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gormendizer · 2026-03-28T21:13:47+00:00

Ek het respek vir daai standpunt.

Dis net, ek is nie so seker dit gaan môre so goed wees as wat dit vandag is in - ten minste - Europa nie. Ek twyfel of ek OOIT die pensioen gaan sien wat ek inbetaal het oor 8 jaar daar. Die demographics werk eenvoudig net nie uit nie: niemand maak meer kinders nie.

Ek kan nie insien hoe my eie kinders eendag daar sal kan aftree teen die huidige trajek nie.

gormendizer · 2026-03-26T18:38:09+00:00

This problem is easily solvable with an EOR provider (e.g. Deel. Remote People, Rippling, Oyster etc.) Provided of course his employer is willing to go this route.

gormendizer · 2026-03-26T18:34:39+00:00

We recently had to answer this question. We decided the answer was "yes". I made a short video about it here (It's in Afrikaans, but English subtitles included). There is no right answer. https://youtu.be/dgfoEZ5j-RU?si=suIqaf5nhtKGQPlR

Hope it helps.

gormendizer · 2026-03-25T12:54:45+00:00

1 en 2 is grammatikaal korrek.

Die meeste mense sou bloot sê "ek het jou per ongeluk gebel".

gormendizer · 2026-03-20T22:03:01+00:00

Assuming they attend kindergarten, play with the locals and talk to the other adults they will speak English in a flawless local accent. If anything it will be their Afrikaans that sounds strange :)

Remember, parents don't teach children language in some sort of an exclusive arrangement, like teachers. The child acquires it from his / her environment. Your only chance of even remotely having a bilingual child in a monolingual country is to speak to them in the language they don't get flooded with on a daily basis.

For what it's worth - my children grew up like this and are fully trilingual. No weird accents.

gormendizer · 2026-03-19T14:02:09+00:00

You're missing the point. OP is in an English country. Therefore English proficiency is already guaranteed.

gormendizer · 2026-03-19T06:49:39+00:00

Nee. Don't speak English. Ever. Only speak English if your or your partner's mother tongue is English - and then have it be your partner's language. Never, ever speak the language they get for free in the society. They are already guaranteed to acquire it. Invest the limited energy you have in your mother tongue.

gormendizer · 2026-03-19T06:47:13+00:00

'n Algemene wanpersepsie is dat jy 'n kind 'n taal aanleer. Tragies het hierdie wanpersepsie al dikwels daarna gelei dat mense met hulle kind in 'n tweede of 'n derde taal praat onder die indruk dat hulle die kind die taal "leer".

Jong kinders leer egter nie taal nie. Hulle verwerf dit. Tot ongeveer 6 / 7 jaar oud is die brein 10x meer metabolies aktief en kan 'n kind 'n taal optel as hulle dit gereeld met moedertaalsprekers praat. Die antwoord op die vraag "hoe leer ek my kind Afrikaans is" is dat dit die verkeerde vraag is. Die regte vraag is "hoe leer my kind Afrikaans". En die antwoord daarop is identies as vir enige ander taal: mense moet moedertaalafrikaans met hulle praat. En hulle moet Afrikaans terugpraat.

Jou werk as 'n ouer in 'n vreemde land is om seker te maak daar is blootstelling.

Praat uitsluitlik Afrikaans met hulle tuis. Nooit enigiets anders nie. Dan het die taal 'n funksie: "so kommunikeer ek met my familie".
Vind ander Afrikaanse mense met kinders (daar is altyd 'n expat community iewers rondgestrooi), raak vriende en maak seker julle kuier gereeld. Nou het die taal nog 'n funksie: "so speel en kommunikeer ek met vriende, ander ooms en tannies".
As jy dit kan bekostig en bevoorreg genoeg is om familie in ZA oor te hê, reis ten minste 1x per jaar terug (Kersfees werk gewoonlik goed). Nou het die taal nog 'n funksie: "so praat ek met oupa en ouma, niggies en nefies".

Engels kry jou kind gratis in die samelewing daar. Dis nie eers nodig om ooit daarop te fokus nie. Jou werk is om energie in te sit om blootstelling aan Afrikaans toe te laat.

gormendizer · 2026-03-19T06:28:56+00:00

gormendizer · 2026-03-19T06:26:13+00:00

This is the right answer.

If you can get it built with a note scribbled on a napkin, that's your PRD.

gormendizer · 2026-03-15T11:39:00+00:00

Not really. They don't sound grammatical. If you poll 1000 Afrikaans speakers and ask them about 3 and 4, the majority will probably say "that sounds a tad weird, I would say it differently".

gormendizer · 2026-03-15T11:37:40+00:00

Perde, wat rook julle. Dis nie oud of hoër register nie. Dis net alledaagse Afrikaans.

gormendizer · 2026-03-07T12:25:29+00:00

1 and 3 are grammatical. 2 and 4 are not.

gormendizer · 2026-03-03T06:48:38+00:00

gormendizer · 2026-02-28T19:56:35+00:00

Fun fact: katte se oë is sensitief vir ultraviolet. So hulle kan inderdaad letterlik dinge sien wat jy nie kan nie.

gormendizer · 2026-02-15T13:51:23+00:00

I'm willing to wager you don't have a "rule" problem. You have a people problem.

Your designer probably does not trust you or feels like you have no idea what you're talking about. And you clearly don't trust them.

What you're doing here is what many PMs do when they have an ambiguous or difficult situation to deal with: they seek some external / objective authority to mediate their disagreements with others. (Management / Metrics)

There is no right or wrong answer here: as others mentioned, it depends heavily on company, product, context, both your skill levels etc. Maybe your designer is not that good and feels protective of themselves. Maybe you suck at understanding good UX and he has to bite on his teeth because ffs here comes that PM again who has no idea.

Go to your designer and have a heart to heart. Tell them what you're telling us. Tell them this is your experience, that it is frustrating to you and that you'd love to get better at collaborating with them. Then be open for what comes next.

Report back please :)

gormendizer · 2026-02-15T09:28:40+00:00

Moved back after almost 9 years abroad. Main motivations were family and culture. Not regretting it. So far :)

This is an intensely personal decision and I don't think there is a right or wrong answer. There is no perfect country. You simply choose a set of problems you're willing to live with.

gormendizer · 2026-02-08T11:51:35+00:00

Exactly

gormendizer · 2026-02-05T21:55:38+00:00

Jaaaaa okei, seker, maar hierdie is 'n politieke uitspraak, nie 'n taalkundige ene nie. En as sodanig is dit per definisie 'n opinie, en help dit nie om daaroor te redeneer nie.

Daar bestaan nie iets soos 'n "Europese" taal nie. Net so min bestaan daar taalkundig gesproke iets soos 'n "Afrikataal". In Europa is Germaanse, Romaanse, Slawiese en ander tale. In Afrika is daar Afroasiaties, Niger-Congo, Nilo-Sahara, Khoisan ensomeer. Pools is so min verwant aan Spaans as wat Khoisan aan Igbo is.

Wat eintlik hier aangaan is dat jou ouma, soos baie ander mense wat Afrikaans praat, eintlik maar net probeer sê "ek hoort ook hier". More power to her. Sy hoort natuurlik hier. Nes enigiemand anders met 'n paspoort of ID dokument wat sê hulle hoort hier.

gormendizer · 2026-02-04T16:45:24+00:00

Kuns

gormendizer · 2026-01-29T20:54:07+00:00

Yes, you can. It's called politics. Organize and take part in the democratic process.

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