Afrikaans-English

pfletch · Post by **pfletch** » 18 Nov 2004 13:38

Last post had confused fingers in the subject line. Excuse it (or delete it) please.

I received a postcard from some smart-aleck Dutch friends on holiday in South Africa. I figured out most of it, but cannot find a translation for "ontsettend," as in "Ons geniet onstettend baie!" I have found "onstettend" and "onstettend baie" on many websites but cannot find a translation of "onstettend."

Can anyone help?

kokoyaya · Post by **kokoyaya** » 02 Dec 2004 16:58

If nobody answers, you can contact a Freelang translator at http://www.freelang.net/translation/index.html

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 14 Jan 2005 20:54

Hi I think you made a mistake because I don't know the word "ontstettend" but "ontsettend" does exist is means "terribly" the sentence means

We enjoyed it very much

(The Afrikaans sentence is actually wrong because it should be "ons het dit ontsettend geniet" or "ons het dit baie geniet" ontsettend baie is just an over-exejurated.

pfletch · Post by **pfletch** » 01 Jul 2006 08:28

Thank you very much! The woman who wrote it hasn't lived in South Africa for many years, left when she was a child, so that might explain the mistakes. ;p I answered her in French.