Language Guide

[absinthintoxicated]

actually no, i'd prefer to speak english to american& british tourists. it's not worth the effort trying to explain stuff in a language they don't understand anyway. i live in europe and i'm fluent in 4 languages. but when i'm abroad all i need is english. english is the language of the internet and it's probably the most undestood language on the planet (not as native but learned). you're pretty well off with speaking just the one language. i don't mean to say that knowing more languages is bad

[absinthintoxicated]

@absinthintoxicated

it's just that there's no reason to arrogantly put yourself so much above other people just because you took the time and learned a few more and visited a few countries (trust me, i have too).

[merlan114]

He speaks so well!!!

[djtowo]

If your visiting the netherlands :D

Waar kan ik een kroketje uit de muur halen? --> Where can i get a kroket out of the wal

They will understand :D

[raidinmd]

Nansai desu ka? (Nan-Sai Des-U Ka) (how old are you?) has saved me from breaking the law in japan. i always have a hard time guessing young Asian women's age

[xytoplazm]

The Japanese and Mandarin were unintelligible! Especially that horrible Mandarin!

[julianbautista87]

I barely understood your spanish, and spanish is my mother language.

[EmperorFishFinger]

Wait, is this kind of attitude not common sense to Americans?

[MrMachinimator]

Who needs to learn a new lanuage when you can get an IPhone? lol

[thelovelyratkitten]

"Ich fühle mich pudelwohl" is German for "I feel like a poodle". It's like saying "I'm on cloud nine". :-)

[Vanillastump]

Gomen Nesai (spelling?) sorry in Japanese.

[thelovelyratkitten]

@Vanillastump I'm sorry or excuse me is spelled ごめんなさい and gomen nasai in romaji. If that person is really at fault, they might say こちらこそ kochira koso which means "I should say that". :-)

[mortmort97]

shee beed oo be doop dopp doree shadoop badoop doop dorf dorf

[thepuffskein1]

Mihin viinat on piilotettu? Where did you hide the booze? in Finnish :D

[pwnedbyfishies]

the chinese was bad

[idem0n]

-Kto ma wódke?

-Who has the vodka?

Polish... All you need to know.

[nameunevaforgt]

thats the reason i m scared of public speaking becuz i think i dont speak good english as they do*_* no mattrr how many times i tell myself tht they dont speakkkk my language so yy should i have to be perfct in speaking their language...buttt still i get superr nervouss n coudnt evn talk in public:(

[Regginyaga]

omelette du fromage

[VikingAxStudios]

@Regginyaga okay dexter

[notcoolbreh]

Akihabra wa nani sen desuka?

What train line do I use for Akihabra?

Now go look for that robot!

[KittenKoder]

A sad story, when I was working in fast food, I was the only one able to understand foreigners .... even if they spoke English.

[inuyasha71235]

my favourit japanese phrase:

colaban yume na golaban sponsers dekkyo de au chrismasu...

which means:

this program was brought to you by...

useless, but it's fun to say and when you say it, it seems like you actually know japanese.....unless you are talking to a japanese person, then they would just look at you weirdly

[notcoolbreh]

@inuyasha71235 It's kono bangumi wa golanno sponser and something something.

It's been years since I last watched Japanese TV.

[wiznendo]

in japan there are driffent ways of introducing yourself depending on your gender if your a girl its wa ta shi wa (name) desu, if your a boy its bo ku wa (name) desu if you reverse it then you look cute

also desu is pronouced des not de su

[zamissocool]

england?



[mixmastermeeks]

mi scuzi signora vorrei un pompino por favore

[happyfred3]

When visiting the UK, its what you don't say, avoid usage of the words; soccer, Tea & crumpets, blimey, cheerio and never attempt a "British" accent unless invited to do so, because there is no British accent ;)

[WhoaDavid42]

@happyfred3 Oh, there's definitely a British accent. Just as much as an American or Russian accent. But I agree, it's idiotic to speak an accent other than the one you normally use.

[OutlawLovesNewVegas]

I speak Russian, English and Spanish. I'm all set for anywhere I want to go.

[gso619]

Майка ти мръсна да еба.

Maika ti mrusna da eba

That's Bulgarian for Hi.

[ShyroBlue]

"If i teach you english, will you give me your daughter" lol !!

[ImALTofCTRL]

yawa mo tanan!!!..paghilum mo!

[miesrah12]

الرجاء عدم اطلاق النار! أنا لست كافرا الأمريكي!

Elrjaa` A`dm athkq! Ai`a lst klst kafra ela`mreke

Please don't shoot! I am not an american infidel!

