INTENSIEWE VORM/VERSTERKTE VORM: Learn Intensive Form Words In Afrikaans Language
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About ####
• The Intensive Form is a creative way of saying something is ‘very’ … e.g. ice-cold, blood red.
• The intensive form is often the same as the simile e.g. baie koud is yskoud or so koud soos ys.
• It is always written as one word.
• The intensive form has no degrees of comparison.
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IT IS POSSIBLE TO GROUP THESE WORDS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT:
‘STOK’ FOR WORDS RELATING TO OLD
| alleen (alone) | stok(siel)alleen |
| blind (blind) | stokblind |
| doof (deaf) | stokdoof |
| flou (weak) | stokflou |
| oud (old) | stokoud |
| styf (stiff) | stokstyf |
DOOD
| bang (scared) | doodbang |
| bleek (pale) | dood(s)bleek |
| eenvoudig(simple) | doodeenvoudig |
| eerlik (honest) | doodeerlik |
| gaar (cooked) | doodgaar |
| gelukkig (happy) | doodgelukkig |
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gewoon (ordinary) doodgewoon
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| goed (good) | doodgoed |
| lekker (nice) | doodlekker |
| moeg (tired) | doodmoeg |
| onskuldig (innocent) | doodonskuldig |
| skaam (shy) | doodskaam |
| seker (certain) | doodseker |
| siek (siek) | doodsiek |
| stil (quiet) | dood stil |
| swak (weak) | doodswak |
| tevrede (satisfied) | doodtevrede |
BRAND
| arm (poor) | brandarm |
| maer (thin) | brandmaer |
SMOOR
| dronk (drunk) | smoordronk |
| kwaad (cross) | smoorkwaad |
| verlief (in love) | smoorverlief |
MORS
| af (broken) | morsaf |
| dood (dead) | morsdood |
BLOED
| jonk (young) | bloedjonk |
| min (few) | bloedmin |
| rooi (red) | bloedrooi |
| weinig (few) | bloedweinig |
| beroemd (famous) | wêreld beroemd |
| bitter (bitter) | galbitter |
| blank (pale) | lelieblank |
| blou (blue) | potblou |
| breed (wide) | hemelsbreed |
| deur (through) | dwarsdeur |
| dig (tight) | potdig |
| dik (thick) | trommeldik |
| donker (dark) | pikdonker |
| droog (dry) | kurkdroog |
| dun (thin) | plankdun |
| duur (expensive) | peperduur |
| fris (healthy) | perdfris |
| fyn (fine) | haar-/piekfyn |
| geel (yellow) | goudgeel |
| gek (mad) | stapelgek |
| glad (smooth) | seep/spieëlglad |
| goedkoop (cheap) | spotgoedkoop |
| graag (keen) | dolgraag |
| groen (green) | grasgroen |
| hard (hard) | kliphard |
| helder (clear) | kristalhelder |
| hoog (high) | hemelhoog |
| klein (small) | piepklein |
| koud (cold) | yskoud |
| krom (crooked) | hoepelkrom |
| lam (lame) | boeglam |
| leeg (empty) | dolleeg |
| lelik (ugly) | skreeulelik |
| lewendig (lively) | springlewendig |
| lig (light) | veerlig |
| lui (lazy) | vreklui |
| mak (tame) | hondmak |
| mooi (pretty) | wondermooi |
| nakend (naked) | poedelnakend |
| nat (wet) | papnat |
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nodig (necessary) broodnodig
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| nuut (new) | splinternuut |
| orent (upright) | penorent |
| reguit (straight) | pylreguit |
| rond (round) | koeëlrond |
| ryk (rich) | skatryk |
| ryp (ripe) | papryp |
| sag (soft) | papsag |
| skoon (clean) | silwerskoon |
| skoon (pretty) | beeldskoon |
| skraal (slender) | rietskraal |
| snel (swift) | blitssnel |
| soet (sweet/good) | stroopsoet |
| suinig (stingy) | vreksuinig |
| suur (sour) | asynsuur |
| swaar (heavy) | loodswaar |
| swart (black) | pikswart |
| vaal (grey) | asvaal |
| vas ( firm) | rots vas |
| verlief (in love) | dolverlief |
| vet (fat) | spekvet |
| vol (full) | prop/stampvol |
| vreemd (strange) | wildvreemd |
| vrot (rotten) | papvrot |
| warm (warm/hot) | vuurwarm |
| wit (white) | sneeu/spierwit |
| wyd (wide) | wawyd |
HOW ‘INTENSIEWE VORM’ IS TESTED
• You are usually asked to give the correct form of the word in brackets.
e.g. Die man was (baie moeg) doodmoeg toe hy daar gekom het.
• They sometimes test the teenoorgesteldes (opposites) stokoud – bloedjonk.
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