Hope you enjoyed this story! This was one part of my comedy special which you can watch here: kzitem.info/news/bejne/pYJru46nn2h1qI4 Also I’m touring a brand new show in 2024 and would love to see you there! Tickets here: comedy.com.au/jenny-tian
@samsun01
9 ай бұрын
Stick to comedy, not a long winded story. You forgot about 'comedic story 101'. In fact, stick to making sandwiches in the kitchen because like Chapelle and Louis CK would say, woman just aren't built to be funny (and you proved it yet again!)
@defectiveclone8450
9 ай бұрын
That was so good!!! The China overlords was spot on. Maybe try some Taiwan related jokes. They always go down well from when others add them.
@feifeishuishui
9 ай бұрын
I am a Chinese and I live in the US. I don't teach my kids Chinese. They chose to teach themselves read and speak Chinese. I am OK with it if they choose not to speak Manderin one day, but I don't like the way you use it to please you Australian audiance.
@hefeibao
9 ай бұрын
You need come to the US! You'd be killing it on the west coast. Vancouver, BC as well...
@NeilTaylor1
9 ай бұрын
You should bring your show to Hong Kong - there's a big comedy scene here. I'm not so sure the locals will appreciate the "cuntonese" digs though.... Oh go on, of course they won't mind, they'll be too busy shouting DLLM at your "Mandarin is superior" jibe!
@mohawkcub
9 ай бұрын
The "you've gotten fat / here, eat more" is a unifying front for grandparents in particular that overrides all cultural difference.
@nh4843
3 ай бұрын
really?? I always thought that's only asian grandparents would do such thing XD.
@exosproudmamabear558
3 ай бұрын
@@nh4843Nah like every culture has it. I am Turkish and know a lot of people from middle east and balkans their grandparents same too. They always complain about how they gained a few kgs when they stay there. It is same for me but thank god Turkish homemade food is not that high calorie in my area as long as you can shut your mouth to the pastries and desserts there is a hope for your pants.
@SamuIise
3 ай бұрын
@@exosproudmamabear558I think it’s less of a white people thing though
@choppersghost5439
3 ай бұрын
The secret is, when you've had enough, do not finish everything on the plate. When they see this they think you need more and will happily fill you until you cannot move.😉🤭🤌🙏🙌
@exosproudmamabear558
3 ай бұрын
@@SamuIise No I dont think so they have this too. It is a very common thing. Turkish are white too btw (causian). Race is a social construct.
@silverchairsg
9 ай бұрын
Yep when I went to China I got pwned big time. I understood like 30% of what was being said, and the menus weren't so simple. Instead of straightforward names like "grilled chicken meat with rice", it was stuff like "bamboo silk twice grilled dragon phoenix pearl treasure strips". I just looked for the familiar words 鸡 or 牛 and ordered those dishes.
@eadricng3267
9 ай бұрын
phoenix is usually chicken though....
@silverchairsg
9 ай бұрын
@@eadricng3267 I didn't know that. See how terrible my Mandarin is.
@daltongalloway
9 ай бұрын
Well at least it’s better than someone who speak no Chinese LOL
@robezy0
8 ай бұрын
Chinese when naming virtually everything from biology to technology and everything in between: Logical, descriptive, the most sensical language I have ever studied Chinese when naming dishes: flamboyant, confusing, destroying my entire argument of praise I had for the language
@flowerpower8722
8 ай бұрын
So false advertising isn't a worry there?
@colinmartin9797
4 ай бұрын
I knew a girl who emigrated from china when she was 9. To fargo, north dakota. Fargo. North Dakota. She could speak perfectly fluent Mandarin. With a HARD fargo accent. It is, to this day, the funniest thing i have ever heard in my life and i treasure the memories of listening to her talk to her parents, especially when she would deliberately dial up the Fargo just to annoy them.
@brandonpaavola5634
4 ай бұрын
Hahahahahaha
@Croz89
3 ай бұрын
Reminds me of the Texas Germans who speak an archaic form of German with a strong Texas drawl.
@vixxcelacea2778
2 ай бұрын
I wonder if it would sound the same from a Swedish person, given that the mid western accent is definitely influenced by the many Swedish immigrants that moved there at the time (Hence the red and white trimmed housing/barns!) I want to hear the accent now speaking Mandarin, LOLOLOL.
@djdameswholdames
2 ай бұрын
infest
@yilunli7374
Ай бұрын
how is that even possible
@Life_Of_Abbyy
9 ай бұрын
I speak mandarin as a first language although I’m not from China mainland and the rest of my family speaks Cantonese, making me feel a little left out and watching this video makes me feel happy and making me know I’m not the only one. Thanks for making this video❤
@jeremysun7365
9 ай бұрын
just curious. if your whole family speaks Cantonese, how did you learn Mandarin in the first place? wait... unless you mean your husband and kids... that is not too bad. I have a friend who speaks Cantonese, and his whole family speaks Korean.
