Mandarin is not important. If you want singapore to be an international nation, you must accustom to speak english. So international communities will think Singapore is neutral. If you want to be china-oriented, so speak the chinese language. But you are not neutral anymore.
If you want to be a united singaporean from all races background, be like INDONESIA, speak one national language. Do not circle your community. Do not be exclusive. Do not racist. English is global language. English is not a racist language. Because everyone speak english. But chinese is only for chinese. It is exclusive language. Never be global language. Because china is not a multiracial nation. But USA, is multinational nation. And english greet well by almost all nations worldwide.
You are international community. English speaking country. You are not racist nation. You are an open minded nation and neutral in politics. English is your mother tongue.
I agree that Mandarin is important and it is the most widely used Chinese language among all other Chinese languages/dialects, but I don't think Mandarin is part of our own personal roots or heritage. To be accurate, Mandarin is just an intermediate language between the Chinese people of different roots. A lot of us Chinese come from different heritage, for instance, Hokkien, Cantonese, Taishanese, Teochew, Hakka, Hainan etc. Mandarin is not really the mother tongue of most Chinese people. Our mother tongue depends on which Chinese heritage we come from. For example, if you are a Cantonese, Cantonese is your mother tongue.
But we arent taught those dialects in sch etc. Our chinese is already bad enough as it is because we dont use it alot and I honestly find it very sad. I love chinese but I dont think sch are teaching us right becuz the things they teach, we cant rlly apply to daily life etc stories in the 课本。
@@ale-hh7yl :I understand your predicament. I understand that the use of Chinese languages/dialects other than Mandarin in the mass media is banned in Singapore, and a lot of Singaporeans don't get much chance to learn other Chinese languages/dialects besides Mandarin, unless your parents, grandparents or relatives teach you. In Malaysia, Chinese languages/dialects other than Mandarin are still commonly used. Hence, on top of Mandarin, a lot of us, Malaysian Chinese, are still able to speak dialects like Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew etc. However, I have to admit that the used of these languages/dialects are gradually decreasing as the years go by, which is kind of sad. This is probably because Mandarin is more useful compared to the other Chinese languages/dialects.
@@henrylau1743 : For your information, I did not the deny the importance of Mandarin. Mandarin is an important intermediate Chinese language that is usually used between Chinese people of different ethnic groups, and sometimes between Chinese people of the same ethnic group. Please don't get me wrong. I'm never against the use of Mandarin. However, what I'm unhappy about is the fact that some (not all) Chinese people seem to place other Chinese languages/dialects as low-class/status languages, and also deem people who speak these Chinese languages/dialects as low-class people. These group of people think that Mandarin is more prestigious than other Chinese languages/dialects. Due to that, many people don't want or refuse to learn the Chinese languages of their own heritage/in their area. Even if they know how to speak them, they refuse or are reluctant to speak in the Chinese languages of their own heritage/in their area. If this were to continue on, we may lose some Chinese cultures along the way. Different Chinese languages do carry their own cultures and hence, besides learning Mandarin, we should learn other Chinese languages as well, at least our own family's language or the local Chinese langauge in our area (for instance, Cantonese in Kuala Lumpur, Penang Hokkien in Penang etc.). If we don't do so, part of our Chinese culture will be extinct someday. Mandarin is just one of the many Chinese languages, but I don't deny the fact that Mandarin is the main Chinese language because it is used to unite Chinese people of different ethnic groups. In conclusion, besides learning Mandarin, I believe we should learn the Chinese languages/dialects of our own heritage, or the local Chinese languages/dialects of the place we stay in.
Natalia Chen Mandarin was not introduced in South East Asia until 1911 revolution in China. Chung Hwa Associations were built by Mainland sympathisers to educate locals on the ‘proper’ national language of their ‘motherland’. Not to say that we should not learn mandarin, but it is a fact that it was not the language of the people who came prior 1900s. I am surprised with the high education standard in Singapore, many young Singaporeans do not know the history of their own people.
Because of the tagline and publicity of "华人华语"。 To expect the ethnic Chinese to master their dialects when Mandarin as the language taught formally in classrooms is not being very successful, would be like expecting people who already does not do well in English with it being used that extensively in schools, to do well in Spanish or French.
Vee Halen excuse me, they are ‘languages’ not ‘dialects’. I don’t care if they managed to learn their ancestral languages. My point is not about their language skill in Hokkien, Hakka or Teochew. My point is their ignorance of the knowledge that mandarin is not ‘the language of their people, unless their ancestors came just half a century ago.
