China, how many languages do you speak?

How many languages do you speak? How

many languages do you speak? How many

languages do you speak? How many

languages do you speak? You were telling me there's many different ethnic groups in China.

>> It's 5 to six.

>> Did you learn Chinese at the same time as English?

>> Chinese first because my my parents thought that it living in China cuz I was born in China, they figured that it's more important to to be able to integrate into society. So, mom and dad

actually went to the trouble of speaking Chinese at home until I was six.

Two, I guess.

>> Two. What are the two?

>> Uh, Chinese and English.

>> And are you from China, right?

>> Yeah.

>> Can you tell me in Chinese? Uh, what is your favorite thing about China?

>> Uh, I guess food.

>> In Chinese. In Chinese.

>> Yeah.

>> Cuz it's delicious food.

>> I have a question for you.

>> Yes.

How many languages do you speak?

>> Uh, for now, Chinese, English, I forgot all my French.

>> Oh, you had a bit of French, but you forgot.

>> Yes, a little bit.

>> Do you remember anything?

>> Saloo.

>> Salu.

>> Do you remember?

>> That's the only thing I remember.

So Miranda >> we are we're here at the Forbidden City and you were telling me there's many different ethnic groups in China.

>> It's 56 56.

>> Oh, they can borrow you this to try put it on.

Thank you.

>> Does it fit? Uh,

>> should I take off my coat?

>> That's would be It's okay. It's okay.

It's too cold. That's okay.

>> He He wants to take a photo over there, like take the the palace as the background.

>> Where are you from?

>> Where in China?

>> West south part of China.

>> West South. And do you speak different language? Mandarin. No.

language? Mandarin. No.

>> So she can speak dialect.

>> Ye dialect.

>> The language of their own ethnic groups.

>> Could you ask her to speak some Ye dialect for me?

>> Hello.

>> Uh I I love to learn languages. Could

you please say something in Ye dialect for me?

That means nice to meet Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

>> Nice to meet you.

Thank you. Thank you.

>> English and Mandarin Chinese. I study

here in China. Could you tell me in Mandarin what is your favorite thing about living in China?

So yeah.

>> And as someone who is visibly not Chinese but speaks so fluently like do you blow people's mind when you speak to them or people get more used to it?

>> Well I mean back in the day for sure but now there's a lot of uh foreigners that can speak Chinese now because there's more and more people coming to China and and studying Chinese and stuff. But yeah

for sure for sure on like on everyday basis it's still like >> so you get to see the surprise look.

>> Yeah. Yeah, but it's fun. I I love and I just love being able to communicate with people because they might might not think be able to because a lot of people still can't a lot of foreigners in China can't speak very like like Chinese very well. So,

well. So, >> okay. I I know Niha and Shishi. So, I'm

>> okay. I I know Niha and Shishi. So, I'm

halfway there.

>> Yeah, you're almost there, bro. You're

almost there.

>> Uh, I speak Mandarin and English, of course, and I also speak Korean and a little bit of Japanese. And I'm uh currently learning Spanish as well.

>> Wow. And how did you learn Korean?

>> Korean? Well, I studied Korea and I took like six years of Korean classes.

>> Could you tell me in Korean what do you like about China?

>> In Korean?

>> Is it possible?

>> Well, it is possible. But

uh well, what I like in China?

>> Okay.

So yeah, I think I prefer the food in China.

>> Well, I know a little bit of Korean, so I will say good luck.

>> Nice to meet you.

>> Good luck. Good luck.

>> How many languages do you speak?

Two languages.

>> What are they?

>> English and Turkish.

>> Can you tell me in Turkish? What do you think about China?

>> China.

>> And what does that mean?

>> I said it's my first time here. It's a

beautiful country. I think everyone needs to come here.

>> I have one question I ask. How many

languages do you speak?

>> Well, just two. Well, if you include my dialect, it would be three.

>> Oh, what dialect?

>> Uh, my uh in my local tongue.

>> Okay. So, in China, we we have different dialects in different places.