@jlynnxxxx
9 ай бұрын
@@jeremysun7365from my experience, since mandarin is the standard language, parents push kids to learn it instead of the native regional language such as canto or Shanghainese for example. It’s to keep the whole country connected but it’s also creating a situation where other Chinese languages are decreasing ;-;
@MitchellBPYao
9 ай бұрын
Speak Cantonese can understand mandarin but Don know how to respond or read write chinese words, wish I did so I can understand them better
@goyam2981
9 ай бұрын
My parents speak the Teochew dialect and they keep it as a language for talking secrets right in front of the kids. My brothers and I actually wish they had taught us the language because back when we were kids we couldn't really understand our grandparents. But my parents couldn't care less. So don't feel bad.
@jangguttok7437
9 ай бұрын
maybe malaysian 🤣 am not chinese, but a lot malaysian chinese originally their great great great grandparents were from non-speaking mandarin part of china. so they spoke cantonese hokkien etc but if u go to chinese school in malaysia, you learn mandarin. a lot of chinese young millennials n gen-z in malaysia speak mandarin now.. unlike back in the 80s/90s where even TV had a lot more cantonese programming from HK
@NHJDT
8 ай бұрын
I'm Korean and same thing happened to me. Moved to the states when I was 7. In CA I had Korean friends so I was bilingual then we moved to Nebraska. No Korean friends, did not go to church, and my parents were working all the time and within a couple years, it was easier to speak English. I'm 50 now and relearning as my kids are learning Korean thanks to their love of BTS. We took the family to Korea for two months this fall. I hadn't been back in 40+ years
@vikramad36
6 ай бұрын
How do you feel being in Korea? Do you feel moving back 😅
@NHJDT
6 ай бұрын
@@vikramad36 it was great but definitely felt foreign. In my mind, all my memories are of the US so that is my home
@vikramad36
6 ай бұрын
@@NHJDT That means you’re fully American 😁
@annew.1
4 ай бұрын
Same here, but with Hong Kong. It is amazing how you are perceived culturally. I am basically "white"/ Westernized in HK but am a conservative Chinese in the US. My late mom was almost an old "white woman" who wore Birkenstocks in HK. The difference is stark. Same skin color and ethnicity but not culturally.
@sanie1au
3 ай бұрын
Ah, K-Pop. The great unifier!
@manningbartlett522
9 ай бұрын
As a 老外 who speaks **really mediocre** Mandarin, I have witnessed first hand the "reverse discrimination" that people of Chinese ancestry suffer in China when they do not speak the language with native fluency. I get absurd (and unjustifable) amounts of praise simply by being able to ask the way to a train station, whereas those with Chinese background get lambasted if they cannot recite Tang dynasty poetry flawlessly.
@mjklein
9 ай бұрын
Truth.
@CMo-x9c
9 ай бұрын
A bit exaggerated but to Chinese a foreign born Chinese who do not speak Chinese reflects badly on his/her whole family, as in they didn’t care or know enough about their roots and culture to have taught their kid well something they should have already known, vs u as a total foreigner studying Chinese on your own initiative shows how cultured and thirsty for knowledge you are, thus worthy of respect and praise
@JueWang86
9 ай бұрын
Unfortunately it’s a fact. As a Chinese from China myself, I do think those Chinese who can’t speak Chinese are weird, always wondering how do they communicate with their parents? But the situation is changing, most of the new generation of Chinese immigrants teach their kids to speak and writing Chinese. To be able to speak two languages really isn’t too hard, especially for kids, and being a bilingual person only has benefits but no harm. I understand the hardship of the older generation of Chinese immigrants, it the 1990s and early 2000s, the internet was not as advanced as today, the international call was very expensive. Going abroad at that time almost means lost connections with China. But now, they can watch China TV on their phone, they use WeChat everyday, they use Douyin and Redbook, living in Burwood or Eastwood is like living in China. So most new ABCs can speak both Chinese and English on a native level.
@wk1879s
9 ай бұрын
In my hometown, where was the capital of the ancient China thousands years ago, one of the most intense humiliation to someone is “你羞先人了,” which means you've brought shame to your ancestors. So, even though Chinese people are not religious in terms of the Western view, we superstitiously worship our ancestors and value their reputations. I believe losing connection with own ancestors, let alone cutting off own cultural roots, is the biggest shame and pity in our culture!
@triarb5790
9 ай бұрын
Discrimination is always discrimination. There is no such thing as 'reverse' discrimination, or ' reverse' racism for that matter. The ability to be racist or discriminatory does not belong exclusively to one group of people! It's like saying 'wet rain' instead of just saying 'rain'.
@jasonmullagan
9 ай бұрын
I always say "Du ne lo mo!" to the phone scammers.
