((MANDARIN)) You are Taiwanese?
((MANDARIN)) Oh yea?
((MANDARIN)) Where at in Taiwan?
Taipei?
((MANDARIN)) Right, right
((MANDARIN)) Are you both Taiwanese?
((MANDARIN)) He's from China
((MANDARIN)) You know how to speak Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) Yes
((MANDARIN)) He can speak Chinese
((MANDARIN)) Where did you learn?
((MANDARIN)) I'm self-taught
((MANDARIN)) Self-taught?
((MANDARIN)) Right
((MANDARIN)) Awesome
((MANDARIN)) Where are you from?
((MANDARIN)) I'm from Jiangsu, do you know?
((MANDARIN)) Jiangsu, I know
((MANDARIN)) I heard about it
((MANDARIN)) Have you ever been there?
((MANDARIN)) No, I've been to Taiwan, but I haven't been to Mainland, China
((MANDARIN)) Where in Taiwan did you go?
((MANDARIN)) I've been to Chiayi province
((MANDARIN)) Chiayi and...
((MANDARIN)) Chiayi and....your
((MANDARIN)) A li mountain?
((MANDARIN)) No...
((MANDARIN)) Chiali province
((MANDARIN)) In the South
((MANDARIN)) In the south
((MANDARIN)) I've also been to Taipei- 101
((MANDARIN)) Awesome. Your Chinese is very good. You learned by yourself? How long did you learn for?
((MANDARIN)) More than 10 years
((MANDARIN)) Awesome
((MANDARIN)) It's really cool that he understands very well
((MANDARIN)) So...do you have a girlfriend that speaks Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN)) No?!?
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN)) You know, that's the best way to learn a language though
((MANDARIN)) Well, you're right I agree
((MANDARIN)) Alright, have fun
((CAMBODIAN)) Cambodia
((CAMBODIAN)) How are you?
((CAMBODIAN)) I'm good
((CAMBODIAN)) Long time no see
((CAMBODIAN)) Long time no see
((CAMBODIAN)) How are you?
((MANDARIN)) China?
((MANDARIN)) China
((MANDARIN)) Hi
((MANDARIN)) You've returned
((MANDARIN)) Hi
((MANDARIN)) Do you know how to speak Chinese?
**LET'S GO OVER HERE AND GET SOME MORE CHINESE MONEY**
((MANDARIN)) Hello, hello
((MANDARIN)) I can speak
((MANDARIN)) You can speak?
((MANDARIN)) ''Nothingness''
((MANDARIN)) This is Japanese
((MANDARIN)) What's your Chinese name?
((MANDARIN)) Mouse
((MANDARIN)) Mouse?
((MANDARIN)) That's just my nickname
((MANDARIN)) Nickname
((MANDARIN)) But my American name is..
((MANDARIN)) My name is Mark
((MANDARIN)) Mark
((MANDARIN)) Younger brother
((MANDARIN)) My younger brother
((MANDARIN)) Where did you guys learn Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) I'm self-taught
((MANDARIN)) Self-taught?
((MANDARIN)) Yes, I'm self-taught
((MANDARIN)) You as well?
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN) He studies with him
((MANDARIN)) Right
((MANDARIN)) He studies with you?
((MANDARIN)) How do you learn by yourself?
((MANDARIN)) Long story
((MANDARIN)) Long story?
**I HAD TROUBLE HEARING THIS WOMAN AT TIMES AS SHE SPOKE VERY LOW**
((MANDARIN)) But I use another method
((MANDARIN)) What method do you use? come on, tell us
((MANDARIN)) Practicing with Chinese people everyday like this
((MANDARIN)) Also..
((MANDARIN)) With classmates or colleagues?
((MANDARIN)) I know, but why?
((MANDARIN)) Because you said that you practice with them everyday
((MANDARIN)) No, I like to go to different restaurants....Churches...
((MANDARIN)) College...practicing with college students
((MANDARIN)) With classmates
((MANDARIN)) Not classmates because I'm not a college student. I just like to go to the college to find Chinese people to practice.
((MANDARIN)) Oh, you're not?
((MANDARIN)) I'm not a college student
((MANDARIN)) Than what do you do?
((MANDARIN)) Teacher
((MANDARIN)) You are a teacher? What do you teach?
((MANDARIN)) Private teacher
((MANDARIN)) Teaching what?
((MANDARIN)) Chinese
((MANDARIN)) Teaching Chinese?!
((MANDARIN)) Japanese
((MANDARIN)) Teaching Japanese?
((MANDARIN)) Chinese and Japanese
((MANDARIN)) Then how to learn Japanese?
