Canadian Gora speaks fluent Punjabi
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- DESIblitz chats to Stephen Gucciardi, a Canadian man who speaks fluent Punjabi! He tells us about how he learnt the language and his experiences in India.
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My eyes and my ears are in a huge conflict right now.
LMFAO RIGHT? Watching him speak Punjabi is awkward
@@Arabica not awkward, wierd
Hahahaha
when the British Empire ruled India as A British colony. from June 23 1757 until August 1947. A lot of Brtish officers statesman Knew Hindi Urdu Bengali
@@TheAaronChand this is true and chances are their accents and pronunciation would have been awful as they wouldn't have tried too hard, thinking themselves superior to their colonised natives.
Their raison d'etre was different and their vocabulary limited to their exploitative motives. Would they know the word "woti" like Stephen, would they have a sense of dialect like Stephen, or would their vocabulary be more inclined towards raw materials like "chai" or "cheeni"?
On the other hand, Stephen lacks any sort of superiority. He is genuinely interested and has worked very hard cross-culture to get it right, especially pleasing to millions of Punjabis. Stephen's fluency, pronunciation and vocabulary are superlative. I have genuine respect for him.
The language dynamics of British Empire and Stephen are incomparable.
He is even pronouncing Canada in Punjabi accent.
yeah, he said "kaneddda!"
I swear
😆😆
Harshal Garg Lmao 😂🤣
😂😂😂that made me laugh when he said KANNEEDDDAAAA
He speaks better Punjabi than majority of people in Delhi
I am from Delhi and you are correct hahahha
Yes sahi bola bhai
Because we people in Delhi can understand it but not speak it very very fluently.
Like when I go to my village in Himachal in Chintpurni, I start speaking
Because delhi people are NOT Panjabis
Hahah...and nris also..kidda main roti khaani mangda yaa
He is now officially Stephenpreet Singh.
😂😂fr
Like that name. 😃😃
😂😂😂
Rachit Goyal hahahahaha bn
Hahaha Haha 🤣🤣
He said, in Delhi, people claim that they can speak Punjabi, but they can't, and that's a real thing.
Yeah I'm from Delhi and I can understand everything, of course and I think I could maybe speak it because it's somewhat similar to Hindi, but I probably couldn't. Although I'm sure it would be very easy for most Delhiites to learn Punjabi if they tried.
Punjabi families can sir, I am a punjabi living in Delhi and i can speak punjabi fluently.
Dehli de lokk bhayee hunde aw punjabi tohdi na hunde aw hor punjabi sikh nal punjabi thodi bn janda aw
O punjab waleo tuhade v palle punjabi nai rehni kioki sare tha othe Bihar de bhaiye aa gaye ne.
Bahut kam log punjabi bolte h ya bolna jante h punjabi delhi me
Stephen is now officially stephenpal singh from ludhiana.
It’s satwinderpal I guess
You literally copied this from a movie!
Satinder singh sahota
Patiala madam ji... Satwinder paaji sheher patiale de fan ne...!! 😂😂😝
*from Brampton
His pronunciation of the word 'Canada' itself is enough to understand, that his Punjabi is good.
R4444 r/whoosh
Arthur Morgan you really don’t get that subreddit at all do you
Also r/ihavereddit
Justin Pfeifer tbh honest bro I don't use reddit but ik about r/whoosh but what's r/ihavereddit
@@mohammedasimuddin3757 clearly you don't, because there was no wooosh there. Because 1) there wasn't a joke in the first place and 2) even if there was he wasn't missing a joke, he was just telling them to shut up. Joke or not, u can say that and still get it.
No woosh
KA-NE-DA xD
"Kanedda to aa" , "University oftrrrronto" that's litmus test for punjabi 😂😂😂
I think you are science student
@@kbstreams5140 why that? Litmus?
Not funny
Lol
At what timing?
