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Michael: Welcome to 3-Minute Afrikaans Season 1, Lesson 18 - Possession In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about possession in Afrikaans.
Body
Michael: Here's the informal way to say 'Do you have a pen?' in Afrikaans.
Dewan: [Normal] Het jy 'n pen?
Michael: First is a word meaning 'have'
Dewan: [Normal] het [Slow] het
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'you'
Dewan: [Normal] jy [Slow] jy
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'a'
Dewan: [Normal] 'n [Slow] 'n
Michael: Last is the word meaning 'pen'
Dewan: [Normal] pen [Slow] pen
Michael: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Do you have a pen?'
Dewan: [Slow] Het jy 'n pen? [Normal] Het jy 'n pen?
Michael: Ok, now let's see the formal way to say 'Do you have a pen?'
Dewan: [Normal] Het u 'n pen?
Michael: First is a word meaning 'have'
Dewan: [Normal] het [Slow] het
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'you'
Dewan: [Normal] u [Slow] u
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'a'
Dewan: [Normal] 'n [Slow] 'n
Michael: Last is the word meaning 'pen'
Dewan: [Normal] pen [Slow] pen
Michael: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Do you have a pen?'
Dewan: [Slow] Het u 'n pen? [Normal] Het u 'n pen?
Michael: Then, we have the way to say 'Yes, I have one.'
Dewan: [Normal] Ja, ek het een.
Michael: First is a word meaning 'yes'
Dewan: [Normal] ja [Slow] ja
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'I'
Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'have'
Dewan: [Normal] het [Slow] het
Michael: Last is the word meaning 'one'
Dewan: [Normal] een [Slow] een
Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Yes, I have one.'
Dewan: [Slow] Ja, ek het een. [Normal] Ja, ek het een.
Michael: Finally, this is the common way to say 'Yes, here you are.'
Dewan: [Normal] Ja, hierso.
Michael: First is a word meaning 'yes'
Dewan: [Normal] ja [Slow] ja
Michael: Last is the word meaning 'here'
Dewan: [Normal] hierso [Slow] hierso
Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Yes, here you are.'
Dewan: [Slow] Ja, hierso. [Normal] Ja, hierso.
Cultural Insight
Michael: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Dewan: When you are standing in a queue and have forgotten a pen, you can ask the people around you; someone is bound to help you.

Outro

Michael: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Dewan: Totsiens!

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