Afrikaans

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An English Course on the Afrikaans Language


Getting Started

  • Afrikaans ~ English(Cover page)
  • Introduction - Covers: History of the language, comparison to other languages, course philosophy
  • Pronunciation - Covers: Pronunciation of all vowels, diphthongs, consonants and stress.

Lessons

  • Lesson One - Covers: Similarities, Articles, Subject and Object Pronouns, Greetings, and the Infinitive and Present Tenses.
  • Lesson Two - Covers: Plurals, Sentence Structure, the Past and Future Tenses, "om te wees" and "om te hê", and Possessors.
  • Lesson Three - Covers: Plurals Cont., the Infinitive Modifier, Determiners, and Phrases, "I love/like" and "I need".
  • Lesson Four - Covers: Auxiliaries and General Word Order
  • Lesson Five
  • Lesson Six
  • Lessons Seven
  • Lesson Eight

Vocabulary

  • By Category:
    • Animals / Diere - Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Insects
    • Astronomy / Sterrekunde - Planets, Phenomena
    • Body / Liggaam - Parts
    • Buildings / Geboue - Types and Purposes
    • Clothing / Klere - Types, Accessories and Jewellery
    • Countries / Lande - Names and Peoples
    • Colours / Kleure - Names and Intensive Forms
    • Family / Familie - Close and Removed
    • Food / Kos - Types and Ingredients
    • Games / Spele - Types and Pieces
    • Holidays / Vakansiedae - Types
    • House / Huis - Rooms, Furniture and Appliances
    • Occupations / Beroepe - Occupations and Workers
    • Sports / Sport - Types, Participators and Gear
    • Weather / Weer - Seasons, Temperature
  • By Location:
    • Beach / Strand
    • Farm / Plaas
    • Office / Kantoor
    • Post Office / Poskantoor
    • Restaurant / Restourant
    • School / Skool
    • Supermarket / Supermark
    • University / Universiteit
  • By Grammar:

Resources

The Project

Authors' Workbench

  • Syllabus
  • Lesson Structure
  • Layout Guide
  • How To...
  • Page Log
  • Project Notebook