"BABA" (Turkish for "Father") Tales Of Mere Existence

[blackandfaded]

Lev makes me so proud to be Turkish

[Nicckolee]

can't wait to see the 2012 season . :)

[tagyourpregnantlol]

it only takes one of levs videos for all my thoughts to sound like his voice, for the rest of that day

[ConradW]

in russia, Baba means Grandma. :D

[TheIndiBella]

I also call Baba to my father...I am an indian(maharashtrian, marathi)

[ChinaRocks100]

tumbs up if you can see his hand behind the paper

[g021900]

@ChinaRocks100 what is a tumb?

[LyanneKay1]

I wish I had a dad like that :(

[ArturoStojanoff]

Your Dad's theory has a wikipedia article !!!

[CrisTooR]

is this all true?

[nickrod32]

and in iran

[nellie2581]

Great

[WildMeemz]

LOL ur dad is my dad's brother but he doesn't know it!

[TanziaLana]

FAThER IS BABA IN ARABIC!

[mreuphrates]

@TanziaLana anatolian turks use the word "baba" for father but all other turkic nations use "ata"(which also means ancestor in all turkic dialects) for father.

for instance;the founder and the first president of the republic of turkey,mustafa kemal's surname atatürk means "the father of the turk"

[SugoiAsano]

1:34 - 1:48 is cute XD

[masseffect48]

totaly exactly like my dad. *sad face

[xXxXInspireMeXxXx]

aww that was sweet :)

[itsallfake100]

I am my fathers only son, and I have no idea whether I'm like him or not. Made a crack about me being more like the milkman than dad.....Didn't go over too well.

[iszalgocomin]

Well.... Is he dead ?

[mundotaku]

I came to the U.S. when I was 17 and 10 years later I still have my accent. I wonder if when I get to have a kids they would imitate my accent.

[comico19]

Really funny when you imitated your dad's accent. Hahaha~

[uppityox]

My dad says i'm most like him out of the three kids... and i relate to all these videos.

[sirenitaurbana]

this is so touching... i can fully understand it, i have sort of the same relationship with my father...

[VirginOfRape]

turkçe sen? Indeed you are Ç:

[RetardedAnime]

awesome im turkish ^_^

[TheJayJayJon]

I wish your dad was like mine, because my dad embarrasses and verbally abuses and teases be so much

[Countdown1230]

I think your dad's behavior is cute, a happy content old man.

[tajunu]

I Love your work :D cant get enough!!!

[nakedstudiopty]

...and I said "no problem". Brilliant.

[usmc1forcerecon]

You know who you are know :) you are like your baba

[forestnymph02]

U love that Turk accent! ;)

[iheartwintergirls]

you draw question marks in almost every video.

[basballe98]

YinYangBird21 was right! If you check Lev's channel he says his name is Levni Yilmaz.

[punkynu]

Your identity crisis is so apparent in such video. Maybe because you didn't find the role-model in your father because he was the present-absent(As we say it in Arabic).boys imitate their fathers and girls imitate their mothers. Also you might be not fathered enough-Just like me-which makes you go see him more lately. Mr.Yilmaz I haven't been fathered enough and I have been imitating all the guys I saw and yet I couldn't find myself and what's worse than this people don't see me

[HaylinMusa]

It's the same in Chinese. Father is pronounced "Baba" as well. xD

[peasncrackers]

1) go to google images

2) search huseyin yilmaz

3) wonder and marvel at accuracy of lev's drawing

yinyangbird21 was RIGHT

[nazirdjon]

who cares what "baba" means in your languages? the person is talking about himself, and all of us listening to him, right? so why listen to your lexicons?

[reialoha]

Your father sounds absolutely adorable. Too bad I wasn't born at a time when he was available as a *winkwink* mate.

[basballe98]

@reialoha you mean a fûck buddy right?

[elchasap]

listen dude...your dad is actually preety much the same with mine.He is a cardiologyst and the kind of a person that gives lectures around the table.I never was able to talk to him seriously about personal stuff...And as a matter of fact he never understood why i became a veterinarian instead of a doctor...When i was younger it was difficult for me to feel proud of him and relate my shelf to him in an constractive way....BUT as I get older I realise that I am preety much like him...weird!

[socceremochick]

'baba' in spanish (at least in Mexico) is pretty much 'spit' or 'saliva' or 'drool'

[itmustbeloveee]

hahaha that always happen..

[PattyDLuffy]

In Greek is baba too xD (mpampa)

[Kranda123]

In holland, baba is a reminder of how loud those Turkish kids are.

