I wished I'd tried harder in Afrikaans class

I've lived in Australia since 2005 and before that grew up in Durban. Even though there are hardly any Afrikaans speakers in Aus I still wish I was more fluent. I remember in high school in the 90s we used to joke that Afrikaans was a dying language and used that as an excuse not to try very hard. That was a bloody stupid idea as I wish I could hold a covert conversation with my brothers for example. Aussies love hearing Afrikaans as well and I'm really good at saying "ek praat n beitjie taal maar nie soe goed nie." They all go "whoa" like I'm a polymath haha. Knowing an esoteric language in "die oorsee" is a secret superpower. (especially with exotic rolling r's and guttural 'g')