Tá súil agam gur bhain tú sult as do chuid ama anseo i nGaeltacht Thír Chonaill. Dá mbeadh a fhios agam go raibh tú anseo dhéanfainn mo sheacht ndícheall bualadh leat.
I'm from the midlands, and honestly, I wish our government would do more to help us speak irish because I would be down to do a course or something to speak irish Mar tá Bearla leadránach 🙄
My hometown in the US is jokingly called the 33rd County of Ireland, we have an Irish Immigration center that taught Irish classes, wish I had taken them before leaving
This happened to me also! Watching for years, then one day he was wandering around Cardiff market, literally around the corner from me, speaking welsh! Very cool!❤
I'm Irish and loved watching this, most of us hated learning Irish in School (its more or less compulsory) but I was happy to see how much I can still understand.
I love their stupid humor 😂"This guy showin' you around? Don't listen to him" xDDDDDD also you're coming to the Netherlands next??? so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HA! my wife has a fab tale about "being kidnapped by an irish wake". ( 3 days!) Part of the tale involves her then partner disappearing for 30mins after he went for newspaper.. he came back going "the only thing they didn't ask was my inside leg?!".
Fun fact, Gaeilge is the name of the language spoken in Ireland and it's compulsory to learn in primary school (or at least it was when I was growing up). There are lots of Scoile na Gaeilge (Irish schools) where the curriculum is entirely in Gaeilge. There are also summer camps in the Gaeltacht regions where kids/teenagers go live with a family that speaks Irish and attend a summer school to improve their language. It's a pity it's a dying language so kudos to you Xiao for giving it exposure. I hope you will have many returns to Ireland. I highly recommend checking out the Gaeltacht regions in Mayo (Black Sod Bay) and Galway (Clifton). I went to the Gaeltacht summer school for three summers as an American growing up in Ireland, and I had the best time meeting other teenagers from all over Ireland.
i must say as a man from up north in northern Ireland its very nice to see you visit us in our small country, i hope you had a wonderful time exploring the green gem of Ireland and its people, unfortunately irish language isn't very well known thanks to the uks past and its restrictions on teaching it in schools up here like how you get to choose Spanish or French and very few teach it, maybe one day that will change
Pretty cool way to bring attention to our dying language! There's a few ways the country/government is trying to keep it alive. The Gaeltacht is the big one, but there's also scholarships for Irish speaking people and support given to those in the west of the country, which is underdeveloped but also houses the majority of Irish speakers. There's also the Gaelscoile, which are Irish speaking schools in which Irish is the only spoken language, with even the final exams being taken in Irish. Surprisingly they're quite popular to attend, but they're very few in number.
Thank you for this video! I'm Irish and it does make me sad that the majority of us don't even understand or speak it. I'm planning to learn because of videos like these. Hope you had fun in Ireland! We're a nice bunch that take nothing serious lmao.
Love this Xiaoma! Back in my home country but getting stuck in to the Irish speaking regions! DISCLAIMER: for any non Irish folk watching this video, you need to realise how impressive and brave this is. I’m Irish and can’t speak the language and for Xiaoma to even attempt this is seriously impressive!
Nooo he didn't down it 😀 The glass is just very curved so he had to tip it a lot to reach the drink, you can tell he only just sipped it by the way he smacked his lips afterwards
Well, that was some real cráic, man. Btw, I've been dying for a pint of Guinness for years, for here in Brazil they're very rare to find, and you go to a real Irish pub in Ireland and have... 2 sips? Come on!
The Gaeltacht area is incredible, i was 7 when Dad and I first went into a pub and saw locals conversing in Irish. My Grandmother had 15 siblings and half spoke Irish as a first language
Beautiful scenery, and love Irish humour. Enjoyed this one. Even if only speaking a few sentences and not well as people say, no one cares how bad... people appreciate the effort and will be friendly.
I'm from cork and the irish spoken in Donegal is a completely different pronunciation and even other words than my Irish. It is a vast and varied language.
Should've visited Craggy Island! I do love the Irish, "Fair play to ya." It can be said with equal sincerity, if you got something from the shops slightly cheaper than normal or if you just got a doctorate in theoretical astrophysics. :)
It is me or is it strange that loyalist Northern Ireland has more of irelands native language surviving than separatist Southern Ireland? Edit: folks I realize Donegal isn’t in Northern Ireland I wrote this comment because xiaoma said “Northern Ireland” and as someone who doesnt live in Ireland or pull up a map I thought he really was in Northern Ireland and I was confused on how the hell a town like that existed in Northern Ireland. It doesn’t. Xiaoma misspoke and confused the HELL out of me
@ I didn’t say it was. But the way Xiaoma said “Northern ireland” I thought he really meant it was in Northern Ireland. I know damn well better than the make the mistake myself but maybe xiaoma should be more careful to not say such things to his audience because I was really confused on the logic there
Good job pushing through the jet lag. Can’t have been easy speaking an entirely new, difficult language whilst battling an overwhelming urge to sleep. Hope you got a decent rest before West Frissian the day after!
