Hello and welcome back to Afrikaans with Lindie

In this episode, I'm talking to Alex Rawlings

He's British and he speaks Afrikaans very well

We are going to talk about new Afrikaans words

and I'll give him some difficult tongue twisters to read in Afrikaans as well.

Enjoy the episode!

So Alex, I have a "challenge" for you

an "uitdaging"

An uitdaging, yes. Thank you

What's a tongue twister in Afrikaans?

Now you're asking me.

[A tongue twister is a tongknoper]

I have a few tongue twisters and I'd like you to read it once and tell me what it means

And then you should try saying it faster

Here's the first one

What does that mean?

Are you gonna show the people?

- Good. Do you know this one? - No - Not at all?

I don't know any Afrikaans tongue twisters

A good experience for me!

Slang is the name of an animal

Yeah slang is a snake

So the snake's name is Sally

It's interesting actually

I found out that in South Africa when you speak with your family

Then you don't say "jy" (you) but you will ask the name of the person

Example?

You'll say "how's it going with mom" or "what does mom want to drink"

He's saying his cousin Louw's nose

It doesn't say "does YOUR nose also itch"

It's not just for the tongue twister, it's a thing

I must say its a traditional Afrikaans thing to do

I don't do that while talking with my family

Maybe because we lived overseas for a while

But I would say "Hi dad, how's it going with YOU" not "How's it doing with DAD"

It feels too formal for me

But it's definitely a traditional Afrikaans thing to do so

It's very respectful - Yes

But I do that to my grandma. I never say "you" to my grandma; I always refer to her as "ouma" [grandma]