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Michael: Welcome to 3-Minute Afrikaans Season 1, Lesson 19 - Using Negation In this lesson, you’ll learn how to state essential negative statements in Afrikaans.
Body
Michael: Here's the common way to say 'I don't have a pen' in Afrikaans.
Dewan: [Normal] Ek het nie 'n pen nie.
Michael: First is a word meaning 'I'
Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'do not have'
Dewan: [Normal] het nie [Slow] het nie
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'a'
Dewan: [Normal] 'n [Slow] 'n
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'pen'
Dewan: [Normal] pen [Slow] pen
Michael: Last is the word meaning 'not'
Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie
Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have a pen.'
Dewan: [Slow] Ek het nie 'n pen nie. [Normal] Ek het nie 'n pen nie.
Michael: Ok, now let's see the common way to say 'I don't have time.'
Dewan: [Normal] Ek het nie tyd nie.
Michael: First is a word meaning 'I'
Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'have'
Dewan: [Normal] het [Slow] het
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'no'
Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'time'
Dewan: [Normal] tyd [Slow] tyd
Michael: Last is the word meaning 'not'
Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie
Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't have time.'
Dewan: [Slow] Ek het nie tyd nie. [Normal] Ek het nie tyd nie.
Michael: Then, we have the common way to say 'I don't know.'
Dewan: [Normal] Ek weet nie.
Michael: First is a word meaning 'I'
Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'know'
Dewan: [Normal] weet [Slow] weet
Michael: Last is the word meaning 'not'
Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie
Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't know.'
Dewan: [Slow] Ek weet nie. [Normal] Ek weet nie.
Michael: Last is the common way to say 'I don't understand.'
Dewan: [Normal] Ek verstaan nie.
Michael: First is a word meaning 'I'
Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek
Michael: Next is the word meaning 'understand'
Dewan: [Normal] verstaan [Slow] verstaan
Michael: Last is the word meaning 'not'
Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie
Michael: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I don't understand.'
Dewan: [Slow] Ek verstaan nie. [Normal] Ek verstaan nie.
Cultural Insight
Michael: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Dewan: You can be sure you will be polite if you say it in an apologetic tone. If you say it quickly, it can sound negative. You can add jammer - 'sorry,' at the end or the beginning, to sound more polite.

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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