Hello everyone, my name is Azad. I have a great idea. Would you like to learn some Kurdish? Even if you don't know any Kurdish or if you just started, you are more than welcome. Together we will start from the beginning to learn a very exciting language. The Kurdish language is very important. I mean, did you know that there is over 40 million Kurds in the world? So how about it? I think it's the best if we do the lessons outdoors. Let me put on my Kurdish shoes. Meanwhile you can prepare yourself with pen and paper. Alright, are you ready? Let's go. Let's start from the beginning. Slav Mennaum Azada. Slav is like saying hello in English. When walking past somebody in the market or when you're visiting somebody, you can start a conversation by saying Slav. Slav Mennaum Azada. The rest of the sentence Mennaum Azada would be My name is Azad. Men My Mennaum My name is Azada Azad. Place my name with yours. If for example your name would be Dilan, the sentence would become Mennaum Dilan. In the Kurdish language you put the letter A at the end of the name when you talk about someone or some place. If your name already ends with the letter A, then sometimes you put the ending YAH in the name. For example, if your name is Sana, the sentence would be Mennaum Sanaa. The rule is that you always put the ending YAH in the name if your name ends without vowel. And you always put the ending with the letter A if your name ends with a consonant. Write down the sentence on a paper and read as you're writing. Hello there Azad. Hello son, I forgot what is your name. Shouldn't we take it in Kurdish? Sure why not? Tunawechiha. That's better. Mennaum Memoia. Tunawechiha. Mennaum Azada. Can I join you? I also want to teach Kurdish. Of course. Men. Me. To. You. Awan. They. Emma. Us. That. In Kurdish, he or she is not used the same way as in English. The gender is not mentioned the same way. Therefore you just say you instead of he or she. So when mentioning somebody you just say to. And if we talk about a third person, we say oh. If there are more than one person that we are talking about, we say oh on. Don't forget to write this down and read while writing. Just pause the video if it's going too fast. Try to write down everything on a paper, the English word on one side and the Kurdish word on the other side. Afterwards cut out the words into small notes and play memory games with yourself or with a friend. Remember when it's fun it is easier to learn. Men. Me. To. You. Awan. They. Emma. Us. Awa. That. O. Him or her. This may be a little difficult in the beginning but once you learn this you will never forget it again and the rest of the Kurdish language will be much easier. Let's try to put together some sentences. Mennau memoya. To. Naud Azada. Awanawian rebaru rebaza. Emma Nauman memoya azada. Awa. What's here? What is that? O. Nawi lawana. Let me ask you. Try to answer with your own name. Mennau mema azada. To. Naud memoya. Emma Nauman azada memoya. To. Nawa. What is your name? Answer me. Men. Naum. Good job. Now why don't you ask me? Try say it in Kurdish. What's your name? To. Nawa. Cheer. Then I would answer mennau mema azada. My name is azad. Do you want to ask me what memos name is? Then you say O. Nawi cheer. What's his name? Remember that it would be the same thing if you ask a girl for her name. What's her name? O. Nawi cheer. Mennau mema azada. Is your name memo? To. Naud memoya. Yes, my name is memo. Bale mennau memoya. E. To. Nawa cheer. What's your name then? Mennau mema azada. It is important to be able to say yes and no in language, right? So in Kurdish you say Bale when you want to say yes. And Na when you want to say no. If you want to deny something you say Nakhir. And if you want to say maybe you say Lwane or Beske. If you don't know something you say Nazanum. I'm getting a little bit hungry. You want some of this pomegranate? Pomegranate is Hanar in Kurdish. Hanar is one of the favorite fruits in Kurdistan. Ah stop that, stop that. Oh, I'm so sorry. Sorry, bebure. I'm sorry. Lem bebure. Don't forget to write everything down and read loudly to yourself while writing. No problem. Ke senya. Mennau emhanada. E. To. Naud. Mennau mema azada. Amesh memoya. This is memo. Slou memo. Johnit. Johnit. How are you? Spas. Bashem. E. To. Johnit. Spas. Thank you. Bashem. I'm fine. E. To. Johnit. And how are you? Menish Bashem. Spas. I'm fine too. Thank you. Hanar, would you also want to join us to learn some Kurdish? Sure. All right then. Let's do this. Emanau man azadu memo hanara. E. E. Oanau tantia. So what have we learned today? We've learned to use simple ways to present ourselves and greet with other people. Slou mennau man azada. We've also learned how to say yes and no. Bale and na. And if you want to deny something you say naher. Also, we've learned different words like menn tou, ewa, ea-ma, o, oan, oq, owa. For the next video, try to write down everything and regulatory, read loudly in front of a mirror, or with a friend, your mom, or dad. Play different word games with yourself and other people, for example, memory. When it's fun, it becomes easier. In the next video, we will repeat what we've learned today, but we will also learn new stuff, like family, members, and numbers. Don't forget to subscribe to the channel and share this video with someone that you think would need to learn some Kurdish. We will see you next time. Bye!