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My Friend Wakes Up From Coma Speaking Fluent Chinese, Locals Shocked

Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约
2024 ж. 15 Мам.
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My friend Ben McMahon @redrooben520 woke up from a coma years ago speaking fluent Mandarin, and you can watch the story of that full encounter here: • He Woke Up From a Coma... but anyway today we're here in New York City Chinatown surprising people by speaking Chinese and seeing what they think of his coma-induced Chinese!
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0:00 Intro
0:38 Sponsored by Helix Sleep
2:28 Buying bok choy in Mandarin
3:43 He overhears us speaking Chinese...!
4:01 Sugarcane street vendor
5:28 Stranger explains vegetables to foreigners
7:03 Speaking Mandarin and Cantonese with a vegetable vendor
8:28 Speaking Mandarin and Shanghainese at a newspaper stand
10:36 Buying fish heads from street market
11:42 Trying an "American" sandwich
12:50 "Foreigners can't handle this!"
14:24 Ordering diebiang from a Fuzhounese street vendor
15:46 "Wait, how can you speak Chinese too?!"
18:07 Helping a Chinese man read his medicine bottle
18:41 Conclusion
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  • Thank you Helix Sleep for sponsoring! Click here helixsleep.com/xiaomanyc to get 25% off your Helix mattress, plus two free pillows. Speaking of sleep…have any of you ever tried learning a language in your sleep?! Should I try??? 😁😁😁

    @xiaomanyc@xiaomanyc6 ай бұрын

    • I'm visiting NYC next month my first time taking grandaughter's to see the tree

      @hydro6917@hydro69176 ай бұрын

    • Sure! Give it a go, Arieh!

      @Dan5819@Dan58196 ай бұрын

    • Bad mouthing their Bad english in mandarin was hilarious😂

      @JaSon-wc4pn@JaSon-wc4pn6 ай бұрын

    • Free Palestine 🇵🇸

      @Smeowtime@Smeowtime6 ай бұрын

    • From the river to the sea 🇵🇸

      @subliminalmeditation6996@subliminalmeditation69966 ай бұрын

  • Having a mattress company sponsor this video was a stroke of genius. "Our Mattresses are so good they will put you in a coma and teach you Mandarin"

    @danielreed5199@danielreed51996 ай бұрын

    • ☠☠☠

      @tediumswing@tediumswing6 ай бұрын

    • I had the same thought lol

      @DecoyTroy@DecoyTroy6 ай бұрын

    • 😂

      @kimsj7305@kimsj73056 ай бұрын

    • Good luck returning it in the same box, lol

      @jlexusjlexus8214@jlexusjlexus82146 ай бұрын

    • why would you return it though@@jlexusjlexus8214

      @QuackCow144@QuackCow1446 ай бұрын

  • 6:40 dude didnt care you could speak Mandarin he was just glad he could explain the veggies in a language he knew. Awesome guy!

    @SirFloofy001@SirFloofy0016 ай бұрын

    • Seriously, the stress of not being understood and having to deploy makeshift sign language just disappeared

      @AW-xc1xc@AW-xc1xc4 ай бұрын

  • the guy who asked for help with the medicine near the end was so wholesome. perfect interaction lol.

    @bobbyrandomguy1489@bobbyrandomguy14896 ай бұрын

    • I was thinking what a beautiful moment that was too

      @catshez@catshez6 ай бұрын

    • true joy

      @EkkoMr@EkkoMr6 ай бұрын

    • He was so happy

      @xxchris@xxchris6 ай бұрын

    • What part of Chinatown were you in? Flushing ?

      @annehu2000@annehu20005 ай бұрын

    • Best part is when he says "Nah it's someone else im just chilling here" like lmao.

      @CaptainBuggyTheClown@CaptainBuggyTheClown5 ай бұрын

  • 5:25 I love that the lady says you guys are a smart but she’s also speaking three languages :D

    @Automalice@Automalice6 ай бұрын

    • she knows she smart too bruh

      @kinidiosodlosios6892@kinidiosodlosios68926 ай бұрын

    • @@kinidiosodlosios6892yea in the East, accepting a compliment is seen as you are not humble

      @Sabbath_x@Sabbath_x6 ай бұрын

    • She was trying to trip them up and talk smack. Notice they didn't repeat what she said.

