Comprehensive notes covering Mamma kan Ek nie se nie by Jelleke Wierenga.
A combination of information from the textbook, Touloper, as well as additional class and video notes.
Written by a 90% < Afrikaans FAL Student
Aanhaalingstekens = spesifieke, troetelnaam, kan dit Unusual and extraordinary title that is loaded with
. nie se nie meaning and emotion.
“Mamma” kan ek nie sê nie “Mamma” = informeel, eienaam
Jelleke Wierenga Sy glo in reinkarnasie Liefdevolle term, assosieer met deernis en aanvaarding
Sy ma was nie in staat om ‘n band met haar te vorm nie. Inversie, placed first for emphasis.
Normal Stompi: Ek kan nie ‘mamma’ sê nie.
“ek” personal account giving evidence or reason for title.
She remembers what she does and no-one can tell her
Mamma en Ek = Only two capital letters
otherwise.
1. Ek onthou die engel “engel” = supernatural being that contrasts with onthou
(specific article)
(fact and truth versus fiction)
2. het my van die rand
(past tense) “rand” = edge is the beginning or end of something.
3. van wik en weeg It is functionally placed there to illustrate its meaning.
“van wik en weeg” = Afrikaans expression to be
indecisive and uncertain.
Om die aksie van uit die hemel “w” = alliteration
uit te val te illustreer.
Alleenplasing = beklemtoon die betekenis
“afgeskop” = forceful, harsh and sense being unwanted
“skop” = start of a game, like the start of her life.
4. afgeskop in jou in “in … in” = repetition is a binding element.
“jou” = adressing her mom directly and not respectfully
or lovingly. (illustrating that she cannot call her ‘mom’.)
Landed in the womb of the mother.
Inversie = evokes stress and tension
Reaction from people based on her statement Absence of inverted commas, capital letter and comma.
5. onmoontlik sê hulle “sê hulle” = antagonises them
(impossible)
“weet” = definite knowledge and a progression from
6. om te weet van ‘onthou’
“tyd” = herhaling en beklemtoon die betekenis dat daar
7. voor tyd se tyd
‘n tyd voor tyd bestaan het.
“t” alliterasie en onomatopoeia (van ‘n klok)
“v” alliterasie = bindingselement .
“ek” = she is immovable in what she belives.
“het” = past tense, as referring back to pre-historic life.
(wending) “geweet ” = definite knowledge
8. maar ek het geweet
“nou” links the past tense and pre-historic time.
(paarym)
9. wat ek nou weet: “w” en “t” alliteration = rhythm, tone, and onomatopoeia.
Use of dubbelpunt = Pause, after all the enjambment and
to create expectation of what’s to come.
Uitsteltegniek = space before the answer in the next
stanza. Om spanning te bou.
Climax and resolution, thhe reason for the title.
“jy” = The speaker factly puts the focus on her mother.
10. as jy na my kyk Assertive and direct form of address.
“na my kyk” = movement from the mom to the daughter.
11. is ek nie “is ek nie” = Certain of what she is saying. .
12. in jou oë nie. does not look at her with love, “is” = verb is placed first for emphasis. (woordplasing)
Implication that the mother
“ek” = me, my exisitence, emotions, pain and life.
compassion or acceptance. “nie” = placed last for a negative emphasis.
“oё” = acknowledgment and acceptance (Was not
wanted)
Full stop = no counter argument
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