He is sounding more punjabi than many NRI Punjabis....
nah not better than me, but props to him
Yess
Ek gal sacchi dassan bruh.....menu pind di mitti ch yadd vaddi aundi hai.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Uthhe di murgiyan pak pak kardi aa.... Pr sadde ithhe di murgiyan tan fuck fuck kar diya ni bruuuhhhhhhh😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Damn True.
true
He isn't Stephen, he is Satwinderpal now
Love u Stephen brdr
Aho jive tu hamveer singh ton hammi ho gaya. Je sikh hi layi ohne punjabi tan kyu bane satwinderpal or anything. Fir tere varge hor kehn lag jange punjabi hi ban jave. Yr shado insaan bano pehla. Tc
😂
Stephenjeet Singh
@@GurpreetSingh-qs5bl Tu te ldaayi lenn aaya lgda, mai sirf mzaak ch gall likhi aa, tu te zindagi tohn akkeya lgda mainu, mai khda Yogi aa jhda naam badaldu ohda, naale mera naam hamveer nyi aa,
Mera te hassa kadata tu Hammi mainu mere gharde kehnde pyar naal, 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣, naale mai ohdi bejjti nyi kitti koi
@@GurpreetSingh-qs5bl bad ch ihna ne amrit shkaa dena 🤣🤣
I approve your Punjabi by just listening your pronunciation of one word “Kaneda”.
Hahahahah..ahhho
Arrey bhai bhai bhai 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hahahahaha.........bro🤣🤣🤣
Acha y tusi kada k gora de olado
Haha
The correct title should be “ The Flash talks to us in Punjabi”.
Wow great to see that they are learning our language and have respect for our culture
Omo yes 😂😂
That’s EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING
Same thought !
Sahi baat he
When you pronounce canada as “Caneda”
Bang you are punjabi 😂
RBTmusic Official yup
😂
'कनेडा'
Yup
Bruhhhhhhhh
My mom only said one thing after watching this video
"Sharam Kar"
Sharam Kar... Apni maa nu vi par Lea Kar Kade...
😂😂😂
Lol 😂 😂 😂 bohat vadiya jee he's soo good
I feel seen...lmao...
Sharam kar ya sharm kar
I haven't heard more Punjabi in 10 mins before this. EVER.
Haa Na rao.. Majha marathi peksha tyachi Punjabi changli Ahe haha
Ikr
@@amanpotdar kya bola
@Jashan haha I said it in marathi that "me being a marathi, his Punjabi seems better than my own language marathi"
@@amanpotdar what?
This guy has a very high IQ and has amazing understanding about desi languages
More than that, he has the love and heart for the culture😊😊
Has nothing to do with IQ king, just apply the time & effort and you can learn them too!
@@YoqDzewa lol everything to do with iq... learning 3 languages with their dialects this fluently is totally insane.. u wont get it unless u urself try it
@@whiteobama3029 Dumbass you are aware that the majority of Bantu tribes (especially Kikuyu) speak at least 3 languages. Their tribe's, simplified English Pidgin, and the regional lingua franca (ie Swahili for Kenya).
It's not a matter of some number you get on a test. It's what the society asks of you.
@@whiteobama3029 I know Hindi,Punjabi, Arabic,English cause I lived in Ireland for 5 years, German, French. Also 2000Fide rated chess player. Still my IQ is lower than 100. It has nothing to do with IQ.
I swear he's nailed the accent. If I close my eyes I wouldn't be able to tell he isn't from Punjab
Some peep must have tried closing his eyes while listening after reading your comment
@@nu_narose1237 i did 😂
Zeeshhh Same.
Thekhaniv IV and you too did.
@@nischit727 yea ma man
The “Caneda” was enough to blow me over 😲
@Sachin tichkuley whatever
Maryum K even when he said TORRRONTO I was like wowser
I'm not Punjabi but his Punjabi is so good that it feels ear soothing.
Gappi Cool thanks brother
If you’re not punjabi, then how do you know it’s good?
@@samacker77youtube there are somethings called friends, movies, songs etc. That's how I knew. I said good not great 😉
He used word "vauti" .... This is so amazing
Aho 😂
Bilkul 😆
Laadi
Next step would be to sell his dad's land, buy a Lamborghini and make a Punjabi rap song.
Prashil Prakash man this cm made me laugh so much ty 😂😂😂😭😭
Jattan day kam
No
😂😂😂😂
Then move back here to Canada and bring 50 or 100 of his friends.
If i was only hearing audio, i could not guess a white dude is speaking. Not in a million years. Your fluency is too good. Hats off.
He even calls his wife "woti" 😂😂😂
Edit: thx for 500 likes!
😂
Wow haven't heard that one in a while 🤣
@@anisatajy9445 lmao
I knowwww right.
