Warming Immigrants' Hearts by Speaking their Language: Yokohama Chinatown #2 

ooh, nice! I love Kamakura and Enoshima. Both very beautiful places

Keep it up!! Love watching these videos. I speak English and Cantonese, and can speak conversational mandarin and really enjoy the work you put into this channel.

I'm so happy for you! 100k plaque coming soon. Your content is quickly becoming some of my favorite. There's no travel blog so intimate around Tokyo (Hopefully soon Shanghai or another city) like this. We get to see how Chinese immigrants live and work in Japan with commentary on cultural differences. I love listening for the pronounciations and tonal differences of both languages and comparing it between all these these speakers. Through your blog, I learned I like the sound of Mandarin above all the Asian languages and probably would want to learn that one first. Also, the novelty of a Westerner speaking Mandarin fluently has not wore off. Th novelty of their reaction will take a while to wear off. You're also a great ambassador for the U.S, keeping up with international relations 😆 Keep up the good work!!

That would be really cool, because at 100K the channel gets a RU-vid partner to protect it. That way if there are issues like channel hacking, I have someone to call.

Thank u for your hard work! Your videos bring me joy. But u should definitely get some rest. U stayed up so late getting these up so fast, haha

Not only the voice tone, even the rhythm of the words you say changes a lot.

That's because you have to copy accent. If you don't, it will sound strange when you speak it.

I would also note that it's important to reflect your same gender when learning another language. It goes beyond gendered articles, but with a lot of languages even your gender affects your tone or how you speak.

Yea i think its amazing. When i speak turkish my voice gets higher and more exaggerated. But when i speak kazakh my voice is very chill and calm

It doesn't change automatically. It's intentional. Like how the English has different accents in different countries. But japanese has just one country. So that's the accent

DARK SIDE You’re personality is ugly yeah

DARK SIDE nobody thinks what u think

@DARK SIDE how can a language even be ugly?

DARK SIDE That just sounds like a weeb talking to me. I don’t hate China, I hate their government but Chinese people are very nice individuals in general. Mandarin isn’t ugly, it’s much different from what we’re used to but once you take time to study it a bit it’s not ugly at all. Plus Japanese is based off Mandarin, if you don’t even know that don’t try to act like you know Japanese that well. You probably don’t even try to find other Asian languages, Asia is not just Japan and China.. I know plenty of people that do love China so stop assuming what people think because you don’t like it.

DARK SIDE If there’s one thing ugly, it’s ur soul

Just keeping it spicy over here.

Thanks so much! I'm a newcomer.

Agree

I used to watch others who i thought were gd but oriental pearl is the real deal! For sure

Mega indeed hahahaha

Ive said it several times. All the others just speak upper-level restaurant Chinese. I initially subbed to many of them, then realize they just say the same things in EVERY video. Anming is #1

I am an introvert in my native tongue but extrovert when I speak English. I guess it depends on which environment you use the language.

@@Avicenna_76 i feel like i'm way more extrovert when speaking in english too. Its funny

@@morigan4114 I don't know, I feel insecure about my english when I speak, sometimes for no reason at all Maybe bacause of my "Russian" accent lol

i think thats definitely true. I speak reasonable Spanish and when i do i become much more extovert etc because i think Spanish is an expressive, emotional language - i always notice how esp Latino women on the phone are using their hands!

You're right. The cities outside of Tokyo have a very different feel to them.

@@OrientalPearl Oh I've got a good question for you that i was really confused about related to Japan. I met this person in Taiwan who works for a Japanese International company, so we went on a date again in Japan, I lightly put my elbow on the table, and it was a very unstable table and the hot chocolate cup did a cartwheel off her side of the table spilling on the floor. Well after that and having been given a gift by her (chocolate or something) I asked if i can send something to her company, she said she doesn't think it's a good idea but i messaged again saying i just need to pay you back for the problem of that night. As I was flying out that day and the post office shuts 20 minutes later, I didn't wait for a reply so just sent to the business address on the card some tokyo banana. I got a reply saying how bad that i sent a gift to work and it's not acceptable in the company. I never realised it like that. I thought that people receive mail at least in the UK they do to their work, like some staff get their amazon or ebay delivered. Now I know it's different in Japan. It's a shame they ended the friendship though.

@@worldaviation4k Oh that's so awkward and sad :'(

Thank you so much!

That's why she stays in Asia and studies languages. She likes the notoriety. Back in America she'd be invisible.

Anming has perfect name (bright peace)💖💚🐦💚

Why do u have to say that? U can’t say thank you in Japan?

Chinese often reject compliments as well, but Japanese people do it even more.

In the US you get both reactions. Sometimes non, people can be shocked to be complimented.

@@Anaieseart It comes from a place of humility. Irish people do it too. It's like how in Japan, when someone offers you a gift, you should refuse it 2 times before finally graciously accepting it. I guess it's to show how much you value the gift/compliment.

