Afrikaans Vocabulary: Staple Foods

Discover essential staple foods in Afrikaans to enhance your culinary adventures in South Africa.

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Vocabulary List

English Afrikaans Pronunciation
Rice
Rys
Bread
Brood
Pasta
Pasta
Potatoes
Aartappels
Beans
Bone
Lentils
Linzele
Oats
Hawer
Flour
Meel
Cornmeal
Mieliepap
Noodles
Noedels
Couscous
Couscous
Quinoa
Quinoa
Barley
Gars
Tortillas
Tortillas
Cereal
Ontbytgraan
Sugar
Suiker
Salt
Sout
Cooking oil
Kookolie
Eggs
Eiers
Milk
Melk

Language Tip: Plurals in Afrikaans

In Afrikaans, to form the plural of a noun, you typically add -e to the singular form. For example, ‘apple’ is appel in singular and appels in plural. This rule applies to many staple foods in Afrikaans as well!

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