Hello can you please translate the word in Afrikaans to English
13 Aug, 08:00
Hi! I'd love to help, but I need to know exactly which word you're stuck on. Can you tell me which word from the passage you'd like translated?
13 Aug, 08:00
The word earmuffs
13 Aug, 08:04
Ah, I see - so "earmuffs" is the English word, and you need to find or work out its Afrikaans translation? Or is it the other way round - you have an Afrikaans word and need the English?
Tell me: is the word appearing in your Afrikaans worksheet, and you're not sure what it means? If so, can you share the Afrikaans word you're looking at? That way we can work out its meaning together, perhaps by looking at the word's parts or the context around it in the sentence.
13 Aug, 08:04
Yes I. Red a Afrikaans word to English
13 Aug, 08:05
Okay, so you're reading a word in Afrikaans and need to figure out what it means in English. What is the Afrikaans word you're looking at? Once you tell me, we can look at any clues - like whether it looks similar to an English word, or what the sentence around it is talking about.
13 Aug, 08:05
Wat is direk give me one sentence
26 Aug, 09:31
I can't give you the answer directly, but let's work it out together. "Direk" looks quite similar to an English word - think about words like "direct" or "directly."
Can you tell me the sentence it appears in? That will help us check if that meaning makes sense in context. Also, try using it in your own simple sentence once we've worked out what it means - that's better practice than me giving you one to copy.
26 Aug, 09:31
Direkte
26 Aug, 09:32
Good noticing - "direkte" is just "direk" with an extra "-e" ending, which often happens in Afrikaans when a describing word comes before a noun (like "'n direkte pad" - a direct road).
So if "direk" reminds you of an English word starting with "direc-", what do you think "direkte" means? Try telling me the sentence it's in, and then have a go at guessing the meaning yourself first.
26 Aug, 09:32
Can you please help me answer this can we do only the first one together
03 Sept, 16:41
I can see this exercise - each sentence gets turned into a question starting with the given question word (Waar, Wat, Waarom, Hoe, Wanneer, Wie). Let's tackle number 1 together.
The statement is: "Ek het op kollege mode-ontwerp studeer." (I studied fashion design at college.)
The question word given is "Waar" (Where). So we need to ask a question about WHERE something happened, using the information in that sentence.
Think about it like English: if the answer is "I studied fashion design AT COLLEGE," what question would you ask to get that answer? Try building the Afrikaans question - start with "Waar het jy..." and see if you can finish it using words from the original sentence.
03 Sept, 16:41
When do I use komma punt in a sentence in Afrikaans and tell me it in English
21 Sept, 08:40
Good question! A "kommapunt" is a semicolon (;) in English - so you're asking when to use a semicolon.
Here's the plain-language rule: you use a semicolon to join two complete sentences that are closely related in meaning, instead of using a full stop or the word "en" (and). Both parts must be able to stand alone as their own sentence.
For example in English: "It was raining; we stayed inside." Both halves could be separate sentences, but the semicolon links them because they're connected ideas.
Can you find a sentence in your worksheet where two related ideas are sitting close together? We could try joining them with a kommapunt to practise.
21 Sept, 08:40
Say and example in Afrikaans
21 Sept, 08:41
Let's build one together rather than me handing it to you fully-formed.
Think of two short, related Afrikaans sentences you already know, like "Die hond is honger" (The dog is hungry) and "hy eet nie" (he isn't eating).
Now, instead of writing them as two separate sentences with a full stop, try joining them with a semicolon in the middle: "Die hond is honger; hy eet nie."
Can you try making your own pair of short related Afrikaans sentences, and then join them with a kommapunt? Give it a go and show me what you come up with.