Afrikaans Vocabulary

Welcome to the 9th lesson about the Afrikaans vocabulary. We're dedicating this page to the most important and most used words in Afrikaans. For example: clothes, languages, countries, travel, survival words, class, and house components.

shirt hemp

sweater trui

jacket baadjie

coat jas

socks sokkies

shoes skoene

trousers broek

pajamas pyjamas

belt gordel

underwear onderklere

hat hoed

skirt romp

The following words are related to languages and countries.

Language - Afrikaans - Country - Afrikaans
Arabic Arabies
Morocco Marokko
Chinese Chinees
China China
English Engels
England Engeland
French Frans
France Frankryk
German Duits
Germany Duitsland
Greek Grieks
Greece Griekeland
Portuguese Portugees
Portugal Portugal
Hindi Hindi
India Indië
Italian Italiaans
Italy Italië
Japanese Japannees
Japan Japan
Russian Russies
Russia Rusland
Spanish Spaans
Spain Spanje
Swedish Sweeds
Sweden Swede

The following vocabulary is related to travel and survival.

Travel - Afrikaans
airport lughawe
doctor dokter
airplane vliegtuig
medicines medisyne
train trein
pharmacy apteek
taxi taxi
hospital hospitaal
bus bus
ambulance ambulans
car motor
poison gif
ticket kaartjie
help me help my
hotel hotel
danger gevaar
reservation bespreking
accident ongeluk
passport paspoort
police polisie
luggage bagasie
headache hoofpyn
tourism toerisme
stomach ache maagpyn

The following list of words is related to a class environment and the components of a house.

Class - Afrikaans
books boeke
toilet toilet
pen pen
bed bed
dictionary woordeboek
bedroom slaapkamer
library biblioteek
furniture meubels
desk lessenaar
house huis
student student
kitchen kombuis
teacher onderwyser
plate bord
chair stoel
refrigerator yskas
paper papier
room kamer
page bladsy
table tafel
pencil potlood
window venster
question vraag
television televisie

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