Hilarious TikTok Video of an African Family's Attempts to Speak Afrikaans Goes Viral

Hilarious TikTok Video of an African Family's Attempts to Speak Afrikaans Goes Viral

  • A video of an African family's humorous attempt to speak Afrikaans is going viral on social media
  • South Africans could not stop laughing at the gogo who struggled to pronounce words in the language correctly
  • The hilarious family trended on TikTok, and many commended them for their confidence and braveness in tackling the language

An interesting family has been trending on TikTok for their take on speaking Afrikaans, which left many laughing.

A TikTok video shows an African Family trying to speak in Afrikaans.
An African family showed off their Afrikaans speaking skills in a TikTok video. Image: @zamasawu
Source: TikTok

A family tries to speak Afrikaans

Learning an additional language is not always easy; however, this family embraced the challenge as they showed off a clip of them attempting to speak in Afrikaans.

The gogo, who tried to articulate herself in one of South Africa's 11 official languages, amused the online community. The woman's pronunciation of the words in Afrikaans was incorrect. She called upon a gentleman in her home and asked him a question, as shown in the TikTok video shared by @zamasawu.

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The lady's pronunciation of the words in Afrikaans caused her family to bust out in laughter. The clip has received over 501K views, thousands of likes, and many comments on the video platform.

Watch the video below:

Mzansi in laughter over the gogo speaking Afrikaans

The way the woman articulated herself in Afrikaans left many people laughing in the comments section.

Aaron Oosthuizen said:

"Nah the teacher is wrong for putting so much pressure on the fam."

Nadialg98 wrote:

"You guys killed it, I died when he said yesss and your son was like Jaaa."

Mbalenhle Bhani Thab added:

"The mom really tried yaz laba abanye bona hai."

Pallie Wale commented:

"But mama's accent is not bad at all shame."

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In another similar story, Briefly News previously reported that internet users could not stop laughing at an African toddler who seemed to be obsessed with Afrikaans.

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A clip shared by @zim_kasiso on the video platform has gathered over 61K views, thousands of likes and many comments within a few hours of its publication. The little girl's mom spoke to her in their native language, to which she responded in Afrikaans.

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Johana Mukandila (Editor) Johana Tshidibi Mukandila has been a Human Interest Reporter at Briefly News since 2023. She holds a national diploma in journalism from the Cape Peninsula University Of Technology (2023). She has worked at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, PAICTA, BONA Magazine and Albella Music Production. She is currently furthering her education in journalism at the CPUT. She has passed a set of trainings from Google News Initiative. Reach her at johana.mukandila@briefly.co.za

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