Hello! Welcome back to another episode of...
...TwoSet Chinese.
We decided to switch it up today,
and test our skills in Chinese.
We speak Chinese,
- we grew up in households that spoke primarily Mandarin, - Mm-hmm.
But then we went overseas to New Zealand, then Australia,
- when we were like two, three, four years old, right? - Yeah.
We thought it'd be fun to see
how much Chinese we can actually remember.
We studied a little bit when we were kids,
- I studied a little bit but I quit really early, - Yeah.
so, it's pretty non-existent.
I quit when I got to like, grade 6 level, to be honest.
We're going to be using this app called HelloChinese,
because they have Traditional Chinese,
and neither of us have learned Simplified.
We're gonna pick some different lessons,
and then we'll just answer,
- and count how many we get right. - Yeah, and individually how many we get right.
- Scissors paper rock, who wants to go first. - Okay.
(both) Scissors, paper, rock!
I'll go first.
Dude, it's so easy!
- Dude, there's pictures! - That's not fair!
You are correct! 1 point! I'm so impressed!
This doesn't make sense, there's freaking photos.
- Maybe it gets harder. - Maybe.
- I hope so, right? - I hope so too,
- this is way too easy, man. - Yeah.
- My turn, right? - Mm-hmm.
Oh, must be the one on the left!
茶！
Has to be that one, yeah! That's right!
Alright, let's speed through this.
What?!
Alright, you go.
Kā fēi.
- Oh, now I need to be able to read it! - Yeah, oh!
- It does get harder! - Okay, okay, okay.
Oh, I think it's the top left one! It's like...
Yeah, no, no!
- That's right. - 咖啡。
(both) Okay.
I'll tap it.
- Okay. - Okay, do I just press...
Yeah, you have to choose...
- Drink? - Mm-hmm.
You made...you have to...
I guess you have to spell out the whole thing.
That's not fair!
- I didn't know the rules! - I got two right! Doesn't matter bro!
- No! That's just so stupid! - Squid Game, it's just how it is!
Even though my debt's really high, I can still win this!
Guǒzhī, juice!
- Next! - Why are you getting these easy ones?!
You have to write it, you have to write!
I don't even know if I can write it,
I suck at writing, bro. I can read it but not write it.
Hey, that's nice.
Is that right?
- Dude, it was helping you. - Ohh!!! Got it!!!
- The app helped you! - I—but I knew that one, though.
- It like, deleted stuff when you didn't... - No, I wrote too fast!
- Oh, okay. - That's right.
Oh, that is...dude, that is scary,
- I was like, why am I getting the short end of the stick? - Yeah.
Three, you got three out of four.
You got four out of four.
- That's so unfair, that's so unfair! - That's right.
Ohh-ho-ho...!
Ohh...
What?
Yes! Five out of six!
Why am I getting all these writing ones?!
Well bring it on, I know this one.
Oh, come on.
Oh, dude.
- Dude, I'm... - It's basically telling you what it is.
But I'm writing it, why is it...
No, because your...
- Oh, it's...okay, okay, okay. - ...strokes are wrong.
"嗎", where's the "嗎"?
It's not there!
- Yeah, it's not there! - Oh, "complete the dialogue"!
Oh.
- Oh, okay, I was like... - It scared me.
Pranked!
- Yeah, bring it! - Oh, nice.
- Dude, this is too easy, come on. - This is too easy.
Oh, I have to say it?
Oh, my pronunciation's pretty bad.
(both) Ohhh!!!!!
- I'm nervous, man! - Oh, dude!
I was like, "cá" or "chá"?
Oh.
Yeah! One wrong still.
Dude, this app's pretty cool.
Ohh!!!
Easy.
- Nice! - Too easy!
I mean, I'm losing, but...
...stupid game.
- Okay. - Should we do "time"?
Alright.
- I'll go first now, right? - Sure.
Hmm, I wonder!
Bro, that's obviously it.
Yeah!
Dude, let's speed run this.
Yeah, bring it.
Oh, nice!
Chinese is getting harder though.
- Oh-ho-ho! Oh-ho-ho... - I know...I know why you didn't...
Oh-ho-ho! Oh-ho-ho...dude,
this is gonna be so hard.
Oh bro, you got it!
Oh, dude!
- Dude, I gotta pay attention to all these words. - Yeah, you gotta pay attention!
That wasn't me, that was your 點.
八點⋯⋯
What...what was wrong with that?!
- You said it wrong! - Why is it red? 八點！
Why are you so quiet?
I gotta focus, bro!
I'm focusing!
