Cree Elders Get Emotional When I Speak Their Dying Language

Xiaomanyc 小马在纽约 February 28, 2024
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Thanks for the sponsorship, Skillshare! The first 500 people to click my link will get a 1 month free trial: https://skl.sh/xiaomanyc02241 Anyway, I was challenged to come out in the middle of the ice cold winter to remote northern Saskatchewan to learn Cree, one of the world’s most difficult and highly endangered languages, by Patrick, a dancer from Canada’s indigenous Cree people, and then try to give a speech in Cree in front of a room full of skeptical elders. We also went dog sledding, sweat lodging, and moose eating – a truly unique First Nations / Native American experience! If you want to learn some Cree, Patrick and his family have Cree courses available at repeataftermecree.com 0:00 Introduction 0:21 Sponsored by Skillshare 1:31 Buying gifts for the tribe 3:00 Talking to random strangers in Cree 6:23 Speaking Welsh in Canada 7:56 Going dog sledding 8:52 Eating moose and rabbit 10:22 Meeting the village elders 12:09 An emotional moment 13:08 Saying goodbye to the elders 13:51 Experiencing sweat lodge 16:15 Ordering in Chinese at local Chinese restaurant 18:46 How hard is Cree to learn? 21:13 How do I learn languages? LEARN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE WITH MY METHOD! ✉️ Join my newsletter and discover how I pick up new languages quickly (and learn how you can do the same): 👉🏼 https://www.streetsmartlanguages.com/signup 📚 Check out my Street-Smart Language courses: 👉🏼 https://www.streetsmartlanguages.com Subscribe to my channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLNoXf8gq6vhwsrYp-l0J-Q?sub_confirmation=1 Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/xiaomanyc/ Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/xiaomanyc/ If you guys like the music in my videos, you can check out all the AMAZING music Epidemic Sound has at my affiliate link here: http://share.epidemicsound.com/xiaomanyc

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