Afrikaans the langauge of South africa
2006-10-13 03:53:20 · 10 answers · asked by Chuck Norris 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Ja, ek kan Afrikaans praat. Dis my moedertaal. As jy smaak om Afrikaans te praat, sal jy liewer ander Suid Afrikaners moet e-pos. Baie mense hier raak kwaad as mens in Afrikaans antwoord.
If you wanna join our group, check out the South African section under "Travel". There are lots of good friends of mine there and we have formed a good bond over the past few months. We have vowed not to answer or ask in Afrikaans, but we'll make an exception for you! And you can e-mail almost anyone there. They are all good guys. We fight and laugh and generally just enjoy being South African,
2006-10-14 02:43:21 · answer #1 · answered by Porgie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes. People in South Africa can speak Afrikaans.
2006-10-13 04:02:20 · answer #2 · answered by shlomogon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a million. The Afrikaans speaking anybody is from Dutch, French and likewise German descend. no longer basically Dutch. whilst somebody talk Dutch, I genuinely have a splash challenge awareness, because of fact many phrases they use, we use to boot, notwithstanding it has a thoroughly diverse meaning in Afrikaans. 2. Written. 3. maximum Afrikaans audio device are White and colored human beings speaking Afrikaans as a conventional language. i do no longer understand approximately Black South Africans. there must be the unusual one..
2016-10-19 08:01:16 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First I want to correct Ana-Lisa. Afrikaans is simplified archaic Dutch. There are English loan words, but it is definitely not a mix of Dutch and English.
About your question. I can understand Afrikaans well and during my recent trip to South Africa I found out that Afrikaans speakers understand me well when I speak Dutch.
2006-10-13 08:53:16 · answer #4 · answered by Hi y´all ! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. I'm fluent in Afrikaans, as in South African schools you are required to take a second South African language. There are some words if you are interested:
Goeie more - good morning
Hoe gaan dit? - How are you?
Lekker! (En jy?) - Great! (And you?) (informal)
My naam is ___ - My name is___
Ek is lief vir jou - I love you
Wat maak jy? - What are you doing?
Waar gaan jy? - Where are you going?
Ek gaan na die winkels toe - I'm going to the shops
It is important to note that there are two forms of You, "jy" and "u"{prounced - eeh}.
Jy is an informal form of address, and "u" is the formal version.
(note, when there is a G at the begining of the word, it is pronounced almost like a Spanish J as in Julio, and a W is pronounced like an English V.)
By the way, Afrikaans is just one of the 11 official languages of South Africa, the others are English, Ndebele, Nothern Sotho, Xhosa, Venda, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Zulu, Swazi, and Tsonga.
If you need any more help don't hesitate to contact me! Thanks!
2006-10-15 06:38:34 · answer #5 · answered by Jesse 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I can.
Afrikaans is only one of the languages of South Africa.
2006-10-16 00:02:43 · answer #6 · answered by marmalade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in general africa is not a small country its alot of countries bust of them taklking arabic unless you go deeply to south africa then the situation will be different
2006-10-13 04:00:33 · answer #7 · answered by lostship 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't speak it but I do understand it! It's a mix of Dutch and English.
2006-10-13 06:02:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anna-Lisa 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
south africans can
2006-10-13 04:48:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No ... I cannot ...
2006-10-13 04:24:43 · answer #10 · answered by visheshonthenet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