Am I crazy or am I getting somewhere (Noun Town Language Learning)

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0:00 study up. pizza. pizza. pizza. pizza. pizza. huge. wo jon. sorry, that's still, it's still looking for pizza. wo jon. oh shit. oh shit. gan myan jon. gan myan jon. let me try again. let me try again. gan myan jon. gan myan jon. gan myan jon.
0:59 and then what the fuck have i done man? get out of here. oh god, what the fuck is going on? maybe later, maybe. drop the shit! drop the shit! drop it! come on.
2:08 tao chi. tao chi. tao chi. tao chi. tao chi. tao chi. the chi is more fronted. what does fronted mean? more fronted. the chi is more fronted. the chi is more fronted. can i explain the four tones to you? i didn't even know the four tones were a thing, hafu. what are the four tones?
2:54 the four tones of this word, not the four tones like it's like a central tenet of mandarin. yeah, i'll hop into the discord. i mean, i'm in streaming. you also need to see the pinion. is it pinion? start there. how key? like what's key? qi. hello. okay. wow. why are you learning chinese? we just thought it would be practical to be honest.
3:42 that's awesome. okay, wait, you don't know the four tones? i don't know the four tones. you see how there's like accents on these words like 口角 it's up like the... there's four tones. okay. every sound has four tones. so let's say like, 口, right? 口 is the first tone. 口. okay. 口. it's flat. it's like not flat. it's a
4:10 okay, this ma ma ma ma. those are four tones. i don't know how to explain it too well. but the first one is like a short one. almost like untoned. okay, ma. the second one will look like the up the up one like on the tall. and that's like a question almost like up. you're going from down to up. tall. yeah.
4:36 yeah. the third one would be like, it's like a v looking thing. it's like a check mark. okay. and that's like if it was tall, it'd be tall or ma. right. it's down and then up. it's like, ah. it's physical. like you almost, you're, you're like, really? jinja? yeah. kind of like, but in one, in one, like, like
5:02 i don't know if you have an example when i could do it but and then the third one da da da da the last one is the the downward one and it's t so it's like it's like from up to down but it's like it sounds like t like i don't like it is it pitch like you're you're going down like a semi tonal okay yeah it's why it's why a lot of chinese people have perfect pitch because it's it's tonal
5:28 and that's why it sounds fucking weird when foreigners try to learn chinese. because like no, but none taken. none taken by the way. yeah, no, no, no, no. like when i watch like, if you watch any movies and they try to speak chinese, it's like so butchered. it sounds like, i don't know. anyway, but it's yeah, actually jake and jake is really like, he's like a white person who like really has the tones down. like he's got perfect tones. yes. but it's just the tones. yes, it's possible for sure.
6:01 how how how i'm going over. okay, the first one is flat untoned. the second one, quizzical, how more of a question. oh, the third one. third one is done up. oh, oh, and the fourth house. how right. how tall, tall, tall, tall. so okay.
6:32 so this one is up and then it's down. so, yeah, try it. try saying it on the thing. did it pass you? it passed me. it passed me with flying colors. holy cow.
6:50 okay, we can do one more and then i'll leave you. well, the one that's a nightmare, and i don't know if this is because it's originally like a spanish word, but taco is a disaster. i can't read chinese. i can only read the pinyin, which is like the english, you know, like i'm abc. let me see if i can get it. yeah, i need to see that. i feel like i can't. something could. probably.
7:18 i can't get rid of the dishes now. the dishes are, the dishes are, okay, there we go. okay, it's two check marks. wait, i don't know. i would say but it says double three which is weird. why is it double three? no, that's not it.
7:51 okay, can you play it? can they play it? okay, i don't know this rule. that's what they're saying. i don't know why if it's a 3 3, it's a 2 then 3. i don't know that. but... so let's do the second tone. yeah.