      @fortyfukinseven@fortyfukinseven27 күн бұрын

  • 6:40 I love how this elder was just excited to talk more about his favorite recipes and barley reacted to the language swap 😂 ❤

    @WorldWendell@WorldWendell6 ай бұрын

  • "He doesn't speak English either. He's Australian." 😂 To be fair, depending what part of the continent a person is from, there are some Australians whose accent is so thick and they use so much slang that I can't understand them lol

    @skatardrummer1@skatardrummer16 ай бұрын

    • Slang never 😅

      @beverleythompson8841@beverleythompson88416 ай бұрын

    • Sounds like ppl from Newfoundland in Canada

      @ImVeryBrad@ImVeryBrad6 ай бұрын

    • I can't find it, but like a decade or so ago there was an Aussie on the Today Show and he used so much slang and his accent was so thick, they were like, wtf is he saying 🤣

      @skatardrummer1@skatardrummer16 ай бұрын

    • Australia is a country, not a continent. The continent is Oceania and the collection of landmasses is known as Australasia.

      @YourPalHDee@YourPalHDee6 ай бұрын

    • @@YourPalHDee They never said the opposite, but thanks

      @rathernotsayatall@rathernotsayatall6 ай бұрын

  • I've been meaning to see more of Ben. His story is so under-rated, and he should really be a celebrity in China.

    @footystar1GamingOfficial@footystar1GamingOfficial6 ай бұрын

    • he actually is!

      @jemychua18@jemychua186 ай бұрын

    • It’s totally fake

      @NativeAsElizabethWarren@NativeAsElizabethWarren6 ай бұрын

    • @@NativeAsElizabethWarren If you bothered to watch the news more often, you'd know about it, wouldn't you?

      @footystar1GamingOfficial@footystar1GamingOfficial6 ай бұрын

    • He should pay for the lie he's telling and be forced to give back the money he earned illegally thanks to it

      @the_bug_bus3882@the_bug_bus38826 ай бұрын

    • @@the_bug_bus3882That’s a strong stance. I’m only familiar with his story from a brief google search after seeing the start of this video. Do you have any cited evidence that he’s lied?

      @FuhqEwe@FuhqEwe5 ай бұрын

  • Ben is such a positive & charismatic person. Great collab! Enjoyed the idea of you guys talking to merchants in English then speaking Mandarin to each other to discuss pricing / or gossip. Turns the table when it's usually the other way around. Would be cool to see an extended version of that! It's also really dope when you give little notes with the asterisk to teach stuff culturally about languages such as the whole "foreigner" concept!

    @AzianFrog@AzianFrog6 ай бұрын

    • Xiaoma has a million videos that feature what you wanted an "extended version" of. Just watched those

      @RachelDavis705@RachelDavis7056 ай бұрын

    • It's like calling someone "gringo" when travelling abroad... like, my dude, you are the gringo now.

      @rogercruz1547@rogercruz15475 ай бұрын

  • That couple with the kid was cool! Nice little conversation. Kinda sad to hear her talk about not being good at studying and all she could do is sell stuff in the streets. They seem like a nice couple though. All three of them smiled a lot. (=

    @kendobc@kendobc6 ай бұрын

    • Yeah she was really good. I was a bad student too. No shame in selling stuff on the Street. She's a Retail Business Woman xx

      @DJCoachCookie68@DJCoachCookie685 ай бұрын

  • Dude each of your videos are pretty similar but it's so fun watching people's reactions to your language abilities, I think it's your charisma that keeps everything fun and entertaining.

