Be very kind and warm when someone tells you something or compliments you or gives you an answer to that Asseblief question that you just asked. So there we go again with the politeness. So be polite, remember your manners and say Asseblief if you are looking for something. Please remember to be polite when you’re asking for something or commenting on something that requires a please. Very popular in South Africa because we are all very polite people here but please remember. Otherwise, maybe don’t say it if you asked it first because then it’s just like a continuous cycle that’s never-ending. Bye!” You want to be polite, ask them how they are doing back if they asked it first. You don’t want to be like “yeah, I am fine. I am answering how you are doing and then asking back to the person because that’s only polite. So that obviously follows the previous one. Goed dankie, en met jou? "I'm fine, thanks. And you?"Īnd then the typical response or hopefully the response because it’s positive. Only ask these things if you care because it’s very nicer that way.ĩ. So you ask them Hoe gaan dit? and then remember to listen because people always say this and then don’t listen to the response or don’t really care about the response. So now in the conversation, you are at that part where you’ve realized that they have a cool name, they seem pretty cool and you want to know a little bit more about them. So it’s very important to know all these little phrases. It’s a simple conversation going on here. “It’s nice to meet you.” Aangenaame kennis Whatever time of the day it is, you’ve asked them what their name is, you’ve told them what your name is and now you are saying, So now you’ve said hello, you said Goeie more, Goeie middag, Goeie nag whatever. Wat is jou naam? Ek is, and then say your name.ħ. You would say, I would say Ek is (Christine) “I am Christine.” And then if they ask you that question or if you just ask that question, the likely response is, That’s what I usually do because I am very bad remembering names but definitely a useful phrase to know. So it’s always an easy icebreaker, Wat is jou naam? Get to know their name, try to think of a way that you remember it by making up little anagrams in your head or whatever. So this is obviously the one that you want to know when you’re going out in a new place especially in South Africa or anywhere where you know there’s Afrikaans people and you want to know who they are, what like know more about them. It’s nice to say it to the people around you before going to bed like end your day on a nice, calm note by telling everyone around you, Goeie nag. So that’s what you say before you go to bed obviously and by now, you are thinking of the dreams that you might have tonight or the comfy warm bed that you’re going to in a cold winter’s day, not like today obviously but it’s something that everyone wants to hear. So adding more /g/ in there and just saying Goeie middag as if it’s angry but try to say it with a smile and then it’s even nicer. So it’s very similar to Goeie more but this time, you are changing the second word to middag, adding an extra /g/ in there because now by middag time, the day is hot and you want some lunch. Practice it the next time you wake up in the morning and say hello to whoever you see the first thing in the morning and just say, goeie more. So it’s a great way, great time to use this. So this one is a little bit hard because it’s got the /g/ sound but in the morning, we are all feeling ughh anyway.
The ones that everyone always like learns these words in all the different languages. They are super simple, most of them, and easy to learn. So they are obviously the ones that you definitely want to know if you are learning Afrikaans. We are here today in the lesson, The Top 25 Afrikaans Phrases.
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