@bas1cbh0p
8 ай бұрын
in text its diu lei lo mo cuz u gotta have that I in there
@warrenleezy
3 ай бұрын
You should try 'ta ma de' if they're Mandarin speaking passport scammers 😅😅😂
@mrmingsun
3 ай бұрын
I think they don't understand cantonese.
@SunnyWu
3 ай бұрын
@@warrenleezy If they have a Taiwan accent you should totally ask wow, I'm surprised they hired someone from the island to work at the Chinese embassy.
@StellarJones
Ай бұрын
@@SunnyWuor say “gan nin nya chao jee bye”
@huaiscrblol5077
9 ай бұрын
You're absolutely hilarious, and manage to tell such a heartwrenching story with so many good jokes! From, a Cantonese-American who can absolutely relate to the feeling of losing a language.
@blep852
8 ай бұрын
oooo same but Canadian. Since my parents were 2nd gen, they knew less, and so, taught us less. They didnt like Chinese school growing up, so me and my sister never had that many extracurriculars. It makes me pretty sad when my friends' parents only speak Chinese and I cant understand a word that they're saying
@kathakailin
9 ай бұрын
I'm German and studied Chinese at uni. Had quite a few classmates, whose parents, or one of them were Mandarin (sometimes Cantonese) speakers. I was so surprised they didn't really have much of an advantage apart from the pronunciation. Some of them said they even refused to learn any Chinese when they were children and came to regret that. So I guess it's totally normal, but must be so confusing to grow up with different cultures. Fun fact: those 2 Cantonese expressions are the only ones I know, too🤣
@LDogSmiles
9 ай бұрын
I think it’s from wanting to fit into western culture, not wanting to appear foreign to avoid ridicule, and a sprinkle of laziness.
@SL-lz9jr
9 ай бұрын
Assimilation in a country that doesn’t show appreciation for different cultures will do that to any child of any background that isn’t the primary background. I studied Mandarin in college (you guys call it university) in the US and our Mandarin program separated those with zero Chinese background from those with some Chinese background. I thought that was nice because then I wouldn’t be stuck with classmates who were struggling to grasp the basics. I grew up studying Cantonese in Chinese Saturday school as a kid for about 5 years and at home I spoke Toisanese, so I totally got the basics. I just wasn’t fluent. And Cantonese is super colloquial so having to learn proper Chinese was also different but I think it’s easier for those with a Chinese background.
@arsenal_84
9 ай бұрын
I had polytechnic classmates from HK whose parents immigrate to Singapore before the 1997 handover. They always greet each other in Cantonese with the screw your mum phrase as an opening sentence. Both being in sg for quite some time, so their Mandarin is pretty understandable since they went though the public primary school system in sg.
@rocketmangenesis
9 ай бұрын
It is common with Chinese, but not other Spanish speakers. It is so strange.
@lumiong
9 ай бұрын
SitDown Comedy is much funnier than StandUp comedy 😂😂😂
@Kikimikimone
9 ай бұрын
i have also "lost" a language. it is comforting to hear that others have had the same experience :)
@SamChou
9 ай бұрын
When you said you parents were quoting Forrest Gump, my immediate reaction was: "Your parents told you they love you?". The following delivery was spot on 😄. Sincerely, son of asian parents
@ethandorward2220
9 ай бұрын
I wonder why that's a thing, I tell my children I love them every single day, you should because one day you won't be able to.
@SamChou
9 ай бұрын
@@ethandorward2220 Not sure why! It's a cultural thing. I never got hugs or shown any physical affection by my asian family, either. Not necessarily that they're cold or unloving...but it's complicated.
@rogerc23
8 ай бұрын
Have you ever told your parents you love them?
@SamChou
8 ай бұрын
@@rogerc23 well that's a deep question I don't think I've ever been asked. The answer is no. Never occurred to me. It would be pretty weird.
@rogerc23
8 ай бұрын
@@SamChou I suggest you try it, if you do love them. It might open their hearts a little.
@alexchu4499
9 ай бұрын
I feel like all international students will have met someone like you on their first day at school, this kind of experience is always relatable.
@kokona1990
8 ай бұрын
I'm a Chinese immigrant in Australia and I totally understand what you are talking about - what you felt in front of Stephanie and Vivian or at that wedding is exactly what we felt when we were fresh in Australia. It turns out that not everyone speaks as slow or as clear as the ILETS listening tests, especially for the Aussies. But hey, if we can pick a language basically from scratch in our mid 20s, finish a master degree with a decent GPA and secure a job amongst native speakers, then you could surely pick up your mandarin back again! (if you want) :D
@sanie1au
3 ай бұрын
Sorry about that, worse still, we shorten words, drop letters and are just downright lazy with English. But to be fair, it's a stupid language with stupid rules that it stole from other languages
@poki580
3 ай бұрын
@@sanie1au every language does that, no need to put yourself down to make others feel better
@mr.mediocregamer9653
9 ай бұрын
I like your style of comedy. It's unique the way you are telling the story with the fun pictures.
