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Most Common Afrikaans Words
Afrikaans
Essential Afrikaans vocabulary with pronunciation guides. Nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Nouns
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| huis | house | hays |
| water | water | VA-ter |
| brood | bread | broht |
| tyd | time | teit |
| persoon | person | per-SOHN |
| dag | day | dakh |
| pad | road / way | pat |
| werk | work | verk |
| geld | money | khelt |
| stad | city | stat |
| skool | school | skohl |
| boek | book | book |
| naam | name | nahm |
| kind | child | kint |
| vriend | friend | freent |
| kos | food | kos |
| taal | language | tahl |
| grond | earth / land | khront |
| hand | hand | hant |
| hond | dog | hont |
Verbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| wees | to be | veys |
| gaan | to go | khahn |
| kom | to come | kom |
| praat | to speak | praht |
| eet | to eat | eyt |
| drink | to drink | drink |
| sien | to see | seen |
| weet | to know | veyt |
| wil | to want | vil |
| gee | to give | khey |
| neem | to take | neym |
| doen | to do | doon |
| dink | to think | dink |
| leef | to live | leyf |
| lees | to read | leys |
| skryf | to write | skreif |
| werk | to work | verk |
| help | to help | help |
| vind | to find | fint |
| hou | to hold / keep | how |
Adjectives
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| goed | good | khoot |
| sleg | bad | slekh |
| groot | big | khroht |
| klein | small | kleyn |
| nuut | new | nuut |
| oud | old | owt |
| mooi | beautiful | mohy |
| vinnig | fast | FIN-ikh |
| stadig | slow | STA-dikh |
| lank | long / tall | lank |
| kort | short | kort |
| warm | warm | varm |
| koud | cold | kowt |
| sterk | strong | sterk |
| maklik | easy | MAK-lik |
| moeilik | difficult | MOO-i-lik |
| belangrik | important | be-LANG-rik |
| interessant | interesting | in-te-re-SANT |
| gelukkig | happy | khe-LUK-ikh |
| duur | expensive | duur |
Adverbs
| Word | English Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| nou | now | now |
| vandag | today | fan-DAKH |
| môre | tomorrow | MOH-re |
| gister | yesterday | KHIS-ter |
| hier | here | heer |
| daar | there | dahr |
| vinnig | quickly | FIN-ikh |
| stadig | slowly | STA-dikh |
| goed | well | khoot |
| baie | very / a lot | BAI-e |
| ook | also / too | ohk |
| nie | not / no | nee |
| ja | yes | ya |
| al | already | al |
| nog | still / yet | nokh |
| net | only / just | net |
| regtig | really | REKH-tikh |
| baie | a lot | BAI-e |
| bietjie | a little | BEE-ki |
| dadelik | immediately | DA-de-lik |