1. The Afrikaans Alphabet

The first step in mastering Afrikaans is learning the Afrikaans alphabet. I'll walk you through the Afrikaans alphabet. Let's get going.
*Intro music credits to www.bensound.com/

[@petermurray2894]

There are certain letters you don't see often in Afrikaans. * C is such a letter. We use it for names like Christen (Christian), Chinees (Chinese), Chloor (Chlorine), Celsius, etc. * Q is also used for names like Quinton, Queen, etc. * X is for Xhosa. * Z is also not traditional Afrikaans. But we have words we inherited from Dutch, like "zonder" (it became "sonder" in Afrikaans). * Learners of the Afrikaans language will notice that many Afrikaans words are either exactly the same, or almost the same as in Dutch and German. There are even words that are the same as in English. The reason for that is that all 4 languages are Germanian. "Die water is warm" = Dutch. "The water is warm" = English. "Das Wasser ist warm" = German. "Die water is warm" = Afrikaans. "Die water is warm

[@sharonhollohan4661]

My BFF speaks Afrikaans and i wanted her to teach me but she never has time.. Im gonna learn it all by myself and surprise her..

[@nikablue9340]

Did you surprise her?

[@seanonel]

Sharon Hollohan Did you?

[@rafahlutta7322]

That is so nice

[@Alvoxo]

Ow

[@call_me_maxi3546]

Same

[@mengningxie4306]

woah i've watched many Afrikkans teaching videos on youtube you are the best one, your explainations helped me understand so much better, thank you so much

[@ciana1848]

Thank you this has been very helpful. We from Cape Town and predominantly English and my daughter has been struggling with Afrikaans at school. So taking my 9 year old back to learn the basics has been made easy with your video.

[@sanganyiwakyengo8499]

HI

[@CKSKing]

1:50 pronouncing the alphabet

[@krimerbubuk]

Thanks

[@nishkebernhardt47]

I am Afrikaans so I understood this very well but I was young when I left so I never learnt to spell but I can speak fluently.

[@-_--bp6nf]

Afrikaans is my 2nd language

[@nikstormx2627]

@@-_--bp6nf mine too

[@-_--bp6nf]

@@frostysalad3131 Nope English is my first language. Lol your like me I'm learning Korean for fun

[@-_--bp6nf]

@@frostysalad3131 But then again I've been learning it for 6 years but it's not a very hard language to master I recommend watching TV shows like 7de Laan

[@jacquidownie3131]

Dit is baie goed, baie dankie! I would also like to learn a little more about the accents and how they change the sound of letters. I'm an Australian, learning Afrikaans.

[@skapie6895]

Yo! 🤙

[@karima1095]

Thank you i really want to learn afrikaans since i love south africa and the culture there and hopefully i'll go there some day! Is anyone here a native speaker i want to chat to real people who speak afrikaans to learn more but thanks again for this video 💓💓

[@A1i_g4tor]

Hi, I am half Afrikaans and I would be happy to chat

[@murder_balls5711]

I’m South African ;o

[@sanganyiwakyengo8499]

Hi Morin red infont

[@sanganyiwakyengo8499]

Hi

[@2bless8]

This is very much like low german which is plattdeutsch which is more dutch than german. My mom's family spoke this.

[@petermurray2894]

Congratulations! This lesson was almost perfect. Just a small reminder: The letter "e" is very confusing to non-Afrikaans speakers. In certain Afrikaans words you pronounced it "a", like in "metode" and in "arme". There the "e" sounds like "a". But then, in the word "ek" it is like "example". You never say "ack" (like in "acknowledge") when you refer to "ek" (you and I in English).

[@noziphomfeka2529]

Yes who agree with me ✋

[@laurenvanrooyen3830]

Really helpful and grateful not dumbed down ! Thanks so much.

[@eryndebuhr1798]

This is fantastic! I hope you have time to make more videos, as these were very informative. Thank you for doing this.

[@inaivanova3345]

Thanks! You're a great teacher! Sending love from Bulgaria! 💚🇿🇦🇧🇬

[@victoriacreed4380]

Thanks, this helps a lot!

[@tylerleibman2032]

The peron you show for letter c. C is vir chenees. That is a photo of George takei he is actually of Japanese descent

[@noziphomfeka2529]

Are you sure is that person a Japanese 🤔🤔🤔

[@EVOLUTIONMazet]

this helped me alot with my spelling bee

[@noziphomfeka2529]

Also me✋

[@Alvoxo]

Me to

[@nicolemnyampara5091]

Thank you

[@issa.m7173]

really awesome it really helps a lot.

[@rajnibhatia2785]

issa .M .,

[@soepvorkje]

Leuk om Afrikaans te leren. Zelf woon ik in Nederland. De r en de g zijn daarom ook niet moeilijk om uit te spreken voor mij. Nice to learn Afrikaans. I myself live in the Netherlands. Because of that, the r and the g aren't difficult to pronounce for me.

[@-_--bp6nf]

Afrikaans is 'n baie moeilike taal wat ek al 6 jaar geleer het en ek ken nog nie die alfabet nie en ek word Maandag getoets, so ek moet weet dit het baie gehelp om dankie te sê

[@stacyleahmaistry9022]

I Loved Youre video😛😛🤩🤩

[@zodwamadela2663]

thanks iv learn so much

[@suellenvalerio]

Amazing video. I just loved it! I clearly understood everything. Keep going!

[@extrafrikaanstaal9170]

Hi Suellen, I am busy working on a full series of videos describing all the grammar and including an ebook with exercises. Stay tuned.

