First time I went to Greece and asked people "Do you speak English?" they often replied "nai". It took me some time to realize it actually means "Yes".

@Rinabow

4 жыл бұрын

That hurts my Japanese-speaking brain, because "nai" means "not"

@shamo2009

4 жыл бұрын

@@Rinabow nan der

@evealicelucienne

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ben_Dover753 Probably. I don't know how to spell it. That's just how I heard it.

@martinakely1149

4 жыл бұрын

eal ls 😂😂😂

@jeanecyrilla4711

4 жыл бұрын

And in Norwegian it means no too

Wish I knew English because this is hilarious.

@gonzalo4658

3 жыл бұрын

w h a 😂

@aseeslatif7368

2 жыл бұрын

😆

@testingacc2.079

2 жыл бұрын

Yea true

@Clam740

Жыл бұрын

ahahahaha

@TerryWaitesRadiator

Жыл бұрын

oder Deutsch vielleicht

Welcome to Quebec.

@tweetiepie551

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to Russia.

@stephaniemoore1930

4 жыл бұрын

@@tweetiepie551 Russians kant speak English

@CheshireCesare

3 жыл бұрын

Or Paris, where someone will tell you “Non” even though you literally heard them speaking fluent English with someone less than 5 seconds ago lol 😂

@ellenorbjornsdottir1166

3 жыл бұрын

@Johan Jacobs they really hate Anglos don't they?

@ellenorbjornsdottir1166

3 жыл бұрын

@Johan Jacobs Imagine Jim Browning challenging a French Quebecois tech support scammer after they ran their gambit in perfect Montréal English, and hearing "Je ne parle pas anglais, Djim." That's what I'm imagining here

I wish I could understand what they are talking about... I'm very positive it's something funny!!!

@bogandamozgal4760

8 жыл бұрын

да, блять, на столько смешно, что ты обосрешься просто

@user-cl8oi4gu9y

6 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure I saw a little spark between them

@vanhoapham7043

6 жыл бұрын

Zhigger Abozaid 😂

@ashparker5392

6 жыл бұрын

Zhigger Abozaid yep it is lol...

@yes-mv2ub

5 жыл бұрын

what the.........

Americans will never beat the Brits when it comes to weird comedy. Pure joy.

@sabahbubbler

4 жыл бұрын

Ugh this kind of comments "hurr durr British comedy superior to American"

@coreyreilly1889

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Angel Astudillo it’s not

@coreyreilly1889

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Angel Astudillo there’s north america and south america

@coreyreilly1889

3 жыл бұрын

JusticeFor Alexei so then there’s only 5 continents. America, Antarctica, Africa, Oceania, and Eurasia

@stardustjustlikeyou

3 жыл бұрын

It always gets too offensive when we try

Please put subtitles on this video? Don't understand anything..

@devvykinz304

8 жыл бұрын

+dubi186 I would but I'm not exactly sure what your comment says, I can't read english.

@TheDiakArthur

8 жыл бұрын

haha ok that one got me

@Oscar0057

8 жыл бұрын

+jack tenrec I don't speak English and I have no comprehension of its literature either. I know they call it the language of Shakespeare. I should have paid more attention in school. But never mind.

@readysetgo4607

8 жыл бұрын

+dubi186 If you don't understand nothing then you understand everything. (double negative) .. Duh

@ArvidHammon

6 жыл бұрын

Actually, it only means he understands SOME things, just not NOTHING.

It's such a shame I never learned to speak English. So, naturally, I didn't understand a word anyone was saying :/

@totalcrash5006

8 жыл бұрын

Dominik from Germany so do i

@underhallandeframling3267

8 жыл бұрын

Dominik from Germany Nur ein Deutsches wort. :(

@conor4741

8 жыл бұрын

+Dominik from Germany (dominikfromgermany) My situation even worse. I can't type any words in English! Not one of them!)

@user-tp1jo9sd6c

7 жыл бұрын

The same, I even did't get that humor that one speaks in English and says that he don't understand any English word at all. (((

@nurasmaz

6 жыл бұрын

U know islam then?

