Grammar of Afrikaans Bruce C. Donaldson
Publisher: De Gruyter

A few reasons are: The grammar is logical and easy. This is a very comprehensive site with pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, readings, culture, links for audio, music and more. The Good: Afrikaans seems to top a lot of easiest language to learn lists. Jun 7, 2010 - Openlanguages.net/Afrikaans This is the first place on the internet I would look to start to learn Afrikaans. Jul 18, 2013 - However, it is not only the vocabulary of Afrikaans that must be taken into consideration: the language has its own morphology, spelling and even grammar. Aug 26, 2012 - orgRector of SA university threatens to shut down Department of Afrikaans and Dutch By:Jan-Jan Joubert Translation: J. Malegapuru Makgoba, rector of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (on of Afrikaans-Dutch is at the top of his list of priorities. Nov 28, 2012 - Of course there is no chance that Dutch is going to redefine its grammar to accept Afrikaans exceptions. May 5, 2005 - For example in Afrikaans virtually all the old Dutch irregular verbs have been made regular, the Dutch grammatical gender has been lost and only the perfect tense is used to express the past. Mare Source: Cape Town, South Africa 23 August 2012 Prof. Even though the message sent by the rector by email to several prominent personnell contained various spelling and grammar mistakes, its contents was quite clear. IsiZulu, isiXhosa, siSwati, and isiNdebele are collectively referred to as the Nguni languages, and have many similarities in syntax and grammar. Apr 28, 2009 - Words for colours in Afrikaans and some colour-related expressions. There is no verb conjugation and it has no gender. I'm a South African living in the Eu and was hoping to be able to convert my Afrikaans to Dutch. Nov 6, 2012 - And African-language speakers often pepper their speech with English and Afrikaans, as this isiZulu example recorded in Soweto by MJH Mfusi shows (English is in italics, and Afrikaans in bold): "I-Chiefs isidle nge-referee's optional time, otherwise ngabe ihambe sleg.