[@matildawolfram4687]

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[@andiechandler9731]

Baie dankie. As an ex-pat in South Africa, I have decided it is about time I started to learn Afrikaans. Found this very helpful! How about some examples of spelling out loud, eg. "Vis is geskryf V - I - S" (if that's the correct way to say it?!). I am trying to teach my son the Afrikaans alphabet, so this would be very very useful to me in particular ;-)

[@ripleygreeff6274]

Where's the rest of your videos. Please. Danke. My dad's Afrikaans. I'm learning it just now.

[@stuartjsia]

FYI, George Takei is Japanese American, not Chinese.

[@greppye]

George Hosato Takei was born Hosato Takei[7] on April 20, 1937 in Los Angeles, California,[8] to Japanese-American parents Fumiko Emily Nakamura[7] (born in Sacramento, California) and Takekuma Norman Takei (born in Yamanashi Prefecture),[9] who worked in real estate.[10] His father named him George after King George VI of the United Kingdom, whose coronation took place in 1937, shortly after Takei's birth.[11][12] In 1942, the Takei family was forced to live in the converted horse stables of Santa Anita Park before being sent to the Rohwer War Relocation Center for internment in Rohwer, Arkansas.[13] The internment camp was in swamplands which was surrounded by barbed wire fences. The family was later transferred to the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in California for internment.[14] Well spotted!

[@stacyleahmaistry9022]

really he tried His best 😠😠😠😠👿

[@stacyleahmaistry9022]

Fatso

[@charlottekaddy9977]

I learned it all here..

[@agnestebele3526]

12:35 good day sir . I'm a Namibian teacher busy .I started with Exra classes need more help to help out my learners

[@sandat8480]

I’m entering an Afrikaans spelling bee and Idk the pronunciation of the letters, hopefully this will be helpful

[@cookiemonster.1279]

Thanks you 💓💓💓💓

[@dannyj4732]

Thank you so much for your help.

[@KristinDunkle]

I know most folks are here for language skills. I was. And I feel compelled to note: George Takei is famously Japanese-American, not Chinese. Given his well-known personal history as a survivor of the Japanese internment camps in the USA during World War II, and his many efforts to document that history and keep it in the public consciousness, it's a big mistake to use his picture to illustrate "Chinees."

[@sugatae]

Ek is Afrikaans wat doen ek hier

[@biancacandice1841]

Baie dankie.

[@WinnyMashaba-xh1dj]

how long could take to became best afrikaans speaker

[@kylie_isis_]

Baie dankie dit is ñ plesire . Dit was baie praagtig

[@catlover5969]

Dankie, I would like to learn afrikaanse but I can't find so many videos that goes farder than this. I mean, I find simple grammar everywhere but there are no videos for a higher level and I know that if I reach it I will have to find a book with exercises or something, Do you recomend me any? I am from Spain^^

[@WeAreAHorde]

dankie

[@paulaswaim8434]

Dankie vir die video.

[@nyakallohoffman5105]

Baie dankie

[@oratilegarekwe1762]

Good

[@Hello-gk7ou]

Thank you!

[@confiancepacifique3045]

awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mse5842]

G in English: Jee G in Afrikaans: *Intense coughing*

[@kyliesfaith2330]

In engels en weet de woorden, maar ik weet niet hoe ik de woorden goed uitspreek.

[@glenonyoutube2398]

Thanks man

[@kineiya]

Hi I have a question. I have scar tissue in my throat and i can't make the G and one or teo other sounds without severe pain. Would i still be understood if I dont pronounce the G/other sounds correctly? Or should I just give up now?

[@francoispienaar1256]

Good job!

[@PFitz539]

What about Coetzee?

[@sanganyiwakyengo8499]

Dark green can you be my friend

[@sanganyiwakyengo8499]

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[@sanganyiwakyengo8499]

2D 1A Black friends of School fees. Black can you be

[@MelandiDeBeer-j4g]

Not right at some letters

[@muhammadshaik5789]

Can u please show how to pronounce basic words

[@A1i_g4tor]

Thank you = dankie Da-ng-ki

[@A1i_g4tor]

Please=assablief A-suh-blief

[@ksg4023]

Jy kan ook sê sjinees

[@corlenegrobler561]

Pasop oor hoe jy die letters 'klank'. F is nie 'fuh' nie en G is nie 'guh' nie, maar eerder 'ffff' en 'gggg'.....dit is inkorrek om dit te verduidelik met 'n 'uh' klank agterna.

[@sanganyiwakyengo8499]

Can

[@sanganyiwakyengo8499]

Car

[@yusra_pearls__7607]

Verbs pls

[@sanganyiwakyengo8499]

Hi rode

[@Hollowollow]

Thanks I'm English

[@kgolaganokenosi2797]

You play fortnite

[@Hollowollow]

Yes

[@noziphomfeka2529]

But I love Afrikaans 😗😗😗

[@joshossia3029]

V>f and f>w

[@ExploreAfrica7]

What does kussing means?

[@thechadcastizo8448]

Pillow I think

[@noziphomfeka2529]

What does geld means🤔 guys can some one help plz 😊😊

[@nothingnothingness8658]

It means money

[@A1i_g4tor]

It mean money

[@ExploreAfrica7]

Money

[@Alvoxo]

Money

[@vinisiavinisia9069]

You're very borrowing

[@ritakru3718]

Ek is Afrikaans

[@gretabredell5294]

Waar is die r? Dis pateties!

[@wesselhugo5497]

Is jy blind

[@DrMerle-gw4wj]

I had to give up on this video. I find this fellow impossible to understand.

[@hottieguy809]

Ty I need to learn this

[@amaara7164]

Baie dankie.