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  • Well done, for getting the South African AFRIKAANS accent right. Might wanna research a little further into what a fist language English speaking South African sounds like...

  • OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIII­IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGG­GGGGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO­OOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHH­HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is so incorrect!! Please dont listen to him, you will sound ridiculuos you will be laughed at!! Unless you are Afrikaans then its ohkai...but still! eeeeeuuuuuuuwwwww sies!

  • Wow, I lived in South Africa for 18 years and that was by far a minority accent. You really should call it an Afrikaner accent as the majority of South Africans don't sound like that at all. Only about 13% of them speak Afrikaans as a home language.

  • @MrJcman100 You're forgetting one thing, most people outside of South Africa don't spea xhosa or zulu or any of the other languages that are spoken, so English speaking Afrikaners are who westerners mainly associate with South Africa. I thought it was a majority accent until my girlfriend corrected me.

  • @elsparx True but it's a misconception that really pisses them off. :) There are also almost as many English speaking South Africans that don't speak like that at all. I suppose since they have 11 official languages it's a very diverse country culturally. Imagine if Nelson Mandela opened his moth and spoke like that! Ha ha!

  • @MrJcman100 I have noticed that no two Afrikaners sound the same. My girlfriend is from South Africa, but one grandparent is english and another is italian. She's lived in the UK for almost 4 years now and has lost a lot of her accent, her friends back home mock her for sounding british. And yes, Mandella would sound FUBAR if he talked like that haha

  • Mooi goed boet

  • I watched this cus I wanna talk like Die Antwoord

  • Only Afrikaans people trying to speak English sound like that get your facts straight boet

  • South African can sound similar to Australian, if your ear is not trained very well..

  • @VASINGER ahhhm No. We don't sound anything like South Africans. Even if your ear is trained or not... 

  • *apologies for the cliched comment*

    but why have so many people disliked this? This is a very good video when learning the accent!

  • It's a common misconception in the rest of the world, but this accent is specific only to Afrikaans South Africans. In itself, it is an accent already, as Afrikaans is a completely different language. It would great if someone taught the accent English South Africans speak with in a Youtube video. We're getting very sick of the stereotypical portrayal of South Africans in Western culture. However, this guy pulls off the Afrikaans accent beautifully.

  • All the people criticising him for calling it a 'south african accent', have you considered he's only calling it that because %80 of people don't know it's called Afrikaans?

  • dude when u say "right man" no south african says it like that

  • thats an afrikaans accent u fucka do get ur shit together and stop making urself look like an idiot

  • you sound more russian here than in the russian accent video

  • Hahaha, nobody can do the English South African accent. It's hilarious!

  • This sounds more like English spoken by Afrikaans native speakers! I only lived there'd for a year ! I might bd mistaken!

  • This ou is talking kak man

    

  • HILARIOUS. LMAO THIS IS AN AFRIKAANS ACCENT OK REST OF THE WORLD. WE DO NOT SPEAK LIKE THIS IN SOUTH AFRICA. WELL NOT ALL

  • Well its not perfect but still an Afikaans-english accent

  • I live in new zealand and get told all the time that I dont sound south african. WHY? because I dont have an afrikaans accent. its guys like this that give false impressions. the title should have been an afrikaans south african accent,

  • @michael27690 yeah, i think he's going for the Afrikaans-speaker English accent...

  • . . . I am a white, male South African- and "der are no way dat i are talking like dis.... ah-riiight"- this guy is POES funny; granted; there are places where people speak like that, but they are Afrikaans. . . and limited. . . the "official English" english accent, is similar to that of Britian. . . without the whole "not pronouncing the whole word thing" ---- search Trevor Noah, a South African comedian with a typical [propper] accent. . .

  • Very flawed advice. He's incorrect on the pronunciation of the i in tin. He 'sharpened' it whereas it should be 'blunted'. The i should be pronounced like the e in rotten. Same goes for bin, bill, fit, etc. And as for putting a h sound before right? I don't think so. If anything it would go after the h. People agree?

  • It is an Afrikaans accent, not a South African accent. Get it right.

  • The "Right, man!" sounded JUST like Whackhead Simpson :D

  • Don't they incorporate Dutch accents since the language is creole Dutch?

  • When he said 'right man' reminds me of borat.

  • do you realise you have a sweaty upper lip?

  • Bliksem..

    

  • thats an afrikaaner trying to speak english accent

    we dont say 'pin' we say 'pen'

  • well done on sounding like an Afrikaans South African speaking English but I'm afraid English speaking South Africans do not sound like this at all.

  • *Kobus

  • I'm a Kiwi and I enjoy listening to the SA rugby commentary because of the cool accents. I like Kobu Wiese's and Razor Bladen's accents. I like those really heavy Afrikaan accents the most

  • omw i'm south african and we don't talk like that... O.O hahahahaha or at least not in pretoria...