Mili Patel that made me laugh
when he said "Kanedda" .. full marks bro 10/10
😂😂😂
🤣🤣👍👍
most pickup line in this interview.
And university offtranoto
He isn't Stephen , he is Sarandeepal
😂😂😂
Rahul Pandey 😂😂😂😂
XD
😂😂😂❤❤❤
His voice is totally different in punjabi than english
I know, right? 😉
He can't help it. This is natural.
he sounds more assertive and manly...
Shut up YOU ARE stupid.
@@dieterlove9827 but it's good
He said "KaneDDA" I don't need to hear anything further!! :D
Hearing him on the phone: He’s definitely brown
Meeting him: Have I gone colourblind?
Lol
😀😀
🤣
This guy is better than Indians,
Who can speak comfortably in Hindi, Punjabi, and Sanskrit.
Bow down to him🙏🙏
He speaks pure Punjabi.
How can you distinguish people of India with someone who speaks our language?
Itna jaldi judge karna hai toh High ya Supreme court Mai apply kardo judge ke post ke liye 😆
@Akshaya Mohanty Pulwama attract modi ne kaise Kar Vaya tha proof hai Tere pass ?
@Shubham Johri Abe usne saaf saaf Bola hai usne Sanskrit seekhi hai sun le pehle dhang se
Akshaya Mohanty It’s spoken mostly in Pakistan, Bhai thora research kur pehlay phir baat kur.
Akshaya Mohanty 44% of Pakistan speaks Punjabi, more than any other language in Pakistan. Urdu is only spoken by 10% of Pakistanis.
Parents:
No gora munda!
Me:
Brings a gora Punjabi Munda
😂😂🔥
😂🔥💯
My parents would flip. My mom would fall head over heels!
This is really true
Married on spot!
my guy speaking facts on Delhi people claiming to speak Punjabi ✊🏻
I used to work with Stephen in the UK, such a down to earth and respectful guy.
Is his wife from India?
Nice memory to have. Language is not an obligation would be an awesome co worker.
Don't assume this man as an average person. He is a Genius . He has even mastered the accents of Hindi and Punjabi. Not an easy thing to do, being a westerner. Salute !
Nothing new...i see lot of indians living abroad speaking the local language...his wife is punjabi so there is an indian connection to his learning of a new language.
Urdu v
@@Hussainpiplodwala you're right. People are getting too excited here!
@@Hussainpiplodwala No matter how your see it, people who master vastly different languages let alone their accent is at an extreme minority in the context of the entire world's population. It is a big deal.
It takes a level of intelligence and aptitude to master accents for different languages let alone speak them. This guy is well above average intelligence.
I should not need to say this, but IQ is a good predictor for mastering multiple languages.
People just can't be asked to put the effort in that's why they don't learn the accent. Like the guy said it took 2-3 years, not 2-3 weeks. Yes people are busy but you can make time.😂
dude, even his accent is on point...he sounds like a punjabi uncle from the pind. shit, he speaks better punjabi than i do. yikes.
Because white people are educated look how carefully they learn English so imagine when they learn Punjabi. I’m a white girl my partner is Indian but if I learn his language properly I imagine it will sound like this except I’m a girl
@@queenr6423 I've seen lots of 'educated' Indians and Pakistanis who speak better English than white English people. You might have an Indian partner but you need to work on your arrogance and prejudice.
Queen R You are white but don’t sound very educated...
Why tf did u say yikes after a compliment?
Queen R India’s education system is actually quite good
I'm just impressed at how he can switch between a Punjabi accent and an American one
He's Canadian...
I don't think he's switching. He's simply just pronouncing each word/ language as he learned it. If he learned Punjabi from ppl who speak it, it's natural for him to pronounce the words like they do. His English won't magically change. He'll still have a Canadian accent when he speaks English
@@Fleur2005 How dare you!? Canadians are totally different from us and speak a strange and bizarre language no one understands! ...ok, JK, they are exactly like us, they just say "out" super-weird. I think they're trying to be difficult...
CB BC being real, a lot of people who don't live in either america or canada won't see the differences. i think that they are identical lol. it's probably like how a lot of people can't tell the difference between a new zealand accent to us australians
@@Fleur2005 Just because the accent is the "the same" does not mean he has am American accent.