@TheGrimmGamer
9 ай бұрын
Kindergarten teachers will see her in court.
@mr.mediocregamer9653
9 ай бұрын
@@TheGrimmGamer :D
@SwetPotato
9 ай бұрын
My little nephew, born in Sydney, speak English, Mandarin, Cantonese fluently and can understand Hakka, Suzhounese (a branch of Wu language. A more notable branch of the Wu language would be Shanghainese). His dad, my distant cousin is from Meizhou (where Hakka Chinese is spoken), Guangdong (Canton). The mum is from Suzhou (a city close to Shanghai, famous for its canals and classical gardens), Jiangsu. Dude basically got free language courses while growing up.
@sho9214
9 ай бұрын
My grandma is from Meizhou China. I can understand only a bit Hakka sadly,
@e.usiene
9 ай бұрын
That's impressive! Am I right in understanding that his dad spoke Cantonese and Hakka with him growing up, and his mum spoke the Suzhou dialect with him, and both, on top of that, Mandarin? And did he grow up elsewhere?
@hiko7096
9 ай бұрын
My mum speaks Hakka but I just know how to count one to ten in Hakka🤣
@rogerc23
8 ай бұрын
He’s not your nephew. He’s your first cousin once removed.
@amsanchez1675
8 ай бұрын
@@rogerc23 it's a colloquialism and, from my experience, relatively common in Asian and Latin American cultures. If you are from a previous generation and your immediate first cousin has kids, you are their auntie/uncle/auncle. I've heard the term "cousin uncle" in some families that want to make the distinction.
@Nyxxxis
9 ай бұрын
"I love you Jenny" Jenny: Nah asain parents don't say I love you 😂 Was bout to say that
@funlovesjoy
9 ай бұрын
That Cuntonese and that lady's laugh really got me...😂
@jessicamayne3394
9 ай бұрын
“Think about your future” applies to me. My kids need to know at least “吃饭了吗?” before we visit my relatives 😂
@J_Dos_S
9 ай бұрын
First rule about learning a new language: learn the swear words 😂😂😂
@peterfireflylund
9 ай бұрын
@@J_Dos_SIt's not rude -- it literally means "have you eaten?" but the real meaning is just a greeting like "how are you?"
@J_Dos_S
9 ай бұрын
@@peterfireflylund oh I just realised I might have replied to the wrong comment but my advice still stands 😂🤣
@catinabox3048
9 ай бұрын
@@peterfireflylund I'm Chinese and I don't usually think of that question as a greeting. To me, it's usually a way of gauging whether it'd be appropriate to engage the other person in conversation. Like, if it's around meal time and they haven't eaten, I assume that I should either offer them a meal or let them go so they can finish preparing their meal and eat soon. If they have eaten, on the other hand, I would feel more free to just stay there and chat a bit longer.
@wkl6432
7 ай бұрын
吃了吗?没有“饭”
@restfulplace3273
9 ай бұрын
I’m happy Jenny is more than just her shorts. Unexpected but happy.
@Eskay1206
6 ай бұрын
This woman is awesome. from one Aussie to another, love your attitude. bloody brilliant
@anime-rn7xn
3 күн бұрын
She turns stand up comedy into a classroom , you can't take Asia out of you😂❤
@sanguineel
9 ай бұрын
Your style is absolute gold. Love the slideshows.
@TinglishMilaMali101
9 ай бұрын
I absolutely agreed!!!🎉🎉🎉
@ldbarthel
9 ай бұрын
I'm not Chinese, but this is extremely relatable. In my case, the "lost" language is Pennsylvania Dutch. I've had many years of German - specifically Hochdeutsch (high German), whereas the PA Dutch dialect is more akin to Plattdeutsch (low German). But my vocabulary is still horrid and I don't get to practice. My wife's family aren't total polyglots, but they regularly use bits of Spanish, French, Japanese (and now Korean). Funny enough, they don't use much Welsh, even though that's their heritage....
@jazzguitar3441
9 ай бұрын
What a shame about the Welsh, it is such a beautiful language! ♡
@wobblysauce
9 ай бұрын
If you want people to think you are swearing at them just speak Welsh.
@stephanieyee9784
9 ай бұрын
@@wobblysauce, any Welsh words will do.
@stephanieyee9784
9 ай бұрын
Nadolig Llawen 🎅🏻🎄
@seanhartnett79
9 ай бұрын
My ancestors spoke German and Irish. Both are lost.
@vkb9013
9 ай бұрын
Funny, sentimental, and refreshingly vulnerable. Jenny, you’ve got a new subscriber.