  • I have never heard a South African talk like that, but I don't blame you for getting it wrong because "the SA accent" is undefinable.

  • you're pretty good at speaking with an Afrikaans accent, but the majority of people in south africa don't sound like that at all... seeing as we have 11 national languages there are a good few accents.. but look at the english speaking South Africans to get a normal "South African english" accent...

  • @JonoMacm agreed

  • Why do people keep calling an Afrikaans accent a South African accent? English speaking South Africans don't sound like that at all.

  • @camo5281 You keep forgetting that alot of SA Expats overseas are Afrikaners. The accent sticks and is associated as such. The normal SA English accent does not make an impression unfortunately an hence goes unnoticed by International English audiences.. This is friggin hillarious though.

  • @camo5281  Ai.Are you refurrring to d'ous who SOund like Koein WeakteaOre:Ah ? BEEcause she's deAd. Relax your JAwZ.

  • Sorry but this isn't a typical English speaking SA accent. It sounds more like a heavy Afrikaans accent of Dutch origin.

  • so bad.. learn from this tut and you will defo not sound south african

  • what a fright I got when listening to this men, I know, it's supposed to be man, but apparently we pronounce it men.

  • Not sure why there are so many offended individuals. Having lived in SA for 20 years I can say that the accent in the Video is dead on. Obviously the accent varies depending on location but the accent in the video would pass 100% as a SA accent.

  • Moby has never toured here, how would he know what we sound like.

  • this is more of a staunch freestate afrikaans farmer accent than the typical South African accent. Not bad I think, it would definitely pass for a South African accent in a movie etc.

    Having said that I don't actually know anyone who speaks like this in South Africa

  • @Brudelay the last 50 seconds are fail though

  • Use this coach if you're a bonehead and want to sound like you're a scottish cross new zealand cretin from middle earth.

  • Not even close china ! KUNJANI idiot !

  • This is worse then Leonardo de Caprio's accent in Blood Diamond! Come over to SA and I will show you what a "Poes Clap" is and then teach you how to say it right

  • i can like to speak like dat hey. tosser

  • you are F.*&ˆ% ing stupid if you think that is South African, Hate you, you make us sound, uneducated and sound like twits. I have lived and studies in other countries for over 3 year and everyone compliment our accent saying it is the best english accent out there, so my little friend, find a new hobby this one sucks

  • Jislaaik Bru!!! You gave me a proper frighT! with your South Afrikan accent.Jammer bra, lyk my jy't jou beroep gemis.

  • I've been living in South Africa all my life and in my experience, the only South Africans that speak like this are those who immigrated from Germany! Don't know where you did your research bru, maar jy sit die pot mis!

  • No one South Africa speak like that. You sound like F.W. De Klerk or someone his age.

  • I'm from cape town and you are sounding like a german friend.

  • lol i'm from namibia and that sounds like a german accent!

  • It sounds crazy but I often get confused between a New Zealand accent and a South African accent.

  • @LemonZeppelin they are similar

  • Hy klink vir my heel normaal?

  • Good lesson actually. Im South African and I think youve isolated the vowels quite well. Not all SA's speak like this but it'll do as a general accent, which is the point of the excercise....

  • You come on too strong. This sounds more like a english South African making fun of a Afrikaans South African... But nearly right. Or hrrraatt...

  • @MrHairybugger I think to properly show of the specific features of the pronunciation he has to overdo the way of speech, isn't it?

  • I thought this was going to teach me how to understand black people The ghetto ones in america. I have black friends no im not racist.

  • Wat  de fok?

  • As a South African - good advice and it's good going but you need to be careful. South Africa has so many different English accents. This sounds more like the Afrikaans South African accent.

  • if you have nothing good to say, don't waste your time.. i don't wanna read these pathetic comments.

  • hi wtf is this nobheadz

  • Jy praat kak.

  • Why do all the mean people come and hate on this guy's (who is just trying to give us some tips) videos?

  • @grappleandnurr Because assholes have got nothing better to do.

  • @grappleandnurr . . . I am a white, male South African- and "der are no way dat i are talking like dis.... ah-riiight"- this guy is POES funny; granted; there are places where people speak like that, but they are Afrikaans. . . and limited. . . the "official English" english accent, is similar to that of Britian. . . without the whole "not pronouncing the whole word thing" ---- search Trevor Noah, a South African comedian with a typical [propper] accent. . .

  • He has to make a video about dutch accent

  • Afrikaanse aksente moet maar by ons in S.A bly!!! 

  • The accent you are doing is an english afrikaans accent man. Mail me i will couch you right alright? merry Xmas. BTW your south african accent makes the south african english people sound retarded not cool.