((MANDARIN)) That's my secret
((MANDARIN)) You taught yourself that too?
((MANDARIN)) Yea, self-taught
((MANDARIN)) You can speak other languages?
((MANDARIN)) Yes, I can
((MANDARIN)) I can speak Spanish..because...
((MANDARIN)) Where did you learn?
((MANDARIN)) At the university
**SORRY, GUYS I CAN'T HEAR HER WELL**
((FRENCH)) You also speak French?
((FRENCH)) I speak a bit of French. French and Spanish
((SPANISH)) I also speak
((MANDARIN)) Your English is very good
((MANDARIN)) Really?
((MANDARIN)) Fluent
((MANDARIN)) Thank you
((FRENCH)) Spanish and French....
((FRENCH)) It is a language...
((FRENCH)) Especially for the
((MANDARIN)) I understand
((MANDARIN)) You understand?
((MANDARIN)) Great
((MANDARIN)) But maybe her French is better than mine
((MANDARIN)) French, Japanese..
((MANDARIN)) I can speak French, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese..Cambodian
((MANDARIN)) Also, Cantonese
((MANDARIN)) The majority are...
((JAPANESE)) Yes, I can speak Japanese
((JAPANESE)) You went to Japan?
((JAPANESE)) Have you ever been to Japan?
((JAPANESE)) Two times
((TAIWANESE)) Do you know how to speak Taiwanese?
((TAIWANESE)) You speak Taiwanese?
((TAIWANESE)) Have you eaten yet?
((TAIWANESE)) Did you sleep?
((MANDARIN)) Have you ever heard this one before?
** THIS IS A TAIWANESE EXPRESSION THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EVEN TRANSLATE IN ENGLISH**
**LEARNED THAT FROM THE WIFE LOL**
((MANDARIN)) I'm self-taught
((MANDARIN)) I learned that a long time ago
((MANDARIN)) Is that your daughter?
((MANDARIN)) My daughter
((MANDARIN)) Daughter
((MANDARIN)) Right
((MANDARIN)) She can speak too?
((MANDARIN)) She can speak Chinese
((MANDARIN)) Besides Chinese what else?
((MANDARIN)) She was born here so..
((MANDARIN)) She studied Spanish in school
((MANDARIN)) What's her name?
((MANDARIN)) Mark...Mouse
((MANDARIN)) His name is mouse
((MANDARIN)) What is better?
((MANDARIN)) Mouse sounds like my American name
((MANDARIN)) Do you speak Arabic with your friend?
((MANDARIN)) With who?
((MANDARIN)) You speak Arabic with your friend?
((MANDARIN)) That's his brother
((MANDARIN)) Can you speak Arabic?
((MANDARIN)) He doesn't speak Arabic
((MANDARIN)) I know how to speak a little bit
((MANDARIN)) Which part of Taiwan are you from?
((MANDARIN)) You are also from Taipei?
((MANDARIN)) Have you ever been to Taiwan before?
((MANDARIN)) Two times
((MANDARIN)) I've been to Chiayi province
((MANDARIN)) In the south
((MANDARIN)) Two weeks
((MANDARIN)) I can't wait to go back
((MANDARIN)) I can't wait because...
((MANDARIN)) Yes, that's the best, but I don't like to eat stinky toufu and jack fruit. I don't like that stuff
((MANDARIN)) Do you like to eat that?
((MANDARIN)) No, I don't like to eat jackfruit
((MANDARIN)) I mean stinky toufu
((MANDARIN)) If you have any friends or yourself visit certain places...Arabic would be useful to learn. If you go to Afghanistan then Pashto would be useful
((MANDARIN)) Pashto and Arabic aren't the same
((MANDARIN)) But the letters can be read
((MANDARIN)) The way Pashto is written is almost similar to Arabic
((MANDARIN)) But speaking.... the grammar and pronunciation are not the same
((MANDARIN)) When I was in Washington, they spoke Pahto
((MANDARIN)) Where were you?
((MANDARIN)) A lot of people there spoke Pashto and Arabic
((MANDARIN)) Are you interested in these languages as well?
((MANDARIN)) Because my..... **I didn't get this part**
((MANDARIN)) Smart
((MANDARIN)) But I believe if you are......everyone speaks Arabic and Pashto
((MANDARIN)) The Middle East
((MANDARIN)) And other dialects
((MANDARIN)) What's your name?
((MANDARIN)) My name is..
((MANDARIN)) What about you
((MANDARIN)) Are both of you relatives?
((MANDARIN)) No, he is my husband
((MANDARIN)) That's being a relative though, wife and husband
((MANDARIN)) Right?
