In depth explanation of the following Afrikaans Stories with possible questions and answers. Translated in Afrikaans and English
-Die Kind
-Verneukkind
-Die Geskenk
-Die Invloed
-Bodyguards
1-Verneukkind:
Karakters:
• Jessica
• Kyle
• Ouma kytie
Jessica[Engels]:
• She stays with Ouma Kytie.
• She longs for her mother.
• She can be seen as superstitious because she considers all small changes in her day
to be a sign that her mother is going to come back.
• The most important sign, that she is waiting for is, the seven bolts of lightening, which
Ouma Kytie promised that if that would happen, her mother will return.
• She says Kyle doesn’t understand what it means to long for a mother because he has
one. He tells her why does she believe in good things, as she is a big girl already.
Ouma Kytie[Engels]:
• She is a very ‘ugly’ person or bad hearted.
• She can be seen as a person doesn’t look at the good of a person. She always
compares Jessica to her mother is a ‘naughty or troublemaker’. She doesn’t actually
look at the good Jessica does for her.
• She tells Jessica that is the seven bolts of thunder will come, her mother will return.
She does this because it is highly unlikely to happen in the Cape. She only does this to
make Jessica stop asking her questions about her mother.
• She teaches Jessica the con in begging. How to hook the victim. This can be seen, that
the grandmother is a bad in uence to the grandchild because she is teaching her to
cheat and wrong people.
Jessica[Afrikaans]:
• Sy bly by Ouma Kytie.
• Sy verlang na haar ma.
• Sy kan as bygelowig gesien word, omdat sy alle klein veranderinge in haar dag beskou as 'n
teken dat haar ma gaan terugkom.
• Die belangrikste teken waarop sy wag, is die sewe bliksems wat Ouma Kytie belowe het dat as
dit sou gebeur, haar ma sal terugkeer.
• Sy sê Kyle verstaan nie wat dit beteken om na 'n ma te verlang nie, want hy het een. Hy vertel
haar hoekom glo sy in goeie dinge, want sy is al 'n groot meisie.
Ouma Kytie[Afrikaans]:
• Sy is 'n baie 'lelike' persoon of sleg van harte.
• Sy kan gesien word as iemand nie na die persoon se voordeel kyk nie. Sy vergelyk Jessica
altyd met haar ma wat 'n 'stout of moeilikheidmaker' is. Sy kyk nie eintlik na die goeie dinge
wat Jessica vir haar doen nie.
• Sy vertel vir Jessica dat die sewe donderweer sal kom, haar ma sal terugkeer. Sy doen dit
omdat dit onwaarskynlik is dat dit in die Kaap sal gebeur. Sy doen dit net om Jessica op te hou
om haar vrae oor haar ma te vra.
• Sy leer Jessica hoe hy smeek. Hoe om die slago er te haak. Dit kan gesien word dat die ouma
'n slegte invloed op die kleinkind het omdat sy haar leer om mense te verneuk en te verkeer.
Ruimte:
• Kaap (tafelberg)
• Kaapse vlakte
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Vrae[Afrikaans]:
- Waar woon Jessica?
In Kaapstad, in die Kaapsevlakte.
- Noem drie redes hoekom Jessica die gelukkig is waar sy bly.
-Sy verlang haar ma.
-Sy moet in die smiddae na school bedel.
-Sy moet op ’n matrasbed slaap.
-Haar Ouma Kytie is nie mooi persoon die. Sy is ’n moeilike, ongeduldige vrou.
- Waarom is Jessica aan die begin van die verhaal haastig om by die huis te kom?
Sy dink die grys wolke bring die moontlikheid dat haar ma vandag gaan huis toe kom
en dan wil sy daar wees
- Hoe voel Jessica oor die aanwesigheid van die wolke? Verduidelik.
Opgewonde. Sy hoop die grys wolke bring donderweer, want haar ouma het haar
belowe dat haar ma huis toe kom die dag dat die donderweer sewe keer slaan./ sy
voel as of dit is ’n komberse vir haar en sy voel opgewonde
- Waarom kan Jessica as bygelowjg beskryf word?
Sy glo haar ma sal huis toe kom die dag dat die donderweer sewe keer slaan. Sy
maak a eidings van goeie dinge wat oor haar pad kom en glo dit kan 'n voorteken
wees dat haar ma huis toe kom./ Sy is begelowig, want sy glo haar Ouma se
“belofte”
- Waarom steur Jessica haar nie aan Kyle nie?
Kyle het 'n ma, hy weet nie hoe dit voel om te verlang nie
- Hoe weet ju Ouma Kytie het ook niet geduld met Jessica se ma gehad nie
Sy sê Jessica se ma was “lastig”
- Skryf 'n aanhaling neer wat aandui dat Jessica nie dink die belofte van sewe
donderslae sal maklik waar word nie.
“…almal weet dit donder nie maklik in die Kaap nie. En as dit swaarweer raak, is dit
gou verby.
- Hoe verskil Jessica se toekomsdroom van haar huidige omstandigheden?
By haar ouma slaap Jessica op 'n matrasbed en moet sy smiddae na skool in die
dorp gaan bedel. Sy droom dat haar ma huis toe kom en haar wegvat na 'n "grênd
huis". Daar sal genoeg geld wees dat sy nie meer hoef te bedel nie
- Noem drie bewyse dat Jessica, selfs wanneer sy bedel, aanhoudend aan haar ma
dink.
Soos sy vroue uitkies om by te bedel, kies sy ook vir haar 'n nuwe ma
As sy by iemand bedel wat haar ignoreer en net wegloop, herinner dit haar aan haar
ma wat destyds weggeloop het. Wanneer een van die vroue by wie sy bedel hulle
hand om haar skouer sit, verbeel sy haar dis haar ma se hand
- In die tweede laaste paragraaf word daar weer na die titel van die verhaal verwys.
