Afrikaans - more words translated - Afrikaans is easy to read - instant learning!

Where Afrikaans is spoken. Map from Wikipedia.

Afrikaans is a language we saw on signs in South Africa. I had heard it was similar to Dutch.

Problem
We understood a few words just at a glance. Now let's try the rest using a translator.

baie
begin
behoefte
besluit
bestudeer
dames
denominasie
Dinsdag
elke
enige
het
in
is
kom
leiding
moedertaal
'n
om
onder
ons
persone
te
van
waar
weens
Woord

These come out as:
many
start
need
decision
study
ladies
denomination
Tuesday
each
some
has
in
is
bowl
lead
mother tongue
one
to
under
us
people
to
of
where
due to
Word
Google Translate for Business:Translator Toolkit Website Translator

The ones which immediately strike me as easy to remember are dames for ladies and tag for day, same as the German Guten tag which is good day.

It strikes me that it would be pretty easy to either learn or simply feel comfortable seeing signs in Afrikaans if you already speak English, even easier if you know German or Dutch.

Useful Websites

wikipedia Afrikaans

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, teacher of English and languages.

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