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Intro
Eric: Hi everyone, Eric here, and welcome back to AfrikaansPod101.com. This is Basic Bootcamp Lesson 3 - Useful Phrases for Learning Afrikaans. This is the third in a five-part series that will help you ease your way into Afrikaans.
Pieter: Hallo, my naam is Pieter! I’m Pieter!
Eric: In this lesson, you’ll learn several essential phrases to help you learn Afrikaans.
Pieter: The conversation takes place at a classroom, and it’s between a teacher and a student.
Eric: They use formal Afrikaans. Let’s listen to the conversation!

Lesson conversation
Pieter: Verskoon my, hoe sê ek "Cheese" in Afrikaans?
Zani: Kaas.
Pieter: Sorry, ek verstaan dit nie. Kan u dit herhaal?
Zani: Kaas.
Pieter: Kan u stadiger praat?
Zani: Ka-as.
Pieter: Kan u dit vir my opskryf asseblief?
Eric: Let’s hear it slowly now.
Pieter: Verskoon my, hoe sê ek "Cheese" in Afrikaans?
Zani: Kaas.
Pieter: Sorry, ek verstaan dit nie. Kan u dit herhaal?
Zani: Kaas.
Pieter: Kan u stadiger praat?
Zani: Ka-as.
Pieter: Kan u dit vir my opskryf asseblief?
Eric: And now with the translation.
Pieter: Verskoon my, hoe sê ek "Cheese" in Afrikaans?
Eric: Excuse me, how do you say "Cheese" in Afrikaans?
Zani: Kaas.
Eric: Cheese.
Pieter: Sorry, ek verstaan dit nie. Kan u dit herhaal?
Eric: I'm sorry, I didn't understand. Can you repeat that?
Female: (slowly) Kaas.
Eric: Cheese.
Pieter: Kan u stadiger praat?
Eric: Can you speak more slowly?
Female: Kaas.
Eric: Che-ese.
Female: Kan u dit vir my opskryf asseblief?
Eric: Can you write this down for me, please?
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Pieter: Now you’ll never be at a loss for words again.
Eric: That's right. Even if you find yourself in one of the major tourist spots, where people are used to non-Afrikaans speakers, there’s no longer any excuse to not try out these phrases. I guarantee you it will improve your Afrikaans!
Pieter: With these expressions, you can make everyone you meet into a walking, talking dictionary.
Eric: Of course, that shouldn’t be your main reason to learn these phrases.
Pieter: But the South Africans you meet will love the fact that you’re making an effort by trying to communicate in Afrikaans.
Eric: Maybe they’ll even give you a tip on how to find your way to some of the other cultural treats that South Africa has to offer.
Pieter: Yes, a guidebook can only get you so far, so it’s definitely a good idea to ask the locals where to go for the authentic South African experience.
Eric: There are just so many hidden spots that you can’t learn about from a book.
Pieter: And there’s no experience quite like totally immersing yourself in another culture.
Eric: With these important Afrikaans phrases, you’ll be on your way in no time!
Pieter: So, what exactly were all these words? Let's break them down.
Eric: Okay, now onto the vocab.
Vocabulary and Phrases
Eric: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. First we have:
Pieter: verskoon my [natural native speed]
Eric: excuse me, I'm sorry
Pieter: verskoon my [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: verskoon my [natural native speed]
: Next:
Pieter: sê [natural native speed]
Eric: say
Pieter: sê [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: sê [natural native speed]
: Next:
Pieter: kaas [natural native speed]
Eric: cheese
Pieter: kaas [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: kaas [natural native speed]
: Next:
Pieter: verstaan [natural native speed]
Eric: understand, to understand
Pieter: verstaan [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: verstaan [natural native speed]
: Next:
Pieter: nie [natural native speed]
Eric: not
Pieter: nie [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: nie [natural native speed]
: Next:
Pieter: kan [natural native speed]
Eric: can, to be able to
Pieter: kan [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: kan [natural native speed]
: Next:
Pieter: herhaal [natural native speed]
Eric: repeat, to repeat
Pieter: herhaal [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: herhaal [natural native speed]
: Next:
Pieter: stadiger [natural native speed]
Eric: more slowly
Pieter: stadiger [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: stadiger [natural native speed]
: Next:
Pieter: praat [natural native speed]
Eric: speak, to speak
Pieter: praat [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: praat [natural native speed]
: Next:
Pieter: vir [natural native speed]
Eric: for
Pieter: vir [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: vir [natural native speed]
: Next:
Pieter: opskryf [natural native speed]
Eric: write down
Pieter: opskryf [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: opskryf [natural native speed]
: And last:
Pieter: asseblief [natural native speed]
Eric: please
Pieter: asseblief [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Pieter: asseblief [natural native speed]
KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
Eric: Let’s take a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson.
Pieter: The first one is Verskoon my. With a few exceptions, Verskoon my can be used as "Excuse me" and "I'm sorry."
Eric: Could you say that one more time slowly?
Pieter: ver-skoon my
Eric: Okay. And next. When you make a request or you hand someone something, which word can you use?
Pieter: You can use asseblief which means “please” or “here you are.”
Eric: So what will they say at customs when they ask for your passport?
Pieter: U paspoort asseblief which means “your passport please”
Eric: And what will you say when you hand it over?
Pieter: asseblief meaning “here you are”
Eric: That’s a very useful expression. Okay, now onto the lesson focus.

