MEERVOUD: Understanding Afrikaans Plurals
In this page you will learn about MEERVOUD/Afrikaans Plurals, a Afrikaans learning topic that is also a recommended learning topic for students in Primary to Matric and Beyond.
About MEERVOUD/Afrikaans Plurals
In these notes you will learn about MEERVOUD/Afrikaans Plurals as you go through notes and exercises to help you practice and understand this topic. Make sure to go through all the notes, questions and answers and also complete the Mastery Quizzes so that you can deepen your understanding and master this topic.
EEN – BAIE
SHORT VOWEL
pan – panne
kop – koppe
vis – visse
ster – sierre
TWIN VOWELS
maan – mane
boot – bote
muur – mure
DOUBLE VOWELS
dier – diere
voet – voete
huis – huise
DOUBLE CONSONANTS
vark – varke
dorp – dorpe
present – presente
ENDING IN ig
gesig – gesigte
lig – ligte
plig – pligte
WORDS THAT GET ers
kind – kinders
kalf – kalwers
lam – lammers
EEN – BAIE
ENDING IN og
oog – oë
oorlog – oorloë
elmboog – elmboë
ENDING IN ag
vraag – vrae
dag – dae
vlag – vlae
WORDS THAT GET ë
vlieg – vlieë
ploeg – ploeë
knie – knieë
see – seë
SHORT VOWEL + f
gif – giwwe
Stof – stowwe
straf – strawwe
TWIN/DOUBLE VOWEL/ VOWEL CONSONANT + f
stoof – stowe
slaaf – slawe
duif – duiwe
verf – verwe
WORDS ENDING IN heid
besigheid – besighede
moeilikheid – moeilikhede
moontlikheid – moontlikhede
EEN – BAIE
ENDING IN ing
koning – konings
piering – pierings
piesang – piesangs
leerling – leerlinge
MULTI SYLLABLE WORD + r
motor – motors
onderwyser – onderwysers
ouer – ouers
ENDING IN ie
baadjie – baadjies
katjie – katjies
hondjie – hondjies
boompie – boompies
ENDING IN SHORT VOWEL + EMPHASIS ON VOWEL
ma – ma‘s
fot‘s – foto‘s
skad‘s – skadu‘s
SHORT VOWEL ENDING + EMPHASIS ON FIRST SYLLABLE
ouma – oumas
oupa – oupas
sofa – sofas
WORDS IN ENDING IN man
Engelsman – Engelse
Fransman – Franse
buurman – bure
polisieman – polisie
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EEN – BAIE
WORDS GETTING ens
bad – baddens
bed – beddens
gevoel – gevoelens
hawe – hawens
lewe – lewens
nooi – nooiens
vrou – vrouens
wa – waens
WORDS ENDING IN uig
vliegtuig – vliegtuie
voertuig – voertuie
vaartuig – vaartuie
WORDS ENDING IN us
medikus – medikusse/medici
historikus – historikusse/historici
politikus – politikusse/politici
EEN – BAIE
WORDS GETTING te
bees – beeste
Fees – feeste
graf – grafte
kas – käste
lys – lyste
nes – neste
pianis – pianiste
prefek – prefekte
produk – Produkte
toeris – toeriste
tydskrif – tydskrifte
violis – violiste
voorskrif – voorskrifte
LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET
a – a‘s
b – b‘s
e – e‘s
*m – m‘e
* n – n‘e
* x – x‘e
EEN – BAIE
EXCEPTIONS
bevel – bevele
blad – blaaie
brug – brûe
buurman – bure
eetding – eetgoed
gat – gate
glas – glase
hemp – hemde
hof – howe
lid – lede
nag – nagte
pad – paaie
rug – rûe
skip – skepe
speelding – speelgoed
spel – spele
stad – stede
tyd – tye
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HOW ‘MEERVOUD’ IS TESTED?
1. We will know they want the plural because they will use words such as baie, tallez almal, die hele land, al die mense, verskeie etc.
2. They might leave out the ‘n. Say baie before the word, and this will help you to ‘feel’ it.
By die winkel het ek ‘n boek, nuusblad en ‘n pen gekoop. By die winkel is baie boeke, nuusblaaie en penne. Talle Winkels verkoop boeke, nuusblaaie en penne. Almal koop boeke, nuusblaaie en penne by die winkels.
Verskeie winkels verkoop ‘n verskeidenheid boeke, nuusblaaie en penne.
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