ATD 563 Another Afrikaans expression

[Michel Ryckx]

Any Dutch speaking person (this includes Flemish) can understand 
suidafrikaans, sometimes with a bit of help, like on p. 564, 'Voetsak' - 
that puzzles me.  The first expression 'gatkruiper' is Dutch and, 
seemingly, exactly the same in South African.  The second one is 
definitely SA, given the spelling of 'jou' (in Dutch we'd spell this 
'jouw').  Also that contraction 'moer' ( mo'er) for 'moeder' (mother)  
is something you see pretty often in SA.

A teacher did not have to explain the meaning of the word 'Apartheid' at 
the time -- concept was clear.

I believe somewhere halfway 17th century -google for Jan Van Riebeeck-, 
when Holland politically withdrew from the Cape, South African began to 
evolve in another language.  Most puzzling thing now is the use of a 
double negation, wich is still negative, like in a children's song where 
it says 'je moe nie huil nie', which means 'don't cry', and literally it 
says 'you do not have to cry no.

Ya Sam schreef:
> So are these expressions specifically Afrikaans, or have they 
> something in common with Dutch/Flemmish? 



	
	
		
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