[Tocxica]

Nyet ya koshka or "no, I'm a cat" in Russian. Very useful phrase...trust me.

[ProfessionalGam3rz]

@Tocxica Fail.

[SeverusSnapeIsMyBFF]

Chupas Media. Means sock sucker. In Spanish...well to be more technical it means one who sucks socks...but still. :D

[SeverusSnapeIsMyBFF]

Dorb dorb dorb.....

[spaydthesuperhero]

I wish I could travel to half the places you guys have been

[elkgroveadventures]

Your Japanese is a bit... off....

[tstuvshin]

haha! i'm mongolian and i barely understood your mongolian. Awesome videos though. i like :)

[jin098]

your Chinese is so bad~~~ but I would love to hear korean. (=

[lewanova]

your Japanese is strange good sir

[WhenOrangesAttack]

You Went To Luxembourg?????? I live there :L

[MrGrinningManiac]

Hindi phrase of vital importance

Meraa Angrezii Hoon. Raaj ke liye Maaf Kijiye. - I am English. Sorry for the Empire.

Meraa Amrikii Hoon. Bhopal ke liye Maaf Kijie. - I am American. Sorry for Bhopal.

[gonavygonavy]

your french is good :)

[kalemayank29]

@syncreticFighting Hindi does not sound like that dude

[xxNightingalexx]

Wow, your Chinese made no sense whatsoever.

[EliteGhost001]

@xxNightingalexx

Probably because the meaning of a word is also decided by how you pronounce it and with high and low endings. But that's difficult with western habbits of talking :P

[BetaHound]

Your Chinese is a language by itself...

[NickolaySheitanov]

Your Russian makes absolutely no sense. I wouldn't understand it in a million years. Lol work on that

[opoqu]

Make sure you make the "D" sound in "puedo" an English "th" sound. D's in spanish that are between vowels make that sound.

[SyncreticFighting]

Wow, I know that spanish was difficult to understand XD... They would think you are speaking Hindi XD

[ababsurdo1567]

At 1:52 was that supposed to be Swedish?

[SZiaDaN]

@ababsurdo1567 It doesn't even remotely sound like Swedish, I can't hear a single Swedish word in that "nonsense". So, most likely it was just that, random nonsense.

[Flyxer15]

@ababsurdo1567 it's the swedish chef from the Muppet Show, "ikke svensk"

[UrSoMeanBoss]

lets take over the world

LOOOL im so using that on my Mongolian friend

[scepticulous]

I am disappointed: you should have at least consulted with someone from Russia how to pronounce the crap you were trying to say... That was not even Russian Grammar, some weird sounds. But your English is great, though.

[mii302]

Here's a phrase that you'll use all the time if you ever go to Japan.

わたし　の　ほばくらふと　わ　うなぎ　で　いっぱい　です (Watashi no hobakurafuto wa unagi de ippai desu)

This translates into "My hovercraft is full of eels" in English

[AnarchyNakiwarai]

@mii302 Pffft. I use that one every day in America! =O

[ssawertt]

@mii302 actually that roughly translates to "Was suddenly filled with dark it is almost my eel"

[mii302]

@mii302 My stupid brother posted that who thinks he is awesome in japanese

[digdigdigidy]

@mii302

a decent phrase however spelling is wrong in certain areas HOBAKURAFUTO is a foreign world and should be spelled in katakana not hiragana like so. ホバクラフト. Also particle WA in Japanese is not spelled using the hiragana symbol for WA（わ） but spelled with the symbol HA（は). the phrase should be spelled. わたし　の　ホバクラフト　は　うなぎ　で　いっぱい　です。

[Gedionphin]

@ProfessionalGam3rz In the rest of the world people do not say we speak English. We speak American.

[ProfessionalGam3rz]

He made a shit load of mistakes in almost every languge the russian made me ROFL and french didnt make sence.

[Hitokage571]

@ProfessionalGam3rz As in the French don't take to kindly to Americans to Canadians, seeing that Canada is half french

[ProfessionalGam3rz]

@Hitokage571 I meant that his french sentence says "I dont know American (race not language),I am canadian me" you be he judge.

[Phil3141593]

@ProfessionalGam3rz He was definitely (trying to) say "Je ne suis pas" not "Je ne sais pas", and adding the me/moi for emphasis makes perfect sense in French.

[ProfessionalGam3rz]

@Phil3141593 Maybe he was but I dunno clearly or not, every french person would think his mumbling words, same thing he did ith Russian he has right punctuation but he said the words so terribly I wouldnt have understanded if not the subtitles.

