Learn to ask "How are you?"
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| Michael: Welcome to 3-Minute Afrikaans Season 1, Lesson 4 - Asking How Someone Is |
| In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question ‘How are you?’ in Afrikaans. |
| Body |
| Michael: Here's the informal way to ask 'How are you?' in Afrikaans. |
| Dewan: [Normal] Hoe gaan dit? |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Dewan: [Normal] hoe [Slow] hoe |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'go' |
| Dewan: [Normal] gaan [Slow] gaan |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning 'it' |
| Dewan: [Normal] dit [Slow] dit |
| Michael: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Hoe gaan dit? [Normal] Hoe gaan dit? |
| Michael: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How are you?' |
| Dewan: [Normal] Hoe gaan dit met u? |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Dewan: [Normal] hoe [Slow] hoe |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'goes' |
| Dewan: [Normal] gaan [Slow] gaan |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'it' |
| Dewan: [Normal] dit [Slow] dit |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'with' |
| Dewan: [Normal] met [Slow] met |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning the formal version of 'you' |
| Dewan: [Normal] u [Slow] u |
| Michael: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Hoe gaan dit met u? [Normal] Hoe gaan dit met u? |
| Michael: Here's a response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Dewan: [Normal] Ek is Ok, dankie. |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Dewan: [Normal] ek [Slow] ek |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'am' |
| Dewan: [Normal] is [Slow] is |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'OK' |
| Dewan: [Normal] Ok [Slow] Ok |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning 'thank you' |
| Dewan: [Normal] dankie [Slow] dankie |
| Michael: Listen again to the response, 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Ek is Ok, dankie. [Normal] Ek is Ok, dankie. |
| Michael: Here's a response meaning, 'Not so well.' |
| Dewan: [Normal] Nie so goed nie. |
| Michael: First is a word meaning 'not' |
| Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'so' |
| Dewan: [Normal] so [Slow] so |
| Michael: Next is the word meaning 'good' |
| Dewan: [Normal] goed [Slow] goed |
| Michael: Last is the word meaning 'no' |
| Dewan: [Normal] nie [Slow] nie |
| Michael: Listen again to the response, 'Not so well.' |
| Dewan: [Slow] Nie so goed nie. [Normal] Nie so goed nie. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Michael: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Dewan: South Africans generally say 'how are you' like other cultures do, they reply in general unless someone asks a few times or is asking them directly. You would even ask the random person that serves you at a shop in the mall or at a petrol station and some might even have funny answers: Goed soos die wind - 'Good like the wind.' |
Outro |
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| 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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