Dude, I'm a Pakistani Punjabi...both my parents speak punjabi, but they decided to only speak Urdu with me and I can understand punjabi but my punjabi is so pathetic, I feel so lost since I can't communicate properly with my grandparents.This guy just ignited a spark in me! There is nothing quite like punjabi that's for sure :)
lmao same for me
Lmao at least you can speak urdu! I'm struggling to pick up hindustani but my phonology is so bad. I've always just responded to my parents in english when they would speak urdu so I can only understand it. Punjabi intrigues me in how it utilizes tonals instead of voiced aspirates. GL learning it!
That's sad
Your parents are part of the shameless children of Panjab who disowned their mother tongue for a shitty hybrid Hindi Bihari hybrid language
I really don’t get the logic of Pakistani Punjabis teaching their kids Urdu and not Punjabi. How can you be ashamed of your mother tongue?
Okay, waiting for him to rip of his mask and reveal his true identity. I know it's you, Jagmeet.
😂😂😂😂
best comment 😂
I can't 😂😂😂
Awesome comment bro... 🤣🤣🤣 Aey banda chaa gaya aa....This guy is unbelievable paaji!
😂😂😂😂
Hahahaha
I showed it my dad and he was like:
Sharam kr
...
Lol
😂
Mine did too
😂
I ❤️punjabi language
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
0:35 "Caneda" He has PhD in Punjabi. Very Kosher !!
BubblesPothowari and how he said “turronto”
*Canedda
"Kosher" 😂😂😂
@@nuke2625 * kanedda
There is a saying: more catholic than Pope. This guy is more Punjabi than the real ones
He sounded like an absolute different person when switched from Punjabi to English.
actually i find same with nris specially those who are born there
Same with all the nri ... they sound so punjabi while speaking punjabi and so english while speaking english
True guys
It is our mindset that discriminates people on the basis of languages.
@@14debanjan agreed!
His accent and intonation is perfect!! And his quick slangs etc like a native
Much more than the mastery in language he has gained, it's the accent that stands out, nobody could tell in dark that he isn't a Punjabi.. hats off to you man.
Wow, I recently took up Korean to learn but half way through i thought, is it worth my time investing in it? I already have full time career. But then when this guy said that he did it for "fun" for "himself" and it's self rewarding, that made me change my mind. I'm going to go through korean now. Thanks
I'm doing the same! This made me want to continue my Korean learning
Me too
@@fhsrebel why
@@channelfive7883 I like learning languages, and I do watch a lot of Kdramas and listen to Korean music. It would be nice to be able to understand the basics!
I am also learning korean
If you just listen to him with your eyes closed then you'd be hella confused if it's a Punjabi or non-punjabi guy
Priyanka Bose wtfff fr
Not only does he speak Punjabi, he also speaks English with a Punjabi accent. Love this man!
The fact he calls his wife "woti" this dude is speaking on like some sort of advanced ass levels
Caneda....... That was it for me.
Hi ARMY 💜
@@sohinichatterjee5924 man you kpop stans can't keep quiet innit? Always gotta bring up unrelated crap wherever you comment.
theogsimp yaa its really annoying
@@dk_8133 seriously har jagah hn aajte hn marvane🤣🤣
Hey, I am from Mumbai, and I am always intrigued with punjabi. Infact, intrigued, fascinated, recently I have started thinking in punjabi so that my mind organically accepts punjabi as a dialect, cuz we don't have anybody here to interact with, in punjabi. Once I master that, I will pick the accent of punjabi. But truly, I am so happy to see this guy deliver punjabi so flawlessly. It kinda filled in a bit of confidence in me. Vadiya haiga si, punjabi di gaal hi hor hundiye
Listen to karan aujla songs
Holy shit, how does he manage to construct his sentences correctly despite speaking so many languages. I'm multilingual but even my grammar for a particular language gets messed up if I don't speak it too often.
Chris Serrao Khalistani sikh terrorists killed 35000 innocent and armed less native Punjabi Hindus in 1980s.
They also bombed Air Canada flight in 1985 which killed more than 300 Canadian men women and children.
Victims are still awaiting justice.
He kinda focused in on the one language only and added on later. It's about focus. Also there is sooo much Bollywood stuff that helps. He grew up around punjabis so he gets the accent which helps and probably made him feel more encouraged.
I am like that with Chinese. My accent is bang on.
