BYWOORDE: Learn Afrikaans Adverbs
In this page you will learn about BYWOORDE/Afrikaans Adverbs, a Afrikaans learning topic that is also a recommended learning topic for students in Primary to Matric and Beyond.
Introduction
As in English, there are 3 types of adverbs: Time (Tyd), Manner (Wyse) and Place (Plek).
| tyd | wanneer? |
Ek het laat gekom.
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| wyse | hoe? |
Ek het gou gehardloop.
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| plek | waar? |
Ons het daarheen gegaan.
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If there is more than one adverb in a sentence, we follow the S vi T O M P v2 I word order.
Die vrou het gister(T) haastig(M) daarheen(P) gegaan.
This is often tested in the Lydende vorm – Die kos is gisteraand geheimsinnig uit die koelkas geneem.
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in die oggend – soggens (in the morning)
in die aand – saans (in the evening)
in die middag – smiddags (in the afternoon)
in die nag – snags (in the night)
in die dag – bedags (in the day)
elke dag – daagliks (daily)
elke week – weekliks (weekly)
elke maand – maandeliks (monthly)
elke jaar – jaarliks (yearly, annually)
by die huis – tuis (at home)
binne – binnekant (inside)
buite – buitekant (outside)
hierdie dag – vandag (today)
hierdie môre – vanmôre (this morning)
hierdie middag – vanmiddag (this afternoon)
hierdie aand – vanaand (this evening)
hierdie jaar – vanjaar (this year)
die vorige dag – gister (yesterday)
twee dae gelede – eergister (the day before yesterday)
die volgende dag – môre (tomorrow)
die dag na môre – oormôre (the day after tomorrow)
op hierdie piek – hier (here)
op daardie plek – daar (there)
na hierdie plek – hiernatoe / hierheen (to here)
na daardie plek – daarnatoe/daarheen (to there)
op ‘n spesifieke plek – iewers, erêns (somewhere)
op geen plek nie – nêrens (nowhere)
op elke plek – orals (everywhere)
nou – dadelik, onmiddellik (immediately)
op die regte tyd – betyds (on time, punctually)
oor ‘n kort tydjie – binnekort (shortly, soon)
oor ‘n rukkie – netnou (shortly, ‘just now’)
al die tyd – altyd (always)
op geen tyd nie – nooit (never)
sommige van die tyd – somtyds (sometimes)
hierdie dae – deesdae (these days, nowadays)
gedurende daardie tyd – destyds (at that time)
met die verloop van tyd – mettertyd (in the course of time)
in min woorde – kortliks (briefly)
baie keer – dikwels (often)
nie baie keer nie – selde, min (seldom)
daar is ’n kans – miskien, dalk (perhaps)
dit is seker – sekerlik (surely, definitely)
baie lus daarvoor – graag (very keen, eager)
voor sonop – douvoordag (just before sunrise)
wanneer die son opkom – sonop (sunrise)
wanneer die son ondergaan – sonsondergang / sononder (sunset)
net voor dit donker word – skemering (dusk)
‘n kort entjie daarvandaan – naby (near)
aan die einde – eindelik (eventually, at the end)
The following adverbs of manner are often tested as opposites (teenoorgesteldes)
haastig (hastily) – noukeurig (carefully)
slordig (untidily) – netjies (neatly)
vinnig (quickly) – stadig (slowly)
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