    @CGR89@CGR895 ай бұрын

    • exactly

      @hy2rochlor1c@hy2rochlor1c5 ай бұрын

  • Man I love watching people hearing their native tongue. Always brings a light to a persons eyes. Much love

    @ku0xy@ku0xy6 ай бұрын

  • I wake up from a nap losing all cognitive ability for at least 10 mins, this guy wakes up with a whole degree in another language... dudes a real g 💯

    @sukamayoutube2323@sukamayoutube23236 ай бұрын

    • No, he already spoke Chinese

      @sargassum6190@sargassum61906 ай бұрын

    • ​@@sargassum6190but it was funny

      @MsHillsdale@MsHillsdale6 ай бұрын

    • He should pay for the lie he's telling and be forced to give back the money he earned illegally thanks to it

      @the_bug_bus3882@the_bug_bus38826 ай бұрын

    • actually that period right after you wake up from a nap can often be a sweet spot for creativity

      @SmartWatches-xu6ri@SmartWatches-xu6ri4 күн бұрын

  • the older man asking about the vitamins was so wholesome

    @Fa1ry@Fa1ry6 ай бұрын

  • duuude. the last one got me. teared me up a lil bit .so nice that u were able to help someone. great content as allways. greetings from germany. ;-*

    @jeffreak7968@jeffreak79686 ай бұрын

  • Australian guy is funny, he’s having fun with his Mandarin 😂

    @BornGam3r@BornGam3r6 ай бұрын

  • Another great colab, I love all the positivity and smiles. Thank you!

    @facetiouslyinsolent8313@facetiouslyinsolent83136 ай бұрын

  • I absolutely loved this episode of your adventures, you guys are true diplomats between cultures that don't often understand each other, it is a fun and fine thing to watch, thank you both! Cheers from PNW Canada!

    @Ogsonofgroo@Ogsonofgroo6 ай бұрын

  • "He doesn't speak English either, he's from Australia" 😂

    @TS34675@TS346756 ай бұрын

  • This video was so wholesome! I loved you helping that guy at the end!

    @Jabozanator@Jabozanator6 ай бұрын

  • This one was hilarious! The astonished reactions followed by laid back conversation is just the best.

    @realmaindrianpace@realmaindrianpace6 ай бұрын

  • Whilst I don't speak any of the language, I can tell you as a horticulturalist that the flowers on the vegetables actually mean they're end of growing season and about to go to seed, they'll be more starchy and way less sweet. They lied to you about that repeatedly.... It literally means they're on their way out and past their best, don't be conned by them in future.

    @paulrichardspencer@paulrichardspencer6 ай бұрын

  • Another great video,I always sit here with a smile on my face watching these videos.I love the interaction.

    @ashleyadkins1101@ashleyadkins11016 ай бұрын

  • I love the Addidas guy didn’t question at all your Chinese he just switched to explaining in Chinese

    @Jason-gq8fo@Jason-gq8fo6 ай бұрын

  • Your channel gives me such a serotonin boost

    @kleebaggins@kleebaggins6 ай бұрын

  • family at the end is sweet. rooting for them. nice vid

    @ce8539@ce85396 ай бұрын

  • i could watch these videos for hours lol, so entertaining and this australian guy is amazing

    @Mossbergg@Mossbergg6 ай бұрын

  • The conversations you have with all of the vendors are so interesting here.

    @mythcrab6047@mythcrab60476 ай бұрын

    • Yes, I agree. Hearing their thoughts is the best part. He really gets them interested.

      @himothaniel@himothaniel6 ай бұрын

  • So cute I love this ❤💕 super fun and encouraging to hear people learning and speaking other languages

    @Kassimoe@Kassimoe6 ай бұрын

  • ..needed a good laugh today and got it with these two jokers....Thanx so much and it's always fun watching to see what kind of trouble you can get into!

    @felixzapata9058@felixzapata90586 ай бұрын

  • Keep em coming! Love these videos❤

    @rosiebridgeman7913@rosiebridgeman79135 ай бұрын

  • Been trying to figure out why I love these videos so much. It's the New York love. Everything is there. Everyone is there. Greatest city ever.

    @psiclops521@psiclops5213 ай бұрын

  • that's funny speaking Mandarin to each other but English to them 🤣

    @danhard8440@danhard84406 ай бұрын

  • Nice of you to help that guy at the end! 😊

    @AdornThyHeadset@AdornThyHeadset6 ай бұрын

  • ben , june and you together would be the best video ever! . the bantering. the sarcasm , impressing people with thier chinese etc. Just saying!