Lesson focus
Eric: The focus of this lesson is using Afrikaans phrases to learn more Afrikaans.
Pieter: The first phrase we had was, Verskoon my, hoe sê ik “Cheese” in Afrikaans?
Eric: This means "Excuse me, how do we say Cheese in Afrikaans?"
Pieter: The first word is Verskoon my which means "Excuse me" if you put it at the beginning of a question sentence.
Eric: But it can also mean "I'm sorry" if you use it in the context of the English "Sorry."
Pieter: The next word is hoe Which means "how."
Eric: Okay, what’s next?
Pieter: Sê. This means "to say." We have, Hoe sê, and you just add ek, meaning “I” to get Hoe sê ek, which literally means "how do I say." And then, just add the word you want to know, followed by “in Afrikaans.“
Eric: which means “in Afrikaans.” All you need here is hope that your companion speaks enough English to understand and say it in Afrikaans for you!
Pieter: So all together, we have Verskoon my, hoe sê ek “Cheese” in Afrikaans?”
Eric: "Excuse me, how do we say Cheese in Afrikaans?" Okay, Pieter, how would we use the same phrase, but change “cheese” for “ticket”?
Pieter:Verskoon my, hoe sê ek “ticket” in Afrikaans?
Eric: "Excuse me, how do we say “Ticket” in Afrikaans?" Okay, let's move to the second phrase.
Pieter: Sorry, ek verstaan dit nie. Kan u dit herhaal?
Eric: I'm sorry, I didn't understand. Can you repeat that?
Pieter: The first word is Sorry which has the same meaning as the English “Sorry.”
Eric: That’s easy to remember!
Pieter: Sure is! Then we have Ek, which in English is the pronoun “I.”
Eric: And what’s next?
Pieter: We have Verstaan which means "understand".
Eric: And the next one is the pronoun meaning “it” right?
Pieter: That’s right. Dit, which means “it”.
Eric: So all together we have...
Pieter: Ek verstaan dit.
Eric: Meaning “I understand it.” But we actually need to say “I don’t understand it.” How can we do that?
Pieter: You just need to add the word Nie which is like the English word “not.” It makes the sentence negative. So you get Sorry ek verstaan dit nie!
Eric: “Sorry, I don’t understand.”
Pieter: The next three questions start with Kan u meaning “Can you”,
Eric: And the verb meaning “to repeat” is..
Pieter: herhaal.
Eric: All together..
Pieter: Kan u dit herhaal?
Eric: It means "Can you repeat it?" Great! Let's repeat the whole phrase again. Listeners, listen carefully, and repeat.
Pieter: Kan u dit herhaal?
Eric: “Can you repeat it?” Let's move to sentence number three.
Pieter: It is Kan u stadiger praat? We start again with, Kan u.
Eric: Again, it means “Can you.”
Pieter: Then we have stadiger, which means "slower." In case you’re wondering how to say "slow" in Afrikaans, it is stadig.
Eric: So altogether, we have..
Pieter: Kan u stadiger praat? {pause}
Eric: “Can you speak it slowly?” And finally, the last phrase for this lesson.
Pieter: Kan u dit vir my opskryf asseblief?
Eric: Can you write this down for me, please?
Pieter: Here, let’s take a look at the phrase vir my, which means “for me” in English. And next, we have opskryf which literally means "to write down."
Eric: And the last one means “please”, right?
Pieter: That’s right. Asseblief, means “Please" in Afrikaans.
Eric: Listeners, listen to the whole phrase again, and repeat out loud.
Pieter: Kan u dit vir my opskryf asseblief?{pause}
Eric: “Can you write it down for me?”

Outro
Pieter: Okay, that’s it for this lesson.
Eric: Thanks for listening.
Pieter: Totsien!

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