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 | Survival | 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 | House | 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 |
Did you enjoy this lesson about the Afrikaans vocabulary? I hope so, if you have any problem with this lesson contact me with questions here. You can now check the next lesson below.
| Afrikaans Verbs |
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