[Hitokage571]

@Phil3141593 that's the translation if you just go French to English. it is the correct saying though. Like saying 'I have a red coat, in french would be (if translated word for word and not moving the words) would be 'I have a coat red'.

[VaMpSk8tEeRgIrL]

Watashi wa zutto nihongo o hanasu ikenaiga, yukkuri hanasu baai watashi wa rikai dekiru to omou

i dont speak much japanese but if you speak slowly i think i can understand

For those that speak more than most but cant understand the native speakers, Kyoto was amazing

[nschrock273]

albanian for good morning beautiful woman..meer menjez Buka rosha 

[AdobeExcel]

I know Chinese, and I had no idea what you were saying in that China expression. HAHA.

[nicolebmoviesFTW2]

You know, Mexicans could try looking at this video. They don't just TOUR America; they move in and LEECH. The least they could do is learn the fucking LANGUAGE. Lazy fucking Mexicans...

[DAlex20]

@nicolebmoviesFTW2 and you rather ask for welfare instead of working on the fields

[nicolebmoviesFTW2]

@DAlex20 Exactly.

[aRi9977]

Zdrastvooystyeh, kahk va shih deh lah? Oo menyah kharashoh

Hello, how are you? I am good.

(Russian)

[msPanicMoon]

I'm not very good with other languages, but I'm pretty good at drawing; I just bring a large sketchbook and draw the pictures of things I need directions too (Say, a bus for the bus stop.) It's not the best plan, but it helps get the message across if you use it ALONG with your/my mispronounced attempts at the language.

[salavora]

Ich spreche kein Deutsch, aber ich spreche Englisch -> Means i do not speak german but I do speak english.

Since we have english lessons in school from the 4th year (or earlier depending on the school) until the end, close to everyone should be able to help ^^

When in doubt try younger people and especially Anime Fans ;-) (the later because they watch Japanse movies in japanese with english subtitles since the voiceacting is way better and most subbers speak or use english subtilteles)

[JozhsterV2]

i live in england and some old packistani/indian/iraqe who looked 60 came up to me and started speaking to me in some language when i was at the bus stop i was like what the fuck you saying mate and was laughing my ass off and everytime i said what he was getting pissed until he makes some gesture at me and walks off while im shitting myself laughing i felt bad but if u come to the country to live LEARN THE LANGUAGE!!!!

[Freshbott2]

I speak Swedish, and you were clearly speaking the Muppet Chef dialect (Muppetkockdialekten). It's a hardly intelligible dialect.

[Pruttomaten]

@Freshbott2 lol,hej

jag är finlandsvensk,hehe..

[Freshbott2]

@Pruttomaten Jag älskar finlandssvenska! Var kommer du ifrån, åland?

[Pruttomaten]

@Freshbott2 hehe,nja,nej :P

södra finland :)

[Freshbott2]

@Pruttomaten Vad bra, pratar du svenska eller finska mest? Min svenska är inte så bra. Jag bor i australien...

[Pruttomaten]

@Freshbott2 Oj ,absolut svenska.

Jag går ännu i skolan,och lär mig finska i skolan,men mitt modersmål är svenska!

Oh dear good,i friggin LOVE australians!

Önskar att jag kunde prata i er accent!

[Freshbott2]

@Pruttomaten I love all the Nordic countries! Och jag önskar att jag kunde prata i ER accent! Haha snart ska ja bo i Jönköping, och pick up deras accent istället.

[Pruttomaten]

@Freshbott2 kan bli svårt,men okej ;))

[MrSaundersc]

@Freshbott2 I think that was the point

[Freshbott2]

@MrSaundersc Uhh, okay?

[ohhhhhyeahhh1]

i have been to Japan too!

[Snazafan7]

Toide wado ku desuka

Japanese for "where is the bathroom?"

[NoCrispin]

@Snazafan7 No, it's not.

[WatchmenDrManhattan]

J'ai des noeuds américain, je suis un CANAIDIAN

[XRayden]

A Foreingh language for me is English... sooooooooo........

[JessieBradleyMusic]

The french was okay... AND hilarious XD

[royhazard1234]

BELGIUM!!

[AnimexxOtaku1]

Your Japanese pretty bad too.

[AnimexxOtaku1]

Kawaii= Cute! (japanese)

[bIuecrimson]

i like chocolate (japanes)

Watashi wa chokoreeto ga suki desu

[ReaperScope13]

sorry you russians real bad

[EvanC0912]

i'm impressed. lol

[PorcelainShrine]

You speak the truth.

It's actually funny because my father was doing the exact same thing Winn was doing when we went to Japan for vacation, except he was doing it in Mandarin. I felt so embarrassed that time. Yes, my father is very ignorant and arrogant. *sigh*

[The0Keyboard0Kid]

That curl of hair is really annoying me.