I was thinking the same thing !!!

Then people will really think that I'm Russian lol

The key to unlock the language is a russian boyfriend

@@OrientalPearl you look like a northern russian girl .those who live close to finland ,north west of russia

Can you advertise my channel, please?

No

I don't think it's a cultural thing. I was just walking away from the store.

@@OrientalPearl I just found your channel tonight and think you're doing amazing! Thanks for the inspiration as well. I think you might come off as a bit in a hurry/shy when you make your departure is what @sammy was trying to convey. Keep up the amazing work!

Yeah I noticed that too, that would be a very rude thing to do in my country, but I guess it's just a normal thing to do there

Thanks, I'm getting the hang of things. I've always been a lone wolf and I'm quite stubborn about some things lol.

Good, I'm glad to hear that you feel inspired.

You just might if you talk to enough people.

Oriental Pearl I’m sort of an awkward person so I’ll try my best😂

we east Asians behave as if "we dnt give a fxxk" face. But if you initiated the talk you would be warmly welcomed. 😛

Hairless HCM cool

I don't understand it either. lol But I won't question it. I'll just keep making them.

Thank you so much!! There are so many channels out there, I'm honored that you like mine so much. I'm kind of a newbie.

Thank you for subscribing!

You are so welcome! I'm trying to do 2 per week.

Hello India! Thank you so much 😀

Thank you so much Greg! I worked really hard to get two videos out in a short time. I hope you liked it.

@@OrientalPearl I loved them!! PLEASE do more! I love the people there in Yokohama! And lots of love to you too, dear! You work so hard on these videos and I appreciate it- I think we all do!

That's what happens when you try to do 2 videos back to back. Well, if there were only a few errors, that's not too bad.

Can you advertise my channel, please?

It's all thanks to you and the others. :)

Wow, that’s quite the compliment!

No problem. I read all the comments 😊

Wow, you watched them all!? That's great. I like to do each video a little differently. Sorry there are only 60. I plan to keep making 2 per week.

That’s amazing. You’ll be watching Chinese TV in no time.

Yeah I was wondering too why she didn't thank people, maybe it's not normal in Chinese?

In older videos she's mentioned that (maybe particularly in Japan) it's customary to be humble and deflect the compliments. To accept the compliment directly might make her seem arrogant. Similar to the way you should refuse to accept a gift at least a couple times before accepting it (in Japan).

You are new to these channels, I see lol

@@SobrietyandSolace Sure I am. We must be at some point, right?

@@richardson8471 To be honest I have steeped myself in Asian culture since I started reading manga at around 8 years old, but yes, it is a prominent feature in all of thes videos for the speaker to say 'oh no, I'm not that great, really'. They are trying to be humble rather than rude. Welcome anyway and how you find this content entertaining and informative.

Good! I hope that he pursues learning other languages too.

I hope you don't watch this right before bed. You might need a midnight snack.

Oriental Pearl i learned after the first couple of videos to watch these during the day 😂

You can do it too!

The way you speak chinese is so effortless and no accent . So amaze I’m Chinese and I can’t even speak it

Welcome! Thanks so much for joining!

That's great! I hope that your studies go well!

They scare the living daylights out of me. . . .

Also, friend dough haha

These are authentic, artisan videos

Came here to say this, that was a pretty funny typo 😆😆

@@IndiaDuniya Ok so I'm not the only one who notices these minor mistakes. I thought maybe I was being a little picky. : )

You know more Vietnamese than me lol

@@OrientalPearl :)

Zhi chi shi are really hard to say. My tutor helped a lot with those pronunciations. I hope that you get back into studying Chinese. It could be really fun! Join in!

The RU-vid audio library has some god stuff.

Thank you so much. I try to approach these from a different angle.

Ha ha, I've never done that before. There are a few things that my religion (Catholicism) doesn't allow me to participate in and fortune telling is one of them.

Thank you so much. I'm no professional, but I try to add some artsy stuff in the videos.

oloco kkkk

Muchas gracias! Tenga un buen día.

Hello, muchas gracias por tenerme en cuenta, soy seguidor tuyo, me parece que sos muy inteligente, divertida, con el mayor de los respetos, sos una persona muy agradable, espero que sigas compartiendo, tu cultura y tus vivencias, y nunca dejes de reír. Un caluroso saludo desde mi Colombia.

Hope you enjoyed them! I busted my but making those.

This level of fluency in Japanese can be reached in 3 years with intensive study.

That's right! Don't let anything hold you back to let anyone tell you that you can't do it.

@DARK SIDE nobody asked

@DARK SIDE Bit rude, mate.

Ha ha, please vote for me!

Are you from Jiaotong University? lol

Thank you so much!!

It was a mini one

I'm glad that you watched to the very end!