Indo-Aryan languages are all related, if you can understand one of them you can understand the others slightly, esp. he knows Hindi and Sanskrit, many are similar to them
Use sharingan
Chris Serrao I bet it helped to study the language where it is spoken
His soul has been switched by a Punjabi man
May be Punjabi
Jinn.
'Canada' vi punjabi style vich boleya!
@FUCK your feelings kanneda 😂😂😂,Cha gya yaar 👍👍👍👍
Cnedda
Cnada
Hahah mai v ohi keh lagya c
Sahi gal hai..purra canaddda kha
Bro is absolutely killing it. Learning a new language isn’t easy, and nailing the accent is insanely difficult too. Amazing!
it just feels like someone is doing a voiceover on top of his voice its mad how well he speaks punjabi, I mean he sounds like its his mother tongue good on him
Funny thing is it’s no voice over it’s him using his mind to construct the sentences with his tongue wow imagine that 🤯😳
Made my day - my nephews & niece can’t speak Punjabi like this man, good job
It's funny that a Canadian, in Canada wanted to learn punjabi, to make friends
MlHellions52 not really. It sounds exactly how Canada should be
TaShawna Williams How Canada _should_ be?!?? The fuck is wrong with you? Fuck you and your ignorant disrespect to the English and French who died by the millions when they were left in Canada to freeze and starve and only a handful lived on to create the communication we have today, and create through their sweat and tears the comfy lifestyle and luxuries we have today so that your ungrateful fat ass can sit behind their keyboard and make narcissistic and megalomaniac comments on UA-cam. It’s ridiculous people think they can move to a country and not speak its language, the idea is absolutely absurd, and disrespectful. I hope they deport your narcissistic ass.
@GetGoodTryHard He wanted to be part of the culture and live/study in India too. His wife is Indian. It's not like he couldn't find English speaking friends in fucking Canada. It's the other way around here.
@GetGoodTryHard Why?
@Chinmay Inamdar So do you speak a First Nations language?
He speaks better punjabi than me 🤦♀️
Aaarrrrrrreee yaaaaarrrrr
Mary to vad nae....
Pam Cheema , yeah same here.
I feel ashamed loll
What a shame
This is the first time I ignored English subtitles while listening to a angrez
Insane😁😁😁😁😅😅😅😅👍
Government of India please give this man honorary citizenship of India.
no. 10 why he will leave canadian citizenships
They will never do that....and it's a fact😔😔😔😔😔
@@igloballens lol conferring a country's citizenship on someone doesn't mean forfeiting their native country's citizenship. It doesn't work that way... Don't know where you got that from
why would he want indian citizenship 🤣🤣
@@yoginc the constitution of India doesn't allow dual citizenship
He called his wife vohuti, like that says a lot lol
arshleen bhandari Whats that mean?
愛miyuku vohuti means bride in Punjabi
@@user-qn8mr9tj9j means wife
Bhandari 🙉🙈🙊😂🤣
So what is the word for wife ?
He is si self-aware
ਮੇਰੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬੂਕਿਸ਼ ਹੈ 👌
His understanding and appreciation of Indian languages and vernaculars are beyond amazing!
Oh my goodness. He is so fluent.
Better than you ?
Damn, homeboy straight up roasting Delhi peeps lol
Am I the only one who's reading English subtitles even when he's speaking Hindi and Punjabi 😅
Same here 🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@suchitakanwar4350 Yeah it's strange, isn't it? 😅
Same
I thought he was only speaking Punjabi & I was wondering why it was the same as Hindi
@@amyl6041 Yeah actually he's speaking both.
All he needs is a turban and beard 😂
😂👳🏻♂️😂
And that's not cultural thing ,
It's religious ,
There is difference in culture and religion .
I think Turban is more religious and culture of punjab is different
Well I am Muslim and it’s not compulsory but it is a very old tradition of ours. People in the villages of Arabia and Pakistan including Punjab do still wear them. When I was young I used to think you Sikhs were one of us but your Turbans are slightly different they are tied all the way and have many bright colors. Ours are usually white, black, brown, green those kind of colors.
