Afrikaans is an official language of the nation of South Africa, and dates its beginnings to the 17th century Dutch settlers of the region.
It is approximately between 300 and 360 years old.
Boers originally spoke 'old Dutch' , now modified with the addition of many new words to 'Afrikaans'.I once spoke Afrikaans to a Dutch policeman who retorted that I spoke like his grandfather !
Tiger is tier in Afrikaans.
The Italian word "pasta" is a loan word in Afrikaans. Meaning the word in Afrikaans for "pasta" is "pasta."
A role model is "rolmodel" in Afrikaans. Role models is "rolmodelle" in Afrikaans.
Peacock in Afrikaans is Paaw.
Slang oud are 2 words in Afrikaans, with slang referring to a snake and oud referring to old.
Cape Dutch or Kitchen Dutch.
"Celebrate" in Afrikaans is "Vier". "We are going to celebrate tonight" would be "Ons gan vanaand vier" in Afrikaans. It should be noted that "vier" also means the number 4 in Afrikaans. So you would also say "I am four years old" in Afrikaans as "Ek is vier jaar oud".
Boers originally spoke 'old Dutch' , now modified with the addition of many new words to 'Afrikaans'.I once spoke Afrikaans to a Dutch policeman who retorted that I spoke like his grandfather !
Afrikaans is 'n maklike tall.
"What" in Afrikaans is "Wat". "What is your name?" is "Wat is jou naam?" in Afrikaans.
"Answer" in Afrikaans is "Antwoord". "Please answer me" would be "Antwoord my asseblief" in Afrikaans.
"Answer" in Afrikaans is "Antwoord". "Please answer me" would be "Antwoordmy asseblief" in Afrikaans.
You would say "Ek is vyf-en-twintig jaar oud" in Afrikaans.
"Today" translates into Afrikaans as "vandag."
'interesting' in Afrikaans is 'interessant'.
Tiger is tier in Afrikaans.