Translation of "gesels" into English

Hy het dikwels geesdriftig met my gesels oor wiskunde en wetenskap.

He often talked enthusiastically to me about math and science.

Waarom sou hulle andersins die moeite doen om met julle oor die saak gesels?

Otherwise, why would they go to the trouble of speaking to you about the matter?

Eendag het sy met ’n jong man gesels wat weens leukemie terminaal siek was.

One day she chatted with a young man who was terminally ill with leukemia.

Ons het oor elke lid van ons klas gesels en oor wat elkeen nou mee besig was.

We spoke of each member of our class and discussed what each one was now doing.