8:24 that's what chat saying so i'm assuming did it work? so it has to be down the knobs. yeah, like okay, it's so white but this is like tim allen in home improvement. it's like, i don't know if you know the reference but it is kind of like.
8:59 so you're like the k you're going you're going ta ku but it's ta ku like it has to go down and then up. do you hear the difference or no? i do very very very slightly. okay, ta ku
9:20 so you're going ta, which is just higher, but we have to go from down to up. right? i mean, a lot of people do this. i also can't sing. so it's part of the problem. ta, like we're going up. ta, ta, ta, ta, ta. yeah. and then we're going down and up. so we're going so slow, but you know, like no one speaks like this, but pitch is like the most important thing.
9:48 okay, i think i can do it. i just need to, i need to lock in. it's okay, here we go. here we go. did it pass you? it didn't. it didn't. let me do one more here. let me let me take one more crack at it. i really thought i think i need to hit the t a little bit more pronounced. i feel like it's right. that was two in the third. yeah, try to go a little faster.
10:25 taka. honestly, they don't pass you, they're racist. yes. yeah. i take my pass on that one anyway. i had to put that back on the ground. i mean, i'll just order rice to be honest with you if i'm ever over there. i can just say if i can't pronounce one word, i'll just never use it. that sounds fine to me. yeah, but just
10:56 i didn't know, are there any other rules? like i said, i didn't learn this way, but just like the four tones, the most important. and what you think of your mouth is rounded on the vowel, like the tough, like tough. i don't know. i know. wait a second. like in the word tough. okay.
11:27 well, if we said it quickly, i mean, i don't know why it's like i feel like it wouldn't pass me. that was not right. i could tell that's not right. it passed me. i mean, i think it is right though. but i don't really understand. i think it goes without saying i got some work to do though.
11:59 but just try to focus on the tones. the tones, i'll do my best. all right. thank you, hafu. yes, good luck. good luck. good to talk to you again. you too. later. thank you, hafu. actually, you have been watching hafu play a little tft as well. i think she's in the boxbox. i don't know what goes on in tft, but i think she's in boxbox, does like a tournament a couple times a year.
12:32 and when i watch the tft, i have no idea what's going on, but i just like to watch the little guys bump into each other now and then. okay, well, okay. now with the pinion, i might have a chance. this is huo tian. huo tian. holy shit. holy shit. wait a second. wait, wait. saved? i can't drop the dishes. let's see.
13:11 let's see. well, let's try with the rolling pin then. let's try with the rolling pin. no, that's really tough because it's three... i don't want to call them words because i don't know but...
13:51 put that one down for a second. can i walk in and out and get these dishes off of my head? huge. but when i hit that fucking, whoa, zhang, you guys were like, shit. i knew i was doing something right when i hit, whoa, zhang. great, now i gotta get five new things. now i walked in and out, now i gotta get five new things. i just learned how to say pizza and taco after all. i spent like a half hour just saying taco.
14:34 bottle. pingzi. pingzi. that's flat. pingzi. pingzi. pingzi. pingzi. pingzi. pingzi. pingzi. pingzi. pingzi. pingzi. damn it, right! pingzi. pingzi. pingzi. wait, school pickup's never gonna be the same, kate. pingzi.
15:22 please be pi pi xian bian xian bian xi ying xi ying xi ying xian bian xian bian xian bian xian bian xian bian xian bian xian bian
16:07 i can't i can't not laugh at the at the sean bean, i'm sorry. xi'an bing... xi'an bing... xi'an bing... xi'an bing... xi'an bing... yeah. xi'an bing... xi'an bing... i was showing off a little bit, it felt fucking good to be honest with you. nooooo! bad seed! bad seed, chat! bad seed! oh! pah kuh...
17:00 taku. taku. taku. taku. taku. taku. taku. taku. taku. taku. taku. put that shit down. i don't want to see that shit again for a minute. basket. lanzi. lanzi. lanzi. lanzi.