@@arhumshamim7753 Yes, actually turban was Indian culture we had marathi turban dogri rajasthani Bihari and lots of other turbans. even when the British came they said indians may walk bare feat but will not walk without Turbans. They said it was backward to tie it. Sikh only maintained it cause of religion. If we sikhs didn't had long hairs Turbans would have vanished from indian culture
Everyone is talking about how he says "Canada" but nobody brings up the way he said "Toronto"
Yessss that so Punjabi accent
i gave you the hundredth like
That's really a good thing that people are studying indian languages hindi, punjabi, sanskrit
DeshBhakt
@@amalebowskye mtlb??
@@AmanThakur-ci2bf Desh bhakt
When you speak to a person in their second language; you speak to their brain but when you speak to them in their first language you speak to their heart....this message comes through this video so much!
Just a normal day:
When i saw this video,
My ears to my eyes: What you're watchin bro?
My eyes to my eyes: What do you hear mate?
You're gay
I love how his voice becomes deeper when he speaks Punjabi and goes up an octave when he speaks English. Great Punjabi, Urdu and Hindi though 😁
The Future of Canada
😁😁😁
lmao
😂😂😂😂😂
Rofl
Lul
Parents are gonna use this video to guilt trip their kids 😭
I speak just a few phrases of Punjabi and already parents in stores guilt their kids who are running the cash register, and can't speak much Punjabi at all.
Guess what ... My name is suha as well
Suha Khan Name twins!!
@@wiscgaloot wow you guys speak in our language? I thought you guys hated us.
@@stock2896 Why would we hate you? That makes no sense at all. I have a lot of respect for Sikh culture.
Best part was when he said wife to "votti"
He is not Stephen now he is sarabjit singh dhillon 😂😂
Shivam Mehta 😹😹👌🏻👌🏻
@@talwindersingh3721 it doesn't matter if he is sarabjit or Stevenjeet matter karta hain Singh
Bana Lao goray noo peo aawda
Stephen singh dhillon?
😂😂
Nothing is impossible if you have that strong will to do.
Iraada🙏🙆yes, give up the trash and focus on goals. Yes! Well said sir!
Can you run faster than light?
@@vijaysuresh8411 can u fuck faster than Johny sins?🤔
google fast idiot.
Credit goes to his Punjabi teachers in Patiala. He seems more Punjabi less white Canadian.God bless him Punjabi language is so nice that even a Japanese is seen talking fluently in Punjabi on U tube. In Canada you also get 5 credits if you know Punjabi language as Punjabi is 2nd.language in Canada
"Voti de nal dasda"true punjabi 😂😂
He won me over when he said Canada with the proper Punjabi slang in it...
Wow....he speaks punjabi hindi so well.
Its not punjabi hindi. Its PUNJABI ONLY.
Hindi my foot
Ns Maan
Hanji
@@Google-iw3kl abey vo bol raha hai dono bol sakta hai vo aur punjabi bhi sanskrit se hi bani h lodu
@@raghavsahni168 haha good joke👍
First 20 seconds i was like it's dubbing dude.
This guy nailed the language man!!
I proud to my "Maa Boli Punjabi" , Love You Brother Stay Blessed.
He needs to meet Kapil Sharma. It would be a hilarious conversation.
That's an idea 💡
Shit I lost it when he started speaking in Punjabi 😂😂😂😂 this is so adorable
He sounds so sweet when he speaks Punjabi
I can't deal. The way he says Toronto, Brampton, Canada. He's real.
That's why these people so respected all over the world.
Not true.
What people? And why are they respected? Is it true? Or it's just Ur tiny inferiority complex
The language you and I are speaking is a foreign language tho we are not admired that much are we ?
@@fudge_fox1601 word. Most of us speak at least two languages if not three
Yes Canadians are known as the nicest people all over the world
ok he is officially invited to the next langar.
actually everyone is invited to every langar.
Except muslims
Jim Bobalob did i fucking stutter?
Jim Bobalob even Muslims r allowed
@@jimbobalob2009 Shame on you.
@@Myzeryz Why?
My heart can't take this... Oh my lord... He sounds so freaking cute... so clear... with no English accent :))
It is very well known that we Punjabis love to show off. This habit of ours is one of the biggest reasons behind this. We consider it to be more modern, more upper class to speak in English/ Hindi/ Urdu (valid for Punjabi Muslims) than to speak in Punjabi. A person is considered more cultured if he can speak in English/Hindi/Urdu than in Punjabi and unfortunately parents encourage this among their children.
