When I was on a Chinese sitcom

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Simone Giertz

Simone Giertz

8 жыл бұрын

When I was 16 I moved to Hefei, China for a year and was on an episode of the Chinese sitcom Wo Ai Fan Mi Li. It was a total fricking trainwreck.
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@DannyHeywood
@DannyHeywood 3 жыл бұрын
That's the best Swedish person playing an American Person in a Chinese SitCom with no preparation I've seen all day!
@Nronelove
@Nronelove 2 жыл бұрын
thats alot of criterias😂
@Craig-wp3pz
@Craig-wp3pz 2 жыл бұрын
Truly worthy of an Oscar
@GeneShiau
@GeneShiau 2 жыл бұрын
Retakes (after retakes) or not, that's actually freaking awesome Chinese -- I understood nearly everything you were saying! (Can't say the same for any Hollywood movie in which a white character had to speak Mandarin...) And now I see why and how you were able to use Mandarin during part of number counting in another video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8lzq9ZevtWleWw.html
@pollyb.4648
@pollyb.4648 Жыл бұрын
Maybe even all year! Lol
@katiebexford4359
@katiebexford4359 6 жыл бұрын
In a larger sense, aren’t we all teenagers acting in a terrible sitcom?
@aini9528
@aini9528 5 жыл бұрын
This is a good one .
@mrSkandalpolisen
@mrSkandalpolisen 5 жыл бұрын
Best comment iv’e read in quite a while.
@qbasic16
@qbasic16 5 жыл бұрын
That's deep
@Ken.-
@Ken.- 5 жыл бұрын
That's right up that with, "People look like ants from up here."
@MTThought
@MTThought 4 жыл бұрын
subtle. I like it.
@SuperSuperNova
@SuperSuperNova 4 жыл бұрын
Picks up a random white girl from the streets “you only have two lines and a day to learn” Her: keeps messing up Them: *shocked pikachu face”
@southwaliandude99
@southwaliandude99 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome comment 🤣
@angelalovell5669
@angelalovell5669 3 жыл бұрын
I mean... shocked Pikachu face indeed but there's a large part of me wondering why you made a Japanese reference.
@kanedaku
@kanedaku 3 жыл бұрын
@@angelalovell5669 So you're inferring you can only make a Pikachu reference in regards to Japanese people? If not, then why are you wondering?
@angelalovell5669
@angelalovell5669 3 жыл бұрын
@@kanedaku I'm wondering because we are talking about Chinese culture and for you to make a reference to Japanese culture like all Asian heritage is interchangeable when China and Japan have a very specific, very brutal history with each other seems ignorant AF. And the way you're trying to imply that I'm the insensitive one because you're ignorant to this issue is amusing, but inaccurate. Edit: Oh, I'm sorry, you were defending someone else before they can even reply - you don't have anything to do with it. That's DEFINITELY a sign of someone who gives a fuck about cultural sensitivity.
@urielectricstudios5946
@urielectricstudios5946 3 жыл бұрын
@@angelalovell5669 bro..... just look up shocked pikachu meme
@CocoTheMii
@CocoTheMii 4 жыл бұрын
Catherine: "Hello, I am Catherine." That one guy on the right: *_"YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, EVERYONE LIKES YOU"_*
@pislify34
@pislify34 3 жыл бұрын
ok maybe Chinese culture is like the invert of the uk's
@LiMCRiMZ
@LiMCRiMZ 3 жыл бұрын
@@pislify34 it might be the inverse of literally everywhere else lol
@dio52
@dio52 7 жыл бұрын
that's not pain, that's raw existential terror.
@__jan
@__jan 6 жыл бұрын
no need for replies because the comment says it all
@travbrack
@travbrack 6 жыл бұрын
And yet...
@laiskapyykki
@laiskapyykki 6 жыл бұрын
true
@raytwin11
@raytwin11 5 жыл бұрын
Oh my God! That was you!? My Chinese teacher used to show us that and would say “one day you could be like her”
@enginerd108
@enginerd108 5 жыл бұрын
YES, YOU CAN BUILD SHITY ROBOTS!
@pugassassin5591
@pugassassin5591 5 жыл бұрын
@@enginerd108 no on tv. Ik it's a joke.
@joseph_daniels
@joseph_daniels 5 жыл бұрын
@@pugassassin5591🤦🏼‍♂️
@pkui32
@pkui32 5 жыл бұрын
@@enginerd108 And be the first to build a Tesla pickup truck "TRUCKLA"!
@Friek555
@Friek555 5 жыл бұрын
@@DownTownDowns I think it's plausible. It's a big show and it makes sense that a Chinese teacher could watch it and notice that she had obviously not been learning Chinese for long.
@raccoontrashpanda1467
@raccoontrashpanda1467 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know why they were facepalming at you when they were the ones who asked someone who was not an actor and who had told them didn't speak the language well to act in Chinese. What else did they expect? Its honestly impressive it only took 1 day of filming.
@trevorlambert4226
@trevorlambert4226 Жыл бұрын
The people there are on the set weren't involved in the decision, at least not the actors. Even the director may not have had any say.
@TineTineBean
@TineTineBean 3 жыл бұрын
"Do you have any similar stories?' she says. I mean, who a hasn't been tricked in to acting in a Chinese sitcom, truly a classic coming of age story. XD
@frappalina
@frappalina 3 жыл бұрын
I'm dying lol
@lynth
@lynth 2 жыл бұрын
Funnily enough, a lot of exchange students in places like China and Korea have these stories. I was on TV myself in Korea, but I was just giving an interview and said that the sweet egg bread was tasty. lol
@wolf1066
@wolf1066 2 жыл бұрын
I went to school as an undiagnosed autistic kid through the 60s and 70s and had numerous cringe moments - cringe weeks, to be honest - and I can't think of *anything* that stacks up to being pushed into spending a day acting in a Chinese sitcom.
@josephyang4997
@josephyang4997 6 жыл бұрын
As a Chinese speaker, I think you did really well. Also you were obviously uncomfortable and nervous, but I think that actually works for the character. So good job!
@ValensBellator
@ValensBellator 5 жыл бұрын
Joseph Yang That's what I was thinking, it would almost be weird for her character to speak perfectly. The mistakes were just more genuine.
@mon0522
@mon0522 5 жыл бұрын
I’m Chineese myself and if a foreigner is even capable of speaking mandarin slightly well, I’m super impressed because the language is so hard to learn.
@YeetusTheFetus
@YeetusTheFetus 5 жыл бұрын
i speak chinese and i understood her very well
@TheAndemas
@TheAndemas 5 жыл бұрын
Exactly what I was thinking. The state of nervousness is very fitting for a girl meeting her chinese in laws. I myself trully found it ok. Plus what a cool story you have to tell hahahaha
@maksuree
@maksuree 5 жыл бұрын
Method acting
@bluriidreams9247
@bluriidreams9247 6 жыл бұрын
Lol is it funny that I've actually watched this with my Chinese family, and my parents said, " wow that girl is good." XD
@nox6274
@nox6274 5 жыл бұрын
garbage person her pronunciation is actually pretty good
@thestormvvitch3040
@thestormvvitch3040 5 жыл бұрын
wow thats one hell of a coincidence
@owentsai175
@owentsai175 5 жыл бұрын
@garbage person Yeah most Chinese sitcoms are pretty cringe :/
@pseudonym5577
@pseudonym5577 5 жыл бұрын
It’s not that bad, but her tones are all over the place
@magicomerv
@magicomerv 5 жыл бұрын
It really isn’t bad!