@tedpeters896
6 ай бұрын
I'm a 76 year old white dude and I found this beautifully poignant. My daughter-in-law is Taiwanese (my son is Brazilian) and I have two gorgeous granddaughters. I love living in a world that is merging cultures.
@zeitgeistx5239
3 ай бұрын
You mean Chinese. You don’t invent a new ethnic group just because of a civil war. Using that logic then Koreans don’t exist.
@hf5486
9 ай бұрын
Just discovered you a few hours ago and have already subscribed. As an Aussie gweilo living in Asia, can’t wait to unleash this to my Canto and Putonghua buddies. 😂😂😂
@Daniel-ld7xs
9 ай бұрын
DIUUU LEI LO MOOOO!😂
@doncooper2344
8 ай бұрын
This young woman is very funny in a very sophisticated way. I'm not from Australia so I will likely never see her live, but I hope she is appreciated and enjoys the success she deserves.
@leicestersquarebob840
9 ай бұрын
Mandarin is my first language but I feel like I’m also in the process of losing it. I can no longer fluently converse in Mandarin without throwing in English words and expressions.
@VeganDoris
9 ай бұрын
Oh that’s awesome! And so funny! I was born in the USA but Mandarin was literally my first language because that’s what my parents spoke to me. Then I started preschool when I was 3yo and I couldn’t speak English even though I was born in the USA, so my parents then decided we would speak only English at home. So English is my educated, fluent language and I speak mandarin like a 3yo.
@Siletzia
6 ай бұрын
Jenny is one of the most original and wittiest comedians I've ever seen, and this is one of the best skits ever.
@13loodLust
9 ай бұрын
Can confirm. Am Cantonese and petty.
@stephanieyee9784
9 ай бұрын
My father and his brothers all refused to continue going to Cantonese school when they were teenagers. They also refused to ho to China to find wives. They told their father (himself an ABC) that they were Australian and would choose their own wives from here. Two married Chinese Australians and two married Europeans.
@Fuzzle1985
9 ай бұрын
Went the opposite route. Hated America in my teens and young adult life and went back to learn and improve my Chinese. 😂 My parents were furious I deferred college to do so. Now get stared at by FOBs who wonder why I speak English fluently and can read and speak Mandarin Chinese. 😉 Only downside is family and parents treating me like a Chinese person instead of realizing I'm basically a banana. If my Chinese was worse or had an accent they wouldn't have these weird expectations and disappointments. I can't straddle and meet both cultural expectations of be doctor and filial Chinese son to carry the entire family lineage while being constantly criticized for not doing enough.
@francescalee2497
9 ай бұрын
I never lost my first language (Canto) and taught myself mandarin when I was 12. I moved downunder when I was very young and picked up a British lilt from TV so people keep asking on the phone if I’m British, lol. When I went back to Hong Kong for a stint, everyone was so surprised I was functional in Chinese but that I really was not Chinese culturally. I actually kind of regret knowing the language because it makes it that much harder to break away from a culture that hasn’t been kind to me and to deny a government that would claim sovereignty over all people of Chinese descent no matter what citizenship they hold.
@lingordon1678
8 ай бұрын
@@francescalee2497 Chinese government is not evil as you know from the Aus media. Come to China to see for yourself.
@francescalee2497
8 ай бұрын
@@lingordon1678 Yeah, no thanks. I don't want to be disappeared. You just have to look at how they react to any journalists or potential journalists, and threaten academics overseas who look into their activities influencing other governments. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books_disappearances
@lingordon1678
8 ай бұрын
@@francescalee2497 Hunk, typical westerners' bias even though you can speak Chinese. You will find out the truth one day.
@nonnyanneko
8 ай бұрын
Thank you for using comedy to discuss culture in a way that is light hearted yet deeply meaningful and personal. It reminds me of Natalie Tran of Community Channel. And I mean in the the highest of compliment!
@Mrmark154
9 ай бұрын
As a Cantonese and Mando speaking white guy, this had me laughing really hard. Nice work!
@geekdiggy
7 ай бұрын
"they ah smo petty paypo" holy shit this clip was funny! and adorable! brb fools i'm gonna go watch the full special!
@tiktaktictac
9 ай бұрын
The freaking GONG at the end was cherry on top. I don't know if that's even intentional but that's hilarious 😂
@ycajal
9 ай бұрын
I'm Korean but 100% agree that bubble tea is one of the biggest daily financial investments that are actually worth it. Also no need to worry about diabetes, the zero sugar option is always there for us🤩
@SnChem
9 ай бұрын
I almost choked to death from laughing when she commented ‘cuntonese’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@auvmedia
4 ай бұрын
As a parent, I teach my child Mandarin Chinese by exposing them to Chinese animations, games, and other interesting things from China. We also speak Chinese at home, but when we're out, we switch to English. I also encourage them to learn some Japanese. This way, I'm broadening their perspective rather than trying to make them pretend they grew up in China. They should embrace both Australian and Chinese cultures simultaneously.
