WIL in Afrikaans is not WILL in English? | Ek leer Afrikaans | Part 6

Ajouté : 2026-05-29

[00:00:00]Ek wil Afrikaans leer.

[00:00:06]What does this translate to in English?

[00:00:11]Did you get it right?

[00:00:13]The correct translation is I want to learn Afrikaans. Learners often think that wil translates to will, the future tense in English.

[00:00:30]But this is never the case in Afrikaans.

[00:00:35]Wil [snorts] actually means want to.

[00:00:39]To indicate the future tense in Afrikaans, we use sal or gaan. [snorts] So, if I want to say I will learn Afrikaans, I can say ek sal Afrikaans leer.

[00:00:56]This might seem confusing at first, but when you get used to it, you will also know that I want to learn Afrikaans is