The African Gourmet

24. April 2009

Afrikaans 101

Filed under: African cookbooks — The African Gourmet @ 03:33

Afrikaans (af-ri-kahns) 101

South Africa is currently holding it’s elections and The African National Congress (ANC) nominee is Jacob Zuma. Afrikaans, spoken in the countries of South Africa and Namibia, and is one of the 11 official languages of South Africa. Some common words in Afrikaans are:  

1.Verbaas- Amaze
2. Aard- Nature
3. Hok- Cage
4. Indeks- Index
5. Kaai- Jetty
6. Jy- You
7.  Lam- Lamb
8.  Papaja- Papaya
9.  Regeer- Govern
10. Sap- Juice

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