Accents: Week 4 - South African (Afrikaans) accent

[rosalielove11]

I really like your iPhone!

[livypoo22]

Ultimate face palm at the Nelson Mandela part.

[wolfieinu]

Nicely done man! I'm South African and you're doing it very well :)

[joshebizonline]

he talking like Arnold Swats

[mattnelsonmusic]

Hold on a second, let me just turn my amplifier up to max volume and gaff tape the speakers to my head.

[Tredoshark]

4 that I can identify! Then you get the Afrikaners English accent! but there might be more! Northern Cape accents are tricky to imitate!

[Tredoshark]

South Africa has 4 different english accents! There is a Durban english accent Port Elizabeth Cape town and a Johannesburg accent! Slang also influences the different accents! P.E people sound the most formal, as if they could be from England! Durbanite sound like Californian surfers and Cape Town folk are in between! Your accent is closely related to Johannesburgers!

[DomSmit]

@Tredoshark hahah so true

[macbookprouser8149]

Not bad considering your not south African, but you could use alot of practice

[Sharne7777]

I'm from south Africa and currently living in new Zealand, the two accents sound NOTHING alike

[VoiceofJayBritton]

@Sharne7777 You're right they don't, but I in my video I say it's a mix of Australian and South African. Listen closely to the vowel sounds in SA and NZ and the lilt in NZ and Australian and you'll see what I mean

[SafiyyahRobinson]

lekker, not lecker. There's no letter c in Afrikaans.

[ultimategirl101]

theres a difference between a South african accent and an afrikaans accent...

[kusemek15]

eish bru...pisskop !!! isit rreally an iphone. isit really lekka

[catycue]

I second Bradonafrica's comment. South African english speakers do not roll their Rs. Otherwise, well done for trying. However , you need to practice a bit more, as you haven't quite got our accent down pat.

[NaomiUKNZ]

I'm from New Zealand and this is the first time I've ever been told that our accent is influenced by South Africa! I'm not quite sure how you worked that out, I don't know anyone who thinks we sound remotely South African!

[Mazda6B6]

I've spoken with a SA accent. Fooled some people myself, asking where I was from.

[Pereles1000]

on a technical note: your video sound is really low

[ngkvanderkloof]

Im from South Africa and I rrrrrealy like your video. Dis baie lekker :0)

[Dancrof80s]

you could land a plane on them fronts. XD

[Skirminkel8]

I'm born Afrikaans and I can't see the point in teaching foreigners to sound like they're from Brakpan or Boksburg..

[sidpineapple]

i guess its hard for british people to understand cos you guys only speak english...ur doin an afrikaansish person speaking english. english south africans sound different in my opinion

[LouisaJuz]

This is great. Can you please make your vids louder please? I have the volume on max and I can still can't hear you that well.

[MrJordybt]

Teeth like Timmy Turner

[dalepie]

Wow..this makes me cringe a bit - as others have noted, this is an Afrikaans South African accent, not an English South African accent - there's a big difference between the two. As you say, it's a mixture between English and Australian. That said, you have the Afrikaans accent down perfectly, it's not an easy one to do so well done :)

Your Nelson Mandela is spot-on though lol! :P

[Victoria5128]

His mouth movements and teeth remind me of Wallace in the movie Wallace and Gromit.

[jeanmoke1]

You talking bout white south africans not all south africans

[rudivn1]

wow, its quite surprising how the majority of people worldwide cannot emulate our accent.they do not seem to understand the difference between south african english and afrikaans people that speak english. Clueless and naive

[brandonafrica]

@VoiceofJayBritton____ "Now Now" and "Just now" are essentially the same in their meaning, i.e. ill be there now now = ill be there soon. If we want the exact present moment , we say "ill be there right now". Also, first language english speakers in South Africa dont roll their r's. Only afrikaans 1st language speakers will roll there r's when speaking english. But other than that, as a south african i appreciate the effort youve put into trying to nail down the accent! peace

[saffagirl]

@brandonafrica , "now now "and "just now" are never the same meaning..

Now now is imminent, just now is it will happen in a little while, but who knows when...

Yes on the rolling of r's though...

before you ask, I'm, South African 1st language English

[brandonafrica]

@saffagirl I am also first language english south african. 'Imminent' does not mean right now. It means 'very very soon'. If i say "ill be there now now", it is the same as saying "ill be there in a moment",

[brandonafrica]

@saffagirl I also said that they are "essentially the same", so i know they are not exactly the saem but they can be interchanged

[saffagirl]

@brandonafrica don't know about the interchangeable thing, but as long as you realise they're not the same :)

Imminent is more immediate..that's the point I'm making , just now you and I both know has no exact time, it could happen, you just know it's soonish. ;)

[moh459]

1:54 lol practive :-)

[danc13579]

I can't roll my r's but I can do a single roll. lol.

[TheHugosouthafrica]

Great job Jay. Should be fun to see you do an English speaking South african accent. I sound like you when I talk, but my English friends have somthing much different. Keep it up! :)

[MyDarkMuse983]

English speakers in south africa don't roll their r's. only afrikaans-english speakers do but this was the best attempt at a south african accent i've seen!

[09feb1992]

@MyDarkMuse983 I don't have any Afrikaans in me but I roll my r's. Not a big as an Afrikaaner though.

[MyDarkMuse983]

@09feb1992 Really? that's weird. where do u live?

[09feb1992]

@MyDarkMuse983 Yeah, I lived in Durban. My dad is English and my mom is Xhosa. I probably learnt it from TV ads in SA lol.

[MyDarkMuse983]

@09feb1992 I live in Joburg. no one around here rolls their r's so maybe it's an area thing. oh well, i think we one awesome unique accent/s anyway!

[MyDarkMuse983]

@MyDarkMuse983 ^have

[Hiadcrr]

is soo quiet... can u re do/re-record with higher volume pls

[lou22eva]

He is focusing on more on how to speak english with an afrikaans accent rather than the english accent. Not everyone in South Africa sounds like that. As a english South African I don't sound like this at all!

[09feb1992]

Best SA impression on youtube lol, but you forgot one word and that word is "Howzit". People not from SA think it's a question but in SA it's a greeting when you see someone. It's equivalent to a "hello" or "G'day". Person A: Howzit!, Person B: Ja Howzit!

[RikiFCB]

@09feb1992 English speaking South Africans don't speak like that. that's an Afrikaans accent

[09feb1992]

@RikiFCB Speak like what?