[pyVlad]

That was... pretty bad Russian.

[LuvZippy]

Yeah, your Mexican Spanish sound like Portuguese?

[junksmasher]

I'm not American, I'm Canadian = Je ne suis pas Américain, je suis Canadien

You said

Je ne suis pas Américain, je suis Canadien moi= I`m not American, me I'm (me I am) Canadian

I should know... Je suis Canadienne :)

[sixwingproductions]

you whent to france are you insane unless we are saveing them from nazis they hate us.

[Perpetuallydark]

@sixwingproductions Yeah, because they think we are ignorant, again you have to remember they are only expose to our television, our politicians, and the tourist from the U.S. So if we become better tourists maybe they won't think us to be ignorant, and unintelligent.

[amycconservativegirl]

good grief people he isn't trying to get the language do you really think he'd ask for someone's daughter? it's supposed to be funny...ugh some people

[Renvi]

Just need to practice pronunciation. Your Japanese was pretty bad, but pronunciation in Chinese is REALLY, REALLY important. Really important. Seriously. ><

[MashkaInYourFace]

that russian was horrible ;D lmfaoooo

[pufixas]

If you were in lithuania you should say somethin like this: "E duchas, e galva negaves? Nori byby paciulpsiu?"

[tarantulaTEP]

semper ubi sub ubi !

[sillyminnie91]

You forgot a very important phrase: Este hombre/mujer pagará por todo. This man/lady will pay for everything.

[ubermisogynist]

This would be a good video for foreigners who come here. Tired of them expecting me to know Spanish.

[BigSoph]

When I was in Israel, knowing how to say please and thank you got a great reaction. I would buy fresh bananas from a fruit stall near my hotel and, after a few days the owner would smile and wish me good morning. I also got better deals (the amount of bananas I got for sesh shekels (six shekels) went steadily up

Also, in the Middle East, knowing how to say "how much is this?" really pays off, they frequently haggle on price ( They generally used fingers to indicate

[Luubelaar]

Are you kidding me? "Where is the bathroom/toilet?" is the MOST useful phrase you can learn. Think about it. If you're hungry or you're lost, generally you can wait until you find someone who understands your language, but when you've got to go, you've got to go!

Oh and depending on where you are in France, telling them you're Canadian and not American won't always help. Just saying.

[halzbabe]

@Luubelaar as long as you're not american or english, it's helpful, lol.

[Narnianchick]

@Luubelaar he didn't say it wasn't important. he just said that there are universal signs for those. like what he showed us; pointing to your mouth or dancing around like you have to pee. haha.

[EliteGhost001]

I would have loved to hear some Dutch xD English people trying to speak Dutch are brilliant.

Had an American who TRIED it once. But I had so much trouble figuring out what the hell he wanted. So when I started in english, you could see the guy (and pretty hot daughter) feeling so relieved :-P

Buuuuut... that was shortlived because they just arrived and were wondering about the gas prices here. ouch... (in case you're wondering: about $7.40 a gallon I think. worked it out some time ago)

[olyansincs]

de qui direction vienes los torros??

[MrJeberg]

Hvor mange mennesker her er ikke racister? Danish

How many people here are not racists? English

It's typical danes to say: "I'm not a racist... BUT i think that all foreigners should be trown out, especially the black ones, they're the ones making trouble...

[runway34r]

I lost the game

[lilyandalyssatv]

@runway34r I won the other game

[lizzle13a]

@runway34r i lost the game too

[mar1289]

I can't stop laughing at the "de que dirección vienen los toros?" soooo funny!!! =P

[MovieStudio620]

That might be true in most of the countries but if you ever notice you happen to be in Finland, you had better not to try to speak Finnish. It just sounds terrible and people go mad :DD

[feng264404]

there's so much fun to see people are actually enjoying this bullshit

[zzak472008]

well... good try on Chinese, but I think "Xiexie (Thank you)" will be better to learn...

[ZolotoPartii]

sorr !) ... im russian ... didnt understand a word ... мнЕ хОлодно ! одолжИ мнЕ своЁ польтО !

[ZolotoPartii]

why thers no russia ... ((( ... probably because of bears and communism

[Infinitygirl28]

Haha Je suis pas americain, je suis canadien

Adopta me 8D

[Randomizer903]

@Infinitygirl28 Je NE suis pas. that's the proper negative.

