Afrikaans Verbs

Learn common verbs in Afrikaans

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Afrikaans Verbs

to arrive	aankom
to become	word
to begin	begin
to build	bou
to buy	koop
to carry / wear	dra
to close / shut	toemaak / sluit
to come	kom
to do	doen
to drink	drink
to drive	ry
to earn	verdien
to eat	eet
to feel	voel
to finish	klaarmaak
to fly	vlieg
to forget	vergeet
to get up	opstaan
to give	gee
to go	gaan
to hate	haat
to hear	hoor
to invite	uitnooi
to know (people) / (facts)	ken (iemand) / weet (iets)
to learn	leer
to leave	verlaat
to listen	luister
to live	woon
to lose	verloor
to make	maak
to meet	ontmoet
to play	speel
to prefer	verkies
to put	sit
to read	lees
to receive	ontvang
to remember	onthou
to repeat	herhaal
to see	sien
to sell	verkoop
to send	stuur
to sit	sit
to smile	glimlag
to speak	praat
to spend	bestee
to study	studeer
to take	neem
to teach	leer
to tell	vertel
to think	dink
to throw	gooi
to try	probeer
to understand	verstaan
to watch	kyk
to work	werk
to write	skryf

Afrikaans Vocabulary and Grammar