Words similar to afrikaans
Example sentences for: afrikaans
How can you use “afrikaans” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
The majority of Afrikaans items, however, are those which appear in written English sources, but rarely in colloquial South African English (even as spoken by Afrikaners).
Slegs is one of the relatively few items marked in the DOSAE as Afrikaans, rather than English.
Aardvark was borrowed from Afrikaans aard `earth' plus vark `pig,' the similarity being the snouts.
The authors themselves mention that some Afrikaans critics of earlier editions of this text felt that many entries were not really South African English.
Other uncontroversial Afrikaans items include political and culinary terms widely used in South Africa, e.g., apartheid and biltong strips of sun-dried lean meat.