@kyla8386
@kyla8386 5 жыл бұрын
I mean what did they expect? You were a 16 yr old from Sweden they picked off the street
@LinkTheHero
@LinkTheHero 4 жыл бұрын
"Come on! It's only two lines!" ^All that guy's fault^
@dinandv1178
@dinandv1178 4 жыл бұрын
seriously there is a reason non actors only ever get cameos
@awesomelyshorticles
@awesomelyshorticles 6 жыл бұрын
This woman is so young and has already had such an eventful life.
@sandplanet3686
@sandplanet3686 5 жыл бұрын
Connor Amlee oh and she had a brain tumour.
@ThatEntityGirl
@ThatEntityGirl 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, a brain tumor which she successfully removed, I might add
@reeseyme9613
@reeseyme9613 5 жыл бұрын
that will be brian
@fatal9471
@fatal9471 5 жыл бұрын
lolol
@VanillaLibrarian
@VanillaLibrarian 5 жыл бұрын
@@ThatEntityGirl Brian is back. :(
@bartz0rt928
@bartz0rt928 6 жыл бұрын
Honestly, anything bad about this is the fault of the producers. Who the hell just picks a random teenager off the street to act in a language she barely speaks, and then give her almost no time to prepare? Still it's a pretty cool thing to have done. (and also a friend of mine from Norway went on exchange to Taiwan and she had a shit time there. So maybe it's just something about Scandinavian girls and east Asia)
@codename9824
@codename9824 5 жыл бұрын
Um, it’s just east Asia haha.
@mattymcsplatty5440
@mattymcsplatty5440 5 жыл бұрын
Agreed, making a young girl learn lines that same day they're filming in a language she barely knows is a tough ask but Simone was fan-fuckin'-tastic considering everything was against her success. U go girl!!!!!
@lukematthews9118
@lukematthews9118 5 жыл бұрын
Welcome to China.
@darkdiddler1439
@darkdiddler1439 5 жыл бұрын
You make it seem as though she was forced to do it at gunpoint... Which I suppose wouldn't be too out of place in China.
@msataraxia-nx2wg
@msataraxia-nx2wg 5 жыл бұрын
@@darkdiddler1439 Nope you think it wrong,just come to the real China
@nadinel5635
@nadinel5635 3 жыл бұрын
Your trauma is absolutely on them, they asked a random girl, got you on board under false pretenses and then gave you no time to prepare
@JJ-fn7lj
@JJ-fn7lj 5 жыл бұрын
the girl who's life motto is to make everything she does so unimaginably difficult so that if you fail at it, no one can judge you. breaks into acting in a language she doesn't know, in an episode where she's the centerpiece, with no acting experience . nice.
@eiosti
@eiosti 2 жыл бұрын
And then judges her acting when she was 1. 16, 2. Never acted 3. Didn't speak the language 4. Was on a sitcom where the acting is overdone anyway
@IndigoWhiskey
@IndigoWhiskey Жыл бұрын
yea that tracks. to be fair its basic self awareness to judge just about everything you do at some level or other. impressive to keep at it in a positively focused way but to be fair ive had to pause at 7 mins because holy crap the second hand embarrassment i can feel that discomfort in time desynched stereo. one of those probably went about as well as it could given the opening premise and talk about your learning experience and it even probably nailed the character as written by accidentally meta acting the fish out of water feel, but yea damn this clearly haunted her so most kudos for just taking the plunge at disarming whatever emotional hold it had.
@njharper1983
@njharper1983 7 жыл бұрын
Ummm If I was dropped into China at 16, after 3 months I'd MAYBE have mastered the first page of tourist phrases. You were in a sitcom, speaking arguably the most difficult language for a European to learn. No matter how badly you think you did, it's 1000x better than most people would have... if they would have the guts to even try. You are awesome Simone!
@natjam0205
@natjam0205 7 жыл бұрын
Can tell you didn't learn English
@lemony7582
@lemony7582 6 жыл бұрын
And neither did you, good sir. *I can tell you didn't learn English.* Punctuation matters!
@Galdring
@Galdring 6 жыл бұрын
She knows... She knows.
@markjames4474
@markjames4474 6 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Well done.
@lemony7582
@lemony7582 6 жыл бұрын
HarbourOfMarbles My apologies, I didn’t mean to sound rude... good sir.
@thinkzombiegillman
@thinkzombiegillman 5 жыл бұрын
Honestly it kind of worked. Your genuine confusion and anxiety mirrored your role, "The New American wife" / You. Both of you were suddenly surrounded by a culture you have only known through one person / Movies, pop culture, ect.. Meta AF Simone. Awesome.
@bjorkbork5717
@bjorkbork5717 5 жыл бұрын
Haha, it’s like watching my white vegan boyfriend interact with my first generation Vietnamese family
@zTJq40sl
@zTJq40sl 4 жыл бұрын
unintentional Method Acting is best Method Acting.
@brandonchan4537
@brandonchan4537 4 жыл бұрын
if i watch this sitcom without actually knowing this, i will thought she is just trying to act dumb, as this look like something other sitcom makers do, or it might just be all sitcoms I watched cant find a good white person that can speak mandarin fluently
@zeuxlaught2797
@zeuxlaught2797 3 жыл бұрын
not just that, you also get n word pass while speaking Chinese
@SniperReady
@SniperReady 3 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly, it all looked 100% intentional
@juliantotriwijaya9208
@juliantotriwijaya9208 4 жыл бұрын
"it's only two lines" *sees 52 lines instead* that's a comedy in itself XD lol
@MrCh0o
@MrCh0o 2 жыл бұрын
Latin alphabet has 26 letters 52=26*2 Coincidence? I think not!
@Randoplants
@Randoplants 5 жыл бұрын
This story feels like a metaphor for any project that is presented as easy at first, but becomes incomprehensibly difficult after agreeing to it.
@0v_x0
@0v_x0 4 жыл бұрын
can relate
@MrCh0o
@MrCh0o 2 жыл бұрын
Every manager ever: "Get jebaited!"
@HarveyDentalfloss
@HarveyDentalfloss 6 жыл бұрын
Bro, you are such a badass!!! You lived on a houseboat, build robots for the heck of it, and after 3 months of being in FREAKIN CHINA you end up on a sitcom, while hating being there when you were 16?!? You are literally the most interesting woman in the world.
@emilyfanslow3604
@emilyfanslow3604 5 жыл бұрын
Then she had Brian, had Brian removed and she he grew back.
