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oom – an older man of authority, commonly in reference to an older Afrikaans man (Afrikaans for "uncle") ou (diminutive outjie, plural = ouens, outjies) man, guy, bloke (also oke) (literally "old") ou toppie – lit. "old head." Refers usually to an elderly man and a father. ouballie – lit. "old little ball(s)." Old man, dad; as in: "shaft ...
See as example Category:English words Look up Category:English terms derived from Afrikaans in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. This category contains Afrikaans words and phrases .
Die Bos - Stellenbosch (Also referred to as Eikestad or Stellies in the Afrikaans community.) Durbs, Thekwini,eGagasini - Durban. The term '-gagasi' means 'wave' in Zulu (as in an ocean wave), rendering eGagasini as the place of the wave. Deep North - The East Rand (as used in Durban) Eastern Province - Eastern Cape
The Handwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (HAT) is a shorter, concise Afrikaans explanatory dictionary in a single volume, compared to the comprehensive Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (WAT), similar to the Concise Oxford Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary. The project was begun in 1926 by Prof. J. J. Smith of Stellenbosch ...
The value Odendal attached to example phrases has been mentioned. In HAT3 he increased the number of self-made examples, and supplemented them with a large number of citations from the work of Afrikaans writers. Hereby the high standard of the Afrikaans literature was acknowledged, as well as its contribution to the development of Afrikaans.
A mandarin orange (from Indonesian via Afrikaans), a tangerine in Britain. now now (Colloquial) derived from the Afrikaans ''nou-nou'' (which can be used both in future- and immediate past-tense) idiomatically used to mean soon, but not immediately (sooner than just now in South Africa, but similar to just now in the United Kingdom).
Here's what the agreement contains, according to ESPN:. Pitbull pays $1.2 million per year. Pitbull gets naming rights to FIU football stadium through 2028 (with an option for Pitbull to renew the ...
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