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Lesson 10 of 10

Help and emergencies in Afrikaans

The words you hope to never need. 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.

An ostrich farm near Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape
Help and emergencies
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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South African Tourism from South Africa, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Afrikaans phrases in this lesson

Help!HELP
Help!
Bel 'n dokterbel uh DOK-ter
Call a doctor
Polisiepo-LEE-see
Police

For police emergencies in South Africa, dial 10111. The mobile emergency number is 112.

Apteekahp-TAYK
Pharmacy
Hospitaalhos-pee-TAHL
Hospital
Ek is verdwaalek is fer-DVAHL
I'm lost
Ek voel nie goed nieek FOOL nee KHOOT nee
I don't feel well
Dit is gesteeldit is kheh-STAYL
It was stolen
Dis 'n noodgevaldis uh NOOT-khuh-ful
It's an emergency
Los my uitLOS may AYT
Leave me alone

Where Afrikaans is spoken