@wefkr
@wefkr 5 жыл бұрын
@@emilyfanslow3604 #notbraintumorgirl
@awesomefeldmanfamily
@awesomefeldmanfamily 5 жыл бұрын
Love how you call her bro. I think I called my mom bro once, in addition to calling a bunch of girls bro
@Mibbitmaker
@Mibbitmaker 5 жыл бұрын
"You are literally the most interesting woman in the world." "I don't always end up in a Chinese sitcom, but when I do, I way prefer making shitty robots. Stay shitty, my friends." (old reference by now, but I couldn't resist!)
@bassmunk
@bassmunk 5 жыл бұрын
@@Mibbitmaker It was worth it lol
@streglof
@streglof 8 жыл бұрын
But you played in a Chinese sitcom!!! How many people can say that??
@davidgao5351
@davidgao5351 8 жыл бұрын
1 million Chinese people?
@fustigate314159
@fustigate314159 8 жыл бұрын
The entire population doesn't get to be in sitcoms. Communism doesn't work that way.
@nitehawk86
@nitehawk86 8 жыл бұрын
+fustigate314159 Then what good is it?
@robinlo2650
@robinlo2650 7 жыл бұрын
I'm from China but I never heard of this sitcom. Look like this sitcom is filmed by one of a local TV station in Hefei, because this sitcom is really terrible, national TV station's sitcom would not be that terrible.
@Oneofakind123
@Oneofakind123 7 жыл бұрын
Robin M Lo How is her Chinese? Is it understandable, good, or impressive? In any way I'm impressed :)
@douglasgui6761
@douglasgui6761 5 жыл бұрын
I am from Hefei. This show accompanied my entire childhood. Feels great to watch and hear my hometown shows on KZfaq. You did great job on the show by the way
@zsin128
@zsin128 4 жыл бұрын
Cool
@SuperSMT
@SuperSMT 3 жыл бұрын
So what is the show about anyway? Selling lobsters?
@douglasgui6761
@douglasgui6761 3 жыл бұрын
SuperSMT No basically it is a comedy show and showing the everyday life of a family.
@douglasgui6761
@douglasgui6761 3 жыл бұрын
​@Google User Cause this is a local show performed with Hefei dialect. Its normal not seen it outside Hefei.
@williamp3677
@williamp3677 3 жыл бұрын
I'm from hefei too so weird to see it mentioned on this channel
@juanamoya1240
@juanamoya1240 5 жыл бұрын
No one: Simone: Does anyone have any similar stories? Still no one:
@stephenwaldron4213
@stephenwaldron4213 5 жыл бұрын
Well, I was caught on camera by World's Strictest Parents (wanted to meet the kids who were part of the show but did not want to be on camera) buuut they edited it out, thank goodness, so doesn't count (though I think you catch me ducking under the table for a millisecond, my frame of shame). Also, I hadn't gotten around to watching it for like 5 years after that, so I didn't know and was just a wreck of anxious whenever it came up.
@vinyllpreviews9462
@vinyllpreviews9462 5 жыл бұрын
I had friends in a band, rhythm guitar player couldn't play a certain gig, they asked me to fill in. I was not at a level to play a gig, and I didn't know most of the songs they did. They'd tell me the chords literally before we started playing a song and I kind of winged it, let the lead do all the heavy lifting. Kind of reminds me of this story. To this day I have dreams about that, trying to get through the songs, watching the lead guitar trying to tell me what to play. Lol
@ProjectAndros
@ProjectAndros 4 жыл бұрын
I did a film in Grad school. "Pure Colors" in 1995- Washington state. It was a TOTAL cheese fest. A brother and sister going to University and I "fall'' for his sister and his is supposed to be a racist. It cheesly works out in the end. I've you've seen it, I'd love to hear your comments. LOL
@de_cre_vi
@de_cre_vi 4 жыл бұрын
If no one says nothing, doesn't that mean that everyone is saying something?
@n1vg
@n1vg 4 жыл бұрын
My most uncomfortable TV experience was somehow being identified as a subject matter expert for an episode of a short-lived Mythbusters knock-off. There was one cast member who was a really nice guy, and he was the only one who didn't start out in entertainment. Everyone else had massive egos and thought they were too good for this show. I had a great time actually doing my part, but interacting with the crew and most of the cast convinced me that I never want to work in TV.
@akiralee9934
@akiralee9934 7 жыл бұрын
Actually, your Chinese pronunciation was remarkably good for someone who's only learned it for 3 months. I could understand you without looking at the subtitles. And it's only natural that you'd be clearly terrified and uncomfortable; they didn't even allow a rehearsal. If they had higher expectations, they should've searched other provinces for someone more experienced. Or made more allowances for you. Forgive me for saying something so presumptuous, but I don't think you should feel embarrassed. You did the best you could considering the situation.
@edibleph4596
@edibleph4596 7 жыл бұрын
I second that.
@user-ef7mt4ge8i
@user-ef7mt4ge8i 7 жыл бұрын
二手羞愧
@akiralee9934
@akiralee9934 7 жыл бұрын
C.W. MUN 哈哈哈的确,我也差点看不下去羞愧得要撞墙了。XD
@akiralee9934
@akiralee9934 7 жыл бұрын
danis notonfire Late reply, thanks! :D May I ask why? First time I've heard this.
@allanpeter7700
@allanpeter7700 6 жыл бұрын
Well I don't think it's possible not to feel embarrassed given the situation, at least she's over it
@LogsMaggot
@LogsMaggot 7 жыл бұрын
How has this video still not become a meme baffles me.
@ricksande2210
@ricksande2210 6 жыл бұрын
how has this comment still no likes baffles me
@brielle6771
@brielle6771 6 жыл бұрын
I need everyone of her reaction as a meme
@mystixworkshop1289
@mystixworkshop1289 6 жыл бұрын
How this reply has a reply baffles me
@sarajade490
@sarajade490 6 жыл бұрын
Davide Graffieti English mode activated
@AllisonWonderland87
@AllisonWonderland87 6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if she's a meme in China. That would be AMAZING.
@pepeabbott2947
@pepeabbott2947 5 жыл бұрын
I SAW YOU IN MY CHINESE CLASS!! MY TEACHER WOULD SHOW US THESE BRO!
@ASpec818
@ASpec818 5 жыл бұрын
Pepe The Friend really? This must’ve been a classic then.
@MrCh0o
@MrCh0o 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder what kind of lessons these were
@junehatter8479
@junehatter8479 2 жыл бұрын
My mom (American) lived in Hong Kong in the early 90's when she was young. One time she got her picture taken by a photographer just for fun. A couple months later some random store was using those photos in all their advertising without my mom's permission or knowledge. She was just walking down the street one day and saw this shop with a 10-foot-tall picture of her in the window
@its_clean
@its_clean Жыл бұрын
Anyone who thinks Chinese culture is too strict and has too many rules just needs to look at their attitude towards intellectual property 😂😂 (I'm ABC so I can equally laugh and cry about this lol)
@DrussNL
@DrussNL 7 жыл бұрын
"I didn't peak during my teenage years" I agree, but moving to China and being in a sitcom at 16 is still amazing compared to most people at that age. It's just that I think you have yet to peak .
