r/LearnAfrikaans • u/itsmesoitis90 • 17d ago

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Hi can anyone recommend a good app or anything to learn Afrikaans? Anything I can find is high Afrikaans which isn't easy. I know a little as my wife is Afrikaans (and she certainly don't speak high Afrikaans) but I'd like to suprise her with a little more. My dream is to be fluent. Alternatively if there is anyone living in Belfast Northern Ireland who has the patience of a saint who is willing to help I'd be grateful.

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u/RowdyDog707 17d ago

I am using the Mondly app…it’s been quite helpful. I also use this website. Good luck!

https://www.afrikaans.us/afrikaans/tuis-afrikaans/

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u/itsmesoitis90 17d ago

Thank you, shall check it out ☺️☺️

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u/ArmPale2135 17d ago

Ek weet nie wat "high Afrikaans" is nie, maar jy moet net begin luister, lees, en praat. Daar is baie flieks, televisie reekse, liedjies, boeke, etc. wat jy kan op die internet ontdek. Besoek liedjies met die lireike en sing saam. Boeke wat vir kinders is, is 'n maklike weg om Afrikaans te leer. Moenie bang wees nie! Vra jou vrou om met jou in Afrikaans te praat. Sê vir haar, "Bokkie, ek wil 'n bietjie Afrikaans leer. Sê my die Afrikaanse woord vir 'table.'" Heel dag se prêt vir jou en haar!

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u/itsmesoitis90 17d ago

She would be more slang or shorter ways to say or ask for something like

rather than: ek wil graag 'n koppie koffie hê she would say: ek wil 'n koffie hê

The first seems too formal 😂😂

So I guess high Afrikaans would be a very formal or posh way but also using fancy words. Like what you would have in English if that makes sense.

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u/tastexst 16d ago

Those two sentences mean different things... The first is "i'd like to have a cup of coffee" - the second is "i want a coffee". There isn't REALLY a formalised version of afrikaans apart from some wierd archaisms that sounds people prefer to use, like motor instead of car. Still, like others have said, mondly is a good start, as is the colloquial afrikaans book.