Verduidelik die dubbele betekenis wat aan die titel geheg kan word.
Die titel "Verneukkind" is dubbelsinnig. Dit kan vervws na Jessica wat moontlik 'n
buite-egtelike kind is of na hoe sy die mense by wie sy bedel, verkul deur eers te vra
vir brood en sodra hulle instem,oorreed sy hulle om te koop wat sy eintlik wil hé. Sy
word deur die lewe en haar omstandighede gekul om 'n lewe te lei wat sy nie wil hê
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- Evalueer of daar etiese lesse is wat die leser by Jessica kan leer. Motiveer jou
oordeel.
Daar is beslis lesse te leer uit Jessica se situasie om nooit hoop te verloor dat jy uit 'n
ongelukkige situasje kan ontsnap of jou omstandighede kan verbeter nie.
Vrae[Engels]
- Name three reasons why Jessica is happy where she lives.
-She wants her mother.
-She has to beg after school in the afternoons.
-She has to sleep on a mattress bed.
-Her Grandma Kytie is not the pretty person. She is a di cult, impatient woman.
- Why is Jessica in a hurry to get home at the beginning of the story?
She thinks the gray clouds bring the possibility that her mother is going home today
and then she wants to be there.
- How does Jessica feel about the presence of the clouds? Explain.
Excited. She hopes the gray clouds bring a thunderstorm, because her grandmother
promised her that her mother would come home the day the thunder hit seven
times./ She felt as if it was a blanket for her and she felt excited.
- Why can Jessica be described as superstitious?
She believes her mother will come home the day the thunder hits seven times. She
deduces from good things that are coming her way and believes it may be a sign
that her mother is coming home.
- Why doesn't Jessica bother Kyle?
Kyle has a mother, he doesn't know what it feels like to crave.
- How do you know Grandma Kytie also did not have patience with Jessica's
mother?
She says Jessica's mother was "troublesome".
- Write down a quote that indicates Jessica doesn't think the promise of seven
thunders will come true easily.
“… Everyone knows it doesn't thunder easily in the Cape. And if it gets heavy, it's
soon over. “
- How does Jessica's future dream di er from her current circumstances?
With her grandmother, Jessica sleeps on a mattress bed and has to beg for school
in the afternoons. She dreams of her mother coming home and taking her away to a
"green house". There will be enough money that she no longer has to beg.
- Name three pieces of evidence that Jessica, even when she begs, is constantly thinking
about her mother.
As she chooses women to beg, she also chooses a new mother.
When she begs someone who ignores her and just walks away, it reminds her of her mother
who left at the time. When one of the women she begs puts their hand around her shoulder,
she imagines it's her mother's hand.
- The second last paragraph refers to the title of the story again. Explain the dual meaning
that can be attached to the title.
The title "Cheating Child" is ambiguous. This could refer to Jessica possibly being an
illegitimate child or to how she is cheating on the people she is begging for by asking for
bread rst and once they agree, she persuades them to buy what she really wants. She is
cheated by life and her circumstances to lead a life she does not want.
- Evaluate whether there are ethical lessons the reader can learn from Jessica. Motivate
your judgment.
There are de nitely lessons to be learned from Jessica's situation to never lose hope that
you can escape from an unfortunate situation or improve your circumstances
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2- Die Invloed:
Karakters:
• Wenning Nylandt
• Milla van der wateren
• Hilda Sewes (Ta’ Hilda)
Wenning Nylandt (Engels):
• Young man from the village, willing to prove that his life is safe as a sherman.
• Everyone accepted him as a good sherman, as he was born to be a
sherman(heritage they all were sherman), except Milla’s mother.
(Afrikaans)
• Jong man van die dorp, bereid om te bewys dat hy as 'n visserman veilig is.
• Almal aanvaar hom as 'n goeie visserman, want hy is gebore om 'n visserman te wees
(erfenis dat hulle almal visserman was), behalwe Milla se ma.
Hilda Sewes(Engels):
• Milla’s mother
• Can be seen as a women who paid the deepest price for her ignorance and
miserliness.
• If she had just let her daughter be with the man she loved she would still have had
them in her life.
(Afrikaans)
• Milla se ma
• Kan gesien word as 'n vrou wat die diepste prys betaal het vir haar onkunde en
ellendigheid.
• As sy haar dogter net by die man gehad het wat sy liefgehad het, sou hulle dit nog in
haar lewe gehad het.
Notas(Engels):
• The story evolves around a lady(Hilda sewes) who’s husband was a sherman. He
had drowned.
• Her daughter Milla was in love with a young man (Wenning) who was also a
sherman. Hilda sewes didn’t want her daughter to end up like her as widow, as the
sea is a very dangerous place.
• Her husband was taken by the sea on a clear day turned stormy in Vreden bay,
where the boat was found crushed against the rocks the next day.
• Hilda was left a widow with a young daughter, she wanted to leave the sea but she
couldn’t leave because she had a house and garden which could feed her family.
• Ou Willem Swanepoel gave Hilda sewes a job. At rst Milla and Wenning didn’t
bother her because they were still young.
• Hilda Sewes was taunted by the fact that her daughter was falling in love with a
sherman.
• Hilda sewes then rented a house further away from the river, all the town people
knew it was to keep Milla away from Wenning.
• Wenning visited on the third day at their new house and he confronted Hilda Sewes,
he knew that she had something against him. After he confronted her about the sea,
She told him to stay away from she and her daughter.
• The river-mouth Is full of sharks.
• He wanted to prove to her that the Sea is good to him and so she gave him the
challenge to swim in the river-mouth(Die Invloed). He undressed naked and Hilda
Sewes spread blood over his whole body before he could for a swim.
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