I'm Xiaoma, a polyglot who has studied dozens of languages. Until the age of 18 I grew up speaking exclusively English, and then I got the chance to learn Mandarin and live in Beijing for a year where I fell in love with Chinese food, language, and culture. This expanded my appetite to learn about cultures, foods, and languages from all around the world and now I share this passion with all of you! You can learn more about my language journey on my language learning channel ariinbeijing: https://www.youtube.com/user/ariinbeijing And if you want to learn a language with me: https://www.streetsm
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I became an ordained minister, licensed in NYC, to marry a couple (who were big fans of my videos) in the 5 different languages spoken by them and their diverse families to make their wedding extra special & to make everyone feel included. Big thanks to Michelle and William
42:098.6M views · 3mo ago · 42:09
A few years ago I visited one of their villages, accessible via a 12 hour boat ride through the jungle, and afterwards I stayed in touch with our guide, a man named Wareka. I became friendly with him, even helping him at his request get a new iPhone at some point, and because he had taken me to visit his hometown and family I knew I wanted to return the favor by inviting him to visit my hometown of New York City.
Topics: Meeting Wareka at airport · Wareka rides futuristic train · Wareka sees Hong Kong skyline for first time · Entering luxury hotel · Jungle vs city · Hong Kong’s highest peak (Victoria Peak)
11:061.7M views · 4mo ago · 11:06
I went to the Ghana Croatia World Cup game to root for Ghana, and good thing I happened to speak some Akan Twi, a widely spoke language of Ghana, to interact with Ghanaian fans, and even the players and team themselves! My buddy Will who speaks numerous European languages also came, and it was a riot to see a white guy speaking Twi and a black guy speaking Croatian!
Topics: Meeting Ghana fans at hotel · Speaking Twi to the Ghana national team · At the World Cup Ghana-Croatia match in Philadelphia · Black guy impresses fans with his fluent Croatian · Fans confused: black guy speaks Croatian, white guy speaks Twi?!
21:141.8M views · 4mo ago · 21:14
Anyway, I learned to speak Medieval English the way it was spoken 700 years ago, and then traveled to the ancient town of Sandwich, England where hardcore medieval reenactors still try to live, work, and sometimes even speak like people from the Middle Ages.
6:49559K views · 5mo ago · 6:49
We surprised a Chinese restaurant with a secret full-blown musical flash mob with musicians and performers, all of whom secretly speak fluent Mandarin Chinese. Here are the amazing & talented performers who made this happen
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And the amazing restaurants in NYC for hosting Chang Lai Fish Balls Noodles by Antidote Chi Restaurant & Bar LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH MY METHOD! (and learn how you can do the same)
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Big shoutout to Tori To Sakana, a Japanese takeout sushi spot in Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States that’s 100% owned and staffed by Japanese chefs so you can actually order in Japanese! Also goes without saying but the sushi is genuinely amazing!
8:031.4M views · 7mo ago · 8:03
I went undercover as a waiter who crashed a Chinese open-mic with some Chinese standup...let’s see what people think of my comedy!!! And their YouTube channel: @crazylaughcomedy And the YouTube channel of the chief producer Rachel, also featured in the video: @Rachel47777
11:494M views · 7mo ago · 11:49
My American friend Matt worked undercover as a sushi chef at a top sushi bar in Tokyo, Japan but the secret is he speaks incredibly fluent Japanese. Let’s see what the customers think of his sushi knowledge and Japanese!
1:57325K views · 8mo ago · 1:57
LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH MY METHOD! (and learn how you can do the same)
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Guest: Fast Rap
I infiltrated a real rap battle with a $1,000 prize disguised as a super awkward nerd...nobody expected me to end up rapping in English, Chinese, and Spanish in front of everyone. But what started as a joke turned into one of the most intense moments I've ever experienced on stage...
8:401.2M views · 10mo ago · 8:40
I pretended to be a security guard at the renowned Newark Museum of Art to surprise unsuspecting tour groups with my knowledge of Ancient Egyptian, including a professional archaeologist who’s an expert in Egyptian artifacts. Including by reading hieroglyphs straight off an actual 3,000-year-old ancient Egyptian coffin, which I studied for weeks with real Egyptologists to be able to get right.
15:184.3M views · 11mo ago · 15:18
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2:05266K views · 11mo ago · 2:05
I went undercover as a janitor at this Ivy League university’s advanced Chinese class to fix the TV, until the professor asked a question nobody could answer, except for me! LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH MY METHOD! (and learn how you can do the same)
8:372.8M views · 11mo ago · 8:37
Guest: Fluent Mandarin
I went undercover as a janitor at this Ivy League university’s advanced Chinese class to fix the TV, until the professor asked a question nobody could answer, except for me! LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH MY METHOD! (and learn how you can do the same)
6:176.1M views · 1y ago · 6:17
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21:01279K views · 1y ago · 21:01
LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH MY METHOD! (and learn how you can do the same)
Topics: Do you ever miss North Korea? · North Korean food · Difficulties of integrating into South Korean society · Culture shock of visiting America and Australia · Facing persecution in North Korea · The thought of being close to death
12:558.8M views · 1y ago · 12:55
I secretly learned to speak North Korean dialect from an actual North Korean defector and then I went to real North Korean restaurants to try ordering in North Korean and things got a little out of hand. My first stop was Seoul, South Korea, at a restaurant run by North Korean defectors. My next stop was Beijing, China, where I ordered at an actual DPRK government-run restaurant staffed by North Koreans still “in the system.”
11:343.6M views · 1y ago · 11:34
LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH MY METHOD! (and learn how you can do the same)
1:43284K views · 1y ago · 1:43
I spent weeks secretly studying ape communication and then I convinced these apes into thinking I was one of them. Bonobos are the closest living relatives of human beings, and while attempts have been made to teach them to use human language, it is very rare for human beings to try to communicate with bonobos on their terms using bonobo vocalizations and gestures, and so when I attempted to do this as an innocent visitor to this bonobo research center, the bonobos were…
23:291.7M views · 1y ago · 23:29
We created the ultimate test: a game show with four advanced AIs (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Grok) and one secret human (Xiaomanyc). After every round of questions, the machines vote on who among them is the secret human. Can our secret agent blend in, mimicking the flawless logic of an AI, or will one tiny mistake give the whole game away?
9:4224.7M views · 1y ago · 9:42
Guest: Fluent Mandarin
Anyway, I got hired as an actual waiter at MáLà Project, one of New York City’s best Chinese restaurants, in order to see what Chinese customers would think about a white waiter who actually spoke fluent Mandarin. Customers were totally shocked! And yes, I did know the entire menu in Chinese!
8:19317K views · 1y ago · 8:19
Guest: Meaningless Corporate Jargon
Also a big thanks to NEWSWEEK for letting me crash their conference, I had a great time! I got invited to this fancy CEO conference in London and they thought they were getting a linguist to talk about exotic languages but they weren’t expecting that actually I would give the talk in their own native language of corporate jargon.
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