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You would need an English-Afrikaans dictionary to translate English words into Afrikaans words. This type of dictionary provides the equivalents of English words in Afrikaans.
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The Afrikaans word "aap" begins with the letter "a." In English, "aap" translates to "monkey." This word is commonly used in Afrikaans to refer to these primates.
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Agtestallige bestelling. This is an unusual case where a single, although hyphenated, English word becomes two separate words in Afrikaans. Usually, multiple words in English are concatenated in Afrikaans to represent a single item or concept.
The latin alphabet C is used in Afrikaans, but for very limited words that are derived from English and French. Afrikaans is mainly derived from Dutch in which C is not often used. The Dutch words that contain C have been replaced by alphabets like K in most instances. The alphabet Z has also been replaced by S in many cases.
Slang oud are 2 words in Afrikaans, with slang referring to a snake and oud referring to old.
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In Afrikaans, the letter "q" is not commonly used and is typically only found in loanwords from other languages. Some examples of Afrikaans words with the letter "q" include "quarantyn" (quarantine) and "kwantum" (quantum). These words are not native to Afrikaans but have been adopted into the language over time.
In Afrikaans, some words that begin with the letter "Y" include "jaar" (year), "ja" (yes), and "yster" (iron). While "Y" is not a common starting letter in Afrikaans, these words demonstrate its usage. Additionally, "yoga" is also used in the language, borrowed from English.
Boers originally spoke 'old Dutch' , now modified with the addition of many new words to 'Afrikaans'.I once spoke Afrikaans to a Dutch policeman who retorted that I spoke like his grandfather !