Dingle in South West Kerry is another place a lot of people speak Irish. The local GAA team would always speak tactics and game plan in Irish because they knew the opposition likely wouldn't understand. Not sure if its still like that though as I haven't been years.
When you come to the Netherlands, dont go to Amsterdam! Go to a smaller city like Haarlem or Alkmaar. Their Dutch is more classic and better to understand. Its also very beautiful in both those places! And close to the beach!
I hope that isn't a debit card he is using abroad. Please people, never use your debit card anywhere but the ATM unless it is tied to a single account that you keep minimal money in. If you aren't great with money, just get a prepaid card and use it, otherwise get a low-limit credit card and pay it off every month. Just because your debit card has a credit card brand on it (e.g. Visa/MC), that doesn't mean it has the same protections against theft and fraud as a credit card does. It doesn't, and your money can take weeks/months to be returned, or sometimes never. Even worse if your card is tied to an overdrafting account like a Savings where someone could take everything from you. If you take more than 2 days to report, you can lose up to $500 of the stolen money.
Went to Donegal many years ago - there was a very nice hotel (the Abbey IIRC) in the town centre with a very nice bar with an open fire that sold very nice whiskey.
Nice to see you returned to Ireland ts funny you still have an American accent even speaking Irish! Dont forget about the Fada when speaking the words. eg: Ta is Tá so you elongate or draw out the word like Thaw without the h
There's only certain areas here called "gaeltacht" areas where people speak Irish as the common language. Most children here are taught English in their homes and learn Irish at school and head to gaeltacht areas maybe after junior cert and their leaving cert(GED equivalent) to learn more Irish for a week or so per trip. We just all speak English here and then the few bits of Irish
That started it. But the majority of its expansion globally since has been because of the US becoming a super power arter ww2 as a lingua Franca. Before ww2 French was on a similar international standing as English.
Wth.... I'm part Irish but born n raised Seattle, and everyone loves the name brand tea????? That's hilarious!😂😂😂😂 Yes, I know, most companies change the recipe based on where it is served but still 😆
X, you seriously need to visit Toronto 💯 You’ll easily find different cultures to practice your seperate languages with. Infinite pockets of cultures bro 😎
loved the video: except for the last minute... did you really leave most of the pint in the pub? that's a shame! at least for me as a german - but i guess most scotsman will think alike :D
that is a really dark rabbit hole. UK constantly intentionally starved the Irish so they could bring in English and Scottish settlers, then basically sent Irish kids to reform schools where they'd beat them for speaking Irish. That whole time period is the reason you have so many Irish that fled to the US
We've been to Ireland, Scotland and England. Out of the three, I found the Irish brogue the most difficult to understand. Something about it my ear just doesn't pick up on.
what do you mean with tomorrow I will go to the Netherlands to speak "West Frisian" ? West Frisian is a dialect / accent of standard Dutch, did you mean "Frisian" spoken in the province "Friesland" ?
Irish is Irish, Gaelic is the umbrella. Most Irish people will roll their eyes if you call Irish "Irish Gaelic" in English haha. Gaelic > Scots Gaelic & Irish
Íontach gur tháinig tú g'Éireann arís - bain triail as Baile Átha Cliath arís ám éigin - b'fheidir aimsigh an "pop-up-gaeltacht", áit a buileann go leor gaeilgeoirí le chéile oíche amháin sa mhí. Sláinte 🍻
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It is so weird when you've been watching Xiaoma for years and he unexpectedly uploads a video of him wandering in your home parish and speaking to people you know well. Tá súil agam gur bhain tú sult as do chuid ama anseo i nGaeltacht Thír Chonaill. Dá mbeadh a fhios agam go raibh tú anseo dhéanfainn mo sheacht ndícheall bualadh leat.
Dia duit carrickdan fancy seeing you here!