- Do You speak English? - Yes, I don't.

@starkgirl02

3 жыл бұрын

🤣👏

@imresovago2089

13 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

I'm sad to say that this really happens! I was in France not long ago and i was lost. I went up to a woman, asked if she spoke english and she said 'no, i do not speak english, now if you don't mind, i'm on my way to buy some begonias!' and she walked off. This is absolutely true!

@notthere83

Жыл бұрын

I don't know what the begging situation looks like where you were but in Vienna, if somebody asks you if you speak English, about 19/20 times it's somebody who if you stop starts going into often pretty long-winded monologues about how they want some money from you. So maybe she assumed that that's what would happen if she stopped to listen. (It's of course still weird that she didn't just ignore you or lie.)

@scottragland9899

Жыл бұрын

lol: Frogs gonna frog...

@scottragland9899

Жыл бұрын

@@notthere83 nah; just another arrogantly smug, condescending, patronizing, frog, doing as have all frogs from 54BC thru today, lol...

@gabrielalmeidasilva6449

Жыл бұрын

i am brazilian, so if someone ask me "do you speak english?" i really will say "i dont speak english" cause i'm not fluent

@metodisea8417

Жыл бұрын

I think it's a French thing. When I was in Paris and asked for help French people seemed annoyed when asking if they spoke English. Like offended why tourists don't speak French

"Nur ein oder zwei Worte, aber bin ich nicht fließend" is forever stuck in my head when I try to attempt my pigeon German.

@SimoBenziane

Жыл бұрын

Wörter*

@Tank175

Жыл бұрын

wooooosh

@magalie8007

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@mop2mop

Жыл бұрын

Ja das wäre toll

@marioluigi9599

10 ай бұрын

It's "aber ich bin nicht fließend", not "aber bin ich nicht fließend". Cos it's, "but I'm not fluent", not, "but am I not fluent?" Get it right lol. And he said Wörter not Worte. Cos that's too posh

The French sign in the beginning of that video shows that they are inspired by the custom of French people never to answer in English, but only if you talk to them in French...! 😊

@evealicelucienne

4 жыл бұрын

C'est vrai!

@lightawake

3 жыл бұрын

Good spotting! And good custom too - respect the country you visit :)

@judeleese5687

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@abshaar13

2 жыл бұрын

@@lightawake It's a wrong idea that if you don't speak a language then you are ultimately disrespecting the country or culture.

@anshuecon

2 жыл бұрын

@@lightawake If we did that to an English speaking tourist in India, that would (rightly) be considered rude. But it's kosher for the French to be gratuitously rude for some reason. *shrugs*

Reminds me of my older half-brother... Years ago he was standing in a bus stop, smoking, and an old lady came up to him and asked him if he could light her cigarette. My brother replied with the smoke still in his mouth: Sorry ma'am, I don't smoke. And she was like "oh okay, anyway thanks" and walked away.

@Issaakovvv

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@VsevolodSidorenko

Жыл бұрын

did he become a politician when grew up?

@RasheedKhan-he6xx

5 ай бұрын

​@@VsevolodSidorenkospat my coffee 😂

@VsevolodSidorenko

5 ай бұрын

@@RasheedKhan-he6xx nothing is funnier than truth

i swear i wanna prank a tourist like this xD

@LakiLeGarcon

6 жыл бұрын

TikO LoRd hello sweet bard

@mrsnailzzz

5 жыл бұрын

It worked once for me. I’ve been living in China for quite few years, and many people ask me if I can speak Chinese. Once I had a (very) small chat with Chinese about me not speaking Chinese in Chinese

@SouthPark333Gaming

5 жыл бұрын

I speak quite a few languages, so I could have some fun with this XD

@noudialp

4 жыл бұрын

Well, I did a couple times. But they don't seem to be getting the joke since their minds are usually so busy breaking the communication barrier.

@gstj210

4 жыл бұрын

Before I left my hometown I did do this after seeing the skit. Just for the memory. I speak Spanish and someone asked me "¿hablas español?" I told them"No, yo no hablo español, pero en la cantina cruzando la calle y el personal hablan español" they were so confused.