@maxscameraguy
9 ай бұрын
I took Chinese on and off for 9 and 1/2 years. You at the bubble tea stand is me whenever I try to speak it.
@hyvnjinir3t
8 ай бұрын
I was born in Singapore but I moved to the USA when I was a baby. My parents are from china and they expect me to be able to speak mandarin fluently but I have lived in the US for almost my whole life. Whenever there is a new Chinese student that isn’t familiar with America, I feel so proud of myself for speaking Mandarin. Sadly, I can mostly just understand Mandarin more than I can speak, write, or was it. Thank you for making this video. It’s so relatable!
@mattkidroske
5 ай бұрын
This cracked me up but also made me sad. It's tough feeling betrayed by your friends. Great video!
@qquack1950
9 ай бұрын
I love the drawings 😭😭 makes it so much better
@swifttransactions3595
4 ай бұрын
Hi I'm white. I saw this video years ago and it inspired me to never learn to speak mandarin. But my Cantonese is getting pretty good. Let's be friends!
@DiCarpio-yk9pd
9 ай бұрын
Besides the Chinese themselves no one would probably care if no one speaks Chinese, mandarin or whatever
@davidlee6505
8 ай бұрын
Jenny has refined her little niche shtick into quite a unique, effective routine. Something actually fresh and different. Well done!
@wyphonema4024
9 ай бұрын
I'm Itailian and studied Chinese at uni. Had quite a few classmates, whose parents, or one of them were Mandarin (sometimes Cantonese) speakers. I was so surprised they didn't really have much of an advantage apart from the pronunciation. Some of them said they even refused to learn any Chinese when they were children and came to regret that. So I guess it's totally normal, but must be so confusing to grow up with different cultures.
@AlOfNorway
3 ай бұрын
Never let any incident stop you from learning about yourself and where you come from. That’s what life is about-to know yourself. Why else is life existing? I am glad you put away those petty thoughts and got back to learning your language. Languages are beautiful. They are like psychic gates into other realities. The more you know, the more you see. It’s a privilege to see. Those who only speak one language are really missing out on life, what it is, and what it means.
@djc9887
9 ай бұрын
First time watching you and as an Aussie with Chinese friends, I gotta say you defo made me laugh. The Burwood comment tho LOLOLOL
@gdaymate2391
9 ай бұрын
Some of my Asian friends from high school thought that not speaking another Asian language will simply make them more white... and that is the sad truth, everyone was trying so hard not being an Asian, even have to dye their hair and adopt some strong makeup.. A whitewashed Asian label was once a compliment!
@gracelee7946
9 ай бұрын
You are so funny, Jenny. Really enjoyed this.
@gratefuldeadly7899
7 ай бұрын
if you speak mandarin in the street in USA, you may get arrested for being suspected as a spy, or worse be assaulted by racists.
@rocketmangenesis
9 ай бұрын
It is strange how the majority of Spanish kids growing up in the West are proud to speak their parents' language and English, but the opposite with some other types of people from other cultures.
@roadie3124
Ай бұрын
I love Jenny's Aussie accent. I migrated to Australia in 1976 and I identify as Australian. There was an ad on TV many years ago that showed a teenage Chinese girl, a happy person, responding to a question from another traveler: "Where are you from?" Her response, in an Australian accent just like Jenny's, was "I'm from Ballarat, where are you from?"
@jle1352
9 ай бұрын
When you end the talk with thank you in Chinese is so warmhearted. 🥰
@jaydenbraydon5405
9 ай бұрын
This is the first time I'm seeing this comedian. And damn. Love her set! 😂 I'm Chinese. And it's hilarious!
@MarcoGPUtuber
9 ай бұрын
I speak Mandarin, I'm white. Can I help you disappoint your parents more? Love your content.
@WayChuangAng
9 ай бұрын
just become her boyfriend. That should do
@deaveedis6295
9 ай бұрын
Mandarin is my 2nd language, learn quite fast at 7 because of school. I had to move school at age 11 because the punishment for not doing homework becoming unbearable. I lost the language and now i regretted it because my 1/3 of my patients are chinese. I wished they weren't so harsh on kids those days.
@joshnewstead861
5 ай бұрын
Correction. She speaks Australian
@wadeseymour7706
9 ай бұрын
Very, very funny, I like your unique style of comedy 😊
@debasishraychawdhuri
7 ай бұрын
The first comedian to ever show up with a PowerPoint presentation.
