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Word order in Afrikaans follows broadly the same rules as in Dutch: in main clauses, the finite verb appears in "second position" (V2 word order), while subordinate clauses (e.g. content clauses and relative clauses) have subject–object–verb order, with the verb at (or near) the end of the clause.
Furthermore it takes cognisance of Afrikaans grammar and the natural developments in the Afrikaans language community, such as new terminology which emerges in technology and other disciplines. [2] Its coverage of varieties of Standard Afrikaans is being expanded, which includes the Nama, Griqua and Kaaps varieties.
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.
Word order in Afrikaans is largely as in Dutch, German and other Germanic languages (including incidentally Old English). It is quite different though from normal word order in Romance languages (Spanish, French, Italian,etc.) and modern English (whose syntax was influenced by French). 189.102.169.18 ( talk ) 13:02, 18 July 2008 (UTC) [ reply ]
The name of the language comes directly from the Dutch word Afrikaansch (now spelled Afrikaans) [n 3] meaning 'African'. [12] It was previously referred to as 'Cape Dutch' (Kaap-Hollands or Kaap-Nederlands), a term also used to refer to the early Cape settlers collectively, or the derogatory 'kitchen Dutch' (kombuistaal) from its use by slaves of colonial settlers "in the kitchen".
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At the end of words, Dutch cluster ct was reduced to k in Afrikaans, hence Dutch contact and perfect with Afrikaans kontak and perfek. Similarly, ctie in Dutch (pronounced [ktsi] ) is replaced by ksie (pronounced [ksi] ); compare reactie ("reaction") and connectie ("connection") in Dutch with reaksie and konneksie in Afrikaans.