@Nino244
@Nino244 5 жыл бұрын
"i played in a chinese sitcom" is such a good introduction line
@wknw1442
@wknw1442 4 жыл бұрын
Is it safe to say that simone is a method actor? Lmao
@allanrichardson1468
@allanrichardson1468 4 жыл бұрын
Hamlet: If this be method, yet there’s madness in it. The producer’s madness, not Simone’s!
@roguishpaladin
@roguishpaladin 3 жыл бұрын
And yet it's still not even the most interesting thing about her is the crazy part!
@LuckySketches
@LuckySketches 3 жыл бұрын
But does it beat "I lived in a boat?"
@breadbutt
@breadbutt 3 жыл бұрын
so if you were playing "the American wife" why didn't they just go with the idea that your character's mandarin wasn't that good?
@gabrielarrhenius6252
@gabrielarrhenius6252 2 жыл бұрын
Because she had married a chinese man, in a chinese sitcom where most of them who would watch it is chinese, controversal
@archkull
@archkull 2 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielarrhenius6252 i dont think thats what the commenter meant, if it was an american family with a chinese wife from china, itd make more sense for her to speak bad english than perfect, as with this
@paulraymond1804
@paulraymond1804 2 жыл бұрын
@@archkull I get ya, but the other guys were understanding the expectation that China is homogeneous, and that the status quo is for it to remain that way.
@archkull
@archkull 2 жыл бұрын
@@paulraymond1804 no clue what you're trying to say to me
@wolf1066
@wolf1066 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. They could have milked that aspect for comedy.
@KnitsFromTheVoid
@KnitsFromTheVoid 2 жыл бұрын
I have seen WAY worse from professional adult actors on sitcoms acting in their native language after having gone through a whole audition process. You were a 16-year-old new to the language AND not a pro-actor and if you had not pointed out the awkward moments I would never have noticed them. You absolutely spot-on portray "non-chinese-native young newly-wed is thrown into a confusing meet-the-friends-and-family situation and feeling totally lost but masking it with charme"
@tvtitlechampion3238
@tvtitlechampion3238 6 жыл бұрын
Simone, honestly, I'm impressed. Think of it: a 16 year-old stuck it out in a stressful situation, and didn't walk away. It may have boiled your ham too long for your liking, but not every endeavour is gonna go smoothly, especially for the first time. Add up all the twists you mentioned, and my gosh, what you accomplished was nothing short of amazing. And yes, you've only gotten prettier.
@jizzlethelizard3113
@jizzlethelizard3113 5 жыл бұрын
Damn... 420 likes
@sophiazhao1572
@sophiazhao1572 5 жыл бұрын
Tbh your Mandarin is actually really good for someone who's brand new at it
@mk3718
@mk3718 5 жыл бұрын
Sophia Zhao it’s quite common for people who can already speak more than one language (I’m assuming in her case English and Swedish) it’s easier to pick up on accents and pronunciation of other languages. It’s the same for me too. I can mimic most all languages accents and pronunciations just because I can speak two languages already.
@drunkenmasterii3250
@drunkenmasterii3250 5 жыл бұрын
@@mk3718 Wait what? nobody told me I'm supposed to have that skill...
@rethla
@rethla 5 жыл бұрын
@@mk3718 English and Swedish is basicly the same and Chinese is a different world compared to them. Swedes aint quicker at learning Chinese languages than any other native Germanic speaker.
@BxBxProductions
@BxBxProductions 5 жыл бұрын
@@rethla glad im not the only one confusing swedish for english HAHAHA
@andyroby6108
@andyroby6108 4 жыл бұрын
@@rethla That isn't at all what M K said. Nobody said anything about Swedes learning quicker than anyone else. They just said it is easier to pick up an accent if you've already done it with another language. Just like how riding a motorcycle is easier if you've already learned how to ride a bike.
@Sonic557
@Sonic557 5 жыл бұрын
Saw this when I was still back in China many years ago. Found your channel yesterday through truckla, binge watched all of your videos and ended up here. Maybe this is what 缘分 is!
@thomasnguyen5354
@thomasnguyen5354 5 жыл бұрын
Same mate, watched truckla 2 days ago and I'm somehow here now
@brian5o
@brian5o 5 жыл бұрын
Same here. I didn't know of Simone at all before getting the Truckla video in my recommendations and I haven't been able to stop watching her videos since. What an amazing, interesting, intelligent and funny person Simone is! I absolutely adore her and am very thankful I have finally stumbled on her, I just wish it would have happened sooner.
@ChocolatTherapy
@ChocolatTherapy 4 жыл бұрын
dude your chinese is actually really impressive considering you'd only been exposed to it for three months!!! sure it's embarassing, but also makes for a good story no? it's funny, and the glow up is real lolol
@bansheemopar
@bansheemopar 7 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is, you were really convincing, in playing a frightened foreigner, who barely speaks chinese and is introduced to a lot of strangers at once. Thus being so, because that is basically was you actually were, but as long as the chinese audience doesen't know they should like your performance :)
@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive
@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive 6 жыл бұрын
That was actually good enforced method acting.
@CosmiaNebula
@CosmiaNebula 6 жыл бұрын
2:11 - Title: Happy Lobster Stall 2:23 - I’m just here to check out what the wife of Boss Zeng’s son looks like. 2:26 - [She is] In the store. Changle is watching. 2:28 - Old Zeng! We’re back! 2:29 - Ah, back! 2:31 - Hello! Long time no see! 2:33 - Little Wei is all grown up now! - Yup! 2:35 - Lemme introduce: this is my girlfriend. 2:41 - My name is Katherine. I’m from America. 3:12 - He can speak [English] too! 3:13 - We're quite surprised you can speak [English]! 3:15 - Come siiiiiiiiit down! 3:17 - Come Lanxiang, sit down! 3:20 - Dad, I'm so cold wearing this. I kept shaking. 3:22 - Frozen beauty! [a Chinese pun] 3:27 - We don’t have Spring Festival there [in America]. 3:27 - Oh they don’t have Spring Festival there. 3:29 - Do they have that… Shengdan thingy, in their place? [“Shengdan" sounds similar to Chinese translation of "Christmas"] 3:31 - Not Shengdan! It’s Christmas. 3:36 - We there have Christmas, Christmas Tree, Christmas Presents. Just like your Spring Festival. 4:01 - So awesome! And still in school? 4:02 - Aww you flatter me. 4:15 - Call me daddy! [don’t ask] 4:17 - Sure no prob! 4:18 - If that’s so, maybe I’ll get an international friendship too! 4:38 - Come on come on. It’s New Year! Everyone gets a red pocket! Here you go. 4:40 - No no no no no... 4:41 - Take it! It’s lucky money. 4:44 - Why do you give me money? I have money. 4:57 - Wish you be rich! Please give me a red pocket! 4:59 - She’s a fast learner in that [learning words for getting money]! 5:44 - Come in come in… 5:45 - Put them on the desk. 5:49 - Lemme count them. 5:50 - Dad, why did you buy so many stuffs? 5:53 - That’s because when we Chinese spend our New Year, nobody sells stuffs on the streets [shops are closed], so we must be prepared! 5:57 - Buying so many stuffs. Wouldn’t they become unfresh? 6:03 - Dad, why were there so many kids doing explosives? How dangerous! 6:13 - Whenever I open my eyes, I see them doing explosives. Like living on a battlefield. 6:26 - Oh my god. Who’s gonna Saving Private Katherine? 6:28 - It’s Chinese traditional culture. It’s your duty to do it. 6:29 - I like Chunlian. I can write it too. 6:31 - Why are they lying there? Why don’t they stand up? 6:34 - (That’s because you aren’t making dumpling [jiaozi]!) That’s more like a chive pocket [jiucai hezi]! 6:51 - "Peking Opera", “hualian” [Peking Opera role name], yes, I know them. I’ve watched them. I can also sing “Muolihua" [“Jasmine Flower”, a Chinese folk song]. 6:56 - What? You can sing “Muolihua”? Show us show us show us! 7:35 - What a beautiful jasmine flower What a beautiful jasmine flower Sweet-smelling, beautiful, stems full of buds Fragrant and white, everyone praises 7:54 - Great singing! So awesome! 7:55 - Roujiamo [Chinese hamburger]. Frankly it’s just hamburger! 7:56 - Hamburgers?! Hamburgers big! Dis so smoll! 8:02 - Mini hamburgers! 8:03 - Don’t be silly! Lemme tell you. 8:08 - Yup that’s good! If you have a healthy body, you can eat whatever! [Quoting from a Chinese advertisement for Lantian Liubizhi] 8:12 - Now you are an ad of Lantian Liubizhi [some over-the-counter medicine for digestive health]! Not bad! 8:14 - Don’t interrupt. 8:19 - Next year, you two should come visit America! 8:22 - [That’s because] Little Wei has taught me well. [Don’t ask. It sounds creepy in Chinese too.] 8:28 - I welcome everyone to visit America together next year. I’ll be the host! 9:07 - Lemme give everyone gifts! 9:08 - Oh she even brought gifts! 9:38 - She said, you are very pretty, like a flower. [Perfect translation!] 9:47 - I like China, and also China’s handsome boys. 10:00 - Economical, intelligent, can manage domestic life, and knows how to live a good life.