@NC-qm8dc
9 ай бұрын
Sadly its w/ all asian countries. I am filipino and I have friends and coworkers who get on my case for not speaking tagalog. My parents immigrated from the Philippines when they were kids, so they picked up english very easily & can sort speak tagalogish. They couldnt teach my siblings and I how to speak the language because they could barely understand it themselves. Its hard to get into the language when the 2nd generation or even 3rd generation has already acclimated into another culture. Plus i like america i cant really bring myself to learn the language becuz i have no plans of ever visiting my homeland. Everyone i know & love is here. So yeah thats just my take on it. 😅
@claudiadarling9441
7 ай бұрын
Unless you have a community to use the language with, it's really hard to learn/maintaine fluency.
@ebonyblack8109
7 ай бұрын
The thing is they always make you feel bad for not being good at your own language, but your parents themselves should have taught you!
@GaryAa56
9 ай бұрын
My new favorite comedian: Jenny Tian! Jenny your material, delivery and timing are so spot on!
@SamuraiSocietyShin
Ай бұрын
😊
@ycplum7062
9 ай бұрын
I speak (correct term would be "butcher") Cantonese. When I went to China to meet my future in-laws at a large dinner, they noticed I did not speak much. They asked my parents of I knew Chinese. My parents were try say I knew some. I spoke out loud in fluent Cantonese, "I can't write, I can't speak, I can't understand, but I can eat (or more accurately translated to having good/sophisticated taste in food).
@crcooldown
9 ай бұрын
Great storytelling! :)
@dannyhoward3437
7 ай бұрын
She’s not joking about the last part. Best to start learning Mandarin.
@UnicornsPoopRainbows
9 ай бұрын
As someone named Stefanie, I felt attacked 😂😂
@hk_200k
9 ай бұрын
Glad to hear this! We moved to an English speaking country with our boy a few years ago when he was five. Since then we never show him any Chinese letter and he isn't watching any Cantonese/ Chinese KZitem, yes, like your parents, for his future. LOL. He's now forgotten how to write his Chinese name.
@maj.mp4
9 ай бұрын
I’m Moroccan so Darija (Moroccan dialect of Arabic) is my first language but I’ve lived abroad for most of my life and I too lost my home language! But thankfully I’ve gotten closer to my culture today though my prononciation isn’t always perfect but hey I speak 3 and half languages so that’s that! All this to say: I relate! I also spent a year learning mandarin in middle school but I only know like 3 expressions now haha
@rocketmangenesis
9 ай бұрын
Nice
@LW78321
8 ай бұрын
The fact that you know multiple languages is already impressive!
@Unknowngfyjoh
Ай бұрын
I visited Beijing once and I'm just proud that I learned to recognize a few things. Dong = east Xi = west Men = gate And I can understand maybe 2 characters.
@amberjin831
8 ай бұрын
I saved this video for my son who’s 9 y.o, for future use 😂. There was a phase that he would feel embarrassed to speak mandarin in public when we visited China when he was like 5 y.o, because the kid thought his Chinese was impeccable until he was asked few times about his “ cute accent “, and the classical comment “ you’re not from here, are you?” which had no bad intentions but it made him feel bit uncomfortable. However he has a circle of really international friends and one of them is Spanish/ German speaking. One day at a family party, this Spanish/ German speaking kid told the newly met adults that she speaks both Spanish and German but the expected surprise and wows didn’t happen ( it always does), because they had met her parents before her,they already knew she was at least bilingual. So she turned to her bff- my son and whispered to him “ how do you say thank you in Chinese again?” and later turned around to the same crowd said :” and I can speak Chinese.” And she got her wow this time.
@awaleahmed8698
7 ай бұрын
I wish if you came on my feed earlier to catch your show in Perth. You comedy is golden and I love the visual storytelling and timing.
@FranzBlackheart03
8 ай бұрын
Do visit Singapore sometime, the weather might not be of your liking but I'm fairly sure that the communication will not be a problem of any sort. Singaporeans generally speaks English as thier 1st language and mother tongue (mandarin) and perhaps a picks up little of other asian languages along the way.
@Lindalindali
9 ай бұрын
I like your style (the narration and the drawings)
@mohanthegay4398
3 ай бұрын
as an indian person who can't speak their mother tongue, i am comforted knowing im not the only one. so many people i meet grew up speaking their mother tongue at home, but we only ever spoke english. it sucks getting to adulthood and now wanting to learn by myself... i would have loved to pick up the language from my family the way they speak it, but everyone just spoke english with us and now blames us for not knowing our language :/
@raychat2816
9 ай бұрын
I’m not sure you will find many people on earth in touch with the outside world, who don’t at least know what bubble tea is, I’m Lebanese 🇱🇧 and even if the Chinese population in Lebanon is about 18ppm at most, bubble tea IS here, and popular amongst those who know it 😂 ( yes Châ time, but not exclusively, thankfully ).
@johnford7847
6 ай бұрын
This is delightful! Thank you for sharing.