I'm from the midlands, and honestly, I wish our government would do more to help us speak irish because I would be down to do a course or something to speak irish
Mar tá Bearla leadránach 🙄
My hometown in the US is jokingly called the 33rd County of Ireland, we have an Irish Immigration center that taught Irish classes, wish I had taken them before leaving
This happened to me also! Watching for years, then one day he was wandering around Cardiff market, literally around the corner from me, speaking welsh! Very cool!❤
@@Piglife101 happened to me as well. Watching the boy over years, suddenly he’s down the road from me in Louisiana (usa)
This is the most I've seen Xiaomanyc struggle with a language it must be very difficult
I'm Irish and loved watching this, most of us hated learning Irish in School (its more or less compulsory) but I was happy to see how much I can still understand.
I love their stupid humor 😂"This guy showin' you around? Don't listen to him" xDDDDDD also you're coming to the Netherlands next??? so exciting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's refreshing to see you having a little bit of struggle with Irish. I've been learning for years and it's very difficult. I don't feel so bad now.
when he speaks it it sounds like Simlish
I was thinking this too! lol
Hahaha I was thinking the exact same thing as well. 😂
2:53 the second u said u were maried that girl walked away so fast hahaha
As a northerner, from Coleraine, it's great to see Irish spoken anywhere on the island, keep it up xiaoma
I love the immediately 4:05 'you're married, damn....."🤣
HA! my wife has a fab tale about "being kidnapped by an irish wake". ( 3 days!)
Part of the tale involves her then partner disappearing for 30mins after he went for newspaper.. he came back going "the only thing they didn't ask was my inside leg?!".
Fun fact, Gaeilge is the name of the language spoken in Ireland and it's compulsory to learn in primary school (or at least it was when I was growing up). There are lots of Scoile na Gaeilge (Irish schools) where the curriculum is entirely in Gaeilge. There are also summer camps in the Gaeltacht regions where kids/teenagers go live with a family that speaks Irish and attend a summer school to improve their language. It's a pity it's a dying language so kudos to you Xiao for giving it exposure. I hope you will have many returns to Ireland. I highly recommend checking out the Gaeltacht regions in Mayo (Black Sod Bay) and Galway (Clifton). I went to the Gaeltacht summer school for three summers as an American growing up in Ireland, and I had the best time meeting other teenagers from all over Ireland.
i must say as a man from up north in northern Ireland its very nice to see you visit us in our small country, i hope you had a wonderful time exploring the green gem of Ireland and its people, unfortunately irish language isn't very well known thanks to the uks past and its restrictions on teaching it in schools up here like how you get to choose Spanish or French and very few teach it, maybe one day that will change
Pretty cool way to bring attention to our dying language!
There's a few ways the country/government is trying to keep it alive. The Gaeltacht is the big one, but there's also scholarships for Irish speaking people and support given to those in the west of the country, which is underdeveloped but also houses the majority of Irish speakers. There's also the Gaelscoile, which are Irish speaking schools in which Irish is the only spoken language, with even the final exams being taken in Irish. Surprisingly they're quite popular to attend, but they're very few in number.
Huge respect for reading the comments and going for a part 2 in the Gaeltacht. hope you enjoyed your time
Thank you for this video! I'm Irish and it does make me sad that the majority of us don't even understand or speak it. I'm planning to learn because of videos like these. Hope you had fun in Ireland! We're a nice bunch that take nothing serious lmao.
Love this Xiaoma! Back in my home country but getting stuck in to the Irish speaking regions!
DISCLAIMER: for any non Irish folk watching this video, you need to realise how impressive and brave this is. I’m Irish and can’t speak the language and for Xiaoma to even attempt this is seriously impressive!
15:57 nearly screamed NOOOOO DONT DO IT when he started downing that shit 🤣meant to be sipped nae downed
Nooo he didn't down it 😀 The glass is just very curved so he had to tip it a lot to reach the drink, you can tell he only just sipped it by the way he smacked his lips afterwards
Automatic citizenship I decree. Welcome home son
Well, that was some real cráic, man.
Btw, I've been dying for a pint of Guinness for years, for here in Brazil they're very rare to find, and you go to a real Irish pub in Ireland and have... 2 sips? Come on!
The Gaeltacht area is incredible, i was 7 when Dad and I first went into a pub and saw locals conversing in Irish. My Grandmother had 15 siblings and half spoke Irish as a first language
So happy to see you do another Irish video! Such a beautiful and not very well known language!
Beautiful scenery, and love Irish humour. Enjoyed this one. Even if only speaking a few sentences and not well as people say, no one cares how bad... people appreciate the effort and will be friendly.
I'm from fermoy Co cork Ireland 🇮🇪 watching your videos with years welcome nd god bless you 🙏
This guy has learned more irish in 2 weeks than i have in 14 years
What I love most about these videos is that they reinstil the love of language in the people you visit. Bringing people together across the globe.
