Written by Morag Noffke Having followed Operation X for the past six months I have come to enjoy and appreciate the posts on linguistics, especially the Frisian studies as I can understand quite a bit of it when I read it. This is because I was brought up in a bilingual environment until I was […]
My Desire to Renew My Afrikaans Language and Heritage
I would like to take this opportunity to announce that I have chosen to collaborate with Operation X and this is my first post explaining my hopes and challenges which I re-blog here. In future I will write some of these posts in Afrikaans. Thank you to all my followers for reading and commenting. I hope you will find this ‘thread’ of my journey interesting in the months to come.
Take care.
Dear Morag, Wishing you well with your challenge and opportunity. I have for a long time wanted to learn another language and when the latest lockdown occurred I signed up for an online course of French! I did a couple of years at school, over 50 years ago, so I thought I might have a ‘head start’. I’m enjoying it but it is a big challenge for me! I look forward to following you on Operation X if Google Translate works for Afrikaans. Good luck 🌿😘🙏
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Thank you so much for your wishes. I think it’s very good to pick up an old hobby or part time study to keep the gray matter ticking over. I wish you all the best with your French studies too. 😘🙏🌹
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Really interesting. My good wishes 🙏
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Thank you, it’s going to be a challenge but I am keen to learn… And learn what I can about my roots too.
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I liked the last line about roots. That’s very important, one should not forget. Thanks 😊
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Thank you.
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I’ll be a keen reader of your future posts … en dan kan ek kommentaar lewer in Afrikaans 😊.
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Ek sal dit waardeer, dankie. 😉😁I look forward to it too.
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Hello ek moet vir jou vertel, ek sukkel so om Afrikaans te leer, my kop is seer maar ek gaan maar voort. My first blog post is taking so long.. 15 minuute per elke sin😢😂ek is Baie stadig.
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Hoe lui die Engelse spreekwoord … “practice makes perfect” 😁. Onthou net altyd: Niemand gaan vir jou lag nie, maar dink jy’s baie braaf om in ‘n taal te tik wat jy min (of nooit) praat nie! Ek’s jou nommer een ondersteuner 💌.
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Ag Baie dankie ne, miskien is ek n dom kop, maar aan hou wen😀🌹💐ek is baie bly.
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There you go … you already have the mind of a winner!!
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Looking forward to this new thread and learning something from it.
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Thank you 🙏🌈
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Welcome.
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Wonderful, geluk en alles van die beste!
I struggled just writing that one line ☺️but it’s the autocorrect and I suppose the lack of practicing and writing in Afrikaans. You are going to do so well and I am looking forward to supporting your collaboration blog
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*Wonderluk
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Thank you, I have really struggled with my first post… It took me 10 or 15 minutes per sentence and then I am so rusty with my grammar. Oh my goodness. It is now waiting to be edited by an Afrikaans teacher. Once it is done I will post it, hopefully soon. Thank you so much for your wishes. I appreciate it. 😀🌹
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