Mandarin is not only spoken by all the people from northern china, im a northern chinese myself and they also have their own way of speaking which is called northeastern chinese. Chinese was introduced centuries ago but people began having their own dialects after that, hokkien, cantonese and other dialects spoken in singapore are based on beijing mandarin, it just had some of its own southern elements, 👌👌 mandarin is your roots, dont call yourself a chinese if your so ignorant
I agree with you. Our own personal mother tongue depends on which Chinese heritage we come from. For instance, if you are a Hokkien, Hokkien is your mother tongue, not Mandarin.
Yup. It's so unfair for mainland Chinese to look down on us for not knowing mandarin cos many of us have grandparents and great grandparents who didn't even speak mandarin.
South Whales Dont look for such a shit reason, I’m sure I can witness the day Singaporean can not read Han characters while your ancestors can. If there is not a standard tongue of Chinese to let all the Singapore Chinese can communicate in Chinese, you will forget Chinese more quickly.
Our mother tongue I believe is our dialects but we arent taught those in sch. Our chinese is already bad enough as it is because we dont use it alot and I honestly find it very sad. I love chinese but I dont think sch are teaching us right becuz the things they teach, we cant rlly apply to our daily life etc stories in the 课本.
@@Tropicmonsters paper is a tree but with paper we are killing tree and exam paper also killing tree I told my teacher this and I go straight to headmaster office kena rotan at the butt for no reason so say no to *PAPER BECAUSE PAPER CAN SEND YOU TO HEADMASTER OFFICE* 😂
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Missed 1 animal word, cat , in chinese is mào
Mandarin is not important.
If you want singapore to be an international nation, you must accustom to speak english.
So international communities will think Singapore is neutral.
If you want to be china-oriented, so speak the chinese language. But you are not neutral anymore.
If you want to be a united singaporean from all races background, be like INDONESIA, speak one national language.
Do not circle your community. Do not be exclusive. Do not racist. English is global language. English is not a racist language. Because everyone speak english. But chinese is only for chinese. It is exclusive language. Never be global language. Because china is not a multiracial nation. But USA, is multinational nation. And english greet well by almost all nations worldwide.
You are in a good position Singapore. Improve your english, and Improve your multicultural unity background
You are international community. English speaking country. You are not racist nation. You are an open minded nation and neutral in politics. English is your mother tongue.
A for Asian
Credit:EpicAsian
@@blendxrr it's epic Asian
@@lipyu1738 aiyo its same what
Siao eh
@@mahjiahui4095 somebody said epicism
@@lipyu1738 xd
That guy appeared in another episode.
This is the first time I've heard Gerald speak normal English 😂
Next you will hear him speak British English
I agree that Mandarin is important and it is the most widely used Chinese language among all other Chinese languages/dialects, but I don't think Mandarin is part of our own personal roots or heritage. To be accurate, Mandarin is just an intermediate language between the Chinese people of different roots. A lot of us Chinese come from different heritage, for instance, Hokkien, Cantonese, Taishanese, Teochew, Hakka, Hainan etc. Mandarin is not really the mother tongue of most Chinese people. Our mother tongue depends on which Chinese heritage we come from. For example, if you are a Cantonese, Cantonese is your mother tongue.
But we arent taught those dialects in sch etc. Our chinese is already bad enough as it is because we dont use it alot and I honestly find it very sad. I love chinese but I dont think sch are teaching us right becuz the things they teach, we cant rlly apply to daily life etc stories in the 课本。
@@ale-hh7yl :I understand your predicament. I understand that the use of Chinese languages/dialects other than Mandarin in the mass media is banned in Singapore, and a lot of Singaporeans don't get much chance to learn other Chinese languages/dialects besides Mandarin, unless your parents, grandparents or relatives teach you. In Malaysia, Chinese languages/dialects other than Mandarin are still commonly used. Hence, on top of Mandarin, a lot of us, Malaysian Chinese, are still able to speak dialects like Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew etc. However, I have to admit that the used of these languages/dialects are gradually decreasing as the years go by, which is kind of sad. This is probably because Mandarin is more useful compared to the other Chinese languages/dialects.
