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Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (Dictionary of the Afrikaans Language), generally known as the WAT, is the largest descriptive Afrikaans dictionary. As comprehensive descriptive dictionary, it strives to reflect the Afrikaans language in its entirety. Not only standard Afrikaans is portrayed, but also varieties like Kaaps and Namakwalands.
In its Afrikaans pronunciation it refers specifically to an intermission in theatre and a school recess. Due to code-switching, the English pronunciation (in its original meaning) is also regularly used by Afrikaners, though it is separated from the Afrikaans pronunciation's meaning. For example: Ek moet die video pause (Eng pro.) omdat ons nou ...
Due to the serious air pollution predominantly caused by surrounding big industries. "Vuil" is the Afrikaans word for dirty. Waks - Wellington; Western Province - Western Cape; Wildtuin - Kruger National Park. "Ons gaan Julie Wildtuin toe" is Afrikaans for "We are visiting the Kruger National Park in July". From the Afrikaans word for game park.
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 ...
Sien Jy Nou [57] Afrikaans 1984 10 episodes Sonneblom Films Afrikaans youth series about a girl's life after she is blinded in an accident at a school concert. Silver Spoons: English 5 seasons, 116 episodes Lightkeeper Productions Embassy Television. Embassy Communications. American sitcom starring Rick Schroder as Ricky Stratton. Simon & Simon ...
Pages in category "Afrikaans words and phrases" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aardvark; B.
Sien may refer to: Sien of Diauehi, king of an ancient people of north-east Anatolia; Sien, Germany, an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; Sien Hoornik, mistress of Vincent van Gogh and model for his famous drawing Sorrow
(Informal) a ditzy woman (derogatory term), from the Afrikaans word pop, meaning a doll. potjie A cast iron dutch oven. robot Besides the standard meaning, in South Africa this is also used for traffic lights. The etymology of the word derives from a description of early traffic lights as robot policemen, which then got truncated with time. [34 ...