@user-nf5px7vg6w
@user-nf5px7vg6w 6 жыл бұрын
you have no life damn
@Krimpov
@Krimpov 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, but I'm sticking with KZfaq's autotranslator. Much better. You got the song lyrics all wrong. It actually goes like this : "Howie the mainly molle, ha I'm a comanche, yeah yoshino bye"
@arlenek.604
@arlenek.604 6 жыл бұрын
Krimpov I'M DEAD😂😂😂
@kangarooshorts7275
@kangarooshorts7275 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Looks like it took a while.
@FeliciaKrismanta
@FeliciaKrismanta 6 жыл бұрын
you deserve heaven after earth
@marleee.2174
@marleee.2174 5 жыл бұрын
For not knowing what you’re doing, you actually did a good job
@BarioIDL
@BarioIDL 2 жыл бұрын
I can't even go outside lmao
@siyuanliu8043
@siyuanliu8043 5 жыл бұрын
Saw truckla and then this. As a native speaker, i think you are doing a terrific job, better than most. Also seen you counting in Chinese, I wouldn't be able to tell if I were blindfolded.
@Vegas242
@Vegas242 7 жыл бұрын
They only gave you a day for like 52 lines in a language you barely know?! That's absolutely ridiculous, how the hell can they expect you to do any better than you did with those circumstances
@hellothing
@hellothing 7 жыл бұрын
Vegas242 chinese expectations ftw xP
@lydiarupert4709
@lydiarupert4709 6 жыл бұрын
you have 52 likes...it would be horrible if someone...changed that...
@isobelscholten5265
@isobelscholten5265 6 жыл бұрын
That's what being a white personal in Asia is like
@felicityfoo6240
@felicityfoo6240 6 жыл бұрын
I'm Chinese in a country where Chinese people are a pat of the majority, went to chinese class for 6 years and I wouldn't be able to do what she did
@mr.peanut2096
@mr.peanut2096 5 жыл бұрын
they likely didn't understand just how weak her mandarin (I'm guessing it's mandarin). That's about normal for a weekly show like that. weekly shows can often be pretty rushed, and unlike live theatre, missing a line isn't a massive deal
@VALENTINEBEAMS
@VALENTINEBEAMS 5 жыл бұрын
I did two years of mandarin at university and never spoke it to this level.
@ProjectAndros
@ProjectAndros 4 жыл бұрын
:O LOL
@ChrissyPlus
@ChrissyPlus 4 жыл бұрын
It's a whole other thing being surrounded by a language fulltime. I studied French for eight years in school and could barely string one sentence together in conversation until I actually spent time in France and had no choice but to try 24/7
@noornasri5753
@noornasri5753 4 жыл бұрын
@@ChrissyPlus Exactly, you don't pick up languages in classrooms. Fluency comes from being forced to talk to people in that language.
@Roberta_Trevino
@Roberta_Trevino 4 жыл бұрын
I don't know how I learned English though. I always say it was TV. I'm good at English though, at least better than my peers (and some teachers)
@shaunatate7740
@shaunatate7740 Жыл бұрын
They never thought to use que cards? Memorizing issue kinda solve?
@cashdu9453
@cashdu9453 3 жыл бұрын
As a half Chinese person, your Chinese wasn't bad for someone who studied her lines in only a day. Yeah, you have errors with the 声调 of some words but the fact that you were sixteen and the pressure you were under to study 52 lines in one day makes it ok. So good job on that. 加油!
@taltigolt
@taltigolt 5 жыл бұрын
you'd make an amazing character in how i met your mother i got both lily and robin vibes
@lealangemark5607
@lealangemark5607 3 жыл бұрын
Robin was a Canadian popstar... She IS Robin😂
@MrLCBrand
@MrLCBrand 7 жыл бұрын
I'm Chinese, and this makes me laugh so hard.. 😂 This sitcom seems really bad plotted, but u really have a gift for language learning!
@princekrazie
@princekrazie 7 жыл бұрын
你长得一点也不像中国人
@s4dm3t4l
@s4dm3t4l 7 жыл бұрын
PRINCE KRAZIE that's cara Delevingne
@philippjurasic5433
@philippjurasic5433 6 жыл бұрын
Then how are you on KZfaq? I thought it's restricted? Are you using VPN?
@cryinpooper
@cryinpooper 6 жыл бұрын
Philipp Jurasic you can be Chinese and not live in China
@philippjurasic5433
@philippjurasic5433 6 жыл бұрын
Ryan Cooper Oh wow, I seriously didn't think of that... Although I am croatian AND live in Germany myself 😂
@michaelkenefick
@michaelkenefick 6 жыл бұрын
You need to update IMDB with the Chinese sitcom citation.
