Learing Urdu

Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakaatuh Hadhrat Mufti Saheb.

I am an English speaking university student in South Africa.

Mufti Saheb, would it be good for me to learn urdu? I know nothing.

I sometimes feel it uncomfortable and disrespectful to speak with elderly relatives and certain Senior ‘Ulama-e-Haq in English. I feel that I am inconveniencing them by forcing them to revert to English.

Importantly, some ‘Ulema converse only in Urdu. When an English translator is used, I feel that the barakat of what is being imaparted is partially lost and I also feel left out that I cannot benefitdirectly from them.

(1) Is my thinking correct?

(2) Would it be good for me to learn Urdu?

(3) If so, could Mufti Saheb please reccommend a suitable kitaab? [My relatives speak an informal Urdu and “don’t want to teach [me] the wrong thing” as they say.]

Jazakallah Khair.
Was-salam.