LEESTEKENS: Learn About Punctuation In Afrikaans Language
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| ABC | hoofletters (capital letters) |
Sinne begin met hoofletters. Jan en Marie gaan in Februarie Pretoria toe.
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| . | punt (full stop) |
Ons vind ‘n punt aan die einde van ‘n sin.
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| , | komma (comma) |
Sy het brood, botter, melk en eiers gekoop.
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| ( ) | hakies (brackets) |
Dit was ‘n spook (of so het sy gedink!)
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| ? | vraagteken (question mark) |
Hoeveel kinders is in jou klas?
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| ! | uitroepteken (exlamation mark) |
Eina! Die by het my gesteek.
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| ; | kommapunt (semi-colon) |
Hy swem in die somer; hy speel rugby in die winter.
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| : | dubbelpunt (colon) |
Jy het die volgende nodig: papier, potlood en uitveër.
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| – | aandagstreep (dash) |
Dit was ‘n spook – of so het hy gedink!
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| * | asterisk (asterisk) |
Hy woon op die hv.* Kerk en Pritchardstraat. (*hoek van)
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| … | stippels (ellipse) | Word vervolg… |
| ” “ ‘ ‘ |
aanhalingstekens (inverted commas / quotation marks) |
Moeder se: “Kinders, julle moet gaan slaap.”
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WE FOLLOW THE SAME RULES AS IN ENGLISH, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS:
1. We put a colon (:) instead of a comma before Direct Speech.
2. We use commas before the following Group 1 Conjunctions: ,maar ,want and ,dog.
3. We use a semi-colon (;) before all Group 2 Conjunctions: ;dus ;daarna and ;nogtans. However, the following Group 2 Conjunctions get a comma: ,al ,dan and Joe.
Try to understand the sentence in English before you punctuate it.
They are also testing your vocabulary, by seeing whether you can divide the sentence correctly.
USE OF THE DASH (DIE KOPPELTEKEN)
This is important for spelling purposes.*
- Compound words – when the first word ends in a vowel and the second word begins with a vowel
twee-uur, sewe-uur, perde-eienaar - Repetitions (verdubbeling/herhalings) gou-gou, kort-kort; sukkel-su kkel
- Compound titles (saamgestelde titels)
luitenant-generaal; oud-president - Compound words that are joined with an ‘en’ die haak-en-steek plant kaas-en-tamatietoebroodjie
- –huile (and them/those associated with them) Marie-hulle; my tante-hulle; my vriendin-hulle
- Words indicating direction
Suid-Afrika; Pretoria-Wes
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