Afrikaans Family Vocabulary

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Family Vocabulary in Afrikaans

family familie / gesin
parents ouers
mother / mom moeder / ma
stepmother stiefma
mother-in-law skoonma
godmother peetma
father / dad vader / pa
stepfather stiefpa
father-in-law skoonpa
godfather peetpa
children kinders
son seun
godson peetseun
daughter dogter
goddaughter peetdogter
brother broer / boetie
stepbrother stiefbroer
half brother halfbroer
brother-in-law swaer
sister suster / sussie
stepsister stiefsuster
half sister halfsuster
sister-in-law skoonsuster
grandparents grootouers
great grandparents grootgrootouers
grandfather oupa
great grandfather oupagrootjie
grandmother ouma
great grandmother oumagrootjie
grandchildren kleinkinders
grandson kleinseun
granddaughter kleindogter
uncle oom
aunt tante / tannie
nephew / cousin (m) neef
niece / cousin (f) niggie
baby baba
child kind
twins tweeling
triplets drieling
adult volwassene
boy seun
girl meisie
man / husband man
woman / wife vrou
friend (m) vriend
friend (f) vriendin
boyfriend kêrel
girlfriend nooi

Tannie and oom are also terms of respect to address women and men older than you.


 

Afrikaans Vocabulary and Grammar



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