    @ImHydro16@ImHydro165 ай бұрын

  • 17:35 Baby is so small and the mother is already saying "this man is a good student, you should be one too!" hahahah

    @rogercruz1547@rogercruz15475 ай бұрын

  • Man Xiaoma, all your videos are so inspiring, I just downloaded HelloChinese - getting this party started ❤

    @bisonbisonbison@bisonbisonbison6 ай бұрын

  • I love your videos, you’ve really really inspired me to speak Mandarin I’ve been practicing more and more. Now I just need to find a school in New York to help me and improve even more.

    @garybinnyc@garybinnyc6 ай бұрын

  • So great when you do these longer videos !!

    @Rick-pt4ox@Rick-pt4ox6 ай бұрын

  • Yes, I watch your videos because of the people's response, and the love and kindness shared amongst everyone you meet, it's truly beautiful.

    @stephfran9761@stephfran97616 ай бұрын

  • Xioma I see you walking down the streets sometimes near StuyTown! I'm too scared to go up to you though but I love your videos and watch every one of them! I think you should try learning Lithuanian, definitely one of the most difficult languages to learn for foreigners.

    @herkusbut@herkusbut6 ай бұрын

  • I don't speak mandarin but I can tell he is seriously good. His accent sounds on point, and the way he speaks flows so smoothly and confidently.

    @Davidgon100@Davidgon1002 ай бұрын

  • 4:33 that was hilarious 🤣 "..we didn't realize you could understand us...." Danke

    @HeroInTheSun@HeroInTheSun6 ай бұрын

  • This was so much fun to watch the video was over before I knew it!

    @BlastedBilly@BlastedBilly5 ай бұрын

  • Is that your son? What a cutie!! And, advantaged, to be taught different languages from you, Dad!!

    @meredithheath5272@meredithheath527213 күн бұрын

  • i just love you know their language and theyre all like YOURE A GENIUS!!! lol

    @paydn202@paydn2026 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for the video guys

    @-RONNIE@-RONNIE6 ай бұрын

  • I missed your Chinese videos! Thank you!

    @rathernotsayatall@rathernotsayatall6 ай бұрын

  • This channel always makes my day! :)

    @dancewomyn1@dancewomyn16 ай бұрын

  • You guys are GREAT!!!

    @juliemanarin4127@juliemanarin41276 ай бұрын

  • Great looking kid. So happy for you.

    @jodydorsett8726@jodydorsett87266 ай бұрын

  • Always so amazing to see how you can connect with totally different cultures simply by learning their language. Awesome vid as always, I liked the guest a lot as well. Very fluent speaker, just waiting on my coma so I can wake up and speak it (ik that's not exactly what happened for him to just "wake up" and be fluent but yk what I mean 😂)

    @youthought878@youthought8786 ай бұрын

  • You two are absolute menaces! Only 5 minutes in and my cheeks are sore from laughing so hard

    @iUseVegas@iUseVegas6 ай бұрын

  • Love the dude at the end saying: “No I’m just chilling here” 😅 getting his Fish Oil Capsules read!

    @chadbailey7038@chadbailey70386 ай бұрын

  • Nice video! Im surprised you didn't ask the people what they think of your friends backstory, would be a nice topic for conversations

    @Wattchn@Wattchn6 ай бұрын

  • Muy divertido el video. Se echaban de menos estos videos. Son super geniales!

    @DjDeepcore@DjDeepcore6 ай бұрын

  • Very nice you helped out the Elder with reading the English on the vitamin bottles

    @paulnakamura8103@paulnakamura81035 ай бұрын

  • You're very gracious Ari

    @bexactlyyy@bexactlyyy6 ай бұрын

  • WOW! Nearly 6 Million Subscribers! Well Done! :)

    @edwardsnowdenofficial@edwardsnowdenofficial6 ай бұрын

  • Loved the interactions great viedo

    @beardown6574@beardown65746 ай бұрын

  • This is a fun episode 👍🏼

    @charlesblack2523@charlesblack25236 ай бұрын

  • It’s so awesome you learned all these different languages. You should try learning Albanian there’s a big community of Albanians in NYC especially in the Bronx, Little Italy

    @devwev3907@devwev39075 ай бұрын

  • Excellent video. Rewatch value!