**SHE WAS EXPLAINING THE REASON BEHIND HIS NAME**
((MANDARIN)) Have you ever been to Taiwan?
((MANDARIN)) He hasn't been there
((MANDARIN)) Oh, he hasn't?
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN)) Other than Taiwan, have you been to any other Asian countries?
((MANDARIN)) I've been to Japan and Korea
((MANDARIN)) I stayed in Korea for 3 months
((MANDARIN)) 3 months
((MANDARIN)) Have you been to any other Chinese places such as China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore etc?
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN)) But next time I would like to go to Hong Kong
((MANDARIN)) Because there are some Asian countries that I haven't been to
((MANDARIN)) But there are some Asian places that I have been to and some not
((MANDARIN)) How long have you been in America for?
((MANDARIN)) I grew up here in America
((MANDARIN)) Oh, you grew up in America
((MANDARIN)) Right
((MANDARIN)) You met him..
((MANDARIN)) We met in Taiwan. We met in Taiwan at some...activity
((MANDARIN)) Very interesting
((MANDARIN)) So how did you feel about Japan and Korea after having been to those countries?
((MANDARIN)) My impression?
((MANDARIN)) I mean your experience
((MANDARIN)) I feel....
((MANDARIN)) I feel that Japanese and Korean culture are almost similar
((MANDARIN)) But I feel the Japanese are more...how do you say
((MANDARIN)) Polite
((MANDARIN)) Also, I feel that the Japanese are a bit more open
((MANDARIN)) A bit more open than the Koreans
((MANDARIN)) Are you married?
((MANDARIN)) So you have been to East Asia?
((MANDARIN)) Hold on for a sec
((MANDARIN)) OK
((MANDARIN)) I have to go. Do you have any questions?
((MANDARIN)) We'll be here for a while so you can come back
((MANDARIN)) Nice to meet you
((KOREAN)) Hello!
((KOREAN)) How are you?
((KOREAN)) It's very hot today
((KOREAN)) Right?
((KOREAN)) Yes, it's hot
((KOREAN)) Right, it's hot
((KOREAN)) Shy
((KOREAN)) Which part of Korea are you from?
((KOREAN)) The south
((KOREAN)) Were you in Seoul before?
((KOREAN)) 2 times
((KOREAN)) Two times, I'm sorry
((KOREAN)) You went to Seoul?
((KOREAN)) Yes, that's right
((KOREAN)) Because I have a friend living in Korea
((KOREAN)) I can't say that I am very good, but I know a bit
((KOREAN)) Nice to meet you
((MANDARIN)) Hello
((MANDARIN)) Long time no see, do you remember me?
((MANDARIN)) You don't remember?
((MANDARIN)) I remember I spoke with you two years ago
((MANDARIN)) Your Chinese is very good
((MANDARIN)) Where are you from?
((MANDARIN)) China
((MANDARIN)) Which part of China?
((MANDARIN)) Next to Shanghai
((MANDARIN)) OK
((JAPANESE)) Are you Japanese?
((JAPANESE)) I understand Japanese
((JAPANESE)) Where are you from in Japan?
((JAPANESE)) You write Japanese on it then put it inside
((JAPANESE)) But when does it start?
((JAPANESE)) Tomorrow?
((JAPANESE)) I think tomorrow
((JAPANESE)) I see
((JAPANESE)) You can try it
((JAPANESE)) I come from a different city so I won't be here tomorrow
((JAPANESE)) Phone number here and email then they can send it to you
((JAPANESE)) Which part of Japan do you come from?
((JAPANESE)) My parents are from Hiroshima
((JAPANESE)) Fukuoka
((JAPANESE)) I know Fukuoka
((JAPANESE)) Have you lived in America for a long time?
((JAPANESE)) How long?
((JAPANESE)) I was born in America
((JAPANESE)) I see
((JAPANESE)) My parents are from Japan
((JAPANESE)) I understand
((JAPANESE)) Your Japanese is good
((JAPANESE)) Nah, not really
((JAPANESE)) Where did you learn?
((JAPANESE)) I learned in my home
((JAPANESE)) Because I learned by myself
((JAPANESE)) That's awesome. You learned by yourself
((JAPANESE)) Awesome
((JAPANESE)) But I have to practice more
((JAPANESE)) I don't have that many friends that can speak Japanese with so it's very difficult to practice
((JAPANESE)) Very difficult
((JAPANESE)) Do you know JASCO?
((JAPANESE)) Is that an exam?
((JAPANESE)) A Japanese group organization for getting together to practice Japanese
((JAPANESE)) whenever you're going to practice Japanese...
