Any Afrikaans speakers in the house?

January 2, 2018 5:31 PM

I need to transcribe a very brief statement made by Nelson Mandela in this video at 17:32. I have most of the statement figured out, and I know approximately what he is saying (he translates afterwards) but my decades-old Afrikaans isn't good enough to properly transcribe the last few words. Can anybody help?
posted by matthew.alexander to Law & Government (4 answers total)

Well, my Afrikaans isn't great and I'm also struggling with those last words, but for what it's worth it sounds to me like:
"Aangename kennis, Koos. Ek hoop van harte dat een dag, ek de geleentheid sal krijg om met [ie??] te gesit [maybe gaan sit?]."
"Nice to meet you, Koos. I hope from the heart that one day I will get the opportunity to sit with [you??]."
posted by col_pogo at 8:40 PM on January 2, 2018

Aangename kennis Koos. Ek hoop van harte dat eendag ek die geleentheid sal kry om met u te gesels.
posted by Gomez_in_the_South at 9:16 PM on January 2, 2018 [2 favorites]

You could add commas where he pauses.

To clarify the changes from col_pogo's version:
u = the polite form of you
gesels = chat, talk, discuss
posted by Gomez_in_the_South at 9:22 PM on January 2, 2018 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Thank you!
posted by matthew.alexander at 10:21 PM on January 2, 2018