@@leerontaimusic I'm honestly envious of yall haha
没有一种统一的口音，福建人广东人海南人广西人的后代怎么交流，各自说各自的方言？
中国近两千年文字几乎固定下来了，各地因为地区差异且流通性少，因此形成不同的发音。
华人最重要的是传承汉字，只有汉字才是让全世界不同华人有别于其他民族本质区别，因为文字传承了祖先共同的智慧和价值观。
新加坡人找借口母语发音与普通话有差异而拒绝普通话，最后只会让你们忘掉汉字。
英语不是你们的母语，现在你们却喜欢用英语。真是讽刺！
最可笑的是，给你们写这一段中文，你们未必都看得懂，真是可悲。
@@henrylau1743 : For your information, I did not the deny the importance of Mandarin. Mandarin is an important intermediate Chinese language that is usually used between Chinese people of different ethnic groups, and sometimes between Chinese people of the same ethnic group. Please don't get me wrong. I'm never against the use of Mandarin. However, what I'm unhappy about is the fact that some (not all) Chinese people seem to place other Chinese languages/dialects as low-class/status languages, and also deem people who speak these Chinese languages/dialects as low-class people. These group of people think that Mandarin is more prestigious than other Chinese languages/dialects. Due to that, many people don't want or refuse to learn the Chinese languages of their own heritage/in their area. Even if they know how to speak them, they refuse or are reluctant to speak in the Chinese languages of their own heritage/in their area. If this were to continue on, we may lose some Chinese cultures along the way. Different Chinese languages do carry their own cultures and hence, besides learning Mandarin, we should learn other Chinese languages as well, at least our own family's language or the local Chinese langauge in our area (for instance, Cantonese in Kuala Lumpur, Penang Hokkien in Penang etc.). If we don't do so, part of our Chinese culture will be extinct someday. Mandarin is just one of the many Chinese languages, but I don't deny the fact that Mandarin is the main Chinese language because it is used to unite Chinese people of different ethnic groups. In conclusion, besides learning Mandarin, I believe we should learn the Chinese languages/dialects of our own heritage, or the local Chinese languages/dialects of the place we stay in.
我是中国人，你们讲华文的口音真的好可爱
Monarch Luo 哈哈谢了😝
Red*Lotus 哈哈哈哈，喜欢呀，感觉新加坡人很友好
Red*Lotus 哈哈哈谢谢，以后有机会会再去SG的
Monarch Luo the Singaporean style English is also cute 🥰
@@Dundiscriminateleh 一个女的为什么要喜欢新加坡妹妹。。。
Eh why the same people on the show again
YEA WHY AH.... >:(
Because it is a small country
maybe the videos where filmed the same day
Yesss another tmtv video, gonna enjoy it, love u guys 💖 (my favourite part: u got 大象?, Yes I got, very big LOL)
vRemix X Thank uuuuuu~ love u too 💕
I always like to watch such themes. It has been a while since you made it.
how does the channel interview the same people as last time. some people are similar
same thought
No other ppl to go on video mah.
我是泰国人 我喜欢看你们的UA-cam
3:51 FYI the Chinese word in this time means 'snail' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Mandarin is our roots? The language of our ancestors? Are they northerner or what? Sorry but my ancestors speak Hokkien.
Same here,Hokkien is my mother tongue.
Natalia Chen Mandarin was not introduced in South East Asia until 1911 revolution in China. Chung Hwa Associations were built by Mainland sympathisers to educate locals on the ‘proper’ national language of their ‘motherland’. Not to say that we should not learn mandarin, but it is a fact that it was not the language of the people who came prior 1900s. I am surprised with the high education standard in Singapore, many young Singaporeans do not know the history of their own people.
Because of the tagline and publicity of "华人华语"。
To expect the ethnic Chinese to master their dialects when Mandarin as the language taught formally in classrooms is not being very successful, would be like expecting people who already does not do well in English with it being used that extensively in schools, to do well in Spanish or French.
Vee Halen excuse me, they are ‘languages’ not ‘dialects’. I don’t care if they managed to learn their ancestral languages. My point is not about their language skill in Hokkien, Hakka or Teochew. My point is their ignorance of the knowledge that mandarin is not ‘the language of their people, unless their ancestors came just half a century ago.