((JAPANESE)) If you are interested..
((JAPANESE)) In Columbus?
((JAPANESE)) What's your name?
((JAPANESE)) My name is Moses
((JAPANESE)) Moses, but my nickname is mouse
((JAPANESE)) Mouse?
((JAPANESE)) Why mouse?
((JAPANESE)) It's a long story
((JAPANESE)) Where are you from?
((JAPANESE)) I am from America
((JAPANESE)) Not Columbus?
((JAPANESE)) My hometown is Akron. It is north of Columbus
((JAPANESE)) Takes about 2 hours
((JAPANESE)) It's far
((JAPANESE)) A little bit
((JAPANESE)) Two hours
((JAPANESE)) By car it takes two hours
((JAPANESE)) That's long
((JAPANESE)) Quite far
((JAPANESE)) That's awesome though. You learned Japanese by yourself
((JAPANESE)) But.. I also speak other languages. Chinese is my second language
((JAPANESE)) How come?
((JAPANESE)) Because I'm a language nerd
((JAPANESE)) English, Chinese...Japanese, Korean..Vietnamese
((JAPANESE)) Awesome
((JAPANESE)) Cambodian....Swedish
((JAPANESE)) It's too fun
((JAPANESE)) I teach Chinese and Japanese
((JAPANESE)) Awesome
((JAPANESE)) Basic
((JAPANESE)) You should be a teacher
((JAPANESE)) Nice to meet you
***SOME MORE CHINESE MONEY***
((MANDARIN)) Too cool
((MANDARIN)) Continue
((MANDARIN)) I have a question
((MANDARIN)) How long have you been playing for?
((MANDARIN)) More than 30 years
((MANDARIN)) More than 30 years
((MANDARIN)) You know how to speak Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) Yes, I can
((MANDARIN)) Where did you learn Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) I'm self-taught
((MANDARIN)) Excellent!
((MANDARIN)) You taught yourself Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) Right
((MANDARIN)) Do you know this instrument?
((MANDARIN)) Is that the lute?
((MANDARIN)) No, this one right here is
((MANDARIN)) This one here is... **I'M NOT SURE WHICH INSTRUMENT THIS IS**
((MANDARIN)) Where are you guys from?
((MANDARIN)) From Anhui
Hefei
((MANDARIN)) His Chinese is very good
((MANDARIN)) Really?
((MANDARIN)) Yes, really
((MANDARIN)) You're not bullshitting me, are you?
((MANDARIN)) Do you know how to play an instrument?
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN)) I know how to play the drums
((MANDARIN)) Do you guys like Chinese instruments?
((MANDARIN)) Yes
((MANDARIN)) Do you like Chinese culture?
((MANDARIN)) Yes, I really like it
((MANDARIN)) I love it
((MANDARIN)) This is my younger brother
((MANDARIN)) Young brother?
((MANDARIN)) You look very much alike
((MANDARIN)) Oh yea
((MANDARIN)) What is that called?
((MANDARIN)) Check out his instrument
((MANDARIN)) Wait and see us perform
((MANDARIN)) You guys are about to start?
((MANDARIN)) Yes, at 4:50
((MANDARIN)) Do you guys speak any other languages?
((MANDARIN)) Do you know how to speak any other languages?
((MANDARIN)) Besides Chinese
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN)) Just Chinese, no other ones?
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN)) Dialect, right?
((MANDARIN)) What is this?
((MANDARIN)) He's sweating a lot
((MANDARIN)) That looks like..
((MANDARIN)) Snake skin
((MANDARIN)) Right, snake skin
((MANDARIN)) Congratulations, congratulations
((MANDARIN)) Excellent!
((MANDARIN)) You said that you guys will start performing at 4:50?
((MANDARIN)) Right
((MANDARIN)) I can't wait to see it
((MANDARIN)) Goodbye
((MANDARIN)) Goodbye
((MANDARIN)) Goodbye
((MANDARIN)) Today was very fun
((MANDARIN)) Yes, today was fun
((MANDARIN)) What's your name?
((MANDARIN)) This is your American name?
((MANDARIN)0 And Chinese?
((MANDARIN)) My American name is Moses
((MANDARIN)) That's your Chinese name?
((MANDARIN)) No
((MANDARIN)) Chinese name is mouse
((MANDARIN)) It's a long story
((MANDARIN)) Nickname, right
**TAIWANESE EXPRESSION**
((MANDARIN)) Do you know that?
((MANDARIN)) Yes, I do
((MANDARIN)) Nice to meet you
((MANDARIN)) Take care
((MANDARIN)) Goodbye
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