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| Ncruz Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5327 days ago 31 posts - 56 votes  Speaks: Spanish, English*, Dutch, Portuguese, Afrikaans Studies: French, German, Italian, Russian, Norwegian, Japanese, Scottish Gaelic | Message 33 of 36 01 December 2010 at 1:34am | IP Logged | |||||
Here's the link to that thread. It was pretty short, but still interesting: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=18656&PN=1&TPN=1#207780 Wikipedia also has a fairly thorough article about the differences between the two languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differences_between_Afrikaans_a nd_Dutch 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| EmmiInEurope Tetraglot Newbie South Africa nederlandsvirafrikaa Joined 4904 days ago 13 posts - 26 votes Speaks: Afrikaans*, English, French, Dutch Studies: Spanish | Message 34 of 36 01 December 2010 at 8:54am | IP Logged | |||||
I like the wiki article too. They mention that Afrikaans was much influenced by English. This is a statement I've heard/read from several places. However I can't find specific examples of how it was influenced. If anyone knows more on this topic, please share! Re Orkney Snorknie - just have to make clear that it is set in a mining community - i.e. characters are supposed to imitate 'common' working class people - the accent is more flat, and uses lot of 'slang', than you would find in general. But yes, it was a very popular show back then...(*embarrassed blush*) EDIT: a more current show (soapie in fact), is "7de laan" - there is an extract on Youtube that features Deon Meyer, and I think the language in that might be easier to understand. Edited by EmmiInEurope on 01 December 2010 at 9:46am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Syntax Bilingual Hexaglot Newbie South Africa Joined 4884 days ago 28 posts - 40 votes Speaks: English*, Afrikaans*, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Studies: Mandarin | Message 35 of 36 14 December 2010 at 8:19am | IP Logged | |||||
I am not sure if this is exactly relevant, but in old Afrikaans you would say: "ek heet Syntax" (Following, i think, the German form "ich heiBe Syntax"). English influence has led us to rather say "ek is Syntax" or "my naam is Syntax". Also, there is a distinct tendency to use English words in stead of Afrikaans when the English is shorter. Some purists would attempt at speaking only Afrikaans, but that often sounds very unnatural (well, at least to me). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5124 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 36 of 36 14 December 2010 at 12:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
Since Afrikaans is derived from Dutch, I would say it comes from the Dutch "ik heet Syntax" instead. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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