    @43Aquaman@43Aquaman6 ай бұрын

  • Well done guys ❤❤❤❤

    @caniacstevehenderson7115@caniacstevehenderson71156 ай бұрын

  • good stuff as always.

    @jftt42@jftt426 ай бұрын

  • Good luck getting it back in the box they shopped it in when trying to return

    @davidgollinger7376@davidgollinger73765 ай бұрын

  • You live in such a great place to practice your languages.

    @robj2704@robj27046 ай бұрын

  • Amazing video guys !

    @corev4lues@corev4lues5 ай бұрын

  • Really enjoyed this video, you two are like a comedy double act. 😂

    @joek9743@joek97436 ай бұрын

  • Love these videos ❤❤❤

    @munaosman7563@munaosman75636 ай бұрын

  • I’ve watched red roo ben quite a bit, how has this collab improved so much? He barely uploads!

    @zomboxsniper4532@zomboxsniper45325 ай бұрын

  • mate, you should come to Australia too! Sydney has a really nice China town in the city and another one in the suburbs.

    @Flare03l@Flare03l6 ай бұрын

  • Congrats on 6 mill!

    @Anakis-san@Anakis-san6 ай бұрын

  • These two guys are so cool. 😇🍻

    @LetThatStuffGo@LetThatStuffGo6 ай бұрын

  • 18:29 Oh my god its so wholesome

    @Scyth3934@Scyth39346 ай бұрын

  • Flash: Ran for the entirety of his life. One day, lightning strikes him, and he now runs faster. The Hulk: Dedicated his life to science. One day, he is exposed to gamma radiation, and now he is stronger. Ben: Learned Mandarin in high school. One day, he gets into a car accident and slips into a coma, and now he speaks Mandarin more fluently. Ben McMahon is a superhero ladies and gentlemen. I figured it out.

    @konskript2550@konskript25506 ай бұрын

  • I love them so much

    @miawinter8142@miawinter81422 ай бұрын

  • Great video! keep'em coming! lol

    @Drftnyc@Drftnyc6 ай бұрын

  • It is great that you have so much street food available

    @monkeymanoki@monkeymanoki5 ай бұрын

  • OMG! Xiaomanyc!! YOU HAVE *COMPETITION* NOW!

    @simonngo7513@simonngo75136 ай бұрын

  • Go on dude!

    @ElishaTasteTrek@ElishaTasteTrek6 ай бұрын

  • Since I was a little kid, I've said if I could have one wish, it'd be the ability to understand, speak, read, and write any language I come across fluently. I could use it to make a good living as a translator, talk to anyone, learn and teach, decode dead languages, travel the world, and reveal ancient history we've lost to time. That would be heavenly for me despite my being an anti-social, anxiety suffering goof. I love languages, but my memory is poor and I get frustrated easily due to mental health issues. I keep trying to dive back into Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin, and ASL but my mental clarity and will to be patient seems to have bottomed out.

    @demonsorrows@demonsorrows6 ай бұрын

    • Exact same deal with me, everything you said, except for ASL since I havent started learning it, yet, but I want to. And I'd add Russian (I taught myself to read Russian and wanna learn more).

      @drix4275@drix42756 ай бұрын

    • @@drix4275 Russian was the first language I wanted to learn, but my schools had German and Spanish (I chose German.) Spoke it a lot with my friends in high school, but forgot most of it. Several years back started dipping in the languages previously mentioned. ASL being the most recent. If you're interested, a good app for learning it is Intersign ASL. Both free and paid get all the lessons and paid gives access to little extras like games. They use clips of ASL teachers signing the words and sentences, acts a bit like most language apps but suited for ASL. It's nice.