@mouija1450
@mouija1450 4 жыл бұрын
I had no idea you were from Sweden until this episode, hearing your 16 year old Swedish accent. Your modern American accent is flawless. If you told me you were born and raised in northern California, I wouldn't question it whatsoever. This kinda reminds me of when I was a kid in the 80's. The local Chinese restaurant was owned and operated by a family that moved from Hong Kong around the same time that my family moved from Poland. Their food was not your typical, Americanized, greasy Chinese food. It was legit stuff from their ancestral region of the world. I didn't know who General Tso was until I moved away to college and started living on shitty takeout. The menu was tiny by what I expect from a typical Americanized Chinese menu, but everything was a solid 10. As the only Chinese restaurant in town, I accepted it as normal ethnic food as a little boy, like how my childhood friends though my family's Polish food was "weird" when a friend stayed for dinner. Their dumplings were absolutely fantastic, and we went every so often on Sunday mornings to sit down and have a special meal. Learning about Dim Sum as an adult, that's exactly what we had way before Dim Sum was on the common American foodie radar. None of those facts are important, but I thought they were worth adding for flavor and respect. Anyways, the daughter, who was in her early to mid 20's at the time and served as the hostess and waitress, had a flawless accent to match her central Connecticut clientele. It was eerie because it was like she grew up in my little town, not halfway around the world. I went to school with her little brother, and he still has a touch of an accent today. As a kid, the transition of her serving my family in perfect regional English, then turning her head to answer a question from her Mom in Cantonese, turning back to us and effortlessly gliding back into a perfect regional dialect was astonishing. It was like watching a chameleon change colors before your eyes.
@its_clean
@its_clean Жыл бұрын
Third culture kids, immigrant kids, and especially first-gen kids do this all the time, it's called codeswitching. I'm ABC (American-born Chinese) and I'll have conversations with my parents where we switch from English to Mandarin back and forth three or four times in the same sentence. What's really wild is when I lived in France and hung out with one of my Chinese cousins there. Switching between French, English, and Mandarin all in the same conversation is really a trip! As a language nerd, codeswitching is my absolute favorite part of immigrant speech patterns.
@trevorlambert4226
@trevorlambert4226 Жыл бұрын
Her accent sounds more mid-western to me than California, but what do I know.
@douglasliu9218
@douglasliu9218 5 жыл бұрын
6:37 “Why are the dumplings laying there, not standing up?” Mom replied: “That’s because you are making Pies instead of Dumplings!”
@KarlMalowned32
@KarlMalowned32 8 жыл бұрын
When I was 17 years old I volunteered to be a broadcast announcer, calling play by play action for a college level basketball tournament. The TV audience and radio audience listening in was maybe 4000 people. The tournament was 12 games over 4 days and I was broadcasting with a veteran broadcaster named John. I had never done any broadcasting work but I was hoping this would propel me to working for ESPN or NBC and whatnot. I'm supposed to provide play by play action for all the games. I quickly realized during the first game that play by play is harder than I thought. I had a very difficult time finding interesting or relevant things to say. John kept trying to help me by asking questions like "what do you think of the gopher offense so far?" I replied "the offense is good." John basically carried the commentary for the first days games. The producer took me aside at the end of day one and said my services were no longer required. The producer herself did the commentary with John.
@KarlMalowned32
@KarlMalowned32 8 жыл бұрын
The producer did the commentary with John for the rest of the tournament. This ended my dreams of being the next big name in sports broadcasting.
@simonegiertz
@simonegiertz 8 жыл бұрын
so harsh!! "your services are no longer required" :(((((
@naticc
@naticc 8 жыл бұрын
the most important question here... do you have it on tape?
@PapaJohnsonjr
@PapaJohnsonjr 8 жыл бұрын
And can Simone do commentary on your commentary?
@Gonzihh
@Gonzihh 8 жыл бұрын
fucking john man
@johngay8416
@johngay8416 5 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the time I was among our entire town who played extras in a comedy called Man About Dog filmed in Duleek, Ireland. When the movie finally came out I was working in a factory on the other side on Ireland. People actually stopped me on the street because they recognized me as the worst over-acting extra in the movie. I kept expecting a call from William Shatner telling me I need to tone it down.
@Merlin5007
@Merlin5007 4 жыл бұрын
Recognized on the street for an extra role. That really is funny. Congratulations!
@chaniwimmer8716
@chaniwimmer8716 3 жыл бұрын
Okay, so my mom was learning Chinese like 14 years ago, and she talks in her sleep. She used to sing that song in a creepy little kid voice in her sleep, in the middle of the night, and it was the creepiest fuckin' thing. It sounded like she was possessed by a little Chinese ghost child. I hadn't heard it since she graduated from the language course she was taking. This took me back.
@annwan10
@annwan10 5 жыл бұрын
LMAO that’s legit me going back to china trying to communicate with my relatives
@ARedVelvetBunnie
@ARedVelvetBunnie 5 жыл бұрын
Lmao me but when I go back to Mexico (my home country) and try to speak fluent Spanish
@cindywang9798
@cindywang9798 5 жыл бұрын
I felt that so hard
@ragamuffin1588
@ragamuffin1588 4 жыл бұрын
@@HunterShows The english in their comment is fine.
@ManlyOBeeferton
@ManlyOBeeferton 4 жыл бұрын
@@HunterShows Don't be a dick.
@HunterShows
@HunterShows 4 жыл бұрын
Wrong, the English in _her_ comment is not fine. Manly, you should take your own advice.
@Ewyxus
@Ewyxus 5 жыл бұрын
for the role of a foreigner being introduced to a chinese family, you did really convincing lol ps: your pronunciation for the song was spot on
@orphan38
@orphan38 7 жыл бұрын
When I was in Tokyo I posed for a photo with my roommates at a party to celebrate of all the people who had turned twenty in the region. Turns out the photos were for use in a public service announcements. My face was in posters all across Tokyo encouraging everyone of legal age (20 in Japan) to vote. I was actually 21 at the time.
@ArcadianWizard
@ArcadianWizard 7 жыл бұрын
orphan38 is there anyway I could find it?
@heyheyhey40
@heyheyhey40 4 жыл бұрын
You did an EXCELLENT job! This was probably one of the biggest test of your life. And you made it through! I’ve been studying Chinese for four years, and your pronunciation here is very good. You struggled with getting the right tones. But to be someone who’d never studied Chinese before, you did something TRUELY magical here! You should be so proud of yourself.
@shelbstermagic
@shelbstermagic 5 жыл бұрын
Why didn’t they just dub over her lines
@SamBao
@SamBao 5 жыл бұрын
small time Chinese sitcom doesn't have the budget to redo lines in post production
@JasperKloek
@JasperKloek 4 жыл бұрын
There probably was no time to do that.
@loli_cvnt5622
@loli_cvnt5622 4 жыл бұрын
She's supposed to be american. It would just make it worse
@Duncan_Idaho_Potato
@Duncan_Idaho_Potato 3 жыл бұрын
Judging from many other comments I've read here, they didn't dub over her lines because she didn't do nearly as bad a job as she seems to think she did.
@StevenZhangMakes
@StevenZhangMakes 7 жыл бұрын
just pure admiration to even have the guts to look back at it, I can't even look back on my own videos (AKA youtube vids) without having my hands in front of me ready to block my eyes and spare the horror.
@shadebladed8
@shadebladed8 7 жыл бұрын
It pisses me off that you did this as a courtesy for them and they made you feel bad about yourself. These people are supposed to be actors and they couldn't at least act encouraging?
