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Vincent_J
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Registered: Mar 2001
Posts: 28

Hey,
I am currently attempting to learn Afrikaans. Can anyone recomend some good websites, books and/or do it yourself home teaching. Can anyone recomend a good set of audio tapes to learn from. I have been gathering words and their meanings and some short sentences E.G. "Ek verstaan nie" But I don't have a clue about sentence structure or grammar. Someone please give me some advice.
Thanks. Later.
(and those damn double negatives.....)

23rd March 2001 03:26
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brett_chapman
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Registered: Oct 2000
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Me too!! :)

I'm in a similar situation. I've got a really good book (Helena van Schalkwyk's Teach Yourself Afrikaans) but I have immense trouble with pronounciation.

And double negatives? No way.. The compound verbs and the possessive pronouns got to me.
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Brett C
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23rd March 2001 07:01
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Vincent_J
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Good book?

hey, I just ordered Helena van Schalkwyk's book that you were talking about. As well as a couple of other ones. With any luck they will arrive shortly and I can further my study. Thanks.

24th March 2001 23:45
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brett_chapman
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HvS's Book

It is a good book, yes, but a few warnings:

1) Don't trust the pronounciation guide. Get an Afrikaans speaker to help you.

2) She will often give examples of a grammatical convention, but no rule.

3) She will often introduce words which are not in the vocab lists of that unit, and sometimes not in the master list in the back.

That aside, it's a good book, as I said :-)
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Brett C
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25th March 2001 04:27
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Vincent_J
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No prob.

Thanks for the warning, I will keep that in mind. I work with someone that lived in SA until he was 12 so I think he could help me on how to pronounce some of the vocab. Right on. I ordered a couple other books as well. So it will be interesting to see how they compare.

25th March 2001 23:58
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brett_chapman
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Just warning you :-)
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Brett C
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26th March 2001 06:35
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DeBaobab
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Registered: Mar 2001
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Try these sites

http://www.gy.com/www/af.htmhttp://geocities.yahoo.com and type the word "dugeot" under "search".
Happy learning!

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28th March 2001 04:33
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Vincent_J
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Debaobab

I can't get to that site. It won't let me link.......

28th March 2001 05:02
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DeBaobab
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oops sorry should be:
http://www.gy.com/www/af.htm and
http://geocities.yahoo.com and type the word "dugeot" under "search".

The first one doesn't seem to work - just tested it but that's the link I was given - so sorry
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kayla
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Registered: May 2001
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help!!!

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Originally posted by DeBaobab

oops sorry should be:
http://www.gy.com/www/af.htm and
http://geocities.yahoo.com and type the word "dugeot" under "search".

The first one doesn't seem to work - just tested it but that's the link I was given - so sorry [/QUCopyright © 1993-2001 Adworld International Inc. All Rights
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Hi! Well I just met someone online who's first languange is afrikanns and was wondering if their is any place I could go and learn how to write it, I wouldn't actually be speaking, so writting I gues the basics, Hi how are you? How was your day? Exct

31st May 2001 05:27
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brett_chapman
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Kayla...

http://www.travlang.com has a section that describes basic phrases. :-) Not very comprehensive, but Ok for basic stuff.

Totsiens :-)
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Brett C
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31st May 2001 11:19
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kayla
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Registered: May 2001
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Well Thanx it's going to take a couple of hours to actually find what I'm looking for. Thank for your help.

31st May 2001 12:28
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brett_chapman
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Registered: Oct 2000
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Sorry.

I know. Sorry. I did feel a bit guilty about not posting the full link, but I couldn't remember it, and I was in a bit of a rush :-)
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Brett C
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