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Expert Profile: PuoTaal

Expertise: Questions relating to South African English and the language Afrikaans. Even some questions on Southern African languages, especially Sesotho (Southern Sotho) would be appropriate. I can also do short translations between Afrikaans and English.
Experience: Afrikaans is my first language, while English and Sesotho are my second and third languages respectively. Translation studies is also one of my subjects. Currently I'm busy with with my Masters degree.

Organizations: Linguistics Association of South Africa Silent Night Association (International)

Education: BA Degree (2000 - Potchefstroom University, South Africa), BA Honours (2001 - Potchefstroom University, South Africa) and Translation Studies at MA level (2001 - University of Copenhagen, Denmark). Currently studying at Potchefstroom University, South Africa.

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Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		39

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Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	09/12/08
10	10	10	10	05/04/08
10	10	10	10	01/29/02
10	10	9	10	02/13/02
10	10	10	10	03/11/02

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Recent Answers from PuoTaal

2008-05-03 cd to teach me Afrikaans: Hi Steve, I can suggest the 'Teach Yourself Afrikaans' book and CD - I have that book as well and it is quite a good introduction to Afrikaans. This is available at Amazon and most other online bookstores...

2005-04-04 language: It depends on what language one learns - in other words is it used widely and what is the status of the language in the country you live. In some countries knowledge of languages such as English, French...

2004-05-05 sesotho past tense: Hi, The two examples are not exactly the same. The word "ile" is used for the past tense while the verb change (rekile in this case) indicates the perfect tense. The past tense indicates that an...

2004-03-10 GENDER ASSIGNMENT ACROSS LANGUAGES: There is a distinction between genders in terms of pronouns in Afrikaans - hy (he), sy (she), dit (it), sy/syne (his) and haar/hare (his). The same rule applies for the form with "-self", for example:...

2002-03-10 African nation: Hi, The only such name I can think of is the country Botswana - the prefix "bo-" indicates a plural form. The language of the Batswana (ba- prefix indicates people) people is Tswana or sometimes written...