#1: Greetings

Hello guys, again, this is Farah, and this is the first episode in Learn Iraqi Podcast. Listen to this. Hello, shlonek. Yes, that's right, we use hello too. Actually, it's very common to start a conversation with hello in Iraqi. And shlonek mean, how are you? It consists of two parts, shlonek, shlonek, where shlone mean, how, and the k at the end of it refer to you in this question. So, how to say, how are you? Shlonek, shlonek. That's when you are talking to a man. How to say, how are you, to a woman? Shlonech. Did you notice the difference in the ending? For males, it's ak, shlonek. And for females, it's ich, shlonech. So, you enter a room, and there is a male friend sitting alone on his phone. Say, hello, how are you? Hello, shlonek. The friend says, anizian. Ani, zian. Ani, zian, mean, I'm fine. Listen and repeat after me, please. Anizian. Anizian. How to say, I? Ani. Ani. I need to mention, I is different in the Baghdadi area and in the south of Iraq. In the Baghdad, they say, ani, and in the south, they say, ana, while in the formal Arabic, it's ana. So, a friend enters a cafe and sees you sitting alone. How can he say, hello, how are you? Hello, shlonek. Say, fine, in Iraqi. Zian. Zian. And now say, zian. I'm fine, using the Baghdadi I. Anizian. Anizian. That's how a man would say it. For a woman, it's slightly different. How can a woman say, I'm fine? It's, anizian. Anizian. Anizian. You're walking in a park and see a female friend. Hello. She says, I'm fine. She says, and how are you? So, the u at the beginning of these sentences mean and. U inte šlonek. U. U inte šlonek. Say, I'm fine. Ani zien. You are sitting in a cafe and a waitress says, hello, how are you? How can she say it? Hello, šlonek. You say, I'm fine. Ani zien. Now you say, and how are you? Listen to this. U inte šlonek. U inte šlonek. U inte šlonek. She says, I'm fine. Ani zien. Ani zien. I believe you realize the differences between talking to a man and a woman here. And from speaking for yourself as a man and as a woman. So, as a man saying, you are fine, it will be ani zien. And as a woman to say, I'm fine, it will be ani zienem. And when saying, how are you, to a man, it's šlonek. And when saying, how are you, to a woman, it's šlonek. How to say, you. How to say, you, when talking to a man. Listen to this. Inta. Inta. Inta. And how to say, you, when you're talking to a woman. Inti. Inti. Now we will have this small conversation to make sure you understand. Okay? You are walking and see a male friend passing by. Hello, šlonek. He says, I'm fine. Ani zien. He says, and how are you? Winte, šlonek. You reply that you are fine. Ani zien. Excellent, you are doing a great job till now. Now, it's time for you to learn how to say, you are fine. You are doing a great job till now. Thank you.