NAMIBIA: 7 Days Of Hunting In The Omaheke Region With Hendrik & Trudy Safaris

[Muskox]

I am not a good speaker of German, very poor. Like a 3 year old. Last time I was around the Afrikaners I felt like their language was easier for me to learn than German. I work in English and live in Germany so I have that as one excuse. I know about several hundred German words, I just can't make the language work.

 

[DieJager]

I am not a good speaker of German, very poor. Like a 3 year old. Last time I was around the Afrikaners I felt like their language was easier for me to learn than German. I work in English and live in Germany so I have that as one excuse. I know about several hundred German words, I just can't make the language work.

I can feel you regarding learning a new language. I can make my self understandable in German but I'm not good at it. Currently trying to improve that.I've given up to try to improve my French etc. Those romance languages are really difficult for me.

Afrikaans is probably, certainly if you are speaking Dutch, the easiest language to learn. Keep trying brother!

 

[VertigoBE]

Great report and a great hunt overall!

thanks for sharing this with us

Afrikaans is understandable, as long as the Afrikaners don’t start mumbling in the heavy dialect, then I get lost

 

[DieJager]

as long as the Afrikaners don’t start mumbling in the heavy dialect, then I get lost

So true. Also when they are going really fast then I'm lost.

 

[gillettehunter]

I really enjoyed your report. Sounds like a great hunt with good people. Duiker can be difficult to hunt. Speedy little buggers. Congrats
Bruce

 

[DieJager]

I really enjoyed your report. Sounds like a great hunt with good people. Duiker can be difficult to hunt. Speedy little buggers. Congrats
Bruce

Thank you sir. Glad you've enjoyed it. Those duikers are acutely aware of their surroundings. It doesn't take much for them to make a run for it.

 

[Muskox]

I can feel you regarding learning a new language. I can make my self understandable in German but I'm not good at it. Currently trying to improve that.I've given up to try to improve my French etc. Those romance languages are really difficult for me.

Afrikaans is probably, certainly if you are speaking Dutch, the easiest language to learn. Keep trying brother!

I am married to a Spanish language speaker, and grew up on the southern border of the US and lived in Spain and Italy for a couple years each. I wish I was better at Spanish, Italian is like Spanish except you pronounce every letter.

German pronunciation here in Rheinland Pfalz is hard because they don't always annunciate their words. Bavaria is better.

I met an absolute stunning Dutch woman in Iceland last month. Would have married her on the spot. She did't have much of an accent at all in English. She must have watched a lot of American and British TV.