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| Alisha: Top 25 Afrikaans Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 20: "What's the weather like in Cape Town?" in Afrikaans. In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Afrikaans learners, and then learn how to answer like a native speaker. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then, through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question, "What's the weather like in Cape Town?" In Afrikaans this is... |
| Dewan: Hoe is die weer in Kaapstad? |
| Alisha: The first word in the question is... |
| Dewan: hoe |
| Alisha: meaning "how" in English. |
| Dewan: (Slow, by syllable) hoe |
| Alisha: Listen again and repeat. |
| Dewan: hoe |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is- |
| Dewan: is |
| Alisha: meaning "is" |
| Dewan: (Slow, by syllable) is |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Dewan: is |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the first two words of the question and repeat. |
| Dewan: hoe is |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And next is... |
| Dewan: die |
| Alisha: meaning "the" |
| Dewan: (Slow, by syllable) die |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Dewan: die |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the first three words of the question and repeat. |
| Dewan: hoe is die |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Next is... |
| Dewan: weer |
| Alisha: meaning "weather" |
| Dewan: (Slow, by syllable) weer |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Dewan: weer |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the first four words of the question and repeat. |
| Dewan: hoe is die weer |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And next is... |
| Dewan: in |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: meaning "in" |
| Dewan: (Slow, by syllable) in |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Dewan: in |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the first five words of the question and repeat. |
| Dewan: hoe is die weer in |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And finally we have... |
| Dewan: Kaapstad |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: meaning "Cape Town" |
| Dewan: (Slow, by syllable) Kaapstad |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Dewan: Kaapstad |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Dewan: Hoe is die weer in Kaapstad? |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies. Master the following pattern and responses to the question "What's the weather like in Cape Town?" |
| Dewan: Dit is sonnig. |
| Alisha: "It's sunny." You’ll hear the phrase one more time, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Dewan: (Slow) Dit is sonnig. |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word is... |
| Dewan: Dit |
| Alisha: meaning "it" |
| Dewan: (Slow, by syllable) Dit |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Dewan: Dit |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: And after that is... |
| Dewan: is |
| Alisha: meaning "is." |
| Dewan: (Slow, by syllable) is |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Dewan: is |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Next is... |
| Dewan: sonnig |
| Alisha: meaning "sunny." |
| Dewan: (Slow, by syllable) sonnig |
| Alisha: Now repeat. |
| Dewan: sonnig |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: Listen to the speaker say "It's sunny." and then repeat. |
| Dewan: Dit is sonnig. |
| {Pause} |
| Alisha: For a different answer, replace "sunny" with "raining." |
| Dewan: reën |
| Alisha: "raining" |
| Dewan: (slow) reën (regular) reën |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "raining." |
| Dewan: Dit reën. |
| Alisha: It mostly stays the same, just replace "sunny" with "raining." Now try. Say "It's raining." |
| {pause} |
| Dewan: Dit reën. |
| Alisha: For more practice, replace "raining" with "windy." |
| Dewan: winderig |
| Alisha: "windy" |
| Dewan: (slow) winderig (regular) winderig |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "windy." |
| Dewan: Dit is winderig. |
| Alisha: It’s almost the same, just replace "raining" with "windy." Let’s practice. Say "It's windy." |
| {pause} |
| Dewan: Dit is winderig. |
| Alisha: For a different answer, replace "windy" with "stormy." |
| Dewan: stormagtig |
| Alisha: "stormy" |
| Dewan: (slow) stormagtig (regular) stormagtig |
| Alisha: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "stormy." |
| Dewan: Dit is stormagtig. |
| Alisha: Here we just replace "windy" with "stormy." Say "It's stormy." |
| {pause} |
| Dewan: Dit is stormagtig. |
| Alisha: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you're visiting South Africa and someone asks you about the weather. You want to say it's sunny. How would you answer? |
| Dewan: Hoe is die weer? (five seconds) Dit is sonnig. |
| Alisha: Now you want to say it's stormy. Respond to the question. |
| Dewan: Hoe is die weer? (five seconds) Dit is stormagtig. |
| Alisha: You want to say it's windy. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Dewan: Hoe is die weer? (five seconds) Dit is winderig. |
| Alisha: You want to say it's raining. What would you say? |
| Dewan: Hoe is die weer? (five seconds) Dit reën. |
| Alisha: You want to ask someone what the weather is like. Ask the question. |
| (5 seconds) |
| Dewan: Hoe is die weer? |
| {pause} |
| Alisha: This is the end of Lesson 20. |
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