The second and the most important reason behind this is our history. This problem all began thanks to the Partition and then aggravated during the Punjabi Suba movement of the 1960s.
Before the British came to Punjab all Punjabis - Hindu-Sikhs & Muslims spoke Punjabi. (I mention Hindu-Sikhs because before the British came we were never identified separately and were one and the same). The British who had ruled over Awadh and Bengal for quite some time before they annexed Punjab introduced Urdu from Awadh along with English as the medium of instruction in Punjab as they were more familiar with the language and considered it to be more pleasant to the ear than Punjabi. As a result/ most of the middle class and upper class Punjabis be it Muslims, Hindus or Sikhs who received a formal education received the same in Urdu or English. Thus the medium of formal education and administration became Urdu/English in Punjab and slowly the Shahmukhi script (i.e the Persianised script) also began to be used to write Punjabi. As education began to spread the women were educated as well but their modes of education were different i.e. either home schooling or in separate Girl's School. Interestingly women were not expected to go out and work but were rather expected to be homemakers. Hence they were not all taught in Urdu. Rather Hindu women were taught Hindi, Sikh women were taught Gurumukhi and the Muslim women were taught the Urdu-shahmukhi script. This was done as women were expected to know how to read their religious texts which at that time were published in these languages. Some Sikh women also learned Hindi and some Hindus also learned Gurumukhi at the time.
Let me give you an example. Both my paternal and maternal grandfather (Dadaji and Nanaji) learnt Urdu & English in school and could only read and write in Urdu & English while both my parental and maternal grandmother (Dadi and Nani) learnt Hindi and could read and write in Hindi. This was very common across families where the men learnt one language and the women the other. Although at home the entire family always spoke in Punjabi only.
Therefore Urdu & English became a tool to prosperity under the British administration and men were expected to know these languages. It became a means to get a job, get administrative work done and hence people started learning Urdu/ English. Later on, after partition Urdu was replaced by Hindi in India and hence the fascination for Hindi, Urdu and English began and continues to plague us even today.
Another contributing factor to this were the political parties and social organisations at the time. Throughout the early 1900s up to the partition these organisations encouraged the use of particular languages. The RSS & Arya Samaj wanted Hindus to learn Hindi, the Akalis wanted to encourage Gurumukhi - Punjabi and the Muslim League encouraged the use of Urdu. Thus religious groups used language as a tool to divide people. Hence Punjabis began learning different languages based on their religious identity even though they still spoke Punjabi at home and with each other.
After partition Muslims vacated Indian Punjab and the Hindus and Sikhs left Pakistani Punjab to come to India leading to a complete change in demographics. Urdu was replaced in Indian Punjab with the use of Hindi & Punjabi written in Gurumukhi script while in Pakistan they continued to use Urdu and completely stopped the use of the Devanagari and Gurumukhi script.
The second major event was the Punjabi Suba movement. Since partition was based on religious lines, the Sikhs also started demanding more representation for their religious identity which they now considered to be separate from Hindus even though just a few decades back the two were indistinguishable. Punjab had been declared as a bilingual state even though both Hindus and Sikhs spoke Punjabi. The Akalis saw this as a political opportunity and raised the demand for a Punjabi Suba i.e. a state where Punjabi written in Gurumukhi would be the sole official language. The Hindu Punjabis, even though they spoke Punjabi did not wish to divide the state. They sensed the political opportunity of the Akalis behind the move - that was to create a Sikh majority state by carving the Hindu majority areas out of Punjab. The Hindu leaders of the time thought that if all Hindus of Punjab declare Hindi as their mother tongue, Punjab would not be divided as Hindus were present in large number throughout the length and breadth of the state. They thought that even if Punjab is divided, large parts of Hindu areas would be outside the state if their language was Hindi and not Punjabi. Hence Hindus were encouraged to declare Hindi as their mother tongue. It was common to find newspapers encouraging Hindus to declare Hindi as their mother tongue rather than Punjabi in the census in order to stop the bifurcation of Punjab or to ensure that Hindu areas remained out of a Sikh dominated state. However this did not happen and in 1966 Punjab was divided into the present states of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Delhi (Union Territory). Moreover the division failed to achieve its objectives of creating a Punjabi Suba as a large number of Punjabi speaking areas such as Ambala, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Chandigarh, Shimla, Chamba, etc. were not within the state of Punjab but went to the newly created states of Haryana and Himachal. Interestingly these areas were also largely dominated by Hindus and not Sikhs. The Hindus however failed to achieve their objective as well. Largely Hindu areas like Pathankot, Jalandhar, Nawanshahr, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, etc. continued to be part of Punjab. Therefore the division of Punjab was a loss for everyone. It helped no one and only alienated a huge section of Hindus away from their language who started adopting Hindi as their primary language.
