Learn to Speak Afrikaans in 5 minutes! - Pronunciation

[sasagharib]

ja pro 

[riadtel22]

dit is bai goet !

it is very good !

I wrote my first sentence in afrikaans

[Grunneger050]

Hey Gavin, ek probeer Afrikaans te leer, maar ek het baie probleme met die uitspraak. Ek kom uit Nederland, dus ek begryp die woorde as se is geskryf en ek se sien, maar weet jy hoe ek die uitspraak beter kan leer begryp? omdat ek uit nederland kom het ek geen probleme met die r en g, maar wel met die ander letters

baie dankie vir die les

[wolfieinu]

@Grunneger050 Ek reken jy moet maar net meer in aanraking met Afrikaans kom en hoor hoe dit gepraat word. Jou oor moet mos gewoond raak. Dis maar dieselfde raad wat mens gee aan Afrikaanssprekendes wat nie mooi kan uitmaak wat in Nederlands gesê word nie. Daar's nie 'n formule of 'n les hiervoor nie, dis maar net 'n kwessie daarvan om jouself aan die klanke gewoond te maak.

[kickop123]

Hey Gavin. I've been trying to learn Afrikaans for about two months now and i'm failing pretty hard at it because i cant roll my tongue at all. i stumbled on to your videos hoping they would help but sadly they don't help with the rolling. do you think you could make a video explain how to roll your tongue?

[ConlangFan]

Dankie!!! This is excactly what I've been looking for!

[TheGavinleRoux]

@ConlangFan I'm glad I could help! ;)

[ninoboeing]

Dit lijkt op nederlands

[Jeresunatkin]

This language is so easy if you've studied German!

[VillValor]

@Jeresunatkin I know i love it lol

[Crackerkiller5]

Isn't there an 'e' in Afrikaans with an umlaut?

[HANSMKAMP]

@Crackerkiller5 There is an e with two dots above it, but that is not an umlaut. It separates this e from the preceding sound. So there is a difference between "voël" (bird) and "voel" (feel). First may sound as "foe-el" and the other as "full".

[Crackerkiller5]

@HANSMKAMP Ah, right. Sorry, I kind of thought it was an umlaut considering it's a Germanic language.

[Nidolock]

Half or more of my family is afrikaans, and this is what im looking for! ^_^

Are you Afrikaans? I can hear an accent.... ^_^, Hey, I know Finnish Filipino Tiny bit of Swedish, Bits of Afrikaans, SPanish, and I can't roll my Rr's is what we call it. on 4:00

[Nidolock]

Half or more of my family is afrikaans, and this is what im looking for! ^_^

Are you Afrikaans? I can hear an accent.... ^_^

[Jerubbael]

Hey Gavin, I have another question regarding the use of words in Afrikaans. The words are "kwaad" and "bose". I attempted to solve the issue using Google translate but it is not always correct. Thanks again for your help. Dankie vir jou tyd. Hoop jy het n lekker dag. Peter

[yummypieProductions]

This was very helpful. Thanks so much!

[Jerubbael]

Thanks Gavin. Yes it does help. I appreciate you help. Thanks for all the Afrikaans videos you have posted. Suppose I could persuade you to make one on the Afrikaans alphabet in your free time? Dankie vir jou help met the taal. Your Canadian friend.

[Jerubbael]

Gavin can you tell what the difference is between the Afrikaans words "bymekaar" and "mekaar". I understand both to mean "together" I am confused when and how to use each one. Dankie

[TheGavinleRoux]

@Jerubbael mekaar means "each other" and bymekaar means "together". We are talking to each other - Ons praat met mekaar... Pete and Anne are eating together - Piet en Anna eet bymekaar. :) Hope this helped.

[Jerubbael]

Thanks Gavin. I've been looking for this help. It's been 20-years since I was in South Africa and I have been brushing up on my Afrikaans recently. I appreciate the language videos you have made and posted. Dankie vir al jou hulp. a Canadian friend. Ek hoop dat jy meer sal maak.

[mobilefreek]

Well done, useful!