Afrikaans Nouns
Welcome to the third Afrikaans lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Afrikaans to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes  aartappels | tomatoes tamaties | onions uie | carrots wortels |
fruits vrugte | apples appels | bananas piesangs | oranges lemoene |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Afrikaans |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | Het jy melk? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | Ek het melk en koffie |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | Hy het drie appels |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | Sy het net een appel |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | Ons woon in 'n klein huis |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | Ek hou van ontbyt |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread brood | milk melk | butter botter | cheese kaas |
coffee koffie | sandwich toebroodjie | meat vleis | chicken hoender |
fish vis | breakfast Ontbyt | lunch Middagete | dinner Aandete |
Conversation in Afrikaans
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Afrikaans |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Afrikaans)? | Praat jy (Engels/Afrikaans)? |
| Just a little | Net 'n bietjie |
| I like Afrikaans | Ek hou van Afrikaans |
| Can I practice with you? | Kan ons saam oefen? |
| How old are you? | Hoe oud is jy? |
| I'm thirty three years old | Ek is 33 jaar oud |
| It was nice talking to you | Dit was lekker om met jou te gesels |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Afrikaans. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Afrikaans Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |