Afrikaans!!?

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Heavy D 2

Ek praat ook Afrikaans ! Ek e-mail jou sommer !

Vango

I love my language and appreciate every opportunity to speak it, since I live in a foreign country. It's a language that echoes the seas of the Cape, the winds of the Drakensberg and the sounds of the African bush. It is the language of my mother and father and many generations of our family before them. Almost my entire life is written in it. It is the first language I ever heard as a baby and it was the language in which my father spoke his last words to me. It was the tool that taught me to read and write and it was the language in which the chansellor of my university congratulated me in on receiving my masters degree. It was the language in which I asked my first date in standard 4 to go with me to a school tiekie-aand and I hope my future wife will be okay with it being one of the languages I ask her to marry. Being denied the opportunity is to speak it is sometimes painful and I hope my future children (if I'm blessed with any) will speak our beuatiful taal.

jelly tots

some of it. Had to learn it at school when I lived in SA, but now I forgot most of it :( . Any good websites where I could read some?

Ek will meer Afrikaans verstaan, maar ek weet nie war te gaan nie om te "practice".

Alf Garnett

Hang on to your language and history before it is legislated out of your life. Well done Sins!

Roger C

I speak it fluently. I grew up with both English and Afrikaans as equal first languages.

Rooikat

Ja Skattie. I am a boertjie born and bred..... and bloody proud of it, I might add.

Diezel

Nee! Ek kan nie afrikaans praat nie.

sins

Yeah, that is my first language, I am also teaching it to my son. Hy moet Afrikaans en Engels leer.

wilgerboom

Ja, ek praat ook De la Rey se taal! :)

-One Love-

Ya sort of. It was only my 2nd language.

Joppie

Hallo Celine
My naam se^ dit , ek is trots Afrikaans
My name said it I'm proud to be Afrikaans

Makliekie

jip! afrikaans - en volk en trots daarop! ;-)

ANNIECAT

I live in Aussie now, and am from an English speaking SA family, but I still remember a lot of my Afrikaans. I hope I don't forget it all.

I'm South African. Afrikaans is not my first language, maar ek kan dit praat. I hated the language cos it was forced upon us, Blacks......but I started liking it when it was no longer forced upon me......the most thing I appreciate about Afrikaans speaking people is that they are never judgemental about the language..........they always tell me - "maar jy praat mooi Afrikaans"........for that I made much effort, en ek is nou lief vir die taal.....

Commander MJ

I can speak Afrikaans and Dutch, I won't write any here because I will probably get a violation notice!

Shot to the person who reported me for writing Happy New Year and Merry Christmas in all of SA's languages.... fully bru, cheers!

Snorkie

Ja ....Im also afrikaans en praat jou taal.

cheri

Ja, ek praat Afrikaans dit is ook my eerste taal, en ek sal help waar ek kan Angelbug, en beste antwoord Sins, bly jy voel so, Diezel jy jok

MB1810

It's my first language!

cakes4africa

IÂ´m English, my second language is Afrikaans.

*EDIT*

Hi Angelbug, if you want to learn Afrikaans online, just google "learn Afrikaans":

http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=learn+afrikaans&fr=ush-ans

There are so many sites from which to choose.

Bareasskmeagain

I understand every word, however, have not spoken the language for many years since that is not in my daily vocabulary at my present location.
Whenever I have contact and business dealings with South Africans, I always manage to reference the most forceful expression I know, 'Kak of betaal is die wet van Transvaal'

Amongst others I can speak five languages and can handle several on a survival basis.

Dinah f

I left SA a long time ago, It was my first language.
Now I can read it, understand it but when I speak it comes out as a direct translation from English. I am however now relearning it on line.

Jeez

Hi Celine, Although ek kan nie afrikaans praat nie maar I understand it very well.

mr zack

ja meisie ek praat afrikaans...but its my second language though

How about teaching me? I bet you sound hot ;)

Odie

Yes I speak Afrikaans third language and somehow managed to pass it higher-grade in high school. My father only knows two phrases that he tries to use as often as possible "Jammer mar ek kan nie Afrikaans praat nie" and "gaan kak in die millies". He has those phrases pinned down 100% Afrikaans people think he is joking and can really speak Afrikaans.

Blouspook

Ayiza, did you find it empowering to ridicule other peoples'mother tong? At least, if you dont speak it, you can't rape it, like you do with English.

megreeff

Ja en dit is die wonderlikste taal ooit, hy het die mooiste gesegtes, jy kan iemand so sleg se dat die see hom nie kan afwas nie, sonder om the vloek, in engels het hulle net die f..k woord en dit is al wat jy hoor in die movies, dit raak al hoe meer walglik om na te kyk want elke 2de woord is ...f...k you, terwyl afrikaans verryk is met woorde en dit kan bitter snaaks weet in movies sonder om walglik te wees. Ek dink net ons kinders op skool leer nie meer hierdie gesegdes soos wat ons dit vroeer jare geleer het nie, en ons musiek is fantasties, ons rakke in die winkels getuig daarvan, voorheen het ons 'n wegsteek hoekie gehad, nou oorheers ons Suid-frikaanse musiek ons mark. Uitstekend

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