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Lesson 1 of 10
Greetings and politeness in Afrikaans
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on. Play the ten Afrikaans words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 11 Afrikaans phrases in this lesson
- HalloHAH-loh
- Hello
- Goeie môreKHOO-yuh MAW-ruh
- Good morning
- Goeie aandKHOO-yuh AHNT
- Good evening
- TotsiensTOT-seens
- Goodbye
- Sien jou laterSEEN yoh LAH-ter
- See you
- Assebliefah-suh-BLEEF
- Please
- DankieDAHN-kee
- Thank you
- Dit is 'n plesierdit is n pleh-SEER
- You're welcome
- JammerYAH-mer
- Sorry
- Verskoon myfer-SKOOHN may
- Excuse me
- Aangename kennisAHN-khuh-nah-muh KEN-nis
- Nice to meet you
Use asseblief to make a request polite.