@hadolfitler3316
@hadolfitler3316 5 жыл бұрын
The least they could've have done was rework the character to have it where the husband translated for her *WHICH WOULD HAVE SAVED THEM TIME*
@pallenda
@pallenda 5 жыл бұрын
So brave doing that at 16. Brave for showing it again. :)
@Knapweed
@Knapweed 5 жыл бұрын
You totally nailed it and shamelessly upstaged the lobster.
@charleshanson9467
@charleshanson9467 7 жыл бұрын
You're like a real life character from How I Met Your Mother
@karlhenke91
@karlhenke91 6 жыл бұрын
So wait. You're saying you want to go to the mall...today?
@JustSomeYTuser
@JustSomeYTuser 6 жыл бұрын
Please exlain
@karlhenke91
@karlhenke91 6 жыл бұрын
Prasenjeet Saha In the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which ran in the USA up until a few years ago, one of the episodes revolved around the dark secret of a character she never wanted revealed, which (to avoid spoilers) was a tape of something embarrassing she never wanted people to see from a foreign country (Canada, in the case of the show). This comment is a reference to the parallels from that. Not sure if spoiler warning still apply, but hey.
@evilwizardington
@evilwizardington 6 жыл бұрын
hahahaha, please, give this man a cookie due the comment. It killed me. She would be.. Simone.. Sparkles?
@licklickerson5748
@licklickerson5748 6 жыл бұрын
Blob Fish I got it robin sparkles
@calmac938
@calmac938 8 жыл бұрын
I once was in a musical and was told not to go to any dance rehearsals as I was told of was going to be doing voice off stage (through a mic)only to find out I was also going to be dancing on stage the day before...
@simonegiertz
@simonegiertz 8 жыл бұрын
how did it go??
@calmac938
@calmac938 8 жыл бұрын
Simone Giertz Well I found out I do a great Russian accent but terrible dancer, even worse when I had to dance with partner.. Luckily recording wasn't allowed.
@SkyWireMashups
@SkyWireMashups 5 жыл бұрын
"Electronic watch! That's how you pick guys up" thanks for the dating advice
@ken830
@ken830 2 жыл бұрын
They took advantage of you... You did awesome.. Anyone else probably would've just broken-down completely and cried before running off the set.
@WeiYinChan
@WeiYinChan 8 жыл бұрын
Your mandarin was spot on!!
@WeiYinChan
@WeiYinChan 8 жыл бұрын
But yes you look clueless...
@GoldenMechaTiger
@GoldenMechaTiger 7 жыл бұрын
+WeiYinChan I dont think she knew what the other actors were saying.That's probably why
@PDeRop
@PDeRop 7 жыл бұрын
Same as her french.. accent is flawless.
@steamengineer100
@steamengineer100 7 жыл бұрын
Shes being way way too hard on herself
@allanpeter7700
@allanpeter7700 6 жыл бұрын
It's actually pretty good for the short time she learned it but she's more fluent in it noe
@MrFloris
@MrFloris 7 жыл бұрын
Brave, 16 year old swedish girl in china, going on some tv thing.. geeeesh..
@fuzzybunn
@fuzzybunn 4 жыл бұрын
That was 3 months of Chinese? That really wasn't bad at all.
@angelalovell5669
@angelalovell5669 3 жыл бұрын
WOW. You're incredibly cool, Simone. What an intimidating experience, especially being the one blamed for the producer's stupid decision to grab a white teenage girl off the street and expect her to be a sitcom actor in another language. To be fair, I almost want to say it was genius because you certainly did much better than a lot of people would have under such intense circumstances. Good on you!
@liangyinmax
@liangyinmax 7 жыл бұрын
As a Chinese I approve your Chinese speaking skill! 非常赞!
@AldoLop
@AldoLop 7 жыл бұрын
Max Yin could you please translate a little for us?
@monkwerks
@monkwerks 7 жыл бұрын
9:00 I think that's a universal feeling for someone doing language immersion for the first time. That terrified smile was on my face for the first month I was in Russia.
@ink3539
@ink3539 6 жыл бұрын
the face of "how am i going to survive jfc I don't even know how to call for help"
@devisionhun
@devisionhun 3 жыл бұрын
How did I not see this before?? This is awesome! For being 3 months in China and delivering this… YOU are awesome!
@testxxxx123
@testxxxx123 5 жыл бұрын
Your prouniciation is very good! You got the tunes incredibly accurate 👌
@dooders2746
@dooders2746 7 жыл бұрын
I'm Chinese so I understand the entire fucking thing. Simone's accent is so strong
@lilyye1583
@lilyye1583 7 жыл бұрын
Boiledfridge HOLY SHIT. STOP
@margaritaschuyler4998
@margaritaschuyler4998 7 жыл бұрын
Dooders what even is the plot
@justkirin2726
@justkirin2726 7 жыл бұрын
Boiledfridge racist detected :)
@boiledfridge6270
@boiledfridge6270 6 жыл бұрын
Debris Boy yes I always do that
@superawesomecake2606
@superawesomecake2606 6 жыл бұрын
Dooders yeah
@DonaldLancon
@DonaldLancon 7 жыл бұрын
Why do I get the feeling that one day we're going to find out you were briefly the Prime Minister of Sweden when you were 12? You've had a weird life...... ;-)
@icecookie2953
@icecookie2953 6 жыл бұрын
she's building useless roboters in her spare time, she still has a weird life ;D
@lilyjo3248
@lilyjo3248 5 жыл бұрын
this makes me feel better about my embarrassing moments thank you so much for thus
@JeepTJay6
@JeepTJay6 5 жыл бұрын
10:35. I accidentally said bukkake instead of kabuki in front of my Taiwanese father-in-law. Yea that was pretty embarrassing...
@furynick4541
@furynick4541 5 жыл бұрын
Ouch, internal twinge
@sararoche2681
@sararoche2681 5 жыл бұрын
“Do you have any similar stories?” I don’t think anyone ever will get a similar story to this one 😂😂😂😂😂 you rocked it
@dbsz
@dbsz 8 жыл бұрын
Not close to your story, but just a few days ago, I played guitar and sang in my room at my student block. I have never played for anyone and don't consider myself particularly good. I live at the 6th floor and it was a pretty hot day, so I had my window open and thought no one would hear me. Well, turned out a lot of people were outside and had their windows open... On the facebook page for our student village someone had written a post asking "Who were you playing guitar with the window open and why did you stop?" It was posted right after I had stopped and had quickly gained 30 likes. I came to realise that I had just played my first concert without knowing it.
@muisverriet
@muisverriet 8 жыл бұрын
That's honestly really awesome.
@ShadeSlayer1911
@ShadeSlayer1911 8 жыл бұрын
Wow, impressive. I tried that with ocarinas, but hardly anyone was impressed.
@maxlachowicz4683
@maxlachowicz4683 8 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@jamalix-music
@jamalix-music 8 жыл бұрын
I play ocarina in parks around my city from time to time, and usually get nice comments from people walking by. Maybe you were unlucky, but I'm sure most people acknowledge live music and the effort it takes to play in front of people!
