Afrikaans

In Afrikaans, you is translated as jy or u. The word is a subject pronoun used to address the person being spoken to.

môre is the Afrikaans word for tomorrow. môre is used to refer to the day after the present day. It functions as both an adverb and a noun.

The phrase “hello beautiful” in Afrikaans is Hallo pragtige. Note that beeldskone vrou is another way to say “beautiful woman” in Afrikaans.

The English phrase “hurry up” is translated into Afrikaans as maak gou. Use maak gou when you want to tell someone to go faster.

In Afrikaans, the verb to call (in the sense of contacting someone by telephone) is bel. The word bel is used specifically for telephonic contact.

Ice cream in Afrikaans is roomys.

The Afrikaans word for teacher is onderwyser. onderwyser is used to describe a person who teaches.

The English phrase ‘bye’ is translated into Afrikaans as totsiens. totsiens is the standard way to say goodbye.

The Afrikaans word for lightning is weerlig. The term weerlig refers to the electrical discharge during a storm.

To talk in Afrikaans is praat. The verb praat is the most common way to express the act of communicating by speech.