      @demonsorrows@demonsorrows6 ай бұрын

    • Imagine being called into a dig site where they found an ancient tablet from a long gone civilization because they know you're the only one, and you go: *reads lost text, mouths the words* "This is a complaint about clay quality. Also the clay supplier's name was Mahamalamadingdong. Last name Johnson." ^o^

      @drix4275@drix42756 ай бұрын

    • @@drix4275 Jesus Loves you so much! You may not think it but there is a reason you’re seeing this. He wants you to know Him so you Two can have a Relationship:)😊

      @Jesus_Loves_you2499@Jesus_Loves_you24996 ай бұрын

    • @@Jesus_Loves_you2499 Is Jesus gay?

      @drix4275@drix42756 ай бұрын

  • Awesome!

    @bawili@bawili3 ай бұрын

  • In France, we're also used to eat spinach this way, or even with some vinegar and garlic. 😉

    @Yeino@Yeino6 ай бұрын

  • Lol this was classic one for the books 😂💪🏿

    @fowlermotorsportz323TV@fowlermotorsportz323TV6 ай бұрын

  • stay strong 💪🏻

    @dawnduskeveryday@dawnduskeveryday6 ай бұрын

  • That was a good video from a guy that is from Australia and also could speak good Mandarin I was thinking maybe in his Como he might have an ancestor is from China I could be wrong but as always keep up the good work you guys are amazing😊😊😊😊👋👋👋👋

    @guadalupegauna1509@guadalupegauna15096 ай бұрын

  • Since you went to Wales for a video, I think you should try and understand the hardest dialects of the UK, find the people with the strongest accents too! I think you'd struggle to match or understand the Scottish and Scouse dialects!

    @FrakJags@FrakJags6 ай бұрын

    • better yet, try cornish LOL

      @samanatu4123@samanatu41236 ай бұрын

    • I would love to see Ari/Xiaoma learn Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic)!

      @eat_pray_porg8450@eat_pray_porg84506 ай бұрын

  • Italians wash, batter n fry the squash flowers. Very expensive to buy! Delicious.

    @Nanette322@Nanette3226 ай бұрын

  • i love it when Ben McMahon tell everyone, why should he not speak Chinese, everyone here speak Chinese. LOL

    @philipthao8527@philipthao85276 ай бұрын

  • Sugar cane is so good!! Straight sugar water, if you put Tajin Mexican candy salt it taste pretty great

    @thebudgetfisherman740@thebudgetfisherman7406 ай бұрын

  • He hit her with a Mao Zedong quote @9:38 I’m dead 😂😂

    @Grogu01@Grogu015 ай бұрын

  • Red Roo Ben is an aussie legend

    @zomboxsniper4532@zomboxsniper45325 ай бұрын

  • Your baby is to adorable

    @jakemcmurray8593@jakemcmurray85936 ай бұрын

  • Great video ... I could watch a couple more hours worth.

    @BennoHaas@BennoHaas6 ай бұрын

  • Always fun

    @steve1311@steve13116 ай бұрын

  • Doing an ad about getting a good nights sleep is actually quite genius given the nature of the video.

    @lewisramos2445@lewisramos24456 ай бұрын

  • Great and funny video!

    @MrAngV@MrAngV6 ай бұрын

  • this video came just in time, last week i started to learn mandarin, because i felt like just doing it. i mean, it must feel awesome to handle more than 1 language, i already speak english at an advanced level (c1) coming from a native spanish speaker. i feel very commited to keep practicing

    @itsdokko2990@itsdokko29906 ай бұрын

    • Wow you definitely speak english really well, I thought you were native from how you wrote this comment, coming from a “no sabo” 😅

      @letti4285@letti42856 ай бұрын

    • Echale ganas güey!

      @jxg0314@jxg03146 ай бұрын

    • sí

      @jasoncary7957@jasoncary79576 ай бұрын

    • Yo también pero el japonés ! It feels awesome 😊

      @TheOMAR617@TheOMAR6176 ай бұрын

    • @@letti4285 HEhhe thanks! Definitely staying on the english side of the internet for many years has helped quite a lot

      @itsdokko2990@itsdokko29906 ай бұрын

  • 🤣 you made my day guys

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