  • I'm South African living in the UK. My daughter was born here in the UK and has just started school and is learning jolly phonics and we seem to pronounce the phonics different. She keeps telling me I am saying things wrong, especially "e" and "i".......now I can see the difference after hearing this. I stick to my guns though as the way I pronounce it is also "right". My daughter and I have developed a sort of sign-language to differentiate between the different sounds. MAD!

  • Dutchman accent lol

    

  • Fail... has this guy ever been in south-africa?... just no... failed... nope... no lies, he really does not sound S.A at all... sad really 0_o

  • your south african accent fucking sucks dude!

    Jy klink soos n groot doos! Jy kan die afrikaanse aksent nie namaak nie! Ek dink jy moet liewers by jou eie aksent bly, want eintlik klink jy meer soos n engels sprekende suid-afrikaner, as jy met jou eie aksent praat.

    Drol.

  • sounds irish

  • I promise you , I do not say : whrrrroiTe. I say write. bro.

  • @heathermichelle1207 how true we dont say that! >:U

  • Original accent was closer. Seriously, watch District 9. They sound almost articulate British to begin with.

  • he sounds slightly Australian, this man is lost

  • P@ephol. Jy sê die "i" klink soos "oi" in oil, maar jy sê dit heel anders. En hoe dink jy klink jou Engels. Jy klink meer Afrikaans as enige iemand wat ek ken. Ek dink jy moet bietjie meer navorsing doen en ophou om met dronk bergies te praat en dan te sê dis Afrikaans. Ek ken 'n baie mooi Afrikaanse woord vir jou...... p_ _skop.....

  • LOL you sound nothing like a South African your'e about as good as Leo in Blood Diamond

  • I'm from Johannesburg and i live in Cape town and no one i know speaks like that. Fail

  • @CapeTownClique sjuddup and let him learn us a sowf efriken accsent ok/

  • It's like a Boer speaking english or something

  • Joo fookin prawn! Keep yoor tentakles off me men!

  • I'm in South-Africa and we talk nothing like that. When he said "right", thats afrikaans, not english. I'm afrikaans.

  • uit watter grot kom jy uit...ons is nie van Skotland nie...jou moer!!

  • DOM POES you dont sound south african...

  • There's also the 'o', as in coffee or off which is pronounced the way no other country does.

  • What the fuck do you keep looking at, you cunt?

  • Im actually shocked at how bad u suck bru!

  • Bru, you talk f**king crap!!!!

    Guys, if you really want a video about SA accents go look at others, maybe one by "kingscorp1984" or someone else, this oak sucks!!!!! Seriously.

    You talking absolute rubbish bru!

  • btw it sucked

  • I'm South African, why am I watching this??!?!?!

  • @ESELkoek Where in South Africa do you stay?

  • @Karlakat4 Randburg Johannesburg

  • @ESELkoek Oh cool. So r u Afrikaans?

  • @ESELkoek And I'm in Cape Town!!

  • @Karlakat4 Nah man, my parent were American, I grew up around Afrikaans people but don't have the complete accent. And sweet I lived in Cape Town for nine years. I miss the ocean, the most beautiful place in the world I think

  • @ESELkoek Thats so cool. I also think it is very beautiful here! where in Cape Town did you live?

  • @Karlakat4 I lived on a mountain about ten minutes drive from Fishhoek beach, from my balcony you could see the Atlantic and Indean ocean! It was amazing! How about you?

  • @ESELkoek I live in Fishhoek. In 4th avenue!

  • I'm sure you'll find someone in SA who sounds like that and the general observations aren't miles off, but this a sterling example of why directors should cast South African actors in roles requiring South African accents. I'm sorry to say, but this accent is 2nd rate at best.

  • I don't believe that white people born in south africa are African. No way in heaven, they are far from it. Only in America, do they consider you a American or native when born in the courntry. Fuck that shit.

  • That was the worst South African accent i've ever heard,he sounded like he was imitating a frikken leprechaun.i don't mean to be racist but he was TRYING to do the afrikaners' accent.Our accents are the clearest accents in the world!!

  • what a POES?!?

  • haha i am from South Africa... what a kak actor.... we don't sound like that at all!! he sounds irish...hahaha

  • nee man FOKOF 

  • I didnt even know they had an accent haha

  • @ihatwhits Well, that's not very nice.

  • I know South Africans and yeah their accents are a lot light lighter. But good job :)

  • @ihatwhits no one cares go fuck a goat

  • Achmed you are an arrogant fucking prick. I hope you die of throat cancer

  • this sounds like a scottish accent...is it suppose to?

  • At least he tried his best but a true South African accent comes from a South African.

  • holy crap this is so bad... The South African accent is impossible to replicate unless you are actually born here and grow up here speaking South African English.

  • im sorry but thats not a good accent :S nothing like the area i was in anyway

  • It makes me laugh how defensive people are getting. I think it's a brilliant video! Thanks Gareth.