LOL "Do you speak english? No I don't speak english" it litterally means "Do you speak english? No I don't speak english", for those of you who are curious xD

@cninh4574

8 жыл бұрын

Pure genius I love French comedy!

@cninh4574

8 жыл бұрын

Well then why are they speaking French?

@cninh4574

8 жыл бұрын

Well if it was a British show they'd know how to speak British wouldn't they.

@cninh4574

8 жыл бұрын

But they aren't? He clearly states he can't speak English!

@cninh4574

8 жыл бұрын

Sorry, could you say that in English, I don't understand French.

British comedy is the best kind of comedy. I don't even understand what they're saying but I absolutely love it.

I’m an American and living in France and I do this all the time when someone asks me something in French even though I Speak it 😂

@josolovieff6126

3 жыл бұрын

I can understand it if you're american but on the opposite with the video, french people are generally bad in english language even after many years of school ! It's not to criticize, it's a reality. I'm french born in France and I think the teaching methods are bad.

The woman says, in german: "I speak a bit of german, do you speak german?" Simon says (in german): "German? No. Do you speak german?" The other guy says: "No. I know one or two words but I'm not fluent." At the end, after the other guy says that he might learn english, Simon says: "Or maybe german." and the other guy says "Yeah, that would be great."

@gicoleli7261

Жыл бұрын

Wish I can understand what they were saying in German but I can't read English

@RFC3514

5 ай бұрын

"The other guy" is der Schauspieler Kevin Eldon. Also, he says "just one or two words" (not "I know").

@eIDyablo666

Ай бұрын

really? that's what they said? good god!

@joytekb

7 күн бұрын

Who?

A French girl once approached us in Croatia - she wanted some help with her camera. But we couldn't help her, because she would only communicate in fluent French. When addressed in English, she would shake her head with a big smile on her face.

Love it! every time I watch it, it always makes me laugh, never gets old.

While walking down a street as a tourist in Mexico, some other tourists stopped me and asked if I speak "American". I didn't miss a beat, and said, "no, but I do speak English fairly well".

@ukaszp9650

Жыл бұрын

Wow! You are so funny!

@lorblauh

9 ай бұрын

I've never heard a single soul in America refer to English as "American".

@e-curb

9 ай бұрын

@@lorblauh Live a little longer, you will.

@alwaysuseless

6 ай бұрын

@@lorblauh I have said to a few British tourists in the U.S. that their American was very good.

@Antikyth

3 ай бұрын

@@alwaysuseless Hahaha I would love to know their reaction!

I am watching this again after 2 years and it still is a masterpiece.

"Ich bin nicht fließend" No obviously you're not xD

It's 14 years old and still the funniest

@hellowakeup6848

7 ай бұрын

Whats the joke here, i dont speak english

@marvy3022

Ай бұрын

The show ran from 1998 to 2002.

Brighton Beach avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Two elderly men are standing on the street and discussing something in Russian. A tourist approaches them and addresses with: "Excuse me, where is..." and continued asking for directions to a nearby attraction. Two men politely stopped talking but said nothing. The tourist seemingly perplexed softly asked: "Do you speak English?" to no avail. A somewhat vexed tourist left the two men. One of them said the other in Russian (interpreted): "So, has his English helped him?"

If you are bilingual or trilingual, this is what you hear sometimes on the street and wonder why they cannot understand each other.

I wish I could have understood English to enjoy Simon Pegg's great humour

@clavichord

7 ай бұрын

Pardon?

@PotionsMaster666

5 ай бұрын

Man I love Pegg

I love Simon Pegg, he is the best!

One of the finest comedies ever.

" I can speak english." -"So can I." Hahahaha

@Floing1337

4 жыл бұрын

That part ruined the whole sketch :( Why explain the joke

@hirokazemistral

4 жыл бұрын

@@Floing1337 It's making fun of the way how some people (*cough* the French *cough*) say they don't speak English to tourists even though they can, either because they couldn't be bothered to help a complete stranger or don't like the fact that this tourist didn't bother to learn a few basic words in the local language.