The Chinese is getting harder!
- Nice. - I eat at 12.
What is it, what am I supposed to do?
- Oh. - I don't know.
- Nice. - Ohh.
- Oh, f***. - Oh!!!
Dude, I'm not doing this! Dude...!
No way!
S***, I wasn't paying attention!
- I know how to write 洗, which is, what? Shi... - Oh!
澡⋯⋯
I think it's this, but I could be wrong.
Is that right?
- Ohhhh!!!!! - Oh, no!!!!!
What a fluke!
- Let's go! - Oh, dude, what a...
- ...I would not be able to get that. - It's subliminal...
- All I know is it's like, - ...memory.
- 三點水, that's all, I was like, the rest is gone. - Yeah, yeah...
Oh, your turn!
But the...the accent is different though.
Yeah...!
So weird!
點, what's wrong with my 點?
- 點。 - 他幾點 (what time does he)？
If you do it wrong, you can't rearrange it, hey?
- I guess so. - Nice!
- I think we should skip to some harder ones. - Yeah.
- My turn to start! - No!
Oh yeah, you start.
I have COVID-19.
Nah, just kidding.
So possibly...have COVID-19.
Whoa, that was close.
- Ohhhh! - Tricky, tricky!
Nice.
Oh!!!
生⋯⋯
Dude, that's not fair, it's teaching you how to do it!
Nah, you would not have gotten this.
- Nah, I know, I know. No, no, it's got this 人, - It's teaching you how to do it!
oh no, gotta do this first.
- You're way off. - But it's got this “內”, It's got this thing there.
- You're way off, bro, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, - This thing.
you're way off!
- You're way off, bro! - Yeah, let's go,
- let's go! - That doesn't count!
That does not count!
Did not know that word, but okay.
It's like...
Are you serious...
Nah, nah...you made it...!
Help! Help...!
Oh, yeah, yeah, it's like this now, and it's like this,
- yeah, yeah, yeah...let's go. - No, there's no hook, yeah.
Woo-ho-ho-ho-ho!
I got a fever.
That's pretty funny.
Yeah.
What the f***...?
- Oh, nice, nice. - Yeah! That's right!
Grammar.
Oh.
Nah, nah, nah, nah.
Wait, why?
打針。
- Sēn, shurng. - Shēng.
醫生, làng...
...ràng, ràng, 讓我打......
- But 打 was right! - Yeah!
What the f***, 打針......
Bro, I can't...pronounce.
"Told me", oh s***, I don't know.
讓我去⋯⋯ (told me to go)
店去⋯⋯ (shop go)
- F***, I don't know, man! - GG!
I don't know, I don't know!
No, wrong one! No, oh no!
- Oh, it's 讓我去! - 讓, yeah.
- Is that right? - I don't know.
"讓" is like, I thought it's like, your colleague "let" you go,
oh, whatever.
了。
Dude, it's not even good...
Dude...!
Whoa!
- So my pronunciation sucks, and your writing needs work. - My writing sucks.
Let's just pick one like, the hardest one.
Oh, it's review.
Oh!
Okay, we can do random ones.
- Should we do this? - Yeah, okay, right, this is gonna be so hard.
Yeah, we just clicked "review", and it showed this thing up.
- Alright, you wanna go first? - Yeah.
Oh, I regret, I can't go first.
Dude, I don't know what panda is.
Panda, panda, panda, drrrrrl!
Dude, this is so bad!
This is 森林 (forest), I know that one's 森林,
so that's the last one.
Can I back out?
Like...like, some of these are just like, weird for me as well.
Oh my...
Oh, general, ordinary, common!
Oh, bro! No!
Yeah, come on.
To reduce!
Like, lose weight.
- Oh, nice! - Yeah, that's right!
- Damn. - I remember.
- Wow, I never used that word in my life. - Yeah.
I never used 不得不 (have no choice but to).
Dude!
It got so easy all of a sudden.
- What... - Famous last words.
Dude!
I don't know!
Just... put them all on the line,
- see what it looks more like... - To defend!
Close! You got the second word right.
- Wow! - Nice!
We did it, guys!
Imagine we do one like, classical music edition.
- I mean, I wish they had one. - Yeah, that'll be insane.
Alright guys, that's our Chinese for today,
it looks like I need to go practice more of my Chinese.
Oh, and also um, "TwoSet Violin" is...
Oh, yeah, for those who don't know, we have a name.
We were thinking of calling it...
- Yeah, let's not go there. - Like, two violins.
Alright guys, that's enough for today,
I need to practice.
Go practice too.
See you next time.