Learn how to use the verbs "like" and "love"
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| Michael: Welcome to 3-Minute Afrikaans Season 1, Lesson 20 - Talking about Your Likes In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer affirmatively to a question in Afrikaans. |
| Body |
| Michael: Here's the common way to ask 'Do you like chocolate?' in Afrikaans. |
| Dewan: [Normal] Hou jy van sjokolade? |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'like' |
| Dewan: [Normal] hou [Slow] hou |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'you' |
| Dewan: [Normal] jy [Slow] jy |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'of' |
| Dewan: [Normal] van [Slow] van |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning 'chocolate' |
| Dewan: [Normal] sjokolade [Slow] sjokolade |
| Michael: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'Do you like chocolate?' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Hou jy van sjokolade? [Normal] Hou jy van sjokolade? |
| Michael: Now, let’s hear the common way to ask, 'Do you like sweets?' |
| Dewan: [Normal] Hou jy van lekkers? |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'like' |
| Dewan: [Normal] hou [Slow] hou |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'you' |
| Dewan: [Normal] jy [Slow] jy |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'of' |
| Dewan: [Normal] van [Slow] van |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning 'sweets' |
| Dewan: [Normal] lekkers [Slow] lekkers |
| Michael: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'Do you like sweets?' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Hou jy van lekkers? [Normal] Hou jy van lekkers? |
| Michael: Here's a response meaning 'Yes I like it.' |
| Dewan: [Normal] Ja, ek hou daarvan. |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'yes' |
| Dewan: [Normal] ja [Slow] ja |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'I' |
| Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'like' |
| Dewan: [Normal] hou [Slow] hou |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning 'it' |
| Dewan: [Normal] daarvan [Slow] daarvan |
| Michael: Listen again to the response, 'Yes I like it.' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Ja, ek hou daarvan. [Normal] Ja, ek hou daarvan. |
| Michael: Here's a response meaning, 'Yes I like them.' |
| Dewan: [Normal] Ja ek hou van dit. |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'yes' |
| Dewan: [Normal] ja [Slow] ja |
| Michael: Next is a word meaning 'I' |
| Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'like' |
| Dewan: [Normal] hou [Slow] hou |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'of' |
| Dewan: [Normal] van [Slow] van |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning 'it' |
| Dewan: [Normal] dit [Slow] dit |
| Michael: Listen again to the response, 'Yes I like them.' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Ja ek hou van dit. [Normal] Ja ek hou van dit. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Dewan: You can add any word at the end of the Ek hou van… sentence to tell the others what you like. You can add any English word if you don't know the translation and you can be sure that South Africans will be charmed. |
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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