It is a West Germanic language, and is accepted that more than 95% of Afrikaans is ultimately of Dutch origin. It is now recognised as a 'daughter' language of Dutch, previously referred to as Cape Dutch
Afrikaans is 'n maklike tall.
"What" in Afrikaans is "Wat". "What is your name?" is "Wat is jou naam?" in Afrikaans.
Afrikaans people are descended from Dutch, German, and French Huguenot settlers who arrived in South Africa during the 17th and 18th centuries. They developed a unique language, now known as Afrikaans, which is a fusion of these European languages with indigenous African languages.
"Today" translates into Afrikaans as "vandag."
'interesting' in Afrikaans is 'interessant'.
Dutch and Flemish
kom aan Engeland
Derived from, "fine bush" in Afrikaans.
Kom besoek ons
The spelling is aardvark and is Afrikaans for 'earth pig'
Afrikaans, which has a lot of Dutch words incorporated into it. Aardvark comes from 'aarde', meaning 'earth' and 'vark' meaning 'pig'.
Afrikaans monobi=talk uni=plain
Afrikaans is actually a language and not a group of people. The group of people speaking Afrikaans are called Afrikaners. Afrikaans is based on Dutch, which was spoken by the Dutch settlers (once known as "Boers" -- which means "farmers" in Afrikaans -- who lived in South Africa. Afrikaans was initially known as "Kitchen Dutch." Which means that the Afrikaners come from the Continent of Europe.
Afrikaans is 'n maklike tall.
"What" in Afrikaans is "Wat". "What is your name?" is "Wat is jou naam?" in Afrikaans.
"Answer" in Afrikaans is "Antwoord". "Please answer me" would be "Antwoord my asseblief" in Afrikaans.
"Answer" in Afrikaans is "Antwoord". "Please answer me" would be "Antwoordmy asseblief" in Afrikaans.