Comments on: Enjoyment http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/ ... the online home of a librarian in Perth, Western Australia Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:43:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Akkadis http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12226 Akkadis Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:18:18 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12226 CW - yes, I think it is the same sound, or very similar. I can't do it as well as I used to - I only sometimes get it right. My dad's name is Gerhardt - bit of a worry when I can't pronounce my own father's name right :P CW - yes, I think it is the same sound, or very similar. I can’t do it as well as I used to - I only sometimes get it right. My dad’s name is Gerhardt - bit of a worry when I can’t pronounce my own father’s name right :P

]]> By: CW http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12223 CW Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:24:15 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12223 Akkadis, I love geeet!! Does Afrikaans have the guttural 'g' (ch) sound as well? Fiona I guess there's enough English in Den Haag that it doesn't matter whether you speak Dutch or not, huh? Penny, I <em>love</em> that analogy of grammar being another language :) Inderdad Simone! I find mid-week social events very draining, which is why I haven't been coming along to bloggers lately (that, and I have been baking an amazing number of cakes lately!). But the idea of being able to speak Dutch with you is quite tempting... :) Akkadis, I love geeet!! Does Afrikaans have the guttural ‘g’ (ch) sound as well?

Fiona I guess there’s enough English in Den Haag that it doesn’t matter whether you speak Dutch or not, huh?

Penny, I love that analogy of grammar being another language :)

Inderdad Simone! I find mid-week social events very draining, which is why I haven’t been coming along to bloggers lately (that, and I have been baking an amazing number of cakes lately!). But the idea of being able to speak Dutch with you is quite tempting… :)

]]> By: Simone http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12207 Simone Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:51:12 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12207 Glad english and dutch are sort of both my first languages...I learnt english when I was 5. Well, I don't know the rules, I just know what sounds right... most of the time... Dutch is harder. But I was in Australia for all of primary school and half of high school, definitely missed out on the basics of dutch grammar. Argh, I'm just messed up! But glad to hear you're still enjoying your lessons! You must come to bloggers sometime again, we can talks dutch! Just don't ask me anything about grammar!! :D Glad english and dutch are sort of both my first languages…I learnt english when I was 5.
Well, I don’t know the rules, I just know what sounds right… most of the time… Dutch is harder. But I was in Australia for all of primary school and half of high school, definitely missed out on the basics of dutch grammar.
Argh, I’m just messed up!

But glad to hear you’re still enjoying your lessons!
You must come to bloggers sometime again, we can talks dutch! Just don’t ask me anything about grammar!! :D

]]> By: Penny http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12206 Penny Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:18:09 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12206 And when you aren't taught grammar at school, all those rules are like learning another language at the same time. And when you aren’t taught grammar at school, all those rules are like learning another language at the same time.

]]> By: Fiona http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12205 Fiona Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:11:33 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12205 I feel quite bad about how little progress I've made with my self-study book while I've been here! Like Akkadis I like the combining thing too - slapkamer for bedroom for instance. I think the difficult thing for me is being motivated to learn when I won't be here for all that long and I wouldn't have a need for Dutch when I get home :/ I feel quite bad about how little progress I’ve made with my self-study book while I’ve been here! Like Akkadis I like the combining thing too - slapkamer for bedroom for instance. I think the difficult thing for me is being motivated to learn when I won’t be here for all that long and I wouldn’t have a need for Dutch when I get home :/

]]> By: Akkadis http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12198 Akkadis Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:32:02 +0000 http://blog.flexnib.com/2008/02/26/enjoyment/#comment-12198 Those rules all seem perfectly sensible to me, but I grew up hearing and speaking Afrikaans :p Although I do have some trouble with sentence structure - probably because I only spoke it as a child, and it's been over 10 years since then. I really like the way languages like Dutch, German and Afrikaans make new words by adding words together - like the opbellen & opgebeld you mention. My favourite Afrikaans word is geeet, past tense of eet (meaning 'eat') - so many 'e's! 'Cameelperd' is another favourite - it means giraffe, but the literal translation is camel-horse - so much more descriptive! Languages are fun :) Those rules all seem perfectly sensible to me, but I grew up hearing and speaking Afrikaans :p Although I do have some trouble with sentence structure - probably because I only spoke it as a child, and it’s been over 10 years since then.

I really like the way languages like Dutch, German and Afrikaans make new words by adding words together - like the opbellen & opgebeld you mention. My favourite Afrikaans word is geeet, past tense of eet (meaning ‘eat’) - so many ‘e’s! ‘Cameelperd’ is another favourite - it means giraffe, but the literal translation is camel-horse - so much more descriptive!

Languages are fun :)

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