Afrikaans Vocabulary: Family

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Vocabulary List

English Afrikaans Pronunciation
Father
Vader
Mother
Moeder
Son
Seun
Daughter
Dogter
Brother
Broer
Sister
Suster
Husband
Man
Wife
Vrou
Grandfather
Grootvader
Grandmother
Grootmoeder
Uncle
Oom
Aunt
Tante
Cousin
Neef
Nephew
Niggie

Grammar Guru: Pluralizing Family Members

In Afrikaans, when talking about family members in the plural form, you add -e to the end of the word. For example, ‘sister’ is suster, but ‘sisters’ is susters. This rule applies to most family member terms!

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