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Afrikaans words and phrases

General phrases

Hello   Hallo
Goodbye   Totsiens
Good morning   Goeie môre
Good afternoon   Goeie middag
Good evening   Goeie naand
Yes   Ja
No   Nee
Please   Asseblief
Thanks   Dankie
My name is ..   My naam is ..
What is your name?   Wat is jou naam?
How are you?   Hoe gaan dit?
Fine, and you?   Goed, en met jou?
Pleased to meet you   Aangename kennis
See you later   Sien jou later

Sorry   Jammer
Pardon    Ekskuus
Excuse me   Verskoon my
Can you help me please   Kan jy my help asseblief?
I am trying to learn Afrikaans   Ek probeer Afrikaans leer

I want to buy ..   Ek wil ... koop
I’m just looking   Ek kyk net ‘n bietjie
How much is it?   Hoeveel kos dit?
It’s too expensive   Dit is te duur
Do you accept credit cards?   Aanvaar julle kredietkaarte?
That’s all, thanks!   Dis al, dankie!
It is faulty   Dit is gebreek
Will you change it?   Kan ek dit omruil
I’d like a refund   Ek wil graag my geld terughê

Numbers in Afrikaans. 1 to 20

One een
Two twee
Three drie
Four vier
Five vyf
Six ses
Seven sewe
Eight agt
Nine nege
Ten tien
eleven elf
twelve twaalf
thirteen dertien
fouteeen veertien
fifteen vyftien
sixteen sestien
seventeen sewentien
eighteen agttien
nineteen negentien
twenty twintig

Days of the week

Monday Maandag
Tuesday Dinsdag
Wednesday Woensdag
Thursday Donderdag
Friday Vrydag
Saturday Saterdag
Sunday Sondag

Afrikaans

Afrikaans has about ten million or so speakers and is mainly spoken in South Africa with Afrikaans speaking minorities in Namibia and Zimbabwe. (It is also frequently heard in London).

Afrikaans originated from 17th century Dutch, but unlike Dutch has no gender. There are no masculine or feminine articles as in French or Spanish. 'Die' is the and 'n' is a for both masculine and feminie.

So die moeder and die vader for the mother and the father, whereas in Spanish, la madre and el padre.

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