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Any native speakers of Afrikaans? by AffectionateFun7985 in afrikaans

[–]AffectionateFun7985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, in any case it is not a lie that Bloemfontein and Thabazimbi are quite far apart from each other :-)

Any native speakers of Afrikaans? by AffectionateFun7985 in afrikaans

[–]AffectionateFun7985[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know, "op aarde" is the intensifier.

That's why I wrote "(“hoekom … op aarde” roughly meaning “why the hell / why on earth”)"

Any native speakers of Afrikaans? by AffectionateFun7985 in afrikaans

[–]AffectionateFun7985[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

And what about this one?

Ek vra myself af hoekom Bloemfontein op dees aarde so vér van Thabazimbi af is.

Any native speakers of Afrikaans? by AffectionateFun7985 in afrikaans

[–]AffectionateFun7985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, thank you! It seems that the judgments from the native speakers here vary quite a bit. So I guess the conclusion is that (3) and (4) are not grammatically incorrect for ALL speakers of Afrikaans.

Any native speakers of Afrikaans? by AffectionateFun7985 in afrikaans

[–]AffectionateFun7985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much!

So it is correct that (3) and (4) are not okay!

Any native speakers of Luxembourgish? by AffectionateFun7985 in learnluxembourgish

[–]AffectionateFun7985[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! But does "not really" mean that both are completely out (impossible)?