{"id":48872,"date":"2022-05-26T11:15:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/my-mensie-geniet-jou-daggie-20220525-2\/"},"modified":"2022-05-26T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T09:15:15","slug":"my-mensie-geniet-jou-daggie-20220525-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/my-mensie-geniet-jou-daggie-20220525-2\/","title":{"rendered":"VERONICA VERTEL | My mensie . . . geniet jou daggie!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cTata my mensie, geniet jou daggie!\u201d So groet menige mense jou in die loop van die lewe. Maar aai, is jy dan \u2019n klein mens, kry mens \u2019n groot dag en \u2019n klein dag?<\/p>\n

Om te praat in verkleiningsvorme gee vir baie mense aanstoot. Veral as dit by plekke is wat diens lewer. \u201cOns volgende pasi\u00ebntjie kan maar deurkom . . . Meneer, wat is jou telefoonnommertjie en adressie?\u201d <\/p>\n

Dit stuit mense dikwels teen die bors. Baie mense ervaar dit as neerhalend en verkleine-rend, en dat jou menswees misken word.<\/p>\n

By \u2019n restaurant het ek beleef dat die kelner my bestellinkie neem, my kossies en wyntjie bring, en ook die rekeninkie. Dan gee ek maar \u2019n fooitjietjie.<\/p>\n

Die soort van praat kom ook gereeld voor wanneer daar met bejaardes of gestremde volwassenes gepraat word. Daar is reeds heelwat studies gedoen oor wat bekend staan as elderspeak<\/span>. <\/p>\n

Dr. Clarissa Shaw van die Universiteit Iowa het bevind dat veral mense wat aan Alzheimer se siekte of ander vorme van dementia ly, meer aggressief is en teenkanting bied teen versorg-ers wat hulle so aanspreek.<\/p>\n

Dis nou gewoonlik waar familie, versorgers en ander selfs stadiger met hulle praat, eenvoudiger taal gebruik en troetelwoordjies soos sweetie, darling, honey ens. gebruik. <\/p>\n

Shaw het ook bevind as daar met mense as volwassenes gepraat word, hulle tot sewe jaar langer kan leef as di\u00e9 wat gereeld met verkleinwoordjies aangespreek word. Hulle het ook minder medikasie nodig, volgens die studie.<\/p>\n

Ek besoek gereeld \u2019n oord vir bejaardes vir terapie, en die meeste s\u00ea hulle hou niks daarvan om as \u201cou mensies\u201d gesien of aangespreek te word nie. Een vrou s\u00ea: \u201cMy lewe was vol, ek het kinders grootgemaak, \u2019n beroep gehad, \u2019n man gehad en \u2019n huishouding aan die gang gehou terwyl ek ook gemeenskapswerk gedoen het. Daar is niks klein aan my nie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daar kan nogal heelwat nuanses wees in die verkleinwoord-praat. Soos iemand my anderdag nooi: \u201cKom eet by ons, ek gaan sommer \u2019n boudjie in die oond druk.\u201d <\/p>\n

Mensig, teen die prys van vleis moet mens eintlik met respek praat van \u2019n Boud. <\/p>\n

Of nog iemand s\u00ea: \u201cOns het toe besluit om hierdie motortjie\/huisie te koop, \u201cterwyl jy goed weet die prysetiket beloop \u2019n paar miljoen.<\/p>\n

Daar word wel geredeneer dat verkleinwoordjie-praat goed bedoeld is. \u2019n Versorger s\u00ea: \u201cmens wil hulle maar net op hulle gemak stel, dat hulle jou beter verstaan en dat jy sorgsaam is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vriend Francois meen hy is glad nie sensitief daaroor nie. \u201cNee wat, ek dink dis mooi, liefde-vol en vriendelik. Vir my dui dit nou weer op respek en \u2019n positiewe ding.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Vrye Weekblad<\/span> skryf Madelein Barnard dat die manier van woorde met rooskleurige strikkies versier en die diminutief gebruik, \u2019n epidemie is. Of is dit nou \u2019n epidemietjie? <\/p>\n

Die gebruik kom waarskynlik uit ons Nederlandse voorvaders se taalgebruik waar daar dikwels \u2019n verkleiningsuitgang aan woorde is. En daar is ook bevind dat dit meestal vroue is wat hieraan skuldig is. <\/p>\n

My broer Japie meen al waaroor hy sal skik in die verkleiningsvorm, is die kleintoontjie en kleintongetjie. Geniet die aandjie!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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