Thank you Ari for another educational and entertaining video, you never fail to impress. Best of the holidays to you and yours from Ontario, Canada.
The good thing is that you are humble.
I'm from cork and the irish spoken in Donegal is a completely different pronunciation and even other words than my Irish. It is a vast and varied language.
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One of your best vids, shows your character a bit more.
You give me the motivation to learn new languages
Should've visited Craggy Island!
I do love the Irish, "Fair play to ya." It can be said with equal sincerity, if you got something from the shops slightly cheaper than normal or if you just got a doctorate in theoretical astrophysics. :)
Craggy Island....Father Ted
i’m starting to wonder how many languages you can speak
i’m like 8 minutes in thanks for the answer
i don’t even know that many languages
I wonder the same
It is me or is it strange that loyalist Northern Ireland has more of irelands native language surviving than separatist Southern Ireland?
Edit: folks I realize Donegal isn’t in Northern Ireland I wrote this comment because xiaoma said “Northern Ireland” and as someone who doesnt live in Ireland or pull up a map I thought he really was in Northern Ireland and I was confused on how the hell a town like that existed in Northern Ireland.
It doesn’t. Xiaoma misspoke and confused the HELL out of me
Donegal is in the Republic but close to NI border
Don't say Donnegal is in Northern Ireland 😂
Irish is NOT widely spoken in loyalist Northern Ireland. It is in parts of Donegal though, which is part of the "South", i.e. the Republc
@ I didn’t say it was. But the way Xiaoma said “Northern ireland” I thought he really meant it was in Northern Ireland. I know damn well better than the make the mistake myself but maybe xiaoma should be more careful to not say such things to his audience because I was really confused on the logic there
@ I know because the damn loyalists tried erasing it so when he said Northern Ireland I was like “the fuck???”
Good job pushing through the jet lag. Can’t have been easy speaking an entirely new, difficult language whilst battling an overwhelming urge to sleep. Hope you got a decent rest before West Frissian the day after!
The guy in the grocery store is me everytime I watch. His reaction to you learning in 2 weeks is me.
Dingle in South West Kerry is another place a lot of people speak Irish. The local GAA team would always speak tactics and game plan in Irish because they knew the opposition likely wouldn't understand. Not sure if its still like that though as I haven't been years.
Oh I think I recognised the general store there in Gweedore. Wasn't expecting a Donegal jump scare today.
It’s so funny that every woman was looking for a wedding ring!🤣🤣🤣🤣
OMG the first lady was coming on strong, fair play 😂
Nah bro that’s my uncle and you met my girlfriend why tf wasn’t I there 😭
When you come to the Netherlands, dont go to Amsterdam! Go to a smaller city like Haarlem or Alkmaar. Their Dutch is more classic and better to understand. Its also very beautiful in both those places! And close to the beach!
Your talent is amazing Xiaoma👍👍👍
my dad loves your channel
I know son it's just so fascinating
I hope that isn't a debit card he is using abroad. Please people, never use your debit card anywhere but the ATM unless it is tied to a single account that you keep minimal money in. If you aren't great with money, just get a prepaid card and use it, otherwise get a low-limit credit card and pay it off every month. Just because your debit card has a credit card brand on it (e.g. Visa/MC), that doesn't mean it has the same protections against theft and fraud as a credit card does. It doesn't, and your money can take weeks/months to be returned, or sometimes never. Even worse if your card is tied to an overdrafting account like a Savings where someone could take everything from you. If you take more than 2 days to report, you can lose up to $500 of the stolen money.
Went to Donegal many years ago - there was a very nice hotel (the Abbey IIRC) in the town centre with a very nice bar with an open fire that sold very nice whiskey.
the most recent SNL skit makes this video so funny
He’s back in action
Such great people.
Gaelic sounds very similar to Welsh tbf
Nice to see you returned to Ireland ts funny you still have an American accent even speaking Irish! Dont forget about the Fada when speaking the words. eg: Ta is Tá so you elongate or draw out the word like Thaw without the h
What a stunning area of the earth.. Lucky those who live here
Morgen naar Nederland let's gooo!
de vertaling gaf aan "Westfries" maar ik denk 11 Steden Fries.
Our priest gave a mass once in Gallic where he sang the whole thing it was beautiful.
There's only certain areas here called "gaeltacht" areas where people speak Irish as the common language.
Most children here are taught English in their homes and learn Irish at school and head to gaeltacht areas maybe after junior cert and their leaving cert(GED equivalent) to learn more Irish for a week or so per trip.