Mandarin is not only spoken by all the people from northern china, im a northern chinese myself and they also have their own way of speaking which is called northeastern chinese. Chinese was introduced centuries ago but people began having their own dialects after that, hokkien, cantonese and other dialects spoken in singapore are based on beijing mandarin, it just had some of its own southern elements, 👌👌 mandarin is your roots, dont call yourself a chinese if your so ignorant
Nice not bad sia gerald aka ahbeng host, funny and interesting sia👍😎
The 4 guys right, the guy in black Fila shirt is handsome 😍 help me find him? Hehe
To be fair to 4:50 his ancestors didn’t speak Mandarin when they came from China
that's true. my ancestors spoke hokkien and did not speak mandarin at all
I agree with you. Our own personal mother tongue depends on which Chinese heritage we come from. For instance, if you are a Hokkien, Hokkien is your mother tongue, not Mandarin.
Yup. It's so unfair for mainland Chinese to look down on us for not knowing mandarin cos many of us have grandparents and great grandparents who didn't even speak mandarin.
psychedamike but mandarin is now standard Chinese. there is no need to learn the similar but unstandard dialects
South Whales
Dont look for such a shit reason, I’m sure I can witness the day Singaporean can not read Han characters while your ancestors can.
If there is not a standard tongue of Chinese to let all the Singapore Chinese can communicate in Chinese, you will forget Chinese more quickly.
im sorry for being a malaysian chinese and laughing to this HAHAHAHAHAH
Pls do... X)
It's okay. Go ahead and laugh. As a Singaporean, I'm ashamed of such ppl too.
我也是大马华人
Me too! I thought these questions were easy peasy
Ay we don't have schools like you
Malaysia got Chinese school got Malay school got Indian
Singapore don't have that.
really love the bloopers😍😍😍😍😂😂😂
WatchMyVideo Hehehw what actually happens during shoot 😂
EEEEK SO HAPPY NEW VID THANKS FOR THE NEW VID GUYS!!!
Vrinda Praveen Hehehe thanks for the watch 😍
(note to self)Tips to identify Singaporean: meh ah lah seh ye
I only know
猫，狗，熊猫 😭
Bad Bish Angela good enough 😉
鯊魚 shark
Damn.
This is really funny, I can't stop laughing HAHAHA
Hehehe more to come sooon :D
Tropic Monsters TV waiting!! Omg everytime make me laugh so much 😂 stress also become not stress already
Wait, Gerald’s Chinese name is Jia Le?! That’s my Chinese name! Anyways awesome vid hope you guys reach 1 million subs soon.😃
HELLO JIA LE!!! SO COINCIDENTAL :X
Isn’t the boy at 1:37 thr last time in the video also ?
Yup
ya
Wow 新加坡 very small lol
He always hang out in Orchard
@Zanderlee Games 沒錯，是同一個人～
怎麼會那麼巧？還是安排好了？
誰可以告訴我？🥺
Our mother tongue I believe is our dialects but we arent taught those in sch. Our chinese is already bad enough as it is because we dont use it alot and I honestly find it very sad. I love chinese but I dont think sch are teaching us right becuz the things they teach, we cant rlly apply to our daily life etc stories in the 课本.
actually is similar to others countries , we study English in my Country like 10 years and we can't speak english or know to speak a lot,
为什么 我看到了 很多 熟悉的面孔，像是在 以前的几期视频里 不少都出现过
看完我才知道，原来我上海的新加坡朋友普通话这么好。
@Chauncey Billups我觉得很有道理啊😂
@@tonsilcrafted可能他们的普通话/国语/华语都是因环境而异的，在一个全是普通话的环境下普通话自然会变好，在全是新加坡英语环境下可能就不是很有机会说练普通话啦~
他用两个视频问了新加坡人，但是他不想问其他新加坡人。
That girl with the jacket reminds me of Aikuros .
ah beng got personality disorder ah? lol
hom3r Yes one moment Gerald one moment Jia Le one moment Ah Beng
I'm Singaporean-Chinese and I speak only 1/4 Chinese. 😁
OK boomer
Cheeky Interview: You have Da Xiang anot? Cheekier Interviewee: have very big😂
What about asking animals such as Hedgehog, Otter, Pelican, Condor & Sloth?
tallest guy is cute
whats up with the la that they stick on the end of absolutely everything?
I don't know the animals in English but when they answer in Chinese then I was like, oooo so it called that in English lol 😂😂
Ayyy new vid
Louis The Noob Yaaaass
1:17 guy, wasn't he from another video?
Team TMTV!!!! 😄😄😄
Andrea Lee YES!! Thanks always Andrea!!