Lastly with Hindi being declared as India’s foremost official languages, it brought with it economic opportunities and prosperity. Therefore people started teaching their children Hindi and English and Punjabi only remained as a means of communication at home. By the time today’s generation has come the use of Punjabi has fallen drastically. Most parents who themselves have been educated in English and Hindi don’t speak to their children in Punjabi. Some do learn Punjabi but that is mostly because of their grandparents. In fact within one or two generations, our community would have lost its identity. For example in my family while all my aunts and uncles speak Punjabi only a handful of their children (my cousins) do. I really thank my father in this respect who ensured that both my brother and I know our mother tongue - Punjabi. He ensured that while at home we speak only in Punjabi so that we can learn our language and give it the respect it deserves. If only there had been more such people!
When it comes to speaking the language I really respect the Sikhs a lot who have continued to teach their children Punjabi in spite of all odds. It is the Punjabi Hindus and Punjabi Muslims who should learn from them and not teach their children Hindi/Urdu but Punjabi which is our mother tongue after all.
I know my answer is a bit long but this question touched a raw nerve and I could not help myself. Hopefully I have been able to answer your question.
Amazing, however i fail to understand why you'd refer to him as 'gora'. You don't see videos like, 'indian kala speaking English'?
Internalized colorism.
It's a Desi term given to Caucasian people in desi Punjabi videos
@@RupinderSingh-lx3er caucasian? You meant white right?
ruchir yes that’s a more I’m not sure how to put it “respectful” word for it?
Basically means white skinned person from Europe
Preach.
My brain hurt trying to comprehend this reality. Props to him. This is so impressive.
Nobody :
Literally Nobody :
UA-cam : Hey watch a Canadian guy speaking Punjabi
sumit mirpuri such a try hard comment
Ryan Tony Ikr
What is the point of learning Punjabi for a white Canadian complete waste of time
@@doylec27 Well I know a white Canadian who converted to Sikhism so it is a religious thing for him.
@@doylec27 So are all hobbies, listening to music, watching UA-cam, leaving negative comments on random UA-cam videos... You see where this is going, right?
We do all of these things just to keep ourselves from becoming fixated on the fact that we're all on the slow March towards death.
We need more of you. Cross culture is not for guilt trip. He is reviving it in his own special way. Thank you for your interest in our language.
That "Kanaidaa" is the proof of a typical Punjabi😂😂😂
I lost it when he said "Kaneddaa" 😂😂🔥
Omg his voice is deeper when speaking punjabi lol
Of course...it makes you more masculine :)
@@yew2oob954 ahhahahahahaa
I living in Punjab feel ashamed cuz he speaks more fluent n better Punjabi than me
I can actually speak better Punjabi than him because my ENTIRE Family tree dating back to I think the 1920s because of my grandmas age
Interviewer speaking in English for no reason.
The best part was wotti. Even Punjabis don't call their wives wotti that often
Yeah I usually hear karaali for wife and karaala for husband
Why the interviewer is speaking English ?? When he is responding in Punjabi
That's what I'm wondering
Fukre a salla anchor, but thank you veer for respecting my ma boli .
Because he is UK born punjabi not canadian like jagmeet singh or stephen .
ਬੜੀ ਸ਼ਰਮ ਵਾਲੀ ਗੱਲ ਆ ਕਿ ਇੱਕ ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਭਰਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਮਾ ਬੋਲੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੋਲ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਦੂਜੇ ਪਾਸੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਲਾ ਰਿਪੋਰਟਰ ਫਿਰ ਵੀ ਅੰਗਰੇਜੀ ਦੀ ਢੂਈ ਚ ਵਡੀ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ।
I was thinking the same 😂😂😂😂
He call that rusty, that was good, Im struggling to speak on ameteur level
The best part was him, a Canadian telling us he's from "Ke-Ne-Daa" instant like
Ka-Ne-Daa