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Learning the Afrikaans Vocabulary displayed below is vital to the language. Afrikaans vocabulary is the set of words you should be familiar with. A vocabulary usually grows and evolves with age, and serves as a useful and fundamental tool for communication and acquiring knowledge. Here are some examples:
| English Vocabulary | Afrikaans Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Vocabulary | Woordeskat |
| Countries | Lande |
| Australia | Australië |
| Cambodia | Kambodia |
| Canada | Kanada |
| China | China |
| Egypt | Egipte |
| England | Engeland |
| France | Frankryk |
| Germany | Duitsland |
| Greece | Griekeland |
| India | Indië |
| Indonesia | Indonesië |
| Italy | Italië |
| Japan | Japan |
| Mexico | Mexico |
| Morocco | Marokko |
| Peru | Peru |
| Spain | Spanje |
| Thailand | Thailand |
| USA | Verenigde State van Amerika |
| Languages | Tale |
| Arabic | Arabies |
| Chinese | Chinees |
| English | Engels |
| French | Frans |
| German | Duits |
| Greek | Grieks |
| Hebrew | Hebreeus |
| Hindi | Hindi |
| Italian | Italiaans |
| Japanese | Japannees |
| Korean | Koreaans |
| Latin | Latyns |
| Russian | Russies |
| Spanish | Spaans |
| Urdu | Oerdoe |
| Days | Dae |
| Monday | Maandag |
| Tuesday | Dinsdag |
| Wednesday | Woensdag |
| Thursday | Donderdag |
| Friday | Vrydag |
| Saturday | Saterdag |
| Sunday | Sondag |
| time | tyd |
| hour | uur |
| minute | minuut |
| second | sekonde |
Below is a list of the vocabulary and expressions in Afrikaans placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Afrikaans vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Afrikaans Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Vocabulary | |
| colors | kleure |
| black | swart |
| blue | blou |
| brown | bruin |
| gray | grys |
| green | groen |
| orange | oranje |
| purple | pers |
| red | rooi |
| white | wit |
| yellow | geel |
| sizes | groottes |
| big | groot |
| deep | diep |
| long | lank |
| narrow | nou |
| short | kort |
| small | klein |
| tall | lank |
| thick | dik |
| thin | dun |
| wide | wyd |
| tastes | smaak |
| bitter | bitter |
| fresh | vars |
| salty | sout |
| sour | suur |
| spicy | pikant |
| sweet | soet |
| qualities | kwaliteite |
| bad | slegte |
| clean | skoon |
| dark | donker |
| difficult | moeilik |
| dirty | vuil |
| dry | droog |
| easy | maklik |
| empty | leeg |
| expensive | duur |
| fast | vinnig |
| foreign | buitelands |
| full | vol |
| good | goed |
| hard | hard |
| heavy | swaar |
| inexpensive | goedkoop |
| light | lig |
| local | plaaslike |
| new | nuwe |
| noisy | lawaaierig |
| old | oud |
| powerful | kragtig |
| quiet | stil |
| correct | korrek / reg |
| slow | stadig |
| soft | sag |
| very | baie |
| weak | swak |
| wet | nat |
| wrong | verkeerd |
| young | jonk |
| food | voedsel / kos |
| almonds | amandels |
| bread | brood |
| breakfast | Ontbyt |
| butter | botter |
| candy | lekkers |
| cheese | kaas |
| chicken | hoender |
| cumin | komyn |
| dessert | nagereg |
| dinner | aandete |
| fish | vis |
| fruit | vrugte |
| ice cream | roomys |
| lamb | lam |
| lemon | suurlemoen |
| lunch | middagete |
| meal | maaltyd |
| meat | vleis |
| oven | oond |
| pepper | peper |
| plants | plante |
| pork | vark |
| salad | slaai |
| salt | sout |
| sandwich | toebroodjie |
| sausage | wors |
| soup | sop |
| sugar | suiker |
| supper | aandete |
| turkey | kalkoen |
| apple | appel |
| banana | piesang |
| oranges | lemoene |
| peaches | perskes |
| peanut | grondboonjie |
| pears | pere |
| pineapple | pynappel |
| grapes | druiwe |
| strawberries | aarbeie |
| vegetables | vrugte |
| carrot | wortel |
| corn | mielie |
| cucumber | komkommer |
| garlic | knoffel |
| lettuce | blaarslaai |
| olives | olywe |
| onions | uie |
| peppers | pepers |
| potatoes | aartappels |
| pumpkin | pampoen |
| beans | bone |
| tomatoes | tamaties |
| alligator | krokodil |
