Afrikaans Grammar

The Afrikaans grammar allows you to manipulate the vocabulary to obtain multiple forms of a word. The grammatical rules below are the most important in Afrikaans and help connect words or shape the structure. We start with the prepositions:

And: en	Under: onder
Before: voordat	After: na
Inside: binne	Outside: buite
With: met	But: maar
For: vir	From: van
To: tot	In: In

Questions and Adverbs

To ask questions, use the following:

What?: wat?	Who?: wie?
How?: hoe?	Why?: hoekom?
Where?: waar?

Some of the most important time adverbs:

Never: nooit	Rarely: selde
Sometimes: soms	Usually: gewoonlik
Always: altyd	Very: baie

Most commonly used pronouns in Afrikaans:

I: Ek	You: jy
He: hy	She: sy
We: ons	They: hulle

To express the possession of something [possessive form]:

My: my	Your: jou
His: sy	Her: haar
Our: ons	Their: hul

Grammar in a sentence

Some random verbs to show how it's being used:

I speak English: Ek praat Engels

You speak French: Jy praat Frans

He speaks German: Hy praat Duits

She speaks Italian: Sy praat Italiaans

I visited France: Ek het Frankryk besoek

I will drink milk: Ek sal melk drink

Some extra grammatical structures:

I understand you: Ek verstaan jou

I don't understand you: Ek verstaan ​​jou nie

I don't speak French: Ek praat nie Frans nie

This is my house: Dit is my huis

That restaurant is far: Daardie restaurant is ver

No problem: geen probleem

The above Afrikaans grammar can provide tools to use in coordination with the Afrikaans vocabulary to obtain some popular Afrikaans phrases.