This video never gets old, love it!

Their German was actually really good and I'm surprised bc it usually (from what I've experienced) sounds really bad when English people try to speak German 😅

@Communist-Doge

4 жыл бұрын

We Brits are shit with languages but we usually speak better German than French (sorry France).

@Communist-Doge

4 жыл бұрын

@Mario There's more to Britain than England. :) Besides, I meant in terms of pronunciation and ability: more people know French, but those who know German can, IME, speak it far better. We Brits find German a lot easier to pronounce than French, as it has fewer new sounds to learn and pronunciation is closer to English than languages like French.

@SonofSethoitae

4 жыл бұрын

@Mario They speak mostly Urdu and Punjabi in Pakistan

@nkt1

4 жыл бұрын

@@Communist-Doge At my Scottish secondary school, around a third of incoming students took German, although not through choice in my case. It was popular with less able pupils as it was reputed to be easier to learn.

@blindhowlingdrunk

4 жыл бұрын

Susann Badewitz come off it, German is just like english with a German accent and longer words

Can't believe this has been up for nearly ten years without a translation. I'd have a go myself but my English simply isn't up to the task.

@medexamtoolsdotcom

2 жыл бұрын

I put it into google translate. It's a conversation about crabs and genital warts. You really don't want to know the details.

He said "Its one of those things, really i wish i paid more attention to in school".

It's just great to be able to understand both languages! :D

That laughter at the end from the guy on the bike!! Amazing

Thank god for the subtitles, i couldn't understand a word

Can someone translate please?

@mikosoft

9 жыл бұрын

Into what, English? Oder Deutsch vielleicht?

@dragonitedla44

9 жыл бұрын

Sorry I didn't understand.

@krashd

9 жыл бұрын

dragonitedla44 Hahaha, quality!

@r.b.4611

9 жыл бұрын

Rob Fraser Was??

@ceflaco

6 жыл бұрын

La chica pregunta: disculpa, hablas inglés? El: no, no lo hablo , lo siento. Ella: es que se me descompuso el coche y necesito un taller. Bueno! Mejor aprendan inglés! 😀

brilliant! Love big train.

"Sprechen sie Deutsch? -Deutsch? Nein" 😂

I'm so happy i found this video again..!

I came to read the comments but I can't understand a single word anyone has written.

@johannalange802

4 жыл бұрын

It's terrible , innit, all those forriners speaking their forrin lingos.

@levi8019

4 жыл бұрын

@@johannalange802 😂

@jamiebb2019

3 жыл бұрын

I can’t understand English

why there' s no english in the comment..

@emer157

6 жыл бұрын

joe symptons I don't understand your comment and I won't respond to it

@nonamed56

5 жыл бұрын

nobody speaks that

@pix_d20

4 жыл бұрын

@@emer157 i actually understand tho lol

@emer157

4 жыл бұрын

@@pix_d20 I was using a quote from a well known TV show

@pix_d20

4 жыл бұрын

@@emer157 oh well guess it's not well known to me.

One of my favourite sketches 🤣

I come back to this at least once a week 😂

I feel her ! I'm an Eastern European trucker and this is happening to me everytime when i go to Germany, just to Germany but im not even mad anymore, it makes me laugh because it reminds me of this video. ha ha

I'm german but I have to admit ^^.....deadpan british humour is the best ! but it's good you know to see that humour can be a connection between different countries. it's not always about who is better than the other-it's just making fun of yourselves and laughing with eachother instead of laughing at eachother. and yes, such a kind of comedy is one reason why I am learning english XD

@ayszhang

7 ай бұрын

What did they say in German?

@ramblinganna

6 ай бұрын

⁠@@ayszhang “German, no, do you speak German?” “German? No. Only one or two words, but I’m not fluent” “…next time you’re over maybe we’ll have learnt a bit of English for you” “Or German, perhaps” “Yes. That would be great”

@alwaysuseless

6 ай бұрын

"each other," not "eachother." I'm sure this correction will be enormously helpful only 12 years after you posted your comment. Feel free to reply anytime in this century.