[cherrypoledancerxxx]

in ukranian baba means gramma

[FleshMob]

@cherrypoledancerxxx

In Serbia also! :)

[Xareal]

In American infants, baba means bottle, i.e Milk Bottle

[honeymiel12]

@yadayadayadabla actually baba isn't dad in all arabic dialects only in some like lebanese,moroccan etc,and yes true baab means door

[honeymiel12]

In French baba means nothing,and in Arabic it means door,in afrikaans it means baby,and in moroccan dialect it means dad...

[yadayadayadabla]

@honeymiel12 in arabic baba is a kid's way of saying dad and baab is door.

[SolDeSaBelle]

@honeymiel12 in French, a baba is a sort of pastry. Obviously, I want to add. It'ls like a ring donut.

[TimeIsFree]

In Chinese, baba means... dad. o_o

[Alan10050]

Lol, in Russian, baba means grandma

[booleanna]

in polish, baba means a big fat woman

[gutspink10]

this is cute :)

[EatMyBananaPlease]

In spanish, baba means drool.

[1heavenplzzz]

in indonesian BABA means toilet .. lol ..

[AndaleyAndaley]

In Ukrainian "Baba" is a colloquial way to call your Grandmother or any other old woman

[ISiickSniiperI]

@TheGunManX One cannot make his future until he knows his past.

[toxicMDR2]

1. When he talked to you about drugs you have already smoked pot 1 year earlier

2. You have some issues with your father which need to be ended until it's not too late

3. Another nice video

[TheGunManX]

You guys really think anyone wants to hear your highly opinionated and stupidly biased reasonings for historical events, and for that matter, your own designated view on the matters of right and wrong in happenings as such? No, past is past, history is history...

It makes me wonder why people can't figure out why there is no/barely any peace in this world. The future cannot be if everyone is still living in the past...

[Dinyang]

@TheGunManX

Oh, isn't it the mature enlightened liberal.

It easy for you to forget the atrocities of the past, your ancestors weren't killed, your language wasn't banned, your people not culled like sheep. Once you learn but a mere fraction of our sorrow than speak of things you don't understand.

(Learn what bias means and then how to apply it)

[TheGunManX]

@Dinyang My ancestors have been dredged by cultural degredation and been povertised by plights way higher than dwelling in a political sandstorm. My ancestral bloodline consists of two very strong partitions, the Celtic and the Anglo. Both of which have been subjected to destructive environments and had to leave their countries to ensure survival. Every culture has had the grief caused by another's torment; and each has had their time to be sympathised. We should ignore the past, as do others.

[Dinyang]

@TheGunManX

Celtic-Anglo? What are you, Welsh or Irish? Both have suffered oppression under English Rule, but the suffering of the Gaelic peoples is nothing like that of the 3rd World.

Most ethnic groups have faced persecution. The Turkish institution, even the average turk, doesn't acknowledge or feel remorse in it's actions. Not even a single apology;why forgive if there's no catharsis? Germany, Japan, the UK, China, South Korea have all in a way apologized for past actions.

Re: P Message.

[TheGunManX]

@Dinyang Irish-Celtic. Who have endured the English throughout and have never responded as did most throughout the world but only once. Yet, i can still live happily in England, even knowing my past, does not mean i should let it decide my future.

[itsmecrystallee]

I'm oddly touched by this. Brings me tears

[xseasonxchangex]

This was really sweet. =]

[dedude808]

Im kurdish and i call my dad "baba" too:D

[zokmo]

baba is father in Armenian too.

We will not forget the genocide .

[zozik]

@zokmo oh armanian again. IT WAS NOT A GENOCİDE. Remember you are traitor. we did not kill, just expelled. look at the real genocide: khojaly genocide

[Dinyang]

@zozik

Cyprus massacre of 1570.

Armenian (Hamidian) massacres. 1890s.

Adana massacre.

Don't talk sh*t.

[zozik]

@Dinyang oh The Turks will not massacre.our religion, forbids it.Learn history in an unbiased.and if you have the courage;describe the historical documents.

[Dinyang]

@zozik

Funny, Islam forbids violence in the name of self defense, yet always, always, it's always Islam that wages it's endless war across all other faiths. There is no land that Islam has called home and peacefully controlled; from Bosnia to Indonesia blood and the sword, blood and the sword.

Centuries on: Blood and Bomb; Blood and the Bomb.

1400 years; never forgive, never forget.

//Biased? State records, photographs, biased? Typical Turk denial.

[mreuphrates]

@zokmo i thought hayr is armenian for father.

[jamalaron]

Baba is arabic for dad too

[missmonzomatic]

Baba is Serbian for Grandma too...

[extrapreneur]

I call my dad 'Baba' :)

[maishi]

@extrapreneur i call my granddad Baba

[rosebud204]

lol thatss funni

[HAVALIMM]

I think this is my favourite of your videos. I don't really understand it but for some reason I have a feeling I'm not supposed to.