17:57 yeah, man. yeah. yeah, yeah. kate, we ever go to china, we're gonna be eating a lot of pie. we're gonna be eating a shitload of pie.
19:02 okay, this is the fourth tone. this is like the tongue. okay, now we fucking practice man. now we fucking practice. basket of course is.
19:56 lan... zi. lan... zi. lan... zi. xian bing.
21:06 we fucking run this town. don't even get me started on taco. what the hell are you? ping kan. ping kan. ping kan. ping kan. completely forgot you. lan ze. lan ze. lan ze. ta ke. and then i need, i need bottle. can i get bottle? can i get bottle? bottle? can i get bottle? can i get the bottle that i dropped down there? can i drop the bottle down there? can i get the bottle? can i get the bottle? i don't know what bottle is. ping ji.
21:58 yeah, okay. this should be one of one. i'm mousing over it like i can sound out the fucking characters.
23:18 taku, taku, lan chi, lan chi, pong, gaudian, lan zi, lan zi, lan zi. a little jog my memory on this one. bing kang, bing kang, bing kang. yeah. you've reached the limit of words that should be learned in one l, s, and one day. really?
24:17 mǎo qī jīzhōng qī jīzhōng bù liběi mai fēn bāo xiān mòo mai fēn
25:02 that's... i think i'm doing pretty well on... after this, all i'm gonna know how to pronounce is taco, man. the lessons console. oh shit. negative with what? learn to make negative sentences.
25:37 by putting this before the verb. i haven't even learned any verbs, man. i don't know. well, let's fucking see. i guess. i haven't. i know that one. they're saying i'm kyle, not. i'm rocky. damn.
26:20 i don't know if i'm ready for this, man. this is a pretty cool tool though. rocky selected neee how? neee how? i'm ready. i'm ready. neee how? neee how? oh, it's not my line. oh, i'm fucking rocky. i'm fucked! woah boo shee kire. woah boo shee kire. woah boo shee kire.
27:14 holy fuck. i gotta relax myself a little bit here. she is like, sure, s h e r, sure, sure.
27:54 i do not sound like i'm saying you are naked gay. that is not, i don't believe that that's what i'm saying.
28:38 i don't believe that that even if i think i'm saying i am rocky. i think i'm saying i am rocky. i don't believe i am saying i am naked gay. woshalochy. woshalochy. woshalochy. why this fucker have to be named rocky, man? that's hard as fuck. woshalochy. woshalochy. woshalochy. woshalochy. woshalochy. sure.
29:34 woh shuh lu, woh shuh lu qi, woh shuh lu qi. woh shuh lu qi. woh shuh lu qi. perfect. test. hi. are you kyle? i'm not kyle. woh bo shuh me kaya. woh shuh lu qi. woh shuh lu qi. i'm rocky, bro. lesson complete.
30:22 pingkan! pingkan! motherfucker! okay, okay. tomorrow. don't be surprised if i show up moving a little different. that's all i'm gonna say. don't be surprised if i show up moving a little different. seed vending machine? select seed. how it works. the color seed machine dispenses seeds. use these to plant colorful flowers around the island. do speaking on the seed and throw it on the floor to see it grow?
31:04 some days the cs will present a new color seed. do this to learn the seed and re enable them to access the seed selection. what do you got for me? oh shit! blue! this is a big word, man! l'anne? well, let's look at the pinion. l'anne? l'anne? l'anne? l'anne? woop! get roasted. l'anne? you got anything else for me? dispense a random known seed color. l'anne?
31:57 the land house with the land window. pichu. pichu. pichu. doing great, man. doing great. so, it's not easy. it's not easy. hafu literally said it was impossible for white devils like me to learn how to speak mandarin. so, the fact that we've learned a few words, that's pretty good. am i... how offensive is the term white devil, by the way?
