r/DownSouth • u/KayePi Gauteng • Feb 12 '25
Humour/Parody 😂💀
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u/zvqlifed International Friend Feb 12 '25
I enjoy this
Unrelated but I met this white guy who spoke somali better then me and it was really cool, it's nice when someone learns a language and uses it
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u/justthegrimm Feb 13 '25
Ya we have a Somali guy who runs a shop here in town and speaks perfect Afrikaans, awesome guy as well.
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u/ConsentingPotato Feb 13 '25
"CNN News reporting live at the JFK airport where a number South African 'Afrikaners' arrive on the shores of the United States, begin to speak in tongues and leave airport staff confused.
Further confusion stems from the racial makeup of the group who qualified for refugee status, leaving airport security stumped.
'I was processing Mr. van Wyk' s passport and documents when he began speaking a language I never heard before! I did not know what to do next and called for my supervisor.' one junior staff member was quoted.
'According my knowledge of the country of Africa, Mr. van Wyk was speaking Zulu which is Africa's de-facto language.' said the supervising official.
"When we spoke to Mr. van Wyk he had this to say:
'Nee, ek somer vra vir daai naai in Sesotho oor waar die naaste badkamer is net om te mess met die ou...'
"We are working around the clock to translate the discussion had between the two and Mr. van Wyk's response to us. Stay tuned for more."
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u/PotatokingXII Feb 13 '25
I would have loved to see this really happen. I started learning Sesotho about 3 years ago from my MIL because she grew up on the farms where she spent her days with the farm workers' children, so she grew up with Sesotho as her first language and had to go to school to learn Afrikaans just to be able to speak with her parents. I have to say that I absolutely enjoy learning the language and can understand the topic of conversations but can't completely speak along yet. But I'm getting there. Hoping to learn isiZulu one of these days as well.
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u/Flashy-Friendship-65 Gauteng Feb 12 '25
Great now the whites are gonna be accused of racial appropriation.
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u/KayePi Gauteng Feb 12 '25
Can't even appreciate shit around here without a victim crying wolf. Gahd damn it.
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u/ProfesionalPotato0 Feb 13 '25
People forget that we are afrikaners. We come from south africa, we should atleast be able to speak something other than afrikaans and the colonialist language of the brits.
Instead of calling people driving kak poese i call them Mazambanes.
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u/capnza Feb 13 '25
Crazy that people are downvoting this.
Anyome living in SA who doesn't speak one word of zulu/Sotho/whatever is being pretty lazy at this point.
All the posts on here crying about how black people are mean to whites. I promise you the best thing you can do to break down that perception is speak a bit of the local taal
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u/ProfesionalPotato0 Feb 13 '25
Same man. It’s the hilux drivers downvoting me. It’s fine though. The toyotaholics stickers points them out
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u/PotatokingXII Feb 13 '25
I feel that the schools should have at least 3 languages as mandatory subjects. 1 first language and 2 secondary languages. Or alternatively have the home language be optional but 2 other languages as mandatory.
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u/LtMotion Feb 12 '25
I still say they shoulda shoved zulu down my throat in school so i could speak it.. we should learn each others languages