[avocadocheesetoast]

Baba is little offensive Japanese for grandma lol

[oligocene]

Your father was Sheldon?

[stushi96]

Baba is Albanian for father too :P

[marzijig]

baba is persian for father too :)

[beerlylocsin]

i love it

[goofymcflee7]

Baba is serbian for grandma lol 

[nevertoheaven]

@goofymcflee7 in bulgarian it's the same

[goofymcflee7]

@nevertoheaven Cool! :D

[butters1800]

lol my last name is rogers just like mr. rogers....*gasp* LEV SAID MY LAST NAME!!!! :D

[TheTommyKay]

''baba '' is Greek for father as well.

[YinYangBird21]

Your dad wouldn't happen to be Huseyin Yilmaz who is known for attempting to formulate a classical field theory of gravitation with his fellow coworkers... would he?

[lasoogneypubes]

@YinYangBird21 Holy crap I think he is lol. There's a picture on google images of him and he has the einstein haircut.

[JavaSpitLava]

@YinYangBird21 its strange to me...that even today with all our knowledge we have yet to figure out the unified field theory.......Einstein died too soon!!

[adgato75]

@JavaSpitLava einstein pussed out when he got close to some discoveries that didnt agree with his personal world-view. his religious views fucked it up for him. actually, i guess its more that it was his inability to reconcile his world-view with some of the implications of quantum physics.

[JavaSpitLava]

@adgato75 i dont understand how we allow ourselves to limit our observations on the world.....things like religion implies limitations in every form....or rather, the morals of a religious factor or society that makes us feel unacceptable towards opening new doors in science, philosophy, and biology(specifically gene splicing)....nothing is certain but the unforeseen....why cant anyone understand this?.....people are too dualistic i guess....

[crazyawesometimee]

aww..just like me and my dad

[CatchingElectricCity]

the end bit was touching in a strange sort of way :|

[DylanJxx]

I'm Chaldean, I call my grandpa Baba Hazim

[wendelleeny]

i notice that i usually look at wat is being drawn then the rest of the picture haha :D

[billiejoesboxer]

babanı sevdim :P du nat sımok marijuana

[Jonipoon9]

0:48

"My two older brothers remebered that he played with them a bit"

Oh god, that sounds so wrong D:

[MysticRag]

in many languages/cultures fathers are called 'baba'... generally the proto-indo-european cultures

[PorterzX2FIW]

your dad sounds Asian



[Bukuization]

I don't know the Albanian word for father but we,Turkish people,say ''baba''.Also Mr. Yılmaz's father is Turkish.So I think he also knows how to say ''father'' in Turkish.

[oblivionzzzmike]

@Bukuization

im from Albania myself ...i didnt know his father was from Turkey when i started watching his shorts...at first i thought it was an act :)...

[oblivionzzzmike]

this short is sad!....and by the way..."baba" is Albanian for "father" ...definitely not Turkish!

[bobzebuilderxo]

@oblivionzzzmike

It's in multiple cultures and languages that people refer to their fathers as "baba", not just Albanian.

[niriop]

Hmmm, I thought you were Russian-Jewish

[ichliebeArabisch]

kurwaaaaa

[3point14bassist]

I cried.

[userisdosser]

@3point14bassist ok

[3point14bassist]

I cried.

[3point14bassist]

I cried.

[thephysicwerewolf]

page 11

[MeLaneyDay]

Uhh, where are all the comments?

[thephysicwerewolf]

@MeLaneyDay page 11

[Vidda90]

Aww you are just like your Dad

[allforass69]

My baba is turkish!

[icecreamOWL]

Baba is dad in arabic too..:)

[StageConspire]

Your dad reminds me a lot of my granddad, and I honestly thought it was kind of refreshing to notice someone who reminded me of him. It was really endearing to watch this and I enjoyed it a lot

[FXfanbutstillanoob]

the dad looks like doc from back to the future

[Voldyrule]

OMG! thats my dad

[adanalimahmud]

wery nice türksh cock

[13thewitch]

Your dad sounds like my mom, she’s a scientist.

[EmpressZingha]

this was very nice =)

[Luvanov]

don't drink alcohol.

"okay."

and do not smoke marijuana.

"alright."

and do not inject heroin.

"no problem."

good talk.

[bealtespip123]

@Luvanov Hah a ha. Us men don't waste any time. We just say what's need to be said. :D

[DerpDerpDerification]

I don't know if you've actually read this article or if you're particularly interested in reading about physics, but after reading needles's comment I went and googled "Huseyin Yilmaz" and found a Wikipedia article on the Yilmaz theory of gravitation (Youtube won't let me post the link)

I know Wikipedia isn't always right nor is it the most trustworthy source on the internet, but it's a good place to start.

[Cookiecan113]

Heh. This cheered me up, I kid 3 of 4, I'm not overly close with my dad and my parents are 20 years apart.

