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Lesson 5 of 10

Shops and hotels in Afrikaans

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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.

Kaapse Klopse musicians marching through Cape Town, South Africa
Shops and hotels
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Olga Ernst, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Afrikaans phrases in this lesson

Het jy...?het yay
Do you have...?
Waar is...?VAHR is
Where is...?
OopOOP
Open
Gesluitkhuh-SLAYT
Closed
'n Sak?uh SAK
A bag?
Te duurtuh DEER
Too expensive
Ek het 'n besprekingek het uh buh-SPREE-king
I have a reservation
Is ontbyt ingesluit?is ont-BAYT IN-khuh-slayt
Is breakfast included?
Wat is die wifi-wagwoord?vat is dee VAI-fai VAHKH-voort
What's the wifi password?
Mag ek...?MAHKH ek
Can I...?

Where Afrikaans is spoken

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