when you travel to a foreign country

當你去到一個陌生的國家

or move to a foreign country

或搬到國外

It's common that you pick up a few phrases

你很常會學到一些當地的

in the local language

常用語言

as you go

當你在那個環境

Today I'm going to find out

今天我們要去了解

See if any of the foreign travelers

看看這些外國旅客

or expats

或居住者

here in Taiwan

在台灣

actually picked up Mandarin Chinese

是不是有學到一些中文

or even Taiwanese

或是台語

How long have you been in Taiwan?

你在台灣多久了？

Two weeks

兩星期

and have you picked up any Chinese? Mandarin?

你有學到一點中文嗎？

Ugh just like

呃大概

Thank you

謝謝

and hello

你好

and good night good morning

晚安早安

not much

之類的

Good morning [CH]

早安

Good night [CH]

晚安

Thank you [CH]

謝謝

Where are you from?

你從哪裡來？

I'm from Germany

我從德國來

Oh nice!

哦酷

ummm

呃呃

Danke?

謝謝 [德文]

That's the only thing I know

那是我唯一知道的

France

法國

Bonjour

你好 [法文]

Ça va?

你好嗎？ [法文]

Good

不錯

So yea um

呃對

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

你有學到中文像你好？謝謝？

Haha of course

哈哈當然

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

你好和謝謝是兩個很有名的字

I'm from Mexico

我從墨西哥來

Mexico! Spanish

墨西哥西班牙文

I'm trying to come up with a Spanish word

我試著在想西班牙的字

umm burrito?

呃呃墨西哥捲 [西班牙文]？

I came to study and now I'm working here

我來這裡唸書然後在這裡工作

My name is Luo Ye Ke [CH]

我的名字是羅雅克

I'm a Mexican in Taiwan [CH]

我是墨西哥人在台灣

I now work in Taiwan [CH]

現在在台灣工作

also learning Mandarin Chinese [CH]

也學中文

at the language centre [CH]

在語言中心學中文

Actually you can see my Chinese [CH]

你可以看看我的中文

still isn't that fluent [CH]

還是不太好

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

所以應該多練習多學習就好了

Woah

哇

I'm surprised

我很驚訝

It's so good

講真好

The pronunciation is spot-on

發音真的是超標準

Believe me I live here

相信我我住這

And I still need to learn more

我還有很多要進步的地方

my pronunciation is so so

我的發音只是還好

the tones

還有音調

the tones is a big issue in Taiwan

音調是一個很大的問題

cause there's 4 tones right?

哦因為有四聲對吧？

of course yea yea

對對當然

but in Taiwan, it's not as pronounced?

但在台灣，四聲不怎麼明顯？

if you say something wrong

如果你說任何錯的事情

the Taiwanese people would not understand anything

台灣人會完全都聽不懂

Hi

嗨

Are you from Youtube?

你在 Youtube 上嗎？

Yes

是

Omgosh

天哪

I watch your videos

我有看你的影片

Omgosh

天哪

Are you Iris?

你是 Iris?

Yesssss

是

Hiii

嗨

Omgosh

天哪

Honestly I've never met anybody who's

我從來沒遇見過任何人

recognized me on the streets

在街上認出我來

Really? Am I the first one?

真的？我是第一個嗎？

Actually I'm filming a video right now

其實我現在在錄影

So umm

所以

Do you mind being on

你介意在影片上嗎？

How long have you guys been here?

你們在台灣多久？

8 months

八個月

We're exchange students

我們是交換學生

Oh okay where are you guys from?

你們從哪裡來？

France

法國

Oh France

喔法國

Bonjour

你好 [法文]

Hello [CH]

你好

Hello [CH]

你好

My name is Chen Zi Han [CH]

我叫陳子涵

My name is Rila [CH]

我叫 Rila

I want to buy a sandwich [CH]

我要買三明治

I want a burger [CH]

我要漢堡

Give me a buger [CH]

給我漢堡

Bubble tea [CH]

珍珠奶茶

the best [CH]

最好

Beef stew with rice [CH]

牛肉飯

Dumplings [CH]

水餃

Dumplings? [CH] Really?

水餃？真的？

Fried potstickers [CH]

鍋貼？

Fried potstickers? [CH] Wow

鍋貼？哇

Do you like um Stinky Tofu [CH] ?

你們喜歡臭豆腐嗎？

Nooooo

不不不

What about Taiwanese? Have you picked up any?

那台語呢？你們有學到嗎？

[A Taiwanese Song I cannot detect]

[某台語歌我無法分辨]

Hi everyone [CH]

大家好

I am [CH]

我是

My Chinese name is Zao He [CH]

我的中文名字是趙和

I am [CH]

我是

My Brazilian name is Artur [CH]

巴西名字是 Artur

I'm 16 years old [CH]

我是16歲

I'm an exchange student in Taiwan [CH]

我是交換學生在台灣

Which school do you go to?

你去哪個學校？

Um Yuda High School

育達高中

How are your classmates? [CH]

你的同學好嗎？

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

好可是我有很多交換學生朋友

I don't have many Taiwanese friends

我沒有很多台灣人的朋友

Why is that? [CH]

為什麼？

I don't know [CH]

我不知道

I like Fried potstickers [CH]

我喜歡鍋貼

Bubble tea? [CH]

珍珠奶茶？

Hot pot [CH]

火鍋

You like Hot pot [CH] ? Really?

你喜歡火鍋？真的？

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

你喜歡在火鍋裡放什麼？

Umm beef [CH]

呃牛肉

Noodles [CH]

麵

um vegetables [CH]

呃菜

That's really good

說得很好

I don't like um [CH]

我不喜歡呃

they call um

他們叫

Tempura fish cake [CH]

甜不辣

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

甜不辣？你不喜歡？

Don't like [CH]

不喜歡

Um don't like bubble tea [CH]

不喜歡珍珠奶茶

Really??

真的？？

Yes [CH]

對

Aw breaks my heart

我心碎

I don't like tea [CH]

我不喜歡茶

You don't like tea [CH]

你不喜歡茶

In Brazil, my mom told me [CH]

在巴西，我的媽媽告訴我

you should drink tea [CH]

你應該喝茶

when you are ill [CH]

你生病

you should drink tea [CH]

你應該喝茶

No I don't want it [CH]

不行我不要