@jewelrain1

5 ай бұрын

@@alwaysuselessThanks for correcting me. I could hardly remember the comment I made over 12 years ago but my English has significantly improved by now.

@jewelrain1

5 ай бұрын

@@ayszhang Sorry for not answering sooner but I could barely remember the comment I had made over 12 years ago!

No’ a single waaaard. That british accent is so damn lovely ❤️

Do you speak English? Bung Mokhtar: Pak Yiu!

I spent the past 12 years learning English so I can understand them now it's time for another 12 to learn german and understand the rest of the video

I've been around the United States for a while now but never got a chance to learn any English. Can anyone translate this to me to English?

@limbtz

8 жыл бұрын

+OverLordGoldDragon yea what a shame. All they ever teach in US is American, they should have included English in school.

@GlidGaming1

7 жыл бұрын

OverLordGoldDragon but you actually typed English words in here, how could you not know 😐.

@OverLordGoldDragon

7 жыл бұрын

ArzGaming HD Sarcasm ;)

@lequyen3220

7 жыл бұрын

Hông biết dịch!

@gravity4792

7 жыл бұрын

I don't speak english either sorry

What a twist at the end!

Greatest sketch ever.

Years have passed by and I still wanna use this joke with a foreign someday haha

@kingrobert1st

Жыл бұрын

I post the link to my English students.

Sometimes, stating the obvious like how they did at the end makes the whole sketch funnier.

i'm so glad i found this again

mother of all pranks, well done lads!

Ah, British humor is refreshing

@Dave-yv7tg

2 жыл бұрын

que?

;) their german was pretty good ps: i love simon pegg

Im in love with this video.Dont u see how cute they are 🤣😘👌❤

I adore Simon Pegg!

You have no idea how often we French play this joke on tourists. Never gets old…

@YeahNoTellTheTruth

9 ай бұрын

It's not really a joke to you lot though. It's a bit of your egos lol

@gigiatlas2364

9 ай бұрын

Couldn't be further from the truth but whatever...

@therabbithat

9 ай бұрын

oh we know, because you still do it when you go to other countries!

@yomomma9687

6 ай бұрын

How is that a "joke"? That's just rude. Then again, cos French people do that to me, I always laugh when they speak English in that accent, cos that's actually funny.

@marquisbois990

6 ай бұрын

@@yomomma9687 you mean English in the French accent that, funny or not, steals all your girls….

Nein, tut mir ebenso leid, ich kann auch kein deutsch sprechen. Schreiben schon gar nicht.

@jeffl7825

5 жыл бұрын

Ich auch nicht :(

@anaglyph4360

5 жыл бұрын

Da haben wir alle etwas gemeinsam...

@Pippin405

4 жыл бұрын

Deutsch ? hab ich noch nie gehört.

@Tubingonline1

4 жыл бұрын

Had to translate this in Google translate, I am so silly :)

@Tubingonline1

4 жыл бұрын

Guten Tag! Love from India :)

Never gets old

One of the best satire!

I hope to learn english one day so i can understand british humor!

trolling like a boss :D

that outro was insane. keep it up

Very entertaining. I feel better now. Thank you, AI.

Wow, that German was pretty good! (Compliment from a real German)

I wish this video had subtitles.

The best of Big Train.

This brings back painful memories!

Wish I could understand this, I get the feeling this was truly hilarious,

@BillinHungary

8 жыл бұрын

+Danii Iba Here is the joke: She is English, and her car has broken down in France. She asks the French person "Do you speak English?" "He says 'No, I don't".. but he is speaking to her in perfect English. Same thing with other French guy.

@daniiiba2633

8 жыл бұрын

Bill Osborn Ummm, yeah, I got the joke...I was making a joke...nevermind.

@nhanlm0601

8 жыл бұрын

+Danii Iba Bạn có nói tiếng việt không, mình giải thích cho, mình không biết tiếng Anh.

@felixfourcolor

4 жыл бұрын

r/woooosh to all of you!

