How to use adjectives in Afrikaans

How to use adjectives in Afrikaans

You want to learn how to use adjectives in Afrikaans? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Afrikaans lessons complete with useful examples. Big, small, happy, sad... we'll teach you all you need to know about Afrikaans adjectives.

Afrikaans adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Adjectives come before the noun in Afrikaans just like in English.

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die dik meisie
the fat girl
die jonk meisie
the young girl
die brandmaer meisie
the skinny girl
die swak meisie
the weak girl
die mooi meisie
the pretty girl
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Afrikaans is one of the 11 official languages of South Africa. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Afrikaans would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Afrikaans

Learn to get by in Afrikaans with these useful words and phrases. We'll begin by learning some basic Afrikaans phrases which you can use for everyday communication.

Hoe is die weer ?
What is the weather like ?
Dit reen.
It is raining.
Dit is lekker.
It is nice.
Dit is sonnig.
It is sunny.
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Step 7 : Adjectives in Afrikaans

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Afrikaans adjectives groot, klein and oud (big, small, old). Using the nouns boek, stoel and deur (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Afrikaans adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives groot, klein and oud with the nouns boek, stoel and deur you can move on to Step 8 (Afrikaans Verbs).

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