@ShadeSlayer1911
@ShadeSlayer1911 8 жыл бұрын
***** I did get some nice comments and I even met some nice people whom I've had long conversations with. I've even made a few friends and tried to pick up a girl or two. But those were the rare occasions. Most of the time, people just walked by unimpressed. But to their credit, I'm not the best ocarina player.
@leesamia4624
@leesamia4624 4 жыл бұрын
Oh my word!! I studied Chinese for a year in America and another half a year in China and I could have never pulled my nervousness together enough to do a fraction of how well you pushed yourself through that!!! It's AMAZING for someone JUST learning the language. And I'm no expert but the Chinese commenters here seem to agree, you pulled that off girl!!! I'm amazed. I know it was traumatizing for you but thank you so much for sharing!! Hopefully you sharing this helped you realize a little bit more how awesome you are!
@Karragh
@Karragh 4 жыл бұрын
Not sure why youtube wanted to remind me of this video again 4 years later, but glad to rewatch it again.
@MawoDuffer
@MawoDuffer 6 жыл бұрын
Twinkle little star you ask “Is that how it’s called in English?” That threw me off because you’re the only Swedish person I’ve heard with a perfect American English accent that has no half British sound to it.
@chuggaa100
@chuggaa100 6 жыл бұрын
Mawo Duffer PewDiePie
@amerlad
@amerlad 5 жыл бұрын
Mr. ElectriDictator pewdiepie's accent is nowhere near as good as hers. his sweedish accent comes out a LOT, and you can notice that he's no native. simone on the other hand... i literally thought she was american 15 videos in until she said she was sweedish... threw me off so bad.
@Nico-jd6vm
@Nico-jd6vm 5 жыл бұрын
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@reineh3477
@reineh3477 5 жыл бұрын
I saw an interview with Pewdiepie in an American talk show and he spoke with an American accent. The thing he does in his KZfaq channel is just a show.
@user-zd6xz4sf4z
@user-zd6xz4sf4z 5 жыл бұрын
@@reineh3477 even in the interview he still doesn't have a perfect accent
@daiharry8466
@daiharry8466 5 жыл бұрын
As a Chinese I found that this is so awkward it’s like the kind of drama targeted at my grandparents 😂 but it’s so weirdly hilarious.
@skchang168
@skchang168 5 жыл бұрын
This is hilarious ... btw, do you know what your Chinese Name "心萌" mean? A cute heart ... a good direct translation for your English name.
@luf4rall
@luf4rall 5 жыл бұрын
Your stress was palpable but it works for the character and the scene.
@dangkolache
@dangkolache 8 жыл бұрын
This...... this is my nightmare, I would have thrown up and run away, and just keep running till I wasn't in China anymore, or this planet.
@simonegiertz
@simonegiertz 8 жыл бұрын
Trust me, I considered just running away. I remember being in the restroom and checking if the windows were big enough for me to climb out of.
@RockLou
@RockLou 8 жыл бұрын
Exactly! This seems very shifty.
@uood5
@uood5 8 жыл бұрын
+Beau Holdsworth It's China, they don't care about laws or being legal xD
@pastek957
@pastek957 8 жыл бұрын
What a specific nightmare :D "Oh no, I played in a chinese sitcom" kind of sound like a joke xD Joke apart, I know what you meant
@dcu21
@dcu21 8 жыл бұрын
+Simone Giertz Technically thats child abuse
@g.forster6233
@g.forster6233 7 жыл бұрын
The worst day of my life: I was a gaffer on this Chinese sitcom and this Swedish chick with an American accent kept messing up her lines. It was brutal.
@ShadeSlayer1911
@ShadeSlayer1911 6 жыл бұрын
Her accent wasn't very American though.
@ShadeSlayer1911
@ShadeSlayer1911 6 жыл бұрын
Also, don't forget "and because of her screwing up so damn much, we had to work way overtime."
@helenamirian908
@helenamirian908 3 жыл бұрын
Whenever I am going to travel somewhere I make sure to learn even a little song. That way if I get in trouble I can siiiiinnnng my way out.
@victoriahesstori
@victoriahesstori 5 жыл бұрын
I lived in China for a year as a young adult... you did good. Also don't forget about the white girl phenomenon of "if you can say a few things in Chinese fairly well... Oh you did so good!"
@zzdogger
@zzdogger 7 жыл бұрын
You looked a little like young Michael Cera, like Arrested Development Michael Cera. 10/10
@AndromedaCripps
@AndromedaCripps 6 жыл бұрын
My favorite part is that you still had a heavy Swedish accent during the parts you said in English!!! 😂😂😂
@moose_squirrel_colombo5786
@moose_squirrel_colombo5786 3 жыл бұрын
Simone just continues to blow my mind with every video I-🧍🏽‍♀️
@vigi86
@vigi86 2 жыл бұрын
Hands down, this is one of my top 10 favorite videos I've ever seen!
@jackgrossman9542
@jackgrossman9542 7 жыл бұрын
I am amazed at how well you did. If I were in your place, they would have replaced me with a cardboard cutout
@ArcticaTheFox
@ArcticaTheFox 5 жыл бұрын
XD I'm wheezing because I know how hard Chinese is even as a native speaker myself and because of the satire of the show itself. I can understand like 80% of what they are trying to say and it's quite funny. Your Chinese was actually pretty good! It may have taken a lot of takes to get right but that's some true skill and talent to pull that off XP I'm just glad you don't use to ever deal with that awkwardness and pressure again. The equivalent for me would be ding a sitcom in Spanish. And they talk fast. I wouldn't last an hour in the studio without having a mental breakdown
@ARedVelvetBunnie
@ARedVelvetBunnie 5 жыл бұрын
My first language is Spanish lol, didn’t notice that we speak fast. And nah, I’m sure you’d be great
@AndromedaCripps
@AndromedaCripps 4 жыл бұрын
I love that with this on KZfaq, there's English subtitles even for all the Chinese dialogue ☺️
@maddyseiboldt5478
@maddyseiboldt5478 5 жыл бұрын
i’m so dead when i was in elementary we had a sister school in china and we learned mo li hua and sang it to them
@darcybhaiwala7057
@darcybhaiwala7057 7 жыл бұрын
I appreciate how you say yes to everything and every opportunity. Imma try and do that
@MrHarsh3600
@MrHarsh3600 7 жыл бұрын
It's not bad at all. You acting was very convincing. You are being too hard on yourself.
@TwilightAlise
@TwilightAlise 4 жыл бұрын
She literally looks like a different person 😂😂😂 Also, do you think the chinese people knew she has a swedish accent when she speaks English instead of a Canadian one or did they just not care at all? 😂
@MNeathway
@MNeathway 4 жыл бұрын
Swedish?
@TwilightAlise
@TwilightAlise 4 жыл бұрын
@@MNeathway cuz, you know, she's from Sweden? 😂
@MNeathway
@MNeathway 4 жыл бұрын
Adrija - Vilija Liepina Ah! She has unaccented English now, that is interesting
@TheBetterGamer
@TheBetterGamer 2 жыл бұрын
I still think about this video to this day. It's just... so enthralling and crazy hilarious. I'm sorry this happened to you, but I'm also really glad because it's made for an unforgettable story.
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