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Considered outdated as "bliksem" and "skelm" are more commonly used. boer – literally "farmer" in Afrikaans. (pronounced boo-(r)). Also the verb "to farm". boer maak 'n plan – "farmer makes a plan" is an expression used to refer to a creative solution, often low-cost and rather innovative.
doos - idiot (more likely an "asshole" or "cunt"; can also mean "female genitalia") (profanity)(rude). For example: "Rory Da Costa is the biggest doos to walk the planet!" From the Afrikaans word for box as used in common everyday language. Though people trying to speaking Afrikaans in a pure form still use the word doos when referring to a ...
The letter is the indefinite article of Afrikaans, and is pronounced as a schwa. The symbol itself came about as a contraction of its Dutch equivalent een meaning "one" (just as English an comes from Anglo-Saxon ān, also meaning "one"). Dit is ’n boom. [dət əs ə buəm] It is a tree. In Afrikaans, ’n is never capitalised in standard texts.
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Pages in category "Afrikaans" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... Hard and soft G in Dutch; Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners;
During the 1920s earnest discussions were devoted to the compilation of an Afrikaans dictionary and in March 1926 the erstwhile Nasionale Boekhandel and the government of the day agreed to the publication of a monolingual explanatory dictionary with an extent similar to that of the Dutch Van Dale (a single-volume work) at the time. J.J. Smith ...
It means "a person who is low or of inferior status" in Afrikaans. [24] [25] Golliwogg (Commonwealth) a dark-skinned person, named after Florence Kate Upton's children's book character. [26] Hapsi / Habsi (Nepal), a term used for black person from Africa. [27] Houtkop (South Africa) a black person and a Cape Coloured or coloured native. The ...
2.1 The most versatile Afrikaans word. 3 Shame on Ernie. 1 comment. 4 Profanity taken up by the English. 1 comment. 5 Voetstoots. 1 comment. 6 Leguan/leguaan ...