@cov9290

4 жыл бұрын

@@BillinHungary english? What an earth could your subconscious unsatisfactory brain cells be waffling about. I do know bond though. My favourite one is my hand and a salami. So whats english?

Can someone translate this for me? I'm French.

@maxmaximus4714

8 жыл бұрын

+gimmyed -Parlez-vous anglais? -Non, pas du tout. -Ouais, ma voiture ne marche plus. Savez-vous où un garage se trouve? -J'ai déjà dit. Je ne comprends pas. Pardon monsieur, parlez-vous anglais? La dame a un problème. -Bonjour, ma voiture ne marche plus. -Je ne comprends pas. -Donc, parlez-vous alemand? -Non. -Seulement un ou deux mots. -Merci. -Près d'ici, il y a un village, peut-être il y a qn qui parle anglais. -Et peut-être vous allez apprendre l'anglais? -Ouais. -Ou peut-être l'alemand. -Au revoir. -Je parle anglais. -Bien sûr, moi aussi.

@oasisperfekt284

8 жыл бұрын

+Max Maximus lol you fell for it?

@gimmyed

8 жыл бұрын

+Max Maximus - Thanks, and my wife is German. Anybody?

@Hildegarde13

8 жыл бұрын

+gimmyed Désolé je ne parle pas français, comme personne ici à vrai dire.

@ctqpro

8 жыл бұрын

+gimmyed The language in the sign is probably is French, isn't it?

British comedy at its best😉 its how an English speaking tourist is treated in France

Simon you beauty.

No me canso de ver este video jajajjaja es buenisimo

This is a sketch, but if you ever go to Geneva you will find yourself in exactly that situation.

This is wonderful for responding to random telesales calls (especially from call centres in Bombay) on one's mobile.

Bloody awesome 👍

omg hahaha😂😂😂I can't really stop laughing help😂

@hellowakeup6848

7 ай бұрын

What is the joke?

This is how anime be like when a Japanese character asks a foreign character if they speak Japanese even though the dubbing the foreigner speaks is also in Japanese.

I love Simon Pegg😂

Pure British comedy. Brilliant!

each time I watch this I can't help laughing out loud, btw I'm french lol

@mattrogers5188

8 ай бұрын

i wish i could understand your comment, but i don't speak a word of french 🙃

@yussef961

8 ай бұрын

malheureusemenent je ne parle pas francais non plus @@mattrogers5188

BTW, I love British sense for humor. Their jokes are usually really great in their comedy TV shows.

@vandang3468

Жыл бұрын

Do u know what is this shows name?

@1515327E

10 ай бұрын

@@vandang3468Big Train

I love when at the end Simon disclosed that he can speak english.😅

Legendary

They're basically saying they don't understand her as they don't speak English, the chap on the bike tries to communicate that there is a village nearby where she has a good chance of meeting somone who can speak English. The delivery comes at the end when both men reveal they can actually speak English.

@Josh270219

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much pal, I wouldn't have been able to make sense of what they were saying because I never really got the chance to learn English, which is a shame. Hopefully some day.

@sebfox2194

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for translating. I don't speak English myself, so this was really helpful.

@davidmurphy8364

9 ай бұрын

@@sebfox2194 Happy to help!

Is that Simon Pegg

@krashd

9 жыл бұрын

Yes, he started as a comedian in the UK. I recommend Big Train (this video) and Spaced.

@Joker-fj8hg

5 жыл бұрын

They probably mentioned it in the description, but I don't speak English, so I have absolutely no idea.

@carmyllie_slate_railway

4 жыл бұрын

No it's Gary King

Hahahaha. You're a legend!

Fun! Can't wait to show it to my online English students.

too bad i don't speak English because it seems funny...

I'm just realizing that this was also a satire of French people not speaking English even if they know it.

Such those talkative guys ...,

Brilliant😂❤

how he keeps a straight face is beyond me. One thing I am pretty sure of is that there were plenty of out-takes =D

I'm a simple girl. I see Simon Pegg i click 🤷

Ah, Big Train. Absolute classic

I love it!