We just all speak English here and then the few bits of Irish
I love that he so casually started speaking with the Ukrainian
Not them asking about trump and Xiaoma deflecting 😭
Awesome !
English is the main language around the world mainly because of British colonisation.
That started it. But the majority of its expansion globally since has been because of the US becoming a super power arter ww2 as a lingua Franca. Before ww2 French was on a similar international standing as English.
@@CobraRedstoneWW1 not 2
And having a common language throughout the world is very convenient.
bohoo
English, the famous Germanic language!
If you're going to get a beer, might as well work for it.
I live in Milwaukee we do have Irish people but they don't live in a specific area of the city. We have quite a few Irish Pubs
Bro was boutta get it from the First Lady
Xiaoma has seen the Chase. That's cool
every time I see that pov I think of the memes where people are eating or drinking something with that goofy cam to make it look weird.
Beautiful place, food also looks very good 😊
Oh boy here we go 😂
Shout out from Australia 🇦🇺 😂
I challenge you to learn Finnish. Its a really difficult one.
Love the kid......but watch from 18:40 onwards. Gaelic Gold !!
you need to talk to youngsters. all my younger cousins speak fluent irish. it is taught in all schools now.
Come to northern Greece and learn Macedonian, ве молам
I've lived in Ireland for 5 years and still couldn't understand Irish language...so hard (like Mandarin and vietnamese combined)
Wth.... I'm part Irish but born n raised Seattle, and everyone loves the name brand tea????? That's hilarious!😂😂😂😂
Yes, I know, most companies change the recipe based on where it is served but still 😆
come to North West Wales to speak Welsh. your video in Cardiff did not do the language justice!
X, you seriously need to visit Toronto 💯 You’ll easily find different cultures to practice your seperate languages with. Infinite pockets of cultures bro 😎
He's already done plenty of Hindi videos
@, wow eh?! X’s channel is one of the last places you’d think to find ignorant racist comments in, yet here we are…..🤦🏻♂️
@@o0TwistedByDesign0o I don't think the other guy meant it as discriminatory.
Póg mo Thóin 😁😁
Irish sounds so similar to welsh!
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If there is one thing that should not be wasted.... its Beer!
loved the video: except for the last minute... did you really leave most of the pint in the pub? that's a shame! at least for me as a german - but i guess most scotsman will think alike :D
Greek when?
This place is super remote and rural: walks into a full service 711.
Really wish you would use another camera than the 360 when doing cinematic shots like 4:58
Is aoibhinn liom go bhfuil Xiaoma ag ól go leor cupán tae gach nóiméad sa video seo, tá sé an-stereotypical 😂
0:50 you wouldve been fine with an eir sim card, its a way better deal or vodafone for esim
Fair play duit. 14:20
How did the main language change from irish to english ?
British colonisation
that is a really dark rabbit hole. UK constantly intentionally starved the Irish so they could bring in English and Scottish settlers, then basically sent Irish kids to reform schools where they'd beat them for speaking Irish. That whole time period is the reason you have so many Irish that fled to the US
the accent is just....uafásach bai
Je bent Welkom in Nederland Xiaomanyc
We've been to Ireland, Scotland and England. Out of the three, I found the Irish brogue the most difficult to understand. Something about it my ear just doesn't pick up on.
Depends on which bit of Ireland tho
@@turnip5359 We were in Dublin.
what do you mean with tomorrow I will go to the Netherlands to speak "West Frisian" ?
West Frisian is a dialect / accent of standard Dutch,
did you mean "Frisian" spoken in the province "Friesland" ?
Uisce beatha and Guinness but no poitin? Now you have to go back.
More love to seamus town hating lol much love tho great video
Irish is Irish, Gaelic is the umbrella. Most Irish people will roll their eyes if you call Irish "Irish Gaelic" in English haha.
Gaelic > Scots Gaelic & Irish
I hate that camera and filming format
Trying to order in Irish Gaelic is bold. I’d probably end up ordering a magical curse instead of a beer.
😂😂😂
Íontach gur tháinig tú g'Éireann arís - bain triail as Baile Átha Cliath arís ám éigin - b'fheidir aimsigh an "pop-up-gaeltacht", áit a buileann go leor gaeilgeoirí le chéile oíche amháin sa mhí.
Sláinte 🍻
Sounds like Sims 4 language
funny as heck
Go raibh maith agat! Go hálainn!
Ba mhaith liom níos mó físeán faoin nGaeilge! 😮😊
maith an fear! fair play
Ask thoughts who laugh at your Irish if they are unionists. Bigger laugh 😅