afrikaans

noun (Afrikaans; uncountable); adjective (Afrikaans)

«afrikaans» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Afrikaans is a language spoken in South Africa and Namibia. It grew from Dutch brought by settlers in the 1600s, with words from Malay, Portuguese, Khoekhoe and other languages. tree →

In the lessons

Used in geography and language lessons about South Africa (one of its official languages). English took some words from it: «aardvark», «trek», «meerkat».

Examples

Afrikaans is one of South Africa's official languages. tree →
«Dankie» means «thank you» in Afrikaans. tree →
The word «aardvark» comes from Afrikaans and means «earth pig». tree →
My friend from Cape Town speaks English and Afrikaans. tree →
Afrikaans is closely related to Dutch. tree →
We listened to a song in Afrikaans. tree →

Note

Written with a capital A. Pronounced af-ri-KAHNS. A person who speaks it as their family language may be called an Afrikaner (mainly for white Afrikaans speakers), but many people of colour also speak Afrikaans.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «afrikaans» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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