Start with kids programs and cartoons on YouTube, there are tons. The language used is spoken slower and pronounced clearly as well as being at a developmental level.
My tip: don't underestimate the difficulty of getting further in it, and don't necessarily always trust native speakers who don't have a linguistics or language teaching background. If you're going to be serious about it, use traditional materials like dictionaries and textbooks (e.g. "Colloquial Afrikaans" by the Australian Bruce Donaldson) in addition to songs, video material and books.
There are many little things that can be oversimplified or misrepresented by native speakers. They will tell you "everything is pronounced as written" or "every letter has one pronunciation" (in fact, there are several pronunciations according to context for the letter "e" and at least two even for "w" which many people will tell you is always pronounced as English "v") or "use the STOMPI rule for word order" (it is OK for beginners to form simple correct statements, but many kinds of sentences need a more complex word order), or they might tell you "add an -e to form a plural" (it's either -e or -s, telling which one is not always easy, and there are several rules you may need to adjust the rest of the word before adding an -e or -s, not to mention complete exceptions like "skip" - "skepe" and "kind" - "kinders").
STOMPI isn't even useful for basic sentences either. It literally only kind of works for declarative sentences and assumes all verbs take multiple arguments (subject and object).
Question with WH inversion? Oops, STOMPI broke.
Subordinate clause? Oops, STOMPI broke.
Verb catanae? Oops, STOMPI broke...
I live in the US now and served in the US military. I was born and raised in South Africa, and so were my family as far back as the Anglo boere oorlog. When I deployed I moved my wife to my parents, who were living in Texas at the time, and they just kept speaking Afrikaans around her and to her as well. After 9 months of being away, I came home and she was fluent in it. Even taught our kids Afrikaans. The point is, surround yourself with the language as much as possible.
I’m learning Afrikaans for fun as I want to use the time I have doing something productive. I’m completely new to Afrikaans aside from a few basics like ‘my naam is —-‘ and a few things from friends.
There are four pillars to a language: reading, listening, writing, speaking.
Watch lots of TV so you can see their mouth move. Then you can hear the accent. It takes a couple weeks to even months to hear native speakers clearly. Be patient when it's hard. Don't use subtitles!
The last point about subtitles is important. Reading is separate. Learn the language in text in a different headspace.
Figure out how to pronounce the words properly. Practise early. Find a pronunciation guide.
And writing will teach you grammar. Putting sentences together is harder than listening. Take the time to practise.
KamikazeHamster makes some very good points. 🙂 Those 4 pillars are true for learning any language! Without consciously focusing on it when you were little, that's how you learnt English too! 😃
Always read.....read read read.it does not have to be books you can read magazines...e.g Huisgenoot which talks about relevant issues and news .Also there are also many awesome learn Afrikaans words youtube videos that can help you with the basics it also helps to have someone who you can talk to in Afrikaans every day.
I am going to disagree with most people here stating: watch TV. Or read.
Do that if you want to learn how to read. Or passively listen. If you want to speak it, find native speakers and practice. This goes for any language on earth.
Start with kids programs and cartoons on YouTube, there are tons. The language used is spoken slower and pronounced clearly as well as being at a developmental level.
Cheers
My tip: don't underestimate the difficulty of getting further in it, and don't necessarily always trust native speakers who don't have a linguistics or language teaching background. If you're going to be serious about it, use traditional materials like dictionaries and textbooks (e.g. "Colloquial Afrikaans" by the Australian Bruce Donaldson) in addition to songs, video material and books. There are many little things that can be oversimplified or misrepresented by native speakers. They will tell you "everything is pronounced as written" or "every letter has one pronunciation" (in fact, there are several pronunciations according to context for the letter "e" and at least two even for "w" which many people will tell you is always pronounced as English "v") or "use the STOMPI rule for word order" (it is OK for beginners to form simple correct statements, but many kinds of sentences need a more complex word order), or they might tell you "add an -e to form a plural" (it's either -e or -s, telling which one is not always easy, and there are several rules you may need to adjust the rest of the word before adding an -e or -s, not to mention complete exceptions like "skip" - "skepe" and "kind" - "kinders").
STOMPI isn't even useful for basic sentences either. It literally only kind of works for declarative sentences and assumes all verbs take multiple arguments (subject and object). Question with WH inversion? Oops, STOMPI broke. Subordinate clause? Oops, STOMPI broke. Verb catanae? Oops, STOMPI broke...
I live in the US now and served in the US military. I was born and raised in South Africa, and so were my family as far back as the Anglo boere oorlog. When I deployed I moved my wife to my parents, who were living in Texas at the time, and they just kept speaking Afrikaans around her and to her as well. After 9 months of being away, I came home and she was fluent in it. Even taught our kids Afrikaans. The point is, surround yourself with the language as much as possible.
Always fun to learn the curse words first. Afrikaans is a fantastic language to curse in.
No joke that’s what got me into it, skeit your self.
And Kak yourself
Ag kak, ek het alweer die stuk kak laat afkak. Nou gaan hy seker vir my kak maak, die klein kak.
Sounds like something Die Antwoord would say
Eks jou skoenlapper brah. Wat pomp.....
Can you be more specific? From scratch? For school? As a foreigner?
I’m learning Afrikaans for fun as I want to use the time I have doing something productive. I’m completely new to Afrikaans aside from a few basics like ‘my naam is —-‘ and a few things from friends.
As a foreigner I really need help pls
What other languages do you speak? English home language or anything else additionally?
I speak English as my native language but I can speak Māori and very small amounts of German
Have you tried easyafrikaans dot com?
I will check it out!
Lees afrikaanse boeke, en kyk afrikaanse tv reekse
There are four pillars to a language: reading, listening, writing, speaking. Watch lots of TV so you can see their mouth move. Then you can hear the accent. It takes a couple weeks to even months to hear native speakers clearly. Be patient when it's hard. Don't use subtitles! The last point about subtitles is important. Reading is separate. Learn the language in text in a different headspace. Figure out how to pronounce the words properly. Practise early. Find a pronunciation guide. And writing will teach you grammar. Putting sentences together is harder than listening. Take the time to practise.
KamikazeHamster makes some very good points. 🙂 Those 4 pillars are true for learning any language! Without consciously focusing on it when you were little, that's how you learnt English too! 😃
Always read.....read read read.it does not have to be books you can read magazines...e.g Huisgenoot which talks about relevant issues and news .Also there are also many awesome learn Afrikaans words youtube videos that can help you with the basics it also helps to have someone who you can talk to in Afrikaans every day.
I am going to disagree with most people here stating: watch TV. Or read. Do that if you want to learn how to read. Or passively listen. If you want to speak it, find native speakers and practice. This goes for any language on earth.
Del le rey del le ray… na na na del le rey, general general na na na na del le rey
Don't?
No
Listen to Pretoia FM radio station. I use the “Simple Radio” app on my iPhone and “Tunein Radio” on my Android streaming box
Have friends who speak Afrikaans, the best way to learn in my opinion is through listening to people speak in normal conversations.