How do you get traction in Afrikaans?
Another brilliant way, of gaining traction in Afrikaans, is to work closely with a native Afrikaans speaker in a method called language exchange.
In this approach, half the time is spent speaking your mother tongue and the other half is spent using the mother tongue of your partner.
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How to Get Started
Uit die staanspoor, (one of many Afrikaans phrases meaning from the very start or the get-go), an almost peerless way to improve your skills in Afrikaansis to work with a native Afrikaans-speaker.
If you choose to immerse yourself in the Afrikaans language by spending time with a family, you would not only be learning and utilising the language dai.
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How to write negative form in Afrikaans?
There is one basic rule in negative form for Afrikaans, there are many variations of the rule but it is the same concept.
The rule works like this..
You identify the first verb of the sentence then you put a "nie"after it.
You then add a "nie" to the end of the sentence.
You can remember this rule by knowing that you have two knees.
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Read Newspapers and Magazines in Afrikaans
A great springboard would be to start reading Afrikaans magazines, – the Huisgenoot, Sarie, Rooi Rose and Weg!– newspapers and novels.
Here, again, you are exposed to writing which will influence yours in one way or another.
Once you have decided on a magazine, you will be drawn to a particular writer and/or the particular topic they tend to write .
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Read Novels and Poetry
If you have a smattering of Afrikaans as a background, you may want to delve deeper into the treasure trove of Afrikaans literature available: novels, poetry, prose and drama.
Poetry, with is rhythm and rhyme, casts a quick spotlight on the use of the language, in that it is much shorter than a novel, drama or biography.
The light, of course, can s.
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Read to Write
Indisputably, the basis for a lot of learning is reading.
This is why looking for information is called research(re-search).
Generally, before the advent of the Internet, people did research by scouring through volumes of books and encyclopaedias.
Even in our modern age of technology, many students can still be encountered poring over volumes of bo.
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Watch Afrikaans Films and Series
A wonderful way to expose yourself to Afrikaans, in a non-threatening way, is to watch Afrikaans news, movies and soapies.
You can always check your understanding of the news by watching it with a native speaker or by checking the English news later on.
You could also copy down new words you’ve heard and check them out in your tweetalige orverklare.
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What if I have a smattering of Afrikaans as a background?
If you have a smattering of Afrikaans as a background, you may want to delve deeper into the treasure trove of Afrikaans literature available:
novels poetry prose and drama.
Poetry, with is rhythm and rhyme, casts a quick spotlight on the use of the language, in that it is much shorter than a novel, drama or biography. ,
Where can I study Creative Writing in South Africa?
North West University provides creative writing instruction at first and second year levels only (NWU).
Similarly the University of Stellenbosch provides two undergraduate modules and it only offers its MA in Creative Writing in Afrikaans.
Afrikaans literature is literature written in Afrikaans.
Afrikaans is the daughter language of 17th-century Dutch and is spoken by the majority of people in the Western Cape of South Africa and among Afrikaners and Coloured South Africans in other parts of South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini.
Afrikaans was historically one of the two official languages of South Africa, the other being English, but it currently shares the status of an official language with ten other languages.