  • F### we don't speak gaylatin

  • Nou hoekom wil enige iemand dit weet?? Bly in engeland,doos

  • @gustavduifkuif I dont think its miles off given the fact that this is from a non-speaking African speaking. Its an academic view on it.

  • @gustavduifkuif Stem saam die ou is n fokken dom etter

  • great...now people think everyone in south africa can like to spoke english like a afrikaaner

  • As I am a South African, I same this objectively, most South African's speak English with a horrible sounding rough, flat accent. The Afrikaans accent being rough and the English South African accent being flat. They both sound crap it's sad.

  • Lol. I'm Afrikaans, and I don't sound like that when I speak English! But okay, I got a few things you said, just need some work! :)

  • Fucken pussys dont get so emotional

  • Dude. Don't ever try to fake a South African accent. You just come off sounding like a real doos. I hate when actors think they can throw a Safra accent and all they are doing is speaking a whole load of kak. And BTW what you had there was an Afrikaans South African accent, which I sure as hell sound nothing like as I am English South African. Stop talking kak now and stick to your own dialect.

  • That guy cracks me up so much

  • @VideoJug, ignore the rabid commentators - you have done well. But you should really change the title of the video to "How To Speak With Afrikaans Accent".

  • I can do different acents, this is one I have massive probs with. This has helped greatly, thanks.

  • you cant generalise that accent. That's one particular accent that only applies to most Afrikaans speaking people. There are many more accents depending on which of the 11 languages you speak and even within that category, it also depends on which part of South Africa you live in.

  • what the??? LOL! which south africa has this guy been to?? ma soul!!

  • lol this bra talks a lot of kak

  • Honestly, this guy's videos are kinda crappy. None of them sound like the accent he's trying to portray.

  • dude wtf!?!?! i live in SA he sounds more lyk a boer :/ what a poes!!!!!.... if u know what a poes is ; )

  • His original accent sounded more South African

  • No, no, us young South African's Do NOT roll our R's.... You sir, have not educated people incorrectly about the English South African accent, this is in fact an Afrikaans accent. A good Afrikaans accent nonetheless, but we don't ALL speak like this! The English South African accent has been described as "Australian, English, and a bit of something extra."

  • Classic Afrikaans.

  • This guy is a stupid cause there are loads of accents! N this is just the Afrikaans accents! Stupid british!

  • Let's face it: anyone imitating a South African accent is just going to imitate Tony Grieg.

  • This is the best South African accent I've ever heard, excellent!!!

  • @plaidzincs no one would want to watch a pom accent instruction video....who would go there

  • that is the stupidest thing...that guy absolutley SUCKS at speaking South African. gareth jameson, you are a tool who has no idea what a proper mzansi accent is. he sounds like hes speaking irish or some hillbilly accent. and mogli2nd2none everyone else thinks it sounds like it cuz they have no idea what it should be, only South Africans can do it.

  • That was hilarious - I think Videojug, you should think about deleting this - it's prrretty embarrassing... tin pin him bwahahahahaha

  • South Africans, chill out. Every video, somebody he did the accent of got upset. You can never get an accent completely right.

  • i think it's hilarious that everyone from south africa is "insulted" but everyone else thinks he sounds exactly like a south african. hmmmm. interesting.

  • hahahaha classic how all the bliks ere rr upsit...

  • This is actually quite insulting, you may have the theory pretty close to right, but you still need to work on your execution. You make us Afrikaans speaking South Africans sound like idiots. Please redo, and delete!

  • Gaariff Jaamisaan, go back to your rabbit hole and gargle to the moles and bugs. Those are the only peers you'll find - species that live underground, in the dark and have no brains. Voice coach??? Uhh no.. you're merely an ignorant assh*le! Actor schmactor .... whatever...yawn

  • is there a thing as a south african accent?? WTF, we have 11 languages....and every language has a diff accent..what you doin is B.S dude....

  • Now South Africans known how I feel when people make videos explaining how to use a "British" accent (as if said accent actually exists).

  • I think Robbie Wessels should pop in for an impromptu visit and punch this sucker in the face ......all the while shouting "stop fuuuuking wit mey eksent"!!!

  • now I can sound like vikis van de merwe

  • very helpful thanks!

  • The South African accent you're trying to "teach" us is the Afrikaans person speaking English but not an English speaking South African.

  • it isnt japanese

  • I've never heard anyone in South African speaking like this!

  • sounds more like a Welsh accent at the start

  • Afrikaans people don't sound like that! Wtf!!!

  • you cant even pronounce South Africa like a South African, so, like.. really

  • thats a bad tutorial of how afrikaans people spk when speaking in english. yoh bru, u suck... do research before you post your videos or even better, just upload tutorials of how to spk in a twatty southern english accent. you're good at that one.