32:31 i'm asking, by the way, don't answer that if you're white. if you're chinese, how offensive is the term white devil? you can say it. i appreciate that. thank you. let's learn some new... well, you know what? fuck it. let's test ourselves again. i'm sorry. coffee is funny. so this is tone one. tone one. coffee. coffee. coffee. coffee. coffee. coffee.
33:17 think singing tone but flat. cafe, cafe. guangpan. guangpan. guangpan. guangpan. guangpan. guangpan. guangpan. guangpan. guangpan. smogged. nuru. let me get the beef. can i get the beef, brother? niouzhou. niouzhou. niouzhou. niouzhou.
34:21 niu jiu niu jiu niu jiu niu jiu it's r? am i freaking out? they keep saying j. niu jiu that's j. niu jiu that's j, man! niu jiu niu jiu niu jiu niu jiu niu jiu niu jiu niu jiu niu jiu alright.
35:26 row like fish eggs? i mean, i'm not, it's not, really, do you think so? nio and row, really? anyone in chat watching on bilibili right now, which one's closer? that's better, that sounds, it sounds nothing like what they're asking for. it sounds nothing like what they're asking for though. it's closer but it needs, i didn't even know you could be between an r and a j to be honest. this is all news to me. pijio. she really wants one. pijio. pijio.
36:23 fuck it bro, we run this town. um, coffee, cafe, and of course a cd, which we all know is... guangpan. guangpan. and you are pansi. panzai. panzai. like bonsai. panzai. pick it up, bro. freaking pick it up. pick it up, dude! oh no, great, now i gotta learn stereo. yin xiang. yin xiang. yin xiang.
37:00 yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang yin xiang
37:35 because vince young loved to listen to the stereo at the cheesecake factory. yin xian! chopsticks, this seems like a big one. kuai tzu. kuai tzu. kuai tzu. kuai tzu. kuai tzu. kuai tzu. kuai tzu. man, this is another good one, man. amazing one hour in and he has perfect tonal pronunciation. ricky, this game has made me feel like the ricky peacock of twitch, for sure. you ready for this? cai ten.
38:18 i know it's vince young, but what are the tones on vince young here? not enough s.
39:32 oh shit. wait, it's so doable, man. it's so doable. yes! motherfucker. motherfucker. motherfucker. okay. okay. okay. better. closer. warmer. we need two more. we need to master two more. meat skewer! okay. ròu... ròu zhuān. ròu zhuān. ròu zhuān.
40:28 ro chuan, ro chuan. zou chuan. ro chuan. zou chuan. ro chuan, ro chuan. rogue one, rogue one, cuz the critics tried to skewer it. they didn't, but if it helps us remember. the box that has a box in it? ke zi. ke zi. a lot of this. ke? ke zi. okay, should i be going, hey,
41:11 or should i be going, kwoo tzuh? kwe tzuh, kwe tzuh. cuz this sounds like a q to me. kwe tzuh. kwe tzuh, kwe tzuh. i'm not trolling, this is a q. kwe tzuh. this sounds like kwe tzuh, kwe tzuh. kwe tzuh. a harsh h. kwe tzuh. kwe tzuh, kwe tzuh. kwe tzuh. kwe tzuh, kwe tzuh.
41:54 huzuh? huzuh? nah man, i'm not sure about this one. i can do this. rou chuan rou chuan rou chuan rou chuan rou chuan sad, gotta be those. rou chuan rou chuan rou chuan rou chuan
43:01 is korean not tonal? now korean takes a very bold approach of the letters always sound the same, which is crazy. and also like why isn't every language design like that where like the character always has like exactly the same pronunciation every single time? it really, really doesn't. there's some edge cases, but like 99% of the time you look at a word and you go, oh, computer.
43:29 like i don't know who king shilla or no way this was say john say john was fucking on one when he invented hongu man the dude was fucking operating at a level he was vibrating at a higher frequency let's put it that way. so try.