[Infinitygirl28]

@Randomizer903 Un: je crois pas que tu sois francophone.

deux:si tu l'es pas, ta gueule. tu montra pas à une francophone comment parler sa propre langue.

trois: si tu es francophone, t'es rien qu'un puriste.

[Randomizer903]

@Infinitygirl28 okaaay, i'm guessing actually french? sorry. my french is only at tenth grade level.

[Infinitygirl28]

@Randomizer903 *smirks* good. good. I actually meant:

shut the hell up. you wont tell a french-speaker how to speak their own language.

[Randomizer903]

@Infinitygirl28 i had no idea. i was just repeating what i learned in French class :-/

[Infinitygirl28]

@Randomizer903 Bah *pats him* s'okay. what you're learning is called "formal french". it doesnt mean informal french isnt correct.

[Randomizer903]

@Infinitygirl28 i don't think think i'll ever get around to learning your brand of french. I'm a poor, lost, and confused Canadian living in Chile. I need to learn spanish now :O

[Infinitygirl28]

@Randomizer903 aaaw...too bad.

[Randomizer903]

@Infinitygirl28 i'm moving back when i go to college. a bit of spanish would help me out for the time being, though.

[biggytail]

Lol.. what i want to say is.. the Chinese was epic fail Anyways.. great video.

[peacestarchild]

Swedish: "Yog vi hal en glass tok." = "I want one ice cream please."  I'm not sure on the spelling. "Tok" is pronounced "tuck."

[mangyangghos]

Well he certainly aced the spanish and italian, so my advice: don't say what he says and shut the fuck up, it's not like he speaks Mongolian or Chinese or Japanese or Russian. He's great at his spanish and italian, so just go by those.

[ChilenoAlemanCanada]

@mangyangghos Maybe he said the correct words in Spanish and Italian, but his pronunciation wasn't so great. (At least for Spanish, that's the only one I can judge)

[theepicawesome100]

IWAY eakspay igpay atinlay eryvay ellway!

[TheWallFellOnMe]

You didn't mention any German...

[djamorpheus]

He actually didn't say anything in Russian....

[chemostrat]

@djamorpheus "Мне так холодно...something something...занимать пальто?"

[yulibalderas]

I couldn't understand any part of your Japanese besides "robot" ... maybe. x.x

[MnemosnyeS]

@yulibalderas I also understood the "please" part of the Japanese, but that's probably because my brother has the weirdest accent. ^^

[AdiktdToLoli]

great guide... most of the f*cking foreigner that ive meet where i live are f*cking ignorant or racist bastards that think they are smarter than us...

[oisinholz]

he has amazing accents

[Doomkdkd]

he isnt fluent in all those languages...

im chinese and i hav no idea wtf he was saying at all

[sirlaughsalot1234]

My high school French teacher told our class that the French, as a general rule, aren't especially fond of Americans (mostly due to our political leaders and the impression of America they project abroad), but they will be more friendly to you if you tell them you're from Michigan.

[runway34r]

1:52 You speak my language!

[FartingPenguinProd]

Bitte darf ich Ihre Suche Enddarms mit Fleisch clever.

[TheYO064]

Here's one from Google Translate:

Θα ήθελα να ξέρω πού μπορώ να παρακολουθήσουν τους Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες.

(Greek for "I would like to know where I can watch the Olympics.")

[Go to Google Translate if you want to read it phonetically because Youtube doesn't understand some of the symbols.]

[traceywashere]

when in Portugal we developed this handy ice-breaker phrase:

"meu cerebro esta atrasado" (can be mangled to meow eric estrada)

may-you sair-ah-bro esh-ta ah-tra-sah-doh

loosely translates to ... "my brain is late" - as in, i might be here now, but my brain .. she is late ...

[jaderose2009]

マクドナルドはどこですか？(McDonald's is where?)

あなたが小さいです。かわいい。(You are so small. Cute.)

Haha, first one good, second one kind of insulting. haha

[Metal404Head]

pen-dey-hoe

[TheRockandroy]

His european spanish is way better than his mexican. But I don't get the thing about water, here in México you can get bottled water everywhere and every brand is safe.

[xGKxaliasxMex]

@TheRockandroy hes just messing around ^^

[ChaosConRad]

i love how americans pretend to be canadians when they go to europe :) Canada international relations FTW

[GirlsAndDreams]

your russian was insanely cute, but inaccurate. if you come to russia in the summer you'll be needing ice-cream))

[matt999tye]

The Chinese was completely unintelligible to a native speaker

[fg3756547]

@matt999tye Ikr. :P

[AdGarUK]

I love the German word 'handschuh' which means glove.

ITS SO COOL!

It's like saying 'hand shoe' in English, which is really funny! XD