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Springbucksa
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Dit is baie interessant. Afrikaans is one of the best languages to learn the history of. Because it comes from such a diverse collection of languges, it is very interesting indeed. Not only the language itself, but also the people who speak it and their histories.
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25th August 2001 09:55
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Springbucksa
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How close is german really to Afrikaans? Is it closer than, let's say, French? Because I see some words common to Afrikaans words, but then again I see lo'ts that are very different. Same with French. Which one is closer?
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25th August 2001 09:57
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brett_chapman
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I think it's closer to German... I have recently read a book on Weimar Germany, which contained within it many copies and photos of German election posters etc. Even I, with my limited knowledge of Afrikaans was able to match about 40 German words up (And this is an English book, so these are coming soley from images and nouns used) with Afrikaans ones.
Ie:
Geld = Geld
Arbeit = Arbeid
Wahrheit = Waarheid
Daran = Daaraan
Frauen = Vrouen
etc. German is also a member of the same sub-group as Afrikaans.. French is very far removed. I'd say German to Afrikaans is like French to English.
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26th August 2001 03:33
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Springbucksa
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Thanx a lot for your help Brett.
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26th August 2001 10:56
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brett_chapman
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Or nosy, officious prattle - call it what you will ;-)
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26th August 2001 12:37
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Springbucksa
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What European language if you could pick, would you want to speak?
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27th August 2001 10:15
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brett_chapman
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Just one? A toss up between Dutch and German.
Yourself?
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27th August 2001 11:07
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Springbucksa
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Beacause I speak Afrikaans which is really similar to Dutch and has a few similarities to German, I would pick a totally different language, with barely any similarities eg. Spanish, also Spanish because you would be able to kinda communicate with the Poruguese in Portugal and countries like Mozambique. You would be able to speak to many South American people also. Am I right if I say that Spanish and Portuguese are similar to each other?
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28th August 2001 06:57
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brett_chapman
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I have it on fairly good authority that Portuguese is harder to learn than Spanish... But I'm sure the differences could be worked around.
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28th August 2001 07:34
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Springbucksa
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Ya. I actually know absolutely NOTING about either of them.
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30th August 2001 03:57
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brett_chapman
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All I know is that they exist, and that Sash! produces music in one or both of them ;-) Seriously though, my main interest lies with Germanic languags.
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Brett C
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30th August 2001 08:17
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4afrikaans
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27th December 2001 11:27
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Drina
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Will someone please help me????
Hello, I'm from Salt Lake City, Ut., USA
There is this program for our church that I am in & I'm representing South-Africa. I need to know how to say HELLO, MY NAME IS, & GOOD-BYE. Will someone please help me & reply A.S.A.P.
Malo au pito=Thank you (in my language)
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15th March 2002 21:47
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konner
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I'm a native english speaker, learning French and also Dutch/Flemish.
I was doing research about Belgium. When the Flemish movement wanted to increase the importance of their language, it was decided to refer to it as 'Nederlands' in common with the language of the (northern) Netherlands. One reason was that 'Vlaams' on its own would be too small to survive in a globalising world.
From what I have seen of 'Afrikaans' (v.limited), it is still very close to Dutch. Would it be beneficial to it and 'Nederlands' - in the wider world view - to begin an organised co-ordination of the two, to ensure that they survive and flourish, in the same way that the flemings did at the start of the 20th century?
I became interested in 'Nederlands' from doing summer work in Belgium, and my interest has now spread to Africaans. Does anyone know if the two languages share media such as film or TV?
Bedankt.
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8th April 2002 18:50
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