“I am the google”
Lmao the beginning, my name is also JiaLe
Sgeans: What is sporeans.
I got 5/6 correct the donkey let me stuck lucky i watched enough Taiwan shows to buck up my Chinese
我就是因为新加坡人讲华语很可爱才选择从澳洲exchange去smu的哈哈哈
感觉我马来西亚华人朋友的中文更厉害一些😂
新加坡真的要向你们学习
那理所当然啦!😆 不想新加坡人，只会注重英文，我们不但注重我们的华文，而且我们也不想放弃我们的各种各样的方言，例如广东话、闽南话、客家话等。许多的我们听的广播频道都是华文及其它方言。
Hmm... I got all correct leh.
Lol love these Chinese testing videos
Thanks Random Chinese Guy :D
Ayyyeeee
Ricky Ang ayyyyyyye
💥💥💥
@@Tropicmonsters haha 😂
But some kids do not know how to hold chopsticks like me?
Jia le，我觉得你应该测试Jeremiah一下
蔡穎聰 😅😅😅 Hehehe
The Singaporean Chinese Edu brought the second biggest shame to the Chinese race.
Why there are few of people I had saw them in previous video
Pks try to test some of the S'pore artist, see how gd they are😂😂😂
aiyo siao lah so easy for malaysians,,, also Malaysians are your ancestors and ours is chinese from china
May I ask whether Chinese is a required subject in high school?
FYI, I'm Thai.
yes if you are chinese.
Yes
I know all sia, why I never ganna interview
醬簡單的東西都buey hiau, 只會claim 9 Malaysia的食物 lel
Challenge malaysia indian speaking mandarin..
I think my Chinese good than their all.... Hahahaha
Should’ve asked alpaca
why that boy on the show twice?
He hangout in town too much
Chanel bermanfaat
Come on la so easy 100% right for me.
China: What is cat in chinese
Usa: It is P###y
China: No it food
Winson Lee 😂😂😂
Haha the person elepant very big
Ricky Ang Yours leh
Also🤣
Small elephant = 小象
Hmm looks like ah beng tho
1:14 is that @CupofTJ ???
新加坡式英语还蛮可爱的啦
Who read newspaper nowadays
Whats a paper
@@Tropicmonsters paper is a tree but with paper we are killing tree and exam paper also killing tree I told my teacher this and I go straight to headmaster office kena rotan at the butt for no reason so say no to *PAPER BECAUSE PAPER CAN SEND YOU TO HEADMASTER OFFICE* 😂
請問一下，他們是哪一國人呢？
Singapore Chinese, got it! Lol (answer my own questions)
留个言，让你没那么尴尬 hhh
哈蛮喜欢你的节目
As a mandarin teacher in Britain I have to say some of my students' English are better than the interviewees lol
Did you mean your students' Mandarin?
That's because they are British
And have British accent
Singapore has their own accent it's called singlish.
Is so easy ,i am Malaysian
I am the google
Fighting ❤❤❤❤💯💯❤💘
华文是当你在写的时候。 说话时要用华语
So...basically what does SGeans mean....
You should ask 马来貘
i like that teen haha, he was also in another video
我是柬埔寨人，但我比你们懂得多。英文也说不太标准😊😊
Are u serious?
How to say Komodo dragon dinosaur alien shark in Chinese?
科摩多巨蜥 龙 恐龙 外星人 鲨鱼
Nice.
So cute laaa all there sg gorgor
都是很容易的。我有些小学生也会把动物的名字都背下来了😎✨
Their Chinese is very good expect when they are trying to translate rhino to Chinese
YES!!! WE ARE CHINESE!
Missing 🐼
Lol what elephant I have mammoth ah
Yours extinct ah?
@@Tropicmonsters no lah cause elephant no hair but mammoth wah Macham jungle
Too easy!
The questions were like for a 4/5 yr old kid.
Haha elephant very big
Can tell ah beng is much better in language than banana or potato. 😂
Hahaha yes!
why same ppl wan
Yea lor! So stupid!
boy band guys are damn funny
Does everyone know tmtv sub to them
Thanks Jevin :D
加熱
18
Kayden Quek 19
bruh my name is lim.jia le
ya sia... y same people?
哈哈哈
I thought you guys are same guy...
I only know 狗 and 猫 and 马
haha 蜗牛
Snail.
at least singaporean chinese still can speak chinese a bit. most chinese in indo can’t even speak at all gg