Technically, it should’ve been Month 5: nanowrimo, but the end of 2009 was a bit hectic! I also subtitled the all-English parts for my Deaf friends. Sorry about earlier, Shane!

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Let’s take a look at Afrikaans grammar, and see what makes sets it apart from Dutch. For one thing, it’s much simpler than Dutch in many ways. Dutch has two definite articles, while Afrikaans only has one. Afrikaans has only one indefinite article as well.

But it is in the treatment of verbs that Afrikaans grammar displays its sublime simplicity. In Afrikaans, verbs don’t decline; in the present tense, the same verb ending is used regardless of person. To indicate the future tense, just use the word “sal” (shall) and the verb’s infinitive form. Afrikaans also uses fewer tenses than most Germanic languages – another factor which makes Afrikaans easy to learn.

Believe it or not, Afrikaans grammar even has a rule governing the order in which words should be arranged in a sentence. Called the STOMPI rule, it dictates that words should fall in this order: “Subject, First Verb, Time, Object, Manner, Place, Second Verb, Infinitive.” Even if your sentence only uses three or four of those components – say, a subject, first verb, time, and infinitive – you’ll always know the order in which the components are to appear.

Clearly Afrikaans is more than simplified Dutch – it has many unique features, such as the Afrikaans grammar we’ve discussed above, that make it a distinct language. But the two languages do share many common elements, which raises the question of whether speakers of one language can understand the other. In general, it’s easier for a Dutch person to understand Afrikaans than it is for an Afrikaner to understand Dutch, but it wouldn’t take either one long to adapt himself to the other language.

The good news for students of the world’s youngest language is that the structure of Afrikaans grammar makes it easy for anyone to learn, regardless of your native tongue. Give it a try – you’ll be amazed at how quickly you’ll be speaking Afrikaans!

I recommend you use the Byki Afrikaans language course to learn to speak Afrikaans fast starting today. Learning a language can be fun…

Be sure to check out Talk Now Afrikaans from our store.

Also, be sure to check out our post on Learning the Afrikaans Language.

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For a Afrikaans vocabulary builder, see our post on Talk Now Afrikaans.

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Afrikaans Byki Express Language Learning – Free software downloads …

Come to CNET Download.com for free and safe Afrikaans Byki Express Language Learning downloads. Start learning Afrikaans with the use of powerful and personalized language-learning system.

For those interested in another extensive Afrikaans course, then consider the beginner Talk Now Afrikaans course or the World Talk Afrikaans course.

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http://www.sois.uwm.edu/afrikaans/

In addition, to Afrikaans lessons on vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation, the site also includes a forum for those students needing some extra help or encouragement. The site was produced by the University of Wisconsin.

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With a smaller base of speakers than other languages, resources for learning Afrikaans are limited. If you need to learn Afrikaans, you may want to consider Talk Now Afrikaans and the follow up course World Talk Afrikaans.

Designed for beginners who want to start learning the Afrikaans language as soon as possible, Talk Now Afrikaans addresses basic language needs for business, vacation, or perhaps just meeting a native Afrikaans speaker. The course includes about 400 vocabulary words.

The course includes quizzes, games, and stories that increase your retention of the Afrikaans words and phrases you covered. Nine useful topics – first words, food, colors, phrases, parts of the body, numbers, time, shopping and countries.

Automatic Localization - learn from your own native language (more than 100 available).

Special Features in this Afrikaans course Include:

• Speech recording – compare your voice with native Afrikaans speakers.
• “Intelligent” Afrikaans software – remembers words you get wrong and targets your weak points.
• Four Afrikaans quiz levels – test what Afrikaans you’ve learned.
• Automatic localization – lets you choose the language you learn from (more than 100 available)

Windows 98/2000/ME/XP/Vista, or Mac OS 8.6 or above, with color display, sound, 16 MB of free memory, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and a microphone (recommended).

The Ultimate Language Store offers the entire series of Talk Now products including Talk Now Afrikaans

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