Learn how to say "not" and "don't have"
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| Michael: Welcome to 3-Minute Afrikaans Season 1, Lesson 19 - Using Negation In this lesson, you’ll learn how to state essential negative statements in Afrikaans. |
| Body |
| Michael: Here's the common way to say 'I don't have a pen' in Afrikaans. |
| Dewan: [Normal] Ek het nie 'n pen nie. |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'do not have' |
| Dewan: [Normal] het nie [Slow] het nie |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'a' |
| Dewan: [Normal] 'n [Slow] 'n |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'pen' |
| Dewan: [Normal] pen [Slow] pen |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning 'not' |
| Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie |
| Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have a pen.' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Ek het nie 'n pen nie. [Normal] Ek het nie 'n pen nie. |
| Michael: Ok, now let's see the common way to say 'I don't have time.' |
| Dewan: [Normal] Ek het nie tyd nie. |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'have' |
| Dewan: [Normal] het [Slow] het |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'no' |
| Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'time' |
| Dewan: [Normal] tyd [Slow] tyd |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning 'not' |
| Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie |
| Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have time.' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Ek het nie tyd nie. [Normal] Ek het nie tyd nie. |
| Michael: Then, we have the common way to say 'I don't know.' |
| Dewan: [Normal] Ek weet nie. |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'know' |
| Dewan: [Normal] weet [Slow] weet |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning 'not' |
| Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie |
| Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't know.' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Ek weet nie. [Normal] Ek weet nie. |
| Michael: Last is the common way to say 'I don't understand.' |
| Dewan: [Normal] Ek verstaan nie. |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'understand' |
| Dewan: [Normal] verstaan [Slow] verstaan |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning 'not' |
| Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie |
| Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't understand.' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Ek verstaan nie. [Normal] Ek verstaan nie. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Dewan: You can be sure you will be polite if you say it in an apologetic tone. If you say it quickly, it can sound negative. You can add jammer - 'sorry,' at the end or the beginning, to sound more polite. |
Outro |
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| Michael: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Dewan: Totsiens! |
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