| alligators | Alligators |
| bear | beer |
| bears | bere |
| bird | voël |
| birds | voëls |
| bull | bul |
| bulls | bulle |
| cat | kat |
| cats | katte |
| cow | koei |
| cows | koeie |
| deer | bok |
| many deer | bokke |
| dog | hond |
| dogs | honde |
| donkey | donkie |
| donkeys | donkies |
| eagle | arend |
| eagles | arende |
| elephant | olifant |
| elephants | olifante |
| giraffe | kameelperd |
| giraffes | kameelperde |
| goat | bok |
| goats | bokke |
| horse | perd |
| horses | perde |
| lion | leeu |
| lions | leeus |
| monkey | aap |
| monkeys | ape |
| mouse | muis |
| mice | muise |
| rabbit | haas / konyn |
| rabbits | hase / konyne |
| snake | slang |
| snakes | slange |
| tiger | tier |
| tigers | tiere |
| wolf | Wolf |
| wolves | wolwe |
| objects | voorwerpe |
| bathroom | badkamer |
| bed | bed |
| bedroom | slaapkamer |
| ceiling | plafon |
| chair | stoel |
| clothes | klere |
| coat | jas |
| cup | beker |
| desk | Balie |
| dress | rok |
| floor | vloer |
| fork | vurk |
| furniture | meubels |
| glass | glas |
| hat | hoed |
| house | huis |
| ink | ink |
| jacket | baadjie |
| kitchen | kombuis |
| knife | mes |
| lamp | lamp |
| letter | brief |
| map | kaart |
| newspaper | koerant |
| notebook | nota boek |
| pants | broek |
| paper | papier |
| pen | pen |
| pencil | potlood |
| pharmacy | apteek |
| picture | prent, foto |
| plate | bord |
| refrigerator | yskas |
| restaurant | restaurant |
| roof | dak |
| room | kamer |
| rug | mat |
| scissors | skêr |
| shampoo | sjampoe |
| shirt | hemp |
| shoes | skoene |
| soap | seep |
| socks | sokkies |
| spoon | lepel |
| table | tafel |
| toilet | toilet |
| toothbrush | tandeborsel |
| toothpaste | tandepasta |
| towel | handdoek |
| umbrella | sambreel |
| underwear | onderklere |
| wall | muur |
| wallet | beursie |
| window | venster |
| telephone | telefoon |
| this | hierdie |
| that | dit |
| these | hierdie |
| those | daai / daardie |
| Questions | |
| how? | hoe? |
| what? | wat? |
| who? | wie? |
| why? | hoekom? / waarom? |
| where? | waar? |
| different objects | verskillende voorwerpe |
| art | kuns |
| bank | bank |
| beach | strand |
| book | boek |
| by bicycle | op die fiets / met die fiets |
| by bus | per bus / met die bus |
| by car | met die motor |
| by train | per trein |
| cafe | kafee |
| country | land |
| desert | woestyn |
| dictionary | woordeboek |
| earth | aarde |
| flowers | blomme |
| football | sokker |
| forest | bos |
| game | spel |
| garden | tuin |
| geography | aardrykskunde |
| history | geskiedenis |
| house | huis |
| island | eiland |
| lake | meer |
| library | biblioteek |
| math | wiskunde |
| moon | maan |
| mountain | berg |
| movies | films / flieks |
| music | Musiek |
| ocean | oceaan |
| office | kantoor |
| on foot | te voet |
| player | speler |
| river | rivier |
| science | wetenskap |
| sea | see |
| sky | hemel / lug |
| soccer | sokker |
| stars | sterre |
| supermarket | supermark |
| swimming pool | swembad |
| theater | teater |
| tree | boom |
| weather | weer |
| bad weather | slegte weer |
| cloudy | bewolk |
| cold | koue |
| cool | koel |
| foggy | mistig |
| hot | warm |
| nice weather | mooi weer |
| pouring | gietende reën |
| rain | reën |
| raining | reën |
| snow | sneeu |
| snowing | sneeu |
| ice | ys |
| sunny | sonnig |
| windy | winderig |
| spring | lente |
| summer | somer |
| autumn | herfs |
| winter | winter |
| people | mense |
| aunt | tante |
| baby | baba |
| brother | broer |
| cousin | neef |
| daughter | dogter |
| dentist | tandarts |
| doctor | dokter |
| father | vader |
| grandfather | oupa |
| grandmother | ouma |
| husband | man |
| mother | moeder |
| nephew | neef |
| niece | nig |
| nurse | verpleegster |
| policeman | polisieman |
| postman | postbode |
| professor | professor |
| son | seun |
| teacher | onderwyser |
| uncle | oom |
| wife | vrou |
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