Yoanna in English, Tagalog, Malay, Spanish, and Afrikaans

My little 3-year-old cousin Yoanna demonstrates her linguistic capabilities. She mispronounces "bobotie" in Afrikaans (Afrikaans vowels are hard for an Asian American three-year-old!), and she fuddles over her Spanish. She also mixes up "Thank you" (Dankie) and "Please" (Asseblief) in Afrikaans.

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Tags:

• toddler
• baby
• asian
• american
• tagalog
• filipino
• malay
• spanish
• afrikaans

[VerdantSF]

Ek leer ook Afrikaans. Dis 'n wonderlike video. Yoanna is baie slim!

[evachinoy]

@VerdantSF LEKKER! Is jy ook 'n Filipino Amerikaner?

[oomskaap]

hi, i'm afrikaans and it feels amazing to see her (and you) pronounce is perfectly. But why afrikaans ? do you have afrikaans friends? there is also a video on youtube where a afrikaans teacher teaches her korean class in korea an afrikaans song.

[evachinoy]

I do have Afrikaans speaking friends (mostly in South Africa, one here in the United States), but I learned Afrikaans because I wanted to eventually learn Dutch later, and I figured if I learned Afrikaans first, it would be a cinch to learn Dutch next. Plus, my older brother was a missionary in South Africa, and his experience left me fascinated with your beautiful country.

[candinski]

Where did the Afrikaans come from? :)

[evachinoy]

She picked it up from me, mostly. She can quasi-speak Afrikaans, but she understands more than she speaks. At times, she will reply to me in English.

[MrHotkidz]

turtle in malay is penyu not "pagong"..

[nasrazam]

good girl....

speak the ancestor's language (malay & tagalog)

keep the good work, teach her to be a true asian/malay root.

[CaliGirlReviews]

@evachinoy Your Afrikaans pronunciation is excellent!

[aebhie019]

Good job Yo-Yo!... =)

[Lennongrils]

So cute!!! And kudos to whoever is teaching her.

[pseudoquo]

mommy are you a teacher? no wonder u teaches her 5 different languages.. good job mommy :)

[VerdantSF]

@evachinoy Nee, my vader is 'n Swart-Amerikaner en my moeder is Koreaans :).

[animeilove08]

@hafiscute kura kura is tortoise, haha

[bwockee]

man abla muchos lenguages la bb smart lil lady

[hafiscute]

turtule in maly devided to 2 types....sea turtle n fresh water turtle...

sea turtle is penyu...

fresh water turtle is kura kura pronounce as khoorha khoorha....the girl in vid mis pronounce it..but still ok shes still young