Learn how to use particles
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Intro |
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| Becky: Hi everyone, and welcome back to AfrikaansPod101.com. This is Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 23 - Are you Dreaming in Afrikaans of a Greek Holiday? Becky here. |
| Chesney: Goeie dag almal! My name is Chesney. |
| Becky: In this lesson, you'll learn how to discuss plans. |
| Chesney: This conversation takes place in an Afrikaans kitchen. |
| Becky: The conversation is between Mikka and Lina. |
| Chesney: The speakers are family; therefore, they’ll be using informal Afrikaans. |
| Becky: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
| Mikka: Kan jy my gou help? Gee vir my ‘n paar appels. |
| Lina: Hoeveel het jy nodig? Hier is ses appels hier. |
| Mikka: Gee maar vier. Ek maak ‘n appeltert. |
| Lina: Waar gaan ons op vakantie die jaar? |
| Mikka: Ons gaan miskien na Griekeland toe. Athene is ‘n mooi stad. Daar gaan baie toeriste na Athene toe. |
| Lina: Maar jy kan nie daar op die strand wees nie. |
| Mikka: Ons kan ook na ‘n Griekse eiland gaan. Daar is baie mooi eilande in Griekeland. |
| Lina: En jy kan na die strand gaan. Gaan ons weer soontoe? Lekker op ‘n Griekse eiland in die son. |
| Mikka: Ek weet nie. Pappa moet dit nog uitvind. |
| Becky: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Mikka: Kan jy my gou help? Gee vir my ‘n paar appels. |
| Lina: Hoeveel het jy nodig? Hier is ses appels hier. |
| Mikka: Gee maar vier. Ek maak ‘n appeltert. |
| Lina: Waar gaan ons op vakantie die jaar? |
| Mikka: Ons gaan miskien na Griekeland toe. Athene is ‘n mooi stad. Daar gaan baie toeriste na Athene toe. |
| Lina: Maar jy kan nie daar op die strand wees nie. |
| Mikka: Ons kan ook na ‘n Griekse eiland gaan. Daar is baie mooi eilande in Griekeland. |
| Lina: En jy kan na die strand gaan. Gaan ons weer soontoe? Lekker op ‘n Griekse eiland in die son. |
| Mikka: Ek weet nie. Pappa moet dit nog uitvind. |
| Becky: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Mikka: Can you help me for a moment? Just give me a few apples. |
| Lina: How many of them do you need? There are six apples here. |
| Mikka: Just give me four of them. I’m making an apple pie. |
| Lina: Where are we going on vacation this year? |
| Mikka: We might go to Greece. Athens is a beautiful city. Lots of tourists go to Athens. |
| Lina: But you can’t lie on the beach there. |
| Mikka: We can also go to a Greek island. There are beautiful islands in Greece. |
| Lina: And you can lie on the beach there. Are we going there then? Fun in the sun on a Greek island. |
| Mikka: I don’t know. Daddy has to find out... |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Becky: In this conversation, they were planning a vacation. |
| Chesney: I think that can be quite stressful. There’s so much to decide on. |
| Becky: Right. First, you have to decide on the location, like they were trying to do in the conversation. Is Greece a popular destination for South Africans? |
| Chesney: No, it’s not very common. Although there are more South Africans going to Europe now, there are those who like to stay in their own beautiful country. |
| Becky: There’s a lot of beautiful nature in South Africa. I’ve heard of the Kruger National Park. That’s a nice nature reserve isn’t it? |
| Chesney: It’s definitely very beautiful! The Kruger National Park has a wide variety of animals. You can spend 10 days there and still not see everything there’s to see. It attracts locals and thousands of tourists. |
| Becky: What kinds of things can you see there? |
| Chesney: The Kruger National Park has the big five: lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, and buffaloes. Those are the animals that appear on the paper money. |
| Becky: Really? That’s cool! Can you go around the reserve yourself, or do you need guides and to use the vehicles of the park? |
| Chesney: You can go with your own car, but you have to follow certain rules, like not getting out of the car or not driving into areas that are restricted. |
| Becky: Now, onto the vocab. |
| VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Becky: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| Becky: The first word we’ll see is... |
| Chesney: ‘n paar [natural native speed] |
| Becky: a couple, a few |
| Chesney: ‘n paar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: ‘n paar [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Chesney: hoeveel [natural native speed] |
| Becky: how much, how many |
| Chesney: hoeveel [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: hoeveel [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Chesney: nodig [natural native speed] |
| Becky: needed, necessary |
| Chesney: nodig [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: nodig [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Chesney: maak [natural native speed] |
| Becky: to make |
| Chesney: maak [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: maak [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Chesney: vakansie [natural native speed] |
| Becky: vacation |
| Chesney: vakansie [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: vakansie [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Chesney: miskien [natural native speed] |
| Becky: perhaps, maybe |
| Chesney: miskien [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: miskien [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Chesney: Athene [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Athens |
| Chesney: Athene [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: Athene [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Chesney: stad [natural native speed] |
| Becky: city, town |
| Chesney: stad [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: stad [natural native speed] |
| Becky: Next we have... |
| Chesney: strand [natural native speed] |
| Becky: beach |
| Chesney: strand [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: strand [natural native speed] |
| Becky: And last... |
| Chesney: eiland [natural native speed] |
| Becky: island |
| Chesney: eiland [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Chesney: eiland [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Becky: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Becky: The first word we’ll look at is.... |
| Chesney: ’n paar. |
| Becky: This means “a couple.” |
| Chesney: Yes it does, but this is less specific in Afrikaans than it is in English. It could mean two, but it could also mean three or even four. |
| Becky: So, it’s more like the English expression "a few?” |
| Chesney: Yes, it’s similar to “a couple” or “a few!” |
| Becky: Okay, what’s next? |
| Chesney: Waar... na toe? |
| Becky: This means "where to" or "to where." |
| Chesney: na and toe both mean the same thing, so it may seem illogical to have them next to each other in waar... na toe. But, that’s just how it's said in Afrikaans. |
| Becky: Okay. Now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
| Becky: In this lesson, you’ll learn about another particle. |
| Chesney: Yes, this time we’ll look at daar. |
| Becky: What does this word mean? |
| Chesney: daar can have many different meanings. In the dialogue, we saw three of them. |
| Becky: Three? It can mean three different things? |
| Chesney: Yes, it can! |
| Becky: Well, let’s work our way through them! |
| Chesney: First is daar is. |
| Becky: This is the same as saying "there is" and "there are" in English. |
| Chesney: For example, Daar is mooi eilande in Griekenland. |
| Becky: “There are beautiful islands in Greece.” |
| Chesney: The second meaning is used with the verb “to be.” |
| Becky: Okay, what does it mean with “to be?” |
| Chesney: Daar can be used to announce the subject. The actual word for the subject comes later on in the sentence. |
| Becky: An example, please? |
| Chesney: Daar gaan baie toeriste na Athene. |
| Becky: This means “Many tourists go to Athens.” |
| Chesney: The third meaning is that daar can also refer to a place, such as a place that the listener knows or that has been mentioned before. |
| Becky: Let’s hear an example. |
| Chesney: jy kan nie daar op die strand wees nie. |
| Becky: “You can’t be there on the beach.” There’s no reference to the actual place there, but the listener will know where it is because it was referred to earlier. There was an example of this in the conversation about Athens. |
Outro |
| Becky: That just about does it for this lesson. See you next time! |
| Chesney: Totsiens. |
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