Language tips - Canada Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
Vancouver is very multicultural. You really do talk to a lot of people there who are from really, like, a really diverse range of places. There are a lot of people from China and India, so make sure you know how to say ni hao or shesher de gul. Totally butchered that. But then there's also a lot of people who speak Spanish as well, and make sure you know what a toque is. That's a slang word in Canada for a beanie. And yeah, I guess there's just really little things like a washroom is a bathroom. Sometimes if you ask someone where the bathroom is, they're like, okay, you're American. So if you wanted to blend in, make sure to use the local slang.
Video 2 Transcript
In Winnipeg, it is the highest amount of French-speaking population outside of Quebec.
Video 3 Transcript
There are some terms that are kind of weird, threw me for a loop. For example, a toque is a beanie. You'll hear that word a lot, especially in the winter time. Mitts are mittens. A garburetor is a garbage disposal. A parquet is a like a parking lot, parking garage. And then the biggest one for me is that they leave out the word with a lot. So you're never done with school or done with work, but you're done work, you're done school at a certain time. They say hey a lot. You know, you think of Canadians saying eh. In the Canada Calgary, they don't say eh very often, unless they're like really old and they're from Nova Scotia, but they say hey instead.
Video 4 Transcript
Oh yeah bud, what you got to know about the language is they don't actually talk like this, but if you use this they kind of think it's just a little bit funny, but because it's just so dang ridiculous that anybody would actually think that they talk like this, yeah? And the thing is about the language bud is you really just got to get the timing on the lip there bud, to get the noise, the sound right bud, and use bud as much as you can, and for sure, for sure that's a good one right there for sure, but don't forget about the a top of the morning, oh look at the weather, you think it's a shark today eh? Oh yeah, yeah probably. How you been feeling lately bud? Oh you know, just really good. Oh that's good to hear bud, that's really good to hear. Oh by the way, do you think that you could go to the store today? That's just great guys, they don't actually talk like that at all, they do say a a little bit, not a whole lot, but you hear it and then you'll start saying it too.
Video 5 Transcript
It is very helpful to know some of your French words. I was lucky I took two years of French in high school, so that was helpful. But everything in Canada is French English, so one side of your cereal box is going to be English and the other side is going to be French. Maybe you can brush up by reading the cereal boxes. Also, Canada has their own way of saying things. They have their own unique accent, so instead of a garage, it's a garage. And you might hear a couch being called a Davenport. So, it's fun. Even though it's English, you're going to learn some new words.
Video 6 Transcript
It's good to know a couple of other languages. There are a lot of folks that are emigrating up to Canada from Central America, specifically Honduras and El Salvador and Colombia, and also there are a lot of people coming to the universities there from China. Now, I never did learn Chinese. Thankfully, the folks that were coming from China were pretty well versed in English, but as far as the folks from South America are concerned and Central America, it's good to know Spanish because a lot of them, they've just arrived, they're not as familiar with English as I think they'd like to be because they haven't had that exposure yet. You knowing Spanish, especially in a town like Brandon or Portage the Prairie, you know, some of the smaller cities outside of Winnipeg, that would be really useful to know.