>> Sure. Even in Beijing and and they speak different dialects.

>> And are you from Chenzhen?

>> You know, in the lines.

>> And could you say something in your dialect?

>> Well, it's welcome to >> Welcome to Chen. Sh. Okay. Thank you so much.

>> You're welcome.

>> Thank you. How many languages do you speak >> fluently? Two and I'm trying to pick up

>> fluently? Two and I'm trying to pick up on two more.

>> Okay. What are the two and what are the two more?

>> I speak English as my first language and Farsy as my second one. I was born and raised in Canada by Iranian parents. So,

I speak both languages.

>> Sweet. And what are you trying to learn?

>> My wife is Usuzbck Canadian, so I'm learning some Usuzbek. And it's very similar to Turkish because they're both Turk people.

>> Yeah.

>> So, I'm picking up on both languages at the same time.

>> Now, you were telling me this isn't your first time in China. You've been here before right?

>> Yes, I have. Yeah.

>> Can you tell me in Farsy what do you like about China?

>> Um, I said the people are very nice.

I need to get the hat. Wuang.

>> Wuang clan.

>> I didn't know Wuang is popular in China.

>> Uh maybe but a little bit >> or only for you >> right in Beijing have something local Beijing people's local hip-hop or school hip-hop and cool

>> they will know but not everyone know that the >> Does China also have hip-hop?

>> Yeah. Right. You know the UD underground music.

>> Yeah. Um maybe uh this time maybe to 20 uh 2026 or 2025 last a year year later the the under the underground music will

grow up in China.

>> That's cool.

>> You want you want to listen something?

>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

>> CN is means China rage is a music type.

>> Oh this is like a genre.

How many languages do you speak?

>> Maybe I don't know actually. Maybe I watch the movie more.

>> Yeah, >> I have YouTube, Telegram, the um Twitter and more Instagram.

>> You you have all of it. You like to watch YouTube too.

>> Yeah, right. Because I want I want to be a rapper. So I will uh search some beats

a rapper. So I will uh search some beats in the YouTube.

>> Uh English is little bit but I'm from China uh window so um

speak window.

>> Okay. This is a we a part of China, right?

>> Yeah.

>> And it has its own language.

>> Yeah. How are you today? You It's

>> uh Guinea uh >> Guinea >> Guinea >> Guinea.

>> Yeah.

>> Yeah.

>> Sounds like uh Japanese, but it's local language.

>> How many languages do you speak?

>> Oh dear. Well, Chinese and English, a smattering of French and Spanish.

>> Did you learn Chinese at the same time as English? like what was your journey

as English? like what was your journey learning Chinese?

>> I I Chinese first because my my parents thought that it living in China cuz I was born in China, they figured that it's more important to to be able to integrate into society. So mom and dad

actually went to the trouble of speaking Chinese at home until I was six. So

basically English I started English when I was six.

>> Wow. I would love to to get a clip of you speaking in Chinese maybe.

What is that?

>> What you want me to say?

>> Can you tell me how is your day going today in Chinese?

>> Number one.

Uh without understanding I feel I got some of the message.

>> Yeah. I said I was having such fun on my second ski of the year and then I just done a mini jump and I was really pleased and I did a turn and then this

this uh this young lady crashed into me on a snowboard and sent me flying.

>> So that's in in Chinese. I speak uh Beijing colloquial Chinese >> cuz you know with 1.4 four billion

Chinese speakers. There's many different

Chinese speakers. There's many different >> So some of them are >> some people here have different

so they're different dialects. He's from

when they say good or okay, they say >> oh Cantonese.

>> You speak Cantu and Mand Mandarin. The

two >> No, just a little bit.

>> Just a little bit.

>> Just a little bit of what?

>> Oh, like like hello. Or

>> that's English. English in Cantonese because my parents is in >> Oh, you didn't grow up there. I

>> I I just study study here.

>> You know, Chinese like when you say where are you from? Often they say they come where their grandparents came from.

Ha.