I learned pi-man in school...
It smells. Smells bad.
Green... green....
Green... thing...
In Japan there is a vegetable called pi-man.
I am gonna go and ask Japanese now to explain the word pi-man to me
in English. Let's see if they can do that. Let's go Ask Japanese!
What is this?
Pi-man!
Please explain pi-man to me in English.
I learned pi-man in school...
Green...
- Green? - Like your hair?
Noooo
- What? - Green green... green
Vegetable...
What's "bitter" in English again?
No sweet!
Not sweet indeed...
No sweet green vegetable...
No delicious!
Delicious
Isn't it bitter though? Bitter...
Bitter so?
- Bitter? - Bencha? Bita?
And it smells! It smells!
Circle. Long circle!
A long circle??
What's thin? ... Slim!
Slim???
Many pips ... what's that in English..
They are like beans so...
- What's beans? - I think I know this...
Beans ... beans ...
I will look this up online...
Grain!
Green, bitter..., grain... delicious.... vegetable.
OK.
Pi-man is money.
Pi-man is ... money come on!
Money yeah! Pi-man yeah! Come on!
Something like that.
Paprika!
PaprikaF
in a different color
food.
Pi-man is a friend of paprika.
Green vegetable and paprika are friends.
Open ... empty!
- Okay? - Okay!
Really?!
Ok the answer is...
green peppers.
Green peppers? I have heard that one before!
Got it! Paprika! Paprika!
Paprika ... in green.
Red paprika just green.
Red paprika? NO! Green!
- What? - Won't paprika just work?
Paprika!
- Just in green right. - Green paprika.
You can say paprika but you can also say green peppers.
Pa-pepper!
The answer is... pi-man is green peppers.
- Green pepper? - Green paper?
I see paper!
- Peppers not paper. - Oh pepper...
If I said green paper that that would mean...
We would go back to the money topic.
- Green paper money. - Or green tissues.
Green...
thing.
I can only say green and then...
You don't mean green peppers, do you?
Green peppers!
I forgot the English of pi-man.
- What is this? - Pi-man
Imagine I am a non-Japanese speaking foreigner. Explain pi-man to me please.
Green paprika, isn't it?!
- You got it. - Go me!
You got it pretty much in one go.
Those were all the questions. Thank you.
At what point in the video did you figure out what they were talking about?
Let us know. Btw, pi-man is "Grüne Paprika" in German.
What is it in your language? Looking forward to reading it.
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