I’ve just been to the Balearics (and I visit frequently-ish) and the languages I heard were Spanish, Romanian, French, Catalan, Dutch, German, Italian and Polish. The languages that I could have used in various situations if I had spoken them were Romanian, … Continue reading
Sup doods? I’ve finally got serious about learning to read/understand Afrikaans, and this is the language learning method which I am trying. There are only three requisites: Firstly: that you know a few hundred words of the language. Secondly: you have a vague … Continue reading
I want to be able to read Afrikaans, which means acquiring words and lots of them. As part of this I’ve been listening to the Afrikaans sentences on Surface languages, and understanding them in groups of ten. I say understanding, … Continue reading
It does. I’m not complaining, as learning languages is a fun hobby but it does. Anyway, I stumbled across the start of a blog where Nic Elliott is going to learn 23 languages in 12 years to a B1 or B2 level which … Continue reading
As I’ve become more interested in Afrikaans (comprehension mainly), I thought that it would also make sense to learn the Afrikaans sentences on SL. In starting to do so, I discovered the sentence page didn’t work as well as I wanted on phones. … Continue reading
Sup doods? I could just have well written Italian comprehension, Greek comprehension and so on. Comprehension. The elephant in the room. The big k. There is often a focus on speaking within the language learning circles. But perhaps going against the flow here, … Continue reading
Well, the title says it all. I’m either reading Kobra (the Afrikaans version) or listening to Afrikaans music in my spare time, and not understanding very much. As I have no background in Germanic languages (other than English), this is hardly … Continue reading
I have had a website called easy afrikaans for years. One of my grandfathers was an Afrikaner and Afrikaans was his first language. So, I created an Afrikaans website in part because of this. I think. I’ve never changed it since. Or … Continue reading