Hello, we are in Shiraz now
This is my Iranian firend Negar
Negar, how did we meet?
through language exchange
It sounds like a romantic story, very romantic
No, no I am just kidding
When I started to learn Persian
I spoke a lot and practiced a lot with Negar
Negar helps me a lot
Thank you very much
You are welcome
Zoe helps me a lot as well
For learning Chinese
Sometimes French
Thank you
You are welcome
Am I a good teacher?
Yes
You are a good teacher as well
Thank you
Today I am very happy because I can't image that finally I came to Iran
and we can meet each other
And we can travel together in Shiraz
I am very happy, are you happy?
Yes
How to say in Chinese?
I'm very happy too
You didn't forget your Chinese
No, I don't forget
Very good, speak more Chinese
In fact, we have planned a couple of times to travel together in Iran.
But you couldn't come
Yes, because of the pandemic, I was so sad
I can't believe you finally came
Me too I can't believe, are you happy?
Very happy, welcome
Thank you
In this video I only want to speak Persian
Because I am in Iran now
This time is my first time in Iran
I want to practice as much as possible with people in Persian
To be honest, it's easy for me
No no no, I wanted to say that it's not easy for me, it's difficult
Because I have only been learning Persian for 1 year
I mean, I can't say with complicated sentences
and to be honest, I can't understand everything
But I am trying
very good
It's like this, I mean normally I travel like this
When I travel in a country, I always want to speak as much as possible the language of this country
and practice
well, I was talking a lot
Very good
What's our plan today?
We will go to Nasil Al-Mulk Mosque
Ok, let's go!
Negar, come come
Here?
Gate of all lands
Let's go
We were surprised to see that the Persepolis security guard is studying Chinese.
Ni hao （hello）
Do you know Chinese?
A bit
You are learning Chinese now!!!
I speak a bit Chinese
Very good!
Wish you good luck
Wish you good luck in Chinese is "Jia You"
Bye
Are they soldiers? is the word correct?
Correct
Cuneiform is one of the oldest writing systems.
This is cuneiform, how to say in Persian?
Khat mikhi
Khat means "line", "writing", right?
Yes
I want to learn this one day in the future
Ok, but you know it's only for archaeologists
yes, but that just interests me, isn't it beautiful?
Yes, very beautiful
Hello, today we will go to Vakil mosque
then we will go to Vakil bazar
and what else?
Hammam
Ok, vakil hammam, what else
we will see, how to say?
Now we are in the downtown of Shiraz, right?
We are in the south
South? here is not the downtown?
No, just the south of the city
but it's so busy
Now we are in Vakil mosque
But what does "vakil" mean
'Vakil' means defender
Ok, but why this name?
because of Karim Khan
Karim Khan Zand was a king who did not consider himself a king during the Zandi period
But he prefers to be considered as "defender of people"
Defender of people
it's very beautiful
there are carpets everywhere
Oh my god, how beautiful!!
these clothes are so beautiful, is it a traditional model?
yes
For women or men?
For women
Come come, I want to buy
I would like to try
help yourself
what is this clothing?
Qajari
and yours?
Shiraz style
Are they very different?
Yeah it's quite different
But this looks the same
But here is different
Is there lamb? is there lamb meat?
this is a special shiraz dish ：kalam polo shirazi
is it good?
Do you want a coffee?
yes, how about here
what do you want?
Only a coffee
Do you want the khiar sekanjabin
cucumber?
Are you ready to order?
One Latte
One khiar sekanjabin
What else?
No, thank you
This is khiar ke...what's the name again?
There are cucumbers inside and what else?
khiar sekanjabin
there are vinegar and honey inside
Back to hotel, we were invited to drink tea
The Arabs call tea "shay"
yes, "shay"
the word "chay" originates from China
in Chinese is "chayi"?
In Chinese we say "Chá yè"
"Chá yè"
"chayu"
what is "chayu"?
It's shiraz accent
In Shiraz, we always pronounce the word "u" at the end
for exemple "kaku"
what does "kaku" mean
it means "brother or friend"
My close friend in Shiraz we say "kaku"
Chayu, kaku
Befarmu
But here it looks like there is no restaurant
here?
here it is!
wow, so cute, look
Today i want to try some strange food
it's not strange, Chinese food is more strange
it looks so strange
compared to Chinese food, it's not strange at all
I will teach how to eat this
Ok please
Take a piece of bread
use the spoon, put like this
Bon appétit!
How is that?
I like it!
What's this?
it's onion
While I was looking for Hafez's book, the shop owner suddenly spoke in French with me and made suggstions
I am very interested in the poetry of Hafez and Saadi
But I don't know which one I should choose
I will tell you,
This one, is the best comment I have
By Kahlil Khatib, he is professor at the University of Tehran
This author comments more, but about Hafez he writes several volumes
it's more in details
At the moment this one is enough for you
This one suits my level right?
Yes exactly
Can I see?
Of course you can see
Thank you very much
You are welcome
Take your time to choose
on Celle night, do we eat special food?
These are the snacks that are eaten before dinner
Ajil(dried fruite),and watermelon is really important.
Watermelon is very important, why?
They are red and this colour represents fire. Fire is important for ancient Iranians(Persians).