Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Lessons from Africa: Afrikaans


Pieter and Paula, My Afrikaans Tutors
I learned many, many lessons in Africa. Some were very obvious; however I am just now beginning to understand and grasp others.

During my time in South Africa I attempted to learn some Afrikaans. “Attempted” would be the key word in that sentence.

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language. It is a daughter language to Dutch… I have NO experience with German or Dutch so the language sounded very foreign to me. I tried to learn at least one word each day. Paula and Pieter were great tutors, but I’m not sure I was the best student. I think everyone got a kick out of listening to me try though.

Here is one of my Afrikaans lessons: 



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