@dongningprc
9 ай бұрын
I need to have my daughter watch this. Left Mainland China at the age of 8.5, she still speaks perfect Mandarin now, after one year here in Canada. Yet I am still a bit concerned she may lose that ability down the road. Hope this remains only my concern
@Kaylee_-db8qc
8 ай бұрын
I moved to Australia from China when I was 6 and I can still speak mandarin fluently. As long as she speaks some Chinese daily it should be fine. If she has friends that also speak Chinese fluently get them to speak Chinese when they are together instead of English as they all speak English at school anyway.
@dongningprc
8 ай бұрын
@@Kaylee_-db8qc Yes, we do speak Mandarin at home. She also has some Mandarin speaking classmates, who occasionally communicates in Mandarin. She should be OK speaking, we are also encouraging and forcing her to read and write Chinese characters, which, as you know, is by far harder than just speaking
@brando8086
3 ай бұрын
Won't be an issue if you live in Richmond BC
@sharonm1261
24 күн бұрын
I was studying Chinese in China and had a friend there from WA who looked Chinese, she was studying Chinese from a book while sitting in the park one day and a retired lady came to help her but she thinks the lady thought she was studying English the entire time. I have some essential phrases too 我想中国, 我要买一杯珍珠奶茶,请去冰,半糖 😁
@TheSketchyMe
9 ай бұрын
funniest minion out there 😂
@blengi
9 ай бұрын
lost a language but gained a lingua franca of the modern world which is the foundation of computer programming, science and diplomacy, suffused with progressive thought and individual freedom, the normative language of the pop and rock culture revolution and organic globalised modernity, the basis of best LLM AI models and future AGI etc
@eliyahuohiyon7461
9 ай бұрын
Jenny uploads, I click
@littlebrit
9 ай бұрын
One guy joined our class after spending 8 years in US. He said that he forgot the language. Of course we didn't laugh and teacher took him seriously, but he left our class soon. Can't forget native language. Our teacher was very kind and didn't ROFL when he said that.
@Tinyfrogonaleaf
9 ай бұрын
"more like Cuntonese" 😭😭😭☠☠☠
@hamilton9076
3 ай бұрын
My relationships with Chuvash😂❤💛
@artnos
9 ай бұрын
man that girl in the middle in the audience is just not laughing, you are super cute and funny
@jpsum
9 ай бұрын
Came to the comments looking for this. She must be the Canto speaking Stephanie.
@1loveutube
9 ай бұрын
Learn Mandarin for it’s beauty and culture is the best motivation
@doublepinger
3 ай бұрын
I'm reminded of a story (probably apocryphal) that a person had two Chinese coworkers - both could speak speak the same dialect (I forget if one is named). The story goes that both people would communicate in English, because their regional accents were strong enough to mess with understanding the intonations. Imperfect English was easier :P
@amsanchez1675
8 ай бұрын
*waves in No Sabo* The flip-side was for my grandparents' generation was that assimilating to "English Only" was necessary to being alive for a future in the US. I'm glad Jenny returned to her Mandarin!
@belindarenata3455
9 ай бұрын
My original family was from fujian and left mainland in early 1900. They can read & wrote mandarin, but some of my Han's race friends said i am not chinese because my family cant speak hokkian/traditional language.
@musiccapsule1379
8 ай бұрын
This is by far the funniest comedy, which I can relate by the way. I am loving the accent and i guess this is the common problem for most biracial, and those migrants. We tend not to speak mandarin. Now that is the issue i am having right now. Though I promise to improve my mandarin speaking in Taiwan
@padhmalpeiris8416
9 ай бұрын
You are just fantastic, but most Chinese will disagree, but I love it. You are as Aussie as.
@ngpb17
9 ай бұрын
my daughter speaks English spanish and mandarin. It is hard to maintain a balance so she will be exposed to all 3 equally, but it is worth it. She learned spanish from me, mandarin from her mom and english at kindergarten. We also try to take at least 2 trips a year abroad so she will be exposed to different cultures and experience the world first hand. This is actually fun and affordable (we just save 1500$ a month and every 6 months we go to europe or southeast asia). When she is a teen we are thinking probably moving to germany and have her learn german but not sure yet, as of now is just a though.
@taylorborie
9 ай бұрын
She's dressed like a minion
@aarononeil9832
9 ай бұрын
Damn, she really hasn't kept even a fraction of her parents' accent, she sounds even more sterotypically aussie than I do
@r.hcarroll6581
8 ай бұрын
It's kind of crazy how as kids, we pick up languages like it's a piece of cake, but then they just slip away if we don't keep using them. When I was about six, my best buddy was partly deaf, and I hung out with their deaf family a lot, becoming fluent in sign language. But when I moved away at eight, I had no more chances to use it. Now, twenty years later, all I can still say is 'sorry' and 'mother'.
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