Learn how to find out whether the bus you're going to ride will stop at your destination
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Let’s say that now you have a bus ticket, and you’re getting ready to jump on the bus and start a tour. But wait a moment. Before you get on the bus, you need to confirm whether it's going to your destination. |
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| In Afrikaans, we can accomplish this by asking, Verskoon my, gaan hierdie bus na[your destination] toe? which means "Excuse me, does this bus go near /close to...?" Let’s hear the phrase once again. |
| (slow) Verskoon my, gaan hierdie bus na[add your destination] toe? |
| Verskoon my, gaan hierdie bus na [add your destination] toe? |
| Let’s break it down. First we have Verskoon my meaning “excuse me.” Next, we have gaan, meaning “to go.” This is followed by hierdie bus na, which means, "this bus going near." Then you can say the destination and the word toe meaning “to.” |
| Let’s hear the phrase once again. |
| (slow) Verskoon my, gaan hierdie bus na[add your destination] toe? |
| Verskoon my, gaan hierdie bus na[add your destination] toe? |
| "Excuse me, does this bus go near /close to...?" After you say Verskoon my, gaan hierdie bus, you state the name of your destination, and then add toe. |
| Let's imagine now that you are in Cape Town and you have to go to "The V&A Waterfront," or in Afrikaans, Die V en A Waterkant. This is the famous harbor area of Cape Town. |
| How would you ask the bus driver if this bus goes to or near the V&A Waterfront or die V en A Waterkant? In Afrikaans, you can say Verskoon my, gaan hierdie bus na die V en A Waterkant. toe? |
| Let’s hear this once again slowly. |
| (slow) Verskoon my, gaan hierdie bus na die V en A Waterkant. toe? |
| Verskoon my, gaan hierdie bus na die V en A Waterkant. toe? |
| It means "Excuse me, does this bus go near the V&A Waterfront?" |
| As you can see, in this sentence you can ask about anywhere by simply adding where you want to go. |
| Now imagine that you are visiting a city for the first time and you have no idea how far it is between the places you want to visit. You need to ask the bus driver how long the bus takes. In that case, you can say.. Hoe lank sal dit duur na [add your destination] toe? |
| which means "How long does it take to get to ... ?" then you add your destination. |
| Let’s hear this again. |
| (slow) Hoe lank sal dit duur na [add your destination] toe? |
| Hoe lank sal dit duur na [add your destination] toe? |
| In this sentence, first we have hoe lank which means "how long." |
| (slow) hoe lank |
| hoe lank |
| Then we have sal dit duur , which means "will it take." sal means “shall” or “will” in Afrikaans, dit is the pronoun meaning “it.” and duur is the verb, meaning, "to take." |
| So altogether it is, |
| (slow) sal dit duur , |
| sal dit duur , |
| Next we have na, which is like the English word "to." You need to end the sentence with the word toe. |
| Using this phrase you can say “How long does it take to get to Cape town?” In Afrikaans you can say Hoe lank sal dit duur om na Kaapstad toe te gaan? Cape Town in Afrikaans is Kaapstad. Let’s hear the sentence once again. |
| (slow) Hoe lank sal dit duur om na Kaapstad toe te gaan ? |
| Hoe lank sal dit duur om na Kaapstad toe te gaan? |
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