Right, here I am speaking Afrikaans and some more _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
Last edited by André in Zuid-Afrika on Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:15 pm; edited 1 time in total
I've listened André's voice on my computer!!! I think that afrikaans sound very pleasant and André has a nice voice.
Afrikaans klinkt wel helemaal anders dan het nederlands, wat verbaasd me! Omdat ze zo veel dezelfde hebben, heb ik automatisch gedacht dat ze ongeveer gelijk uitgesproken zouden zijn , maar dat is zeker niet zo weet ik nu!! Afrikaans heeft iets dat vriendelijker klinkt -het spijt me, Akoni!!!
I've listened André's voice on my computer!!! I think that afrikaans sound very pleasant and André has a nice voice.
Afrikaans klinkt wel helemaal anders dan het nederlands, wat verbaasd me! Omdat ze zo veel dezelfde hebben, heb ik automatisch gedacht dat ze ongeveer gelijk uitgesproken zouden zijn , maar dat is zeker niet zo weet ik nu!! Afrikaans heeft iets dat vriendelijker klinkt -het spijt me, Akoni!!!
I've listened André's voice on my computer!!! I think that afrikaans sound very pleasant and André has a nice voice.
Afrikaans klinkt wel helemaal anders dan het nederlands, wat verbaasd me! Omdat ze zo veel dezelfde hebben, heb ik automatisch gedacht dat ze ongeveer gelijk uitgesproken zouden zijn , maar dat is zeker niet zo weet ik nu!! Afrikaans heeft iets dat vriendelijker klinkt -het spijt me, Akoni!!!
Here is my version of the whole Comma passage. It is not completely natural due to it being read off of something, but it does give a good picture of how I speak (albeit probably a bit more understandably than if I were just speaking unscripted in an informal fashion due to being more careful).
Jeeze, your intonation sounds Swedish at times! What caught my attention most was when you said "when she got there"; that's how I might've said it in Swedish if I'd wanted to be specific about it.
Jeeze, your intonation sounds Swedish at times! What caught my attention most was when you said "when she got there"; that's how I might've said it in Swedish if I'd wanted to be specific about it.
Weirdly enough I tend to talk like that more when trying to speak carefully and or formally. My usual everyday speech is not as strongly intonated in that kind of way, even though it is still present to some degree or another (for instance, I would intonated "got there" similarly, but just not as strongly). I am not sure about the role of such intonation, but it does make it easier to speak carefully and acts to help delineate the overall structure of what is being said more clearly than in my usual everyday speech, where individual words and borders between clauses and like are far less clear.
And note that the area here has practically no North Germanic influence either, with the closest area with historical North Germanic influence having Danish influence, and thus would not have gained any such intonation from such. (This is unlike some areas further up north or out west from here, which have had Norwegian or Swedish influence.)
Here is my version of the whole Comma passage. It is not completely natural due to it being read off of something, but it does give a good picture of how I speak (albeit probably a bit more understandably than if I were just speaking unscripted in an informal fashion due to being more careful).
Hey, like your voice, Travis! ABout time I hear it!
Now, can we hear some of our newcomers? _________________ Toe ek jonk was, het ek al die antwoorde geken. Nou verstaan ek nie eens die vrae nie.
As long as we're talking about an old friend, allow me to introduce myself to new friends. Here's a recording of my voice that was in the old langcafé -- a sample of standard American English, Californian variety.
[Edit]Rats! My data transfer limit has been exceeded, thanks to my own trip down memory lane.
You have a pretty and clear voice. I understood everything you said.
_________________ Jag tänker alltsĺ finns jag
jag är en svensktalande fransman och älskar svenska sprĺket
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