when you travel to a foreign country

or move to a foreign country

It's common that you pick up a few phrases

in the local language

as you go

Today I'm going to find out

See if any of the foreign travelers

or expats

here in Taiwan

actually picked up Mandarin Chinese

or even Taiwanese

How long have you been in Taiwan?

Two weeks

and have you picked up any Chinese? Mandarin?

Ugh just like

Thank you

and hello

and good night good morning

not much

Good morning [CH]

Good night [CH]

Thank you [CH]

Where are you from?

I'm from Germany

Oh nice!

ummm

Danke?

That's the only thing I know

France

Bonjour

Ça va?

Good

So yea um

Did you pick up Chinese like Ni Hao? or xie xie?

Haha of course

Hello [CH] and Thank you [CH] are the two famous words

I'm from Mexico

Mexico! Spanish

I'm trying to come up with a Spanish word

umm burrito?

I came to study and now I'm working here

My name is Luo Ye Ke [CH]

I'm a Mexican in Taiwan [CH]

I now work in Taiwan [CH]

also learning Mandarin Chinese [CH]

at the language centre [CH]

Actually you can see my Chinese [CH]

still isn't that fluent [CH]

I will practice and learn more to become better [CH]

Woah

I'm surprised

It's so good

The pronunciation is spot-on

Believe me I live here

And I still need to learn more

my pronunciation is so so

the tones

the tones is a big issue in Taiwan

cause there's 4 tones right?

of course yea yea

but in Taiwan, it's not as pronounced?

if you say something wrong

the Taiwanese people would not understand anything

Hi

Are you from Youtube?

Yes

Omgosh

I watch your videos

Omgosh

Are you Iris?

Yesssss

Hiii

Omgosh

Honestly I've never met anybody who's

recognized me on the streets

Really? Am I the first one?

Actually I'm filming a video right now

So umm

Do you mind being on

How long have you guys been here?

8 months

We're exchange students

Oh okay where are you guys from?

France

Oh France

Bonjour

Hello [CH]

Hello [CH]

My name is Chen Zi Han [CH]

My name is Rila [CH]

I want to buy a sandwich [CH]

I want a burger [CH]

Give me a buger [CH]

Bubble tea [CH]

the best [CH]

Beef stew with rice [CH]

Dumplings [CH]

Dumplings? [CH] Really?

Fried potstickers [CH]

Fried potstickers? [CH] Wow

Do you like um Stinky Tofu [CH] ?

Nooooo

What about Taiwanese? Have you picked up any?

[A Taiwanese Song I cannot detect]

Hi everyone [CH]

I am [CH]

My Chinese name is Zao He [CH]

I am [CH]

My Brazilian name is Artur [CH]

I'm 16 years old [CH]

I'm an exchange student in Taiwan [CH]

Which school do you go to?

Um Yuda High School

How are your classmates? [CH]

Good but I have a lot of exchange student friends [CH]

I don't have many Taiwanese friends

Why is that? [CH]

I don't know [CH]

I like Fried potstickers [CH]

Bubble tea? [CH]

Hot pot [CH]

You like Hot pot [CH] ? Really?

What do you like to put in Hot pot [CH] ?

Umm beef [CH]

Noodles [CH]

um vegetables [CH]

That's really good

I don't like um [CH]

they call um

Tempura fish cake [CH]

Oh tempura [CH] ? You don't like it?

Don't like [CH]

Um don't like bubble tea [CH]

Really??

Yes [CH]

Aw breaks my heart

I don't like tea [CH]

You don't like tea [CH]

In Brazil, my mom told me [CH]

you should drink tea [CH]

when you are ill [CH]

you should drink tea [CH]

No I don't want it [CH]