“Am I Making You Lam?”: Australian Man Speaks Afrikaans to Sweet-Talk South African Wife

• A South African woman asked her Australian husband to flirt with her by speaking Afrikaans
• The man was up for the challenge and greeted and sweet-talked his wife, who was thoroughly entertained
• Members of the online community also laughed at the Australian's attempt, noting that he sounded like a stereotypical Cape Coloured

It is always a joy to see someone who hails from another country speaking a South African language. However, an Australian man married to a South African woman had the internet in stitches when he tried to woo his wife in Afrikaans.

Australian sweet-talks in Afrikaans

A content-creating family known as the Stumbles Clan uploaded a throwback video on their TikTok account showing the Australian man flirting with his wife, mostly in Afrikaaps, saying:

"Hallo, meisie. Gaanit met jou? Djy lyk pragtig."

After complimenting his laughing wife on her red lips and asking for "soentjies," the man continued in broken Afrikaans:

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"Jy hou van jou hare. Dit lyk mooi. Alles is alright. Ek lief alles."

The humorous man then asked:

"Is it working? Am I making you lam in jou knieë?"

Watch the funny TikTok video below:

Aussie man amuses South Africans

Hundreds of local members of the online community filled the comment section with laughter after hearing the Australian's attempt at swooning his wife in Afrikaans. Many thought he sounded like a stereotypical Cape Coloured.

@_tanielle.cass_ asked the wife:

"Are you sure he isn't from the Cape Flats?"

@jolene.oreilly loved the video and added in the comments:

"A man with a great sense of humour. I love it. You are a lucky girl. Stay blessed, julle twee."

@jminholland said to the woman behind the camera:

"I knew you were from the Cape because of how he said 'hallo meisie.'"

@sherwinsolomons stated to the public:

"The automatic Coloured accent sends me."

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@mom_cuddles_og shared their story about their non-South African partner speaking the local language:

"Brilliant. My English husband can speak a bit of Afrikaans, too. It still makes me laugh."

@suadsue shared with a laugh:

"All my life I would wonder what it's like to flirt in Afrikaans."

An entertained @togieda.gabriels told the online community:

"Oh, gosh. I was screaming with laughter! This guy is funny, man!"

@craig.coldron was impressed and wrote in the comment section:

"Not bad for an Aussie to speak Afrikaans. More practice and you will see a fluent-speaking Afrikaans Aussie soon."

3 Stories about foreigners speaking SA languages

• In another article, Briefly News reported how South Africans laughed when a Korean woman attempted to speak Afrikaans and isiZulu after returning from a dental appointment.
• An American content creator living in South Africa tried speaking isiXhosa, noting that the words would surprise people from the States. Locals praised his efforts.
• A Californian man, who made the Western Cape his home, shared his five favourite Afrikaans words. One of the words was a town in the North West province that had 44 letters.

Source: Briefly News