44:18 zai dan, zai dan. that's the right mic. also can i say w to the developers? starting with the master volume on 50 and then like all the things about like literally this is how streamers want their audio balance. i don't know if every developer should be making their game for streamers in mind but this is literally perfect. i think it's the first time i've ever seen this. that's incredible. zai dan, zai dan, zai dan, zai dan,
45:14 i don't remember you at all, man. can i get the pinion? can you use it in a sentence? that is fucked up. that didn't feel like that should be right. the fuck are you?
46:15 we ready, y'all. i went tone two instead of tone one, i think.
47:20 what the fuck are you? what the fuck are you again? i forgot you. can i get a helper on this one? hey, see, see more h. see quite good. it sounds so much like a fucking h to me or like a like a q to me. quite. wait, that's fucking chopsticks. cool. i eat. so you learn more words. no, no, no, man. we're chilling. we're chilling. shit. shit.
48:14 the hell's going on over here? magic cat? i can do this. what's pie again? shun bing. shun bing. shun bing. niao zhou. meat. zhou chuan. meat. pen zai. plant. coffee. pi jiao. beer. zhou chuan. meat. coffee. kuai zhe.
48:51 that was really fucking good. that was really, really fucking good.
49:29 and i didn't realize how much box and chopsticks sound similar. box and chopsticks sound exactly the same, bro. they don't at all? let's put them next to each other and fucking find out, okay? everybody relax. there's a white boy with one hour of language lessons here to solve a long term problem. ready? okay, they're different. you're right.
50:12 what's going on with this though? the lessons console? daily routine. i get up around 7. why so late buddy? what time do you get up? the culture understander. every morning. i get up at 8. i'm ready.
51:05 first i'll play the role of px296. i was fucking on for the first part.
52:05 i get every morning i get a skewer. every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered. i get every morning i get skewered.
52:40 i get up around seven. what time do you get up? every morning, i get up at eight. wow, i'm fucking awesome. they could have mixed it up a little bit. they could have mixed it up. running it in sequence is kind of crazy. this time, i'll be playing the role of honey. i'm the only one who can make me happy.
53:16 i could have told you that. they're not even giving me a fucking chance, man.
53:52 they didn't even give me a fucking chance, man. they're failing me instantly. woda gai chi jian chi chuang. woda gai chi jian chi chuang. woda gai chi jian chi chuang. no, no way. no way, man. but... ni ji rian chi chuang. ni ji rian chi chuang.
54:30 wait, i'm actually kind of crazy? maybe i do just need to say it fast. wo da gai chi jian chi chuang. wo da gai chi jian chi chuang. ni ji jian chi chuang. ni ji jian chi... ni ji jian chi chuang. ni ji jian chuang.
55:23 you're right, the game's easy when you're already fluent like me. the head wiggle is crazy. i don't know what to tell you, it makes me more fluent, man. it makes me more fluent.
55:40 you know, the way that i want to learn this language now, i wish there was just a room and they fucking locked you in manacles and strapped you into a table and then someone in a lab coat, maybe with like a fucking tight ponytail and some glasses, came in and just put an object in front of you and didn't even fucking say anything. just like i had a clipboard and a pencil and i go, kuai zi, pan zai, ro zhong,
56:13 just over and over. i just want, i want that for hours and hours and hours. how? pee gee? pee geo? pee in geo? pee geo? pee geo? nailed it. fuck it, bro. what is it? 11 a.m.? let's learn five more words. wait, where else? do i have new emails? i gotta, i gotta find a hidden robot part somewhere, i suppose. or can i access my map and go
57:05 to the fucking island, man. that's where you start. that's where you start, bro. you know what's great is that if you watch the stream, you're gonna learn... man, they're in chinese as well. you can't say that for any other stream. coffee. coffee. eboard. what's crazy is like i'm also learning words here, but i'm not getting in game progress, so i'm like, wow, this isn't the most efficient way to learn the language.
57:56 that's stupid. like why would i learn words for free when i could get xp for learning them in the cafe, bro? stool. let's learn that one.