Hello Gerald.
Feliz ANIVERSARIO and great New Year 2009.:)

Die Baas En Die Kneg
 

This is my other half

Angename kennis!

Happy days! Congratulations on another year.

Happy New Year to all.

I watched from Jury Duty our 44th President get sworn in and I am a very proud American. I hope he has a influence for change for our country and the world.

Hennie, you are a fortunate man. She is a lovely woman. You are a nice looking couple.

Nils,
The world expects better times with Obama. Congratulations.

Hernie,
Nils is completely correct.

Baie geluk Hennie en Caroline! Ten minste raak dit beter elke jaar aan die vrou se kant!:D Die man bly maar net 'confused'.

I want to add my congratulations to all those celebrating wedding anniversaries. And especially to Hennie, "Thanks for sharing a photo of you and your wife." This forum is already very special and sharing YOUR personal family with the Forum Family just makes it even more special.

Now to add to the fun. Each time I see some Afrikaans language on the Forum that I can't figure out by looking at the context, I try AGAIN to find a translator. I'm afraid I'm limited to a SINGLE language.

So, I found a "FREE" translator and translated Johan's congratulations to Hennie. Here's what I got.

very luck hennie and caroline! at least get/touch it better every years at the womans side ! the man stay/glad but just 'confused'. ...:confused:

Now, I know "free" translators are notoriously literal and not sensitive to the context. So, given the context, my augmented translation of Johan's message is this:

Good luck Hennie and Caroline! At least it gets better with the years at the woman's side. The man is happy, but also "confused".:D

Am I anywhere close? Can you suggest a GOOD "free" Afrikaans to English and English to Afrikaans translator?

Regards,
John

I still need to put up my hand if I want to say something.:D

The colloquialism around here for that is, "I can't get a word in edge-wise."

John,
Your translation program is not to far out. The 'happy' in the man's sentence doesn't exist. :D I will make a point from now on to put the English in brackets. It is a lot easier than any translation program.
Hennie, verskooning aan die vrou, ek het haar naam verkeerd. My vrou is Caroline. (Apology to your wife. I had her name wrong. My wife's name is Caroline)

The "bly" could have been "happy" (but not in that context)

Ek is bly - I am happy.

Johan, sometimes Maraai is good as well.:D

Celebrating 16 years as of yesterday.

Congrats Alan & family.

The first thing that struck me when opening your post was the brand new schoolboy in front :)

Alan,

You have a lovely family. Those boys look well behaved but I bet they are a handfull.

Nils, you should learn the difference between boy shoes and girl shoes. Or even between boy names and girl names. ;)

Conratulations on 16 years.

I got a good laugh, but SHE is not amused...:mad:

Alan C

My apologize for my bad manners. I am sorry for my error. Please forgive me.

Thanks Gerald. I make mistakes.

Alan,
Congratulations! You must be proud of that family! :)

Nils,
Maybe you just had some left over blue paint in your eyes that was causing a challenge :)

Baie geluk Alan!

Congratulations Alan and family.

This time yesterday:


Son, Sean married Amy.

Sean and Amy

Congratulations!!! Amy looks beautiful.

That is an interesting cake. Looks like separate little cakes. Very nice idea.

Congratulations Gerald!!

Best wishes to your son and new daughter in law.:)

Congratulations Sean & Amy on your special day and to Gerald & Jenny on the new addition to the family, hopefully it wont be too long before we can call you Oupa & Ouma???:D ......no pressure guys

For all those not yet fully converse with Afrikaans, thats Grandad & Grandma

Sean and Amy, CONGRATULATIONS!
Hope you are going somewhere nice for the honeymoon.

Congatulations to Gerald and Jenny as well.

Congratulations Sean and Amy, We wish the two of you many years of happiness, health and prosperity,