Last week, I received a “teach yourself Afrikaans” book and audio CD. I was pretty excited, so I jumped into lesson one and thought I had learned some things. Thinking “let’s go impress our friends” I went up and said “Ek es me mouder”. When I was asked what I was trying to say, I said that I was learning introductions, and I was introducing you to my mother. Then a howling laughter came forth. What I ACTUALLY said was “I am a mother”.
Language learning… I feel like a 2 year old. Hilarious (guess you had to be there 
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That sound more like “I am MY mother”
good luck with the language, from now on I’ll be speaking Afrikaans to you.
Good for you, being brave! Hang in there!