This pretty sums up our relationship, it ain't half bad :)

[MrBroddles]

your dad sounds Turkish AND VERY BUSY!



[wuepeace]

wiki this: Yilmaz theory of gravitation

[insomniatic505]

This is so weird! My dad was an aeronautical engineer, and he dresses like that. He always talks about math and science. My parents are 19 years apart. He always puts black pepper all over his food, and he has 3 kids. o.O

[Edgtheow]

I think I'm gonna be like your father. I study physics and I am just like that around the people even now. O_o

[yawenalice]

I don't know why this video almost made me cry.

[waninerd]

his dad is cool ._.

[timeparadox888]

Don't smoke merrywahnah.

[Consequence]

Baba is also dad in Greek, but Greeks and Turkish have a lot in common.

[kramcas2]

@Consequence It's also one way to say father in Chinese.

[SilencerLPLP]

"That basically seemed to be his attitude that talk was meant to be grand and important and was by and large unnecessary unless the ideas discussed would ultimately lead to a Nobel prize."

So good :D

[jjkillerbird]

I don't know... Al that sounds kinda sad to me...

[piepotatosandturtle2]

you must use alot of sharpies,

[nahnuhhuh]

baba in spanish means spit...

[julezz1993]

@nahnuhhuh Actually it means slobber, technically the same thing but not quite.

[nahnuhhuh]

@julezz1993 hahaha thanks! English is my second language, I didn't know that word "slobber" now I know!

[Alighten2]

i love your dads story..

its, to me, verymoving to hear someons entire life, even if it isint dead, but he looks fulfilled and wise.

[vickikaravas]

I really loved this one......you're tales are truly gorgeous...keep them coming...

[onestepcloser17]

Your parents are 17 years apart? That's disgusting...=| I love your videos btw

[McDannus]

@onestepcloser17 That's pretty narrow minded. I've been married for 15 years to a woman 6 years older to me, and at this point the thought of tapping a woman 17 years younger is awfully appealing.

[kissingninja]

Beautiful. I especially enjoyed your interpretation of your dad's accent. I'm always telling stories about my dad and I have to do his accent too. I don't think I do it justice though.

[Consequence]

@kissingninja

Exactly the same here. And when my friends actually do hear my father talk they're like; "What the hell? Your impression of your dad is so wrong!" I think I exaggerate his accent.

[BIGBOSSKEY1]

You know, thinking that you did a video on your father, you should do one on your whole family. Just the basic family. (:

[ADragonAmongRoses]

in my mom's language father's are called baba, and i've always wanted to call my dad by that because it's feels comfortable to say... but he's sorta racist and [not so secretly] thinks his culture is superior to everyone else's.... so i think he might get offended if i ever call him Baba :(

[dings215]

what is it about dads and covering everything with black pepper?

[isakelo]

Your father should do the drug PSAs

[3ntityLvr]

i've been wanting to comment on these videos but everytime i think of something it's already been said or worded cooler than i could have done so i'll just that ur cool.

[MadaOOS]

That was some deep stuff man

[lala22k2]

This was actually very touching. I can completely relate to this experience.

[ParisiAthina]

Well... Baba means Dad on the other side of the Egean too... ony goes to show we do have a lot in common after all :-)

[Spardeth]

Baba is dad in Persian too. I can relate to ur story as well, my dad was Physicist too .

[moulsepatch91]

Baba is dad in many muslim country! And It is Turkish!

[StitchedMusik]

my entire family is turkish, including me. HOW DID I FIND YOUR VIDEOS?!

[gaianfreak]

I laughed at the "computers the size of a refridgerator"

[ILIYYILI]

Baba is father in most (if not all) arabic languages, so all of you can stop saying random names of arabic languages.

[mites7]

@ILIYYILI Turkish, Persian, and Greek are not Arabic Languages. Only Arabic is an Arabic Language.

[Consequence]

@ILIYYILI

Yeah Greek and Chinese are not Arabic languages.

[g0t3nks]

Baba also happens to mean father in Farsi.

[SumadinBedak]

baba is a bad word for old woman here over in slovenia and some other slavic countries... it's similair to babica which means grandmom :D

[maryame86]

Baba is also one of the ways to say Dad in Arabic too. I call my dad baba....

[peacelovemusicMcR13]

Baba is also used in farsi / Persian

[h4xwiffme]

Look at the magnet-looking thing at 0:30. Does anyone feel as though they can't make out where the middle part comes from or am I just optically retarded?

[AlexeiWest]

@h4xwiffme if u are not being sarcastic, then that is called an impossible fork. It is an optical illusion.

[CylindricalWhistle]

Um, is your dad's name Huseyin?

[EvangeMani]

I am just like your dad...